From: jpesonen@viikki.Helsinki.FI (JORMA JUHANI PESONEN (EKT)) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: [TW] Moria: Brushing the Bushes, Rushing to ... Message-ID: Date: 30 Nov 92 12:24:42 GMT References: In article jpesonen@viikki.Helsinki.FI (JORMA JUHANI PESONEN (EKT)) writes: > "GROOAAAUWWLLL! WRUAAOLLLGG! WRAAAOUULLRGH!" >Moria jumped up, Ixy put his pipe into his pocket so fast, that no-one could >see the motion. Something Was coming. And it didn't sound very pleasant. >The bushes beagan rustling and swaying, and all the time that strange >growling was getting louder. Then suddenly a large creature bursted out of >the bushes. It was about 8 feet long, almost orange in colour with quite big >fangs portruding from its jaw and it was coming towards the party. It held a >great club in its left hand, while with the right one it held its cheek. >The left hand began to rose... > "Oh no, it's going to swat me like a fly! It's Grammulg, from the >Mysty Mountains, Oh no, we'll never gonna make it", came babbling from >Amachiaks mouth as he stumbled hurriedly away from the monster towards >Moria, who was too stunned to react in any way... Moria saw Ixy's dagger penetrate Grammulg's shoulder and felt the creature's pain and shock. Then, as she was about to launch her own attack, she felt something else in it's mind. Astonishment. Pain, and with it, plead for help. Toothache. TOOTHACHE?!? Moria stopped her attack at that instant. She formed a rune into the air with a swift movement of her arms, and hurled it towards the monster. "Stop. Don't attack it! I have paced a protective rune to it, so even if you attacked, it wouldn't be hurt." "WHY!? It wants to KILL ,can't you see, child?", shouts Ixy. Indigo ponders the Runecasters sentence and probes the creatures mind again. Yes, there is the wanting to kill thought, but yet...there's something else... TOOTH... KILL.. IT... Indigo frowns. It's been too long a time since he has been dealing with these slow witted earth creatures. "Well, Ixy, it seems that she is correct. The thing wants to kill, but it wants to kill its tooth, which is aching." "NO! It's Grammulg, the hideous killer and feaster of squirrels. Kill it!! KILL IT!!" shouts Amachiak from the ground, clearly more shocked about Indigos and Morias words than the creature itself. And the Grammulg... Well, he has just risen his club and is about to bash himself with it on his head... Moria Runecaster Amachiak, the Leader of the Squiichar Ochrorg, the Grammulg JPESONEN@viikki.helsinki.fi /// /// "Is all that we see or seem, There are realities /// But a Dream within a Dream?" Within realities, but /// Edgar Allan Poe THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES