Music For Thought
Gourry and Lina spent the rest of the day trying to find a place on the map where there may be trouble to right. Lina had surmised that the Mana Goddess would speak to them and send them home only when they'd completed all of their tasks. But you can't find trouble just by looking at a map. So their search ended in failure.
The next day, Lina decided they should got to Domina. There was a traveling juggler and his friend - - who worked one of those old fashioned record players - - at the local park. Sometimes, ideas flowed better when a person listened to music.
When they got there, they saw a young monkey boy named Capella juggling, and his friend Diddle - - who looked just like a potato with arms and legs wearing a turntable on his hat. They sat and watched they show for awhile, hoping to charge Lina's mind. But that didn't work either.
Suddenly, Diddle just up and left. Capella got mad and refused to look for him. It was as if this had happened before, and the juggler knew his friend would return.
When he didn't come back for awhile, Lina and Gourry followed the road he had taken. As expected, they couldn't find him. But by this time, Capella had gotten worried, and was searching for Diddle as well.
When Lina questioned a Sproutling, he replied, "I saw a bird fly into the air with something in its mouth. It looked like what you are describing."
Since the closest bird to question was Miss Yuka, they went to the inn. There, they found Capella and the innkeeper talking to each other. Lina could see the monkey was getting even more worried about his friend.
"I'm not saying I suspect you ma'am," he said, "But I want to know if you have any information regarding his disappearance."
"Maybe this will convince you, I CAN'T FLY," yelled Miss Yuka.
Capella scratched his head. "Oh, yeah. I forgot you were a chicken."
"That's Canary," screamed Miss Yuka, "But I did see Diddle buying a stamp. Maybe Pelican took him by mistake, thinking he was a letter."
* * *
A little while later, Capella formulated a plan. He would stick a stamp on his head, and attract Pelican. The idea had real merit, except for one thing. Pelican wouldn't listen to him when he tried to explain himself. She grabbed him in her beak, and carried him off to the highway.
Gourry and Lina followed suit. Once there, they got Boink's help in transporting themselves further down the highway. There, they saw a letter, with Diddle's name on it.
Capella ran in and looked at it. "This is definitely his. I better read it for clues. And don't tell him I read this, he'll get mad."
Gourry tried protesting, but it didn't work. Capella read the whole letter, but found nothing that would help him find Diddle. It was only a note to the boy's parents.
They continued on down the road, until they came to the cave of the Chobin Hoods. There, they found a nervous Diddle just standing there. He looked like he wanted to just go home.
"Capella, there you are," he exclaimed.
Capella handed him the letter. "You should be more careful with this," he said, "Let me guess, you put a stamp on your face and got delivered."
Diddle replied, "Wow Capella, you're psychic. I've got a question for you though. Did you open and read my letter by any chance."
That angered Capella. "No, why would I do something like that to my friend?"
"But Capallo," Gourry reminded him, "You did read it because you were looking for clues to where Didal had gotten too."
Diddle ran into the caves crying. Capella followed close behind, trying to apologize. Gourry got a nice hit on the head.
"I better explain to you about when it is and when it is not a good time to lie Gourry. And that was a perfectly good time to lie. Now we better find them," stated Lina.
They went into the caves, and began to follow the path. It was mostly strait forward, with few side trips. Lina lead the way, lighting the darkness with her light spell.
At the back of the cave, they came across a large red dinosaur with two large legs that doubled as arms. His name was Giga Rex. And he looked hungry.
"Gourry," Lina screamed, "Go for the beast's front and make him follow you. Keep him distracted while I charge up my spells. We better send this monster back to the Stone Age before we're the ones who go extinct."
Gourry did just that. While he was fighting, Lina began to call upon her Ly Briem spell. She had figured that a cold-blooded creature like this would be vulnerable to the freezing temperatures of Water Shamanism. As predicted, the monster didn't stand a chance, and was vanquished.
* * *
After fighting the beast, the duo watched as Diddle and Capella made up with each other. Then they went to continue on with their tour of the world. For their troubles, Gourry and Lina received a Gator Skin from Diddle.
When they got home, Lina suddenly decided to go to Lumina. She was going to ask Mina if she had any more magical lamps that could help them on their quest. Meanwhile, Gourry decided to head for Domina in order to get a nice, cool drink.
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Well, another story setting up for divided chapter sequences. And we're over half way done, by my reckoning, unless I think of side stories to put in most places.
