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#1 Guest_Fantysm_*

Posted 13 July 2003 - 01:32 AM

Alright, second and last part of the Dwarven Horde's little outing. Let's see what you think of it.

Cheers from Fantysm!
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"So what is this book you're looking for?" Ember asked. She kept an alert gaze on the door as the dwarves around her pawed through the crypt.

"I dunno," Kagain replied with a grin, "but ye can bet it be makin' us filthy rich!"

"Well, yeh've managed the 'filthy' part already!" Vince said brightly, peering into an ornamental urn. Kagain glowered at her from under his spiky helmet.

"But what does it look like?"

"Big," Korgan looked up from the central sarcophagus and made wide gestures in the air with his stubby hands. "Gold an' stuff on the front."

"And mold," added Unger. "Lots of mold on it."

"How do ye know?"

Unger snorted. "Korgan be tellin' everyone in the blasted tavern 'bout it, whether they wanted tae listen or nay."

"It be gone!" Korgan growled suddenly. "Gone! The thieves 'ave made off wit' it!"

"Who? What thieves?" Mauri asked.

"Me old crew," Korgan said, cracking his knuckles. "When I be finding 'em, they be BEGGIN' FER MERCY!" And with that, Korgan grabbed his axe from the floor and sprinted out the door.

"Let's go!" Mauri cried gleefully, and the dwarves took off.

All of the traps and monsters that had barred their way before were gone now, so it didn't take them nearly as long to emerge into the sunlight. The sun was just setting, and Korgan was still running. He had a head start, with Mauri not far behind and the rest of the Dwarven Horde and Ember at her heels.

"Where's he goin'?" Kagain wondered aloud.

"Dunno," Vince replied.

They arrived in the slums a short time later, panting slightly. "Thar they be," Korgan growled softly, pointing to the top of the Copper Coronet. "That be headquarters."

There were a few whispered 'ayes,' and nodding heads. Most of the Dwarven Horde was completely confused, but eager for some action.

Korgan, oddly enough, motioned for silence and began attempting to sneak up the stairs to the roof. The stairs, however, had other ideas, and creaked loudly under his weight. Some were missing, but a longer stride fixed that issue. The real problem happened just near the top. The last three planks were gone. The companions peered downwards. They were now behind the Coronet, and the ground below them was probably a good fifteen feet down. Apparently, Korgan's old group still couldn't see them from the top of the roof, so they had a precious few minutes to plan.

"Toss me," Kagain said suddenly in an urgent whisper. Mauri stared at him.

"What?"

"Toss me," he repeated, even more urgently.

"I can't!" she said desperately. "I donnae have the strength wit'out the bloodlust!"

Unger and Yeslick immediately came to her aid, and between the three of them, they hefted Kagain and heaved him up onto the landing. There was a thud, then several surprised shouts and yells. Then Kagain's voice hollered, "BACK UP, YE MORONS!" The dwarves still on the steps obediently hurried backwards onto the first landing.

Kagain came flying off the roof. He had apparently taken a running leap and presently he landed hard on his bum in the midst of his comrades, knocking over Mauri and Unger. Three people followed him.

Ember was working quickly, casting a spell. As she completed it, a golden sphere shot from her outstretched hands and exploded in a burst of light. Kagain's trio of pursuers froze, then dropped like stones through the missing steps. Three thumps told Ember she had done her job.

The Dwarven Horde approached the steps slowly and tentatively, and looked down. The three bodies were, indeed, about fifteen feet below, and were bent at strange angles that were not at all anatomically possible without bones being broken. They were, at the very least, unconscious, if not dead.

"Och," Korgan said, grinning wickedly as he turned back to his party. "That be takin' care o' them. Now we just be needin' tae get up there again an' get the blasted book!"

This time, they threw Korgan up onto the roof. They heard him stumbling into things, various curses, and finally a triumphant shout. He had, it seemed, found the book. Korgan ran to the edge.

"HERE IT BE!" he crowed, and jumped down.

"I want tae see!"

"Let me see!"

"Can I be holdin' it?"

"I would very much like to read that, as soon as you're willing to part with it."

"What do it be sayin'?"

"Ye can have it after I'm done wit' it!"

"Nay," Korgan said indignantly. "We be sellin' it."

The rest began protesting loudly. After ten minutes of this, Korgan finally grumbled, "FINE! Ye can be havin' a look while we be goin' tae Trademeet!"

"We be goin' to Trademeet?"

"Aye," Mauri confirmed. "We be escortin' Ember here to her business, and then a round o' drinks fer all o' us."

