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Bcent1234 at 21:07, 27 March 2012

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	"Um, I'm not completely sure," said Parson, frowning and looking back over his shoulder. "From what I can tell, they're like the [[dwagon]]s are with [[Stanley the Tool\|Stanley]]. They're loyal to the [[Arkenpliers\|'pliers]], and therefore to [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Cruella]]{{ref\|Cruella}} herself. For all I know, she can see through their eyes and hear what they hear. But if not, they'll prob'ly just tell her anything interesting when they can."		"Um, I'm not completely sure," said Parson, frowning and looking back over his shoulder. "From what I can tell, they're like the [[dwagon]]s are with [[Stanley the Tool\|Stanley]]. They're loyal to the [[Arkenpliers\|'pliers]], and therefore to [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Cruella]]{{ref\|Cruella}} herself. For all I know, she can see through their eyes and hear what they hear. But if not, they'll prob'ly just tell her anything interesting when they can."

-	Maggie nodded affirmatively, "Ahhh. I see. In that light, your reluctance to approach the ~~Archons~~ for... ''that'' sort of thing is perfectly understandable. Sorry to have brought it up, Lord."	+	Maggie nodded affirmatively, "Ahhh. I see. In that light, your reluctance to approach the [[Archon]]s for... ''that'' sort of thing is perfectly understandable. Sorry to have brought it up, Lord."

	He nodded. They walked on for a bit. He knew he should leave it at that. Really, really should. But...		He nodded. They walked on for a bit. He knew he should leave it at that. Really, really should. But...

-	"It's not just that," Parson said. He stopped, and turned to look at her. "Yes, Wanda looking out of some Archon's eyes? That is... an extremely creepy thought. But it's really not what skeeves me out about it. It's more like..."	+	"It's not just that," Parson said. He stopped, and turned to look at her. "Yes, Wanda looking out of some [[Archon]]'s eyes? That is... an extremely creepy thought. But it's really not what skeeves me out about it. It's more like..."

	He struggled for how to put it. Maggie was a kung fu master of the neutral expression, but Parson had played a lot of poker. He could see the tiniest little smile around her eyes. It meant she was enjoying this conversation way too much.		He struggled for how to put it. Maggie was a kung fu master of the neutral expression, but Parson had played a lot of poker. He could see the tiniest little smile around her eyes. It meant she was enjoying this conversation way too much.
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	Maggie laughed again. "What if you cleave her in twain with your mighty broadsword?" she giggled. "What if your siege-ram is.. is too grand for the gates?" Her giggle fit continued until she calmed herself with a deep, grinning breath. "Oh. All men exaggerate their stats, Lord. You all imagine a weapon [[bonus]] that isn't there. If you ''do'' break her like a... [[wildlife\|feral]] [[mount]] of some sort, then I suppose she'll heal fully at dawn. But the memories will last her a lifetime."		Maggie laughed again. "What if you cleave her in twain with your mighty broadsword?" she giggled. "What if your siege-ram is.. is too grand for the gates?" Her giggle fit continued until she calmed herself with a deep, grinning breath. "Oh. All men exaggerate their stats, Lord. You all imagine a weapon [[bonus]] that isn't there. If you ''do'' break her like a... [[wildlife\|feral]] [[mount]] of some sort, then I suppose she'll heal fully at dawn. But the memories will last her a lifetime."

-	She took his arm at the elbow and smirked up at him. They continued together down the street. "I will be very busy next turn, Lord. Why don't you ask an Archon or two to accompany your rounds tomorrow?"	+	She took his arm at the elbow and smirked up at him. They continued together down the street. "I will be very busy next turn, Lord. Why don't you ask an [[Archon]] or two to accompany your rounds tomorrow?"

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CelebrenIthil at 03:25, 30 August 2010

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		+	''Art by [http://celebrenithil.deviantart.com/ CelebrenIthil]''

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	She cleared her throat. "I see, Lord. But they are ''your'' 'dudes,' are they not? Certainly they are ''our'' dudes."		She cleared her throat. "I see, Lord. But they are ''your'' 'dudes,' are they not? Certainly they are ''our'' dudes."

-	"Um, I'm not completely sure," said Parson, frowning and looking back over his shoulder. "From what I can tell, they're like the [[dwagon]]s are with [[Stanley the Tool\|Stanley]]. They're loyal to the [[Arkenpliers\|'pliers]], and therefore to [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Cruella]] herself. For all I know, she can see through their eyes and hear what they hear. But if not, they'll prob'ly just tell her anything interesting when they can."	+	"Um, I'm not completely sure," said Parson, frowning and looking back over his shoulder. "From what I can tell, they're like the [[dwagon]]s are with [[Stanley the Tool\|Stanley]]. They're loyal to the [[Arkenpliers\|'pliers]], and therefore to [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Cruella]]{{ref\|Cruella}} herself. For all I know, she can see through their eyes and hear what they hear. But if not, they'll prob'ly just tell her anything interesting when they can."

