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VOLUME TEN, NUMBER THIRTY-TWO October 26, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Editor's Note
NEWS, REPORTS, UPDATES
Calendar of Events
Recent Updates
September 2003 Connection Analysis
DID YOU KNOW: New Color Code Support
LEGENDITES
New Immortals Announced: Akira and Nestor
Meet the New Immorts: Nestor
Regarding the Imprisonment of Preacher Kaine
Wib's Bloodthirst Unveiled
Barbosa's 5 points for Newbie RP
Clan News
Grandma's Bodyguards Forms and Disbands
Wardens of the King Disband
Smashum Celebrates Third Anniversary;
Intempesta Nox and Knights of Legend Celebrate Fourth
The Syndicate Clan Now a PKE Clan
The PK Front
The Syndicate Had Better Watch Their Backs....
Out of Time... Out of Place... Out of Love?
THAT Is Not A Housepet
It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times??
Little Girl, Where Do You Go Now?
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Things have been crazy at our house lately. Nothing like doing four years
of maintenance in two months as we try to get it ready to put on the
market. In case you haven't heard, Ptah got a promotion and we'll be
moving to San Diego, CA as soon as we get this house sold and find one
out there, but we can't even start looking out there until we have a
contract in hand for this one because of the differences in the markets.
Also because of that we don't have a definite deadline date, which is
frustrating, to say the least.
So that's where I've been and why the LT has been a bit sporadic and I'm
so far behind on Q&A logs right now. This next week is going to be bad
too, we have to decide what we want to put into storage, what we want to
keep and what can go out on the curb for the trashmen or whomever.
So what this means right now in terms of the LT is that the more you do
ahead of time, formatting articles to 73 columns, with no smart quotes,
and single spaces between sentences, the faster and easier it is for me
to put together each week. When there's sufficient player and other imm
articles, the issues are more interesting than just another repeat of the
same old boring facts and summaries each week.
Thanks for your patience and have a great week.
-Kaige
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/__| LegendMUD Calendar of Events |__\
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[All times are system time unless otherwise specified]
OCTOBER NOVEMBER
Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa
1 2 3 4 1
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Thursday, October 30th 7:30 pm Q&A in the OOC Auditorium
Friday, October 31st All Day Trick? or Treat? Elfgame
Time TBA Ptah's Storytelling
Coming in November:
Pirate Treasure Hunt
Happy Thanksgiving! (No Q&A Nov 27th)
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/__| Recent Updates |__\
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/\ CODE UPDATES
/ \
/ \ MISC CHANGES
/_ _\ o Internal restructuring with the eventual goal of being
| | able to reload areas without rebooting.
| | o Pretitles can be removed at the cost of 1 REDEEM point.
| | o HUNT will now search for the nearest mob/pc (not
|__| including the hunter) with the target keyword. Hunt self
/\ will still work. NOTE: tells to the target keyword could
/ \ very easily go to a different mob than the one you're
/ \ hunting.
/_ _\ o New say alts BRAG and ROAR
| | o PK clans are no longer AA upon forming.
| | o Color 27 added for clan message colors
| | o New clan color placed into the scheme display
|__| o Allow definition of colors 28 and 29. Color 28 is what
/\ you define as your background color, 29 the color to
/ \ replace any text output in your defined background color.
/ \ o The BINDING spell will now iniate combat even when your
/_ _\ target is sleeping. If the target resists being bound,
| | combat is still triggered.
| | o Moving through an exit that has both a wall of stone and
| | wall of fire causes you to hit the wall of stone first.
|__| o PURIFY can now be used on arrows.
/\ o When you die from major poison, while moving, a correct
/ \ death announcement is made.
/ \ o Casting doppelganger while invisible now gives a better
/_ _\ message.
| | o You can now AIM/SHOOT while laying down.
| |
| | BUG FIXES
|__| o Many misc memory and other various bugs squashed for
/\ stability under Snapper's heel.
/ \ o The "You lack the physical ability to work with forged
/ \ weapons." message is only given if you're lacking the
/_ _\ strength for FORGE and trying to REPAIR a weapon.
| | o Fish should no longer be fleeing onto dry land.
| | o Wording change for moving between underwater rooms.
| | o The con healing bonus for IRON WILL should no longer
|__| return greater than your max hps.
/\ o No longer possible to take NO_TAKE items from befriended
/ \ corpses.
/ \ o SPEAK command (and some other forms of communication)
/_ _\ punctuate/capitalize correctly.
| | o Trailing whitespace now stripped when its at that end of
| | GTELL, YELL, TALK and WHISPER messages.
| | o AFK CHECK and AFK CLEAR no longer work if you're not afk.
|__| o MAKE STAFF no longer gives lag if it is used on a
/\ finished staff.
/ \ o Dropping a vehicle to exit it now gives proper messages
/ \ to proper people.
/_ _\ o Failure on WRESTLE now sets you to kneeling instead of
| | sitting.
| | o GUST OF WIND messages to caster, victim and observers
| | should now be correct.
|__| o Chat and info messages by mobs will no longer be heard if
/\ you can't normally see the channel. Fixed a problem with
/ \ not seeing your own death messages if your last moments
/ \ were in a stunned state.
/_ _\ o Changes in: BASH HEADBUTT KICK WARCRY CHOKE ELBOW WRESTLE
| | and TOPPLE so that they properly check if the victim is
| | in the room.
| | o HITROLL should no longer reset when renting.
|__| o CALM used on yourself while raging should no longer give
/\ you an extra message.
/ \ o |-U strings that don't have a trailing numeric character
/ \ are handled properly.
/_ _\ o If your gun jams on the last shot, it will now inform you
| | that you're out of ammo.
| | o Laying down now gives the correct message.
| | o Nonmech vehicle entering/exit messages do not use moods.
|__| o You can no longer HUNT in the dark, if you lose available
/\ light you lose the trail.
/ \ o Objects ignited while not in character inv will now
/ \ behave the same as carried/held objs.
