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The o| 00000360: 63 65 61 6E 27 73 20 63 72 79 08 B7 1F BF 9F 18 |cean's cry......| 00000370: 1F CB D3 F2 FD D2 DB F3 DF FF A7 CF DA F2 DF F6 |................| 00000380: D3 C3 F2 F6 C7 F2 FB F2 C3 F2 F3 C6 CF D2 CB F7 |................| 00000390: F2 32 F2 FF D7 C2 D3 C3 F2 F6 CF D3 C2 D7 F3 27 |.2.............'| 000003A0: CF DB F2 D7 F3 FF F2 F6 FB DF DB F2 FF CF FF F2 |................| 000003B0: FB F2 C3 F2 FF D2 CF CF F3 F2 FB FF F2 FB F2 C3 |................| 000003C0: F2 3F F7 27 1B F2 C3 DF F3 F2 F2 DA FA F3 D2 DF |.?.'............| 000003D0: FF F2 FB FF F2 FF F3 F2 FF DF C7 C3 F2 F2 DF FB |................| 000003E0: F6 CF F2 DF DB 27 C3 DF F3 DF DB F3 D3 F2 FF C7 |.....'..........| 000003F0: F2 FB F2 C3 F2 F6 CF D3 61 6E 64 2E FE 00 00 0D |........and.....| 00000400: 3C 47 6F 72 6E 3E 20 59 6F 75 20 67 6F 20 61 68 |<Gorn> You go ah| 00000410: 65 61 64 2E 20 49 20 68 61 74 65 20 73 61 6C 74 |ead. I hate salt| 00000420: 20 77 61 74 65 72 0D 69 74 20 62 75 72 6E 73 20 | water.it burns | 00000430: 6D 79 20 65 79 65 73 2E 0D 20 54 68 65 20 77 61 |my eyes.. The wa| 00000440: 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 65 78 63 65 6C 6C 65 6E 74 |ter is excellent| 00000450: 2E 20 49 74 73 20 61 62 73 6F 72 62 65 64 0D 77 |. Its absorbed.w| 00000460: 61 72 6D 74 68 20 69 73 20 73 70 72 65 61 64 69 |armth is spreadi| 00000470: 6E 67 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 79 6F 75 72 20 |ng through your | 00000480: 51 75 65 73 74 0D 77 6F 72 6E 20 6D 75 73 63 6C |Quest.worn muscl| 00000490: 65 73 2C 20 72 65 6C 61 78 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 |es, relaxing the| 000004A0: 6D 20 65 76 65 6E 20 61 73 20 79 6F 75 FE 0D 73 |m even as you..s| 000004B0: 77 69 6D 2E 20 49 74 27 73 20 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 |wim. 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Dripping wet, | 00000510: 79 65 74 20 65 78 74 72 65 6D 65 6C 7A 20 72 65 |yet extremelz re| 00000520: 66 72 65 73 68 65 FF F4 B1 19 10 B4 9F 17 1F BF |freshe..........| 00000530: 9F 19 BB BF B4 9F 9F 1F B0 B7 9F 14 BF BC BF 9F |................| 00000540: 1F B0 B7 B9 8F 1B BF BE F2 FB FF F2 FB F2 C3 A7 |................| 00000550: CB FF CA F2 FF CF F2 FB F2 C3 F2 F6 CF D3 C2 D7 |................| 00000560: F3 F7 F2 3D D2 CE F2 F6 CB FF DF F2 F6 FB DF DB |...=............| 00000570: F2 F2 F2 FF D6 CF D7 27 CD D6 CB F2 F2 F2 F2 F6 |.......'........| 00000580: D3 DE F2 F3 CE C6 C7 FF F2 F2 DB F2 F6 CB FF F2 |................| 00000590: FF F2 DF D3 F7 F7 F7 3F C2 F2 F2 37 FF F2 A7 C5 |.......?...7....| 000005A0: 27 FB 1F DF CF F7 FF F2 32 12 12 12 13 B3 B3 B3 |'.......2.......| 000005B0: B3 B3 BE 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E F2 F2 A7 07 C5 F2 3F |...............?| 000005C0: DF CF F7 F2 F6 CF F2 FF D2 CF CB DB F6 C7 FF F2 |................| 000005D0: FB FF F2 FE CF CB F2 FF FF FF C7 F2 FB F2 C3 A7 |................| 000005E0: CF D2 CF CF F3 F7 F2 3F D2 D7 FF DB F2 F7 C2 D6 |.......?........