Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey)
Subject: [MI] Delmara & Queriche[Gaps]: Trust
Message-ID: <1992Oct23.045300.228@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 04:53:00 GMT

Neither Delmara nor Queriche liked Alfvaen's terse command to leave him alone
with Noctu, especially when Elstree was right there.  Queriche was itching for
a fight, to squish some of those arachnids into spider juice.  Delmara just
didn't want to leave Alfvaen alone at the mercy of Noctu.  But they shepherded
Batobo and Little Rat out anyway, and made their way back through the Gaps.

It wasn't long before Delmara noticed that Little Rat was gone.  And Queriche
had to talk her out of going back.  Batobo piped up.  "I saw Master Rat going
back into the Shrine shortly after we left.  And Master Elfman had whispered
something to this effect to her before we left."

"See?  It's part of his plan.  He'll probably be out soon, running like all
the demons of Hell were on his heels."  Delmara smiled wanly at Queriche's
attempt to cheer her up.

They continued on, and gradually started getting worried again when nobody came
to join them from behind.  And then they heard a howl of outrage, and they
heard a whoosh of flame from behind them.

At that point neither of them particularly wanted to go back.  Either Alfvaen
and Little Rat had escaped, or they were charred bits of flesh on the floor of
the Gaps.  But the howl had sounded like one of defeat, not of rage alone.

After some discussion, they elected not to return to Yirma's, but instead to
have Batobo lead them to the nearest exit from the Gaps to street level.  It
turned out to be in the region of the Spitting Cobra.  "Should we stop in and
pay a visit to Trawm?" Delmara asked.

Queriche shrugged.  "Maybe not.  It sounds pretty loud in there, and I should
get back to the office--the boss wil be worried."  They turned away from the
chaos caused by Blade, Meshtak, and Motherspawn, and made their way to the
Arcade of Unforgotten Heroes.

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---Alfvaen(Canadian SF Quasi-Activist)
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