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If you scroll up, I entered a room that I was already in. Wait a minute, in that case...*a loud pop is heard, and only one Avatara remains* I guess it just took a bit for physics to kick in...

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"I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me."

*I know about the two Avatara's, but not my char *

Katze blinks, "What happened there?"
Avatara looks at her "Nothing, I just became one again. There were two of me, you see."
"Oh. In that case ... why don't we just enjoy the celebration."

*There is a celebration, isn't it?"

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You cannot expect to be saved in any one thing, person ... Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.
- Ray Bradbury

Rogan walks into the tavern and says: "Well, I'm back from the clone hunt! Talos, give me some wine to celebrate!" Everyone looks at Rogan. "What?!" he asks after a minute or so. Suddenly, he sees the other Rogan and a "pop" is heard as he disappears. The real Rogan empties a bottle of wine...

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I`m a bomb technician. If you see me running...try to keep up.

Theo looks around to see if there are any more bubble-people (and apon seeing theKestel hears a loud, sticky pop, but he doesn't disappear ).

"Well, I really must be leaving to set up for the party", he says. "It will probably take me a month or so to finish."

With that, he twitches a finger, opening a sparkeling, crackling, lightblue portal before him, and steps through.

[IAS, I'm on vacation until the end of march. I'll try and check in once or twice C.U.l8er]
[Oh, and Avatara claims fire, I claim electicity ]

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"It has to start some time.
It has to start some where.
What better time than now?
What better world than this?" ~Theo Nean Donly~

"See ya, Theo!" Talos says. Loud "Goodbye"s and "Good Luck"s are heard from all the other patrons. Theo steps through the portal, and is not seen for a month.

"Come on!" Talos yells, "we should be celebrating!"

Katze, hoping to brighten up things a bit, says, "I know! We'll have a self-invented magic competition. A contest where everyone will present their own self-made magical spell, and a judge can compare." He continued, "Talos, you want to be the judge?"

"Sure," he replied.

Everyone quickly went off to their own corner (don't ask about the geometry of this bar) and started working on their own skills. Huge static charges were seen by Avatara, but no one seemed to notice. Everyone had their own little knack...

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*After a couple moments of thought, Avatara leaves the tavern.*

Theo, we'll miss you. However, I might want to talk to you about something when you get back...

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"I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me."

(note to Slayer:How in tho world are you going to reserect a bunch of bones and blood?I thought I went SPLAT on the rocks.

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Don't question the power of the moderators!

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"I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me."

Rogan pulls some stuff out of his sack and starts to read a book (not Tavara's book) and soon he has a formula written down on a piece of paper. "Mmm...that should do it" he says.

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I`m a bomb technician. If you see me running...try to keep up.

Katze belatedly remembers that she's not an active mage, but a thief (kind of) and retires from the competition to join Talos, who is watching everyone's efforts.

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You cannot expect to be saved in any one thing, person ... Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.
- Ray Bradbury

"I wonder why Avatara left?" Talos commented.

"I don't know, looks like he wasn't interested in the competition, though," Katze replied.

The people in the tavern were working hard to come up with a winning spell. Rogan seemed happy with the incantation he had just written, and was going over it again and again, checking for any mistakes. Slayer seemed interested in some strange transformation spell, although he appeared to be having trouble controlling it: his chair kept turning into a cute little cat, and then changing back into a chair. Grapper, still a little shaken, was working on some strange resurrection spell. He kept trying to turn the frog's ghost back into a normal frog, with little luck. The ghost would glow a natural green, lose some transparancy, but then turn back to normal. The other patrons continued working on their own spells.

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"Can I join in this little contest?" asks a large but cloaked figure as he walks in the door.
"Err... Ya sure," said Talos, "I'm Talos, what's your name?"
"Zephyr, Zephyr the Dragon slayer." The strange figure sits at a stool in the bar.
"Where you from?" asks Rogan.
"Up north where the Dragons roost," he responded. "I know a little magic too."
"What kind?" asked Talos.
"How 'bout this?" said Zephyr as he made a grog of ale float to his hand.
"Cool, anything else?" asked Rogan.
"Just a few little tricks and stuff." said Zephyr.
"Welcome to the tavern then."


*I figured I needed to start a new character, as TheDarkDragon will probably be leaving soon.
I also wanted to comment on something:
I was reading the older posts, so many memories, well... none of me. (I joined up in Jan)
I noticed that Slayer closed the original Tavern because it got too long to scroll through (at 20 posts) , also:
This topic will be elidgable for Archivement in about 40 days. Keep it up!!*


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-TheDarkDragon
C M? M R Snakes.A R Not! O S A R! C M B D I's?
L I L B! A R Snakes!
-Conversation between President George W. Bush and V.P. **** Cheney at Camp David.

[This message has been edited by TheDarkDragon (edited 03-04-2001).]

Slayer suddenly turns into a cute little cat. A few moments later, he turns back into his regular self. "Ooops," he mutters to himself, "I guess I need to work on the targeting."

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

Suddenly Grapper notices he needs more magic power.He casts Direct Nexus and in a flash he is gone.

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"Oh, Talos, why are they all leaving so suddenly?" Katze asks, looking at the spot where Grapper just disappeared.

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You cannot expect to be saved in any one thing, person ... Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.
- Ray Bradbury

However, before Talos could answer, a blue portal with small, white, spiderweb patterns on it shimmered into existance in the middle of the tavern. Theo stepped out, a plump scroll in hand. He walks over to Talos and procedes to say

"I need everything on this list as soon as possible. Do you have any of the items, or do you know where I can get them?"

