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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12a8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12b8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Missiledine's Archives</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Missiledines Archives"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl Lingsted"><U>Karl Lingsted</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl Posts 20 40"><U>Karl Posts 20 - 40</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl Posts 41 60"><U>Karl Posts 41 - 60</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl 61 80"><U>Karl 61 - 80</U></A>   |   <B>Karl 81 - 100</B>   |   <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl Posts 101 135"><U>Karl Posts 101 - 135</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id268.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl Posts 135200"><U>Karl Posts 135-200</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id296.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karl Posts 201250"><U>Karl Posts 201-250</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Missiledines Archives"><U><B>Archive Directory</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12b8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Karl 81 - 100</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 GM POST # 81</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> The officer listens carefully. "Where did this occur?" he asks finally. Waving</div> <div> to his men that he would be along presently.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 PC POST # 81</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>   </div> <div>  </div> <div>        "there is a farmhouse a few miles the direction you are traveling,</div> <div>  and on the other side of the road a large tree, in the road the blood will</div> <div>    probably have dried by now, or possibly soaked into the ground. I can't</div> <div>  say  I've ever studied the long term behavior of blood left on the ground..."</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 GM POST # 82</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>   </div> <div>    He listens to your explanation, looking a bit puzzled as to why anyone</div> <div>  would study the behavior of blood.</div> <div>   "Thank you for the information. We shall be on our guard. Please notify</div> <div>  the Watch and Rangers at their barracks by the Valley Gate. Good day." He nods</div> <div>   politely to Amanda, then kicks his horse into a trot to catch up with the</div> <div>   escort.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 82</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>      "Hopefully that is that, lets get going."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 GM POST # 83</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div> Another mile and you crest a low hill and see the walls of Nygg in the distance.</div> <bR> <div> The town of Nygg has a population of aboout 3,000 plus a full time garrison of</div> <div> about 600.  It is a walled town whose southern wall is set to the edge of the</div> <div> cliff over looking the desert. There are two gates, the Valley Gate from which</div> <div> the road to Drunmore leads, and the Desert Gate to which the ancestor's ramp out</div> <div> of the desert ascends.</div> <div> Amanda is visibly excited as you pass through the gates. The soldiers on duty</div> <div> watch her with interest and give you a desulatory glance.  As you pass out of</div> <div> the shadow of the gate tower, Amanda points to a stone, two story building to</div> <div> the right.  "That's the Watch Barracks." She says.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 PC POST # 83</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>       Karl nods. "So shall we visit your parents first, or get a room for</div> <div>   while we are in town first?"</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>    Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 GM POST # 84</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>   Ferral says, "I thought you would go to the Watch Barracks first?"</div> <div>   Amanda nods, "The officer did ask you to report it there."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 PC POST # 84</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>  (I missed that in the previous e-mail)</div> <div>    Karl sighs. "Yes, I suppose we should. Then to your parents house."</div> <div>    He rides up to the watch barracks and dismounts. "I need to report a</div> <div>  disturbance about a days ride out."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 GM POST # 85</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> There are a couple guardmen lounging outside. They look with interest, first</div> <div> at you, then at Amanda.  One says, eyes flickering to you briefly. "How far</div> <div> out? A day?" He nods to a weathered looking door at one end of the barracks</div> <div> building. "Need to go talk to the Rangers then."</div> <div> As you approach the door you can hear voices inside.</div> <div> "What are you going to do about this?" A voice demands</div> <div> "This is not the first time livestock and people have disappeared. But I can</div> <div> hardly search the whole Palood and there hasn't been any discernable trail to</div> <div> follow. You know that." Someone answers</div> <div> "That is not an answer!" A man's voice rises in obvious anger</div> <div> "What would you like me to do!" The second voice shouts back.</div> <div> "Send for the Avengers, put out some paper... I don't know, but do something!"</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 PC POST # 85</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>      Karl enters the room. "Hello, I have what I presume is simply another</div> <div>  incident to report." He gives directions and details as before. "I must</div> <div>  admit a certain degree of curiosity, what is known of this creature and how</div> <div>  long has this been going on?"</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 GM POST # 86</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> There are two men in the room, one, an older man with long graying hair and</div> <div> beard, is seated at a desk. The second man, not many years the firsts junior,</div> <div> but balding, cleanshaven and obviously fat, is standing in front of the desk.</div> <div> The fat one was leaning forward, both hands on the desk, clearly lecturing the</div> <div> seated man. Both men are redfaced and clearly angry. They both turn to you when</div> <div> you enter.