Savage Dragon

Have you lost interest in things that used to interest you, like torturing small animals, terrifying children and deflowering maidens? Have you found yourself to be cackling less often? Have other people's misfortunes stopped seeming so funny to you? Have you been feeling just too good lately? You may have lost touch with your dark side. You along with millions..., well, a couple of other people may be suffering from a rare disorder known as Nice Behavior. But there is hope, found in the new GoodBeGone pill. The GoodBeGone pill is a complex, hard to swallow pill about the size of your fist. The outer layers are coated with grime and dirt, sure to give you back that dirty mouth you've always been infamous for, and the filling is made from squashed lime, so you'll soon return to that sour mood you're always in. It will ease you into discomfort as it fills you with a never-ending sense of pain from the bloating, cramps, and indigestion. And you'll look back years from now at the wondrous hours you spent on the toilet trying to get the thing out finally. You can then grumpily return to the activities you enjoy most, like pilfering, murdering, and bingo on Tuesday nights. :dragon4:

I have a short question for our almighty master of destiny (Dean i mean) Um i know that people can't communicate after death, but the would prepare for it at least, i mean whos to say that i wont leave a note in my pocket saying if you find me dead that it meant that So and so is probably the wolf because i confronted them. of course if you'd rather we can just out rule that, i guess im just trying to come up with clever plot twists, and i wanted to know what options are available :dragon4:

Savage Dragon smiled to himself, with his foot planted firmly on top of the Nimball™, watching HappyBuddha wrestle with the Fakeball™. Didn't the guy know how to type "™"? OOC: Check the rules everyone Savage Dragon probably would have come up with some clever thing to say to HappyBuddha, had he not felt a sudden tug on his shoe. Dreading it with every fiber of his being, Savage Dragon looked down. The Nimball™ had tied itself to his shoe using his shoelaces. "Hey, Get Off", he said picking up his foot and shaking it. Unfortunately Savage Dragon's balance had not entirely recovered from his earlier encounter with the Nimball™, being run over by a mob of riley rugby players will do that to you, and he fell over, hitting his head squarely on a large rock. He remained conscious just long enough to see the Nimball™ roll off, still tied to his shoe, still covered in spleen, still wearing that hat, and still sporting a delicious icing beard, until it was scooped up by none other than... :dragon4:

