Chapter Seventy-six

"We hid in a burning bush. It seemed like a good idea at the time."

Friday, May 5, 2994

Morning. Laughter and Foster go to see Ahab. Laughter asks if Foster can teach Nicholas hand-to-hand fighting. Sure, why not? Ahab warns Nicholas that it will likely hurt, but Nicholas is OK with that. It will be two days a week, after his lesson with Laughter. Laughter and Foster leave, and Ahab plays chess with Nicholas, which he loves. Then Nicholas goes down to lunch, while Ahab speaks with the boy's tutors, instructing them to emphasize ethics and philosophy.

Laughter fences with Ariana, while Nicholas watches. Laughter spends the rest of the day with Foster and Haris.

Felix sleeps in, then spends the day keeping Foster company and beginning his own workout regiment.

Ariana makes her rounds among the injured, healing as many as she has the strength for. Ahab looks her up in the afternoon. They discuss the battle, her encounter with Lord Hendrake, and Nicholas' change of heart. Ariana attempts to talk Ahab out of killing Arthur. Ahab figures he'll at least think over alternatives while he's waiting for Arthur to get out of the dungeon, but he doesn't think he'll change his mind. She tells him that she accidentally let slip to Laughter the fact that he and Arthur are brothers. Ahab isn't concerned, figuring he can trust Laughter. He asks her about the fight between Vetch and Tamaryn. She tells him that Foster and Tamaryn are free of the House, but Riftvan is still gone. Ahab is surprised to hear this, and offers to try to track him down, but Ariana thinks it's best if Riftvan comes back when he's ready.

Usires asks Martin for some Trump of Rimmersgard. Martin is not pleased to learn that Ahab told several people about his Trump abilities. He agrees to draw the Trump, in exchange for Usires not mentioning his abilities to anyone else.

Bart talks to Vialle about telling Llewella that he doesn't plan to marry Lilith. She thinks Llewella will understand, but suggests that he hold off on that until things are more settled. Bart spends some time teaching Darby magic.

Evening. Laughter talks with Arthur, to see if he feels remorse. He thinks that what he did was stupid, but he doesn't remember much of it. Laughter figures she can offer Ahab nastier things to do with Arthur than death. Arthur is less than thrilled with this idea.

Laughter finds Ahab and suggests that he make Arthur his servant, instead of killing him. Ahab is not really sure what use he has for a servant. Laughter tells him that she's planning to go after Chameleon at some point, and Ahab offers to watch her back.

Ariana pays Arthur a visit, and tells him the results of her conversation with Ahab. He asks her to tell his mother that, if he dies, she is not to hold it against Amber. Ariana conjures him another bottle of wine, and waits for him to finish it. As she leaves, she says she'll visit him again tomorrow.

Laughter and Foster discuss wedding plans, while Felix sits there uncomfortably and plays with the baby. The happy couple argues over whether Laughter will wear a dress to the wedding, and what a wedding in Amber is like. Mandor will be giving Laughter away, of course. Felix makes some remark about nipple rings, which makes Laughter rather pouty. Foster responds by twirling her around in the air until she calls Sequence, at which point he puts her down, pronto. She goes into the bedroom with the baby, and Felix wishes Foster luck. Foster asks when he's getting a stepmother. Er. In 500-600 years. What would Tamaryn think, after all? Foster asks if he's talked to her yet. Well, um... He doesn't want any more ties to House Vetch. Foster points out that she's not in the House anymore. Felix counters that she's older than him. Foster replies that he's older than Felix, too. Felix picks him up, which doesn't faze him. Being tossed at the ceiling does, however. Laughter sticks her head out of the bedroom and laughs. Felix puts Foster down. Foster tells Laughter to forget she saw that. Nope. She hides behind Felix, so Foster somersaults behind her and grabs her hands. He tells Felix that they'll continue the conversation later, and unbuckles her swordbelt. He promises Sequence that he won't do anything that Laughter doesn't want. Felix gets the hell out of there. There is a swat, and then Foster picks the protesting Laughter up and carries her under his arm to the bed. You can imagine the rest.

Ahab looks up Deirdre and talks about the battle. She was helping Benedict render the Chaos sorcerers less than effective, but she saw the fight between Ariana and Lord Hendrake from afar. She figures it was just as well that Shard stepped in when he did. Ahab says that's what he'd heard. They discuss the change in Nicholas. Deirdre mentions that she has a new friend. OK... She tells Ahab that Random is probably going to want to speak to him and his cousins in the morning. Ahab was expecting that. Deirdre suggests the family go out to dinner, and they do this thing. It goes very well.

