They had been traveling for over a year, after all, and had been through most of the towns on the continent. Morens was not the first town to greet th...m this way, and they had no reason to suspect it would be the last. The four entered a clean-looking tavern and sat at the bar."Can I help you?", the bartender asked suspiciously, but while taking care not to sound dismissive of them. Insulting mages is risky enough but to a businessman, offending paying customers may be worse.The man beckoned. All comic characters mentioned in these stories are the property of their respective comic book publishers, such as Marvel, DC, and Image. No profit is being made from their usage here, and are strictly used for non-promotional purposes.Steve Zink-------SRU: The Costume Box, part 1/?CATching the Partyby Steve ZinkThe fraternity was hosting a costume party for Halloween. Theelder members of the frat made sure that the pledges weren't givenword about the party until only one week before. What do you think?T: That's a very cool idea! Let's go. Tom and Andy go to Tom's bedroom and sit before the already switched on computer. Tom opens the browser and Andy types the URL of the site. Then they play flash games with much enthusiasm for about an hour and then something interesting happens.A: Hey, man, can I ask you something personal?T: Sure, Andy, no problem.A: Well, you know how we talked about puberty in the sex education class?T: Of course.A: Well, I still haven't got any pubes. That means no surgery. I love to operate, but one of the nice things about being on clinic duty (other than no night call) is that I get to take some time away from being a bad-ass, take-no-prisoners surgical resident and just be a girl: skirt, heels, make-up, that sort of thing. I even get to have my nails done; long nails are a strict no-no in the O.R.The only hassle about clinic month is that I have to deal with all the faculty members who make it abundantly clear that they really want to.