	Maggie nodded affirmatively, "Ahhh. I see. In that light, your reluctance to approach the Archons for... ''that'' sort of thing is perfectly understandable. Sorry to have brought it up, Lord."		Maggie nodded affirmatively, "Ahhh. I see. In that light, your reluctance to approach the Archons for... ''that'' sort of thing is perfectly understandable. Sorry to have brought it up, Lord."
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	She took his arm at the elbow and smirked up at him. They continued together down the street. "I will be very busy next turn, Lord. Why don't you ask an Archon or two to accompany your rounds tomorrow?"		She took his arm at the elbow and smirked up at him. They continued together down the street. "I will be very busy next turn, Lord. Why don't you ask an Archon or two to accompany your rounds tomorrow?"
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		+	===Notes===
		+	#{{note\|Cruella}}A reference to the villainess [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruella_de_Vil Cruella de Vil] from ''101 Dalmatians''.

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MisterB777: fixing pasting error (seems part of Int 45 got in here some how...)

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fixing pasting error (seems part of Int 45 got in here some how...)

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	He knew what she was getting at. They had walked and talked often enough now. Even with a lot of his tactics and ideas getting implemented at the front, Maggie still thought he was wasting his talents. She was pretty stubborn on that point. It came up all the time.		He knew what she was getting at. They had walked and talked often enough now. Even with a lot of his tactics and ideas getting implemented at the front, Maggie still thought he was wasting his talents. She was pretty stubborn on that point. It came up all the time.

-	~~As tribes~~, ~~natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[Shmucker\|Schmuckers]]~~. ~~So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and~~ a ~~notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units~~, ~~about forty or fifty of them Knights~~. ~~But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob~~.	+	Still, for reasons Parson couldn't put his finger on, Maggie was his favorite walking companion on city rounds. This made four days in a row that she had gone with him. She was sharp at conversation, a challenge. She could completely kick his ass with one sentence. That was fun.

	He walked along, looking down at the tip of his [[Hamstard]] walking stick as it tapped the bricks at his feet. "Maggie... I'm doing what I can. You know?"		He walked along, looking down at the tip of his [[Hamstard]] walking stick as it tapped the bricks at his feet. "Maggie... I'm doing what I can. You know?"

MisterB777: Not sure how that got there... fixing a pasting error (somehow text from Int. 45 got into this one)

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Not sure how that got there... fixing a pasting error (somehow text from Int. 45 got into this one)

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	He walked along, looking down at the tip of his [[Hamstard]] walking stick as it tapped the bricks at his feet. "Maggie... I'm doing what I can. You know?"		He walked along, looking down at the tip of his [[Hamstard]] walking stick as it tapped the bricks at his feet. "Maggie... I'm doing what I can. You know?"

-	~~[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy~~, ~~sending~~ out ~~parties~~ of ~~tunnel-capable units to look below ground~~. Many of the nearby [[mountains\|mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, ~~[[Witches]] or [[Daemons]]~~.	+	She looked up at him cooly, her gray eyes shining out like an owl's in the shade of her pith helmet. "I know, Lord."

	"See that's what I'm saying. I'm kind of finding stuff out here... about myself. Like, how the hell was I supposed to know how I felt about death... about causing death?" said Parson. He didn't feel like adding, "until I did it." He was having a hard enough time just responding to [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda's]] requests for tactical advice. Fortunately, he didn't have to do much but play [[Mathamancer]], run the calculations, and say, "yeah, that'll work" to [[Prince Ansom\|Ansom's]] fairly solid plans. The one time he'd said "no, bad plan" they'd done it anyway. And that was all just tactics; he wasn't planning strategy. He was off the hook, right?		"See that's what I'm saying. I'm kind of finding stuff out here... about myself. Like, how the hell was I supposed to know how I felt about death... about causing death?" said Parson. He didn't feel like adding, "until I did it." He was having a hard enough time just responding to [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda's]] requests for tactical advice. Fortunately, he didn't have to do much but play [[Mathamancer]], run the calculations, and say, "yeah, that'll work" to [[Prince Ansom\|Ansom's]] fairly solid plans. The one time he'd said "no, bad plan" they'd done it anyway. And that was all just tactics; he wasn't planning strategy. He was off the hook, right?

Commander I. Heartly Noah at 11:12, 22 October 2009

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	And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.		And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.

-	[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy, sending out parties of tunnel-capable units to look below ground. Many of the nearby [[mountains\|mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, [[Witches]] or [[~~Daemon~~]]s.	+	[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy, sending out parties of tunnel-capable units to look below ground. Many of the nearby [[mountains\|mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, [[Witches]] or [[Daemons]].

	His [[Mathamancy Bracer\|bracer]] put it at a 98 percent chance that the [[Archon]]s should have spotted some Gobwins in the mountains or Sizemore found some below ground by now. They'd either rolled a critical fumble, or something weird was going on.		His [[Mathamancy Bracer\|bracer]] put it at a 98 percent chance that the [[Archon]]s should have spotted some Gobwins in the mountains or Sizemore found some below ground by now. They'd either rolled a critical fumble, or something weird was going on.

