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[Eric Blank]

The lake sediments in the Snake River Plain are also rich in fossils. Nothing real old, since Lake Idaho dried up relatively recently (to a geologist) and there's not much in the way of more ancient fossils as I understood it, what with the massive volcanic activity, mountain-building and associated metamorphism, and most everything west of Idaho's western border being accreted terranes. Montana is starting to loom like a good place to go...

[wierd]

Kansas used to be an inland sea during the mesozoic and cretaceous periods.

We have fossils of everything from small chrinoids, to giant sea creatures.

The sternberg natural history museum has a very fine selection of high quality museum peices dug up from this area.

Near castle rock, you are literally garanteed to find fossilized shark bits.  Usually only the jaw and teeth fossilize, due to sharks lacking true bones though.  You find chrinoids all over kansas though.

Oh yeah... forgot to mention mother of pearl!

While the shells are really thin, the ninnescah river has a unique native mussel species called a "pink heelsplitter", which has rose-pink colored mother of pearl, with hints of green and blue irridescense. It makes beautiful lapidary.

Also, while probably not native, wellington fishing lake is overrun with quadrula quadrula (maple leaf) mussels, which produce very thick, white mother of pearl.  Large quadrula quadrula are used to make round seed pearls for innoculating oysters, but the pearl itself from these mussels is a nice satiny white. Near the hinge, they can be over an inch thick.

[Oliolli]

The terrain in Finland was ground up pretty bad during the ice age. Not much to be found here except varying sizes of rocks...

[Eric Blank]

But what form of rocks!?

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

‼Gbaneg‼ lets out a mighty roar as the fires harden it's skin. Charging at Niminem Ultima in a state of rage comparable to those of giant sponges, Niminem Ultima is momentarily disabled. Using this moment to it's advantage, ‼Gbaneg‼ moves to the side of Niminem Ultima and charges again, almost knocking the fortress over. Noticing the ‼hammerhead whale‼ and ‼hammerhead yak‼ approaching form his left, ‼Gbaneg‼ spins 270° clockwise and transfers all this momentum into a powerful punch that knocks the ‼hammerhead yak‼ off the ‼hammerhead whale‼. Grabbing the ‼hammerhead whale‼, ‼Gbaneg‼ starts turning and rotating, building up momentum to throw the ‼hammerhead whale‼ away. By the time Niminem Ultima and the ‼hammerhead yak‼ were ready for battle again, ‼Gbaneg‼ had built up all the momentum he needed. ‼Gbaneg‼ throws the ‼hammerhead whale‼ aiming for the ‼hammerhead yak‼, resulting in both of the combatants soon finding themselves in what was once an elven forest retreat, now a wreck left behind by the Ollifex. Those two dealt with for now, ‼Gbaneg‼ turns his attention to Niminem Ultima again. This mobile fortress wouldn't be mobile for much longer... nor a fortress.

(You might be safe if you hide in one of the biohazardous waste barrels... a nice clean one you know... if it can keep the goop in, it can keep it out too.)

We already have Gbaneg, now you want to turn Corai into one of those things too?

Oh, you're trying that!  I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this, but I must save the mobile fort that was built in a strange mood!

With the damage of the fort and the death of the master of water, the dragons fire off the "secret" cannon that utilizes a burst of anti-matter and obliterates !!Gbaneg!!!  The particles are blasted into sub-space!

BURN!

[Oliolli]

But what form of rocks!?

I don't know about the specific minerals etc. but Finland's ground is mainly moraine. Granite would be a good guess at what rock is in question.

‼Gbaneg‼ lets out a mighty roar as the fires harden it's skin. Charging at Niminem Ultima in a state of rage comparable to those of giant sponges, Niminem Ultima is momentarily disabled. Using this moment to it's advantage, ‼Gbaneg‼ moves to the side of Niminem Ultima and charges again, almost knocking the fortress over. Noticing the ‼hammerhead whale‼ and ‼hammerhead yak‼ approaching form his left, ‼Gbaneg‼ spins 270° clockwise and transfers all this momentum into a powerful punch that knocks the ‼hammerhead yak‼ off the ‼hammerhead whale‼. Grabbing the ‼hammerhead whale‼, ‼Gbaneg‼ starts turning and rotating, building up momentum to throw the ‼hammerhead whale‼ away. By the time Niminem Ultima and the ‼hammerhead yak‼ were ready for battle again, ‼Gbaneg‼ had built up all the momentum he needed. ‼Gbaneg‼ throws the ‼hammerhead whale‼ aiming for the ‼hammerhead yak‼, resulting in both of the combatants soon finding themselves in what was once an elven forest retreat, now a wreck left behind by the Ollifex. Those two dealt with for now, ‼Gbaneg‼ turns his attention to Niminem Ultima again. This mobile fortress wouldn't be mobile for much longer... nor a fortress.

(You might be safe if you hide in one of the biohazardous waste barrels... a nice clean one you know... if it can keep the goop in, it can keep it out too.)

We already have Gbaneg, now you want to turn Corai into one of those things too?

