From: rosenje@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: [JOI][Storm] The Black Ship
Message-ID: <1993Apr6.112326.6731@wkuvx1.bitnet>
Date: 6 Apr 93 11:23:26 CDT


	Kyar drew his silver bladed scimitar, and, concentrating for
several seconds, drew in the power of the Phadra from the boiling seas
around the ship.  With a mighty kia, he leaped a full twenty feet
across the sea to the deck of the black ship, cutting down one of the
corpse like attackers as he landed.  His blade slid cleanly through
the pale flesh, leaving a gaping wound from which poured a black
sticky fluid.  Another of the seemingly mindless creatures leaped for
him, but a swift kick to the knee put it down.
	A second later, however, Kyar was dismayed to see his fallen
opponents getting up again, their wounds apparently healed.  He backed
up to the rail of the deck, and when one of the beasts charged, he
slipped to the side, whirling his short blade in a backwards arc that
knocked his opponent over the side, in the narrow space between the
two vessels.
	The second creature charged at almost the same instant, giving
Kyar no chance to react.  It sprawled into him, biting and clawing,
and wherever Kyar felt the touch of its flesh it seemed to draw at his
strength.  He found himself flung face up to the black decking, with
the creature atop of him, trying to sink its teeth into his throat. 
He struggled and managed to get one arm free, his left.  He reached
out with his hand towards his boot, and his silver dagger flew from
its sheath to his hand.  He plunged the blade in the back of the
beasts neck to the hilt, stopping it for at least a few seconds.  He
then quickly stood, and dragged the creature to the rail, throwing it
into the sea.
	Kyar suddenly was free from opponents for a brief moment.  It
seemed that most of the beasts had boarded, or at least attempted to
board, the companion's vessel.  He closed his eyes, and reached out
with his mind to Aleric...