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								by Echus Cthulhu Mythos  Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:26 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Nah. /slulks in the corner
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Sat Oct 09, 2004 6:08 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Wasn't her name picked out of a hat?
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
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								by Kahrey  Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:34 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Really?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:07 pm 
			
			
			
			
			You mean you really didn't know that?
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:19 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Did you forget the  items listed below?
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:28 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Don't you realize that you could 
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
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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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