thrilling installment #14 of whatever

"emmel" <the_emmel*whatever*@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> And when it was 2004-07-23, illusion
> <cdr9be$qh3$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk> was created,
> stating that Refractor Dragon <wanderer.DeleteThis@beeb.web>
> uttered in alt.games.creatures:
> >> >> >> >> >> > Ah. In short, we were amused.
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> What a dry reply.
> >> >> >> >> >> ::get a bottle of waters, opens it and turns it upside
down::
> >> >> >> >> >> Better, much better.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > *shrugs* All a matter of personal preference... *watches
as
> > the
> >> >> > water
> >> >> >> >> > trickles toward the carpet, where it is quickly absorbed*
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Better than dusty carpets. I *hate* dusty carpets. They're
so...
> >> > dusty?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Eh. I leave dust alone, it leaves me alone...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Unfortunately this doesn't work that well... there are times I
just
> >> >> >> *have* to bring the allmighty power of the holy vacuum apon it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Such as?
> >> >>
> >> >> When I can't stand it anymore...
> >> >
> >> > Work upon your mind! Patience...
> >>
> >> Hey, *you* don't live on your own, do you?
> >
> > Bah. If I did, how would you know?
>
> You'd recognize the necessity(sp?) to clean up now and again.

BAH.

> >> >> >> > Do unto dust as thou wouldst have it do unto thee!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So I should assault it constantly and make its pity life as
> > miserable
> >> > as
> >> >> >> posibble?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You want it to assault you constantly and make your pity[sic] life
as
> >> >> > miserable as posibble[sic]?
> >> >>
> >> >> Oh, it already does that...
> >> >
> >> > That's not the question. The question is, do you /want/ it to do
that?
> >>
> >> ::shrugs::
> >> What's the difference? Doesn't make any...
> >
> > Bahh. Just because you can't see a difference doesn't mean that there
isn't
> > one.
>
> Denied.

By what authority?

> >> >> Anyway, I was in fact quoting a game...
> >> >
> >> > Which game? And did it have the alternating capitals?
> >>
> >> I meant the "$*#&" part...
> >
> > Oh, I see. Which game?
> >
> > *had thought you were quoting Timulty, within Ozy & Millie*
>
> Nope.

In any case, you should read it.

....I've already asked you whether you read/you've read MegaTokyo, right?

> >> >> >> >> >> > *nods* Quite. (And so... A Math Carpet might be a
> >> > monomolecular
> >> >> >> > layer
> >> >> >> >> > of
> >> >> >> >> >> > Math?)
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> Well, more or less. But sticky in any case. And annoying if
> > you
> >> > are
> >> >> > in
> >> >> >> >> >> the wrong place...
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Really depends who's using it, then.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Yeah... don't remind me.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thingamajig.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> No, not really. More like 'lots of work to do'.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > That's what I said.
> >> >>
> >> >> Wasn't. Thingamajig is too... thingamajig to express that. Honestly.
> >> >
> >> > *snickers*
> >>
> >> Well it *is*.
> >
> > ...Which of us knows more about the 'Thingamajig!'?
>
> 'Which'? Interesting...

*curious* How so?

> And the answer to your question is... thingamajig!

Mu.

> >> >> >> No, it would be hard to install, annoying to service and if it
> > breaks
> >> >> >> you are on your own. And of course you'll always set up any
weapon
> >> >> >> scanners... not really helpful.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ...You need to get in touch with better weapon manufacturers.
> >> >>
> >> >> Oh, I have contact to the best. The problem is that the scanner
> >> >> manufacturers are the best as well...
> >> >
> >> > ...That's what they WANT you to think! *actually relevant paranoia*
> >>
> >> That's what the owner says. And the owner is the Mu-lam'bda empire...
> >> think about it.
> >
> > How much do you know?
>
> Enough.

How do you know that?

> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On different notes: proposed title is 'Against The
> >> >> > Current'.
> >> >> >> >> > Whoever
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> reads this, comment or hide well.
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ...How nice.
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Being sarcastic?
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Less 'sarcastic', more 'dry'. Think Tom Lehrer's
lines
> > 'Or
> >> > a
> >> >> >> >> > matching
> >> >> >> >> >> > pen
> >> >> >> >> >> >> > and pencil!/Just the thing I need... how nice.'
> >> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> >> ::reminds him that he doesn't really know Tom Lehrer::
> >> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> > You should. You really, /really/ should. GO! Now!
> >> > Listen...!
> >> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> Lsiten? Erm, what were we talking about again?
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > The songs of Tom Lehrer.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> ...which I dion't know. Ah, yes, that was it.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > *hums 'It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier' to himself*
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Whatever.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Go. Look them up on the Internet if you need to, though they're
not
> >> > really
> >> >> > as good without the tunes.
> >> >>
> >> >> Music without music... no, thanks.
> >> >
> >> > You have a point.
> >>
> >> Oh I have many. There, another one. Oh, another! Shiny! (Yeah, yeah, I
> >> know they are actually called periods, but that doesn't make them any
> >> less dots.)
> >
> > Erm, only females have periods. *looks at you oddly*
>
> Erm...
> ::gives you an especially odd look::
> You don't know many different species, do you?

I lump goxmales and the like in the same category as females.

> > (Hoowah playing with words!)
>
> Shall I kill you now or later?

Any time suits us.

> >> >> >> >> >> > the story. *considers* Assuming the title is
appropriate,
> >> > quite
> >> >> >> >> >> > revealing... Laiva eventually starts working against the
> >> >> > prophecy,
> >> >> >> >> > trying
> >> >> >> >> >> > to escape her fate?
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> Nah, more against peoples habits and predjudices. The
> > prophecy,
> >> >> > well, I
> >> >> >> >> >> love that part, but it's be foolish to tell you right now.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Hmm. Well... the overriding meaning of 'current'
> > automatically
> >> >> >> > gravitates
> >> >> >> >> > to 'destiny' when there's a prophecy involved. Unless
there's
> > no
> >> >> > actual
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Yeah, but there's more than a prophecy. I more thought of
'thing
> > in
> >> >> >> >> general'. But it surely is not a bad thing if it points at
such a
> >> >> > thing.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Eh. But 'against the current' has a specific meaning... going
> >> >> > /against/
> >> >> >> > the thing. Sort of.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Yup. I just said it doesn't have to be the *phrophecy*, but it
could
> >> >> >> refer very well to a number of other things.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > True, but when there /is/ a prophecy, the term 'current' gets
> >> > automatically
> >> >> > assigned to Fate.
> >> >>
> >> >> It's a question of POV, really. And it can't hurt to be a bit
ambigious
> >> >> in any case.
> >> >
> >> > Hmm.
> >>
> >> Good 'Hmm.'?
> >
> > Thoughtful 'Hmm.'.
>
> And?

Mu!

> >> >> >> but the way I
> >> >> >> picture it the scene about the prophecy is just...
> >> >> >> ::giggles::
> >> >> >
> >> >> > *blank look*
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ...I don't get it.
> >> >>
> >> >> You see, it's one of the parts I already have in mind (though not
> >> >> written up). And, probably it's just me, it's funny. In a way. I
like
> >> >> it, OK. It makes me laugh. Sorry.
> >> >
> >> > Oh. *is very curious*
> >>
> >> As I said, sorry. No spoilers. Well, at least no more.
> >
> > BAH!
> >
> > ...Wait a minute. What were the spoilers that I missed?
>
> Never mind.

BAH!

--
The Triad
User of 'Thingamajig!'
Refractor Dragon -=(UDIC)=-

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uttered in alt.games.creatures:
> "emmel" <the_emmel*whatever*@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:slrncg5emf.102.the_emmel*whatever*@storm.mlnet...
>> >> >> >> > Do unto dust as thou wouldst have it do unto thee!
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> So I should assault it constantly and make its pity life as
>> > miserable
>> >> > as
>> >> >> >> posibble?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > You want it to assault you constantly and make your pity[sic] life
> as
>> >> >> > miserable as posibble[sic]?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Oh, it already does that...
>> >> >
>> >> > That's not the question. The question is, do you /want/ it to do
> that?
>> >>
>> >> ::shrugs::
>> >> What's the difference? Doesn't make any...
>> >
>> > Bahh. Just because you can't see a difference doesn't mean that there
> isn't
>> > one.
>>
>> Denied.
>
> By what authority?

