Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Feminine Thief Mystique

Lord Turnips decided that he had seen one too many coincidences when Admiral Rossoroni handed him the calling card from Salina the thief. "Struth! 'tis just like my dream."

"D'ya mean?" The Admiral inquired. Incredulous at the strange portent of this female thief having appeared in the dreams of his friend Turnips.

"Pon my soul, I had a dream of this cleric figure named Hannon and . . ."

"D'you just say 'Hannon'"? Interupted Rossoroni. "'Hannon' is a name you insisted we call you during the battle with the Sahuagin. You seemed to have slipped into some sort of battle fever and spoke in tongues. You were quite the show, Old Bean."

"Hmmm?" Turnips pondered the meanings of this revelation. He knew that he had recently been through some strange blackout periods that happened to coincide with his band of voyager's greatest excitement.

Of course Admiral Rossoroni feared something like this would happen when he put his friend Turnips through a fortnight of mental conditioning in order to help him overcome an addiction to cane sugar. The "sugar cure" that Turnips signed up for provided a freebie for Rossoroni. He used the opportunity to train his normally sedentary friend into a autotomic weapon that could be useful in situations like the Sahuagin attack. but the entire dynamic of Hannon, (to say nothing of this Salina figure) was not in the programing.

"So who is this Salina?" Rossoroni asked.

"Really I'm not sure. I can't even put a fix on her face. I seem to know she's charmingly lovely but its sort of a blur. Perhaps I can get a fix if I take another nap."

"Well can you describe her at all?"

"Hmmm....maybe a sort of Vanessa Hudgens meets Xena appearance?"





(Vanessa Hudgens: Cuter than puppies)
(Lucy Lawless as Xena: Sorta attractive, but definitely bad ass)

He paused . . . "Maybe a little bit of Hallee Barry in there."




(Hallee Barry: Hollywood Icon)


He paused again . . . "Seems like she's got some sharp corners too. Like she's got this sense of propriety. She's very independent."


(Betty Friedan: Feminist Icon and communist agitator)

"Here, I'll try to sketch her."



(Salina?)



7 comments:

  1. Nice tie in with the 'conditioning' - I can't wait to see how the Admiral responds.

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  2. Oh, by the way, this is the new record for monthly posts.

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  3. Admiral Rossoroni claims to be stupified by our productivity.

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  4. I suspect that to be ruse - he is executing the classic rope-a-dope and plans a thunderous return when we least expect it

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  5. Gulp. That's a lot to live up to.

    But I accept the challenge! I am currently waiting for the muse to strike me. Perhaps it will be a level 10 Muse and I will write a level 10 Story.

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  6. Here's a run down of the 12 characters of the fellowship and what they are:

    1. Zimbar - Halfing Paladin
    2. Bocking - Bard
    3. Schott - low level fighter
    4. Penna the Younger - ?
    5. Woody - illusionist?
    6. Rossaroni - fighter, skilled sailor
    7. Turnips/Hannon - ?/Beserker
    8. Lady LW - ?
    9. Unknown 1 - male healer
    10. Unknown 2 - male ?
    11. Unknown 3- hot female ?
    12. Fedor - Dead (or Golem?)

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  7. That's pretty good, but don't forget "rushing" an apprentice druid/staff helper in training.

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