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Post by EllieNeo on Nov 3, 2009 12:45:27 GMT -6
what i have planned for my next post is a VEEEEERRRY long flashback post. i hope you guys don't mind if i break it into two posts. because it may actually be too long.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 4, 2009 11:41:44 GMT -6
wow, Ellie.
all i can say.
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Post by EllieNeo on Nov 4, 2009 13:03:33 GMT -6
 thanks jon. letting everyone know, i added links with pics to close approximations of how my characters look to their descriptions. all except ellie and nela, cuz if you guys don't know what gabrielle and callisto look like... *shrugs* so yeah. check those out if you want. |
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Nov 5, 2009 12:33:17 GMT -6
Ah, changed Ava, I see. See, that's much better. Sonya Gomez was just... goofy.
Nice post, btw, Ellie. I'm really liking the flashback posts you've been doing.
Still curious about the guys that Jason found. Hope he doesn't get himself into big trouble or some such stuff. Seems like there's plenty of trouble to go around, though, what with centaurs and Romans banding together to wipe out tribes. *shrugs*
Can't wait to see where the story goes from here.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 6, 2009 11:23:59 GMT -6
wow, it's been awhile since you guys have gone this many days without an update.
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Post by moonglum on Nov 6, 2009 11:48:01 GMT -6
Sorry about that John. I don't know about the others but I 've been away on a training course this end. Managed to log on now and again using the company phone but god, was it slow. Back to normal now though.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 6, 2009 12:44:44 GMT -6
ah training. fuuuun.
nice post, MG.
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Nov 6, 2009 13:10:47 GMT -6
More hell breakin loose, huh? Nice one, moonglum. |
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Nov 10, 2009 12:45:18 GMT -6
Locusts?!? EWWWW! Great posts though. |
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 10, 2009 13:19:33 GMT -6
" These women couldn’t fight their way out of a paper sack!" LMAO! Phalon's reaction to Scrappy squishing the bug in her hair was priceless. |
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Post by Phalon on Nov 11, 2009 5:39:34 GMT -6
Thanks, Jon. Sad thing is, it wasn't too hard for me to imagine how Phalon would react to having a bug caught in her hair.
I work at a nursery, and where there are plants, there's going to be insects. I have done the 'get-it-off' dance more than once, (sans sword), the most recent cause being a big, hairy spider that crawled up the sleeve of my t-shirt. I had a partner; the customer I was screaming to was just as grossed out as I was, and we circled around and around the shrubs as I wouldn't hold still while she tried to get it out of my shirt.
Fortunately, no one was inadvertently killed during the incident. Not even the spider.
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Nov 14, 2009 13:44:14 GMT -6
Holy crap, Ellie. Killed off the queen? Didn't see that coming! @ Phalon; you crack me up, with that spider thing! Love the banner. |
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 15, 2009 14:16:55 GMT -6
@ all the bards writing this story; your awesome writing skills never cease to amaze me.
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Post by vox on Nov 15, 2009 14:23:56 GMT -6
The same from me too! jonjon! Some pretty powerful literary skills me thinks!
Keep it going!
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Post by vox on Nov 16, 2009 2:17:02 GMT -6
Fantabuloso Scrappy!
Can't wait for the next instalment!
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Nov 16, 2009 12:40:51 GMT -6
Again, awesome writing from Phalon, vox, and Scrappy. I was kinda wondering what happened to Guru. guess I got my answer.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 17, 2009 9:56:16 GMT -6
a couple of very emotional posts there. seems there's lots of death happening lately. still loving the story. kinda wish Letitia had gotten better... but... *shrugs* i'm not writing it.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 22, 2009 12:36:32 GMT -6
awesome posts, everyone.
