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Link's borked, BA
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ClassicDrogn Wrote:Link's borked, BA *Curses like the (ex-)sailor he is.*
Fixed it. If you're too lazy to go back for it, here: http://www.equestriadaily...yes-of-another-pony.html
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From "Anything's Possible", a fun little HP story. In the middle of the summer between OotP and HBP, Lily Potter has turned up, alive, out of nowhere....
Quote:Lily pursed her lips. "You're not being weak letting people help you, you know. Voldemort has people helping him."
"If Voldemort jumped off a bridge, would you want me to do that too?"
"No, I'd want you to stand there on the bridge and applaud."
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2689413/12/ ... s_Possible
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from a spacebatles story thread this little bit:
In the Starfleet Jusitce System, the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The security officers who investigate crime, the attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and that goddamn Jackass Q who's always fucking messing with our shit.
These are their stories.
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Quote:"It is this planet of theirs," Thyren said earnestly, leaning toward
the camera pickup. "It is like no habitable world I have ever seen
before. It is impossible, literally impossible to predict what this
Hellpit is going to throw at you next. If you are not ready at any split
second to react with lightning speed to the constant flux and flow of
conditions here, you die. It is as simple as that. Swift adjustment to
constant change is the price of survival on Earth."
"Is it really
that bad there?" Kilruym wanted to know. "I have heard Thrella complain
about it, but she is always complaining in any case."
Lethos
sighed. "There are some places here on Earth, depending on latitude and
the distribution of land and water, that..." He shook his head. "This
'Mother Earth' of theirs is a ravenous hunter that delights in devouring
her own young."
"What specifically are you referring to?" Skrilla wanted to know.
Lethos
thought for a moment. "There are some areas on this planet where it is
possible to get up at dawn to greet a beautiful sunny morning, with warm
pleasant breezes, and by noon be facing a rain storm - with howling
winds that can lift you off the ground and throw you hard enough to
break bones." Lethos winced and added as an aside, "I hate rain. Snow is
wonderful of course. But rain soaks its way inside your clothing and
coats you in a sheath of melted exoskelteon."
"It sounds miserable," Shran agreed distastefully.
"It
can be even more miserable," Thyren added ruefully, "if you are forced
to leave your shelter and flee because an undersea quake has caused a
tsnunami to sweep in toward you."
"That might be disconcerting, I will admit," Skrilla acknowledged.
"But
then you find that you must change course and veer away from your
planned escape route," Thyren continued, "because the tectonic
disturbance was more extensive than you first realized, and that lovely
mountain you admired this morning has just blown up and spewed flaming
lava over the area."
Shran made a choking sound. "Blown up? What do you mean, blown up?"
"Exactly
what he said, Commander," Lethos replied grimly. "He meant blown up.
Exploded. Like a torpedo. I know it is hard to imagine, since very few
class M worlds have active volcanoes."
"There are active volcanoes here on Vulcan," Kilruym said. "But they don't blow up."
"That's
because the plate tectonics on Vulcan are significantly less active
than on Earth," Thyren noted. "I'm sure you have noted the volcanoes on
T'Kuht? They are large and fiery enough to be seen with the naked eye at
night. The volcanic activity is almost as fierce here as it is on
T'Khut. The edge of the tectonic plate that surrounds the major oceanic
area is so active that Humans refer to it as the Ring of Fire."
Thyren
stopped to catch his breath and Lethos interjected helpfully. "While
you are fleeing the tsnunami and the lava flow, you must watch carefully
to avoid falling trees that are being torn loose by the howling winds,
or struck down by the massive thunderbolts that split the sky on this
world like pulse cannons.
"Oh, one last thing," Thyren mentioned.
"One must be careful while fleeing the tsnunami and the volcano, as the
storm and the screaming winds are trying to rip the skin off your back,
to avoid being fried by the forest fires that the lava started. Not to
mention the mudslides."
"All of this between sunrise and sunset," Lethos said tiredly.
"Mudslides." Kilruym said flatly.
"Oh
yes, Ambassador," Lethos told him. "The ground is only frozen here at
the poles. Nowhere else. So any admixture of water in any form
destabilizes things quite remarkably."
