10 Rings (Sa,Mo,Me,Ma): Built Of Stone And Shadow [Episode 9617]

by Kender

It had been the first sign of civilization they'd seen for hours, but there wasn't one of them who thought it might be a nice place to stop for the night. A stone tower built right into the rock face of a cliff towered over everything in sight. The ground was free of even the slightest bit of greenery. Shadows climbed in the hard angled lines of the ediface and a single bridge lead into the dark recesses of the place.

In other words, not a place you take your kids and Grandma.

"I don't like this place," whimpered Moon as she clung to Ranma.

Saturn nodded from where she had grabbed onto his other side. "I'm with her.

"I feel danger here," Mars informed the rest.

"You aren't thinking of going in there, are you?" asked a voice to the side. They turned to see a man in coveralls and a white shirt looking down on them from the seat of his hay wagon.

"Why is that?" asked Cologne.

"That is place is EVIL. It was once the tower of a great and powerful dark sorcerer. He was said to perform the most vile of acts in the name of his black Art."

Ranma blinked. "What happened to him?"

"No one knows. They say that one night the most horrible of sounds was heard from there. No one ever saw the sorcerer again, but they say the place is cursed by the souls of his victims."

"'They' say a lot," observed Cologne.

"Mock me if you will, but I have warned you as I warned the other!"

"What other?"

"A child bearing a large spatula was seen heading towards here when I told her of the story and has not been seen since!"

"So why would anyone want to go in there for?" asked Ranma.

"Because of wha was left behind! They say that there are items of Power in there, some of which damn your soul, while others will transform your form into another!"

Cologne rolled her eyes. "Is there anything else you wish to tell us?"

"Yes, they say that:

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(Posted Sun, 03 Nov 2002 23:34)


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