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Story 65 Strange Happinings Told By Ellamar

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Strange goings on are happening, just ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ recently a drider approached me as I was making ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my way. He had cornered me and I thought for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ certain that I was his next meal. As you well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ know talkin' your way out of a mess with a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drider is a waste of time but it seemed I was ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ left with no other choice. I started to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ explain my business in the area after coming ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the gathering in heavens and all, and being ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sent on this errand by Baldrick himself. That is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ when the cruel glint in his eye faded. In ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ addition, after many a' foul words I care not to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ repeat. He calmed a bit, and he relayed this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tale to me. He was felling a bit sorrowful of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ himself after for being summoned from the abyss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for the third time that same day. He had called ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ himself Ponfyr. Mind you, the whole time he was ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pinching me as if to discern how I might taste ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "... I was in no hurry to enter the lofty towers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of gods in heaven either. I had found a great ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ place to sit and wait for the bright globe in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the sky to set. As I watch the comings and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ goings in that awful place, I started to feel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ less sorrowful and more disgusted of the bright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and shiney place I now found myself. I thank She ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of chaos and hatred for that dark corner under ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ those stairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of my legs was getting a bit cramped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and as I shifted to adjust it, I accidentally ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dislodged a stone from its place in the wall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After looking around a bit to see if I had been ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ noticed, I examined the hole left by the large ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mostly I saw the clouds surrounding the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ palace. However, as a wind parted the clouds I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ could see the part of the mortal ground of the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ surface world. How painful it must be to live in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a place filled with light and elves though. I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ was looking for a nice gloomy spot I might be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ able to start a brood. There seemed to be a very ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dark forest near a road close to Shadowfall City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ that would do nicely, very gloomy indeed. I am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sure it would protect me from the awful daystar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I searched from above for the place to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ place the brood, I saw it. An it, it is. For I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ know not what to call it. Methinks a tree, yes a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tree it was. It walked across the open part in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the forest. It stopped briefly. Moreover, to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stand next to other tress as some adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ came into view. They must have not seen it for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the passed quickly by. Alternatively, this thing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ might be common on the surface. Once they were ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ safely out of sight it started walking again. I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ saw him stop in the center of a small clearing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ as a human dressed in brown approached him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They seemed to be talking a bit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nevertheless, before the human moved on he gave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ some scroll to the tree. I wonder what a human ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ could want with a walking tree. For that matter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what a tree could possible want with something ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from a human. Well anyway, if I set my brood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ there, I will use that tree for the anchor of my ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ web, and if the human comes back, he will be a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tasty snack..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In addition, at that very same moment a large ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ crack opened in the floor with the fires from ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ some hell jumpn' out the newly formed pit. Well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ it seemed a firey hand reached out of the pit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and grabbed hold of this Ponfyr feller and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ started pulling him in. He was screechin' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ somthin' awful. Moreover, just like that the pit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ closed up again as if it had never been. Ponfyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and all his disgusting hairy legs were gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like I said strange happens are going on... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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