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Thread: Circus: Mafia on the Planet Dimthing Tourist Bus
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Dafyd
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Ladies, Gentlemen, and Other Entities,
welcome to the planet Dimthing tourist bus. You have chosen to visit the wonders of planet Dimthing, culminating in a visit to the galaxy-famous sapphire waterfall, one of the seven natural wonders of the planet. The lethal x-tonic radiation from our nearby star means that you will be unable to leave the bus for the duration of the trip, but rest assured, our state of the art in-journey entertainment will mean you do not spend a moment bored.
PS There is no possibility of anything going wrong on Dimthing Entertainment tours. Dimthing Entertainment takes the safety of its customers with the utmost seriousness. If anything does go wrong, Dimthing Entertainment are in no way liable in any shape or form for anything at all. This does not affect your statutory rights. This does not affect your statutory rights. Sorry, microphone repeating just there.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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Dafyd
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Last boarding for the Planet Dimthing tour is Friday 28th February at 8pm GMT.
Join the tour that we guarantee you will remember until the end of your life.(*)
(*) If you have forgotten the tour at the end of your life, please apply in person to our head office and we will give you a full refund. (**)
(**) Ghosts, astral entities, beings ascended to another plane of existence, undead, personalities downloaded onto operating systems whether organic or inorganic, body-snatchers, time travellers, and all other post-mortem persons are not eligible.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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An die Freude
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I'd like a ticket please. I'll fill out my personal information while boarding.
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"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable."
Walt Whitman
Formerly JFH
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Alban
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Hophtrig wants a ticket, oh yes he does. And yes, before you ask, of course I'm the Hophtrig, I'm no lookalike or clone, not I. You probably remember watching Hophtrig's top rating show as a youngling, and your littluns likely watch and love Hophtrig too! Hophtrig's coming on board, oh yes he is, with a little help from the Dimthing tourist board, Hophtrig is going to show the beautiful planet of Dimthing to the whole wide universe, and that's a long long way, boys and girls. Wherever you go, don't forget, Hophtrig is your friend. Let's get excited, yes, it's true, Hophtrig's coming aboard!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Jay-Emm
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Ja'ayem looked forward to highlight of the pilgrimage to his ancestral planet. Few Unbrits live there now but the radiation that had kicked his* species into sapience was still necessary for spawning and it was here the lavae swam.
* Had first contact gone differently, her or it's.
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Dafyd
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Originally posted by Jay-Emm:
Few Unbrits live there now but the radiation that had kicked his* species into sapience was still necessary for spawning and it was here the lavae swam.
I don't think the above can be literally true. The planet Dimthing has no native species. Its entire surface is permanently bathed in x-tonic radiation, which as you know is immediately lethal to all known life forms. If, to take a random and purely hypothetical example, you as passengers on the bus were to decide to execute one of your number, throwing them out of the airlock would be instantly fatal. Not that you'd ever do that. Not that you'd ever do that. Sorry, microphone playing up again.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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Alban
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Oh Hello Ja'Ayem, that's a pretty name, Ja'Ayem is. Are we ready to see the beautiful planet of Dimthing? I know Hophtrig's excited, oh yes he is, do you want to be Hophrig's friend, Hophtrig would like that, he would, we could be good friends we could.
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Jay-Emm
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(Oh, fair point. Consider it revised)
Except in myth no Unbrites live there now. The radiation that had kicked his species into sapience had also kicked them off planet. A visit to mutate the clone-egg cells was still necessary, even though the nanosecond exposure in the airlock at the holy site would be as fatal as to any other creature.
New Unbrite life would complete the cycle of life growing from cell to lavae inside his dead body, then as the fittest finished consuming, it would complete it's metamorphism to infant.
He obviously did not want to die before that time (or have anyone messing post-mortem)
(Or cut off at the first two sentences. Or I can rewrite completely.)
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A humanoid approached. It was hard to see much of its body, but from its appearance, it was probably well-dressed by the standards of its culture albeit completely unornamented. The hood over its head was red velvet and attached to a black velvet coat. Two black velveted arms protruded and were thrust into pockets. Two black velveted legs with red velvet around the cuffs disappeared into simple (though very large) black shoes. "My master would like to board, presuming a large private suite is available? He will have all the amenities, and will desire a cot for me."
