Thanks very much Child!

And yes Pio, they would be most happy to throw down a rope. We wouldn't want poor Rôg to drown! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

My save for Tinar is filled in. Looks like the party's over...

Esty, you mentioned in your last post a "young desert settlement". I was curious where and what this might refer to.

I was referring to the city which Wyrma is building up - it's not much yet, but she intends it to be her capital.

Oops! Ráma forgot something....

My last post has been revised for style as well as content, especially the ending.

Real life has caught up with me a bit and between work and the Super Bowl (Go Patriots!) if I do not post today I will probably not post before Monday. Don't wait for me. Because I am an admin I can edit any post to insert one of my own.

Just to let you know I have filled Korpúlfr's save.

I bring grave news of the tragic soon-to-be fatal illness of Ayar, chief and matriarch of the Eagle Clan. Who would have thought that an insect's sting could be so deadly?

Oh, well done, Squatter!

Hazad is such a skilled artisan. It will be sad to see him, if indeed he does, receive his just deserts.

(. . . and yes, I meant 'desert'; see HERE.)

~*~ Pio

Thanks, Pio. Nothing too brilliant there, but I think she got his point.

I'm sure that Hazad will get what's coming to him. He really does deserve it, even if it will mean the loss of a true artist.

Wilma???!!! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Hey, Mithadan, I need to send you a PM re upcoming events! Please open up a spot in your mailbox, eh? Thanks! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I have deleted several messages. Sorry!

THANKS!

Sorry, Hilde! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Rôg was due back at the caravan. Surinen can hand him the cleaning bill when they meet again. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

~*~ Pio [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Ooo, what an effective weapon! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] And what a first impression to leave Surinen with!

Sigh, stuck in the desert only one set of clothes and no detergent! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

(I'm somehow reminded of the imfamous crunchy frog and lark's vomit candies from Monty Python. But of course this is, as you said, corrosive, and therefore unsuitable for fine chocolates.)

Perhaps not chocolates for Mannish tastes - but I'm seeing here a great opportunity for the orcs displaced by the unfortunate outcome of the war to join the new merchant class.

vis a vis, Hershey's Pot o' Gold -

"Uzgush's Pot o' Puke" - fine candies for those with an alternative, and yet discriminating, palate

Cockroach Crunchies, Vulture Vomit Creme centers, ad nauseum . . .

[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 2:51 PM February 05, 2004: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

For local consumption I should hope! Otherwise I'm afraid it would prove a hopeless business venture.

"Don't forget the dragon scales in dark chocolate", Hilde says with a nod and a wink to...hmmm... Wilma, was it? "I think she might have some of the needed ingredients about her somewhere!"

Ealasaide, Mithadan,

You have a killer cat sitting on your window ledge!

*****************************

True confession:

There is a section of my latest post which is plagiarized. The ideas and even much of the wording in Ráma's reflections on Man come straight from Bird! There are from Bird's posts in the Lonely Star RPG.

Thank you, Bird, if you are out there reading!

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 9:15 PM February 05, 2004: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]

but "hateful"??? Airefalas isn't such a bad guy! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Congratulations to Rama, on a fine first skinchange! (Though I don't think Thorn would agree at the moment.)

I have filled in my save. The ball is now in Rama's court, Child!

The shift over to vBB inserted our signatures into all our posts unfortunately. Going forward, please remember to check the box to onit your sigs.

Just testing. Ignore l'il ole me.

Hello Nonesuch, and thanks Mithadan for that great entree!

I will probably get on the reply tomorrow. I'm still playing a bit of Downs catch-up.

Child

Squatter

This is too cool! :cool:

You are now an icon . . . of sorts!

:smokin: (it reads Squatter if you put the cursor over it in the 'Smilies' menu box)

~*~ Pio :D

Sharon

Well done! I like how the difference between Bird's approach and the more traditional desert dwelling maenwaith is shown.

Drew a line for the men . . . good on!

Pio, thank you.

