47||0|5102|3| 0|0|0|||1||%28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||02:43:49|08/23/2013|150K%21 Have another teaser.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5D%5Bpre%5D %22Not like I%27m getting a lot of overnight company. Speaking of%0D%0Ayou and the ladies%2C%22 she added%2C turning her head to favor him with an%0D%0Aarched eyebrow%2C %22when did you and The Late Toph Beifong get to be such%0D%0Abuddies%3F%22%0D%0A Corwin made a lying-down shrug. %22Well%2C I dunno%2C I mean%2C she%27s%0D%0Aone of those people like - well%2C like you%2C actually. I can%27t remember%0D%0Anot knowing her. We sort of took it to the next level last fall%2C%0D%0Athough.%22%0D%0A %22What%2C while you were stuck in Asgard%3F%22 asked Korra.%0D%0A %22Right.%22%0D%0A %22What happened%3F%22%0D%0A Corwin smiled nostalgically. %22She broke into my apartment.%22%0D%0A %22... Uh. You%27re really going to have to elaborate on that.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%2F%2F SATURDAY%2C SEPTEMBER 12%2C 2409%0D%0A VALHALLA%0D%0A%0D%0A As he had for many evenings lately%2C Corwin had dozed off on his%0D%0Acouch with the television on. He snapped back to consciousness with a%0D%0Ajolt at the unexpected sound of a voice%2C loud and insistent%3A%0D%0A %22OK%2C Ravenhair%2C on your feet%21 Nap time%27s over%21%22%0D%0A Blinking awake%2C Corwin sat up and saw a familiar%2C diminutive%0D%0Afigure standing foursquare in the middle of his living room%2C one of the%0D%0Awindows %28which had been locked%29 standing fully open behind her. It was%0D%0AToph Beifong%2C and she was%2C he realized with deepening puzzlement%2C%0D%0Adressed for traveling. No shoes%2C as ever%2C but she had a heavy cloak%0D%0Aover her usual green-and-tan outfit and was wearing a hat that looked%2C%0D%0Aif Corwin was being honest%2C a bit like an overturned wok.%0D%0A %22... Toph%3F%22 He glanced at the TV. The eighth inning of the%0D%0AKnights-Rangers game was in progress%3B he%27d fallen asleep in the third.%0D%0AReturning his confused attention to Toph%2C he asked%2C %22Why are you%0D%0Abreaking into my apartment%3F%22%0D%0A %22I%27ll tell you why%21%22 Toph snapped%2C her hazy mint-green eyes not%0D%0Aquite looking at him. %22Because I%27m sick of this crap%21 I%27m down at the%0D%0AGolden Axe and all the Valkyrie girls are crying in their mead about how%0D%0Asad you are and how mean Frey is and how SAD it all is and BOO HOO HOO.%0D%0AGet your ass off that couch and let%27s go DO something.%22%0D%0A%2F%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A Korra snorted. %22OK%2C I can see that. And did you%3F Go do%0D%0Asomething%3F%22%0D%0A %22Yeah%2C you could say that%2C%22 Corwin replied with a chuckle.%0D%0A %22What%3F%22%0D%0A %22Well%2C see%2C King Ulfgerth of Jotunheim used to have this green%0D%0Adiamond called the Eye of Destiny. Colossal. Got to weigh at least%0D%0Afive pounds.%22%0D%0A %22Used to%2C%22 Korra repeated%2C smiling slightly.%0D%0A Corwin nodded. %22Mm-hmm%2C he kept it in his legendary treasure%0D%0Avault deep beneath Mount Frostcrag. Guarded by a legion of his best%0D%0Ajotunn troops%2C and completely unreachable without his magic key%2C%0D%0Abesides. Dvergar craftsmanship%2C that vault. Nothing like it anywhere%0D%0Aelse in the Nine Worlds.%22 He turned a lazy grin to her and added%2C%0D%0A%22Buried under two and a half miles of solid rock.%22%0D%0A Korra laughed. %22I get the picture%2C%22 she said.%0D%0A %22A heist can be a great bonding experience%2C%22 said Corwin%0D%0Aphilosophically. %22We ought to try it sometime.%22%0D%0A %22Heh%2C maybe we should at that.%22%5B%2Fpre%5D%5B%2Ftt%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Offsides||09:28:21|08/23/2013|%22A heist can be a great bonding experience.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABrilliant%21 I may have to borrow that line sometime...%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|SpottedKitty||12:06:51|08/23/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-23-13 AT 12:07 PM (EDT)]%3E%5Btt%5D%5Bpre%5D %22Well%2C see%2C King Ulfgerth of Jotunheim used to have this green %0D%0A%3Ediamond called the Eye of Destiny. Colossal. Got to weigh at least %0D%0A%3Efive pounds.%22 %5B%2Fpre%5D%5B%2Ftt%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AConsidering the level of weirdness that a Toph%2FCorwin adventure should by definition attract%2C I was halfway expecting the gem in question to be a many fauceted scarlet emerald.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 4|2|2|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||12:34:04|08/23/2013|%3E%3E%5Btt%5D%5Bpre%5D %22Well%2C see%2C King Ulfgerth of Jotunheim used to have this green %0D%0A%3E%3Ediamond called the Eye of Destiny. Colossal. Got to weigh at least %0D%0A%3E%3Efive pounds.