/_ _\ o Combat will be initiated by the BLINDNESS spell even when
| | the attempt is resisted.
| | o You can no longer AIM at yourself.
| |
|__| TYPO FIXES
/\ o Grammatical fix when viewing a paralyzed person.
/ \ o Better wording for when you need an additional item to
/ \ REPAIR/MEND.
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| |
| | HELP FILE UPDATES
|__|
/\ General Topics:
/ \ MOVEMENT, PLEDGE, SKIM
/ \
/_ _\ Legends of the Past:
| | CLUTCH
| |
| | Skill & Spell Topics:
|__| DISARM TRAP, MAKE AMULET, MOVEMENT, NIGHT VISION,
/\ SUCKERPUNCH, and SUSTAINED BREATH
/ \
/ \
/_ _\
| | AREA UPDATES
| |
| | If you want to suggest specific improvements or new additions
|__| to existing areas please don't hesitate to submit them with
/\ the idea/bug/typo commands or drop mudmail to the builder
/ \ currently responsible for the area (check AREAINFO to find
/ \ out!).
/_ _\
| | Various areas that checked if a character was flying, now
| | consider using aerial vehicles as flying as well as the spells.
| |
|__| 1930s PITTSBURGH
/\ Slay acts set hps to 1 on character slain. Mobs that use
/ \ headbutt have alternatives for NONHUMANs and those that
/ \ use choke/elbow have alternatives against the UNDEAD.
/_ _\ Buying sandwiches will no longer set you to negative
| | gold. Fire hydrants and baseball bats shouldn't pile up.
| | The stranger should report his shop hours accurately
| | now. A few mobs that had gold now have dollars. Beggars
|__| ask for spare change before begging for it now. Fixed
/\ several issues with Marx, Joe and ticket seller at the
/ \ ball park. Keywords added/fixed to various mobs and
/ \ objects. Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
/_ _\
| | ABORIGINAL DREAMTIME
| | Fix for the tribal elder's teaching acts. The entire
| | tribe should no longer be found sitting at the base of
|__| the cliff. Male characters shouldn't be asked if they're
/\ looking for a husband. Various typos fixed.
/ \
/ \ ANCIENT GREECE
/_ _\ Lots more response work, adds in some new skill
| | teachers, moves parry to a new teacher, merchant that
| | appeared he should sell stuff before now does, some
| | bug/typo fixes.
|__|
/\ ARABIAN NIGHTS
/ \ Tones down many of the randoms in the city. Various bug
/ \ and typo fixes.
/_ _\
| | ANCIENT and MEDIEVAL ANDES
| | Adds an info message for falling from the natural rock
| | bridge.
|__|
/\ ANCIENT GREECE
/ \ Apollo's blessing lasts slightly longer. Adds in a new
/ \ lamp and oil, and sells each in various places.
/_ _\ Phaikaian servants have lights as needed. Lotus-eater
| | brew limits modified slightly. More response work,
| | mainly. Some item fixes/changes in Greece. (Tokens are
| | rentable but can't be preserved and their slots actually
|__| fit now). Lotus eater should be working properly again.
/\
/ \ ARABIAN NIGHTS
/ \ Clarified through all Yusuf's pricing acts that you need
/_ _\ to sit before giving him money. Various minor bugs and
| | typos fixed.
| |
| | AZTECS
|__| Fixes a crashing bug with the sculptors. Various minor
/\ bugs and typos fixed.
/ \
/ \ BEOWULF
/_ _\ Grendel's head rents for as much as the others now.
| | Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
| |
| | BOSTON, MASS.
|__| Some changes to Johnny to make him a little more
/\ tactical. Fix for the quiver and putting arrows in it.
/ \
/ \ THE CRUSADES
/_ _\ New Quest Added! This one could be done by anyone, but
| | it has the bonus of allowing assassins to be rid of
| | their reputation. Hint for discovering it: it's been
| | repeatedly suggested to me as a place to add a quest.
|__| Think about a good deed you might do in a war zone.
/\ Also, mobs will not use useless attacks against nonhuman
/ \ and undead assailants. Some additional ask responses
/ \ added here and there.
/_ _\ Imam's xp and keywords tweaked. Various bugs and typos
| | fixed.
| |
| | CELTIC IRELAND
|__| Slight changes to Oonagh and Finarra. Yet another fix
/\ for the burning roof. Fix for Beorc's teaching acts.
/ \ Debugging info for the gate guard removed and he should
/ \ be handling all payments correctly. Dogs no longer beg
/_ _\ gold coins. Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
| |
| | HOSPITALLER MALTA
| | Dragut changed a bit, be careful! Gauze no longer sold
|__| in unlimited quantities. Shining breastplate changed
/\ slightly. Hospitaller post-title removal fixed. Tones
/ \ down random reactions to magic use. Various minor bugs
/ \ and typos fixed.
/_ _\
| | LEGENDS OF THE PAST
| | There's a new member of the LoP out there! Clutch has
| | retired from the immortal staff and moved on to
|__| legendary status. While we'll miss him up here, I'm sure
/\ he'll be enjoying delivering the beatings he once used
/ \ to. Kiera has bags again though they aren't quite the same
/ \ as before.
/_ _\
| | MEDIEVAL SEAS
| | Sea serpent should identify people's boats correctly
| | now. Some response work on Magellan. Some response work
|__| on the compradore. Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
/\
/ \ PARIS AND OPERA HOUSE
/ \ Main killzone mobs are no longer scavengers. Extra
/_ _\ hunt-proofing so mobs leave no_mob rooms they autohunt
| | into. Parpignol no longer wanders into the cafe so
| | hopefully that will stop the problems with the waiters
| | stopping listing of other shops. Hopefully stops the
|__| stage transfer daemon breaking down if everyone is dead.
