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Topic: Last one to post wins - Part II
Subject: Avast!
Root Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!!!!!
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 21:04:24.
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Topic: 500 question endurance survey
Subject: Semi-cop-out mode... here's the first half. ;)
1. Name?
A. Rob (Robert)
2. Nickname?
A. Oh geez! There are so many… Thumper or Rabbit when I was little… was called “Shang Hai Kid” for a while in high school as I had a tendency to wear my wushu uniform to school on occasion… CAT (yes, all caps… it’s an acronym and a nickname… stands for Crazed And Treacherous)...
3. Do you like your nicknames?
A. Most of them, I suppose.
4. Do you have something you wish people would call you but never catches on?
A. “Your majesty”  Of course, I haven’t seceded from the Union and declared my lawn the sovereign kingdom of Eol-land, yet, either, so… who knows?
5. If you could change your name to anything what would it be?
A. Good question… when I was little I wanted to change it to either Steve Austin or Kwai Chang Caine (was a big fan of the Six Million Dollar Man and Kung Fu)  … now, though, I’m pretty happy with the name I’ve got. 
6. Were you named after anyone?
A. I was named after my father (Robert) and my uncle (William) who died serving in VietNam.
7. Who named you?
A. My parents
8. Age?
A. Find the square root of 1,849 and you’ve got the answer.
9. Do you wish you were older/younger?
A. Older? Hell no! Younger? Sometimes… but only if I can be younger knowing what I know, now.
10. If you could be one age forever what would you choose?
A. Y’know, 27 was a pretty good age for me, all things considered…
11. When is your birthday?
A. 19 April
12. Was anyone else you know born on that day?
A. Yes… a couple of people, actually.
13. Did any important historical event (besides your birth) happen on that day?
A. Not that I’m aware of… We did put a man on the moon a few months later, though… You people thought you could escape, didn’t you?
14. Gender?
A. Male
15. Have you ever wondered what it is like to be the other gender?
A. Absolutely
16. If you could switch would you?
A. I have the utmost respect for women, of course, but HELL NO! You ladies have it rough… Hair, makeup, child birth, that time of the month… I’d be reduced to a quivering mass of “duuuuh” before the first week… I ain’t that tough!
17. What color eyes do you have?
A: What color do you need?  Okay… they’re supposedly brown
18. Do you wear glasses/contacts?
A: As of about two weeks ago, yes… but just readers.
19. Do your eyes ever change colors?
A: Yes… they range from a paler brown (which some people I know like to call cinnamon or goldish) to pretty much black when I’m tired or angry.
20. Are they the same as anyone in your family?
A: Not exactly, no.
21. Who in your family do you look most like?
A: Depends on who you ask, I suppose… Some people say I look like my mom, others say I look like my dad… The wife says I look more like my Uncle Johnny, though. *shrugs*
22. What color is your hair?
A: Dark brown
23. How long is it?
A: Not very
24. When was the last time you got your hair cut?
A: About a week and a half ago
25. Have you ever dyed it?
A: Yes
26. If you have what color most recently, if not what color would you like?
A: Blue (but it wasn’t that recently)
27. If you could instantly have any length of hair how long?
A: I think I’m okay with the length it is now
28. Is your hair thick or fine?
A: Thick
29. Have you ever shaved your head?
A: Yep
30. Have you ever worn a wig?
A: Yes
31. Do you spend much time in front of the mirror every day?
A: No
32. Do you try to stay in touch with the latest trends?
A: Not really
33. How would you define your personal style?
A: Eclectic… or is that eccentric?
34. Are you right or left handed?
A: Right handed
35. Can you write legibly with your other hand?
A: Yes
36. Can you write backwards?
A: Yes
37. How many languages do you speak?
A: Real languages? Two… have picked up a smattering of several others, dropout the years but not enough of any one to say that I truly “speak” any of them.
38. If you could learn any language what one would you choose?
A: Mandarin
39. Which language do you think is the hardest to learn?
A: Toss up between Mandarin and English
40. Do you like to travel?
A: Yes I do!
41. Do you prefer travel by plane or car?
A: I’d rather drive, thanks.
42. What's the furthest you've traveled?
A: Ummmm… Hong Kong?
43. What's your favorite place you've been?
A: I love the Adirondack Mountains!
44. If you could go on a free vacation where would you go?
A: If it’s free, I’d go just about anywhere! If I could pick? Hmmmm… Scotland?
45. Where do you live?
A: Southwest Ohio
46. Do you like it there?
A: There are worse places to live, I suppose.
47. If you could live anywhere, where would you move to?
A: Oddly enough, I have no answer for this… there are sooooo many places I could choose from… Alaska, perhaps? Back to New Mexico?
