{"id":57,"date":"2004-09-05T23:30:22","date_gmt":"2004-09-05T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=57"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:51:37","slug":"lazy-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/05\/lazy-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today was a quiet day. Returned some DVDs, hired some more, including Predator<\/a>, just to have a background on the nasty for when I go to see Alien Vs. Predator<\/a>. I wasn’t that impressed with Predator, and going by that I would expect the new movie to be a mismatch along the lines of Bambi Meets Godzilla<\/a>. Is Predator 2<\/a> worth seeing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also watched Dreamcatcher<\/a>, which I enjoyed. I preferred the original ending (available in the extras<\/em> section to the theatrical ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trip to the library yielded a few books to read. I’d better read fast as soon, hopefully, I’ll be losing my reading time on the bus. I don’t know the status of my replacement bicycle<\/a>. A week ago when I spoke to the insurance people they said the bike shop had not yet submitted a valuation report and they would chase it up. If it’s anything like the replacement briefcase<\/a>, the shop will now have a purchase order with no instructions to contact me. My month’s bus-pass expires on the ninth, so I’ve got until Monday 13th<\/sup> before I want to be using it. I’m still limping so another week on the bus will probably be for the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made some bread today. I tried adding a swirl of the leftover chilli sauce<\/a> I’d made, but there wasn’t enough to get the effect I wanted. The bread was okay. The drumsticks I’d had marinated in a Moroccan base were better. Two days of marinating as they thawed was good for them. It’s tomorrow night’s dinner too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a bit of writing for a short story but I’ll need to be pushed to complete it. Does the beginning have too many clich\u00e9d actions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maralk listened. There were two people in the room with him. He heard a woman’s voice speaking what was obviously an invocation. At the end of it the other person, a man, spoke, “Thank you Mistress Pesanda.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maralk opened his eyes. He was in a small warehouse of some sort. Ignoring his headache he turned his head he saw a matronly woman watching a man flex his wrist, as if newly released from a cast. There was no sign of a cast. He laid back and accessed his injuries; his shoulder was worse than his head but most of the left side of his body hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maralk listened as the man left the room. As the woman approach him he opened his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You must have Lady Atha watching over you. Eight people died when the inn exploded. Your injuries are the worst. We’ve sent for a disciple of Auran but in the meantime the watch will want to question you to identify the nature of the explosion. Sorcery likely, mark my words.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maralk looked at her without saying anything. He had no recollection of an explosion, nor even where he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let’s see if I can fix you up a bit now you’re conscious.” She started chanting the same invocation he heard earlier and gestured with both hands. Maralk noticed her bracelet reflecting more light, as if a dozen candles were behind it to light it up. It only took a few moments, and as she finished and placed her hands upon him Maralk felt a warmth permeate through his body easing some of the aches and pains. He sat up, and gasped as a searing pain lanced through his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Take is easy. My meagre healing ability isn’t enough to cure you. You need to wait for the disciple of Auran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Where am I?” Maralk asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You’re in a warehouse near the inn. The rain has helped contain the damage to just the inn, but it’s hampering the search for other survivors.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Update: On reflection, his name starts too many paragraphs. Oh, and I wrote it on my four year old Palm m100<\/a> using graffiti<\/a> character recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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