Part One: Hunt For a New Game!

King Arthur awoke, and in one mighty bound,
called forth his great court, and an old village hound.
"'Tis off to Isola that we must now go!
A new Game was seen lurking in the mountain top snow!
We must try to determine, if it's a worthy new Game,
to entertain all the masses, from whence comes our fame!"

Queen Carla looked up, with a quite stately aire,
and beckoned young Xay to stand by her chair.
"Now we must move quickly! Provisions we need!
Please summon some maidens to help with this deed!
Quickly young Damsel, there's no time to waste!
We must all soon be together, to start on this chase!"

Now off to the Fortress went Barb Lady Fair.
She checked the Keyboard of Justice, and the other tools there.
Ascended, she then, to a very big chair!
She had Mac's on the Right, and on the left were PC's!
A wall full of monitors, to assess what she sees!
Then in a very soft voice, that yet rang in the air,
Summoned forth Princess Geeks, to enter the Lair!

Then in dashed young Krystal and her close friend HP!
Riding Shiny new Laptops, and dancing with glee!
They held high Laser Mouses, and the latest Smart Phones,
And started looking for Beta's to help sing their song.
For by singing a chant, and chanting in rhyme,
they could quickly destroy any bugs that they find!

Meanwhile, in the Forums our Dear Tante Jen,
Met her Friend KittenAngel , and started to grin!
They called on the masses, to help in the plan!
They sent forth suggestions, and other fine aids,
To help our Dear King, while he trained the new game.
The rumors abounded and the praises rang out!
"How Grand this will be!" They all shouted out!

Out in the stable, young Lyssaria stirred,
transformed to Beastmaster, and gathered the herd.
As she started her work, she started to glow!
The Dragons and Horses, would bow to her toe!
"Now listen young Changelings, you have quite a lot to do
to ferry the King, and his fine, motley crew!
To chase down this Game, and help bring it through!"

The Sergeant at Arms, AR is her name, called out for the Knights,
to help track down the Game! They were led by Sir Gamey,
who is Noble indeed, and cuts quite a poise on his choice for a steed!
He rides a young Dragon! With Scales made of Gold! They sparkle
and shine! I think they look bold!

The Court Jester, Knksmiles, wandered around,
playing small pranks to help spirits abound.
She looked hither and yon for Houjun, her friend,
but she was too busy teaching her apprentice again.
The Court Illustrator was sketching ideas for the scenes
and gave them to Maid Sammy to finish it seems.

Out in the Courtyard, I tuned up my Lyre.
I sang out a note, that curled all my hair!
The hounds started howling! The Cats ran and hid!
The people quite cringed, and one threw a lid!
"JUST TALK TO US BARD!" The Court Scribe then said,
"Please give up singing or you'll fill us with dread!
You'll Scare the young Game to the deepest of dells!
You'll make us all deaf with those terrible yells!"

In the foyer then gathered, this fine motley crew,
and Jazzo the Wizard, started a brew.
He stirred up a potion, and then with a flair,
Teleported us all, to Isola, so fair!
The King then looked upon this great mass,
and gave us a lecture, on how he wanted each lass,
and lad, and beast to take up the chase.
On how we should do this with the greatest of haste!


Part 2 coming soon to an island near you!
Comments Anyone?

It's Here!It's Here!The Illustration Thread as drawn by the Lovely and Talented Houjun!
Here is her group portrait of the Royal Court!

After a lengthy, and unexpected, delay Part 2 is now ready for your viewing pleasure! Don't forget to go to the illustrations thread and submit your own related artwork!

Part 2 The Chase

In the mountain top snow the Game softly shivered.
It knew not it's name, and with fear the Game quivered.
It knew not it's purpose for coming up here,
Now don't you feel sorry for this little dear?

Then a very great voice spoke in it's head,
It said "I am ROM, be filled not with dread.
You are a New Game, one just freshly born,
but soon you'll grow up to a game that's well worn.
At the hands of the King, you'll be all you can be!
I promise you this! Just you wait and see!"

Now on the South shore the King stared at his crew.
He gave forth a lecture, while the Maid stirred a stew.
He said "There's a clue hidden round here.
But just where it is, I know not I fear."
So he assigned each a place to look for the clue,
then he dispersed, his quite motley crew,

They searched hi and lo, in shoals and in wells.
They searched the food bin, and the mild ocean swells.
They searched Berry bushes, covered in fruit,
They even took time, to search in the loot.
Under the Statue, and in the old Temple square.
Up in the grave yard, but no clue was in there.

Then Jazzo the wizard, talked to the GC
to see if he knew just where it might be?
The GC knew not, but then had a thought!
Had they searched in the Cave? Jazzo thought not.
So the GC and Jazzo walked to the cave.
Rolled back the boulder, and called forth a knave.

A knavette named Harry, did answer their call,
and brought also Williamani, a knave yet quite small.
At the advice of the GC and with a spell to protect,
they entered the cave, and looked in a sack,
against the far wall, and quite out of sight,
They found there a clue, that filled them with fright!

It said down a waterfall the King now must go,
and take his fair Queen, if they wanted to know,
where to find the new game, that Rom carefully hid,
but it would not be easy...Yet that's what they did!
The King and his Queen then entered the cave,
but first the kind Queen thanked the young knaves.
Then hand in hand they searched for the way they must go,
they walked hand in hand, so the way they could know.
They slipped through some vines, and quickly they fell!
Down a steep waterfall, but they landed quite well.

