Syndesis: 'ey, new badges. Awesome. I'm totally gettin' those.
Space Mage: (quietly) Errrrrr...really, Miz Syn? I didn't think you'd...I mean, you're not like...I didn't know you did...I mean...
Syndesis: Eh? Somethin' wrong wit' me badgin'? Ain't allowed or somethin'?
Space Mage: (hurridly) N-n-no, t-that's not what I meant! I mean, um, collecting badges is like...uh...a sorta harmless peaceful hobby...thing. Whereas you, ahhh...really like violence? Um. And stuff.
Syndesis: Oh. Yeah, I gotcha. Mmm...'kay, see, 's like this. Badges are meant ta be collected and worn, right? Displayed and all, yeah?
Space Mage: Yes?
Syndesis: So they're bein' worn by folks in combat, mmkay?
Space Mage: Ye-eeeees?
Syndesis: So badges need ta be hard n' indestructable-like, 'else they'd break. So the city makes 'em out of impervium alloy.
Space Mage: Right...
Syndesis: Which means they're freakin' awesome as punch reinforcers.
Space Mage: (wide-eyed)) ...
Syndesis: See, when yer throwin' a punch at, wot, just under t'speed o' sound...normal brass knucks just ain't up ta t' challenge.
Space Mage: ...
Syndesis: I mean, yeah, I s'pose I could get somethin' custom-made fer my fists, maybe. But hey, badges are free. Times are tough, y'know? Gotta save money.
Space Mage: ...
Syndesis: 'cides, some o' these badge things have really funky patterns n' symbols n' everythin'. So if yer strap 'em to yer hands, like, it makes really awesome lacerations when yer punch people inna face.
Space Mage: I...see.
Syndesis: Yeah, yeah, I know Mythbusters says yer can't really make t' impression o' a skull on someone's face by punchin' 'em with a skull-shaped ring n' stuff...
Space Mage: (quietly) M...m...meep...
Syndesis: (happily) ...but I'm thinkin' they were testin' on normal human flesh, right? Thing is, see, zombie flesh is a different story - elasticity n' skin tension's all off, ya? So right now we've got zombies, n' we've got badges...TOTALLY time fer some empirical testin'!
Space Mage: (starts inching away from Syn) ...
-- Acyl
Space Mage: (quietly) Errrrrr...really, Miz Syn? I didn't think you'd...I mean, you're not like...I didn't know you did...I mean...
Syndesis: Eh? Somethin' wrong wit' me badgin'? Ain't allowed or somethin'?
Space Mage: (hurridly) N-n-no, t-that's not what I meant! I mean, um, collecting badges is like...uh...a sorta harmless peaceful hobby...thing. Whereas you, ahhh...really like violence? Um. And stuff.
Syndesis: Oh. Yeah, I gotcha. Mmm...'kay, see, 's like this. Badges are meant ta be collected and worn, right? Displayed and all, yeah?
Space Mage: Yes?
Syndesis: So they're bein' worn by folks in combat, mmkay?
Space Mage: Ye-eeeees?
Syndesis: So badges need ta be hard n' indestructable-like, 'else they'd break. So the city makes 'em out of impervium alloy.
Space Mage: Right...
Syndesis: Which means they're freakin' awesome as punch reinforcers.
Space Mage: (wide-eyed)) ...
Syndesis: See, when yer throwin' a punch at, wot, just under t'speed o' sound...normal brass knucks just ain't up ta t' challenge.
Space Mage: ...
Syndesis: I mean, yeah, I s'pose I could get somethin' custom-made fer my fists, maybe. But hey, badges are free. Times are tough, y'know? Gotta save money.
Space Mage: ...
Syndesis: 'cides, some o' these badge things have really funky patterns n' symbols n' everythin'. So if yer strap 'em to yer hands, like, it makes really awesome lacerations when yer punch people inna face.
Space Mage: I...see.
Syndesis: Yeah, yeah, I know Mythbusters says yer can't really make t' impression o' a skull on someone's face by punchin' 'em with a skull-shaped ring n' stuff...
Space Mage: (quietly) M...m...meep...
Syndesis: (happily) ...but I'm thinkin' they were testin' on normal human flesh, right? Thing is, see, zombie flesh is a different story - elasticity n' skin tension's all off, ya? So right now we've got zombies, n' we've got badges...TOTALLY time fer some empirical testin'!
Space Mage: (starts inching away from Syn) ...
-- Acyl