A teaser from the Harry Potter Step

[Bob Schroeck]

I feel like posting something teaserish, if only to delude myself that I'm not blocked on DW5 chapter 3. So here's a little passage where Doug almost gives Hermione an aneurysm.

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"What are those?" Hermione asked.

"Pinpoint nukes."

"Nukes?" She swirled to face me. "NUCLEAR WEAPONS?" she all but
screamed.

I held up my hand, the thumb and forefinger the barest visible
distance apart. "Liiiiittle teensy ones."

"Are you crazy?"

"It's part of the persona, yeah. But to answer your *implied*
question, it's the perfect weapon here. The total destruction
radius and radiation output are so small that only the Death
Eaters will be affected. Even if we lose, their survivors will
still get radiation sickness and die. And since Wizarding
medicine knows nothing about how to treat radiation poisoning --
I asked Madame Pomfrey," I added parenthetically to cut off her
demand of *how* I knew that, "it both decimates Riddle's forces
*and* gives the impression of an unstoppable curse on his
followers."

"But..." she sputtered.

"The point here, Hermione, is to *win*. American general George
Patton once said, 'The object of war is not to die for your
country, but to make the other bastard die for his.' That's what
I'm doing. They wouldn't hesitate to kill us, so I'm not
hesitating to kill *them*. And I'm using a method that will
*keep* killing them in an horrific and morale-destroying manner
for a long time afterward even if we lose this battle. That's a
big win no matter how I tally up the score."

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-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[Black Aeronaut]

Somehow, I am remind of something Zoner said in "Hopelessly Lost"

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"You have plans for sub-nukes? I want copies."

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Me too! ^_^

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What!? Were you expecitng something witty?

[Bob Schroeck]

Actually, what Doug's using here is a song that you'll see him employ in Rob's "Blue Sky, Blue Water" -- Nena's "Ninety-nine Red Balloons".
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[DreadnaughtVV]

Brings to mind a quote from the Belisarius series.

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"Why is it, I wonder, that cruel people always think they have a monopoly on ruthlessness?"

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[Kokuten]

I love me some Belisarius!
I can totally see this. Doug kicks it up a notch, takes it to an honest to god WAR footing, and Hermione just can't cope.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

[Black Aeronaut]

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I can totally see this. Doug kicks it up a notch, takes it to an honest to god WAR footing, and Hermione just can't cope.

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She'll learn how to eventually. She's a smart girl even if she runs into the "Smartest dumb person" issue every now and then.

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What!? Were you expecitng something witty?

[Bluemage]

That's the classic application of one of the Major Laws of Magic (Chester's Corollary to Law #1, to be precise).
Simply put, Law #1 of Magic is that magic need not make sense.
The corollary is: The magical ability accessible for use by any one magic-user is inversely proportional to his/her degree of sanity.
Doug makes too much *sense* to be a good mage. Even when he's crazy.Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...

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My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.

[Bob Schroeck]

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Brings to mind a quote from the Belisarius series.

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I like it. That's exactly my take on Doug when he goes "full combat" mode -- something you haven't quite seen yet in any story.
Welcome to the forums, DreadnaughtVV... I apologize for not noticing right away that you were a first-time poster, and I hope you'll accept this belated greeting!
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[offsides]

Hey Bob, what about that little bit you were sending around recently that you decided was going to end up on the cutting room floor? You gonna post it up for everyone to see? I don't think it has any spoilers.
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[Logan Darklighter]

You wouldn't happen to be talking about the bit he sent us pre-readers recently? If so, then yeah, I can understand why he cut it. Still a shame though. It doesn't really gel well with the rest of his final chapter in tone (little too dark for Harry, even if he is RIGHT to be so), but DAMN what a confrontation that would have been!-Logan
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The only good Marvel is CAPTAIN MARVEL!
SHAZAM!!
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[Bob Schroeck]

Um, guys, not in the open channel, please.
ETA: I guess I could work it up as a standalone, Josh. Lemme see what I can do.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

[offsides]

Yeah, you probably could make it standalone, if you filed the serial #'s off of it and took out the references to [fnord]
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P.S. Love the .sig - I take it you've seen Avenue Q as well (or at least heard that one song from the soundtrack)?Drunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At LargeDrunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At Large

[Bob Schroeck]

Heard the one song -- after reading Superball's "That Spanish chick I'll double-click for porn, porn, porn" line in one of the Legendary fics.
Oh, and [fnord] is gone now. I came up with something else. Followup on the prereaders' list, because this is just pointlessly cruel to people here.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

[Kokuten]

heh, I'd say it's deliciously cruel, but I'm not a representative sampleWire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

[offsides]

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...because this is just pointlessly cruel to people here.

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Oh, I beg to differ. I'm I think the point of being cruel here is to have fun with the masses But I'll stop, unless they ask me not to...
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Drunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At Large

[Bob Schroeck]

Prereaders' list. Period.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

[offsides]

*hangs head*
Yes, sir!
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[itsune9tl]

Ther's a first. Offsides, getting called for being offsides.

[Wiregeek]

ten yard penalty - first down, defense!
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Bob Schroeck]

Actually, that was a deliberate setup for the Harry Potter April Fool's post I did last year. Josh and I conspired to fake that little exchange just to
lead people on.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.