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A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea.
If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.
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Alban
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Ooh, ooh, your master? He must be someone important! Who could he be, Hophtrig wonders! Maybe, maybe if we ask really nicely, you'll give Hophtrig a clue. Please? And then, we can find a really nice prize to give the first person to guess who my new friend is going to be!
So, can we get a clue? Canwecanwecanwe. Please?
And wow, another couple of enigmatic guests climbing on, too! Don't be shy guys, Hophtrig will be your friend, whoever you are. Wherever you go, don't forget, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Alban
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Oh, everybody knows Hophtrig, I'm so excited, Hophtrig always loves to meet a new friend! And how about you, lovely humanoid, will you be Hophtrig's friend? How about a hug for your friend Hophtrig! Oh this is going to be such fun!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Alban
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Whoever you are, wherever you are, Hophtrig is your friend! I think I detect a little case of the grumpalumps, lovely lady, so Hophtrig will just sit quietly over here, Hophtrig will, and when you're ready for your hug, come and see your good friend Hophtrig!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Ariston
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As always, I'm in. I have an idea I'm working with, but it still needs a bit more Playing With.
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Alban
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Oh Yay! Another friend! Hophtrig loves friends, you'll be Hophtrig's friend, won't you? We'll have so many friends on this bus, so many good friends for Hophtrig!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Lesley, a plain, 40-1sh, sandy haired lady with piercing sea-green eyes, looks up and smiles at Hophtrig.
We'll have so many friends on this bus, so many good friends for Hophtrig.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Alban
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Oh Hello Lesley!
Hophtrig would loveLoveLOVE to be your friend, let me give you a big Hophtrig hug.
It's so nice to meet you, Lesley, I think I'll call you Lovely Lesley because those words rhyme. Not only do they rhyme, but the two words are something special called alliteration, that's a big word which means that Lovely and Lesley start with the same letter. Hophtrig likes the letter L, Hophtrig hopes you do too. Hophtrig likes his new friend Lovely Lesley too, it's wonderful to meet you!
Whoever you are, wherever we go, Hophtrig will be your friend, Hophtrig will!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Kelly Alves
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(creepy smile)
...would loveLoveLOVE to be your friend.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Alban
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Oh Yes, Lovely Lesley, I like you, you're a special friend! Let's sing the Friendship song.
When Hophtrig is happy,
Everyone is happy too,
What makes Hophtrig happy,
Is having friends so true,
Wherever you may go,
And whatever you may do,
Inside Hophtrig's heart,
Is a place that's just for you!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Eliab
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I'll take a ticket to Dimthing, please. Identity to be confirmed later.
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"Perhaps there is poetic beauty in the abstract ideas of justice or fairness, but I doubt if many lawyers are moved by it"
Richard Dawkins
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Starbug
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Her Eminence, the Lady Celandine Diamante De Cooperhoop paused just before the doorway, adjusting her *ahem* costume. Perhaps the smudges of soot on her cheeks were just a step too far? No matter - as long as these peasants thought she was a fellow peasant, that would suffice.
The creature at the door was asking for her name. She thought frantically - what was that maid called, the one she'd dismissed for looking longingly at her priceless necklace. Ah, that was it! 'I'm Lucy',she simpered in what she hoped was a lowly peasant-like manner.
She relaxed for a moment, then froze on seeing the velvet-clad figure at the far end of the room. His servant! Could that mean He was also here! To her horror, the upstart servant was looking right at her with a quizzical expression...
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“Oh the pointing again. They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?” ― The Day of the Doctor
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Alban
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New friends?
Here, have a hug, friend, no need to be shy, Hophtrig would love to know your name. This is going to be such big fun, this trip, such fun!!
And Lucy! That's a beautiful name, so loose and free, and I can see that you'll be a good friend. Would you like to borrow a tissue for your face, friend? Hoophtrig has a tissue for you, and oyu can be Hophtrig's clean, shiny happy friend, Miss Lucy!
Wherever we go, Hophtrig will be your friend!!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Kelly Alves
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Interior monologue: God, this guy is annoying the piss out of me.