"How did they build a
civilization?" Skrilla wondered. "Without any solidly frozen ground for a
base, how do they keep their buildings from tumbling over?"
"By
drilling down to bedrock, usually." Thyren explained. "But it is not
unusual at all for entire towns to be buried in mudslides. Or in lava
flows. Or flattened in windstorms. Or shaken to pieces in quakes. Or
washed away in flood waters."
"Great Mother Andor," Shran
whispered. "I knew from talking to them that their world was harsh.
Archer and I had compared notes about the differences between mountain
climbing on Andoria and on Earth. I also remember hearing Tucker talk
about growing up near that foul sounding swamp. But this-"
"Near a swamp?" Thyren absently tugged on his antenna, to the amusement of all present. "What about in a swamp? One the most highly prized cities on this planet is sinking."
"What?" said Kilruym.
"What?" said Skrilla.
"What?" said Shran.
"Sinking,"
said Thyren with a twitch of his right antenna and a head shake. He
leaned back in his chair with a distracted expression.
"By the Tongue Dancers of Rigil," Kilruym demanded, "What is he talking about Lethos?"
Lethos
looked resigned. "The city is named Venice. It is very old, by Human
standards. They built it in the middle of a swamp, on poles."
"On what?" Skrilla stared, dumbfounded.
"Poles,"
Lethos repeated. "They drove long poles down into the mud as deeply as
they could. Then they built their houses on top of them. It is a common
practice here. What is unusual about Venice is that they built an entire
city this way. Instead of streets they use canals, and boats instead of
ground cars."
"You cannot possibly be serious," Shran whispered hoarsely, incredulous.
"It's
true," Thyren insisted. "But over the centuries, the city has settled
into the mud. So the Humans have continued to build it up higher and
higher. They have also worked to try and drain the swamp somewhat, and
generally do whatever they can to preserve the area. But the planet is
winning the battle. Their Mother Earth is eating them, slowly but
surely."
Kilruym looked dazed. "And I complain about dry heat."
"They
have that here too," Lethos said helpfully. "There is a place called,
appropriately enough, Death Valley, where temperatures can reach as high
as 57 degrees."
Kilruym winced. "It doesn't get much hotter than that in the Forge," he grumbled.
"It
is not all like that," Lethos assured them. "The climate here in
Toronto is quite tolerable in winter. From this point northward things
are quite pleasant. Except for the storms of course. This atmosphere
is... turbulent. That moon of theirs is a veritable demon when it comes
to weather disturbance."
"Why would their moon matter?" Shran objected. "Andoria orbits a gas giant. Surely our planet is subjected to greater stress."
"But
our oceans are covered in pack ice," Lethos pointed out. "Here, the
tidal variations cause massive shifts in water level twice a day. Every
day. This of course plays havoc with the oceanic currents. And this
planet wobbles on its axis like a top that is about to fall over. The
axial tilt on this planet is more than 23 degrees, if you can believe
it. Twenty-three degrees! The seasonal variations in temperature are
incredible."
"Especially when the atmosphere turns upside down," Thyren interjected helpfully.
After
a few moments it occurred to Lethos that, if the Human proverb were
literally true and silence were actually golden, one could readily
purchase a palace on Rigel's fourth moon with the wealth that was
pouring out of the monitor in front of them. He eventually decided to
answer the question that everyone was afraid to ask before they all
starved. He cleared his throat delicately.
"What Agent Thyren is
talking about," Lethos offered cautiously, "Is referred to by the Humans
as a 'temperature inversion'. It is caused by a major disturbance in
the atmospheric pressure, which is caused by shifts in the prevailing
wind currents, which are in turn brought about due to the axial tilt and
the tidal force of their moon on the massive quantities of liquid water
that cover this planet's surface. You see -."
"Don't bother," Shran muttered. "Now, suddenly, many things become very clear to me."
"It
seems I may have judged too quickly and harshly Lethos," Skrilla
acknowledged stiffly. "From what the pair of you are telling me, it is
small wonder that Human behavior would sometimes be... erratic." She
shuddered slightly. "But such a place as you describe must be
unimaginably stressful. How could they have ever learned to hold
themselves together long enough to build a civilization, much less
achieve starships? How do they cope with it all?" she wondered.