Ariana feeds Shard again, and notices that the associated feelings continue to grow stronger. She asks how his talk with Julian went. He reveals that Julian took his revelation poorly, and they are not speaking. Ouch. He hasn't noticed any new abilities yet. Ariana tells him that he should be able to levitate, according to Riftvan. He seems surprised that she's willing to tell him this.

Usires has a party in his room for the surviving soldiers under his command. Eventually, Flora comes by to tell him to quiet down or move it elsewhere.

Bart sleeps.

Saturday, May 6, 2994

Ariana goes up to the battlements, where it is raining. This suits her mood, and she sits under an overhang for a while. In the middle of the night, she senses that she is not alone, and then Riftvan suggests that there are better places to be than standing in the rain. Or sitting, as the case may be. She asks if he's all right. He says he's fine. She asks if he wants to talk about it, but he has other things on his mind. He brings her back to bed, but Ariana is rather hesitant around him, and he gives up and goes to sleep. She notices that his hair seems a little grayer than it was.

Alex, Ahab, Ariana, Bart, Driscoll, Felix, Foster, Laughter and Usires receive a royal summons to meet with Random at 10. They all show up, although Usires is rather hung over. Random bids them be seated, and brings out what they have of the Jewel. Lyss has told him where the rest of it is, and he wants to send them after it. It's in the magic plane. Alex has volunteered his services to get them there, which makes Ariana wince. Random asks if an hour will be sufficient time for them to prepare. Laughter tells Foster psychically that she has no wish to orphan their child, but he doesn't think that will happen. Ariana asks for information about the place, but Random doesn't know much, other than magic will be more effective there, and Trump probably won't work.

Everyone except for Bart leaves. He asks to speak to Lyss, which Random allows. Bart tells Lyss that he's arranging to leave Lilith, even if she can't be freed.

Ariana returns to find Riftvan playing on the floor with the children. She tells him of the meeting. He points out that she's not obligated to Random any longer. She admits this, and says she's not sure if she's going. He assures her that if Tamaryn told her that he'd take the children, that's not the case. She asks how long he's been gone. About a year. He hasn't worked things out with Tamaryn yet. He offers to go away for a time, if it will help, but he can't promise to stay away forever. Ariana doesn't see much point in that, and asks why he told her he was letting Foster go. He claims he meant it at the time, but something changed things later. He can't say what. Why did he lock Tamaryn in Shadow? She opposed him. He took Foster because he wanted him to grow up more gracefully than Felix. She figures it was so Foster would be useful to him, and says that this is all that seems to be important to him. She adds that she doesn't know who he is anymore, and wants to know if he's been lying to her all this time. He says that he honestly loves her, and has since he was Martin, when he allowed himself to get too close to her. He really should know better by now, but... She asks if perhaps her resemblance to someone else had something to do with that. He admits that was part of it, and notes that Tamaryn has been talking to her. Ariana remarks that Tamaryn is remarkably open and honest, so it's hard to believe that she's from House Vetch. Obviously he was far different when she was growing up. He says he was naive. She disagrees. He figures that at least with Tamaryn she has someone to get honesty from. She'd rather it was him. He explains that there are certain things he will never be able to be honest about. She tells him not to speak of them, rather than lie to her. He agrees to play it that way from now on. She doesn't seem to know what to say to him. He suggests that having Random owe him a favor for her participation in this latest mission might be a good thing. She is a Vetch, after all, and not one of Random's subjects. She observes, with some disappointment, that he always looks for how he can use everything. He says he would be dead by now if he didn't. She insists that she can't think that way. He says he wasn't looking to marry his twin. She points out that she's met his twin, and wouldn't want to be her.

Felix bitches to Gérard about having to respond to all of the invasions, and how the children keep winding up doing Random's dirty work. Gérard is sympathetic.

Ariana pushes Riftvan to tell her something about his past, but he doesn't really want to talk about it. He offers to leave once again. She suggests he stop running away from the problem, and asks how he could lock his own daughter away for so long. He claims it was to protect her from those who would harm her in the Courts. Since she was his daughter, it was his right. Ariana points out that what is legally permissible is not always right, and that it must have hurt Tamaryn a great deal when he did that to her. This seems to hit home, and he looks away. She asks if he'd do things differently, if he had the chance. He admits he might, since at the time he didn't think he'd ever see her again. She asks what he means by "again." He eventually admits that he thinks she has Loryn's soul. It took him several years to realize this, but he's pretty sure now. Apparently there are faerie spells that can trace the genetic patterns of a soul, and he cast one on her not long ago, when she was sleeping. She asks if he's willing to change his ways. Perhaps. She asks him to think about it while she's gone. She also wants him to speak to Tamaryn, since they shouldn't be estranged when they still care about each other. A good amount of pain passes across his face when she says this, so she hugs him and tells him that he doesn't have to be alone. They hold each other for a while.