%22 %5B%2Fpre%5D%5B%2Ftt%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EConsidering the level of weirdness that a Toph%2FCorwin adventure should %0D%0A%3Eby definition attract%2C I was halfway expecting the gem in question to %0D%0A%3Ebe a many fauceted scarlet emerald. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C the Eye of Destiny was only what they went there for. Who knows what else they stumbled across%2A when they actually got in there%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C we%27ve seen Toph since that adventure and she wasn%27t nine feet tall and neckless%2C so we may presume they didn%27t find the Ruby of Cyttorak%2C or at least that she didn%27t touch it if they did. %28And really%2C would Toph Beifong not touch that if they found it%3F%29 That stands to reason%2C though. One presumes Ulfgerth would be %5Bi%5Dusing%5B%2Fi%5D that%2C not hoarding it%2C if he possessed it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%2A Or%2C well%2C what else %5Bi%5DCorwin%5B%2Fi%5D stumbled across. Toph doesn%27t stumble across things. Very surefooted.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 7|3|4|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|BobSchroeck||13:10:45|08/23/2013|%3EOn the other hand%2C we%27ve seen Toph since that adventure and she wasn%27t %0D%0A%3Enine feet tall and neckless%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AUnless%2C of course%2C you get your news accounts from the Ember Island Players.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 12|3|4|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Terminus Est||21:18:59|08/23/2013|...Wasn%27t the Ruby sitting in Raven%27s bookshop a while back%3F Or was that just a throwaway line%3F 14|4|12|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||21:48:27|08/23/2013|%3E...Wasn%27t the Ruby sitting in Raven%27s bookshop a while back%3F Or was %0D%0A%3Ethat just a throwaway line%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A... as opposed to the one you just replied to%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 15|5|14|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Terminus Est||00:38:17|08/24/2013|Fair %27nuff. 10|2|2|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mister Fnord||17:26:01|08/23/2013|%3Ea many fauceted scarlet emerald. %0D%0A%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0AI just want you to know that I hate you and hope you%27re going to hell for that.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AMr. Fnord%0D%0AA good memory for bad fiction is a terrible thing to have. %3A%28 16|3|10|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Terminus Est||00:39:38|08/24/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-24-13 AT 00:40 AM (EDT)]I don%27t know if I dare to ask %28which is bad%2C considering I know people who read badfic for %5Bi%5Dfun%5B%2Fi%5D%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AI must ask though%2C where%27d they put the spigots%3F 17|4|16|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||12:39:59|08/24/2013|%3EI don%27t know if I dare to ask %28which is bad%2C considering I know people %0D%0A%3Ewho read badfic for %5Bi%5Dfun%5B%2Fi%5D%29. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI must ask though%2C where%27d they put the spigots%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThis isn%27t a reference to a badfic...%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is a reference to THE badfic. The one. The only. The immortal...%0D%0A%0D%0AEYE OF ARGON 36|5|17|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|BobSchroeck||09:22:07|08/26/2013|%3EThis isn%27t a reference to a badfic... %0D%0A%3EThis is a reference to THE badfic. The one. The only. The %0D%0A%3Eimmortal... %0D%0A%3EEYE OF ARGON %0D%0A%0D%0AThe only fic that%27s also a party game%21%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%28Seriously. You take turns reading%2C and see how long you can last before you crack up or can%27t continue for any other reason.%29%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 38|6|36|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|MuninsFire||12:41:15|08/26/2013|My record is two pages. I was very drunk. 39|7|38|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||12:43:11|08/26/2013|I can do slightly better... I was disqualified for reading with proper grammar %28accidentally%29. 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mercutio||12:26:14|08/23/2013|%0D%0A%3E%5Btt%5D%5Bpre%5D %22Not like I%27m getting a lot of overnight company. %0D%0A%3ESpeaking of %0D%0A%3Eyou and the ladies%2C%22 she added%2C turning her head to favor him with an %0D%0A%3Earched eyebrow%2C %22when did you and The Late Toph Beifong get to be such %0D%0A%3Ebuddies%3F%22 %5B%2Ftt%5D%5B%2Fpre%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Late Toph Beifong is also%2C coincidentally%2C the name of the premiere The Toph Beifong Experience cover band.