" "I'm inclined to believe it's 'games' all right," said Tiffany. "And I don't think it's going to be any type of game that we're going to like. We'...ve been trying to play things quietly, and not make a major scene until we absolutely have to. Let's stick with that plan until the Main Event is over, one way or another, tomorrow." "I never thought I'd hear myself saying this," said Ebony. "But Barocca is getting just too fucking sneaky and conniving for her own good lately. I'd be lying if I. It was midday when I saw the pair of drakes. They were feeding on a dead snake that looked large enough to eat one of them. I could almost feel something else and did not move as I searched for it. One of the drakes lifted its head and sniffed and looked around. The little breeze there was came to me so I knew it was not smelling me.The Demon just seemed to appear from one side. The huge claws on one hand slashed out and ripped the throat out of the first drake. The second leaped but the demon. Mandy closed her eyes, she was smiling as she remembered the Birthday meal and what followed after, and it wasn’t what she’d imagined happening, far from it.It was supposed to be a Birthday meal where Liz would get to meet the girls for the first time. Mandy had managed to keep Liz to herself up until then, much to the displeasure of both Lisa and Liz, she knew where it would end up and wasn’t keen on sharing her new girlfriend quite just yet, she knew she was only delaying the inevitable,. ." He grinned as he let that thought die at the end of the sentence.As with Grandma Cor and the wizard Trellis, 'Uncle' Oscar gladly answered my questions and pointed me where I needed to go to find the resources I should need later. I thanked him for his time, and his warm welcome and promised that if and when my curiosity resulted in something, he'd be one of the first I'd share it with.I got in a little trouble when I got back, having 'stayed out' past my bedtime, but a quick check of where.