Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board STU's Mansion.

The holiday decor -- as well as the candy and other goodies in the kitchen -- should be around until Halloween, for any LW trick-or-treaters who might happen to come by.

As for myself, I'll be somewhere in the Mansion enjoying my retirement. There are countless alcoves, secret passages, and even entire hidden wings of this house that I'm sure STU doesn't know about. I don't think he'll mind -- if he returns one day, he can come find me.

I'll be around, maybe in one of the Mansion's countless libraries, enjoying a strong drink and a good book.

Empty it sits, overlooking all of Legion World now. Where once the Mansion provided comfort, it now fills me with dread. There is magic in there still, even if the kind magician is no longer a tenant.

You have to wonder--if all the good magic left with Stu, then what magic is still there? Hasn't this Mansion always existed, moving from plain to plain, from world to world? Why is it that if Stu is gone, it remains? What purpose does it serve? What business does it have that remains unfinished?

Overlooking Legion World, it blocks out the sun at sunset, as if speeding up the darkness to permeate Legion World. As if forcing those final moments of comfort in the light of day to be gone.

return here must he at seat of point. This power is the his some

<Glances at book... Gestures, a mystical doorway opens>

I here. wait shall

<Two young Pre-Egyptian priestesses step thru the doorway and begin attending to the Master Sorcerer...>

<A Green doorway opens and Abin steps into the room.>

Ring, find any trace of STU and lock on. Track to his current location.

<A flash of green energy illuminates the room for an instant then fades.>

Unable to comply with last command. The Master Sorcerer known as STU no longer exists in this space-time continuum.

Hmm... if Cobie wasn't warning me abour Dark STU returning... Who or what could he have been talking about?

*as swarms of bees ravage Legion World leaving its protectors distracted, the Red Bee enters Stu's Mansion*

Ah, the great resident of this sanctum sanctorium has long left Legion World. Such a shame, I’d have liked to have tested his mettle. Regardless, there is an item here which I shall need and all debts are paid.

*The Red Bee begins searching through various trinkets and items which at first glance appear to be nothing more than eccentric baubles.*

Zardi’s protection was indeed most useful to stay hidden and enhance my…”protections”…but he’ll keep a close eye on my plans so long as this debt goes unfulfilled. Best to be done with it. Or at least with Zardi himself, and maybe not everything related to him.

*At last the Red Bee finds a smell precious stone, either a jewel or a gem. Upon the Bee’s touch it flashes as if there was something in their sentient.*

Ironic that this small jewel is a magical artifact. Even more so that Zardi himself cannot hold it for it’s the single item in this world that can possibly bring him harm. I don’t understand what is in this, whether the soul of Lardi or some other ancient enemy of Zardi, and I don’t care. The debt shall be paid.

*exits*

*peeks into the mansion*

Hmmm, things seem to have settled down here. Now I wonder if Cobie's secret room is still accessible...