Re: You're Welcome?

New Postal Interlude by Phobos on 2012-02-25 20:13:00 UTC Reply

That's right. The moment you may have been waiting for is finally upon us. Durotar and Kur'nak return in "Going Postal 2."

You'll laugh*. You'll cry**. You may spill your popcorn***.

As always, concrit is greatly encouraged.

-Phobos

*I hope.
**Probably not.
***If you have popcorn.

*Scuttles from the shadows...* by Bronwyn on 2012-02-26 22:46:00 UTC Reply

*... and drops a link*: http://soundcloud.com/battleaubergine/you-are-my-sunshine-ppc

'You are my Sunshine' was a song of my childhood, so I couldn't resist doing a cover of the PPC version. All things belong to their respective owners and all that.

-Bryn.

Song! by Guvnor of Space on 2012-02-26 23:04:00 UTC Reply

For serious, is much awesome.
I love it by Phobos on 2012-02-26 22:58:00 UTC Reply

When I started this story, I never expected that someone would record anything from it.

Thank you, Bryn.

-Phobos

aka Making Money by firemagic on 2012-02-26 17:21:00 UTC Reply

Well. That was interesting.

I...really have nothing else to say. Please have a muffin.

...Thanks? by Phobos on 2012-02-26 17:28:00 UTC Reply

I'm not really sure how to take that, actually.

Could you give me something more specific? Why was it interesting? Is interesting good or bad in this case? Why 'Making Money'?

I will accept the Muffin, though. Muffins are good.

-Phobos

You're Welcome? by firemagic on 2012-02-26 17:41:00 UTC Reply

Well, Going Postal was the first Discworld book with Lipwig, and the second one was Making Money. Intereresting is good! I really liked the interactions between Kur'nak and the kids, and the stuff with the recipients was really funny.

Re: You're Welcome? by Phobos on 2012-02-26 18:00:00 UTC Reply

Ah, those are some of the Discworld books I haven't read. As such, I tend to forget they exist.

I'm glad interesting is good. It is one of those weird words that can be good or bad, so I wasn't sure.

Kur'nak hangs out in the nursery fairly often (being a kid at heart and mind), so I figured he knows how to play nicely with the other kids, while still making the most of his size and strength.

Glad you liked it.

-Phobos
*Interesting (nm) by firemagic on 2012-02-26 17:42:00 UTC Reply

Awesome. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-02-26 16:34:00 UTC Reply

The Sunflower Official going "What." was hilarious.

And sure I don't want to be the Agent who sent him the song. Unless I've got a flamethrower, of course.

Thanks by Phobos on 2012-02-26 17:12:00 UTC Reply

Glad you liked it.

The agent is in no danger of physical harm. They would just be reassigned. I hear the Department of Fresh Fertilizer Acquisition is actually quite nice if you like animals...and have no sense of smell.

Well done by jakraziel on 2012-02-26 14:38:00 UTC Reply

So many cameos and all well chosen songs, only thing is I am now stuck trying to picture how Marquis de Sod would react to a love song.

Thanks by Phobos on 2012-02-26 17:04:00 UTC Reply

Glad you liked it.

The reason for all the cameos was that I originally started this for July's game, at the end of last year. The more you put other peoples' agents in the piece, the more points you got. The Postal Department was the perfect venue for that. That's also why I did singing telegrams. I'd have gotten points for acknowledging events in HQ. This was a bid for maximum points, that was too late for the game.

Also, who says it was going to be a love song?

-Phobos

Ah by jakraziel on 2012-02-27 12:29:00 UTC Reply

I assumed the song would be unaltered for some reason.

My word... by SeaTurtle on 2012-02-26 02:31:00 UTC Reply

...that was a hilarious stunt, singing in front of the Sunflower Official like that. I just wonder what the Marquis would have thought of a modified version of "Daisy, Daisy"...

The piece itself was funny and flowed well. Keep up the good work!

Thanks by Phobos on 2012-02-26 16:59:00 UTC Reply

It wasn't really a stunt so much as a contractually obligated suicide mission. I can only imagine what the modified "Daisy, Daisy" would sound like. I never got around to writing it.

Glad you enjoyed it. The Postal duo will be back at some point.

-Phobos

Good! by Guvnor of Space on 2012-02-25 22:16:00 UTC Reply

Good interlude. It was nice light, fluffy, PPC fun, which is always nice to see. No real criticisms from me. No real complicated story, so no logic issues, no real SPaG issues, and the pacing and flow and stuff like that worked. So yeah. Good job. Also, one of those RC numbers the mail dudes passes looked familiar...

Thanks by Phobos on 2012-02-26 16:56:00 UTC Reply

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Low drama fun is why I started writing the Postal duo.

As for the RC numbers, I went through the list of RCs and picked a few likely candidates. Orken and Greenwell made the cut.

-Phobos