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[Speedyserd]

One of the boys paused a moment from eating. "Toz kept saying that name, Speedy,"
The two women looked at him.
"What's your name?" asked Tir.
"Adrian,"
"Adrian, you know my brother?"
"Is he a giant?"
Tir and Toria looked at each other again. "He is almost 2 meters tall..." Tir explained.
"Then he is a giant! We saw him. He mysteriously appeared in the castle at one point, saying he was a page. We knew he was different, because he was so tall and he had these weird travel items with him," Adrian explained.
"Such as what?" asked Toria, deciding to keep it slow.
"For one thing, the book that had a moving picture and brought us here!" said the other boy.
"Wow, this drink is good!" chimed Adrian.
"What's your name?" asked Tir.
"Grimaud,"
"Ok, so Toz brought with him a linking book... and we know he had his KI with him," Tir rationalized.
"KI? Linking book?" asked Grimaud.
"Grimaud, try some of this drink! It's bubbly!" said Adrian.
"Sorry. A linking book is a method of travel for us while a KI is a communication device," said Tir.
"Ah, I see," said Grimaud, who then finally tried the root beer. "Wow! This is sweet!"
"It's called root beer..." said Toria.
"This is good. Can we have some more?" asked Adrian, who had finished his mug.
"Sure. So you know Toz?" asked Tir.
"Aye. We just left him with a wizard named Jeff. Did you know him?" asked Adrian.
"Yes, we do! He's Speedy's boyfriend," Toria explained.
"Who is this Speedy? Someone said she is a bird. Who would love a bird?" asked Grimaud.
"Well, she's a magical bird," Toria began, "because she can be a bird and a woman at different times,"
"Is she pretty?" asked Grimaud.
"Yes,"
"Then maybe she's that visiting princess that came back with Prince Silas,"
Toria and Tir went
"PRINCE Silas?"
The pages nodded. "Yep, the only son of the Korpi King, Lauri, may he rest well in heaven," said Adrian.
"Did he die?" asked Tir.
Adrian nodded. "Aye, very recent too from the rumors. So Prince Silas is next in line for the kingdom of Uppsalan,"
Toria and Tir looked at each other. There WAS more to the artist they had known as Silas than what met the eye.

[Achenar625]

There WAS more to the artist they had known as Silas than what met the eye.

You mean, perhaps, the Artist Formerly Known as Silas?
Hey, I can't let TOOO make all the bad puns around here! *ducks*
o/t
After a long while of thinking, Tasho shook her head. "I'm sorry. I have no idea why I would have been talking about Doc Theo..."
Achenar sighed. "Well... I guess you've been through a lot lately. There's still some things I'm worried about, but for now you should probably get some rest."
Tasho nodded wearily. Dayne took her arm and gently supported her into her room. Achenar followed. As Dayne came out, the two nodded to each other and took up guarding positions outside of her room.
"Did you notice her eyes too?" asked Dayne.
Achenar nodded. "Yeah. Redder than blood. That doesn't come from just being dried out. Something's amiss. And Tasha told me about that collar- Doc Theo used to make her wear it."
Dayne frowned. "Wheels within wheels..." he muttered. "I don't like how this feels, Achenar."
Achenar shuddered. "Me either. But for now, we should let her rest. All of this, on top of losing Iris... it might be a little too much for her."
Dayne smiled. "You really do care about her."
Achenar grinned. "Of course. Tasho's my friend." He fell silent and leaned back in his chair, alert for anyone approaching Tasho's door and oblivious to all else.

[Toztabud91]

"Prince SIlas and Princess Speedy?" Tir asked,

"Tir!" Toria said. "Anyway, you probably would like to get back to Uppsalan, or wherever it is you come from."

"Yes, please!" Adrian said.

"Well, we've got another linking book here that will take you back. We've been feeling rather reluctant to linking, ourselves."

"But Toz appeared in the Ballroom," Grimaud said. "If we appeared in the ballroom, we'd be arrested."

"Then we may need a large group," Tir said. "Able fighters. Goddesses, Mages, Nyronds, Auras, you name it!"

[jahura]

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[Toztabud91]

Tetzlaff? Allingehaim.

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[Speedyserd]

At the hotel

Adrian and Grimaud's eyes grew wide at Tir's comment about all of the magic. They didn't know what some of words meant, but they understood it was somehow connected to magic.
"There are more wizards here?" asked Grimaud.
"Well, not wizards in the traditional sense, but close enough! So many people hear have magical powers..." Tir bragged.
Adrian and Grimaud looked at each other.
"What an ally!" Adrian exclaimed.

