I've done a bad, bad thing.... ( EVIL GRIN )

[Logan Darklighter]

Ahem...

[Matrix Dragon]

This is the part where I die laughing. Well done.

[CrimsonKMR]

...I don't get it
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed

[Foxboy]

The good doctor is a kidnap rescue victim from the blueside scanner mishes.

All of the dialog involved in the mission includes the phrase "merely a gifted surgeon, nothing more."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[Bob Schroeck]

And Logan for the Win.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[WengFook]

Hmm My first thought was that Fayte was a homage to Dr. Strange
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Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.

[Norgarth]

The NPC version probably is.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Logan Darklighter]

Right - here's the Police Radio mission text.



The gag is that the line - "he's just a gifted surgeon, and nothing more" is repeated by the villains several times.

Something like - "You fool! He's not a sorcerer! He's merely a gifted surgeon, and nothing more!"

And Fayte himself would reply, "Yes, you have the wrong man, for I am merely a gifted surgeon, and nothing more."

The 'traditional joke' - if you take this mission with a group - is to play along with the obvious Jedi Mind Trick thing and to repeat the line
YOURSELF.

"Boy, I'm glad we got him out of there, for he's merely a gifted surgeon, and nothing more!"

If someone disagrees, then reinforce the gag -

"But, you're just going along with it, he's mind controlling you!"

"No, he couldn't possibly do that, because he's merely a gifted surgeon, and nothing more!"

And on, and on, etc...

So I picked up this mission for like the 3rd time and I'm always happy to see it, because it gives me a chuckle.

Then the light went on over my head.

"Saaaaaaay.... Surely that name isn't available?"

Quickly log out, do name check.

"Sonovabitch! Well! How am I supposed to refuse an open invitation like THAT?"

And so it was. He may get genericced, sure, but it will be WORTH IT.

Because, as soon as I can, I hope to walk into Pocket D to thank some of the heroes who've rescued me in the past.

"For I am merely a gifted surgeon and nothing more."

^_^

[Sweno]

if this doesn't get Generic'ed it deserves a yellow tag.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[Bob Schroeck]

Hmm My first thought was that Fayte was a homage to Dr. Strange

Well, both Dr. Strange and Dr. Fate...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Logan Darklighter wrote:

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Because, as soon as I can, I hope to walk into Pocket D to thank some of the heroes who've rescued me in the past.




"For I am merely a gifted surgeon and nothing more."




^_^

You will save the resulting chatlog havoc for us, I trust?

--Sam

"I weave a lethal net of baked goods that few can escape."

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Sorry, double post.

[Logan Darklighter]

... but what if I DO get the radio mission where I'm assigned to rescue Dr. Stephen Fayte...

And I'm PLAYING Dr. Stephen Fayte? O_O

[Valles]

Obviously, there can't possibly be astral projection, time travel, or any other similar shenanigans going on, because only a master sorcerer could carry
them out, and the good Doctor is merely a gifted surgeon, nothing more.
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

[Bob Schroeck]

He's merely a gifted clone, nothing more?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Wiregeek]

He's merely a gifted victim of Portal Corps human duplication, nothing more?
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Ankhani]

It is simply a gifted paradox and nothing more. ( Or less? o_o )
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[Acyl]

He's just a gifted non-player character and nothing more.
-- Acyl

[WengFook]

He's just a gifted dimensional counterpart and nothing more.
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Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.

[Norgarth]

He's just a gifted surgeon, who sometimes works for Oroborus (hey, they need medical treatment too. 8P )
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin