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Old 11-20-2002, 11:25 AM   #10
Gandalf_theGrey
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* Yielding up to the cloak-room attendant an Elven blade whose smooth-worn runes had caught his attention at a pawn shop, a Cloaked Guest ambled into the Common Room. Leaning on a staff, he waved greetings to old time friends and strangers alike. *

* Rimbaud, Susan, Mithadan, Estelyn were all welcome and familiar faces. As well, a genial old fellow in a brown cloak whose boots were spattered in a matching shade of mud warmed himself by the soft-crackling hearth. A young eager tale-spinner smiled a challenge all around to discover any who dared live such adventures as he dared tell. And then there was a poor fellow huddled with occasional sneezing and coughing, taking refuge over a bowl of soup. *

* Gandalf thought he remembered this last one as one Ransom from a Picnic at the Bonfire Glade. The wizard couldn't be quite sure, as Time had whirled about in rippling semi-circles that day in the Old Forest. Still, he'd learned the tiniest bit of healing lore from well-spent time being around Bethberry and her stored expertise. Striding over to Ransom, he plunked down on the table beside him a vial containing powdered ginseng and the root of the bloodroot plant. *

Dissolve the vial's contents in water, Ransom, for your cough. If you've a sore throat, perhaps there's some goose grease back in the kitchen to apply outwardly to throat and chest, as I believe our good Innkeeper Rimbaud might object to the similar use of skunk fat inside the Seventh Star.

* Gandalf then gestured towards the fireplace with his staff. Several hot flat stones that had lain among logs and embers levitated through the air and came clonking down to land on Ransom's table, scattering ashes on table, chairs and floor. Pungent powdered herbs and crushed wildflowers were duly sprinkled atop the sizzling stones, and the patient urged to lean over and inhale the vapors. *

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