Bad to Basics 2
Screwy picks this time right in the middle of such a good story to get up and head for the door. I call after him, "Hey, is that it, how about the rest of the story? I'll get you a cup of the house brew."
Screwy turns to face me," I thought you were never going to offer." as he moves back towards his seat and sits down. I get up and get him a large cup of coffee.
I continue, "So, why are you telling me all this?"
"Jack, Jack, everybody who's anybody knows that you had a hand in the reconstitution of the dark priesthood. I'm just trying to curry a little favor."
"I think you're wasting your time. I have nothing to do with the politics of the underworld."
He says, "Ok Jack, whatever you say." as he looks deeply into my eyes. Thinking to myself, now what do I do, continue to play this game of cat and mouse? He's on a fishing expedition, and I almost took the bait. Coming back out of my thoughts, I say, "Quit trying to read my mind!"
"I'm not trying to read your mind, just trying to determine if you're telling the truth or not."
"Now you're just splitting hairs. Well, are you going to continue your story?"
"Well," Screwy replies, "Richard's family has some bad luck when it comes to magic. They think that it's their entire fault for the feud and all the damage caused. They've never realized that we were always their suggesting that the road to revenge be taken, and when they choose the high road, we always intervened to make sure that it wouldn't work out. Now, it's like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Richard believes he has bad karma when it comes to magic, and bad things always happen when he uses magic. Not that it's all Richard's fault; we're always watching making bad things happen to keep him on the path to destruction. This leads me to the main event, Paige. She has a little character flaw called pride, and my underlings think they can use it against her."
"Do tell, I could use to give her a little pay back. She dumped me in a heap of garbage once because I got in her face."
"I thought you said you didn't know them"
"No, I said that I don't know them well."
"Ok," Screwy continues, "Richard went on a little magical bender and dropped out of sight, ok, a big one, and Paige got worried about him and tracked him down. Little did Paige know that we were using Richard as bait to trap her? We wouldn't have had a chance if it weren't for the intervention of a dark priestess named, Leirda, who seems to have had a history with Paige. When Paige caught on to the fact that Leirda was there, she dropped trying to help Richard and took off trying to capture Leirda, go figure. I hope Leirda knows what she's doing. Paige is very adept at tracking shimmers and magical teleportation spells and a very powerful witch."
"Ok, details," I replied, "Did your underlings have an encounter with Paige?"
"Well yes, my friends did have an encounter with Paige, and to tell you truly it didn't go very well. They had tracked Richard to a cave in a lower dimension where he was looking for some kind of artifact that would help with his karma problem. He stayed there for a few days, so my friends, the temptation demons, thought it would be a great place for Paige to find him. One of the demons went back to Paige to suggest a few clues as to Richard's whereabouts. Being a smart girl, Paige found Richard pretty quickly. The trap on her sprung with one demon trying to case a bind with ropes spell on her. This she undid with a cute counterspell and a simple rhyme. The next demon tried to throw a net over her, and she orbed it back on top of this demon. Richard got into the act and threw another demon into the cave wall with his telekinesis. The demons that attacked shimmer out leaving a couple who were still invisible to watch. This is when Leirda, the dark priestess shimmered in and said to Paige, 'I bet you thought you'd never see me again?'
Paige replied, 'I should have guessed that someone like you would be behind an ambush like this.'
'You wouldn't want to follow me, now would you?' She used her power of persuasion on Paige as she shimmered out.
Paige orbed out as she said, 'Wait here Richard; I'll be back for you shortly.'
After Paige left, one of the demons glamoured into looking like Paige and used an illusion spell that would make orbs appear every time she shimmered. This demon disguised as Paige orbed/shimmered into Richard's presence, and told him, 'Darn, lost her! What are you doing here, anyway?'
Richard says, 'Looking for an artifact that's supposed to clear karmic baggage.' As he turned and continued to dig into the wall that he was digging into before being interrupted.
Demon Paige replied, 'Still on that kick, are we?'
Richard stopped digging and turned to her, 'What do you mean, we! I don't see you on this kick at all'
'Ok, you know what I mean. Let's just go home and talk about it there.'
Paige extended her hand and Richard grabbed it. They orbed back to Richard's mansion."
"Well, I say, you're friends so far have maneuvered themselves into a good position. Is the fake Paige still operative?"
"For that information, you'll have to listen to the rest of the story, but I've got to leave right now, but I'll be back tomorrow."
"Thanks for the warning." Screwy gets up and leaves my coffee shop.
