All Across the Sands
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All Across the Sands
You trudge across the empty sands surrounding the oasis, covering your face against the stinging sand-laden wind... and stop. It's almost as though you can hear something calling...
Over the next dune, you discover the sandblasted remains of an old village, the huts worn down to their foundations. The streets are cold and lonely, and when you call "Is anybody home?" you get no response. Then, in the center of the ruins, you find it -- a rose, made of stone. The bloom is about the size of your fist, and cunningly carved -- or, possibly, the result of some very surprising natural erosion.
You carefully chip the base of the rose away from the rocky ground, and take it with you.
Occurs at An Oasis (a one-time adventure).
References
- "All Across the Sands" is a song by The Stone Roses, a late 80s/early 90s British band.
- "All Around the World," a single by the British band Oasis, received much more airtime during AT&T commercials than it actually did on the radio, since the album which birthed it was considered rubbish by critics and fans alike. Noel Gallagher, lead vocalist for Oasis, credits The Stone Roses for much of his inspiration.
- "The streets are cold and lonely" is a reference to the lyrics of "Made of Stone," a Stone Roses song.
- The part about "or, possibly, the result of some very surprising natural erosion" could be a reference to Children of Dune, the third book in the Dune series. In it, there is a mention of a new "art form" that consists of slabs of stone left out in sandstorms in the hopes that they will erode into interesting patterns.
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