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Old 11-21-2002, 06:36 PM   #27
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Sting

Gamba listened happily as a new song began, but several verses into it, his scheming came to completion. Gamba jumped up on a table, and cleared his throat, and looked around expectantly. Heads turned. The musicians finished the verse they were on, and played softly.

"Hear now the tale of Piosenniel and the Drowning of the..."

Cami's jaw dropped. He knew better than to tell anyone about their secret adventures in Numenor! Gamba caught the sudden blaze in her eye and smiled...

"... Lonely Star. Many long leagues this faithful ship has borne its passengers, through many adventures and perils, but it is of the past three days that I would speak."

Mithadan and Pio turned to each other, each realising that neither had heard from The Lonely Star in several days. Bird sat up, worried.

"This ship, having faithfully served her co-owners for so long, was rocking at anchor in the south of this land, when a disagreement arose between two of the owners. One wanted to set sail for Lindon, and the other did not.

"Piosenniel, the lovely elf-lady, whose beauty would astonish you all, is nevertheless a force to be reckoned with. Many who perceive her great beauty are foolishly misled by it into thinking that she's also well-balanced and rational. The lovely Lady Pio declared in her unmeasureable wrath that if the ship would not sail to Lindon, it would sail no more. And so while the other owners celebrated the end of our journeys on the shores and in the inns, Piosenniel scuttled the ship."

Mithadan leaped to his feet. Bird spun towards Piosenniel and whispered savagely, "How COULD you!" Piosenniel stood, hands in front of her, backing towards the door, protesting her innocence and ignorance of everything the hobbit had said.

But across the room, Cami scowled icily at Gamba, and began to stand.

Gamba noticed Cami, and hurriedly wrapped up his tale. "But it has all worked out well in the end, " Gamba announced with a flourish. "For the Hobbrim have raised the ship and the Mermen and Merwomen have repaired it." Cami's eyes blazed and her fists clenched-- the Hobbrim were also supposed to be a complete secret. Gamba continued. "Thanks to their heroic hard work, today in harbor, the Lonely Star rocks at anchor as if nothing whatsoever had happened to her." Gamba bowed with a fourish, and hopped down off the table, amid scattered clapping and some cheers, and not a little consternation.

He would have liked to stay and enjoy the applause, but the room had suddenly gotten a bit too warm. He fled, disappearing out the servants' door.

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