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %5Btt%5D%5Bpre%5D%22Well%2C see%2C King Ulfgerth of Jotunheim used to have this green %0D%0A%3Ediamond called the Eye of Destiny. Colossal. Got to weigh at least %0D%0A%3Efive pounds.%22%5B%2Ftt%5D%5B%2Fpre%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Found it. Snag%21 That was easy. C%27mon%2C Corwin. You remember where we parked%3F I bet we can be home before the bars close.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Oh%2C good. Where was it%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Pedestal in the corner.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22... you took the giant gem. From it%27s pedestal. Lifted it right off. Walked right up and just... yoink.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I did%21 ... why are you backing away like that%3F%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 5|2|3|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||12:46:19|08/23/2013|%3E%22... you took the giant gem. From it%27s pedestal. Lifted it right off. %0D%0A%3EWalked right up and just... yoink.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22I did%21 ... why are you backing away like that%3F%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_detailpage%26v%3DgUw8fE6S1eU%23t%3D151%7C%22... Run%3F%22%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 11|3|5|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|JeanneHedge||17:39:36|08/23/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-23-13 AT 05:45 PM (EDT)]%3E%3E%22... you took the giant gem. From it%27s pedestal. Lifted it right off. %0D%0A%3E%3EWalked right up and just... yoink.%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%22I did%21 ... why are you backing away like that%3F%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22...Run%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s different%2C I was expecting %5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F%26v%3DPr-8AP0To4k%7Cthe cliche%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 13|4|11|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mercutio||21:40:58|08/23/2013|It%27s a straight-up ATLA riff on my part%2C actually.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5DAANG%3A Yay%21 ... wait%2C what exactly is that%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AZUKO%3A It%27s some kind of mystical gemstone.%0D%0A%0D%0AAANG%3A Well don%27t touch it%21%0D%0A%0D%0AZUKO%3A Why not%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAANG%3A I%27m just very suspicious of giant glowing gems sitting on pedestals.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28ZUKO picks up the gemstone.%29%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AThings proceeded from there in about the manner you%27d expect anything involving Zuko making a decision of any kind to proceed in.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 18|5|13|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Peter Eng||16:27:47|08/24/2013|I think it%27s just the nature of this place that I immediately came up with%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Zuko%2C is that some sort of mystical gemstone%3F%22%0D%0A%22Well%2C naturally.%22%0D%0A%22Did you take it off its pedestal%2C Zuko%3F%22%0D%0A%22Well%2C I suppose... I suppose I must have done%2C yes.%22%0D%0A%22PRINCE ZUKO IS AN IMBECILE%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 19|6|18|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||21:10:11|08/24/2013|%3E%22Zuko%2C is that some sort of mystical gemstone%3F%22 %0D%0A%3E%22Well%2C naturally.%22 %0D%0A%3E%22Did you take it off its pedestal%2C Zuko%3F%22 %0D%0A%3E%22Well%2C I suppose... I suppose I must have done%2C yes.%22 %0D%0A%3E%22PRINCE ZUKO IS AN IMBECILE%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AThere is much data to support that hypothesis.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 20|7|19|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mercutio||00:56:32|08/25/2013|Zuko isn%27t really an imbecile%2C per se. He%27s quite good at what he does%2C and once he throws off his indoctrination his moral compass is%2C as the man once said%2C set firmly to green.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s just that Zuko%27s superpower is to make really%2C REALLY bad decisions that are only balanced out by the fact that about one time out of ten%2C he manages to make a stupendously good one.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf anyone here ever played any Amber Diceless Roleplaying... Zuko has%2C like%2C a full 20 points of Bad Stuff. Straight up.