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Echus Cthulhu Mythos
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by Echus Cthulhu Mythos » Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:26 pm
Nah. /slulks in the corner
How did you become the Evil Empress anyway?
The penis mighter than the sword.
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 6:08 pm
Wasn't her name picked out of a hat?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:25 pm
Didn't you know that Brad left a door open, and I sauntered in and usurped the evil empress power? It was a bloodless coup. Almost.
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:29 pm
Didn't you know that the Evil Empress position doesn't give you any powers, just status?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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by Kahrey » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:34 pm
Really?
"Life is trial and error. Those who succeed are those who survive their failures and keep trying." - LE Modesitt, Jr.
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:07 pm
You mean you really didn't know that?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:13 pm
Don't you think it helps that I already had magnificient powers before I became the evil empress?
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:15 pm
Such as?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:19 pm
Did you forget the items listed below?
I did turn ECM into a newt and a shocking pink mongoose with lime green racing stripes.
And I created the Good Ship KIDD from thin air and bursts of electronic energy, and some drifting cat hair.
And she is a mighty fine vessel is she not?
And I altered the DNA of those pirhanas to make them devoted only to me and able to live without water.
And I did breed those bunnies for Grenade Resistant Pelts.
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:21 pm
Can't you do all that with a little bit of genetic engineering?
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:28 pm
Isn't genetic engineering a powerful power?
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:31 pm
Isn't it classified as a science?
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:34 pm
Isn't "Science" just a term coined by concrete thinkers to describe the MAGIC done by abstract thinkers?
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:36 pm
Doesn't magic defy the laws of science?
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:37 pm
Don't the concrete thinkers say magic defies the laws of science only because they don't understand magic?
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:42 pm
Doesn't magic in itself defy all rationality, therefore can't be explained?
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:44 pm
Don't abstract thinkers also defy all rationality, and therefore can understand and relate to magic?
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:49 pm
Don't they only think about defying all rationality?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:19 pm
Don't you know that most abstract thinkers are also powered by Geek Energy, which means that they cannot sit still, therefore they must do more than merely think??
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:03 pm
Don't you realize that I'm a part-time geek, but I don't run on Geek Energy?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
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by ChoChiyo » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:28 pm
Don't you realize that you could run on geek energy, if you embraced your inner geekness completely?
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by Hunter B » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:57 pm
Don't you know that my form of energy is more efficient?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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by ChoChiyo » Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:07 am
Do you have any documented proof of that, or are you stating your personal (and unsupported) opinion?
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by Hunter B » Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:09 am
Does it count as proof if I've been studying this for close to three years (hey, I was bored)?
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by ChoChiyo » Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:13 am
What resource materials were you studying from?
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