Chapter Twenty Seven : Secrets Of the Orb Of Sight or Light In The Midst Of Darkness

I was looking around upon a seemingly fertile yet confusing multi-colored natural landscape that Slick Rick had told me was for all intents and purposes natural and I was angry. As I stared from out a warded window home of our host a civilized Ogre named Ralph and looking at my beloved Dirty Anna who had managed shrink herself to a demure five feet one as opposed to her normal five foot seven. Alright still unbelievably sexy and now petite to boot and while I am sure her new size will continue to inflame my sexual appetite there were a few things that still needed to be accomplished before gave in to my temptations. To begin with Dragonfirre along with surviving members of the Organization which thankfully included Swami Donnie, Smiling Ed , and Gizmo Dent as well a few others had survived the onslaught of Dagon. Now while the situation with Dagon had gone far smoother than even I had anticipated what we had been left instead of a few Dagon minions to dispatch and an Orb of Sight to add to our little Lightning Gun scavenger hunt had turned into a surrealistic scavenger hunt for real. For while I had been the first to discover shall we call it the Realm of Sight and while the reality was not powerful enough to contain me the same could not be said for many of Dragonfirre and the Organization. So it had come to pass that I had led the remainder of the Organization Agents along with Slick Rick into portal that had resembled a cave only moments before and I assure you there is more to the tale than meets the eye as shall be revealed and you will know why I was so furious.

Dagon had arrived in all of his serpentine graceful glory all twenty plus feet of him right in the cave entrance where I believed we would find the Orb of Sight. As I looked at him I will admit I was not impressed for while I had been a member of the Cult of Loki during one of their darkest rituals they had summoned a special priestly handmaiden a Lilitu actually who while vile and provocative had been the most charismatic being I had ever encountered. I shall leave the drug induced pleasures both erotic and profound to the imagination but let us just say after experiencing such pleasure and horror at the same time you will understand why I had expected more from Dagon. As I looked around only Dragonfirre with the exception of Lucky Ron whose luck I have noticed is sometimes with him as often as not were looking at the Dagon completely dazed of the Organization only Swami Donnie seemed to be holding it together. A mixed blessing or curse take you pick also happened instantly upon Dagon’s arrival our Paladin Clean Eugene vanished and any remaining servants that had been waiting the arrival suddenly had the life snuffed from their bodies by their suddenly angry Father their so called Dagon servant of Cthulhu. So while we had no more minions to dispatch as Dagon himself had taken care of that for us our Paladin was not longer with us to aid those not strong enough to resist it’s influence. I had telepathically informed the Associate that my plan was to attempt to move past Dagon and search for the Orb of Sight while the others dealt with Dagon. What happened next only stood as a testament to my faith in our Protector who I have come to call Slick Rick for his display proved too bolster the others. For while many stood helpless Slick Rick called upon the power of nature itself and cast a lightning storm spell that he had somehow managed to compress and unleash all at once upon Dagon who survived the onslaught but was indeed fazed. To bring home testament to his power Slick Rick had called out as black cloud had formed above Dagon’s head as the lightning lanced out “ Feel The Power Of A True God! “. The others seemed shocked and awed while I focused my mind realizing I needed to try and slow the creature down if only for a moment so I cast a solid fog using the remainder of the very cloud created by Slick Rick which I realized might only contain it for moment but since we were all still hasted I also drew forth my thermal detonator and readied myself just in case my spell was dispelled. I also telepathically called out the others thru my telepathic link “Get ready everyone and throw your grenades we may not get another chance.”