/\ Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
/ \
/ \ PORT OF LONDON
/_ _\ Fix for the nurse's helping acts. Changed it around
| | slightly and she'll only do it for you once a day.
| | Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
| |
|__| ROMAN BRITAIN and PICTISH COUNTRY
/\ Fisherman shouldn't complain about Aethelstan being
/ \ closed early if he's actually open. Various minor bugs
/ \ and typos fixed.
/_ _\
| | SALEM, MASS.
| | Be careful fighting the indian, he's changed. Various
| | minor bugs and typos fixed.
|__|
/\ ST DENIS ABBEY
/ \ Abbot Suger changed slightly. Fix for the weaver's
/ \ teaching acts. Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
/_ _\
| | SHERWOOD
| | Will 'o the green and company give visible messages when
| | they stop dancing and correctly trigger on entrance
|__| only. Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
/\
/ \ VICEROYAL PERU
/ \ Snow crabs shouldn't show up in Lima. Purchasers will
/_ _\ now accept trade items. Auctioneer will only comment on
| | items he'll actually buy. Jaime doesn't offer services
| | if his shop isn't open. Dusty Marketplace should seem
| | more populated. Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
|__|
/\ VIKING SKANDINAVIA
/ \ Higbald's resets tweaked slightly. Various minor bugs and
/ \ typos fixed.
/_ _\
| | 1802 ALASKA, AFRICAN SAVANNA, THE ALHAMBRA, ANCIENT EGYPT,
| | ANCIENT INDIA, ANCIENT NAZCA, BENGAL, GENERIC ANIMALS,
| | GYPSY CARNIVAL, LAND OF SHADOWS, MELBOURNE, PITTSBURGH,
|__| ROMANIA, SALEM, SAN FRANCISCO, SEONI JUNGLE, SOUTH SEAS,
/\ TORTUGA, and TUDOR LONDON
/ \ Various minor bugs and typos fixed.
/ \
/_ _\
| | In Progress Area Updates
| |
| | This section is intended to share what builders are working
|__| on behind the scenes. It is not a perfect record of progress
/\ as all builders do not commit updates every week. Badgering
/ \ builders about their progress will get you flogged.
/ \
/_ _\ Chimera Midsummer's (Shakespeare play)
| | Kae Larderello (Dante's Hell)
| | Kheldar Medieval Sea Trade
| | LadyAce Kleinstadt (Update)
|__| Nestor Ancient Carthage
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LegendMUD Connection Analysis
September 2003
Peak Mortal Players 56
Average Peak was 43
Peak PKOK Enabled Players 27
Peak PKE Enabled Players 13
PKEnabled Characters represent approximately
10% of active players.
PKOKenabled Characters represent approximately
42% of active players.
Peak Accept All Characters 6
Accept All Characters represent approximately
4% of all active characters and 11% of active pkok enabled
characters.
The first two tables below show the Average Mortal Players, Average
PKOK Enabled Players, and the number that were 'Accept All' connected
to Legend by hour of the day as polled approximately on the hour
system time during the period noted above.
The third table shows the same averages calculated by the day of week.
hour 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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avg 27 24 19 16 15 13 14 17 19 21 23 27
pkok 11 10 8 5 5 4 5 6 7 8 10 12
aas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
pke 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 3
hour 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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avg 28 28 30 31 32 30 29 30 32 33 32 28
pkok 13 12 13 14 15 13 13 13 14 14 13 11
aas 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
pke 4 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
day MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
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avg 27 25 25 25 23 25 24
pke 2 3 2 2 3 2 2
pkok 11 10 10 11 10 10 9
aas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
This last table shows the averages as calculated
by day of week and hour by hour.
MON TUE WED THU
AVG PK OK AA|AVG PK OK AA|AVG PK OK AA|AVG PK OK AA
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0: 32 2 13 1| 27 1 10 0| 25 3 11 1| 28 2 12 0
1: 29 2 12 1| 22 2 8 1| 24 2 11 1| 25 1 11 0
2: 24 2 10 0| 17 1 7 0| 19 1 9 1| 17 1 7 0
3: 19 0 7 0| 12 1 4 0| 15 0 5 0| 14 0 5 0
4: 15 0 5 0| 12 0 4 0| 14 0 5 0| 13 0 4 0
5: 14 0 5 0| 12 1 4 0| 13 1 4 0| 11 0 3 0
6: 13 0 5 0| 12 0 4 0| 13 1 4 0| 11 0 4 0
7: 16 1 6 0| 16 1 5 0| 15 1 6 0| 16 2 6 0
8: 21 1 8 0| 20 2 7 0| 18 1 6 0| 17 2 7 0
9: 21 2 8 0| 20 2 7 0| 20 3 6 0| 21 3 10 0
10: 25 2 10 0| 22 2 9 1| 24 4 10 1| 23 3 10 1
11: 30 4 13 1| 26 3 11 1| 27 4 13 1| 28 2 11 1
12: 32 4 14 1| 28 4 13 1| 29 4 14 1| 28 3 11 1
13: 31 3 13 1| 29 4 13 1| 28 3 11 1| 26 4 12 1
14: 31 2 14 1| 34 4 16 2| 31 3 14 1| 31 3 13 1
15: 34 4 15 1| 31 3 14 2| 34 5 15 2| 35 5 17 2
16: 34 4 17 2| 33 3 16 2| 36 5 15 2| 33 3 16 1
17: 32 3 15 1| 33 3 15 3| 33 3 14 1| 27 1 12 0
18: 31 2 14 0| 30 4 14 1| 28 3 13 1| 30 1 15 1
19: 35 2 14 1| 29 4 13 1| 32 2 14 1| 33 3 15 1
20: 33 4 15 2| 36 6 17 1| 32 3 13 1| 33 3 15 1
21: 34 4 15 2| 38 5 17 1| 33 2 12 0| 34 3 15 2
22: 33 2 14 1| 34 4 15 1| 32 2 12 1| 32 3 15 2
23: 29 2 12 1| 29 4 13 1| 26 2 10 0| 29 3 13 1
FRI SAT SUN
AVG PK OK AA|AVG PK OK AA|AVG PK OK AA
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0: 25 2 11 1| 23 1 9 0| 27 1 9 1
1: 21 2 9 1| 22 1 8 0| 25 1 9 0
2: 17 1 8 1| 17 2 7 1| 22 1 9 0
3: 14 2 5 1| 17 1 6 0| 19 1 7 0
4: 13 0 5 0| 19 1 5 0| 17 1 6 0
5: 13 0 5 0| 17 0 5 0| 14 0 5 0
6: 13 1 6 1| 19 1 5 0| 15 1 6 0
7: 18 3 8 1| 20 1 6 0| 16 1 6 1
8: 20 3 10 1| 22 2 7 0| 17 1 6 1
9: 22 4 12 1| 21 3 8 1| 20 2 8 1
10: 25 5 15 2| 27 4 12 1| 19 2 6 1
