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From: jbulley@trcaccess.com (Jeff Bulley)
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Subject: Orteal's cautious introduction
Date: 21 Jul 1995 07:13:31 GMT
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>  She watches the three come over to her table.
>  "Sit please. Perrhaps you have tales to tell me? I would like to know 
>  your names and where you have come from. I am Aven-Ryx from Tascaria."
>  She relaxes and watches each of the three, the halfling, the mage and 
>  the barkeeper.
>  
>  --
>>>>
Looking slightly hurt that he could not stir up a conversation about magic, 
the mage became quiet.   The realization that he had forgotten his social graces 
gave him pause to await the other's introductions.  Hearing none, he presented 
himself. 

The mage paused to restoke is pipe with a flame from the tip of his finger.
"As for names" he said with his face almost obsured behind the green cloud.  
"That'd be Orteal, though I'm not called by that name to often.  I am from 
places exciting and dull, but call me travelling boots home.  You can call me 
Ort if it suits yer fancy as it does most.  It's much better than many a name
I've been called."  

"As fer stories... Well now, ther'd be tales and then ther'd be tales.  I couldn't be 
so rude as to bend yer ear til I knew a bit I more about yerselves. " Ort fumbled in 
the sleeve of his crimson robe and produced several pipes, each of a different size 
and design and placed them on the table along with a pouch of  an exotic smelling 
herb.  "First I'd need to know if ya cared to join me in a smoke.  You can learn alot 
'bout a  person by enjoying a good smoke. Don't you agree?" 

[Design the pipe of your choosing if you care to indulge.]

jbulley@trcaccess.com (Jeff Bulley)
- I write, 'therefore I am', and so I am, at least so I have written.