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Friday, 3 November, 2006 by Matt B.
You see a puff      
of smoke.           
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You may wish for    
an object.          
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& "You set me free! I am in your debt."
@ "Gray dragonIn the West the dragon was the natural enemy of man. Although
preferring to live in bleak and desolate regions, whenever it
was seen among men it left in its wake a trail of destruction
and disease. Yet any attempt to slay this beast was a perilous
undertaking. For the dragon's assailant had to contend
not only with clouds of sulphurous fumes pouring from its fire
breathing nostrils, but also with the thrashings of its tail,
the most deadly part of its serpent-like body.
[ Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ]

"One whom the dragons will speak with," he said, "that is a
dragonlord, or at least that is the center of the matter. It's
not a trick of mastering the dragons, as most people think.
Dragons have no masters. The question is always the same, with
a dragon: will he talk to you or will he eat you? If you can
count upon his doing the former, and not doing the latter, why
then you're a dragonlord."
        [ The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin ]

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You hear maniacal   
laughter. "Some     
assembly required!" 
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a - a scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

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Thanks to the people on r.g.r.n for this idea.

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Mikoangelo November 3, 2006 00:14
First comment: 19 October, 2005 82 comments written
XD
What's there to say?
XD
Nobody Special November 3, 2006 00:25
First comment: 8 June, 2005 118 comments written
Elegant simplicity.
G November 3, 2006 01:05
First comment: 5 October, 2005 82 comments written
Even seasonal!

(this first posted thing seems to presume that I am always G instead of previously Gwai)
snafu November 3, 2006 01:20
First comment: 3 November, 2006 15 comments written
LOL! Well played, sir!
Green Hat Linux November 3, 2006 01:45
First comment: 12 October, 2006 9 comments written
ouch! very nice :P
Kernigh November 3, 2006 02:59
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
The moral and lesson is: Do not quaff from fountains!
Grunt November 3, 2006 05:36
First comment: 25 July, 2006 36 comments written
I've read the thread, but seeing it in action is much more entertaining. :)
Am Shaedan November 3, 2006 09:29
First comment: 18 May, 2004 49 comments written
Voted for the best comic ever
Ristipisto-Risto November 3, 2006 11:29
First comment: 25 January, 2006 52 comments written
Now THIS kicks ass!
Roger Barnett November 3, 2006 14:35
First comment: 7 April, 2006 143 comments written
Definitely one of the better comics :P Simple, yet wonderful.
Jmadman311 November 3, 2006 15:45
First comment: 23 May, 2006 17 comments written
Awesome. :)
nordenjolt@gmail.com November 3, 2006 16:14
First comment: 3 February, 2005 7 comments written
I'm in love.
Layne November 3, 2006 16:15
First comment: 27 September, 2006 5 comments written
ELBERETH... Even as they stepped over the threshold a single clear
voice rose in song.

        A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
        silivren penna miriel
        o menel aglar elenath!
        Na-chaered palan-diriel
        o galadhremmin ennorath,
        Fanuilos, le linnathon
        nef aear, si nef aearon!

Frodo halted for a moment, looking back. Elrond was in his
chair and the fire was on his face like summer-light upon the
trees. Near him sat the Lady Arwen. [...]
He stood still enchanted, while the sweet syllables of the
elvish song fell like clear jewels of blended word and melody.
"It is a song to Elbereth," said Bilbo. "They will sing that,
and other songs of the Blessed Realm, many times tonight.
Come on!"
[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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voice rose in song.

        A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
        silivren penna miriel
        o menel aglar elenath!
        Na-chaered palan-diriel
        o galadhremmin ennorath,
        Fanuilos, le linnathon
        nef aear, si nef aearon!

Frodo halted for a moment, looking back. Elrond was in his
chair and the fire was on his face like summer-light upon the
trees. Near him sat the Lady Arwen. [...]
He stood still enchanted, while the sweet syllables of the
elvish song fell like clear jewels of blended word and melody.
"It is a song to Elbereth," said Bilbo. "They will sing that,
and other songs of the Blessed Realm, many times tonight.
Come on!"
[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Rose November 3, 2006 18:46
First comment: 3 July, 2006 79 comments written
Yes. Simple and wonderful.
Gadora November 3, 2006 23:32
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
Applause!
GreyKnight November 3, 2006 23:44
First comment: 24 March, 2006 48 comments written
A similar idea was proposed once, whereby wishing for another role's questifact would bring it still in the possession of the relevant nemesis.

(this first posted thing seems to presume that I am always G instead of previously Gwai)
It identifies you by your name, so...
Gadora November 4, 2006 00:09
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
GreyKnight: That would make for some interesting Bones files. (and many bells)
Armv November 4, 2006 05:47
First comment: 5 October, 2006 28 comments written
Quick Dudley use that scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

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. of genocide that you have been saving. That would of course have its own dire draw backs...
Alcari November 5, 2006 17:48
First comment: 11 September, 2006 93 comments written
Ikea Armor :)
Gadora November 5, 2006 19:57
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
Armv: Sent in some dragons.
Veinor November 6, 2006 02:46
First comment: 1 November, 2006 12 comments written
Sweet.
Grognor April 20, 2007 07:53
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
GODGoddesses and Gods operate in ones, threesomes, or whole
pantheons of nine or more (see Religion). Most of them claim
to have made the world, and this is indeed a likely claim in
the case of threesomes or pantheons: Fantasyland does have
the air of having been made by a committee. But all Goddesses
and Gods, whether they say they made the world or not, have
very detailed short-term plans for it which they are determined
to carry out. Consequently they tend to push people into the
required actions by the use of coincidence or Prophecy, or just
by narrowing down your available choices of what to do next:
if a deity is pushing you, things will go miserably badly until
there is only one choice left to you.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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If you wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
eating infants on a fast day.
        [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]

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Custard January 31, 2008 09:04
First comment: 1 December, 2007 10 comments written
Thankfully (and I mean that), I'm not you, Grognor.
kureshii March 16, 2008 19:02
First comment: 8 March, 2008 37 comments written
Seems to have been done before...

And I think it would have been more correct to give him scales instead; it's the scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

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. that does the assembly ;)
Dani June 13, 2008 00:21
First comment: 7 June, 2008 39 comments written
Never take a wish in IKEA.
Newtkiller December 23, 2008 06:21
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
Wow.
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