Zachary deals with his shame

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From: zachrywulf@aol.com (ZachryWulf)
Date: 17 May 1998 11:57:07 EDT

Zach awoke in a cold sweat. He had failed the night before in the dueling arena. He had failed all men that duel in that austere location. It kept rolling over in his mind; twice he had just about made Master at Arms only to have it snatched from him by his lovely wife twice. He had truly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. How? He wondered can I make this up to his friends.
Suddenly he remembered the railings he had watched Elle utterly destroy as she had entered arena. That sight will never leave his troubled mind ‘smile, swing Crack! smile swing CRACK! Smile swing CRACK!’ He knew it had been an accident on her part and thought to himself. "Self! If we go over and repair the railing as best we can, we will be showing a kindness to everyone that goes there. We will also be making reparations to AJay who we were
shamed by for our disgusting failure." Zach got out of bed and headed over to the dueling arena to effect his repair.
On the way, he grabbed saplings and cut them to use as splints. When he arrived, there was no one around at all so he lit a lantern and went to work. He still had a large amount of Duck tape left over from his last munitions job. Using small pieces of tape he attached the saplings and then began wrapping them. When he was completed he stood back to view his handy work. "There that looks much sturdier and a bundle of sticks is much stronger
than just the original railing. Elle comes here a lot so this will keep it from happening again I hope"
The railings were much thicker now about eighteen inches each. They also looked padded and round. Zach left the arena and went back home finally getting his much needed sleep.
Zach awoke in a cold sweat. He had failed the night before in the dueling arena. He had failed all men that duel in that austere location. It kept rolling over in his mind; twice he had just about made Master at Arms only to have it snatched from him by his lovely wife twice. He had truly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. How? He wondered can I make this up to his friends.
Suddenly he remembered the railings he had watched Elle utterly destroy as she had entered arena. That sight will never leave his troubled mind ‘smile, swing Crack! smile swing CRACK! Smile swing CRACK!’ He knew it had been an accident on her part and thought to himself. "Self! If we go over and repair the railing as best we can, we will be showing a kindness to everyone that goes there. We will also be making reparations to AJay who we were
shamed by for our disgusting failure." Zach got out of bed and headed over to the dueling arena to effect his repair.
On the way, he grabbed saplings and cut them to use as splints. When he arrived, there was no one around at all so he lit a lantern and went to work. He still had a large amount of Duck tape left over from his last munitions job. Using small pieces of tape he attached the saplings and then began wrapping them. When he was completed he stood back to view his handy work. "There that looks much sturdier and a bundle of sticks is much stronger
than just the original railing. Elle comes here a lot so this will keep it from happening again I hope"
The railings were much thicker now about eighteen inches each. They also looked padded and round. Zach left the arena and went back home finally getting his much needed sleep.


Zachary Wûlfgar
§ Wolfen §

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From: khrystawlf@aol.com (KhrystaWlf)
Date: 17 May 1998 19:28:09 EDT

Wanders into the arena, softly humming to herself. She takes a few things to the DoS offices for Thorn and Helix to look at, and on her way out she can't help but notice the *repair* job on the railing around the rings.
"Hmmmmm.... that ugly grey tape looks remarkably like what Zach has stacked in the bedroom closet. I wonder......" She shakes her head as she immediately dismisses the idea. "No.... that couldn't be something he did. The workmanship is too shoddy."
She once again surveys the bundled sticks and ugly tape that is supposed to be the new railing, then turns to go. From the arena landing she can see the light glinting off the grey tape, and she pauses yet again......
"I wonder............" She walks off shaking her head, laughing softly to herself.

((Author's note from Khrys and Zach: Please feel free to notice the repair work in the arena if you're so inclined. This is not a closed thread. Comments welcome.. ::Grins wickedly::))