Tales from Morloc's Crypt

Tale2- Morloc's Love of Apes

Date Jan/2000

It's a funny thing really. Your wandering about the land minding your own business when you bump into a snarling ape. An ape shouldn't stand a chance against a hero but I always seem to run into them when my stamina is very low. (I wish those monks at the monastery would keep them locked up!)


(To be or not to be that is an Ape!)

Ok most of the time I get the better of them and they're soon killed but just the other day I was pounced upon with low stam but I decided to see the fight out which I might say was going rather well until..whats this I am now being attacked by a player as well. Talk about taking the Morlocs. Well as you can appreciate I did the best thing... run like hell quit and sat in the tea room and moped.

After this little meeting with an ape I made sure I was in top shape as much I could, although I did start to wonder why an ape would need the painting & other interesting objects in its possession. Was it really an ape or was it a higher magic user that was masquerading as an ape?

As time went on I killed more apes without much incident, all be it with a little help from other players when bash night was on. But just the other day I was doing my usual exploring using an unwanted persona, when I ran into an Ape. As I wanted to get rid of the persona I thought I'd let the ape do its best and waited for the ape to move first.

Let me be the first one to say that I am No doctor dolittle but... the ape said hello!. Could my previous suspicious be true. I played along. I said "hello" and waved. (memo to Morloc: Waving to Apes is definitely the 1st sign of madness!). Suddenly I am forced to have the urge to kiss the ape - 60 points for me Hmm...and now I'm dribbling.. another kiss and - 60 points (Why an ape should make me dribble is beyond me, maybe someone can enlighten me)

Tale Interlude: Talking of apes and mobiles I was just thinking the other day that its a pity you cant catch and train them. Its a shame there aren't any horses in the stable either I've always fancied riding into battle on a white horse with sword waving. Still I could always try and catch the ox although I don't think it would have the same impact.

Talking of horses, the Inn keeper told me a funny story yesterday regarding a champion and a horse. He told me that he was busy cleaning up the bar after Cat had one of his mad drinking nights when he saw through the window a champ ride up , dismounted and tie his horse to the railing outside.

He then went round the back of the horse, lifted its tail and kissed its backside!
Well, when he entered the bar, the Inn keeper said "why in gandalfs name did you do that!?"
The champion replied "Chapped lips"
The Inn Keeper looked and questioned "Does it cure it then ?"
and the Champion replied "No , but it stops me licking them!" <gg><lol>.

I'm sure there's a motto here but for one reason or another I don't really want to go there!

Interlude over: Where was I, Oh yes either this Ape REALLY likes me or someone is playing games with me, but what the heck I enjoy a good laugh and so I acted as though "Morloc gets hold of the monkey mask and puts it on"! Well I thought this was funny but obviously the ape/whoever didn't and so the fight began. It wasn't so much as a fight, more like an execution. Although blinding me and crippling me was a bit over the top but I supposed he/she enjoyed it. And so the battle was over and the "not updating persona" presented itself to me.

So as you can see I don't like apes at the best of times but when there in league with or actually high level magic users then I have only one thing to say , and that's "Don't make a monkey of them! "<gg> You wait til I'm Wiz I going to walk around as King Kong and hang on the side of the keep swatting dragon flies. (wishful thinking I think!)

Enough of this monkeying about I'm off to lace that banana in the dish with wolfsbane. cya Morloc

If you liked this tale then please read the others!
You wont learn much but I might make you smile!

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