[satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later
- From: "Pete" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:57:37 -0700
woo hoo
saved at last!
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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:56 PM
>Subject: [satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later
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>i think Confers is another name for Bob Lawrence.
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>On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>good job you remembered yourself there :)
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>>>________________________________
>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:37 PM
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>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later
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>>>ok as soon as i sort out who Confers is, i think we have a round.
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>>>On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:22 PM, <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>Lord, we need your help! Please take my companions and myself back home!
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>>>>On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:53:37 -0700, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>what's a plea, if it's not telling your god what you want? :-)
>>>>>text of plea, please! sadly there's no RQ plea table, though after this i
>>>>>may make one.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:23 AM, <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I've always disliked this, "telling your god what you want thing". In my
>>>>>>opinion, if you really *are* at The End, then you scream out one last
>>>>>>plea to your deity and take whatever help you're bloody well given.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So, Splut will do just that, and if it fails then he'll get stuck into
>>>>>>the skallywags and go out heroically...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:56:51 -0700, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>orlanth -- i *think*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:55 PM, <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Who do I worship, again? It's been... err... about 15 Earth years since
>>>>>>>>I went to temple...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:13:07 -0700, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>ok for those of you DIing, i'll need the exact text of what you're
>>>>>>>>asking for
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:05 PM, <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>DI
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:41:20 -0700, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>ok for round 2 of "army of darkness 148, party 5" i have --
>>>>>>>>>>>chump: disrupt face-chewing skally
>>>>>>>>>>>arfa: pretend to be dead
>>>>>>>>>>>cynfred: munch hero pill, head to confront skallys
>>>>>>>>>>>ester: munch hero pill, head to confront skallys
>>>>>>>>>>>splut: ?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>yes, i think the bad guys need to source more skeletons.
>>>>>>>>>>>>if Bob was refereeing, he'd wait until your character had suffered
>>>>>>>>>>>>a catastrophic wound, and then his character Bob Lawrence would
>>>>>>>>>>>>magically appear and save you, vaporising the monsters in a blast
>>>>>>>>>>>>of magical fire from his gigantic anus.
>>>>>>>>>>>>sadly however, Bob is not refereeing this adventure, and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>equivalent of Bob Lawrence is currently in a Crabtown jail waiting
>>>>>>>>>>>>for you to obtain some information in order to free him....
>>>>>>>>>>>>Chump: dear Orlanth, please bring Humph here
>>>>>>>>>>>>*pooof*
>>>>>>>>>>>>Humph: thanks man, now we can all die together
>>>>>>>>>>>>Chump: dear Orlanth, please bring Bob Lawrence here
>>>>>>>>>>>>Orlanth: sorry dude, one intervention per lifetime for oiks like you
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>well blow me!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>last thing I expected was the whole bloody bunch of em stomping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>about!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>so lets see...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>150 approx, minus the two that we beheaded leave around 148 is my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>maths is correct... minus the one I should have disrupted - so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>that's 147 against what 5 of us?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Odds sound reasonable to me...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>No wait - we forgot the arrival of Bobs character who casts a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>level 12 'fuck skeletons' and destroys them as a whole and we are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>left giggling in our shit stained armour - right?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>so it's come down to a divine intervention has it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>read the book aloud?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>burn the book?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>give them the book?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>????
