FADED GLORY: The Black Eyes of the Demon Scorpion (FINISHED!)

[Rel]

Ahem...I don't mean to critique your telling of the story, Henry, but right between here:

Brandis stalked the wayward Sythian all the way to the door, ready to strike. The Sythian reached for the open door, ready to strike…

and here:

He opened the door, to find Boldric grinning and ramming his glaive home in the man's chest while hoisting him into the columned room.

...I seem to recall something noteworthy happening.

I know that Brandis is super stealthy and all, but c'mon! Yer' killin' me!

 

[Rel]

Oh, and by the way, I updated my Faded Glory Story Hour today and this one has been updated so if Old One will just get off his lazy butt and update his then we'll have the elusive HAT TRICK!

 

[Henry]

...I seem to recall something noteworthy happening.

D'OH! I knew I'd forgot something!

Reminder: Was it your bow, or did you use something else?

 

[Rel]

D'OH! I knew I'd forgot something!

Reminder: Was it your bow, or did you use something else?

It was the short sword.

 

[Old One]

Oh, and by the way, I updated my Faded Glory Story Hour today and this one has been updated so if Old One will just get off his lazy butt and update his then we'll have the elusive HAT TRICK!

Alas...my turn to blow the hat trick ! No Against the Shadows update today :\ ! However, on a brighter note...the Mrs. and I are trekking to Charlotte next week to check out some houses...we will be there June 2-5...wish us luck.

Henry - great update! I like your Mon-Fri updates. Have a fun and safe weekend.

~ OO

 

[Rel]

Alas...my turn to blow the hat trick ! No Against the Shadows update today :\ ! However, on a brighter note...the Mrs. and I are trekking to Charlotte next week to check out some houses...we will be there June 2-5...wish us luck.

Wait a second...does this mean you might be moving back to the Great State of North Carolina?! If so then that is most definately cause for celebration!

 

[Rel]

The guard was gone before he nor any other Sythian could conceive it. He opened the door, just in time for Brandis to stage an attack in his vulnerables, which temporarily stopped him cold; to his credit, he didn't even cry out. To add insult to injury, behind the door Boldric grinned and rammed his glaive home in the man's chest while hoisting him into the columned room. Brandis followed, slealthily closing the door back to a crack, and no one was the wiser.

Thanks for the edit, Henry. This was the funnest moment of the whole session for me (although I loved the entire thing). It was another chance for Brandis to use his "Trick" ability to stun an opponent. In this particular case when Old One asked what I was doing I said, "I wait until he opens the door just a bit and then...I STRIKE to subdue his balls!" After I swatted him in the Scythian Jewels with the flat of my short sword I gleefully shoved him through the door onto the waiting glaive of Boldric before I turned around and sneak attacked his fellow guardsman. I love it when a plan comes together!

Too bad it didn't stay together...

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Pretty damn fine story hour. Reads like something from Iron Heroes to me!

Vercinus greatly underestimates his little "trick." Confusion is one of those sleeper "deadly" spells-- it's potency increases the more dangerous the targets are!

I'd much rather have three or four mooks suddenly decide to attack me than Maxian and Boldric, and I'd much rather have Maxian and Boldric stand around doing nothing than three or four mooks.

 

[Old One]

Wait a second...does this mean you might be moving back to the Great State of North Carolina?! If so then that is most definately cause for celebration!

Rel,

Where ya been???

This has popped up a couple of times in various threads (must be old age catchin' up with ya) !

The housing market in the Baltimore-DC Metro area, for what we want to get, is crazy-ridiculous. Prices in many areas around here have appreciated 75-100% in the last 3-4 years, effectively pricing us out of the single family home market for the type of properties we are interested in unless we want to spend 600k+. That and my commute to and from N. VA from Baltimore is killing me (I will spend about 23 days commuting this year...so we need to do something.

We have figured out that we can move back to Charlotte, buy a "McMansion" for $275k - $350k in a nice, yuppie master-planned community and then I can commute by air weekly to N. VA and stay with friends to work my day job. Even with weekly flights, airport parking, etc...we will still save ~ $1,000 per month over buying up here...crazy.

Anyway...the spousal unit hasn't been back since we left in late-2000...so this whole plan is contigent on her feeling comfortable with the area...hence, the recon mission. Our timing will be largely dependent on, unfortunately, the passing of my father-in-law, who is terminally ill. We are waiting for that situation to resolve before making any concrete moves.

Anywho...we could be back down within the next 12-18 months.

~ OO

 

[Rel]

Rel,

Where ya been???

This has popped up a couple of times in various threads (must be old age catchin' up with ya) !

Don't remind me. I'm turning 34 this week. :\

Anyway...the spousal unit hasn't been back since we left in late-2000...so this whole plan is contigent on her feeling comfortable with the area...hence, the recon mission. Our timing will be largely dependent on, unfortunately, the passing of my father-in-law, who is terminally ill. We are waiting for that situation to resolve before making any concrete moves.

Anywho...we could be back down within the next 12-18 months.

~ OO

I'm sorry to hear about your father in law. Please send our codolences to your wife.

But it is great to hear that you might be coming back to the general area. You know, the Triangle area has nice, inexpensive housing too and is conveniently located near an airport...