| 000005F0: D3 F2 FF CB 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 68 65 20 69 73 |....t what he is| 00000600: 20 73 61 79 69 6E 67 0D 62 75 74 20 77 68 65 6E | saying.but when| 00000610: 20 79 6F 75 20 74 75 72 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 6F | you turn and lo| 00000620: 6F 6B 20 62 61 63 6B 20 79 6F 75 0D 73 65 65 2E |ok back you.see.| 00000630: 2E 2E FE 00 00 0D 20 53 68 61 72 6B 73 21 20 54 |...... Sharks! T| 00000640: 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 6E 27 74 20 74 6F 6F 20 |here aren't too | 00000650: 6D 61 6E 79 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 6D 0D 79 65 74 |many of them.yet| 00000660: 2E 20 4D 69 67 68 74 20 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 62 65 |. Might still be| 00000670: 20 61 20 63 68 61 6E 63 65 2E 00 00 0D 20 54 68 | a chance.... Th| 00000680: 69 73 20 74 69 6D 65 20 79 6F 75 20 68 61 72 64 |is time you hard| 00000690: 6C 79 20 6E 6F 74 69 63 65 20 74 68 65 0D 72 65 |ly notice the.re| 000006A0: 6C 61 78 69 6E 67 20 77 61 72 6D 74 68 20 6F 66 |laxing warmth of| 000006B0: 20 74 68 65 20 6F 63 65 61 6E 20 77 61 74 65 72 | the ocean water| 000006C0: 2E 0D 54 68 65 20 73 68 61 72 6B 73 20 64 6F 6E |..The sharks don| 000006D0: 27 74 20 73 65 65 6D 20 74 6F 20 68 61 76 65 20 |'t seem to have | 000006E0: 73 70 6F 74 74 65 64 0D 79 6F 75 20 79 65 74 2E |spotted.you yet.| 000006F0: 20 42 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 27 72 65 20 73 6F 20 | But they're so | 00000700: 63 6C 6F 73 65 21 00 00 0D 20 53 75 64 64 65 6E |close!... 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Thrashing th| 000007E0: 65 0D 77 61 74 65 72 20 77 69 6C 64 6C 79 2C 20 |e.water wildly, | 000007F0: 79 6F 75 20 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 74 72 79 20 74 6F |you still try to| 00000800: 20 73 77 69 6D 0D 74 6F 77 61 72 64 73 20 74 68 | swim.towards th| 00000810: 65 20 73 68 6F 72 65 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 63 61 6E |e shore. You can| 00000820: 20 73 65 65 20 47 6F 72 6E 0D 73 74 61 6E 64 69 | see Gorn.standi| 00000830: 6E 67 20 77 61 69 73 74 20 64 65 65 70 20 69 6E |ng waist deep in| 00000840: 20 77 61 74 65 72 2C 20 73 77 6F 72 64 0D 64 72 | water, sword.dr| 00000850: 61 77 6E 2C 20 72 65 61 64 79 20 74 6F 20 68 65 |awn, ready to he| 00000860: 6C 70 20 79 6F 75 20 61 73 20 73 6F 6F 6E 20 61 |lp you as soon a| 00000870: 73 FE 0D 79 6F 75 27 72 65 20 77 69 74 68 69 6E |s..you're within| 00000880: 20 72 65 61 63 68 2E 20 49 66 20 79 6F 75 20 63 | reach. 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The road| 00000A90: 20 62 72 61 6E 63 68 65 73 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2E | branches again.| 00000AA0: 20 4E 61 75 67 68 74 20 62 75 74 0D 6D 6F 72 65 | Naught but.more| 00000AB0: 20 72 6F 61 64 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 4E 2E 20 | road to the N. | 00000AC0: 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 74 6F |There appears to| 00000AD0: 20 62 65 0D 61 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 70 6F 6F 6C | be.a small pool| 00000AE0: 20 6F 66 20 77 61 74 65 72 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 | of water to the| 00000AF0: 20 