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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:36 am
"I would like to make one more comment before you go into detail about the appeals of door number two... Do you have something that can shut this stupid Fluffy, genetic experiment gone wrong up? I mean ill settle for a broken jaw, or a whole lot of penut butter to glue his mouth shut. But if that thing utters one more long verbose speach ending with a simple question i may have to run straight through door number one, ending anychance of you employing me." (Note: Sykle the next time you have quotes within a quote use these ' it makes it alot less confusing. Oh yea, now that i remember what these ' are called use apostraphes.)
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:19 am
thinkinghurts42 after seeing the halfling's departure, Eira says quietly, "er, I see..." Then "truly noble of you to give us a choice... I hate to accept an offer before I really know the terms, but somehow I feel it's the right option for me at this point, so I guess I'd like to hear what you'd like from me" "I do have one question though, what happened to not wishing to hire from the gallows?" "Are ya on the gallows? I think not! This is rather past the gallows if ye ask me."
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:20 am
Sykle "Pardon me good sir, but if you could allow me a few short, that is to say brief, words I would like to ask a few questions most certainly related to the matters at hand, like those of which i am now holding my book with, and am most curious as to how it was constructed, especially the fact that the pages are always quite moist, though never actually wet, but still so very odd, like an human with an extra eye that twitches and rolls about looking through, but not actually seeing, but ah, I digress as I have gotten of the topic at hand, which isn't very often, but regretably occurs every now and then like this one occaision when I recall being in front of an audiance and having a pebble or rock stuck in my ear, and being speechless as I was I became totally off topic and completely forgot what I was saying to the audience to begin with, which was probably nothing important anyhow as the seemed more interested in something else at the time, in particular, one guy who sat apart from the audience and seemed quite like the fellow I see before me now, in both likeness and manner, which reminds me an awful lot of what my second cousin's,daughter's, uncle's, stepfather's, niece's twice removed half-brother's granfather on his deceased mother's side's (Lord rest her soul) heirloom's previous owner's , and maker for that matter, disowned and beloved adopted son's third wife used to say before sending her first husband's daughter's daughter's husband's brother's experimental unit's guardian's second nephew 12 to the 40th power times removed's newest aquisition off to the meat grinders: "bats of a feather make no sense at all because they fly perfectly without such feathers and should probably simply stay in the same spot and die due to genetic defects from inbreeding, or better yet feed the population in meat grinders" which was later adapted to the shortened poetic, yet prosaic proverb that the everday worker could understand which states " Birds of a feather die together as being in proximity to one another makes larger targets for cannons" which is very true, but doesn't directly state my point, but I think gets the first of several questions accross quite nicely in a clear, concise, and easy to listen to message, though you qill probably prefer the way stated as I would like to cut directly to the point, though such a very circular topic we are on. My question to be precise is " Do you and the judge-dwarf share the same barber?" "Yes."
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:22 am
Aleran (Just in case on the off chance that the dwarf im currently mad at is not King Uthos, well than crap). "Hmmmm since we clearly have two viable options here, and of course we have already seen that door number one is lacking in appeal, i find the tile most unpleasent, if i do so say myself. May we inquire as to the appeals of door number two, and i resent being hanged by the way....It was quite cruel. May I expect compensation without having to go to the courts, or need i find myself a good lawyer, and a judge and jury to bribe?" "Ye might be forgetting ye were already found guilty."
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:31 am
Aleran "I would like to make one more comment before you go into detail about the appeals of door number two... Do you have something that can shut this stupid Fluffy, genetic experiment gone wrong up? I mean ill settle for a broken jaw, or a whole lot of penut butter to glue his mouth shut. But if that thing utters one more long verbose speach ending with a simple question i may have to run straight through door number one, ending anychance of you employing me." (Note: Sykle the next time you have quotes within a quote use these ' it makes it alot less confusing. Oh yea, now that i remember what these ' are called use apostraphes.) "Indeed, I think the other side might be driven mad. That might work actually... In any case, I am offering a job that few others have taken and lived, the position of general mostly. This month alone, we 'ave lost Alerac the mad, Jamst the semi-capable, and the old janitor, as well as a few others whom I forgot until recently. So ye must simply serve as some sort o' leader. Yer first battle is in two days, and as I have few others to depend on, my last general shall be overlooking the combat from a large distance. Any o' yer questions?" He pauses a moment. "And yes, the rat character seems a likely candidate for emissary."