I would say there is a bit of a cultural gap between Ráma on the one hand, and Mithadan and Airefalas on the other. I would anticipate that to continue until some kind of an understanding is reached.

And Bird must have been a 'saint'!

recent post for Narika and Ayar
 

Hilde (and Pio),

Hilde, I am assuming that Surinen and Narayad made it back without incident. If you still need to post something about their return, I'll edit and/or push my post forward.

Could you come to Ayar's tent along with the elders? You can start the meeting if you like, and use Narika to let you know what's happening. Also, please make sure to tell Narika about the stranger who visited and then disappeared. Make it as suspicious sounding as you want!

Pio -- What a terrible time for Rôg to have visited, given what happens to Ayar immediately after....

It just occurred to me that once the clan knows there is foul play with Ayar, Rôg's future prospects may seem rather dim, should he come waltzing into the Eagle encampment! :eek:

Child

Cami

Maybe Rôg should remain in bird form when they enter the encampment:

African Bee-eater bird

Then Rama can find him out as an SC when she happens to see him speaking privately to Aiwendil in a secluded place somewhere.

What do you think?

~*~ Pio

Pio,

That's a great idea, but I do have a question

Check your pms. :D

Child

Yes, I was already planning on having had Surinen enter camp as a dog, in which case he could pick up quite a few scents, including Rog, (if SC's retain some element the same scent no matter what form they are in). But I think I can do that without moving your post Child. So I will have the next post as the meeting, please PM me if you have any sudden inspiration about what needs to come out of the meeting. ;)

Hilde,

If you find it would help to flip my post forward, please let me know and I'll be glad to do that.

The Eagles still don't realize that Ayar's illness is caused by foul play. But I suspect that, with all the uncertainty, Narika will be upset to hear about a strange visitor who comes in one second and seems to disappear the next. You can represent that in your post or, if you want, throw it back to me---whatever works better.

There are two things that, when put together, could tip the Eagles off as to their 'true' situation: the arrival of Thorn, with the information he gleaned, and/or the arrival of Aiwendil who has overheard the birds talking.

The main thing now is that the clan will agree to stay put for a while and that everyone will surely be worried about Ayar. I assume your character will at least raise questions about the stranger he's seen and Narika will put the camp on some sort of higher "alert" with guards posted, etc.

We're not locked into just this, however, and you're welcome to dream up something additional.

Child

Mith

Baran and Pio are now caught up timewise to the rest of the storyline.

Baran has been introduced at the Library and can now roam about in it. And he has also been introduced to some of the guards on the seventh level. Pio gave him a short guided tour of the place.

Pio is now back at home. Baran has elected to stay at the Inn in the city.

Hope that suits! :)

~*~ Pio

Sounds good to me. Now to get the thing written up. I'm off to Wordland!

I have filled in my Save. Sorry for the delay.

Nerindel, please check your PMs.

I have taken the liberty of setting my last post in the late spring. I don't believe that we had specified a calendar date for this story. But, if I am mistaken in this, please let me know and I will edit.

Spring is fine with me!

I've just introduced Rôg's family - their clan's main encampment, if you have Fonstad handy, can be found on pages 38 and 39.

The Eagle's camp right now is at the northern end of the coastal mountain range just south of Umbar.

Rôg's clan has been passing south along the eastern foothills of that mountain range (which Fonstad names the Grey Mountains) trading with various clans along the way. The are now at the southern end of the range and are turning west toward the sea and the forested area that lies there.

It is about 800 miles as the crow flies, so to speak, from the Eagles present place to that forest.

Right, then, Aiwendil - the two travelers are waiting out the sandstorm . . .

~*~ :) Pio

Pio,

Didn't you provide the original map, the one at the beginning of the discussion thread? This morning, Hilde and I were trying to use it for a geography question, and it seems as if the link is broken.

Could you check on that? Is there anywhere else we can get another online map if that one doesn't work? (I know you have a storehouse of maps!)

Cami/Child