48. Have you ever moved?
A: Grew up a military brat, so, yeah… A LOT!
49. What's the shortest time you've lived in one place?
A: 13 weeks… Parris Island, South Carolina
50. What's the longest time you've lived in one place?
A: 20+ years… Ohio
51. Where do you consider “home?”
A: Was born in South Dakota but consider Upstate New York to be “home”
52. What is your favorite type of music?
A: Not sure that I have a favorite… depends on my mood at the time, I guess.
53. Can you play any instruments?
A: I’m a drummer
54. If you could learn any instrument which one would you choose?
A: I wouldn’t mind picking up a bass, again.
55. If you were in a rock band what would it be called?
A: The band I played in many moons ago was called “Strange Behaviour”
56. Is there any kind of music you just can't stand?
A: “Gangsta Rap”
57. What's your favorite song?
A: Oh… geez… Ummmm… “Lightning Crashes” by Live
58. Are there any song lyrics you really identify with?
A: Oh… soooo many… I think between Live and Disturbed the soundtrack of my life has been captured pretty nicely
59. Have you ever written a song?
A: I’ve helped… does that count?
60. Have you ever written a love letter?
A: Absolutely…
61. Have you ever received a love letter?
A: Yes
62. What's the most romantic thing you've ever done?
A: Hmmmm… I guess you’d have to ask my wife on that one… Getting down on one knee in the restaurant where we met and asking her to marry me, maybe? I dunno!
63. What's something that most people think is romantic that you don't?
A: I don’t know… what do most people find romantic?
64. What's something silly that you think is romantic?
A: I’m not sure… I guess the little notes that I leave my wife in the morning?
65. What's the longest relationship you've ever had?
A: The one I’m in, now… As of 26 June, this year, the wife and I will have been married for 20 years. 
66. The shortest?
A: Less than a day?
67. Are you married?
A: Sure am
68. If you could have attended any historical event which one would you choose?
A: Henry Morgan being named governor of Jamaica. 
69. What's your favorite period in history?
A: Not sure that I have a favorite but, if I had to pick, I guess I’d say the “Old West” era or, better yet, the “Golden Age of Piracy”
70. How do you think you would be different if raised in that period?
A: I never would have lived as long as I have in this one.
71. What current technology do you think would have been most helpful to people of that period?
A: Indoor/shipboard plumbing?
72. What current technology could you not live without?
A: Hmmm… not having electricity would be kind of a bummer but I think I could live without it if I had to.
73. What invention do you think had the most impact on society when it was introduced?
A: Probably a toss up between the automobile and the airplane.
74. Who is your favorite historical figure?
A: ???
75. If you could go back and say something to that person, what would you say?
A: ???
76. Do you think you would have gotten along with them?
A: ???
77. If you could have a machine that produced one item at the touch of a button what would it be?
A: It would be cold, hard, cash!!!
78. What type of food is your favorite?
A: I’m a meat and taters kind of guy when it comes right down to it… I’ll eat almost anything, though… as long as it isn’t Greek food…
79. What specific dish?
A: Nice, thick t-bone or porterhouse with sautéed mushrooms and onions… mmmm-mmmm!!!
80. Can you eat with chopsticks?
A: Yes
81. What is your favorite kind of movie?
A: I like action flicks best, I suppose.
82. Do you watch foreign films?
A: Sometimes…
83. Is there a type of movie you just can't stand?
A: Anything Sascha Baron Cohen has made… Most Will Farrell movies… basically, any movie that’s made for the sole purpose of demonstrating how stupid one can be, I guess.
84. What is your favorite movie?
A: Hmmmm… I don’t know? I stop and watch Pale Rider or Unforgiven any time I find them while channel surfing… But I do the same for Young Guns, LotR, etc…
85. Who is your favorite actor?
A: Toss up… Clint Eastwood or Samuel L Jackson, I guess.
86. Favorite actress?
A: Y’know, I could easily go with some random hotty but I kinda gotta go with Geena Davis… weird, huh? I think it was “The Long Kiss Godnight
87. Favorite director?
A: Hitchcock… more contemporarily, though, probably Peter Jackson
88. Do you own the soundtrack to any movies?
A: Yep… I have the soundtrack for “The Crow”
89. Do you like theatre?
A: Sometimes
90. Have you ever tried acting?
A: Yes
91. If you had to be in a play, what play and what part would you like?
A: No opinion on this one…
92. Do you enjoy reading?
A: Yes
93. Do you have a favorite book?
A: Still gotta say that “Swan Song” by Robert R. McCammon is one of my favorite books… I’ve read it probably four different times and probably wouldn’t hesitate to pick it up again.