The
two Dark Guard agents look at each other helplessly. Finally Lethos
tentatively offered, "I have noticed that they seem to curse a great
deal."
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"Yes, and it was glorious."
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I found it on FFN, but yes. Yuku didn't cooperate when I went back to try and add the link, though, so thank you.
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From the newest update to Sparkgate (SG-1/Girl Genius)
http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost ... count=1789
Quote:Agatha hummed as she assembled the mass of transistors, wire, and batteries on her workbench. Jack wanted a honking ray gun? Why, she'd make one that sang the entire Storm King Saga, including the part with the roller-skating giraffe. The prospects appeared excellent for producing a death ray without using Rhadamanthys' nanoforge or naquadah. The basic components could be bought at any electronics wholesaler, instead fabricating them in a lab. Why, they even used minute quantities of a common death-ray fuel in smoke detectors. No-one would ever menace apple pie again.
Or Disneyland.
Agatha's gaze slid to the conceptual sketches drawn during the sleep-over.
No, no, she had to focus.
Absently, she sipped from the cup that had accompanied the pie. It was apparently tradition to have coffee with pie according to Jack. Hmmmph. Frankly, she preferred tea or a niceglassofcoldmilk. Shereallydidn'tunderstandwhatthebigdealwas. Nowtopreparethethoriumcoreforinsertionintotheaccelratorcoils. Acoilgunrollercoasterwouldbereallycool. Youcouldmaintainaccelarionfreeofgravityassist. Shehadtoworkondefendingearthfirst. ButWAIT
*sip*
SHECOULDDOBOTH!
FIRSTBETTERCOFFEE!
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http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?578 ... st14339739... four days ago. I'm behind in my reading. Anyway. Quote:Eudial: " -- do we actually know what a Talisman looks like?"
The Professor: "Of course! One is a hand mirror, one is a sword, and one is an orb. Here are pictures from my source texts."
Eudial: "Hmm, interesting heart-and-crescent moon motif, surely like nothing I've ever seen before, because I'm certain I'd recognize something that distinctive if I'd ever been paying attention."
Eudial: "So, uh, they don't look like a little twinkly red starburst about so big?"
The Professor: "Why, no, that's just an ordinary soul crystal. This is all easily derived from basic principles, Miss Eudial, didn't you read the notes I sent over?"
Eudial: (They made Timecube look like Dick and Jane.)
Eudial: "Why, yes, I just wanted to see we were on the same page... "
(lots of really good lines deliberately not quoted) Quote:Rei: "¡Instead of waiting for an answer from Makoto, I shall now pick a fight with Usagi!"
Usagi throws a pillow at Rei.
Rei is hit!
Rei throws a pillow at Usagi.
Oops! Minako is hit!
Minako: "Since when do I look like her?"
Ami: "It's kind of a requirement for being a body double."
Minako: "Don't remind me!"
Minako throws a pillow at Ami.
Ami is hit!
Ami: "... "
Ami: /smiles.
Minako: "OH SH -- "
Quote:Morning
All are awakened by the sound of kiais.
Usagi: "... are ninjas attacking?"
Rei: "No, Makoto's doing her dawn warm-ups. We'll kill her later."
Minako: "How's that glistening working for you?"
Ami: "Why did you wake me up without coffee? Why?"
Morning, At A Decent Hour
Usagi: "I know, I know, it's provided by our hosts, it's traditional, it's good for me, but it's rice and miso, ugh. When I go on vacation, I wanna eat something tasty!"
Rei: "You always 'wanna eat something tasty'. ¿Do you have an oral fixation?"
Usagi: /quickly takes her finger out of her mouth.
Quote:On a Stroll, Later
Usagi: "Uh-oh, looks like a storm's blowing in. I'd better hurry back."
Eudial: /drives past, like Yukari-sensei driving the Batmobile.
Usagi: "I'd better hurry back faster!"