This is an old essay i wrote for an english class a few years ago that always amused me. i don't know what to think now hat ive read it again, it seems mostly like random rantings, but it got an A at least... If you are sitting at your desk with your legs crossed, teeth clenched, hands gripping the sides of the chair, and you’re staring at the wall hard enough to see through it, chances are you need to go to the bathroom. So why are you here listening to your teacher describe the beauty of Niagara Falls instead of flying towards the restroom at speeds that rival current military aircraft. The answer is simple, you’ve already used up all of your hall passes. Once to get a drink of water, 3 times to go to the restroom, and one time to visit your locker. With no more passes you can only dream of the heavenly graffiti on the side of the toilet stall while you quietly wet yourself. The only reassuring thought going through your mind is that you don’t have to worry about your fellow students missing important information, like how many gallons of water go over Niagara Falls in an hour. While a students urinary needs are not foremost in a teacher’s mind it can be more important than you think. It all has to do with trust, trust that teachers should have for their students. For a student, being trusted by your teacher is one of the most important issues of high school. It’s part of becoming accustomed with the real world. That’s why it’s important and that’s why I’m writing this paper. I am going to present my argument in the following three sub-sections. First, students with medical conditions that require them to drink lots of water are more prone to needing the bathroom frequently. Second, Its well known that trying to retain the need to urinate, holding it in, can be seriously damaging to the kidneys and bladder, not to mention the serious loss of concentration from the student. Third, high school students should be trusted enough to be allowed to go the bathroom. Some could argue that time between classes is enough for students to use the bathroom and many might say that a high school student is the most untrustworthy creature on this planet. I hope to disprove this argument in my paper. If you know a person who can visit their locker, go the bathroom, exchange notes with a classmate, and make it to class across the school in seven minutes, then you can stop reading now. The truth is that there is not enough time to go the bathroom. Between staying after classes to talk to the teacher, to helping your friend carry their science project, the toilet is not a priority. Plus, our bathrooms are crowded and loud. It is not the most comfortable place to relieve yourself. It would be easier if we could go during class. However, we are not trusted enough to do this. Teachers expect us to take as long as possible when going to the bathroom and take breaks every day. Not all students are that irresponsible, and those that are, can be disciplined. The rest of us should be allowed to go. Sometimes going between classes isn’t even enough. Many students like to drink water in class. Drinking water helps clear you system and keeps you awake and paying attention. Some students have medical conditions that requires them to drink water. Other students who take band or chorus need to keep hydrated in order to perform better in class. Many would agree that drinking water is a good habit, but drinking more water means more trips to the restroom. If students decide to follow this good habit they will be penalizing themselves. When you drink water during class, going between classes may not be enough. The human bladder is a very tricky organ. One minute you might be at peace with your bladder, then next you need to go the bathroom like never before and the longer you hold it, the worse it will get. There isn’t a person who would argue that holding your urine in isn’t bad for your bladder and kidneys. With all that a student goes through in a day, worrying if you are causing damage to your bladder should not be a major priority. Teachers who restrict hall passes make it hard to answer nature’s call. Some teachers even give extra credit for students who don’t use any hall passes. It’s like being paid not to use a toilet. Then why can’t we get paid for avoiding other natural callings? Do I get any extra credit points if I don’t eat lunch? How about if I stop breathing for the rest of this period? I don’t mind, it’s not like its important to my health. The truth is that it is hazardous to your health and if a school policy is causing damage to a major body organ that there is no question that it should not be in effect. If our school board will let that one slip by then maybe they shouldn’t be trusted. If you think I may be taking this a little far and that our school board can be trusted, then I would say you’re right. However, wouldn’t I be right to say that we should be trusted. High school students range from fourteen to eighteen years old and have already had ten to fourteen years of school, we know the rules by now. This is our last level of schooling before we go on to college or to jobs and if you don’t think we’re responsible to go to the bathroom and back without making a mess of ourselves then why don’t you explain to us why one plus one equals two again. Those students who do not have the mind capacity to accomplish this difficult task can be disciplined, the rest of us would be allowed to use the bathroom. This is a system that could easily work, but instead it is assumed that all students lack the capability to walk down the hall and go to the bathroom. Rules like this only add to the stereotype that teachers are out to get their students. When I’m allowed to get out diapers then maybe we can talk about trustworthiness of the school board. The plain and simple fact is that teachers shouldn’t be allowed to restrict our natural needs as a human being. The students with their legs and eyes crossed are waiting for an answer. You’re punishing the kids with good habits, you’re damaging kids bladders everywhere, and you’re pitting your students against their teachers. The advice is simple and easy to follow. It’s either a world full of wet jeans or relaxed kids, it’s time to make a decision which. :dragon4:

Hey, there seem to be some intelligent people running around this place, i think. Maybe one of you can answer this question for me. Now i've been thinking about this a long time and i have to ask. Without pointing to any certain religion, i have to wonder if theyre all off their rockers. My question is about the middle east. we have all these different cultures and religions fighting over this area of land known as "the Promise Land", and maybe i'm not the only one who has noticed this, but IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE F****ING DESERT (pardon my french). there isn't even any oil there. there is not one nice thing about that place. it's hot, its humid, they have terrible storms, and the locals keep trying to kill each other. Does anyone have a reason why there is all this bloodshed over a promise land that isnt too promising. the only answer that comes to mind is that it has a potential for being a promise land, if everyone would just be happy, but with the way things are looking, its not going to happen. am i just being really ignorant or obvious? is it a question of faith or just a situation that blew out of hand? i'd like to hear some answers from somebody. thank you for listening to my ramblings :dragon4:

A new werewolf game!!! its about time, ever since i've joined this sight i've wanted to get in on the action. Count me in, japan sounds like a great place to go, i just finished reading Shogun so i think i up to par. heh heh, see you all there :dragon4:

...Caught by Savage Dragon He was running and laughing; this was great he had the Nimball™ Wait was a Nimball™? He had to stop for a minute to think about this; he'd heard stories abut them before. They involved this little ball, the Nimball™, and you tried to get it and after you got, um you tried to keep people from catching you cause um they had a tendency to... beat the holy crap... out... of... you. HOLY CRAP He started running again. He could hear people catching up to him, he was sure he recognized some of those voices; they were the voices of some of the elders. He stopped. Elders? Ha, he could take the elders any day after all he was Savage, he was a dragon, and he turned to face them. They had pitchforks Running again, I was not built to run like this. Heck I wasn’t built to run at all. Still, I was winning I could hear a few of the elders collapse; they weren’t as fit as they used to be. He could hear them every now and then tripping over stray roots, never to rise again. Well, I guess that’s why they’re called elders. It wasn't long before there were only a few still following him. He could take a few elders, any day. He stopped Let them come, even if they had pitchforks. He was a dragon, he was Savage, and he turned to face them. They had torches Running again, well this Nimball™ sure as hell wasn’t worth it. Not if he was going to get burned again. Better bury it. Setting the Nimball™ down by a bush, Savage Dragon begins digging a hole. I don't know why but I love digging holes. Get thru the topsoil, into the clay, feel the earth rumbling between your toes. Rumbling? Picking myself off the ground, I look around, cool underground passage, probably really old What about the Nimball™? Ah hell, some one will find, I'm going to explore this passage. I wonder who will find it... :dragon4:

Unauthorized Activity This one is a genuine hoot. It was an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan. Wait till you read this guy's response.......but read the letter before you get to the response........ *************************** Mr. Ryan DeVries 2088 Dagget Pierson, MI 49339 SUBJECT: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County Dear Mr. DeVries: It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity: Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet stream of Spring Pond. A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity. A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been issued. Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2002. Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement action. We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions. Sincerely, David L. Price District Representative Land and Water Management Division ******************* This is the actual response sent back........ Dear Mr. Price, Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County. Your certified letter dated 12/17/01 has been handed to me to respond to. First of all, Mr. Ryan DeVries is not the legal Landowner and/or Contractor at 2088 Dagget, Pierson, Michigan. I am the legal owner and a couple of beavers are in the (State unauthorized) process of constructing and maintaining two wood "debris" dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of natures building materials "debris." I would like to challenge your department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic. As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam activity. My first dam question to you is: (1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers or (2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said dam request? If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued. Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. I have several concerns. My first concern is - aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay for said representation - so the State will have to provide them with a dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed during a recent rain event causing flooding is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling their dam names. If you want the stream "restored" to a dam free-flow condition please contact the beavers - but if you are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter, they being unable to read English. In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the environment (Beavers' Dams.). So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until 1/31/2002? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them then. In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a real environmental quality (health) problem in the area. It is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the beavers alone. If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step! (The bears are not careful where they dump!) Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this response to your dam office. Sincerely, Stephen L.Tvedten :dragon4:

Listen to their lies and I feel nothing inside no emotion, no feelings, makes me wonder if I’ve died words of abuse, words of hate words I despise served on a silver plate insults that have no meaning words on deaf ears familiarity with these words has calmed my fears putting me down shove me to the floor call me whatever names I’ve heard it all before I used to cry, I used to weep, I used to yell at you in my sleep Where I used to feel weakened I now feel blank Now I don’t feel human And I have you to thank Thank you for this void Thank you for leaving me cold Thank you for all those harsh words Thank you for the rumors you told Thanks for making me impervious to you Thanks for making me do this to you :dragon4: OOC: this is how i feel some times, thanks to be shunned by a lot of people, all though not as exteme as it sounds in the poem. feels nice to put it down

