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17 December 2009

Posts #336-340: 19-20 April 2000

Post #336, by loid

(AAAAACCCCCKKK! I JUST GOT FROM PIANO AND THERE ARE LIKE 10 MORE!)
We continue to stand in awe of how fast the posts are coming.
Kiyo had just became aware of what was going on: he somehow got knocked out, Paula found him and took him back to th... wait a sec, PAULA FOUND HIM? It didn't make sense, was this real or a dream?
loid had to be tripping on God knows what kinds of hallucinogens.



Post #337, by SirMontyG

(Whoa, this is fast...)

"Thanks for the lift, guys!" Said Sir, walking out of the black bus.

"Well, it ain't like this was for free! You owe us some more time doubling on sax." One of the five men remaining on the bus stated.
It's funny the myriad ways IF posters come up with to try to one-up each other in Cool.
"For you, lucky, anything.
'Lucky' should be capitalized. It's the name of the Runaway Five's vaguely official leader (the fat guy in red, played by Not John Goodman.)
Tell Venus I said goodbye!" Sir waved to the band as it rode back into the interior of the island. Sir, after traversing the Dusty Dunes Desert alone,
Because he's just that awesome.
came across the Runaway Five making a return engagement to Toppola Theater in Fourside. After the quick adventures Sir had with the group, he asked to be let off by the ocean, by Chris's infamous rock in fact. Walking towards the place, he saw Chris right where he thought he'd find him.
Wait, Chris hasn't struck out after PSI322 yet? ...huh. I guess he hasn't. Good call on where to find him, then.

Odd that Sir would come looking for Chris, isn't it? Odd until you realize everyone knows where Chris is going to be headed. Sir is making sure to tag along. Chris: You now officially have competition.
"Beautiful, isn't it? The ocean, I mean. It's things like this that make you think there really IS a programmer.."
LOL @ creationism parody.
"What did you say, Sir?"

"heh, nevermind..anyways, I came to talk to you about you and PSI..."
Hahahahahaha! This is awesome.
"Um, is that really any of your busness?"
Sure it is! Chris has been posting this stuff to a public forum. It's everyone's business.
"Probably not, but I just wanted to say that I think there's something more to you two than what first seems.
Really? What did you see at first? I saw a guy so smitten he's dancing around the line that marks off stalker territory.
You two just seem right for each other, I dunno. All I heard is that she's now off on her own and traveling deep into unknown territory and I think a well-timed hero may be what she needs. Experience your lives together! You'll have much more to live for." And then Sir walked away.
Did Chris hire this guy?

The best I can come up with is they must have been buddies, chatting on AIM, and Chris has been going on about his PSI-crush for weeks now and never doing anything about it; and Sir finally got tired of that crap and decided to give him a public kick in the ass to get him moving. It could be simply a setup, but I don't think so. Chris doesn't really gain many PSI points from Sir's post here, as it just underscores how timid he is, so I can't see that Chris would have put Sir up to this.

It's also possible Sir has never talked to Chris in his life, and simply got as astounded as I am at how ridiculously timid the guy is, and said, hey, man, quit pissing around and go for it, you know?



Post #338, by Little Yoshi

"It's okay with me as long as it's okay with Luna," Tim replied.
There wasn't really much he could do. Trying to isolate Luna would be a bit creepy and would obviously backfire.
Suddenly, a group of bubbles appeared.
"Tessie, we don't need to be ferried across right now," Tim said to the bubbles.
[I know you don't, these jellyfish are holding me captive] Tessie Mind-stated(my invented word for speakin' wid da mind)
I would love to know why exactly the hell Tim decided switching to gangstaspeak for that last prepositional phrase was necessary.
"Jellyfish!?"Tim exclaimed.
"We have come for the girl, put down your weapons and the girl is all we will take!" one of them exclaimed.
"Not on your life!" Tim exclaimed, Leap Slashing the jellyfish.
LOL. Tim subscribes to the spam-one-attack philosophy of RPG-style fighting.
"Sure you won't change your mind?" a few dozen asked.
"Errrm," Nathan said.
"No way!" Tim shouted, Leap Slashing the next one, while Luna and Nathan thought of him as an insane idiot to battle all of those jellyfish(not saying Nathan has joined us if Luna doesn't want him too, just that he has been nearby)
Well, 'insane idiot' isn't necessarily wrong, but all parties involved understand that 'knight in shining honor on the off chance Luna is impressed' was what you were shooting for.



Post #339, by Chris

"Is it that obvious?" Chris wondered as Sir left.
Your PSI-crush, you mean? Heh... yeah. It totally is.

Remember, though, that Sir said 'something more to you two', rather than 'you clearly have a thing for PSI'. Important difference there, what with the implication that PSI is a willing party to said thing. If that's what you mean, then no, that is not obvious.
After Sir had left, Chris sat on the rock and thought some more. A chance for adventure. Isn't that what he had always wanted?
No, you've established pretty solidly that a chance for PSI is what you always wanted. But proceed with your exposition on how this is totally not all about you, PSI, so please don't think I'm creepy and try to avoid me please?
To go and live the life of an RPG, and more so, of Earthbound? But, with the fun comes the risk. It's possible he could be seriously injured or even killed undertaking a quest like this.
Yeah, but you can always just choose 'Continue' instead of 'End' and all you lose is half the money in your wallet, which, let's be honest, likely isn't much.
"I've got it! I'll go to Summers! Hardly any danger in a place like that. But,...there's hardly any danger. No adventure. It wouldn't be much different from being here.
I was under the impression that where the party took place was Summers, more or less.
"Instead, I think I'll go to Summers, get some equipment for a real journey, and then leave. I'll plan to come back to the hotel in a week or two. In the meantime, I'll have plenty of fun."
So your plan is to go to the one place in EarthBound where everything is totally bats--- insane expensive, and buy equipment there.
And with that, Chris set off for Summers, figuring that it would be near an inland body of water.
ROFL. Just to help you understand why that's such a funny statement, consider something like:

"Chris was tired of hanging out in Utah, so he set off for Portland, Oregon, figuring that it would be near an inland body of water."

Or:

"Chris was tired of hanging out in Switzerland, so he set off for Venice, Italy, figuring that it would be near an inland body of water."

Hey, all we have to do is keep searching inland bodies of water until it turns up!



Post #340, by PSI322

With every step she took, Juliana found herself becoming more and more glad that she'd ventured out on her own.
LOL. I don't know whether or not what she really means is 'with every Chris post, Juliana found herself becoming more and more glad that she'd ventured out on her own'--probably not--but it's damn funny to think that she does.
Slowly but surely, with incredible strength and perseverence, Juliana ascended the hill ahead of her, and she began to appreciate the art of hiking as she pressed on.
Did you get that? Juliana's strength is incredible. As is her perseverance. Her spelling isn't Anthadd level (note the ULTRA-rare PSI322 spelling error on 'perseverance'), but it also easily qualifies as incredible.

One thing's for sure: When she reaches Tenda village, that rock-moving guy is in for one hell of an arm wrestling contest. Because her strength is incredible.*
*Note: This is not actually a terrible stretch, as PSI322 once defeated this annotator in an arm wrestling contest.
As she reached the summit of this new hill, Juliana looked down around her, trying to see her surroundings a little better. All she saw ahead of her were more trees, and some water was present, although it was too far away to be able to tell much else about it. Anxious to discover this new territory, Juliana ran down the hill, being careful to avoid the trees and brush that were all around her...
Aww. Trees are our friends! Except the ones that explode.

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