Want to play a game???

[WidowMaker]

now that the transformation is complete, the only one that can reverse the Dark Lord's spell is Opal, Lady of the lake

[pootie49]

"Erm Hugh dear? When we stopped at that roadside stand, and bought some veggies to eat on our extremely long drive to Key Largo, you didnt happen to eat the wild mushrooms beside the stand did you...Im just wondering, but please continue...I am rapt with attention."

[imported_Lurker]

"No, no mushrooms, but I did look up Parcheesi's Wikipedia entry on my iphone. The game was probably invented in India in the 5th century BC. Do you think Greenleaf was an Indian prince?"

[pootie49]

"Eat your vegetables and let me finish this tale of Greenleaf, Siana, Ethel the sexy yet homely twin dragon hybrid, we're getting close to Key Largo."

[gryhnd51]

Only Opal, the Lady of the Lake, has the power to transform this tale of the golden idol and reveal it's identity.

[WidowMaker]

yet, for all his power, the Dark Lord can control but one of the twin dragons, he must get the golden idol back

[gryhnd51]

Kaleidoscopic images of the choices he had tumbled through the dreadful dragons mind. He was fraught with anguish over whether to elect Siana, Ethel, or Opal as the main focus of his will, and thereby prevent Greenleaf from accomplishing his task.

[pootie49]

Keeping his eyes firmly fixed on Greenleaf and Siana, and feeling the wearing of time on his ancient body, the dark lord, felt something he had never felt before something warm instead of a cold black hatred, or evil; he felt that maybe the idol wasnt worth a battle, but was meant to be continued on through the love of the two mortals before him.

[gryhnd51]

Mayhaps this new feeling of warmness was due to Opal's intervention....or could it possibly be the TRUE LOVE he felt developing between Siana and Greenleaf?

As the old dragon pondered this turn of events, Ethel (who was the eldest and first-born) had returned to the garden where Greenleaf and Siana still sat by the fountain, and had shimmered back into her original form.

[WidowMaker]

meanwhile, the Evil Empress, sensing the Dark Lord's change of heart, decides to take matters into her own hands

[smoochie222]

this is to cheer you up, pootie

"Something bad is going to happen," sighs Hugh, "we have to change cars, dye our hair, and get some different clothes. We cannot show up in Key Largo as ourselves." The idol glows brightly.

[imported_Lurker]

"Yesterday, you came to me with this great idea to steal a valuable idol that no one would miss," Annette said. "Now, we're dealing with ancient curses and having to conceal our identities. Did you have any idea this would happen?"

[pootie49]

"Noooooo"
(only because there is a min 10 character rule)

[gryhnd51]

"Oh what a lot of blather that is Hugh! Surely you must have at least SUSPECTED that this could happen." Annette replied. "While we're looking for disguises, can't you just pleeeez help me with solving the riddle of this idol? I'm getting a bit muddled up with all the actors on this stage."

[smoochie222]

"Exactly, this story is rather hard to follow. I have an idea, let's get off Interstate 95 and take US Route 1 instead. I know somebody in Cary, North Carolina who can help us. Nobody will think to look for us there."