Everyone meets in the main hall at the appointed hour. Driscoll has Verdegris with him. Alex gathers the group up with the Logrus and begins pulling them along. Ariana is quite miserable, especially when they hit the turbulence at the end. Then everything goes black.

Ahab wakes up on the grass to the pounding of hooves. He gets to his feet, and is narrowly missed by a centaur, who's being chased by ogres and orcs. The centaur is blood-chestnut in color, and stands a good head taller than Ahab, with a blue bar tattoo on his forehead. Ahab follows him, and is pulled up onto his back. They run, but don't get far before the centaur is shot with a crossbow quarrel. The centaur holds his hands out, and a big thorn bush grows up around them, keeping the orcs and ogres from reaching them. After the centaur hobbles himself, Ahab pulls out the bolt. Then the centaur heals the wound, and Ahab sets the bone. Ahab notices that the centaur is a gelding, but does not comment. The orcs slosh some alcohol on the bush, and set it on fire. The centaur begins to panic when he smells the smoke.

Ariana wakes up to find herself hog-tied. She keeps her eyes closed and listens. A woman and a young man are speaking. The woman wants to know how Ariana got in, since he's all powerful. The man says he isn't in his current form. They poke Ariana to see if she's awake, but she doesn't move. The man thinks she's a spy, the woman isn't so sure. The woman leaves to get some food. Ariana feels whiskers at her cheek, and hears the clicking of nails. Eventually, the man's voice says that he knows she's awake, so she opens her eyes. She finds herself facing a lop-eared rabbit. He wants to know how she got into his warded room. Beats her. He asks if Cedric sent her. Never heard of him. He casts a spell that confirms that she's telling the truth, and begins gnawing through her bonds. He asks her not to attack him once she is loose, since he figures she'll be angry at being bound. She suggests that he tell her where she is, then. He tells her that she's on the Discworld, which is on four elephants on a turtle. Right. He's been running from Cedric, the son of Satan, who's been chasing him for three years. He mentions that he's stuck as a rabbit, but it does give him an interesting perspective... Ariana is annoyed at where he's looking, and tries to kick him as she gets up, but trips and winds up kicking him much harder than she intended. He flies across the room into the far wall, dislocating his shoulder. She heals it, something he finds handy. She asks if it's a common skill, and learns that it's as common as sorcery. She says that she can't do sorcery. He knows, because she's a witch, not a wizard. What's the difference? Well, men do real magic, and women do... He realizes the mistake he's made, and shuts up. Ariana asks what exactly he means by that, at the same moment that the woman returns and asks the same thing. She also hits the rabbit with a three foot staff, and asks why he freed Ariana. Ariana goes for her weapons, while the rabbit, who the woman calls Ruepert, explains that Ariana passed the test.

Laughter wakes up in warmth, with a fire going. Someone is playing a stringed instrument and humming along with it, and there is the smell of food. She opens her eyes to a glade, where a man is sitting across the fire from her, playing a lute. He has shortish black hair, pale green eyes that don't look quite right, and looks a lot like Corwin. She sits up, but he doesn't notice until she clears her throat. She says she was separated from her companions. He hasn't seen them, and tells her this is the Discworld. She's hungry, so he hands a bowl in her direction. Laughter finally realizes that he's blind. Introductions are made, and she learns his name is Meander. He's in a bit of trouble at the moment, combating the forces of darkness. Laughter tries her Trumps, but can't get through to anyone. He asks where she's from, and she explains that she was born in Amber. She asks if he's seen the Jewel fragment. He asks if she has black hair, violet eyes, is to marry a prince of a dark realm, has a white horse, and a powerful family. Mostly yes, except for that dark prince part. He tells her that she's one of his dream people. He also knows that the object that she asked about is used by the King of the land. Right again. She describes Ahab, Felix and Foster to him, and he admits that he has also dreamed of them. Laughter thinks he's a Shadow of Corwin. He hears the sound of horses' hooves, and tells her they're in for a bit of trouble.

