Upstairs...
Numair and Thayet have reached the top floor.
"Where to start..." Thayet ponders, almost to herself.
"Let's check my workroom again."
"Sure, Numi."
"Uh, you can stop calling me Numi now."
"But I don't want to." Thayet stifles a laugh, Numair frowns. They disappear into Numair's workroom. It is cluttered with books, papers, old plates with crusted food on the, more books, more papers, and the occaisonal dirty sock.
"Jeez, Numi, you should really hire a maid or something," says Thayet as she wades through the debris.
"What?!?" He looks horrified "And risk having my stuff moved around? No way, I know exactly where everything is right now."
"Whatever you say." Thayet is closely examining a wall hanging. "Anything behind this?"
"No. Why would there be?"
"Just asking..." As soon as Numair's back is turned, Thayet sneeks a peek behind the hanging, only to discover a door. Her eyes go wide...Why would Numair be hiding it's presence? she wonders. Thayet feverently wishes she had the gift so that she could discover what is behind that door. More feverently, she wishes that she had gone searching with Alanna.
Meanwhile...
"Mithros, it's dark down here." Myles tries to have a look around the hallway. "I wonder why there are no rooms down here."
"Oh, there probably are, just a little farther down." Alanna strides down the hallway, while Myles tries to keep up.
"Ah ha!" Myles stops to rest, and puts his hand on something wooden. When he brings his torch closer to the wall, he sees that it is a door.
"Whoo....open it!"
"Can't, locked..."
"Well, then we'll have to do something about that." Alanna steps back, and motions Myles to do so as well. She hands her torch to the slightly mystified man, and puts a look of fierce concentration on her face. She lifts one leg into the air....
"Waaahhhsaiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!" With a powerful karate kick, the door swings open with ease. Myles looks from the door to Alanna and back again. "Come on, Myles, let's go." She takes back her torch and they head into the large room.
"Alanna...do you hear that?" Myles turns toward the far corner of the room.
"Yeah, like mumbling...or crying...or something." Both walk in the direction the crying appears to be coming from, but only find a large bed. They stand for a minute, listening.
"Wait, under the bed!"
"Yeah!" Alanna shoves her torch at Myles, then gets down on her stomach to investigate. A second later, a bound and gagged Daine is dragged from underneath the bed.
"Daine!" Myles finds two torch holders on the wall and frees up his hands. Then, he helps Alanna to free Daine from the restraints.
"Goddess bless you both, I thought no one was ever going to find me! What's been going on?" Myles and Alanna relate the story of Jon and Gorge's deaths to her, as well as the search that is going on now.
"You mean Thayet is alone up there with Numair!!!" Daine looks terrified.
"Yes, dear, but this is no time to be jealous." Alanna says.
"Jealous! I fear for her life! It's Numair that put me in here."
"What?!?" the other two ask.
"When the lights went out, someone pushed me down onto the floor. I thought 'Ok, I guess I'm dead'. Then, when you all went to dinner, I decided to have a look around, maybe go raid the kitchen or something. I wandered around for a good hour, then in that hallway out there, this...big person grabbed me and dragged me in here. I know it was Numair because I saw his face. He tied me up, stuffed me under the bed, and then left. Oh we have to save Thayet before he kills her!"
"But, how did he get out here without any of us knowing it?"
"Well..." Myles starts, and everyone turns to him.
"Go on."
"When we were in the sitting room the second time....he left almost as soon as you and George did, said he was going to go see if the door was locked. But, he was back in time to run down the hallway with us when you started yelling."
"There must be another entrance then..." Alanna grabs one of the torches off the wall again and motions for the other two to follow her. Down the hall a few steps is a large painting of the King's palace. After handing her torch to Daine, Alanna removes the painting. Sure enough, behind it is a large opening in the wall, not a door, but a tunnel!
"I so bet that goes straight to the sitting room." Daine nods.
"And I'll bet that you'd win that bet." Alanna replaces the painting. "Now, let's go save Thayet."
Author's Note: Ok, I don't know if anyone's been asking themselves this....but there's a reason that I've not had anyone (especially Alanna) use their gifts.... Just think, would it be fair in a game like Clue? Probably not ^_^ So, everyone has to rely on human strength, physical and mental, to get things done. Hee hee, I can't believe this thing is actually making people laugh. Enjoy everyone, and be prepared for the gripping conclusion!