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:27 pm
"Fluffy? Why that's a quantity of rather unhealthy nomenclature for that poor halfling. Why I remember a time my great-grandfather, Squeekison McEek the Wise and Short-lived of the Kingdom far and away across the bridge and next-door to the castle of the moon god's mother in law, which was a rather polite and healthy way to say `one that is like the loon', used to go around telling people what everyone thought of them, until one day someone, that is Great Ulk the Wise and So Absent-Minded He Never Finishes Listening to His Title of the Kingdom Aydee-AychDee, told him, that is my great-grandfather, Squeekison McEek the Wise and Short-lived of the Kingdom far and away across the bridge and next-door to the castle of the moon god's mother in law, that everyone thought he would look better with his head entirely removed from their body, only Great Ulk the Wise and So Absent-Minded He Never Finishes Listening to His Title of the Kingdom Aydee-AychDee lives by the silly and most foolish saying that goes something along the lines of 'In the act of acting, and by that, that is to say DOING, one has created in the memories of those present a memory much greater in volume and ostensity than those which are merely stated through the simple and most boredom action of verbosely wording out the procedure that one has acted', though honostly I can't imagine how one could live by such a foolhardy and queerish saying!
Oh and good Sir of the Beard, one , that is my own mother (rest her mental manifestation of whichever religeon those present consent to) always said I'd be bad at politics, something about me not speaking clearly or long enough, though I tried my best to remedy that she never really told me I did well and it's been all I can do to keep my speech this long and clear as it is let alone being able to take it to the level of political and martial, that is to say War-related, negotiations of action, though it was most greatly kind of you to say."
"I would like to inquire however as to the condition of the hobbit along with the other hangmen, and I must say what a pleasant hanging it was, I might even do it again, if I were sure of the outcome..."
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:48 pm
In response to Eira's last comment. "I guess you're right my king, we are quite past to the gallows... and speaking of which, since it seems I've forgot to do so, I thank you for sparing my life when we where, as it seems that not all those there, are currently among us."
Eira shakes her head a bit, trying to comprehend what Fluffy, as he's been called, has said...
So, we must act as some sort of leaders as you say. I would liketo ask a couple of questions on this subject.
May I ask just who this battle is against, and where the combat will take place?
And if I may be so bold as to request, will it be possible to have my possessions returned in the near future? I will feel more comfortable knowing I'm to take part in an impending battle, if i have my things, my book in particular, so that I may prepare a bit more easily.
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:20 am
Sykle "Fluffy? Why that's a quantity of rather unhealthy nomenclature for that poor halfling. Why I remember a time my great-grandfather, Squeekison McEek the Wise and Short-lived of the Kingdom far and away across the bridge and next-door to the castle of the moon god's mother in law, which was a rather polite and healthy way to say `one that is like the loon', used to go around telling people what everyone thought of them, until one day someone, that is Great Ulk the Wise and So Absent-Minded He Never Finishes Listening to His Title of the Kingdom Aydee-AychDee, told him, that is my great-grandfather, Squeekison McEek the Wise and Short-lived of the Kingdom far and away across the bridge and next-door to the castle of the moon god's mother in law, that everyone thought he would look better with his head entirely removed from their body, only Great Ulk the Wise and So Absent-Minded He Never Finishes Listening to His Title of the Kingdom Aydee-AychDee lives by the silly and most foolish saying that goes something along the lines of 'In the act of acting, and by that, that is to say DOING, one has created in the memories of those present a memory much greater in volume and ostensity than those which are merely stated through the simple and most boredom action of verbosely wording out the procedure that one has acted', though honostly I can't imagine how one could live by such a foolhardy and queerish saying! Oh and good Sir of the Beard, one , that is my own mother (rest her mental manifestation of whichever religeon those present consent to) always said I'd be bad at politics, something about me not speaking clearly or long enough, though I tried my best to remedy that she never really told me I did well and it's been all I can do to keep my speech this long and clear as it is let alone being able to take it to the level of political and martial, that is to say War-related, negotiations of action, though it was most greatly kind of you to say." "I would like to inquire however as to the condition of the hobbit along with the other hangmen, and I must say what a pleasant hanging it was, I might even do it again, if I were sure of the outcome..." "So yer the new emmissary then. Anyone else?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:26 am
thinkinghurts42 In response to Eira's last comment. "I guess you're right my king, we are quite past to the gallows... and speaking of which, since it seems I've forgot to do so, I thank you for sparing my life when we where, as it seems that not all those there, are currently among us." Eira shakes her head a bit, trying to comprehend what Fluffy, as he's been called, has said... So, we must act as some sort of leaders as you say. I would liketo ask a couple of questions on this subject. May I ask just who this battle is against, and where the combat will take place? And if I may be so bold as to request, will it be possible to have my possessions returned in the near future? I will feel more comfortable knowing I'm to take part in an impending battle, if i have my things, my book in particular, so that I may prepare a bit more easily. The king takes the first gratifyingly, but at the question of war, he seems abashed. "Ye should know that all these places are always at war. We be against all those arounds us, all six of 'em at once. Lately, it's been those darn greedy, forest living, tree animating elves." He keeps mumbling about attrocities the elves have committed and why they should be pushed back out of 'his lands' and so on. The guard, sensing that the second question was forgotten in the rant, pipes up. "It all be behind your chair." The human returns to his silent, stolid placement.