94. How about a favorite author?
A: Steven King has always been able to oog me right the hell out. Not sure that he’s still my favorite author of all time but he ranks right up there.
95. Favorite genre?
A: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
96. What book has had the most impact on you?
A: The I Ching
97. Is there a book you hate?
A: Um… no?
98. What was the last book you read?
A: “A Dance with Dragons”
99. Do you go to the library or buy books you want to read?
A: Both
100. Have you ever lost or stolen a book from a library?
A: Nope
101. Who is your favorite children's author?
A: Shel Silverstein
102. Are you good at spelling?
A: Most of the time
103. Are there words that just never look spelled right to you?
A: Sure… I read mostly in English so there are a LOT of them that, when it comes down to it, don’t look like they should be spelled the way they are.
104. What was/is your favorite school subject? '
A: History and Art
105. Your least favorite?
A: Math
106. Who was your favorite teacher?
A: My kindergarten teacher, Mrs Kelly… I probably still have a little crush on her to this day… Also, Mr O’Hearn… High School history classes… Awesome, Clark Kent lookin’ dude!
107. Did you do well in their class?
A: It’s hard to do poorly in Kindergarten, I think… and yes, I did phenomenally well in Mr O’Hearn’s classes.
108. What ethnicity are you?
A: Heinz 57…. There’s a little bit of everything in there.
109. Do you know much about your family history?
A: Yes… sometimes more than I care to.
110. Are you related to anyone famous?
A: I’m not 100% sure.
111. What hobbies do you do?
A: Drawing, writing, carpentry, landscaping, building random “props” out of junk I find in the garage, martial arts, canoeing, archery…
112. Which hobby is your favorite?
A: Depends on the mood I’m in, really… Probably writing, these days, as, regardless of mood, there’s usually something liable to come from it.
113. How long have you been it?
A: I think I wrote my first story when I was what second grade or so? So a loooooong time.
114. What got you started doing it?
A: A combination of boredom, rain, and an overactive imagination.
115. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A: I remember wanting to be an astronaut for a long while… then I wanted to be an animator at Disney…
116. What job do you have now?
A: I run a help desk for the Air Force
117. How did you end up doing that?
A: Hell if I know! I started out as a graphics guy!
118. What would your dream job be?
A: Alpaca rancher!
119. Do you have any silly/weird skills?
A: Some people might say so…
120. How would your friends describe you?
A: “Not quite right”
121. Would you agree with that?
A: Sure…
122. Do you stay in touch with childhood friends?
A: Some… but not many…
123. If there was a moment in your life that made you realize that you're an adult, what moment would that be?
A: Getting shot at
124. Do you have a good memory?
A: Pretty decent, yes.
125. What is your favorite childhood memory?
A: Hmmmm…. Probably the first time my dad took me canoeing…
126. If you could make a movie of all your memories, do you think others would want to watch it?
A: Some people might… others might want to but would be too disturbed by some scenes to finish.
127. Do you like to tell jokes?
A: I like to be a smart-a$$, sometimes, does that count?
128. What is your favorite clean joke?
A: A three legged dog walks into a saloon, hobbles over to the bar, looks at the bartender and says “I’m lookin’ fer the man that shot my Paw!” *shrugs*
129. What is your favorite candy?
A: None, really… Jelly beans?
130. Do you have any candy right now?
A: Nope
131. Favorite ice cream flavor?
A: I don’t really eat ice cream much, so I don’t really have a favorite flavor.
132. What makes up the perfect ice cream sundae?
A: A drunken ice cream Saturday followed by a holiday on the following ice cream Monday!
133. Can you tie a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue?
A: Yes
134. Any flavor of ice cream you think is gross?
A: Can’t say I’ve tried very many… so, no?
135. Do you eat your ice cream out of a cup or a bowl?
A: a bowl
136. If you were making the best dinner in the world how many courses would it have and what dishes?
A: If it was the best dinner in the world, I wouldn’t be making it.
137. What is your favorite beverage?
A: Non-alcoholic: iced tea or coffee… Alcoholic: Kraken, straight up!
138. Do you like ice in your drinks?
A: Depends on the drink…
139. Do you like to eat ice?
A: I don’t dislike it…
140. Do you like snow cones?
A: Not really
141. Do you like to play in the snow?
A: Yes
142. Have you ever made a snowman?
A: Yes
143. How about a snow angel?
A: Yes
144. Do you have a lucky number?
A: Yes… 26
145. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket?
A: Yep
146. Have you ever been to a casino?
A: Yes… didn’t gamble, though.
147. Have you ever won any money gambling?
A: Technically, yes.
