Author of Rifts: Deep Frontier (Rifter 70) Author of Rifts:Scandinavia (current project)
* All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. * Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. -Max Beerbohm Visit my Website
(Meanwhile, on the shores of the River Styx:) Charon the Ferryman is sitting on a folding chair next to his boat, which is tired up on the shore. He's reading a book. Next to him is a modern revolving door. hsst "One for the afterli-" "No, Karno." "But I'm-" "Not ready for the afterlife. Go back." "I don't WANNA go back! I'm dead!" "You're not on my list. Return to the living." "I can pay for my passage!" "No you can't." "I want to reserve a seat!" "All booked up." "Your boat's EMPTY! You're sitting reading a BOOK!" "Anticipating a big crowd. They made reservations." "Can't I go NOW while you're not busy?!" "They're coming any minute now. Get lost." "Please!" hsst "-oh damn! I thought I'd already killed that one!" "Mister Keiji. Mimic?" " You have to ask? Mimic." "Later." "Later." The new guy goes back through the door. "I wanna make a reservation." "All booked up." "For how long?!" "Next forty thousand years." "You're lying!" "Get out of here." "I WANT THE SWEET RELEASE OF DEATH! I DEMAND THE OBLIVION OF THE GRA-" (Charon punts him back through the revolving door, settles back to his reading) hsst *POW* (Charon doesn't even get back up but just whacks Karno in the face with his oar back through the door)
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Nodwick, looking at Karno as he leaves: "what is his problem? and do you mind if i grab 40 winks before piffany duct tapes my head back on?"
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Author of Rifts: Deep Frontier (Rifter 70) Author of Rifts:Scandinavia (current project)
* All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. * Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. -Max Beerbohm Visit my Website
glitterboy2098 wrote:Nodwick, looking at Karno as he leaves: "what is his problem?"
"Serial re-cloning." "Ah."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Charon: "Damn clones. Can't they see I'm doing something constructive here?! The next one that bothers me is gonna be reincarnated as Annie's new plaything...and I do mean plaything. You knuckleheads get me up there?! (Shakes fist)"
Karno: "But it's The Fourth Wall Gang's fault! I swear -- (Gets smacked with the oar again)"
taalismn wrote:(Meanwhile, on the shores of the River Styx:) Charon the Ferryman is sitting on a folding chair next to his boat, which is tired up on the shore. He's reading a book. Next to him is a modern revolving door. hsst "One for the afterli-" "No, Karno." "But I'm-" "Not ready for the afterlife. Go back." "I don't WANNA go back! I'm dead!" "You're not on my list. Return to the living." "I can pay for my passage!" "No you can't." "I want to reserve a seat!" "All booked up." "Your boat's EMPTY! You're sitting reading a BOOK!" "Anticipating a big crowd. They made reservations." "Can't I go NOW while you're not busy?!" "They're coming any minute now. Get lost." "Please!" hsst "-oh damn! I thought I'd already killed that one!" "Mister Keiji. Mimic?" " You have to ask? Mimic." "Later." "Later." The new guy goes back through the door. "I wanna make a reservation." "All booked up." "For how long?!" "Next forty thousand years." "You're lying!" "Get out of here." "I WANT THE SWEET RELEASE OF DEATH! I DEMAND THE OBLIVION OF THE GRA-" (Charon punts him back through the revolving door, settles back to his reading) hsst *POW* (Charon doesn't even get back up but just whacks Karno in the face with his oar back through the door)
glitterboy2098 wrote:Nodwick, looking at Karno as he leaves: "what is his problem? and do you mind if i grab 40 winks before piffany duct tapes my head back on?"
taalismn wrote:
glitterboy2098 wrote:Nodwick, looking at Karno as he leaves: "what is his problem?"
"Serial re-cloning." "Ah."
Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "Damn clones. Can't they see I'm doing something constructive here?! The next one that bothers me is gonna be reincarnated as Annie's new plaything...and I do mean plaything. You knuckleheads get me up there?! (Shakes fist)"
Karno: "But it's The Fourth Wall Gang's fault! I swear -- (Gets smacked with the oar again)"
(Edwards comes through the revolving door) "Now?" "No." "Damn." (goes back through it)
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Hades: "Hiya, Charon, what's been happening?" Charon: "Brought over eight hundred today." Hades: "That's a rather low number," Charon: "We are competing with Heaven, Paradise, Seventh Heaven, Valhalla, The Deathless Lands, and Starbucks." Hades: "...Starbucks is offering an afterlife?" Charon: "Apparently so." Hades: "Okay, so we're still declining in true believers. What else?" Charon: "Had four thousand refusals." Hades: "That many?" Charon: "They were from about eight individuals." Hades: "Lemme see the intake list. Oh, THOSE guys. Com'on, even though we're in decline, don't they think we have SOME standards?! They think we just let ANY schmoe in here?" Charon: "Apparently not."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Charon: "Yep...these guys just tick me off with their antics. If they weren't stupid enough to do some of the stuff -- hold on; Hades, here comes one now...not YOU again!" (Kicks Corg back through the revolving door)
Hades: "What did he do?"
Charon: "Pissed off his mom."
Hades: "Who's that?"
Charon: "The Regess."
Hades: "Wait, was he crying?"
Charon: "Yep. THAT's who's waiting for him when he goes back (Shows a picture of Annie)!"
Edwards: "Can I seek eternal rest in your caffinated heaven?" Starbucks Barrista: "NOT with your record." Edwards: "Huh?! Oh, ignore all that claptrap! That's just the Hunters spreading lies-" Barrista: "I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about you beating up who you called 'metrosexual yuppie hippy scum' on several occasions, and deriding what you called 'milkshake coffee swill', incidentally in a Starbucks." Edwards: "...that was back in college..." Barrista: "We have long memories here at the Eternal Coffee Bar. You may not enter and partake of the sacred Brew."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
taalismn wrote:Hades: "Hiya, Charon, what's been happening?" Charon: "Brought over eight hundred today." Hades: "That's a rather low number," Charon: "We are competing with Heaven, Paradise, Seventh Heaven, Valhalla, The Deathless Lands, and Starbucks." Hades: "...Starbucks is offering an afterlife?" Charon: "Apparently so." Hades: "Okay, so we're still declining in true believers. What else?" Charon: "Had four thousand refusals." Hades: "That many?" Charon: "They were from about eight individuals." Hades: "Lemme see the intake list. Oh, THOSE guys. Com'on, even though we're in decline, don't they think we have SOME standdards?! They think we just let ANY schmoe in here?" Charon: "Apparently not."
Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "Yep...these guys just tick me off with their antics. If they weren't stupid enough to do some of the stuff -- hold on; Hades, here comes one now...not YOU again!" (Kicks Corg back through the revolving door)
Hades: "What did he do?"
Charon: "Pissed off his mom."
Hades: "Who's that?"
Charon: "The Regess."
Hades: "Wait, was he crying?"
Charon: "Yep. THAT's who's waiting for him when he goes back (Shows a picture of Annie)!"
Hades: "I'd rather be down here!"
SRoss wrote:Annie: (Holding Cerberus in a headlock, one of them anyway) "Can I keep him?"
Rand: "OH GOD NO!!!"
taalismn wrote:Edwards: "Can I seek eternal rest in your caffinated heaven?" Starbucks Barrista: "NOT with your record." Edwards: "Huh?! Oh, ignore all that claptrap! That's just the Hunters spreading lies-" Barrista: "I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about you beating up who you called 'metrosexual yuppie hippy scum' on several occasions, and deriding what you called 'milkshake coffee swill', incidentally in a Starbucks." Edwards: "...that was back in college..." Barrista: "We have long memories here at the Eternal Coffee Bar. You may not enter and partake of the sacred Brew."
