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[Stroggy]

"You could come with me little one. I shall read to you verses from 'The Flaying of Mark'"

[A. J. Raffles]

Stroggy, on Dec 29 2005, 09:50 PM, said:

"You could come with me little one. I shall read to you verses from 'The Flaying of Mark'"

"Sounds like good fun."

[Flop]

"I don't think so priest. I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering about what it is you do each night, that you claim is none of our business, but you will leave this child out of it."

"You can come with me, little one. I have shelter and enough food for two, if you don't mind plain food, and I am big and strong enough to protect the both of us from what may come."

[Tulac]

I'll go to sleep now, if any of you need me to do any chores, I'll be around...

[DeathDude]

Now hang on you two, don't force this on her, she should be the one to choose who she wants to head with." Adrian says tuning his guitar the sound has been iffy as of late..

[A. J. Raffles]

Flop, on Dec 29 2005, 09:53 PM, said:

"You can come with me, little one. I have shelter and enough food for two, if you don't mind plain food, and I am big and strong enough to protect the both of us from what may come."

"Thanks for your kind offer, Mr Lodbrog, but I don't think I'll need to eat during the night, really, and I like books. I'll be OK, I think."

[Flop]

"Alright little one, it was just an offer. But if something is amiss, you can always come to Ragnar. Oh, and by the way, don't you ever eat supper? You will never grow up to be big and strong if you don't."

[A. J. Raffles]

"Well, I'm sort of used to not getting much to eat," Bonnie says, with a smile. "Our family name isn't McWeedy for nothing, you know."

[DeathDude]

"Not much to eat, that's a shame." Adrian says "You need food for energy, and to help you with activities." Adrian pulls out a piece of bread, wrapped in a sliver lining, "Here child, take this bread, I haven't touched it, I brought it along for when I'm hungry during my performances." Adrian offers the bread to her...

[A. J. Raffles]

Bonnie looks doubtful. "Sorry, Mr, Adrian. I really like you and all that, and that bread looks delicious, but I had to promise to my mummy NEVER to accept food from strangers, not even if I was starving in the desert. I gave her that promise, so now I must stick to it, I'm afraid. Incidentally, that's very tiresome, as they keep offering it to me. Must be because I'm so small and, well, weedy..."

[DeathDude]

"Your mother has taught you well." Adrian nods "Very well then, we must be taking shelter soon enough though, the nite sky is darkening by the minute...

[Stroggy]

"Nothing to worry yourself about, child, if you come with me the best thing you can hope for is a straw mat for the night... and verses, yes, lots of verses. I'm fasting in order to atone for the sins commited by my fellow villagers. Or you can join that mother of yours, wherever she is."

[Sean]

Lycurgus arrives at the tavern. He looks through the windows. The lights are out and it appears that people have taken residence at their homes and abandoned the tavern. Lycurgus enters and looks around within the tavern. It is indeed empty.

'Hello?' Lycurgus inquires with a loud call.

Nobody home he thinks to himself.

He steps forward and sits in one corner, taking of his long coat and removing his weaponary from his belts. Upon the table he places a wide array of varying blades before detaching a crossbow from his belt and placing it in the middle of the desk.

[A. J. Raffles]

Stroggy, on Dec 29 2005, 10:22 PM, said:

"Nothing to worry yourself about, child, if you come with me the best thing you can hope for is a straw mat for the night... and verses, yes, lots of verses. I'm fasting in order to atone for the sins commited by my fellow villagers. Or you can join that mother of yours, wherever she is."

"My mum? Probably drinking gin at the tavern - no way am I joining her there. No, I think I'll trust you as an eddy-cated man and a man of God not to do me any harm, sir," Bonnie says, trying to look brave but not entirely succeeding at it.

[wendy]

After almost an hour's journey through the forest, Bjollow and Eric reached the village and quickly made their way to Eric's home and began administering to his wife.  She was by now in great distress from terrible pain and weary from the effort of the long labour.

Bjollow was puzzled by the protracted nature of the birth, as everything seemed normal and the child was in the correct position to be born.  However the woman's almost hysterical reaction told of a pain that was excessive - even for a protracted labour.  After several more difficult hours, their efforts were successful and the woman gave birth to a male child.  However his tiny body was covered with dark, downy hair, and his face was contorted with anger and the screaming that wouldn't stop.  He refused to feed, so Eric and Bjollow took the baby into another room to allow the new mother some rest.

"I"ve seen this before,"  Bjollow told the worried father.  "About four years ago, another child was worn with this strange covering of hair, but after some weeks, the hair disappeared.  So don't be too concerned."

"But it's unnatural,"  Eric replied, holding the screaming bundle of red fury.  "There is something not right.  Why does he scream like this?  Why doesn't he sip from his mother's breast?"

Bjollow sighed and looked down at the child.  "I don't know.  He is well and healthy in every respect."

Eric glanced outside at the darkening sky.  "Don't return home now when it almost dark.  The forest won't be a safe place when the moon is high.  And I would like you to stay, and help reassure my wife when she wakes that all is well."  

"I'd be glad to stay and do what I can,"  Bjollow replied.  "I have some herbs with me that might calm the baby and help him sleep.  When he has rested, I'm sure he'll be hungry and in a better mood to feed."

"Please, do what you can,"  Eric replied,  handing her his unfortunate son.