148. What is your favorite animal?
A: Hmmmm… decisions, decisions… I like horses, think wolves are pretty cool, dolphins and other marine mammals fascinate the heck out of me… so… Alpacas?
149. Do you have any pets?
A: Yep… two dogs. Oliver and Isabella.
150. If you could have any animal as a pet what would you pick?
A: Minah bird
151. Do you wish you could have an imaginary/mythical creature as a pet?
A: Who doesn’t want to own their own dragon?
152. Have you ever been to the zoo?
A: Yes
153. Have you ever been to a farm?
A: Yes
154. Have you ever been to an amusement park?
A: Yes
155. Are you scared of heights?
A: No
156. Are you scared of the dark?
A: Are you kidding? I do some of my very best work in the dark!
157. Do scary movies frighten you?
A: If they’re good and honestly scary, yes… if they’re just splattery gore fests, no.
158. If you had to name your biggest pet peeve what would it be?
A: People that whine about how tough their life is but never seem to want to do anything to fix it.
159. Do you ever catch yourself doing your pet peeve?
A: I did once… and I kicked my a$$ for it.
160. Have you ever gotten in trouble with the law?
A: Yes…
161. You're going to jail. What crime did you most likely commit?
A: Assault with intent
162. Are there any fictional criminals you like? If so, who?
A: Robin Hood… and *shameless plug* Nyx Shyndyn!!!
163. If you could be any fictional character who would you be?
A: GAH!!! So… many… can I pick Nyx, again?
164. If you could meet any fictional character who would you meet?
A: Inara Serra! 
165. If you could have invented any item what item would you pick?
A: Star Trek style transporter
166. Do you ever have ideas and a couple months later you see them advertised?
A: yes… dammit! 
167. Do you believe in psychic powers?
A: Don’t know that I’d use the word “psychic” but, yes.
168. Have you ever had a psychic reading?
A: Yes…
169. If you could have any super power what would you choose?
A: I’d probably go with some sort of super speed… seems the most practical of all of them.
170. What would be your super hero name?
A: Whatheheckwasthat?!?
171. Would you have a side kick?
A: Yes… also a front kick and a devastating roundhouse!
172. Would you be part of a super team?
A: Probably not!
173. What would your arch nemesis be called?
A: The Speed Bump
174. Super heroes have to have a weakness, what's yours?
A: Asparagus
175. Did you pick something rare so you would be less likely to be defeated?
A: No
176. Would you wear a cape?
A: No capes!
177. Who is your role model?
A: My dad
178. Have you ever had to give a speech in public?
A: Yes
179. Do you get stage fright?
A: Yes
180. Do you have any tattoos?
A: Yes
181. If you have them, how many? If not, do you want one?
A: Five
182. Do you have any piercings?
A: not as many as I once did, but yes
183. Have you ever broken a bone?
A: Yep
184. Had surgery?
A: Yes
185. Do you consider yourself attractive?
A: Not really…
186. Would you get cosmetic surgery to change anything about yourself?
A: Nope
187. What is the weather like right now?
A: Mid 50’s, kind of windy but nice and sunny.
188. Do you like it?
A: Sure
189. What is your favorite kind of weather?
A: Autumn weather!
190. Do you spend a lot of time outside?
A: A decent amount, yes.
191. Do you play any sports?
A: Not any more… I can be talked into a volleyball game every now and again.
192. Do you watch any sports?
A: Hockey on occasion.
193. What do you like/don't like most about sports?
A: People take them entirely too seriously and, IMO, the so-called professionals make entirely too much money for what they do.
194. Do you believe that every child on a team, no matter their skill level and dedication should receive a prize, win or lose?
A: A prize? Probably not… and acknowledgement, absolutely!
195. What would you call the most annoying trait a person can have?
A: Being a “drama-queen” (you do still call ‘em drama queens even if they’re guys, right?)
196. The most endearing?
A: Not being afraid to be themselves.
197. Do you have any allergies?
A: Just penicillin
198. Do you consider yourself an emotional person?
A: Not really…
199. When was the last time you cried?
A: Hmmm… a month or two ago, I guess…
200. When was the last time you laughed?
A: I’m laughing right now!
201. Do you spend much time talking on the phone (not work related?)
A: Not usually.
202. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
A: My youngest daughter.
203. Do you text a lot?
A: Pretty frequently but I wouldn’t call it a lot as compared to the average person.
204. Do you believe texting and driving is dangerous?
A: Yes
205. What day of the week is it right now?
A: Monday, Jr… I mean Tuesday!
206. What is the date?
A: 24 April 2012
207. Do you have a favorite date that is not your birthday or a holiday?
A: Nope
208. What's your favorite holiday?
A: Waitangi Day
209. What's your least favorite holiday?
A: Columbus Day
210. What would be the idea birthday present for you?
A: 42 million damn dollars!
