The Self Referential Thread

[milagros317]

Very wise. It could be an ambush. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Or at the very least some very evil beings. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Very evil beings indeed. But still not likely to find Chef Tony there. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

True. There doesn't even appear to be any gift shops here either. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Nor any ice cream parlors. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

The undead dont eat a lot of ice cream in general. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

That makes sense, I've never seen blood flavored ice cream. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

or Brain flavored either. Zombies like brains. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I had forgotten about the zombies, and only remembered the vampires. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

I am certain the zombies will forgive you. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

I think that the zombies would eat my brain if they could, and not worry about forgiving me. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

I think thats the way Zombies forgve they nibble on your brains to let you know they still care. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

I could really do without that. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

I agree. Its one of the reasons I think Zombies are just not very popular. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Quite so. Eating people's brains is ill-mannered. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Most definetly not very good ettiquette. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

It is also rather rude to bite people in the neck, like vampires do. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Sucking blood is almost certainly very bad manners. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Yes, even if you use a napkin afterwards, very bad manners. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Evenif you put little pinky out too its still pretty bad manners. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

So we better be careful with all these ill-mannered vampires and zombies around here. :D :p

[General Zod]

We have a new ally in our fight The lovely Milla Jovovich She is experienced in fighting demons and such :bouncybou :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes indeed mlagros. :D :D :p

Thank the lovely Mila for me for joining our cause gen.zod. :D :D :p

[General Zod]

When I told her we fight demons and such she wanted to join us :p :D :D

[kurchatovium]

Excellent always good to have more people join our cause. :D :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Have we arrived at Mortix's cooridinates yet? :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

Yes, we have arrived now. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent I think we should send the atomic scouts out again :atom: :atom: to see what they can find. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Yes, excellent idea, the atomic scouts. :D :p
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[kurchatovium]

Yeah the widdle guys are working out pretty good. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

They know how to get around without being seen. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Sometimes its useful to be very very tiny. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I am anxiously awaiting their reports. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

They are searching the area now. :D :D :D :p :p

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[milagros317]

Ah, I see you have sent out more of them. :D :p

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[kurchatovium]

We have any reports back yet from the scouts? :D :D :p

[TKpervert]

Nope, turns out they're too tiny to operate a keyboard.
They'll have to report back using Western Union Dancing Telegrams.
That can take days.

[General Zod]

Time to bring in the superhero known as The Atom He can talk to the atom scouts then report back to us :happyfloa :p

[kurchatovium]

Cool ideal gen.zod bring The Atom in then. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I am anxious to hear what the atoms have to say. :D :p
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[General Zod]

Kurch
The Atom says he will report his findings to you That's because I can't connect to the net everyday :cool:

[kurchatovium]

Excellent gen.zod. Thanks for the help. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Those atomic scouts are very valuable to us. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Hmm the first reports say the Mortix's Chambers are heavily guarded by many powerful liche. :D :D :D

[milagros317]

And what are liche? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Liche are undead necromancer magicians that are very powerful and dangerous. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

They sound quite dangerous. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

They only sound dangerous cause they are. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Good thing we have magicians of our own. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes indeed it is. We best get them ready we will certainly need them soon. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

The magicians among my troops have now been alerted. :D

[kurchatovium]

Excellent Milagros. Prepare the holy Zen Palladins too. :D

[milagros317]

Not sure if I have any holy Zen Palladins on my ships, but I will check. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Fantastic. Thanks Milagros. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

It turns out we have 2 of them, and they are ready for duty. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Great. I will have THE THREAD check on the rest. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

What will these holy Zen Palladins be doing for us? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Casting holy priest spells to help us against the undead and engaging in regular fighting as well. :D :p

[milagros317]

I hope their spells are powerful. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

They have very good spells indeed. :D :D :p

[TKpervert]

Do they run them through a spell checker before they're used in combat ?

