Another Scroll Appears
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 23420
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"In spite of appearances, you can't be the intended recipient. Even
mysterious apparitions have been known to make a mistake." Mage Wincerind
wasn’t the brightest mage, but he at least seemed to know what was going
on. He took out a large wooden thing and an ink jar, dipped the wooden
thing into the ink jar, and pressed it to the scroll. Fred could make out
large black letters saying "Return to Sender."
A mysterious apparition appeared and took the scroll. A few minutes later a different one appeared again with another scroll, which it placed at Fred’s feet. "I can’t read this," said Fred. Mage Wincerind took the scroll from Fred. "Ah, but I can. It says: Dear Mage Wincerind: Time is running out! You only have two more issues of Mage Mechanics left on your subscription! We know you don’t want to miss out on our guaranteed forty full-color pages of exciting new discoveries in the worlds of alchemy and conjuring! Plus, if you renew now, we’ll throw in a free copy of our world-famous wizard's guide Magical Objects and How to Use Them, now in its fourth edition! A full year’s subscription to Mage Mechanics and the newly updated Magical Objects and How to Use Them can be yours for just 39.95 Vjorican glorks! To renew your subscription, please complete and detach the following form and send it, along with check or money order to: Zeta Publications c/o Vjorican Mage Guild 5425 Wizard’s Lane Free City of Albuzar, Vjorica Name _____________________________ Yes! Please renew my yearly subscription to: __Dragon Taming Monthly (12 issues, 29.95 glorks) __Mage Mechanics (26 issues, 39.95 glorks) __Necromancer’s World (26 issues, 39.95 glorks) __Spellbound! (52 issues, 39.95 glorks) __Life and Times of the Royal Court please specify _____Allaria (12 issues, 29.95 glorks) _____Aquilaria (16 issues, 37.95 glorks) _____Hespan (12 issues, 29.95 glorks) _____Vjorica (8 issues, 19.95 glorks) __Yes! Send me my free copy of Magical Objects and How to Use Them!" Fred looked confused. "I don’t suppose that gave us any useful information about who was trying to contact whom with that note, did it?" "No," said Wincerind. "But we must hurry! We now need to visit the goldsmith on the way to the aviary!" "Why?" Fred hadn’t been paying attention after it was apparent the note was of no use to him. "Why, because I must renew my subscription to Mage Mechanics, of course! Besides, maybe the next issue will have details of Urkjant’s Bibliographical Deflector! Urkjant is quite the alchemist, you know!" Just then, Fred remembered that he had forgotten to pay his Questers’ Guild dues. He wouldn’t be able to have the results of this promising adventure validated if he wasn’t a member anymore. "You’re right, good mage! We must get to the goldsmith and the aviary as quickly as possible!"
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