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How come Ansela's parents descended on you? For the Gathering?

~Neshomeh

I'm sorry. I'm crap. I had a house to clean in preparation for an Ansela's parents descending. It... took some doing. Can I tentatively say tomorrow and look deeply ashamed of my own ineptitude and general unreliability?

She wears a mask too, you know that? And she is besmirching the sacred name of Tarja Turunen by calling herself "NightWish". And she sings ruins a song by Tatu, too. And her spelling and grammar are atrocious. And she's as much of a poseur as Ebony/Enoby Dark'Ness Dementia Raven/Tara Way. And she makes the Head stupid. And she performs several epic You Fail Biology Forevers. And she refers to sex as "you-know-what". And she turns V into an idiot, a wimp, a Cockney, and the muffin man, in that order. I could go on.

I believe that Tango is indeed an Americanism, as I've seen it used in books I've read about the Navy SEALs. Fraid I can't help you with the rest, though.

...KG, are you channelling me?

Retiring isn't something agents generally do. I can't see the Flowers or whoever setting up an entire world in which your agents can retire. I can see them okaying a world in which they can retire, but that's about it.

The books themselves are well-written, which makes any fanfiction look like badfic in comparison.

... you could also try playing the PPC Card Game. I've revised the rules to a point where it may actually be a workable game.

(This is mostly because I'm not going to get a chance to play it any time soon, so I'd love for someone to playtest the thing. Don't worry, though, I'm not expecting you to)

hS

I don't think the Flowers have discovered every 'verse there is. For example, Blue Photon, the Telyans, and Tango Dioxide (I might've missed a couple) were all from the same original 'verse, and never did manage to actually find it. If they found one more sci-fi oriented for the Agents, they could put them there. An original universe without published works, but where the Agents' presence wouldn't damage anything (maybe with some help from Disguise Generators). I think your best bet is that or Doctor Who.

I meant near-human but with odd features.

And Generic Science Fantasy would work best, I think.

Generic Fantasy, Generic Sci-fi, etc. Or an Alternate Universe. Nexis universes are good, too. They pop up mainly in role-plays.

Out of curiosity, what do you mean by "old somatotypes"? A somatotype is just someone's physique, as I understand it: ectomorph, endomorph, or mesomorph.

~Neshomeh

…that ex-Agents can stay out of the canon's way, right?

And can it accommodate odd somatotypes as long as the people with said somatotypes don't interfere with the stories? Because some Agents are more disturbed than others and may require help from said others.

No Agent is well-enough liked or impossible enough to accomodate that the Flowers would create an entire universe for them. That brings me to my second point; the Flowers might have advanced technology, but that's something they just can't do. If they could, I get the feeling they would've done it before, but for themselves, not Agents. My opinion/idea is that the Flowers would pick 'verses most able to accomodate the Agents, and if there are several there might be a choice involved (like Acacia deciding to retire to Rome). For example, if Tawaki's one of the ones you're retiring they'd probably let him retire to Doctor Who. If they find nothing, which I doubt since we're talking an infinitely huge multiverse, they just wouldn't allow the Agents to retire yet.

…how are they accommodated?

My idea was the crafting of a special universe, with a world described and enough locals to prevent inbreeding, but no plot for the Agents' DNA and abilities to screw up. And a whole group of Agents is retiring. If that setup won't work, what will instead?

PM on ff.net should do the trick, I hope. Then we'll see what happens.

~Neshomeh

And yet, I love it. *eg* It would be hilarious to see agents try it, whether it worked or not.

But of course, absolutely don't get caught doing it. >.>

~Neshomeh

The version I know is a bit different, but I picked it up through the Society of Creative Anachronism.

Several guns that create and shoot Anti-Lustin, perfect if you are suddenly attacked by Luxury (you can use tranquilizer darts in her case) or fangirls.

Have a shapeshifting plushie.

Nice to meet you. Here, have a glow-in-the-dark spork to aid you in your fighting :D

*looks embarrassed* Hope you had a nice day, anyway. Here, have more chocolate (because there is never such a thing as too much chocolate ^_^).

*looks shamefaced* Happy belated birthday, though! Hope you had a nice time, even with the band practice :D

And I have to ask, because I am incredibly curious...
...is that the Volga Birthday song?

that's almost as weird as a plot where Kane dies. It's just not things that go together.