This Time Round: The Triad This one was written with Alden in mind. :-) The doors of This Time Round slammed open as a figure in flaming blue armor barged in. "I am Melaphyre the Majestrix," she declared. "Where is the one who has my servant Bartholomew?" At the bar, a woman in nothing bar six inches of strategically placed leather turned slinkily and said, "I'm Mistress Mel. What if I do?" Before Melaphyre could respond a high-pitched voice said, "Can't you two ever get along?" Both turned and saw a red-haired woman in slightly rumpled clothes come out of the back room, leading an equally-rumpled Barry. "Hypocrite," Melaphyre and Mistress Mel snapped together.