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Nov 22, 2009 14:21:11 GMT -6
I agree. Awesome posts.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 23, 2009 14:15:12 GMT -6
OMG, frickin awesome posts. didn't expect that shapeshifter thing to show up. you guys do so love to throw curve balls!  |
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 23, 2009 17:40:34 GMT -6
They did that all the time in "The House of Whoosher" too.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 24, 2009 4:49:09 GMT -6
HA! You shoulda seen the stuff we planned that never got used, Joxie.....helicopters, plane crashes, bombs going off left and right, car chases, dancing girls, and a personal masseur named Sven for Phalon.
But ah...the dangers of plotting for a story that never had a plot....although Scrappy claims it did. I dunno - I was just in it for the free open buffet.
And you would have thought that with all the behind the scenes plotting (for the plot that wasn't), we could have planned a decent meal at which everyone got to eat. Pfft. Looks like this story is going to be the same.
Hey, Scrappy.....can you invent me a burger and fries to go?
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Post by vox on Nov 24, 2009 5:14:06 GMT -6
BOLL! I agree Phalon, do these people ever eat?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Nov 24, 2009 9:40:42 GMT -6
LOL...hey I just got a bowl of meat stew! I was pleased. It's not my fault my companions were busy having visions or burining their dead wives or being dragon-like.
And as far as a burger anf fries goes.....I think ancient greece had cows But I'm pretty sure there were no potatoes until Columbus came back from here. So you're out of luck on the french fries.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 24, 2009 10:29:11 GMT -6
What?! No potatoes?! First no coffee, then no chocolate, and now I'm told there are no potatoes? Sheesh, this isn't turning out quite to be what I signed up for. I guess we can always dig them from your ears. Eeeewww....nevermind.
And about that stew....you coulda saved me at least a bite, yanno. But no, no, no...'course you didn't. Pfft. I can still turn you back into a hag; it'd be kinda funny watching you try and gum down your food.
Ah, but there is hope.....I'm off to the grocery to get the last bit of supplies for Thanksgiving dinner! Mashed potatoes with gravy; I can't wait. Dang, those ancient Greeks had no idea what they were missing out on.
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Post by jonjon3168 on Nov 24, 2009 12:57:04 GMT -6
They did that all the time in "The House of Whoosher" too.
yeah, i read it. i remember. poor Phalon, looks like you'll have to make it without french fries. about the eating thing...  i always figured it was assumed that the characters eat when we aren't watching. i do seem to remember Phalon forking down a plate of food, though. and then Ellie's character eating a goose. and then there was the thing with the magically appearing, disappearing, reappearing fish that never seemed to actually get eaten. again. always thought it was just assumed that they ate. if they didn't, they'd starve, right? |
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 24, 2009 22:54:05 GMT -6
The potatoes came from here?  I thought they came from Ireland. Or is it just the potato famine that makes me think that. 
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Nov 25, 2009 0:31:59 GMT -6
The potato is south american by origin. The north american....then wherever else it went to.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 25, 2009 0:47:43 GMT -6
Aw. Okay. I remember the stories about the potato famine in Ireland, and somehow I came to believe that the potatoes originated from there.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 25, 2009 6:12:41 GMT -6
Ooooo, Food History 101; my favorite class. (eye-roll)
The potato made its way into Europe from South America, but was brought there not as a food, but as a botanical curiosity. Because it comes from the Nightshade family, (same as tomatoes), it was regarded as poisonous. The leaves of both tomato plants and potato plants are poisonous, and eating green potatoes can make a person sick. In Europe, tomatoes and potatoes were looked upon with suspicion, and even associated with evil in some cases in long before they were considered 'good eats'.
As far as Scrappy's stew.....the mystery meat it contained was most likely not beef. While there were cows in Greece at the time, they were mainly used for sacrifice and eaten in religious rituals.
Soooooooo, the question then becomes, if Scrappy invents burgers, will she be overcome by some kind of religious epiphany? Taking the first bite, will Phalon declare it a truly mooooving experience?
It remains to be seen. Tune in next time to watch Scrappy invent Pepto Bismal after experiencing Phalon's cooking.
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thanks jon.
