From alt.pub.dragons-inn Wed May 17 08:27:11 1995 Xref: netcom.com alt.pub.dragons-inn:8442 Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!jac.zko.dec.com!leggy.zk3.dec.com!orb!not-for-mail From: spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US (Spider Boardman) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: [Party] Munchies date Date: 16 May 1995 09:58:55 -0000 Organization: Duchy of Wabesylvan Obspauk Lines: 66 Sender: news@Orb.Nashua.NH.US Message-ID: <199505160956.FAA12891@Orb.Nashua.NH.US> References: <95129.093254ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu> Reply-To: Andrea.Evans@Orb.Nashua.NH.US, spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <12886.800618177.1@Orb.Nashua.NH.US> [ADMIN: Kadrys is the property of Andrea Evans. Jac Benson is the property of Spider Boardman. This story is Copyright 1995 by Andrea Evans and Spider Boardman. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted for copying sufficient for Usenet news propagation only.] Jac entered the Inn and saw a group of people clustered about the bulletin board. He wandered over to that area and read Luthor's party notice over their shoulders. He started to walk slowly toward the stairs, seeming preoccupied. Then his eyes lit up, he briefly flashed a mischievous grin, and he seemed to be scanning the common room. The grin returned, and he strode quickly to Kadrys' table. "Hello, old friend," Jac said softly. Kadrys looked up at Jac, and gave him a crooked smile. "Well hello there. I hardly recognised you out of your ... party finery." Amusement glinted in his eyes and he nudged a chair toward Jac with one foot. Jac chuckled as he seated himself. "I assume you've already seen or heard about Luthor's party." "Oh yes," Kadrys glanced toward the board on the far wall, the various scraps of paper showing indistinctly in the smoky air. "I noticed." "Thought you might." He flashed a grin. "The 'pot luck' aspect of it caught my eye, and as I was considering what I ought to be eating, I had to wonder whether one of those options wouldn't work for you as well. I never asked you about this before because it didn't seem to matter, but--does game blood work for you? At least if fresh?" Kadrys' smile sharpened. "Oh yes, it 'works'. As long as the donor's alive. I suppose it'd be possible for me to abstain from people indefinitely, but that would be sooo ... unsatisfying." he purred lasciviously. "No doubt it would. Tasteless food is sooo boring." "...Thanks for your offer, Jac," he added in brighter tones, "It'll be fun to hunt together. It's been quite some time since I've 'wolfed my food'." "Most excellent," he chortled. "So, any thoughts on the logistics? I suspect that some of the guests might be a tad unsettled by a high-speed chase and kill, after all." Kadrys nodded. "Yes, especially since our host's a vegetarian. And the careful landscaping of an elvish garden is _no_ place to hunt!" he grinned. "Well, the Great Forest's at Generica's doorstep. It seems to me that would be a convenient place for us to ...dine. Heh, we could even bring back a little contribution to the festivities, a fresh haunch or two of venison. We could meet at the Southgate, that's the closest to the Elven quarter. Perhaps an hour before the start of the party?" Jac bit his tongue momentarily, as his eyes danced. After a few seconds, he replied, "It's a plan." -- Spider Boardman spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US Andrea Evans Andrea.Evans@Orb.Nashua.NH.US