ON THE ROAD TO THE OASIS
CLIMA

 

         After the fair of En-Kara, I reached the coast by going down the river Thentis, then the river Olni, up to the great river Vosk, from there it was easy to find a ship, to ferry us to the other bank, and take the track that leads to the Desert of Thahari, I wanted to go back to my Oasis of the Seven Palms, passing by the big city of AR then cross the forest of Shendi to Korat, at port Ship Rock I would find my ship and reach the Oasis on the small island near the island by Landa.

 

        I remembered sir Abraham, I had met him at the fair and thanks to him I had had a job as a magistrate instructor, who in taking leave said to me: if you pass from Klima Oasis you will be my guest, I had with me one of my maps of the desert drawn at the time of Cartassa, I realized that it wasn't exactly on my way, but I could still have made a small detour and reached it.

    We arrived at night, the men pitched their tents a short distance from the walls, and I would wait for them in the morning, when the sun was already high, I changed my clothes and with an escort of some guards I presented myself at the gate, a guard named Ben kept watch, welcomed me with friendship, letting me enter the large atrium under the great stairways, then  he sent for the Chief Scribe who arrived shortly thereafter.
   

      The chief scribe was a beautiful woman, who introduced herself telling me  name was Lady Xarra, I introduced myself giving my credentials in which she read my degrees with Lady Janette(rip), she told me she was been  her student at the University of Scribes, and like me promoted with honors, I was happy even if you know well how I feel about women in Gor, but there are exceptions and I think she is one of them.

      We talked about this and that, then I take me to visit the large and beautiful city, in oriental style but with the structure of the real cities of Gor, with the walkways that connect the five towers of the castes, a marvel, I remembered the city of Landa with its gilded roofs and the thousand friezes on the palaces and the thousand columns all around, I show myself the offices of the Scribes, the court court and the various palaces, taking me around the spotlessly clean streets paved with shiny marble.

    After some time while we were talking about the work of the Caste and the opportunity to work with them, Sir Abraham arrived, who was delighted to see me again, he asked me if I had visited the city and told me next day I would be presented to the Sultan, then he asked me if I would consider stopping with them and working at Scribe's, I told him I would think about it, noone wait me at the Oasis my last queen had gone away, and I would be alone, so I'll think about it I said, then I thought, with the hope of finally finding a partner to live life and have a family.

   Now I'm in the city overlooking the balustrade of a walkway and I look at the desert, all my memories emerge and become alive, see you tomorrow..




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