Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
While Elkae is fast asleep, two of
the badger guards let curiosity overtake them. They
sneak quietly into the cell and peek into the bag
Kestryll left for her.
They look at one another with fear in their
eyes. They've never seen a kachina quite like this one.
Perhaps they'd better have a word with Ancient Badger in
the morning.
____________________ Has
anybody seen my ruby slippers?
quote:
Originally posted by Chuckles58: _As security is
near and dear to him, Chuckles58 emails an interesting
web site he thought Grizz might find useful for his
own computer. The name of the product was especially
amusing:_
Grizz talked for a long time, getting
heartily sick of the sound of his own voice. He repeated
the main theme over and over again, in as many different
ways as he could think of.
As far as he could
tell, there had been no reaction at all. No sound, no
change in the light, nothing. Discouraged, he curled
up on the blankets with his face to the wall, his head
on a wadded up blanket, and another pulled over his
shoulders. He sighed, and went to sleep.
Some
time later, the light went away. It was enough to wake
Grizz up. He rolled over, sat up, and leaned back
against the wall, straining to see in the
dark.
There was a raspy, grating sound. Then some
skittery slithers. There came a quiet moment, and he
heard something hit the floor, like a small book hitting
flat. There came the faintest of glimmers near the far
wall by the glyph, and Grizz could see very dark forms
moving. Then came a very brief flash of light, which
effectively blinded Grizz for the moment since his
pupils were so wide in the dark.
As he sat there
trying to clear his vision, there was a linking sound,
then another. Slowly the light level came back to
normal, and Grizz could see again.
There was a
change. But what was it? Grizz looked carefully around
until his eyes came back to the glyph. That's when he
saw it. There was an addition to the side of the
glyph.
_______________________________ Prop.
D'ni Internal Supply Co. "If we don't have it, you
don't need it!"
Veronica knew it was extremely late, but
this important information could not wait until morning.
She was truly worried about Grizz and needed the
Professor's help. She linked back to her Relto and then
to the Institute, running up the stairs and across the
bridge to the classroom.
She entered the
Professor's domain to see him snuggled in the drawer
fast asleep. "Oh heek, this will not help to endear
myself at all." She leaned over and whispered into his
ear, "Professor Thietris." She tapped his shoulder.
"Professor Thietris?" She shook him. "Professor
Thietris?!"
<Oh hello there. Are you my
daddy?>
Veronica jerked away and ran back
out of the door down to her room at the store. "I guess
it can wait until morning." She muttered.
Chere links in to see... thrilled to see how much Seymour has
completed.
She enters Whoops.
"Good
morning, Seymour. The Shoppe looks
great."
Seymour looks up from his books and
replies, "Yes it does. My friend Alison designed it.
She's the lady who lives in Bracknell, whom I've spoken
often. She sure did a great job."
Chere and
Seymour tour the shop, both commenting on the many
varied plants and flowers. Seymour updates Chere on the
orders he has received and asks if she will deliver a
note to Professor T. letting him know he's been approved
for the G. manicata. "Please let Professor Thietris know
it will arrive next week and his over plants have been
ordered. Hey Chere, have any idea why the Professor
likes such big leafed plants?" Seymour
asks.
Chere replies, "I wonder if there is some
flying squirrel in his jeans?" and walks out the
door.
Chere enters the classroom and drops
off the note for the Professor, careful not to wake
him.
Dear Sir, We have received word from
our supplier that you have met with the qualifications
to own a gunnera manicata plant. I have enclosed this picture to give you an idea of
how it will look in the light garden. I have ordered the
other plants and will notify you when they
arrive.
Thank you for doing business with
WHOOPS.
Sincerely, Seymour
Chere
then heads to the Egg Room for some food and drink. She
hopes she runs into Grizz and Cordelia and would enjoy
meeting Veronica today.
Two
people climb into an elevator in the DISCO and ride down
to level 10. The step out of the elevator and disappear.
Later that same day a team of Bahro engineers arrive at
the DISCO and remove the elevator, seal up level 10 and
leave.
She suddenly awakes in a sweat. "Oh no, I
can't wake up now" she panics "I don't know what
happened to the two people who rode down in the
elevator"
She lays there
tossing and turning and then reasons with herself. Okay,
so it can only be a dream since there is no elevator in
the DISCO, right? No-one in their right minds would step
into a non-existent elevator, and surely no-one would go
down to a level that no longer exists?
She turns
over and goes back to sleep, feeling sure that Ronda and
Merlin are safe and not lost down in the non-existent
sub-levels of the
DISCO.......
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
Fashionable umbrellas for fashionable people, any time,
any place, any where!
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Ooo-er!
Professor T was up and
about, sniffing the air. Aaaah! Following his nose, he
arrived at Whoops, and was very impressed with what he
found. Just what the Institution needed to cheer it up.
Mmmm, it's going to be a fine day.
He passed Heek
Inc. and made a mental note always to purchase his game
requirements from that establishment. He was not a lover
of huge enterprises and felt that he should do his best
to support the little guy.