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 21|8|20|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||01:02:59|08/25/2013|%22Able to make any situation worse%2C it%27s Self-Destructo%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 43|7|19|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Croaker||12:40:41|08/29/2013|%3E%3E%22Zuko%2C is that some sort of mystical gemstone%3F%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Well%2C naturally.%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Did you take it off its pedestal%2C Zuko%3F%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Well%2C I suppose... I suppose I must have done%2C yes.%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%22PRINCE ZUKO IS AN IMBECILE%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere is much data to support that hypothesis. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI dunno. I can%27t read this conversation without imagining it voiced by Tom Baker and Ian Marter. 44|8|43|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||13:45:01|08/29/2013|%3EI dunno. I can%27t read this conversation without imagining it voiced by %0D%0A%3ETom Baker and Ian Marter. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27d be worth it%2C just to see Zuko in the ascot. 45|9|44|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Croaker||13:54:33|08/29/2013|%3E%3EI dunno. I can%27t read this conversation without imagining it voiced by %0D%0A%3E%3ETom Baker and Ian Marter. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27d be worth it%2C just to see Zuko in the ascot. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd Aang. In %5Bi%5DThe Scarf%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI imagine he and the Doctor would have a lot of fun together.%0D%0A%22What%27s the point of being grown up if you can%27t be childish now and then%3F%22.... 46|10|45|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||14:08:40|08/29/2013|%0D%0A%3EAnd Aang. In %5Bi%5DThe Scarf%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI imagine he and the Doctor would have a lot of fun together. %0D%0A%3E%22What%27s the point of being grown up if you can%27t be childish now and %0D%0A%3Ethen%3F%22.... %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m trying to justify having K-9 go penguin sledding... 47|11|46|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Croaker||16:30:43|08/29/2013|%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EAnd Aang. In %5Bi%5DThe Scarf%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI imagine he and the Doctor would have a lot of fun together. %0D%0A%3E%3E%22What%27s the point of being grown up if you can%27t be childish now and %0D%0A%3E%3Ethen%3F%22.... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m trying to justify having K-9 go penguin sledding... %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Leela and Sokka%2C%0D%0ASitting in a tree%2C%0D%0AKay Eye Ess - %22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22STOP THAT%21%22 37|3|5|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|BobSchroeck||09:27:55|08/26/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-26-13 AT 09:28 AM (EDT)]%3E%5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_detailpage%26v%3DgUw8fE6S1eU%23t%3D151%7C%22...Run%3F%22%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd now I%27m imagining Samuel L. Jackson uttering an almost-but-not-quite version of a famous bad-movie line...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 6|1|0|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Star Ranger4||13:05:30|08/23/2013|%3E %22A heist can be a great bonding experience%2C%22 said Corwin %0D%0A%3Ephilosophically. %22We ought to try it sometime.%22 %0D%0A%3E %22Heh%2C maybe we should at that.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ADont forget the Sato Sister when you do. She REALLY wants to be part of THAT action. 8|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Bad Moon||15:53:55|08/23/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-23-13 AT 03:54 PM (EDT)]Corwin%27s a fibber%2C he did dabble in some gentlemen burgling. %0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me. I was the grognard all along. 9|2|8|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||16:26:50|08/23/2013|%3ECorwin%27s a fibber%2C he did dabble in some gentlemen burgling. %0D%0A%0D%0AToph Beifong is many things%2C but a gentleman she is not. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 22|3|9|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Bad Moon||16:14:55|08/25/2013|True true. But Corwin is generally gentleman enough for two normal people. There%27s a small legion of ladies in Asgard that curse this fact occasionally I imagine.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me. I was the grognard all along. 