Edwards: "I'd like admission to Valhalla-" Odin: "NO!" Edwards: "But I'm a distinguished warrior-" Thor: "Clanless mercenary-" Edwards: "I've fought great battles!" Tyr: "-backstabber-." Edwards: "I did what was necessary!" Heimdall: "Treacherous paperpusher." Edwards: "I flew Valkyries!" Valkyrie: "Not even with all the mead in Midgard under our belts..." Edwards: "So...no go?" Odin: "No. Now GO!" Loki: "Don't bother looking me up, either, and as for the Jotan and Niffleheim? Your feelings about giants are already well-known."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
why do i get the feeling Roy Fokker dropped through and warned Asgard about Edwards..
Author of Rifts: Deep Frontier (Rifter 70) Author of Rifts:Scandinavia (current project)
* All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. * Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. -Max Beerbohm Visit my Website
Edwards:"Can I...?" Satan: "Yes, you can have your old room back, but we're hotbunking these days, so don't get too comfortable." Edwards:"But then where will I-?" Satan: "Same as what you've been doing. Getting your ass kicked."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
glitterboy2098 wrote:why do i get the feeling Roy Fokker dropped through and warned Asgard about Edwards..
Because Claudia's a card-carrying Valkyrie?
"Since when...?" "Since the Varangian Guard sailed on Constantinople in the 10th century. Real crossroads sort of situation there."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
taalismn wrote:Edwards: "I'd like admission to Valhalla-" Odin: "NO!" Edwards: "But I'm a distinguished warrior-" Thor: "Clanless mercenary-" Edwards: "I've fought great battles!" Tyr: "-backstabber-." Edwards: "I did what was necessary!" Heimdall: "Treacherous paperpusher." Edwards: "I flew Valkyries!" Valkyrie: "Not even with all the mead in Midgard under our belts..." Edwards: "So...no go?" Odin: "No. Now GO!" Loki: "Don't bother looking me up, either, and as for the Jotan and Niffleheim? Your feelings about giants are already well-known."
Arnie100 wrote:Karno: "Excuse me...may I enter..."
Thor: "I tell thee NAY!!'
Karno: "But --" (POW!!! Mjolnir to the face!!)
glitterboy2098 wrote:why do i get the feeling Roy Fokker dropped through and warned Asgard about Edwards..
Because most likely he did.
taalismn wrote:Edwards:"Can I...?" Satan: "Yes, you can have your old room back, but we're hotbunking these days, so don't get too comfortable." Edwards:"But then where will I-?" Satan: "Same as what you've been doing. Getting your ass kicked."
taalismn wrote:
glitterboy2098 wrote:why do i get the feeling Roy Fokker dropped through and warned Asgard about Edwards..
Because Claudia's a card-carrying Valkyrie?
"Since when...?" "Since the Varangian Guard sailed on Constantinople in the 10th century. Real crossroads sort of situation there."
The REAL Reason Southern Cross material will NOT be part of the Robotech Academy project: Tommy: "You've got a LEGAL INJUNCTION against me? WHY?!" Dana Sterling: "Because it's come my attention that you thought it would be a good idea to make it a 'school hijinx' flick, with footage devoted to...certain incidents...in the lives of canonical characters. I prefer to head off any efforts to make my private life comedy-fodder." Marie Crystal: *koff*"..her debutante party..."*koff* Dana: (looking sidelong at Marie)"....your crush on your flight instructor..." Marie: "..touche..." Dana: "Consider this a preemptive strike to spare us any humiliation and you painful surgical reconstruction."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Author of Rifts: Deep Frontier (Rifter 70) Author of Rifts:Scandinavia (current project)
* All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. * Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. -Max Beerbohm Visit my Website
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Must\ resist urge to do Photoshop to see how that would look....
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Dana: "I swear I'm a natural blonde! Someone doctored that mugshot!" Angrlo: "Sure; Dana, sure...of course, you are! (Snickers...)" Bowie: "Dana, what WAS that mugshot for, anyways?" Dana: "Some things you're better off not knowing."