Me.

>> >> >> Anyway, I was in fact quoting a game...
>> >> >
>> >> > Which game? And did it have the alternating capitals?
>> >>
>> >> I meant the "$*#&" part...
>> >
>> > Oh, I see. Which game?
>> >
>> > *had thought you were quoting Timulty, within Ozy & Millie*
>>
>> Nope.
>
> In any case, you should read it.

I tried once... and decided not to. And I think we had that conversation
before. Either that or a full blown deja vu.

> ...I've already asked you whether you read/you've read MegaTokyo, right?

Yes.

>> >> >> >> > Thingamajig.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> No, not really. More like 'lots of work to do'.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > That's what I said.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Wasn't. Thingamajig is too... thingamajig to express that. Honestly.
>> >> >
>> >> > *snickers*
>> >>
>> >> Well it *is*.
>> >
>> > ...Which of us knows more about the 'Thingamajig!'?
>>
>> 'Which'? Interesting...
>
> *curious* How so?

Well, I'd expected a 'who', but 'which'... interesting, especially
without 'one'.

>> And the answer to your question is... thingamajig!
>
> Mu.

Doesn't fit here.

>> >> >> >> No, it would be hard to install, annoying to service and if it
>> > breaks
>> >> >> >> you are on your own. And of course you'll always set up any
> weapon
>> >> >> >> scanners... not really helpful.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > ...You need to get in touch with better weapon manufacturers.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Oh, I have contact to the best. The problem is that the scanner
>> >> >> manufacturers are the best as well...
>> >> >
>> >> > ...That's what they WANT you to think! *actually relevant paranoia*
>> >>
>> >> That's what the owner says. And the owner is the Mu-lam'bda empire...
>> >> think about it.
>> >
>> > How much do you know?
>>
>> Enough.
>
> How do you know that?

I'm emmel. I might have mentioned that before...

>> >> > You have a point.
>> >>
>> >> Oh I have many. There, another one. Oh, another! Shiny! (Yeah, yeah, I
>> >> know they are actually called periods, but that doesn't make them any
>> >> less dots.)
>> >
>> > Erm, only females have periods. *looks at you oddly*
>>
>> Erm...
>> ::gives you an especially odd look::
>> You don't know many different species, do you?
>
> I lump goxmales and the like in the same category as females.

Erm... do that... (WTH are you talking about in any case?)

>> > (Hoowah playing with words!)
>>
>> Shall I kill you now or later?
>
> Any time suits us.

Stupid answer.

>> >> >> >> >> >> > the story. *considers* Assuming the title is
> appropriate,
>> >> > quite
>> >> >> >> >> >> > revealing... Laiva eventually starts working against the
>> >> >> > prophecy,
>> >> >> >> >> > trying
>> >> >> >> >> >> > to escape her fate?
>> >> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> >> Nah, more against peoples habits and predjudices. The
>> > prophecy,
>> >> >> > well, I
>> >> >> >> >> >> love that part, but it's be foolish to tell you right now.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Hmm. Well... the overriding meaning of 'current'
>> > automatically
>> >> >> >> > gravitates
>> >> >> >> >> > to 'destiny' when there's a prophecy involved. Unless
> there's
>> > no
>> >> >> > actual
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Yeah, but there's more than a prophecy. I more thought of
> 'thing
>> > in
>> >> >> >> >> general'. But it surely is not a bad thing if it points at
> such a
>> >> >> > thing.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Eh. But 'against the current' has a specific meaning... going
>> >> >> > /against/
>> >> >> >> > the thing. Sort of.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Yup. I just said it doesn't have to be the *phrophecy*, but it
> could
>> >> >> >> refer very well to a number of other things.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > True, but when there /is/ a prophecy, the term 'current' gets
>> >> > automatically
>> >> >> > assigned to Fate.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It's a question of POV, really. And it can't hurt to be a bit
> ambigious
>> >> >> in any case.
>> >> >
>> >> > Hmm.
>> >>
>> >> Good 'Hmm.'?
>> >
>> > Thoughtful 'Hmm.'.
>>
>> And?
>
> Mu!

Ah. So?
--
emmel <the_emmel*you-know-what-that's-for*@gmx.net>
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