Subject: [Dagger] [PORC] The regretful Lord Tamislane Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 18:54:11 -0400 From: "Jim Davis" To: Swallowing my pride and gritting my teeth, I said aloud, "You have my most formal and utmost apologies. I am acting as I am in relation to court and etiquette for but one reason. Here I am nothing. I am but one man, stranded here with his wife and cousin. Why should I act as a nobleman if no one recognizes me for one? My power on Kalisis was complete. No one opposed me." Mea merely turned and looked at me, fire brimming in her stare. "Is that why you can be so conceited at times? So self-righteous and arrogant?" I started stuttering, at a loss for words. "On Sovere, you were such a benevolent man, always ready with a friendly word or a helpful coin. Here, you try to buy me at every turn. Every little thing you use up or break you leave some platinum in its place. Is that what friendship means to you, Jemalas? That you can just throw money at it and the problem will go away?" Suddenly realizing that huge character flaw, I dropped my swords, the fight and anger no longer held in. Helping to save my dignity was the fact that I was still wearing my closed face helm, as a few tears ran down my pale cheeks. I sank to my knees, my swords forgotten, and curled my legs up to my chest and thought. Ideas were racing past my mind's eye, slamming me with memories and revalations. I remembered my first love, my first sword fight, the first time I shot between worlds and ended up on some no magic dirt clod called Earth, and finally the magic vortex that slammed me onto Sovere. I stretched out onto my stomach and began beating my fists on the floor, angry once again, but not at Mea or Zarth or anyone else. I was mad at the gods of Tamriel. They denied me my customary magic and left me powerless. My rage played out for the moment, I sat up, removed my helm and said to Mea, "Would you like my companions to disappear from your life? Say the word and we are naught but dust thrown into a tempest." Mea........................................... ~Lord Jemalas Tamislane, Ruler of Kalisis, High Lord of Thornwood jrdavis@penn.com ICQ- 16848203