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The Mansion of E - Tuesday , July 31 , 2012 [[In Agita's darkened receiving room. Flibbergib the Eyebolt <> her chair-back into position, while Agorn leans against her desk and scratches at a writing tablet with a digit-tip.]] / Flibbergib: You've.. been out in the forest all this time? / Agorn: I took the long way home. But yeah. / [[Outline of Mortimer and Yasmine talking in the Forest.]] / Flibbergib: Were any of those horrible hat-things out /there/? / Agorn: . . . Hat-things. Nope.. no hats sighted. / [[Outline of a surprised Fixit bouncing on floor, after being bapped by Comshaw. Skradt's feet are visible.]] / Flibergib: It was on Ogdoad. Comshaw /killed/ it. Or.. or it killed itself, I guess. / [[She stares ahead.]] / Flibbergib: And now.. I don't know /what/ Miss Agita's going to do! / Agorn: ..work things to her 'vantage, I spect.
The Mansion of E - Wednesday , August 1 , 2012 [[In Agita's darkened receiving room. Agorn leans up against Flibbergib the eyebolt's desk, scratching at a tablet.]] / Flibbergib: Did you hear about.. everything else? / Agorn: Think so. The Elevator. Chauncy and Edgar. Nevus n' the Council. Giant Nomes. / Flibbergib: . . . / [[Agorn fiddles with the lamp he was carrying.]] / Flibbergib: They're saying something's happened with.. to.. the Gibber. / Agorn: Mm. That's a new one. Thanks. / [[The lamp turns off]] / [[Agorn closes his eyes.]] / Agorn: Wake me if there's 'nother fire, wouldya? / Flibbergib: Um.. of course.
The Mansion of E - Thursday , August 2 , 2012 Narration: Around and About.. / [[Bung the Gobule sleeps, along with the small plant given to him by Faddle the Gnoll.]] / Bung: zzz / Plant: zzz / [[Tuft the Gobule and Dap the Gnoll sleep in their alcove. Odum the Troglodyte sleeps out of sight, hanging from the roof.]] / All: zzz / [[Clochard and Anathama the Gnolls sleep in a nest.]] / Both: zzz / [[Squeeb the small Wyrm lies on a stone floor amid bits of rubble.]] / Squeeb: xxx / [[Closeup of Faddle. looking concerned. The room is tinged yellow, and a crystal grows out the wall above.]] / Faddle: !!!
The Mansion of E - Friday , August 3 , 2012 Narration: Some Place / [[The place is yellow-tinged, and has crystals either growing out of or mounted into the stone walls.]] / Faddle, thinking: Think I finally shook 'em off. / Faddle, thinking: Why'd I even come here. Wuz goin' /home/. / [[He climbs a jagged cliff.]] / Faddle, thinking: Exit's just there. I get outta this zark-hole and /never/ talk about- / [[He reaches the top and finds at least two female Gnolls waiting for him. Their faces are out of sight. One carries a staff with one of the crystals mounted on it.]] / Faddle: . . . / Faddle, aloud: /Ohh/. Now I /gettit/. Fine. Let's get this phizz over with. / [[Faddle is sleeping a nest with several female Gnolls, all with long light hair, and wearing collars with a round object mounted on the front. The females all look pleased. Faddle does not.]]
The Mansion of E - Saturday , August 4 , 2012 [[Inside Agita's darkened receiving room. Flibbergib the Eyebolt sits at her desk. Agorn leans against it, his eyes closed. All of Fliibbergib's dialogue is internal.]] / Flibbergib: . . . / Flibbergib: . . . / Flibbergib: "Her advantage." / [[Her antenna flash a little.]] / Flibbergib: The world's turning upside down. It's not just those weirders. I can /sense/ it / Flibbergib: And when that happens.. /Someone's/ going to get squashed like a trundleb- / [[With a <> the lights turn on.]]
