ATTALUS
(to group) Welcome, all. This is Odo, my captain of the guard. Odo, will you please take them and show them their rooms. Skip, I'm going to let you go get your things, but Lady Galadria has somethig for you.
GALADRIA
Alla resta notocorda p'rt va, (waves hands in mystical manner) Skip feels an unpleasant tingle. "Well, now, my fine young thief, if it's training you need, it's training you'll get. You now have a geas on you to return to that very spot before sundown, or you'll be turned into a newt. Now, get going. Bring light clothing and a bedroll, and whatever weapons you are proficient in. They play for keeps down there, and so do I."
(turns to Viconia) Vicky, do we have what we need for the trip, here?
VICONIA
"Yes, abbil, I feel we do. We have all that we had before. Attalus' great sword, for one." (she touches Attalus' hand, apparantly accidentally. Their eyes lock, then part) The words 'my terrible, wonderful man' drift across her mind. She sternly represses them. She goes on. " The globe that Secretmaster gave you will be an asset, but we must use it grudgingly. Light in the Underdark is likely to attract undesirable attention. How I wish I had time to teach you the Drow hand-signalling! We would need less talk. Perhaps you, with your magic, can perform the spell that the silver one did, and make all of you appear as the Drow? Then, we could sneak into Mezzobaranzan and try to find Valen?"
[ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Galadria ]
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