[kurchatovium]

Yes its a Latin spell checker. :p :p :p

[milagros317]

Does that mean that their spells are in Latin? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yup the really good holy spells usually are. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Some of the undead may speak Latin themselves. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Well for the most part they just moan and groan a lot. :D :D Especially the zombies. :D :p :p

[milagros317]

They are very boring creatures if they just moan and groan. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Well for the most part zombies just moan and groan and eat brains. So yes they are rather boring and almost certainly none of them know anything abut Agrarian Reform in 12th Century Europe. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

I suspect that they don't know much about baseball either. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

You would be correct in that assumption. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

I won't like them much, in that case. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Most likely them eating brains of the living hurts their popularity as well. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

It would certainly make them unpopular in my neighborhood. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

and in many other neighborhoods as well I suspect. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Are these zombies easy to recognize? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Usually they are kinda of a nauseating green color, smell like rotting flesh and are often missing a limb or two. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I believe that would make them quite conspicuous in a crowd of ordinary humans. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

More than likely yes. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Have our magicians all cast their spells yet? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

The magicians are saving their spells in case there is a conflict. No sense in starting something if a battle is not needed. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

We better be careful, though, these undead are not to be trusted. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes for the most part the undead are totally unreliable. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

How long will we be here? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Just until we find the Portal to The Nether Realm. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Let's hope that we find it soon. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Mortix is suppose to know where it is located. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Have we found Mortix yet? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes but Mortix the Liche Lord has surronded himsel with his liche bretheren so I am not sure it will be easy to meet with him. :D :p

[milagros317]

I don't like these liche, not at all. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

They are for the most part rather nasty. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

We may be here a while, then. :(

:D :p

[kurchatovium]

Unfortunately yes. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I better send for more supplies, then, especially ice cream. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yeah Ice cream and cookies. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Let's not forget the chocolate sprinkles, too. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

and the chocolate syrup. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

How could I have failed to mention the thousands of gallons of chocolate syrup that we will need? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Don't worry its already been ordered. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Ah, I see that it arrived yesterday via HyperExpress. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

the other goodies should get here by yesterday as well. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Yes, they all arrived 24 hours before we ordered them. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent news. :D :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Well, I'm preparing to eat a big dessert while we wait. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Sounds like a good ideal. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

* puts 10 cookies in a big bowl, puts 5 scoops of ice cream on top, puts chocolate syrup, chocolate sprinkles, and whipped cream on top of that*
:D :p

[kurchatovium]

*has a big bowl of chocolate and vanilla ice cream with chocolate sprinklies and chocolate syrup.* :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

* devours the 10 cookies in a big bowl, with 5 scoops of ice cream on top, with chocolate syrup, chocolate sprinkles, and whipped cream on top of that *
:D :p

[General Zod]

* has some chocolate ice cream with fresh strawberries on it*
* also devoures chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter on them*

Anyone else want some strawberries or peanut butter? :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I'll have some peanut butter, thank you. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Peanut butter is good. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Especially with chocolate and ice cream. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

and sprinklies too. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

... and lots of chocolate syrup. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

That too. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

This is turning out to be a pleasant waiting period. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes indeed it is. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Now I need to exercise to work off some of these calories. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Well care to see if all these liche will take us to Mortix? :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Sure, I'll be glad to see if that is the case. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Shall we venture forth then. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Yes, let us venture forth. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

*proceeds forth with our battalion of troops with magicians and Zen Paladins and ppriests at the ready. Almost instantly the hordes of liches beging to attack*

So much for the friendly welcome I guess. Attack troops Attack!

[milagros317]

I knew those liches couldn't be trusted. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yeah not a lot of hospitality here. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

I'm glad we have lots of magicians, Zen palladins, and troups. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Does seem to be a very handy thing to have. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I have no doubt that we will prevail against these evil liches. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes we will. Hopefully Mortix isn't too pissed at us killing all his troops. :D :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Yes, he may not want to tell us much after we've done that. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Of course if he wants to still exist it would be best to cooperate with us. :D :D

[milagros317]

Do you mean that we have ways of making him talk? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

I mean if he wont tell us we kill him and then find the darn portal ourselves. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Excellent reasoning. I can see why you are our leader here. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Thank you. Although being among the undead I suppose that would mean rekilling him. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

As long as we make sure that he can't be reanimated yet again. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

A very wise suggestion milagros. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

That is certainly something to worry about with regard to the undead, how many times can they be reanimated. Best to shatter him into component atoms and scatter the atoms into different parallel universes. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Generally killing them with a holy spell and a good sprinkling of holy water keeps them very very dead. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Yes, that will do just fine. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

How goes the battle? :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Excellent, excellent. We have slaughtered all of the liches, and now have captured Mortix. One of the Pallandins in bringing him to you now. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Great THE POST has talked to him and apparently convinced him to give us the coordinates to where the portal to The Nether Realm is. Unforunately Mortix said the portal is guarded by another Liche of significantly greater power than himself. He said that Liche Lord must be destroyed to gain entrance to the portal. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

