Astra Takes Stock

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 10959

Astra did not understand what had happened, but she assumed that she had been the victim of some strange sorcery. It did not occur to her that she might be in a different universe - indeed her background was such that she wouldn't have understood the concept of multiple universes. She thought that she must be in some unknown land far from her own. At least she had got a suit of good quality battle armour out of it.

Astra decided to follow the river downstream. As it grew larger (and it was already some twenty metres wide), there would be an increasing chance that it would be used for trade and that she would come to a town. Even if that didn't happen, the river must eventually reach the sea, and surely then she would find a settlement. The presence of a signpost showed that this region must have some inhabitants.

The signpost bothered her, though. It wasn't just a question of the language. After all, place-names tended to be more or less decipherable whatever the language. The problem was that the letters in which the names were written were unfamiliar to her. That suggested that she was very far away from home indeed, for Aqualaria, Allaria and every other country that she knew of shared a common alphabet. When she eventually encountered the people of this land, it seemed unlikely that there would be a common language in which she could converse with them.

Oh, well. It was no use worrying about it, she thought. She turned away from the signpost and started to follow the river.

After a while:

  1. The river entered a deep gorge, and Astra was forced to leave it, hoping to be able to rejoin it further on.
  2. Astra encountered a naiad, sunning herself on a large rock in the middle of the river.
  3. Astra met Fred, who had also been transported here.
  4. Astra heard someone approaching...

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JH (in case anyone doesn't know, 'naiad' is a fancy way of saying 'water nymph')

7/6/2000 1:35:25 PM

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