Subj : Re: Peace] 6B repost 3/3
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From : yl112@cornell.edu
Date : Mon Jul 17 2000 04:31 am

From: yl112@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: Peace] 6B repost 3/3



On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Michelle & Boyd Bottorff wrote:

> You observe the routine of the camp as night approaches.  There appear
> to be three main subordinates to the king, one of which is the man who
> did the searching of you at the road.  Food is some sort of vegtable
> concoction, actually not bad.  Most of the people in the camp avoid you.

Beats starving, Edgar thinks, and eats up, keeping an eye on his 
companions and the king's mistresses.

> Toward dusk, the guards take the Earl of Sniegrass's trumpet.  "His
> majesty says that it will be ransomed with you."

It's perhaps the first time Edgar has felt much sympathy for the boy.

> At nighttime, you're bound hand and foot, with apologies from the king.
> "Rest assured, I will make it up to you after I've regained my throne.
> Possibly a duchy, if you're cooperative enough."

Edgar looks wryly at Brother John and remarks, "I thank you for your 
consideration, and I'm sure we all do, but such as he probably aren't 
much for duchies and the like."

> And after nightfall, you're awakened by someone.  He wakens each person
> one at a time, holding his hand over your mouth and shaking you awake.
> Once awake, he cuts the ropes holding your wrists and ankle.  He says
> "My name is Lyfun Kanin.  I'm a friend.  We have to get you all out of
> here before Liance finds out that you're more than simple nobles.  Your
> weapons are over there"-- he points to a tent-- "and your horses are
> behind there.  If you don't need your weapons, we should skip them,
> since there are people sleeping in that tent.  The king has your scroll
> and the king's letters, so I don't think we can get those, either."

Edgar frowns, trying to place the name but without success.  He nods at 
the others, reckoning that going with this Lyfun Kanin person can't be 
much worse than staying here.

> You notice the guards near you appear to be sleeping.

A mage?  This worries him, but considering the alternatives, he doesn't 
protest.

> The tent circle is approximately thirty feet across.  On all sides of it
> are trees.  The horses are behind the wagon.

If the others don't move, Edgar goes for the weapons.  Otherwise, he will 
follow whoever takes the lead and ask questions later.

YHL

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