Subject: [Dagger] [porc]Midnight cometh.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:32:24 -0800
From: jdavis109@juno.com (JAMES R DAVIS)
To: dagrfall@ods.com

>I heeled my horse and of we went, to pay a visit to court.
>--
>Regards
>Mea

Spurring my horse, I suddenly felt odd.  It had been a long time since I
had ridden any mount, aside from Nightwing, the grand ancient black wyrm
Kali appointed as my mount and protector.  I pulled myself up into the
saddle, but the horse Mea had provided for me could bear so heavy a
person.  Fumbling in my pouch, I pulled out a small onyx statue of a
horse.  Setting it on the deck of the ship, I began chanting the ancient
summoning.  A puff of smoke enveloped the statue and a crack of magic was
heard.  A noble riding horse, some 15 hands tall, appeared and galloped
out of the smoke.  "Ah, Midnight.  How are you this day?" I said in
greeting.

The horse came forward, nuzzled against my chest and imparted through
telepathy, "I am fine.  Where shall we ride today?"  "To Sentinel, my
good friend."  Midnight turned toward the other horses and his eyes
flashed red as flames snorted out of his nostrils.  I put my hand on his
mane and said to my companions "Midnight is the embodiment of the horses'
spirit.  He is a charger, but he finds the company of lesser horses
distracting.  He means no harm."

I saddled Midnight and mounted the saddle, through all of which Midnight
made no sound.  I settled into the saddle and he said "M'Lord Tamislane,
hast thou lost weight?"  I nodded as we disembarked, imparting my
predicament here on Tamriel to him.  As we entered the city gates of
Sentinel, I felt him impart "I can take you back to Sovere.  I can travel
Astrally."  I shoook my head and said, "No, it would be poor form to
leave my friends, especially since Mea and Zarth have been so kind to
us."  We rode through the gates, unimpeded.  Mea merely waved the guards
aside and they obeyed.  "How odd," I thought to myself.

Reaching into a pocket, I pulled out a length of twine and tied my
weapons, Scorcher and Ghalleva, into their sheaths.  We followed Mea
through several twisting streets, finally coming upon a huge reflecting
pool.  I stared at the huge castle rising in the distance.  The graceful
structure, the sand stone blocks cut perfectly round.  Dwarven
craftsmanship, I would wager.  On a whim, I told Midnight to take me to
the palace before anyone else could get there.  I shot forward,
dismounted, then, following the rite of passage for adventurers here in
this area of the world, scaled the side of the building.  I climbed the
stairs to the doors.  Then I put my feet forward in my boots, clenching
my toes.  This activated the wall-walking ability.  I literally walked
straight up the side of palace, mounting the dome of the main tower.  I
saw then why Mea likes this city so much.  A cool breeze ruffled my hair
as I stared out over the buildings and people far below.

Feeling so relaxed, clinging to the spire like a monkey, I was
overwhelmed by the heady feeling I felt.  My fingers lost their grasp and
I rolled down the side of the dome.  I rolled over the edge and was
falling toward one of the lesser spires, my chest hurtling towards the
bronze spires atop the snaller spire.  I curled into a small ball,
speeding my flight down and forward.  I missed the spire, but did not
land well.  The spire grazed my leg, slicing through my skin and into the
muscle.  Seeing a group of people gathered to watch another hapless
adventurer splatter himself on the cobblestones, I pushed off the dome on
the lesser spire, so as to land in one of the reflecting pools and not on
them.

"SPLASH!"  I landed in the reflecting pool some twenty feet from my
companions.  My momentum drove me through the floor of the pool, leaving
the classic Wile E. Coyote imprint.  (Wile E. Coyote is a character from
something called a cartoon in another dimension.)  I picked myself up,
unhurt aside from the slice on my thigh.  I glanced up at my companions,
the water from my hair blurring my vision, but I knew the expression on
their face was........

~Lord Jemalas Tamislane of Thornwood, Ruler of Kalisis
JDavis109@juno.com

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