 
The Mansion of E - Sunday , August 5 , 2012 Narration: Sundays in SubShaft 44f / [[A glowing strand has swum up the flooded shaft to a small tunnel leading into the wall, guarded by various protrusions, one resembling a trident. A comparatively huge pipe-like object looks nearby.]] / [[A blast of magic/power blasts off the fork, arcing to another protrusion, repelling the strand and blocking the tunnel. Bubbles form at the pipe's mouth]] / <> / [[The strand is <> into the pipe. Another protrusion turns from red layered to green.]]
The Mansion of E - Monday , August 6 , 2012 [[Inside Agita's receiving room. Agorn leans against Flibbergib the Eyebolt's desk.]] / Agorn: Ah. / Agita, off-panel: Mr. Agorn, I presume. / [[Agita has appeared.]] / Agorn: Ma'am. / Agita: Ah indeed. I was beginning to wonder if I had finally found an assignment even you couldn't complete. / [[Agorn has gotten up. He hands her a tablet on which he has been scratching.]] / Agorn: Took the long route home, Ma'am. / Agita: Mm. / [[Agita's hand holds the tablet. On it is scratched in Manglish "BEEN PROMOTED TO CLASS-8 ROOT-SPY".]] / Agita: Refresh my memory. / Agita: The long route from /where/ exactly?
The Mansion of E - Tuesday , August 7 , 2012 Narration: Previously, following an auction... / [[In the Forest of E. Nevus <> onto Mimsy the Gnoll's head.]] / Nevus: ...That being the case, I shall gather my retinue and depart. / [[They walk past Agita.]] / Nevus: What /you/ choose to do is, as always, your affair. / Agita: . . . / [[She turns to go as well, opening her umbrella. All dialogue is internal.]] / Agita: Fine. / Agita: Very well. / Agita: For a certain value of 'depart'.. / [[They witness a giant off-panel flash of light, accompanied by a <>.]] / Nevus: Yup.. definitely time to be going.
The Mansion of E - Wednesday , August 8 , 2012 Narration: Previously, in the Forest of E / [[Agita, Nevus and Mimsy arrive at the former auction security perimeter. Agorn, Capper the Gobule and Orfis the blindfolded Troglodyte are here.]] / Nevus: All right. Orfis. Let the word go forth. We are leaving. Now. / Orfis: ... Yes, sir. / [[Capper approaches Nevus.]] / Capper: Where'z Mr. Guttle? / Nevus: Waiting for you, Capper, in yonder clearing with baited breath. / [[Agorn faces Agita.]] / Agorn: You OK, Ma'am? / Agita: As noted, I am going home, Mr. Agorn.
The Mansion of E - Thursday , August 9 , 2012 Narration: Previously, in the Forest of E / [[Agorn, Agita, Nevus and Mimsy the Gnoll walk along.]] / Agorn: A Saur ran past, outta the site. / Agita: Snerk. We leave /him/ to his devices. / Nevus: Mimsy. Take a note. Soon as we get back, I want to find- / [[A rainbow-beam of magic shoots into the sky beyond the distant trees. They look in silence.]] / [[Orfis the blindfolded Troglodyte arrives.]] / Orfis: What? I don't smell or hear anything. / Agorn: Outta range. RiverFire. Beam into the sky. Probably that Pit thing.
 
The Mansion of E - Friday , August 10 , 2012 Narration: Previously, in the Forest of E / [[Nevus, Mimsy the Gnoll, Agita and Agorn look skyward. Orfis the blindfolded Troglodyte stands nearby.]] / Agita: The "Pit" is not between us and the tunnel home, correct? / Agorn: Right, Ma'am. / [[The beam of magic shoots skyward in the distance.]] / Nevus: So we just get the Zark out of here. / Agita: For once, I concur. / [[They proceed along in silence.]] / [[Shona appears in front of them.]] / Shona: Oh, Mr. Nevus! There you are! Thank the Brush!
