[e-Morgana]

Cad and Morgana are left staring at each other in bewilderment (a fairly natural look for Morgana ;))

"So what do we do now, Cad?" she asks trying to regain her composure.

"Ack....get a grip, woman. Don't be turning all sentimental on me!!"

Originally posted by Gunghis
Now, which one of you lovely ladies ordered the case of Southern Comfort?

"OI!!" bellows Cadfael "about time you lazy good-for-nothing!! Bring it over here and then get back to your work. By the way...what's this I hear about you being the 'OWNER' of this fine establishment?? I'll have words to you later, my lad."

Morgana turns her head and spies Blizzaurel just joining the company at the Arm. "Gee, I haven't seen her in here before" she comments, "and why is she taking such an interest in Scarlett and Elda I wonder."

"Ah - you've gone all paranoid, you daft twit. Leave the 'detective' work to a real professional. There's obviously nothing out of the ordinary going on there. Just some gals having a bit of a chat" he answers condescendingly.

[Carmichael]

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[kater]

Depends if your the arse being kicked ;) Now did someone mention lamb cos I'm hungry, by the way whats does a Copani look like?

[Scarlett O'Hara]

It's late at night and the Friendly Arm Inn is busy. Scarlett slips out of the back entrance and dresses in her dark clothes and camouflage makeup. Having gathered her intel and running some of it by Elda, she had her list of Copani suspects narrowed down. All that is required is a little 'breaking and entering' and stashing some state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. A few hours of monitoring, should lead her straight for those murdering Copani, and a ticket off this planet.

First top is Sasha''s, then Blizzdurel's, the Gunghis's and Lucky Joe's. Infortunaturely, Zack Ryan's place took 3 times longer because he had so much weird stuff in boxes. But finally, Scarlett was done with only two more stops, Beldaran's and Lifino. One look of Lifino, she almost decided to bypass his pass but fortitude made her stick to her principless.

Then it was back to the nondescription moving van where all the surveillance monitors were, and soon she would have be Copani infiltrator.

[Radthorne]

Radthorne awakes to find e-M lying on the floor next to him, one arm sprawled across his chest. Wondering if he missed something that he really wishes he hadn't, he gently removes the delicate flower's arm and gives the back of her hand a gentle kiss. Then he tucks her arm up against her side, brushing a stray strand of hair away from her face. Her lips move, and she seems to be muttering something in her sleep. He leans down, putting an ear closer to try and hear what she's saying.

At that moment she belches with all the force of a Cadragon, launching poor Rad clear across the room to land atop the bar. He slides down its entire length, straight into the waiting arms of Gunghis.

"Ah," says the nubile simian to Rad, "I got ye at last!"

[e-Morgana]

Originally posted by Radthorne
.... he gently removes the delicate flower's arm and gives the back of her hand a gentle kiss. Is it any wonder I love this guy?? No-one else calls me a 'delicate flower'. Meanwhile the muttering is continuing
".......everything dead........APA.......gorgeous gold skin....."

Originally posted by Radthorne
At that moment she belches with all the force of a Cadragon, launching poor Rad clear across the room to land atop the bar. Amongst all the commotion, and as if by some inner radar, Zack suddenly appears at the door of the Inn (did we decide whether there were doors or not?). He is horrified to see the state Morgana is in, and turns a sickly pale golden colour as he hears the murmurings coming from her mouth. He looks imploringly at Cad and desperately says "DO SOMETHING, DAMMIT!!"

As Cad is quite engrossed in the proceedings involving Gunghis, Rad, Elda, and Holbrook, he is, at first, a little reluctant to tear his attention away. That is until a frantic Zack forcibly turns his head to look straight into those hypnotic eyes. The inhuman strength in the newcomer's arms is irresistable and Cad finds himself compelled to do something.

"Okay fine!!" he grumbles finally "There's only one thing to do with her when she gets like this. Someone grab me a bucket, would you". Armed with a bucket and a jug of ice water, he strides over to the enchantress and proceeds to tip the freezing contents all over her. As she coughs and splutters and tries to clear the fog in her head, he swings her onto his back with an ease which only comes with long familiarity. She instinctively grips whatever she finds handy and the pair hurtle off through the roof.

