You travel a long distance northwest.
It's Night.
The southwestern corner of a large plain.
There are six obvious exits: north, northeast, east, southeast, south,
west

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf gracefully enters from south.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf studies you carefully.

Depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf.
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek.
He has silver eyes.
He has very long black hair.
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf.
He looks nice.
He is in good shape.
He is alert.
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one
scabbard attached to it).

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at you.
You emote: Desiderea blinks innocently.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf asks you in Common:
help
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf asks you in Common:
Mark
You say quietly in Common: Oh... mm...
You emote: Desiderea fidgets.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common:
Oh...
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf coughs.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nods politely.

As you look into this direction you see:

[southeast]
 On the southern coastal road.
 There seems to be no one.

Depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf.
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek.
He has silver eyes.
He has very long black hair.
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf.
He looks nice.
He is in good shape.
He is alert.
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one
scabbard attached to it).

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Why
are you wandering these plains in the dead of night?
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: There
have been sightings lately.
You say quietly in Common: I was...
You say quietly in Common: ...looking for herbs.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common:
Herbs.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the mushrooms.
You nod slowly.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: you're
not referring to those are you?
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf points at the mushrooms.
You shake your head in disagreement.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf smirks.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common:
Good.
 Somehow these mushrooms look weird and poisonous. You don't dare to touch
 them.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf goes hmmmm.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Potion
maker?
You say quietly in Common: Mm... no.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What
are you going to do with the herbs then?
You emote: Desiderea twists a strand of her hair shyly.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a fancy briar smoking pipe
from his black jacket.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a tart tobacco from his black
jacket.
You say quietly in Common: I was going to write a book about
them...
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Ah,
scribe then.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf fills the fancy briar smoking pipe
with tart tobacco.
You nod.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a tinderbox from his black
jacket.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf lights the fancy briar smoking
pipe.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts puffing on the fancy briar
smoking pipe.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: How's
old Delia?
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf blows some smoke from the corner of
his mouth.
You say quietly in Common: Mm... good. I haven't seen her in a little
while.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nods slowly.
A subtle scent of tart tobacco fills the air.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Its
should visit her some time...
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf puffs on the fancy briar smoking
pipe.
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: this
book will be your master's thesis?
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf blows some smoke from the corner of
his mouth.
You say quietly in Common: Mm...
Something large and black flutters by and vanishes in the darkness.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks up into the darkness.
A subtle scent of tart tobacco fills the air.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf's ears perk up, his eyes
sharpening.
You say quietly in Common: So I can be a full scribe.
>The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common:
Ah.
A subtle scent of tart tobacco fills the air.
You say quietly in Common: But I still have to study more...
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nods slowly.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf puffs on the fancy briar smoking
pipe.

It's Night.
 In the southwestern corner of a large plain. Lush, green grass covers the
 fertile ground and soft hills. Occasionally single rocks rise out of the
 living carpet of vegetation like fingers pointing toward the sky. To the
 south runs the coastal road and to the west starts a menacing looking path.
 A circle of mushrooms grows here.
There are six obvious exits: north, northeast, east, southeast, south,
west.
A depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf.

As you look into this direction you see:

[southeast]
 On the southern coastal road.
 There seems to be no one.

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says: Sep was my
klaost.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf blows some smoke from the corner of
his mouth.
You say quietly in Common: Hm?
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf blows some smoke from the corner of
his mouth.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf shakes his head dismissively.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Not
important.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf blows some smoke from the corner of
his mouth.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Your
book will be on the herbs of the plain?
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf puffs on the fancy briar smoking
pipe.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf puffs on the fancy briar smoking
pipe.
You say quietly in Common: Mm... well, I need to look in more places. 
I was just writing down what I've found so far.
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I'm 
surprised work in that area hasn't advanced much in recent years. 
A subtle scent of tart tobacco fills the air. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes in a lungful of smoke. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf puffs on the fancy briar smoking 
pipe. 
You ponder the sky for a moment, trying to gauge the time. You suppose it is 
the last quarter of the 23rd hour, on the 8th day (Day of Valor), in the 6th 
month (Month of the Fly), 1127 years after the Arrival (A.A.). 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
was your name milady? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf blows some smoke from the corner of 
his mouth. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... Desiderea. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Desiderea... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nods slowly. 
A subtle scent of tart tobacco fills the air. 
A subtle scent of tart tobacco fills the air. 

Depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf. 
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek. 
He is puffing on a fancy briar smoking pipe. 
He has silver eyes. 
He has very long black hair. 
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf. 
He looks nice. 
He is in good shape. 
He is extremely alert. 
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of 
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a 
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one 
scabbard attached to it).

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf smiles slightly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I 
doubt you see many darkelves. 
You slowly shake your head in disagreement. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf puffs on the fancy briar smoking 
pipe. 
A slight breeze makes the grass move gently in the wind. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops smoking the fancy briar 
smoking pipe. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf sighs. 
You say quietly in Common: Well... they're usually... bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks disappointedly at his empty 
pipe. 
You emote: Desiderea fidgets. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf fidgets with his pipe. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Damn... that was my last one. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Hmmm, 
I hear that word a lot. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
exactly does it mean. 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf tilts his head inquisitively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf checks the weather. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... they... they hurt people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf's black hair wisps like tendrils in 
the wind. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Hurt 
people. 
You nod slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Goblins? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Orcs? 
You say quietly in Common: They hurt people too. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Too. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
what are people if not orcs and goblins? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: If not 
including orcs and goblins? 
You emote: Desiderea looks confused. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: You 
seem confused. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is my 
question vague. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf's silver eyes glow in the darkness, 
sharp, hunter's eyes. 
You say quietly in Common: But orcs and goblins... they always try to 
hurt you whenever they see you. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: All 
orcs and goblins try to hurt you when they see you? 
A slight breeze makes the grass move gently in the wind. 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: There 
are some that don't. 
Hmmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: In the 
goblin village the boatman does not attack on sight. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Nor 
does the village council. 
You say quietly in Common: I try to stay away from there... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Would 
you say then, some orcs and goblins attack you when they see you? 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: But 
not all? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
You say quietly in Common: I haven't met any nice ones. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And as 
such, they are not people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
this true? 
You say quietly in Common: Well... 
You say quietly in Common: They're... 
You frown. Is something wrong? 
You say quietly in Common: I guess... they're people... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf goes hmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf drops three brown flowers, a plain 
white root, a small green plant and two tiny black roots. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf tries to look thoughtful. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
People. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: but 
not nice people you mean, I suspect. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search. 
You nod slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf drops two brown flowers and two 
orange roots. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the root. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the root. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the root. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
you would say the same thing about darkelves? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Darkelves generally are not nice. 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf crouches in front of a raised patch 
of grass. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... I never met a nice one of them 
either... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stands up. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Understandable. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf analyses a crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I 
guess my race is cursed in the eyes of the world. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf drops two crowlins. 
Hmmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf drops a crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a brown flower. 
A slight breeze makes the grass move gently in the wind. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf's cloak drifts lazily in the wind. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at you. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Evil. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Evil 
to some is a tangible thing. 
You emote: Desiderea blinks innocently. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Something you can smell. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Something you can touch. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Something you can see. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf lifts his hands, looking at his
dark skin absently. 
Hmmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: To 
others, it is like a the air, invisible, yet vaguely, inexplicably there, 
some sense of it. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And to 
me, I cannot understand it. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Are 
you afraid of me Desiderea? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at you. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search.

Depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf (searching). 
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek. 
He has silver eyes. 
He has very long black hair. 
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf. 
He looks nice. 
He is in good shape. 
He is extremely alert. 
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of 
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a 
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one 
scabbard attached to it).

