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<blockquote data-quote="StevenAC" data-source="post: 1201967" data-attributes="member: 12319">Well, in a blatant attempt to keep this Story Hour on the first page where it belongs, let me present another G&amp;S-inspired creation.&nbsp; This time, it's the three mages of the Company, the night before venturing into the Cave of the Beasts, showing off the vocal dexterity that's only attained after years of using tricky verbal spell components... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />(I apologise for the ugly monospaced font, but I couldn't find any other way in vB Code of laying out the three parts with their somewhat complex interactions.&nbsp; For anyone wanting to sing along (remember to take a deep breath before each verse! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) I've put a karaoke version <a href="http://www.users.bigpond.com/steven_cooper/Ruddigore.mid" target="_blank">here</a>.)[code]GREY WOLF&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; KIBI&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ARAVISA pessimist I am in&nbsp; every awful situationThat we find ourselves involved in --&nbsp; it's my natural dispensation.Having faced a doom prophetic&nbsp; that my comrades would betray me,I can say with satisfaction that&nbsp; they didn't get to slay me.Now I've long outgrown my early days&nbsp; when spells were somewhat fickle,And I promise that my [i]lightning bolt[/i]s&nbsp; do rather more than tickle;I can also fight in combat, though&nbsp; my sword is prone to natter,But we'll prob'ly die tomorrow,&nbsp; so it really doesn't matter!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So it really doesn't matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I've spells for all occasions,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; matter, matter...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; from [i]hold monster[/i] to [i]confusion[/i],&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And if those don't work there's always&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [i]magic missile[/i]s in profusion.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; When it comes to crafting items&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I am perfect to the letter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; For no matter what the others do&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a dwarf will do it better.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With the Earth I have achieved&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; an understanding fundamental,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A connection that I share&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; with my familiar elemental;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And for those who think a dwarven&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; mage is naught but foolish chatter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; They had better think again, for&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; their opinion doesn't matter!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Their opinion doesn't matter,Their opinion doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Their opinion doesn't matter,Their opinion doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Their opinion doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Their opinion doesn't matter,Their opinion doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Their opinion doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Their opinion doesn't matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, mater, matter!matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; My journeys have induced in me&nbsp; matter, matter...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; some changes unexpected,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But at least with starry fields for eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; you tend to be respected;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Though it sometimes might appear that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am merely navel-gazing, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am scouting out the multiverse --&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in truth I am a-Maze-ing... &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Of the many ways I have&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to an opponent's execution, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am rather fond of [i]fireball[/i]s&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; with sonic substitution. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; With a simple invocation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatter&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But our firepower means that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter!If they don't it doesn't matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If they don't it doesn't matter,If they don't it doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If they don't it doesn't matter!With a simple invocation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With a simple invocation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With a simple invocation&nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatter&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatter&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatterBut our firepower means that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But our firepower means that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But our firepower means that&nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter!With a simple invocation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With a simple invocation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With a simple invocation&nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatter&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatter&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; we can cause our foes to scatterBut our firepower means that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But our firepower means that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But our firepower means that&nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; if they don't it doesn't matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter, matter, matter,matter, matter!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matter, matter![/code]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StevenAC, post: 1201967, member: 12319"] Well, in a blatant attempt to keep this Story Hour on the first page where it belongs, let me present another G&S-inspired creation. This time, it's the three mages of the Company, the night before venturing into the Cave of the Beasts, showing off the vocal dexterity that's only attained after years of using tricky verbal spell components... :D (I apologise for the ugly monospaced font, but I couldn't find any other way in vB Code of laying out the three parts with their somewhat complex interactions. For anyone wanting to sing along (remember to take a deep breath before each verse! :)) I've put a karaoke version [url=http://www.users.bigpond.com/steven_cooper/Ruddigore.mid]here[/url].) [code]GREY WOLF KIBI ARAVIS A pessimist I am in every awful situation That we find ourselves involved in -- it's my natural dispensation. Having faced a doom prophetic that my comrades would betray me, I can say with satisfaction that they didn't get to slay me. Now I've long outgrown my early days when spells were somewhat fickle, And I promise that my [i]lightning bolt[/i]s do rather more than tickle; I can also fight in combat, though my sword is prone to natter, But we'll prob'ly die tomorrow, so it really doesn't matter! So it really doesn't matter, So it really doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, So it really doesn't matter, So it really doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, So it really doesn't matter, So it really doesn't matter, So it really doesn't matter, So it really doesn't matter, So it really doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter! matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, I've spells for all occasions, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter... from [i]hold monster[/i] to [i]confusion[/i], matter, matter... And if those don't work there's always [i]magic missile[/i]s in profusion. When it comes to crafting items I am perfect to the letter, For no matter what the others do a dwarf will do it better. With the Earth I have achieved an understanding fundamental, A connection that I share with my familiar elemental; And for those who think a dwarven mage is naught but foolish chatter, They had better think again, for their opinion doesn't matter! Their opinion doesn't matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, Their opinion doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, mater, matter! matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, My journeys have induced in me matter, matter... matter, matter... some changes unexpected, But at least with starry fields for eyes you tend to be respected; Though it sometimes might appear that I am merely navel-gazing, I am scouting out the multiverse -- in truth I am a-Maze-ing... Of the many ways I have to an opponent's execution, I am rather fond of [i]fireball[/i]s with sonic substitution. With a simple invocation we can cause our foes to scatter But our firepower means that if they don't it doesn't matter! If they don't it doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, If they don't it doesn't matter, If they don't it doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter! If they don't it doesn't matter! With a simple invocation With a simple invocation With a simple invocation we can cause our foes to scatter we can cause our foes to scatter we can cause our foes to scatter But our firepower means that But our firepower means that But our firepower means that if they don't it doesn't matter! if they don't it doesn't matter! if they don't it doesn't matter! With a simple invocation With a simple invocation With a simple invocation we can cause our foes to scatter we can cause our foes to scatter we can cause our foes to scatter But our firepower means that But our firepower means that But our firepower means that if they don't it doesn't matter, if they don't it doesn't matter, if they don't it doesn't matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter, matter! matter, matter! matter, matter! [/code] [/QUOTE]

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