11: 25 4 13 1| 28 4 14 1| 24 3 9 1
12: 27 4 13 1| 29 4 13 2| 24 3 9 1
13: 24 3 10 1| 29 4 14 2| 23 2 9 1
14: 31 5 13 1| 28 3 11 1| 27 2 10 1
15: 30 4 13 1| 28 4 11 1| 27 1 10 1
16: 29 4 12 1| 29 3 13 1| 29 2 11 1
17: 28 3 10 1| 25 2 11 0| 28 1 9 0
18: 30 3 12 1| 27 2 12 1| 31 1 12 0
19: 27 2 10 1| 24 2 11 0| 33 2 14 1
20: 26 1 8 1| 29 2 13 1| 32 2 14 2
21: 27 2 9 1| 34 2 13 1| 33 2 14 2
22: 27 1 8 1| 32 2 12 1| 31 4 14 3
23: 25 1 9 1| 30 1 11 1| 27 1 11 1
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/ _ \ DID YOU KNOW: Tips and tricks and little-used features
/__/ \ \
/ / There have been a few changes to the color support recently.
/ / Clan channels can now be configured more like other channels
/__/ with separate color slots for Clan Name (#25), the person
__ sending the message (#26) and one for the message (#27).
/ \
\__/ Two other new color slots (#28 and #29) were added to make it
_____ easier to see text that is configured in the same color as
/ _ \ the bacckground that you use. For example, if you set #28 to
/__/ \ \ the same as your telnet client's background color (this won't
/ / change your client's background, only lets the game server
/ / know what you use) then you can use #29 to set which color
/__/ you would prefer that color text be sent to you instead.
__
/ \ For example, if your client uses black as its background...
\__/ anything people define as color 0 will be invisible to you.
_____ So you can define color #28 as 0 and color #29 as something
/ _ \ you can see, like 7 for white text on a black background. You
/__/ \ \ may wish to set color #29 to the same as your color #6
/ / (normal text) setting. If you don't want to alter the color
/ / of text in your background color, set these slots the same.
/__/ The default is currently to change 0 black to 8 bold black.
__
/ \ Another set of changes to how color works is in the embedded
\__/ color codes (i.e |U6, |1, etc...). The proper termination for
_____ color is no longer |U6, but now |99. This will return it to
/ _ \ the proper in-context color for where it is being used. So if
/__/ \ \ you're annoyed by your color termination looking strange on
/ / channels, use |99 instead of |U6! Old strings will continue
/ / to show the old way until changed.
/__/
__ There is also a way to use color codes right up against
/ \ numbers now too. If you follow the color code with a ^, then
\__/ it knows the next digit is to be shown in that color, not
_____ read as part of the color code and then ignored. As an
/ _ \ example, |U5^99 will get "99" in magenta and |U5^^99 shows
/__/ \ \ ^99 in magenta.
/ /
/ / These specific tips are most useful to longer-term players,
/__/ but opening up the world of color can be useful to any player
__ in helping to more easily filter important output from the
/ \ game server. Formore information type COLOR by itself or
\__/ check out HELP COLOR when you're online.
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New Immortals Announced: Akira and Nestor
Please congratulate Akira and Nestor who have joined the imm staff!
Akira will be working in the coding department and Nestor will be working
on an ancient area (Ancient Carthage) for the building department.
And thanks to those who took the time and put in the effort of submitting
a proposal this round. The next round of applications have a March 1st
deadline. Reading HELP APPLICATION online will give you more information.
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Meet the New Immorts: Nestor
Nestor, Chris in real life, has been playing on Legend since January
1995. Born and raised in Paris, France he was probably the only French
player (along with his best friend Lyu - Egami's player) of Legend's
history.
Chris has always been attracted to the playerkill side of LegendMUD and
played an active, more or less successful, part among the last 9 years
battles. If you ever wonder what can be fun in being a playerkiller, ask
him!
When he first logged in from Agrabah, Nestor's player was a single
student in a French engineer school in electronics. He remembers he was
scared by the desert and took him 3 weeks of play to dare adventuring
beyond it.
Chris now is 29 and frequently has his two kids playing with the little
shiny reset button of the computer when he's building his area file -
guess time changes!
Nestor's short term project is to build Ancient Carthage. Carthage was
built as a Phoenician colony some years before the Trojan war. Legend
says that Dido fled Tyre in Phoenicia from her mad brother Pygmalion and
settled a city on northern African shores that would soon rule by sea the
whole Mediterranean.
Ancient Carthage is going to be a land of adventure and quests,
influenced by the Semitic and Caanite cultures as well as the Greeks. Be
ready to wander its hanging gardens, hunt the Lybian lion on top of the
Megara Plateau and if you're brave enough dare to enter the Temple of
Moloch where rumours say mad cultists sacrifice human beings!
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Archibald has reached 100 million experience!
Gad has reached 100 million experience!
Krynn has reached 200 million experience!
Kusanagi has reached 200 million experience!
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To those concerned with the imprisonment of Preacher Kaine,
As you may or may not be aware I have been elected as Mr Kaines attorney
and have reviewed much of the information he has provided regarding his
imprisonment within the castle known as Carian Trag.
