"Umm..." said FM, not knowing what to
say. "Oh... um... just way down yonder but not far
off," Grassie said to the king. "WHAT? What the
heeeeeeek is THAT!" asked the king. "Oh, that's where
we're from," said FM. "Ourrrrr guarrrds saw you in
the 13th sector to the West. You and your contingent
then invaded our upper region and poked arrrrround in
the offfices THERE! And you are trrrrying to be funnny?"
said the king. "Not intentionally..." said
Grassie. "Our society has thoroughly explorrred
allllll aspects of this worrrrld, but we have neverrrr
seen yourrr kind hereeeeee at all," "We've been
hiding," said FM. "Yeah, we only come out every so
many years, I mean... the last time we came out, there
wasn't a kingdom anywhere!" Grassie added on. "But
that was over a thoussssand years ago" said the king
with a wary eye. "... which explains why we've never
seen you before! We only come out once every 1500
years!" said FM. "Really..." said the king. "Oh
yeah, we live peacefully in our homes with our families,
and life is good! We come out once every 1500 years so
we can... um... feel the sunlight and rain on ourselves!
We don't get that everyday" said Grassie. "Where is
this place?" asked the king. "As he said, way down
yonder and not far off," said FM. "Where is
'yonder'?" asked the king. "Oh no..." muttered
Grassie as he cursed himself. "We're not telling
you!" said FM. "What!" said the king. "What!" said
Grassie as he looked at FM. "We're not going to tell
you! Just like Grub's is not going to tell you his
secret thingy," said FM. This did not go too well
with the king. If Grassie thought he saw correctly,
steam was coming from the helmet. "GUARRRRDS!" the
king shouted. Three guards appeared behind Grassie
and FM. "Take thessse prrrisoners BACK to the cells
and MAKE SURE that there is no FOOD or WATER for anyone
down there! Then, brrrrring me the BIRD and the
otherrrrr olderrrr person!" shouted the king. The
guards picked up Grassie and FM. "Nice one," muttered
Grassie to FM. "Now, if I can only warm Merlin about
this... he better be searching for us..."
Co-Manager of Age &
Country Hotel; Capable of Undertaking Treacherous
Explorations
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The nicely dressed young man introduces
himself as Edward Z. Mist, and tells Cruiser he is from
H.U.G.S.. Cruiser says "that's nice, glad to meet you
Mr. Mist, my name is Cruiser!" "Just what is
H.U.G.S.?" The nicely dressed young man tell her he is
here to see about the plant in WHOOPS and H.U.G.S. stands
for Humane Understanding of Growth Society. "Oh really."
says Cruiser.
~~~~~~~~B.A.H.R.O. Director~~~~~~~~
[This
message was edited by Cruiser. on Fri May 07 2004 at
06:44 AM.]
Congratulations
everyone on such a terrific achievement
Chuckles, I
am really sorry but I can't come out to play at the
moment. Please feel free to take Cordelia with you for
your round - but please make sure she plays better than
I do
Cordelia Personal Assistant to
Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO, President and
Managing Director, Institution of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
An umbrella isn't just
for Christmas, it's for life!
Oh, crumbs! Professor Thietris and the
Daleks! Instinctively, Professor T reached for his Relto
book and tried to panic-link out. But nothing happened.
A black Dalek came forward:
"Greetings.
Professor. Thietris. ... I. Am. Dalek. Black. Zero. One.
... Your. Relto. Book. Has. Been. Deactivated. In.
Order. To. Ensure. The. Successful. Completion. Of.
This. Mission. ... We. Have. Been. Assigned. To. Be.
Your. Assistants. ... Do. Not. Be.
Alarmed."
"How-how-how do you do!" stammered
the professor, wondering whether to shake the Dalek by
the plunger but thinking better of it.
OOC: 3000th? Wasn't 2000 just a few days
ago? It must be accelerating.
OT:After a long
period of trying to make contact, Merlin finally reaches
Grassie.
"What happened?"
"They're taking
us back now. FM and I told them that we have been in
hiding and we only come out every 1500 years, so we can
get some sun. Apparently the Knights are not natural
residents of the area, they've been here only 1000
years, and this age is obviously older than that. They
are coming to get Dr. Warrell and Speedy, you should
tell them."
"You got it. They didn't NI you too
many times, did they?"
"No, not really. Hey, it
doesn't hurt when you think it.
Interesting."
"Yeah. Bye!"
"Good
luck."
Merlin contacts Speedy and Dr. Warrell and
warns them just before the Knights enter carrying FM and
Grassie.
"FM! Grassie! Are you okay? What did
they do?" says Merlin in mock concern.
