Originally Posted by goldney
"What happen-"
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But he was interrupted:
" - that Burns returned to her former glory!"
Suddenly the Party appeared in the courtyard of a large Palace. "Hey!" said the Adventurer, "You can't answer a wish that you yourself granted!"
"Can't I?" The woman, now in her finery, asked angrily.
"Well, it wouldn't be seemingly. Burns is said to be a kind, benevolent and wise sorceress, who always helps the needy. Not the sort to use her abilities for her own gain."
"Truth is, I have always been helpful to those in Dreamviews. But that is only because this world is full of n00bs. There is a certain post count, that, if you exceed it, I will become the most cruel cold-hearted witch towards you as you could possibility imagine. No one has exceeded it here, but on another forum, well... lets just say that he is my man-servant, now. MAN-SERVANT!"
A hunchbacked, chained and oppressed creature of a man appeared. "Yes me lady?" he said. Goldney spoke: "You are a man-servant too? Can we be friends? What is your name?"
"pj" Said the pathetic man. "It used to stand for something, but I forget which. Master says it is not important. I am hers, now."
"Shut up!" said his cruel master, "And start watering those flowers yonder."
pj crawled off. "For finding my amulet, I shall tell you what you need to know. The Mines of Techtalk is cut into the Mountains south of here. Southeast is the R&S wilds that you so desperately avoid. The acadamies of Philosophy lay North, and west of that lies the faggotry of Arcane Arena. They're into "RPGs" there. Stupid things! I tell you this because I'm an admin of this region, so I know it well."
"I'm an admin too!" piped in pj.
"Shut your hole! And come clean my Boots of Superiority! Pronto!" pj proceded to lick his master's shoes clean.
The Adventurer turned round to his devious human ally. "This place is pretty weird, and Burns isn't nice at all. Lets get out of here."
The Bulletin Bard was nowhere to be seen; no one cared. He is a peripheral character.
"Thank you for your help," Burns added. "I expect I'll see you around soon."
"Uh... yes. And bye too, uh, pj."
"Gudbye", the chained man grunted out.
They found themselves back in the Lounge town square. The Palace of Burns
lied ahead of them.
"Where have you been?" said the Bard, re-emerging.
"Don't tell him," Goldney said to his master, "he'll probably write a song about it."
"Good thinking. (and turning to the Bard) A ska concert." Said the Adventurer. The Bard looked revolted, "I certainly won't be writing a song like that, it would cause Ears of Bleeding (-5 HP/turn)."
"Onward! South to the mountains, and the Mines!" And thus they set forth, again.
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