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Round Robin Story!!!!!

I've always wanted to start a round robin story.  They seem so fun!  So here goes nuthing....

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Darting in and between merchants, David ran for his
life.  Looking back over his shoulder, he
could see a swarm of Royal Soldiers, like a tidal wave of blue in the thick choking
dust of the marketplace, chasing him. If
I had know that this little figurine would have caused so much trouble, David
thought as he raced past shocked customers, I
wouldn’t have even tried to steal it.  When he had spotted it on a trader’s cart, he
had thought that it had been pretty, a cheap trinket he could sell to some traveler
for a pretty penny.    Panting, David sprinted for a dim alley where
he usually spent most of his days, waiting for something to happen.  In that alley David collapsed, panting, on
the cool, broad stones.  The soldiers ran
past, chasing an invisible foe.  After
they had passed, David sat up and studied the figure in his hands more closely.  It was modeled after a wizard, holding a
crystal ball.  The features were that of
the king’s wizard, Drawi.  Dressed in a
flowing robe of stars, the wizard stared through the ball so that he seemed to
be peering into the future.  So immersed as
he was in his thoughts, David didn’t notice the shadowy figure creeping up on
him, until it was too late.

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I am hoping that people will respond!