Jason Heaps wrote: > One of the village men raised his arm and shoted. "Exactly what > conditions are we including for thoughs who are staying?" The man was > Nep'osi, the head hunter and fishermen in the village. His family like > himself were all hail, hearty and while very friendly, tended to a fist > fight to resolve a problem. His three eldest sons had taken after their > father, while his fifteen year old daughter could almost be called a > genius, and Mira suspect had more then a marginal magical talent. "Those who stay in the village will act humble and do whatever the invaders say. Those in hiding will have to be quiet until nightfall or until someone comes to get them. "You, Nep'osi," Mira continued, "Will lead the hidden force. It will need to be small and protectors will still be needed to guard those traveling south." Mira gestured to her husband. "For the time being, if anyone traveling south has any problems, take them to Tallas." "Now hurry! If this is to work the village must set out before the sun is a finger width above the horizon. You will have to either skip breakfast or eat while you walk." As the village started moving Mira grabbed Tallas and hurried over Nep'osi. "Nep'osi! If you could select one or two of your hunters to keep an eye out so those of us staying behind will get some warning I would be grateful. Make sure they know its more important that they stay hidden and leave no traces than we know what the invaders are doing." Turning to her husband, Mira hugged him. "Sorry for giving you the hardest job. Ulysses and Lelah will look after the rest of the children. It's going to be up to you to get the village moving as quickly as possible, and keep them moving." "We must hurry, but are there any questions?" Mira quickly checked in with the village's headwoman, who assured her that she would keep an eye on Mira's children. Then to her home where she was pleased to find her eldest children working together instead of squabbling. Taking a moment to impress on them that they must continue to cooperate with each other, she gathered up a basket. Upon reaching the virus apple bushes Mira thought carefully, lower lip between her teeth. Since she had no idea about how many invaders there were the apples would need to be as poisonous as possible. She would prefer to put the invaders to sleep, but wouldn't waste any tears if they died. Without knowing the invaders well she couldn't plan for a particular illusion to cover the apples, and some of the villagers might be poisoned by mistake, so she would need to reserve enough magic to handle multiple illusions and a couple of healings. Keeping those thoughts firmly in mind, Mira began casting. Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_MageTest.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
