Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 11:09:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subj: [Benjamin] Anoint a villain and he'll stab you, stab him & he'll anoint you. (1733)

To GM:
OOC: *sputter sputter*

On awakening and seeing Matoaka and Shaw, Benjamin sighed heavily before
speaking.

"I suppose I argued too strongly.  Men are hard to know as Melons."

After the introductions, or lacks thereof, with his new companions,
Benjamin frowned and looked around at his surroundings carefully, hoping to
find something he recognized, yet despairing of such a hope.

Plan:
If he recognizes anything, he'll try to figure out where Ferrum is, in
relation to him.

"Is there aught that either of you recognize?  Know you how we might find
our way back to Ferrum?  I fear that we will never find it... and that it
is vital that we must find it soon.  Why would Ford kill us, rather than
sending us back empty-handed, save that he wishes those at Ferrum not to
know of the Outcome of our Negotiations?  Perhaps he means to attack, and
only we could warn Charles and the others.  Whatever he means, it can be no
good."

Plan:
If by some chance there's something Benjamin recognizes, or some way that
Shaw or Matoaka might know of for us to find our way back to Ferrum,
Benjamin will be in a great hurry to head there, ignoring the
copper-skinned folks and the other lazarus until/unless they press him
otherwise.

To GM:
I don't recall if I've asked this before, but is it possible to tell one's
location on Riverworld via the stars?  In my travels, have the stars
shifted as we've gone north or south?  Do we even *have* stars?

Plan:
If we know of no way to find Ferrum, but Benjamin has reason to think it
might be possible to tell by the stars, he'll urge everyone to wait until
nightfall to check them and see if we're north or south of Ferrum; then
he'll fret nervously until then.

Plan:
If absolutely no information is available, Benjamin will suggest we head
south, since he's already familiar with the land south of Ferrum for a
ways, so if luck has placed us near enough to arrive in time it will only
be by virtue of placing us north of Ferrum.

To GM:
Are we on the east or west side?