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by **Schissel** on Wed Oct 31, 2001 10:50 am

Yes, it is (I am also thinking that from everything I know about it, slow storytelling is also a lot harder to do right. Though I'll admit to bias- a preference for patient exposition in the creative narrative arts (including writing, serial comics, and music), and an utter inability to create anything more than the most short-breathed, start/stop examples of writing or music on those occasions when I have tried my hand at same... ah, bother! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> )Anyhow.I find myself wondering whether there will be any (non-physical) noticeable changes when Sah' etc. get back, or rather an unspoken agreement that nothing happened ( <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/frown.gif"> to that idea though I know it's not reasonless... ). Well, another something to see when it happens...-Eric Schissel

by **Shadowed Rose** on Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:17 am

In my case, it's mostly "hard to start right", and then, it tends to write itself pretty much. Although there are a few sugar-high-induced things next year that even I am not sure I understand why the hell they are there. But I probably had some thought behind them, so it should be okay. That, or I need to stop eating so much fruit sugar tablets.*snicker* If you only knew... Not telling, of course, but still... It's... Amusing. At least I think so.
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Schissel** on Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:26 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
In my case, it's mostly "hard to start right", and then, it tends to write itself pretty much. Although there are a few sugar-high-induced things next year that even I am not sure I understand why the hell they are there. But I probably had some thought behind them, so it should be okay. That, or I need to stop eating so much fruit sugar tablets.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
*g* Well, I thought I needed to stop taking in so much caffeine, but now my sleep schedule is banking off course and about to sink into the vasty deeps... One never can tell...
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*snicker* If you only knew... Not telling, of course, but still... It's... Amusing. At least I think so.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh... dear. That can mean so many things that ... I think I shall stop trying to guess. Speculating about the near-future is so very much safer for my fractured sanities anyway.
-Eric Schissel
(I'm reasonably sure this is going to be your first two-page topic before long, you know.)

by **Shadowed Rose** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 4:20 am

*perk* First two-page topic? Yaaaay!!!*snicker* No, one can never tell. But I know for a fact that fruit sugar tends to get to my head. My classmates even remarked I sounded drunk. And I hadn't had -that- much, five tablets or so. ...Hey! It's yummy, okay?
Speculating gooood. Mm-hmm. It amuses me greatly. 
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Schissel** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 4:33 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
*perk* First two-page topic? Yaaaay!!!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Though unfortunately, as I recall, Keenspace has that bar set rather high (no pun intended), somewhere around 80 I think?... not sure...
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
*snicker* No, one can never tell. But I know for a fact that fruit sugar tends to get to my head. My classmates even remarked I sounded drunk. And I hadn't had -that- much, five tablets or so.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Happens! *g*
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
...Hey! It's yummy, okay?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
*blink**blink*
Erm- I believe you. (Reminds self to check that this is not on ever-growing controlled substance list here at home. Joking!!!!!)
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Speculating gooood. Mm-hmm. It amuses me greatly. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'll keep that in mind <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">
(Looks belatedly at today Nov. 1st's PH)
Oh... dear.
Oh... dear.
-Eric Schissel

by **Shadowed Rose** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 4:55 am

Awww... But that's what, ten more replies or so? *frown* Ah, well, what happens, happens.Controlled substance... Hmm... Would that mean I'd get arrested if I kept my promise and brought a dozen or so boxes with me to Sandy Eggo? *grynn* It should be there, really should. Sugar high is a nasty thing. But FUUUUUN!!!Hmm... Oy?
Nequii didn't know...
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Schissel** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 5:15 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
Awww... But that's what, ten more replies or so? *frown* Ah, well, what happens, happens.
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Might be 70, I certainly can't remember. Might want to check the Blotto forum's early days, it certainly happened there a lot iirc... (EDIT: No, not Blotto... did check some other fora, including some I don't recall having posted to, and it seems there are 75 posts to a page here.)
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Controlled substance... Hmm... Would that mean I'd get arrested if I kept my promise and brought a dozen or so boxes with me to Sandy Eggo? *grynn* It should be there, really should. Sugar high is a nasty thing. But FUUUUUN!!!
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(Well, maybe if you kept them well hidden. *g* If you do get to Cali, have fun- I've never been there; furthest out west I've been is New Mex, so far.) <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
Hmm... Oy?
Nequii didn't know...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hrm. Was wondering how much the salamander knew and told him.
Rephrasing, too...
Was wondering what the salamander knew and told him. Perhaps that, and only that, the amber contained Irooz. Perhaps more, but if so, what?... (..).-Eric Schissel
[This message has been edited by schissel (edited 11-01-2001).]

