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"What happened?" You ask puzzled. "They have magic, they will help us well." Nick says. "Well, what does this one say?" You ask. Nick unfolds the paper and looks at it. "It makes no sense." He says. "Let me see?" You ask. "Jeff, I am here. I can help you too. Trust your instincts. Here is the next line 'From you we will have no fear.' Love Dad" "It's from my father, how did he get here? Where is he? Is he okay?" You ask frantically. "He is here because you need him, but he's not really here. He is inside of you. With all the magic and powers around here, you are pulling him out." Nick explains. "Do you have any cheeseburgers inside, that you could pull out, I'm really getting hungry." David jokes. "What about the potion?" You ask. "It just says 'Sweets'." Nick says.
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"Do we eat it?" You ask. "I don't think so. I've never heard of a potion that you drink. There are some that you feed to others, like to poison them." Nick tells you. "Yea, 'excuse me Mr. Warlock will you please eat this potion called 'sweets' and die.' Oh, I see this working." You say sarcastically. "I don't think that will work." Nick says seriously. You and David laugh. "I was kidding." "Let's go. The quicker we get done the quicker we will eat." Nick says. There are two doors, the one you came through, to the East, and a door to the South. "Well we don't have much of a choice this time, we can go out the door to the South or we could go out the door to the South." Says David. "Let's make it the door to the South." You add. Go to page 121.
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You enter a small room, that is black as pitch. All of the sudden the floor disappears and you begin to fall down a shoot. "Hey Nick, try to keep your foot on." You yell, remembering the last shoot you went down. "Oh man, what's that smell?" Ask David. "Everything down here smells, I don't smell anything different." As soon as you finish saying that it hit's you. "Whoa, it smells like an outhouse, only worse!" You say trying not to breath. "Well it only seems right, if ghouls eat they must......." Nick doesn't get to finish because you all fall into (you know what,) up to your necks. There is a ledge around the poop pit, with large pipes in it. As you are swimming over to the ledge. You see something swimming after David. "David, hurry there is something behind you." You holler. Nick is already on the ledge when you get there. You get the stick out of your backpack and through it at the thing following David.
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"Ouch, why did you do that." A voice from pit called. "I didn't do anything to you." David is on the ledge now, and the three of you are watching the thing as it stands up. It's 10 feet tall and has two heads. "Welcome to my home. I guess you are going to try to break the spell, and kill the Warlock?" He asks, and without waiting for an answer he begins to tell his story. "I was one of the first to come here. My name is Wedom and I am a time mender. My quest was to close the rip in time and get home. We didn't know that the Warlock didn't come from this time that we are now in, but we did know that he was not from our time. Repairing the rip would be easy, if the Warlock were dead. But with him alive I wouldn't have enough time. You must kill him, then all the spells will be broken, and we can all be free. I will be able to fix the rip and your world will be safe. But be warned you are not the first to come here. There are many lost souls from many different worlds. Be careful and always go the opposite way of the clock. Choose your path wisely and you'll always go the right way." And with that warning the creature goes back under. There is a pipe on your right and one on your left. Which will you take? Left...page 63 Right...page 69
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Congratulations! You've made it to the house! The three of you have made it through the worst of it, or have you??? The house has 7 rooms. Each room may have a weapon and some kind of supplies that will be needed to get you through the rest of the house. To kill the Warlock you will need to cast a spell to send him to the Neverness. There will be parts of the spell in each room. You must keep track of the spell, without the spell in the proper order it will not work and the Warlock will kill you. The rooms are color coded so you can make a map as you go to keep track of where you have been. Or to help you next time, just in case you loose your way and die. The small stairway in the center of the house is the only way to get to the Warlock. Be sure you have everything from the house, or you will certainly die. Go to page 151.
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You open the door and walk into another dark room, your fingers light up the room fairly well, but they don't light up the edges of the room. "What's that?" You ask, you hear it again, it sounds like someone or something moaning. "Shhh, it sounds like more than one." Cautions David Weapons drawn, the three of you slowly walk towards one of the walls. You see the reflection of something on the wall, and you jump back. "It looks like a trophy, like a mounted deer's head." Nick tells you. You all go closer to get a better look. "Gross, it is a trophy, but they are from elves and this one is ....." you stop, you can't believe your eyes, "it's, it's a person!" You almost scream. You try to turn your eyes away, but for some reason you can't. "It moved, it moved! I swear I saw it move." You say. "Help me, you must help us." It was the head, it was talking to you.
