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Hasfusel
post Nov 21 2008, 08:15 PM
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Saffy stopped running, and sat down on a treetrunk, exhausted. Panting for breath, he looked back along the path, but it was empty. He seemed to have given her the slip. If he hadn't, he was done for. He just couldn't run anymore.
After a minute, he got up, dusted himself off, and set off. Safe, he thought. But I must say, what a close escape. If that woman had caught me, I'd hav-
He stopped, not believing his eyes. His jaw dropped. It was simply too impossible, but there they were. Three tiny little men, in little green Christmas elf costumes, with matching bobble hats. And green hair. They were playing with a toy train at the foot of a tree. One of them was eating on a tomato. They appeared not to have noticed him.
Saffy stared, dumbstruck. It was beyond him why he could see these little men. He racked his memory, but he couldn't remember taking any non-prescription medication in the last 24 hours. Neither had there been anything to drink recently but cold spring water (more's the pity, thought his subconscious grimly). But there they were, against all probability and rational thought or logic. And they appeared to be sparkling.
One of the little men looked up, smiling. "Hullo!" he said. "Would you like a tomato, budum?"
Saffy tried to speak, but his tongue seemed to be tangled in a knot.
"Don't be shy," said one of the others. His voice was strangely high-pitched. "Celia gave us a dozen for helping with the harvest, budum."
The first speaker was staring at him curiously. "Hey, you're not from around here. Maybe... I got it! You must be from Mineral Town, down that way!"
Finally, he managed to say something. All that came out was "Urg", but it was a start.
"Come on," said the one holding the train. "We'll take you back to the Treehouse. It's not often we meet new people." The little man took Saffy's hand, and they started off down the path, Saffy too stunned to do anything else.
"W-what are you?" he managed. The little man turned round, smiling.
"We're the Harvest Sprites, silly! What did you think we were?" he said, laughing.
"Hallucinations," answered Saffy with certainity. "That's all you could be. Hallucinations brought on by that crazy farmer woman chasing me round."
The sprites all chuckled. "I heard that Vesta had found a man wandering round her farm."
Saffy just nodded, and kept on following the leading sprite.
"My name's Vail," said the sprite, "and these are Fraw and Matthew."
"My name's Matt, too," said Saffy, in a kind of dazed confusion. Just who the heck were these little people? Was this some kind of trick? It had to be. Either that, or the previous events in this crazy valley had messed up his thoughts.
Following the laughing sprites, Saffy continued down the path. Little could he foretell about the terrible events about to unfold.


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Hasfusel
post Apr 24 2009, 03:28 PM
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Saffy trudged down the path. The euphoria of the coloured grasses was beginning to wear off, and it was beginning to rain. A wind whipped up, blowing his jacket behind him. The rain lashed against him, and he went off the path to seek shelter in the woods.
Sinking down underneath the relative cover of a large oak tree, Saffy closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep to the song of the coming storm.

He opened his eyes, and realised at once that he was home, except only better: his roommates had actually gone to the bother of tidying their shared residence, and a delicious Italian style meal was laid on the table. He sat down and began to tuck in with a passion. There was the most excellent minestrone soup for starters, with the croutons just how he liked them. After finishing the soup, he went on to the sundried vegetable lasagne, unbelievably at eating temperature for once. There was tiramisu for dessert, and the whole dinner was rounded off by the most superb red wine, with hints of strawberries and blackcurrant.
He sat back in his chair with a sigh, and closed his eyes, idly wondering what the special occasion was. Perhaps his homecoming was being celebrated, and this was a party planned in his honor. Where are the others? he thought. And why is my face so wet?

