No Good Deed by Jerry Jackson

Author:Jerry Jackson [Jackson, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Starbase Phoenix Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Obidaan awoke, naked and with Cecilia next to him, outside the covers, holding his hand. He looked under the covers to confirm his fear, then looked at her, smiling at him. “Did we..?”

“Of course not,” she smiled at him, “you fell asleep in the bath, so I put you to bed. I’ve just been sitting here, watching you, waiting for you to wake up.”

“All night?”

“I don’t sleep and didn’t have anything better to do.”

“What time is it?”

“Almost time for you to go. I can show you the way.”

“That would be great,” he began to get out of bed. “Um, do you mind?”

“So modest, I love that about you,” she bent over and kissed him, hoped out of bed then floated down to the ground level. “You’re still not getting the whole celestial being thing, but that’s ok.”

“What don’t I get?”

“This modesty thing, to us, there is no shame in being naked, or how you look. We have no true corporal form, this one you see here I use for convenience.”

“So does that mean you’re sexless too and you just chose the form of a female?” he felt somewhat eerie when he said that.

“No, I have a definite sex. It’s kind of like a vibration. Once you’ve hung around us enough, you could tell a female from a male and soon enough you could tell one ball of light from another.”

“Then why did you choose that form over another?” he was dressed and coming down the steps.

“It’s complicated, but to simplify it, this is how I would look if I were mortal,” she handed him a cup of coffee.

“How would you know?” he took it and took a sip, it was perfect.

“Like I said, it’s complicated. Come on, it’s time to go,” grabbing his hand, she led him out the door.

“What about the door?” Obidaan asked as she led him away. Cecilia produced a pamphlet and bopped him in the forehead with it.

“Read,” she insisted.

He read as they walked. It explained everything he learned and more: Paladins are allowed to sense the well being of their loved ones, all other forms of scrying and detection are blocked. Use menus in restaurants, all rooms are sound proof, keys are a formality and only used the first time you enter the room; after that, you can enter and leave at will. It also served as a map. Tell it where you want to go and it will direct you.

She guided him through the outside of the keep. It was a mini marketplace with vendor shops for everything, several bars and restaurants and even entertainers. The place was pretty quiet. There were maybe 10 other paladins walking around. All of them had someone on their arm. They made their way to the Gored Bore. There was Gheriballi, with a woman, waiting for them. They were the only ones in the restaurant. Gheriballi motioned for them to come on over.

“Hi, Shelly,” Cecilia said.

“Hi, Cecilia” Shelly said. “This must be Obidaan. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

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