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by waysoftheearth » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:58 am
waysoftheearth wrote:
The Gatehouse
"Alas, my astute little fellow, it is merely a trick of ventriloquism," says the voice, proud as a parent beaming over some toddler's feat, and as Nidhogg steps back from the door he at last espies the speaker, and his heart at once pounds as a hammer upon an anvil.
For out of the shadowy kitchen emerges Saxxon's mercurial advisor, the one called Copernicus! Ordinarily a silent figure, ever brooding in the shadows at Saxon's back, he is rightly feared and despised by all the brigands alike, and rumour runs afoul among Men of his evil doings.
But strangely, Nidhogg thinks to himself, he has never once seen any such incrimination for himself. It is all the stuff of rumour, gossip and defamation. For all he knows, this Copernicus might simply be another fellow looking for an out, much like himself...
"Here I am, my friend," says Copernicus, holding his hand outward to show he is unarmed. "Are you sure you wouldn't like some tea? I've just brewed a fresh pot..."
[f=32]
Golgildir the Elf Medium (MV 12", AC 9, HD 1, hp 1/1, AL N) great cloak,
lantern; spells: color spray; scrolls: sleep, sleep, charm person
Hirelings: Georges;
torch[/f]