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Did that just to get us faster gaming action. What a mensch! :)

Cooper essentially invented the American Hero as a creature distinct from European protagonists. He's very important to the history of American letters...but yeah. It's very difficult to read him and not cringe. Also his technical proficiency has been famously criticized.

Jerry gave Manjit a polite nod and followed Cody to the food, selecting healthy portions of salad and kung pao beef. "Pretty sure it's dead, and not vegemite."

When I was growing up being a slightly quirky and quiet kid was more than enough for John's demographic. Years later I encountered one who rationalized his bullying on the grounds that passive and/or quiet kids were actually egging him on by not being aggressive, athletic, hyper-social types...

Jerry laughed, "My Mum brought home one of those books your guys wrote about that. Some bloke catching a tomahawk out of the air and throwing it back at the Indians. Not falling for that one."* "I'll stick around. Already talked to those guys," Jerry rationalized with a smile. "Don't want them...

"No worries." The cool swimmer or the cute guy? Choices... Jerry decided to let Cody take the lead.

"Not really. It's just an annoying stereotype we hear from yanks a lot. I'm from Sydney, so lots of tourists trying to talk local sometimes."

John's just a ticking time bomb, isn't he? :)

Jerry recovered quickly, "No worries. Guess I'd have it from somebody soon enough. So you yanks got a bunch of hamburgers, guns, and cowboy hats?" Letting himself slip slightly out of step, Jerry fell behind Cody and decided that he could probably stand to be in that position more often.

Jerry cringed. Was doing so good with not meeting some bloody yank that thinks drop rats are cute and we all ride around on kangaroo back. "It's from some dumb movie from the Fifties or whatever. Got the whole world thinking we're a bunch of Queenslanders, then that crank came along and stuck...

"Food's always good," Jerry agreed. "Hope it's good here since we'll be eating a lot of it." "G'day, Raph. Can't say I ever met an angel before."

Alternity wasn't bad exactly, just a bit clunky. Monte suggested on his boards a few years ago that the rules in d20 CoC would make a good base for a d20 Dark*Matter game and I've poked around with them for a bit with that in mind. Characters would certainly have the same frailty.

Jerry shrugged, unperturbed, "Swimming's just as good. Anything with water." "You're a lifesaver, Ems! I really am awful; barely passed last year."

Jerry gaped for a second before joining in the laughter, "Wouldn't have guessed that one!" Doesn't mean he's gay, but at least he's not attached. Interesting, and worth a fair go. "It's a lot like diving in the ocean, if the ocean were made out of really still shadows. Very peaceful and...

I loves you guys too! ...and I'm, uh, reading the Dark*Matter setting? And thinking about what a small town fully taken over by Sandmen would be like? And getting a Coke from the fridge?

Eh. If you root through Jerry's brain you just hear the ocean. Same thing if you listen to his ear.

I enjoyed it just for the novelty of being a romance that I could fully relate to. The fact that it was a pretty decent exemplar of the genre was a bonus.

I fake it for my games by sounding like I'm saying something profound while simultaneously making a more or less inane observation. ;)

Ryan was a tough nut...and he had healing on top of it.