Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: wolvie@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (christopher motherway) Subject: The amulet Message-ID: Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 15:54:42 GMT ADMIN: Sorry that my postings have been so spread apart. I contribute this to two reasons: 1) I'm STILL waiting for the [Housstorming] to commence and 2) my sysops has been in a "selective summer coma" and hasn't cleared space for postings until now. Last we saw the couple, Blaze had bought a golden crystalline amulet at the Bazaar... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Blaze was sitting on the bed in a "lotus" position, staring deeply into the beautiful crystal she held in her hand. Since buying it, she was convinced that there was something to this amulet...something she could not put her finger on... Sir Lance then entered the room and stared at Blaze. This was starting to annoy him a bit. He could NEVER think of getting angry at his mate, but she has been trying to figure out that gem for a long time now. "Blaze," he said, which got her attention, "please, can you not give it a rest for a while. After all, we have to go to that suburb of Specifica of Furs today. Remember that they have those beasts who have been raiding their food storages for the past week now?" Blaze replied, "Oh,...I am sorry, beloved. It is just that...oh, I do not know...whenever I get this particular "magical" feeling, I have to find out what is creating it and why." Lance said, "I understand, but we must be going within the hour. I will meet you in front of the Inn and will have Thunder and Stardust ready for riding." With that, he exited the room. Blaze sighed and let the amulet dangle from her neck. She had been ready for some time now to head out, but the crystal distracted her. Before she left the room, though, she picked up a copy of the "Examiner" that Lance had picked up but had not read yet. On the front page, Jake Pitzar had scribed a story about...unicorns! "That is odd," Blaze thought. "The only unicorn _I_ know of is...is Sheryl!" Reading the article further showed that not one but TWO unicorns were spotted. Blaze began to think back to the time after the curse on Sheryl was lifted; Andrea had been in some sort of scrape and, when she and Lance enquired, she said it was nothing, and that she and Sheryl would be taking a walk. To "adjust", she said. This was QUITE some time ago. Suddenly, Blaze felt something...something warm upon her chest. She looked down...the amulet was glowing...glowing a bright gold, but slowly fading away. "Finally, a clue!" she thought. "A clue to this crystal's power!" She wanted to investigate further, but she remembered Lance and the bounty job, so she decided that her curiousity could wait another day. But, as she left the room and headed downstairs to Lance, she could not help but wonder WHY the amulet was glowing. She figured it started while reading the article, or while remembering Andrea and Sheryl. Perhaps, there is a link...