Laughables

[WitchQueen]

Around three thirty Ziere returns with the buckboard and shortly after Razrif, Freemoncy and Pharess arrive. They have been walking from their quarters with their travel bags. Ahmed locks his office and the men ready to leave. Ziere has brought fresh horses for Raz, Freemoncy and Pharess and also MoonDancer for Ahmed.

It is time to leave and the journey will take about one and one half hours. They all leave by the back entrance to the Training Camp and make their way toward Tangier Train which is the main road leading to Zagora and later to Tangiers.

The men are riding along the coast and there are split rail fences on the coast side along the way. The trail is shaded with many trees.

Once they reach the hill above the village the view of the harbor is magnificent and there are the MysticalRose and the Seacat anchored in the harbor. The sun is lower in the sky and the water is glistening. The sails of the ship are lowered at this time and will not be raised until the following early dawn when it will be time to leave.

Ahmed and his men take the road down the hill to the village. There are houses built on the hills. The harbor is shaped like a horse shoe and the beach runs along the front of the harbor. Along the sides there are large rocks and a small stretch of beach and this is where the fishing boats are docked. The docks on the right are loading flatboats with the shortwave radios which will be going to the Afghan Province. Three engineers will be sailing on the MysticalRose with blueprints of the radios so that the Afghans will be able to build them there.

The men unhitch their horses and leave them with the blacksmith so they can be refreshed. Ziere will remain in the village and check on the horses for Ahmed.

Ahmed and the other men check into the Morocco Shipping Co. Ahmed gives the person in charge a voucher to pay for the fare of his men. The proprietor calls to the MysticalRose and announces that the passengers are ready to board. The proprietor speaks with Captain Mohammed.

Fahed has brought the dingy ashore to pick up the men and one of the dock men brings a flatboat for the travel bags. The men on the docks are bringing the radios out to the Seacat and food out to both of the ships.

Once Ahmed and the other men reach the MysticalRose, the dingy is tied to the ladder on the side of the ship and the men board one at a time. The Captain is waiting to greet them. All of the crews are also in the Malitia. Either Ahmed's Malitia or Abdelilah's Malitia or Commander Mustafa's Malitia.
Captain Mohammed is with Ahmed's Malitia. The men are on inactive duty at this time but if they are called up they will go. The MysticalRose will not go out if there is trouble but the Seacat will.

Commander Mustafa's Malitia are based in Rabat and they are all Moroccans. They are not MultiLateral.

The King's Palace is in Rabat and one day when it would be time to go to the afterlife hopefully the King would want to come to Xanthia. The Palace will be there.

(If I get help then this person can decide who will be Mustafa and his men)

"Greetings Ahmed" says the Captain. " I hope your journey was interesting and safe." "All was well and I would like to say that the ship is magnificent."
All of the men are introduced, including the engineers.

Raz was beginning to feel the motion of the ship. and the Captain tells him ."Over the side" They decide to show Raz to his room and he does not want dinner. The other men are invited to have dinner with the Captain in his quarters. It is 7o'clock in the evening.

After the dinner Ahmed tells Captain Mohammed it is time to go.

This time it is morocco(909) who take Ahmed back to the beach. Ahmed bids farewell to his men and wishes them all a safe trip. Ahmed bids farewell to Razrif and hopes he feels better.

Down the ladder to the dingy. It is tricky but everything goes well. and morocco(909) rows them to shore.

Ziere is waiting for Ahmed. Ziere had food at a little cafe while he was waiting. The men go to get the horses. They have been feed and refreshed. Ahmed ties the extra horses to the wagon and Ziere harnessed the other horses to the buckboard.

It is time to go and the stars are coming out early as it is winter, but it is not really cold here but the days are shorter. The ride back to the Training Camp is pleasant and the men talk. Ahmed will call Ishtar when he gets back to his office. Then he will decide whether to go home tonight or stay in his quarters.

WitchQueen alias MysticalRose

[WitchQueen]

(first of all I want to say that I have much confidence that all of the people in the story could do their parts.)

Hi to crossa. Welcome back.

NeverMind will be the FirstMate on the Seacat. Moroccan will be the Navigator and Iceman will be one of the crew. (No other changes.)

