{Source} From Sonoma Spring Festival 2006 Writing Competition

[Title] - Why I Play UO
[Author] - Maddwg
[Shard] - Sonoma
[Type] - Fiction
[Book] - Purple


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Episode Seventeen:
Just Another Day
~~~~~
A glorius day dawned
with me at Octavius's
Rainbow Secret
House. I fed my
faithful, yet quirky,

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stted, DragonSnack. A
quck look at my
schedule revealed a
large blank sheet of
paper. I decided that
some female
companionship was in
order. Where better

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to find that than the
Fan Dancer Dojo?
Knowing full well
that those Ronin pimp
guys do not like
horses, I too
DragonSnack to the
stables. Mounting my

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trusty charger, Cough,
I recalled to a spot
near the fabled house
of ill repute.
I road down toward
my destination and
was not challenged by
any of the overly

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protective Ronin. One
of those attractive
gals spotted me and
came running toward
me with open arms!
Woohoo! I was really
disappointed when she
revealed her fan in a

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most unattactive
fasion. Alas, I had
to slay the wench.
One of those Ronin
arrived and was very
angry. As he and I
exchanged blows
another fan dancer

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arrived and attacked
me. As if my hands
were not full, out
popped and elite ninja!
It was obvious that
the first fan dancer
must have been real
popular as it took me

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some time to calm
this trio down!
After dispensing
with the angry trio I
headed to the dojo in
hopes of friendlier
companionship. Another
belligerent Ronin

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momentarily
interrupted my hopes.
Finally I entered the
dojo and was greeted
by two of those
dancers in the silky
attire. Ah, what man
does not dream of two

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women at once? The
experience was not
what I expected as
the ladies kept
cutting me with their
fans. They finally
calmed down after I
killed them. I kept

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looking for a friendly
face but was met by
two more angry
dancers. Now wonder
this place has so few
customers! After
putting them to sleep,
permamently, I decided

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to relief my
frustration elsewhere.
Since the Citadel was
near, I decided to pay
a visit to the lord of
that manor. Maybe he
could explain the
hostile nature of the

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residents of the Fan
Dancer dojo.
I arrived at The
Citadel and was
disappointed that the
lord of the manor was
not available. I
ventured inside the

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Citadel and several of
the lords servants did
try to abscond with
my things! The tried
really hard to take
my life. However, I
am quite fond of my
life. A desperate

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struggle resulted in a
few dead servants.
Examining their bodies
for clues to their
most rude behavior
revealed a badge.
Why dost Maddwg
not have a badge?

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Dost raconteurs not
deserve badges?
"Bah! Badges, we
don't need no stinking
badges!" I yelled. I
did recall tht one of
the librarians has a
thing for badges, so I

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stuck around and
gathered several. I did
not get as many as
she wanted so I will
have to return
sometime and acquire
more. Members of
PAS had arrived and

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I did not want to
disrupt their fun, so
I recalled to Britian
and fetched
DragonSnack.
Not sure what we
wanted to do, we
journeyed to Haven

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and chatted for a
while. The big flirt
that he is,
DragonSnack
wandered around
visitng with the
ladies. He really had
an eye on Lady Fallon

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and Alanna Starbreeze.
They were amuzed but
not interested in a
quirky horse.
DragonSnack was
crestfallen. I decided I
knew just the thing
to cheer him up. I

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took him to Destard.
He really gets tickled
when I slay dragons.
I slew several of the
beasts in an attmpt
to cheer DragonSnack
up. We bumped into
our friend Lady

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Brienna [H--K] and
chatted for a bit. I
could tell that
DragonSnack was
tired, so I beg our
leave and returned
home.
Just another day,
Maddwg XX

Love the Diary aspect.