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Farilan: I'm not particularly fond of humans. They look strange, and they smell stranger, and their arrogance is unbelievable! I suppose their ability to grip things with a greater strength is useful, though it's a rather unattractive holdover from their days as apes.

As for the second part of your question, kindly find the nearest airlock and throw yourself from it.

The Aviator: Elanor's doing great. She's able to sit up on her own and she's been babbling almost nonstop over the last month. Zeb and I are hoping she'll say her first real word soon. (It's going to be momma. I hope.)

Charlotte: So, uh, it's me answering, because my girlfriend's face turned about six different shades of white when she saw her question. So, yeah, I'd say it's too personal, but the official story is her neighbor's dog attacked her when she was a kid, and that's all you need to know.

Thank you for replying, first of all. It's very appreciated.

I think I'll give the stare a try next; I can't really smile all that well and talking tends to give people an invitation to just ask more questions, which... I'd rather they didn't.

But thank you. I've spent most of my life being ashamed and I'm trying to change that. Hopefully this helps.

And, if you ever need anything, I'm pretty good with a wand. It's the least I can do.

Agent Ix, ESAS

What kind?

I don't know how to respond to this.

He was in Star Wars (uncredited) as Jabba the Hutt's head of security, but British people probably knew him best as Simon Bodger of Bodger And Badger fame.

My childhood is all dying at once and I would like this to stop please.

Welcome to the PPC! From your name, can it be assumed that you're a Steven Universe fan? (If so, have hugs. If not, have an Archive Binge of Steven Universe.)

Either way, for your Newbie Gift, have a full set of roleplaying dice! Usually, I give them some boring theme like "space" or "chocolates", but yours are all carved from gemstones! Enjoy your murder dice.

All of them.

Ilraen: This would not be an easy question for most Andalites, I think, but it is for me: I would choose my human form. I spend half my time that way, if not more, as it is. The adjustment would not be too difficult. I would miss my natural body, of course, especially the ability to run with Alice and my other friends in the Courtyard . . . and I can just imagine what Farilan would say . . . but, well, it is only a hypothetical question.

The tastiest thing . . . there was chocolate-covered ham at a Christmas party once. I think that is the most sensational combination of flavors I have yet discovered. Salty and sweet, smoky and a little bitter . . . yes, that was very good.

Alex: No, but if I had, I'm afraid they would be useless. You'd have to figure out which lottery they applied to, in what universe, and whether it's in my future, or yours, or someone else's . . . Precognition is really a useless talent in a place where time is in business for itself.

"Y-Yes, my Diamond?"

Why wasn't I notified we were getting a visitor? *sighs* Never mind...

I suppose a welcome is in order. Hope you enjoy your labor here.

What colors are they?

Some of my recent stuff:

Finished Eldest not long ago (spoilers further down in this paragraph), as many of you in the chat heard me whining about. It is definitely an improvement over the original Eragon, at least in the realms of world-building, and characterizing the side characters and giving them things to do outside of defining Eragon himself. Nasuada is by far my favorite character in the series so far, the way she lost her father and got thrust into a position of power by the Varden's council, thinking they could control her, and then she just, "No, pardon me while I Competent Ruler all over this place," and turns herself into such an incredibly powerful figure. Roran is my second favorite, possibly just because he got so much page time away from Eragon.

Eragon himself is still an insufferable, thoughtless twit who talks too much and takes too much for granted. I don't know why he's the protagonist instead of Nasuada. I also didn't like how some of the Carvahall villagers, like Sloan and . . . the one lady . . . seemed more intent on spiting/revenge against Roran in the midst of a siege. It's like, priorities, people? I did like the long-time set up with Arya throughout the first book, where she was the only elf we had met, leading the reader to believe all her people were as solemn and austere as she is. Then, we finally meet other elves, and they're instantly singing and dancing, all they're all just happy all the time. That was actually a well-done fake-out on Paolini's part.

I also just finished The Adventures of Pinocchio (also spoilers below), don't judge me, I need to read and my need is deep. It was actually bizarrely dark? Like, I'm not sure I would recommend it for actual children? Which feels weird. There's just a lot of violence in it, and Pinocchio kills the Talking Cricket with a hammer, and gets hanged at one point, and it's just . . . dang. This was a kids book in early 1800s Italy? Dang.

It's also very, very inconsistent about Pinocchio himself. Like, he is made of wood, and displays borderline superstrength at some points due to the density of his skin, but he also gets hungry all the time. So, is he wood, or does he have organs in there? He also sometimes needs to breathe and sometimes doesn't, as he nearly gets hanged early on, but later spends about an hour under water with no trouble.

I may be overthinking a piece of outdated children's literature. Sorry.

—doctorlit is a glutton and reads just about anything he can get his hands on, other than straight romance

Ooh, Portal 2! Haven't heard that name in a while. I hope you enjoy facing up with a psychopathic AI when you get around to it!

I've been reading/watching American Gods this week in between my exams. Thrilling stuff.

For Ilraen: If you had to be trapped as a (non-Andalite) nothlit, but you could pick your new form, what would you go with?

Also, what's the tastiest thing you've eaten in human morph?

For Alex: Have you foreseen any winning lottery numbers (that you'd be willing to share)?

Have a platter of chocolate-covered profiteroles and a pet mongoose!

Welcome a'Board!

Elcalion

How did you come to be known as the Oncoming Form?

(( If this is answered somewhere, sorry about the redundancy. ))

You have shed the bonds tethering you to this mortal realm. You will soon ascend beyond our reach. I wish you the best in the next plane of existence.

Have a pile of multi coloured pens.

To Farilan: What do you like most about humans?

Also, I've heard rumors that you and Ilraen are dating. Are those true?

To The Aviator: How's Elanor doing?

To Ix: So, uh, there's no way to ask this without being awkward, and don't answer it if it's too personal, but how'd you get those scars on your face?

Since no one seems to think that my self-imposed exile after the doxxing (which, again, I'm sorry for (and I regret that it contributed to a good few people leaving as well)) was insufficiently long, I guess I'm back.

Since posting just that seems awkward somehow, I might as well kick off a discussion. What have y'all been reading/watching/playing lately?

I read The Way of Kings a few weeks back (good stuff, would recommend if you have the time to read it), and I picked up a half-finished copy of Stephenson's REAMDE over the weekend (it's now half and a little bit finished). Surprisingly, I remembered the general plot despite not having toughed the book for a good while after I started reading again. I also discovered that my partly-finished Portal 2 save had disappeared down an incinerator somewhere, so I'll be slowly working on that when I have time.

- Tomash

Here is a video recording of myself speaking the tongue-twister in human morph.

I should warn you, the Nursery children have given me a lot of practice at this sort of thing. It may not be as humorous as you expect.

Have one of my own shed feathers and a complimentary kit of Spikes!