That's a beautiful name, so loose and free.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Ariston
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Time to impose some alterity to reveal the in-itself to itself under the disclosure of the absolute unconditioned as presupposed under the impure intuition of the Here of Heres. Or something like that. Applied phenomenology was really his sister's area, but she had gotten herself some sort of promotion working on a fancy new starship on the other side of creation, so he'd would just have to hope nobody could tell he was faking the justification after the fact. Hey, it'd worked at his gallery openings.
He slid his consciousness out of the PA system's wiring and into the air in the cabin. While admittedly a student work, his Etherial Pillars had been a minor sensation with the architecture faculty at the university—and one doesn't pull off the construction of mile-long apartment blocks made of precisely modulated wind vortices and condensation floating in the jet stream of a gas giant's upper atmosphere without learning a thing or two about controlling hot air. Not that anyone could see the invisible boundary beyond which the noxious vibrations could not pass, but everyone was grateful that somebody had pressed the mute button.
He assumed a body in a seat next to a hooded figure. "Sorry about that. Hard case, even for me, but I think I can keep him occupied for a bit. Here, my card."
A pink calling card materialized out of a cloud, hanging in mid-air in front of the hooded one.
quote:
Zapaterietxe
Architecture•Sculpture•Metaphysics
The card dissolved into thin air with a faint whiff of alien flowers.
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Kelly Alves
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I think I can keep him occupied for a bit.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Alban
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Zapaterietxe! Oh friends, we're in for a treat! Hophtrig loveLoveLOVEs the magic of words, and, Zaphiterietxe, Hophtrig can tell you do, too. Oh you wonderful man, you know so many wonderful, big, words, I hope you'll teach Hophtrig some new ones, that would be so marvellous!
Oh lovely Lesley, you keep getting lovelier and lovelier. Here, have another Hophtrig hug, best friend!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Gwai
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Codine stood in the corner quietly surveying the room. He knew his master might want to know who else was on board. Most of them would not merit bringing especially to his master's notice, but his master would want to know if anyone associated with Home was on board. He was just thinking to himself that probably no one would come in person--too much chance of being seen--then he met another set of eyes.
Codine was trained to watch people, and he thought that was Lady Celandine as soon as he saw her, but when she froze, he was sure. Now that merited interrupting his master.
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A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea.
If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.
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Wet Kipper
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No one saw him enter, no one saw him sit down. But everyone agreed that there was now a 7ft tall metallic man, or at least, shape resembling that of a human male sitting on the bus.
His "face" was devoid of all but the simplest of features, as if drawn by a child. They did not change, no movement of lips was seen, nor audible sound heard. And yet everyone was aware of what could be classed as an introduction, lodging itself in their consciousnesses.
"I am Reppik Tew, of the species Tsoh Remrof. Pleasure to meet you"
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Alban
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Reppik Tew, Hophtrig's new friend Reppik Tew! So good to meet you. You know what Hophtrig would like! Hophtrig thinks we could have a fun competition. Would you like that, boys, girls and non-gendered people. Let's have a competition to find out who can draw the best picture of Reppik Tew, Hophtrig will find a superb prize for the winner! Hophtrig's going to have so much fun here!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Starbug
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Lady Celandine/Lucy reluctantly accepted the kerchief proferred by Hop-thing or whatever his name was, then muttered excuses and sidled away, avoiding his over-enthusiastic hugs. As a fifteenth generation De Cooperhoop, she had never been manhandled by a person of lowly status and she wasn't going to start now. Even Lord Tarquin Le Bowery, her latest suitor, had got no further than a chaste kiss on the side of her bonnet after she turned her head at the last moment.
For now, Her Ladyship was far more concerned with the servant who was regarding her with suspicion from within the depths of his velvet costume. He knew who she was, she was certain of it and if he knew, his master couldn't be far behind. Could the game be up before her journey had even started?
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Jay-Emm
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Ja'ayem, waddled from his seat to the sanitation rooms.
He went past the conspicuously empty seat next to bodyguard/agent. The creature made him nervous if this was the servant what was the master like.
He gave a start, how could he not have noticed those two board. Surely his eyes still worked.
There was someone who thought he ought to have recognized from the holovision. But Ja'ayem had spent his immaturity crawling on the source of food. Worse, Hophtrig wasn't treating The Dimthing with respect.
He glanced at a peasant. He had a bit of sympathy for it, the Unbrite weren't the only exiles.