23|4|22|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|The Traitor||20:53:49|08/25/2013|Part of me enjoys thinking that the much-alluded-to betting pool features everyone on Asgard for the sake of completeness %28except maybe Skuld%2C though frankly some people will bet on %5Bi%5Danything%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C maintained by some kind of Valkyrie super-important systems-wallah or similar thing%3B because so few people actually know about it%2C to hear that you%27re on it rapidly renders it a self-fulfilling prophecy. You thus start to fixate on Corwin%2C giving him a little more thought than normal%2C making him a teeny bit more needed than he might otherwise be.%0D%0A%0D%0AThus%2C his propensity for random awesome crap to work in his favour.%0D%0A%0D%0AGentlemen%2C the truth is out at last%3B The Corwin Bowl is an extremely advanced infohazard designed to protect and empower a young deity finding his feet in the mortal realm.%0D%0A%0D%0ACONSPIRACYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY%21%21%21%21%21111ONEONEELEVENANDSOFORTH%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DIn other news%2C tinfoil makes for some supremely uncomfortable hat lining.%5B%2Fsmall%5D 24|5|23|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mercutio||21:21:55|08/25/2013|This would be the plot if Charles Stross were to somehow find himself writing for EPU%3A as Surtur%27s computational demonologists unleash their infovores upon the World-Engine in an effort to devour all the future potentialities of Tomorrow%27s Son%2C Asgard%27s reality ninja corps use their solar-system sized orrery arrays to generate%2C and infect Corwin with%2C an entanglement contagion%2C romantically destiny-entangling him with literally everyone he has met or will meet%2C creating a vast immune system-slash-labyrinth that renders him damn near invincible to attacks generated by metaphysical information warfare.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 25|6|24|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||22:16:33|08/25/2013|I don%27t know whether to be impressed or horrified by that idea. %3AD 27|7|25|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||22:19:02|08/25/2013|%3EI don%27t know whether to be impressed or horrified by that idea. %3AD %0D%0A%0D%0AWith Strossian plots%2C that%27s often not a boolean variable.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 28|8|27|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||22:21:19|08/25/2013|%3E%3EI don%27t know whether to be impressed or horrified by that idea. %3AD %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWith Strossian plots%2C that%27s often not a boolean variable. %0D%0A%0D%0ATrue%2C although I was thinking of the UF potential. %3A%29 26|6|24|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||22:18:30|08/25/2013|%3Eromantically destiny-entangling him %0D%0A%3Ewith literally everyone he has met or will meet%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eslash-labyrinth%0D%0A%0D%0A... in more ways than one%2C considering the preceding.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 29|7|26|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mercutio||00:08:21|08/26/2013|%3E%3Eromantically destiny-entangling him %0D%0A%3E%3Ewith literally everyone he has met or will meet%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3Eslash-labyrinth%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... in more ways than one%2C considering the preceding. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe consequences of me not quite thinking that one entirely through are a bit of a chuckle here on the forums. %3A%29 Were the lads up in the Celestial Bureaucracy to actually fumble the ball on that one%2C things would probably proceed somewhat differently...%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5DChejop Kejak was not a happy man.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Correct me if I%27m wrong%2C gentlemen%2C but was I or was I not present for each and every department meeting on this project%3F%22 He surveyed the assembled team of programmers%2C holy men%2C and shamans %28in one case%2C all three%2C but Pathik was generally considered to be pretty weird%29 with a gimlet eye. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The operational spec clearly called for those prayer strips to grant Tomorrow%27s Son the auspicious powers of the Handsome Boy Eyes Prana%2C scope of all of Midgard%2C triggered any time he meets a new person governed by fate of the -appropriate gender and sexual orientation-. Mind telling me how we left that last bit off%2C and how it survived three debug passes and actually got uploaded into the World-Engine%3F And why%2C instead of it providing him with near-total immunity to Muspelheim%27s latest bout of asshattery%2C Mister Ravenhair%27s entire romantic destiny -instead- went into a loop snarl that threatened to overrun its buffer%3F%22 His eyes shifted to the Project Lead%2C seated immediately to his right. %22Gorodo%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AGorodo the Red %28Programmer First Class%2C Bureau of Destiny%2C Futures and Fates Department%2C currently Project Lead for the Tomorrow%27s Son Labyrinth Entanglement Undertaking%29%2C white-scaled and scarlet-feathered%2C managed not to cringe back from his boss%2C clacking his claws on the conference table. He%27d managed to sublimate quite a lot of his draconic heritage to the needs of the job%2C but %27when in doubt%2C go on the offensive%27 was a hard habit to break. So he coiled himself up angrily%2C and retorted%2C %22With all due respect%2C sir%2C it -happens-. We%27re crafting destiny by committee here%2C boss%21%22 Pause. %22Really%2C it%27s nobodies fault.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Oh%3F%22 Chejop raised an eyebrow. %22Would you care to try and sell that line to Skuld%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThis time%2C Gorodo didn%27t manage to not cringe.%0D%0A%0D%0AKejak gave the team one last good glare%2C and then sighed. %22Recriminations later. Business now. Fortunately for you all%2C I%27ve managed to stopgap this entire debacle temporarily by assigning Mister Ravenhair his father%27s destiny%2C which is similar enough to his own to adhere at least temporarily.%22 Relief rippled through the room. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22BUT.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then promptly ceased to. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The nightly cleanup routines are going to notice that there are two of those running at the same time and collapse the one without the proper timestamp on it. When that happens%2C Mister Ravenhair%27s own destiny will snap back. So you have... a little over twelve hours to fix this.%22 He favored the room with a small%2C humorless smile. %22And I%27d recommend taking less%2C because the Midgard-Knight is scheduled to have a romantic encounter with a 74%25 chance of sexytime with Skuld sometime in the next forty-eight hours%2C so unless someone would also like to volunteer to explain -that- after it happens...%22%0D%0A%0D%0AOne of the junior programmers in the back raised a timorous hand. %22Sir%2C who will be handling the infovores while we%27re getting the protective destiny entanglement properly functioning again%3F They%27re not going to be fooled by a simple duplication%3B these are class fives%2C and they have Lord Corwin%27s scent already. We think one of them might have already devoured the set of potential destinies involving him%2C Kaname Sterling%2C and snowball fights%3B we%27re double-checking hers right now.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AChejop Kejak sighed%2C and rubbed his neck. He%27d been safeguarding destiny since doing so meant going to Midgard and walking two thousand li across Diqiu with nothing more a begging bowl%2C a set of prayer beads%2C and an iron staff%2C scattering salt mixed with the blood of gods into the ocean in order to ensure that demons did not crawl up between the gaps in the strands of fate where the sea met the land. %0D%0A%0D%0AThings had changed a lot since then. He didn%27t carry a begging bowl anymore%2C but the first coin ever dropped into it%2C a copper tael he%27d kept%2C had been melted down to form the contact points on his cervical-spine interface jack. His prayer beads had been cut apart to form the wooden inlays on the cyberdeck that the Norns had presented him on the occasion of the three thousandth year of his service.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe still had the iron staff%2C though%3B always close by. His hand closed around it now. He stood up%2C popped his neck.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I will enter the World-Engine and deal with the infovores personally.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHell%2C he needed to get out of the office more anyway.%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I%27ve probably stepped MASSIVELY outside the boundaries of proper behavior for a guest in this house%3B originally this was just going to be a quippy response to Ben%2C and then this... thing insisted on dropping out of my head. I blame society.%29 30|8|29|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Pasha||00:30:42|08/26/2013|%0D%0A%3E%28I%27ve probably stepped MASSIVELY outside the boundaries of proper %0D%0A%3Ebehavior for a guest in this house%3B originally this was just going to %0D%0A%3Ebe a quippy response to Ben%2C and then this... thing insisted on %0D%0A%3Edropping out of my head. I blame society.