Before I begin complicated and costly court proceedings I would like to
advise you of certain points of the Human Rights act, this may be rather
ahead of your time but it is a document most regard quite highly and
value as a means of securing a court hearing for crimes they are charged
with whether or not true or false.
In specific I bring your attention to Article 5, Section 1(a) which
states Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one
shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in
accordance with a procedure proscribed by law:
(a) the lawful detention of a person after conviction by a competent
court
It would seem to me as though you have already breached this condition
and I would prefer to avoid taking the matter before court, if you
arrange the immediate and uninhibited release of Mr Kaine we shall
disregard this vicious slight on your reputation as a noble and honorable
family.
Please advise as to receipt and intent immediately,
Archibald Jones, attorney to Preacher Kaine by appointment.
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Wib's Bloodthirst Unveiled
I am no longer a woman who hates nearly everything. I am now a lady with
a bloodthirst problem, i believe some people call this 'cannibalism'.
As a child, I was abandoned, and killed people using my knowledge of
witchcraft to satisfy my bloodlust.
As I grew older and I became more powerful in the arts of magic, I became
more bloodthirsty.
Eventually I could not control it, and started eating parts of the
corpses -mostly the eyes, they taste like chicken and crunch in a most
satisfiable way.
Sometimes I use a fire attack on the already dead corpses, this cooks the
flesh and makes it more delicious.
Now I'm a powerful witch, I can accept people calling me a cannibal and I
am ok with people running away as soon as they see me.
I get lonely sometimes though, but I guess you can't have the best of both
worlds.
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Wib will no longer be known as:
Short: a despising woman
Long: A bad-tempered foul-languaged misery of a woman is here.
but shall be recognized as:
Short: a young, friendly cannibal
Long: A cannibal is here, cooking human flesh over a makeshift fire.
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Barbosa's 5 points for Newbie RP
1. Use your imagination. You can be anything you want to.
2. Use strings to cover items you don't think fit with your RP, e.g. if
you are a Ninja but you use a gun from industrial then use a coupon to
change it to a throwing dart or another item a Ninja would use.
3. Make a desc to fit your RP. If you are a pirate you can use something
like: A deadly-looking pirate with a huge, bloody sword is here.
4. Use the internet, your local library, and any other resources to give
you fun ideas.
5. Have FUN!
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Grandma's Bodyguards Forms and Disbands
Grandma's Bodyguards was formed on October 04, 2003, and disbanded 9 days
later on October 13, 2003.
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Wardens of the King Disband
The Wardens of the King were disbanded on Sunday, October 26th, 2003 for
low membership.
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Smashum Celebrates Third Anniversary;
Intempesta Nox and Knights of Legend Celebrate Fourth
October seems to be a good month for forming clans. Clan Smashum
celebrated their third anniversary of forming on October 5th while fourth
anniversaries were celebrated by Intempesta Nox on October 10th and the
Knights of Legend celebrated their reforming under the free form clan
system on October 15th.
Clan Smashum is for people who 'no think good' and their friends. It is
RP only. They originally joined together 'to try make all think better'.
They welcome all though and help when we are needed.
Intempesta Nox is community for vampires, witches, werewolves, zombies
and all types of Creatures of the Night * Intempesta Nox is currently
recruiting. If you are a Child of the Night (or wish to be), contact
Mistress Darla.
The Knights of Legend is one of Legends oldest clans formed to protect
the innocent and stay honorbound. Ever striving to better themselves and
Legend. The Knights are an honorable gathering of persons whom seek to
protect the residents of the world of Legend.
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The Syndicate Clan became a PK clan on Monday, October 20th, 2003.
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There are currently 23 RP clans and 3 PK clan. This leaves open slots for
seven (7) more clans to form. For more information, read HELP CLAN and see
the clan information list via the CLANS command while logged into the
game. For a basic handbook and reference guide for players interested in
starting and running a clan, we recommend that before you even type FORM,
you visit: http://www.legendmud.org/Reference/gm.html.
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The Syndicate Had Better Watch Their Backs....
Fortebraccio was very unhappy to learn that Drakkon, member of the
Syndicate, was taking peeks up his precious girlfriend, Shelbi's skirt.
Shelbi came to Fortebraccio very disturbed and upset about the incidents.
Fortebraccio was very unhappy to learn that not only was Drakkon sneaking
peeks, but he was telling his clan to take those peeks as well. These
goons don't seem to understand that no one is to be grabbing peeks or
anything else off of his love.
Upset by this incident, Fortebraccio confronted Drakkon, who only made
the situation worse by saying he'd continue to do whatever he pleased to
Shelbi, including trying to kiss her right in front of Fortebraccio!
Fortebraccio engaged in combat with Drakkon, and Shelbi assisted. Garet
came to Drakkon's defense in this war, essentially letting the Grendels
know that he felt it was okay for the Syndicate to act in this manner.
When he showed up in Drakkon's defense, he was too late, but took shots
at both Fortebraccio and Shelbi. The first battle fought left the
Syndicate with the distinct impression that this was not behavior that
the Grendels would be willing to accept.
Fortebraccio, on behalf of the Grendels, has called war on the Syndicate
until they understand that it is not okay for this behavior to continue.
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Four weeks ago, the Prophets had the most members who were active with
pkill. The Infernals, the Necromancers and the Grendels closely followed
them. The Syndicate and the IRA had a few members out active in the
field. The following clans each had one member involved in pkill that
week: The New Player Helpers, The Society of Allies, The Disciples, The
Avengers and the Knights of Legend.
Three weeks ago, the Grendels were back in the action with a majority of
their members involved in pkill. The Prophets, Infernals and the
Syndicate also had several members out in the field. The Wardens and the
short-lived Grandma's Bodyguards also sent out a pair of members. The
following clans each had one member involved in pkill that week: The
Necromancers, Armed Forces of Legend, the Disciples, The Hermetic Order,
and the IRA.