211. Are your tastes fancier or more simple?
A: Simple
212. Do you prefer the icing or the cake itself?
A: Neither
213. Do you like ice cream with cake?
A: I don’t like cake, so, no
214. What is your favorite fruit?
A: Probably oranges
215. What is your favorite fruit juice?
A: Cranberry
216. What is your favorite type of pie?
A: Apple
217. Do you eat whipped cream on pie?
A: Only pumpkin
218. Do you prefer giving presents or getting them?
A: Giving
219. Hand made or store bought?
A: Hand made.
220. Do you like jelly beans?
A: most of the time
221. Do you own much jewelry?
A: No
222. Do you prefer silver or gold?
A: Personally, silver
223. What is the most expensive piece of jewelry you have ever bought/own?
A: My wife’s engagement/wedding rings, I guess.
224. What is the most expensive non-jewelry article of clothing?
A: My duster
225. What does your favorite pair of shoes look like?
A: My favorite pair of shoes are a pair of rather beaten up boots, actually.
226. Pillow should be soft or firm?
A: Softish
227. What about your bed?
A: Firm but not like a rock, you know…
228. Do you sleep with a lot of blankets or wear warmer pajamas?
A: Ummm… neither?
229. How many pillows are optimal?
A: Three
230. Are you laid back or easily flustered?
A: I’m pretty laid back
231. What is the fastest way to upset you?
A: Do something to offend my wife or hurt my kids…
232. Do you calm down quickly or take a while to cool off?
A: Depends on the situation… most times I’m pretty easy to calm down but there are some instances that it takes a while.
233. Do you offend others often?
A: Oh… I’m sure…
234. A little white lie is no big deal or the path to telling bigger lies?
A: Again, situation dependant…
235. Do you get embarrassed easily?
A: Not really
236. Have you ever been to a karoke?
A: Nope
237. Are you quick to judge people on appearances or get to know them first?
A: I never judge based on appearances.
238. If you could play any board game with a group of historical figures from any time periods, what game and who?
A: Chess with Sun Tzu
239. Loner or social butterfly?
A: Loner
240. Do you use any social networking sites?
A: Yes
241. Do you play online games?
A: Not really, no… unless you count things like this.
242. Do you play offline video games?
A: Yes
243. What time do you usually wake up?
A: Usually about 10 minutes til 6.
244. Do you have a morning routine?
A: Yep… Coffee, Inn, Shower,Work
245. Showers or baths?
A: Showers
246. Do you wash your hair or your body first?
A: Hair
247. When drying off do you start from the head and go down or start at your feet and work up?
A: Head down
248. Do you keep an umbrella in your car/locker/office in case of unexpected rain?
A: I make fun of guys that carry umbrellas… unless they’re carrying them for a lady… so yes… I have an umbrella in my truck just in case it’s raining and I have the wife along…
249. When was the last time you just sat and watched the clouds or stars?
A: Last night
250. Does looking at things like the stars or the ocean make you feel tiny or really important?
A: Neither
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 15:09:55.
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Topic: Breaking the Fourth ~ It's finally happened. I'm out of material.
Subject: LOL
Well... I seem to blearily recall a good number of daggers bein' tossed about, las' night, aye? An' more of 'em hit toes than hit th' board, dinnit?
We'd looooove to see your take on any and all of it, Celeste! You know that!
LMAO @ mumbledy-peg! That was hysterical, actually!
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 14:35:35.
Edited on 2012-04-25 at 14:36:18 by Eol Fefalas
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Topic: Breaking the Fourth ~ It's finally happened. I'm out of material.
Subject: Well, you know, melui...
...you're always free to use any of our goings on for creative fodder, aye?
In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing your BtF style take on some of those forays we've taken into the Rusty Hook... 
If I come up with anything better, I'll let you know, of course.
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 14:22:33.
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Topic: Breaking the Fourth ~ A D&D Webcomic
Subject: Indigo Moretoyota!!!
LMAO!!!
And it's not late, melui... It's still Wednesday! *winks*
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 14:11:12.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: As far as Davi is concerned...
...I reckon I can NPC th' wee witchy fer a spell if'n anyone needs her.
From what I've gathered on the book of faces, Meri's in the midst of packing up and moving, so we may be without her for a while.
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 13:33:12.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: Wha' did happen a' th' Hook, anyway?
I find me recollections a bit on th' fuzzy side, aye? *winks*
Post is up, folks... Thanks to Kriea and T_O for the collab bits. 
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 13:16:08.
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Topic: Tales from the Smuggler's Moon
Subject: Part the second!