There was a great shout of agreement from all but Ember, who had wrested the book from Korgan and was reading it with voracious, wide-eyed curiosity.

#2 Laufey

Posted 13 July 2003 - 06:45 AM

"Well, yeh've managed the 'filthy' part already!" Vince said brightly, peering into an ornamental urn. Kagain glowered at her from under his spiky helmet.


:lol:

They arrived in the slums a short time later, panting slightly. "Thar they be," Korgan growled softly, pointing to the top of the Copper Coronet. "That be headquarters."


There were a few whispered 'ayes,' and nodding heads. Most of the Dwarven Horde was completely confused, but eager for some action.


I just bet. ;) Time to split some skulls!


"Toss me," Kagain said suddenly in an urgent whisper. Mauri stared at him.


"What?"


"Toss me," he repeated, even more urgently.


LOL! Nobody tosses a dwarf! :)


Kagain came flying off the roof. He had apparently taken a running leap and presently he landed hard on his bum in the midst of his comrades, knocking over Mauri and Unger. Three people followed him.


Ember was working quickly, casting a spell. As she completed it, a golden sphere shot from her outstretched hands and exploded in a burst of light. Kagain's trio of pursuers froze, then dropped like stones through the missing steps. Three thumps told Ember she had done her job.


The Dwarven Horde approached the steps slowly and tentatively, and looked down. The three bodies were, indeed, about fifteen feet below, and were bent at strange angles that were not at all anatomically possible without bones being broken. They were, at the very least, unconscious, if not dead.


Ah, that was clever!


"Nay," Korgan said indignantly. "We be sellin' it."


The rest began protesting loudly. After ten minutes of this, Korgan finally grumbled, "FINE! Ye can be havin' a look while we be goin' tae Trademeet!"


I want to know what it's about. :)

"We be goin' to Trademeet?"


"Aye," Mauri confirmed. "We be escortin' Ember here to her business, and then a round o' drinks fer all o' us."


There was a great shout of agreement from all but Ember, who had wrested the book from Korgan and was reading it with voracious, wide-eyed curiosity.


Oooh, do tell what it's like! :)
Rogues do it from behind.

#3 Guest_Hunter_*

Posted 13 July 2003 - 01:36 PM

"I dunno," Kagain replied with a grin, "but ye can bet it be makin' us filthy rich!"
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And that's all that matters. :P

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"Big," Korgan looked up from the central sarcophagus and made wide gestures in the air with his stubby hands. "Gold an' stuff on the front."
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I can tell that he is not paticularly used to handling a book

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"And mold," added Unger. "Lots of mold on it."
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And there's letters and words in it :)

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"Who? What thieves?" Mauri asked.
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And they themselves are not thieves, Hmm? ;)

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"Toss me," Kagain said suddenly in an urgent whisper. Mauri stared at him.
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She is not aragorn.

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Kagain came flying off the roof. He had apparently taken a running leap and presently he landed hard on his bum in the midst of his comrades, knocking over Mauri and Unger. Three people followed him.
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YAHOO!

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"Let me see!"
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They can't read anyway.

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"Ye can have it after I'm done wit' it!"
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:P

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There was a great shout of agreement from all but Ember, who had wrested the book from Korgan and was reading it with voracious, wide-eyed curiosity.[/quote]

AYE!

Hunter

#4 Weyoun

Posted 14 July 2003 - 11:35 PM

"Well, yeh've managed the 'filthy' part already!" Vince said brightly, peering into an ornamental urn. Kagain glowered at her from under his spiky helmet.


LOL!

"But what does it look like?"


"Big," Korgan looked up from the central sarcophagus and made wide gestures in the air with his stubby hands. "Gold an' stuff on the front."


"And mold," added Unger. "Lots of mold on it."


Mold and graves go together it seems. :wink:

"Toss me," Kagain said suddenly in an urgent whisper. Mauri stared at him.


"What?"


"Toss me," he repeated, even more urgently.


Dwarf throwing actually used to be a sport in the olden days... and the dwarves were considered the stars of the show.

"HERE IT BE!" he crowed, and jumped down.


"I want tae see!"


"Let me see!"


"Can I be holdin' it?"


LOL! Gotta love those literary dwarves. :(

"We be goin' to Trademeet?"


"Aye," Mauri confirmed. "We be escortin' Ember here to her business, and then a round o' drinks fer all o' us."


There was a great shout of agreement from all but Ember, who had wrested the book from Korgan and was reading it with voracious, wide-eyed curiosity.


Great stuff,
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