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:52 am
Sursqueek turns around and retrieves his things, carfully sheathing his rusted and chipped short katana and reattaches the metal wires on his arm to his metal-bound tome.
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:25 am
Hoping it will be heard through his ranting..."I'm sorry to get you; so feverish, with my question, but I was just curious... I know that there are a good number of fronts as it is, namely everywhere, so I was only wondering which enemy in particular we'd be facing in this first battle. Your answer was quite helpful though, thank you."
While waiting for a response from the king, Eira nods a quick thank you to the guard, reaches behind the chair, and goes through her bag a bit. She'll also return her component pouch to her belt. Eira will then glance through her spellbook quickly, quite happy to have it returned.
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:05 pm
"I accept, under two conditions. Will we be paid? Cause, I never really work without a sizeable paycheck, and condition number two, any man convicted of theft be spared the gallows and instead be sent to..." As Thanatos says sent to he pulls out a map and points to a place inside the forest. "there they will be offered a job, and may eventually be of some use to you. You see I am starting up my own guild of cut throats, assassins, bandits, thieves, and all other manner of jobs that may be questionably legal. And of course as your General, i would feel obligated to use my men to sabotage and gain every advantage i can against the enemy. So you see, we will be helping eachother. However you of course get the better part of the deal. So if you would care to equalize it, you could send someone who can forge things right along to that area. And if these two conditions are met, than well we have an accord."
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:25 am
thinkinghurts42 Hoping it will be heard through his ranting..."I'm sorry to get you; so feverish, with my question, but I was just curious... I know that there are a good number of fronts as it is, namely everywhere, so I was only wondering which enemy in particular we'd be facing in this first battle. Your answer was quite helpful though, thank you." While waiting for a response from the king, Eira nods a quick thank you to the guard, reaches behind the chair, and goes through her bag a bit. She'll also return her component pouch to her belt. Eira will then glance through her spellbook quickly, quite happy to have it returned. With a last blasphemy against the elves, he pipes up again. "Not that all elves are bad, the make great shots with a arrow or a fireball. They just always have problems when in power next to a dwarf..."
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:30 am
Aleran "I accept, under two conditions. Will we be paid? Cause, I never really work without a sizeable paycheck, and condition number two, any man convicted of theft be spared the gallows and instead be sent to..." As Thanatos says sent to he pulls out a map and points to a place inside the forest. "there they will be offered a job, and may eventually be of some use to you. You see I am starting up my own guild of cut throats, assassins, bandits, thieves, and all other manner of jobs that may be questionably legal. And of course as your General, i would feel obligated to use my men to sabotage and gain every advantage i can against the enemy. So you see, we will be helping eachother. However you of course get the better part of the deal. So if you would care to equalize it, you could send someone who can forge things right along to that area. And if these two conditions are met, than well we have an accord." "Only if not fer murder, pillagin', war crimes, et cetera and not if they are being offered another 'job'. As fer cash, almost anything ye find, as is accustomed, is yers. This includes treasure hordes, plundered wagon trains, and part of any recovery act will be compinsated fer."
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:51 pm
"So I will get my conoseirs (butchered, but i think you understand the word) of questionable legality? And of course they will be used against foes."
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