Alright maybe some of these are being repeaed but its a pretty long list to read thru. My favorites are also on my signature "Sex without love is an empty experience, but as far as empty experiences go its one of the best" "The difference between sex and death is with death you can do it alone and no one will make fun of you" "What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet" "I never want to marry. I just want to get divorced" -----Woody Allen ""The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonalds. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonalds. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet" "Changing your tastes to what other people want is your only hope of getting anything" "If people want to spend their whole lives creaming and tweezing and brushing and gluing, thats really ok too, because it gives them something to do" -----Andy Warhol “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it” “From the moment I picked up you book until I laid it down, I was convulsing with laughter. Someday I intend to read it” “He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot” “Well, Art is Art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And East is East and West is West and if you take cranberries and stew them with applesauce they taste more like prunes than rhubarb does… Now you tell me what you know” “Well, I hardly know where to begin. I hardly know when to stop, either; just give me a few drinks and see for yourself” -----Groucho Marx “If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out” “We can’t all be heroes… because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they all go by” “You can’t say civilizations don’t advance… in every war they kill you a new way” “The man with the best job in the country is the Vice-President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, ‘How is the President?’” “Nothing you can’t spell will ever work” ------Will Rogers “Whatever you are, be a good one” “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg” “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle” ------Abe Lincoln “Never wear anything that panics the cat” There is no way to make vomiting courteous. You have to do the next best thing, which is vomiting in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing” “Drugs have taught an entire generation of American kids the metric system” “Feminism seems to be a case of women having a leg-wrestling match with their own other leg. There is only one thing for men to do in response to this confusing situation, which is the same thing men have always done, which is anything women want” ------P. J. O’Rourke “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain” “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society” “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the principle difference between a dog and a man” “The surest protection against temptation is cowardice” ------Mark Twain “I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm” “”Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself” ------Franklin Roosevelt “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk?” “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former” “The answer is ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ depending on the interpretation” ------Albert Einstein :dragon4:

Hey hey, im not saying chaos will win the battle but its not always going to lose. We've all seen cases of blundering idiots getting away with crap that no mastermind could pull off. chaos still has a chance and if you spend your entire life playing chaoticly you gonna win sometimes no matter what :dragon4:

Drifting OOC: Im not sure what to think of this, either i'll get responses that'll say "nice one", or "what the hell" and im thinking it'll be the second. i threw it together from scratch prefering the free write and i think i'll probably want to work on it more. give me some feedback, im not sure what to think about it -------------------- Drifting The lunchroom filled with people with nothing better to do than fill rooms, friends chatting with friends about their friends and their other friends, eating food that isn’t good and really shouldn’t be called food. A place for everyone and everyone In their place Except one Drifting The table of jocks, the table of stoners, the table of cool kids, the table of loners If you’re in drama you sit there and over there if you’re in band And those are the foreign exchange kids, who I can rarely understand Everyone knows where they're supposed to be, everyone belongs except for me Drifting To drift for an age and never be calm This is my proverb This is my psalm

Well i guess that makes sense, but i can tell you it was written by me, not neccesarily about me though, it was the first item i posted so i didnt know what i was doing really, but its one of my favorites so i would like to hear some comments

No reads anything in the library apperently and i posted this before i knew what all the rooms were about so I moved it here cause i think it fits better here. A backpack sitting alone against the wall. Untouched, unmoved, forgotten. Filled with paper, filled with books, filled with pencils. A backpack, a bag, a sack, by itself. Forgotten by a forgetful teenager who just wants to forget. Forget his troubles, forget his problems, forget his life. All he wants is to forget and exist in a cloud of forgetfulness. He wants to forget himself. But it wont go away. His life, his problems, his troubles, they stay with him. They didn’t leave with his backpack, they didn’t leave with his jacket. They didn’t leave with his hat, his watch or his shiny necklace. So he stands shivering in his t-shirt and jeans, alone in the darkness. No one to keep him company but his troubles and his problems and this life he doesn’t want. He sits on the cold concrete, crying into his arms, with no one to pat him on his back, no one to pick him up, no one to tell him its going to be alright. He is stripped of all the lies, the lies that said he had to be a man, the lies that said he had to be a rebel, the lies that said he had to be cool. They left with his backpack, and his jacket and hat and watch and stupid shiny necklace. All that is gone and he sits along. Filled with troubles, filled with problems, filled with this horrible life. Untouched, unmoved, forgotten. A boy sitting alone against the wall.

I loved the poem, its word play was great and can be read in many different ways. I'm not sure if i can agree that the knight who goes into lose is going to lose. He's unprepared, and unstructered and therefore not limited by the rules of the other player. Choas can easily overcome logic since it has no boundries and i think that can help our lyrical knight win a few battles and he can still be smiling afterwards.

I love it when writer's bring the end of the poem back to the begining like you did. Great poem with deep meaning that i think everyone here at the Pen can realte to in some way.