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
You emote: Desiderea gives a little nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf smiles slightly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Fear 
can be a healthy thing. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
what is it that you fear Desiderea? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf bends over into a crouch. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a brown flower. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the flower. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf absently pulls off petals from the 
flower, one by one. 
You say quietly in Common: Dark elves... people say they're bad... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf crushes the remains of the flower 
in his fist. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf drops a brown flower. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Bad as 
in evil? 
You nod slightly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
what is evil, to you, Desiderea? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
makes that which is evil, evil? 
You say quietly in Common: People... who hurt people... they do bad 
things. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: They 
do evil things? 
You say quietly in Common: They... 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at you. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf analyses a crowlin. 
You say quietly in Common: I don't think... I don't think people 
should hurt people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Should. Should not. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: If a 
wild animal cornered you, would you stand still to be mauled? 
Something large and black flutters by and vanishes in the darkness. 
You say quietly in Common: I would... I would try to run away. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
running is better than hurting? 
You ponder the situation. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Running is good, and hurting is bad? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at the crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search. 
You say quietly in Common: I guess if... if it's hurting you, you 
should fight back. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
sometimes hurting is good, and sometimes it is bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
this true? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
You say quietly in Common: But if it's something mean and... and 
bad... 
Something small scurries through the grass. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf's eyes dart at the sudden movement 
in the grass. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I'm a 
little confused. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: But if 
what is mean and bad? 
You say quietly in Common: If it's a bad thing you're fighting... then 
that is not so bad. 
You say quietly in Common: Because it's... bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So its 
not bad to hurt bad things. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
this true? 
You emote: Desiderea thinks for a moment then nods slowly. 
You say quietly in Common: But... I think you should try to be nice to 
everybody. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Even 
to bad people? 
Something large and black flutters by and vanishes in the darkness. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf eyes you curiously. 
You say quietly in Common: If... if they... mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Who 
are bad because they hurt people who are not bad. 
You ponder the situation. 
You say quietly in Common: You should... you should try to be nice, but 
some people are not nice back. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf goes hmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: That 
seems like an easy way to get killed. 
You frown. Is something wrong? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Do you 
disagree? 
You say quietly in Common: But... Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a small green plant. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf drops a small green plant. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search. 
You say quietly in Common: Most people are nice I think... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: That's 
a very sweeping statement Desiderea. 
Hmmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
good actions should be rendered to the good and the bad? 
You say quietly in Common: You should try to treat people nice, unless 
they're mean and bad to you. Then they're not nice people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So you 
should treat only nice people nicely? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Those 
that are mean and bad to you should not be treated nicely? 
You nod slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Let me 
tell you a story. 

Depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf. 
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek. 
He has silver eyes. 
He has very long black hair. 
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf. 
He looks nice. 
He is in good shape. 
He is extremely alert. 
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of 
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a 
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one 
scabbard attached to it). 

