From: taz@athena.mit.edu (Brian P Shea)
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: [Roger] Let's go... thataway !
Date: 14 Jun 1993 01:16:45 GMT
Message-ID: <1vgjht$ih1@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>

Roger smoothly stepped to the side as the huge battleaxe buried itself into
the rocky ground next to him.  The giant grunted as he pulled the axe free,
leaving a gash in the rock.  Roger rolled as the axe whistled above him, and
he wound up back in his original position, prepared for the giant's next
attack.

The giant snarled in frustration.  Why wouldn't this puny human just give
up and stand still?  This was starting to get tiring.  Another powerful
chop sank into the ground, and this time the human actually laughed.  Laugh?
No human laughs at Gnarg and gets away with it!

The giant charged, abandoning reason to his desire to crush and smash the human.  
Roger smoothly drew his katana from its scabbard at his back.  He assumed a 
ready stance, then calmly met the charge of the giant.  The giant's roar turned
into a bellow as Roger leapt into motion, a blur of black clothing punctuated 
with flashes of hardened steel and gouts of the giant's scarlet blood.  The axe
rang as it dropped to the ground, shortly followed by the giant's dead body.  
Roger solemnly bowed to his opponent, wiped his katana with a black cloth before
he sheathed it, and then trotted down the now passable trail through the
hills.

Roger continued through the rocky hills, moving by instinct.  He didn't know
exactly what he was looking for, but he knew it meant one thing at least -
adventure.

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The Jolly Roger
aka Brian Shea
taz@athena.mit.edu