A scream is heard as Cadragon shows off his aerobatic skills and a bucket is seen plummeting to the ground off in the distance. The flight is brief but energetic and the dragon then comes in for a perfect landing. A slightly green and shaky Morgana slides off his back and angrily complains "Man, I HATE when you do that!!" :mad:

"There ya go" says Cad very pleased with himself. "That should keep her relatively quiet for awhile".

At the stunned silence, Cad looks around and notices that everyone in the Inn is staring at them. "Hmm.....you probably would have preferred a little more discretion, I imagine" :rolleyes:

[Cadfael]

Originally posted by e-Morgana
erm.......just for the record, HE. Though it may be 4:10am over there, it was only 10:10pm here. Not my bedtime yet. :D BTW - are you insinuating I NEED beauty sleep?? Just take a look at that avatar again. :rolleyes:
I think you should be allowed that little pat on the back. Your restraint was admirable. ;)

AHEM!!! However HE... may I say your shot about the time of day could very easily apply... is this not correct my Exaulted Enchanteress?? Do not try to kid a kidder :D

I too admire your restraint... no way would I have let that go!!! :D

With that said... Cadfeal presses a button behind the bar, and a rather suspicious looking van parked a few streets away explodes into a ball of flame... he then blows a kiss to Scarlet...

"DennizM sends his regards..." he smiles. :D

[Ogg]

Ogg charred black from a giant explosion, enters the Arm in a waif of smoke.

He sadly looks at Cadfael and says, ”The darnest thing just happened, Scarlet had me help unload the contents of her van into another van.
I though sure no problem. So I finish moving all this heavy equipment and stuff that looks real advanced. Then she smiles at me and asks me to watch the unloaded van for her, as she drives away in the new van. Hey no problem I said to her, mind if I sit in the van, it is a wee bit chilly outside this evening.
So I sit in the van and the next thing I know it explodes! It exploded!!! I didn’t break wind or anything, it just exploded!!!!”

Ogg slumps down at a table and orders a milk…

[Ogg]

Ogg suddenly realizes that his backpack is missing! (Doing his best Steve Irwin impersonation just for e-Morgan) Ogg stands and says, ”Oh Cricky!” Ogg then turns to head back out into the night….

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Scarlett jumped and spilled her McDonald's excuse for coffee when her surveillance van blew up three blocks away. She cursed, but not over the hundred of thousands of dollars of equipment inside that van. Scarlett cursed over the damaged done to her designer outfit! The damned thing took weeks of waiting for an appointment, another week of fittings and refittings and now this - coffee stains. Or whatever the hell it was considering what the hell the McD's coffee was supposedly made of!


But true to her training, she stayed low inside her nondescript car, all the while watching anyone who rushed into the cobblestone street to survey the damage. She had to give credit to those patrons at the Friendly Arm Inn. Nothing ever seem to rattle them. As she continued to soak up coffee spillage, the ideas ran through her head. If nothing ever rattled them, then............suddenly a small smile began and then the mischief in her eyes sent them into little dazzling arrays of blue. That was it!

Checking to make sure she recognized no one from the Inn, she quickly backed the piece of automotive junke from its parking spot and did a quick u-turn. As she careened through through the tight curves of the village, her old car bouncing over uneven spots in the cobblestone, her laugh could be heard by all the housefraus busy with their daily chores. Finally, clearing the all the hedgerows, she saw her destination. A mild-mannered looking whitewashed "church of new age religion". And across the narrow lane, an old fashioned store that sold anything and everything.

By the time Scarlett, walked into the "church of new age religion" she had everything she needed, except for those most divine objects.

After the clergymen filled up her burlaap bags, she had them placed in the hatchback part of her old car, paid the clergy a hefty amount of cash, and headed back toward the Friendly Arm Inn. Scarlett was determined to get any and all Copani hiding under the friendly people of the the Inn!