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: There 
were two villages. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Both 
villages were prosperous at first. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: They 
were fishing villages by a great lake. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
they fed themselves and their families from the bounty of the rivers, fish 
of all sorts. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
village on the east side of the lake began to grow larger. Had more 
children. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: They 
sent out more and more ships. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: More 
boats and more boats, and the fish began to dwindle. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Then 
there was an argument between two boats between the villages. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
boatman from the west village got into a fight with the other boatman, the 
other boatman was killed. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: In his 
defence he said that the other village was fishing the lake dry. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
his children were starving. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Who's 
in the wrong? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
Something small scurries through the grass. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf starts to search. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf stops searching. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... I don't know. I don't think he should 
have killed him. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Why 
not? 
You say quietly in Common: Because... 
Hmmmmm. 
You say quietly in Common: He should... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
other man was not nice to him. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
certainly he had no obligation to be nice to the other man. 
You say quietly in Common: But he shouldn't hurt somebody... 
You say quietly in Common: He could ask for their fish. 
A slight breeze makes the grass move gently in the wind. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Very 
well, he could ask for their fish. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
other man refuses. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
then? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
other man is not being nice to him, nor his family, nor his village. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: He is 
to treat him nicely? 
You say quietly in Common: But he doesn't have to hurt him... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Necessity. 
You ponder the situation. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So bad 
people can be treated badly, but only as much that is necessary to ... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: To 
what? 
You say quietly in Common: To... to save yourself? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Save 
yourself. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Self 
preservation. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf goes hmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: does 
he not act to protect himself and his village? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: If the 
other continues to fish there, the fish will dwindle, and his family will 
begin to starve. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is not 
his act of killing necessary for his survival? 
You say quietly in Common: But he could... find another way to help his 
village. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
killing, then, bad? 
You nod slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is it 
that killing makes one evil, or killing is something that only evil people 
do? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Not 
good people? 
You say quietly in Common: Killing... makes you bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Killing, then, is a bad, an evil action. 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
committing evil actions makes people bad, be they initially good, bad or 
somewhere inbetween. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
this true? 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
are some other examples of evil actions? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
You say quietly in Common: Stealing things... and lying... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
examples of good actions? 
You say quietly in Common: Helping people. And... being nice to 
them. 
Dawn has brightened the land. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Now we 
return back to my original question, the answer I am seeking. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
is the common property of evil actions that make them evil? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: what 
is it about killing, thievery, and lying that makes them evil actions? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
You say quietly in Common: They hurt other people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Thievery hurts other people? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
lying? 
You say quietly in Common: It... takes things from them. Or... mm... 
it's deceiving them. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
taking things from people without their permission, and deceiving them hurts 
them. 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Hurts. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Not 
limited physically, but emotionally then? 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Because not all liars or thieves are violent. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Some 
people are hurt by cursing. 
You say quietly in Common: No... But it makes other people feel 
bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
cursing evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Hurt 
emotionally. 
You say quietly in Common: You're not supposed to do it. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
doing anything that hurts another person be it emotionally or physically, is 
evil? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
common property that threads all evil actions is that they hurt other people 
emotionally or physically. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
this true? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... yes. I think so. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
causing people fear and anxiety evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... yes? 
Two red glowing eyes glare at you from out of the dark. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
continued existence of your race causes fear and anxiety to some of my 
more... racially sensitive brothers. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
continuing to exist evil? 
You frown. Is something wrong? 
You say quietly in Common: But... why? 
>>The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: They 
say that humans are an inferior race that destroys the forests and rape the 
land. 
You frown. Is something wrong? 
The day has begun. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... humans did bad things a long time 
ago... I read about that. 
You say quietly in Common: But... we're not all bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
your continued existence, then, evil because it causes fear and anxiety, 
causes emotional pain to my racially sensitive brothers? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I 
thought bad actions were actions that hurt people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
that doing bad actions make you a bad person. 
You say quietly in Common: Yes... but... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
But? 
You say quietly in Common: But not everybody does bad things. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes two tiny black roots. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I'm 
not sure if that answers my question. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Its 
not necessarily what the humans did that inspired my brothers' racism, but 
what they fear. 
You emote: Desiderea twists a tiny strand of her hair. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: That 
fear being inspired by the incoming of your people on the shores of 
Forostar. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Surly 
some of your people burned forests and abused the land. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Though 
not all. 
You nod slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: But 
whether or not you did those things, you are a human, and they identify 
those evil actions with people of your race. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
However irrationally. 
You emote: Desiderea blinks innocently. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: As 
such, your continued existence, because you're a human, cause fear and 
anxiety to some of my brothers. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What I 
am trying to get at is this. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: People 
are offended emotionally by different things. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Some 
of those fears, hurts, seem to have no logical connection to their self 
preservation, but still there is emotional hurt. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Would 
you say then, that hurting people is sometimes justified? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Certainly, you wouldn't kill yourself to cease causing my brothers emotional 
harm. 
You say quietly in Common: But if you don't mean to hurt people... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Intention. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Would 
you say then, that evil actions are actions done with the intention of 
hurting people emotionally or physically? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Hmm, 
that still doesn't seem adequate for some reason... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: You 
would say then, that actions that kill people that weren't intended to kill 
people would not be evil. 
You ponder the situation. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... yes. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
accidentally killing someone would not be evil. 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: There 
was no intention of killing or knowledge of the significant possibility of 
killing. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Thievery, however, can have multiple intentions. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
if the intention is not to harm, but only to take. 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: There 
is a knowledge of the possibility and probability of harm, but the main 
intention is only to take, to steal. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
thief would not believe himself successful if all he did was emotionally 
harm his quarry. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: The 
emotional harm is a possible secondary effect of the act of stealing, but 
not the aim. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Yet 
this would be evil too? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
You say quietly in Common: If you take something that doesn't belong to 
you... that's not right. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Because there is an intention to harm the victim? 
You say quietly in Common: Because... because it's not yours. It's 
somebody else's. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
then, we must expand our concept of that which is an evil action then? 
You emote: Desiderea fidgets. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Evil 
actions then, are actions that intend physical or emotional or financial 
harm to another? 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: One 
more case. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: A 
child is drowning in the water. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And a 
man is walking by on a dirt road. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: He 
hear's the child's cries. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: But 
does nothing to help. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
doing nothing an evil action? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... I think you should try to help. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Would 
it be evil, then, to do nothing? 
You say quietly in Common: Well... maybe not evil... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: If not 
good, not evil, then what? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
You say quietly in Common: It... maybe it would be... kind of evil... 
bad... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Kind 
of bad? Bad but not that bad? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
You say quietly in Common: Well, he wasn't trying to hurt anyone... but 
he didn't do anything to help them. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Neglect then of another's physical, emotional, or financial health is kind 
of evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... maybe... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: A more 
docile kind of evil? 
You nod slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nods slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: My 
ultimate question is this. If you do not have a clear answer, then please 
ponder it. 
It's a bright red flower. 
You get a crowlin. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Why be 
good, and why not be evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Why 
should one do good, and avoid evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Because... evil things hurt people, and you 
shouldn't hurt people. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: It 
seems like you answer is... don't do evil because evil is evil. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: We 
defined evil as, more or less, causing harm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Why 
shouldn't we hurt people? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Why 
shouldn't we be evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Because... people don't like it if you hurt 
them. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: People 
like different things. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I'm 
sure some ogres would prefer you diced and marinating in boiling water. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: People 
would like it that way. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Some. 
You say quietly in Common: But I wouldn't like it that way... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Some 
wouldn't like it if you walked free out of their pot. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Then 
there is a conflict. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: One 
person wants something, another wants something that would deny that. 
You say quietly in Common: But... but you shouldn't want something that 
would hurt someone else. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: You 
"shouldn't want"? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf goes hmmmm. 
You say quietly in Common: Because... that would be bad. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: So 
some desires are bad. 
You say quietly in Common: If it hurts somebody else. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: We 
shouldn't be evil because our actions would be things that people wouldn't 
like. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Our 
actions would be actions that harm people. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Is 
this correct? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm, yes. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I'm 
afraid I think we reverted again to our earlier statement... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: We 
shouldn't do evil because evil is evil. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Good 
then, is better than evil? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm, yes. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf goes hmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Meaning. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Value. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Sometimes I wish I could believe in some things. 
<OOC>: The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf: i mean "such" 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Should, should not, good, evil, right, wrong... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Be 
good because good is better than evil. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Avoid 
evil because evil is evil. 
Hmmmmm. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Arbitrary cultural norms of consensus, dictates of this or that god... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Do 
this, do that, society approves of this, society disproves of that, god says 
do this, don't do that... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Meaninglessness in a meaningless world. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: In a 
petty power game between petty gods with petty whims. 
Something small scurries through the grass. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Do 
things because others want you to. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
because others would "feel" better. 
You emote: Desiderea twists the flower in her hands. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Desiderea, are you a good person? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Moreso 
a good person than a bad? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... I try to be. I just think... I want 
to be nice to people and make them happy. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
this makes you happy? 
You nod quietly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf tries to look thoughtful. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Happiness... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Emotion, satisfaction... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: How 
much I have changed over the decades. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
then does one do, if one has evil desires? 
You say quietly in Common: Evil desires? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Yes. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: These 
things do not exist? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... why would... what makes somebody 
desire evil things? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: what 
makes somebody desire good things? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: what 
makes one desire to make others happy? 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
makes one's heart such that it is brightened by the smiles of others? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
makes killers giggle with delight at the last breath of their victims? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: What 
makes a torturer smile at the suffering of another? 
You say quietly in Common: I don't know... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: You do 
good then, because doing good makes you happy? 
You nod. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And as 
such, since your desires are for good things, they are good desires. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And if 
one desired evil things, if evil things made one happy, then he should do 
evil? 
You emote: Desiderea bites her lip contemplatively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at you. 
You say quietly in Common: I... don't know. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Don't 
know. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: And 
neither do I. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf takes a deep breath, exhaling 
deeply as if expelling something tangible from his body, perhaps a thought 
manifested too strongly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at a red flower 
inquisitively. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nears you, perhaps seeing if you 
will recoil. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... 
You say quietly in Common: I should... go... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf gives you a crowlin. 
You emote: Desiderea looks at the flower. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: A red 
flower. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: Slight 
narcotic, don't eat it. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf smirks. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I 
appreciated your thoughts Desiderea.

Depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf. 
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek. 
He has silver eyes. 
He has very long black hair. 
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf. 
He looks nice. 
He is in good shape. 
He is extremely alert. 
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of 
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a 
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one 
scabbard attached to it).

The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf nods slowly. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf pops his neck. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks south. 
You say quietly in Common: Mm... what is your name? 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: 
Name... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: I 
assume you don't want a long answer. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf raspily says in Common: You 
can call me... 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf looks at you. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf eyes you curiously. 
The depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf introduces himself as: Ghost. 
Ghost looks southeast. 
Ghost looks south. 
Hmmmmm. 
Ghost tips his cap to you.

Ghost is a depressed ebony-skinned male darkelf. 
He has scars on his nose, left cheek and right cheek. 
He has silver eyes. 
He has very long black hair. 
He is of normal height and lean for a darkelf. 
He looks nice. 
He is in good shape. 
He is extremely alert. 
He is wearing a left leather boot, a left leather gauntlet, a pair of 
leather thigh-guards, a right leather boot, a right leather gauntlet, a 
straw cloak, a studded leather cap and a wide leather belt (with one 
scabbard attached to it).

You emote: Desiderea gives a small wave. 
Ghost disappears into the deep grass. 
Ghost gracefully leaves south, moving through the grass.