Two weeks ago, the Prophets and the Infernals tied for having most
members active in pkill. They were closely followed by the Grendels and
the Syndicate. The IRA sent a pair of operatives out into the field. The
following clans each had one member involved in pkill that week: The
Society of Allies, Armed Forces of Legend, The Disciples, The Hermetic
Order and The Necromancers.
This past week, The Infernals held the spot with the most members active
in pkill this week. The Grendels had the next largest participation
followed by the Prophets and the Syndicate. The following clans each had
one member involved in pkill that week: The Wardens of the King, The
Agrabah Mafia, The Society of Allies, The Armed Forces of Legend, The
Disciples, the IRA, the Necromancers and the Knights of Legend.
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Four weeks ago there were 87 pk-related deaths involving 38 different
characters. Of those 38 characters, 20 of them were accept all and 16 of
them were PKE at the time. There were 30 pke vs pke deaths.
Three weeks ago there were 126 pk-related deaths involving 44 different
characters. Of those 44 characters, 16 of them were accept all and 20 of
them were PKE at the time. There were 104 pke vs pke deaths (84 of those
were in a string of multi's).
Two weeks ago there were 170 pk-related deaths involving 47 different
characters. Of those 47 characters, 19 of them were accept all and 27 of
them were PKE at the time. There were 136 pke vs pke battles that ended
in death (91 of those were in a string of multi's).
This past week there were 49 pk-related deaths involving 34 different
characters. Of those 34 characters, 13 of them were accept all and 19 of
them were PKE at the time. There were 32 pke vs pke battles that ended in
death (15 of those were in a string of multi's). There are currently 71
PKE characters total. So come on, let's get YOUR name up in lights! We
can't report on it if you don't tell us!
If you witness or commit any glorious or nefarious deeds, send a short
report to us at the LT. If you are looking for a fight, recruiting, or
anything else related to PK (not necessarily PK Clan related), send it
in! It's free AND you'll get a prize token! Be a celebrity, the envy of
all your friends! Tick off your enemies or just tell your side of the
story! The possibilities are endless -- act today!!
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Out of Time... Out of Place... Out of Love?
Standing at roughly the center of the empty stage and looking out into
the darkness of the empty orchestra pit, Lord Marcel played his violin,
causing a haunting, ancient melody to resound in the old theater. The
blood of the four people ran faster with the beat of the ancient tune as
their heads dropped and they fell asleep to travel into another world
parallel to this one.
They awoke one by one. First of all Erik stood, shaking the spell off
like dust off his cloak; he seemed oddly familiar with the place. Then
Sheyda stood, staring around curiously, and then Lord Marcel himself,
casually. Last on his feet was Jakov who peered around quietly,
shuddering to himself at the sight of red-garbed Mephistopheles, complete
with trident and all.
'Nevermind the residents,' Lord Marcel said without tension. 'They're
just also taking advantage of this little place to discuss a contract.
Now, one of the advantages of Hell is that we did away with language a
long time ago so you should be able to understand each other fine here.'
Quietly, Jakov asked, 'Vhat is sis place?'
'It's Hell, duh,' Lord Marcel told him. 'Or rather, an antechamber of
it.'
Sheyda blinked, looking at Jakov with surprise as she found that she
understood his words; for one accustomed to living among people not
understanding her nor she them, this was quite a relief and surprise at
once. 'You speak Persian!' she exclaimed.
Jakov turned and replied, also surprised, 'I do not!'
'But I understand you!' Sheyda exclaimed.
'And I understand yu as vell,' Jakov agreed to the obvious.
'Let's get the popcorn,' Lord Marcel suggested to Erik. 'The drinks, the
pillows, and whatever else a good audience needs?'
The fate-ridden, half-masked man nodded. 'Ah, yes.'
Unknown at exactly whose command a little, two-tailed imp scooted in from
nowhere in particular to deliver drinks and snacks right and left before
running off into the darkness again. Lord Marcel flopped himself down
with a drink and made himself digustingly comfortable. Erik moved his
fingers around the wall, and with a little click, a tiny compartment door
fell open to reveal a box of chocolates.
Jakov did not notice -- he was busy staring at Mephistopheles, still
haggling with Faust. 'He is quite scary,' he said.
Lord Marcel shrugged. 'Oh, you're not by far important enough to warrant
his attention, don't be afraid.'
'Good... I guess,' Jakov frowned. Then he glanced at Sheyda who smiled at
him. 'So vhat vere yu tryink tu say before?'
I was... Well if you've missed me... Why haven't you kissed me yet?' the
Persian girl asked.
Jakov frowned again. 'Because... I should not.'
Lord Marcel inserted helpfully, 'I'll kiss you any time, just say when.'
He helped himself to the nougat piece in the box.
Sheyda ignored him. 'Why not? Didn't you just say that you love me?'
Jakov stuttered, barely audible, 'Uh... Because I... Uhm... Just can
not!' He frowned again, then added, 'I do.'
'Why can't you? Don't you want to?' Sheyda quickly breathed on her hand
and smelled it. No, bad breath was not the problem.
'I vant tu...' Jakov mumbled quietly.
'Then why can't you?' Sheyda took his hand and held it gently, seating
herself close to him. Next to them, Lord Marcel helped himself to the
other nougat piece too.
'Because I promised...' Jakov mumbled, and trailed off.
'You promised?' Sheyda asked. Lord Marcel chuckled. Erik said nothing.
'And it is not fair...' Jakov continued quietly.
Sheyda gave him the I can guess who look and Lord Marcel nodded as she
let go of Jakov's hand. 'Apparently she means more to you than I do...'
Sheyda said sadly.
Jakov protested, 'It is different.'
'I bet,' Lord Marcel smirked, clearly at ease. Jakov glowered at him.
'How?' Sheyda asked, staring at her slippers as if she was but wondering
whether she should have them cleaned and mended.
