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Chondropyga dorsalis!

Allomyrina dichotoma, amirite?

Phew, that's as many beetles references I, for one, can stomach.

Happy Boardiversary! Congratulations on being here for four years! Congratulations on being published, doing research, and almost finishing university! Congratulations on getting permission that one time!

Congratulatulatulations in general!

Keep it up! I'll be back in another month or so.

~

Hi! It's your Mysterious Voice from Above again. How are things going? Still trolling the Dark Lord of the Sith?

How is Vader doing?
-He no longer sleeps, just yells at you.
-The Emperor has had him frozen in carbonite.
-The Emperor tried to have him frozen in carbonite, but he escaped and went on a rampage.
-He has weekly appointments with the most terrified psychiatrist in the Empire.
-He never leaves his room any more.

Yipe! I haven't been aBoard for quite a while, and I missed your birthday! I'm so sorry!

OTL


Happy (belated) birthday!

This may be old, but I will be a beta whenever someone needs me. The address is animechanlives@gmail.com. Fair warning - I can be a bit merciless.

I'm one of those newbies you mentioned; you can call me Calliope, though the chat seems to have decided to shorten that further to Cal.

For a Returnbie Gift, have a full set of Roleplaying Dice! They're in all your favourite shapes: d3/4, d6, d8, your Probability Dice (2d10), d12, and d20. You can choose the pattern, and only you know what it is.

Get all of this black-hole chocolate cake and cofee, please.

I'm telling them what they want to know, but I'm being as caustic as I can about it. You try to mind-control me you little--*mind-control intensifies*

-Alleb

And a map, just so I don't run into something nasty by accident.

And I just wait until he's done to say "Padmé would be ashamed".

*puts on trollface*

You've just been greeted by a werewolf. They are, by and large, a law unto themselves, prone to eating people whenever they feel like, and enjoy playing with their food. (There's one who's more of a law unto others, but she's a long way away.) You'll want to be very careful what you accept by way of hospitality, and don't agree to play any games with them.

How do you greet the werewolf?
-Respectfully ask for shelter.
-Run.
-Growl and try to establish your dominance.
-Cower in fear.
-Pet the doggy!

((Uh... good luck?))

Let's wait a month and see what happens.

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Hi! This is your Mysterious Voice from Above, checking in on you. How's the guilt-attack on Darth Vader going?

Which of the following is he doing?
-Attempting to Force-choke you (doesn't work).
-Ranting at you every time he's alone.
-Ranting at you in public.
-Going on a galaxy-wide quest to find someone to exorcise you.
-Complaining to the Emperor about you.
-Putting on a customised set of stormtrooper armour and sneaking out at night to do good deeds in an attempt to atone for his wickedness and/or get you to shut up.

((Frankly, any of those seem possible. Anakin's a bit of a messed-up kid.))

You show those mind-controlling, uh, blighters what's what!

Though, come to think of it, this might not be the best course of action...

How do they take your full-but-unhelpful disclosure?
-Wait patiently for you to reach the bit they're interested in (ie, how you got on their ship).
-Increase the mind-control to get you to the interesting bits.
-Bring in a torture droid to, well, torture you.
-Force-choke you.
-Cut your head off with a lightsaber.

Follow him around and never respond to anything he says other than to say "Padmé would be ashamed of you"?

... that you have just made the acquaintance of Darth Vader, Sith Lord and all-round bad guy. He's known for his expertise in fields that start with 'killing' - killing rebels, killing Jedi, killing younglings, you name it, he can kill it.

Why will you be pleased to know this? Because for the next few years, you've earned the pleasure of haunting the living daylights out of him.

How do you want to introduce yourself to Vader?
-"Anakin... I know what you did... Padme would be ashamed of you..."
-"Hi! I'm the Light Side of the Force. You never call any more - what's up?"
-"WooOOOooo! I am the Ghost of Life-Day Past!"
-Just follow him around staring at him and refusing to acknowledge anything he says to you.

((:D So far as I know, the only 'expiration date' for Force ghosts is in the very first post-trilogy EU book, Heir to the Empire, which opens with Obi-Wan's ghost leaving five years after the Battle of Endor. So you've got a while to hang around.))

Starting from the bits they don't want to hear (eg, my opinion on Ethics of Care).

Or both. We'd have to go to the archives to be sure.

Anyway, thanks :) And happy potential anniversary to you to!

~Zing

(Can I pet the dog?)

This is probably a good sign - you haven't been immediately killed. So think positive thoughts, and wait for someone to come in and talk to you.

Oh, I should mention - you're almost certainly in the hands of either the Jedi or the Sith. That means that they can control your mind to the extent that you'll tell them anything they ask. So, uh, hope you don't have any secrets!

Has someone come to talk to you yet?

Will you tell them everything you know?
-I will tell them everything I know.

You'll want to be careful as you head down to the creepy castle - if you slip and fall into a ravine, there's not going to be anyone around to help you. Once you're there, knock at the gate and wait to see who answers.

Who answers the gate?
-An ugly person with their face sewn together.
-An extremely well-dressed person.
-A dog. Like, a big dog.
-No-one.
-Actually I slipped and fell into a ravine. Whoops!

Currently: dead in Star Wars.

The transition between universes is 'magical', which tends to rub off on people. It fades fairly quickly, but in the event that someone, eg, dies during transit, the universe tends to treat them as a magic-user or local equivalent. All the better for you, right?

You seem to have wound up on Coruscant (and dead); that's great, because it means it should be pretty easy to find a Force user who can see you. In fact, we've done our best to drop you near one - so take a look around. The person you're looking for should be glowing more than the rest of the city to your eyes.

Which of the following can you see?
-A wrinkly guy in a hood.
-A guy in black armour.
-A grey-haired woman with a bun.
-A blond guy in black.
-Someone in brown robes.

((I'm basically inventing Force-ghost physics here.))

((See here. ~hS))

Currently: being dragged to a ship by Elendil while protesting that you want to save the queen, in the last days of Numenor.

It would also be good to know the language a little better, but you work with what you have, right?

In order to try and persuade Elendil that you know what you're talking about (and that letting you go on your rescue mission is a good idea), you need to say the following. Take a deep breath:

"Firithach a firitha Isildur ab ýneg ah ýneg idhrinn! Arnad lín osgaritha na dâd, arnadin o Valandil osgaritha na nêl, a in erain firathar! Im togitha i rîs."

Which means: You and Isildur are going to die in 20 years, your kingdom will split in two, Valandil's half will split into three, and the kings will die... I'm going to rescue the queen.

How's he taking that?
-He's offering me a horse.
-He's threatening me.
-I am now locked up on a ship.

((This is a jump up from the end of the thread, where we've just overrun the Board width. ~hS))