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Now Gamey the Knight, grew quite concerned.
He said to the Crew, "This cave must be churned ,
from front to back till the King we can find!
I fear for the Queen if we are not in time!"

But Houjun, and Havoria had other plans.
They spoke to the Knight, and took hold of his hands.
"Fear not now Sir Gamey," they both softly said,
"We know where they went and will go there instead."
So they spoke to the Beastmaster, to bring up her steeds,
and transport them to the place, where the King & Queen be.

AR rallied the troops, of this Motley Crew,
and had them all mount, after eating their stew.
The Maiden and Damsel, made sure all was prepared,
then all swiftly mounted, and in a whirl, disappeared,
in a thick veil of dust, from out of the sight,
of the South Village Tribe, as if it were night!

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Over on the West Shore, the King and his bride,
dragged themselves from a pool, and in the sun quickly dried.
They looked all around to see where they be.
The Queen softly spoke, "I think we're in the home of VV
Lost Children, my Love. Now what do you think?"

The King gazed around, and at his Queen gently winked.
"I think you are right, Queen Carla my Dear.
I think on the West Shore, is where we've appeared.
I think that o'er here, we'll find a new clue.
But where do you suppose, is our quite Motley Crew?"
Then they felt the wind stir, and a dust cloud did form,
and from out of it's mist, the Motley Crew formed,
So being the King, Arthur did then, give forth with a lecture,
but did so with a grin.

The crew again searched this place hi and lo,
they searched in the pool, and where the vines grow.
They searched research tables, and in some fine shacks.
They searched in some fields, but avoided most sacks.
They searched Coconut groves, and pools wide and deep,
But of the New Game, there wasn't a peep.

Then a Gong loudly sounded, and the King gave a clasp!
The Queen quickly giggled, but the Motley Crew gasped!
"Behind the Great Gong, a path is well hid!
'Tis there we most go, in the Beastmasters glow!
She'll light up our way through this passage so dark,
and then we'll come out in a great Village park!"

"There'll be in the path no place for the steeds,
so by ship they must go, with the greatest of speeds.
The whole Motley Crew, say for those whom I call,
will go with the beasts, to keep them in their stall."
With the help of the tribe, and especially Dodo,
a ship quickly formed, Captained by young Frodo.
His mate, on this crew was a Red Headed Lad,
though few knew his name, and of this he was glad.
For back in his youth, Young Opie, our friend,
had gone on secret trips, again and again.

So the King then called out, for fair Damsel Xay,
for Gamey the knight, to go on his foray.
Lysaria, transformed to the Beastmaster again,
And the rest went to the ships, where their journey begins.
The Queen went on board, to lead the fair Motley Crew,
And Maid Sammy remembered to bring lots of stew.

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Into the passage, and onto the Sea,
they went on their way, quickly as could be.
For days they did journey, and then found their way,
to a place that was ancient, so the Elders do say.
Up to the North Shore, is where they all went,
for this the King felt is where they were sent.

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Meanwhile in the Snow on the great mountain top,
Rom conversed with the Game, they talked quite nonstop.
He revealed to the Game that the King would soon come,
and help it to learn, what it would soon become.
He then said a spell, to send the new game,
to a place that was safe, till the King and Queen came.
To ferry it home, to a place far away, called California, or so the tribes say.

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In the Great Northern Tribe, where magic is hid,
and factions once torn, are together again,
Where Nature and Magic, exist in sweet harmony,
is where we next go on this lively journey.

to be continued...

Part Three: The New Game

Now after a time, that some thought too long,
The King once again assembled his throng.
In The Secret City, in the ancient old grove,
he talked to Chief Laurence, then got out his cell phone.
He called back to the Fortress, to Barb Lady Fair,
to see if a clue was hidden round there.

Barb sat there thinking and watching her screens,
when out of a mist she saw such a marvelous scene!
The ghost of a princess stood in a room
and pointed around to where rubble was strewn.
Barb relayed this to Arthur, and said he should see
If he saw such a place in The Secret City.

So Arthur the King sent all on a search,
they looked far and wide, but felt in a lurch.
Then a kindly young fisher, Britney was her name,
said she knew of this place where they might find the New Game.
By the old swimming pool past the grand research hut,
below the hospital, but not in the brush,
was a mountain of rubble, and there in the ground,
an ancient old room was what the Motley Crew found.

It was a new secret passage to a place yet unknown!
They went through with care, in a line that was long!
When they came to the surface, all were quite shocked!
Some were confused, and others felt mocked!
For this was the East Shore of Isola so fair,
And there sat the game, in an old wooden chair!

Now Arthur the King picked up the New Game,
and felt of it's pulse, and the thoughts that soon came,
to him quite unbidden from in the new game.
They conversed for awhile in this kind of mind speak
then he carried it gently and it let out not a squeak.
He gave it to Carla who gave it such care,
that it felt quite at ease though it's process lay bare.

Then in a manner quite magic young Jazzo again,
stirred up a potion while it started to rain,
and again whisked us all to the Fortress, or lair,
where all were soon met by Barb Lady Fair.
and the game was placed in a magical room,
where it could grow, while the Betas hummed their tune.

In a matter of time, we all will soon know,
about this fine game from the mountain top snow,
but for now we must wait, patient as can be,
While the King helps it be all it can be.


The End.