</div> <div> "Who the bloody hell are you?" Demands the seated man.. "How dare you enter this</div> <div> office uninvited during a meeting!"</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 86</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>      "Someone who has made a mistake. I was told to come this way to report</div> <div>  an incident, I heard voices talking about what clearly was related to the</div> <div>  incident we observed, and I assumed this is where I needed to go to report</div> <div>  the situation. If you would direct me to the proper office, I appologize for</div> <div>  the interuption."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 GM POST # 87</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> The standing man laughs suddenly. "see, another one. When are you gonna drag</div> <div> your Rangers out of their tavern hidey holes and try and solve this?" He looks</div> <div> at you. "Your in the right place. Don't let this toothless old hound worry you,</div> <div> his bark is many times worse then his bite."</div> <div> The seated man growls, "Ira, you keep pushing and you'll see how many teeth I do</div> <div> have." He looks at you. "This is the Ranger office and I am the company</div> <div> commander. If that is who and what your looking for.  Most people knock before</div> <div> they enter a room uninvited." He adds with a growl</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 PC POST # 87</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      Karl smiles. "I appologize, the formalities are somewhat different at</div> <div>  the university. Of course most people of note there have some form of</div> <div>  warning when you get near their office anyways. I initially came just to</div> <div>  report, but I have to admit I am curious about this as well, perhaps if we</div> <div>  could distill the information you already have a pattern might appear. If it</div> <div>  is an unknown creature I can think of a number of people back at the</div> <div>  university who might be willing to pay for a carcass."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 GM POST # 88</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The standing man, Ira, says "Are you from the Academy of Sorcery then?  Do you</div> <div> think they would be willing to help?"</div> <div> The Captain grunts in acknowledgement of your apology.  "You have something to</div> <div> tell me?" He asks wearily.</div> <bR> <div> <GM Note:  In general, though individuals from the academy do sometimes get</div> <div> involved in extracurricular activities, the Academy does not officially involve</div> <div> itself. But you are right, they would happily buy any interesting specimans</div> <div> etc.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 PC POST # 88</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>     "Sorry, last night we had taken shelter from the storm when we heard</div> <div> a loud screaching noise, and my guardsman went to investigate with a light</div> <div> I provided. He came back and indicated that there had indeed been</div> <div> violence, but that in the minutes it had taken to get to the road whatever had</div> <div> caused the violence, and whatever the victim or prey was was gone as well. In</div> <div> the morning we conducted a short investigation and concluded that the</div> <div> ammount of blood spilled indicated at least a man sized or larger victim, and that</div> <div> whatever had attacked had left either by air or teleportation, as the</div> <div> trail ended abruptly, air being the most likely. This was at a farm</div> <div> approximately..." He finishes up with details of distance that I (the</div> <div> player) don't necessarilly have.</div> <div>     "As for the acadamy, yes, I am from there. They won't get involved</div> <div> directly, but if this creature does prove to be as interesting as I</div> <div> suspect, they would certainly be interested in purchasing the specimine for</div> <div> investigation or teaching after it has been brought in. I might be able</div> <div> to find someone at the university who would want to stiudy it in the feild,</div> <div> but since that would involve keeping it alive to study I don't believe that</div> <div> is what you really want."</div> <div>     "As for myself, I am interested at least in discovering what I can</div> <div> find out about this creature while I am in town, and am certainly willing to</div> <div> assist with what knowledge I do have."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 GM POST # 89</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Captain takes out paper, pen and ink and writes what you relate.</div> <div> Asking a few questions to help identify the place.</div> <div> "Is that everything then?" He asks when your finished  "What is your</div> <div> name again?" He adds as he finishes the report, which he asks you to</div> <div> sign.</div> <div> The other man listens and sighs, "Sounds all to typical." He says.  "It</div> <div> was either livestock, if we were lucky, our some poor unfortunate."</div> <div> The Captain says, "No one is reported missing yet. We can pray that it</div> <div> was a lamb or something."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 89</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>      "It was probably livestock. We didn't notice to many other travelers</div> <div>  near there, and there were likely to be less in the rain in the middle of</div> <div>  the night. Has anybody seen this creature?"</div> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 GM POST # 90</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Captain shakes his head. "No, and it's been snatching people and animals</div> <div> almost nightly for the last three weeks or so."</div> <div> "Took a child four days ago." Ira says somberly.</div> <div> "It must be invisible." The Captain growls.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 90</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      Karl grimaces. "More likely its intelligent. Even something invisible</div> <div>  there would be some sighting of a cow getting attacked by something they</div> <div>  couldn't see or something. Complete avoidance of detection would mean its</div> <div>  smart. May be invisible as well, but I'm more worried about smart than</div> <div>  invisibility. The question is what kind of smart. It may have a predetors</div> <div>  cleverness and some sort of sense of when something is watching, or it could</div> <div>  be fully inteligent. Do we have a map of where these attacks have occured?"