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Bodhi
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"Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
 
   So I was re-reading Christmas Rose and I came upon something which piqued my curious nature. It is a the bit about Lesser Mazinger after Kate opens/is surprised by him.

When he'd originally conceived it, it hadn't had a real
purpose - he just thought she would find it funny, entertaining to
have around. Since yesterday he'd added a certain level of
functionality, but it wasn't the kind of thing he was going to stand
around talking about on Christmas Eve, right in front of everybody.

So my query is thus: Does Gryph intend to explain this at some point or was it just in to give the narrative a little more dimension? I expect Gryphon to be cryptic and somewhat unhelpful as is his right and wont. I can't blame him.

Thanks

Bodhi

"...martial artist = code of honor = mistreat without fear of repercussion..." -- Gryphon

I like that line, I find it to be more and more a truism.


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  RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Mephronmoderator Nov-07-01 1
     RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Nathan Nov-07-01 3
     RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Bodhi Nov-07-01 4
  RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Gryphonadmin Nov-07-01 2
     RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Bodhi Nov-07-01 5
         RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Star Ranger4 Nov-07-01 6
  RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds StaticdashPulse Nov-08-01 7
     RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Redneck Nov-08-01 8
         RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Laudre Nov-08-01 9
         RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds StaticdashPulse Nov-08-01 10
             RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds remandeteam Nov-09-01 11
                 RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds StaticdashPulse Nov-09-01 12
                     RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Gryphonadmin Nov-09-01 13
                         RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Ardaniel Nov-09-01 14
                             RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Gryphonadmin Nov-09-01 15
                                 RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Star Ranger4 Nov-09-01 16
                                 RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds Mephronmoderator Nov-09-01 17

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Mephronmoderator
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1. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
In response to message #0
 
   >So my query is thus: Does Gryph intend to explain this at some point
>or was it just in to give the narrative a little more dimension? I
>expect Gryphon to be cryptic and somewhat unhelpful as is his right
>and wont. I can't blame him.

I expect that if it becomes needful, we'll find out. Until then, we're left to wonder...

(I think LM has a one-shot hyperpulse generator that basically will scream at Gryphon, "I just blew up, Kaitlyn is in trouble, come NOW!" But that's just my theory.)

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3. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >(I think LM has a one-shot hyperpulse generator that basically will
>scream at Gryphon, "I just blew up, Kaitlyn is in trouble, come NOW!"
>But that's just my theory.)

I'd guess a Transformer-style size-alteration-device.

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Bodhi
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4. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
In response to message #1
 
   >I expect that if it becomes needful, we'll find out. Until then,
>we're left to wonder...

You're probably right. It just struck me that he hadn't resolved that and I'm a curious bastard.

>(I think LM has a one-shot hyperpulse generator that basically will
>scream at Gryphon, "I just blew up, Kaitlyn is in trouble, come NOW!"
>But that's just my theory.)

I was thinking LM would re-configure into a Type One phaser or a nine-mill slugger... I kinda like your idea better. Hyperpulse, then Gryph, Kei, Hammer, Megazone, and Corwin show up dressed for killin' <grin> And the Duelists not very far behind. Amanda and Juri alone would be damn near overkill. The fact that UF Gryph wouldn't leave any worth overkilling should be apparent.

Bodhi

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2. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
In response to message #0
 
   > When he'd originally conceived it, it hadn't had a real
> purpose - he just thought she would find it funny, entertaining to
> have around. Since yesterday he'd added a certain level of
> functionality, but it wasn't the kind of thing he was going to
>stand
> around talking about on Christmas Eve, right in front of everybody.
>

>
>So my query is thus: Does Gryph intend to explain this at some point
>or was it just in to give the narrative a little more dimension? I
>expect Gryphon to be cryptic and somewhat unhelpful as is his right
>and wont.

Well, I won't be cryptic, but I won't be helpful either.

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Bodhi
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5. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >Well, I won't be cryptic, but I won't be helpful either.

Thanks, man. <grin>


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6. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >>Well, I won't be cryptic, but I won't be helpful either.
>
>Thanks, man. <grin>

Which is starting to sound like whatever added function it was is going to be key to the story in later movements. ^_^

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7. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   LAST EDITED ON Nov-08-01 AT 00:37 AM (EST)

>So my query is thus: Does Gryph intend to explain this at some point
>or was it just in to give the narrative a little more dimension? I
>expect Gryphon to be cryptic and somewhat unhelpful as is his right
>and wont. I can't blame him.

Don't forget that Corwin tells Skuld that Tiny Robo was made so that it... It was built so... Here let me go find the quote...

*rumble* *dig* *double-click*

Here we are:


"This is excellent work," she noted, looking over Tiny Robo. "Let's see your power core, little guy, c'mon." With an obliging growl, Tiny Robo opened his plastron, revealing a startling maze of tiny pipes and conduits. "Steam pile! Very nice. Love the tubing. Seems a bit overpowered for a toy, though."

"Future expansion," Corwin explained.

So, I imagine Gryphon was being quite cryptic about the future of these two.

