"Heartsong says, "Fredicus was walking home one day after a successful skeleton hunting trip. He whistled happily to himself, albeit a bit off-key, as he traipesed through the Peiraic Gate. When he entered the gate his eyes grew wide because....."

Quinlax says, "Right in front of him stood Aphrodite the goddess of love."

Attucus asks, "Hello Fredicus, might you be able to help me out with a little problem I have?"

Ralenth says, "Fredicus just stared at Aphrodite, his jaw gaping at her beauty until she finally threw a tempertantrum and Poofed.. Because Fredicus was so sad he then...."

Gammyde says, "Walked into Sid's bar and ordered two whiskeys, one for each hand. As he sat there, moaning to himself and drinking too much whiskey, Sid came over to him and said..."

Quinlax says, "Listen, I'll let you in on alittle secret, if you want to see Aphrodite again she usually spends this part of the day down at the beach doing something she calls "surfin""

Cervesus says, "now Fredicus, bein' slightly on the dim side, dint bother askin' Sid nothin' about what beach or where, cause all he was thinkin' about was a wet Aphrodite. He slammed down 'is whiskeys an' run out the door, headin' fer the road north outa town."

Attucus says, "Fredicus runs north towards Tiamat looking for this beach and way more importantly a wet goddess of Love."
Attucus says, "He wanders over onto a cobbled road and finds a neighborhood of houses."
Attucus says, "Fredicus finds himself in front of a rustic villa with a heart-shaped door and knocks."

Heartsong says, "He hears a soft, feminine voice say, "Go away, we don't want any!" He's sure that must be Aphrodite's voice on the other side of the door, so he...."

Ralenth says, "Runs fast as he can back to Athens, and skids to a stop, panting at the flower shop, gasping out that he wants to buy a dozen roses. Roses now in hand, and pockets a lot lighter, he races back to Aphrodite's doorstep, and knocks again still panting."

Cervesus says, "Fredicus, not bein' the brightest torch in the sconce, dint notice how in all 'is runnin' them roses had left petals strewn all along the road, an' there 'e was holdin' nothin' but thorny stems. Aphrodite'd been sorta spyin' on alla this, seein' as Fredicus was kinda cute fer all 'e'uz dumber'n dirt, an' she started thinkin' maybe 'e wasn't totally useless after all. So, she appeared behind 'im an' tapped 'im on the shoulder, sayin' . . ."

Quinlax says, "Fredicus my dear, I have alittle job for you. I need you to go retreive something for me. It's a giant...""

Attucus says, "Box of chocolates."

Heartsong says, "But they aren't just any chocolates...they're magical! Anyone who it's one of them....."

Ralenth exclaims, "Turns into a toad. I really want them to play a practical joke on Athena, she's been like, sooo mean lately!"

Cervesus says, "well, Fredicus was just about fit to be tied . . . Aphrodite had *touched* 'im an' everthin'. So off he run, lookin' fer anythin' resemblin' a giant box o'chocolates. Halfway back to town he run into a bearded lady holdin' mosta the chocolate in the known world. Pickin' 'imself up careful like from the road where 'e'd landed, 'e says to 'er . . ."

Heartsong says, ""I'd like to buy one giant box of magical chocolates." He forgot to say what the chocolates were supposed to do. The bearded lady handed him a gold foil covered huge box, and said, "31 dinars, please.""

Attucus exclaims, "31 dinars? I don't have 31 dinars!"
Attucus asks, "Fredicus flailed his arms in front of the bearded lady. Where am I going to get that much?"

Quinlax says, "So he trudged on back to Athens, and found some ratty clothes and an old wig and started to walk around the city singing, for money. He knew though that the name Fredicus wouldn't get him alot of dinars so he had to change it to Vania."

Cervesus says, "well then, after about a month o'singin' fer stingy Athenians, Fredicus managed to put together 31 dinar. Now all he hadda do was figger out where that bearded lady with alla the chocolate was, so 'e wandered over to . . ."

Gammyde says, "Heartsong, and checked her chin for stubble. Finding none there, he sighed and kept walking. Rumor has it that even to this day, if you stand in the middle of town and say the name Fredicus, your chin will tingle. The end."

Heartsong says, "And Aphrodite forgot within 3 minutes that she'd ever wanted to play a trick on Athena."

Gammyde says, "Poor, poor Fredicus."

Attucus says, "3 and a half"

Heartsong says, "Oh, ok."