> Cricket glided down. Trinale grimaced when she noticed that Lord Gingle 
> was among the lords. He had always been a pain to deal with, even when 
> Deanna had benn alive.
> 
> "Gentlemen, how may I help you?" Trinale asked as they stepped down off 
> their wagons.
> 
> Lord Gingle stepped forward "You had better help us, young woman. We have 
> traced a thief to your warren and we want to see him punished."
> 
> "A thief? Here at Whiteriver? Surely yuo must be mistaken" Trinale stated.
> 
> "He has a monkey with him." Lord Gingle exclaimed triumphently as he saw 
> Trinale pale "Ah, hah! You do know who we mean!"
> 
> Trianle recovered her smoothness quickly." We do have a dragonrider here 
> who owns a monkey, but noone else. Would you care to meet him and 
> question him?"
> 
> Lord Gingle looked slightly perplexed. "A dragonrider? This fellow wasn't 
> a dragonrider, but yes I would like to question him. I lost a great deal 
> to him."
> 
> (Ashe, please tell Tucker to report here to the green immediately. There 
> may be trouble.)
> 

	~Tucker!~ called Ashe's voice inside Tucker's' head. ~Trinale has
called for us to report to the green, immediately!  This could be the big
one so hurry!!~

	Tucker jumped from his nap and grabbed his slingshot all in one
motion.  Not even paying attention to why nobody else  was in the air, he
flew upon Ashe toward the green.  There he didn't see any wraiths or any
other immediate threat, just Trinale and Cricket next to a coach.  Ashe
parked it on the green next to the two and Tucker lept from his back.

	"What's up Trinale?" questioned Tucker to Trinale's stern look on
her face.

	Just then the coach door swung open and Lord Gingle jumped from it
cursing at Tucker. "You! You stole my purse and jewelry!  You will be
arrested at once."

	"Whoa!" replied Tucker in surprise as he backed away from the
furious man.  "First of all you old geezer, I've never seen you or your
fancy jewelry before.  Second of all, you can go straight to..."

	"Tucker!" exclaimed Trinale at how Tucker treated the Noble
visitor.  She then directed her attention back to the Nobles. "See, my
dragonrider has not seen you before.  You are mistaken.  It is a shame you
have made a trip this far for no good cause.  Will you be staying the
night?"

	"The night and however long it takes to prove this little...
roughian... has taken my riches.  I will not be happy until he is locked
up preparing for his doom!" preached Lord Gingle.

	The Nobles all piled back into their coach like clowns into a car
and rode away to find rooms.  Trinale turned her attention back to Tucker.  

	"Tucker," started Trinale," did you or did you not thief from that
man?"

	Tucker was hurt by this line of questioning. "Trinale, I never
even saw that man before.  How'd he pick me out?!?"

	"He said he was thieved from a boy with a pet monkey.  I'm sorry
if I jumped to conclusions, and I'm glad it wasn't you."

	"A boy with a monkey?" said Tucker more like he was thinking out
loud than asking a question.

	"Yes, that is what he said. Do you know something?" 

	"I'll have to get back to you on that.  And what town do these
Nobles come from?"

NRPG:  I like this.  I need to find a way out of this so it should be fun.
I have a direction, but it could change!

PS - I know I said email would be slow, and it is... but I had to whip up
a quick post to get out so I wouldn't leave Kat hanging!

-Kevin