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Jurak smiled at the humble womble, and thought for a moment:
Sometimes it just takes a little time to make a plan,
and sometime too... it just takes a kick in the pants to get on track. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Jurak was grateful for that kick, since he loved a good quest,
as well as his partner, Womble who too loved a good adventure. Womble who was
a skilled,devious proficient thief, along with his renowned dwarven ingenuity,
and the vitality of a small tornado,
jurak knew they could only fare well.......
They descended down the dimly lit, slime laden staircase, that seemed
to be cut from the very rock of the earth! and slippery.... the smell of must filled the air,
which was stale and thick.The stairway seemed to spiral
down to the depths of hell, and for a while it seemed it would never cease!
"Geez, Jurak, we must be halfway to Hades by now, and that smell is getting worse,
said Womble in a stern tone,
"have you been into my beer again" and waved his hand rapidly
in front of his smiling face.....
[color:"#33cc33"]No way my friend, I've been on the sled for days!, but now
that you mention it, a cool ale right now would certianly be refreshing
......despite the inevitable outcome <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />[/color]
They continued down for a short while longer, getting deeper and deeper
into the rock...
At last they reached the bottom, and had two immediate choices, take the long
crooked hallway that was very dimly lit, or take the much finer illuminated
hallway directly in their path,
"the choice is easy it is",said Womble knowingly, "and it will be quicker to find our way back as well,
besides........what's that glowing way down there at the end?"
Womble sounded as a true explorer did,and was smiling like a capital "D"
turned sideways...Jurak looked, squinted, looked at his friend.....
they carried on straight down the hall, towards the faint glimmering.
ahead......
They walked and walked, until Womble pointed out that it seemed they were
getting nowhere, could this be another trick of the castle?
The shimmering at the end of the tunnel, was disturbed by shadows every now and
again, obscuring the faint opening that now seemed to be very close indeed,
must be the dim light, thought Jurak.
They both halted momentarily, and at the same time heard a rush of footfalls
behind them........
They turned in time to see 3 ugly looking guards cannonballing towards them....
[color:"orange"] Ahhhhyyyyaaaaaaaaa![/color] Womble let out a bloodcurdling
yell,and was up one side, and down the other of the first guard,
who was too busy focusing on Jurak and didn't see Womble standing
in the lower shadows.
Heaving his axe skyward, Womble ripped up the poor devils mid-section and
exited around his left shoulder...the guard fell, a lifeless mass, guts were
everywhere.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> while this was happening Jurak drew his sword and
attended to the second guard as quickly, carving a large X into the his chest,
they both then rushed to the last hapless guard, who was about to turn tail
and run like a banshee, but did not make it...short work was made of this fool.
They both stood in silence, listening for any more danger,...all seemed to be
clear for the moment,they continued on undisturbed
and finally reached the doorway to the mysterious glow.
Using extreme caution, Womble ducked very low and stuck his head in for a
peek.....the coast was clear and they made their grand entrance.....
and it was grand!
The room they had entered was not a room at all,
it was a naturally formed cavern of what looked like limestone
with many small caves around the perimeter
there were strange spikes hanging from the ceiling
and even some coming out of the floor.....it seemed!
Whatever they were, they took on a flourescently twinkling glow.....
"This has got to be a magical place Jurak, I can feel it", as Womble was speaking
the runes in Jurak's pocket started to glow and flash rapidly back
and forth. Jurak took them out of his pocket, they glowed even brighter!
You could now see the massivity of this formation, it was huge........
[color:"orange"]"Yodel-lady-whoooooo....."[/color]I've always wanted to do that, Womble said
with a smile, and gave it another go,
[color:"orange"]"Hey".....hey....hey...ey..ey[/color]
"you try" he said to Jurak, who watched in amusement,
[color:"orange"]Ggggrrooonnnkkkk! [/color]howled the orc! [color:"orange"]oooonkk....ooonk...oonk,[/color]
"I thought you'd say that", said Womble,
and they both collapsed in a heap with laughter.
"Wwhhhhheeeeew!, that was fun Jurak, but we've gotta scour these caves
and see if there might be some artefacts, or scrolls or something of use
to us, you check that side and i'll go this way, and we'll meet somewhere over
there,pointing to the opposite side of the somewhat circular, domed cathedral
looking chamber, and be sure to search thoroughly! We don't want to miss
anything!
Yes, said Jurak, keep yer eyes peeled and your ears open, and started
searching...........
Last edited by Jurak; 10/06/03 10:54 AM.