Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 12:43:51 -0500 (GMT-0500)
From: Wendi Strang-Frost <sodapop@mpcc.org>
Subject: archimedes VIII
To: "jason's amber campaign" <shadows@umich.edu>
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	I have decided that I must find a way to make things blow up in Amber.
	No bang, but certainly a lot of noxious gas.  Had to evacuate.  
Brought Gerard and Ulysses out to see what was going on.  Ulysses got 
smart, so I beat him with the carpet instead of the air.  Gerard gave 
Random a report, but I missed the last half due to Ulysses.  Random made 
a big wind to clear the air.
	Going to make some proper lab equipment next.
	Grabbed some dinner.  Bleys is an asshole.  Went back to the lab.
	Went back to the basics- which elements work, which don't.  
Managed some minor booms.  That brought Laughter running.  Inquisitive 
mind.  She seemed satisfied with no explanation whatsoever. (Now I know 
why lack of communication is Jubal's favorite, it actually works.)  Went 
back to work.
	Logrus alert?  Fuck that.  I grab the axe and head to the hall.  
The infirmary reveals nothing interesting.  Jubal arrives.  Laughter says 
there's a Logrus tendril present.  Sandr disappears.
	I head back to the lab.
	Before I get back to the lab, there's a big bang in the 
infirmary.  I'm jealous.  I head back to the infirmary, dragging the axe 
behind me.
	Another Chaosite.  Jubal gets out of the way, and I wang it with 
the axe a couple of times.  It disappears with Jubal's mother.  Fiona 
shows up and decides to be extremely useful.
	We arrive where the Chaosite is.  Magic and an axe stop the Trump 
call the Chaosite is making.  It's using her as a shield.  Random says 
it's Jubal's call.  The Chaosite turns its back to me to face the King of 
Amber.
	I start conjuring some grease, in case the stalemate gets boring.
	I wait until Jubal makes a move, and then I aim for the spine.  
It takes a step forward and slips on the grease, then gets right sore 
with me.  I do my best sushi immitation, but Jubal manages to get his 
mother away from the Chaosite, I think.  I rediscover the merits of morphine.
	Vaille chews my ass when I'm up to it.  When did I drown in bad 
luck?  She says Random's avoiding me because I think he's a yutz.  Ok, 
that's probably true, but I came to Amber to bury the hatchet.  So I tell 
Vaille to tell Random that unless he comes to talk to me, I'll pull out 
all my stitches.
	The bastard actually shows up.  I'm not used to getting this kind 
of attention.  We had a good talk.  It sounds like he didn't send 
Morganthe over the edge.  He's all I have left, besides Martin, whom I 
haven't met, and I really want to make this work.
	I convince him that I'd feel much better in my own room.  He 
helps me there.
	Where Gerard Trumps me and chews my ass for leaving the 
infirmary.  I really didn't want to upset him, I just wanted to get out 
of the hospital setting.  It reminds me too much of the war and loss.
	I feel melancholy after getting chewed out twice in one day by 
Amber's gentler personalities, so I throw the cards before going back to 
sleep.  It will take me a while to interpret what they had to say.