L. Marcus Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Everyone's always picking on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 24 minutes ago, Old Man said: Which weekend are we picking then? I'd like to pick the third weekend in July, if it's still available. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 18 minutes ago, L. Marcus said: Everyone's always picking on Monday. Monday has it coming. Monday knows what it did. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I think I am a pick behind. I would like to grab Nick Charles. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 4 hours ago, L. Marcus said: Everyone's always picking on Monday. 4 hours ago, Pariah said: Monday has it coming. Monday knows what it did. And worse, everyone knows what it wants to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Character: Dr. Weston (Out of the Silent Planet) "I was only a graduate student, then, when we saw the flashes. I was leading a class, bunch of idiots mostly. Poets who thought to satisfy some requirement or other with an introductory astronomy class, at a university that wasted resources on students of "the classics" and such trash. But, at least that put me out there. I saw the green flashes on the surface. I thought maybe it was an artifact from a rubbish telescope, but that wouldn't account for seeing them from each telescope, would it? No. I canceled class on the spot, and went for a proper tool. Of course those things had to be scheduled in advance, because there was never enough money, because the bloody university had to spend oh so much on those bloody classics. But people in the real sciences are sensible. I used the smaller telescope to show the others the flashes, and that got me time on the universities big scope. Everyone else was guessing that perhaps mars had some pockets of copper hydrides. But only just now erupting? and all at once? Rubbish. The spectrometer told the tale, just a single peak in the green range; any normal incandescence would have had other peaks. And why would the light be polarized? We didn't know what a laser was at the time, but I knew there could be no 'natural' explanation. These flashes were bursts of light on a scale of power with volcanic eruptions, but with the mark of intelligent construction. Of course our leaders ignored me. "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," they said. "You boffins just stay in your labs", they said. You know what they all study, don't you. Literature. or History. Trash disciplines. Making men like that our leaders, we were practically begging to be colonized. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Character: Paul Bäumer (All Quiet on the Western Front) Yes, so many young men like you come asking about the day the cylinders landed. Asking as if it would be a tale of adventure. It wasn't. The Martians were death, and death is no adventure. When the cylinders first landed we thought they were just French artillery, gone mercifully into no mans land, and somehow all duds. It was a reasonable guess, I suppose. But, then days passed and we got orders for another charge. That's when we got the first taste of the heat ray. You young men read about them, but you have no idea. You see old amputees like me, you see our burn scars, and you think you understand. You cannot. Cancer and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 10:59 AM, Pariah said: Protagonist: Miri Larendaughter (Princess Academy) Lord Commissioner, I think you've missed this one in your updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Okay, I think I have the roster properly updated. Do your commissioner a favor and go review it? oop, I did miss Miri. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Mine's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Lo! 'Umbrella flight As has been through the years! An Angel's face, hair coiffed tight Under hat stern eyes so clear Where children behave pitifully She can teach them fear! Manners, are set of priorities high Toys put into a row, And hither and thither fly- clothing into dresser shelves go At bidding of a nanny who knows no king Whose magic flows to and fro, If you're lucky she might just sing, Really quite a show. That childish drama- oh, be sure It shall not be forgot! Know that Poppins has it's cure Tantrums tolerated? Not. Time's a circle that ever produces em' Brats that must be taught, And much of manners brings less of sin, Better Children now, Spit spot! But see, the dangers rise As girls of might so rude Seek to spread carnage about with anti witching feuds They rise, they rise- like serpents teeth ungrateful and un-subdued A nanny is called for our relief to save all from girls imbued Out- out with the frights- out all! and brought down from bloody din, Alice, Susan, Pippi, Dorothy Gale, must be defeated by umbrella on wind Else the world suffer more from maidens of pain Bloody, mad, unforgiving, grim! If falls the hope of this tragedy! Mary Poppins, our heroine? Character: Mary Poppins by PL Travers Old Man and Logan D. Hurricanes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Today's pick is an option. I select that magical box that is The Wardrobe from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. *Little known lore it can be used as a gateway to many different lands. You just need a guide. Old Man and Hermit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Character: Nobody Owens (The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman). Old Man and Logan D. Hurricanes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 And somebody moved time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Annoying, isn’t it? L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Consort Candidate: Tristran Thorn (Stardust) He may look like a shop boy, but he's secretly worth thousands per year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, L. Marcus said: And somebody moved time! 24 minutes ago, Old Man said: Annoying, isn’t it? I blame Logan. He has the Wardrobe, after all. Who else could have done it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Well, I could, but it wasn't me. This time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 I would like to draft the Flying Dutchman, which originated as folklore, as an option. It has appeared in movies, opera, and so on, but AFAICT the original was out of sailors' oral tradition. If it turns out not to be acceptable, leave word and and I'll make a different pick. Old Man and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 I would like to pick the Infinity Gauntlet as an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 and by the way the clocks don't go forward until the end of the month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 58 minutes ago, Pariah said: I blame Logan. He has the Wardrobe, after all. Who else could have done it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Character: Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax (Discworld) "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." Logan D. Hurricanes, L. Marcus and Hermit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 "I can't be havin' with this." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 27 minutes ago, Old Man said: Character: Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax (Discworld) "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." Sniped I need advice how to handle this. "You will adapt"- 7 of 9 Thanks for your faith in me, TV Sci Fi creation I can't use in this draft. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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