. As Dagon was encased within my solid fog I breathed a sigh of relief but I remained ready for I remember this was Emerald and it always seemed to be full of surprises. I was not proved wrong for while a few others had thrown grenades all to soon my solid fog spell was shattered and liquid bolts of light swirled and raced toward Slick Rick hurling him back but for the love of Aphrodite he was still alive but I could see only barely. Within the same moment the Associate became visible as it seemed he had been moving toward the Orb of Sight hoping to sneak past Dagon well I soon realized the creature possessed uncanny senses and not only clawed him but also struck him with one of its liquid light bolts which blasted the Associate back at least twenty feet into the deep clear underground miniature lake. Well that was my signal as I threw my thermal detonator which erupted in wave of which heat which I could seen had further damaged Dagon. I also realized another thing at the same time this was way too easy one of the servants must have been desperate and done something to call Dagon here early and what had arrived must have been a weaker manifestation of the true Dagon instead of Dagon itself for with the exception of the presence of the creature it did not seem tougher than the Smoke Dragon the Grey Guardians had transformed into or for that matter the Polyps. Either way everyone pressed the attack while Slick Rick transformed into an Earth Elemental and submerged into the earth in order to escape the wrath of Dagon while the Associate who I soon realized was not a swimmer almost drowned making it back to shore. For a moment I almost felt an urge to swim out and save him which I would have done if he had started to drown but he somehow was able to make it to shore. Lucky Ron had snapped out of the daze and hurled a thermal detonator while Mickey the Torch not only breathed his breath of flame but unleashed our last thermal detonator upon Dagon. Smiling Ed who had only moments before cast a spell which had made my beloved Dirty Anna more agile suddenly cast a sudden strike spell upon himself and fired his pistol right in eye of Dagon and if fell to the ground seemingly for the moment dead. The others continued to fire and I realized it was my time to make my move for the Orb of Sight and as I moved into the entrance of the dark cave I was unable to see beyond I bravely moved forward trusting my arcane sight to warn me of any hostile magic.

I am really going to have to learn to check my ego one of these days for the moment I had stepped thru the threshold of the cave I found myself in another reality. I looked around and I was in a natural grove of some kind and the entire area seemed composed of magic add that to the fact the vegetation was multicolored like something out of one of my drug induced dreams. Well while I at first might have thought it was an illusion I realized the first order of business was to see if this was an alternate reality bordering the one I had just left. I realize the complexities of my thoughts went far beyond that but the haste spell itself like a drug was accelerating my already potent intellect and I arrived at the solution to attempt a swift etherealness spell which would enable me to enter the ethereal plane which bordered prime material and if I had calculated correctly enable me to return to the cave. As I entered the ethereal plane I could see into a barrier behind me that was bright with evocation magic and I walked into it and emerged back in the cave where I could see the still fallen Dagon. While in this state while I could see and hear my companions within thirty feet there was no way for them to see or hear me I figured that Dirty Anna should been able to see me but she was not looking in my direction since emerged behind Dagon. What happened in the next few seconds I will never forget as I realized once again only on Emerald for the fallen body of Dagon which had just taken a shot from what could only be a bullet from Death Dealer laced with her eldritch energies ripped into its body and in the next instant a dark mystical bond was severed as I saw chaotic energies erupt from the body and as it did the energy had another dark dangerous effect a deafening live sucking blast of negative energy lashed out at everyone in the room. As the wave washed past me unable to harm me since I was on another plane of existence or Slick Rick still thankfully below the earth I said a silent prayer to Aphrodite to protect my friends and loved ones. While my prayers were answered a few of the members of Organization fell unable to withstand the dark energies. While the others including Dirty Anna and Starving Marvin scrambled trying and save the Agents a few more grenades suddenly were hurled into the room and of those who were already down only Ace remained alive. Within seconds we had just lost Louie the Lip, Sneaky Pete, Mongo, and Lefty while there was a mystical glow that surrounded both Sneaky Pete and Mongo who then vanished from the cave I could tell there would be no aid coming for Louie the Lip and Lefty. Just like that we had lost two of our aces both the Great Race and the Spirit of the Hyboria.