The Mansion of E - Saturday , August 11 , 2012 Narration: Previously, in the Forest of E / [[Shona faces her employer Nevus, who is riding on Mimsy the Gnoll.]] / Shona: I've got all sorts of /important news/! / Nevus: . . . Fine Shona. Over there. / [[They all go off, along with Orfis the Troglodyte, leaving Agita and Agorn alone.]] / Agita: Since we're having private conferences.. / Agorn: Ma'am? / Agita: I have a assignment for you. It is dangerous, but does not involve any of these.. displays.. we've all just witnessed. / Agorn: Good to hear, Ma'am
The Mansion of E - Sunday , August 12 , 2012 Narration: Sundays in the SubShafts / [[A glowing strand has been sucked into a pipe. The jointed pipe runs up a shaft in near darkness, attached at various points to the walls. Attached to the "ceiling" is a replica of pointing hand labelled "SINISTER+1". A small wheeled object stands at the head of another shaft running off to one side; the object shines a light up at the pipe.]] / {{Homage to the Mars Curiosity probe.}} / <> / [[The pipe joins several others running to a hub labelled LUDWIG'S AUTOMAGIC FLOTSAM/JETSAM SORTING MACHINE. Three outgoing pipes are marked with indicator lights.]] / <> / [[One of the indicators lights up green.]] / <>
The Mansion of E - Monday , August 13 , 2012 [[In the Forest of E, Agita gives orders to Agorn.]] / Agita: Make a dignified departure from our merry little band. Return to the clearing.. / Agita: Avoiding, of course, Guttle.. / [[Mortimer in the former World O' Pots basement, covered in Sploo.]] / Agita, "narrating": Pick up the trail of our auctioneer: A double-sized Nome with hair like.. a finagler's. Carrying a bag of fleebs. / [[Outline of Mortimer kissing Agita.]] / Agita: His scent, I imagine, is still clinging to me? / Agorn: Yes Ma'am. / [[A ways off, Shona gives a report to Nevus, witnessed by Mimsy the Gnoll and Orfis the Troglodyte; her dialogue is inaudible.]] / Agita: Follow him. Learn what you can. Do not engage him. In the unlikely event you are spotted, withdraw. / [[Outline of Agorn later standing at the edge of the new crater in the Forest.]] / Agita: How long, how far, I hear you ask? / Agita: I'll leave that to your expert discretion. / Agorn: Yes, Ma'am. / Narration: Previously, in the Forest of E
The Mansion of E - Tuesday , August 14 , 2012 [[In Agita's receiving room. Agita flips over the slab she is holding, while rummaging in her pocket. Flibbergib the Eyebolt watches the conversation.]] / Agita: Oh yes. It all comes back to me. And what happened next? / Agorn: Dodged Guttle n' Capper. / Agorn: Followed the.. Nome guy. / [[Agita has produced a sharp tool and is <>ing on the tablet.]] / Agita: The current consensus is that he is in fact a Human. / Agorn: ...Right. / [[Outline of Agorn kneeling at the edge of a hole in the forest.]] / Agorn: ... Followed his scent to a big hole in the ground. Didn't see it, but from the marks, I'd wager he fell in. / Agita: Hm. From my regrettably limited interaction with him.. this comes as little surprise. / Agita: Since you would have been back much sooner if he died.... / [[Outline of Agorn watching from behind a bush as Mortimer is carried by his brother Rufus and his mysterious acquaintance Eunice.]] / Agorn: When he came back out, he was still knocked out, or somethin', And bein' carried, by two more Humans. / Agorn: Male n' female.
