|| -------- -- -----  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 17--"ABOUT THE COAT" <-------  ||  Severe Repair  ||  Weaver  ||  -------> (Cup SRwv017, Created v2 (6/7/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I let out a sharp breath and raised my eyebrows, nodding, trying to soak it all in. Huh, I thought we had it bad with the ocean liner. Me and Granticaine hung out with the pirates for awhile, hearing the unbelievable tale of what they went through to get here to Daptin's Land. They lost not only Peter Yektil, but also Dandy Banish, Vladimir Bonk, Edkay Delvibane, Kove Splate, Yaude Wireflape, and Ky Ly's lover, Svorguv Diir. Then Ky Ly invited us for some dinner below, and when I approached the table, I grabbed a big black coat that was draped over a chair and moved it to another chair against the wall. I was halfway through the process of sitting down when I realized the entire room had grown suddenly silent, all eyes focused on me. "What?" I said. No one responded. Finally, Baw Veppen spoke. "Did you just move that coat?" "Uh, yeah. Why--was I not supposed to touch it?" Ky Ly moved toward me. "Try to move it again." she said. "Uh, okay." I said, puzzled. Turning around, I grabbed the coat, lifted it, then dropped it back to the chair. "I'll be damned." Ky Ly said. "What?" I asked, getting a little impatient. "What's wrong?" "Hold on a second." the pirate girl said, and she came beside me and tried to grab the coat herself. She tried her best, but she couldn't budge it at all from where I dropped it. "I don't get it." I said. She looked right at me, pointing at the coat. "That's Edkay's Greatcoat. It's an immovable object, except to him. None of us could get it off that chair." "So?" "So--somehow you're able to move it." "Okay..." I said, confused. Granticaine came up to us. "You mean, Ky Ly, that I couldn't move the coat? At all?" he said. "You shouldn't be able to." she said. So Granticaine grabbed at the Greatcoat with no luck. Then he bent over, placing his hands behind the Greatcoat and pulling with all his might. It remained completely unmoved. My friend turned to me. "Let's see you do it again." he said. I shrugged and picked up the Greatcoat with no problem. I mean, it was a little heavy, but not immovable. "Edkay had Royalhero K/N Channel heritage." Ky Ly said. "He thought that might have been why he could take the coat." "I'm royalty," I said, "but I don't know what all that means." "He must really be dead--the coat only accepts one hero at a time. So it's yours, if you want it." she said. I carefully picked up the Greatcoat and looked at it. "This is the coat I've heard of--with all the cool stuff inside and everything?" I asked. "Yup." Ky Ly said. "And it's mine now?" "Uh-huh." "Huh." As everyone watched me, I slowly put the Greatcoat on. As soon as it was on, it felt a whole lot lighter. I also became aware of things about the coat--like a sixth sense, I could feel conduits of force and power within the coat. And I knew it was mine. I remember that we sat down to eat, but my mind was racing--racing in the ways of the Greatcoat. I felt powerful and calm--and nowhere near connected to the conversations going on around me. Ten more people for Daptin's Land--ten more contributors to the gene pool it seems. Daptin has been hinting this way for a few days now--acting like he's joking, but I know he's serious. He wants to populate his Land. And people are the only animals he has. Ten Primates, Overwhelm primadonnas like me. Bellicose Billion, Norlime Eckert, Ow Muchy Moyar, Toggle Joseph, Ky Ly Quids, Caffeine, Baw Veppen, Zoipin Jurple Jupter, Flicker Sa, and of course, Hilltop Jone Rallity. A nice bunch. Half boys, half girls. Nice. -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----