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Ablink%2A%0D%0ADid you just write fan-fiction of the original creation of a fan fiction universe set to the tone of yet a third universe with a callback to a universe that hasn%27t actually been inserted into the Ur-UF%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m impressed.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha %28Also%2C it%27s canon that UFGryph and Skuld aren%27t that kind of friend anymore%2C iirc%29%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22 31|8|29|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Gryphon||01:12:19|08/26/2013|%3E%28I%27ve probably stepped MASSIVELY outside the boundaries of proper %0D%0A%3Ebehavior for a guest in this house%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Probably%22%3F Bless. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 32|9|31|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Mercutio||01:46:34|08/26/2013|I%27m honestly still not sure what happened. I started with%2C like%2C two lines from nameless%2C faceless programmers in Asgard%2C trying to be all funny%2C and then I added framing materiel%2C and then part of my brain was all %22Dude%21 Chejop Kejak as a cyberdecking reality ninja enforcer monk bureaucrat for the Norns%2C protecting the World-Engine from demon hackers with one hand while writing quarterly performance reviews with the other. YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN%22 and then it was half an hour later and I had%2C you know%2C a thing.%0D%0A%0D%0AI probably should have deleted it%2C but I write so rarely these days I figured %22Worst that can happen is people get mad.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 33|10|32|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Terminus Est||02:05:13|08/26/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-26-13 AT 02:06 AM (EDT)]For what it%27s worth%3F It %5Bi%5Dwas%5B%2Fi%5D a pleasant little sidetrip.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C hey%2C some of the rest of us have done it from time to time. One or two of us with... somewhat epically disastrous results... %2Acoughs%2C shifty eyes%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A-Terminus%0D%0A%28No%2C you don%27t wanna know. It was %5Bi%5Dbad%5B%2Fi%5D.%29 34|11|33|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Meagen||05:37:27|08/26/2013|I may or may not have a short little story I muse on when I feel down%2C involving an unimportant data-entry girl from the Corporate Sector who goes on a trip to Jezebel and gets to be rescued from a bog by a vacationning Utena. 40|12|34|||1||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Peter Eng||18:02:33|08/26/2013|%3EI may or may not have a short little story I muse on when I feel down%2C %0D%0A%3Einvolving an unimportant data-entry girl from the Corporate Sector who %0D%0A%3Egoes on a trip to Jezebel and gets to be rescued from a bog by a %0D%0A%3Evacationing Utena. %0D%0A%0D%0AGiven Utena%27s nature%2C said officemouse would probably end up going home%2C telling her pointy-haired boss to take this job and shove it%2C and move on to bigger and better things.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0A%22I did it again%2C didn%27t I.%22 41|13|40|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|Meagen||05:48:20|08/27/2013|%3E%3EI may or may not have a short little story I muse on when I feel down%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Einvolving an unimportant data-entry girl from the Corporate Sector who %0D%0A%3E%3Egoes on a trip to Jezebel and gets to be rescued from a bog by a %0D%0A%3E%3Evacationing Utena. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EGiven Utena%27s nature%2C said officemouse would probably end up going %0D%0A%3Ehome%2C telling her pointy-haired boss to take this job and shove it%2C %0D%0A%3Eand move on to bigger and better things. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AGet out of my %2Ahead%2A%2C Psicop scum. 42|12|34|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|BeardedFerret||06:59:06|08/27/2013|%3EI may or may not have a short little story I muse on when I feel down%2C %0D%0A%3Einvolving an unimportant data-entry girl from the Corporate Sector who %0D%0A%3Egoes on a trip to Jezebel and gets to be rescued from a bog by a %0D%0A%3Evacationning Utena. %0D%0A%0D%0AMine%27s %5Bi%5DKnight Rider%3A 2300%5B%2Fi%5D. Go big or go home. 35|11|33|||||RE%3A %28teaser 2%29 S5M6 TbS2 Goodbye %26 Hello|mdg1||05:39:08|08/26/2013|Hell%2C it is entirely possible that I was the FIRST to do it... on RAAC%2C anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Technically second%2C since Cor had already started on %5Bi%5DOtaku Rising%5B%2Fi%5D when I first met him%2C but he%27s not here and I am. %3A%29 %29