</div> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 GM POST # 91</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Captain looks up sharply when you say 'we.' He frowns, "WE," he stresses</div> <div> "Are making a concerted effort to discover the cause of these attacks and</div> <div> prevent them. It will be noted that this attack has occured further north and</div> <div> west then any of the previous incidents. Undoubtably due to the increase of</div> <div> patrols in areas previously subject to the incidents."</div> <div> Ira stares at him, "You mean that with a little more effort you might be able to</div> <div> push it out of your jurisdiction and make it some one elses problem?"</div> <div> The Captain bristles at this, "My responsibility is to the Count of Nygg, not</div> <div> Drunmore or anywhere or anyone else. He has charged me with the protection of</div> <div> the rural folk and property of HIS county.  If I can catch and kill this thing,</div> <div> so much the better. If all I can do is drive it off, then I'll settle for that."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 PC POST # 91</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>   </div> <div>     Karl smiles. "Again I appologize, I was getting into the problem, and</div> <div>      reverting to university protocal. That it responds so effectively to a</div> <div>      change in patrols would indicate that the thing is intelligent. Given</div> <div>    what  we, sorry, you know, would it be possible to set a trap for it, say</div> <div>    arrange a hole in the patrols where some sort of trap awaited it?"</div> <div>  </div> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 GM POST # 92</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>   The Captain frowns, "This is not the Academy of Sorecery." He grumbles</div> <div>   "Set a trap?" Ira asks, "How? It seems to be able to fly and may or may</div> <div>   not be invisible. It is obviously intelligent to some degree.  What</div> <div>   could we do to set up such a trap? Much less bait it."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>   PBEM Exchange</div> <div>   Series 2 PC POST # 92</div> <div>   Player : Ray</div> <div>   Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      "This thing is fairly intelligent, but it has also concentrted on this</div> <div>  region for a reason, possibly flight distance from its home.  If we give it</div> <div>  an opportunity where nobody appears to be arround, a hole in the patrol</div> <div>  pattern, and a reasonable target, such as a cow or goat in that location, we</div> <div>  should be able to tell it is attacking when the goat is attacked, whether we</div> <div>  can see it or not. The real question is what kind of trap can be sprung if</div> <div>  it can be lured to a certain location."</div> <div>      "I guess the obvious answer would be to sprinkle some sort of sleeping</div> <div>  potion on the hair of the designated target and hope to catch the thing</div> <div>  before it wakes up."</div> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>   PBEM Exchange</div> <div>   Series 2 GM POST # 93</div> <div>   Player : Ray</div> <div>   Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> Ira says, "Could you concoct such a potion?"</div> <bR> <div> The Captain says, "We have put out bait. But so far to no avail."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 PC POST # 93</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>      Karl nods. "I am far from the best alchemist at the university, and the</div> <div>  potion I am thinking of requires a week to brew. It would probably be faster</div> <div>  to send someone back to the university if they have any on hand, but I don't</div> <div>  recall off hand if they do or not. I have some other business in town,</div> <div>  ironicly checking on some alchemical supplies we are shipping from here,</div> <div>  after i check the quality of these I should be able to brew such an elixer.</div> <div>  The real question becomes why this thing hasn't taken the bait before. I'm</div> <div>  sure youn know more than I about wild animals, so unless it was a result of</div> <div>  this things intelligence, I don't think I can offer much help in this area.</div> <div>  Might I suggest a test of giving it untrapped and unpoisoned bait durring</div> <div>  the week or so it will take me to prepare this potion? I don't know if you</div> <div>  have been trying live bait or not, but I would think it would certainly be</div> <div>  less suspicious. The point in this is too simply see if we can entice the</div> <div>  creature to take bait before we try and do anything with the bait."</div> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>    PBEM Exchange</div> <div>    Series 2 GM POST # 94</div> <div>    Player : Ray</div> <div>    Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Captain sighs, "No one seems to appreciate the scope of the problem here,</div> <div> Ira least of all. This County covers an area measured in square miles. In that</div> <div> area there are, in addition to the town of Nygg and the fortress, a half dozen</div> <div> villages and scores and scores of farmsteads.  There are also thousands, maybe</div> <div> tens of thousands head of sheep, goats and cattle. To say nothing of hogs and</div> <div> poultry.  Or patrols have succeded, seemingly, in keeping the... the thing, away</div> <div> from the villages and most of the homesteads, and in the process those herds</div> <div> that are pastured in those immediate areas. But there are thousands of animals</div> <div> pastured away from the patrolled areas. To say nothing of wild game.  Even</div> <div> without these attacks there isn't a week that goes by that someone doesn't</div> <div> report animals killed by some predator or another.   It is impossible to cover</div> <div> the whole area to such a degree that the trap area becomes attractive.  Just</div> <div> because some days have gone by without a reported attack doesn't mean that the</div> <div> thing hasn't fed. The prey just hasn't been noticed as missing."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>      Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 PC POST # 94</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>   </div> <div>  </div> <div>   </div> <div>  "I understand that, but does it have a prefered hunting area, where</div> <div>  it strikes more often, or where it did strike more often before the patrols</div> <div>  were set up?"