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Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice on Mount Weitang...

2019.06.17 edit: http://www.eyrie-productions.com/UF/AUDIO/FI/OOTR/TFLF/2-16%20Chapter%2014_%20_Relax_.mp3

caution: contains singing

--G.
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LAST EDITED ON May-21-17 AT 10:17 PM (EDT)
 
But is that tent at least pretty painted?

Very cute, as usual. And so, wild adventures of Tea Time Club in Big Universe begin.

>But is that tent at least pretty painted?

The Ornate one presumably is; Shabby and Common, not so much. (There's probably a tier above Ornate, too—Elite or some such. :)

--G.
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No, no. Yui's Mom and Dad's tent.

Pretty paintings and embroidings and forgot the name, imprintings? Usage of chisel to make patterns on leather. Yes, that, on Ornate is presumed to be in place, Elite obviously adds gold and even more floor padding.

And now I found the source of confusion. Is Yui's Mom and Dad's yurt an Ornate Tent?

>No, no. Yui's Mom and Dad's tent.

Aha.

>Pretty paintings and embroidings and forgot the name, imprintings?
>Usage of chisel to make patterns on leather.

Embossing? (Or possibly tooling?)

>And now I found the source of confusion. Is Yui's Mom and Dad's yurt
>an Ornate Tent?

It's probably pretty spartan—Air Nomads are into the whole Simplicity thing—but elegant.

--G.
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Hey, it's Romeo - nearly gave me a heart attack...

*wanders off humming*

I hope these kids survive their first encounter with New Avalon without going into terminal tourist shock.

>
>I hope these kids survive their first encounter with New Avalon
>without going into terminal tourist shock.
>

It's going to be a shock on both sides, although I suspect New Avalon will be slightly better prepared, having had an Avatar visit a few years back.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

Watch out, universe; when Ritsu and Mugi are combining their powers of plotting, nothing will stand in their way for long.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

Despite the song in the episode being Mark Knopfler, the title has put Frankie Goes To Hollywood in my head.

>Despite the song in the episode being Mark Knopfler, the title has put
>Frankie Goes To Hollywood in my head.

That is not entirely coincidental.

Also,

Elder Days Story Time

INT. NIGHT. An apartment in Worcester, one evening in the summer of 1997. GRYPHON has just moved back east from the shambles that was his California experiment and is camped out in the spare room at JER and ANDREW'S place for a while. This particular evening, he's in there gweeping when JER walks in.

JER
Hey Gryph. You want some cheesy poufs?

GRYPHON
(puzzled)
Uh... yes, Jer. I would love some cheesy poufs.

JER
Here you go.

JER hands GRYPHON a CD copy of Welcome to the Pleasuredome, then slopes back out without another word.

--G.
shit me, that was 20 years ago
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As ever, TFLF continues to be pure adorable gold. Having seen the show, I'm really enjoying how the characters are clearly learning and growing in all facets; without losing any of the parts that make the cast such a joy to watch (read).

This will, I feel, continue to lead to excellence :)

LAST EDITED ON May-25-17 AT 06:53 AM (EDT) by Gryphon (admin)
 
>Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice
>on Mount Weitang...
>
A thousand thank yous G. Had one WRECK of a day, and this is a great lightening of the metaphysical load.

So... on to the 'dreaded(?)' thought by thought!

> All her stuff was at least two generations old. Ritsu was an inveterate
> scrounger of discount bins; she had a shelf above her computer at home
> that was full of games with the spines of their cases notched, for which
> she had paid an average of ¥2.50 apiece.

which makes you a gamer after my own heart Ritsu. I've yet to spend more than US 20 for a game (even including travelers tale Lego titles) but darn if both coaster planet and roller coaster tycoon world arn't trying to break down that barrier!

> Tonight, they were playing Western Empire, a nation-building simulator
> that cast each of its up-to-six players as the leader of one of the
> warring factions that had, in ancient times, eventually consolidated
> this part of the world into the Great Western Empire

to the uninitated read something akin to Sid Meyers Civilization series
(just about any darn release)

> "Hey Mio," Ritsu asked. "Did you finish your trade with the Fire
> Archipelago yet?"

which answers at least SOME of my questions (mostly about which 'nations' did or didn't make the cut; but probably am invoking Bellesarius' law if actually ASKED)

> Not a—what even is what you said?!

Oh, trust me Mio. Bellesarius' law is DEFINATLY in affect at this point.
*seriously evil grin if she wasn't like TOTALLY underage.
and 3 dimensions over.*

> "It's not ornate, anyway," and broke them all—even Mio—up laughing.

I TOLD ya so!!!

I'm still greatly enjoying this series, and I've started to go back and reread again.

But alas, my attempts to Google 'Bellesarius' Law' have come to naught, with or without the spelling change Google thinks I need.

------
Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper
Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her

>But alas, my attempts to Google 'Bellesarius' Law' have come to
>naught, with or without the spelling change Google thinks I need.
>

Don't feel too bad, V. It comes from Quantum Leap and can best be paraphrased as:
DON"T INVESTIGATE THIS TO CLOSELY

>>But alas, my attempts to Google 'Bellesarius' Law' have come to
>>naught, with or without the spelling change Google thinks I need.
>>
>
>Don't feel too bad, V. It comes from Quantum Leap and can best be
>paraphrased as:
>DON"T INVESTIGATE THIS TO CLOSELY

It's "Bellisario's Law," named after Donald Bellisario, creator of "Quantum Leap" - as mentioned - and other TV shows. "Bellisarius" was/is the name of his production company. I believe the "law" was born when he answered a wide variety of nitpicky questions about "Quantum Leap" with something like: "Don't think about it too hard. It's just a TV show."

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

Known better to some as the MST3K Mantra.

"So repeat to yourself, 'It's just a show', and sit back and relax!"

Rereading, the following leapt out at me (emphasis added):
>>Azusa's eyes didn't need a lot of ambient light to pick up general details these days.

Is the influence of Azusa's cat-spirit heritage growing stronger over time? If so, is that normal for people with spirits for recent ancestors?

>Rereading, the following leapt out at me (emphasis added):
>>>Azusa's eyes didn't need a lot of ambient light to pick up general details these days.
>
>Is the influence of Azusa's cat-spirit heritage growing stronger over
>time?

Oh hey, I was hoping someone would notice that. Yes, it appears to be.

>If so, is that normal for people with spirits for recent
>ancestors?

It's not universal, but not unheard-of either. The spirit-kin phenomenon takes a lot of different forms (much like the spirits themselves).

--G.
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*Sigh* I'm conflicted Gryph. Its your story, and yes, these audio narrations started as an experiment.

And yet I want to say oh no, you should be changing your inflections to x at point Y.... EVEN THOUGH YOUR THE ONE WHO WROTE IT AND SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

*mrgle*

I mean, I'd crawl off in shame, but...

bah. It's your story to tell, RL-G, inflections and all. If you *DO* want to know more, the PM here works.

Well, I'm conflicted too, in that I'm curious, but at the same time, to be honest, I have a hard enough time just getting all the syllables to come out in the right order some days.

--G.
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>Well, I'm conflicted too, in that I'm curious, but at the same time,
>to be honest, I have a hard enough time just getting all the syllables
>to come out in the right order some days.
>
>--G.

....

....

Yeah. what you just said Ben.