Goldmarble

Buruguru Kingu burakku no baagaa

Dervish said
Oh god, that just looks wrong.

No Dervs. They've just finally made burgers as dark as the souls of little emo kids.

I got another rat!

My sister had a pet rat for a while, named him Jet. Saved as a hairless infant from our cat who likely ate its family. Rats are awesome.

Friend of mine gets a new rat every 2 weeks or so.

He has an albino King snake.

My life is weird.

Legend of Renalta 2: Reborn

Rust - Amazon Mission
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Going for a ride was a pleasant way to spent a few hours of the day, if partially because he knew how to ride, which had surprised him at first, a few weeks ago. Now it seemed like the instinctive, conditioned actions of a well ranked man of arms, riding the horse with ease, but not quite the fluid, born-in-the-saddle, intuition of a man of cavalry. As the team moved through the Imperium lands and into the jungle of the Amazons, Rust's head was slowly swiveling, the splinted chain of his armour quietly shuffling with his movements as he took in the landscape and geographical cues. The armour he wore was the same as that which he wore at the ball, the plate armour he had requested, was still being made to his dimensions, which was causing some difficulty for the armourers, as he was far from what they were used to. But even so, stuffed with two sets of padding, of the gambeson and arming doublet, with the chain over top, Rust seemed quite comfortable in the heat of day, perhaps because he didn't notice it.

The village was quite different than what he was used to however, built into the forest, in harmony with it, rather than a clearing made and houses constructed. The people were rather different in their clothing, lacking the modesty of where he had so far been. It wasn't a total shock, as he had heard several rumours passed on to him since the missions had come, yet still, it was different. Quite different.

Dismounting before the tree, he tied off the horse, not knowing its training, before following the royalty inside, though he elected to leave his spear outside for now. He listened to the telling of the drake's attributes and tactics used intently, a debriefing was relaxing in a way. However the lack of clarification on one thing troubled him slightly, as he adjusted his shield for the moment, he held it in mind. The vines were an interesting addition, a helpful tool in subduing a beast of any size, but especially something of this apparent grandness. As the topic shifted to the succubi, and the plan of duels to flush it out, he considered this. If it sought to poison them, he would only be there for appearance, as it wouldn't waste its time on something with no flesh to harm. But dueling the Amazons themselves had an appeal, to test himself against other men and women of combat, to see how his skills compared to theirs, a worthy, honorable fight. Yes again however, something caught his attention of what Ethlinn said, and as he opened his jaw to speak, he missed the moment to the faster acting Naream.

His listened and waited, and while his new acquaintance's ideas had a bit of merit, they also seemed to be missing one of the crucial details. Then, as Alicia offered her approval of the duels, he joined in after her, stepping forward with his left hand on the mount of his blade's scabbard, while bowing slightly, "It would be an honour to test my skills against those of the Amazon warriors. Straightening, he continued, "However, I have two questions about this mission. The first being that you say this Drake we are to hunt is malformed, I only ask as it seems this aberrant mutation seems to have made this beast tougher than you are accustomed to. Also, if we slay this demon and it returns to the Nine Hells, it returns with information it will have gained, potentially benefiting the efforts of their future agents against us. Like letting a spy return to the enemy. Is it feasible to capture the demon, and hold it prisoner?"

Test

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Dark, Post-Apocalyptic Zombie RP set in Chicago

A discussion on Idle's new set.

Grif of Hearts said
Plain popcorn soaked in warm butter is only popcorn.

Needs salt.

Had a run-in with the cops today.

Joegreenbeen said
They risk being shot daily. I think that that earns someone respect. If you Google Police Officer shot and killed, I know that you will find a bunch of stories about people who worked hard to get into there position, often a parent also, who were killed just for doing their job.

We all risk getting shot, daily. We are all too frequently the targeted prey of criminals. The same criminal that kills a police officer, has in most cases, victimized and threatened the lives of non-officers, or killed before. In fact, on average, for every 100,000 police officers, there are 19 on-the job related fatalities per year. Which works out to an average of 133 Officers who pass away ever year.

Which is such a small fraction of the regular, everyday people who walk out their door one day, and never come home due to means of foul play, in just terms of rating.

I love your emotional tie-in about officers with family left behind. What was the point? To use emotions to convince me that I'm wrong, and all officers should be given great respect?

Sorry. Your emotional plea is falling on deaf ears. Because just the same, how many non-LEO civilians perish each and every year, leaving behind their family, due to violent crime? People who did no wrong, who were not aware of their pending mortality, and utterly unprepared for it, in the way an officer's family would be? How many children are killed through homicide every year?

Now, don't get me wrong. I am not saying that I disrespect Police either. I treat them with the same modicum of polite respectfulness I afford to everyone until their actions influence my opinion of them. If an officer pulls me over, and treats me with similar respect and courtesy by knowing the legal boundaries of what they can ask for, etc, I will respect them. If however, they try to intimidate me, or ignore my questions, I will not respect them.

I simply believe that Respect is not binary. It is trinary. There is neutral ground where I neither disrespect someone, nor respect them. And in that neutral zone, is every single human being on the face of this planet that I have not yet met, with the sole exception of the WW2 veterans who gave their lives in defense of the freedom of Religious belief, and Ethnic tolerance. And to be clear, even those men and women who still survive today, gave their lives to that cause.

Had a run-in with the cops today.

Joegreenbeen said
You know, not that I am accusing any of you of this, but the police need to be shown more respect. They put their lives on the line daily, and even though some of them may not be the brightest, nicest, or whatever, they deserve respect for that.

No. No they do not deserve respect, in my eyes.

They are human, they can earn my respect by their individual actions, just like everyone else.

A discussion on Idle's new set.

Idle changes sets nearly monthly.

I am used to this.

Legend of Renalta 2: Reborn

Sarzu said
Funny I think my mental stability was in question about, well roughly the same year I got to know you, dear.Anyway, Goldmarble, we'll see about the riding of the undead abomination part, for now, interested in a collab with a Drow necromancer who is quite fascinated by the walking skeleton man who seems to be sentient yet not enthralled to a necromancer? :p

Sure, sounds good, gdoc or titanpad, or other?