Castle Kidnapped by John DeChancie

Author:John DeChancie [DeChancie, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

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All three laughed. Mole said, “Oh, by all means, Your Serene and … I beg your pardon. What was the rest of it?”

“A simple ‘Majesty’ will do now and then, mixed up with a few ‘sirs.’ Let’s skip it and get to business.”

Incarnadine leaned forward, his eyes steely, glints of fire in them. When next he spoke, his voice rattled the glass cabinets.

“What have you done with my sister?”

Glasses blinked his eyes. “Dear me. You seem quite upset. But instead of shouting at the top of your lungs, wouldn’t it be vastly better instead to —?”

“Answer the question! I know she is with you and that she is in great distress. You will release her to me this instant.”

Pale-Eyes spoke, a sneer on his thin gray lips. “It is ironic that you of all people should inquire after your sister’s welfare — you who banished her, consigned her to oblivion.”

“It is monstrous that you, her torturers, speak to me of irony. Release her, I say, or suffer the consequences.”

Mole sniffed indignantly. “Threats. Always threats. Your line breeds true, Majestic One. For thousands of years, your family has done nothing but bluster, bully, and rattle the castle armory. We have done nothing to merit such treatment. We have always wanted peace, cooperation, and mutual understanding.”

Incarnadine snorted. “I won’t bother to debate with you. The issue this time is very clear. You have abducted my sister —”

“We offered asylum!”

“ — and are holding her against her will. If you do not release her, you will suffer consequences dire in the extreme. Moreover, you will also cease and desist from certain supernatural techniques which you have either extorted from my sister or gained by bargaining with her in bad faith. Furthermore —”

“Really,” Glasses protested.

“Furthermore, you will disobey this latter command at the peril of losing your own lives, if not of killing every living being in your universe.”

“How so?” Pale-Eyes asked.

“Surely you have guessed by now. Have not your natural philosophers detected anomalous stresses in the interstitial subspace? Do they not realize what these portend?”

“It is mere conjecture.”

“Not so. You are playing with forces far beyond your control or comprehension.”

Mole shook his head. “We have conducted a few experiments for defense purposes.”

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have agents here who can tell you, that your efforts have been successful to a degree.”

Mole waved a bony hand in protest. “We have no agents , as you put it, at work in your residence, or anywhere, for that matter. Really, you must not impute to us your own —”

“Cut the crap!” Incarnadine said. “Listen to me. Continue to do what you’re doing, continue to draw power from the etherium, and you will doom the universe.”

“Absurd exaggeration,” Mole scoffed.

“Paranoid fantasies,” Glasses said.

“Fear-mongering,” was Pales-Eyes’ contribution.

Incarnadine sat back. “All right, enough. I will say this once. Attend me.”

Mole guffawed. “By all means, proceed.”

“If you do not release my sister and desist in these so-called experiments, you will leave me no choice.

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