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Post by aaroncampbell on Sept 3, 2012 15:41:22 GMT
I wonder what will happen when Ysengrin comes to his senses and remembers that he's deathly afraid of heights?
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 3, 2012 17:43:50 GMT
I dunno, imagine dat face suddenly crashing in. Even if jettisoning canopy will carry him away, it will take some time to restore the target's peristalsis basic motoric functions. You may have a point. And on further reflection, if your commanding general is mentally unbalanced then it is strategically very desirable to load him into a weapon system and fire him at the enemy early in the engagement. Maybe the wolf launcher is actually genius. Coyote would make a great mad general, perhaps the best ever. LUDVIG! Y-yes sah... LOAD ZE WOLF CANNON AND PREPARE TO FIRE! Although in all seriousness, I don't think Ysrengrin is getting out of that tree. Ever. Something tells me once you loose control of that power, it's a one way trip. I could be wrong though.
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Post by rosencrantz on Sept 3, 2012 17:55:36 GMT
Oh Ysengrin...who's going to pay for your next cloak?
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Necropaxx
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Post by Necropaxx on Sept 3, 2012 18:29:24 GMT
I don't know who this Eglamore guy Tom keeping referring to is. Could someone point him out for me?
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Post by Serenissima on Sept 3, 2012 18:36:47 GMT
Well, while it might be a poor idea for Annie to try and set Ys on fire... she could surely launch chaff and flares to confuse the wolf launcher's aim?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 3, 2012 19:25:21 GMT
I wonder what will happen when Ysengrin comes to his senses and remembers that he's deathly afraid of heights? Tree canopy parachute? Or just wide branch blades counter-rotating back to the ground? Well, while it might be a poor idea for Annie to try and set Ys on fire... she could surely launch chaff and flares to confuse the wolf launcher's aim? Better yet, she could make illusory images to distract Ys. Then she'd functioning as Egger's Etheric Counter-Measures (ECM) pod.
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Post by Xan on Sept 3, 2012 20:22:13 GMT
I wonder what will happen when Ysengrin comes to his senses and remembers that he's deathly afraid of heights? That wouldn't be a Gamers reference, would it?
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 3, 2012 20:31:33 GMT
Well, while it might be a poor idea for Annie to try and set Ys on fire... she could surely launch chaff and flares to confuse the wolf launcher's aim? Better yet, she could make illusory images to distract Ys. Then she'd functioning as Egger's Etheric Counter-Measures (ECM) pod. I wonder if Annie can create illusions with the blinker-stone. It would follow that since she can create stuff like the beacon, she can also make other things, but how detailed? No wonder the Court is kept a secret. If word got out that magic was for reals every "defense" agency on the planet would be tripping over each other to ingratiate themselves. ...then again, maybe in this universe they're already investigating etheric science on their own.
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 3, 2012 20:54:47 GMT
Ah, when S13 was possessed and tried to start a mad fairy uprising? Well, while it might be a poor idea for Annie to try and set Ys on fire... she could surely launch chaff and flares to confuse the wolf launcher's aim? Already called decoys on the first page. I wonder if Annie can create illusions with the blinker-stone. It would follow that since she can create stuff like the beacon, she can also make other things, but how detailed? Irrelevant: she can use one image as a mask and the rest as decoys. She did a lot of shaped fake fires, so... - Sir Eglamore, could you adjust the trajectory a little to the left? - Yes, wha... <phoenixplosion spreads over the whole sky> <coyote actually laughs himself out of breath for the first time in the last century>
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Post by legion on Sept 3, 2012 21:22:44 GMT
Ah, when S13 was possessed and tried to start a mad fairy uprising? Which invalidates the fact that Annie created a force field because???
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Post by hngg on Sept 3, 2012 21:43:35 GMT
First post yay.
The fact that Ysengrin's cloak was destroyed strikes me as symbolic. I fear this will have permanent consequences.
I fear Ysengrin's gonna lose control of his tree powers and die. The huge wolf tree would remain as a landmark in the forest, reminding Annie of what happened and the part she played in this.
Another possibility is that Ysengrin will survive this, but will never be the same. He might never go back to his human-like form (maybe he'll use a wolf-like tree form, or something more abstract). Or he could lose his sanity for the rest of the story (or until the "Redemption Equals Death" trope is invoked).
(sorry if there's some bad English :c )
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 3, 2012 22:13:17 GMT
First post yay. The fact that Ysengrin's cloak was destroyed strikes me as symbolic. I fear this will have permanent consequences. I fear Ysengrin's gonna lose control of his tree powers and die. The huge wolf tree would remain as a landmark in the forest, reminding Annie of what happened and the part she played in this. Another possibility is that Ysengrin will survive this, but will never be the same. He might never go back to his human-like form (maybe he'll use a wolf-like tree form, or something more abstract). Or he could lose his sanity for the rest of the story (or until the "Redemption Equals Death" trope is invoked). (sorry if there's some bad English :c ) Your English is impeccable. Welcome. I'm also of the opinion that he's dead, or at least too far gone to pry out of there. I really doubt that this is the last we'll see of him though. Tom has a rhyme and reason for almost everything.
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Post by Rafael on Sept 3, 2012 22:34:01 GMT
Ach! Hans, run! It's the Surface to Air Wolf! Here, have my internets.
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Post by Eversist on Sept 3, 2012 22:38:52 GMT
Anyone else think he's going to attempt to cross the Anan (sp?) waters, and all hell is going to break loose?
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Post by steelpanther on Sept 3, 2012 23:52:24 GMT
Ach! Hans, run! It's the Surface to Air Wolf! Here, have my internets. Why thank you Anyone else think he's going to attempt to cross the Anan (sp?) waters, and all hell is going to break loose? At this point, I think this is probably the most likely outcome. Ys obviously does not care what the consequences are by now. I'm also wondering what the tree-rocket is doing to the surrounding area of forest.