While still on the ethereal plane I had looked around and I could see that the Associate was up and about but he did look worse for wear which somehow seemed to be always the case whenever Dragonfirre engaged in battle. His gifts had not doubt saved him from both the dark energy blast as well as the grenades for while I was still angry with him for how he had treated me and the actions he had chosen to take afterward I did not want to see him dead. I had to admit though I was not sure if I could trust him anymore Dirty Anna had tried to reach him and had been rebuffed each time and he had started to do with me as well which made it all the more infuriating. I mean really who in the Abyss did the Associate think he was but an upstart Fey Changling and last member of Deth’Bes Oth’On a lowly ninja clan while I was in reality the Fey Ali’Ama Er’Odar the Shadow Beauty of the Winter World a Kelir and noble of the Unseelie Court. Alright while it’s true that I was keeping such knowledge as well as many other things from Dragonfirre it still infuriated me to realize that most men and women as well for that matter would fall all over themselves to even have the chance to look at me much less actually have me speak to them. Part of me was wondering why I had just not put a bullet from Widow Maker into his chest when I had had the chance and saved myself the mental anguish. I knew why because I had sworn my loyalty to Aphrodite and while I might be leaning toward the view of Ares regarding all things being fair in love and war for the moment I tried to convince the man I used to love who I now only referred to as my Associate was not an immediate and present danger. I still had no intention of being anywhere alone with him unless I had cast a glitterdust upon him first which would render all of his stealth related abilities useless for he was just that deadly more so than an Assassin to be sure. In reality it had more to do with the man I desired Mickey the Torch who had sworn to never aid him again in the past after a time when the Associate had questioned his judgment and the Associate’s continued threats upon his life. I could not really blame Mickey the Torch for his beliefs and while I could also understand the Associates view and while they were both headstrong men who both held to their beliefs the Associate should have know better. The Associate had claimed to love me and when I had scanned his thoughts I had found that fact to be true but I also realize while I am capable of loving many people at the same time and even doing whatever I need to do to show it regardless of how I might be seen. For while my relationship with my former beloved and Associate had been chaste I had been willing to wait as I was now waiting for Mickey the Torch who I was coming to love more each day but it seemed that the Associate was not willing to show how he cared about me to the world. I will be the first to admit I am not a person who shows public affection I have been trained to never give my feeling away lest my enemies gain an advantage over me as well as I consider myself polite and respectful of others but that is different from showing affection if someone I loved asked me to. While it’s true I have not asked for the Associate to show me anything lately and I won’t for he is not the only one with an Iron Will if he has a case he wants to make for my affection then he is going to have to plead it front of Dragonfirre and I do mean plead.

Again the haste spell seemed to speed things up to a phenomenal rate Smiling Ed pointed to something behind me that I could not see and within a moment Diamond Jim threw two grenades into the cave entrance which I knew was more than what it seemed and as one of the grenades was thrown back at him he rushed forward and vanished. Lucky Ron and Mickey the Torch both had run forward and vanished as well but from the looks of them they had been shot to pieces I could discern was not real since so I moved forward still ethereal and saw them all three of them safe within the grove and moved back out again before I myself was trapped with them. As I emerged back into the cave I saw that Dirty Anna had tried to turn her dispelling evocation against the cave entrance but instead I saw the magic drained away and her whisked away thru the portal. I could tell something was affecting her for she had been looking right at me and I could see her eyes glowing and she had looked right through me. As if Emerald had a dark sense of humor the Associate suddenly started walking right toward the entrance and while doing so transformed into a slightly attractive female and taking the hand of Hawkeye Allen and proceeded to walk thru the dimensional aperture. Even Swami Donnie who I had seen touch he hands to his head and while I was pretty sure he had done something to the mind of Dagon this time the use of his gift shot him right into the dimensional rift. Which only left a few Agents among them two of my current favorite Diamond Jim and Gizmo Dent as well as Slick Rick who was just emerging from the earth somewhat healed. As he moved toward me I was scanning the lake and the land seeking any clue mystical or otherwise that might choose to reveal itself. I found that there was still a jawbone that had survived the explosion of the manifestation