</div> <div>  </div> <div>      Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 GM POST # 95</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>   </div> <div>  </div> <div>   The Captain shrugs. "If it had confined it's predation to livestock no one</div> <div>  would have ever noticed. It was when people started vanishing that the problem</div> <div>  became apparant. So I would have to say that it's favorite food or hunting</div> <div>  pattern is people."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div>     Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 95</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>   Karls eyes widen. "Oh, you gave the impression earlier that the majority</div> <div>  of the prey was livestock. That does make things rather more difficult."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 GM POST # 95</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> The Captain anorts, "Since we boosted the patrols the majority of it's prey is</div> <div> livestock. But I don't think that is by choice."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>       Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 PC POST # 95</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>       Karl nods. "Well there is always the condemned criminal tied to a</div> <div>   tree routine. I take it there is no way to direct which livestock it will</div> <div>   take.Are all the attacks at night?"</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>       Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 GM POST # 96</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>   Ira looks horrified at your suggestion, but the Captain just smiles</div> <div>   grimly.</div> <div>   "Yes, all the attacks have been at night. Though the thing has killed</div> <div>   and apparantley fed on cattle, it seems to like sheep and goats,</div> <div>   probably because it can carry them away."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div>    Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 96</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>  "Probably not invisible then, and maybe not that intelligent, night does</div> <div>  provide its own cover. But it still reacts to patrols." Karl shrugs. "If I</div> <div>  can think of anything else that can help you I'll let you know. Do you need</div> <div>  anything else from me before I conduct business in town?"</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>    Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 GM POST # 96</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Captain shakes his head. "No, not that I can think of... Where are you</div> <div> staying?" He adds as an afterthought</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 PC POST # 96</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>      Karl smiles "I'm not sure yet. I came to report before I got a place to</div> <div>  stay. I may wind up staying with my wife's familly, and they would be able</div> <div>  to get ahold of us in any case." Karl tells them where Amanda's parents</div> <div>  live.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>       PBEM Exchange</div> <div>       Series 2 GM POST # 97</div> <div>       Player : Ray</div> <div>       Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> Both Ira and the Captain nod, as though they know of whom you speak, which is</div> <div> entirely possible in that Nygg is not an enormous town.</div> <div> "Very well then." Concludes the Captain. "Thank you."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>    Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 PC POST # 97</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div>       Karl heads out to Amanda. "Well that takes care of that, at least</div> <div>   for  now. I think we need to meet your familly and get all the sleeping</div> <div>   arrangments taken care of, I can get to the actuall business part of</div> <div>   this  tomorrow."</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>    Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>      PBEM Exchange</div> <div>      Series 2 GM POST # 98</div> <div>      Player : Ray</div> <div>      Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>   </div> <div>  </div> <div>   When Amanda sees you she stamps her foot, "Where have you been? What</div> <div>   took you so long? I though they had arrested you or something! I want to</div> <div>   go!"</div> <div>   Turek and your student appear to be studying distant cloud formations</div> <div>   rather intently....</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 PC POST # 98</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      "I apparently took a wrong turn. We can certainly go now."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>     PBEM Exchange</div> <div>     Series 2 GM POST # 99</div> <div>     Player : Ray</div> <div>     Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <div> Amand climbs up and with a "Harumph!" leads the way down the street. Turek</div> <div> climbs wearily onto his horse and takes up the pack animal's lead. He looks at</div> <div> you and raises an eyebrow curiously. "You were gone quite awhile."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>        PBEM Exchange</div> <div>        Series 2 PC POST # 99</div> <div>        Player : Ray</div> <div>        Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>   </div> <div>        "They apparently have quite a problem with this creature, and a</div> <div>  smaller  problem with the labeling of doors."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div>   Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>        PBEM Exchange</div> <div>        Series 2 GM POST # 100</div> <div>        Player : Ray</div> <div>        Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <div>  </div> <div>   Turek laughs at that, "Labels? Hah! Who could read them!"  He looks around</div> <div>  as  you ride. "Where are we staying? I understand your wife has family here,</div> <div>  and I  guess you'll stay with them... is that a good thing?" He asks with a grin</div> <div>  "But  where do you want the boy and I? I don't think your wife's people will</div> <div>  want that many unexpected guests."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Velitrium Campaign</div> <div>   PBEM Exchange</div> <div>   Series 2 PC POST # 100</div> <div>   Player : Ray</div> <div>   Character: Karl Lingsted</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      "We need to find an inn, hopefully close to her parents house, I was</div> <div>  thinking of asking them for a recomendation when we get there, then you and</div> <div>  Ferrel can get set up in your rooms while we spend time with her familly."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>