'Eh, don't blame your wishy-washyness on me, kiddo, I don't leave women
in doubt as to what I want from them,' Lord Marcel instructed the lad.
'She needs me to tu stay... Well... Uh... Stay as close tu decency as I
can keep her,' Jakov attempted to explain.
'Why?' Sheyda simply asked, her eyes slightly misty.
'Vell... Because.'
'So you don't care about me because I don't have a problem with keeping
to one man?' Sheyda told him, tears welling up in her eyes. 'With finding
a real job? Because I just want you to love me and would be happy if you
did!'
He mumbled, almost a whisper, 'I do. I mean, I love yu... But...'
'You care more for her because she tests you constantly?' Sheyda
demanded. 'Because she makes you sad, then happy? Is it because you
cannot feel alive unless you are sad?'
'No.' Jakov sighed. 'Sat is not it.'
'Then explain it to me... I have time to listen.'
'She gives it for free?' Lord Marcel suggested.
Jakov said, 'But I just did!'
'You love her more because she needs you?' Sheyda asked tearfully.
'I do not love her more,' Jakov protested.
With unaccostumed crudeness, Sheyda spat on the ground in front of him.
'Clearly her wishes rank higher than mine on your fulfillment list. So
you must care for her more.'
'No,' Jakov said. Then, 'Yes. I mean no. I mean yes, but sat is not vhy.'
'Then why?'
'Vhat do yu vant me tu do? Yu can be happy vitout me.'
'That's Human Male for I'm dumping you, feel sorry for me, I believe?'
Lord Marcel said.
Sheyda said sadly, 'How do you know?'
'In fact look at all se people likink yu,' Jakov explained and pointed at
the audience of two, making certain to glare at Lord Marcel in the
process. 'Do not feel sorry for me... But I have tu.'
'There's a big difference between liking and loving,' Sheyda told him.
'If no one likes Briarwen, maybe she should look a little deeper in the
mirror than to brush her hair.'
'You can stop scowling at me for your own inability to make up your mind,
kiddo,' Lord Marcel said relaxedly.
'I made up my mind,' Jakov bit him off.
'Then what's all the fuss about?' Lord Marcel asked, and Sheyda inquired:
'What is your mind, then?'
'I believe i can teach her tu look deeper in se mirror. And sat is
vhy...' Jakov trailed off again.
'If you want them both, just say that, they're big girls,' Lord Marcel
suggested.
Jakov frowned at him. 'I said it, and sey vere fine vit it... For a
vhile. I vonder vhy sat ended.'
Oblivious, Sheyda went on. 'Because you think you can make her a better
person? That is a fine goal indeed...' She grimaced.
'I can!' Jakov stated.
Lord Marcel told him, 'Me, I want every pretty woman I meet, Briarwen
included, and none of them make me sit where you're sitting now, honesty
goes quite further than you seem to understand.'
'I know it!' Jakov told Sheyda insistently but she rolled her tear-filled
eyes at him. 'I don't think she wants to be changed,' she said.
'Have I left you in any doubt as to what I want, dear?' Lord Marcel
inquired of the Persian girl.
'I do not plan tu give her a choice,' Jakov muttered.
Erik said, full of scorn, to Sheyda, 'I can easily do away with her if
you wish to employ my services...'
She ignored him and answered Lord Marcel instead. 'Not for a second!'
'Are you mad at me?' Lord Marcel asked her.
'No,' she replied. 'But I fear that you're disappointed with me.'
The Englishman shook his head, auburn curls dancing. 'Not at all, my
dear, I just consider my point about honesty proven.'
Jakov said to Lord Marcel, 'I regret if I have not had as lonk time tu
make up my mind as yu have, good Lord, vill yu now stay out of my
business!'
'I am not the slightest interested in your business except where a friend
of mine is left hanging with her pretty behind in the cold water so --
no,' Lord Marcel replied smoothly.
'So you will waste your life, never knowing if she's happy or mad at you
for some unknown reason, and never live in quiet, relaxed bliss?' Sheyda
said tearfully. 'If that is your choice, I have only one choice myself.'
'Vhat?' Jakov asked her, confused.
'To walk away and not look back,' Sheyda told him.
'No, I meant, vhat did yu just say?' he asked.
Sheyda spluttered, her emotions knotting her tongue.
Lord Marcel told her, 'Breathe, my desert rose, breathe.'
She drew a deep breath, quivering behind her veil. 'If you want to live
in an emotional rollercoaster for the rest of your life, so be it.'
'I do not vant tu, I have tu.'
'You only have to because you choose to.'
'Vhat kind of man vould I be if I abandon se vone person who needs me se
most? Vhat choice is sat?' Jakov demanded, frustrated.
'A quite normal one,' Lord Marcel muttered quietly.
'The way she's treating you, a sane man.' Sheyda snorted and turned
around, full of melancholy.
'I am glad yu understand,' Jakov said quietly.
Sheyda spun around. 'I don't! But as that is what you want to, I'll have
to accept it.'
'Well, I'll admit that Briarwen has her definite attractive qualities,'
Lord Marcel said with a smile, netting himself another scowl from Jakov.
'Yu vill shut up about Briarven!' he said.
'Scowling at me like that doesn't make you look older,' Lord Marcel told
him smugly. 'She asked me to advertise for her, you realize.'
'She did not!'
Lord Marcel flicked his fingers and fished a photograph of a decidedly
undressed Briarwen out of apparently nowhere, toying with it a bit. 'Ask
her, silly,' he said. 'Or think I mugged her for that picture, suit
yourself.'
'I promised not tu ask her about yu again,' Jakov muttered.
'The way she's got him tied around her little finger, he'll believe
that!' Sheyda exclaimed angrily to Lord Marcel. 'Even if she tells him
otherwise!'
'Believe vhat?' Jakov asked, surprised.
Sheyda snorted.
Lord Marcel shrugged. 'You see, my dear, I don't give a hard-boiled egg
what he believes about me. If he prefers to think I mugged or even raped
Briarwen, fine by me.'
