Session January 26

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Their lives hung in the balance
by PV

Hildegard and Franz were proud this day. Years of planning, tending and even backbreaking work had resulted in two salubrious vintages. The piquancy of the two fit together like yin and yang. This important offering was viewed with gustatory delight by Inspector Gross in his tour of the magnificent vineyards along a sublime bend in the Rhine.

To the side stood Oscar feigning obsequiousness. His moment had arrived and only the Gods could sanction the revenge he desired. He knew it all well in his 20 years of service. Even now he couldn't remember just which glass he'd put the poison in. He smiled broadly at the three others. Their lives hung in the balance.

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She tried her best to turn things around.
by CC

Philip had enjoyed being in the maximum security jail. It had been comforting, and for the first time in his life he felt he belonged somewhere. As his mood and outlook improved he grew so upbeat and optimistic that he received an early discharge as a model prisoner. Martha came to pick him up. She was happy at first, but when he refused to change his clothes and just lay on the couch with a sad face, she knew something was wrong. She tried her best to turn things around, but nothing helped - not beer-can chicken, Budweiser with chips or Monday Night Football. Finally she knew he needed to go back in. It was the only way. She cradled his head in her lap as she devised his next crime. The room went still around them. Was this a sin, she wondered? Then so be it. She felt a surge of conviction.

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Footsteps in the Dark
by GS

The fight had been over quickly. Jake's extra weight proved decisive so Buff just lay there in resignation, knowing he had again been overwhelmed by his large eldest son. "I'll probably be stuck here until dinner," he thought, remembering his last humiliation. Jake sat quietly now that his status had been reaffirmed. No need to waste energy on a fallen opponent after all!

Then they both heard footsteps in the dark, footsteps not at all familiar. Instantly, Jake jumped up into fighting mode and Buff quickly joined him. Now that an external threat loomed, they were completely focused on it and had no further need to fight each other. When the door opened they both attacked the stranger immediately. No trespasser had ever survived their combined efforts, and their perfect record remained intact once again.

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We were forced to visit another powerful shaman in the town
By RMF

We were forced to visit another powerful shaman in the town because the prayers of the first one worked too well - now we need a different shaman to reverse our prayers. We prayed that Gertrude Agnes Olivia, who was going bald, would receive more hair. We never imagined our prayers would work so fast and so well.

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Things were not as they seemed; someone was keeping secrets
by TT

Celtic Morning -No Coffee.
When the Romans left, the Celts were wandering around lost. Now there was no-one to revolt against, no-one to blame but themselves, no-one to petition or trick. It was awful. Would they have to go back to being barbarians again? But things were not as they seemed, someone was keeping secrets, like who gave the Druids the luxurious Roman spa? No-one was able to remove that dumb sword inside the stupid rock. There were no heroes in Britain.