Oh, you're trying that!  I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this, but I must save the mobile fort that was built in a strange mood!

With the damage of the fort and the death of the master of water, the dragons fire off the "secret" cannon that utilizes a burst of anti-matter and obliterates !!Gbaneg!!!  The particles are blasted into sub-space!

BURN!

Oliolli begins frantically figuring out how this can end up in something much worse than what the Olliolifex could have ever been!

Particles... Given that it was an anti-matter cannon we're probably talking sub-atomic ones... "Sub-space"..? Just need some stupid deus ex machina to open up some rifts... How many particles are we talking about? Size of Olliolifex, amount of atoms, amount of particles in question per atom... *punches numbers into calculator* Made a sad-face... Looking good! The Olliolifex hasn't been properly desinged yet, I can put some nasty kink into it. I RESERVE ALL RIGHTS TO DESING THE OLLIOLIFEX! Kekekekeke...
If one makes a grenade from a lemon, should it be called a "lemonade"? If it's incendiary, maybe it should be called the Molotov Lemonade?
The distraction, did it work?

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

‼Gbaneg‼ lets out a mighty roar as the fires harden it's skin. Charging at Niminem Ultima in a state of rage comparable to those of giant sponges, Niminem Ultima is momentarily disabled. Using this moment to it's advantage, ‼Gbaneg‼ moves to the side of Niminem Ultima and charges again, almost knocking the fortress over. Noticing the ‼hammerhead whale‼ and ‼hammerhead yak‼ approaching form his left, ‼Gbaneg‼ spins 270° clockwise and transfers all this momentum into a powerful punch that knocks the ‼hammerhead yak‼ off the ‼hammerhead whale‼. Grabbing the ‼hammerhead whale‼, ‼Gbaneg‼ starts turning and rotating, building up momentum to throw the ‼hammerhead whale‼ away. By the time Niminem Ultima and the ‼hammerhead yak‼ were ready for battle again, ‼Gbaneg‼ had built up all the momentum he needed. ‼Gbaneg‼ throws the ‼hammerhead whale‼ aiming for the ‼hammerhead yak‼, resulting in both of the combatants soon finding themselves in what was once an elven forest retreat, now a wreck left behind by the Ollifex. Those two dealt with for now, ‼Gbaneg‼ turns his attention to Niminem Ultima again. This mobile fortress wouldn't be mobile for much longer... nor a fortress.

(You might be safe if you hide in one of the biohazardous waste barrels... a nice clean one you know... if it can keep the goop in, it can keep it out too.)

We already have Gbaneg, now you want to turn Corai into one of those things too?

Oh, you're trying that!  I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this, but I must save the mobile fort that was built in a strange mood!

With the damage of the fort and the death of the master of water, the dragons fire off the "secret" cannon that utilizes a burst of anti-matter and obliterates !!Gbaneg!!!  The particles are blasted into sub-space!

BURN!

Oliolli begins frantically figuring out how this can end up in something much worse than what the Olliolifex could have ever been!

Particles... Given that it was an anti-matter cannon we're probably talking sub-atomic ones... "Sub-space"..? Just need some stupid deus ex machina to open up some rifts... How many particles are we talking about? Size of Olliolifex, amount of atoms, amount of particles in question per atom... *punches numbers into calculator* Made a sad-face... Looking good! The Olliolifex hasn't been properly desinged yet, I can put some nasty kink into it. I RESERVE ALL RIGHTS TO DESING THE OLLIOLIFEX! Kekekekeke...
If one makes a grenade from a lemon, should it be called a "lemonade"? If it's incendiary, maybe it should be called the Molotov Lemonade?
The distraction, did it work?

You mean designing instead of desing and desinged, right?

[Corai]

HOW DO WE MAKE THESE DOOMS-DAY DEVICES?


I mean, really. Half of these should had blown up and killed us by now knowing DF.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

HOW DO WE MAKE THESE DOOMS-DAY DEVICES?


I mean, really. Half of these should had blown up and killed us by now knowing DF.

Two theories:

1) Strange Moods (ex. Niminem Ultima)

2) Weird Joykill (ex. Napalm, poisons, Nitro)

[Corai]

Well, I am going to hide, cause these things are gonna blow up soon.

[wierd]

Only if you keep stabbing me in the legs while handling dangerous substances.

*kick*

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Well, I am going to hide, cause these things are gonna blow up soon.

Carp...

Some idiot in the mobile fort fired off a secondary cannon and has cooked off the nitro.

A dragon has been killed!

Death was too good for him.

[Loud Whispers]

Hey Zanz, how do you drive dragon populations to extinction?

[Corai]

Oh, I need more dwarven blood, this time I'll use a kobold-sized silver hammer.


Hehehe, loopholes.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Hey Zanz, how do you drive dragon populations to extinction?

Well, there are thousands that range from the size of a hummingbird to the size of (basically) a mountain, so your goal is impossible to obtain.

Oh, I need more dwarven blood, this time I'll use a kobold-sized silver hammer.


Hehehe, loopholes.

Hammers only bruise...