Vertumnus rises up out of the shadows and coshes Shokk Speedo on the head.

Shokk Speedo slumps to the ground in a heap.
med
You come out of your meditative trance.
> You are no longer meditating.
us
2
ws
You lower your Talin Sword.
> > > You lower your Black Bastard Sword.
> You begin to cast insect swarm.          <------Did this hurt Shokk?
You chant, 'effervo casus'.

The surroundings suddenly get quiet as if anticipating something terrible.
] You raise your arms in a chant, summoning huge swarms of crawling, flying and
creeping insects from your surroundings.
You wield your Talin Sword.
] wave
l
You wield your Black Bastard Sword.
] You motion briefly, and the swarms of insects engulf Shokk Speedo in a flury of
blood and screams.
You have been noticed.
You dealt the death blow to Shokk.     <-------      I guess so.

Shokk dies.                    

Shokk Speedo shakes off the effects of the stun.
] ] You wave.
> 
Caldera:  Master Smith

    A forge burns brighty here.  It is fueled by coal from the mountains and
manned by a young duergar smith. He appears to be working on some new blade
made of an odd sort of deep black material. Sweat rolls from his brow as he
bends and folds the metal over the hot coals of the forge. 

There is one obvious exit: west.
Ghost of Shokk Speedo and Kronodrok are here.
Corpse of Shokk Speedo.
> <
You motion briefly, and the swarms of insects engulf Ghost of Shokk Speedo in a
flury of blood and screams.
You start getting some stuff from corpse of Shokk Speedo.
> You get  from corpse of Shokk Speedo.
> 
The horde of insects finally retreats.
l

Caldera:  Master Smith

    A forge burns brighty here.  It is fueled by coal from the mountains and
manned by a young duergar smith. He appears to be working on some new blade
made of an odd sort of deep black material. Sweat rolls from his brow as he
bends and folds the metal over the hot coals of the forge. 

There is one obvious exit: west.
Ghost of Shokk Speedo and Kronodrok are here.
Corpse of Shokk Speedo.
> t vertumnus scalp
You tell Vertumnus: scalp
> h
You scan quickly about for a hiding spot.
} You try to hide in the shadows.

Vertumnus takes a nasty razor sharp blade and savagely peels the hair from the
corpse of Shokk Speedo.
l

Caldera:  Master Smith

    A forge burns brighty here.  It is fueled by coal from the mountains and
manned by a young duergar smith. He appears to be working on some new blade
made of an odd sort of deep black material. Sweat rolls from his brow as he
bends and folds the metal over the hot coals of the forge. 

There is one obvious exit: west.
Ghost of Shokk Speedo and Kronodrok are here.
A scalp of hair.
Corpse of Shokk Speedo.

Vertumnus raises his fist in the air. 'Power to the Band of the Silver Fist!'

Caldera:  Master Smith

    A forge burns brighty here.  It is fueled by coal from the mountains and
manned by a young duergar smith. He appears to be working on some new blade
made of an odd sort of deep black material. Sweat rolls from his brow as he
bends and folds the metal over the hot coals of the forge. 

There is one obvious exit: west.
Ghost of Shokk Speedo and Kronodrok are here.
Corpse of Shokk Speedo.
> 
Llanowar raises his fist in the air. 'Power to the Band of the Silver Fist!'
shout DIE!
You have been noticed.

Strydder shouts: DIE!