 
The Mansion of E - Wednesday , August 15 , 2012 [[Outline of Mortimer being carried through the Forest of E by his brother Rufus and the mysterious Eunice.]] / Agorn: Both youngish lookin'. Same as the auction guy. Female had.. rustmoss hair. Male's was black. / Agita: A mated couple, perhaps? / Agorn: If Humans are like Nomes.. inside.. no. They were /arguin'/. Not just mate- squabblin'. / Agita: Mm. I bow to your more extensive knowledge on the nuances. / [[Outline of "Dorian's hut" in the Forest, with its surrounding repeller poles.]] / Agorn: Ma'am. They carried him to a.. you know what a "hut" is, Ma'am? / Agita: A collection of walls and a ceiling, exposed to the sky. Yes. / [[Outline of the Spike looming above the trees of the Forest, with the sun overhead.]] / Agorn: Yeah. Put him inside, went off direction of the ravine. Still.. blattin' at each other. / Agorn: Think I heard mention of the Spike. / Agita: Oh, /dear/.
The Mansion of E - Thursday , August 16 , 2012 [[Outline of a stylized Forest of E, with Humans literally chewing their way through the ground away from the Spike, as witnessed by various forest dwellers: a Saur, a Gnoll and a Nome.]] / Agita: So, Humans are Nomes who lingered too long in the shadow of the Spike, and are now spreading out across the forest? / Agorn: Difficult to say, Ma'am. / Agita: Indeed. And not immediately important. Continue, please. / [[Outline of a "repeller pole".]] / Agorn: All 'round the hut were those repeller poles. Same ones 'round "God's Cactus'. That big stone-? / Agita: Where the other new tunnel goes. Yesyes. Giving you a whole / plethora of reasons to not venture inside. / [[Outline of Yasmine Fotheringby.]] / Agorn: No Ma'am. Waited, n' finally Human /#4/ came 'long, from pretty much where 2 and 3 went. / Agorn: 'Nother female. Wore a hood., carried a staff. Or maybe a pokin' stick.
The Mansion of E - Friday , August 17 , 2012 [[Outline of a female Gnoll recoiling from a repeller pole.]] / Agita: Wait.. you're saying these Humans all just walked right past the repellers. / Agorn: Yeah. Cept Ms. Hood. She did the usual spit-test on one of 'em first. / [[Outline of Agorn watching Mortimer and Yasmine's conversation in the Forest of E.]] / Agita: Hm. Intriguing. / Agorn: Anyway. She went in, n' the auction guy woke up, n' they came out, talked awhile. Couldn't hear what about, but.. / [[Agita continues to <> on the slab she is holding. Behind the two of them is a large cactus.]] / Agita: Yes? / Agorn: They weren't arguin'. He gave her the sack', n' she went off sorta towards God's Cactus. / [[Outline of Comshaw, Niddle and Ig the Saur in the Forest.]] / Agita: And.. the "auction guy"? / Agorn: Well.. right 'bout then, Comshaw n' Niddle showed up with some Saur, so I hadta make myself extra-scarce. / Agita: Yes. Of course he did.
The Mansion of E - Saturday , August 18 , 2012 [[Outline of a helmet-wearing Rhid standing over a small smoking crater.]] / Agorn: They all went the same way. Ended up at a big hole. 'CeptI think it was one of them.. quick holes. Craters. / Agita: Yes. Like Rhid was so fond of producing. / [[Outline of Agorn watching a bright light in the Forest of E.]] / Agorn: They all went down in, cept the Saur. Then /'nother/ Saur showed up, bein' chased by one of those shark-things. / Agorn: They went in too, n' there was a big white flash. Not like the others. All quiet. / [[Outline of Agorn climbing down a ladder, looking at the top of a second ladder leading further down.]] / Agorn: They were all gone. Even the first Saur. Sight n' smell. / Agorn: I went down, Found a shaft, a ladder, went down more.. / [[Agorn in a rubble-choked passageway.]] / Agita: And there was still no sign of them. A twistpoint no doubt. / Agorn: Ended up in the Sneech den. Didn't see any Sneeches. Spent the rest of the day gettin' back to the Chasm.