Bart and Usires wake up to a feeling of warmth and comfort, lying in a feather bed, and realize that they are in an inn. They hear footsteps approaching, and Bart hides under the bed. Usires answers the gentle rapping at the door, and finds himself face to face with a 7 1/2 foot tall half-ogre, carrying a tray of food. Usires lets him in. There's a whole turkey on the tray, which just makes Usires' day. The half-ogre asks where the other one is, and Usires reveals that he's under the bed. The half-ogre lifts up one corner of the bed, and tells Bart that it's more comfortable on the top. His name is Fred, and he reveals that Bart and Usires were found lying in the road.

Felix is awakened by small, callused hands giving him gentle pats on the face. A voice tells him that this alley is a stupid place to take a nap. It's a half-gnome, half-kobold. Felix realizes that his broach/cloak pin is missing. Shit. Keimo says he doesn't know what a cloak pin is, at which point voice from his pouch says "Excuse me?" It's Felix's broach. Keimo suddenly figures out what a cloak pin is, and returns it. He wants to know if Felix is a fighter for hire. Nope, he wants to find his friends. Including two women. Keimo is disappointed that he didn't find the women instead. Keimo tells him that they are in Altair, which Felix has never heard of. Keimo figures that Felix got hit on the head harder than he thought. Then Felix hears voices saying "There he is! Stop, thief! That must be his accomplice!"

Ahab gets in the centaur's face, blocking his view of the fire, which snaps him out of it. Ahab asks him to make a opening in the bush, so they can get out. While he is doing so, Ahab hears the sounds of a battle going on outside. When they emerge, they find lots of dead orcs and kobolds outside. There is also an 8-inch tall faerie, with a rather well-developed physique, flying around. His name is Hickory, and he knows the centaur, whose name is Looks Twice. They want to know if Ahab will join their cause, to kick the bad guy's ass. Although, they admit that they're not close to kicking his butt at the moment. Ahab explains that he's only going to be there for a limited time. He hopes. He asks after the Jewel fragment, but they've never seen it. Ahab says he wouldn't mind finding his companions, but he's willing to travel with them for a while. They ask if he has anything belonging to his friends. Nope, but he's got some high quality artwork. He shows Hickory Laughter's Trump. Hickory lays the card down, face-up, reaches into a pouch, and starts drawing an elaborate pattern around it with glittering dust. The spell reveals only where Ahab is. Oh well. Hickory suggests asking the trees, which are about three hours that way. Cool. They begin heading in that direction. Ahab asks what Hickory did to the ogres and orcs. He chuckles, and says he beat them up. They ask where Ahab is from, and he tells them that he's not from the Disc. They find this hard to believe. He explains that he and his friends were looking for the jewel he mentioned. Ahab notices that Looks Twice has a brand, but doesn't ask. After a time, Looks Twice recovers enough to finish healing his leg. Once this is done, Ahab rides him, and they make much better progress.

Ariana looks over the woman, who reminds her of Caine. Her name is Jackie. She and Ariana eye each other for a while, while Ruepert tries to explain what happened. Eventually, they both relax a bit, and Jackie explains about witches, who are relegated to healing, birthing, herbalism, hexing, and can have familiars, which wizards cannot. Ruepert is her familiar, due to an interrupted spell. Ariana explains that she was separated from her companions, none of whom Jackie recognizes. She does recognize Mirelle, who is the new bride of Cedric. She's never heard of the Jewel fragment, but if it's enchanted, a magician probably has it. Ariana asks about Cedric, who is the son of Satan, but commands religious zealots. The trick is convincing his followers that he's really a devil-worshiper. They are interrupted by the door being broken down.

Laughter takes out the forces attacking her and Meander with fireballs, lightning and treeing. Meander is impressed. Laughter frees and disarms one of the treed ones, who calls her a witch. She mindrapes him, and finds out that they're after Meander, since he's a wizard. They work for Cedric, to take out the demon-worshippers. She makes him think that Cedric is the demon-worshipper, which confuses him to no end. She explains what she did to Meander, and they opt to leave the others in the trees. Meander is heading to Tallefellow's, an inn about a day from where they are. Laughter figures that's as good a direction as any. Meander tells her about how people using magic can be burned in some places. He also tells her of the faerie wars, and how the dark and light elves fought, and many casualties among the mortal world were the result. She asks him if he dreams of Driscoll, which he does. Was he the one she was supposed to marry? No, that one was not as tall, more solid of build, with curly hair. Laughter identifies this as Foster.

