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.Azzie gave them a wide berth.Limbo had become adangerous place of late, and this was due more to the guards than the guarded.At length he came to a warehouse which had an unguarded door.Over it was the sign, INQUIRIESMAY BE MADE HERE.It was a surprisingly blunt statement for so vague and conceptual a place, butAzzie lost no time going to it.Inside he found about twenty demons of all sorts and de-grees waiting their turn to lodge complaints witha bored young demon clerk who wore a plaid golfing cap in defiance of tem-poral clothing regulations(demons can go into the past or fu-ture, but they are not supposed to bring back souvenirs).Azzie flashed his black credit card and pushed his way to the head of the line."This is top priority," hetold the clerk."I've got full clearance from the High Demon Council.""Is that a fact?" the young demon asked, unimpressed.Azzie showed his black credit card."Is what he says true?" the clerk asked the card."BELIEVE IT!" the card flashed back."All right," the demon said."What can we do for you, Mister Big Shot?"Azzie resented the young demon's attitude but decided now was not the time to make an issue of it."The first thing I need," Azzie said, "is two castles.I know that's a lot to ask, but I really need them.""Two castles, huh?" The young demon eyed him unsym-pathetically."I suppose your whole plan will failif you don't have them.""That's exactly right.""Then resign yourself to failure, buddy, because we have only one castle, and even that isn't a propercastle; it's mostly an outline with a real wall and barbicon, but all the rest is mental construct held togetherby old magic spells." Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"That's ridiculous," Azzie said."I thought Supply had an unlimited number of castles.""That was true quite some time ago.But recently the prem-ise has been changed.The possibilities havebeen narrowed.It means a lot more trouble for everyone, but it keeps things inter-esting.That, at least, isthe theory of the Supply-side deviltry.""I never heard of it," Azzie said."Do you know what you're talking about?""If I did," the clerk said, "would I be in this menial job, telling guys like you they can only have onecastle?""All right," Azzie said, "I'll take the castle you've got."The clerk scribbled something on a sheet of parchment."You'll have to take it as is.We haven't got timeto patch it up any further.""What's the matter with it?""I told you about the magic spells that hold the place together.There're not enough of them, so parts ofthe castle disappear every now and then.""Which parts?" Azzie asked."That depends on the weather," the clerk said."Since the castle is bound together by dry-weather spells,long periods of rain play hell with its provisional existence.""Isn't there a plan of some sort showing which parts vanish when?""Of course there's a plan," the clerk said."But it needs updating.You'd be crazy to trust it.""I want it anyway," Azzie said.He had a lot of respect for scratchings on parchment."Where do you want me to put this castle?" the clerk asked."Just a minute, this won't work.I really do need two castles.I have two different beings.One of themhas to get from his castle to the castle of the woman he loves, or thinks he loves.I really need twocastles.""How about one castle and one very large house?""No, it's entirely out of the spirit of the game.""Make do with one," the clerk suggested."You can shuttle them around.It's easy enough to change theappearance of a castle.Especially when rooms keep on disappearing.""I suppose I'll have to," Azzie said."Or I could use my château for one of them.How soon can you sendit?""Hey, for you I'll get on it right away," the clerk demon said, in a voice that implied Azzie wouldn't seethat castle before Hell froze over.Azzie caught the tone and tapped the black credit card.It flashed: "DO Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlWHAT HE SAYS! NO HORS-ING AROUND!""All right," said the clerk."I was only kidding.Where do you want this castle delivered?""Do you know a region of Earth called Transylvania?""Don't worry.I'll find it," the clerk said."Uh, wouldn't know where I could turn up a good head, would you? Human? Male?"The clerk just laughed.And so it was that Azzie left Supply and returned to Earth, where nearly a week had passed.He went tothe Château des Artes and was irritated to discover that Frike was nowhere to be found.He wentoutside and mounted his horse [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]
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.Azzie gave them a wide berth.Limbo had become adangerous place of late, and this was due more to the guards than the guarded.At length he came to a warehouse which had an unguarded door.Over it was the sign, INQUIRIESMAY BE MADE HERE.It was a surprisingly blunt statement for so vague and conceptual a place, butAzzie lost no time going to it.Inside he found about twenty demons of all sorts and de-grees waiting their turn to lodge complaints witha bored young demon clerk who wore a plaid golfing cap in defiance of tem-poral clothing regulations(demons can go into the past or fu-ture, but they are not supposed to bring back souvenirs).Azzie flashed his black credit card and pushed his way to the head of the line."This is top priority," hetold the clerk."I've got full clearance from the High Demon Council.""Is that a fact?" the young demon asked, unimpressed.Azzie showed his black credit card."Is what he says true?" the clerk asked the card."BELIEVE IT!" the card flashed back."All right," the demon said."What can we do for you, Mister Big Shot?"Azzie resented the young demon's attitude but decided now was not the time to make an issue of it."The first thing I need," Azzie said, "is two castles.I know that's a lot to ask, but I really need them.""Two castles, huh?" The young demon eyed him unsym-pathetically."I suppose your whole plan will failif you don't have them.""That's exactly right.""Then resign yourself to failure, buddy, because we have only one castle, and even that isn't a propercastle; it's mostly an outline with a real wall and barbicon, but all the rest is mental construct held togetherby old magic spells." Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"That's ridiculous," Azzie said."I thought Supply had an unlimited number of castles.""That was true quite some time ago.But recently the prem-ise has been changed.The possibilities havebeen narrowed.It means a lot more trouble for everyone, but it keeps things inter-esting.That, at least, isthe theory of the Supply-side deviltry.""I never heard of it," Azzie said."Do you know what you're talking about?""If I did," the clerk said, "would I be in this menial job, telling guys like you they can only have onecastle?""All right," Azzie said, "I'll take the castle you've got."The clerk scribbled something on a sheet of parchment."You'll have to take it as is.We haven't got timeto patch it up any further.""What's the matter with it?""I told you about the magic spells that hold the place together.There're not enough of them, so parts ofthe castle disappear every now and then.""Which parts?" Azzie asked."That depends on the weather," the clerk said."Since the castle is bound together by dry-weather spells,long periods of rain play hell with its provisional existence.""Isn't there a plan of some sort showing which parts vanish when?""Of course there's a plan," the clerk said."But it needs updating.You'd be crazy to trust it.""I want it anyway," Azzie said.He had a lot of respect for scratchings on parchment."Where do you want me to put this castle?" the clerk asked."Just a minute, this won't work.I really do need two castles.I have two different beings.One of themhas to get from his castle to the castle of the woman he loves, or thinks he loves.I really need twocastles.""How about one castle and one very large house?""No, it's entirely out of the spirit of the game.""Make do with one," the clerk suggested."You can shuttle them around.It's easy enough to change theappearance of a castle.Especially when rooms keep on disappearing.""I suppose I'll have to," Azzie said."Or I could use my château for one of them.How soon can you sendit?""Hey, for you I'll get on it right away," the clerk demon said, in a voice that implied Azzie wouldn't seethat castle before Hell froze over.Azzie caught the tone and tapped the black credit card.It flashed: "DO Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlWHAT HE SAYS! NO HORS-ING AROUND!""All right," said the clerk."I was only kidding.Where do you want this castle delivered?""Do you know a region of Earth called Transylvania?""Don't worry.I'll find it," the clerk said."Uh, wouldn't know where I could turn up a good head, would you? Human? Male?"The clerk just laughed.And so it was that Azzie left Supply and returned to Earth, where nearly a week had passed.He went tothe Château des Artes and was irritated to discover that Frike was nowhere to be found.He wentoutside and mounted his horse [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]