Adjusted Life Expectancy: Nadia took an on-line death quiz that determines from illnesses, habits, and other things to what age one will live. She took this quiz while in character as Cailean, and was told that Cailean would die at age sixty-six, probably of a contagious disease or alcoholism. The test, however, did not take into account things like “regularly does battle with chimerical monsters” or “travels with an eshu.” Caroline and Nadia made suitable adjustments on a variety of factors, and determined that Cailean would be lucky to reach age thirty. As Robert pointed out, “Hey… that’s still ten years.”
Advanced Mechanics of Sluagh Throwing: Robert has developed an uncanny fixation on sluagh throwing, much to Nadia’s despair. He has repeatedly attacked Stroud on-line with the tag ::throws the sluagh:: and follows it up with actual, calculated dice rolls. It boils down to the troll’s strength (seven) plus the damage pool for the sluagh (strength plus three if she’s drawn her rapier) with an added difficulty of three for the fact that he has to throw her. Sluagh throwing has progressed to an art, with brief sidetracks into such other ideas as “sidhe throwing” and “satyr throwing,” but “sluagh throwing” remains a favorite. Questions such as “Does the sluagh attack again after being thrown?” and “How much damage does she take if he misses the throw?” come into play. It has been entirely too well thought-out not to be used.
Bikini Models: a comment about “like Charlie’s Angels, only Charlie is a loon and we don’t look that good in swimsuits” led to a discussion on the attractiveness of various characters in their bathing suits. The troll and the sidhe both have high attractiveness ratings and would therefore look pretty good… the sidhe being stunning, naturally. The satyr probably isn’t the hottest star on the beach. The sluagh would probably never demean herself by putting a swimsuit on, but she is very, very, very plain looking and so wouldn’t look good in a swimsuit at all. So far, the eshu is the only great enigma, since nobody is really sure if he’s attractive or not.
Cattiness: a bizarre thing that eventually tied into “Chimerical Breakfast Foods.” At random, Nadia turned to Caroline and said “You wake up to find the sluagh gumming at your shoulder” to which Caroline replied “I draw my sword.” They then began discussing the possibility of a cat fight between the sluagh and Lady Sidhe. It would probably escalate fairly quickly and brutally. They each have their disadvantages: Lady Caroline can’t hold Cailean down (god bless Squirm), and Cailean would be strongly impaired if Lady Caroline were to start screaming. Robert and Stroud came out of the kitchen and got in on the discussion. They theorize that if a cat fight were to occur, the satyr and the parrot would probably cheer and holler, and if anyone tried to break it up, it would probably be the eshu and the troll. If anyone cared, that is. Nadia and Caroline got into a small-scale cat fight over the issue of chimerical breakfast food later that afternoon. Why would the sluagh gum at the sidhe’s shoulder? They would probably both have to be drunk and passed out next to each other.
Chimerical Breakfast Foods: an idea that came to life on-line. Nadia hadn’t slept at all the previous night due to having imbibed fourteen ounces of Dr. Pepper (caffeine really screws her up) and spent hours walking it off. When she had settled somewhat, she went into the pantry for food. She discovered a box of Cheerios that had not been around when her mother went grocery shopping and that she knew that neither she nor anyone else had bought at a later time. She ate the Cheerios anyway, referring to them as “mystery Cheerios” to Caroline. Caroline declared the mystery Cheerios to be magical, and they decided that the party should hunt down chimerical Cheerios. Caroline reasoned that surely some child somewhere must have had a dream about giant rampaging Cheerios. The topic came up again while eating lunch with Robert and Stroud, resulting in a weird yet amusing conversation about them. When Stroud called Will to confirm that we were playing Changeling on Saturday, Caroline called the idea out and Stroud relayed it to Will. Nadia immediately pounced on Caroline, pummeling her arm only to be whacked a few times with Caroline’s splint. Nadia and Caroline decided that they should never talk on-line in the morning, because nothing good can come of it.
Huggable Kithain: trolls probably give very affectionate hugs when they give them at all, but there’s always a risk that they’ll squish you. Satyrs probably give good hugs in an enthusiastic, flirtatious way. If sidhe give hugs at all, they’re probably rather removed and aloof. Hugging a sluagh has been deemed “creepy.” Eshu and pookas probably give the best hugs.
Nudist Sidhe: something caused us to discuss what the group dynamic would be like if the sidhe were a nudist. As Nadia said, “What a thing to find out on the road.”
The Volley Plan: developed while watching “The Return of the King” and seeing the archers of Gondor fire down on the orc troops. Basically, we should all train in range weapons and when a threat comes our way, we can totally launch a rain of arrows first and ask questions later. Credit for this goes to Robert and Stroud.
We Need a Catapult: while watching “Return of the King,” Nadia pointed to a catapult and said “We need one of those.” She and Caroline then came up with a few good uses for a catapult, such as flinging the satyr over long distances and having someplace to tie the sidhe up if she got too annoying.