by **Schissel** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 8:36 am

(From some posts back) <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
 Well, Fenni is there because Robin is, but you get the idea.
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Now here's something I really might have picked up on before, unless this was just a restatement of as it were "old news"... is Fenni in that case not retired? That would go a ways towards explaining why one of the future storylines is entitled "Fenni's Quest".
(Though the proviso you mention- that the Gods vowed that they will not quest Haven Paladins unless it's very important- reminds me only that one might cynically suppose that some deities, anyhow, always claim that of their Quests in any case... <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> )
-Eric Schissel

by **Schissel** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 9:11 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:

Hmm... Oy?
Nequii didn't know...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>And further thought.
i) Bottle on Shadow's dresser.
ii) Bottle toppling on Robin.
iii) Bottle falling on Robin, crashing, dissolving in a near-future episode? I hope that's not an acidic substance in there.
iv) If so, and it can't be fully scarless healed, it may not be possible to pretend that absolutely nothing happened while Sah' & co were away, though as you said, only Paladins have to tell the truth. And even that's assuming that the damage is healable in the first place (which is to be hoped- if not, agh!)Just... speculating, and rather much at that given my (laughable.) track record.-Eric Schissel

by **Shadowed Rose** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 10:42 am

75? Hmm... At this rate, this thread'll hit that tomorrow or the day after, not? I get excited over the stupidest things, yes I do.*snicker* If I go to Cali or not (or, rather, if I go 2002 or '03) depends solely on whether 'tis me and my allied or my parents that are more stubborn. Just because I never went anywhere alone -before- doesn't mean I wouldn't make it. I seem to know as much English as some Americans.*giggle* The salamander has its sources. Namely, the other salamanders. Wherever there's fire, a salamander or five sees. If one elemental knows, all know. More or less. They're a pretty gossipy sort.And Nequii knows about Irooz's body already. Look at the strip of her first appearance.*grynn* Bottles everywhere. Was 'Rose's fault she hit the shelf. He shouldn't do that to her, no he shouldn't.
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Shadowed Rose** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 10:58 am

*snicker* I don't quest for long threads, but I certainly don't mind them. Fun!!!Only thing I did interpret that as was feeding my ego. Which is excuseable.The elementals may know most things, but they're not that bright (no pun intended) and all they would have been able to tell Nequii is that 'Rose is back and is in bed. Their memory is horrid, to boot. Give them a purpose, and they go ahead and follow it like faithful puppies, but don't ask them to observe things and tell you of them. Their grasp of time is twisted.Well, 'tis not like he -planned- to panic in there. The only reason for him to panic -or so he'd thought- would be in a situation where hurting whatever other people were in the room wouldn't neccessarily be a Bad Thing.Nope, Fen hasn't retired yet. She was just made a Paladin before she found Robin. And never was on a Quest, 'cause she's been so busy caring for her girlfriend. *snicker* I have thought of a suitable catastrophe big enough to bring her and a few more out of Haven, though. Mayhaps.
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Schissel** on Thu Nov 01, 2001 12:25 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
75? Hmm... At this rate, this thread'll hit that tomorrow or the day after, not? I get excited over the stupidest things, yes I do.
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Well, I had my Keen*-board start in the CRFH forum, and though I like to think I've abjured (is that the mot juste?...) the seeking-of-long-threads and the like long since <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> , my first "effort" was adding post after post to the "Name the Zombie Cat" thread -- long after Chester had a name, and just so the thread would stay near the top of the list.That was sometime around June 2000, I think... not sure. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
*snicker* If I go to Cali or not (or, rather, if I go 2002 or '03) depends solely on whether 'tis me and my allied or my parents that are more stubborn. Just because I never went anywhere alone -before- doesn't mean I wouldn't make it. I seem to know as much English as some Americans.
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Yes, you do. (Edit, several hours later, *facepalm*-ing: this was not meant with a second meaning, or as damning with faint praise, or as anything other than to be taken at face value. I don't, typically, do sarcasm, fwiw, and it now occurs to me that there is a chance, though not a great one, that this might have been taken otherwise than as I meant it, and I should like to guard against that...)
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*giggle* The salamander has its sources. Namely, the other salamanders. Wherever there's fire, a salamander or five sees. If one elemental knows, all know. More or less. They're a pretty gossipy sort.And Nequii knows about Irooz's body already. Look at the strip of her first appearance.
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Well, I recently re-saw (and finally understood) that Nequii had spoken with Irooz and called her by name, and that comic mentions the circumstances of the death of her first body; with you so far... ah, I see, (relocating the July 21 comic) Nequii holding the amber body while talking to Irooz... right.Hrm... I would have thought the elemental effect was generated during the fight (the dark unicorn blood corrosion) but the salamanders didn't know about same? Or my thoughts are barking up wrong tree... odd. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
*grynn* Bottles everywhere. Was 'Rose's fault she hit the shelf. He shouldn't do that to her, no he shouldn't.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>This is... dramatic. I'm sympathetic, but bad things might well happen (unless random chance intervenes.)A lesson if one's going to keep all sorts of dangerous items in one's room is not to panic when there unless either alone and willing to take the personal damage, or sociopathic (is that the word I want again?...) - of course, Shadow does on the other hand have good reasons for having such items in his room, perhaps there might be a better way to keep them until such time as he needs them...
(Of course, telling oneself not to panic is said to be a bit like being told not to think of pink elephants. Supposedly (according to a webpage I saw once) this latter was once the fee of admission to a society of friends, however, so perhaps the expression needs revising...)
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The stars move still
time runs,
the clock will strike- Marlowe[This message has been edited by schissel (edited 11-01-2001).]

