BeeGeeI-XII had spent the better part of three hours backtracking the ion trail of the massive energy bolt that had hit him and tainted his friends and their possessions with Evil.

For his efforts he learned that the energy bolt had been sent through a trans-dimensional portal. Which dimension it came from, he did not know. "End of the trail!" was all he could think to say.

From that far up in the sky he could see from horizon to horizon. He could see that the world was a flat square, not a round ball. He could see that the stars were painted on the inside of an immense glass sphere, but the two suns were outside that sphere. And, he saw that the two moons floated inside the sphere according to some mystical logic.

"I wonder what's on the bottom side of the world?" was the first question that popped into his mind.

Then, BeeGee spotted a familiar landmark: the Double Raven castle. A narrow silver beacon of light shown from the top of the wizard's tower and curved gently toward the very spot where the energy beam enterred this dimension. That was too much of a coincidence to ignore, so BeeGee followed his nose and the beacon down to the castle.

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Three days later, after much poofooping and patient listening, BeeGee had learned that the Double Raven Castle's resident master, Aloicious Venificus, was in league with an even greater wizard named Aloicious, and that Aloicious was a member of the "Circle of Doom" (whatever that is). Then BeeGee overheard Venificus apologizing to a mirror in very respectful, obedient, and cowardly tones about not having verified "the absolute destruction and removal of that band of outworlders!" He did, however, seem more than a little pleased with himself when he said "I have planted three spies in their midst. They all shall die horribly in their sleep!"

Thinking that there must be a useful clue somewhere in all this information, BeeGee hightailed it back to the last known haunts of his fellow outworlders.


-- BG