Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith) Subject: [Green] Preparing an expidition. Message-ID: Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1993 23:34:14 GMT References: <1993Aug28.155543.4455@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> Ever since the head of the Department had said he could investigate the Green, Doctor Bowwin had been telling people 'No.' "I got enough A&Ps." he told the thirty-third of the type to ask to come with him "I need a pure-eek." His walking comanion looked thoughtful. "I know one, but he just got back from an extended trip. Maybe you heard of him." "Doubt it. Hate to admit this now, but i'm an A&P myself." "Don't worry, Raal, we remember. No, this guys a grad student on an exchange program." "Just wat I need, a Ydonais pure-eek. What's his name?" "He's not Ydonais, he's bismanian, He's Palandun Lintesul." "Never heard of him." "Y'asked for me?" A puzzled Palandun knocked on Doctor Bowwin's door. To be honest, he expected to be expelled for missing the entire summer session, but his advisor just shrugged it off and sent Palandun down here. "I'm Palandun Lintesul." "Ah, yes, Mr. Lintesul, You're the Ydonais pure-Ecologist, right?" "Bismanian, but yeah. Call me Palandun." "Well, I'm in need of a pure-eek...ologist right now. You've heard of The Green, right?" "Er, no." "Wow, you have been gone a while. Where were you, home?" "No, Parahan. I was chasing somebody." "You chased somebody to PARAHAN?" Doctor Bowwin lived all his life in Generica. He wasn't real sure where Parahan *was*, just that it was far away. "Had to. I'm sorry, but does this have anything to do with why I'm here?" "Huh? No, no, of course not. Anyway, a few weeks to a month back, Hyrexes' Battleground fell." "Fell??" It was palandun's turn to be surprised. "What do you mean, fell?" "I mean went Ker-Flop, like that." He demonstrated with his hands. "Anyway, it fell one morning, and up popped this forest-meadow-thingy. People call it The Green." "So? That's not surprising, people move out, plants move back in." "Over the course of an afternoon?" "That's odd." "Exactly. You want to come look at it?" Palandun wouldn't miss an opportunity like that for much of anything. He bent to work, helping everybody pack.