Early Evening - The Docks District, Freeport
“I dunno tha’ th’ crew’s gonna like dis, Jarek,” Khash rumbled as he, Jericho, and Braydyn navigated the labyrinthine streets of Freeport back toward the harbor, “Ye tol’ ‘em they’d be havin’ a coupla days ashore but ye tol’ tha’ monkey we’d be onna mornin’ tide...”
The big half-orc shrugged, then, and took a pull from the rum bottle he still carried. Being back at sea was no skin off of his back, of course. Like Jarek, Khash was born at sea and preferred the pitch and roll of a ship’s deck underfoot as opposed to the too firm feel of solid earth, but there were those aboard Smuggler’s Moon who felt completely the other way around; sailing only long enough to earn enough coin to spend in port, then begrudgingly returning to the sea only when whoring and gambling had eaten through their purses… and there weren’t many, salts or lubbers, that he figured would be too happy in calling their shore leave to a halt in order to ferry some bokor-cursed monkey to some supposedly uncharted island. He couldn’t help but wonder how his brother was going to manage to smooth this over with the crew, let alone how he might announce it to them. “Not tha’ the crew ain’t loyal, mind,” Khash added, then, offering the bottle over to Jarek, “but we’s only been in port fer th’ one day an’…”
“Aye, mate,” Jericho nodded, accepting the bottle and offering his brother a grin, “I’m saavy. There’s like tae be a good deal o’ barkin’ an’ belly-achin’, sure…” The grin disappeared long enough for the Captain to indulge in a healthy swallow of rum, himself, and wipe his mouth on the back of his sleeve. “…I reckon, too, tha’ a good lot o’ tha’ll be stoppered up when they hear tell they’ll be gettin’ shares on twenny-thousand Lords, though, aye?”
Braydyn blinked (and might have tripped over his own feet) and Khash, grinning his tusky grin, nodded at the Captain’s assessment. “Aye, Cap’n,” the half-orc chuffed, “I reckon thar do be tha’. Thinkin’ ‘bout me own share’s a’most ‘nuff fer me tae fergit thar be magicks inna soup!”
“Let’s be keepin’ tha’ bit ‘bout th’ magic stowed away, aye, mate,” Jericho chuckled, “Thar be enough bluster ‘bout Davi on me ship, now, we dinnae need tae stir th’ soup more’n’s nec’ssary, saavy? If ye c’n put it outta mind, me wee brother, then sure the rest o’ th’…”
The conversation was interrupted just at that moment as, following the sound of pounding feet, a streak of shadow violently separated from the mouth of an intersecting alleyway and collided with Khash’s midsection, and, as a result, left a bloody smear on the half-orc’s tunic as it bounced off and sprawled into the street before them. Any thoughts that the trios hands might have had about pulling weapons were quickly put aside when, instead of some drunken tough looking for a fight, they realized that the figure scrabbling in the street was just some urchin-boy… they checked their pockets and purses instead…
The beaten and bedraggled youth cast a concerned eye briefly towards the alley that had just ejected him into the Brothers Hawkes path and, after drawing in a ragged breath and blinking bruise encircled eyes up at them, said; “Cap'n! I be headin tae th' ship, I swar, was'en dallyin! Jus had'ta say goo'bye ta old friends.”
Jericho scowled when his gaze tracked away from the grubby lad who was now trying to get his feet under him and found the “old friends” the boy had just mentioned lingering in the shadows of the alleyway that had just spit Jesse out into their path. His eyes let go of the toughs in the alley just long enough to flick a meaningful glance in Khash’s direction and found a scowl mirroring his own etched on his little brother’s face. It was obvious that the half-orc, too, remembered similar encounters he and Jericho had had on these very streets when they were even younger than this one.
“Aye,” the Captain of Smuggler’s Moon rumbled, his cinnamon eyes darkening a bit as he recognized the situation for what it was and offered the boy a hand up, “Ye’ve said yer farewells, I hope, then, lad?”
A flash of gratitude passed over Jesse's face. He had more than half expected to be given a kick, not a hand up. He accepted and cast another wary eye at his pursuers, who were apparently too intimidated by the men to step forward to dispute the situation. He quickly nodded and grabbed the man's hand.
“Good’n well,” Jericho nodded as the boy’s hand clasped around his and Jericho hauled him to his feet, “We’re bound fer th’ Moon ourselves. Why don’cha jus’ sally ‘long wit’ us, then, aye?”
