Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 20:11:53 -0400
 From: AJ Paquette <qotaku@istar.ca>  
 Subject: [FRPG]  Iya makes an entrance...

         Sleeping quite serenly on the wide branch of a tree, was Iya Yume.  She
 was stretched out in such a way that she resembled a large jungle cat.
 A
 cheek rested upon her crossed arms.  The slightest trace of a smile on
 her
 lips as she dreamed.
         Breathing in deeply, Iya fluttered her eyes open.  She remained lying
 on
 her branch and sighed.  She smiled and began to stretch.
 First she arched her body along the branch, widening her fingers out and
 clawing the tree bark slightly.
 Secondly she arched her back upwards, her large wings also went up,
 entangling themselves in the branches above.
         Iya growled, 'If I had to have wings, why did they have to be so big?'
 she
 thought.  She spent several moments flapping her wings in order to
 untangle
 them.  When she finally did, Iya sat up on her branch, closed her eyes
 and
 breathed in the fresh air.
         Iya's eyes widened, someone was in _her_ forest!  Iya snarled and
 lowered
 her head.
         'How dare they!'
         Iya then leaped from tree to tree, tracking down the scent.

         Iya hid herself within the leaves of some great aging tree.  She peered
 downward to spy a trio of humans.
         Iya glared at them and began to study each.
 Two men and a woman.
 The younger man of the three, looked strong.  Perhaps he would pose as a
 formitable opponent.
 The other man may also prove tough.  Best not fight either of them
 outright.
 But the young lady, she maybe just what Iya needed.  She walked with a
 staff, perhaps a sign of weakness.
 Of corse, Iya was not stupid.  She knew that the staff could be used as
 a
 weapon, or the girl may also be an excellent fighter.  Looks can be
 decieving.  Still, the girl was her best chance.
         Iya shrugged off the fact that the girl and the older man wore clothing
 that Iya had not seen before.  Perhaps a new style, or they were from a
 country farther away than any other trespasser that had travelled into
 her
 woods.
         Spreading open her wings, Iya glided down in back of the trio.  She put
 on
 her cloak, and pulled the hood up. Then she turned and grabbed the girl
 from behind.  Taking out her sword, she held it up to the girl's throat.
         The girl let out a sharp gasp of surprise.  The two men turned at the
 sound.
         Putting on her meanest face, Iya glared at them.  In a low and
 threatening
 voice she said, "Throw down all weapons you carry and give me any food
 rations you have.  If you do not, I shall not be held fully responsible
 for
 what happens to this girl."

 Amanda
 (The Queen Otaku)

 qotaku@istar.ca