Subject: Re: [Dagger] [PORC]The Halls of Power Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:46:56 +0800 From: Mea Culpa To: "dagrfall@ods.com" JAMES R DAVIS wrote: > Now the only thing I thought of was, "Oh shoot, Mea is really > going to be pissed now." I closed my eyes, wanting to crawl inside my > skin. I heard the heavy clunk of the iron lock, then a creak as the > swollen door squealed in its hinges. Mea, framed in light from the > doorway........................... > > ~Lord Jemalas Tamislane, Prisoner of the illustrious Aubk-i. > JDavis109@juno.com > As I was walking down the majestic halls of Sentinel palace, I had to snigger at the antics of Jemmy, I mean you can look at it from a different point of view, like; this would be one of the few places where an other world ruler can do what he feels like doing, without having to worry about etiquette and the " Royal posture" etc., so thinking, I concluded that perchance I had been a little stern with our displaced noble, when far in the back ground, I heard the characteristic yells of the guards " Halt, Halt " thinking that the only reason they say that is because they are the only words that those beef jerky's can remember. " Remember " ??? Oh, no flashed through my mind, as I recalled that I, had not mentioned anything to the guards of our late arrival and that Jemalas, was still to enter. Unfortunately, Aubk-i, just opened the double doors at the end of the corridor and motioned us to come in, while Zarth frantically whispered in my ears that Jemalas had been taken prisoner, ( this man's hearing constantly amazes me, I'm sure he can hear a pin drop in the middle of a smithy ), my face blanched at the hearing of that news, and couldn't help myself but standing rooted to the spot. Aubk-i, saw my look of dismay, but being the Queen she is, made like nothing happened, ushered us into some side rooms, where she said " the Ladies will be looked after" a trio of ladies in waiting came into the room carrying various articles and items, to look after the comfort of Aubk-i's guest, when at that moment the Grand Vizier, politely hrmphed, and said something to his Queen. Now I have no idea what he said, but could well imagine what it was and who it was about, now going red in the face I tried to loose myself in between all the girls in the room, under the pretext of doing my hair. The sound of tinkling bells came to my ear, as I heard Aubk-i laugh, I then heard " Oh Mea, please introduce me to your not so agile companion, gesturing to me, to follow her. I put on my bravest face available under the circumstances, walked after Aubk-i, muttering things like, Oh please you got to forgive Lord Jemalas, etc. etc. Aubk-i just smiled and said not to worry, and if I only new what sort of pranks Gothryd got up to when he was bored being royal, and then she ....... started to apologize to me, ME, all I wanted to do was disappear in to one of the wall hangings, but she said that the guards here at Sentinel get a little over zealous at times and it was her fault being remiss at leaving the proper orders. After walking down the hall way, going down a set of stairs and finally using one of those lifting platforms to descent in to the royal Dungeon. By now my heart was ticking twice as fast, wondering what those "over zealous guards had done to Jemmy, eventually we got to a massive door that was plated in steel, the two guards next to the door jumped to attention, as if surprised to see a member of the royal court down here. Aubk-i, ordered the guards to open up, and with a clank the bolt shot and with a nerve wrecking screech the massive door deigned to open, Aubk-i motioned for me to enter, I did and saw...................................... well Jemalas hanging from the chains on the wall, half naked, one eye tightly shut and the other sort of reluctantly opening. I couldn't help myself, I had to grin, seeing the ruler of Kalisis, looking very like a little boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar, Aubk-i said with a smile on her face " would you like to keep him as a pet, or should I release him to his own befuddlement " . I said with a huge smirk " Oh, do release him, Aubk-i, he does have his uses, thinking of the two huge holes in my ship. -- Regards Mea /\ /vvvvvvvvvvvv \----------Sacre-Noir------------------------. `^^^^^^^^^^\^ /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ \/ +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | "Vegemite" the power of love... | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | "I didn't do it, it wasn't my fault" | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ |Homepage: http://geocities.com/TimesSquare/Labyrinth/6161/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+