The badgers began
to realize that the care and feeding of a human was
going to be a far greater task then they had imagined.
They seemed to require alot more upkeep then badgers
did. The ancient one decided it was best to assign
several badgers to attend to Elkae's needs and
requests.
At the same time an urgent call was
placed to Kestryll & Company.
Speedy, Grassie, Dr Warrell,
frontmullet, and MrD walked fast down the tunnels.
Luckily, they were dimly lit so the didn't have to crash
into the walls (but they had Grassie's night vision and
Speedy's flashlight to help them see) At one point, they
came to a fork. "Well, left or right?" asked
frontmullet. "What does the map say?" asked
MrD "We don't know where we are since we could never
tell where we started from," Speedy said as she tried to
look at the map. "Great..." moaned MrD. "Actually,
maybe this will help..." Grassie said as he pointed
something out on the wall. Everyone looked. Sure
enough, there was a
sign: __________________________ <- Linking
Area, Homestead, River Grainry, Mushroom Gardens
->
------------------------------------------
"Well,
that helps,..." said Dr Warrell, "but where is the
prison in relation to here?"
Studying gives
you knowledge. Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. I am
learning how to be corrupt.
Heek inc is still open for
business. Stop by for any of your gaming needs! Or
repairs Or batteries Or food Or drink Or any
game that has ever existed for any race, in any time
period.
Ever!
____________________________ Official
proprietor of Heek Inc. Second Bartender of the
A&C Hotel.
"Allrightee," Ronda said, and stepped
out into the dimness of the supposedly nonexistent level
10. "I really thought Kestryll's guys had fixed this,"
she murmured. "And come to think of it, didn't the DISCO
only have stairs before?"
Not three steps onto
the level, they were greeted by a strange
arrangement.
Cones.
Tinkian lavender
cones.
"Oh," said Ronda. "Well, that explains it.
Sort of."
In cavern: Ronda KI # 589268 - Atrus
shard ~ TMP When the going gets weird, the weird turn
pro.
It was a very long day. A very tired,
but highly amuzed ancient old badger crawled into bed.
"No, you gaurds can't sleep! your gaurds for
tuber pickin! And no, you three assigned to the prisoner
can't sleep either! What the human wants she gets! Got
it? No, she can't have her freedom! Yes, get her a glass
of water!
Reeaaaaalllllyyyyyy!zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZ"
Kestryll finally catches the elevator
which for some reason had a tendancy to switch
locations. After some cursing, and the utilization of a
crowbar and two pry bars from the DISCO's stock, he
manages to get the outer doors open and look
down.
Fireflies this
time...
*Click* ^^^^^ Yep, it's fireflies
this time. In the elevator's shaft. ^^^^^ Same
shell pattern as the cones. ^^^^^ No, they never
had an elevator before... ^^^^^ No, I have a few
more things to do. So if that other team is available,
please send them along. ^^^^^ Thank
you! *click*
Kestryll links out. Two
minutes later twelve Bahro link in by the fountain and
promptly head down to the DISCO. Five minutes after
that a ripple pulses it's way through the Hood and the
DISCO's elevator is gone. The dozen Bahro emerge from
the store each carrying a glass bottle containing a
single firefly. One by one they drop a small gold coin
in the box and use the Nexus book to link
out.
__________________________ *Please
report to the nearest Evacuation Center.* Neil: I
think we should report to the nearest Evacuation
Center.
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
The sound of slightly off-key singing
could be heard emanating from the Teledahn
prison.
What ev er Lo la wants Lo la
gets
The startling tingle of the UltraBrite
was just what Elkae needed. That, and a big strong hug
from Slacker Bear. She fell asleep dreaming of a big
strong bottle of
Frangelico.
____________________ Has
anybody seen my ruby slippers?
Kestryll
links into the Teledahn Winery office, smiles to the
bahro behind the desk, and picks up a package from the
stack by the door. He sets off down a tunnel and starts
to jog. Picking up speed he suddenly runs straight into
Dr. Warrell.