WoW, good stuff, I really liked it, the rythmic pattern was... intersting but i like it

Ok, so call me what you want but for a while now I have been collecting commercial jingles because well I guess I'm a low life with nothing better to do. This seems like the type of room that I can share my list in and I would love to hear from people if they can think of any I’ve missed. My rules are simple, its has to have some sort of little tune that goes with it and it has to be constant, some businesses change they’re jingles often which is why McDonalds and Ford aren’t on the list. Applebee- Eating good in the neighborhood, Applebee Arid- Stress Stinks! Arid Works! AutoZone- Get in the zone! AutoZone Band-aids- I am stuck on Band-aid Brand cause Band-aids are stuck on me Bounty- The Quilted Quicker Picker Upper form Bounty Charmin- Cha cha cha, Charmin Checkers- You gotta eat, say who do you think you are you won’t get far unless You eat, hey hey hey you gotta eat, checkers Chia Pets- Ch-ch-ch- Chia Chili’s- Chili’s, baby back ribs, I want my baby back, baby back, ribs, barbecue sauce Chips Ahoy- Chips Ahoy, a thousand chips delicious, Nabisco Clorox- Momma keeps the house clean with the magic, mommas got the magic of Clorox bleach Cookie Sandwiches- I’m squeezed in the middle, smack dab in the middle Cotton- The touch of cotton the fabric of our lives Cover Girl- Easy breezy beautiful cover girl Detrol LA- Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go Empire- 1800-588-2300 Empire Expedia- Expedia dot COM Folgers- The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup Frenches- Smile you’ve got Frenches Frosted Flakes- Frosted flakes are more than good, they're great Giant- We've got fresh ideas, great values too at Giant My Giant Glade Plug-ins- Plug it in, plug it in Goldfish- The snack that smiles back, Goldfish Herbal Essence- She’s got the urge Natural Botanicals, She's got the urge for Herbal Hot wheels- Hot wheels leading the way Invisible Fencing Dog- My dog stays in the yard, my dog never chases cars, my dog he’s so smart, he’s an invisible fencing dog JCPenny- It’s all inside Jiffy Lube- We’re good to your car so your car will be good to you, Jiffy Lube, every 3,000 miles just take it into Jiffy Lube Just for Men Gel- Looks so real, no one can tell, Just for men Gel, Just for men Kay Jewelers- Every kiss begins with Kay Kit-Kat- Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar Klondike- What would you do for a Klondike Bar? Lucky charms- Hearts, Stars and Horseshoes, Clovers and Blue moons, Pots of Gold and Rainbows, and the Red Balloons, That’s me lucky charms they’re magically delicious Mattress Discounters- Have a good night sleep on us, Mattress Discounters Maybeline- Maybe she’s born with it, maybe its Maybeline Oscar Meyer- Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener, that’s is what id truly like to be for if I were an Oscar Meyers wiener, everyone would be in love with me Pizza Bagels- Pizza in the morning, Pizza in the evening, pizza at suppertime, when Pizzas on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime Pull-ups- Mommy WOW, I'm a big kid now Ricoli- RRRIIICCCOOOLLLIII Scruff Mgruff- Scruff Mgruff Chicago Illinois 60652 State Farm- Like a good neighbor State Farm is there Subway- Subway eat fresh The Clapper- Clap on, Clap off Tums- Tum, Tum, Tum, Tum, Tums Venus- I'm your Venus, your inspire, your desire Wonder ball- OH I wonder wonder wonder wonder ooh, what’s in a wonder ball, who knows what surprises a wonder ball may hide, Yoo-hoo nestle chocolate with candy shapes inside, oh I wonder wonder wonder wonder ooh, what’s in a wonder ball Yahoo- Yahoooooo

One thing I’d definitely be interested ion learning is why this Vincent character took a 100-year break from searching for Edmund. The story looks great so far and you cant be blamed if it sounds a little like queen of the damned since that movie tried to incorporate every single vampire movie into one plot.

Naylor was beginning to feel not as lucky as he first did. Sure being one of the first people to witness some sign of an intelligent life form from another planet was nice, but it wasn’t worth it if he was going to be interrogated anymore. He was sure it was from another planet, he knew enough about TaTa Ri'n engineering to know that thing sure as hell didn’t come from here. Its something Bessledorf would be interested in looking at. Oh hell, he forgot he was supposed to give that presentation to Bessledorf today. Well that’s another lost job, he better start looking for a new one. For a guy with a supposed high IQ, he sure was having trouble keeping a job. What was his problem any way? "What’s my problem?" he yelled aloud. "Shut up," he heard a guard outside yell. In the distance he heard a scream. Yea he definitely was not feeling lucky.

