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MaydayDesiax
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::claps hands and bounces up and down with glee::

That sounds like a wonderful, wonderful idea! I'll have to make a very large piece of silk for the kite, but it shouldn't be a problem.

::smiles broadly::

I'll be in my room if you need something else for the kite!

::goes upstairs and begins to weave bolts of spider silk::

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skillery
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*cooks up a new batch of psychedelic mushroom stew, in hopes that all who eat will gain the glorious vision of spider-assisted flight*

*leaves the pot to simmer on the fire*

*goes outside and measures the kite frame*

*returns to the tavern to take the measurements upstairs to Mayday*

*is surprised upon entering to find Fallow collapsed on the hearth next to the nearly empty pot of stew*

Pleasant dreams my friend.

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skillery
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*returns downstairs after delivering the kite measurements to Mayday*

*sees Fallow struggling in a fitful sleep*

*slips a cushion under Fallow's head*

*resumes work on the kite frame*

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skillery
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*notices that Fallow is looking a little greenish*

"If this spider kite works we'll be able to see for miles."

"Fallow..."

"are you feeling alright?"

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skillery
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"I was thinking of sending the goat up first."

"If the goat flight goes well, then you can go up next."

"You might want to find some protective headgear."

"Let's see if Mayday is ready with the sail."

*notices that Fallow's knees are starting to buckle*

"Fallow?"

"Are you sure you're all right?"

*catches Fallow as he collapses*

*carries Fallow upstairs and tucks him into a big, overstuffed, goosedown bed*

*has one of the wenches watch over Fallow*

*goes to check on Mayday's progress*

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skillery
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"Hey Fallow..."

"What do you get when you cross a dyslexic agnostic with an insomniac?"

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skillery
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"...someone who lies awake at night wondering if there really is a dog."

"g'night"

[ May 30, 2004, 03:21 AM: Message edited by: skillery ]

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fallow
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*scratches*

*slumbers and dreams of skillery*

*snooze*

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fallow
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*slumbers*

*giggles at skillery's jokes*

*snort*

*snorfuzzles!*

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Shan
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*Sits next to the fire meditatively sipping tea wondering when skillery and fallow will be joined by Curly*

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skillery
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"Nyuk nyuk nyuk"

...and Shan could be Shemp.

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Gandalf
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Anyone want to see what's under Gandalf's cloak?

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MaydayDesiax
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Whew! Partway done!

::stands and stretches::

Hmn... something smells good...

::goes downstairs and serves herself a bowl of mushroom soup::

Mmm... Good!

::floats upstairs, huming songs from Mary Poppins::

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skillery
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*starts fashioning a sling for the kite, using leftover strips of Mayday's super-strong spider cloth*

*is enjoying very much wearing his new spider cloth shirt*

*wishes he had some trousers to go with his shirt, but is glad for the breeze anyway, knowing that it will soon carry the kite aloft*

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Shan
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*pokes skillery in the eyes with fingers and grins*

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skillery
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"Oh...a wise guy!"

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skillery
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*still smarting from the poke in the eyes, stumbles upstairs to look in on Mayday*

*admires the beautiful Jackson Pollock pattern woven into the fabric of the sail*

"Somebody's been at the stew."

*wonders if Middle Earth is ready for Mayday's art*

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Shan
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nyuck, nyuck, nyuck

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skillery
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*straps the goat into the kite sling and cinches it tight*

*throws a length of spider cord over a tree limb, and hoists the goat off the ground*

*quickly lowers the goat when it pitches forward in the sling, its rear end high above its head*

*turns the goat around in the sling and tries again*

Perfect

*imagines Fallow similarly trussed up*

*chuckles to self*

[ May 31, 2004, 02:32 AM: Message edited by: skillery ]

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skillery
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*begins the process of selecting the ideal tow-spider for the spider kiting*

*lines up forty spiders and flashes Shan's talisman*

*is sprayed by sticky draglines as all forty turn tail and gallop off in random directions*

*is alarmed as the draglines solidify and pull taught*

*is pulled in several directions all at once*

*loses several patches of hair and skin from his face*

*is relieved when the spiders attached to his spider-silk shirt finally come to a stop*

*is alarmed when the spiders turn and start to retrieve their draglines in typical spider fashion...by eating it*

*wonders what Mommy Bugga Bugga would do in this predicament*

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fallow
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*awakens in soft downy bed*

*looks around the unfamiliar room*

"hrumph! no suprises there!"