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Quote:"There was time when costumes were all regular materials and could not readily adapt to myriad of super abilities, or stand up to rigors of superhuman combat. Was golden age. Is well known connection between sex, danger and violence, and when fight was over, all involved were very worked up, and mostly naked. Great time to be superhero. Then Richards, lanky, beanpole academic prude, comes along with unstable molecules and suddenly everything is staying covered up. The bastard."
Crossroads (I happened to re-read it of late).
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
Chapter 53 of Vathara's Embers,
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers
Quote:Her grief tore through him, keening to the marrow of his bones. Her Sozin; her dark, murderous love who knew how much she hated. Who was willing to burn the world for her, starting with those lying beasts that had weakened her clan so much they had to die. Who had been stolen from her too soon, far too soon; the Avatar's curse claiming the soul that should have ravaged the world at her side millennia longer-
More evidence that Vathara is also writing Embers as a Ruroken fic, and that she's finally included an on-screen Shishio in a Ruroken fic. Sozin actually makes sense as being her Yumi. She also reminds me a bit of Demona. Anyway, one of Embers' villains complaining about stuff that wouldn't have happened if she'd been saner, and not done the stuff which led to it.
That said, it is not clear if anybody meddled with her sanity, the way it isn't clear if she's meddled with Ozai's, or Ozai with Azula's. With the bit in 54 mentioning Ja Aku again, meaning there is likely yet another evil mastermind type villain in the Fire Nation, I'm again more confused about who was likely to have done what to whom.
A few tidbits from Gundam Seed: Legends:
First up is Sakura's...reaction the the Blitz's stealth...
Quote:The Vesalius
"What?"
The tone was completely flat. Sakura stared at the screen before her, face void of any emotion.
"What?"
She
was studying the data on the captured Gundams. The Duel and Buster were
both simple enough. The Aegis was as well. The Prophecy was a tad more
complex, with that rather interesting system it had, but fair enough.
"What?"
However,
the Blitz did not make any sense. It was a stealth unit? A true stealth
unit? And Nicol had tested it during the battle yesterday... and it
worked?
"WHAT!"
THIS WASN'T POSSIBLE!
"You can't do that!"
screeched Sakura, yanking on her own hair in frustration. "Even if you
can achieve invisibility and dodge radar, what the hell happened to the
heat signature? For that matter, how the fuck can you see anything? If everything's being bent around, none of it should be reaching the pilot! WHAT. THE FUCK. IS THIS. SHIT? FUCK!"
Feeling
like her mind was shattering into a thousand tiny pieces, Sakura
started spitting out every curse word she knew, in every language she
knew and some she did not, and started making up new curse words on the
spot and turning normal words into curse words.
All of it completely nonsensical.
Sufficed
to say, anyone who heard the noise coming from her quarters stayed well
away for the rest of the day. Athrun, whose quarters were right next
door, slept in the lounge that night. Next up...Lucky or unlucky? You Make The Call!
Quote:Most of the others felt the same about it. Only a few particularly
egotistical pilots thought they could take the 8th Fleet without very
heavy losses. And, for her own part, Sakura thought it would be nice to
see Hannah again, having met all three admirals during her tenure with
the Megami Team. And although she'd been only one of thirty individuals
present for that meeting, she was certain they all remembered her,
because... well...
"Sakura!"
After the pilots all met in the Enduring's briefing hall, it didn't take long before half the Megami Team buried Sakura in a pile of nubile female flesh.
The
individuals currently hanging all over her? Yukana Yagami, Himeko
Aisuru, Seika Nazukego, Marina and Nozomi Nakajima, Sein Mizuhashi,
Shizuka Ishiyama and Kana Yagami, the captain of the Herald,
Yukana's half-sister, and resident psycho lesbian pervert of the Megami
Team. She was, in fact, the reason most of the pilots quarters on the
destroyers had reinforced doors with triple security layers, which
proved rather convenient with one Mu La Flaga locked up inside.
Meanwhile, Hannah, the crew of the Enduring,
and the Megami Team watched all of this, clearly amused by the
situation, while everyone else was gaping in astonishment. Okay, sure,
Sakura was pretty, but this kind of behavior made no sense.