'A half-boiled egg, then?' Sheyda asked with a slight hint of a smile.
'Naw, not even that. Briarwen and I have a perfect understanding,' Lord
Marcel told her. 'She's a whore, I'm a rake, what's to misunderstand?'
'Do not sink I am stupid, of course yu did not have tu do sat... Nobody
has tu,' Jakov told him quietly.
Sheyda rummaged in her sable hide bag and fished out a pair of fan-shaped
earrings. With scorn she threw them at Jakov's feet, then turned her back
on him. Even Lord Marcel winced at that.
Jakov bent down to pick the earrings up and looked at them curiously.
'Vhy are yu srovink sese?'
'I don't want anything to remind me of you!' she replied.
He fiddled with the earrings, making them jingle. 'Ses do?'
'You give women gifts all the time that mean nothing I suppose!'
'I did not give yu sem!'
'You did too!'
There was a moment of silence. Then Sheyda turned and glanced at Jakov
again. 'Goodbye.'
He hesitated as if grasping for something to say to change her mind, then
gave up. 'Goodbye...'
'I am ready to leave...' Sheyda told Lord Marcel who nodded
unperturbedly.
And while Sheyda unconsciously rubbed her hands as if to wash them of the
situation entirely, Lord Marcel wove that spell of magic with his violin
and the ancient tune sent the four people back into the mortal realms
once again. Behind them, the netherworld seemed just a little colder.
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THAT Is Not A Housepet
Rillifane Corlan Windstrom de'Dannan stared off ahead of him, his entire
body stiff as a board. He looked a tad paralyzed...
King Rowane chuckled. 'It's ok my boy, he won't hurt you. You won't hurt
him, right?' He motioned for the golem to agree. It forced a smile and
nodded, it's massive head swiveling around nearly completely to look at
the small boy perched on it's shoulders. It was tremendously tall, it's
head was turned completely around, and it's fake smile showed rather
frightening looking teeth. The boy promptly screamed his lungs out.
AAARRRGGGGHHHH!
Rowane started and immediately tried to calm the panicing child. He
wanted to teach the boy about magic and creation and thought a nice
piggyback ride on a golem would be enjoyable... Both golem and boy most
certainly disagreed.
'Dahhhd...' Big grey-blue eyes and out-stretched arms aimed themselves at
the young King. 'He's SCARING me.'
Rowane reached his arms out and asked the golem to help carefully lift
the child onto his own shoulders. The feat would have been much easier if
the young boy was not flailing wildly against the hands of the golem,
whose still-turned head was causing the young boy to nearly topple over
in the attempt to escape.
A good minute or so later and Rillifane was attached to his adopted
father's head- refusing to let go, the golem was in shock after being wet
by the boy, and the King of the Bri Leith sidhe was trying to breathe
with a child glued to his face in terror.
'Yeth, I prbith ju no mur golm,' Rillifane moved to see his father's
face, allowing him to once again breathe. 'I promise,' Rowane repeated.
'No more golems until you are ready. Ok?' He hugged the child lovingly
to him.
'Yes,' agreed the shocked, soaked, rather monotone-sounding golem.
'Please, no more golems for a while.'
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It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times??
Queen MoiraGwyn finished writing her list and stood back to scrutinize
it. 'What else is needed right now, just more guards? Should we worry
that Ashimar isn't back yet from his trip?' She glanced over her shoulder
at her friend. 'You know I really don't like this. I can't help but
wonder if Kaine is involved.'
Emrysia being back in the castle was still new. Neither of them adjusted
just yet to feeling comfortable despite the fact that Emry's room, as
always, remained upstairs near MoiraGwyn's.
MoiraGwyn glanced around Ashimar's room as if to find something to prompt
her memory. She studied her scribblings and scratched something out,
adding more beneath the scribbled words. 'I know I am missing positions
on this silly list,' She sighed. 'This was easier when someone else did
it for me...'
Lady Emrysia laughed, 'Yes, but not so easy for me and I was the one who
did it!' The two grinned at each other.
She handed Emrysia the paper while she hunted through the drawers for
proper quill and a scroll of paper. Emry smiled and glanced over the
paper. It appeared to be a list of immediately available positions for
the Kingdom. Guard, Dungeon Guard, Captain of the Guard... Emrysia mused
that MG really should hold Queen's Championship already, why was she
putting it off? And she wasn't all too sure about that newcomer she saw
in the castle- what was his name again??
Her eyes continued down the list, halting at one particular job opening.
She felt the skin of her smile go taut. Chancellor?? Her throat went dry.
But how could this be, I mean... She and the Queen had not spoken of the
position since Emrysia stepped down but this was the last thing she
expected. Feelings welled up inside of her. It was true she never
mentioned it at all to MG, and she did expect to be asked back to the
job. Somehow she just presumed things would maybe.. magically fall back
into place? Emrysia swallowed her feelings down hard and excused herself
for a moment.
Around the corner, in the office of the castle, she cried.
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Little Girl, Where Do You Go Now?
She walked along the beach as she did so often, letting her thoughts
drift back to the other night. A night filled with frustration, some joy
and in the end, a broken heart.
She knew for certain now that Jakov didn't love her. Quite possibly he
never had. She had failed to accept it before now, even when it had been
obvious all along that he cared so much more for the....disease-ridden
whore!....than he cared for her.
She sighed. Treacherous heart, urging her to run back to, back into that
room where they could understand each other by some strange magic, and
beg him to forget her harsh words and let her occupy a small space of his
life again.
She would not stoop that low. When it had been clear who he really loved,
she had thrown his gift at his feet, turned around and said goodbye. She
had almost managed to walk away without looking back too.
The sun was setting, setting the waves aflame before growing weaker and
disappearing beyond the horizon.
She opened up her medical book. Funny that such a small organ could cause
a whole body to ache? She wondered, if it would ever heal?
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