|| -------- -- -----  A E R I E   O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- WEAVER--CUP 10--"EVERGREEN" <-------  ||  Severe Repair  ||  Weaver  ||  -------> (Cup SRwv010, Created v2 (6/7/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Soon, Den came back. "Okay--here he is. I'll let him sit in my seat--but only 'cause he's God." "Yeah." I said. Then Daptin came into view. He looked really different from the last time I saw him. For one thing, he had a full beard and mustache, green like his hair. On his head he wore a kind of crown of evergreen branches, and he was wearing a green outfit of some sort. Also, he looked a lot older. Maybe he was just tired. "Prince Ferrajalt." he said. "Glad to see you figured that matter handler out. I knew you were out there, but I couldn't do anything to contact or retrieve you." "That's okay." I said. "So, uh, how've you been? Stupid question, I know." "No. No. It's a pretty good question, actually. Hmm. Well I created a world! That seems to be the big thing." "So we all--I don't know--you made this world and we all found our way here? Or... I guess with reality all crashed and everything, this is like the only stable place left?" "Something like that. We're not entirely sure." "Yeah. So are you, I don't know, are you really like God or something?" "Uh, well, that's a tricky question. I guess the way I've figured it out is that I'm the God of this world, but not the God of any of the people in it. I mean, I didn't create YOU, or anyone else. I haven't created any animals, in fact. Just plants. And landscape, of course. So don't call me God. Nevrippa does , but that's just because she's a kook. In a good way, of course." "Hmm." I said. "So um, I guess we should sail across your sea and get to you guys. Is everyone else there?" "All of your friends are here, yes. And others. But I'm going to have to ask a favor of you." "Okay, but it was just--me and Treyess went through the vacuum and cold of space. It would have killed us, if it wasn't for superstrength. But there was--there was that girl, Sleap something, and that weird Hypergod guy. Did they make it?" Daptin smiled. "Oh yes." he said suggestively. "They didn't have as much trouble as you apparently had, but Sleap's not your average, helpless girl. We knew all about her. She is, apparently, the one behind a lot of this madness." "Whoah. You lost me. She was a survivor of the reality crash on Timber Serious. That's the one, right?" "Oh yeah. She posed as a survivor--notice she was the only non-OA individual to survive. Oh yeah. There's a lot of stuff going on with her." "Huh." "So look--I hate to ask, but I have sensed a ship in one of my seas--and I'm almost definite it's the Urbandersnacheron. You know--Ky Ly Quids and the gang. You must have heard of them." "Oh yeah. I heard some wild stuff about that gang. You must have met them on your scouting." "Uh-huh. But the thing is, they're in pretty much the totally opposite direction from here. I figure it'll take three or four day to reach them. I can't get in touch with them or anything--another reason why I'm not God--I'm not fully omniscient OR omnipotent." "Okay yeah, so I guess we can go help them. No problem." "The Urbandersnacheron isn't nearly as fast as a Warhome, though. It'll take them a few weeks to get here. I was thinking--could you possibly make another Warhome, one you could leave with them? So we can remain in contact with them on their trip." "Yeah. No problem. We can do that. How'd they get here, by the way?" "I have no idea. They blinked in about the same time you guys did. They don't have a full crew either--seems like just the Primates. You could probably fit them in a couple of Warhomes, but we have to get the Urbandersnacheron back here at some point, so..." "Yeah." Daptin looked off into space and wore a look of concern. "So Nevrippa tells me there IS another one with you, just like I sensed." "Uh-huh. She was, I guess, imprisoned inside Treyess' cape--a long time ago, I gather. Millennia. But since this is a totally different world, well, she just climbed right out of that cape and started tormented us. Red Archer Booze. That's her name." "She's kind of, uh, evil then?" "Kind of? How 'bout totally? As soon as she came out, she dazzled us with a shiny bottle and made us drink from it--it was a killer powerful aphrodisiac. We--both of us--had sex with her--and each other--for hours and hours. To be blunt. Like Nevrippa." "Ha ha." I heard Nevrippa say sarcastically from offscreen. "So now, what is the situation? You managed to resist her, but Treyess is still in her thrall?" "That's about the size of it." "Hmm. Okay. And they don't know about the Warhome you wove yet?" "Uh, no." -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----