of Dagon as well as what seemed to be bodies at the bottom of the lake about fifty feet down. Being amphibious I have always loved the water and while I rarely speak of it is one of my favorite places but now that only Slick Rick was around and I was considering examining the lake bed I was concerned about him being down their alone. I began to fill him in on the situation with the others and after I had explained the situation to him he came to the possible conclusion that the situation might have something to do with the bone of Dagon. I had a feeling while I really hoped that I was wrong that the reality that I had just entered was in reality a Realm with the Orb of Sight that we would have to eventually enter and exit once we had gained control of it from the inside. I also related to him as well as to the Organization Agents that the others were as far as I knew safe on the other side and we were working on figuring out was going on. I had projected my thought into the area of the rift trying to pierce the veil but I was unsuccessful. Well that would not be entirely true I reached something that sounded like darling Dirty Anna but upon continued conversation I realized it was something else trying to convince me to cast my strongest spell at it. I informed Slick Rick that since he was still in elemental form if he could check out the other side of the cave since when we had arrived it had seemed to be an entrance to a vast cavern as well as about the entity that seemed to be in the area of the rift. I asked him to take my wand of curing and hold on to it just in case which he did he then asked me to give him five minutes since he was going to try and move beyond my range and try and examine the cave from beyond the rift. While he was gone I suddenly felt the strained presence of Swami Donnie who seemed extremely far away it seemed the other and he had been focusing and he had managed to breach the barrier telepathically. I realized that while I had tried to fill him in with what we knew I tried to mainly focus on the fact that Slick Rick was examining the cave and would be back in five minutes while I was continuing to investigate the area of the cave where they had vanished and my theory that they might be within the Orb of Sight and to wait for me before they tried anything. Slick Rick returned informing me that there was no longer a cave to explore which left us to ponder the option of the jaw of Dagon for which we had considered summoning elementals to carry it out of the cavern. After a short discussion I realized that now looked like a good time to consult the Lamp of Al-Hazred but we were not going to do it within range of the rift or nexus or whatever it was really. We left the Agents to guard the cavern and ascended to near the surface where I withdrew the Lamp from my Backpack of Containment and consulted it on what it might know. It seemed that the continuums had diverged enough such that the only information the Lamp could provide was limited. Basically it was able to confirm that the rift was the Orb of Sight and that there were only two ways to free our companions. One rupture the Orb of Sight which would shatter it while at the same time killing our companions but transforming them into a state that we could resurrect. Second enter the Rift into the Realm with the Orb of Sight and locate a means to control the Orb and then we would all be able to exit. I of course had a third option but the many encounters of the day had put a severe drain on my magical abilities which would not recharge until I had the chance to rest so using my magic to free them via the Ethereal Plane was indeed limited and even at full strength it would take more than a day to accomplish. The Lamp was also able to inform me that the strange voices I had been hearing as well as the grenade attack had been nothing more than a defense mechanism of the Orb of Sight. It also confirmed that someone must have been fooling around with the settings and set off the defense mechanism which had caused the problem we were now facing. It even volunteered information about the beings in the ice at the bottom of the lake and informed us that they were Hyborians who had never been thawed out before. As I placed the Lamp back into my backpack I had only one more potential mystery and on final loose end to deal with. I had left my Thrall Leni back near the entrance to the cave and he had been able to watch everything and as I asked him what he thought of what was going on or if he knew what had happened to the others his response was not really to my liking. He confirmed the cultists had sacrificed themselves to summon Dagon and were no doubt all dead and if there were any Green Men still around they might be aquatic and in the lake. To top it all off he was laughing at the death of our Organization Agents and how our group had been split up after walking with our cocky attitude and right then I realized he had picked wrong day to say those words. I had drifted for a moment and I had noticed that Slick Rick had cast a spell and he informed me it would allow him to detect monetary treasure and he was able to detect a great deal of it in the waters below. He said he would be right back and I told him my secret for if I could not trust him than who could I trust. I realized