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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4649643" data-attributes="member: 79945">The jester glares at Kruk and says, "SHHHHH!" while gesturing at the dwarf performing on stage.Seven Rabbit continues:"When they arrived in the city of Death, they went straight to the Ball Court and saw Death's team practicing, but Death was not with them.  So they sent the mosquito to spy into the changing rooms.  In the Underworld Team's changing room it found Death pining for Xilonen, the goddess of fertility, who had spurned his advances.  The mosquito came back and told Acatl and Itzcuintl what it had heard and they realized they could use Death's feelings against him.The ball game was fierce.  The galleries were crowded with spectres and spirits.  At one end of the stadium the goddess Xilonen sat watching the match, and at the other hung the trophy, the severed head of One-Acatl.  On Acatl and Itzcuintl's team were a small group of warriors who had been brave enough to enter the underworld with this.  On Death's team were a group of horrible monsters with the the bodies of apes and the heads of crocodiles, lead by the unstoppable Lord of Death himself.  Every time Death got the ball he began to show off and take risks to impress Xilonen, but his skill was so great that even with his recklessness, Acatl and Itzcuintl were hard pressed to keep up with him.Death's monstrous ball players were stronger and faster than the twins' team, but the warriors were very skilled and they might have had a chance, but the underworld team was also cheating!  Every time one of the warriors got the ball, it would explode with poisoned metal spikes, maiming the player who had grabbed it.  Whenever this happened, one of the monsters would grab the injured player and maul him further, concealing the source of the wounds.  Finally Acatl and Itzcuintl were the only players left, against Death's entire team.But their skill was so great that they continued to play for hours, alone against all the might of the underworld, keeping the score tied.  Every time Death would score, one of them would score soon after.  At last, with the score still tied, Itzcuintl took the ball while Acatl stayed behind to block Death's team.  Itzcuintl was out alone near the goal with no chance of any enemy catching him, but as he drew his arm back to score, spikes shot out of the ball, piercing his hand and head, and his body dropped lifeless to the sand of the arena."[sblock=OOC]Rabbit - L1 warlock - will be volunteering for this as soon as he finishes telling this story - one more section to go, I'll post it tonight or tomorrow.[/sblock] </blockquote>

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