Post by Helia Hawke on Apr 29, 2005 7:16:00 GMT -5
Climbing the steps to the rooftop aviary, Dar began mentally composing a note to his most trusted friend and advisor, Chiapet. “Chia will know just what to do” Dar told himself as he wrapped the message around a pigeon’s leg and set it loose….
…Chia read the note yet again. Laughed and thrust it back into his pocket. Resting his spear atop his shoulder, he set off to hunt that pesky troll. Chiapet was the guild prankster. He was the sort of person who stretched oiled paper over the outhouse seats and greased all of the doorknobs. And consider the fact that if brainpower were gunpowder, the McGee brothers couldn’t blow up a wet paper bag…he…yes he was the brains behind the famous exploding moose episode; a fact that his dear friend Dar still hadn’t figured out. Nor had he figured out that Chia was, in fact, the one who had put the McGee brothers up to filling Dar’s tower with cows in the first place. …
…or so Chia thought. It took a week. Where the attempts at explanations had proven futile, the McGee brothers finally succumbed to bribery. It took him three sides of beef and his special barbeque sauce; but they had finally fessed up on who had put them up both the cows and the idea for filling his tower with them. Smiling, again he realized that his friend was only trying to get Dar to “lighten up.” It was advice that Chia gave him almost constantly. “For once,” Dar thought, “I am going to turn the tables.” He turned in the direction of Dar’s villa with and set off with a wicked little grin…
…Chia had finally returned from his week long “troll hunting” trip. It was a successful hunt, but it was good to be home. With a big smile on his face he opened the door to his little villa…and his smile grew even bigger. There in his living room, was a small heard of cows. Not just any heard of cows…each cow was dressed in its own ninja outfit. There in the middle of the heard, perched atop the largest of the cows, was his friend Dar. For the first time in weeks his friend Dar was actually smiling. With a mischievous little smile, Dar said simply…
“It’s a heard of grandmaster stealth cows. I thought you would want to see for yourself!”
Both friends burst out laughing. The laughter filled the room and still seemed to echo through the halls when the last of the cows had been cleared out to make way for a huge banquet…of beef ribs. It was the same banquet that had ushered in a new era in Dar’s life; for it was the first time that Dar met the woman who would become the great love of his life…Rose.
…Chia read the note yet again. Laughed and thrust it back into his pocket. Resting his spear atop his shoulder, he set off to hunt that pesky troll. Chiapet was the guild prankster. He was the sort of person who stretched oiled paper over the outhouse seats and greased all of the doorknobs. And consider the fact that if brainpower were gunpowder, the McGee brothers couldn’t blow up a wet paper bag…he…yes he was the brains behind the famous exploding moose episode; a fact that his dear friend Dar still hadn’t figured out. Nor had he figured out that Chia was, in fact, the one who had put the McGee brothers up to filling Dar’s tower with cows in the first place. …
…or so Chia thought. It took a week. Where the attempts at explanations had proven futile, the McGee brothers finally succumbed to bribery. It took him three sides of beef and his special barbeque sauce; but they had finally fessed up on who had put them up both the cows and the idea for filling his tower with them. Smiling, again he realized that his friend was only trying to get Dar to “lighten up.” It was advice that Chia gave him almost constantly. “For once,” Dar thought, “I am going to turn the tables.” He turned in the direction of Dar’s villa with and set off with a wicked little grin…
…Chia had finally returned from his week long “troll hunting” trip. It was a successful hunt, but it was good to be home. With a big smile on his face he opened the door to his little villa…and his smile grew even bigger. There in his living room, was a small heard of cows. Not just any heard of cows…each cow was dressed in its own ninja outfit. There in the middle of the heard, perched atop the largest of the cows, was his friend Dar. For the first time in weeks his friend Dar was actually smiling. With a mischievous little smile, Dar said simply…
“It’s a heard of grandmaster stealth cows. I thought you would want to see for yourself!”
Both friends burst out laughing. The laughter filled the room and still seemed to echo through the halls when the last of the cows had been cleared out to make way for a huge banquet…of beef ribs. It was the same banquet that had ushered in a new era in Dar’s life; for it was the first time that Dar met the woman who would become the great love of his life…Rose.