Cordelia awoke, feeling somewhat groggy
after her interrupted nights sleep. She could still
remember that dreadful dream. Desperately trying to put
it out of her mind, she got out of bed and put on her
clothes.
"Oh I do wish we could have showers here
in our rooms in the Institution - it would save having
to keep going back to Relto" she sighed.
Walking
out the door and down the stairs to the fountain area
she spotted the flowers arranged outside Whoops.
Thinking how lovely it looked she wandered over and puts
her head round the door. Seeing no sign of Chere she
decides it must be time for breakfast so she meanders
back up to the Egg Room for a plate of bacon, sausage
and beans.
Stretching and yawning, she suddenly
has a vision of Merlin and Ronda frantically trying to
find their way up from sub-level 10. "No no", she shook
her head, "it was just a dream, it's not real" or is
it............
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
Fashionable umbrellas for fashionable people, any time,
any place, any where!
Veronica awoke the next morning feeling
very badly. She felt she had let Grizz down and after
everything he'd done for her too. "But honestly, those
hawaiian shirts would just never do! He'll get over it.
He might even begin to appreciate high fashion." Feeling
better after a pep talk to herself, she set off to find
Professor Thietris.
Half way through a mouthful of bacon and
beans, Cordelia spots Veronica flouncing about outside
the professor's office.
"Now then, I wonder what
she wants" she asks herself putting down her plate and
leaving the Egg Room.
"Hi Veronica, have you
found Grizz yet? I'm not sure what's taking you so long,
the DISCO is only three sub-levels afterall. Surely he
can't have got that lost".
Suddenly a
vision comes in to Cordelia's mind of Grizz down on the
non-existent sub-level 10 with Merlin and
Ronda......
She rushes back into the Egg Room and
continues to eat her breakfast, trying to ignore these
strange thoughts
Cordelia Personal
Assistant to Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
Fashionable umbrellas for fashionable people, any time,
any place, any where!
Veronica made another circuit around the
neighborhood searching for the Professor. If she didn't
know better, she would think he was avoiding
her.
Entering WHOOPS, she meets Seymour for the
first time and amazingly, the cat absolutely adores her.
He jumps into her arms and immediately begins to purr.
"Aww...who's a precious kitty." He licks her cheek and
grins. She places him gently back on his pillow. "You
and I are going to be great friends, but right now I
must find Professor Thietris, have you seen
him?"
Seymour grinned even wider and replied,
"No, if I didn't know better, I would think he is
avoiding me."
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
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Guilty as
charged!
Don't do the crime if you can't
do the time!
...sssssss...zzzzt...blue
pages!
Go to your room, young
lady!
***
Elkae woke up in a cold
sweat. What nightmares she'd been having! The odor of
roadkill was beginning to dissipate; another smudge pot
ought to finish it off. What did she do with that
Zippo?
Oh Mr. Badger? Could I please get some
hot, black coffee and a couple of grilled english
muffins please? Oh, and some sterno
please.
Elkae was trying not to sound like
Veronica.
____________________ Has
anybody seen my ruby slippers?
Veronica rushed down the stairs towards
Heek Inc, almost running over the Professor as she did
so. He almost made it into Heek before she stopped
him.
"Oh sir! I have been searching everywhere
for you."
She proceeded to show him the note that Grizz had given her. "I have
not seen Grizz nor had a message from him. I'm very
concerned something has happened to him. He also asked
me to give you this," she presented the file.
"Do you have any idea
what that could mean?" She waited anxiously while the
Professor looked over the file.
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Professor T read through the note that
Veronica had given him. He looked up at her, open
mouthed. Then he studied the file printout. Again he
looked up at her, open mouthed. Finally he studied the
two pictures, looking from one to the other. He looked
up at her for a final time, open mouthed. At last he
spoke:
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
Elkae begins to dash off a few
e-mails.
Subject: URGENT!!!
My dearest
Cordelia,
There is something I need desperately
and, since you're the most responsible person I know,
may I ask you to handle it for me?
I need one of
these. I'm sure you can get one from
the DISCO. If Grizz gives you any guff, tell him I
need it. And if you have any doubts at all about
the composition, you may want to let Dr. Boatingirl have
a look at it.
Elkae, Inmate Teledahn
Prison Cell #1, The Big House
P.S. I believe I
left the coffee pot on in my private room (accessed from
elevator #7840). You might want to have someone check on
that, although I don't suppose a small kitchen
fire would have much effect on the
Institution.
____________________ Has
anybody seen my ruby slippers?
Veronica looked down at the cat hairs
covering her shirt. A bit embarrassed, she begins to
brush them off in great heaps. As they float gently on
the air to land on the Professor's head she gushes,
"Have you met that precious cat over at the new
store? I just love him."
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
"I suppose you've asked him for a date.
Of course, he will have to consider your application
first. He wouldn't give a Phoenix canariensis to
just anyone."