SOLO III
Demon World
Part 024
The children spend the rest of the day recharging the magic
items used. "We will go again on the morrow. But I will carry Ada
this time. That was too close."
"Did you notice how crowded the room was?"
Rebecca asks. There were more demons in there. "I thought
there might be one or two more than usual. But not that many."
"That tells me there are only two throne rooms left
now. We should expect the next one to be even more
crowded." Ada looks right at you. "You always suspected
there were more than four thrones, but you never could find
them." She shrugs. "Maybe there aren't."
Many candles are lit about the place, incase any
demons find there way here. About an hour later Laura, Jenifer,
and Hildi return carrying the carpet. You ask "If the catacombs
are enchanted to make people lost how come they aren't?"
Each one raises there right hand and shows you a
ring on their thumbs. "Immunity to trailtwister." Says
Laura. "The only ones known to exist." Says Jenifer.
"Seeing as how you invented the spell." Says Hildi.
The next day your team gets dressed up in formal
evening wear and heads out. A long walk later and you
arrive. They unroll the carpet and get set up.
The three young girls line up in front of you.
They speak in hushed tones. They speak in unison. "You
shouldn't be up there for more than 5 seconds. Then teleport
straight back to our eating room."
Hildi points to you "You carry Ada and bring her back."
You pick up Ada in both arms. Her legs draped over your right
arm, and her back against your left.
Jenifer points to Ada "You will clean the throne."
Laura points to Rebecca "You will rescue the child."
They bow their heads and the next thing you know you are
standing before the throne of a demon.
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/dd\__/ \__/
\__/ \__/ \__/d \ d = demon
\_d/ \__/
\__/Dt\__/ \__/ \_d/ Dt = demon
on throne
/d \d_/d \__/
\__/AU\__/ \__/d \ AU = Ada in Uncle's
arms
\d_/ \__/d \__/
\__/ \__/ d\__/ gr = little
girl
/dd\_d/ d\__/ \__/
\__/ \__/d \
\__/d \__/ \__/d
\__/ \_d/d \_d/
/dd\_d/ d\d_/d \__/d \d_/
d\__/d \
\d_/d \d_/dd\__/gr\__/ d\__/d
\__/
/d \dd/d \_d/dd\__/d \__/d
\_ddd \
\_d/d \__/d \__/dd\__/d \_d/d
\__/
/d \_d/dd\_d/dd\__/dd\__/d
\d_/d \
\dd/ \_d/
\_d/ \_d/ \_d/ \_d/
Demon
ST 50 clawed hands 4+1
Uncle
IQ 10 necklace 30 point ST batttery
MA 10 dragon heart of long-distance
teleport
Ada
ST 8 kyanite gem 48 point ST
battery
DX 14(18) kyanite gem DX+4
Cleansing(1) cost 20 per hex
The room is stuffy, uncomfortable, and
overcrowded. It's standing room only for the demons. All
their silk cusions are being trampled underfoot.
They surge forward like a tidal wave. Ada
completes the cleansing spell. And you teleport the two of you
out. You saw a small child surrounded by demons, but you never
saw Rebecca.
Back in the eating hall, everyone is
concerned. When ever you failed to come back, you were
dead. Rebecca has always come back.
Ada plays with her earring a moment. Eyes
closed. She opens them and says "Rebecca is with Laura and
them. She bounced."
Everyone starts to breath again. Ada
continues. "It's not possible to teleport into an occupied
hex. And there were just so many demons in that room."
Ada was concentrating on the throne, and her
spell. She doesn't know. "That poor little child."
You say. "What will happen to him?"
Gail is standing there and answers. "We really
don't know. We don't know what the demons are doing with
them. Why everyone we rescue has such a powerfull magic
item. Or why they can't remember anything but delusions."
She continues. "They claim that they were only
in a 'play yard' and they didn't need to be rescued. That they
had 'the best toy in the whole world', and that 'all the other kids
were jealous' of them."
Later Rebecca returns with the three girls. She
seems disappointed, and quiet. That night you don't sleep
well. Troubled by strange dreams that you can't remember when you
wake.
You and Ada get 30 experience points. You get
an additional 20 for teleporting out.
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