"It's
okay. Don't worry," says Grassie with a twinkle in his
eye.
Merlin
(just a nickname) in the Institution and Mysti in the A&C Team Bahro
Agents Will help nearly any one who needs help
and do almost anything that needs doing. Mysti is
currently remodeling the A&C. Merlin is currently
adventuring in Negilahn.
Mr. Edward Z. Mist tells Cruiser that he
needs to go into WHOOPS to check on the plants. "Are you
sure that you want to do that?" asks Cruiser. "Yes"
Mr Mist replies, "I'm sure the plants are in need of
food and water by now, it's my responsiblity to take
care of their needs." Cruiser directs Mr Mist to the
front door of WHOOPS. "I hope he knows what he's doing."
Cruiser thinks to herself.
Cordelia, in her distressful concern
over the Professor's whereabouts, replied to
Chuckles58's offer to play a round of golf, via the Golf
Outing Linking Facilitator (GOLF) and its direct link to
The Golf Age, without having to enter through the
pre-beta program "Magenta Planets".
"Why
yes, I don't have any PA duties to attend to, besides
other than Almech, Cruiser, Bren and that plant guy
Edward, there's nobody in the hood."
Let's go
then, here's the GOLF device.
He opens it to
the linking page. Cordelia places her hand on the panel
and disappears. Chuckles follows. They appear in The
Golf Age club house.
Where do you want to
play today?
"Well lately all I've been able to
manage is to play a little at the Eder Kemo Golf Link.
How about Castle Pines in Colorado. I've always wanted
to hit the ball farther (thanks to the mile-high
rarified air)."
Sounds fine to me. I'll just
locate it in the index here. ... Looks like Volume
27.
He places Volume 1 back on the bookshelf,
carefully sets Volume 27 on the bookstand built into the
kiosk, and turns to the Castle Pines page. He places his
hand on the linking panel. Before he disappears,
he reminds Cordelia
It may rain. Don't forget
your ...
Cordelia follows, then notices the
familiar moving bar as the link is
made.
---------------------------- Master
of Manipulating Stories (MOMS) Director of
Redirecting Kinesis (DORK)
Merlin
(just a nickname) in the Institution and Mysti in the A&C Team Bahro
Agents Will help nearly any one who needs help
and do almost anything that needs doing. Mysti is
currently remodeling the A&C. Merlin is currently
adventuring in Negilahn.
Dalek Black 01 informed the professor
that they would soon be arriving at Modder Aytor.
Because the SFS Lewis & Clark was somewhat
larger than the Age itself, it would be necessary to
proceed to the landing pods. Dalek Black 01 led the way
along a gleaming white corridor and into a room with
curved walls and rows of seats in the
centre.
"Please. Take. A.
Seat."
The professor did so. He noticed a red
and white sign on the wall that read, somewhat
incongruously, "No Smoking".
Daleks Silver
01--020 glided into the pod (yes, this was indeed one of
the landing pods) and stood around the perimeter. The
professor learned that four other pods would be
accompanying them, each carrying twenty Daleks Silver.
There would also be a further pod, carrying "special
machinery".
A door in the curved wall slid down
and closed with a hiss. A soft whirring sound could be
heard. The pods were on their way down to the surface of
Modder Aytor.
*The old dawg was beginning to worry
about Squirrel. He hadn't seen him around the
Institution for quite some time. In sad longing, he
wandered the streets sniffing and hoping, hoping and
sniffing. Not far behind was Ghost Stellaflora haunting
and cleaning, cleaning and haunting.*
Grizz linked using
the same book Atrus had handed him so long ago. He came
out on the same spot where he had chased that villian
before. He climbed to the bridge to the control room at
the top and tried the door.
It was
locked
He looked into the window. There, on the
far side of the room, he could see Veronica. He wondered
why she hadn't linked with her relto book. Maybe she was
reliving past experiences. Then he saw the shadow of
someone else, who had his back turned to the door.
Somehow, he appeared to be threatening Veronica. This
would never do. He raised his hand to beat on the glass,
then stopped. Better to use the elevator.
He
raced back across the bridge, down the ladder, and on
down under the bridge, then down the long ladders and
across the water to the door of the building there. He
went in and guickly set the elevator controls in the
pit. He climbed out and brought the elevator down. There
was no way for anyone to leave that room now, except by
link
He got in the elevator, and started it up.
At the top, he turned to the inner door and unlocked
it.
He entered the room seeing the figure still
with its back to him, and with a fist raised in the air
before Veronica, while Veronica stared back at him
defiantly.
