| Flash Fic... |
[27 Aug 2009|06:38pm] |
The wizard walked around the windowless stone room, checking the circle painted on the floor, and the symbols surrounding it. The room was lit by three orange spheres floating in the air aimlessly. Satisfied, the wizard walked over to the only furniture in the room, a simple wooden table and chair. He sat in the chair, waved his hand idly in the air causing one of the spheres to move closer, and picked up a book from the table.
He read a few pages on the book, and then smiled a small smile. He laid the book down, still open, and said a few words in a language few knew.
There was a flash of red and orange light, and a figure stood in the circle on the floor. It was faintly humanoid, red skinned, with leathery wings folded at its back. Its head looked more like a horse’s skull. It stood hunched over, but if it stood straight, it would be over seven feet tall. Black eyes stared out at the wizard.
It looked down at the circle in the floor, glancing behind itself on both sides, and froze. A hideous smile crept across its face as it turned to the face the wizard.
“Why have you summoned me?” it hissed, a sound like a knife being drawn across stone.
“No reason,” replied the wizard in a casual tone of voice. “I guess I wanted to say ‘hi’.”
The demon threw back it head and laughed. “Arrogant human! Do you know what you are toying with?”
The wizard held up the book for the demon to see. There was a picture of the demon on the left-hand page, and text on the right hand side. One word of the text glowed. “Him, er, I mean, you. See, there’s your name!”
“Wizard, you may be insane, but your soul will taste just as sweet. You have my name, but you did not draw the circle correctly. My name is worthless to you.”
“Huh, so I did. Oops. My bad. Sorry.”
The demon started to step out of the circle, then paused. It moved back to the center of the circle and stared at the wizard, its head cocked to one side.
The wizard smiled, a slight, almost friendly, smile. Like a grandfather would smile at a grandchild who had done something vaguely naughty but still cute.
The two stared at each other for a minute, then two.
“What game are you playing, wizard?”
“I have no idea what you are talking about. I am just an old man sitting at a table having a chat.”
The demon started to step out of the circle again, frozen, and slowly put its foot back down, inside the circle. The wizard had started to smile as the demon had taken his step—not a friendly smile. The circle did work both ways; the demon was also protected from things outside.
The two started at each other again. The wizard was trying not to laugh.
“Argh, human, I hate you!” the demon howled as he vanished back to where he came.
The wizard laughed as he closed the book. The priests all say it is a sin to consort with demons, and broadly speaking it was, but technically if one was the greatest paladin-wizard on the planet, one of a handful who could summon a demon and be able to defeat it, summoning a demon just to mess with its head wasn’t a sin.
Raven was a good god.
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| Fire Breathing Chickens in Japan |
[02 Aug 2009|09:33pm] |
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basan.
Basan is a fowl-like bird illustrated in the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari. According to the description on the illustration, it resembles a large chicken and breathes ghost-fire from its mouth. It lives in the mountains of Iyo Province (today Ehime Prefecture).
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| Diablo II |
[10 Jul 2009|12:04pm] |
I am playing Diablo II on the final difficulty: Hell. The biggest issue is that about 25% of the monsters, and about half of the bigger monsters, are immune to lightening--my main attack.
And then there are the ones that are immune to lightening and physical damage so my minion is worthless.
Finally, I get some cold attacks and start playing with them. Sadly, since they aren't that good yet, I died.
Due to the spiraling cost of health-care I can't resurrect my minion.
ARGH.
So.
I go back to the level where I died, but this time with my main attack loaded, I am screaming, "How's that feel? It is like the world's worst static shock STRAIGHT INTO YOUR SINUSES! Bwa-ha-ha-ha. Oooooo! Mr. Abyss Knight thinks he's all tough, well eat zappy!"
Then I get enough money to resurrect my minion.
"Ha! Eat lighting and hey, hey, my boy-friend's back..."
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| Good in Bed |
[25 Apr 2009|01:41pm] |
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Man, I am good in bed: I just slept 14 hours...
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| Power! |
[12 Dec 2008|08:56pm] |
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I have power again!
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[17 Jul 2008|10:06pm] |
Is the Janitor a Time Lord?
If you don’t know what this means, you are probably happier.
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[08 Jul 2008|08:04am] |
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Is Lord Voldemort, Davy Jones’ clean-cut brother?
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| Passed Boating Safety Class |
[07 Jun 2008|06:56pm] |
And I now have a nice certificate and card.
But, for those who want the short version:
- Your engine hates you and wants to kill you. It can do this in many ways from the blatant, like exploding, to the sneaky, like slowly poisoning you with carbon-monoxide, to the perverse like filling your bilge with gas fumes for hours until the bilge pump comes on and sparks, causing a fireball.
- Avoid drowning.
- Everything else.
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| New Role-Playing Game |
[19 Apr 2008|09:11am] |
I am starting a new role-playing game. It takes place on a world where human came to the planet roughly 1,200 years ago, but somehow lost technology and had to rebuild from scratch. Most of the humans are just that, human, but a small minority are very powerful Mages.
Two countries, the two superpowers, are about to go to war over land that has been fought over for centuries, but now there may be artifacts from the original colonists on that land so they are much more serious about owning that bit of mountain. The game takes place in the city-state of Aberdeen, a place mostly ignored until now; except Aberdeen controls a canal both side want access to, badly.
Write Up!
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| Alex Has Joined Ceiling Cat |
[03 Apr 2008|10:39am] |
My cat Alex had a heart attack today and passed on. He was a great cat and I am very glad to have had him in my life. He did live his life to the fullest, you can’t say otherwise.
He will be missed.
He’s up in the ceiling watching us all...um...well, watching.
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| BiPAP - Hot or Not |
[22 Mar 2008|10:59am] |
From MSNBC.com:
Do you think I'm sexy? Apnea aid raises doubts:
Hoses, masks and whirring noises make CPAP romance a little challenging.
Okay, to the woman who said this:
I am having a hard time seeing an educated, attractive man looking for an over-weight single mother (2 year old girl) who also has the joy of wearing a full face mask to bed.
He will be asleep before you even find the mask. It isn’t like you wear the mask during the date or during sex. Trust me, guys just don’t care. I mean, unless you wear the mask on your chest. We notice that.
Other than that, the CPAP and BiPAP machines are amazing in how much energy they give someone. If your partner has one, rejoice that they will be there for you, in and out of the sack.
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