"Ale for Tales" Tavern Tales and songs.

[steuben]

* steuben looks up from his mug. the smell of cirtus, cinammon, nutmeg, and potent alcohol waft up. he sings in a deep voice that seems to fill the room, hiding where he is sitting.

I played in a field,
the grass as tall as I.
Tale said it was the abode of a demon.
A demon who stood,
between light and dark.
A demon who danced.
Danced while those around him died.
At the field's heart I played.
I played among sticks of white.
I played among sticks of brown.
There at the heart I found stone,
no stone upon stone.
There I found in written in black,
black upon stone.


The demon did not call us,
we came.
The demon bid us go,
we stayed.
He promised us death,
we fought for life.
Through fire, we stood by him.
Into hell, we followed him.
We were his because...
We were his because,
behind us there were
those who should not be
what we were.

* steuben's last word echoes before fading away.
for those who stood.

* steuben  raises his mug in salute, and turns back to its contemplation.

[jaycol]

* last one for the night, "Ales all around"
*Ahhhh! our first page. double ales about

While digging Gold

 While digging gold out in the mine,
 swingin' pick and keepin' time,
 when voice yelled out ta say,
" Stonebreaker don't look at me that way."
"I do not like that what you do."
' For I am much to old for you.'
 I stopped my swing, with shocked surprise.
 to look into the lass's eye's.
'T'was not me" I said,
 it must have been the other lad.
"Hammerwielder,  you seen some days,
 I think I got you on the age."
"To me ye still look young,
 I believe I dated ye Grand Mom."
 to this she was a taken back,
 as she turned around ta swing her pick.
"Your much to old for me" she said.
 Then around the rock she went an' hid.
 I laughed aloud, feelin' bold,
 then went about ta diggin' gold.
 Ye could see the meaness in her eye,
 but, still she had ta say good-bye,
 Though I was busy on that day,
 I stopped to watch her walk away.

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa laughs at Jaycol and winks "she was that bad huh?"

Please join us next thursday night at Kada El's [server availability pending hehehe] and we will buy you all ale in return for your stories and songs!!

* Anumesa grins "goodnight!"

[jaycol]

  Gone Now.

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa plugs her ears and screws her eyes shut

"ahhh not yet!!!"

* Anumesa smiles '"thanks though Jaycol!"

[Sheneer Shenele]

The passionate song of Ellienaine,
Became suddenly filled with sadness and pain,
When her maid and her Groom,
Plotted her Doom,
(it involved two wasps nest, and a cane!)

[jaycol]

   One Morning 

   "One mornin' I went a walkin'
         An' while travelin' I saw,
         a pretty young maiden singin',
         while sittin' upon a wall."

       " A basket full of flowers,
         lay beneath her feet,
         an array of many colors,
         she weaved into a wreath."

       ""To wear for my true love,"
         she turned towards me and said,
         the biggest smile crossed her face,
         " On the day that we are wed.""

       "Then as to express it's purpose,
         she placed it on her head,
         but, before she said another word,
         the lass fell over dead."  

        "This is not a good way,
         to myself, I thought,
         to begin so early in the day,
         so down the road I trot."

       "At home, I sat to ponder,
        about the odd event,
        'till I could sit no longer,
         an' I grabbed me hat an' went."

       "At noon, I went a walking,
        while traveling, I saw,
        a pretty dead young maiden,
        lying' by a wall,"

        "A basket full of flowers,
          were spilled out by her feet,
          spread out all about her,
          many colors you could see."

        "The wreath that she'd been weavin',
          was pinned beneath her head,
          it will not fare, her true love well,
          to find out that she's dead."

        "When without a warnin',
         she sprung up to her feet,
         as she left off this mornin'
         is where she began to speak."

        "She went on about all her plans,
          an' left nothin' go untold,
          it seemed she'd talk forever,
          or at least till we grew old."

        "As she gathered all the flowers,
          that spewed out on the road,
          she reached to pick the last one up,
          and turned into a toad."

        "The day bodes not so well for me,
          I thought unto myself,
          I rolled my eyes an' turned away,
          an' walked back to my house."

        "What an odd thing, this happening,
          that happened to me this day,
          an' as I tried to explain it to myself,
          I didn't know what to say.'

        ' I gathered food up for my meal.
         on the table, I set my place,
         an' couldn't stop from picturing.
         The dead maid, lying on her face"

        "Or how she sprung up to her feet,
          for this I almost died,
          My heart it had missed a beat,
          In truth, I do not lye."

        "Then there is this toad thing,
          that seems particularly queer,
          the only thing that's missing,
          is to have her prince appear."

         "I blessed my meal, an' fed myself,
          until I could eat no more,
          after I had finished cleaning up,
          came a knock upon the door."

          
        " Of course we know who that would be."
           * wink, * wink
          
         "Another ale for me."
        
          

        

[Sheneer Shenele]

"roll me out in a barrel, a large barrel of beer,
lets all go a drinking, we've got nothing to fear"
"the guards may well chase us,
but we'll beat them to dust"
"roll me out in a barrel, a large barrel of beer,
lets all go a drinking, we've got nothing to fear"
"they may call in the army,
lets hope beer drives 'em barmy
"roll me out in a barrel, a large barrel of beer,
lets all go a drinking, we've got nothing to fear"
"roll me out in a barrel, a large barrel of beer,
lets all go a drinki..."

