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Date Posted: 14:33:34 12/27/01 Thu
Author: Barry and Isobel
Subject: Disgruntled
In reply to: Tia (and Jeremy) 's message, "A sense of panic" on 12:49:42 12/27/01 Thu

Barry was in a crummy mood. Laurel hadn't even let him sleep next to her last night. Okay, so he didn't really sleep, but he could have sort of settled next to her uh... chest as she slept. But nooo... she had shooed him away and gone off to a cave by herself. He'd floated after her saying it wasn't safe to be by herself and that he would protect her, but she'd just laughed lightly and dropped the skin over the cave opening in his face.

He'd had to go rest in the addle-cove's company instead with Yorik snoring all night long.

So he was pretty grumpy and when Corum told Tia he'd help watch over her he'd just grunted, "Sure, Chief," and left it at that.

Besides... something didn't seem right to him and he wasn't sure what it was. He hated that.

*~*~*~*~*~*

Isobel finally woke feeling groggy and slow. She sat up and groaned, putting a hand to her head, then looked around quickly to make sure no one had seen her. The cave was empty except for her, so she sighed in relief.

She hopped off the bed of furs and straightened her clothing, fixed her sword, and combed her fingers through her hair to straighten it as best she could. Fortunately it usually did a fair job of keeping itself pretty neat... she didn't know what it was about her hair but it didn't tangle much and rarely looked like too much of a mess. She was not aware of the part in back that was sticking up because of the way she'd slept. It would settle back down in time, but for now it looked like she had sprouted a small set of horns in the night.

She smelled the fresh java and walked slowly and slightly stiffly out of the cave, making her way to the fire where everyone was gathered eating and practicing weapons. She nodded approvingly as she saw the weapons practice. It was always important to keep one's skills up.

Isobel took a cup of java and ate a hunk of bread. She would have eaten the meat, but just then she heard a strange sound and spun, Muerte drawn. Justin was standing just behind her and the disgusting pig no longer smelled as bad. Too bad his newfound cleanliness was countered by his revolting personality.

"Hey there, beautiful. There's still time for a little fun in one of the caves before we take off," he leered.

"That is not the kind of weapon practice I wish to do," she said coldly and walked off.

She heard Laurel suggest that they should really be leaving soon, and she had to agree. Though she still felt sluggish, she was sure a brisk walk would clear her head.

She nearly dropped her cup of java when she saw Alakbar with weapons. "Ay!!! Who has armed this... man?!?" she nearly spat. What fool would think it was safe to give weapons to someone who could simply be a plant of some kind?

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