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<blockquote data-quote="Sparky" data-source="post: 5001621" data-attributes="member: 13681"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: white">There was a knock at the door. The Professor looked up, over his spectacles and cleared his throat.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: cyan">"Come,"</span> he intoned. He blotted the page he was writing as his visitor, a student, bustled in. Blowing lightly on the page, the Professor studied the writing, his once-flowing hand had grown crabbed as the weather grew colder. He scowled at the page. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: cyan">"Sit! Sit! Don't just stand there gawping. Sit, sit!" </span><span style="color: white">He snapped at the young man. <span style="color: cyan">"Is there something I can help you with, Hangromm?"</span> The red-haired young man was timid, but there seemed to be an air of excitement. </span><span style="color: cyan">"Well, out with it."</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: white">Hangromm's</span><span style="color: white"> words came out in a flood, with barely enough time for the young man to speak them, let alone consider the content. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: cyan">"Slow down, Mister Hangromm. I'm quite certain your subject won't escape." </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: cyan">"Yes, sir." <span style="color: white">The young man nodded and composed himself.</span> "It's our assignment, sir. I'm... uh. I think there might be another member of Sarcus' personal guard." </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: white">The Professor masked a flutter of excitement as he steepled his fingers in front of pursed lips, peering at the young man down the considerable length of his nose. <em><span style="color: dimgray">Yes, lad. You're getting it... come on.... </span></em>Hangromm looked up from his notes and caught the Professor's steely gaze. He faltered mid-sentence before the momentum of his excitement carried him forward,</span><span style="color: cyan">"I became curious about some discrepancies I discovered in different transcriptions of Arena records. Sarcus had two sets of bodyguards, one for his estate and one for his person. I found scores of names associated with the body guard, but it was when I was doing some work for Professor Reck that I saw this..."</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: white">Hangromm pulls a page from his ledger and hands it to the Professor. </span><span style="color: cyan">"I copied this from the monastic records of an order of Muradite monks. See, last term part of my work for Professor Reck is collecting and categorizing zoological texts. I particularly liked <em>Zehn Drakaelica, Volume IV</em>. And this term my work for Professor Lidge is doing the same for religious clerical texts. I liked the zoological texts better, they have incredible plates."</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #00ffff"><span style="color: white">Hangromm blinked, eyes widening,</span> "I'm rambling." <span style="color: white">The Professor's furrowed brow focused young Hangromm's mind,</span> "When you mentioned Sarcus' guard the other day, I had a niggling thought I couldn't pin down."</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: white">The Professor's bushy brows quirked as he perused the page,</span> <span style="color: cyan">"And? What makes this record of monastic banality relevant in the slightest, Mister Hangromm?" </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: cyan">"Oh, yes! Well, sir, in my cataloguing this term, I came across this record that the Muradite monks made after a season of rains had resulted in leak in the roof of their scribnatory. They meticulously documented what damage was sustained. At the time they were working on a number of copies of <em>Zehn Drakaelica,</em> and because I liked it so, I was curious to see if our copies were any of those they had been working on. We have three incomplete sets and one complete set. One of the incomplete sets predates the damage! Just one. And then I rememembered what had bothered me since your lecture. One of the plates in <em>Zehn Drakaelica, Volume IV</em> is of the mounts of Sarcus' personal guard. And the volume that predates the damage is slightly different, very slightly. The plates show the names of the riders, including one you didn't mention..."</span> <span style="color: white">The young man paused and looked up, surprised to see a trace of smile on his professor's normally cloudy face.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: cyan">"And what was the name?"</span> <span style="color: white">the Professor asked, eyes bright and hard.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: cyan">"Sir it was <em><strong>Caged Fury</strong></em>."</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> </p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparky, post: 5001621, member: 13681"] [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][COLOR=white]There was a knock at the door. The Professor looked up, over his spectacles and cleared his throat.[/COLOR] [COLOR=white][COLOR=cyan]"Come,"[/COLOR] he intoned. He blotted the page he was writing as his visitor, a student, bustled in. Blowing lightly on the page, the Professor studied the writing, his once-flowing hand had grown crabbed as the weather grew colder. He scowled at the page. [/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"Sit! Sit! Don't just stand there gawping. Sit, sit!" [/COLOR][COLOR=white]He snapped at the young man. [COLOR=cyan]"Is there something I can help you with, Hangromm?"[/COLOR] The red-haired young man was timid, but there seemed to be an air of excitement. [/COLOR][COLOR=cyan]"Well, out with it."[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Hangromm's[/COLOR][COLOR=white] words came out in a flood, with barely enough time for the young man to speak them, let alone consider the content. [/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"Slow down, Mister Hangromm. I'm quite certain your subject won't escape." [/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"Yes, sir." [COLOR=white]The young man nodded and composed himself.[/COLOR] "It's our assignment, sir. I'm... uh. I think there might be another member of Sarcus' personal guard." [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]The Professor masked a flutter of excitement as he steepled his fingers in front of pursed lips, peering at the young man down the considerable length of his nose. [I][COLOR=dimgray]Yes, lad. You're getting it... come on.... [/COLOR][/I]Hangromm looked up from his notes and caught the Professor's steely gaze. He faltered mid-sentence before the momentum of his excitement carried him forward,[/COLOR][COLOR=cyan]"I became curious about some discrepancies I discovered in different transcriptions of Arena records. Sarcus had two sets of bodyguards, one for his estate and one for his person. I found scores of names associated with the body guard, but it was when I was doing some work for Professor Reck that I saw this..."[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Hangromm pulls a page from his ledger and hands it to the Professor. [/COLOR][COLOR=cyan]"I copied this from the monastic records of an order of Muradite monks. See, last term part of my work for Professor Reck is collecting and categorizing zoological texts. I particularly liked [I]Zehn Drakaelica, Volume IV[/I]. And this term my work for Professor Lidge is doing the same for religious clerical texts. I liked the zoological texts better, they have incredible plates."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#00ffff][COLOR=white]Hangromm blinked, eyes widening,[/COLOR] "I'm rambling." [COLOR=white]The Professor's furrowed brow focused young Hangromm's mind,[/COLOR] "When you mentioned Sarcus' guard the other day, I had a niggling thought I couldn't pin down."[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]The Professor's bushy brows quirked as he perused the page,[/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"And? What makes this record of monastic banality relevant in the slightest, Mister Hangromm?" [/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"Oh, yes! Well, sir, in my cataloguing this term, I came across this record that the Muradite monks made after a season of rains had resulted in leak in the roof of their scribnatory. They meticulously documented what damage was sustained. At the time they were working on a number of copies of [I]Zehn Drakaelica,[/I] and because I liked it so, I was curious to see if our copies were any of those they had been working on. We have three incomplete sets and one complete set. One of the incomplete sets predates the damage! Just one. And then I rememembered what had bothered me since your lecture. One of the plates in [I]Zehn Drakaelica, Volume IV[/I] is of the mounts of Sarcus' personal guard. And the volume that predates the damage is slightly different, very slightly. The plates show the names of the riders, including one you didn't mention..."[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]The young man paused and looked up, surprised to see a trace of smile on his professor's normally cloudy face.[/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"And what was the name?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]the Professor asked, eyes bright and hard.[/COLOR] [COLOR=cyan]"Sir it was [I][B]Caged Fury[/B][/I]."[/COLOR] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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