Prophecies of Kassandra, the old crone



Place : City of Padorn
Date : Unknown
Author : .--qqpp--.



-Prophecies-
 
Ratazong grumbles:  back ... repair what?
You sit down to rest a while.
You unwield the dagger.
You unwield the firedagger.
You give snake suit to Ratazong.
Ratazong drops an ornamented anvil.
Kassandra croaks: it suffered a bit.
 
As the corpse of strong male human rapidly decays a gold coin, a black
helmet, a chainmail, an iron longsword, a morning star, seven copper coins
and two silver coins appears from it.
 
Ratazong wields a guild hammer in his right hand.
Ratazong starts to repair a snake suit.
Klonk... Klonk... Klonk...
Klonk... Klonk... Klonk...
Klonk... Klonk... Klonk...
Klonk... Klonk... Klonk...
Ratazong finishs his repair.
Ratazong looks at the snake suit.
Ratazong looks at the snake suit.
You smile happily at Ratazong.
Ratazong gives you snake suit.
You hug Ratazong thankfully.
Ratazong gets 14 copper coins, two black helmets, two chainmails, four silver
coins, two iron longswords, two metal target shields, an ornamented anvil, a
pair of leather boots and two gold coins.
You wear the snake suit on your torso, abdomen, left arm, right arm, right leg 
    and left leg.
Ratazong grumbles: no problem :-)
 
Kassandra croaks: now I'm no longer naked...
Kassandra croaks: was a bit embarrassing, to run around undressed at 
    my age.
Ratazong grumbles: well .. i am more specialized n swords, knifes and heavy 
    armours like platemails or battl esuits ..
Kassandra croaks: I already was afraid I might catch some rheumatism.
Ratazong grumbles:  a snake suit is always importnt.. especially when it is as 
    cold as these days ...
Kassandra croaks: yes, it does warm my old and weary bones a bit at 
    least.
Ratazong nods solemnly to you.
 
Kassandra croaks: I wonder if it was this winter that will become so 
    hard.
Kassandra croaks: or was it last. or will it be in a few years?
You confusedly scratch your head.
 
Kassandra croaks: past and future, they're all the same to me.
Ratazong grumbles:  i think al time is very cold now .. even the summers ain't 
    hot these years .. i hope that is no bad omen ..
You sigh deeply.
 
Kassandra croaks: times are getting worse. or are they improving 
    already?
 
Kassandra croaks: if only I could remember what was to come and what 
    has long since gone.
You sigh deeply.
Ratazong confidently comforts you.
 
Kassandra croaks: but I could never keep the future from the past.
Ratazong grumbles:  for me, only the present counts .. and teh present is .. 
    just cold ..
 
Kassandra croaks: yes, but is the present I'm feeling today? or 
    tomorrow?
Ratazong shivers.
 
Kassandra croaks: maybe I should go back to our cave, and heat the 
    oven.
 
Kassandra croaks: but I'm not sure I'll find the way.
Ratazong grumbles:  you woul surely find it!
 
Kassandra croaks: a nice and warm cave would be nice in these cold 
    times.
 
Kassandra croaks: there's that constant draught in the sewers.
Ratazong grumbles: yep ..i should go back deep into the mines of stone 
    mountains ..
 
Kassandra croaks: I lost track of where I've been.
Kassandra croaks: the face of this world has changed.
Kassandra croaks: or is it about to change?
Kassandra croaks: how can I know where to go when I don't even know 
    how the world looks right now?
Kassandra croaks: my memories of it might be all wrong.
Ratazong confidently comforts you.
Ratazong grumbles:  so you really know about the future?
 
Kassandra croaks: I do, but of what use is that when I can't tell it 
    from the past?
Kassandra croaks: I have seen the times pass by, men come and men 
    go, and little they meant to me.
 
Kassandra croaks: When he locked himself in, I took to weaving.
Kassandra croaks: I was weaving the history of the world, but past 
    and future got mixed up, and the threads got tangled.
You sigh desperately.
 
Kassandra croaks: I got caught in the fabric of space, and little I 
    remember of the times when I was wandering without memory.
Ratazong grumbles:  well .. if you know history and future . are you still 
    optimistic? or do you think this world is lost in vain?
 
Kassandra croaks: time will never come to an end.
Kassandra croaks: and even though Padorn will burn down, and mankind 
    be near to extinction
Ratazong grumbles:  well .. time not.. but what about the world?
 
Kassandra croaks: a young and strong god will rise and save them.
 
Ratazong grumbles:  a god .. have the gods ever been good to the mortals?
Kassandra croaks: The dragon will leave to the mountains, and there 
    will be peace.
Kassandra croaks: for a while that is.
Kassandra croaks: but as soon as the mortals will live in wealth 
    again, they will be quarreling.
You sigh deeply.
Ratazong grumbles:  so there won't be much peace in the future .. i don't 
    think that will be the future i want to live in ..
 
Kassandra croaks: I still don't know if it's future or past.
Kassandra croaks: to me time is but a blur of present and past, 
    future and what might have been.
 
[ here the guy we've been waiting for came back, ending our discussion ]