Re: Alternate Realities

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1989 21:04:59 +0000

*DESCRIPTION*
 Dorian sighs and grins slightly, and addresses Tarrin.

"A what?"
From: jefyoung@pawl.rpi.edu (Jeffrey Young)
Path: jefyoung

Tarrin smiles more, and replies.. "A duck!"

Dorian:

"Does it fly?"

Tarrin:

"Of course it flies."

Dorian next turns to Melanie, who is calmly sitting at the bar,
nursing an everclear and Coke, and asks,

"Wanna buy an emerald?"

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*Move From Hachiro(#5)*
     As I walk into the large guild room, I am suprised to see but a
single chair at the table.  Ay, it seems to be meant for me.  It is a
beautiful chair with Golden dragons depicted in flight in beautiful relief
work.  I walk to the Chair and settle myself into it, and am suprised  by
how comfortable it is.  Ah, Viento now enters...I give him a small smile
as I see a second chair appear which seems to be meant for him.  I wonder
what would happen to the chair if I changed back to my smaller Human form.
Oh well, best not to try it out.  Good, here is Janus with my food.
Cha-sticks?  You do not use sticks for cha.  OH.  Wait, I see, it has a
double meaning.  Hm.  Oh well.
    I beginning picking at the sushi and sipping my cha relaxing.  I stop
eating when I see the Dwarf enter the room.  Ah, practice with weapons? Hm.
I wonder if my fighting techniques that I learned from Sensei Ogami-sama
will translate through into this Dragonic body?  I guess there is only one
way to find out.  Practice...
    While Viento is still responding to the Dwarf, I will go the practice
area and sit on the mat on my knees as if meditating.  Then I begin a sword
kata with both swords.  Snapping up drawing both swords with an Iai draw
and continuing with all the  techniques taught me.  I look to see how they
might be enhanced with this new body.  At the end of my practice, I slap
both swords into their respective scabbards without even looking at them.
    I will now sit on my knees on the edge of the mat and watch Viento and
the Dwarf fight.

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As Serroli steps on the mat, an interesting thing happens.  On the
opposite end of the mat, an exact mirror image of himself appears
as well as a translucent hammer at his feet.  It seems to be some sort
of practice weapon, and as he picks it up he finds that it has the
exact same balance as his regular one.  "Ah.. so noone gets hurt.."
, he comprehends.  Viento steps onto the mat and is similarly confronted
by a spiritual opponent.  As the Mago warrior hefts his illusionary
sword, and faces the dwarf, their mirror-images disappear.  Viento and
the dwarf salute each other, and spar off...

*Round 1*
  Serroli circles the Mago Warrior, and takes an experimental swing (out
of range, but to test his opponent's reflexes) and Viento simply lets the
attack go by, trying not to give away anything.

*Round2*
  Viento steps forward and swings, using the longer reach of his
sword to strike with impunity.  Serroli steps sideways and swings his
hammer to the side, a parry maneuver which knocks Viento's sword downwards.

*Round 3*
  Serroli rushes inside Viento's sword arc and raises his hammer to
swing as Viento brings the sword up and back toward himself, striking the
dwarf in the back.  However, he cannot avoid Serroli's follow-through
hit which neatly smashes his legs out from under him.

The Guardian, who had been standing by the door, announces that while
Serroli is dead, Viento's left leg is shattered..

"So you had better hope that he didn't have friends.  Incidentally",
he adds.."..since both of you have magic, you are both allowed to
use it.  Serroli, a FLEXIPRESTO shield on your back would have
blocked that last shot...try and be creative.  Flexipresto spells
don't have to be held once they are created.  Viento, a DIOS UNUM spell
would have allowed you to ignore that shot and keep fighting, though
eventually you'd need the aid of a Cleric..
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(Both of you have taken no real damage from this combat, as the weapons
were illusionary only.)
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i*TECH NOTE*
Time in the AR game runs as follows:
   Limbo-- runs day/night cycles, really imperceptible except for the
fact that you do get tired if you try to stay active too long.

Portals-- Run slightly slower than Limbo, as your other selves
are "one place removed" so to speak, so you may discuss actions that
are taken in Portals in the Fox AFTER a decision has been made, and
not before.

Real time:  Expect things to be picking up in the near future.
Moves SHOULD appear once a week, faster if everyone posts moves back
before then.  I'd like to run Pern with a 5-7 day turnaround between moves,
if it is possible.  If you have problems keeping up with this schedukle,
do let me know.

-Taldin

--
"You are blue, Unicorn.. the Blue of clear, cloudless days where
everything seems like it's going right and nothing could go wrong..
and the Blue of despair and lonliness."
                                       jefyoung@pawl.rpi.edu

References

Alternate Realities, Portal Xanadu
rip1@tank.uchicago.edu (The Armchair Ninja)
Wed, 11 Oct 1989 19:25:42 +0000
Alternate Realities
usenet@rpi.edu (USENET Maint Acct)
Mon, 23 Oct 1989 19:45:32 +0000

Referenced By

Alternate Realities, Portal Xanadu
rip1@tank.uchicago.edu (The Armchair Ninja)
Wed, 11 Oct 1989 19:25:42 +0000
Alternate Realities
usenet@rpi.edu (USENET Maint Acct)
Mon, 23 Oct 1989 19:45:32 +0000