Screwy picks this time right in the middle of such a good story to get up and head for the door. I call after him, "Hey, is that it, how about the rest of the story? I'll get you a cup of the house brew."
Screwy turns to face me," I thought you were never going to offer." as he moves back towards his seat and sits down. I get up and get him a large cup of coffee.
I continue, "So, why are you telling me all this?"
"Jack, Jack, everybody who's anybody knows that you had a hand in the reconstitution of the dark priesthood. I'm just trying to curry a little favor."
"I think you're wasting your time. I have nothing to do with the politics of the underworld."
He says, "Ok Jack, whatever you say." as he looks deeply into my eyes. Thinking to myself, now what do I do, continue to play this game of cat and mouse? He's on a fishing expedition, and I almost took the bait. Coming back out of my thoughts, I say, "Quit trying to read my mind!"
"I'm not trying to read your mind, just trying to determine if you're telling the truth or not."
"Now you're just splitting hairs. Well, are you going to continue your story?"
"Well," Screwy replies, "Richard's family has some bad luck when it comes to magic. They think that it's their entire fault for the feud and all the damage caused. They've never realized that we were always their suggesting that the road to revenge be taken, and when they choose the high road, we always intervened to make sure that it wouldn't work out. Now, it's like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Richard believes he has bad karma when it comes to magic, and bad things always happen when he uses magic. Not that it's all Richard's fault; we're always watching making bad things happen to keep him on the path to destruction. This leads me to the main event, Paige. She has a little character flaw called pride, and my underlings think they can use it against her."
"Do tell, I could use to give her a little pay back. She dumped me in a heap of garbage once because I got in her face."
"I thought you said you didn't know them"
"No, I said that I don't know them well."
"Ok," Screwy continues, "Richard went on a little magical bender and dropped out of sight, ok, a big one, and Paige got worried about him and tracked him down. Little did Paige know that we were using Richard as bait to trap her? We wouldn't have had a chance if it weren't for the intervention of a dark priestess named, Leirda, who seems to have had a history with Paige. When Paige caught on to the fact that Leirda was there, she dropped trying to help Richard and took off trying to capture Leirda, go figure. I hope Leirda knows what she's doing. Paige is very adept at tracking shimmers and magical teleportation spells and a very powerful witch."
"Ok, details," I replied, "Did your underlings have an encounter with Paige?"
"Well yes, my friends did have an encounter with Paige, and to tell you truly it didn't go very well. They had tracked Richard to a cave in a lower dimension where he was looking for some kind of artifact that would help with his karma problem. He stayed there for a few days, so my friends, the temptation demons, thought it would be a great place for Paige to find him. One of the demons went back to Paige to suggest a few clues as to Richard's whereabouts. Being a smart girl, Paige found Richard pretty quickly. The trap on her sprung with one demon trying to case a bind with ropes spell on her. This she undid with a cute counterspell and a simple rhyme. The next demon tried to throw a net over her, and she orbed it back on top of this demon. Richard got into the act and threw another demon into the cave wall with his telekinesis. The demons that attacked shimmer out leaving a couple who were still invisible to watch. This is when Leirda, the dark priestess shimmered in and said to Paige, 'I bet you thought you'd never see me again?'
Paige replied, 'I should have guessed that someone like you would be behind an ambush like this.'
'You wouldn't want to follow me, now would you?' She used her power of persuasion on Paige as she shimmered out.
Paige orbed out as she said, 'Wait here Richard; I'll be back for you shortly.'
After Paige left, one of the demons glamoured into looking like Paige and used an illusion spell that would make orbs appear every time she shimmered. This demon disguised as Paige orbed/shimmered into Richard's presence, and told him, 'Darn, lost her! What are you doing here, anyway?'
Richard says, 'Looking for an artifact that's supposed to clear karmic baggage.' As he turned and continued to dig into the wall that he was digging into before being interrupted.
Demon Paige replied, 'Still on that kick, are we?'
Richard stopped digging and turned to her, 'What do you mean, we! I don't see you on this kick at all'
'Ok, you know what I mean. Let's just go home and talk about it there.'
Paige extended her hand and Richard grabbed it. They orbed back to Richard's mansion."
"Well, I say, you're friends so far have maneuvered themselves into a good position. Is the fake Paige still operative?"
"For that information, you'll have to listen to the rest of the story, but I've got to leave right now, but I'll be back tomorrow."
"Thanks for the warning." Screwy gets up and leaves my coffee shop.