"Shizuru! Alyssa! Kaori-sensei! God damn it, help!" came Sakura's slightly muffled voice from somewhere inside the pilot.
"Oh?
Why do you need our help?" questioned Alyssa, an all-too-apparent
teasing note present in her voice. "Aren't you a lesbian? Why are you
complaining about being the eternal recipient of every lesbian's wet
dream to have a horde of nubile females hanging all over her?"
"God damn it! Hosaka! Reika!"
What
happened next was nearly missed by the large gathering: a young man in
simple blue clothes and an equally young woman in a custom French maid
uniform seemed to flash by them and in an instant the seven Dark Angels
and the psycho lesbian Kana were tossed away from Sakura, whose hair and
custom uniform were utterly disheveled from the massive group hug.
Judging from certain areas, it appeared someone -- no doubt Kana -- had
successfully groped her.
"Lady Sakura, please be more careful in
your meetings with the Megami Team," said Reika formally as she
immediately went to work fixing up Sakura's appearance, not allowing the
brunette the opportunity to object.
"Yes... they're quite
excitable, wouldn't you say, Lady Sakura?" commented Hosaka cheerfully,
looking back at Sakura and Reika, but keeping one eye on the disgruntled
Angels, most of whom were irritated at the barrier to their teasing.
Sakura was too busy counting down from twenty to answer. Reika finished fixing up her appearance in record time. Soo...how did Sakura inherit the nickname of Nanoha's Book of Darkness-spawned expy?
Quote:"I guess I can see why she'd be marked by Alyssa," she commented. "I
don't know the details on her piloting skills, but she's impressive
nevertheless. She proved herself at Okinawa."
"Huh?" Rusty blinked. "What about Okinawa?"
"Ah...
well... heh... " Mai chuckled slightly. "That's where the supply base for
Kaohsiung was located. The details are unclear, but... well, her method of
escape is fairly well known, to an extent: she set the entire coast of
Okinawa on fire."
Everyone stared at Mai in shock.
"What?" questioned Stella.
***
Even Rau and Harland were gaping. Somewhere along the line, Hannah
had teased Sakura about the nickname given by the Dark Angels, which led
to questions about the nickname itself, which led to Alyssa, Shizuru
and Kaori detailing the incident for a mortified Sakura.
"You set fire to the entire Okinawan coast?" questioned Athrun in disbelief. Sakura let out a small, nervous laugh.
"How... ?" Nicol couldn't say anything more.
"Well... I'll leave out the details," said Sakura. "But... let's just say I used three boulders, two derelict satellites, a broken Nelson
cruiser, my GINN and an N-jammer, both stripped down, a drop pod heat
shield, two large parachutes, the supply base itself, three Spearhead
fighters, a naval carrier, one big ass rock, a coil spring, some piano
wire, a roll of poultry netting, a heavy ceramic flute... and a spare hair
tie ribbon."
Everyone stared at her. She could tell that, just
like the Dark Angels had been, they were trying to figure out how she
could use those items to single-handedly set fire to an entire island
coastline on foot.
"That's... that's insane," muttered one pilot, staring at Sakura with awe. "How does that all work?"
"I'm
not sharing that," said the brunette firmly. "I'm sure whatever you
come up with will make more sense than what really happened anyways." Someone really likes variable fighters...
Quote:"Mobile fighters have several major advantages over other mobile
weapons," said Kagami. "They're more than just transforming machines
like the Guardian. They have a unique control system, with considerably
finer movement control. They use unique thruster systems that allow them
to maneuver however they want regardless of the environment. Their
transforming nature allows them to adapt to any combat role they need to
fill. Their frames are unique from those of any other machine.""The
list goes on," said Mai, interrupting the brunette before she got too
much further. "One thing to keep in mind though is that they were
developed as a space fighter first. The armor mode, as I'm sure you've
already seen, is quite powerful on its own. In truth, the additional
forms are really there as a fallback and to balance the scales against
mobile suits, letting them fight on even ground."
"That makes sense," said Flay.
