From: fannicm@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: Re: [blade] Meshtak confronts Trawm
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:59:54 GMT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <1992Oct16.080826.15842@cheshire.oxy.edu>,
 dementia@cheshire.oxy.edu (Daniel Steven Reinker) writes:
> dropping a gold piece. Meshtak ignores it, instead turning to the drow woman.
> "Go for it." he whispers. Then he turns back to Trawm. "Mr. Trawm, I hope we
> can expect your full cooperation."
> Trawm sighs, knowing the universal law - with government comes despair. "Yeah,
> yeah. Go ahead." he says.

   The young drow gives Meshtak a tight grin then steps forward past Trawm. 
As she nears the arena where Blade and the stone elemental are fighting,
she begins moving her hands in strange patterns, leaving the glowing runes
behind to slowly wrap around her.  The crown begins to give way without
appearing to see her or even notice that they have moved.  Before long she
reaches the edge of the arena an steps over the binding runes.  A strange
distortion of the air accompanies her crossing.
   She turns to the first of the runes and reaches for the knives in her
boots.  First she pulls out the two dark hilted knives and holds them away
from her body to either side.  Meshtak and the others can see her lips
moving as she chants something.  After a moment she releases the two long
bladed daggers and they hang suspended, almost invisible lines of force
connecting them to the circle of runes.
   Quickly she turns and makes several passes in Blade's direction and he
stops moving around even though he is still hammering away at the quickly
weakening earth elemental.  She hesitates for a moment and then smiles a
bit.  Almost negligently she makes another series of hand passes and the
earth elemental begins to grow and heal.  Strangly enough it appears to
have been changed to another form of rock for it is now faster and more
resistant to Blade's attacks.  She turns and smiles sweetly at Trawm.
   With that smile on her face she turns back to the silver rune.  She
pulls out the knife given to her at the Dragon's Inn and begins to make
passes over both objects with her hand.  After a moment or two she begins
to carve smaller runes into the silver rune, with sections of smaller runes
joining together to reveal larger runes.  The entire process takes but a
few moments, but the painstakingness of the labor makes it seem longer.
   She then straightens and moves to the next rune, her floating daggers
following her.  Before she begins she looks over at the fight and sees that
Blade is getting the worst end of the deal by far.  She frowns for a second
and makes a few passes with both hands.  Blade immediately flys away from a
powerful blow of the elemental and the fight resumes in earnest.  Curiously
enough, while the combat roams all over the arena it never nears the spot
where the young drow is working.
   After going about halfway around the circle she notices that the
elemental is losing again.  She definately appears vexed as she turns
toward the pair, with a few passes of her hands she weaves a strange spell. 
The next time Blade strikes the elemental his weapon sticks for a moment,
as if magnetized.
   Knowing the Trawm must be getting upset at her constant interference
(he's foaming at the mouth by this time), she hurries to complete her work. 
It does not take much longer.  As she finishes the last of the runes, the
crowd collectively takes a step back away from them, again without concious
thought.  
   Slowly she slides the knives back into their proper sheaths and climbs
out of the pit.  Lines of fatigue can be seen on her face, and the crowd
does not seem to give way as easily as they had done before.  She finally
reaches the group of people from the Dragon's Inn and leans on the arm of
the first person she can.  Almost as an afterthought she releases her hold
on Blade and the strangely modified elemental.
   She looks at the group and quietly says, "They will hold now."  Then she
turns to Trawm and says, with the most haughty expression imaginable, "You
are fortunate indeed, *sir*, that I had the proper materials to fix your
*blunder*.  I do not believe that we will press charges, but a warning
*will* be filed with the proper authorities."
   Under her breath to Meshtak, "Let us leave quickly, before he realizes
that there are no City Rune Inspectors!"

[ADMIN:  That fight should last a day or two since anything that Blade
knocks off the elemental will just reattach if he gets near it again!!   :)   
That is just for those of you who like good fights!]
-----
Master Hawk
Leader of the Night Parade

   "And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered, and
the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall
once more lay his hand upon the world of man."
                              -from The Karaethon Cycle:
                               The Prophecies of the Dragon.