[HQ Ignorance] Scene 107: The Gopher Shaman

[Nicolas Hughes]

On 10 May 2010, at 14:55, Michael Cole wrote:

> Lev Lafayette wrote:
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>> "You answer the Lightbringer summons, enlo? That surprise all.
>> Creature of darkness who answers lightbringer call? A trollkin not
>> scared of the rays of sunshine, or the light? And travel with ... ",
>> she pauses, searching her mind for the right word, "... courier of
>> the Red Moon people who can stop Darkness, but wants to travel faster
>> than a horse? And a tree person?"
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>> "This I must hear more. I promise you, from the spirit of the gopher,
>> we can take you where you need to go. But you must face Chaos, for we
>> tried and failed - and now it stalks our tunnels. But first you must
>> tell me more. You are all so strange."
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> After a pause, the Fourth answers, "Is not strangeness merely a factor of distance?  I have travelled many leagues from my home, and much has seemed strange to me.  But, when I look closely, there is much more that seems familiar.  In my heart, I feel their strangeness, but in my soul, I feel their call."
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> He lifts his head up, and looks at the ceiling, and speaks in a stronger voice, 'Tell them I came, that I kept my word.'
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> He glances back down at the shaman, and speaks softly, "We all have a call to answer.  I answer mine.  No, I am not scared, for in answering the call, I feel strength and purpose.  And purpose is a good thing.  We all have a purpose," he glances over to Icthya and smiles, "from the smallest blade of grass, to the mightiest oak."
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> "To bring order from chaos, to help the weak, to make better the world, this is my call."
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> He falls silent, and waits for the others to speak.


Aalmon lets his small companion finish speaking before telling his tale, he fingers his amulets trusting that the Stars would aid him in dealing peaceably with these strange unheard of barbarians.

"If I am strange then it is because fate makes me seem so. My name is Aalmon and I am but a humble messenger, yet the message I carry has such weight that it has crushed  kingdoms and brought down destruction on religions. I come from a land far to the west of the empire, I set out to save my people from War and destruction but fate has her own ideas and it appears we must save the world to save our own people. Icthya the elf lady and I have faced armies of undead and chaos horrors, it makes me feel sick to have to do it again but I have seen the punishments Fate hands out to those who defy her so I will stick to my path and face what I must face. The Fourth is a bundle of surprises has faced trials of his own, standing here as proof that he prevailed. If his fate is to answer your lightbringer summons then it is also our fate.

Nic


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