"Yes,
well, thruster consumption can be a bit of an issue," said Mai,
somewhat dismissively. "But that's just another reason to have multiple
forms. AMBAC can help cut down on thrusters quite a bit. There are many
virtues to various mobile weapon designs -- mobile armors tend to be simple
affairs, but there's potential to evolve the design. Mobile suits
support AMBAC and versatility. Mobile walkers are more limited than the
others, but are basically moving weapons platforms of various makes; the
Vikings are swift and versatile, while the Thors have enough firepower
to level a small city and can take direct hits from the main cannons of a
land battleship. Mobile fighters are fast and agile, with greater
versatility and agility than a mobile suit, and more firepower than just
about any mobile weapon except the Thor. Their only weakness is that
they don't have very much armor, but the best strategy in a fight is to
avoid getting in the first place."
A moment of silence followed that little speech. Then, Kira finally voiced what everyone was thinking.
"You really like mobile fighters, don't you?"
"Yes!" said Mai and Kagami in unison. The others decided to let the subject drop, for the sake of their own sanity. Say...that looks kinda familiar...
Quote:Terra Firma-class Worldship Frontier Island-1
1209 HoursTerra Firma
worldships were technically twenty-three different ships attached to
one another, with two crisscrossing trains of eleven vessels attached to
each 'back corner' of the larger circular main ship. These twenty-three
vessels were referred to as 'islands', with 'Island-1' being the main
ship, Island-2 being the first port-side ship, Island-3 being the first
starboard-side ship, and so on.
The smaller 'islands' were each
about fifteen kilometers long and five kilometers in width -- nearly ten
miles long, and just over three miles wide. The main 'Island-1' section
of a Terra Firma-class vessel was a tremendous disk sixteen kilometers in diameter with a huge glass-like dome covering it.
Besides being, quite literally, the largest vessels ever built by human hands, the most notable aspect of the Terra Firma-class
was that they possessed true artificial gravity, a technology long
considered impossible before being made a reality by joint research of
the finest minds -- Natural or Coordinator -- in the Earth Sphere, back in
Cosmic Era 65. In addition to allowing for the removal of many
space-consuming features normally needed on space vessels, thus making
the worldships a viable place for civilian life, this allowed the
vessels to produce natural environments beyond even the capabilities of
the PLANTs. The only problem with the technology was the tremendous
power requirements, which meant the smallest vessel to be equipped with
it was the Gaia-class battle fortress.
Despite their intended purposes of hosting a large civilian populace, the Terra Firma-class
was far from vulnerable. At the front of Island-1, each vessel of this
class included a huge, mile long warship, referred to as the guardian
ship. They were capable of carrying hundreds of mobile weapons and
possessed firepower only matched by Amaterasu Corporation's Gaia-class battle fortress. Added to these guardian ships, the worldships were surrounded by a fleet of Ryu-class battleships, Yuki-class battlecruisers, and Wyvern-class destroyers. Even without these protective warships, the Terra Firma possessed one other, extremely nasty surprise.
Two worldships existed, Frontier and Galaxy,
and they were the heart of the joint Amate-Sakurai Fleet. They were the
vessels that effectively turned the two groups from mere corporations
into nations in their own right.
Aboard Frontier, there was
a rather notable building, a huge, five hundred meter tall tower. Next
to it was a large, open stadium currently hosting a live concert of Miho
Yukari. Within the tower itself, a meeting was being held regarding the
fall of Victoria. The fourth wall is made of plastic...
Quote:The surprise came from the fact that Sakura was by Ali's side -- having
stubbornly refused to continue resting without speaking to her friends
first.
"Stubborn brat you got here Le Creuset," said Ali with a smirk as Sakura scowled at him. Rau chuckled slightly.
"Quite stubborn," he agreed. "It's good to see that you're back on your feet."
"Bah! The doctor ordered me off active duty for at least two weeks to recover! I'll be fine in a day!"
"Listen to the nice doctor Sakura," said Shizuru sternly.
"... yes Shizuru."
Had
the individuals involved not been military, this almost meek response
might have been comically followed by people falling over in shock. But
that was not the case, so moving on... And finally, we end with a(nother) groping...