At the mention of the Moon Jesse paled a bit under his bruises. He glanced at Khash and then back at Jericho as the realization of what had just happened struck him. Then he wiped his bloodied face on his sleeve and set his face firmly. "Shor thin Cap'n." He wobbled a bit but with another glance at the alleyway he fell in line close behind the large man he now realized was indeed an actual captain of a seafaring vessel, one he had grown up seeing in port. Once he was sure his attackers couldn't hear him he mumbled. "I be out of yer hair right quick like, sor."
“Outta me hair,” Jericho smiled from behind the spill of braids and beads that had fallen across his face when he looked down at the boy, “an’ back intae th’ fine comp’ny o’ yer mates, back there?” He clasped a hand on the lad’s narrow shoulder and urged him on towards the docks; “I dinnae think so, lad. Khash an’ me’ve been where ye be now, aye, an’ it’d be in poor conscience tha’ we’d toss ye back tae th’ sharks, saavy?
How many years ye got in yer wake, boy? Fi’teen? Sixteen? Er do ye even know fer sure?”
The slight boy looked a bit confused for a moment as he puzzled out what Jericho was asking. "Me ma ne'er lemme forget, sor. I ruin'd 'er life nineteen summers ago."
“Aye?” Jericho seemed a bit surprised at the lad’s age; he didn’t look anywhere near nineteen… nor did the feel of the slight frame beneath Jericho’s hand seem to marry up with what he imagined even a half-starved urchin of a boy should seem… “To old fer ye tae be takin’ a billet a’ th’ Star o’ th’ Sea, then, I reckon… Wha’ be yer name, lad?”
"Jesse Cook, sor," he bit his lip, then promptly regretted it as it let a fresh burst of blood loose on his tongue. He grimaced and paled further as Jericho introduced himself.
“Well met, Jesse Cook,” the captain grinned, “Me name’s Jericho Hawkes. I Cap’n th’ Smuggler’s Moon. If ye be lookin’ tae do more fer yerself than tussle wit’ Freeport’s street-rats, I reckon I may be havin’ a place fer ye on board… tha’ bein’ depend’nt, o’ course, on yer ability tae make yerself useful, aye?”
Jesse's eyes widened and he stared dumbstruck at the captain for a few moments. "Me? O...On th' Smuggler's Moon, sor?" he looked at him uncertainly then looked down. "I dunno if I 'ave any use... but I can learn, sor."
“Aye, lad,” Jericho laughed as his rag-tag quartet continued on along the docks, “an’ as I said, I’ve nae any doubt we c’n find some use fer ye…” He grinned, then, and handed Jesse the bottle of rum he’d been carrying. “Have yerself a li’l snort o’ tha’, boy - it’ll soothe them aches, aye - an’ then pass it on over tae Khash.”
When the lad handed the bottle over to Khash, Jericho laughed again and, as they made the gangplank at the Moon’s berth, clapped a hand on Jesse’s shoulder and said; “See there, lad? Ye c’n pass a bottle… Ye be half way tae an’ ol’ salt, a’ready.
When we get aboard, ye go an’ find Marlowe, aye? He’ll tend tae yer hurts an’ get ye cleaned up a bit.”
As they gained the deck, Jericho nudged the boy in the direction of the companionway that would lead him below decks to the Doc and then let his eyes sweep the decks and rigging of his ship, taking in the activities (or lack thereof) of the crew who were already aboard. “Arseholes an’ elbows, me hearties,” he called out as he strode toward the quarterdeck, “We be expectin’ pass’ngers e’re dawn an’re shippin’ out on th’ mornin’ tide!”
((OOC: Okay, stopping there for now… plenty of room for posts before Cap’n Bobo shows up, folks…))
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 13:14:21.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: LOL Yep, I'm wrokked!
Nah... never late... durn job follows me everywhere I go on the crackberry! :/
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 12:42:23.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: But we got distracted...
...by a drunken romp at the Rusty Hook.
G'mornin', me hearties! Post en route very soonishly this morning... Coffee, shower, and a drive to wrok first, though.
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 11:01:16.
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Topic: Vote for the Inn
Subject: Aaaaand, BAM!!!
There's 7! Good job Innmates! Keep at it!
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 10:52:42.
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Topic: Happy Birthday, Celeste!
Subject: I think...
... that Meridetth had one... There may even be an old thread in the Common Room that lists some...
Lemme see what I can dig up...
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 01:39:39.
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Topic: A Question of Game Mechanics
Subject: See?
That's why I quantified my answer with the "I'm not a DM" clause.
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 01:36:11.
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Topic: A Question of Game Mechanics
Subject: Psh!
You got my opinion in the Tril Q&A... As much as I wish otherwise, I say the answer is no, they do not.
Posted on 2012-04-25 at 01:30:16.
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Topic: Who saves a hero?
Subject: Can't believe I missed this one...
...when you first posted it, Chess!
