Cordelia looks at the young lady and
holds out her hand.
"Pleased to meet you Deladra,
my name is Cordelia and I am the Personal Assistant to
Professor Thietris. I understand that the Professor
would like you to work with Stellaflora. I was supposed
to be introducing you to him today, but I have been
unable to find him. He seems to have locked himself in
his lab and is so busy he hasn't had time to come
out."
Cordelia leads Deladra to Stellaflora's
laboratory and knocks hard on the door. There is no
response and when she turns the handle the door won't
open.
"Oh well, we'll have to try again another
time. Maybe he has gone off exploring and locked the
door to safe-guard all his expensive
equipment."
As they walk back across the
courtyard a thought comes to Cordelia.
"Tell me
Deladra, what experience do you have in evicting
unwanted
tennants?"
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
H'lo? : What's up,
Mother? : Yes, I know Susie. Do you know Susie
like I know Susie? hehehe : A teddy bear from
Janes?! Janes who? : Janes Cream ... Uh ... I
don't think I've ever heard of that place. Why would
they be sending me a teddy bear? : Rather large?
How large? : I see! : Why would it be
wearing Wellies? : Oh yes, I did forget to turn
off the rain when I left. Can you take care of that for
me? : Thanks. : One more thing. I have to
ask. Is this bear perchance
stuffed? : Whew! : 'Kay. Gotta run.
Kiss-kiss. Tell Daddy
hello.
Grizz comes out of D'ni Cavern Supply
rubbing his eyes. There is an irritated look on his
face, and his clothes look like thay have been slept in
(which is perceptive of the observer, since that is
exactly the case), and his visor is shoved around over
one ear. He pulls it straight irritably, and grumbles,
"Who was making all the racket? What the heek was all
that pounding about?"
He sees that the heek
alcove has been walled in. He just shakes his head,
wondering whether this was done by Shiloh to protect her
crystal display, or whether it is a new venture;
possibly a competitor??!!
Then he realizes
that the alcove is surely not big enough to house enough
goods to compete with the Cavern Supply, and anyway,
competition is good. It keeps one on his toes.
He
turns around, still grumbling a little at his
interrupted nap, and goes back in, thinking that maybe
it is time for him to take on a little help, if only he
could find someone gullible enough...wait...make that
industrious enough, to be a good and trustworthy worker.
He might even consider making the right person a
partner.
And actually, the noise has awakened him
just in time to freshen up a bit on his Relto (you know,
plunge under the falls, change clothes, etc., etc.) and
get up to the surface for the rest of the
day.
_______________________________ Prop.
D'ni Cavern Supply "If we don't have it, you don't
need it!"
"Hey Grizz, can I just have a quick word
with you before you disappear back to your Relto?"
Cordelia just manages to catch Grizz before he links out
"There was a
lady looking for you earlier, said something about
wanting some new shoes - I'm not sure where she went but
I sent her to your store. Have you seen
her?"
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
Grizz looks a little concerned. He knows
how easy it is to get lost in the D'ni Cavern
Supply.
"Nope! Haven't seen her. Thanks for
letting me know though. I better go and see if she is
wandering around somewhere inside."
"And what's
up with that wall over the heek alcove? I thought Shiloh
had set up a crystal display. And what happened to that
nice, quiet lady that was sleeping there in a sleeping
bag last night? Did she get walled in?"
_______________________________ Prop.
D'ni Cavern Supply "If we don't have it, you don't
need it!"
H'lo? : Hiya, Daddy. Good to
hear from you. What's up? : Uh huh. : Uh
huh. : Well, I'll call Susie myself when I get
home. Tell Mother not to worry about it
anymore. : Darvon's better for that sorta
thing. : No, I don't think four would hurt her.
Better check the label, though. : Love you, too.
Byeeeee.
Cordelia grins at Grizz's comment about
getting lost in his store - she knows how easy it is,
having spent several hours in there the other day trying
to find a cosy for her teapot.
"Well Grizz, it
would appear that TLG has set-up this games store -
although goodness knows why, I mean we are all so busy
here when are we going to find time to play games.
Anyway, I think he must have moved Shiloh's crystal
display because it doesn't appear to be in there. I
stuck my head in the door and could see no sign of
anything remotely resembling crystals"
She ponders on
the sight she saw when she looked into the den - masses
of boxes piled to the ceiling with names on like Myst,
Riven, Exile and URU - what are these games
anyway?
"I do hope he hasn't damaged any of them
- I can't find where he could have put them. Maybe he
sold them. Oh no, I hope not, Shiloh will be so
upset."
She takes a while to think about Shiloh
and her wedding preparations (not being aware that the
bride-groom had been kidnapped).
"As for that
young lady, her name is Deladra and she is fine. She is
waiting for Stellaflora to come back. I think that
Thietris wants her to be his new assistant" she winks at
Grizz knowingly
"You'd better go
and look for that lady - she did seem rather upset about
not being able to get any new shoes. She wanted Gucci or
Prada........"
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
*watching Cordelia walk off to speak to
Grizz, she giggles at the thought of anyone touching
that door handle to the new store or walking into the
place at all. Picking up her backpack again, Deladra
stretches a moment then heads over to the fountain for a
bit of journal writing*
*after a few minutes of
writing, she pulls out a small foldable tray, places it
on her lap and starts to twirl her fingers along the
surface of the tray. Smiling, she watches the surface of
the tray begin to move as if it was made from
liquid*
As Grizz wanders back into his store,
Cordelia notices something, or maybe someone, laying on
the ground.
"Oh my," she says under her breath
"it looks like someone has fainted. I'll just go and
fetch my smelling salts. I wonder how long he's been
laying there"
She rushes off
to her room and starts to search through her drawers
trying to remember where she put the little bottle.
Eventually she finds it and rushes back out to the body
on the ground.
As she roles him over she can see
that it's MrDeitch
"Wake up
MrDeitch" she calls as she waves the bottle under his
nose "whatever are you doing laying
here?"
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
Cordelia gives a big sigh of relief "Oh
thank goodness, you are alright MrD, I was very
concerned there for a moment."
"Well as far as I
know that isn't Polly but I couldn't be sure - I never
really got that close to Polly before. Has Elkae
reported her missing by any chance?"
Cordelia is
a little confused - as far as she knew Polly was safe
with Elkae, deep in the depths of the Grand
Canyon.
"Maybe someone should give her a call and
find out if she has lost something"
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
*RW awoke and immediatly realized he had
slept well into the day.*
*That's the problem
with spending time in caves, without the change in
lightness and darkness, your internal clock gets out of
wack."
*Locating Prof. T's office, he read the
note tacked to the door*
"Professor Thietris will
not be in his office today, having been called away
unexpectedly. Please come back
later.
Cordelia Personal Assistant to
Professor Thietris Institution of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds"
*Clearly, RW was
disappointed, as Prof T. was considered to be a formost
authority on the GZ. Resolving to come back, RW
linked back to Relto, for a falls shower, food, and
softer bed.*
Veronica helplessly sits down on a
nearby crate, rubbing her sore feet. She had been
searching for hours it seemed to find the designer
footwear section in this abominable supply store without
success. Why, there wasn't even a cosmetic counter!
Deciding that the bluebird had given her wrong
directions she is about to leave the store when she sees
a man enter. "I say there, yes you there with that
orange (pink?) thing on your forehead...are you the
Proprietor of this establishment?" Grizz warily nods his
head. "Well then," Veronica huffs in irritation, "It's
about time you showed up! Now...do you or do you not
carry Gucci? I need a six and a half narrow, if you
would be so kind and do hurry, I don't have all
day."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dream as
if you will live forever, live as if you will die
today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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