The Mansion of E - Sunday , August 19 , 2012 Narration: Sundays in the SubShafts. / [[A green tube runs up a narrow shaft, hooked to the walls at various points. Various protrusions are attached to the walls as well.]] / [[The tube runs up some more.]] / [[The tube ends at a glass container resembling a lava lamp. There is an indicator light attached. The shaft opens out into a larger space.]] / [[The container fills with a dose of water, as well as the glowing strand. The light turns on.]] / <> / [[A male Gnoll looms into view, eying the strand.]] / Gnoll: . . . / Gnoll: Huh. / {{His name is Impavid.}}
 
The Mansion of E - Monday , August 20 , 2012 [[In Agita's receiving room. Agita reviews what she has written on the slab she is holding. Flibbergib the Eyebolt listens to the conversation.]] / Agita: But you did eventually reach and cross the Chasm, and here we are. / Agorn: 'Pears so, Ma'am. / Agita: With much to think about. / [[She shows the slab to Agorn.]] / Agita: But events have proceeded apace in your absence, and I, as always, have competing demands on my time. / Agorn: . . . / [[His view of the slab. The message reads: NOTED. / NOW: WITHDRAW FROM SOCIETY. TOMORROW: RESURFACE. [a drawing of a Fixit] HATS WITH EYES: ALIVE. HOSTILE. SPEAR ON SIGHT. EVEN WORN BY *ME*.]] / Agita: ...and no doubt you'll want to go get some rest. / Agorn: Sounds good, Ma'am. / [[He turns to go.]] / Agita: There may be follow-up questions tomorrow. / Agorn: Imagine so, Ma'am.
The Mansion of E - Tuesday , August 21 , 2012 [[Agita's receiving room. Agorn departs, using his spear to hold up the lamp he was given. Flibbergib the Eyebolt and Agita watch him go.]] / Flibbergib: But, Miss Agita, what did y- / Agita: Flibbergib. Do you know Agorn's most attractive attribute, apart from his general competence? / [[Agita <> the tablet she is holding along the edge of Flibbergib's desk.]] / Fliibbergib: ..No? / Agita: He so very seldom wastes my time asking frivolous questions.
The Mansion of E - Wednesday , August 22 , 2012 [[A corridor in Root Hall. Agorn approaches a wall-band which divides the general color scheme between "gray" and "yellowish". A metal shutter covers an opening the wall ahead. On the wall is mounted two large signs: ATTENTION YOU NOW DEPART GRAFTED ZONE/ YOU NOW ENTER EGRESS ZONE. PREPARE TO DEPLOY YOUR PERSONAL BREAKING DEVICE.]] / [[The shutter <> open, revealing a female Eyebolt.]] / {{Her name is Purlicue}} / Purlicue: ATTENTION! / Purlicue: You now depart the Grafted Zone! / Purlicue: You now enter the Egress Zone! / Purlicue: Please return your personal illumination device! / [[She takes the lamp off the tip of Agorn's spear.]] / Purlicue: Thank you. / Purlicue: Have a productive day. / [[The shutter <> as Agorn walks on. Two more signs read ATTENTION YOU NOW DEPART EGRESS ZONE YOU NOW ENTER GRAFTED ZONE/ PREPARE TO FACE SCRUTINIZATION AND JUDGEMENT.]] / Agorn, thinking: Withdrawin' from society soundin' better all the time..
The Mansion of E - Thursday , August 23 , 2012 [[In the Egress Zone of Root Hall. Agorn walks past a row of small shutters. None of them are open. A large sign reads THE BEGINNING OF THE END.]] / Agorn: . . . / Agorn: What? No questions /at all/? / [[Close up of a shutter. It remains closed.]] / [[Agorn goes on, holding his spear more at the ready.]] / Agorn, thinking: Not good. Not good at all.
The Mansion of E - Friday , August 24 , 2012 [[In the Egress Zone of Root Hall. A door <> open in front of Agorn, as he proceeds along with his spear.]] / [[Beyond, he is in a low corridor. The door <> behind him.]] / Agorn, thinking: Wonder if that last snoop in the menhir is on duty this time a'night. / [[He is outside, looking at the "menhir", a standing stone, as a large block <> up into place behind him.]] / [[Seeing the front view. The words YOU HAVE LEFT ROOT HALL are painted on the menhir. The interior of the O is an open hole. From the lower edge drips a reddish stain.]] / Agorn, thinking: Guess not.