Bart and Usires go down to the dining room, which is fairly busy. They meet Fred's wife, a buxom blonde named Maggie. Fred and Maggie explain that Bacchus Tallefellow runs the place, while they just work here. Bart and Usires were found in the middle of the road, so they assumed they were robbed by magic. Bart asks after his companions. Well, if they were of important rank, the bandits might be holding them for ransom. No, Bart doesn't think this is the case. They are greeted by Bacchus, a three-foot tall, red-haired man. He offers to let them stay at the inn, until they get their bearings. Bart is acting strangely enough that the others wonder if he isn't still under some sort of spell. Usires flirts with a pretty blonde behind the bar.

Three members of the city guard run towards Felix and Keimo. Keimo suggests that Felix get his butt in gear, and loudly calls him his accomplice. Felix follows him, grumbling about what Keimo's gotten him into. They eventually elude the guards. Felix asks if Keimo can take him to someone who can find his friends. Yes, but what's in it for him? Adventure extraordinaire! This appeals to Keimo, who decides to disguise them as a big man with a hump. Keimo will be the hump, of course. The disguise involves smearing dirt on Felix's face. Unfortunately, the dirt turns out to be shit. Doh! Felix restrains the urge to smash Keimo. Keimo eventually uses magic to further the disguise.

Ariana kills the guards who break down the door, drawing stunned looks from Jackie and Ruepert. She leaves one alive, and mindrapes him. He works for Cedric, and is after Jackie, a wanted criminal. They decide to get out of there, so Ariana follows Jackie as she runs outside, down an alley, and casts a teleport spell. They appear in a forest, where Jackie casts another spell that enables them to ride on her stick. Ariana asks if Jackie can teach her the teleport spell. She will, if Ariana will be her bodyguard right now. Ariana agrees. While they are flying along, Ariana uses her ring to determine her position relative to Riftvan, and realizes that she seems to be off towards the Courts.

Hickory stops and talks to a tree. In another location, Meander does the same. He and Hickory exchange information, then Meander steps through the tree with Laughter, and joins Hickory's group. She thinks this is incredibly neat. Ahab and Laughter catch up on each other's information, and figure Cedric has got to go, especially since the Jewel fragment is in his lands. He's a powerful sorcerer, though, so it won't be easy. Laughter speaks in faerie to Hickory, something he finds rather odd, since he says it's an old language. He says Laughter looks familiar, but he doesn't know why. They use the tree-traveling method to speed their journey to Tallefellow's.

Eventually, the group arrives on a hill, and see something pass over the moon. It almost looks like people flying on a broomstick. Hickory flies up to investigate, and finds Ariana, Jackie and Ruepert. He and Jackie seem to know each other. Ariana speaks to Hickory in faerie, which he says is the language of court. They land, join the others, and more information is exchanged. It is learned that Hickory possesses fairy dust, which can be used for many things, including flying, provided you think happy thoughts. Laughter is fascinated by Looks Twice, so he asks if she wants to ride him. Sure. Ariana rides him as well, and they continue on their way.

As the group gets close to Tallefellow's, a man approaches up a side road, smelling terribly. Ahab recognizes him as Felix, and asks Hickory to dump him in the river. Hickory is happy to comply. Keimo manages to bail out, but Felix is most unhappy. Ariana conjures him a towel. For some reason, they decide that Ariana now in charge of this mission, and head for Tallefellow's.

The inn is reached without further incident. Looks Twice remains outside, much to Laughter's confusion. He explains that his kind aren't always welcome, and besides, he doesn't handle stairs very well. Ariana offers to get him some water and a steak. As they descend into the dining area, they encounter Bart and Usires on the stairs. Felix is worried about how they'll pay for their meal. Ariana asks to see some of the local coins. Meander shows her some, and she figures money won't be a problem. They order food. Felix pulls out Caine's Trump, and compares Jackie to it. She is annoyed by this. They discuss the possibility that she and Meander are relatives. The food arrives, and Ariana brings Looks Twice his steak.

Bart goes back to his room, and casts a spell that locates real people. Outside of the family members in the dining area, it finds Driscoll, Foster, Alex, Mirelle, and two people with the group. He rejoins the others and tells them where the first three are. After some confusion over directions in the Disc, Hickory takes off after Foster. The others discuss how to take on Cedric. The waitress takes orders for seconds. The blonde from behind the bar asks Usires if she can join them, and he pulls her down onto her lap. Meander comments that Molly is out early. Bart asks what it would take to get brought before Cedric. Jackie, Hickory, Looks Twice, Meander and Keimo have all caused enough trouble to be brought before him if captured. Ariana asks Meander psychically about Molly. He's rather startled at first, but explains that Molly is a succubus, although she can choose not to kill. Ariana notices that Meander's mind is much stronger than that of your average Shadow. She tries to heal Meander's eyes, but can't with her current spells.

