A brief interlude for butt-kicking. Not mine.

[squeequeg]

In tonight's installment of sigerson's long-running game, my character got his butt kicked by a piece of string.

A piece of string.

Judging by this and past performances by my character, I believe we will next be facing a paraplegic two-year-old, who will slap my character into submission, insult his mother, and then pee on him.

Comments

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

Man, you have to watch those pieces of string, like, ALL THE TIME. They are JUST THAT TRICKY.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

This one, yeah. Damn, it was nasty.

[jearl.livejournal.com]

was... was it at least an animated piece of string?
Those can be icky.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

In my meager defense, yes, it was. But it still rankles that I took more damage from that damn string than anyone else took from anything else in that session.

[anacrucis.livejournal.com]

I remember some difficulties with some uncooperative furniture, and I vaguely recall needing to preemptively put down some kind of beaded curtain that looked like nothing but trouble... but string... that's a new and dangerous development.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

It used to be part of a wedding dress. Something borrowed, something blue, something homicidal...

[anacrucis.livejournal.com]

wait, I think I remember that string...

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

That's the one.

Extenuating circumstances, no doubt :)

[sylvantechie.livejournal.com]

Well, string can be....
...I'm sure it was a really.....
...if you're not....

...

...a piece of string?! Your character was beat up by a PIECE of STRING?!

Was it at least giant string? Or knotted? Or maybe sparkly?

Re: Extenuating circumstances, no doubt :)

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

It, uh, had white silk on it. And it had made a nice accessory to a wedding dress.

Re: Extenuating circumstances, no doubt :)

[laobscuridad.livejournal.com]

Was this from the wedding of a known NPC, by chance?

Re: Extenuating circumstances, no doubt :)

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Heh, heh, heh. Heh. Heh, heh, heh.

Re: Extenuating circumstances, no doubt :)

[laobscuridad.livejournal.com]

Oh, how I do love you.

[laobscuridad.livejournal.com]

Oh Lordy, I miss that game.

I told you not to go putting strange objects into your pockets!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I didn't put anything in my pockets! It jumped out at me!

[spyscribe.livejournal.com]

Must be something in air. I just posted to the story hour the glorious session in which our party got their asses absolutely handed to us... by a plant.

Yeah, that's a story that we don't tell a lot at the adventurers' convention. Although, dude, a piece of string? I feel just a little bit better now.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

The plants were in the other room, and yes, they could easily have kicked our asses.

This is not helping my character's inherent ridiculousness.

[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

ahh, this is what happens when you don't have me around to protect you...

wedding paraphanelia is dangerous. DANGEROUS I TELL YOU! Pass that on to your sister!!

[laobscuridad.livejournal.com]

That's a good point. Vakhtang would have beaten the everloving crap out of that string.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Probably while it was still wrapped AROUND MY HEAD. But the string would have gone down, all right.

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

I have one word for your prognostications about future foes:


PI-CHU!!!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

If Jigglypuff is behind that door, I'm going to strangle you.

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Well, not *that* door...

[laobscuridad.livejournal.com]

PUFF. PUFF. Jiggly.

A good adventurer...

[pirateofcatan.livejournal.com]

Always brings a pound of soap, 50 feet of rope, THREE sets of lock picks, a hidden weapon and (let us add to the list) a seam ripper.

Re: A good adventurer...

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

And the holy water grenades. Gotta love those.

Maybe I can talk our dwarf tank into becoming party seamstress.

Re: A good adventurer...

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Shhhh! How did you find out about my Corset Golem??