Sheneer collapses onto the floor

[Arka]

A Planeshift Alphabet

A is for the Apples, growing in the trees
B is for the Barrels and also for the Breeze
C is for the Clacker, small and round and nippy
D is for the Dungeons all cold and wet and… drippy
E is for old Einnol, a very clever fellow
F is for ole Fallin’ Down, smooth and clear and mellow
G is for my Groffel, who’s smart and neat and furry
H is for Harnquist, whose speech is sometimes slurry
I is for Iron Ore, whose hue is deepest red
J is for old Jayose, incredibly well-read
K is for Kada-El’s, a place I know quite well
L is for Levrus – he’ll sell you a good spell
M is for Mining – I do it quite a lot
N is for the Nolthrir, a very watery lot
O is for Ojaveda – a long, long way to go
P is for Platinum – can you still mine it? No!
Q is for Quests – a chance to win some loot
R is for the Rats that are really rather cute
S is for the Stonebreakers who fought the Dwarven Wars
T is for the Tefusang - watch out for their claws!
U is for the Ulbernauts – how to beat them, I can’t tell
V is for Vladovic Chel-Astra whose potions make you well
W is for the Weapons that you can find for sale
X is for the Xacha, who look a little pale
Y is for Yliakum, to our world it is the host…
And Z has to be for Zorbels, the one we miss the most

Arka

[Anumesa]

"One rainy, sodden, dreary day,
A knight bedecked in colors gay,
He rode through town and town alike
Through mud and muck, he bravely hiked"

"Just what he sought he only knew
He must trudge onward, through and through,
Though obstacles he sorely found,
Never once did he give ground"

"The people they all wished to know
What could make him press onward so,
Yet not a word would cross his lips,
His silence seemed to be endless"

"Yet one day as he seemed to finally break,
The loneliness his heart began to rake,
When one tiny hand lifted his chin
And he looked up into a perfect grin"

"Her eyes, those eyes he'd been longing for
The only eyes he would adore,
He'd found her, she that he had sought,
And now they'd never be apart"

[Proglin]

beer beer beer tiddly beer beer beer

A long time ago way back in history
when all there was to drink was nothing but cups o' tea
along came a man by the name of Chalie Mops
and he invented a wonderful thing and he made it out of hops

he must have been an admiral an octarch or a king
and to his praises we shall always sing
look what he has done for us, he filled us up with cheer
lord bless Chalrie Mops the man who invented beer beer beer  tiddly beer beer beer

The Drunken Rat, The broken Doors and at Kada-el
One thing you can be sure of, it's Charlie's beer they sell
so all ye lads and lasses at eleven o' clock ye stop
for five short seconds, remember Charlie Mops

he must have been an admiral an octarch or a king
and to his praises we shall always sing
look what he has done for us, he filled us up with cheer
lord bless Chalrie Mops the man who invented beer beer beer  tiddly beer beer beer

a sniff of moat, a spoon of hops you stir it up with your stick
The kind of lubrication, that makes your engines tick
thirty pints of this ale a day will keep away the quacks
It's only one mere Tria, and another five in tax

he must have been an admiral an octarch or a king
and to his praises we shall always sing
look what he has done for us, he filled us up with cheer
lord bless Chalrie Mops the man who invented beer beer beer  tiddly beer beer beer
beer beer beer  tiddly beer beer beer
beer beer beer  tiddly beer beer beer

Hey! The lord bless Charlie Mops!

[Dihenis]

haha proglin, i remember where that song came from. when i heard about this i almost posted that, but i like the PS spin on it. very nice!

wow anumesa that poem is amazing. did you try to put in iambic whatever (Sorry not good with these terms), because when i say it, it sounds like it fits.

and of course good job to everybody else , sorry i'm too lazy to add comments like these for everybody, but i would if i wasn't

[Anumesa]

Haha thanks Dihenis!

* Anumesa tries to remember AP English

You meant Iambic Pentameter, but that is 10 sylables, what i used is only 8 so im not sure what that would be...

* Anumesa shrugs 

"THere once was a librarian
Who pondered scroll and book
He hovered in the library
and was often overlooked"

"He dreamed of knights and castles tall
Honor and Chivalry
And yet he never ventured out
His many dreams to seek"

"But then one day he heard a scream
And gingerly walked to the door
He poked his head outside a bit
And jumped at what he saw"

"A maiden fair and beautiful
Was clasped about her throat
She dangled from a massive arm
Belonging to an Ulbernaut"

"Now our hero the librarian
Was quaking in his shoes
But he grabbed a book o' Philosophy
And did the only thing he knew"

"He pleaded with the ulbernaut
Quoted Talad, Laanx and more
And eventually its eyes glazed over
And it let out a mighty snore"

"The maiden fair dropped to the ground
And squealed in delight
They ventured to the castle keep
And he was made a knight"

"The Ulbernaut was carted off
And never seen again
And now every Knight carries a book
Of Philosophy with them"

[Dihenis]

so is this every thursday or just that week? hmm Anumesa i guess you could call it Iambic quadremeter.
i guess i'm not so lazy today so compliments, and drinks, all around!

@Duraza: i guess that Xacha was just unlucky. usually dwarves are as drunk as... well i don't know
@steuben: i didn't really get it but i can tell if I did it would be good
@Arka: nice alphabet, it wasn't as hard as it could be (lucky you ). i especially like the little blurb after all of them
@sheener: yep drinking songs are always good songs
@Illysia: your poems are always so good (the best ones are about mining ). next time i see you make to remind me to buy one of your poetry books

and of course jaycol: wow that guy had a tough day

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa pouts and sadly starts to sing

"Oh i miss Jaycol yes i do
I wonder where hes run off to
For your stories i do yearn
I wonder when you will return"