53 2E 00 00 0D 20 54 68 65 20 62 6F 61 72 64 | S.... The board| 00000B00: 20 69 73 20 73 6F 20 72 6F 74 74 6F 6E 20 69 74 | is so rotton it| 00000B10: 27 73 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6C 74 0D 74 6F 20 |'s difficult.to | 00000B20: 72 65 61 64 2C 20 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 73 65 65 |read, but it see| 00000B30: 6D 73 20 74 6F 20 73 61 79 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 68 |ms to say someth| 00000B40: 69 6E 67 0D 61 62 6F 75 74 20 27 50 4F 49 53 4F |ing.about 'POISO| 00000B50: 4E 4F 55 53 27 2E 00 00 0D 20 54 68 65 20 64 69 |NOUS'.... The di| 00000B60: 72 74 20 72 6F 61 64 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 75 65 |rt road continue| 00000B70: 73 20 6F 6E 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 4E 0D 61 6E |s on to the N.an| 00000B80: 64 20 53 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 6D 6F 72 65 |d S through more| 00000B90: 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 61 75 74 69 66 75 | of the beautifu| 00000BA0: 6C 6C 79 0D 67 72 65 65 6E 20 6D 65 61 64 6F 77 |lly.green meadow| 00000BB0: 73 2E 00 00 0D 20 54 68 65 20 72 6F 61 64 20 62 |s.... The road b| 00000BC0: 72 61 6E 63 68 65 73 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 4E |ranches to the N| 00000BD0: 2C 20 53 20 61 6E 64 20 57 2E 00 00 0D 42 6F 72 |, S and W....Bor| 00000BE0: 64 65 72 20 53 74 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 23 31 0D 3C |der Station #1.<| 00000BF0: 47 75 61 72 64 3E 20 41 20 77 61 72 6E 69 6E 67 |Guard> A warning| 00000C00: 2E 20 50 61 73 73 20 6E 6F 74 20 74 6F 20 74 68 |. Pass not to th| 00000C10: 65 20 4E 0D 66 6F 72 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 74 72 6F |e N.for only tro| 00000C20: 75 62 6C 65 20 6C 69 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |uble lies with t| 00000C30: 68 65 20 52 65 64 0D 44 72 61 67 6F 6F 6E 2E 00 |he Red.Dragoon..| 00000C40: 00 0D 20 53 68 6F 72 74 6C 79 20 61 66 74 65 72 |.. Shortly after| 00000C50: 20 63 72 6F 73 73 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 62 6F | crossing the bo| 00000C60: 72 64 65 72 0D 69 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 6E 65 |rder.into the ne| 00000C70: 69 67 68 62 6F 72 69 6E 67 20 6B 69 6E 67 64 6F |ighboring kingdo| 00000C80: 6D 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 0D 63 6F 6E 66 72 |m, you are.confr| 00000C90: 6F 6E 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 20 68 75 67 65 20 |onted by a huge | 00000CA0: 52 65 64 20 44 72 61 67 6F 6F 6E 20 28 61 6E 64 |Red Dragoon (and| 00000CB0: 2C 0D 6F 66 20 63 6F 75 72 73 65 2C 20 61 20 77 |,.of course, a w| 00000CC0: 68 6F 6C 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 61 6E 79 20 6F 66 20 |hole company of | 00000CD0: 67 75 61 72 64 73 29 2E 0D 3C 44 72 61 67 6F 6F |guards)..