We danced, what a dance We kissed, what a kiss but its her soft eyes That I most miss Because as the dancing stopped The music faded away I looked in her eyes And then ran away I loved her soft hair I loved her sweet voice I loved her deep eyes But I hate my choice So as she fades away And becomes part of my past She herself is gone But her memory lasts So please do not dismiss this Pass it to people that you know So that my darling may one day Know that I feel so

Kauble took another look at the papers in front of him and he still couldn’t come up with an answer. Far less men had offered to join than either he or Daniel had expected, they were up to seven, including him and Daniel. He felt they needed at least one more. Of course, his thoughts returned to Weezel. The man was strong and cunning, but his valor was, well, weak. Hell, it was more than weak, the boy had locked himself in a latrine during the attack, and no one believed his story of being kept in by some outside force. But he was the best archer. He just didn’t trust his lack of courage. But they needed another man and no one else was volunteering. Well one other person was, but he knew better to get involved in that. If Lysil followed, that’s for Daniel to worry about. He grabbed the papers of the men that were going and headed for the door. It wasn’t until he closed the door behind him he realized he’d picked up Weezel’s paper without even thinking about it. Well what more do you want, he told himself, I guess you’ve decided.

This was a mistake, he tells himself over and over. A mistake, you just made a big mistake, it's just like you to make this kind of mistake. You just rush into things without looking at where you're going. You've only just found this world and already you throw yourself at them, expecting to be accepted without a second glance. It wasn't until you calmed down and looked at some of the other applications that you realized what a mistake you made. you're not ready, no where near, you don't even know anyone here. Where is that guy any way he should've been here to by now. at least he could've rejected you by now and you could go home and lick your wounds. looking through these old applications you see people, who know what they'e doing, people who know what they're talking about. i feel like such a child, who was told by his teachers he was a good artist because he scribbled some crayons on a page. jeez, why does this room feel so cold suddenly, and everything is bigger. the way a room looks to a child, and thats what i am a child, with a few broken crayons.

Daniel ran his fingers through his hair. Kauble had a point but he was still reluctant. The kingdom had seen far worse attacks and nothing of real value had been taken. Except for one thing. He shrugged mentally; the palace had many other treasures, but none as valuable. The palace had many other magic items but none as powerful. All right, he told himself, you're arguing with yourself again and that means you're hiding something, now I have to figure out what. Was it revenge, he didn’t think he was a vengeful man, but he didn’t like to see his people slaughtered. Was it for a chance of glory? All right, he could admit that, he was thirsting for some glory just as much as the next man but was it worth going to war over. Hell, if this wasn’t worth going to war over, what was? He heard a small cough. Oh right, Kauble, how long had he been standing there? "Alright, Kauble,” Daniel said, “you win, I want you to start to get a team together. Our best warriors, at least all of the ones that weren’t killed in the attack, thirteen of them, that should bring us to a total of fifteen” “Daniel, surely you can’t be considering of joining the group,” said Kauble, voicing the obvious objection “Show me a better swordsman” “Well, there’s your daughter…” “Ha,” Daniel chuckled, it felt good to chuckle, “You have me there, and she is better than me.” Suddenly he turned serious, “And she will not be joining us on our endeavor.” “Don’t need to tell me twice,” Kauble sighed, “but she won’t be happy” “She doesn’t have to be happy, she has to be safe,” Daniel sighed as well. Easier said then done he told himself, but after what happened to his Claire, he wouldn’t be putting her daughter into harm’s way, he owed her that much. “Get going,” he ordered Kauble, “ I want to leave first thing tomorrow morning.” Kauble headed for the door. “And Kauble”, he said, stopping him, “I don’t care if you have to tie her up, she’s not coming.”

The room next to me was alive with conversation and laughter, entering my room with a total disregard to the walls that lay before them. Conversation suddenly became shouting, laughter turned to stunned gasps, and the room quivered, filled with new hostile intentions. Suddenly two loud bangs escaped from the room and I sat upright in bed. I listened but all I could hear was soft footsteps and the opening and closing of a door.