Alternate Realities--Portal R'lyeh, Party Sarnath From: raven@atropos.acm.rpi.edu (Jennifer Lynn Piatek) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 1990 02:58:52 +0000 Luagha steps forward and speaks to the old man. "Hail and well met, good sir. It would appear you and the trees have a friendly understanding!" he says in a cheery voice. The old man looks around, puzzled, as if trying to find something. Finally, he gives up looking in frustration, and shouts in the general direction of the path Luagha and Tariel are on, "By root and branch! Beset again am I by fools, not by a mere one this time, but by several that I cannot even see! I know ye seek the Wheel of Time, and ye will fare no better now than did the hapless Loring. Duped was I then, but never again! My true friends will aid me in your utter annihilation that I may be left in peace!" The trees mill about him, and they look as if they are trying to herd something towards a gap in the trees that has formed. Marin, having given up on trying to find Dorian, now comes running down the path. He hears the shouting, and comes skidding over the rise prepared for a battle. However, all he sees are moving trees. Luagha and Tariel are nowhre in sight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Each emotional injury Leaves behind its mark Sometimes they come tumbling out Like shadows in the dark." Up