From: elemcbride@aol.com (EleMcBride)
Date: 30 May 1998 11:34:57 EDT
A fist fell upon the desk of the young scribe, and when he looked up his eyes beheld an irritated redhead.
"I want m' name changed!"
The young man looked quite startled. The tip of his pencil broke from nervousness, not used to wild women standing in front of his work spot... the droop the curve of her shirt made provided a little aid in the action, also.
"Uhm, ma'am... I'm, uh, sorry. Names are names... it's not the kind of thing I can just wing up and change. Perhaps you'd be interested in a brochure about fire ins--"
Elle began to rave, cutting his words short.
"Do ye e'en -understand- how awful it is te hear yer name pronounced a sound short? Jeff does it all th' time." As if the poor scribe had any idea who this Jeff was, or more fondly, JeF. "An' he's e'en gotten a lil' club started with Amal, that wench. She's a wonderful friend an' all, but I canna take it anamore!" Nimble hands raised, yanking on her hair.
"I do not -want- te be Ele! Fix it, fix it, fix it! NOW!" The last word came as a roar, and the widow's peak of the scribe fluttered up.
Spence, as the name-tag read, turned to his immense filing cabinet and wrenched open the middle drawer, muttering incoherencies all the while.
"Name, please, ma'am?"
"Elle. Elle McBride."
Shuffling sounds from inside the cabinet.
"Ahhh, here we are, Ms. McBride. What exactly is the problem," his eyes skimmed over the first name before continuing, "Ele?"
Teeth clench. "That, my good man, is the problem. I want another 'L' put in my name." She leaned forward, white knuckles grasping each side of his desk as the oscillating fan whirred the nearby window.
A few scribbles, signatures, choice words, and verifications occured in the following hour.
What's in a name?
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From: ellemcbrde@aol.com (ElleMcBrde)
Date: 30 May 1998 13:18:31 EDT
Pride gleamed in those lovely emeralds of hers as she spied the new certificate that verified her name being spelled with a double letter, the correct one at that.
"It's beautiful, Spence."
An odd look was illicited from the scribe, whose rolling chair retreated about a foot at the woman's surprising emotions.
"Well, uh, that's my job, ma'am. If you'll excuse me..." He spun back to his papers, engrossing himself in what looked to be a very important document.
Elle, ecstatic with her new officiation, skip-stepped from the cramped office... and somewhere, way out in the distance, an angel broke a harp string.
*TWANG*.
Date: 30 May 1998 13:18:31 EDT
Pride gleamed in those lovely emeralds of hers as she spied the new certificate that verified her name being spelled with a double letter, the correct one at that.
"It's beautiful, Spence."
An odd look was illicited from the scribe, whose rolling chair retreated about a foot at the woman's surprising emotions.
"Well, uh, that's my job, ma'am. If you'll excuse me..." He spun back to his papers, engrossing himself in what looked to be a very important document.
Elle, ecstatic with her new officiation, skip-stepped from the cramped office... and somewhere, way out in the distance, an angel broke a harp string.
*TWANG*.
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From: cygnetsera@aol.com (CygnetSera)
Date: 30 May 1998 14:20:09 EDT
The harp string snapped and popped poor Cyggy in the cheek.
"Ouch"
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Date: 30 May 1998 14:20:09 EDT
The harp string snapped and popped poor Cyggy in the cheek.
"Ouch"
Cygnet Seraphin
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Keeper of the Queue, ad call, DoS
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Veteran, Jade Gryphons, TDL
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From: joaknshld@aol.com (J Oaknshld)
Date: 30 May 1998 15:50:00 EDT
::The war would continue, oh yes. With newly acquired Amal as his primary soldier the tide was turning. New patrons coming the arena that night, such as Andrew's wife Jillian were calling her Ele for they thought it was her true name. Yes the war would go on as Jeff was winning. Ele's tricks could not save her, it was too late, the Joker had grown too strong::
::In the quiet halls of the basement arena, not a soul was present, but had there been an ear to listen, you would hear only.......laughter::
<weg> Muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Date: 30 May 1998 15:50:00 EDT
::The war would continue, oh yes. With newly acquired Amal as his primary soldier the tide was turning. New patrons coming the arena that night, such as Andrew's wife Jillian were calling her Ele for they thought it was her true name. Yes the war would go on as Jeff was winning. Ele's tricks could not save her, it was too late, the Joker had grown too strong::
::In the quiet halls of the basement arena, not a soul was present, but had there been an ear to listen, you would hear only.......laughter::
<weg> Muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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