*plants bare soles to cold floor and teeters over to the window to have a look*

*spies a chaos of silk-strewn garden down below, shiny..*

"spiders! argh!!! I'm still here?!"

*running back and forth blasting, spinning, and reeling in and out some fool holding tight to what appears to be a giant kite*

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skillery
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*does multiple somersaults, twisting and tangling the draglines as the spiders eat their way toward him*

*watches with relief as the spiders stop eating their own dragline when they encounter the crossing or tangled dragline of another spider*

*makes a mental note that spiders don't seem to like the taste of other spiders' silk*

*peels off the spider-silk shirt and wades through the tangled drag lines back to the Wenches' Tavern*

*goes upstairs to check on Mayday's progress*

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MaydayDesiax
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Skillery! All done, and rolled up so it's easier for you to use.

::waves hand at a bolt of silk::

C'mere, you've got a little--bit of--

::peels some spider silk off head::

Hmn... Been playing with the babies again, I see...

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fallow
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*retreats from the window feeling faint*

*stumbles backward toward the bed, noticing nightshirt*

*strokes knightly self*

"hmm... silky"

*tumbles into bed*

*notices plate of crackers on the nightstand*

*snags a cracker, takes a nibble*

"hmm... saltines!"

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skillery
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"Mayday, can you help me stretch the silk onto the kite frame?"

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fallow
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*fiddles with triangle charm, munches cracker, and ponders*

*eyes bowl stuffed high with crackers*

*coughs - blows cracker spray across clean bedspread*

"hmm... mighty dry."

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skillery
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*tucks Mayday's kite fabric under his arm and goes down the hall to check on Fallow*

*opens the door to Fallow's room and is immediately covered by cracker spray*

*realizes that sticky spider silk and crackers don't mix*

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fallow
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*munches cracker and listens to intercomm.*

*hears ruckus*

*punches button and screams into intercomm*

"SKILLERY! THAT'S NOT ME!"

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skillery
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Hmmm. It would seem that the Keebler Elves have taken up residence in the Wenches' Tavern.

*wipes the crumbs out of his eyes and makes his way downstairs*

*is greeted by an eager goat, which proceeds to lick him clean*

[ June 02, 2004, 02:21 AM: Message edited by: skillery ]

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fallow
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*lies back to think with prolonged -sigh-*

*perhaps I'll wander down those stairs*

*arrives at landing*

*peeks a glance at skillery's unwanton amusements with the goat*

"skill, dude. where's that wizard chamber the clatter was all about yon back some time ago?"

*presses palms to walls*

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Shan
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*Floats through with gardening basket over one arm and gloves in her hand*

*Pauses and looks suspiciously at the two frightening characters in front of her*

*Wonders whatever happened to the sylvan graces of moonlit nights, soft music and heated wine*

*Wonders if Jenny will EVER come back and take charge*

*Crosses room to door, stops and stares in dismay at the yard*

"Skillery! Clean that mess up! How am I supposed to tend roses while I may if they're covered in spiders and - and - and gossamer threads! Fallow! Go help him! Whist - go on you two!"

*Shakes head and heads into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the two knight errants and whomever else might be hungry*

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skillery
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"Fallow, the entrance to the Wizards' Basement is in the closet."

*begins fastening the sail to the kite frame, using bits of spider thread gathered from the yard*

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MaydayDesiax
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::smells Shan cooking and rushes to the kitchen, plate outstretched::

Breakfast! Pleeeeeease?

::holds out two other plates::

For Skillery and Fallow. No crackers for Fallow, though.

