Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan)
Subject: [Inn] Karl: Where everybody knows your name...
Message-ID: <1993Feb26.170139.11502@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 17:01:39 GMT

Shuffle, THUD... shuffle, THUD...

The regulars smiled and nodded knowingly, recognizing Karl's characteristic
gait.  When he entered, Littlefair made sure a table was vacant by the fire.
Karl raised his tricorn hat as he entered the inn, greeting patrons and 
friends genially.  "So nice to see you all again!  Thank you!".

Seating himself he troubled Serene for a mug of frothy Rameshander tea and
a plate of fries.  Relaxing and making himself comfortable, Karl 
chatted with old friends and reminisced about old times.

"I gotta get out of the envoy business," he complained.  "Hobnobbing 
with rich farts is no place for an old soldier.  They all think I'm some
kind of coarse dretch risen to my office as a charity case, and I think 
that they're the most wasteful slobs in the Known Lands.  Generica's finest?
My foot.  If you could see how these people behave..."
To the delight of his audience (which was composed mainly of adventurers
and similar 'coarse' types), Karl regaled the company with tales of 
debauchery among the upper class of the City of Fountains.


-- 
Dennis Brennan
djb6@midway.uchicago.edu