Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 20:10:43 -0500 (GMT-0500)
From: Sean Frost <seddy@mpcc.org>
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				SESSION 12

	Ulysses wants to relay Sandr's message to Benedict.  Archimedes
tells him to go on ahead and do that thing and shows him to the door. 
Flora's boy wends his way to Benedict's Manor House (a franchise of Howard
Johnson's), where he gets to wait.  Benedict graces him with his presence
at last, graciously hears the message, and gratefully sends the boy back
into play.
	Sandr is accompanied to dinner by his dear aunt and uncle.  On
departing, they are snagged by Cameron who wants to know what's up.  After
hearing how Sandr has refused to pledge loyalty, Cameron thoughtfully
points out that as a messiah he has a kingdom of his own.
	The return of our cadre of heroes to Amber is delayed only
momentarily by the fact that someone bypassed looking in their horses
mouths by creating convenient openings in their necks.  Benedict leads the
way, and nothing proves to be in it.  He stalks off to Random and the
others just kind of slink away quietly.
	Fiona and Bleys dump their charge on Archimedes, who is quick to
pass the buck to Laughter, who takes him into town so he can watch her
learn to forge metal. On hearing this plan, Cameron and Ulysses mock her
'till she weeps.  Somehow, the four of them wind up in a bar, but quite
frankly I wasn't paying close attention.
	Archimedes decides that his safe has been to easy, so he
interrupts Jubal, whom he suspects is out of sorts and homicidal.  Jubal
treats him poorly and runs off into shadow.  Archimedes tries to ignore
the fact that his Achilles tendons just rolled up like a blind.
	Laughter, Ulysses, Sandr, and Cameron return to the Castle, and
Ulysses is passed Sandr for the night.  They sleep well, unaware of what
has transpired. The next morning, they go looking for the Crown Prince, a
little ticked that he's not pulling babysitter duty.  Thus begins
Archimedes' really bad, can't escape the relatives, doped up on pain
killers day.
	Cameron might go to the waterfront, since he discusses Sandr with
Caine.  Caine says it's just ridiculous, metaphysical poppycock, and he
should know dammit. He also claims to have no part of their death culture; 
he just wants to go to the beach.
	Sandr returns to his quarters with Laughter and Ulysses, who
proceed to knock him around some.  He loses at chess to Laughter,
demonstrating that while she may not be the Laughter of Love, he should
still listen to her, since she is the Laughter of the Higher Warfare and
Don't You Forget It.
	Laughter accosts Archimedes, who cannot escape.
	Sandr does not feel particularly lucky.
	I just write it down, folks.  I don't pretend to know what it
means.
	Cameron takes up some of Random's valuable time to inform him that
Sandr must be wrong because Caine thinks he's even useless as shark bait. 
Oh, and mom says so too.  Random smiles politely.
	Archimedes would like to let Sandr dig his own hole, but whether
it is to be a burial mound or latrene is unclear.  Laughter figures, hey,
if the Crown Prince is unconcerned with Sandr, why not let him go?  She
decides to see what Benedict thinks first, and leaves Archimedes to
Cameron's tender mercies.
	Benedict gives Laughter two options:  kill Sandr or watch him very
closely. She drags Sandr back to the infirmary, where she chastises
Archimedes for smoking.  Sandr concentrates.
	Jubal, in his flight from Amber, runs headlong into plot, taking
the form of a gimongous army advancing from the general direction of the
Rose.  He circumvents the mass, and sends out messengers:  one to warn
Random, one to have Corwin evacuate Adrian, and one to make Tianin wonder
what the hell he's about.
	Sandr wakes up Corwin, after Laughter seeks out her mother in the
Grove of the Unicorn.  Corwin is rather out of sorts.  Archimedes
introduces himself and mentions Sandr.  Sandr says he woke him up because
bad things were happening. Corwin points out that he had figured that much
out and stalks off for a bit of lunch.
	Corwin catches up to Laughter, calls her Lavendar, and dumps water
on Bleys. Fiona tells him that his Pattern is gone.  He says that he
noticed that. Jubal's messenger arrives and confuses Corwin.  He returns
the favor by not telling Fiona squat.
	Cameron searches Jubal's room, but he has left behind only several
deep gouges in the furniture.
	Fiona is almost helpful in regards to Sequence.  She tells
Laughter to hurt whoever woke up Corwin.
	Corwin returns to the infirmary and asks who Adrian is.  He gets
details that he'd rather not have.  He slings her over his shoulder and
leaves, only to replace her moments later when Laughter points out that he
doesn't know what's going on.
	Cameron follows Corwin as far as the Pattern Room, where he
decides that his urge to avoid walking the damn thing overpowers his
curiosity.
	Laughter tells Sandr that Fiona wants her to hurt him.  She asks
Archimedes for a favor.  I think it involved Conjuration and Sequence, but
I wasn't listening.
	Corwin drags Jubal back to Amber, calling him a coward.  Jubal
shrugs and goes to collect Adrian.
	Random approaches the pair, but a little birdie arrives and gives
him bigger fish to fry.
	Jubal casts invisibility on himself, but his bad stuff and my
desire to see what would happen lead him to neglect any more useful
precautions.  He gets pinned in the infirmary.  Archimedes throws bricks
at him.  He's more concerned about the remains of Sequence.  He stays put
until Benedict arrives and tells Archimedes to grow the fuck up.
	Laughter Pattern 'ports to Sandr, whose absence had been noted by
Benedict.
	Cameron Trumps Rhiannon and confirms that Amber is indeed slated
for demolition.  He drops Adrian and Tianin's names, and his mother deftly
recovers them for future consideration.  After, he locates Random in the
armory with Benedict and is told to locate Sandr.
	Jubal limps off with Adrian.  Archimedes refuses his offer to fix
those tendons.  His suffering is increased with the arrival of Cameron,
who just wants to gloat, I guess.
	Ulysses arrives in the stagecoach with Sandr and Laughter, who
want to go to Foil.  He disagrees.
	Archimedes gets Trumped by Gerard, who is pleased to find him
recuperating properly.  The big galoot comes through and pokes around his
injuries.
	Sandr determines that the Chaos armies are approaching from the
space formerly occupied by the Rose.  He offers to 'port them all (Cameron
has by now arrived) to Amber, but only Ulysses agrees.
	Jubal heals in his room and prepares for his departure.
	Ulysses and Sandr arrive in the armory.
	Cameron kibbutzes while Laughter gets Sequence re-made.  The sword
has been made noticeably bitter by its experience.
	Jubal avoids the Chaos army.
	Laughter and Cameron return by sea and Trump Caine for a hand
through when they get close.  From there, they Trump Archimedes, who is
glad as ever for the company of his fellows, whoever they might be.
	Jubal Trumps Archimedes and gives him an offer he can't refuse,
but more on that next week.