Ah crud

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:03 pm

Just land on the one, cripple him. Kick the next one in the nads, and toss a hard rock at the third.

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:11 pm

Again....WIFFLE BAT!!!

NydaLynn · Post by **NydaLynn** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:48 am

Agian... I am surprised and awed by the violent imagination of the forum.

LOL!

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:58 pm

Oh trust me....you ain't seen NOTHIN' yet!!!!

S'aaruuk

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:00 pm

SolidusRaccoon wrote:Just land on the one, cripple him. Kick the next one in the nads, and toss a hard rock at the third.

That would probably work if they weren't looking up at him at the time. He drops from the beam, they move outta the way, Quenty goes "SPLAT" on the pavement.....exit one Rac Conan hero.

S'aaruuk

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:32 pm

Poor Quentyn is gradually being deprived of all of the devices he uses, and even his clothing. If he ever wondered whether he'd be a good Questor without his tools, even after his lux-less trip through the tunnels under Sanctuary City, he shouldn't have to wonder about that again.

At the moment he still has his glimmer rope, at least. Maybe he could use it to snatch the leader of the Red Caps and suspend him from that brace long enough to tell him: "I'm looking for the Royals because they stole something from me!"

That might help straighten things out a little.

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:47 pm

That just brings to mind images of Batman returns except with quent using the glimmer rope to snag bad guys from a higher ledge.

Bad Guy 1: Have you seen bob? He was here a minute ago.
Bad guy 2: No cant say that i have *turns around to look for him*
*Glimmer rope comes down off top of screen, mummifies bad guy 1 and yanks him back up out of sight*
Bad guy 2: *Turns back* I wonder where he- .... ohhh crap.
*Gets snagged in similar fashion*

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:54 pm

Do you think that Quentyn's time apart from the sword is making a little more desperate, or having an effect on Quent's logic or reasoning? e.g.:going bar to bar asking for royals?

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:02 pm

slowly... he is becoming as insane as we are.

Kabanzai · Post by **Kabanzai** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:21 pm

.. Personally, I think The royals must of upsurped the Redcaps and everyone thought they were wiped out or something.. and well, they are pissed and want revenge.. aka, the blind fury at the mention of said royals..
as for Quents boots.. Might they be stowed because he 'didn't want another fiasco' .. or he's just gone plain loco and is planning on rushing the Royals Hideout with a whackado and gets beaten up and has to hunt his sword down in a nother town?

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:18 pm

Welcome to the asylum Kabanzai.....<extends paw>.....I'm S'aaruuk (pronounced 'Sha-rook'....and that's 'rook' as in the chess piece)..I think you'll find it rather "interesting" here.

Feel free to say what's on your mind....we don't bite..at least not too hard, and come on in and enjoy the diverse (read: "frikkin' wierd") collection of fur folks here.

S'aaruuk

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:59 am

indeed, welcome to insanity and, well... more insanity Kabanzai.

me thinks the connection to "construction workers" may come into play here sometime soon.

or maybe not.

ZannRath · Post by **ZannRath** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:27 am

Something I've noticed throughout this particular storyline... Q has passed up a couple of keen opportunities for help in acquiring his sword back. He now knows the general are of the Royal hide-out, correct? Well, the jailor doesn't just have it in for Q, but for all of the gangs. He very well could have explained his situation and knowledge to the jailor and acquired the aid of the local guard.

In a second case, I think someone has mentioned something to this extent already, but the Redcaps (especially being so violent and territorial) might be persuaded to help Q get WC back...

Mikhail Dragoslav · Post by **Mikhail Dragoslav** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:10 am

I don't think the Redcaps would be willing to help Quentyn. What's in it for them? Apparently they have a truce with the three gangs: Vipers, Trolls, and Royals and don't seem ready to break it for one "no-name."

Besides I wouldn't consider them trustworthy anyway. The enemy of my enemy...is still my enemy.

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:42 am

*ka-click* FRAG EM ALL!!!!

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:58 pm

Think more realistically.

Suppose you were dropped in the middle of the Bronx, New York City.

"Crocodile Dundee II" to the contrary, How likely is it that you, personally, would be able to find and "befriend" a gang of punks--- without getting instantly knifed or shot--- and persuade them to help you take on the Crips to steal back your grandaddy's watch?

How much less likely would it be that you would manage to persuade some stiffnecked beat cop to break department regs and help you covertly recover what they stole from you without informing his superiors or otherwise leaving a paper trail or otherwise giving the value and importance of the item away? How likely would you be, for that matter, to persuade them that the item in question IS valuable enough to justify all that extra-departmental effort?

Quentyn is in a very dicey position. The sword is not only extremely valuable and extremely important and, to some extent, unusually powerful--- it is also extremely DANGEROUS to him, himself. It's bonded to him, which means it can be used to GET AT HIM in a variety of ways.... picture losing your PIN numbers, your computer passwords, your office passcard, your photo ID, all your credit cards, every car and house key you own and your heart medicine all in one package. Not only could the sword's bond be used to harm Quentyn directly in malicious and skilled hands, it could be used for the thaumaturgical equivalent of a hardcore Identity Theft.

Plus, there's the fact that there's a good chance the sword will go bananas if it is allowed to recharge. The fact that it HASN'T gone ballistic yet is probably causing him more panic than anything.... because that means it's already in the hands of someone who knows how to neutralize it. His only hope is that nobody who has it figures out what they can do with it--- and the instant the Guardsmen start nosing about for it, they'll know something's up. The Guardsmen would, most likely, handle the matter like any other "stolen goods" case.... arbitrarily, with little likelihood (or interest) in actually retrieving the stolen goods, and with a noisy and public brouhaha.... and with Quentyn being a Questor, it would be noisy indeed.

In an unpleasant parallel, it is something similar to the situation many police departments investigating child pornography rings find themselves in. They have literally thousands of photos of victimized children in their database.... yet their victories are counted in the dozens. Why?
<I>Because they can't let anyone know who they're looking for.</i>
They can't simply post the child's face on a milk carton or walk the neighborhood asking people "have you seen this child?".... because the horrible reality is that, if a pedophile believes the police are closing in, the pedophile will often kill the child to silence them. They can't ask the public for help.... so they have to work covertly. Tracking children by identifying things like wallpaper patterns in the rooms they're in, or the type of phone sitting on the end table....

Quentyn's situation isn't nearly as horrific, but it's just as difficult. He can't publicly ask for help, because word will get back to the Royals--- and there is no concievable course of action they could take that would be good.

Kerry Skydancer · Post by **Kerry Skydancer** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:47 pm

I kinda figured on most of that. Without photos in the papers or official ID, he's got no way to prove who he is to the local cops, even if they're all honest. You're being mean again - you've got to know how he gets out of this mess, and it's driving the rest of us nuts! At this point, all I can figure is that he gets the Reds mad enough to chase him into Royal territory and break the truce.

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:51 pm

So................no wiffle bat?

GrayTiger · Post by **GrayTiger** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:58 pm

Truthfully? I respect Ralph's work and love the comic, but this storyline just doesn't interest me that much.

So I'm just waiting till the next storyline.