The Mystic Stables
THE COPSE - MONGO'GERI'S JOINT
You part the thin veil of purple, leafy vines and peer in cautiously, remembering the warnings you have heard about the Leagus who supposedly lifes within the clearing ahead. Poking your head into the open space, you see and hear nothing at first...until the beating of large wings comes slowly into eyeshot. You step farther into the mysterious Leagus' lair and come up short as you look around, taking in the mound of junk all around.
In one pile there must be over a hundred wallets, billfolds and purses, all with papers sticking out, money, tubes of lipstick and a plethora of other such personal items that were taken along with the purses. A much smaller pile to the side glitters with the sheen of gold and silver and you move over to it, inspecting the various pieces of jewelry there. All of it is fake, costume jewelry that would hold little value. But behind this pile you see a little treasure chest. Reaching over the mount of fake metals, you flip the lid open, exposing a glittering mess of jewels and real precious metals and stones. You are reaching in to touch the treasures when a loud thump sounds behind you! A weight hits your shoulder, yanking you back and spinning you around until in your dizziness and surprise you fall with a jarring WHUMP! to the ground...
Shaking your head to clear it, you look up to your assailant and find the mysterious Leagus that you sought in the first place staring defiantly back at you, eays slitted in anger and mouth curved maliciously....
You take in the appearance of the huge Leagus, its deep blue hair with a streak of shining rainbow color. It's light copper horns and hooves, glinting in the dim purpled light. The silvery swirl of its eyes and the light green mottle of its fur....GREEN!!! Never before in your existance have you seen a green Leagus! You thought it was a genetic impossibility! You stare wide-eyed at the large creature and you hear it begin to laugh in a high voice at you. In an instant your anger returns and you demand to know why the Leagus it laughing so!
"Oh fah goodnez sake!" The Leagus continues to laugh around its words, speaking in a light Australian accent. He calms down in time for you to make your demand again, along with a call for the Leagus to identify himself. "Well well well, I say! Ya' shouldn'a been touchin' my stuff now shouldja?" He smiles and settles on the grass, motioning for you to sit as well, and you plop down onto the ground again. "I'm Mongo'Geri, an', as ya can see by ya explorations so fah, I live up to me name!" He goes onto explain that he was named after one of the Mistress Azrielen's favorite characters from the musical "Cats," Mongojerrie the Catburglar Cat. "Jus' like that there kitty, I'm an accomplished petty-theif and proud of't! Tha's right! An' I'm pretty flexible too! I can do jus' about anythin' I set me mind too, a real sorta jack-of-all-trades, ya' know?!" Mongo' seems exceedingly proud, smiling and laughing. He goes on to explain how he came to live with Azrielen. It seems the Mistress had at one time entered a drawing contest were she was to draw a picture of a Leagus and submit it. Well, her picture just happened to win fourth place in the contest, and her prize was a choice stallion from a whole group of wild Leagi, some of them mutants! He explains that this is why his coloration is so unnatural.
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You ask why he steals things like all the wallets and jewelry, and he just smiles. "I thin' they call't some sort 'a cleptomaniacality or somethin' like that. Personally, I jus' like a challenge ever' now an' then! Plus, some of this'll fetch a nice little price and I can give the money to Miss Az, 'cause after all, this isn' an inexpensive little service she does for us! She needs all the help she can get, an' when the donations are low, there's always a little bitta black trade that can do some good! 'Sides, I only steal from the rich'uns down inna town. They don' need none'a this stuff anyways." He smiles again, but this time it is heartwarming, and he seems to be struck by and idea. |
"Didja hear? There's a festival goin' on down in Dragonspyrit's realm...the Festival Of The Harvest Moon. And its kindly, all done up fall-like and fetchin'. And my Creata, Myrror, she's makin' some very special creatures for the Fextival. One of 'em might just come over here ta live! There's SO much I could teach another...more open-minded...Leagus!" He grins wickedly as he ushers you out, but you begin to see this Leagus that you had only thought of as a sly little thief in a totally different light. "G'day, mate! An' all the peace innna world to ya'! Wish us luck for that Festival thin'!" is his farewell as you look around for an exit. You see the path from which you came, that would lead you back to Zos~Walai's Clearing, and there is another path ahaed in the form of thich vines leading upward through the cieling of thick vines, back into the UpperCopse...perhaps more creatures await above! You can feel there presence, drawing you upward on the vines....
Or you could just opt for the last path, a thin, tight enclosed path leading out of the Copse into the green verdance of the Mystic Stables beyond.....
Though you can see almost nothing through the thick foliage, you remember the directions from your journey through the Mystic Meadows. Onward to the NorthWest is the verdant and shining green of the many Sha Fields, while going back out the way you came will take you back toward the Equaritha Fields.....
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