We must prepare to destroy this other Liche Lord, then. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes lets send the atomic scouts to these coordinates that Mortix gave us to get an ideal of what we are up against. :D :D

[milagros317]

There go the scouts. :D :p

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[kurchatovium]

Excellent keep me posted :D :D :p

[milagros317]

That I will do. :D :p

In the meantime, I will have more cookies and ice cream. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Another good ideal. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

* puts 10 cookies, 4 scoops of ice cream, chocolate syrup, chocolate sprinkles, and whipped cream in a huge bowl *

* devours it all *
:D :p

[kurchatovium]

*Has another bowl of chocolate and vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and chocolate sprinklies on top.* :D :p

[milagros317]

That was good. *burp*
Still waiting to hear from the scouts. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Hope they report soon. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

They should be reporting directly back to you by tomorrow morning. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent news milagros. Thanks. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Meanwhile, I will be in consultation about strategy with the Fletcher sisters. :D :p

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[kurchatovium]

Happy consulting. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

Yes, we will likely be discussing battle strategy against the Liche Lord all through the night. :D :p

[General Zod]

Breaks out a pack of the new Keebler fudge covered peanut butter cookies for everyone to have They are very good

[milagros317]

Thank you, gen.zod, more cookies are most welcome. :D

[kurchatovium]

The cookies are yummy gen.zod. Thanks for bringing them. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Have the scouts reported back to you yet, Kurch? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes they say the portal is in a fortress guarded by Liche Lord affectionately known as The Lord Of Death. As his name might indicate he is not exactly a friendly person. :D :D :p Ahhh yes also the Fortress is called "The Fortress Of Tears" :D :D

[milagros317]

We may need all of our magicians, palladins, and troops to conquer that fortress. :D :p

[General Zod]

Shall I try using my heat vision on this Liche Lord? :manicd: :p

[kurchatovium]

Gen.zod I think your heat vision would be best applied to The Fortress Of Tears main armored doors. I am certain it is of sufficent intensity to vaporize them. I think then are troops will be able to rush in and and gain a foothold in the fortress. The Lord OF Death is a most dangerous necromancer and being undead mage is probably immune to many attacks. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

My troops are ready to move in at your orders. :D :p

[General Zod]

Awaitnig orders to blast the door :D :p

[kurchatovium]

As soon as gen.zod vaporizes the main doors have the a mage cast a ice spell on them to cool them down. Then have the troops rush in and take control of the Fortress. :D :D

[General Zod]

*Blasts the doors with heat vision* :manicd: :manicd: OORRAAAAHHHHHH ZOD!! FORWARD TROOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :manicd: :manicd:

[milagros317]

Great work, gen.zod! :D :p

[kurchatovium]

*casts a priestly blessing on all the troops* :angel:

Attack!! :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Forward!! My troops and I charge into the battle. :D :p

[General Zod]

The doors are melted slag heaps :manicd: :blaugh:

[milagros317]

We are actively fighting the liches now. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Thanks gen.zod. Great job.

Thanks milagros. Keep me posted. :D :D :p

[kurchatovium]

*casts another priestly spell to protect the troops and to strengthen their attacks.* :p :D :D :p

[General Zod]

*Starts blasting the liches with heat vision* :D :manicd:

Zattanna cats a spell to kill the lichen

Milla Jovovich uses a short sword to cut them down

[milagros317]

Most of these liches are not so skilled as their leader, and we are slaughtering them rapidly. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent progress troops. :D :p

*casts spell THE CREATOR's Turning Of Undead*

[milagros317]

What will that spell do? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

It basically blasts the holy heck out of anything Undead. :D :p :p

[milagros317]

It seems to be working, the undead are hardly resisting now as we chop them into tiny pieces. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Its a very good spell. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

They are all chopped to pieces now, including the Liche Lord. That was quite a fine spell. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

THE CREATOR makes very fine spells indeed. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

Now we need to find the portal. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yes indeed, have the troops scour the Fortress it is in here somewhere. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I am overjoyed to report that Sgt. Fletcher and Sgt. Fletcher (pictured below) have found it. :D :p
I am trying to think of a suitable reward to give to them.
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[kurchatovium]

Excellent. Give them my congratualtions. I am certain you will think of suitable reward. ;) :D :D :p

[milagros317]