that he was no doubt going to shape shift into a predatory mammal no doubt a shark but I chose that moment to reveal to him that I would cover him from the surface and stay in telepathic contact but if as he suspected something came to him underwater I would be down there in a blink of an eye and as an amphibious creature as it were breathing water or air are truly the same to me. I could tell I had surprised him and it felt good to do so but I only asked him if he could keep it to himself which he nodded to and then transformed and moved to the bottom of the lake. Meanwhile I had unfinished business with my Thrall Leni who was still finding humor in our current situation and I realized he had watched all of his friends die and I had just watched four of mind die as well and he was laughing. I had given him a command to just stand there and besides taking care of bodily functions he would stand there until he passes out and woke up to resume the same command that I had issued to his mind such was the power of my domination. Combined with power of my telepathy he was completely at my mercy which meant it was time to hear him scream as I had heard my friends and allies scream and I wanted to feel his anguish as his body and mind screamed as I put a bullet from my Colt M1911 into the back of his skull. I called the shadows to me and faded from view and as my zone of silence was still with me I move silently up behind him and pulled the trigger. It was beautiful as the bullet went in the back of his head and his face exploded in silence. I then kicked his useless corpse into a corner of the cave and waited for Slick Rick to return and as I waited I was once again contacted by Swami Donnie. He asked for an update and I informed him that with the aid of the Lamp we had confirmed that they were indeed within the Orb of Sight and the only safe way to rescue them was to come in and help them find a control inside the Realm. I of course gave them the other option regarding disrupting the Orb from the outside and resurrecting them later but since we did not happen to have a High Priest or Rod of Resurrection handy were had decided to vote against that option. Swami Donnie let me know that of our members had gotten lost or actually walked off and I figured if it was anyone it had been Mickey the Torch who while it bothered me I had learned could take care of himself. I informed him to just sit tight and we would join them but I was thinking about leaving his other Agents outside to guard the cave just in case. Swami Donnie informed me that he would prefer if we brought them in and I could sympathize for I realized he loved his men and so after confirming with Slick Rick I told him we would and to await our arrival. As I looked again on the rift Slick Rick and I had one last discussion it seemed that for the most part the people of whom he had counted twenty five were all trapped in ice and their faces were locked in terror which made perfect sense when you thought about it. We also both did not really want to enter the rift but in truth we could not leave our companions in there to try and solve whole affair without us. Slick Rick as I had always known realized the obvious without my intellect and his wisdom their chance were vastly diminished and I reassured him that I still had a way out in an emergency as long as we did not lose the location of our entry point. I asked for my wand back but before I took it from him I asked him if he was fully healed and he told me he had used two charges I asked him to use whatever he needed to be at full strength. It took nine charges from my wand to restore him to full health but in my mind I was not willing to risk him being struck by some creature within the Realm within the Orb of Sight and dying if there had been anything I could do about it. So as prepared as we were going to get I quickly brought the Organization Agents up to speed and we crossed into Realm within the Orb of Sight.

As we quickly emerged into the grove I could see Slick Rick gaining a feel for the land and to make sure we would not only know the area but also be able to return to this location if the time came. I will admit I had an ability to perform a similar spell but I was not going to use my limited remaining magical energies unless we were going to camp soon since the power the of nature spell I needed was of the strongest order that I could cast and I only had one such spell left until I had time to rest. I quickly looked everyone over to and telepathically asked everyone of they were all alright and if they had all been healed. Well it seemed those were the wrong thoughts to think for immediately you guessed it my Associate and my powerful Mickey the Torch started to have words. For it seemed that while everyone on else had been healed a least to at least half strength by the draconic aura of Mickey the Torch true to his word the Associate remained unhealed and he was not happy about it. My attention was drawn in that moment away from the turmoil of the situation as I focused on talking about what I had learned in more detail most specifically about some protective entity that could gain strength from magic that I had been sporadic contact with up into the moment we had entered. I then noticed something that was strange Dirty Anna had