Authors Notes: It's been a while. No claim to Dougal. Kyo is Mine.
Didn't happen. Wrote it at random. Very much later than the campaign. :) Actually more of a 'during the LARP' type thing..

Kyo found himself, as he normally did, in his lab outside of Seradane. In front of him were many different blueprints, some of them he had drawn up himself; others, however, he had found on random adventuring. The one he was working on was one of the latter. He rummaged through one of his many toolboxes for a square-tipped screwdriver. After moments passing with his hand not finding it, his brain came to the realization of where it went.

"I was looking for that, Bard." His eyes lowered as he spoke, though he didn't even bother to turn his head.

"Ahh, you don't even BOTHER to look anymore, do you?"

Kyo sighed loudly. "Not when it comes to you."

The screwdriver stopped midair behind him. "You're too predictable, sometimes.. What do you want?"

"Just checking up on you, Kyo. Why would you think I wanted anything?" Kyo took hold of the screwdriver as it floated over to his hand.

"You always want something, Dougal. When is the last time you didn't?" He grabbed a screw and screwed it into place.

"Well.." The gnomish bard paused momentarily. "There was... no... What about.. no... Alright, I need a favor."

Kyo put the screwdriver down and spun about in his rotating chair. "What, exactly, do you want?"

"Well, you've heard about the undead running rampant around, right?"

Kyo groaned. "Yes. I've heard. They make a racket and it's pissing me off, but thats besides the point."

Dougal's eyes lit up, his body beginning to sway. He did this when he was planning evil things and Kyo knew this. "Ah.. there's this particularly amusing one that I thought you might like to see."

This, however, was not what Kyo was expecting. Intrigued, he tilted his head. "And where, might I ask, is this undead one?"

Dougal grinned his worst grin yet. "Be back!" Dougal's form twisted into a cloud of mist and flew out the window. Waiting, Kyo came to the realization that Dougal hadn't exactly told him what his 'favor' was. This, of course, was discerning, seeing that Dougal always had something up his sleeve, and unfortunatly, he was sure this time was no exception.

Minutes later, Dougal returned, the cloud of mist he came in as twisting and forming into two forms. The first was, of course, Dougal. The second, however, was a near twin of Kyo. It only took him a few moments to figure out who and what it was.

Smartly, Kyo threw a paralyze spell at both the Bard and the Zombie. "Thats my old body, you twat."

Dougal's grin would have been larger had Kyo not locked it in place. He snapped his fingered, releasing the spell from his face. "Where did you find it?"

"He was just wandering about. Thought you might enjoy seeing it."

Kyo snapped again, the zombie disappearing from sight. "And you, you damned bard. What am I going to do with you." He stood up now, his form growing from the Gnomish body to his human form. This gave him some height on Dougal, which was always a plus.

"Nothing!" Dougal willed himself back into mist form. Kyo snapped his fingers once again, trapping the mist in a box of energy.

"This favor, Bard. What was it?" Kyo walked up to the solidifying gnome.

"Well... you see.. " The gnome paused, apparently trying to work out his question.

"Yes?" Kyo was getting impatient.

"I just wanted to pester you!" With that, Dougal vanished, leaving only a small Sitar in his place. A breeze blew past him as Kyo stared at the instrument. He spun, wildly, and ran back to his desk, finding his latest contraption missing, the blueprints replaced with a small note that read: "Borrowing this. Don't think you'll mind. Dougal."