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"Did you hear that?" You ask, turning to see David and Nick looking at the other walls. "This wall is filled with legs, and they are moving." Says David. "And this one has all arms." Says Nick. "Ick, that means the rest of the body must be on this wall." David says, moving close enough to light up the wall. The wall is filled with torsos. "Help us." It begged again. One of the hands motioned for Nick to come to it. Nick went closer. The hand pointed to a small box on the floor. "The elves left this for us?" Nick asked. "Yes." Answered the bodiless head from across the room. Nick opens the box. Inside is a potion marked 'Essence of Cat'. "'Essence of Cat', I wonder what this is for?" Mumbles Nick. "What did you say?" Asks David.
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"The bottle says 'Essence of Cat'. Here there is a piece of paper in here also." Nick hands you the paper still staring at the potion. You open the paper and look at it.
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"I can't read this. Nick is something wrong, you are acting weird. Well, weirder than before. What's wrong with the cat potion?" You ask. "It's not a potion, it is essence." Nick tries to explain. "Whatever." Says David. "What's the big deal?" "That means everything that is 'cat' is in here. Only a Magic User of great powers could do this. And only a Magic User of great powers should use it. I don't think I have the powers to use it." Nick explains. "Then let's hope that we don't need it." You say handing the note back to Nick. "I still don't know how to read Elfin." "Before the setting of the sun, these few things must be done. the monsters, trolls and hobgoblins must be beaten. You must survive the dungeons, and not be eaten. The house level is to gather clues and power. You must say the spell before the 7th hour.
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Keep track of the lines to the spell. Put them all in order, and all will be well. Line #3 'Our courage and strength has brought us here.'" The heads start to moan very loud, like they were in pain. "What's wrong?" You ask. "Run, quickly. He is coming. Can't you feel the pain? The closer he gets, the more it hurts. Ahhh...." The heads scream. There are three doors. The one you came through is to the East. Door to the West. Page 128 Door to the South. Page 184 The heads are screaming so loud you can't hear each other. Their hands and feet are pounding on the wall. There is blood and pus oozing out from around their mountings. Quickly you make a decision and run through the door.
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You are in a small room with a spiral staircase. Looking up you see that the staircase goes up into blackness. "Lights on." You command. Nothing happens. "What's up?" "The Warlock's magic is to strong here for my magic to work. We must rely on the magic of others now. All of our magic together will kill the Warlock, I hope." Nick says. Nick takes the lead and heads up the steps. You and David follow closely. "When do you think we will get to the top of the stairs?" You ask after climbing them for twenty minuets. "Soon, I hope. Our time is running out." Nick answers. "How close to the seventh hour are we?" David asks. "I don't know." Says Nick. "Let's take a brake." Sitting down on a step, you turn to David, and see that the steps behind him are disappearing.
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"Quick! Run, the steps are disappearing!" You yell as you get up to run. The faster you run the faster the steps disappear. "I've got it, here is a door." Nick says opening it. "I've been waiting for you." Said the Warlock. The room is filled with trolls, hobgoblins and monsters. "Get them, but don't damage them, I need their essence." The Warlock commanded. "What now?" Asks David as he starts to fight the trolls. "Use your ring, call the forces." You remind Nick. "Great. 'Forces far, forces near, help us now, come right here.'" Commands Nick. Instantly the room is filled with good guys. All of the beings that came before, elves, humans, animals, and even the Time mender Wedom were there. "Get the spell. We will take care of them." One says to Nick. The good beings, still in there hideous forms, are fighting and winning.