Grizz stepped a step or two closer and
merely cleared his throat.
The guy turned around,
staring.
"Who are you." he said. "How did you get
here. I've got her now and I intend to keep
her."
Grizz looked at him levely, his eyes
hard.
"I see." he said. "And just who is it you
think you have?"
The man stared. Grizz finally
began to recognize him. He had changed, thinner and
gaunt.
"Who? Who? Yeesha! I've got her. I've got
Yeesha at last, and now I have a tool to use to get
Atrus here."
Grizz broke into
laughter.
"Yeesha? Oh you poor fool!" he said.
"This isn't Yeesha. Where are the tattoos? Where is the
half in this world, half not manner of Yeesha. That's
not Yeesha."
He went to Veronica and stood
beside her, putting his arm around her
shoulders.
"This is Veronica. She is my partner
in the DISCO back in the cavern. We have been on a
little adventure, and somehow you brought her here
instead of where she was supposed to go when we went
through Yeesha's link. Do you really think you could
capture Yeesha?"
Grizz shook his head sadly. The
sorry villian was shaken by the conviction in Grizz'z
voice.
"But... but..." he said. "All these years.
All these long, lonely years." But instead of becoming
loud and violent, he broke down and began to sob. "All
for nothing. All gone. All lost..." He sank to his
knees, and put his face in his hands.
Grizz went
to him and put his hand on a trembling
shoulder.
"I think you should come with us." he
said. "I think you should talk to the Professor or
Cordelia and get up-to-date. Many things have happened.
And I know we'd like to know how you survived all these
years alone here. Why you must be..." Grizz counted on
his fingers, then shook his head. "Old." he said.
"Really old."
Looking at Veronica, he took his
own Relto book, opened it, and taking the trembling hand
from the distraught face, placed it on his book, sending
the man to his own Relto.
Then he walked over to
Veronica.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm
fine!" she snapped. "The nerve of that guy! The absolute
gall to think he was going to keep me here. Who does he
think he is anyway? What right has he to tell me what to
do? I'll just..."
Grizz broke into laughter. He
didn't even try to put a finger on her lips. He laughed
and waited for her to run down by herself.
She
looked at him a little sheepishly, and
smiled.
"Okay, now." he said. Let's get back to
the cavern. I want to see how Kestryll is doing with the
store. Oh, Veronica. Before you link, do you think you
could catch a Squee? Wouldn't a squee be a nice pet for
the DISCO?"
Her eyes began to shine.
"Oh,"
she said. "Yes. Of course I can." She turned to go, then
turned back. "Last one back is a rotten easter egg!" And
she ran out.
Grizz, chuckling, slapped his own
Relto book and
linked.
_______________________________ Co-Owner
The DISCO in the Hood.
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Veronica stopped dead in her tracks and
flew back inside the room yelling, "GRIZZ!!" She came to
a halt and her shoulders slumped. Grizz was gone and
what's-his-name had her Relto book!! Storming around the
room she rants, "I cannot believe Grizz just left me
here without being sure I had a way out. What the heek
am I supposed to do now? Oohh, just wait until I get
back, I'm going to..." She sees her Relto book on the
floor, where what's-his-name dropped it before he linked
out. She snatched it from the floor and put it back on
her hip. "You are so lucky." She meant the Grizz,
not herself.
She looks around the room until she
finds a small box and she dumps out the contents.
Searching for something to put inside it, she finally
locates an old sweater stuffed in a bottom drawer and
she throws it into the box.
She wonders how the
Professor will react when he meets whats-his-name and
hopes Grizz didn't make a mistake. Could they really
trust that guy? What the heek was his name anyway? She
exits the elevator and then goes out the lower level
door off to the left. Calling softly, "Here, little
squee. Where are you?" She hoped George the Giant Squee
would be happy to have a companion at the Institute.
Then she hoped the Professor wouldn't mind another one
running around the cavern. Hmm...she seemed to have a
lot of hopes lately. She hoped she wouldn't get into
trouble trying to catch the squee. Then she...oh
heek.
Cruiser is beginning to worry about Mr.
E.Z. Mist of H.U.G.S. the Humane Understanding of Growth
Society. She has contacted the H.U.G.S. office to verify
Mr. Mists' employment and is told that he is a new
employee and doesn't have much experience. He was
formally employed by H.U.G.S., Cruiser, "isn't that who
you are?" Well, yes technically, but that is H.U.G.S.
Human Understanding of Ghost Slime... Oh, dear
Cruiser is now worried...
Experimental Program 1
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Country Hotel; 
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chill!)
end up as Audrey
poop! 
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for Christmas, it's for life!
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