And then he opened his eyes, and realised that he was still under the tree. He was rather soaked; the storm had only gotten worse, and the tree hadn't turned out to be such a good shelter after all.
He got up, wincing at the pain in his back, and set off again, in search of somewhere to stay before he froze to death.
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- Hasfusel   The Misadventures of Saffy   Nov 21 2008, 08:15 PM
- - Hasfusel   * * * When he walked through the door set into th...   Nov 22 2008, 12:00 PM
- - Toaster Boy   Ha ha, Saffy drinking beer. But, do you intend to ...   Nov 26 2008, 03:26 AM
- - Hasfusel   Oh, don't worry. There'll be plenty to tor...   Nov 30 2008, 03:12 PM
- - Saffy   Is there going to be more? :0 It's an interest...   Nov 30 2008, 04:17 PM
- - Hasfusel   Saffy walked down the road, a contented smile on h...   Dec 5 2008, 06:48 PM
- - Hasfusel   Saffy woke up, noticed he had no clothes on, and w...   Dec 7 2008, 07:01 PM
- - Hasfusel   Saffy was drying himself with a towel when the gir...   Dec 27 2008, 06:46 PM
- - Toaster Boy   Haha, nice man. Its so funny to read about Saffy a...   Dec 27 2008, 11:11 PM
- - Micaiya   Awesome. I hope you keep writing because this is s...   Dec 27 2008, 11:24 PM
- - Hasfusel   "Gone on holiday?" Saffy stared at the h...   Feb 8 2009, 09:30 PM
- - Toaster Boy   Silly Saffy. Gambling is not good for those with n...   Feb 8 2009, 10:19 PM
- - Saffy   So you're suggesting if I find a way to increa...   Feb 9 2009, 02:37 AM
- - Hasfusel   Saffy sat outside with his head in his hands. It...   Feb 10 2009, 02:03 PM
- - Zangetsu   And when Saffy was catching Zs had a wierd dream a...   Mar 6 2009, 02:36 AM
- - Kane   At least Saf's not wearing her bra? Right? Um,...   Mar 6 2009, 12:28 PM
- - Zangetsu   Then when Saffy woke he said, "Dude I need a...   Mar 7 2009, 03:08 AM
- - Hasfusel   Zangestu-whatever: spam in someone else's thre...   Apr 18 2009, 12:33 PM
- - Hasfusel   Saffy trudged down the path. The euphoria of the c...   Apr 24 2009, 03:28 PM
- - Hasfusel   does anyone actually read this or am I wasting my ...   Apr 26 2009, 09:27 AM
- - Saffy   I do read it when you post :) Then again, I am Saf...   Apr 26 2009, 12:02 PM
- - Toaster Boy   I read it too. Its nicely put together and pretty ...   Apr 26 2009, 02:58 PM
- - Hasfusel   Thanks, I was just worried that this was going to ...   Apr 26 2009, 10:08 PM
- - Saffy   I guess it's sort of awkward if no one can add...   Apr 26 2009, 10:17 PM
- - Hasfusel   * * * Saffy woke up, and stretched with a yawn. T...   May 3 2009, 11:07 AM
- - Hasfusel   * * * Saffy sat back on the little bed he had bee...   Jul 7 2009, 03:15 PM
- - Hasfusel   Jason was equally surprised to see his old friend....   Aug 14 2009, 12:05 PM
- - Toaster Boy   Haha, incorporating other memebers certianly is de...   Aug 17 2009, 04:08 AM
- - Hasfusel   Jason and Saffy left ten minutes later. They had b...   Aug 18 2009, 12:10 PM
- - Perfect Chaos   "Wildly entertaining!" says Veteran ...   Aug 18 2009, 12:55 PM
- - Hasfusel   It was half an hour later, and Jason was probably ...   Dec 14 2009, 07:15 PM
- - Mizukithepanda   This amuses me greatly. So we have Saffy and Jason...   Dec 14 2009, 07:57 PM
- - Hasfusel   Yeah, some people will be unlucky enough to be chu...   Dec 14 2009, 08:13 PM
- - Toaster Boy   So the cave monsters took refuge of Saffy? Someone...   Dec 14 2009, 08:23 PM
- - Hasfusel   Who will that be...? Is this a job for... Toaster ...   Dec 14 2009, 08:27 PM
- - Toaster Boy   Definitely not in a dress, thanks.   Jan 1 2010, 08:42 PM
- - Hasfusel   Don't think you can escape that easily. If I i...   Jan 1 2010, 08:45 PM


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