milliways_bar | (no subject)

Entry tags:

(no subject)

Ray went to sleep last night, got up early this morning, and started digging through his books over breakfast. Somewhere along the way he got frustrated and stabbed a finger into his Spates Catalog's general vicinity. When the book fell open, it was three pages away from an extensive write-up on EVIL PUPPETS AND SPIRITS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.

He's been at that same table since lunchtime, and there are three empty cans of Jolt Blue beside him. He's working his way through number four.

This could get entertaining.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"... why would you want that sort of weapon? If you don't have those psionic talents, you're going to roll a critical miss eventually. I don't think losing your leg would be very useful."

Elan gasps. "Unless you were fighting evil ghosts that possess just your leg! You'd have to heal the leg afterwards, though, that'd be messy."

"Mostly because it's the weapon of a special order of psionic fighter-types called the Jedi knights, and I always wanted to join the order when I was a kid," Ray says. "They almost have to take you in if you can build a weapon like that, even if you're not talented. Besides, I have other weapons that I use that're more dangerous and I haven't burnt any of my body parts off yet, so I figure I'm pretty lucky in that regard."

He nods. "Well, that or build a replacement part for the leg. That's kind of a tradition among people with that kind of injury."

Well, that goes over Elan's head, other than the child-hood dream part. "Wow, neat."

"And then you could be a pirate! Arr! I think I'd rather keep my legs, though. I get enough buckling of swashes with what I do already."

"There are worse fates than being a pirate," says Ray. "Hey, have you seen the pirate ship in the lake out back? It's called the Black Pearl. Very impressive."

"I saw it! I was talking to somebody about how they got it in the lake. Does it ever leave the lake? Or are they taking a long vacation and leaving it here for a while?"

"At the moment they're trying to find the right spell to get back, I think," Ray says. "Plus I think there's more magic involved than they're used to. I haven't got the details yet, unfortunately."

"Yeah, I don't know of any spells that could move a whole boat. Most of the stuff I know of just does a few people. My spells are just little illusion things or mending small objects or such. Nothing really impressive. Mostly I just play my lute. Roy told me I'm never supposed to sing Spice Girls ever again, though."

"... you have Spice Girls in your world?" Ray says. "Seriously?"

"Oh, sure!" Elan hesitates for a moment, realizes one hand is still Banjo'd, and quickly grabs his kazoo.

What follows is a 23 perform check (amazingly good) on kazoo playing "If you wanna be my lover".

"... wow."

Because, well. What else are you going to say to a performance like that?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only