Static-Pulse
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8. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
In response to message #7
 
   >Don't forget that Corwin tells Skuld that Tiny Robo was made so that
>it... It was built so... Here let me go find the quote...
>
>*rumble* *dig* *double-click*
>
>Here we are:
>
>

>"This is excellent work," she noted, looking over Tiny Robo. "Let's
>see your power core, little guy, c'mon." With an obliging growl, Tiny
>Robo opened his plastron, revealing a startling maze of tiny pipes and
>conduits. "Steam pile! Very nice. Love the tubing. Seems a bit
>overpowered for a toy, though."
>
>"Future expansion," Corwin explained.
>

and

>Dorothy, Corwin's 2 gifts, Durandal, Lore, and now some
>Uberhypercomputer... SOS is a good series for us robo-fetishists.

> - the most impulsive post alive
>DarkBeast.com

... please tell me you're not suggesting what I think you are.

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9. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
In response to message #8
 
   >>Dorothy, Corwin's 2 gifts, Durandal, Lore, and now some
>>Uberhypercomputer... SOS is a good series for us robo-fetishists.

>> - the most impulsive post alive
>>DarkBeast.com
>
>... please tell me you're not suggesting what I think you are.

I think he means people who like robots, not people who like robots. Ahem.

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10. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >... please tell me you're not suggesting what I think you are.

Would you think less of me if I was? But, fear not, oh faint of heart, in this instance I'm just referring people like me who often find the robots and computers within a series one of the most enjoyable parts. Case in point: Those of us who watch Andromeda for Andromeda. I wouldn't bring what you're thinking of up here... I know too many other boards for it anyway. ;-)

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11. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >I wouldn't bring what you're thinking
>of up here... I know too many other boards for it anyway. ;-)
>
>Static-Pulse

Problem is, everybody knows that those boards are clogged with Cybertronians...

(Obref: one assumes that Dorothy has downloaded some of this. I wonder how that affects her thinking on the topic?)

--rR

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12. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >(Obref: one assumes that Dorothy has downloaded some of this. I
>wonder how that affects her thinking on the topic?)

Dare I ask... Okay, I dare... Given the fact that Dorothy has visited alt.* groups (and presumably alt.sex.* groups) one has to wonder if alt.sex.fetish.robots has lasted until 2405. Such groups are for the pure fantastic in this world, but what about a world where the fantastic is real? (Or am I thinking of things I shouldn't?)


"What are you typing, Dorothy?" Corwin asked. He could hear the android working on something at the keyboard, but his workbench faced an etirely opposite direction.

"I am replying to someone's post on a newsgroup," Dorothy answered in her normal tone. Corwin could heard her begin to type again. After what he assumed must have been several hundred keystrokes, Dorothy asked, "What would you say has been the longest time you've on something in your laboratory?"

"Hrm," Corwin pondered. Several instances came to mind, but he could never pin down an amount of time. He shrugged and turned around, sliding off of his stool. "I don't know, I guess I've been here all night a few times. Why?"

"Ndroidlvr asked if anyone had ever spent the night with an android before," Dorothy asked as she began typing again. "I was going to tell him that we spent the night together many times."

"WAAAUUGH?!"

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13. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
In response to message #12
 
   >Dare I ask... Okay, I dare... Given the fact that Dorothy has
>visited alt.* groups (and presumably alt.sex.* groups) one has to
>wonder if alt.sex.fetish.robots has lasted until 2405. Such groups
>are for the pure fantastic in this world, but what about a world where
>the fantastic is real? (Or am I thinking of things I shouldn't?)

Of course such groups are still around. They've just become somewhat more pragmatic than was the original intent. In fact, one imagines there's a whole profusion of xenophile groups in the human-oriented section of Usenet's sex hierarchy. alt.sex.vulcans.every-seven-years, for instance, or alt.sex.klingons.rough, or alt.sex.bajorans.ooh-those-sexy-nose-ridges-just-make-me-melt.

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14. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >alt.sex.bajorans.ooh-those-sexy-nose-ridges-just-make-me-melt.

Certainly works for Odo. ;)

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15. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >>alt.sex.bajorans.ooh-those-sexy-nose-ridges-just-make-me-melt.
>
>Certainly works for Odo. ;)

I can't say as I blame him. Then again, even without the nose ridges, that's an unspeakably yummy woman (IMHO, of course :).

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16. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >>>alt.sex.bajorans.ooh-those-sexy-nose-ridges-just-make-me-melt.
>>
>>Certainly works for Odo. ;)
>
>I can't say as I blame him. Then again, even without the nose
>ridges, that's an unspeakably yummy woman (IMHO, of course :).
>

OF course it doesnt hurt that the 'uniform' they issued her (along with J. Ryan) seem to be a bit more... clingy to all the right curves than 'fleet uniforms. ^_^


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Of COURSE you wernt
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17. "RE: Question for the Shaper of Worlds"
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   >>>alt.sex.bajorans.ooh-those-sexy-nose-ridges-just-make-me-melt.
>>Certainly works for Odo. ;)
>I can't say as I blame him. Then again, even without the nose
>ridges, that's an unspeakably yummy woman (IMHO, of course :).

COnsidering the fact the entire 'Major Kira bringing the O'Brien Baby to Term' plot was created to cover her pregnancy with Alexander Siddig, apparently you're not the only person to think so.

Of course, he had the advantage of being Right There...

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