Until the sprinkler system kicked in. Although there was no sign of fire, the roof began to drench everyone. The people who had been killed stirred. They looked around, blinking, looking at the collapsible knives lying next to them. "Ha ha, get this, Alantriam!" Lancielot picked a knife up and hurled it at Unknown. "Look!Its collapsible!"

Someone ordered a round of drinks on the house, but I'd be darned if they ever paid for it. I poured myself a calm iced strawberry sherry to congratulate myself for the insight I showed.

The 'Tavern relaxed, happily drinking beer and burbling to each other. Cobra had gone unconsious and now Kovu and BlackSheep had emptied their bottle of their whisky, and where singing Beethoven's 9th in a 'round' fashion. Where did they ever learn the words, I wondered, reading the label on the bottle. I took my glass of sherry and poured them each a martini. Turning the waiting over to NightFire I joined them at their table, pulled Cobra up onto a chair beside me. Blackie swigged her martini in a most unladylike way and giggled while brandishing a large hammer at my table. I gently took it away from her, but I think the fumes were getting to me, and I was still groggy from my short nap under the counter. I leaned over onto Kovu, who seemed to be experiencing the affects of his whisky in a more calm manner after his debut with Beethoven and his martini. I sagged lower and fell asleep on Kovu's shoulder usingBlackie as a footrest, watching Kiku and her fam dipping chocolate onto their fortune cookies from their refilled fondu pot.



`Ducky