Melicia's Bishomon Adventures - Part Two
By Arc-Chan
Note: I told you it would be short! Fortunately, young Palin was right. I am lazy! Well, when it comes to entertaining stuff such as this. So, here's chapter two. Enjoy.
**Start: Part Two**
Examining the tunnel closely, Palin noted that, even after the excessive use of terming the author lazy, he would have to comment once again. This was just too easy. 'Give me Chaos any day,' he thought. 'I might just die of boredom here.'
Sighing, he and Melicia eventually came to an enlargement of the tunnel that entered into a lavishly furnished room that didn't look as though it had been a cave at all.
"Uncle?" Palin called tentatively. He didn't actually expect Raistlin - or Dalamar for that matter - to be here, but it was always worth a shot.
Melicia stood close by, looking around at the illuminated room. By the looks of things, it had been teleported from some kind of palace. Shrugging, she stepped inside, expecting no less than some silly guard protecting his emperor. Melicia, smiling to herself, stopped in the center of the room and examined it even further.
There was a bed covered in pillows and blankets, and on the floor were even more cushions. There was a small pit within the middle of the room where a short-legged table sat, its surface holding nothing but a fruit-filled basket. The walls were decorated with fancy hangings of sorts, many of them wall scrolls portraying Chinese and Japanese people. Nodding at this and that, Melicia took in the rest of the room quite boredly. After as much adventure as she had had, such trappings weren't unusual.
Palin slowly descended into the pit and examined the room from across the table. "Don't you suppose there's something odd about all this?" Palin inquired.
"About what? The fact that the word 'examined' is now on the list of recycled words, or all this fancy hullabaloo?" She shrugged. "I think they're both sort of out of the ordinary, but 'examined' still shouldn't be on the list. The author is getting much too lazy!"
"I don't mean either of those things!" Palin said, cutting her off. "I mean, look at this fruit." He indicated the basket full of goodies. "There's dust all over the table, but this fruit is real - and fresh." He picked up a peach, handed it to her. "Well?"
Melicia thought solemnly, then nodded her head. "I guess that's another thing we should worry about." Glancing about, she noticed another exit different from the one they had entered through. Setting the peach back into the basket, she motioned for Palin to bring the staff over.
After a closer look, she uncovered a sheet of beads that had been split and pulled aside, as if the royalty that had resided in this room had made their way out - in a fanciful way at that. Although why the curtain would still be open was either of their guess.
Palin went through first and shone the light into this new room. It wasn't decorated like the other room; far from it. It was just another dank cavern. Melicia followed in dubiously. "What's going on!" she exclaimed.
"Apparently," he said, giving her a look that almost cooled her temper, "whoever was in here decided to leave a while ago, but someone who isn't as tidy took residence." He looked around for any signs of a living being. "And I would guess that they only came here, maybe, yesterday."
Melicia nodded in agreement. "But who could it be, I wonder?"
"It is I," said a voice. The voice came from a dark shadow that Palin hadn't quite been able to illuminate before.
**End: Part Two**
By Arc-Chan
Note: I told you it would be short! Fortunately, young Palin was right. I am lazy! Well, when it comes to entertaining stuff such as this. So, here's chapter two. Enjoy.
**Start: Part Two**
Examining the tunnel closely, Palin noted that, even after the excessive use of terming the author lazy, he would have to comment once again. This was just too easy. 'Give me Chaos any day,' he thought. 'I might just die of boredom here.'
Sighing, he and Melicia eventually came to an enlargement of the tunnel that entered into a lavishly furnished room that didn't look as though it had been a cave at all.
"Uncle?" Palin called tentatively. He didn't actually expect Raistlin - or Dalamar for that matter - to be here, but it was always worth a shot.
Melicia stood close by, looking around at the illuminated room. By the looks of things, it had been teleported from some kind of palace. Shrugging, she stepped inside, expecting no less than some silly guard protecting his emperor. Melicia, smiling to herself, stopped in the center of the room and examined it even further.
There was a bed covered in pillows and blankets, and on the floor were even more cushions. There was a small pit within the middle of the room where a short-legged table sat, its surface holding nothing but a fruit-filled basket. The walls were decorated with fancy hangings of sorts, many of them wall scrolls portraying Chinese and Japanese people. Nodding at this and that, Melicia took in the rest of the room quite boredly. After as much adventure as she had had, such trappings weren't unusual.
Palin slowly descended into the pit and examined the room from across the table. "Don't you suppose there's something odd about all this?" Palin inquired.
"About what? The fact that the word 'examined' is now on the list of recycled words, or all this fancy hullabaloo?" She shrugged. "I think they're both sort of out of the ordinary, but 'examined' still shouldn't be on the list. The author is getting much too lazy!"
"I don't mean either of those things!" Palin said, cutting her off. "I mean, look at this fruit." He indicated the basket full of goodies. "There's dust all over the table, but this fruit is real - and fresh." He picked up a peach, handed it to her. "Well?"
Melicia thought solemnly, then nodded her head. "I guess that's another thing we should worry about." Glancing about, she noticed another exit different from the one they had entered through. Setting the peach back into the basket, she motioned for Palin to bring the staff over.
After a closer look, she uncovered a sheet of beads that had been split and pulled aside, as if the royalty that had resided in this room had made their way out - in a fanciful way at that. Although why the curtain would still be open was either of their guess.
Palin went through first and shone the light into this new room. It wasn't decorated like the other room; far from it. It was just another dank cavern. Melicia followed in dubiously. "What's going on!" she exclaimed.
"Apparently," he said, giving her a look that almost cooled her temper, "whoever was in here decided to leave a while ago, but someone who isn't as tidy took residence." He looked around for any signs of a living being. "And I would guess that they only came here, maybe, yesterday."
Melicia nodded in agreement. "But who could it be, I wonder?"
"It is I," said a voice. The voice came from a dark shadow that Palin hadn't quite been able to illuminate before.
**End: Part Two**