It's Quicker by Tube
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 4312
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Astra gently made contact with the side of the pit as it began to slope
inwards,
her armour making a terrible screeching noise against the rock. Soon she
found herself
sliding helplessly down a 60 degree incline. She realised that she was
becoming
uncomfortably warm; the friction with the rock must have heated her armour.
The walls narrowed in on all sides, and she found herself in a tube some
ten feet in
diameter. The tube wall emitted a dim
glow that allowed her to see this, and also that the wall now appeared to
be perfectly
smooth (so that the screeching noise had died away). Fortunately all the
larger
rocks seemed to have gone down an alternative tube. She shared this one
with only
a few pebbles which posed no threat.
Astra had the uncomfortable idea that someone had arranged all this for her. She was sure that her trip had not been a pure accident. What was she going to face at the bottom of the tube? And would her armour still be in a fit state to wear after its rough treatment, or would she have to discard it?
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JH (hoping London Transport won't mind me borrowing their advertising slogan for the title)
9/18/1999 1:48:38 PM
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