The Exploits
of the Adventurer's Union, Local 509
Introduction
Will be used
for all episodes if ever there are more than one)
Narrator:
In an
impossible universe, on a world that never was, there lived a band of people
who joined together to seek glory, riches and a life of challenging experience.
I, your
humble narrator am called Philibus the amulet. I accompanied them on many of
their journeys and saw many brave deeds and strange places with them. Travel
with me in your minds eyes as I describe their many exploits.
(End of
Intro)
There is
Timber of Meliki
Timber:
(Toasting) To Meliki my goddess of the forest
Nar: Pisheo the Silent
Pisheo:
(muttering) You humans are so noisy!
Nar: Stallen
and his lyre
Stallen:
(Singing to a lyre) My life is my song
Nar:
Galranwyn the Mage of Mistery
Galranwyn:
(whispering) The power, The POWER!
Nar: Dromar
the Gnome
Dromar:
(Crossly) Down in front!
Nar: Katrina
the joyful
Katrina:
(Sweetly) Come childeren, and see real magic
Nar: And
Krom, the strong
Krom:
(Sleepily) Are we there yet?
Nar:
Together, they are Local 509
(Rousing
Local 509 music)
Tonight, you
will hear how Local 509 got their name.
(Tavern
sounds, with the end of a song by Stallen being sung)
"if
you'ld give me that ring she said
I'ld draw my
bow and shot you dead"
(Smattering
of applause)
Timber: Well
played sir! Come and join us if you would have a drink.
Stallen:
Don't mind if I do. Many thanks
(As a chair
is pulled across a wooden floor)
Timber:
(Shouting to offstage) Wine for the singer and another for me as well!
Pisheo: You
sing prettily.
Stallen:
Praise from an Elf for one's voice is high praise indeed.
Timber: Aye,
and she is not given to complents
Stallen: I've
seen you here before haven't I.
(Sounds of
glasses clinking as they are set on the table)
Timber: My
friend and I come here often and have heard you before.
Domar: (his
speech slightly slurred) Another song!
Katrina:
Dromar, let him drink his wine
Pisheo:
(Plesently) The gnome enjoyed it too.
Stallen:
(Joking) A drunks praise I value somewhat less than yours fair one.
Dromar:
(Mutters something unintelligible)
Katrina:
(Scandalized) You must watch your manners!
Dromar:
(Loudly) He will play!
Timber:
(Louder) When he chooses and not before.
Dromar:
(Shouting) He will choose to play now, or find himself unable!
(Sounds of
chairs being drawn back and and a general uproar)
Krom: Draw
your swords sirs, and I'll have the liver out both of you!
Galranwyn:
(Shouting over the din) Sit down and finish your drinks or I'll have to spell
your mouths closed for a day or two.
(The sounds
of the uproar fade and Dromar's grunts and Timber's sounds of disappointment
are heard)
Stallen: I
will happily play if it will bring peace again.
Dromar:
(Hotly) That’s all I asked anyway.
Galranwyn: I
say he shall rest before his next song. (Grandly) It is the rule in this tavern
that those who drink too much be magically sobered. Take your punishment gnome!
(The sounds
of a spell being cast as Dromar says)
[A sober
spell sound effect consists of the words "ahol min now" and a loud
sucking sound followed by a pop]
Dromar: You
can't do that to me! I'm a mage too and I'll… (The spell is complete and his
voice changes immediately). Oh damn. A whole night's drinking and I'm sober as
a judge.
Krom: Sorry
bud, but we are here to keep the peace.
Galranwyn:
The owner values it's customers and it is also the law here that those sobered
are entitled to a drink on the house. I suggest that we all sit down and enjoy
each other's company for a time. It's the best way to put unpleasantness behind
you.
Katrina: Good
idea. Dromar, give me a hand with this table.
(Sounds of
tables and chairs being moved around)
Dromar:
Perhaps I was too insistent.
Stallen:
(Smilingly) Perhaps, but no offense was taken.
Timber: It is
behind us now and there's the end to it. The robed one there has the right of
it; let's get to know each other better. My name is Timber and my friend here
is named Pisheo.
Stallen: My
name is Stallen, the big one here is Krom and the "robed one" as you
name her, is called Galranwyn.
Katrina: I am
Katrina and this is Dromar.
Dromar: Good
to meet you all.
Outline:
Setup-Stallen
is singing at a tavern where Galranwyn and Krom are working as peacekeepers.
Timber and Pisheo are sipping wine and listening to Stallen. Katrina and Dromar
are at a different table. Dromar is very drunk. When Stallen finishes his song,
Ti and Pi invite him over for a drink. Dromar wants another song and is very
loud about demanding that St. begin singing again. Timber defends Stallen's
right to rest when he wants and trouble threatens to erupt.
Krom
threatens violence if a fight begins, and Galranwyn casts a
"Soberness" spell on Dromar to punish him for making trouble. After
things calm down, Galranwyn suggests the combatants have a drink together. They
introduce themselves and begin to get on very well.
The bar has
closed, but the group stays behind to continue their conversation. Stallen
tells them of a place he knows called "The House of Stone" were legends
tell of vast amounts of treasure can be found. They are discussing their
various skills and the like with the idea of banding together to attempt to
enter this dangerous place.
Once they
have all agreed to try this, they are visited by a messenger from the