<Dragoo| 00000CE0: 6E 3E 20 57 65 6C 6C 2C 20 77 65 6C 6C 2E 20 57 |n> Well, well. W| 00000CF0: 68 61 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 65 FE 0D 68 65 72 |hat have we..her| 00000D00: 65 3F 20 4D 6F 72 65 20 66 6F 64 64 65 72 20 66 |e? More fodder f| 00000D10: 6F 72 20 6F 75 72 20 64 75 6E 67 65 6F 6E 0D 76 |or our dungeon.v| 00000D20: 65 72 6D 69 6E 2E 20 54 61 6B 65 20 74 68 65 6D |ermin. Take them| 00000D30: 20 6D 65 6E 21 00 00 0D 20 54 68 65 20 64 75 73 | men!... The dus| 00000D40: 74 79 20 72 6F 61 64 20 72 75 6E 73 20 45 20 61 |ty road runs E a| 00000D50: 6E 64 20 57 2E 20 54 68 65 0D 76 61 67 75 65 20 |nd W. The.vague | 00000D60: 6F 75 74 6C 69 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 68 69 6C 6C 73 |outline of hills| 00000D70: 20 61 72 65 20 76 69 73 69 62 6C 65 20 74 6F 0D | are visible to.| 00000D80: 74 68 65 20 57 2E 00 00 0D 20 54 68 65 20 72 6F |the W.... The ro| 00000D90: 61 64 20 69 73 20 77 65 6C 6C 20 77 6F 72 6E 20 |ad is well worn | 00000DA0: 68 65 72 65 20 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 0D 69 6E 74 |here at this.int| 00000DB0: 65 72 73 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 2E 20 4D 75 73 74 20 |ersection. Must | 00000DC0: 62 65 20 61 20 6D 61 6A 6F 72 0D 63 72 6F 73 73 |be a major.cross| 00000DD0: 72 6F 61 64 73 2E 00 00 0D 20 41 20 73 6D 61 6C |roads.... A smal| 00000DE0: 6C 20 76 69 6C 6C 61 67 65 20 6C 69 65 73 20 62 |l village lies b| 00000DF0: 65 66 6F 72 65 20 79 6F 75 2E 20 53 65 65 6D 73 |efore you. Seems| 00000E00: 0D 6C 69 6B 65 20 61 20 70 65 61 63 65 66 75 6C |.like a peaceful| 00000E10: 20 70 6C 61 63 65 20 74 6F 20 73 70 65 6E 64 20 | place to spend | 00000E20: 73 6F 6D 65 0D 74 69 6D 65 2E 2E 2E 0D 20 53 75 |some.time.... Su| 00000E30: 64 64 65 6E 6C 79 2C 20 61 20 74 65 72 72 69 66 |ddenly, a terrif| 00000E40: 79 69 6E 67 20 73 68 72 69 65 6B 20 73 70 6C 69 |ying shriek spli| 00000E50: 74 73 0D 74 68 65 20 61 69 72 2E 20 41 6C 6C 20 |ts.the air. 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.D0XHX._.`.A.A.AQB.BCB.C.C.C%DBDPD.E.E.E JE.E5FBF.H.......THE STAGE IS SET....NOW LET THE QUEST BE TOLD!... OUR STORY IS OF A TIME LONG AGO, AND.A PLACDX.ZHZ~Z.Z W[.[.\3^Z^._.`.B.BVC.CZC?D5E.EVE.HLH.H. A SMALL POOL OF WATER LIES MOTIONLESS,.R EFLECTING THE SKY ABOVE. THE WATER.DOESN 'T SEEM STAGNANT, YET IT IS NOT.DISCERNI BLE WHERE IT IS FED FROM..A HAGGARD LOOK ING VULTURE WITH A..PATIENT, YET EXPECTA NT, LOOK IN HIS.EYES IS PERCHED ATOP A G NARLED OLD.TREE. A ROTTEN BOARD LIES AT THE BASE.OF THE TREE, DIRECTLY BENEATH T HE.VULTURE..... A 'T' IN THE WELL TRAVEL ED ROAD LEADS.SOUTHWARD.... THE DUSTY RO AD STRETCHES ENDLESSLY TO.THE N AND S... . NORTHWARD WINDS THE ROAD TILL IT MEETS .THE HORIZON. SUNLIGHT REFLECQ.......... ........................................ ..APPING.AGAINST A SHORE. THE FRESH SALT AIR IS.INVIGORATING AND DOES MUCH TO LI FT THE.SPIRITS.... THE OCEAN'S CRY...... .KS..R.....OZ...SC..G...C..FORK..2..WBSC ..OSBW.'O..W.........O....C..ROO.......C .?.'..C....Z..R...........GC.....O...'C. ....S..G...C..OSAND.....<GORN> YOU GO AH EAD. I HATE SALT WATER.IT BURNS MY EYES. . THE WATER IS EXCELLENT. ITS ABSORBED.W ARMTH IS SPREADING THROUGH YOUR QUEST.WO RN MUSCLES, RELAXING THEM EVEN AS YOU..S WIM. IT'S STILL DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT.WH AT THE OBJECT IS ON THE ISLAND.THOUGH... . DRIPPING WET, YET EXTREMELZ REFRESHE.. ......................................C. K.J..O...C..OSBW...