Marie: "Yeah, Dana, Nova, me...we're the Robotech Sisterhood, bound by youthful camaradarie..." Dana: "That and we have enough potential blackmail material on each other..." Nova: "Ah, you really didn't keep a videorecording of that night in Buenos Aires, did you?" Marie: "I neither confirm nor deny that..." Dana: "But girl were you flexible..."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
taalismn wrote:The REAL Reason Southern Cross material will NOT be part of the Robotech Academy project: Tommy: "You've got a LEGAL INJUNCTION against me? WHY?!" Dana Sterling: "Because it's come my attention that you thought it would be a good idea to make it a 'school hijinx' flick, with footage devoted to...certain incidents...in the lives of canonical characters. I prefer to head off any efforts to make my private life comedy-fodder." Marie Crystal: *koff*"..her debutante party..."*koff* Dana: (looking sidelong at Marie)"....your crush on your flight instructor..." Marie: "..touche..." Dana: "Consider this a preemptive strike to spare us any humiliation and you painful surgical reconstruction."
Arnie100 wrote:Dana: "BTW, how did they get footage of my debutante party, anyways?" Nova: "Don't know anything about that, Dana...(Putting away video camera)"
taalismn wrote:"Nova, why is my mugshot on your Facebook page?"
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
glitterboy2098 wrote:
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Wouldn't be surprised.
taalismn wrote:
glitterboy2098 wrote:
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Must\ resist urge to do Photoshop to see how that would look....
SRoss wrote:
taalismn wrote:
glitterboy2098 wrote:
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Must\ resist urge to do Photoshop to see how that would look....
Bowie: "I think I've got a picture somewhere!"
Dana:"Liberace phase."
Bowie:"Never mind..."
SolCannibal wrote:
glitterboy2098 wrote:
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Considering her mom's her is green and her dad's is blue, the probability of a die job for blond is astronomical.
Arnie100 wrote:Dana: "I swear I'm a natural blonde! Someone doctored that mugshot!" Angrlo: "Sure; Dana, sure...of course, you are! (Snickers...)" Bowie: "Dana, what WAS that mugshot for, anyways?" Dana: "Some things you're better off not knowing."
taalismn wrote:Marie: "Yeah, Dana, Nova, me...we're the Robotech Sisterhood, bound by youthful camaradarie..." Dana: "That and we have enough potential blackmail material on each other..." Nova: "Ah, you really didn't keep a videorecording of that night in Buenos Aires, did you?" Marie: "I neither confirm nor deny that..." Dana: "But girl were you flexible..."
Alpha 11 wrote:[ I almost want to ask, but I won't.
Use your imagination.
Nova: "Judging from the look on your face just now I'm pretty sure I should arrest you for SOMETHING..."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Musica: "...oops...wrong 'tool'...plus I gota recharge the batteries on that one."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Louie: "So, that's what you like without makeup, Dana..." Angelo: "Dana, so you're hair's dyed and you're actually a ginger?!"
actually, i've often wondered if Dana's blonde Perm wasn' a die job, to hide her natural green color she got from her mom's side..
Considering her mom's her is green and her dad's is blue, the probability of a die job for blond is astronomical.
Plus when we see her in Macross saga baby Dana has green hair. It seems more likely that she'd inherit her moms hair color than to assume that max and miyria dyed an infants hair green.
Author of Rifts: Deep Frontier (Rifter 70) Author of Rifts:Scandinavia (current project)
* All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. * Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. -Max Beerbohm Visit my Website
Unbeknownst to Dana, had she NOT been dying her hair, Zor Prime would most likely have taken her in public within hours of meeting her in person. Nova: "Oh, I am MOST definitely arresting somebody here..."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
taalismn wrote:Unbeknownst to Dana, had she NOT been dying her hair, Zor Prime would most likely have taken her in public within hours of meeting her in person. Nova: "Oh, I am MOST definitely arresting somebody here..."
Unbeknownst to Nova, Dennis always wanted to put the cuffs on her, for once.