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Old 05-01-2005, 06:56 AM   #66
dplax
Jack Burton
 

Join Date: July 19, 2003
Location: an expat living in France
Age: 40
Posts: 5,577
Ramella Tarina

Daniel had ran around Ramella for the whole of the morning, but now he was visibly tired. He was not running around anymore and just trailed behind Ramella.

"Is it still far away, Mummy?"

"I don't know exactly Danny. But don't worry, we shall rest now to have some food."

They sat down and Ramella gave Daniel one of the sandwiches she had asked be made at the last tavern. The boy started eating it fast. Clearly he had been hungry.

A man, in his mid forties by the looks of it appeared around a bend in the road. His clothes and the way he moved betrayed that he probably was a farmer in one of the surrounding fields. Daniel, sandwich still in his hand walked over to the middle of the road.

"Mister! Mister! Do you know how far the Tavern of the One Eyed Dog is?"

Behind him Ramella laughed and whispered.

"It's wolf, not dog."

"I mean One Eyed Wolf." - he said as if nothing had happened.

The man smiled a broad smile at Daniel.

"The tavern is two and a half miles from here, just follow this road."

Ramella nodded her thanks to him and offered the man one of the sandwiches, which he gratefully accepted. Ramella asked whether the man had seen Plaxica in the area, but he could not say. A lot of adventurers had been around the Tavern lately. She thanked him and the man went along on his business.

They finished their sandwiches a few minutes later and Ramella and Daniel set out to complete the remaining two and a half miles to the Tavern of the One Eyed Wolf. About three hours later they reached the outskirts of the town, where the tavern was...


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