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	It was a weird problem. All the [[Gobwin]]s and [[Hobgobwin]]s were [[croaked]] in the eruption, of course. [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda]] [[decrypted]] most of those, but they no longer counted as a separate [[tribe]]. They were just [[unit]]s of [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[side]] now.		It was a weird problem. All the [[Gobwin]]s and [[Hobgobwin]]s were [[croaked]] in the eruption, of course. [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda]] [[decrypted]] most of those, but they no longer counted as a separate [[tribe]]. They were just [[unit]]s of [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[side]] now.

-	As tribes, natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[Schmuckers]]. So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and a notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units, about forty or fifty of them Knights. But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob.	+	As tribes, natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[Shmucker\|Schmuckers]]. So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and a notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units, about forty or fifty of them Knights. But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob.

	And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.		And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.

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	It was a weird problem. All the [[Gobwin]]s and [[Hobgobwin]]s were [[croaked]] in the eruption, of course. [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda]] [[decrypted]] most of those, but they no longer counted as a separate [[tribe]]. They were just [[unit]]s of [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[side]] now.		It was a weird problem. All the [[Gobwin]]s and [[Hobgobwin]]s were [[croaked]] in the eruption, of course. [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda]] [[decrypted]] most of those, but they no longer counted as a separate [[tribe]]. They were just [[unit]]s of [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[side]] now.

-	As tribes, natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[~~Schmucker~~]]s. So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and a notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units, about forty or fifty of them Knights. But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob.	+	As tribes, natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[Schmuckers]]. So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and a notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units, about forty or fifty of them Knights. But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob.

	And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.		And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.

-	[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy, sending out parties of tunnel-capable units to look below ground. Many of the nearby [[mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, [[~~Witch~~]]es or [[Daemon]]s.	+	[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy, sending out parties of tunnel-capable units to look below ground. Many of the nearby [[mountains\|mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, [[Witches]] or [[Daemon]]s.

	His [[Mathamancy Bracer\|bracer]] put it at a 98 percent chance that the [[Archon]]s should have spotted some Gobwins in the mountains or Sizemore found some below ground by now. They'd either rolled a critical fumble, or something weird was going on.		His [[Mathamancy Bracer\|bracer]] put it at a 98 percent chance that the [[Archon]]s should have spotted some Gobwins in the mountains or Sizemore found some below ground by now. They'd either rolled a critical fumble, or something weird was going on.

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	It was a weird problem. All the [[Gobwin]]s and [[Hobgobwin]]s were [[croaked]] in the eruption, of course. [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda]] [[decrypted]] most of those, but they no longer counted as a separate [[tribe]]. They were just [[unit]]s of [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[side]] now.		It was a weird problem. All the [[Gobwin]]s and [[Hobgobwin]]s were [[croaked]] in the eruption, of course. [[Wanda Firebaugh\|Wanda]] [[decrypted]] most of those, but they no longer counted as a separate [[tribe]]. They were just [[unit]]s of [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[side]] now.

-	As tribes, natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[~~Schmucker~~]]s. So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and a notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units, about forty or fifty of them Knights. But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob.	+	As tribes, natural allies could [[pop]] new units if they had extra [[Schmuckers]]. So Stanley had used the intervening [[turn]]s and a notable chunk of the [[treasury]] to repopulate the Hobgobwin tribe from the [[Vurp\|lone]] remaining [[Knight]] to around two hundred units, about forty or fifty of them Knights. But there were no Gobwins in Gobwin Knob.

	And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.		And for some reason, they couldn't find any, anywhere.

-	[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy, sending out parties of tunnel-capable units to look below ground. Many of the nearby [[mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, [[~~Witch~~]]es or [[Daemon]]s.	+	[[Sizemore Rockwell\|Sizemore]] had been busy, sending out parties of tunnel-capable units to look below ground. Many of the nearby [[mountains\|mountain]] [[hex]]es had [[tunnels\|tunnel]] systems, and it would have been normal to find a feral Gobwin tribe [[mine\|mining]] for [[upkeep]] in there somewhere. They had found only a lot of [[Marbit]]s, though, and Marbits and [[Elves]] would not ally with a side that used Gobwins, Hobgobwins, [[Witches]] or [[Daemon]]s.

	His [[Mathamancy Bracer\|bracer]] put it at a 98 percent chance that the [[Archon]]s should have spotted some Gobwins in the mountains or Sizemore found some below ground by now. They'd either rolled a critical fumble, or something weird was going on.		His [[Mathamancy Bracer\|bracer]] put it at a 98 percent chance that the [[Archon]]s should have spotted some Gobwins in the mountains or Sizemore found some below ground by now. They'd either rolled a critical fumble, or something weird was going on.