The cargo and food is taken to the ship is taked out by barge. The travel bags are hoisted up to the MysticalRose via a large Basket pulled by a three roapes would together. The Seacat has a hatch for cargo and food and travel bags. the hatch is at the back of the ship and it pulls dowa to the flatboat for unloading. the hatch has strips of wood screwed to the hatch to help support the cargo.

It is still morning and Ishtar has made a call to Croissa. (She is in charge of some of the orphanages in the MorrocanProvince. "Greetings Croissa. It is I, Ishtar. I call to see what things are going on." "Things here are the best we can do under the circumstances. We make sure that someone is always there if a new child comes to Xanthia. Usually I send Moroccanchia or Najat to pick up a new child. They come from TunisiaProvince where the portal is. They come to MoroccoProvince by boat. Moroccanchia and Najat try to welcome them the best they can. Moroccanchis usually helps me with anything I have to do."

Ishtar tell Croissa that."We have a problem. We have information that the Druids are trying to make a new Plague. We do not know how but it is best to be on our guard. I have a recipe for the potion that is suppose to protect us form this scourgue." Ishtar goes on to explain how to make the potion. "The recipe is not complicated but it involves some work. "It will be best if you have your assistants help you with this. Also be sure that all og your families take the potion and are protected. Even the young children and infants. If they are under five, a half dose is given. We will send some of the ingredients to you. Do not delay." "I will explain this to the other womem and we will get right on it. I will have the older girls help with this. I will cover the other two orphanages." "I will talk to you angain another time. Hopefully it will be more pleasant."

Ishtar now signs off. It is now time to call Salma."(Hello Arabic)" Greetings Salma. It is I Ishtar. How are everyone there?" "We aare well. The shows are sucessful. I direct the "Wizard of Baghdad and the Magic Carpet" and Adonis directs "Dra Cu La". All of the cast are doing a wonderful job." Ishtar goes on to explain about the Plague and the potion. I have heard the Abdelilah has explained." "Perhaps it will be best if you go to see Croissa and get the potions for yourselves at the orphnage. Make sure all of the people associated with the theatres do the same and also their families. Make sure you do this without delay." "We will do this as you say. I will talk with Abdelilah and tell him what you suggest." "That will be good to do. Ahmed wil probably be ther tomorrow aftrnoon to speak with Abdelilah. "For now I must go. I will be at the school this afternoon to work with the women in Agadir so that we can start giving out the Potions."

Ishtar clicks off her phone and walks over to look at the painting of The Bee in the front entranceway. The painting is beautiful and The Bee gathering the pollen from the purple flower of the EggplantSquash. You can see the drops of dew on the flower petal.

MysticalRose alias WitchQueen

first of all if guest is a she, she will have to be one of the slaves on Argos and also I forgot butterfly yesterday. She can be one of the Fairies. WQ

[WitchQueen]

Ishtar has been working at the school with some of the other women from Agadir. Her group includes Guest and Aamara. Tezia is with her. The kitchen is steamy from sterilizing the glass bottles. Some of the corn syrup, cinamin and the Crackleberries have been delivered. The Crackleberries grow like grapes. They are a very dark cranberry color. The skins are tough and this is why the name Crackleberry. Some of the farmers grow this fruit because people like to make Crackleberry Pie. While the women work, there are other groups of three, their young children play in the outer room. Teezia and some of the older girls try to keep the children amused while the women are working in the large kitchen.

The boys are at one of the Game Rooms. They have spending money now because they are working at Boogski's Grocery Store. A Game Room is a place where you can choose some games to play and pay for your time. Since Xanthia has powerful batteries, the games are electronic. It is interesting there. Girls do not go to the Game Rooms. There are also board games at the Rooms. It is fun. There usually is a cafe next door.

Ahmed has finally returned to the Training Camp at Agadir. He drives the wagon around the back of the complex and parks the wagon. Ahmed told Ziere, he could go. The day has been long enough. Ahmed unhitches the horses himself and takes them to their stalls. He makes sure they have food and water. At this time Niya enters the barn. He has night watch at the stables. He makes the rounds at the stable. "How was your Journey, Ahmed? Amin Ahbad told me that you were going to Zagora to meet the ship." The ship was good and the men are on their way." Ahmed chatted with Niya while he saddled MoonDancer.The horse had a short rest before they go. "How does the potion go here?" asks Ahmed. " Well I know that some of the men are working on it." Ahmed tells Niya to, "Pass the word around to take this seriously. We will all need to take this. The women are working for the village. As soon as the remedy is ready we will all take it. Now I must go. I will be leaving tomorrow for Jadida."

