Dudley's dungeon

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Tuesday, 26 September, 2006 by L
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@ "So, Dudley..."
@ "Yes, my ladyBlind Io took up the dice-box, which was a skull whose various
orifices had been stoppered with rubies, and with several of
his eyes on the Lady he rolled three fives. She smiled. This
was the nature of the Lady's eyes: they were bright green,
lacking iris or pupil, and they glowed from within.

The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and,
from the very bottom, produced a couple that she set down on
the board with two decisive clicks. The rest of the players,
as one God, craned forward to peer at them.

"A wenegade wiffard and fome fort of clerk," said Offler the
Crocodile God, hindered as usual by his tusks. "Well,
weally!" With one claw he pushed a pile of bone-white tokens
into the centre of the table.

The Lady nodded slightly. She picked up the dice-cup and held
it as steady as a rock, yet all the Gods could hear the three
cubes rattling about inside. And then she sent them bouncing
across the table.

A six. A three. A five.

Something was happening to the five, however. Battered by the
chance collision of several billion molecules, the die flipped
onto a point, spun gently and came down a seven. Blind Io
picked up the cube and counted the sides.

"Come _on_," he said wearily, "Play fair."
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.?" 
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@ "Owing to your admirable achievements of late..." 
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@ "We have decided that now is the time that you shall mentor an apprenticeEbenezum walked before me along the closest thing we could
find to a path in these overgrown woods. Every few paces he
would pause, so that I, burdened with a pack stuffed with
arcane and heavy paraphernalia, could catch up with his
wizardly strides. He, as usual, carried nothing, preferring,
as he often said, to keep his hands free for quick conjuring
and his mind free for the thoughts of a mage.
        [ A Dealing with Demons, by Craig Shaw Gardner ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.!" 
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@ "ApprenticeEbenezum walked before me along the closest thing we could
find to a path in these overgrown woods. Every few paces he
would pause, so that I, burdened with a pack stuffed with
arcane and heavy paraphernalia, could catch up with his
wizardly strides. He, as usual, carried nothing, preferring,
as he often said, to keep his hands free for quick conjuring
and his mind free for the thoughts of a mage.
        [ A Dealing with Demons, by Craig Shaw Gardner ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. Wes, step forward."
@ "...Um, hello." 
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@ "Dudley, you shall train this young man in the ways of the Mazes of Menace..." 
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@ "Until he becomes competent enough to explore the dungeons on his own." 
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d "Sorry Wes, but here on Team Dogley we have a policy in which all members' names must end in 'ey'." 
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d "Henceforth, I give thee the Team Dogley name of... 'Noobley'." 
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d "But you can call yourself 'Noobers' for short." 
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@ "I wish my puppy could talk."
@ "At the end of this week, remind me to quote you on that."
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Grunt September 26, 2006 00:41
First comment: 25 July, 2006 36 comments written
Hark, I sense the beginning of another story arc.

But shouldn't the naming policy be "-ley", as fits all four(?) names we've seen in your strips thus far?
Dav September 26, 2006 01:16
First comment: 26 June, 2004 147 comments written
I'm assuming the omission of "Wesley" was intentional.
SomeoneElse September 26, 2006 01:50
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
It's coolish, but kind of hard to understand what's going on. Maybe because I'm so terrible at NetHack I haven't seen any apprentices yet.
  September 26, 2006 07:10
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
There aint ones. THis is a comic and it's bound only to the writers' imagination. Btw this was excellent.
Dion September 26, 2006 10:33
First comment: 2 February, 2004 100 comments written
... but you didn't rate it 'Excellent'? Odd...
Fathead September 26, 2006 20:42
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Dittoes on Dav's discourse.

Oh, and quote him on Friday.
Grognor April 19, 2007 08:18
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
GOOD.
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