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Subject: [Dagger] [Porc] Reality TornTo: dagrfall@ods.com

In message <003701bdcc95$45ae82e0$5d71e5ce@JamesR.Davis>, Jim Davis
<jrdavis@penn.com> writes

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>"Dixialis in nos tempora diras que nu!" I spoke, the archaic sidhe words of
>magic rolling out of me like water over ledge.  I shimmered once, then
>disappeared from view.  My form phasing in and out of the continuum, I felt
>faint, now lacking physical stimuli.  I faultered for a moment and was
almost
>lost in the sea of time.  I forced my mind to concentrate back to that
fateful
>day when I killed my first Tamrillian.
>
>I exploded into being just in front of myself, holding the Tamislane
dagger,
>ready to drive its enchanted blade into the back of a peasent who had
refused to
>talk to me.  (Contrary to popular belief, one can make contact with oneself
in
>the past.)  I brought Scorcher down on his wrist and stopped my former self
from
>ruining his life.
>
>My past self looked at me and fear filled his eyes.  "Astral doppleganger!"
He
>drew his blades and dropped into a fighting position.  It was like looking
into
>a mirror, save that the past self was wearing my armor from Sovere, its
>adamantite shining.  The armor, of the usual intricate Sidhe design, would
prove
>to be his only advantage.  Spinning, I attacked quickly, meaning only to
>incapacitate my past self.  Instead, my sword bit deep into his shoulder.
The
>Jemalas of the past went down.  Lying on the ground, he looked up
spitefully at
>me, then spun and drove the his Tamislane dagger into his chest, causing
one of
>his hearts to explode.  I grabbed the peasent girl he (I?) was going to
kill and
>ran from the body.  The past Tamislane blew up, a contingency spell placed
>earlier to avoid capture.
>
>I set the girl down and she ran off.  I looked at my hand as it phased in
and
>out of reality.  I closed my eyes and summoned power from Kali, shielding
myself
>from the effects of time even further.  After a moment, the ripple in time
>passed.  I dropped my temporal shield.  I took my former self's place.  Due
to
>the timelessness of my body and the speed at which time passes for Sidhe, I
was
>soon sitting on a ship, Mea's ship, I believe, reading a rumor sheet I had
>picked up in Wayrest.

Taganath was accelerating through the void, towards his Master's domain
when the ripple in the space-time continuim reached him.  Slipping
himself out of reality he watched as the ripple expanded and
accelerated.  Swearing softly to himself, as this alteration would need
centuries of work to repair he almost missed the  ripple had stopping
moving forwards and had begun to twist and the edges of it had begun to
fray.  Curious as to what could cause this strange behaviour he moved
nearer to the ripple.  With blinding speed the ripple shattered leaving
a gaping hole in fthe fabric of reality from which a dark shape emerged
and moved of at incredible speed.  "Oh Sh*t" muttered Taganath "Not
again".  The hole quickly sealed as the Universes healed itself.
Taganath began sending out mental messages to those heroes he thought
would be able to aid him....

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I'm starting a new Porc tale soon, probably in about a week.  Would
anybody interested in joining it please e-mail me.
--
Taganath, Paladin
ICQ 10252822