Really, it's just one big long bank, but it here in the south, we make everything plural, even if it should be singular. i.e. - calling one person y'all. ;o)

Good info. But when my cousin, Gaston, taught me to play chess 50 years ago, he Told me it was the Persians (Sinbad the Sailor people) who invented chess. Of course, he was the one who told me that there was a kid-eating monster living in the hall closet (close to the restroom)that ate children when they wandered out of their room at night. Needless to say, I got very good at holding my water 'til morning (most of the time).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_chess or, http://tinyurl.com/498vh Short answer - nobody knows for sure.

D, did you mean maybe odor or maybly older? Chess is much odr than the Geeks. I always thought it was an Arabic or Persian game.

Thanks for the explanation. Some good points there. The caps are inconsistant, and I might make them all caps in keeping with Feudal tradition. I'll take a hard look at the rest. thanks.

Please don't take it too harshly - let's see, I felt on the first read that there were too many prepositions and too many conjunctions (thens, ands), and a couple extra modifiers - but after getting a little more familiar with it I think maybe you could hack out 2 if that (L1:on, comma after "slay", L6:"then", "vulnerable" *or* "pawn" (if "vulnerable" then maybe a shorter synonym)). I do like the repeated "ands" in L2, because of the alliteration with the ending "d" sound (every word). What has added to my first impression is the capitalization, and the commas that precede them; highlights to ill effect. I don't know if it was you intention to capitalize every first letter on every line, but it isn't consistant. Still, a good story - and a nine.

This is not logical, Dan, so unlike you. If they count in base 6 then our Area 59 would be Area 135. But then, I suppose they can have an Area 54 it they want to. Sorry if I offend a cherished belief.