From: rhr9081@hertz.njit.edu (Ray Rich)
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: Re: [DQ] SunStorm,Week 6 --Babe Alert
Date: 1 Sep 92 18:28:33 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

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>THE DRAGONQUEST: WEEK 6 (OK, so week 5 lasted 2 weeks. So what?)
>
>"In which the Blue Lady comes in, the Sword gets drunk, the Ranger feels
>better and cares for his friend, a Vampire remembers but can't put his
>finger on it, a holographic simulation yields strange results, an invasion
>passes out peacefully unnoticed, and a fighter doesn't read a book."
>
>Characters: ShockWave, 'Raelf, Kadrys, Lancos, Valgar, Alita.
>
>What has gone before:
>
	Has been deleted to conserve space.  You should have read it the
first two times, you silly person, you!
>
>Anyway...
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>
>"Doouuuuuuuu... burp. Thiiisss boooodyyy reallllllllllllhips hazzzalot
>ovzstrange feelings..." said SunStorm as he was starting to slip off
>under the table.
>
>"I told you not to drink too much!" Lancos said to the 4 feet high giant.
>ShockWave replied firmly, holding an empty bottle of strong wine in each
>hand, his back pressed against the legs of the chair and the table. "I
>jidun't schrdrinnk tooooo much! Hic! I know shunshtorm... he
>ccannnnnnnndrinkalot! Sheee?" He pointed at the other bottles on the floor.
>"Thaash rinking game sure wash fun! I wasnj't to playj jagain! Hips!"
>
>Valgar and Lancos had played the "new" game too, but they had more than
>enough experience at being a living being of flesh and blood to be able to
>know where to stop. ShockWave was definitely going to remember his first day
>as a biological being very long, because he'll be sick as hell tonight for
>sure... But then again, maybe not: SunStorm always had been a great drinker,
>and sometimes no matter what the mind does, the body just knows best. The
>diminutive giant was already starting to fall asleep, and every now and then
>he would start to doze off. It was true that it was beginning to be very late:
>most of the patrons had left or went to bed already.
>
	Despite his "experience", Valgar couldn't help but feel that he had
drunk far too much.  It had been quite a while since he had anything but
filthy swill to drink.  He was no longer sure of his limitations, untested for
so long.  His senses seemed dulled and his reactions slowed.  This combined 
with the effects of the pyracubic thing, the reopening of old wounds, and the
subsequent spontaneous growth of a full moustache and beard made him feel 
considerably edgy.

>"Come, SunStorm, I guess you'd be better off in a room with a real bed." said
>Lancos, trying to help the reduced giant on his two feet.
>
>"M'not shick! Jee? I mann very clear heahded! Shee? I cun walk onna straight
>line, betjeen these two poles..."
>
>"There is only ONE pole, 'Wave. Now, come on before the ogre pass the mop over
>your beard... God, you are HEAVY! Are you made of stone or what? Valgar, I
>think I'll need a little help here... I could move him alone without that much
>of a problem, but just in case."
>
	Valgar struggled to his feet, his own intoxication unnoticed with
SunStorm/'Wave fully blitzed.  "No problem, pal," he said somewhat hesitant.
>"I'm coming... Hmpf, <ooof> it's true he's somewhat dense. He's not a
>half-stone giant for nothing! It's lucky for us he's only 4 feet high!"
>
>"Shokay, shokay, I'm coming, me coming... shesh, no need to shout jo loud!
>Ann me not densh, I'm light headed, thass all! Oohhhh, me head jiz ringing
>bells... bing bong... uhu, thatssn't my head!"
>
>Effectively, a tonal ringing sound was coming from the center table. At the
>same time something on 'Raelf Elder made a low "mi-mi-mi-mip", like those
>alarm watches in today's world, and he hummed something for himself, so low
>that only Kadrys heard it "here she comes, right on time. Now let's see what
>they'll do. It should prove interesting.", he thought.
>
>Kadrys answered SunStorm's question for everybody: "That's 'Raelf's
>atrolabe, it's finished its analysis!"
>
>'Raelf practically jumped. "Finally!" He moved toward the delicate
>instrumentations, just as a new patron... a very good looking one, and
>strange looking one, entered the inn.
>
>She had a very charming smile. Her most striking feature was of course her
>blue skin, like a sky without a single cloud. Her red ample long hairs were
>stunning. The way she walked exuded a feminity which affirmed its assurance
>and determination. Her eyes gleamed as the light from inside the inn
>reflected in them, showing an invitation to untold secrets. Her smile lifted
>a little on one sides, and more on the other, as if she was at the same time
>admiring those inside and wanting to laugh with them.
>
>"Hello, boys! Recognize me? I'm sure you don't!" She laughed lightly this
>time, in a sort of innocent and sweet way.
>
>One of the few patrons left tried to invite the girl...
...And was promptly and quite physically refused.