Quote:The transport plane arrived at Gibraltar in the earliest hours of the
morning, carrying a single passenger and her badly damaged mobile suit.
As Sakura stepped out of the plane wearing a skirted ZAFT Red uniform,
she found herself accosted by four worried teammates and two extremely worried attendants.
"Sakura, please
don't do anything so reckless in the future," begged Reika, laying on
top of the girl she'd dedicated her life to after knocking her to the
ground when she tackled her for one of the tightest hugs Sakura had ever
experienced. Reika was clearly more distressed than she'd ever been in
the past -- tellingly, she never begged, and hadn't referred to Sakura by name alone in years.
This
flew over Sakura's literally down to Earth head, though, as she was
trying to remember how to breathe while having the life squeezed out of
you.
"Now Reika, calm down and let Lady Sakura breathe... " said
Hosaka in his usual, too cheerful voice. He was just trying to keep his
cool and be calm and considerate, but Reika took offense to him not
expressing more concern for their mistress, though he really was quite
worried, and simply knew she wouldn't appreciate him fully expressing
it.
Alas, it doomed him to an entirely different fate.
"WAAAHHHHHH!"
Yzak,
Sophia, Dearka, Shiho and the handful of ZAFT troops observing them
winced sympathetically at Hosaka's cry of pain as he lay sprawled
facedown and twitching on the ground, no doubt with bruises forming on
his head, face and arms. Reika towered over his prone form, glaring down
at him, hands planted firmly on her hips, purple hair framing her face
in a manner that seemed to reflect the violence she'd just inflicted on
the unfortunate body lying on the ground.
"Lady Sakura nearly gets
herself killed and all you can say is calm down?" Reika screeched. "You
disgust me Hosaka! How can you even think such a thing?"
Sakura, now somewhat recovered, looked over at her teammates. She shook her head with a slight sigh.
"Reika, could you get my bag?"
"Yes
Lady Sakura!" said Reika, doing a complete one-eighty, both physically
and behaviorally. She grabbed the bag containing the things Sakura had
had in the Aeon's cockpit with her during the battle as well as her
Staver uniform, and rushed to take it to the quarters Sakura would be
sharing with Shiho and Sophia.
With the crazy maid now gone, the
others finally came closer. Yzak offered Sakura a hand up, while Dearka
and Shiho checked on Hosaka's prone form.
"He'll recover... I think," said Shiho uncertainly.
"He'll
be fine," assured Sakura, somewhat dismissively. "Hosaka's body is
pretty much built to take the sort of beating he can dish out, and if he
clocks you, you're probably dead. Give him five minutes."
"Uh... okay... "
"You should probably get to your room to rest," said Yzak. "We can talk more afterwards."
"Sure. You can explain to me what all of you are doing down here."
"We were worried, obviously."
The
answer came not from one of her teammates, but from the suddenly fully
recovered Hosaka, who had only a few very small bruises forming. Sakura
wasn't surprised. The other pilots were gaping, which drew a slight
giggle from the brunette.
"I appreciate it, even if I think it's foolish," she said. "Anyways, Hosaka, where'd Reika take my stuff?"
"Right
this way Lady Sakura!" said Hosaka cheerfully. You couldn't even tell
that he'd just taken a beating that would leave most folks in the
hospital overnight, which simply left the onlookers even more
mind-boggled as he led Sakura away. BYapes@aol.com
(...when the heck did this get double spaced?)
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This appears to be the entirety of a one-shot from Vivio's Magical Family Theater...
Quote:Fate bought two skewers of chicken yakitori and handed one to Nanoha. The women nibbled happily as they walked down the street.
"There's one thing I don't really get about this TSAB thing, Fate-chan," Nanoha said between bites.
"Considering that you're a captain in their air force, you probably shouldn't have too many questions," Fate replied, grinning.
"Actually, it's more of a Navy question. I mean, seriously, what kind of rank is Enforcer, anyway?"
Fate blinked.
"Excuse me?"
"Well, just listen to it. It sounds like the kind of title you'd hear for the chief troops of an evil overlord in an RPG or something. You know, like they'd wear these giant suits of armor, with just a little tinge of rust to hint at blood, covered in spikes and engravings of skeletons...or maybe just these cool, menacing black outfits that..."