He was a bit worried that the untrained eye might confuse him with the latest border.
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
No one saw him enter, no one saw him sit down. But everyone agreed that there was now a 7ft tall metallic man, or at least, shape resembling that of a human male sitting on the bus.
His "face" was devoid of all but the simplest of features, as if drawn by a child. They did not change, no movement of lips was seen, nor audible sound heard. And yet everyone was aware of what could be classed as an introduction, lodging itself in their consciousnesses.
"I am Reppik Tew, of the species Tsoh Remrof. Pleasure to meet you"
Pleasure to meet you.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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Otto von Biggleswarpski from Planet 11 has skated on to the bus, and is waving all of his arms at everyone. Please call me John and tell me if showing a ticket is required or if we operate on trust. Because if I have to find it, someone have to hold my feather boa constrictor while I look in my ditty bag for it.
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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Feather boa constrictor?
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Barefoot Friar
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A lone figure appeared. He was dressed in a simple brown cloak that went to his knees; the hood was pulled over his head, covering much of his face. A white cord was tied around his waist, and he wore no shoes on his darkly tanned feet. On his back was a small canvas knapsack, worn and somewhat dirty -- the entirety of his worldly possessions. He said nothing, glancing around at the gathered travellers before turning toward the person selling tickets. From a hidden pocket he produced a small, weathered bag containing a few coins.
"One, please," he said quietly.
The transaction completed, he turned back toward everyone and pushed his hood back. A smile crept across his bearded, tan face.
"Greetings, wayfaring strangers! My name is John."
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Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. -- Desmond Tutu
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Kelly Alves
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Interior monologue: Yeah, right. I think we've met.
My name is John.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote:
Originally posted by Alban:
Reppik Tew, Hophtrig's new friend Reppik Tew! So good to meet you. You know what Hophtrig would like! Hophtrig thinks we could have a fun competition. Would you like that, boys, girls and non-gendered people. Let's have a competition to find out who can draw the best picture of Reppik Tew, Hophtrig will find a superb prize for the winner! Hophtrig's going to have so much fun here!
Zapaterietxe coalesced himself into an absolutely perfect likeness of the metalman, down to the last quantum state of every electron. Then, for good measure, he made another one. Entering into an art competition with shapeshifting beings with an innate and perfect control of matter was generally a bad idea, especially when one of those beings had taken a bit of a dislike to the challenger. The two simulacra seized Hophtrig and dragged him to the back of the bus, back into Zapaterietxe's Cone of Silence.
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Kelly Alves
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Lesley again smiles creepily. Thank. God.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Banner Lady
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Cho Bacca Loriette was excited. She bounded around the outside of the big shiny bus thing three times before squeezing her enormous hindquarters through the doors, and pulling the boarding details out of her pouch. Her ears twitched as they brushed the cabin ceiling.
She eyed the other passengers with bright deer like eyes. Who would like a jump hug, she wondered? There was a big fellow wandering around down near the back who looked friendly. She bounced down the aisles. Jump hug, jump hug, JUMP HUGGGG!!!!
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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Alban
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Jump Hug?!
Oh hello, lovely lady!
Jump Hug?!!
Hophtrig loves Hugs! Hophtrig. LOVES. Hugs!
JUMP HUG!!!
Will you be Hophtrig's bestest friend evereverever!
Hophtrig Loves Choey!
Let's sing the friendship song!
When Hophtrig is happy,
Everyone is happy too,
What makes Hophtrig happy,
Is having friends so true,
Wherever you may go,
And whatever you may do,
Inside Hophtrig's heart,
Is a place that's just for you!
Here, Choey, come with Hophtrig, beautiful Choey, come and meet Hophtrig's good friends!
This here is Zapaterietxe. He's good fun, he is. Hophtrig likes Zapaterietxe's big words. Zapaterietxe's the one who designed the playroom I was in when you came. He's a little bit silly, though, he forgot to put a handle on the inside of the door, I was getting lonely when you came in and left the door open.
This lovely lady, Codine here, wants to be a good friend to Hophtrig, but she has a little case of the grumpalumps. I hope she's ready for her hug now. She's going to introduce me to her very important master, too!