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Post by ctso74 on Sept 4, 2012 3:59:49 GMT
Nuke the entire site from orbit, Eglamore. It's the only way to be sure.
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Post by Georgie L on Sept 4, 2012 4:30:49 GMT
Oh I thought she was just creating an illusion and robot was acting affected so that she could fool kat.
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Post by rafk on Sept 4, 2012 4:36:02 GMT
One thing's for sure. The Court are NOT going to let Annie go back to the forest after this unless Coyote does something to assure them it's OK. Coyote visiting the Court again might be fun. Or we might just be about to go through a long period without forest stuff (up until Annie frees Jeanne, and the blockage on the Annan Waters comes down....)
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Post by Mitth'raw'nuruodo on Sept 4, 2012 14:16:49 GMT
I'm also of the opinion that he's dead, or at least too far gone to pry out of there. I really doubt that this is the last we'll see of him though. Tom has a rhyme and reason for almost everything. I would disagree for more than one reason. Firstly, Coyote would hardly manipulate this situation into being without standing to gain something. The death of Ysengrim is not something beneficial. His power is derived entirely from Coyote, and as such he can take it away at any time, so there is no gain by killing him. Further, if there was any gain in letting Ysengrim die, would it not be found only in making the court kill him? Granted I did argue that Coyote may or may not have known about the blinker stone, but he is considered to be aware of all events occurring in the Woods. Most especially when you consider that he can force his body to rejoin the biomass of the Woods and disjoin his mind. Therefore, even if he did not know of the Sigil, could he not simply cut Ysengrim's power before he died? Secondly, we have seen Ysengrim out of his cloak before, here, and no one died or was unable to return. To me the cloak symbolizes a shedding of pretenses, of civilization. Of a return to your base instincts. Thirdly, Coyote has yet to be truly antagonistic. He has been a confusing mix of Anti-Villain and Cloud Cuckoolander. He has not yet opposed Annie, simply attempted to help her along in her learning. Maybe this is the first event, maybe not. I doubt it though. Coyote is too Machiavellian. ==EDIT== On an unrelated note, when do I lose my 'New Member' status. If page long diatribes was a prerequisite I have completed that long ago. (Subtle stab at my own tendencies.)
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Post by Eversist on Sept 4, 2012 15:01:27 GMT
On an unrelated note, when do I lose my 'New Member' status. If page long diatribes was a prerequisite I have completed that long ago. (Subtle stab at my own tendencies.) It's by post count, unfortunately. -- I doubt he's dead, too. He's sitting there, right at the tippy-top.
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Post by atteSmythe on Sept 4, 2012 15:29:22 GMT
I'm kind of hoping that this is a new permanent addition to the landscape - Annie's fingerprint on the moon, one tall tree rising up above the forest canopy.
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Post by philistine21 on Sept 4, 2012 21:42:22 GMT
Well that escalated quickly. . .
P.S. I feel terrible for that pun but it had to be done.
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Post by Marnath on Sept 5, 2012 4:00:45 GMT
I'm kind of hoping that this is a new permanent addition to the landscape - Annie's fingerprint on the moon, one tall tree rising up above the forest canopy. I see no reason for it to go away, really. I sort of doubt Ysengrin is in the right frame of mind to put it back.
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Post by Fuin on Sept 5, 2012 19:21:04 GMT
On an unrelated note, when do I lose my 'New Member' status. If page long diatribes was a prerequisite I have completed that long ago. (Subtle stab at my own tendencies.) It's by post count, unfortunately. I believe 50 posts are needed to be promoted to Junior Member.
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Post by greengopher on Sept 6, 2012 2:55:48 GMT
Coyote is too Machiavellian. Or maybe not. Probably, Coyote just create new "Annan Waters" - between Annie and Ysengrin. Sort of the message, I think. "This pile of wood, fangs and madness on MY side, fire-head girl" P.S. Sorry, my english is devilish bad. Each finished sentence makes me closer to evaporation of brain.
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 6, 2012 4:36:16 GMT
P.S. Sorry, my english is devilish bad. Each finished sentence makes me closer to evaporation of brain. English in general is devilish. I only realized it after I started learning other languages. Way too complicated, synonyms out the ass, exceptions to every exception to every rule... If I had to learn it over again I would have an embolism for sure. (Welcome to the forum BTW)
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Post by legion on Sept 6, 2012 9:45:36 GMT
If you think English is bad, try to learn Old Irish.
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Post by smjjames on Sept 6, 2012 15:04:19 GMT
P.S. Sorry, my english is devilish bad. Each finished sentence makes me closer to evaporation of brain. English in general is devilish. I only realized it after I started learning other languages. Way too complicated, synonyms out the ass, exceptions to every exception to every rule... If I had to learn it over again I would have an embolism for sure. (Welcome to the forum BTW) Yeah, English is a real agglomeration of various languages over time. Its origins are in the Germanic branch, but it's had influences from all over, French, saxons (and other peoples from Scandinavia) and later on after the British Empire spread and people emigrated to America, influences and words from most languages that people brought over or encountered. You could say that English has a very rich linguistic history.
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Post by greengopher on Sept 6, 2012 15:42:30 GMT
(Welcome to the forum BTW) Thanks. I appreciate your hospitality. =) English in general is devilish. Not very hard for understanding. But writing is my worst enemy.
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Post by notacat on Sept 7, 2012 6:11:20 GMT
You could say that English has a very rich linguistic history. Or you could quote James Nicoll: ;D
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