Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: hibschmn@shade.Princeton.EDU (Johann Allen Hibschman) Subject: [JOI] Observations of battle Message-ID: <1993Oct3.011253.17800@Princeton.EDU> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 01:12:53 GMT When the two creatures, one smaller and winged, the other big and hairy, appeared out of thin air, Quaeros drew his daggers and began a prayer to Ronkel. As his chant began, he heard Ildamar and Peregrine begin a song of some sort, but he ignored them as his blades shone briefly with a reddish glow, then faded into a dull crimson color. Quaeros could sense the corruption of the magical poison seething inside the daggers as he dropped into a defensive stance. He watched while the big creature, apparently named Setharat, and the smaller one argued, wondering to himself what in the Abyss was going on. Well, the part of his mind that once was the demon Drachnes reminded him, maybe not in the Abyss. He didn't remember anything quite like either of the two creatures before him, and he had been exposed to many different kinds of demons in the years since his creation. And they were certainly not anything his elven component had seen on this plane before. That disappearance trick looked interesting, though. These things are definitely magical in nature, who knows how much so. As the others drew back from the two combatants, Quaeros raised his voice to the pair. "Stop your fight or begone! We need no stray battles here. Either identify yourselves and your purposes or take your problems elsewhere." He advanced towards the pair, daggers at the ready. -------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Johann Hibschman | Boy, string theory sure is complicated, hibschmn@phoenix.princeton.edu | but not half as complicated as women's | underwear. -Princeton University Band -------------------------------+-----------------------------------------