by **Schissel** on Fri Nov 02, 2001 2:33 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
*snicker* I don't quest for long threads, but I certainly don't mind them. Fun!!!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I like them too (though not, as I've said in the past, as a goal - in - self.) Agreed, yes.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
Only thing I did interpret that as was feeding my ego. Which is excuseable.The elementals may know most things, but they're not that bright (no pun intended) and all they would have been able to tell Nequii is that 'Rose is back and is in bed. Their memory is horrid, to boot. Give them a purpose, and they go ahead and follow it like faithful puppies, but don't ask them to observe things and tell you of them. Their grasp of time is twisted.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I see, increasingly...
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
Well, 'tis not like he -planned- to panic in there. The only reason for him to panic -or so he'd thought- would be in a situation where hurting whatever other people were in the room wouldn't neccessarily be a Bad Thing.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Oh, I figured that his panic reaction was neither intentional, nor its execution under control... my, erm, phrasing ("if you're going to panic") was-- sardonic (I'm not sure if that's the word I want, either.)
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Nope, Fen hasn't retired yet. She was just made a Paladin before she found Robin. And never was on a Quest, 'cause she's been so busy caring for her girlfriend. *snicker* I have thought of a suitable catastrophe big enough to bring her and a few more out of Haven, though. Mayhaps.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>erp.

by **Schissel** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 1:02 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Shadowed Rose:
*snicker*Oh, I'd say the relief before the real catastrophe is pretty universal. As for whether this is such a situation...Sore wa himitsu desu!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>(Which is now just about the only Japanese expression I understand. I'm pathetic <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> )This has taken *how* many seconds, I think me, and Fenni and Nequii-carrying-Irooz are where during all this...(and was that one container the only one overturned, and is the stand still quite stable.)Well, expecting I may well find out... *g*-Eric Schissel

by **Schissel** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 2:44 am

(Depending on how things turn out.)One possible description of the comics containing Thursday.Shadowrose, recuperating, has his friends and (ex-)roommates over, for a Casual Tea.

by **Schissel** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 7:26 am

And twice our posts arrive in the same thread in the same minute- if either pair'd arrived sufficiently closer, this thread would be mangled mush, UBB being what it is, I think... erp. I really need to post more patiently <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">Carrying the thought about Shadowrose and his setup further- that suggests in turn that he tends to concentrate for inclusion in it, on poisons and other things that are particularly effective on such hostiles would get inside Haven's defenses, on the one hand, and on who might attack him who's already within Haven, on the other?Hrm.
-Eric Schissel

by **Schissel** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 10:53 am

(Nov. 3 '01 Spoiler)*facepalm* Right. Gotcha. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> *g* ...Of course, if this were a horror movie, that would be the suspenseful joke that always immediately precedes the real catastrophe. (I'm reminded of one of the two or three horror movies I actually have seen; given the small sampling, perhaps this isn't a true cliche...)-Eric Schissel

by **Shadowed Rose** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 10:53 am

Well, seeing as fire is relatively short-lived, and only 'lives' to devour, the fire elementals get "short" flashes of very varying places as they move on from one fire to the next. Whilst water elementals generally stay in one place for what seems like eternity, except for the few ones that like adventure and follows rain everywhere. They tend to see what humans would call eternity as just another short moment.*giggle* Well, it wouldn't surprise me if 'Rose did go through the reasons he might panic and furnish his room accordingly. He was, after all, an Assassin...And now, as Saturday almost is over... You have Saturday's strip. Better late than never, isn't that what you say? ^_^
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Shadowed Rose** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 11:08 am

*snicker*Oh, I'd say the relief before the real catastrophe is pretty universal. As for whether this is such a situation...Sore wa himitsu desu!
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<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/quoting_mungo/" TARGET=_blank>Alexandra</A>
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"It's like picking a lock."..."Oh, right. Sir Zathor Honesty hasn't picked many locks in his days, has he?"
-Shadowrose, OMW IV: Wozelle's Wings
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Go read <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~goldquill/haven.html" TARGET=_blank>LaL</A>. You know you want to. If CW is still dead, read <A HREF="http://paladin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Paladins' Haven</A> instead. Yesss.

by **Schissel** on Sat Nov 03, 2001 11:08 am

(First two-page topic in fact *g* )
Yes, in re elementals, makes sense. Water elementals would probably like it here, it's perpetually muggy when it isn't snowing, but anyhow.
Always better late than never <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

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