>Alita quickly forgot about the jerk and turned her attention toward 12
>eyes who looked at her. She walked toward them.
>
>"Who's that girl?" asked Valgar, meaning more "What does that babe think
>she's doing?" than aking a real question.
His uneasiness increased.  It had been so long since he had so much as kissed
a woman, and the memories of Taryn were still fresh in his mind from his
encounter with the pyracube.  Almost forgotten feelings surfaced in his mind
and elsewhere.
>
>ShockWave, being supported from both sides by his friends, saw the two real
>good looking females with blue skin approaching. Now he really was hearing
>ringing. "Dooooon DOOOOOONG D*O*O*O*O*O*O*N*N*N*N*G*G*G!!!" Loud church
>bells ringing in his head. "I think I'm gonna get a headache". He tried to
>regain his composure, to affirm that he was able to stand all by his own and
>shaked his reins. Lancos and Valgar both reacted mechanically and let go of
>him, thinking he was able to stand.
>
>ShockWave made a step toward Alita. She was creating in him strange
>feelings... "She's... she's..."
>
>Alita arrived near ShockWave. "What's the matter, shorty? Cat got your
>tongue? Mnnn, you don't seem too well. I'd say, you seem like you really
>need to sleep. My! I could push you, and you'd fall!"
>
>And she did, like a little girl doing something nasty, she poked at him...
>a little too hard.
>"See?"
>
>ShockWave lost his balance. He was not feeling well at all. And he didn't
>like her at all.
>"ooooohh.... <plunk>"
>
>Lancos quickly looked after ShockWave.
>"He's out cold. Probably the drinks, he was pretty much out of it already."
>
>"Ha, that makes me remember the first hangover I had. I'd been drinking
>three full bottles of Hydromel in half an hour! I was only twelve. Boy, I
>was really sick on that one! Guess you'll have to bring him somewhere
>else... You do that while I go see your other friends. See you later,
>handsomes!" She turned toward Valgar. "Wow, what big muscles. Did you know
>that I LIKE strong men? Of course you did! See you later, my big beard..."
	Valgar frowned.  If her come-ons were any more overt, he was sure
she'd be arrested.  He'd seen harlots and their ilk before, but this one
seemed quite exceptional.  She seemed to know them somehow.  He wondered
how much she really did know.

>And she looked at Lancos. "Ha, don't you be jealous now, I haven't forgotten
>you. I like the color of your hairs..." she then passed him a note of paper,
>and told him: "That's a secret. From me. For you. Don't tell it to anyone...
>I'll explain later, cute man."
>
	In an effort to shake the uneasiness, Valgar turned to Lancos.  "Sure,"
he said with a genuine smile, "I get a cheap compliment.  You get a note.
Don't do anything I wouldn't do."  He slapped Lancos on the shoulder, both to
accentuate the jest and steady his declining balance.
	Alita proceeded to give cryptic and unusually amorous greetings to
'Raelf and Kadrys.
>
>'Raelf finally took a moment to look at the flashing runic display on the
>astrolabe, deciphering its meaning.
>"By the Great Void!", he shouted. It wasn't often he was surprised like that.
>
>Everybody turned toward him, even Alita.
  Some a little slower than others.  Valgar clutched his head as it continued
to spin even after he stopped turning.
>
>"You know, do you really know how bad your bloody rotten timing is?"
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>
>Patrick "Paradak" Rannou   Rannou@info.polymtl.ca
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>
>Michael Sander 344lwkc@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu
>AKA Lancos Erredan

Raymond H. Rich
AKA Valgar

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