That I will. :devil:
The portal is secure, and the undead are all vanquished. A fine outcome. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent job. My congratulations to all the troops. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I think it's time for some more ice cream now. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Yeah I think so too casting those spells takes a lot out of you. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

* devours another giant bowl filled with 10 cookies, 4 scoops of ice cream, chocolate syrup, chocolate sprinkles, and whipped cream *

[kurchatovium]

*Has a bowl of chocolate and vanilla ice cream covered with chocolate syrup and chocolate sprinklies.* :D :D :p

[milagros317]

It's really nice to have ice cream after a tough battle. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Very^99 nice indeed. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

Where do we go next? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

The portal will take us to The Nether Realm which is our next destination. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

What can we expect to find there? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Not exactly sure. We should probably let the atomic scouts go through the portal first and search the area. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

Fine idea. The scouts have gone ahead! :D :p

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[kurchatovium]

Excellent work milagros let me know what the scouts find. :D :D :p

[General Zod]

Awaiting orders :D :D

[milagros317]

The scouts say they have astonishing news that they can only report to you directly, Kurch. They're on their way to you. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Fantastic. Thanks Milagros. :D

[milagros317]

Here they come. They're just reaching you now. :D :p

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[kurchatovium]

Yes they are giving there reports now. :D :D :p

[General Zod]

What do they have to say? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Seems The Nether Realm is rather mysterious and seems to be composed mainly of what I guess you would call Nethereal creatures. These are creatures that fade in and out of existence from this plane into other planes. It might be difficult to contact them but the good news is that they are not evil beings as far as the scouts can tell. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

We are all anxious to know what they found out. :D :p

[General Zod]

Sounds like good allies to have in our quest

[milagros317]

Fine allies, and we have a lot of them. :D :p

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[kurchatovium]

Well i guess its safe to head through the portal and see if we can communicate with the Nethereals. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Do you know what language they speak? :D :p

[kurchatovium]

No we will have a lot of work to do to try to set up communications with them. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

It sounds very difficult. :D

[kurchatovium]

Well I am certain THE THREAD will work something out but this might be a very bizarre part of the mission. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Even THE THREAD may have difficulty with this problem in communication. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Well I have already spoken with him he assures me he will work something out. He is building some sort of commmunication device currently. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

THE THREAD is very smart indeed. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Very^99 smart indeed. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

While we're waiting for him to build the communication device, I'm going to have some ice cream. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Sounds good but we also need to ready the troops to go through the portal soon as well. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

OK, I will alert the troops that we may be going through soon. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Thanks. :D :D Do we still have enough goodies? :p :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Oh, yes, plenty of cookies, ice cream, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent I liked to keep my troops well fed. :D :D :p :p

[milagros317]

Well fed, and morale is high. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

That makes me very happy. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

That's because we are all filled with wuv. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

and that is a very^99 good thing. :D :D :p :p :wub:

[milagros317]

Seeing the destruction of the undead helped morale also. :D :p

[natural tickler]

My lord, General NT here, reporting for duty. Sorry about the sabbatical, personal issues


your command??

[kurchatovium]

No problem General NT. Great to have you back. :D :D

We are currently going moving troops through the portal in The Real Of The Dead that is taking them to The Nether Realm. We could use your assitance in helping the troops help THE THREAD to build a communication device with the Netherials, the peaceful creatures that inhabit this realm, their existance fades in and out of this reality and so communication is troublesome. The good news is they appear to be friendly peaceful beings. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

That is excellent news indeed, considering where we have just been. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

There might be some odd stuff going on here though. :D :p We wont really know till we establish a base and THE THREAD starts investigating. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

OK, I will be patient. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Thanks. How is the move through the portal going? :D :D :p

[milagros317]

About half of my ships are through already, and I will be there soon myself. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Excellent news my friend. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Going throught the portal now, and the second half of my troops are following rapidly. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Fantastic. We have the base camp established already report directly there. We still need to be cautious here THE THREAD fears the fabric of space here is in dire need of repair. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

I see the base camp, and we are all proceeding there. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Great. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Upon arriving, we find that THE THREAD has provided ice cream for everybody. How thoughtful. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

Nothing like ice cream to help make it through a dangerous mission. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

THE THREAD has also provided cookies, chocolate syrup, chocolate sprinkles, and whipped cream. What a fine entity he is. :D :p

[kurchatovium]

A most gracious host to be sure. :D :D :p

[milagros317]

Now we are resting up before he figures out how to proceed. :D :p