We continued to party till nightfall as more halflings arrived.
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I'd never seen so many halflings in one spot before!!
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Eventually it was finally time. The great halfling race was about to begin!!!
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One false start sent most off into Misty Thicket....but after calling them back, the real race was on!!!
Little did the others realized I had a secret weapon a druid had given me...... griffon eggs!!! With their power nothing would be able to match my great speed!!!
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We ran for what seemed like forever....
Getting past Misty Thicket was easy enough, wolves and bears can't catch an inside gnome!
Runnyeye was a little trickier....but even in my halfling body I still was pretty sneaksy, letting me get past the goblins as other halflings fell around me.
And then, as we entered the gorge.... I made my first mistake. I was too cautious and began sneaksing through it!!!
Half way through I realized my mistake and began running, but by then the leaders had gotten a far lead... it was time to really put on the gas!
Problem was I put on too much gas, and got lost in Karana. Confusing the town to get sow with another different town!!! More valuable time was lost!!!!
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But I had an idea, I knew I could make up time on the ramp! And sure enough my special gnome running techniques let me pass multiple halflings!
Sadly, when I entered highpass....it was at the exact same time a cleric happened to be exiting it....with gnolls after her.....my fragile halfling body didn't stand a chance....
Still! I wasn't going to give up!!! And began again!! This time easily getting through highpass without problems.
Though as I entered kithicor, I noticed it was just about nighttime. Still, I couldn't let it slow me down like in the gorge! This was no time for sneaksing!
I kept a lookout for undead ambushes and just kept running....before long seeing the entrance to the city. I had made it!!!
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As I suspected, when I entered Rivervale the winners had already come in.....and to make things worse....my halfling curse had advanced!!!! Now I was a quarterling!!!
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I was doomed!!! ....no ruby....no cure....but, at least I had some fireworks left over....so I made the best of it and used my gnomish skills to put on a fireworks show the likes never before seen in Rivervale!!!
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As the party died down...and everyone began to leave....I was approached by the druids of Rivervale.
"Sneaksy...you are a fireworks genius!! We've never seen such a display before!!"
It turned out they had been so impressed by my fireworks they offered to see me for free!!!
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Apparently I was simply low on vitamin J. So Hibbs mixed up a little jumjum juice and I was good as new! I was a gnome again!! Ready to resume my adventures!!!!