I honestly thought I was through with this fic, but I have a few
loose ends to tie up first, and then I'll write some more of Magic Man
(PLEASE read it!) and Rincewind's greatest hits. Here goes . . .
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"Any minute now," said Rincewind.
"Aww, lay off and cheer up. The water levels should be going down any minute now," said Shoe, who was holding the bag with the butterflies in it.
The watch boat was towing Vetinari's craft, and they were almost to the university.
There was a door set in a wall on the- well, at a guess; the water was so deep- tenth story of one of the buildings bordering
"The Library!" Yelled Rincewind, suddenly. "It must be flooded!"
"Hey! Hey you! Could you pull me out of the water?" yelled Ted Frii.
"Right," said Captain Carrot, and picked up Ted with one arm and set him gently in the bottom of the boat.
"The poor librarian. He must be devastated!"
"I think the library's flood proof," said Ted from the next boat.
"Really?" asked Rincewind. The Luggage clapped its lid.
"Yes."
They had pulled up to the door. There were loud voices arguing inside. Dorfl leaned foreword and opened it. Ponder Stibbons was standing on the other side.
"Look, Ridcully, Hex might be, well, we'll call it dead, the students are soaked, although I think they're all okay the library's flooded" -the librarian rushed quickly through the background carrying a crate of shivering tomes- "and you hope that the COFFEES HAVEN"T BEEN RUINED!?" He looked out the door and at the boats.
"Who are you?"
Carrot tried to explain, "We're the Watch, and we have some-"
"TED FRII! Those were Quantum Weather Butterflies; I put them on highest security priority, AND HALF OF THE CITY WAS NEARLY WASHED AWAY. You're fired! Get out of here! No, wait, I think you should have a word with the Arch-chancellor. DON"T YOU THINK SO, MUSTRUM!?" "Huh?"
Mustrum leaned out the doorway and stuck his leg out for balance, tripping up a young aide walking through the background.. He tripped, throwing the magical items he was holding everywhere. A bag of glowing dust shot out of the crook of his left arm, and, spilling as it flew, hit Rincewind square in the face.
"Oh crud." Said Rincewind flatly before he and the Luggage, which had also been hit, vanished in a cloud of glowing smoke. "Oops," said Ridcully.
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Desert Moth helped up Cactus Flower and looked around. She saw most of the Angry Mob, which was now a Rather Shell-shocked Mob doing the same. Leave-Me-To-Perish-In-The-Desert Dib-Sum was the first to get back to the topic at hand. Looking around and the ruins of the village, he turned back to Desert Moth and said: "Let's see your Great Wizard fix this." There was an explosion of ethereal glowing smoke in the middle of the city square, and when it cleared the Great Wizard was face first flat in the dust. The Luggage landed a few seconds later on top of him.
"Ooof," he said to no one in particular.
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Fate grinned sheepishly at the gathered gods. "That was deliberate." said Om.
"I had nothing to do with it. It wasn't Fate that did that, it was Coincidence."
It was then that the gods all realized The Lady was gone.
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Okay, IT'S FINISHED
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"Any minute now," said Rincewind.
"Aww, lay off and cheer up. The water levels should be going down any minute now," said Shoe, who was holding the bag with the butterflies in it.
The watch boat was towing Vetinari's craft, and they were almost to the university.
There was a door set in a wall on the- well, at a guess; the water was so deep- tenth story of one of the buildings bordering
"The Library!" Yelled Rincewind, suddenly. "It must be flooded!"
"Hey! Hey you! Could you pull me out of the water?" yelled Ted Frii.
"Right," said Captain Carrot, and picked up Ted with one arm and set him gently in the bottom of the boat.
"The poor librarian. He must be devastated!"
"I think the library's flood proof," said Ted from the next boat.
"Really?" asked Rincewind. The Luggage clapped its lid.
"Yes."
They had pulled up to the door. There were loud voices arguing inside. Dorfl leaned foreword and opened it. Ponder Stibbons was standing on the other side.
"Look, Ridcully, Hex might be, well, we'll call it dead, the students are soaked, although I think they're all okay the library's flooded" -the librarian rushed quickly through the background carrying a crate of shivering tomes- "and you hope that the COFFEES HAVEN"T BEEN RUINED!?" He looked out the door and at the boats.
"Who are you?"
Carrot tried to explain, "We're the Watch, and we have some-"
"TED FRII! Those were Quantum Weather Butterflies; I put them on highest security priority, AND HALF OF THE CITY WAS NEARLY WASHED AWAY. You're fired! Get out of here! No, wait, I think you should have a word with the Arch-chancellor. DON"T YOU THINK SO, MUSTRUM!?" "Huh?"
Mustrum leaned out the doorway and stuck his leg out for balance, tripping up a young aide walking through the background.. He tripped, throwing the magical items he was holding everywhere. A bag of glowing dust shot out of the crook of his left arm, and, spilling as it flew, hit Rincewind square in the face.
"Oh crud." Said Rincewind flatly before he and the Luggage, which had also been hit, vanished in a cloud of glowing smoke. "Oops," said Ridcully.
* * *
Desert Moth helped up Cactus Flower and looked around. She saw most of the Angry Mob, which was now a Rather Shell-shocked Mob doing the same. Leave-Me-To-Perish-In-The-Desert Dib-Sum was the first to get back to the topic at hand. Looking around and the ruins of the village, he turned back to Desert Moth and said: "Let's see your Great Wizard fix this." There was an explosion of ethereal glowing smoke in the middle of the city square, and when it cleared the Great Wizard was face first flat in the dust. The Luggage landed a few seconds later on top of him.
"Ooof," he said to no one in particular.
* * *
Fate grinned sheepishly at the gathered gods. "That was deliberate." said Om.
"I had nothing to do with it. It wasn't Fate that did that, it was Coincidence."
It was then that the gods all realized The Lady was gone.
* * *
Okay, IT'S FINISHED