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[furrows]

...No offense to the gods or anything, but this place has some of the worst editors I've ever seen. Seriously. Because is it just me, or did I somehow miss the memo of "mysterious dragons who talk and spew fire while conversing on war," "ice fairies who give frostbite handshakes," "re: heads exploding is the new black," and now "color is here, you can go search this big forest with no end in sight?" Honestly, I can't tell where anything is going right now. It's like Stephanie Meyer went on a writing rampage with a red pen and forgot to plan anything out beforehand.

...actually, she does that all the time. Probably not the best example.

I guess if I had to relate it to something- it's even worse than the time Barry tried to drunk-edit one of my stories to have Godzilla and Mothra share drinks in a bar and talk politics while watching a bar fight. And that's saying a lot.

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[suppressthedark]

What do you expect
The gods run this place and theyre morons that expect us to pick up the slack
So of course everything is all crazy

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[furrows]

Not all gods are lazy, you know. Apollo had a knack for destroying things and wreaking havoc on his enemies if they challenged him. I don't think the Norse gods have a god of war, though.

And if they do, he is seriously failing at his job worse than a fat kid resists cake. Someone should fire him and rehire the old coach, a good one at that.

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[nofarplaneyet]

((OOC: I laughed at the Stephanie Meyer comment. XD))

Nice way of summing things up.

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[furrows]

[[I aim to please B)]]

Better than not saying anything at all. [He makes a few gestures at this.] People have a tendency to be quiet when stuff isn't being answered.

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[nofarplaneyet]

It is sort of insane what goes on here.

But you're a storyteller? *Of some kind, judging by the writing*

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[aggrievance]

The premise of this land does seem to lack a spark of originality.

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[furrows]

[Wow, colored text? That's new.] You'd think they'd at least try something new in the department of "world needs saving."

Other than the usual "help, we need you to save our asses because we can't change much ourselves for some ~mysterious~ reason." Way too common in mythology fiction. Seen it, read it, had the t-shirt until I realized it was just a same boring repeat between novels. Then I just tossed it out. Definitely not a part of the "cool" crowd, that's for sure.

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[corks]

You say that as if everything here is from a story.

Is it?

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[furrows]

I'm a writer. Everything is a story, more than I'd like to admit.

text; let me know if you don't want the orange.

[hearticulate]

Mothra was a liberal, wasn't she?

text; pffffffff I play Terezi, you are so okay!

[furrows]

If you counted her wanting to eat people's faces off in the bar, then sure. Maybe that's something the politicians should take a note of: If you don't like how things are going, just become a cannibal.

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[wasthemaster]

You realize that recognizing it all makes it more real, don't you? Why would you do such a thing?

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[furrows]

What else am I supposed to do? Sit here and do nothing? Pretend it's not happening?

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[nothawkingbird]

That's assuming there's someone watching over the events of this place and planning them out. That'd assume that anyone here has a plan and it's not all just chaos and mayhem.

Also what could you have possibly been writing that it could've been edited to include Godzilla and Mothra?

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[furrows]

Hey, I like making jokes of the impossible from time to time. It seemed to fit.

A bar fight in a suspense novel. No joke, Barry tried to have them place bets, but we couldn't think of what they'd be betting for.

[sthenic]

Not really sure who any of those guys are, but if I understand: I agree 100%. ((That stephanie meyer reference....))

[furrows]

Believe me, you don't want to know who Stephanie Meyer is.

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[clearwater]

[stephenie meyer why does that sound so familiar]

I don't think there were memos sent out, actually. At least none that I got. [there might have been, like, broadcasts, but those are easy to miss and seth is also kind of inattentive sometimes.]

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[furrows]

[And Alan gives poor Seth a look. Oh god.]

Sarcasm is pretty lost on you, isn't it?

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[octet]

It's unsurprising, 8ut I highly dou8t that the gods care much a8out keeping us up-to-d8 with their nefarious and curiously timed schemes.

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[furrows]

If they're even scheming.

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[1864]

At least it isn't boring.

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[furrows]

Well, have to agree with that. Can't exactly say it's the good kind of interesting, but. Yeah.

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[accommodated]

i'd read godzilla and mothra sharing drinks in a bar and talk politics while watching a bar fight

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[furrows]

Somehow I'm not surprised.

By the way, didn't get a name last time. You got a John Hancock or am I going to have to get creative?