Her voice trailed off as she glanced at Fate, noting her black uniform.
"W-well, anyway, you know, and they'd have some really evil-looking weapon, something designed to intimidate and strike fear instead of being efficient for combat. Like a giant spiked club, maybe, or an axe with a cruel-looking, twisty head, or maybe even a giant Grim Reaper's scythe or..."
She broke off again, thinking of Bardiche.
"Yes?" Fate asked, burgundy eyes the color of old blood glinting merrily.
"Fate-chan, you...never stopped being a bad guy, did...you...?"
"Nope!" Fate said cheerily. "After all, it's called 'befriending,' not 'begooding,' right, sweetie?" She leaned over and gave Nanoha a quick peck on the cheek. "But really, it's so cute of you to not notice!
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I seem to remember someone quoting that in this thread (or a predecessor?) before...
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From the still-going-strong-in-debate SpaceBattles "An Entry With A Bang" round-robin, in which TomClancy's Earth is ISOT'ed into the deep Periphery of the Battletech universe:
JTibbs:
Quote:coffee was mentioned earlier several times.
Its a very temperamental cash crop, and much loved.
I wouldn't be surprised if actual coffee was somewhat rare across the IS, and most common people have to make due with imitation coffees made of stuff like roasted bran and additives.
Tea, on the other hand, is much easier to grow, and tolerates a wider range of conditions.
Demon_Hunter:
Quote:My god, we may just have discovered the real reason for the IS technical decline. Far more damaging than nuclear weapons, lost libraries, and ROM assassins. Engineers forced to work whilst powered by nothing but weak Tea and Chicory.
Caffeine deficiency is also the perfect explaination for the presence of so many obvious design flaws in most military equipment. In such a world Middle Managers would make perfect sense to their employees, every stupid idea would seem clever, and innovation would dissapear as the zombielike scientist completely missed every potential use for new technology, especially the obvious ones.
Ed Beccera:
Quote:I can see them experimenting with eucalyptus tea out of desperation.
That would explain why they are all aggressive and crabby, they're likely making it wrong.
After all... the koala tea of mercy is never strained.
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A punchline oh so worthy of Ed.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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From the battletech round robbin;
Quote:“Yup. And I’m the one with… Hmm. Twenty pounds, give or take, of high explosives taped to my body. Unless you’ve got a death wish, you’re going to do what I say.” He smiled, “I’m the one calling the shots here. You’re just someone I’ve impressed into service with my roguish good looks and explosively energetic personality. Oh, and take another right.”
explosive personality indeed.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=150127
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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The really funny bit is that the 'explosives' he got strapped all over himself are actually MREs.
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I've eaten MREs. Maybe it was just because they were some kind of tex-mex varient and spiced hotter than high noon in the desert, but they certainly had me exploding for a while afterwards.
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What it doesn't make clear in that quote is that in that scene the guy with the MREs is clinging to the canopy of the battlemech.
Its to long to post, but the entire thing later where pirates take over the Congo and discover that RPGs do 1/2 armor point of damage.
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Necratoid Wrote:Its to long to post, but the entire thing later where pirates take over the Congo and discover that RPGs do 1/2 armor point of damage. Even the really big RPGs, like Rifts or GURPS?
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robkelk Wrote:Necratoid Wrote:Its to long to post, but the entire thing later where pirates take over the Congo and discover that RPGs do 1/2 armor point of damage. Even the really big RPGs, like Rifts or GURPS? Now that's what I call throwing the book at them.
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*guffaws, snrks, chuckles*
I didn't get the joke until you said something, Drak. Thanks. (Helps that I wasn't reading it right - I thought he was saying rocket propelled grenades from those RPG resources.)
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I didn't think to grab it, but Gary Gygax is a monster in Improbable Island. He narrates and GMs your encounter with him, and it is delightful. "You have encountered Gary Gygax which lunges at you with multiple rulebooks!"
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Taken from a FoZ random idea thread on another forum:
Quote: Louise summons AKU, SHAPESHIFTING MASTER OF DARKNESS!
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
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