MoonDancer is ready to go. It has been a long day and Ahmed is tired now. He is ready to go home.

MysticalRose alias WitchQueen

[WitchQueen]

First of all Guest and Aamara will be at the library and work at the schools.

Hannah or the McDaniels girl would be an Oblikan slaves on Argos. Yazz (NorthAfricaOnline.com) will be the children's librarian and also work at the school with Ishtar and the others.
I need an Arab female for here.

The Chinese. The Chinese on Xanthia are Muslims. Right now they live at north west area of China. The other Chinese will live on a large island to the southeast of the Asian area. Mongolia, Burma and Tibet and Taiwan are on the mainland part of the Asian continent.

We will have to make maps of all the Planets for the story. North of the AphganProvince will be the small muslim countries above Afghanistan.

Captain Mohammed H will be one of Abdelilah's First Lieutenent. He belong's with Abdelilah's Malitia.

They use rafts to bring the cargo and food out to the ships. (not barges)



We also need a Map of the Dracos Constellations.

WitchQueen

[WitchQueen]

Ahmed has returned to the Palace. All is quiet. He will have to pack for the next journey. Upstairs Ishtar is awake. She has heard the front door open and she knows the Ahmed is downstairs.

After getting ready for bed, Ahmed goes down to the basement and gets his travel bag. Then he returns up stairs. Ishtar is waiting for him. "I will pack the bag for you. You must be tired from a long day." "Thank you Ishtar. I want you to know that I will probably be gone for awhile this time. You have Cassem, Nadia and Sidi Moulay, Brahimi, Fawal and Ahlam patrols this area along with the village. They will be here if you need then. For the time be calm." "I will have to speak with Chang about the Potion. Chinatown must be alerted.

The Chinese of Xanthia are Muslims except for a few that go to one Christian Church in the Chinese Province. The Chinese hid their religion while they were on Earth. The ones here are believers.

Morining has come soon and everyone is up. It is five o'clock. All of the children wish to see Ahmed off. He is dressed very nice for the occasion. "Cassem will be driving me to Jadida in the wagon and he will return later in the day when the horses are rested. I will take some of the horses from the Training Camp to ride around the city with. I will be seeing the Governor(Arabic). He wants to be brought up to date about how things are going.

It is time for Ahmed to leave. They all go out side with him to see him off. "We will wait for you safe return", Ishtar tells him. They watch the wagon riding down the hill from the Palace. They will be traveling along the Marrakech Road to Jadida. Ishtar calls to Ahmed on the cell phone. "You must take the potion as soon as you can and I will see to everyone here." "I will do this with Abdelilah in Jadida. Do not worry."

Now Ishtar and the children go back into the Palace. Ishtar asks the younger children to play in the sitting room. Omar is there to play with Abdul. Ishtar wishes to speak with the older children. She explains that she is now carrying Ahmed's child. She tells Tezia to go to the sitting room with Neeta and the boys. Ishtar wishes to speak with Ibrahim, Amman and Jamal Abu about how the child comes to be. She suspects that they may already know information about men and women but she wished them to have the proper information. The boys are interested and they tell Ishtar that they do not want to appear dumb. They want the correct information. After the talk Ishtar tells the boys that she will answer any questions that they have at any time or they can alsays talk with Ahmed. Between their swords and having this talk they feel more like adults now.

Ishtar then has a talk with Tezia also. The girl pays strict attention to what Ishtar is telling her. She does not wish to appear stupid. They talk for awhile and then it is time for Ishtar to go to the doctor in Agadir. She will have to walk since Ahmed and Cassem have the wagon. Nadia cleaned up the dishes from the morning meal and wiped the table. She knew that Ishtar was having a talk with the children. Ishtar decided that Tezia will watch the younger children while Nadia and her walk to the doctor's office. The doctor is a women and she specializes in pregnant women.