Moonshadow takes a quick glance over Talos' shoulder and sees, among the average beverage and food items, strange things such as giant stuffed spiders and bats (dead, of course).

Talos studies the list for a few seconds before taking Theo around back. After some more time passes and the spell projects are well under way, Theo and Talos come back in. Theo's magical sack of nearly-infinite space was almost busting at the seams.

"Oh, the rest of you all going to be invited to the party at my house in three weeks, just to give you proper time to make sure that you can make it," Theo says, staring blankly at a bar support. "Any questions before I leave you to prepare?"

[*looking towards Avatara questioningly* (I think I'll be able to check in most days until Friday) ]

(I'll wait until you get back, that way some of us can work things out better)

*By some mysterious means, the bar support Theo was staring at suddenly jumped at him and clunked him lightly in the face. Theo stepped back, bewildered. The bar support mysteriously vanished, and all returned to normal...as normal the tavern could get.

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"I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me."

[hmmm...I must admit, my curiosity is overwelming. Oh well, you know what's best, I'll question no more.]

Still rubbing his head, Theo walks back through his portal, mumbling about "the best party ever" or some such thing.

[ Eleven pages!!
On behalf of all spectators to this remarkable event, thank you all who have contributed. Now let's keep it going! ]

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"It has to start some time.
It has to start some where.
What better time than now?
What better world than this?" ~Theo Nean Donly~

[This message has been edited by Theo Nean Donly (edited 03-07-2001).]

Katze looks around questioningly. "Well, what do you think, do you need any more time, or can we start the contest now?"

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You cannot expect to be saved in any one thing, person ... Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.
- Ray Bradbury

"Sure, I'd like to start the competition now... Theo can go whenever he comes back. Is everyone ready?"


Everyone in the bar muttered, "Sure," and the competition started.


First up was a man called Seliochos, a regular visitor of the tavern. He apparantly had invented a spell that could break things perfectly down the center. He sat down in a chair and looked straight forward at a brass door handle. He began to get a slight orange aura, concentrating ever more intently. A bolt formed in front of him, getting rid of his aura. He relaxed. Unfortunately, the bolt did not seem to be much under his control. It instantly flew off and hit a mirror, cracking it down the center. It bounced off and hit a bar support, which cracked - horizontally. Part of the second story floor came crashing down, but the bolt continued. It now was bouncing around at the level of a person's head, and everyone ducked. Finally, it hit the brass doorknob perfectly - and scattered. There was a small dark spot on the knob, but it was otherwise fine. Seliochos, terribly embarresed, excused himself and walked out of the door.


"Uh, I guess that was... interesting. I say 3/10," Talos said.


"I'll say 2.5/10," Katze replied.


"Who's next?"


(Everyone do their own, I'll do some of patron's attempts.)


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(Note: Avatara isn't in the bar and therefore isn't competeing. )

[This message has been edited by Avatara (edited 03-07-2001).]

Grapper walks in with an evil smile and his eyes dark red.

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Wratho crashes down trough the roof in the middle of a strange competition in magic and meets Grapper whos eyes doesn't seem just right.
"Uh, sorry," says Wratho. "Don't take offence but you're looking kind of strange." He turns to the rest of the Taverns locals. "Don't let me disturb you, I just want some drink; it's been an hard day, by Kochal! Seven mad trolls, three loose golems, a bunch of zombies and demons and even a red dragon! No rest for us heroes." Wratho empties some bottles and rests at a chair. For a moment, the Tavern goes on as usual and Wratho regards the locals with intrest. Next second, a voice is heard from the heavens. "You dirty scum! Puny humanhead will hang in my chamber tonight!"
As an Evil Ergathom descends from the hole in the roof through wich Wratho came, Wratho draws "Frostlightning."
"Blast it," he mutters. "Never any rest. Couldn't you have waited at least one hour?"
After a spectacular fight with the Evil Erathom, Wratho leaves with the smoking body of the otherworldly creature laying at the floor.


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*Out of character*

Um, okay... that message was unexpected, and somewhat interrupting, but I'll work on it...

*Back in*

"Very impressive. Unfortunately, he's left. Avatara?" Talos said.

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Oh yeah... you're coming back when theo does...

"Hey, where is Avatara?" Talos asked, "Well, we'll have to move on to Rogan, then."

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Just as Rogan was opening his mouth, however, an excruciatingly bright flash errupted from just outside. As the patrons of the bar shifted their eyes back to the normal dimness of the bar, the door creeked open. Stumbling through and falling to his knees, Theo looked up into the surrounding stares, his eyes blank with fear and amazement.

"Oops," said Theo, before passing out on the floor of the bar. Talos rushed to his side as Rogan cast a healing spell, but as the wisps of healing neared Theo, they blinked and went out.

"Shoot, he must have an antimagic ring on him. There! On his left hand's pinky," Katse said. Talos went to take it off, but as he reached out a hand, the bartender's hair stood straight on end, biting sparks rippling from finger to finger. Around Theo's neck was an amulet enchanted with an electric aura. Thinking quickly, Talos made a ring of unused tables around Theo so he wouldn't get stepped on. They would just have to wait a few weeks for Theo to revive to find out what had happened to him.

[I know that some of this sounds illogical, but the duel aura/antimagic enchantments are explained by the fact that they each flicker on and off at an extreamly high pace so that the anti doesn't ever cancel the aura, but they both exist at the same time. Don't try and revive me, I'll get mad . If you are curious, good, because this is the beggining of a (hopefully) short adventure I have planned, and I want to build some suspence. C.U.l8er]

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"It has to start some time.
It has to start some where.
What better time than now?
What better world than this?" ~Theo Nean Donly~