Numair and Thayet have reached the top floor.
"Where to start..." Thayet ponders, almost to herself.
"Let's check my workroom again."
"Sure, Numi."
"Uh, you can stop calling me Numi now."
"But I don't want to." Thayet stifles a laugh, Numair frowns. They disappear into Numair's workroom. It is cluttered with books, papers, old plates with crusted food on the, more books, more papers, and the occaisonal dirty sock.
"Jeez, Numi, you should really hire a maid or something," says Thayet as she wades through the debris.
"What?!?" He looks horrified "And risk having my stuff moved around? No way, I know exactly where everything is right now."
"Whatever you say." Thayet is closely examining a wall hanging. "Anything behind this?"
"No. Why would there be?"
"Just asking..." As soon as Numair's back is turned, Thayet sneeks a peek behind the hanging, only to discover a door. Her eyes go wide...Why would Numair be hiding it's presence? she wonders. Thayet feverently wishes she had the gift so that she could discover what is behind that door. More feverently, she wishes that she had gone searching with Alanna.
Meanwhile...
"Mithros, it's dark down here." Myles tries to have a look around the hallway. "I wonder why there are no rooms down here."
"Oh, there probably are, just a little farther down." Alanna strides down the hallway, while Myles tries to keep up.
"Ah ha!" Myles stops to rest, and puts his hand on something wooden. When he brings his torch closer to the wall, he sees that it is a door.
"Whoo....open it!"
"Can't, locked..."
"Well, then we'll have to do something about that." Alanna steps back, and motions Myles to do so as well. She hands her torch to the slightly mystified man, and puts a look of fierce concentration on her face. She lifts one leg into the air....
"Waaahhhsaiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!" With a powerful karate kick, the door swings open with ease. Myles looks from the door to Alanna and back again. "Come on, Myles, let's go." She takes back her torch and they head into the large room.
"Alanna...do you hear that?" Myles turns toward the far corner of the room.
"Yeah, like mumbling...or crying...or something." Both walk in the direction the crying appears to be coming from, but only find a large bed. They stand for a minute, listening.
"Wait, under the bed!"
"Yeah!" Alanna shoves her torch at Myles, then gets down on her stomach to investigate. A second later, a bound and gagged Daine is dragged from underneath the bed.
"Daine!" Myles finds two torch holders on the wall and frees up his hands. Then, he helps Alanna to free Daine from the restraints.
"Goddess bless you both, I thought no one was ever going to find me! What's been going on?" Myles and Alanna relate the story of Jon and Gorge's deaths to her, as well as the search that is going on now.
"You mean Thayet is alone up there with Numair!!!" Daine looks terrified.
"Yes, dear, but this is no time to be jealous." Alanna says.
"Jealous! I fear for her life! It's Numair that put me in here."
"What?!?" the other two ask.
"When the lights went out, someone pushed me down onto the floor. I thought 'Ok, I guess I'm dead'. Then, when you all went to dinner, I decided to have a look around, maybe go raid the kitchen or something. I wandered around for a good hour, then in that hallway out there, this...big person grabbed me and dragged me in here. I know it was Numair because I saw his face. He tied me up, stuffed me under the bed, and then left. Oh we have to save Thayet before he kills her!"
"But, how did he get out here without any of us knowing it?"
"Well..." Myles starts, and everyone turns to him.
"Go on."
"When we were in the sitting room the second time....he left almost as soon as you and George did, said he was going to go see if the door was locked. But, he was back in time to run down the hallway with us when you started yelling."
"There must be another entrance then..." Alanna grabs one of the torches off the wall again and motions for the other two to follow her. Down the hall a few steps is a large painting of the King's palace. After handing her torch to Daine, Alanna removes the painting. Sure enough, behind it is a large opening in the wall, not a door, but a tunnel!
"I so bet that goes straight to the sitting room." Daine nods.
"And I'll bet that you'd win that bet." Alanna replaces the painting. "Now, let's go save Thayet."
Author's Note: Ok, I don't know if anyone's been asking themselves this....but there's a reason that I've not had anyone (especially Alanna) use their gifts.... Just think, would it be fair in a game like Clue? Probably not ^_^ So, everyone has to rely on human strength, physical and mental, to get things done. Hee hee, I can't believe this thing is actually making people laugh. Enjoy everyone, and be prepared for the gripping conclusion!