shrunk from her normal height to foxy petite little over five feet one version of herself. She informed me she had tried to assert her will magically over the Realm and had felt as she was about to break through but then lost track of what she had been seeking. She told me at first she had thought that the other had shrunk and I will admit just a little anger came over me for I thought for sure I had informed Swami Donnie to ask the others to wait. When I asked her why she had not waited she told me she was taking the advice of Lucky Ron which of course explained it. Sometimes like at the moment it really irritates me that my companions whenever I am gone start to think that they are the brains of the outfit. I had calmed myself and relaxed my mind with thoughts of Dirty Anna disrobed which was enough to enable me to snap my focus back to the drama unfolding between the Associate and Mickey the Torch. It seemed that the Associate was angry and accusing our priest and I was able to discern he was referring to Mickey the Torch and that without healing he would soon die. Lucky Ron tried to intervene for him and seemed willing to hold position until Slick Rick had time to rest and would be able to help heal him but the Associate seemed unwilling to discuss the matter further and started to fade from view meanwhile Slick Rick had assumed a lotus position and started to rest. I spoke to the fading Associate with both my mind and words informing him that if he cared to walk back into camp as Mickey the Torch had informed both Lucky Ron and I that he had left right before our eyes I would be willing to use my Wand of Curing to aid him if he wished. He responded “ I would but once we are alone and away from group.”. I informed Dirty Anna of the situation and I could not believe that he really believed that I would be spending any time alone with him as I realized he was really suffering delusions of grandeur. So I figured I would remind him of who he was talking to as I replied “ My Associate that is never going to happen! “, “So I advise that you come back into camp now!”. He then replied to me “Then this conversation is over!”. I was almost completely livid how dare he just stop responding to me and I sent back to him telepathically “That’s right whenever you say a conversation is over it’s over then so be it die for all I care!”. Alright perhaps I did not really mean that last comment but I am sure that Dirty Anna could tell I was fuming and was holding her tongue as well as her thoughts. I really wished she had said something for I really needed her advice but then I remembered her conflict were her own demons or actually more like devils. I realized she was secretly trying from time to time find a way wait for a situation to arise where she might be able to make a deal in exchange for someone’s soul. That woman is really lucky that I love her so otherwise I might had taken offense that she had tried in the past to bargain for the Associates soul but in truth I realized she was only trying to help him and I realized she did love me and would not have really hurt the Associate well unless he tried to hurt me first of course. While I had been fuming it seemed that Mickey the Torch was indeed the one who had gone scouting and found out quite a bit of information about the Realm within the Orb of Sight.

Based on the intelligence gained from Mickey the Torch who basically had located a farm nearby owned by an Ogre named Ralph that the area was overseen by a mysterious Duke Miller. He and Lucky Ron had been discussing moving out from the grove and moving to the farmhouse. I realized I could summon a shadow servant hoard which I could use to carry Slick Rick since he was already in a state of trance. Well while I was still discussing it concept suddenly Slick Rick eyes opened and he seemed anger and being disturbed. I smiled and bowed to him and informed him that I was only going to make the journey comfortable for him and he could continue to rest if he wished. He had rose with the grace of a gazelle and said he would walk and with that we continued on to the farmhouse about a mile away where we were met by Ralph a short Ogre who only stood around eight feet tall who seemed to be expecting us. Of course the Associate had once again gone off on his own which had really pissed me and Widow Maker off well and no I did not think that my new favorite weapon was talking to me. In reality I just feeling more Unseelie every day and truth be told the Unseelie Code was starting to sound better and better every day. I mean really the codes not that bad really for instance Change is good, Glamour is free, Honor is a lie, and Passion before duty. Now as opposed to the Seelie Code being Death before dishonor, Love conquers all, Beauty is life, and Never forget a debt can all be quite restrictive. So in that regard if I chose to allow Widow Maker to get know the Associate a little better if he ever decided to show up than perhaps might be a good thing. Well I might not go that far since people should be allowed to go out and explore their own passions after all and the Associate might just like to be alone. Sadly the only problem was that he knew so much about us that to just let him run free was dangerous and as glamour is and should be free perhaps his skills might be