[net.games.pbm] TFQ-the next move- 10

jj@rabbit.UUCP (03/09/84)

This is the tenth move summary.
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While Ayudante was doing his spell casting in the morning,
and after he had delved into the Fenalfar bush, Trylla gave Balinor
one of the berries to eat.  After a minute or so, Balinor commented
that he felt "Much MUCH *M*U*C*H* better."

As the party saddles up, loads up, and prepares to leave,
Bjarney hears some more music in the background, something
to the effect of "... when life is on easy street, there is ..."
followed by silence.   All present notice a difference in their surroundings,
although no one can quite quantify it.  Bjarney looks a bit discomfited.

(tick)

Heading north, the party finds that the trail is growing quite
a bit steeper and rockier, and that footing is getting a bit
hard for the horses.  One by one, as they feel the necessity,
the group gets off the horses and starts to walk beside them,
each leading their horse by the bridle as necessary.   After about
two hours of travel, one mounted, and one unmounted, the party comes
to a VERY narrow place in the trail, with cliffs on both sides.  
After a bit off looking about, etc, to determine the chances of
an ambush, they proceed through uneventfully, although the
horses have a bit of trouble, being almost as big as the
trail is wide.  In about 15 minutes, the trail widens out
again, and begins to head downhill into what looks somewhat like a transverse
ridge (one at right angles to the one that they just crossed).

Slider and Ayudante both comment on the unusual geology of the
region while riding along.  Ayudante (ever the studious one)
comments that while the mountain they just crossed was mostly
sandstone, the one that they are now skirting to the west (about 
2/3 of the way up the mountain) is limestone, and that the two
strata somehow look like they don't come from the same place.

Proceeding slowly down, they notice that as they loose altitude
the weather gets colder, again prompting a few puzzled remarks,
mostly from Izugami and  Gavalin, who don't quite buy what
their senses are demonstrating.  The party stops for a short
rest, during which Slider and Balinor unpack the winter gear
that belongs to the party and pass it around, with comments
that it is now needed.  Slider also comments that the party
should be a bit more careful of the horses, so that their lungs 
aren't damaged.  He says that it isn't THAT cold yet, but that it's
getting there.

For the next few hours, the party heads gradually down, noticing no
more unusual occurances.  <It is still getting colder.>

At about 2:30 PM, the party rides slowly past a large column of
ice on the right side (east side) of the trail.  A little while
afterwards, Bjarney says, "HEY! Wait a second.  That song we heard
last night goes:

``If my words did glow
With the gold of sunshine,
And my tunes were played
On the harp unstrung,

``Would you hear my voice
Come thru the music?
Would hold it near
As it were your own?

``It's a hand-me-down,
The thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung.
I don't know--
Don't really care.
Let there be songs to fill the air.

``Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow.

``Reach out you hand
If your cup be empty.
If your cup is full
May it be again.

``Let it be known
There is a fountain
That was not made
By the hands of man.

``There is a road
No simple highway
Between the dawn
And the dark of night.
And if you go
No one may follow
That path is for you alone.

``Ripple...

``You who chose
To lead must follow.
But if you fall
You fall alone.

``If you should stand
Then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way
I would take you home.''

Methinks there is a message here. First, we should take the path
found by Gavalin (no simple highway). Second, we should be looking
for a fountain (not made by the hands of man). 

Somehow, I think we're there."

Lendell, Ayudante, and Izugami all look a bit puzzled, and
Ayudante says, "Would you PLEASE repeat that song again,
Bjarney?"

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This is a short move, but here it must stop, until I have
responses from the party.

As usual, a week from today (Friday), moves are due.


DWB, are you there?

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