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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6417549" data-attributes="member: 9255">JOHN PLAY“08 PLAY WITHIN TIME ”SEGMENT 99“THE CAVES”RHAAN 10, 903- JUNGLES OF Q’BARRAThe jungle is thick and the insects large and numerous.   The lizardfolk ignore them while Play swats at them.   Glyder and Calli, with their smaller size are intimidated by the flying insects.  They follow a path that crosses over several reed and wood bridges until they reach a dark colored rock mountain.  No trees grow on it but the vines are thick and certain plants are growing using the vines for leverage.  Pockets of clouds cling to the sides.  Steam hisses out of unseen cracks in the rock.The half-breed leads them to a series of openings covered by thick overhanging vegetation.  The caves are not deep and thus maintain the heat of the day.    Several lizardfolk are here but they look sad…. Even defeated.   Beyond them are mats of thick straw and brush.  Nests thinks Play.“In the past few ….months we had thieves take our eggs.   The eggs …..were returned just as mysteriously ….and silently as they were ….taken a week later.  They hatched but the eggs were not ours.  They belonged …..to lizardfolk but the hatchlings were ….slightly bigger and darker in color.  Uncertain …..of what to do, ….we began to nurture them …..while we looked for our own hatchlings.”“Why?” asks Play.“They would have …..died otherwise.” The half-bred calmly answers.“well….yeah right- go on.” The ex-Dark Lantern gives in.   Not very far back in his mind he thinks he knows what this is about.“Please finish your story.” Glyder politely says while giving Play a look of annoyance.“The Black ….scales…. as we now…. Call them, they grew and grew.   Then last week… they disappeared.  We ….hope you can help us…. Find them ….and our original….. hatchlings.”Play doesn’t trust her.    Something seems wrong.   He has fought the Black Scales before.   It was just a scouting party and he and the warriors from Breland had been forced off course in a raid by the Elves.   Now that Glyder is suggesting a dragon is involved….. “Yes, we can help.” Complies the gnome time traveler.Later…. When the three of them are alone.   “Why did you volunteer us to search for their children and the nasty black thugs?   You do realize these misfit children are the larger black cousins of the lizardfolk.” Growls Play in impatience.“Oh course they are.   But how?    I feel like we are here to learn how the Black Scale race came to be or maybe something about the dragon that will in time come here.”“Assuming it is not here already-“ adds Calli.“Maybe they are related.    Maybe it wasn’t the dragon that unified them but created them.” Offers Glyder.“Let’s time travel back to 997 and ask one?”</blockquote>

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