Posts #366-370: 21 April 2000

Post #366, by Anthadd

"Oof!" Anthadd went flying into the wall. "And I thought this was going to be a simple vacation..."

You did? Ha ha!

"How can we defeat him, then?" Sir cried.
"If only..." A nerve pained him, and Anthadd worried something had been broken. "...we could use PSI..." And he collapsed.

If only... you could... just attack the damn thing... because... it can't... attack you.

Chris awoke from his deep slumber.
Walking to the ship, he found no one else was there.
"Maybe whoever it was the captain referred to isn't coming."
The captain came up to Chris.
"Sorry, buddy," he replied. "We've got a jellyfish crisis, so you won't be able to get to Scaraba just now. Unless we can get people to exterminate them, we're stranded."

Sort of bad form by Anthadd here, actually, railroading Chris's solo plot for no good reason while his own AC is nowhere near it.

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Post #367, by Falcon24

(Sorry, I haven't really heard about this 'til now, but I figures this would be a good time to make an IF appearance )

Welcome aboard, Falcon24! This is the first appearance of a guy who will end up as one of the heavyweights of the Gathering's Angst Club. Nowadays he rules the SM.Net forums with an iron fist and is a remarkably accurate reproduction of 2000's guruzeth, only with an added level in Up With Memes.

A rumble in the distance. A flash of light. A rather large fireball blasts into the sky above Eagleland, and slowly dissipates. Falcon24 stands there, his arms folded. He arcs his wings slightly so he can levitate casually. His long brown hair waves in the ocean breeze.

"It seems the party has started without me..."

No one has ever accused Falcon24 of having any self-esteem issues. I might refer to him as Cap'n Narcissism from time to time, at least before he starts getting angsty.

A smirk appears on his face. What gathering would this be without Falcon? At the very least...he needed a relaxing break from everyday life.

"What interesting landscape, I've never seen the like before. I suppose anything is possible, though."

He slowly scans the island from his aerial view, taking in what he sees. A few villages, a swamp, etc.

"Seems there is some commotion down there as well. Oh well, we'll see what there is to see."

Falcon arcs his wings upward, allowing the wind to flow through them. He levitates himself to the ground, and finally lands on the beach below.

"Word...seems like the guys at starmen.net really went all out for this."

Word up.

Falcon makes his way to the beachfront hotel. "I wonder if there's a welcoming party...well, enough talking to myself." He pushes the door aside and walks in.

I don't see why he shouldn't talk to himself. I mean, he's far more fascinating than anyone else.

[This message has been edited by Falcon24 (edited 04-21-2000).]

Post #368, by loid

"Grapepfruit Falls, Grapepfruit Falls... hey thats near saturn valley isn't it? Uh I gotta go." Kiyo said to the Foppy King.

Let's see... that's two misspellings since he actually typed 'Grapepfruit' twice in a row... two missing commas, a missing apostrophe, lack of capitalization on Saturn Valley, missing comma after 'Uh'... tally it up... two misspellings plus six other grammatical mistakes. In two lines.

"Yeah and for saving your life, you welcome!"

One missing comma, 'you're' is mispelled.

The foppy king just sat there, staring at the waterfall.....

Missed capitalizing Foppy King; that's two more.

"Say password"
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Final tally for this four line post: 3 misspellings, 12 grammatical mistakes.
Total: 3 posts; 39 grammatical mistakes (13 per post); 10 misspellings (3.3 per post).

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Post #369, by PSI322

Up ahead of her, Juliana could see a patch of relatively dry land, a welcome change to the dull, watery landscape that she'd been encountering.

Wait, what happened to the adventure of it all? Guess that wore off fast.

She could just barely make out a couple of little tents in the distance, and from within them, she could hear the barely audible sounds of voices chattering. Juliana couldn't make out any words in the conversation, however, which perplexed her a bit. Still, she was excited as she pressed on until she set foot upon dry land.

Be careful! It could be a tribe of cannibals. Or..... Chris.

Looking around, Juliana soon discovered the source of the noise. She had discovered the settlement of the monkeys who resided in the Deep Darkness!

Kind of on the far outskirt of the Deep Darkness, really.

A kind monkey greeted Juliana in its funny sort of chatter, and she could tell that it was welcoming her and insisting that she stay awhile at the Monkeys' Inn to rest after her journey. Juliana complied and entered one of the little tents willingly. She sat down and pulled a book out of her knapsack. "Languages of the Wild," read the title. Juliana dove into the book headfirst and began reading up on how to communicate with the monkeys who had befriended her...

Damn, it's too bad you don't have Tim around. Not only is he a monkey, but he can also telepathically communicate with anything, even dinner plates.

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Post #370, by Little Yoshi

Speak of the devil!

Tim's head popped out of the water, and he shouted" You don't have to follow me, and I know Tessie has psychic powers, but I doubt it can handle these jellyfish!"

Well, then, Tessie is a sissy. Leave him to natural selection, if you ask this annotator.

He then submerged again, and went looking for the jellyfish base. He found a swarm of jellyfish surround him all of a sudden.
He quickly hid his weapon.

Quick thinking is just another of Tim's many monkey talents.

"Gee, guess you're gonna kidnap me and take me to your base, huh?" Tim said.
"This kid certainly knows how it works, therefore, we'll let you meet our leader first," One of them said, binding him.

I already mentioned once that jellyfish aren't very bright, so you can't accuse Tim of Mary Sueing here. Maybe he should seek out competition more worthy of his cunning.

Tim was escorted to the base, and was shown to the emperor's room.
It was a huge jellyfish, at least 4 ft. tall!

Tim is a busy man. He just did not have time to type out 'feet'. Plus, it's wll known that the 'e' ky on any kyboard has only so many kyprsss in it bfor you'll hav to buy a nw kyboard, so it's important to sav it som strss as oftn as you can.

The aquatic chamber had too bubbly things next to the throne(like torches),

[Rovin_Gangsta] I JUST ONE A SCOOTER!
[Rovin_Gangsta] SWEET!
[dokutake] I JUST TWO A SCOOTER!
[Rovin_Gangsta] *WON
[Rovin_Gangsta] No, I really did
[dokutake] *TOO

and there was a cage with Tessie in it in the corner! He also, saw EBPoo(your AC is Poo, right? I don't remember, so i'll call you EBPoo, ok desu ka?)!

Whoa, whoa, a little too hyper there, monkey boy. You're leaving your commas and caps dangling all over the place.

As if it had known what Tim was going to do instants before it happened, the emperor said,"Do ont even think of freeing the purple dinosaur." Tim's jaw dropped, taking in some water.
"Guess I won't..."Tim started.
"Good, escort him out of here!" the emperor said, not worrying with his psychic powers for a moment.

Good will always triumph, because evil is dumb.

Tim drew out the Masamune and slashed at the binding surrounding him. He flew over to Tessie's cage in a flash, and sliced open the bars, then quickly slashed a whole in the roof, and let Tessie escape.

Man, LY is a tenured professor in the School of Using the Wrong Words.

Before Tessie escaped, howerver,

With a certification in Typos.

Tim put the Kraken blood attached with a letter on it's back. Tessie escaped, but Tim didn't. The emperor grabbed him and EBPOO slashed at him. He lifelessly floated up through the hole, guessing that's what he got for stealing the spotlight.

At least Tim as some awareness that it's impolite and ill-advised to attempt to invoke AC God Mode to kick the ass of someone else's AC. That's what random encounters and imaginary boss enemies are for.