 
The Mansion of E - Saturday , August 25 , 2012 [[Just outside Root Hall, Agorn looks at a menhir. All dialogue internal.]] / Agorn: Waita minute. / <> / [[A closeup of the hole in the menhir, which is dripping a purplish stain.]] / Agorn: That ain't blood / Agorn: Stainbulb phizz / Agorn: Why'd someon- / Agorn: !! / [[He ducks, and an arrow just misses hitting him.]] / Agorn: Getchata standn gawp, yazarkin moron.
The Mansion of E - Sunday , August 26 , 2012 Narration: Sundays In SubShaft 32g / [[Imbosk the Gnoll sits on a chair on a ledge amidst towers of stone which are studded here and there with empty glass bulbs. He looks up at Impavid the Gnoll, who is out of sight above. A glowing sign reads WATERWORKS]] / <> / Imbosk: Long day. What is it this time, Impavid? / <> / Impavid: I'm afraid I haven't a clue. / [[Impavid descends into view, sitting on a chair attached to a scissor-like support hanging down from above; he controls his movements with a lever on the chair. He is younger than Imbosk. There is a water-filled bulb clamped in between his legs. In the bulb is a glowing strand. Sign changes to ON THE LEVEL.]] / <> / [[He stops before Imbosk. Sign = SLIPPED US THE FIN]] / Impavid: How about you? Have knowledge you're willing to share? / Imbosk: Well well. I do believe that's a fish-strand!
The Mansion of E - Monday , August 27 , 2012 [[Outside the exit of Root Hall, Agorn crouches behind the shelter of a standing stone, and looks at the arrow which was just shot at him, now laying on the ground.]] / Agorn: snif / Agorn, thinking: Huh. / [[He looks behind him.]] / Agorn, thinking: Came off the overhang.. / [[He looks down.]] / Agorn, thinking: So over the side. Yeah. / [[He slides down a steep slope, holding his spear aloft.]] / [[His feet hit the ground below.]] / Agorn: oof / [[He proceeds along quickly.]] / Agorn, thinking: So, who paid em? Muckymuck's got enemies, you can bet. / Or Agita.. yeah. Could be. Set it up awful quick.. or they waitin' /all day/ for me? / Narration: Back at the "overhang".. / Archeress Gnoll: BOWBING ZARK! That wasn't the Target at all, that was /Agorn!/ / AG: We're DEAD! / Her female associate: Whaddaya mean, "we"? / {{Their names are Fanga and Shabash.}} / {{RIP Harry Harrison and Phyllis Diller}}
The Mansion of E - Tuesday , August 28 , 2012 [[Agorn hurries across a bridge over a sea of stalagmites or artificial spikes. A half-broken light overhead provides some illumination. A solitary branch of the Tree pokes up at one point. The bridge supports are numbered 1 through 4, and one is additionally labeled with the E family symbol. ]]
The Mansion of E - Wednesday , August 29 , 2012 [[Agorn hurries along a dimly-lit corridor. Beyond, around a bend, can be seen a branch of the Tree and a closed metal gate, the latter labeled with a sign reading FRINGE GATE 54 and a Basement Council symbol. On the wall beside Agorn is various bits of graffiti. One is a large fanged face with the words 1 2 3 4, 4 WONDERFUL BRIDGE SUPPORTS AH AH AH. Further along is a bird-headed figure, and then words ONE GIANT LEAP.]] / ((RIP Jerry Nelson and Neil Armstrong}} / [[Agorn stops by the bird-figure and looks back the way he came.]] / [[He <> and <> at a light patch on the wall.]] / [[A hidden door in the wall <> open a bit.]]
 

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