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Reply #150 - Jun 30th, 2008 at 9:32pm
 
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*has a big smile on her face as she is dropped on her bed....she is totally oblivious to the fighting  still going on in the Dayspa*
  

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Reply #151 - Jun 30th, 2008 at 10:06pm
 
#854   Penthesilea

*comes in carrying an exhausted Grasshopper. Helps his nanny change his clothes. Tucks him in, kisses him on the forehead and tiptoes out.*

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Reply #152 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 1:01am
 
#870    Penthesilea
     
Great Hall

*Enters from Dining Hall, sandwich in hand* “Who knew reading was such hungry work?”
The flip question hides the serious nature of her research.
  

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Reply #153 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 2:04am
 
#889  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Penthesilea, MoonCat and Spirit have gathered in Penthesilea’s magickal workroom.
     “There’s no question then?” Spirit asks.
     “None,” Penth replies. “The Castle is becoming temporally and dimensionally unstable. We either have to abandon it or stabilize it. And I’m not sure that abandoning it is an option.”
     “How so,” MoonCat asks.
     “Theoretically, if the Castle destabilizes and begins to move randomly through time and dimensions, it will also destabilize the area around it and the more area that is unstable, the more area will be affected.”
     “The whole world,” MoonCat began.
     “The whole universe,” Spirit continued.
     Grimly, Penthesilea nodded. “And not just this universe, eventually, all universes could be affected.”
     “I guess we’d better get it stabilized then,” MoonCat said.
     “I guess so,” Penthesilea replied.
  

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Reply #154 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 2:30am
 
#890   [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

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     Penthesilea, flanked by MoonCat and Spirit, addresses her people. “I have detected a magickal instability in the Castle. Fortunately, I have found a ritual in my research that should correct the problem. However, it takes several days to perform and all of you should leave the Castle proper until the ritual has been successfully done.”
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Reply #155 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 2:21pm
 
#891   [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     A voice comes out of the crowd. “What kind of instability?”
     “A temporal/dimensional instability. Put in simple terms, this Castle was left unattended too long and it is becoming unstable in time and space. If the ritual to stabilize it is not successfully performed, the Castle and everything and everyone in it will begin to shift through time and dimensional space. Forever.” Penthesilea continued into the shocked silence. “We are prepared to begin the ritual as soon as the Castle is cleared.”
  

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Reply #156 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 2:30pm
 
#892     Penthesilea
     
Great Hall

*The Castle is silent and deserted. The Keyholder gestures. The lights go out.....*
  

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Reply #157 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:12pm
 
#893   Penthesilea
     
Great Hall

     The only activity comes from the Keyholder's Tower. Strange lights can be seen as voices are raised in prayer and incantation.
  

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Reply #158 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:37pm
 
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     The prayers and chanting continue. The scents of roses and lilacs fill the air.
  

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Reply #159 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:52pm
 
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     Minor earthquake rolls through the region. The prayers and chanting continue. A slow drumbeat starts.
  

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Reply #160 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:56pm
 
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     The moons rise green and thunder growls in the distance and still -- the chants continue.
  

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Reply #161 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 6:06pm
 
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     The sun has risen. The air is hot and still. Where, at first, only three voices chanted now hundreds have taken up the prayers. The current Keyholder and her heirs have been joined by their ancestors in the ritual.
  

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Reply #162 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 6:11pm
 
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     Crackling bolts of energy begin to writhe across the Castle walls.
  

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Reply #163 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 6:26pm
 
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     The Castle has been silent for a day and a night. The sun climbs into the heavens and the singing begins.
  

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Reply #164 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 6:42pm
 
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     Ever so faintly, the Castle begins to glow.
  

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Reply #165 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 7:14pm
 
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     Once night has fallen, Kodiak comes out of the Nightkin’s mansion and stands watching the Castle from the front terrace. After a while, he is joined by other Nightkin to watch the softly glowing Castle. 
  

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Reply #166 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 7:35pm
 
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     The Castle is silent save for the songs of whippoorwills and the screech of owls.  Penthesilea’s ghostly Grandfather appears at the Main Gate and tells those keeping watch that the Castle will be safe to enter after sunrise.
  

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Reply #167 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 8:43pm
 
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     The day dawns bright and hot.  Everyone begins the process of moving back into the Castle.
  

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Reply #168 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 9:11pm
 
#929   Penthesilea
     
Great Hall, a few days later.

     A delegation of dwarves arrives to speak with the Lady Keyholder. They bring appropriate gifts of gold, silver, gems and various fine items of the swordsmith's art.
  

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Reply #169 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 9:33pm
 
#930    Penthesilea
     
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     Penthesilea commissions statues of Lord Ares and Lady Athena for the Courtyard in front of the Training Hall. They are to be of granite. Lord Ares is to be 20 feet tall and Lady Athena 18 feet tall. Penth and the dwarven stoneworkers go outside to inspect the site.
  

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Reply #170 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 9:54pm
 
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The new statues -- nude or not? The debate rages....
  

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Reply #171 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:16pm
 
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Boom!!!


*The windows blow out of MoonCat's lab -- followed by colorful language in the gremlin tongue.*
  

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Reply #172 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 11:03pm
 
#934   Penthesilea
     
Castle Library

Penth is studying old texts when the explosion goes off. She flips on the intercom.

Penthesilea: MoonCat?

MoonCat: *Over speaker* Yes, Mom?

Penthesilea: Don't blow the place up. I'm trying to study down here.

MoonCat: 'Kay, Mom. Sorry.

*Penth goes back to her books....*
  

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Reply #173 - Jul 1st, 2008 at 11:17pm
 
#944   Penthesilea
     
Dining Hall

*enters singing* “Oh what a beautiful morning! Oh what a beautiful day! I've got a beautiful feeling, everything's going my way!” *stops singing* “What's for SecondMeal?”
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Reply #174 - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 12:25am
 
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Outside the Castle.....

*Walks out to the testing range.*

MoonCat: FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!!!

BOOM!!!!!!!

*Penth locates her daughters as the debris rains down..*

Penthesilea: So, how are the bombs coming?

MoonCat: Getting there, Mom. Getting there. *to gremlin work crew* Load the next one! *to Penthesilea.* Better get in the bunker, Mom. I have real hopes for this one.

Penthesilea: Give me time to get back into the Castle. I'm in final negotiations for the new statues. The dwarves got stiffed on their last job -- remodeling -- and they're wanting the full payment up front.

MoonCat: Should I send them a bomb?

Penthesilea: NO! I'll handle it. *MoonCat pouts. Penth goes back to the Castle. Minutes later.....*

BOOM!!!!

  

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