=RN..K...........VOW' MVK.....S...NFG......K.....S...?B..7...E '...O...2....................E.?.O...O.. ROK..G......OK....G...C.OROO...?RW....BV S..KT WHAT HE IS SAYING.BUT WHEN YOU TUR N AND LOOK BACK YOU.SEE....... SHARKS! T HERE AREN'T TOO MANY OF THEM.YET. MIGHT STILL BE A CHANCE.... THIS TIME YOU HARD LY NOTICE THE.RELAXING WARMTH OF THE OCE AN WATER..THE SHARKS DON'T SEEM TO HAVE SPOTTED.YOU YET. BUT THEY'RE SO CLOSE!.. . SUDDENLY, THE WATER EXPLODES DIRECTLY. IN FRONT OF YOU AS A GREAT SHARK.SURFACE S WITH EXCRUCIATING FORCE. HIS.HUGE JAWS , EASILY THREE FEET ACROSS,.ARE WIDE AGA PE IN ANTICIPATION OF..CLOSING THEM ON Y OU. THRASHING THE.WATER WILDLY, YOU STIL L TRY TO SWIM.TOWARDS THE SHORE. YOU CAN SEE GORN.STANDING WAIST DEEP IN WATER, SWORD.DRAWN, READY TO HELP YOU AS SOON A S..YOU'RE WITHIN REACH. IF YOU CAN JUST. MAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER..............<B ALEMA TIMES> THE FAMOUS GORN,.CHAMPION O F THE KING, WAS SERIOUSLY.WOUNDED YESTER DAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO.RESCUE A YET TO BE IDENTIFIED COMPANION.FROM THE SHARK-I NFESTED WATERS JUST OFF.BALEMA BEACH.. T HE COMPANION IS RUMORED TO HAVE BEEN.KIN G GALT'S NEWEST ADVISOR, SENT BY.THE KIN G TO ACCOMPANY GORN ON A QUEST..THE REMA INS, HOWEVER, WERE TOO.MUTILATED FOR POS ITIVE IDENTIFICATION..SERVICES FOR THE U NKNOWN ADVISOR WILL.BE HELD WEDNESDAY AT THE CASTLE.... THE ROAD BRANCHES AGAIN. NAUGHT BUT.MORE ROAD TO THE N. THERE AP PEARS TO BE.A SMALL POOL OF WATER TO THE S.... THE BOARD IS SO ROTTON IT'S DIFFI CULT.TO READ, BUT IT SEEMS TO SAY SOMETH ING.ABOUT 'POISONOUS'.... THE DIRT ROAD CONTINUES ON TO THE N.AND S THROUGH MORE OF THE BEAUTIFULLY.GREEN MEADOWS.... TH E ROAD BRANCHES TO THE N, S AND W....BOR DER STATION #1.<GUARD> A WARNING. PASS N OT TO THE N.FOR ONLY TROUBLE LIES WITH T HE RED.DRAGOON.... SHORTLY AFTER CROSSIN G THE BORDER.INTO THE NEIGHBORING KINGDO M, YOU ARE.CONFRONTED BY A HUGE RED DRAG OON (AND,.OF COURSE, A WHOLE COMPANY OF GUARDS)..<DRAGOON> WELL, WELL. WHAT HAVE WE..HERE? MORE FODDER FOR OUR DUNGEON.V ERMIN. TAKE THEM MEN!... THE DUSTY ROAD RUNS E AND W. THE.VAGUE OUTLINE OF HILLS ARE VISIBLE TO.THE W.... THE ROAD IS WE LL WORN HERE AT THIS.INTERSECTION. MUST BE A MAJOR.CROSSROADS.... A SMALL VILLAG E LIES BEFORE YOU. SEEMS.LIKE A PEACEFUL PLACE TO SPEND SOME.TIME.... SUDDENLY, A TERRIFYING SHRIEK SPLITS.THE AIR. ALL HEADS TURN TO THE WEST AS..A LARGE DRAGO N COMES FLYING TOWARDS THE.VILLAGE. ADMI ST THE CHAOTIC TURMOIL.OF THE VILLAGERS, GORN GRASPS YOU ABOUT.THE WAIST, LIFTIN G YOU OFF YOUR FEET,.AND MADLY DASHES IN TO THE CLOSEST STORM..CELLAR.. WHAT FEEL S LIKE AN ETERNITY.AFTERWARDS, GORN BOLD LY PEERS OUTSIDE..STATING ALL K_.O..D O. RQC... ./.$Y....K.Q......K.......Q..X.K. Q...B.F..WB....WF.R.6VCLAR, EMERGE TO F IND THE VILLAGE.BURNED TO THE GROUND.... A CRYSTAL CLEAR POND SPARKLES WITH.REFL ECTED LIGHT.... THE CHARRED REMNANTS OF A VILLAGE LAY.ABOUT YOU.... THE BABY DRA GON TEARS AWAY FROM YOU.AND RUNS TOWARDS THE BIG DRAGON...G .
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