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skillery
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*smells breakfast cooking and washes up*

*leaves bits of spider thread floating in the rain barrel*

*goes inside*

"Good morning Mayday, the kite's coming along nicely."

"I may need some help stretching the fabric after breakfast."

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Vána
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Afternoon, all! I'll just be outside tending the garden. [Smile]

I'm going to take Nimrodel outside with me, let her romp around in the grass for a bit.

Does that sound good, honey?

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Nimrodel the Kitten
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Meow!

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Telperion the Silver
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Awww... it's a kitty!!

Did Amroth leave you?

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skillery
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*rescues the tiny kitten from the jaws of a hungry spider*

*unwraps the silk cocoon from the lifeless, white and orange form*

*lays the kitty at Telperion's base*

Well, that's one way for a cat to get its shots.

*returns to working on the kite*

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Nimrodel the Kitten
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(*psst!* Nimrodel is black and white, as she is in fact Valentine using her middle name as a username - the whole "her hair was long, her limbs were white" thing. -VÃ¡na)

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skillery
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*considers the effect spider venom had on the cat's coloration*

*decides that spider venom is good for cats*

*affixes the goat harness to the kite*

Now for a few hundred yards of sturdy spider twine...

*flashes Shan's talisman at a fat spider*

*chases after the spider, waving the talisman until the spider is out of sight*

*wraps the spider's dragline around a board as the silk solidifies*

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skillery
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*notices that the kitten is now able to talk*

*decides that spider venom is NOT good for cats*

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Nimrodel the Kitten
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[ June 02, 2004, 04:53 PM: Message edited by: Nimrodel the Kitten ]

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Telperion the Silver
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Nice kitty... [Smile]

Kitty...what are you doing... [Confused]

GAAA!! Don't pee on me! Blah! [Angst]

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Nimrodel the Kitten
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*trots away from Telperion*

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skillery
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*sees the kitten coming his way*

*has seen that "yellow" look in a cat's eyes before*

Oh no!

*quickly straps himself into the goat harness*

*ties one end of the spider twine to a fence post*

*runs away from the kitten to the full length of the spider twine*

*turns to see the kitten bearing down on him*

*jumps into the stiff breeze*

*is immediately carried aloft by the kite*

*feels a nice wedgie coming on from the ill-fitting goat harness*

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fallow
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*wakes from a good night's sleep*

*brushes cracker crumbs off cheeks*

*wanders downstairs following a faint scent trail of the morning's breakfast cooking*

*plucks what looks like an overlooked extra-crispy strip of bacon from the pan on the stove*

"crunch. narf"

*walks over to the coat closet in the foyer, closes the door behind, and searches for a lightswitch*

edit: *trips and bonks head against closet wall*

[ June 02, 2004, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: fallow ]

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skillery
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*clings tightly to the board onto which the kite twine was wound*

*can see lights coming on in the Wenches' Tavern far below*

*is relieved that the wind seems to be dying down as the sun sets*

*hopes the kitty has had a chance to whizzle*

*remembers with disgust having been whizzled on once*

*notices a plume of green smoke rising from a clearing in the woods a short distance away*

*needs to whizzle*

*wonders if the kitty is somewhere below*

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skillery
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*is getting a bit thirsty after a day and a night and a day in the air*

*was finally able to somehow wrap the kite twine around the harness, freeing up his arms*

*was glad not to have been wearing trousers when he could hold his whizzle no longer*

*is not looking forward to another night attached to the kite*

...such strange sounds in the forest at night, and that plume of green smoke coming from the mysterious clearing...

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Shan
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*Peers out the tavern door at the deepening gloom*

*Sees blessed emptiness*

*Hears soft breezes and muttering crickets*

*Sighs in utter contentment as the moon slowly crests the tree tops and the stars twinkle in delerious delight*

*Sinks down on the front porch step and notices a pretty little kitten nosing around*

"Oh, you darling! Are you hungry? Let me get you some goat's milk."

*Bustles inside for a saucer of goat's milk*

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fallow
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*meow*

*chases butterflies with murderous intent through the garden*

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