pregister
(IC) Baron
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(7/30/03 5:33 pm)
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Deadly bird.
I wasn't going to tell this tale. The memory of it haunts me and I don't want to cause anyone else nightmares, but I feel I must tell it to prevent it from happening to anyone else.
Last week Haegun and I (TomTom) were exploring up near Purgatory just to get a sense of the surroundings in case we ever decide to bane the place.
There is a large lake up there and rather than run around we decided to swim across it. Now, I'd heard before that a horrendous and deadly creature lives in these foul waters...but I attributed that to 187 propaganda designed to keep people from the region.
We were swimming across the water when we heard a call of a strange bird, "Foo! Foo! Foo!". From the south, swimming directly towards us, came the dreaded Foo Bird, so named for the sound it makes when it is frightened.
We tried to outrace it but it quickly caught us. We tried to attack it but it evaded all our spells and dagger thrusts! It was then that it used its most fearsome attack. Turning its back to us, it defecated. A filthy, terrible stench filled the air as the brownish slick of fluid spread across the water around us and covered us.
Haegun completely freaked out and began rubbing at his skin and washing the excrement of this foul bird from his body. He cried out briefly, stiffened, and almost immediately died.
It was at this point, I'm afraid, that I passed out. I awoke the next day in a Temple of the Cleansing Flame. A beautiful young confessor was tending to me and I asked her what happened. She told me, then, about the terrible Foo Bird.
It seems that the Foo Bird has developed a highly toxic defense system. When threatened it defecates on its attackers. This foul substance has an amazing property. It reacts with the skin in such a way that when it is cleaned off and the skin is exposed to fresh air, a chemical reaction takes place, the person is poisoned, and dies almost immediately!
Poor Haegun. Had he but known. It was only thanks to my delicate constitution that I passed out before I too was able to wash myself off.
I tell this to you only so that you too can avoid the fate of our noble Haegun. Remember, please remember, the lesson of my tale:
If the Foo shits, wear it!
TomTom
TomTom - assassin
Drellak - confessor Edited by: pregister at: 7/30/03 5:36 pm
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