This is Lovely Lesley, she's a really really good friend. Hophtrig knows she is a really good friend because Lovely Lesley even talks like Hophtrig sometimes!
And over here is Lucy. She's beautiful, but fun. She loves to play in the mud, for she had mud on her face when Hophtrig first met her. She's clean and shiny and ready for big hugs and kisses now!
This funny man is Reppik Tew. He's fun to play with, he played a fun game of pick up Hophtrig. Hophtrig thinks Reppik's a bit magic, too, for there were two of him carrying Hophtrig, and one sitting in his seat. Hophtrig likes the Reppik friend!
This is John, he's a funny man, isn't he!
And these four, these four friends, Hophtrig does not know yet. This monk, whose nametag says John too, arrived while Hophtrig couldn't get out. And the other three are shy bunnies. Hophtrig doesn't know while they're shy, we're all friends here.
But there's no better friend than my Choey! Everyone, this is Choey, Choey is Hophtrig's friend!!!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Kelly Alves
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I was getting lonely when you came in and left the door open.
And the other three are shy bunnies.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Alban
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Oh Lovely Lesley, you are such a good friend! Here, Choey, let's have a big group jumphug with lovely Lesley! She's so smiley!!!
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Starbug
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Lady Celandine/Lucy felt herself suddenly lifted into the air and whirled round by that Hop-Thing person. She couldn't breath. It was too, too disgusting, coming into physical contact with a commoner. But, more than that, she was worried about Daddy's money..
Normally flat-chested, her current appearance was somewhat more buxom than usual, thanks to the large quantities of Etruvian dollars stuffed into her under-garments. The Hop-Thing's whirling and shaking was threatening to dislodge all her new-found cleavage.
Lucy pulled herself free a little , leaned back and kicked him in what she hoped was a painful place.
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“Oh the pointing again. They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?” ― The Day of the Doctor
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Alban
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No, Lucy, that's not a nice tickle, Hophtrig doesn't like that.
Here, Hophtrig will show you a nice tickle. I know Zapaterietxe will help Hophtrig, come on Choey, let's show Lucy how we do nice tickling on Zapaterietxe!
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Ariston
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Things were quickly getting out of hand on the bus, and it hadn't even left yet. Being insubstantial had its advantages when you're being pursued by a rather alarming and extremely annoying creature with a complete inability to take unsubtle hints; merging his ego with the furniture would have been the most obvious course of evasive action, but Zapaterietxe rather suspected that ruse would be too likely to result in a game of "let's hunt the angel, boys and girls! Wheeere'd he go? Whooooo can find him? I know he's hiding somewhere" for comfort. Xhosi, of course, would have just added shiny hobnail boots to her usually assumed form just to ram one up an extremely unpleasant place, but she'd always been the extroverted sibling—and not one for indirect approaches anyway. Perhaps leaving an insubstantial simulacrum behind—let's see the big galoot glomp an insubstantial cloud for some real entertainment—might let him merge back with the electrical wiring and enjoy a bit of peace.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Alban
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Wow, Hophtrig's ticklyfingers went right through Zapaterietxe. He's a big joker, Zapaterietxe, where can he be hiding, lets go and look for him, boys and girls.
Maybe he's hiding in here.
Ooh, it's a bit smelly in here, and Ja'ayem doesn't look very happy that we've caught him disrobed.
Oh, Choey, you haven't met Ja'ayem yet, have you? Here, let's tickle Ja'ayem, Hophtrig likes making people happy!
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Whoever you are, wherever you go, Hophtrig is your friend!
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Banner Lady
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" Choey?" Cho Bacca Loriette liked the nickname immediately, but was made terribly anxious by the demand to sing. She pulled her communicator out of her pouch and pointed the explainiator at the ceiling above Hophtrig.
Hello. I am Cho Bacca Loriette. Please excuse my lack of voice. My species is silent, except for eating noises - we do enjoy our food!
We must eat often, or we become unable to move. Thanks to some Korean/Australian genetic engineering our astro-tech pouches are fully equipped with all conveniences necessary to our well-being.
Thank you for your understanding.
With that, Choey wedged herself into an impossibly small seat next to one of the shy bunnies, and produced a fully laden tea tray from her pouch. She offered a cup to the passenger next to her, and then poured some piping hot Billy Tea for herself.
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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