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[legendaryingly]

[It's an overcast day in Camp today. The wind blows around the cornstalks with furious might. Black, ominous clouds gather heavy, dark and pendulous. Lightning cracks a few times for dramatic effect and just when it seems the sky would unleash with all of its fury... A light breaks through

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[justwannahave]

[Wait--there are other versions of Excalibur too?]

*goes up to look at it because it's different from the one back home*

[legendaryingly]

[The sword in the stone sits under your scrutiny.

The golden hilt glimmers in the rays of the sun bursting through the clouds. The blade is perfect as if newly forged, and despite having been thrust into the rock, holds a keen, almost impossible edge. There's almost a hum of power, making the hairs on the back of your neck rise.

If this isn't the Holy Sword Excalibur, it is certainly an artifact of great power.]

[justwannahave]

[. . . Tempting.]

*gives it a tug anyway*

[legendaryingly]

[The sword hitches for a moment, and then comes out cleanly in your hands.

Almost instantly a whirlwind of air and light dances around the blade and rushes down along your hands and arms. It spreads widely behind you and you feel great wings of light unfurling.

For a moment you feel like time and space would bow to your whim. You feel as though you could move anywhere in an instant. You feel as if you could cleave the very barrier that surrounds camp. You feel as if the power of the heavens themselves have settled in your fingertips.

You feel as if...]

[legendaryingly]

[You feel as if you're going to be annoyed very presently.]

Hello.

[justwannahave]

[WTH?]

. . . Hello.

[legendaryingly]

Young hero, you have drawn the Holy Sword Excalibur.

You have begun a quest.

[legendaryingly]

It begins with you.

[legendaryingly]

It began in the 12th century.

[legendaryingly]

Yes, it began on an evening much like this evening.

[legendaryingly]

It was a warm spring day.

[legendaryingly]

I began planting tulips.

[justwannahave]

. . .

*takes it's picture with the camera in the phone because there's no way the guys at home are going to believe this*

Really?

[hawkwardmoment]

Very tempting, isn't it?

[justwannahave]

Yes--it looks like one of those legends about a sword in a stone.

[hawkwardmoment]

Are you going to try to pull it out?