Gourry and Lina spent the rest of the day trying to find a place on the map where there may be trouble to right. Lina had surmised that the Mana Goddess would speak to them and send them home only when they'd completed all of their tasks. But you can't find trouble just by looking at a map. So their search ended in failure.
The next day, Lina decided they should got to Domina. There was a traveling juggler and his friend - - who worked one of those old fashioned record players - - at the local park. Sometimes, ideas flowed better when a person listened to music.
When they got there, they saw a young monkey boy named Capella juggling, and his friend Diddle - - who looked just like a potato with arms and legs wearing a turntable on his hat. They sat and watched they show for awhile, hoping to charge Lina's mind. But that didn't work either.
Suddenly, Diddle just up and left. Capella got mad and refused to look for him. It was as if this had happened before, and the juggler knew his friend would return.
When he didn't come back for awhile, Lina and Gourry followed the road he had taken. As expected, they couldn't find him. But by this time, Capella had gotten worried, and was searching for Diddle as well.
When Lina questioned a Sproutling, he replied, "I saw a bird fly into the air with something in its mouth. It looked like what you are describing."
Since the closest bird to question was Miss Yuka, they went to the inn. There, they found Capella and the innkeeper talking to each other. Lina could see the monkey was getting even more worried about his friend.
"I'm not saying I suspect you ma'am," he said, "But I want to know if you have any information regarding his disappearance."
"Maybe this will convince you, I CAN'T FLY," yelled Miss Yuka.
Capella scratched his head. "Oh, yeah. I forgot you were a chicken."
"That's Canary," screamed Miss Yuka, "But I did see Diddle buying a stamp. Maybe Pelican took him by mistake, thinking he was a letter."
* * *
A little while later, Capella formulated a plan. He would stick a stamp on his head, and attract Pelican. The idea had real merit, except for one thing. Pelican wouldn't listen to him when he tried to explain himself. She grabbed him in her beak, and carried him off to the highway.
Gourry and Lina followed suit. Once there, they got Boink's help in transporting themselves further down the highway. There, they saw a letter, with Diddle's name on it.
Capella ran in and looked at it. "This is definitely his. I better read it for clues. And don't tell him I read this, he'll get mad."
Gourry tried protesting, but it didn't work. Capella read the whole letter, but found nothing that would help him find Diddle. It was only a note to the boy's parents.
They continued on down the road, until they came to the cave of the Chobin Hoods. There, they found a nervous Diddle just standing there. He looked like he wanted to just go home.
"Capella, there you are," he exclaimed.
Capella handed him the letter. "You should be more careful with this," he said, "Let me guess, you put a stamp on your face and got delivered."
Diddle replied, "Wow Capella, you're psychic. I've got a question for you though. Did you open and read my letter by any chance."
That angered Capella. "No, why would I do something like that to my friend?"
"But Capallo," Gourry reminded him, "You did read it because you were looking for clues to where Didal had gotten too."
Diddle ran into the caves crying. Capella followed close behind, trying to apologize. Gourry got a nice hit on the head.
"I better explain to you about when it is and when it is not a good time to lie Gourry. And that was a perfectly good time to lie. Now we better find them," stated Lina.
They went into the caves, and began to follow the path. It was mostly strait forward, with few side trips. Lina lead the way, lighting the darkness with her light spell.
At the back of the cave, they came across a large red dinosaur with two large legs that doubled as arms. His name was Giga Rex. And he looked hungry.
"Gourry," Lina screamed, "Go for the beast's front and make him follow you. Keep him distracted while I charge up my spells. We better send this monster back to the Stone Age before we're the ones who go extinct."
Gourry did just that. While he was fighting, Lina began to call upon her Ly Briem spell. She had figured that a cold-blooded creature like this would be vulnerable to the freezing temperatures of Water Shamanism. As predicted, the monster didn't stand a chance, and was vanquished.
* * *
After fighting the beast, the duo watched as Diddle and Capella made up with each other. Then they went to continue on with their tour of the world. For their troubles, Gourry and Lina received a Gator Skin from Diddle.
When they got home, Lina suddenly decided to go to Lumina. She was going to ask Mina if she had any more magical lamps that could help them on their quest. Meanwhile, Gourry decided to head for Domina in order to get a nice, cool drink.
- - - -
Well, another story setting up for divided chapter sequences. And we're over half way done, by my reckoning, unless I think of side stories to put in most places.