It takes about one hour to reach the doctor's office and the office is crowded. Nadia goes to the apothecary shop to look around for awhile. The doctor see Ishtar after about one half hour. The doctor asks questions and weighs Ishtor and makes a chart. The baby will be due in the month of May. "I would like for you to follow this diet. The food is full of vitamins. Also do not forget to drink goat's milk or cow's milk. Make sure you take the potion, the child should be protected but you may bive him or her the potion after birth. Come back in one month if you can. The Apothecary Shop carries Crackleberry vitamins but they are not the potion.

Ishtar pays the nurse in the outer office and then she leaves to look for Nadia. Nadia is sitting on a bench outsied from the Apothecary Shop. "We must go back into the shop for vitamins." Inside the shop they are waited on by Adel the son of the shopkeeper. Ishtar pays him two Dracos for the vitamins. The jar of the vitamins is large. Ishtar says, "Thank you very much and have a good day." The women leave now and walk back to the Palace.

Ibrahim, Amman and Jamal Abu are working hard at Boogski's Grocery Store.

MysticalRose alias WitchQueen

[WitchQueen]

It is Guest and Amiraa at the scholl with Ishtar. Not Amaraa or not Aamara.

WitchQueen

[WitchQueen]

After Ishtar and Nadia leave the Apothecary Shop they make their way to the school where they will be able to work on the potions with the other women from the village. They do this each day until they have enough remedy for all the people of the village. Ishtar and Nadia will be with the other women until about nine o'clodk in the evening. Sidi will bring the wagon to ride them back to the Palace.

It is late morning and Ahmed and Cassem have finally arrived to Jadida. They make their way to the Training Caamp at the outskirts of the city. Ahmed tells Cassem to go to the Dining Hall so that he can have his mid day meal. "Leave the city when you are ready.It will be best if you wait until it is cooler than it is now." Ahmed's cell phone rings. "It is Ishtar. How are things going?" "All is fine. We are at the Training camp and I will be meeting with Abdelilah soon. What is it you want?" "I forgot to tell you that I packed the pictures of the Pyraminds. They are in a brown paper bag inside of your travel bag. I meant to tell you before you left but I forgot." "Thank you for letting me know. The photographs are important to the Egyptians. Now I must go. I have much to do." Ahmed clicks off from the cell phone.. "Cassem, you can be on your way now.." "I will probably spend some time in the cafe before I leave.

Ahmed wishes to speak with Abdelilah so he makes his way to his quarters. Ahmed knocks on the door and Hamid lets him in the office. Hamin is one of the Malitia and his dutines are like that of Ziere. "Abdelilah will be back shortly. I was just leaving for training. Make yourself comfortable, Ahmed."

Abdelilah returns to his office within five minutes. "Greetings Ahmed, How are you?" "For now all is well. We will have a meeting with the Governor and let him know how we are going with the remedy situation. Sheikh Iesa Ibn will be expecting us." The two men talk with each other for awhile and then they make their way to the coral to get horses for their journey. They arrive at the Governor's Palace about one hour later. Governor Iesa Ibn is expecting them. He greets them at the door himself.

Ahmed, Abdelilah and Governor Sheikh have their Mid afternoon meal and talk over businees while they are in the dining room. "What is the situation with the Druids, Ahmed?" "Bruckos is still on the loose on Oblikan and there are fifty other Druids with him. Akbar and his men are trying to find their tracks but they must be covering them. They will have a difficult time without the tracks. They are trying to find a lawyer for the Druids.This is a difficult thing to do. Governor Sheikh Iesa Ibn tells Ahmed that he would like for him to tell the newspapers to print the rumors for the papers. Not everyone listens to the radio. We have people out gathering as many Crackleberries as we can. Do you really think they can get us through the Plague?" "I do not know. If they can think of a way they will do it. Sheikh invites the two Commanders to stay at the Palace overnight. "We might as well stay. We will be able to plan our defense if they break through.." And so this is what they do. Abdelilah First Lieutenant is invited to the Governor's Palace for the meeting. He arrives about seven o'clock in the evening. (I forgot who this was. I do not know if he is someone I put in the story or some one I made up. We need the Arabic word for governor or Leader of a Province. I do not know what this word could be so I used Governor.)

I have decided the MarocCali will also be one of the crew on the MysticalRose. They have a day crew and a night crew. MarocCali will be the night time Navigator of the ship.

MysticalRose alias WitchQueen