The Land of Grimney - The Illustrated Adventures of Cora Pearl, aged 12

So....you really do regenerate your body? So.....your body is always young? Mmmmmmmmmmm, interesting!

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Meadow bursts into tears.

You are a cruel, cruel wizard! How can I ever face my friends again? Oh the humiliation! I know you are telling lies, last time I was here you told me that you shed your skin, now you're telling me you have no skin! Can you not just be honest and tell me that you don't fancy me!

Oh my heart is in millions of pieces. I have been getting ready all day. Why tell me we are going to eat by candle light? You are determined to make a fool out of me!

Oh my poor heart, it will never mend. You know that you are the man of my dreams and you do this to me.

Meadow throws herself on the couch and sobs uncontrollably.........

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Oh Word Wizard! I'm not sad, I'm not sad at all.

Meadow looks at her Alice Cooperesque face in the mirror,

I hope Philomena can't see me, she would be soo upset, it took her four hours to do this make up!

There is a loud crackling sound in the room, smoke begins to curl out of her eyes and ears;

Now look what you've done word wizard! I am spontaneously combusting......... I am burning alive, are you satisfied now? There is no magic in the land, no wizard, no witch who has the power to quell these flames. Only one thing can douse this fire within me and we both know what that is don't we

Now then Word Wizard, the choice is yours. In ten minutes Meadow Goblinglitter will be no more. You will instead have before you a mound of molten ash which was once Meadow......unless you quell the flames!

Come ON! I'm not exactly ugly am I? What IS your problem unless.......you don't bat for the other side do you?

You have ten minutes to decide if you are going to save poor Meadow, just how proud are you?

Goodbye cruel Wizard, the time is ticking...

Tick, tock, tick, tock.......

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Congratulations Word Wizard! Well Done you have passed the test....thank goodness. You may just have saved the whole of Grimney!
Let me just go and get dry and I will explain.........

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Meadow returns with a towel wrapped around her head and sits by the fire to get warm;

I'm so glad that farce is over, Now we can relax and enjoy ourselves I was riding my horse (who I've named Wizard after you by the way) in Darkwood a few weeks ago when I met a man. I don't know if you know of him, his name is Karsudan. Anyway we got talking and I was saying how Grimney would be such a lovely place if it wasn't for all the fighting and killing.

He told me there is a way to bring about peace but before the process could be initiated Word Wizard would have to be put to the test. He told me that I would have to tempt you three times and that if you failed to succumb to temptation on each occasion a tremendous force would be released into Grimney. As a result a golden pillar will rise from the earth in the next three days.

This pillar is the opposite of what the black pillar represents. It will have the power to attract evil spirits - including those trapped within the black pillar. It will process the powers and transform them into positive energy which it will then release back into the air.

In time this energy will overcome all of the dark energy in Grimney and all the inhabitants will live together in peace. Thank goodness you didn't succumb Word Wiz, that would have been such a tragedy

Now, you can relax. Shall we sit and enjoy this wine?

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There is just one slight problem with the golden pillar Word Wizard....isn't there always During the process of transforming the negative energy into positive some waste products are left over which, if not handled correctly can transform into even stronger evil than were originally captured. For this reason there is a secret underground storage facility where the waste can be stored.

Kursk is aware that the facility exists and has teams drilling underground in an attempt to locate it. There is also a key to the facility hidden underground in a blue box somewhere beneath a drizzle tree which Kursk is also aware of. It is unlikely that they will fall into the wrong hands but.....as with anything, there is always a small chance. There are only a handful of Government insiders who know where the storage facility and the key are located though so it shouldn't present too much of a problem.

If there is anything you want to ask me, feel free, otherwise I think I will return to the tavern shortly. I'm a bit worried about how Philomena is getting on with 'mad' Keeler.

I look forward to your invitation for Philomena, Gwenillian and me to come over and meet Grimnian.

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