Foster walks into the room, followed by Hickory, who tells them that Driscoll is due to be sold as a slave in Altair tomorrow. They discuss how to attack the slavers who are holding Driscoll, and are warned not to kill the city guards, since the punishment for that is death. Attacking them is not such a good idea, either. Felix suggests that they simply buy Driscoll, since Ariana can conjure the money. Everyone thinks this is a great idea. Laughter tells Foster that Felix rolled in shit, which he finds rather amusing. So does Hickory, who mocks Felix. Felix responds by pinning him to the table. Hickory tries to free himself, fails, then blows faerie dust on Felix. Suddenly, Felix thinks Jackie is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Dispel Magic doesn't remove the attraction, nor does washing off the dust. Jackie says 12 hours or consummation are required to end it, and she isn't doing the latter. Bart casts a Xeno on Felix. Foster and Laughter leave to deal with the problems that arise when one is breast-feeding but away from one's child. Jackie tries to nail Felix in the balls with her stick, but Bart's Xeno foils this. She moves much faster than would be expected of a Shadow. Felix continues trying to woo Jackie, much to her dismay. Eventually, Laughter and Foster return, and Foster drags Felix off, claiming that he has something he needs to show him. At the same time, Ariana steers Jackie in the opposite direction and asks her what to expect at the slaver's market. They decide to split everyone into three groups, one that will do the bidding, and two to keep an eye out for trouble.

Meander entertains the crowd for a bit with his lute, then Laughter and Ariana speak with him. Laughter asks him about the elven wars. Apparently the ogres, orcs, goblins, trolls, kobolds, etc. were created by a reaction between the magic of the light elves, dark elves, and the Disc itself. Ariana asks him about his dreams, and shows him how to convey an image psychically, by giving him and image of herself and Laughter. He finds this to be quite overwhelming. Ariana asks how he and the others wound up fighting together. He explains that, with the exception of Bacchus and Keimo, they're all related, in a loose sort of way. Looks Twice is a cousin, as is Hickory, although it's a few hundred times removed.

Quotables:

"I don't want the grief that (controlling Benedict's mind) would cause me later in life. Not much later, because there wouldn't be much of a later in life." -- Ahab to the group at large

"You could tree Suhuy?" -- Liam
"I hope I'm not that stupid, yet." -- Merrie

"It was an incredibly stupid and ill-conceived plan." -- Arthur
"Maybe that's why Ahab wants to kill you. That's his bailiwick, after all." -- Laughter

"I'm trying to think of a punishment worse than death." -- Laughter
"I'll take death, then." -- Arthur
"Worse is a subjective term." -- Laughter

"Do you remember the circumstances under which I met Riftvan and Ariana?" -- Laughter
"Not really, since I wasn't there." -- Ahab

"What else would you like to know about the wedding?" -- Foster
"Rings?" -- Laughter
"One for each nipple." -- Felix

"You can't blame (Felix)." -- Laughter
"And why can't I blame him?" -- Foster
"Because I have the mind of a child." -- Felix
"Give it back." -- Foster

"(Nicholas) is not quite the homicidal maniac that he was going to be?" -- Deirdre
"Well, he's still a homicidal maniac, but his intentions are good." -- Ahab

"(Fighting the forces of darkness) is always a noble goal. I'd be fighting my father, if that were the case." -- Laughter to Meander

"Are you to marry a prince from a dark realm?" -- Meander
"Ah, no, that never went through." -- Laughter

"I assure you that the beds are lice-free." -- Fred to Bart and Usires
"Not anymore, Usires has slept there." -- Liam

"We were traveling..." -- Felix
"We? There's only you." -- Keimo
"Then we weren't." -- Felix

"He's the son of Satan and all." -- Jackie
"Oh, so that would put him on the evil side." -- Ariana

"We hid in a burning bush. It seemed like a good idea at the time." -- Ahab to Laugher

"If you're thinking what I'm thinking, that's incest, and I, for one, am appalled!" -- Ahab to Felix

"How could someone so lovely bring me pain?" -- Felix, referring to Jackie
"See that stick?" -- Ruepert

"Outrageous Fortune"
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Last modified on February 8, 1999 by Kris Fazzari.