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"Maybe you could do something with this worthless piece of crap," Fred
droned dispassionately as he tossed the old gnome his shoddy map. "It's
as
useless as toilet paper to me now. Speaking of which..." He fumbled
through his cleverly concealed supply pouch. "...Uh, hehe. Could I have
that back? Looks like I forgot to pack some." Mark returned the map, but not before looking it over with a wide grin on his little face, remarking, "Why, this is the work of a child, surely!" Fred shrugged. "Beats me. Cartography has never been a particularly strong point for us Allarians. We conquer stuff. Let the Geldans do all the mapping.""Whoa, easy now," put in Lava Man, regarding the gnome with suspicion. "You gnomefolke are a trecherous lot. I'm afraid I must destroy you before we get too well acquainted." "Oh, of course. It's for the best," Fred assured the little man. "Right!" Lava Man agreed. "It's for the greater good, ect. ect...."Mark seemed undaunted by all of this. "You've got to do what you've got to do." Lava Man gave Mark a friendly wink and nod. He then formed a firecube and prepared to hurl it at the seemingly defenseless gnome with a booming "Harumph!" But much to his dismay the sneaky little man just up and disappeared the moment he was ready to strike! "BAH!" he exclaimed angrily, hurling the firecube at an unsuspecting wallhugger lurking in a shadowy corner. "Expect more of these pranks by these meddlesome gnomes! He was likely a scout. We must be off before he warns his kinde..."
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