> (GMs? They're not the only ones who might tap your fingers ;) ) (ooc: you think you're up to it? remember, i'm recuperating... 9-} )
> It had taken several days, but the sounding stones in this particular patch > of stream were now all turned in exactly the right conformation to give an A > minor chord just as the stream shrank from the day's swell, at the exact > moment that the sun began its dip behind the horizon, just on the far side of > the River Shannon. > This was ancient land to Matthew Brennan. He had lived here before he had > taken the name, even, back when he was... wow. It was so long ago, he could > barely remember his given name. Or his family. They had lived on this piece > of land, protecting it from the raiders from the North. > And then he'd died, and taken refuge in a monastary, and subsequently, he'd > taken the name of the apostle who's works he'd spent so much time copying. > Hours ago he had taken himself a seat on the stream's central boulder, > listening to the gentle tones as they resolved into that A minor chord. > And then the chiming had started. > He sighed, opened his eyes, and found the sun had slipped further than he had > expected. > The comm call on his secret channel could only mean one of two things: Either > one of his Immortal friends was in trouble and needed him, or Carrhae was > missing him. > He desperately hoped it was the latter, which would only be right since he, > too, missed her. > He pulled the small writing instrument from his pocket and his thumb found > the embedded switch, fervently praying that it wasn't Amanda calling from > another jail cell somewhere. "Brennan," he said without preamble. And then, > in Rihanha, <[Please tell me it's you, my love.]> < It is I. Are you well, beloved? > she replied, slipping naturally back into her home language. t'Llhweiir ends -- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ | Randye Jones |) aka Adm. Carrhae t'Llhweiir and Adm. Candance Bedru /| Spacedock Role-Playing Game ( | ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Boldly goin' where no musician has gone before! _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
