<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">(( pretty sure they were, but Frost is less likely to know who's who than Alex is. ))<br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 8/21/11, Aaron Clausen <i><mightymartianca@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Lady Frost, Alex] Book 3 - Chapter VI - Down Another Rabbit Hole<br>To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem@zork.net><br>Date: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 11:08 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">OOC: They may be talking about the knights that are down in the Dwarf<br>cavern still.<br><br>Aaron<br><br>On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 18:17, Kitsune <<a ymailto="mailto:kitsunefx@netzero.net" href="/mc/compose?to=kitsunefx@netzero.net">kitsunefx@netzero.net</a>> wrote:<br>> [Alex]<br>>
Alex smiles in thanks back to the priest. "Thank you," she states.<br>><br>> After a pause for a few moments, she states, "I am not sure where they<br>> went." The less said about her shooting at them the better. "There was an<br>> attack by Splugorth minions and things got pretty confused."<br>> [/Alex]<br>><br>> ooc: Any tracks of the knights she has seen<br>><br>> On 08/17/2011 16:00, Aaron Clausen wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> [GM]<br>>>> ...<br>>>><br>>>> "It is I," the wolf-man says, "who buried the man who lies that<br>>>> mound. He was a Cyberknight, no? In our land, and in this land of<br>>>> New Camelot, they are held in the highest esteem, and it seemed only<br>>>> proper to I and my companion that he be given a proper burial. If he<br>>>> was a comrade of yours, then I extend my condolences."<br>>>><br>>>> "I am Father
Francisco Montessoro," he continues, "and my companion<br>>>> is Signore... or Sir, excuse my poor English, Sir Edmund Fletcher,<br>>>> Knight of New Camelot. We are searching for what happened to the lost<br>>>> company. We found a few of their bodies, but not enough to account<br>>>> for them all, and among them we found the Cyberknight. But this<br>>>> place, the Faeries have made it their own and it is not safe for<br>>>> those on two legs. If you can help us, we would be most grateful."<br>>>> [/GM]<br>>><br>>>> [Alex]<br>>>> Alex takes a deflated breath. Going through so much. Seems like<br>>>> almost everybody she knows dies.<br>>>><br>>>> "Thank you. I hope he had a good death." There is a stuffiness in<br>>>> her voice as if fighting back tears.<br>>>><br>>>> Pausing for a moment, "I am Alex Hawk, a simple
wilderness scout."<br>>>> [/Alex]<br>>><br>>>> [Lady Frost]<br>>>> Frost doesn't make any efforts to keep the grief from her voice, but<br>>>> there doesn't seem to be any tears on her icy face, though perhaps<br>>>> that's only due to the cold.<br>>>><br>>>> "I'm called Lady Frost. We'd like to pay our respects to our friend,<br>>>> that is if you have a few words left in you Father. His name was<br>>>> Osiris Blake. She slowly walked towards the rough monument, staring<br>>>> at it as if concentration could fix the events of the day.<br>>>> [/Lady Frost]<br>>><br>>> [GM]<br>>> "Father, we don't have time for..." Sir Edmund objects, but Father<br>>> Francisco waves his hand.<br>>><br>>> "No, my friend," he says, "these are the friends of a brave man, a man who<br>>> dedicated his life to the freedom and
safety of others. They are right to<br>>> ask for this."<br>>><br>>> The priest leaps effortlessly off the massive cybernetic horse and lands<br>>> on the ground with the skill of a gymnast. He walks over to the grave, bows<br>>> to the cross atop it, making the sign of the cross.<br>>><br>>> "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship<br>>> of the Holy Spirit be with you all." he begins. "Our heavenly father,<br>>> please except this brave warrior, this knight of the people, Osiris Blake,<br>>> into your warm embrace. He died bravely and the defense of those who the<br>>> weakest among us, your sheep, who call to you, even if they know not your<br>>> name. He received your high calling, and with no thought to his safety,<br>>> kept his vows until death overcame him."<br>>><br>>> He raises his hand and
then begins to recite a ritual. "I believe in God<br>>> the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, his<br>>> only begotten Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of<br>>> the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and<br>>> buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the dead:<br>>> He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father<br>>> Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead: I<br>>> believe in the Holy Spirit: the holy catholic church: the communion of<br>>> saints: The forgiveness of sins:<br>>> The resurrection of the body: And the life everlasting. Amen."<br>>><br>>> He bows to the cross and then turns to Alex and Frost.<br>>><br>>> "My friends," he says, his voice laden with emotion, "we have paid our<br>>> respects to
the fallen, and now it is the business of the living that must<br>>> concern us. If you were in Osiris Blake's company, then you were in the<br>>> company of knights and soldiers of New Camelot. Where are they? The time<br>>> is short, I fear, and if the Faeries find us here, our troubles will<br>>> multiply greatly."<br>>> [/GM]<br>>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope of reward,<br>> then we are a sorry lot indeed -<br>> - Albert Einstein, German-born American Physicist<br>><br>> Kitsune<br>> Email: <a ymailto="mailto:kitsune@addr.com" href="/mc/compose?to=kitsune@addr.com">kitsune@addr.com</a> or <a ymailto="mailto:kitsunefx@netzero.net" href="/mc/compose?to=kitsunefx@netzero.net">kitsunefx@netzero.net</a><br>> Homepage: <a href="http://www.kitsune.addr.com/"
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