Veronica linked from the Nexus to the
Institution. Although she had been there that very
morning, it seemed like ages ago. Her growling stomach
guided her straight to the Egg room. As she passed the
DISCO, she yelled, "Hi Kestryll!!"
She filled a
plate with food, grabbed a drink and guzzled it in a
very unladylike fashion, then sat down to
eat.
Kestryll picks himself up from the
floor where he landed in a heap after Veronica yelled at
him.
Geez! Can't a body get a moments peace
around here? Doesn't even come in and she sounds like a
foghorn.
He grumbles and retrieves his book,
rights the chair and flops back down
again.
----Meanwhile---- The
fertilizer dumped into the stream had slowly seeped it's
way down into the cavern's lake. The algae began to glow
a little brighter. Deep in the depths a small orange
marble began to glow with a slow pulsating light. A tiny
pinprick of green slowly revealed a tiny leaf,
shimmering with bioluminescent light. Then everything
settled back to the way it
was.
___________________________ Totally
Witless & Incoherent Thinker Owner: Kestryll Inc.
(Delivery, Catering and Liquid Spirits) Scourge of
Traffic Cones and part-time Bartender. If I can't do
it, you can!
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
Elkae listened to Professor T's
speech from earlier in the day. She'd taken her tape
recorder and was glad she did. She wasn't sure at all
what the professor was trying to say.
quote:
I'm not going to beat about the hair brush. I wish to
inform you all, quite baldly, that I'm not going to be
intimidated by puerile pranks, and I have put the
latest escapade behind me. So in order to shave her to
save everyone's time, I wish to- That is, in order not
to whisker- er, risk a- I don't believe anyone in this
Institution sees themselves as a hair todayer, here
today, gone- So in order not to defur- that is, delay-
Has someone turned the heating up? Friends - thank
you. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for
everything. The meeting is dismissed.
Did he say something about "hair todayer?"
Proud Member ~~~~~~~~~ There's no
place like home (except the Institution) ~~~~~~~~~
I
think the Professor speech was a little bit thin on top.
I've replayed it a bunch of times and all I understand
is "thank you" but don't have a clue who he's thanking;
maybe you, Elkae?
Hey Cruiser, any interest in
going with me to the Elder ages? I'd still like to
explore the MYSTery of the Bahro Caves. Maybe with your
connections with the Bahro we could find some
answers.
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
Chere, I get the impression he was
thanking everyone. Maybe that's why he wanted everyone
hair, er, here for the meeting. But what he's thanking
us for has me stumped. I'm going to listen to the tape
again.
quote:
I'm not going to beat about the hair brush. I wish to
inform you all, quite baldly, that I'm not going to be
intimidated by puerile pranks, and I have put the
latest escapade behind me. So in order to shave her to
save everyone's time I wish to that is, in order not
to whiskerer, risk a- I don't believe anyone in this
Institution sees themselves as a hair todayer here
today, gonzo in order not to de-fur that is, delay-
Has someone turned the heating up? Friends - thank
you. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for
everything. The meeting is dismissed.
Proud Member ~~~~~~~~~ There's no place like home (except the Institution) ~~~~~~~~~
Yes I see what you are saying Elkae.
Where there any rabbits around when he made his speech?
I was sitting in the front row and didn't look around.
Wonder who might have been sitting in the back and what
they might have seen. I mean I sure haven't done
anything the Professor could be thanking me for. (ducks
her head remembering Audrey II)
Cruiser, you have
a great trip with BG, I can wait until you're back to
wander the Elder Ages.
After a satisfying meal, Veronica and
Grizz walked down to the DISCO to check in with
Kestryll. Veronica noticed immediately that something
had been added. "GRIZZ!! A cosmetic counter!!!!" She
rushed to inspect it and bombarded Kestryll with
questions, "Well where are the mud facials, you cannot
have a proper cosmetic counter without
those. Why are the skin toners placed with the
powders, oh that will never do." She sets about
rearranging the display, not taking into consideration
all the hard work that Kestryll and the others have put
into the project.
Kestryll taps her on the
shoulder. She turns. He says to her, "Speaking of mud
facials, when was the last time you had one? You are a
mess!"
Veronica fumes, forgetting she had spent
the day digging through boxes and files covered in dirt
and dust. "Pffft!" She glares at Kestryll, then snaps to
Grizz, "I'll see you in the morning!" She opens her
Relto book and links
away.
Veronica,
unable to sleep and finally cleaned up, linked back into
the Institute. She first smelled the flowers and then
turned to see them lining the balcony. "Lovely!" She
waved to Chere and picked up one of the plants asking,
"Is Seymour around? I have not seen him in a
while!"
"Hi Veronica. Please take a few of the
potted plants for your Relto and for DISCO if you'd
like. Seymour is inside snoozing I think he was in the middle
of unpacking some stock," Chere replies. "Go on in an
visit with him. I'm sure he'd love the
company"
Grizz can only apologize to Kestryll for
his partner's behavior. She is just being Veronica. She
doesn't bother Grizz because he is used to her. He tries
to straighten the mess at the cosmetics, and thank
Kestryll at the same time for all his work and effort
spent on the DISCO. He explains that both he and
Veronica are back now, and have no immediate plans for
further adventures, at least for right now. He goes into
the back room, rummages for a bit, and brings Kestryll a
fat envelope. He hands the envelope to him,
saying....
"Here is the agreed amount for your
work here, with a little something extra added in
gratitude for the way you can be relied on at short
notice to keep things going here."
Kes looks like
he wants to say something, but he takes the envelope,
gives a kind of salute, and takes off for wherever. The
man has a hundred projects and activities at
once.
Grizz moves in behind the counter, picks up
a Fig Newton from the plate, pours a mug of coffee, and
settles in like he was never
gone.
_______________________________ Co-owner
of the DISCO in the Hood.
Speedy wakes up to the smell of fresh
flowers. "Hrm, where is that coming from?" she wonders
as she stretches and flies off to find the flowers. She
finds them, as well as a sign saying "take one, take
two, take an extra for you" "Well, don't mind if I
do!" Speedy commented as she checked out the floral
arrangement.
Mysti Sage Researcher/Adventurer for the
Institute for Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
Merlin, who has been wandering aruond
the 'hood after being shooed by Kestryll, is feeling
rather wronged.
"It's not my fault... they were
just pigments of my imagination... any sorcerer gets
them... didn't want them... I just was feeling bored and
they appear... grrrr..." he thinks.
Then he sees
all the pretty flowers.
"Ohhh, those are nice.
What does the sign say? 'Take one, take two, take an
extra for you'? So that would be 4 flowers. But which
ones?" he
thinks.
_____________________________ Proud
Member Researcher/Adventurer for the Institute for
Advanced Exploration of Myst Worlds NICE
(Numbingly Interested and Curious Explorer)
Very quickly and very quietly, well
as quickly as an old badger can move, AB still hasn't
lost his quiet, AB appears near the flower display. He
takes out two small pouches, opens one of them and
appears to do something with one of the plants. He moves
of to another area and stops, looking puzzled as if
something is missing. He tucks the unused pouch away and
disappears.
Experimental Program 1
Did he say something about "hair todayer?"
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