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CHALKER 49 those from this world, will be fooled. Worse, Earth is a place terribly in need of Kauri, so the pressures on you will be enormous to help all that you find, and you must resist this. There is no way while there to cleanse yourself.
Half of Earth is made of iron, which means it will be uncomfortable at the very least, and while there are spells to protect you, they offer only a very limited protection.
It will be arranged so that you can handle small amounts without more than slight discomfort; but if you are injured by iron, it cannot be healed, and if you are killed, it will be the true death..
"I'm not afraid of that. I longed for the true death once, and was only saved by providence from taking my own life. All that I have done since has been the only truly happy time in my life. If the bill must be paid for that, then it must..
"Good girl! I'm proud of you! Very well. You will go to Castle Terindell, arriving on the night of the new moon, and from that point you will be-in the hands ofRuddygore and his company. Just remember at all times that you are Kauri. Your will is strong. Control yourself and place the mission above all else." The Earth Mother hesitated a moment. "If you don't come back, I'm going to be really pissed off..
It was the closest thing to affection the Earth Mother had ever said to her, and she was touched.
"As a Kauri, I would not want to do anything to cause you anguish..
"Go, then! Before I change my mind!.
And, with that, she found herself flung from the top of the volcano back out into the open night air.
The moon was a thin crescent in the sky, telling her Page 37 Chalker, Jack L - Vengeance of the Dancing Gods she had but three days to make the castle. It would not be difficult.
JACK L. CHALKER 51 CHAPTER 5 A LONG-EXPECTED REUNION The Council is absolute in all matters of adjusting or supple~ menting the Rules. Council members may not like or be allied with one another unless they so choose, but must be civil when meeting in session. This Rule should not be taken as a constraint against assassinations.
—Rules, II, 77(a) IT WAS A SOMBER PARTY, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THROCKmorton P. Ruddygore was a good host. There was gourmet food of every kind, fine wines and even champagnes, and the best accommodations. It was, in fact, a historical meeting at Castle Terindell; short of the convention of the Brotherhood, it was the first time anyone in living memory could recall that all thirteen members of the Council were in the same place at the same time.
Of course, they and a few others knew of the one other time, when these same men and women faced down the Dark Baron in his castle and stripped him of his membership and his powers, but this sort of gathering was unprecedented.
There was Ruddygore, of course, now Chairman of the Council and host to the gathering, still taking some delight in showing off his priceless collection of pink flamingos and plaster-of-paris statues gleaned from Earth; and the lovely and two-faced queen of the witches, Esmerada, who'd only survived the Baron by switching sides. Here, too, was Fajera, the huge black-robed figure from the continent of Murri far to the south of Husaquahr, and the scholarly Docondian, the lean and dangerous Sargash, the ancient gray-robed Mathala, and all the others—the thirteen most powerful men and women of their world, and, perhaps, of any world.
Joe and Tiana, too, were there, along with many others both human and of the faerie. All had great power in the world of one sort or another.
Of all those invited. Marge was the last to arrive, circling the great castle and remembering all that had happened to her since arriving here. She took a turn over the great River of Dancing Gods which here joined with the Rossignol and widened into the greatest moving body of Page 38 Chalker, Jack L - Vengeance of the Dancing Gods water any had ever known, yet still a thousand miles
Half of Earth is made of iron, which means it will be uncomfortable at the very least, and while there are spells to protect you, they offer only a very limited protection.
It will be arranged so that you can handle small amounts without more than slight discomfort; but if you are injured by iron, it cannot be healed, and if you are killed, it will be the true death..
"I'm not afraid of that. I longed for the true death once, and was only saved by providence from taking my own life. All that I have done since has been the only truly happy time in my life. If the bill must be paid for that, then it must..
"Good girl! I'm proud of you! Very well. You will go to Castle Terindell, arriving on the night of the new moon, and from that point you will be-in the hands ofRuddygore and his company. Just remember at all times that you are Kauri. Your will is strong. Control yourself and place the mission above all else." The Earth Mother hesitated a moment. "If you don't come back, I'm going to be really pissed off..
It was the closest thing to affection the Earth Mother had ever said to her, and she was touched.
"As a Kauri, I would not want to do anything to cause you anguish..
"Go, then! Before I change my mind!.
And, with that, she found herself flung from the top of the volcano back out into the open night air.
The moon was a thin crescent in the sky, telling her Page 37 Chalker, Jack L - Vengeance of the Dancing Gods she had but three days to make the castle. It would not be difficult.
JACK L. CHALKER 51 CHAPTER 5 A LONG-EXPECTED REUNION The Council is absolute in all matters of adjusting or supple~ menting the Rules. Council members may not like or be allied with one another unless they so choose, but must be civil when meeting in session. This Rule should not be taken as a constraint against assassinations.
—Rules, II, 77(a) IT WAS A SOMBER PARTY, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THROCKmorton P. Ruddygore was a good host. There was gourmet food of every kind, fine wines and even champagnes, and the best accommodations. It was, in fact, a historical meeting at Castle Terindell; short of the convention of the Brotherhood, it was the first time anyone in living memory could recall that all thirteen members of the Council were in the same place at the same time.
Of course, they and a few others knew of the one other time, when these same men and women faced down the Dark Baron in his castle and stripped him of his membership and his powers, but this sort of gathering was unprecedented.
There was Ruddygore, of course, now Chairman of the Council and host to the gathering, still taking some delight in showing off his priceless collection of pink flamingos and plaster-of-paris statues gleaned from Earth; and the lovely and two-faced queen of the witches, Esmerada, who'd only survived the Baron by switching sides. Here, too, was Fajera, the huge black-robed figure from the continent of Murri far to the south of Husaquahr, and the scholarly Docondian, the lean and dangerous Sargash, the ancient gray-robed Mathala, and all the others—the thirteen most powerful men and women of their world, and, perhaps, of any world.
Joe and Tiana, too, were there, along with many others both human and of the faerie. All had great power in the world of one sort or another.
Of all those invited. Marge was the last to arrive, circling the great castle and remembering all that had happened to her since arriving here. She took a turn over the great River of Dancing Gods which here joined with the Rossignol and widened into the greatest moving body of Page 38 Chalker, Jack L - Vengeance of the Dancing Gods water any had ever known, yet still a thousand miles
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