In Uppsalan, outside of the Forest of Shadows

The crows were perched on top of the houses, trying to keep quiet so that they didn't scare the people who lived inside of the houses below.
The crow located closest to the forest kept his eyes at the forest, for the main road curved near it. His eyes grew wide when he could make out two figures leaving the forest on horseback. He waited a moment until he was certain that the two entities were coming towards the city. Once he had enough information, he took flight and headed to the castle.

[DebbieDec2003]

Toria didn't think it was such a good idea to all go through the linking book. But she kept that idea to herself, for the moment. She was curious as to how Adrian and Grimaud had come to get the linking book.

"How did you get the linking book to come here, by the way?" she asked Grimaud.

[Speedyserd]

Grimaud thought for a moment. "Toz left the book behind when he left with Jeff on their horses..."
"Toz doesn't know how to ride a horse!" Tir exclaimed.
"Well he had to learn. It's more proper to ride on a horse than to walk around. It shows how rich you are," Adrian added.
"Why did they need to act rich?" asked Toria.
"In order to get into the castle to pay respects to the recent king," Grimaud said.
"Jeff's a wizard, and with some potions, he turned Toz old and himself young," Adrian added.
Toria and Tir looked at each other. "Good thing Jeff knows his potions," Toria commented.
"Why did they do that?" asked Tir, not seeing the whole picture.
"Because the guards know what Jeff looks like, so he altered his appearance," Grimaud said.
"How do they know what he looks like?" asked Tir.
"He was in the dungeon, and he escaped with his father. And they used their wizard powers to blow up part of the castle walls!" Adrian exclaimed.
Toria raised an eyebrow. "I wonder why he was in the dungeon to begin with..."
The pages just shrugged.

[soren_nyrond]

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">There's a disturbance in the --</span>

"If you say 'In the Force', I'll personally consider reprogramming you with a pickaxe."

Little Tyrant remained silent, and his black-clad master slowly calmed down.

"Explain."

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">Well</span> ... <span class="ev_code_BLUE">the nearest I can get is that your ears should be burning, because someone somewhere is talking about you .... or to you.</span>.

"I can't sense anything," the black-clothed figure said, leaning away from the table where he'd been painstakingly annotating a thick book. "And I'm the Hunter who is furthest along in the timeline, so if it was happening to any of the others, I ought to know about it."

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">Then perhaps we're talking about parallel realities</span>, Little Tyrant said.

"Then note it, but take no action until we are -- or Creation is -- directly threatened."

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">Spoken and --- that is, Confirmed.</span>

[marae]

Marae looks at Jahura to see how the goddess responds to Hunter's petition. She seems not averse to it, as far as Marae can tell, so she turns her attention to her horse, who has finally settled some now that the alarm has been turned off.

"Well, Duke? Do you want to risk being exposed to that kind of thing again, or do you want to go back to the A&C where it's nice and quiet (most of the time) and there is grass to eat?"

Duke considers this. "The grass there is good... but I don't want to just leave you..."

"Duke, you won't be 'just leaving me.' It's important for you to go back. There's a job for you to do there."

"Besides telling everyone you're off on an Adventure?"

"Yes. You need to check with Yeesha, or Mr D, or both, and see if there's anything they need, seeing as I'll be gone a while. And--" Marae glances at Tully and then lowers her voice, "check in with Bres and make sure he's doing OK. You may be able to tell from the way the grass tastes and how the flowers and trees are growing, but he'd probably appreciate a kind word. He's been through it."

Duke nods solemnly. "OK, Marae. I can do that. Be careful, OK? And take good care of Tully. I really do like him, you know."

"I know you do, Duke." Marae hugs her horse around the neck, and Duke pulls his head down and nuzzles her back with his chin. "You take care, too. I'll see you when we get back. Oh, and if you find any frozen Nyronds hanging out around the hotel, see that they're taken care of, OK?"

"I don't think there are any there now," says Tully, who of course has been listening to every word.

Marae gives him a look, and he adds quickly, "But you never know." He pats Duke on the neck. "Best to keep an eye out then. I'm glad you've decided to go back and keep an eye on things."

"Aye aye," says Duke, and bursts out laughing (he so loves his puns!)