The Secret Master opened the door to the bAAR and peered in. Things were very quiet, to the point where Peter was napping by the door. But the Secret Master's eyes were not upon Peter. They darted furiously around the place. He saw the sensual Midnight Rose, but ignored her. He glanced over Norg without a look of recognition. He barely acknowledged the existence of Sorcerer. Even Lord Durham did not get so much as a nod of his head as the Secret Master scanned the room. Finally, after a few minutes of frustration, he strode to the bar and ordered a Shiner Bock, before sitting down at Lord Durham's table with his cold beer.
"What's eating you, Secret?"
The Secret Master sighed.
"I was looking for some of the MIA forum members, but I came up with nada."
"Really? Nothing about Sharur?"
"Nope. I was hoping you knew something. I was all excited about his new
AAR, but at this rate we will never see Sharur in solo action on an AAR. I hope nothing has happened to him, either in the health department or the parental rules department."
Lord Durham took a pull from Secret Master's beer.
"You have nothing about Duuk either?"
"Nada. I miss his work too."
Lord Durham looked skepticaly at the Secret Master.
"Is that all you miss?"
"Well... No, not really. I also miss their posts in my own work. It's kinda sad when two of your biggest fans suddenly turn up missing. It's like a conspiracy is working against me or something."
The Secret Master took a long pull from his own beer. Then he ordered one for Lord Durham, just so Lord Durham would keep his hands off the Shiner. Few had abused the Secret Master's Shiner Bock, and lived to tell the tale.