In reply to Alouette (msg #904):

I'm sorry. I didn't know you were waiting on a reply that got wrapped up in tangles of PMs, and it was getting pretty late in the evening without a post. I just wanted to get the story unstuck and moving for Adrian and Wildcat.

{de-puffs} Maybe put a quick summary post after lots of PM/editing like that, so's it can be seen to be over?

{claps wildly}

Wildcat, that was awesome!

That.

Very cool... not sure exactly what you did mechanically but that was an awesome post.

Hopefully I made my post properly!

Can't see the map thread here at work, they have the images blocked, will post when I get home.

Do you want me to put you On Hold until then, or just wait until you have the opportunity to post?

If you can wait until I can post. Should be in about four hours, maybe less if I can get on one of the break computers during my next break. His intention is to protect Kat so he'd likely take the quickest route to the croud and use Wing Chun to try and knock out some bewitched townsfolk because I follow the Chuck Norris school of dispell magic :P

In reply to John Smith (msg #913):

Ok, then.

...did the Mayor just call Alouette a tool?

I believe he did.

I was Anonymous today. Mask and everything. It was an interesting experience.

I buy ammunition every Fifth of November.

I for one am curious if Guy Fawkes is the greatest villain in England's history, or its greatest hero.

Well, he is the only man who ever entered Parliament with honest intentions...

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." ~ Wilde

No-one particularly cares about him: November/equinox-effigy-wise, before Guy, they used to burn the Pope: before the Pope, they used to burn the witches: before the witches, they used to burn an effigy that stood in for a sacrifice, and before that...it depends whether you take the Romans' word for things. Bonfire night is an unpopular king's highjacking of a tradition already highjacked by the Church to legitimise the peasants' refusal to give up their "please bring the sun back!" new year's festival (the Celtic* year starts in the night, both literally and seasonally, the equinox being the "sunset" of the old one).

No, if you want the biggest hero/villan in England, it's Nolly** Cromwell. "Right but repulsive". Amazingly canny guy, brilliant tactician and revoloutionary, dared to do the unthinkable and openly raise an axe to then-divine flesh of the king (yes, to some people at the time, he went one step down from trying to kill God)...also a psycopathic religious fanatic who hated anyone having fun and ruled with an iron fist. The people went and found a king to rule them after that, though the ultimate power of the monarchy was broken.


*NB whatever Miranda Green says, there never was a "Celtic" culture except to sell souvenirs, the word means something like "European" or "Moorish", relating to several broadly similar cultures.
**Nol is a shortening of Oliver over here.

...from your back?

ecksdee. Also, watch out, the Hawk's restraints are loose, though it's currently more concerned with eating the mayor...Danny will be confused. gah! [/lunch]

Then I'm going to make a raft with it between two turtles

And go crowd surfing, Sparrow style!

@Stray - is Lurch bent down or is Evans picked up? Only Lurch is 7'2" and Evans is 5'8" (or 6'1" counting the hat) and was kneeling last I heard, but keeps slapping Lurch in the face. It affects how Carl'll act a bit (aside from being bemused Evans finds this the ideal time to talk gibberish and pick his nose).

Evans is reaching up when he slaps Lurch, sometimes getting up on his tiptoes. Lurch is also slightly stooped over because of the desk he's holding.

Hand to hand (To Hand!  Hi Thing) combat with a flaming Lurch.

Wow that strikes me as both a bad idea and awesome at the same time.

(This is why I always preferred The Munsters.  Note, check Netflix later.)

Same here, but given Lurch is using the Patchwork Man stats, this might actually be useful for the group, as increasing auto-damage each round will eventually put him down...hopefully long enough for Evans and Carl to escape.

Group? Evans is unhelpfully getting killed in the way to the exit...Carl reasons that he (or Evans) can't physically do much against someone like Lurch, but if Lurch can be distracted thoroughly enough (being on fire is pretty distracting) they'll get time to leg it and Lurch'll eventually forget about it. The difference between fighting him and fighting Tex is that Carl has no qualms about harming Lurch.

Semi-related, I found a robin (one of these, not your weird giant things: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E3P-...%2BRobin%2BPhoto.JPG) in the staff kitchen today, fluttering against the window. I don't remember whether tradition demands killing or kissing them before putting them out, but I did neither. The occurence is supposed to be a death omen.

I will admit The Addams Family became a lot better after I realized it was a counter culture inspired parody of American consumerism and prevailing popular culture with the symbolism of the "creepy" factor applied ironically.

Some days, you really wish your antagonists would use more specific language. *tch* All those bodies...Wildcat is going to give him such a smack...