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:35 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from the back of the cave, you can no longer see Chump and Arfa
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>as they are buried in skallywags. the second row out of the pit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>surrounds the first and will have at it in the very short term.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the third and subsequent rows marched around the melee and and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>are approaching you (this is when i made your Bottle Out roll).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>they're not running as such, but they are doing a fast mechanical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>march. decent pace required to keep ahead of them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the light is dim so you can't really determine whether all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>scallywags mobilised or whether some couldn't be bothered. the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>original estimate for skallys in the cave was 150 or so.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(i assume) you dashed back to the scorpion man room to tell C&E
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>what happened. they have decided to go back in there. as you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>talk, you can hear the horde approaching in the tunnel. likely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the skallys can be 2 or 3 abreast in the tunnel, depending on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>where in the tunnel they are.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>how bad does it look? miracles aside, there's no way out for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Chump and Arfa. and with the rest of the party's numbers, skill
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>levels and magic potential, etc, expectation of victory against
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the horde is very low.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:01 PM, <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Not to die.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Just how incredibly bad does it look from Splut's perspective?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>What can the lad see?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>- G
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:03:56 -0700, Jason Proctor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>any orders from Splut this time?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Jane Sales <jane@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ester, with a sense of dread, also returns to the fray.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 29 Sep 2014, at 10:28, Edward Marsden-Jones
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><eddiemarsdenjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I think Arfa will just lie still and relax for a bit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 29 Sep 2014, at 12:18, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Conferred indeed, thanks iOS. The most stupidity: Arfa.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>r
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 29 Sep 2014, at 07:39, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>but what about Cynfred? and to which stupidity, of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>many, are we referring?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Roger Nolan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Centred will return to the stupidity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rog
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 29 Sep 2014, at 04:03, Pete (Redacted sender
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>disrupt the head of the guy who seems to be the most
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>danger to me - the one about to chew on my nose maybe?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pop... shatter ... woo hoo...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>anything like that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 7:06 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>hmmm these are not good examples of the "sensible
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>orders" i'd hoped for...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>except maybe the divine intervention
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Pete
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it is at all possible for me to change may armour at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>this point? as i think I may need to...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Shame the smell will not scare them off...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>some sort of anti-grapple roll is in order...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>if I could just reach the anti-skeleton bat spray we'd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>all be fine...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>surely now the referee will intervene?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>prepares divine intervention request...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:37 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the situation for our heroes is... challenging.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>currently Arfa and Chump are flat on their backs with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>four skallywags each parked on them, immobilising
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>various parts of their anatomy*. the chaps are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>effectively incapacitated at the moment, but in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>event of sensible orders and seriously outstanding
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>dice rolls, they might survive the next melee round...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...a chief component of which is the arrival of 10
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>armed skallywags.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>meanwhile, Splut arrives in the scorpion man room to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>inform Ester and Cynfred that the Army of Darkness is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>approaching rapidly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*these skallys are wicked at Grapple rolls somehow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Roger Nolan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*Silence*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rog
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28 Sep 2014, at 04:18, Gavin Walker
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Square on my Mac, a turd on the PC. Accurately
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enough.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, is everyone else dead then? Dead are they? Dead?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2014/09/28, at 2:36 PM, Jason Proctor wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> came through here as a square :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Roger Nolan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think it was the first time I've
ever managed to use an emoji correctly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rog
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 27 Sep 2014, at 18:05, Jason Proctor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was that an emoticon summing up the situation?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 12:14 AM, Roger Nolan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 💩
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 27 Sep 2014, at 04:20, Eddie Marsden-Jones
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <eddiemarsdenjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So is it too tight for scythes now? Are we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> talking fisticuffs?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 26 Sep 2014, at 23:48, Jason Proctor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arfa and Chump take up their positions on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> edge of the pit, and arrange their stances as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their scythe teachers once told them, long ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after a nod to each other, they raise their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weapons.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> almost as one, the scythes sweep viciously
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> downward and cleanly sever the
spinal cords of the two closest skeletons. the teachers advised them to keep
their eye on the target, rather than watch the follow-through, and this turns
out to be most satisfying, as the heads simultaneously jump vertically to
almost exactly Arfa and Chump eye-height.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the thrill of the triumph is brief, however, as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at the very moment of contact between the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scythes and their targets, the skeleton horde
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> springs to life with mechanical rapidity. by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the time the severed heads and the heroes begin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the downward path from the zeniths of their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trajectory and their triumph respectively, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heroes are mobbed by the first row of cadavers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arfa and Chump are bowled over by a sea of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> grabbing, biting, tearing dead humanity. they
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try to drag themselves away, but only a second
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after the first wave, the second line
of skeletons hits, flailing with rusty weapons plucked from the pit floor.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the third and subsequent waves flow around the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> melee and head for Splut, who heroically makes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his Bottle Out roll and flees back up the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> passage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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