Castle Perilous (1988)
““Oh, come on,” Gene complained as they walked back to the portal, “I was only kidding.”
“You’ll be sorry. I’m going to conjure one of those things and have him tear you into beef jerky.”
“Well, now, that would be overreacting just a tad, don’t you think?”
“And then I’ll make you eat its brains — oh, I’m getting sick just thinking about it. That was the grossest thing I ever saw.”
“The most fantastic, too, I’ll bet.”
“You said it.”
The portal was where they’d left it, unchanged. Gene stopped, tu...gging on a handful of Snowclaw’s silky fur to get his attention. “Hold it a minute. I think we should come up with a plan of some sort before we go back in there.”
Linda looked around, found a tree stump, brushed it off and sat. “Shoot.”
“Huh?”
“What kind of plan? A plan for what?”
Gene scratched the stubble under his jaw. “Well, a plan of action. Some systematic way of searching for a way out.”
“Sounds great. Where do we start?”MoreLess
“You’ll be sorry. I’m going to conjure one of those things and have him tear you into beef jerky.”
“Well, now, that would be overreacting just a tad, don’t you think?”
“And then I’ll make you eat its brains — oh, I’m getting sick just thinking about it. That was the grossest thing I ever saw.”
“The most fantastic, too, I’ll bet.”
“You said it.”
The portal was where they’d left it, unchanged. Gene stopped, tu...gging on a handful of Snowclaw’s silky fur to get his attention. “Hold it a minute. I think we should come up with a plan of some sort before we go back in there.”
Linda looked around, found a tree stump, brushed it off and sat. “Shoot.”
“Huh?”
“What kind of plan? A plan for what?”
Gene scratched the stubble under his jaw. “Well, a plan of action. Some systematic way of searching for a way out.”
“Sounds great. Where do we start?”MoreLess
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