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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 500718" data-attributes="member: 835">Penned in by a dragon - he did NOT want to play. So we sat in that cavern and cried that whole day.  . I sat there with Memnos.  We sat there, we two.  And I said "How I wish you'd a spell left, or two."    Too hurt to go out, and no allies to call.  So we sat in that cavern.  We did nothing at all.So all we could do was toSit!....Sit!.........Sit!...............Sit!And we did not like it.Not one little bit.And then something sighed. (My Listen check's high)We looked, and we saw the secret door on the side! We looked! And we saw him:  The Orc with the Pie! And he said to us, "Now that you've found me, am I to die?"" Yes," I said, "Orc, then we'll take your pie!""But you can't!" said the orc, who looked quite terrified. "I know something you don't:  how to get you outside!  I can get you outside!" said the Orc with the Pie. "There's only one way, and I will show it to you.  The dragon won't get you at all if I do!"Then Memnos and I did not know what to say.  Should we trust this orc? Might he save the day?But my sword  said, "No! No! That orc we should flay!  Tell that Orc with the Pie he can't lead you astray.  You should not trust him, for all orcs are louts.  Kill him! Take his pie! Find your own way out!""Now! Now! Don't do that. Don't do that !" said the orc.   ""I'm a trustworthy guy ," said the Orc with the Pie.  "And also, the maze, beyond,  is complex, don't you see?  And the only way through is known only by me! "Cut him down!" urged the sword. "Orcs are liars, and plus, cutting orcs down is my special purpose!""Now listen here!" said the orc.  "I won't lead you astray.  I will lead you straight on - you'll get straight away!.  We'll take the first right, and then the left fork, but there are more turns past those," said the pie-holding orc."Listen here!  Listen here now!" said Memnos the Mage.   "You can be sure that this orc is no sage." And then Memnos the Mage gave a sly sort of wink(that was often his signal that he'd started to think) "He might know two turns: a right then a left fork, but why would a way through this maze be known by this orc? No, if there's one stupid race in this world, it's the orc - I'm sure he'd get lost at the very next fork!""I am NOT stupid. My IQ is high. And now I shall prove it," said the Orc with the Pie."Listen here! Listen Here! Listen here now!  It's an easy way out, but you have to know how. After the right and the left, it's the third left you take (The second left leads to a big giant snake)  We'll see a shelf with some books!  And one is a fake!  It opens a passage guarded by a big clay man!  But don't worry - the password is written on the back of my hand! We'll shout it out loud as we run down the hall!And that is the way.  Oh, yes.  It's not hard at all."That is what the orc said...Then towards us he tread.Puffed up quite proudly, he strode from the wall.And then Memnos and I - We saw his face fall.My sword saw it too, and got warm (almost hot). It said "Can we please kill him now?  I'd like to, a lot! We know the way out, and need him no more!  To leave him alive would show form that's quite poor! "We could give him a break," said I to my sword, but Memnos the Mage reacted with scorn."Now see here, Ranger!  He helped us, 'tis true.  He showed us the maze, then told the way through.  He told us the way to the book that is fake, and how to avoid that big giant snake.  We know that the password on the back of his hand will let us pass by where the clay golem stands.  But he'll run to the dragon, if we leave him alive, so you cut him down, and we'll share his pie. "  And then, I'm afraid, I didn't know what to say - My moral qualms still stood in the way.  But that pie sure looked good - and I'd not eaten in days."Oh please, human sir, I do not wish to die.  I do not wish to die, " Said the Orc with the Pie."So I said to the orc, "If you give us your pie, I'll let you live, since I'm such a nice guy."Did my sword like this plan? Oh, no it did not! "You owe me this," said the sword, sounding quite hot.  Then it said in my ear, "I've fought for you faithfully, year after year. And if to this one thing you still say 'no', then I regretfully say that I'M now in control."And so with a motion I couldn't stop if I tried, I cut off the head of the Orc with the Pie. My sword, now sated with the blood of an orc, relinquished control. The mage pulled out two forks.  He handed me one as took up the pastry.  "Eat quickly," he said, "Our escape must be hasty!"And then I did not know what to do.  The orc had helped us, then I'd cut him in two.  But the pie looked so good, filled with berries of blue.  What should I do? Oh, what SHOULD I do? Well what would you do, if it were offered to YOU?</blockquote>

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