He hops up, apologizing profusely,
and then helps Dr. Warrell to his feet.
Kest:
Terribly sorry about that. Didn't I pass you on the way
here earlier? Grassie: Yes, you did. Locked the door
on us too. Kest: Sorry, that door is supposed to stay
locked at all times. Now, were you looking for something
or just lost in general? Speedy: We were looking for
the prison. You wouldn't happen to know where it is
would you? K: I was just on my way there, actually.
Follow me and try to keep up please.
Kestryll
heads off down the left-hand tunnel and picks a brisk
walking speed. Five minutes later and several
explanations of, 'They're with me.' Kestryll
emerges into the prisons. He smiles to the guards who
open the doors so he can place the package in the cell.
Kestryll walks out of the prison as the cell's doors
close again and looks around.
Where did those
people go? I didn't think I was walking that
fast...
He shrugs and links
out.
__________________________ *Please
report to the nearest Evacuation Center.* Neil: I
think we should report to the nearest Evacuation
Center.
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
Bizzy was always a little creeped out whenever the Bahro
were around. He was glad they got the DISCO elevator
removed, however.
It was a nice night and Bizzy
decided to take a stroll around the Institution to see
what was going on.
He peeked into the classroom
and saw Thietris asleep in the desk drawer, his tail
twitching to and fro like a metronome. Bizzy laughed,
thinking he was probably having a nightmare about
Seymour.
Bizzy strolled into the Egg Room and
found that Kestryll had brought in something special:
shortbread cookies (Bizzy's favorite). He was so happy
he broke out in song.
Mamma's little baby
loves shortenin', shortenin', Mamma's little baby
loves shortenin' bread.
When he left the Egg
Room, his beard was full of
crumbs.
____________________ Has anybody
seen my ruby slippers?
When Veronica finally had the file, she
took a moment to read it:
Dear Professor,
I am not noted as a researcher, but I hope that
won't keep you from giving this your serious
consideration.
While on a junket in Australia, a
friend took many pictures of Aboriginal rock art. He has
visited the cleft, so when he noticed something in one
of the pictures he realized it might have great
significance. He sent it to me by email.
When I
got it, I was instantly reminded of a vague impression I
got that stayed in my memory from my first visit to Eder
Kemo. It didn't really register on my mind at the time,
but his letter and picture brought back the memory. I
went to Eder Kemo as soon as I could to look again to
see if my memory was accurate. It was. After I spent
some time looking for it (couldn't remember exactly
where it was), I found the Kemo glyph, and took a
picture.
I have placed them both on the same
sheet so they can be seen side by side. I hope you will
agree that they raise startling implications.
I
strongly believe that the Bahro will prove to be far
more important, and more far-reaching in influence than
anyone yet believes. I don't, of course, know exactly
what this means, but I am beginning to have a glimmer of
a theory. I strongly suggest that we stop treating the
Bahro like jokes and give them the respect I believe
they fully deserve. I further believe that all the
glyphs in Eder Kemo should be studied much more in
depth, particularly in light of the connection Elkae
found between them and the ancient cultures that once
thrived around the cleft area.
I would be happy
to discuss my theory with you, or with anyone else that
may be interested.
Guess I'll have to bring some more
shortbread cookies...
He freshens up the
coffee, shoves all the dirty dishes and things into a
crate and links out. A minute later he's back with a
crate marked 'Breakfast ERInHod'. He sets everything up
then wanders down to the garden. He leaves a cookie jar
next to Bizzy's hidden door, grins and links
out.
__________________________ *Please
report to the nearest Evacuation Center.* Neil: I
think we should report to the nearest Evacuation
Center.
[EDIT]My spies
are
everywhere...[/EDIT] __________________________ *Please
report to the nearest Evacuation Center.* Neil: I
think we should report to the nearest Evacuation
Center.
[This message was edited by Kestryll on
Mon April 19 2004 at 08:44 PM.]