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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #45 on: August 06, 2014, 12:19:39 am »

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #47 on: August 06, 2014, 01:55:42 am »

I think I'm missing the joke on 'Miss Shuu'.
On Hector Toombs, I can easily understand it's a play on 'Tombs-Toombs', but Miss Shuu has me stumped.
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #48 on: August 06, 2014, 02:08:14 am »

Miss 'Shuu'. What the hell kind of name is Miss 'Shuu'.

Finally, after what seems like a long time -but is admittedly just half an hour of boring wait- the train arrives and whistles sharply, announcing it has finally stopped. You wait for the crowd to disperse, the beloved ones meeting each other, the families going on trips to the countryside, and finally, after nearly everyone has left, you watch a few who could be your Apprentice.

"Are you Master Toombs?" a sharp voice asks, one that brokers no argument, if it weren't that it comes from a fidgeting fifteen years old, with long pointed ears and wearing a frilly black dress that makes her resemble a...did she use too much make-up? Is she dressing for the part of the 'Necromancer' apprentice? Her scared green eyes look up to you, her hair apparently dyed a dark black -the roots are blond- and she's biting her lower lip.

"I am," you nod, as composed as you can be.
"I expected someone different," she says bluntly, with the same finesse a sledgehammer in a porcelain shop has.
You raise an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Miss Shuu nods firmly, once, and then grips a large burlap sack -as tall as her, actually- which contains her stuff.
Well, you didn't expect an elf of all things.
Still, could have been worse.
It could have been a Troll.
Or a Devil.
Or a Demon.
Or an Angel.
That would have been funny. 'Angel Apprentice and Adventurous Necromancer Wizard Master'.

Miss Shuu remains quietly in front of you, and you calmly gesture towards the exit of the station. Your carriage driver -a pile of bones that once was your actually living carriage driver, before he passed away of heart attack at the age of ninety-four- gingerly takes in its skeletal hands the burlap sack with ease, and places it in the back of the carriage.
Miss Shuu looks a bit scandalized at it, but quickly composes herself as you both step inside the carriage.

As the carriage departs, leaving for the countryside house, Miss Shuu appears hesitant enough, and you could swear you heard her mutter 'stupid' under her breath, probably directed at herself.
Still...
the time it takes for the carriage to reach home would be the perfect opportunity to 'break the ice'.

But what argument to start with?
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #49 on: August 06, 2014, 02:26:46 am »

"So....you're an elf, huh?"
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Harry Baldman

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #50 on: August 06, 2014, 02:37:44 am »

I think I'm missing the joke on 'Miss Shuu'.

Spoiler: Hint (click to show/hide)

"So....you're an elf, huh?"

Do not ask the obvious.

Rather, comment on general fashion choices of more famous necromancers, dropping names she may have heard of, along with critiques of less practical styles.

Try to recall if there are any famous lady necromancers.
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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #51 on: August 06, 2014, 04:29:56 am »

Goddamit Harry, stop giving better ideas than mine :P

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #52 on: August 06, 2014, 04:36:22 am »

Still...not getting the hint.
Someone, be Captain Obvious and explain.
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #53 on: August 06, 2014, 04:40:04 am »

Either from an anime or a bird, not sure either.
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Dying of laughter?
Dying of pure unbridled hatred, actually.

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #54 on: August 06, 2014, 08:35:44 am »

Don't worry, I'm not getting it either.

And +1 to Harry.

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #55 on: August 06, 2014, 08:59:53 am »

Don't worry, I'm not getting I either.

And +1 to Harry.
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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #56 on: August 06, 2014, 09:01:50 am »

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #57 on: August 06, 2014, 09:17:12 am »

Do notice you can ask more than one question. I'll just lump them all together unless there's someone saying 'No, don't ask that'.
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #58 on: August 06, 2014, 09:32:27 am »

In that case,
"So....you're an elf, huh?"
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Re: Teaching An Apprentice -A Suggestion Game
« Reply #59 on: August 06, 2014, 09:54:46 am »

Still...not getting the hint.
Someone, be Captain Obvious and explain.

Well, I guess I can provide a relevant link to a relevant LP if nobody minds.

Here it is!
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