I like this one a lot! Not only does it fit quite nicely with the "heroic theme" of our little gaming community, here, but it also kind of hit me in a place that puts me in mind of troops returning home from war, you know? Those men and women leave home to go and serve our country(ies) when they're called... They do so selflessly and, sadly, some of them don't ever get to come home because they were being heroes to the rest of us... Then, those who do come home oftimes tend to "fade back into the crowd" and are left alone with those horrific things they brought back with them with, sad as it is to say, little more than a 'thank you' from any of the rest.
Well done, my man, and thanks for sharing... I'm printing this one and hanging it on my bulletin board at work!
Posted on 2012-04-24 at 16:12:44.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: Also...
...post forthcoming.... just working up a little collab bit with Kriea, at the mo...
Posted on 2012-04-24 at 15:55:45.
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Topic: Vote for the Inn
Subject: Nudge
We're hanging in there at #8, Innmates!
Just a friendly reminder to vote.
Posted on 2012-04-24 at 14:07:07.
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Topic: Zombies in Chicago Q&A
Subject: Pssst! Hey, Boss...
*spraypaints a line on Lakeshore*
...bet yer nancy little zombies won't cross that.
Will they?
Huh?
No!
And ya know why?
Cuz they're skeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd o' me!
*pokes thumbs in ears, waggles fingers, sticks out tongue, and shakes booty*
You can't get me! Nanny-nanny-boo-boo!
Posted on 2012-04-24 at 12:16:24.
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Topic: Happy April 23rd
Subject: Well, then...
...tha' means I get tae wish a happy belated birthday tae me first-mate and give ye both a pinchin', then, dunnit?
*pinch*
*pinch*
Posted on 2012-04-24 at 12:09:38.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: Niiiiiice...
...I like it!
Will have the scrappy young lad in the company of pirates, here, very soon.
Posted on 2012-04-24 at 11:46:37.
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Topic: Game of Thrones
Subject: ...
Yup... I mean, I understand that, unlike the first three novels (which were more or less chronologically linear), "Feast" and "Dance" were supposed to be parallel as far as the timeline goes (with "Feast" focussing more on those characters on the Westerossi side and "Dance" focussing on those "across the Narrow Sea"), but, man oh man, I think I'd have preferred one MASSVIE volume that stayed more true to the way "Game," "Storm,"and "Clash" were put together... I might have cared a little more about the goings on that were described in "Feast" (which largely concerned characters that had really only been alluded to in other volumes) had they been sprinkled with some of the "parallel" chapters in "Dance" that concerned some of the characters we were drawn so close to in those first three. After I managed to get through "Feast" I wasn't even really sure I wanted to read A Dance With Dragons... Glad I picked it up, though... it's made up for the snooze-fest that was the prior volume.
*shrugs* I guess I understand why books four and five were released the way they were but that doesn't mean I have to like it, right?
P.S. Kriea... send me your big toe and I'll send you my copy of Season 1 on blu ray.
Posted on 2012-04-23 at 15:38:42.
Edited on 2012-04-23 at 15:39:50 by Eol Fefalas
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Topic: Game of Thrones
Subject: Not watching any more...
...but that's mainly because I pared my cable waaaaaaaay down and no longer have HBO, etc. Like Season 1, though, I'll likely purchase season 2 on DVD/Blu Ray once released. 
Like Ginafae, I've been reading the books and am closing in on the end of A Dance with Dragons... which, honestly, is saying something after having slogged through A Feast for Crows (the only book in the series, thus far, that I found to be a truly arduous, if not outright boring, read)... Anyhoo... agreed all around... Great cable series... great novels ("Feast" notwithstanding)...
I'm looking very forward to Winds of Winter if for no other reason than to find out if everybody dies or not.
Posted on 2012-04-23 at 15:23:46.
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Topic: Smuggler's Moon Q&A
Subject: Exactly!
Broke out the Smuggler's Moon sketchbook, myself, this weekend... got a good start on Khash and some 'ideas' scribbled down for some other pics... not to mention some more work done on a Jericho/Willow piece that I started some time back... *grins* ... Hooray for the resurgance of creative energies!!!
Posted on 2012-04-23 at 13:47:57.
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Topic: Happy April 23rd
Subject: w00t!
Happy St George's Day!!!
And, more importantly, Happy Birthday, Loki!!!
Posted on 2012-04-23 at 13:45:26.
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Topic: Happy Birthday, Celeste!
Subject: Well, yeah...
...you'll still look like a dirty old bear, Ody, but we love you that way, you know?
*gooses Celeste*
Yeah, yeah... I'm a day late... I know... but how could I resist?
Posted on 2012-04-23 at 13:14:34.
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