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Only the largest most horrible monster still lives, and it has eaten many of the good guys. There are two ways to have gathered the spell. Only one was right. Is the spell.... Our courage and strength has brought us here, from you we will have no fear. From everyone before us, we call their powers. The Warlock will be gone before the 7th hour. To the Neverness you must go, our friends and our powers will make it so. Go to page 194 If the spell is.... From everyone before us, we call their powers. The Warlock will be gone before the 7th hour. Our courage and strength has brought us here, from you we will have no fear. To the Neverness you must go, our friends and our powers will make it so. Go to page 191
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Congratulations! You've made it to the house! The three of you have made it through the worst of it, or have you??? The house has 7 rooms. Each room may have a weapon and some kind of supplies that will be needed to get you through the rest of the house. To kill the Warlock you will need to cast a spell to send him to the Neverness. There will be parts of the spell in each room. You must keep track of the spell, without the spell in the proper order it will not work and the Warlock will kill you. The rooms are color coded so you can make a map as you go to keep track of where you have been. Or to help you next time, just in case you loose your way and die. The small stairway in the center of the house is the only way to get to the Warlock. Good luck.....You'll need it. Go to page 88.
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You run through the West door with out slowing down. David slams the door behind him. It's like you are standing outside. This room is full of green plants and has windows all around the it, and the skylight in the ceiling is broken out. It is storming outside and the rain is coming through the skylight like someone was dumping a bucket out. "Look, my fingers don't go out even in the rain. But I can't see very well, the rain is dark." Says David. "I'm going to try to rinse all the disgusting things off of what's left of my coat, and out of my hair. We are all ready wet, we might as well be clean." You say. "Yea, but if we rinse the smell off, He might be able to find us." Nick warns. "We don't seem to have a choice, the rain is coming down so hard we are all ready clean." Says David. "This does feel good, it's even warm." You say turning you face into the rain to feel the warmth. You open your mouth to drink the water when David screams. "It's blood!!! Jeff the rain is blood!"
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Just then a flash of lightning lights up the sky and you see hundreds of trolls, men, elves and other critters that you can not identify, hanging from a very high ceiling with blood pouring from their bodies. "This is too gross. I'm out of here!" You yell trying to spit the blood out of your mouth. "We don't have the clue yet." David reminds you. "How are we supposed to find it here? There is six inches of blood on the floor." You ask. "Let me try a spell, I have to make it up to fit the circumstances." Nick says. "Got a problem Nick?" You ask after a few seconds. "Yea, what rhymes with together?" Nick asks. "Feather." Answers David. "I guess that will do." Nick says as he begins his spell.
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"Room of blood, and bodies above, come together, be light as a feather. Blood return to your bodies, bodies except your blood. Heal the bodies, fill them with life. Do it quickly, do everything right." Within seconds the blood is flying quickly up to the hanging bodies. Bodies start to float down to the floor. "Thank you." One whispers. "The danger of what you have just done is great. The Warlock will know we are no longer dead and will come here. We can help you, we will split up and go many different ways. The Warlock will not know which group you are in. He will send his trolls to follow us, but there are more of us than them. This time, with your help we will win. Even if some of us die, when you kill the Warlock, if you kill him by the 7th hour, we will all return to our homes, and our worlds will be saved." "The line, do you know where the line is?" You ask. "It is here." He says handing you a piece of paper, and another potion. "Good luck, and good bye." You turn to hand them both to Nick, and when you turn back around they are gone.
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"What happened?" You ask puzzled. "They have magic, they will help us well." Nick says. "Well, what does this one say?" You ask. Nick unfolds the paper and looks at it. "It makes no sense." He says. "Let me see?" You ask. "Jeff, I am here. I can help you too. Trust your instincts. Here is the next line 'From you we will have no fear.' Love Dad" "It's from my father, how did he get here? Where is he? Is he okay?" You ask frantically. "He is here because you need him, but he's not really here. He is inside of you. With all the magic and powers around here, you are pulling him out." Nick explains. "Do you have any cheeseburgers inside, that you could pull out, I'm really getting hungry." David jokes. "What about the potion?" You ask. "It just says 'Sweets'." Nick says.
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"Do we eat it?" You ask. "I don't think so. I've never heard of a potion that you drink. There are some that you feed to others, like to poison them." Nick tells you. "Yea, 'excuse me Mr. Warlock will you please eat this potion called 'sweets' and die.' Oh, I see this working." You say sarcastically. "I don't think that will work." Nick says seriously. You and David laugh. "I was kidding." "Let's go. The quicker we get done the quicker we will eat." Nick says. There are two doors, the one you came through, to the East, and a door to the South. "Well we don't have much of a choice this time, we can go out the door to the South or we could go out the door to the South." Says David. "Let's make it the door to the South." You add. Go to page 81
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You are back in the yellow spell room that you started in. Nick walks over to the spell book. "Jeff, you're not going to like this." Nick says. "What's up?" You ask. "The last thing on the list. The essence of three brave and resourceful beings. It's checked off." "This is not good." David adds. "We have the spell, and we know he is in the center of the house." You begin. "So we need to go through the North door, and we have him." "Are we ready?" Nick asks. "No." You and David say at the same time. The three of you slowly walk towards the North door. Go to Page 141
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The room is dark but your fingers light up the room fairly well, but they don't light up the edges of the room. "Hey, David, have some lights." Nick says as he lights up David's fingers. "What's that?" You ask, you hear it again, it sounds like someone or something moaning. "Shhh, it sounds like more than one." Cautions David. Weapons drawn, the three of you slowly walk towards one of the walls. You see the reflection of something on the wall, and you jump back. "It looks like a trophy, like a mounted deer's head." Nick tells you. You all go closer to get a better look. "Gross, it is a trophy, but they are from elves and this one is ....." you stop, you can't believe your eyes, "it's, it's a person!" You almost scream. You try to turn your eyes away, but for some reason you can't. "It moved, it moved! I swear I saw it move." You say. "Help me, you must help us." It was the head, it was talking to you.
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"Did you hear that?" You ask, turning to see David and Nick looking at the other walls. "This wall is filled with legs, and they are moving." Says David. "And this one has all arms." Says Nick. "Ick, that means the rest of the body must be on this wall." David says, moving close enough to light up the wall. The wall is filled with torsos. "Help us." It begged again. One of the hands motioned for Nick to come towards it. Nick went closer. The hand pointed to a small box on the floor. "The elves left this for us?" Nick asked. "Yes." Answered the bodiless head from across the room. Nick opens the box. Inside is a potion marked 'Essence of Cat'. "Oh, this is great, we have our first potion and we can't read it." You say. "It's 'Essence of Cat'. Can't you read Elfin? This must have been left here by Elves that aren't completely under the Warlocks spell."
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Nick explains. "'Essence of Cat', I wonder what this is for?" Mumbles Nick. "What did you say?" Asks David. "The bottle says 'Essence of Cat'." Nick says, staring at the potion. "Nick is something wrong, you are acting weird. Well, weirder than before. What's wrong with the cat potion?" You ask. "It's not a potion, it is essence." Nick tries to explain. "Whatever." Says David. "What's the big deal?" "That means everything that is 'cat' is in here. Only a Magic User of great powers could do this. And only a Magic User of great powers should use it. I don't think I have the powers to use it." Nick explains. "Then let's hope that we don't need it." You say handing the note back to Nick. "It has our names on it, It says 'Jeff, David and Nick' on the cover." Nick unfolds it and reads you the rest.
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"If you have made it this far, you may have a chance. Always think of all your clues when deciding which way to go. You have no second chances. We will help you when we can. This is the third line of the spell. You must get all six lines to the spell, and read them in order. This is the only way to kill the Warlock. 'Our courage and strength has brought us here.' There is only one way out of this room. Choose the right way or you will surly die. Good luck, you'll need it." "Let's put the paper and the potion in my backpack." You suggest. The heads start to moan very loud, like they were in pain. "What's wrong?" You ask. "Run, quickly. He is coming. Can't you feel the pain? The closer he gets, the more it hurts. Ahhh." The heads scream. There are three doors out of the room. The door you are facing is to the South. There is also one to the East and West . Which will you take?
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"The right choice, how do we know which is right?" You ask. "I don't know." Answers Nick. Door to the West. Page 166 Door to the South. Page 133 Door to the East. Page 176 The heads are screaming so loud you can't hear each other. Their hands and feet are pounding on the wall. There is blood and pus oozing out from around their mountings. Quickly you make a decision and run through the door.
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"Off!" Commands Nick, and with that all lit fingers went out. You are standing in a room with blue walls. There's a door to the North, a door the West and a door to the South-West. There is no ceiling, the walls seem to go up forever. The room is also very bright, even though there are no lamps. There is a table in the center of the room. It has a small bottle of liquid, and a piece of paper. You try to read the bottle, it says "bat repellent". "It's 'Bat repellent'". Nick explains, he shivers as he hands you the note. You open the paper and look at it.
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