Posted by Alyson on 4/30/2008, 11:37 pm, in reply to "Re: An Unwanted Encounter continued..."
"ALYSON!" cried the Swordsman in both surprise and relief, "It's good to see you too! So what's wrong? Why did you and Willow Bark take a jump out of your window together? And where is the Ranger exactly anyway?"
"Ah, hell, that wasn't Willow that jumped out of the window, it was a doppleganger. Willow has been kidnapped," Alyson paused only to chug down a glass of wine she snatched on her way through the inn, "Two, Venger demands that we vacate the city. He thinks we're going to wreck havoc here like we did in the Forest of Glimmers."
"Venger may be right," confessed the Swordsman, "We may have to wreak unholy hell here just to find Willow and Neven if someone has gone to the trouble of employing a Doppleganger to stand-in for one of our friends. But at the moment, the Dark Lord is the least of our problems."
"Wait a minute, Neven is missing to?" quipped the elementalist with a puzzled look on her face. "I don't know if Venger is the least of our problems, Irzen, he acted like he was up to something himself. As if he REALLY wants us to leave...so he can...," the elementalist trailed off.
High Lord Irzen stared at The Elementalist intently and grabbed her shoulders, "Alyson, I need you to answer this question and do so honestly because everything we do from this point onward depends upon your response. Does the Doppleganger know that you know that he is NOT the real Willow Bark?"
"I think so. He was saying words to me like, 'My liege' and he definitely was off on his timing. I even asked what was wrong with him and he stared at me with a blank look," Alyson threw her hands up in the air.
