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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7182416" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p>Tickle swam slowly along the bottom of the loch, accompanied by Inannyunot who had cast <em>Water Breathing</em> on himself. He felt a little better now, and showed an interest in a passing shoal of twinklefish. But he wasn't hungry. Perhaps later. He was so <em>tired</em>.</p><p></p><p>The wizard touched him on one tentacle and pointed to a place where an arch of rock had made a small underwater cave. Half-buried in the mud inside the cave was a stone statue that radiated magic; it seemed to be a statue of a fish-god but without his books Inannyunot had no idea who the fish-god was or what he represented. Tickle didn't know either but touched the statue curiously. He felt warmth. It was a good kind of warmth. A voice spoke inside his brain. It spoke in the language of sea-creatures and Tickle understood, though he had never heard it before. "In Seven Days." said the voice. Just that. "In Seven Days."</p><p></p><p>"In seven days <em>what</em>?" wondered Tickle, but the voice said no more. He led his wizard friend up to the surface so that they could talk. Archie was paddling about nearby, amusing some tourists who were waving from the far bank of the loch, and they had a brief three-way discussion. Archie pointed out that the full moon was in seven day's time, but that didn't seem to be terribly momentous so they were a bit stumped.</p><p></p><p>Archie had some other news, though. The Macfeece (the <em>real</em> one, as Archie pointedly remarked) had agreed to allow Archie's 'wuzzarrrd frand' unlimited access to the Castle Feece library, which was housed in the north tower so that the books didn't get too much sunshine through the windows. If he wanted to work at night he would have to use magical light because naked flames from candles and so on were forbidden in the library, but that wouldn't be a problem, would it?</p><p></p><p>"Off you go," said Tickle. "I'll be okay. Thanks for getting me here, it's a nice loch and there are plenty of fish for when I get hungry. Archie will keep me company, won't you, Archie?"</p><p></p><p>"Oh, aye. Ye can help me frrrighten the taurrrists," he replied with a grin.</p><p></p><p>The castle library was large and Inannyunot soon lost himself in all the shelves of books. There was a sort of order to them but it took a bit of getting used to. They were organised by the <em>length</em> of the title, so ones with titles like "Xa!" or "She" were at the east end and ones with titles that were so long that they covered not just the spines but the front <em>and</em> back covers as well, in the tinest writing possible, were shelved far down at the west end.</p><p></p><p>One book caught his eye because it was clearly in the wrong place - it was called "The Sons of the Kings and Their Royal Titles" and it was the very last book on the very last shelf. Then he realised with a laugh why it was there - it was because all the titles listed for all the personages inside it - and as he flicked idly through the pages he saw many hundreds - counted as <em>titles</em> of the book. Someone had a sense of humour.</p><p></p><p>He was about to re-shelve the book when he paused because something he had seen for a brief moment as he turned the pages jogged his memory. He shuffled backwards and forwards trying to find it, and eventually spotted it near the bottom of a left-hand page. It was his own name. His true name, that he kept secret. A co-incidence, surely, but still intriguing for it was not a commonplace name. He read more closely.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"He must be the same age as me," mused Inannyunot, whose true name was also ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼. "We should get together ..."</p><p></p><p>"Or ..."</p><p></p><p>₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼ began searching for other books. Especially ones that were on the wrong shelves ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7182416, member: 6777052"] Tickle swam slowly along the bottom of the loch, accompanied by Inannyunot who had cast [I]Water Breathing[/I] on himself. He felt a little better now, and showed an interest in a passing shoal of twinklefish. But he wasn't hungry. Perhaps later. He was so [I]tired[/I]. The wizard touched him on one tentacle and pointed to a place where an arch of rock had made a small underwater cave. Half-buried in the mud inside the cave was a stone statue that radiated magic; it seemed to be a statue of a fish-god but without his books Inannyunot had no idea who the fish-god was or what he represented. Tickle didn't know either but touched the statue curiously. He felt warmth. It was a good kind of warmth. A voice spoke inside his brain. It spoke in the language of sea-creatures and Tickle understood, though he had never heard it before. "In Seven Days." said the voice. Just that. "In Seven Days." "In seven days [I]what[/I]?" wondered Tickle, but the voice said no more. He led his wizard friend up to the surface so that they could talk. Archie was paddling about nearby, amusing some tourists who were waving from the far bank of the loch, and they had a brief three-way discussion. Archie pointed out that the full moon was in seven day's time, but that didn't seem to be terribly momentous so they were a bit stumped. Archie had some other news, though. The Macfeece (the [I]real[/I] one, as Archie pointedly remarked) had agreed to allow Archie's 'wuzzarrrd frand' unlimited access to the Castle Feece library, which was housed in the north tower so that the books didn't get too much sunshine through the windows. If he wanted to work at night he would have to use magical light because naked flames from candles and so on were forbidden in the library, but that wouldn't be a problem, would it? "Off you go," said Tickle. "I'll be okay. Thanks for getting me here, it's a nice loch and there are plenty of fish for when I get hungry. Archie will keep me company, won't you, Archie?" "Oh, aye. Ye can help me frrrighten the taurrrists," he replied with a grin. The castle library was large and Inannyunot soon lost himself in all the shelves of books. There was a sort of order to them but it took a bit of getting used to. They were organised by the [I]length[/I] of the title, so ones with titles like "Xa!" or "She" were at the east end and ones with titles that were so long that they covered not just the spines but the front [I]and[/I] back covers as well, in the tinest writing possible, were shelved far down at the west end. One book caught his eye because it was clearly in the wrong place - it was called "The Sons of the Kings and Their Royal Titles" and it was the very last book on the very last shelf. Then he realised with a laugh why it was there - it was because all the titles listed for all the personages inside it - and as he flicked idly through the pages he saw many hundreds - counted as [I]titles[/I] of the book. Someone had a sense of humour. He was about to re-shelve the book when he paused because something he had seen for a brief moment as he turned the pages jogged his memory. He shuffled backwards and forwards trying to find it, and eventually spotted it near the bottom of a left-hand page. It was his own name. His true name, that he kept secret. A co-incidence, surely, but still intriguing for it was not a commonplace name. He read more closely. "He must be the same age as me," mused Inannyunot, whose true name was also ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼. "We should get together ..." "Or ..." ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼ began searching for other books. Especially ones that were on the wrong shelves ... [/QUOTE]
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