The Great Library of Palanthas

An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.

Stories of Ansalon from the view of Arca.

A little gully dwarf runs by and says 'Wordwrap is at 80. You change? Off 65 80.'
The gully continues 'Eyes hurt? Turn Color OFF!! (regular story dates)

Astinus says 'Enter the main library here to view only the author list.'
Astinus gently places a small book on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Arca' scribed in dark maroon ink.


Author:    Arca           
Date:      Fri Mar 19 16:37:31
2010
Subject     Kender Things (1-1)

"Do you think they're really
out there?" She asked quietly.

The stars shone in the blackened night sky,
the moon Solinarii illuminating
the white sandy beach where two kender lay side
by side with their feet in
the water. 

The waves from Monster Bay lapped gently
at the shore, washing little
crustaceans onto the sand only to be pulled back
into the bay with the
ebbing tide. The soft rustling of the beach grass being
moved by the warm
summer breeze coupled with the sand, still warm from the sun,
had lulled
both kender into contentment after a busy day of hunting for
goatsuckers and
fishing. 

"What are out there?" Arca replied in a sleepy
voice. 

"Those gods that people talk about."

Languidly, Arca rolled onto
his side, propped his head in his hand and
smiled cheerfully at her. "Of
course they are, Ribbon." 

Ribbon pursed her lips and stared thoughtfully at
the sky. "I suppose you're
right." She said after a short pause. 

Taking
her eyes off the sky, she looked at Arca with a far away look in her
eyes. Out
of the blue, her arm shot out and punched him in the shoulder.
"You should
tell me about them!" She exclaimed while hitting him again. 

Laughing, Arca
blocked the next punch and tried to fight back, but was no
match for Ribbon's
quickness.

"Ow! Alright, I'll tell you!" Arca said, swatting away another
barrage of
fists. Ribbon clapped her hands happily and made a moation for him to
go
on.

"If you look there, " he pointed at a grouping of stars. "That's
the
constellation of Paladine. He's a shiny dragon, you know!" He paused
as
Ribbon "oohed" and "ahhed". "And that one there, " Arca traced his finger
to
a constellation directly across from Paladine's. "That one is
Takhisis.
She's a meany face." He concluded solemnly. 

Theatrically, Arca
looked around suspiciously before whispering, "I even
heard from my uncle
Thistletrap she doesn't even like kender!" 

He paused as Ribbon huffed
indignantly and made face towards Takhisis's
constellation. "How rude! How
could ou not like kender? I mean, just look at
us, we're fabulous!" With a
final glare at the sky, Ribbon looked at Arca
again, her eyes gleaming. "Tell
me more, tell me more!" She said excitedly
as she punched him again in the
shoulder. 

Arca rubbed his hsoulder in mock pain. "Not if you keep punching
me, I
won't!" 

Ribbon's expression suddenly dropped and she sat up, clasping
her hands in
front of her. "Please!? Please, please, oh please!?" She gave
Arca her best
puppy dog eyes. 

Arca grinned and sat up. "Ok, ok. You see
those stars over there?" He
pointed and Ribbon looked with rapt attention.
"That one there is
Mishakal..." 

The Storytellers of Ansalon, The DragonLance MUD

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