better served working directly for Swami Donnie I was sure was now hiring. In that case if the Associate refuses that offer and decides to believe the lie that is his honor then perhaps Widow Maker will see to it that he is never a husband or father. I realized that other things could very well happen as well but that would be up to Dragonfirre and Swami Donnie of the Organization. Meanwhile during my reverie Mickey the Torch had introduced himself as Mickey and Dragonfirre using our cover names and I was thrilled to see he was indeed learning his lessons well so it came to pass that we became for the duration Beauty, Ron, Mickey, Anna and Rick with a mention that we might have an Associate joining us later which actually showed me that as in the past it was not that Mickey the Torch hated the Associate it was more a matter of honor. So while I could understand the folly of both his and the Associates beliefs Mickey had not chosen to continually rebuke my advances which made me realize that he was capable of change which was really perhaps why he for the moment ranked higher on my pleasure scale. We were escorted by Ralph to a adjacent dwelling which had two large adjoining rooms and it seemed there would be a room for both Dragonfirre and the Organization. I have to note that the setting was one that was taking the Organization far from their comfort zone as the world seemed more in alignment with technology of and magic level of Hyboria as opposed to the technological and variant magic of Emerald. It seemed that there had been visitors to the Realm who had come from the same direction years ago when Ralph was small who wield weapons similar to one’s of Hyboria. Lucky Ron was kind of enough to confirm the look of our weapons with Ralph which served to give me an idea of what was going on and added another piece to our puzzle. I had noticed in the room on the widows there were mystical symbols around all of the window and when I had asked Ralph about them and the use of magic he had seemed aware of the concept and even added that the symbols were from his fiancé. It seemed that he was engaged and his wife had placed the wards in order to let other women know that he was a taken man. I inquired about the appearance of wife and he looked to me and Anna and said like us. I inquired as to what he meant and indicated by pointing to both myself and Anna if he saw a difference between us as he had responded us and he said basically human. I then moved our conversation on the my concerns about the so called Duke. The others had discussed in the past after I had explained about a nexus that we were looking for and they had deduced that perhaps the seat of power here might prove to be its source and as I was open to anything I did not find an issue with that logic but I also realized it could also be something completely inconspicuous so I was for sure going to keep my eyes open. As the others began to seem to relax and prepare to rest I had walked to nearby window and stared out in the field and my mind started to wander on the Associate, Dirty Anna and Mickey the Torch and I could not figure out if I wanted to screw formalities and just walk out the door and hunt down the Associate or rip Dirty Anna’s cloths off right there and start bringing her to climax hoping to finally drive Mickey the Torch as well as any of the others over the edge all in the name of pleasure.

So alright that moment I was not in the best state of mind and I was soon to find out why for my body was going thru a surge in power and if I had not been so distracted I might have been able to pinpoint the true source of my anguish. While my body finished it metamorphosis I felt more powerful and I realized that my urges to kill someone well alright the Associate were perhaps being driven more by my heart and that despite how much I wanted to believe I had gotten completely over him had I really? Now did that mean I was not likely to still pull Widow Maker on him when he returned well of course I would but I at least might be willing to ask a question first as opposed to the other way around. As far as satisfying my sexual hunger I might try a more subtle approach and try to find someplace more private for those willing to join me and my beloved Dirty Anna. For my hunger and anger had grown to such a level that I was either going to need multiple partners or a few unseen lovers to help me out. Since it had been longer than a day since I had last satisfied my urges I needed pleasure to help clear my mind of the darkness with light so that I would be able to focus on the matters at hand. Now the main matter that being figuring out the mystery of the Orb of Sight and gaining control of it needed to be my primary concern for as I had expected Emerald had never made it easy even for someone as beautiful and brainy as myself. I figured it was only a matter of time before I deduced the answer, Slick Rick intuitively arrived at the same conclusion or one of the others stumbled over it either way I knew Dragonfirre would prevail. Soon the Orb of Sight would be mine sorry ours and with it I planned I mean we would be able to use it and the Lamp of Al-Hazred to locate all of the other items on our list which was like myself a beautiful thing indeed if I do say so myself and of course I just did.