From: "Larry Lo" <llarry@infinet.net>  
  Subject: A time alone
  Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 18:31:52 -0700

  The night stars were shinning beautifully as Wataru creaped further into
  the forest, away from the campsite.  It was a dark, but coldly, clear
  night.

  ::"I'm gonna take a walk, Chuin.  I need to clean this stuff off and a
  chance to get myself to sleep."
  Chuin:"Alright, but be careful."
  <Nodding>"Keep an eye on things."  <Turning to Bubbles>"Bubbles?"
  Bubbles:"Zzzz."<Bubbles' fork tongue flapped, as a few bubbles came
  out of his month and popped silently>
  "Bubbles.."::

  Wataru was now walking as silently as a cat.  This was how he was
  trained to walk at night. Silent yet graceful, he avoided every twig,
  leaf, pebble, anything that might give away his location.

  ::Alone at last.  I can finally think.  <sigh>  This world is strange.
  Ever since I have landed here, I can feel things.  See things more
  differently then I use to.  Take my current surroundings.  I can
  feel the life around me.  A tiny mouse nibbling on a nut, the
  swift owl flying far north, an earthworm, all these living things,
  I have never felt before, yet I can now fell them and see them in
  a different light.  As if the world have suddenly opened into a new
  era, but why?  Why am I here on this world?  Why can I see these
  things?

  MAGIC.
  <sigh>magic,...back in my training days..I guess I
  shouldn't of skipped that part of the training.  There were tests
  of each trainee of his/her/it's abilities.  But I felt some strange
  force..
  leading me not to take part, to hold it back.  To hold back the rage,
  the feeling, the uncivilize,..
  My home..::

  Wataru now lay on the ground looking up toward the stars.  <crack>
  <snap>"hm.?"::Foot steps?::  Peering up from his area he see four
  men wearing armor.

  Soldier_A:"Watch were you're stepping on!  You're loud 'noug to wake
  the living dead."
  Soldier_B:"Sorry!"
  Soldier_C:"Are we close enough yet?"
  Soldier_D:"Just think!  Once we get that Lady, 3000 gold pieces
  would be ours!  Wait till the sixth army hears about this."
  Soldier_A:"We're almost there."
  Soldier_C:"Are you sure it's the right person?"
  Soldier_A:"Of course!  Her hair is brown and she wears a blue and
  gold medallion.  Now if we can be more quiet we can ambush them.
  There's only three of them."

  ::Brown hair? Medallion?  Estela!  They must be after us.  Looks like
  we have enemies.  Ambush eh?  Time for me to get to work.  Gosh
  I wish I have a dagger with me instead of a sword, it's easier for
  backstabbing, oh well.::

  Drawing his blade, Wataru jumps into the opening and stabs the
  nearest soldier in the back.  Unexpecting an attack the rest of the
  reacted in shock.  Taking initutive, Wataru slices and kills other as
  the soldier's head flings off.  This time the remaining two were ready.

  ::This is it, from now on it is a hard battle.::
  "YAAA!!"

  -Wataru
  ....tips for Modern Melee combat: bring a gun.