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16 days ago
Current Ethical issues aside, AI prose is just really bad.
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24 days ago
She wanted to read, she wanted to write, but the main thing she wanted was something to fight
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1 yr ago
Make it clear that you don't need him to be reading Dante tomorrow. Also suggest it would be fun if you had a private language that you could use to mock English speakers in secret.
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2 yrs ago
Luckily history suggests an infinite ability for people to be shit heads ;)
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3 yrs ago
Achmed the Snake
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Emmaline concealed a smile at Otto's irritation behind a gloved hand. By nature she was not an early riser but Otto had asked her to come Albrecht had insisted that she accompany him. The previous evening Otto had finally given 'Pendergast' a letter to draw on his account in order to prepare the supplies he would need to set up his foundry. By the middle of the day ALbrecht would have produced a series of fake contracts to cover the fact that he had pocketed the money. So long as Otto wasn't in town to ask around, there was no chance the scam would be discovered. By this evening Emmaline hoped to be on a boat back to Altdorf, hoping to get her share before Albrecht could blow it all gambling and whoring. After some consideration she had opted not tell Albrect about Neil's scheme. It wasn't the sort of job on which he was likely to do anything other than take an unreasonable share of any profit. Besides it served him right for making her come on this stupid early morning wagon ride.

The pair of wagons rolled through the south gate and onto the paved road which lead south to the low hills in the distance. There was little competion on the roads. It was months yet till harvest and what few wagons they encountered were bringing firewood and forage into town. Merchants carting good from Nuln to the outlying hamlets usually left before dawn so that they could avoid paying the gate tolls.

"Have you given any more thought too my offer Frauline Vissenbach?" Otto asked, giving Neil, who had climbed up onto their wagon rather than the one he had been directed to, an irritated look.

"I'm afraid that my father will need to approve of any match dearest," she said mournfully, "but I'm sure when your mine is producing silver he won't object!" The words sounded breathless with excitement at the prospect of marriage to so suitable a man as Otto Von Banstuf. Truthfully, she doubted the real Von Vissenbach's would have anything to do with Otto and his family even if they did strike it rich. They were after all parvenu by the standards of the great families of the Capital. Otto clasped her hand and returned his eyes to the treeline as the road began to rise into the hills. Emmaline caught Neil's eye and, moved by mischief, gave him a very improper wink.
In the daytime this whole situation would have been suicidal Emmaline realized, rather belatedly. Darkness and confusion was the only ally they had. Well not quite the only ally. The insidious whisper in the back of her mind rumbled sub audibly like a distant crowd. Emmaline began to cry. Great racking sobs shook her chest and large tears welled up in her blue eyes. The bandit glanced at her for a moment and she flung herself into his arms still sobbing. Before her would be captor could react she gripped his face and pulled it down to her own pressing her lips to his. The scent of sweat and blood made her queasy but now was no time to pause and vomit. As their lips met she spoke a Word. Power coursed out of her body and into the confused bandit. A strange taste, like violets filled the back of her throat and she felt the hairs on the back of her next rise. She tore her lips away from her would be captor.

"Protect me!" she half squeaked and then turned and vomited into the mud. In the back of her mind The Whisperer was cackling with glee. Blood reddened her lips and she could taste its coppery flavor even over her own bile. She could only hope that the spell and whatever her dubious allies could accomplish would be enough to keep her alive, at least for the next few moments.

Very good... the Whisperer hissed in her ear.

"Shut up," Emmaline muttered, trying to push herself to her feet.



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Wow, a deal breaker!? I'd figure it would be the dogma and culture that was the problem, not the belief.

Funnily enough most of my dates have been with athiests and it was never brought up. I did date one christian girl, and one...deist?


The dogma and culture are just an outgrowth of believing something that is fundamentally crazy without any evidence. Maybe there is a deistic world view out there that isn't totally bonkers, but I have yet to encounter it.


The mention of gold made Emmaline's eyes light up in spite of her best efforts. She suspected that Neil was simply boasting, perhaps to make her think that he was more than a simple engineer's apprentice. And maybe he was given how he had appeared beside her as if from thin air. Before she could reply however the door banged open.

"Neil get in here!" Gunter snapped. Emmaline followed him inside. Otto saw the coat around her shoulders and then looked at Neil his eyes narrowing slightly. The old engineer thrust out the book towards the apprentice, looking weary and irritated.

"I don't think it is a good idea but Herr Von Banstuf has his heart set on opening the old mine," The engineer began puffing irritably at a pipe and sending stream of smoke into the air.

"Seeing you are banned from Blackpowder Week, I want you to take him out there and inspect the place, should keep you out of trouble," Gunter concluded, his eyes lingering on Emmaline and her borrowed coat when he spoke the word 'trouble'.
But seriously, it might not be in the 'third date' topic, but being upfront and honest with a date is key.


I'd prefer you told me on the fist date so that I could get out of there without any unnecessary awkwardness!
Also the grapes were probably sour :P
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Nope, ppl know who/where he is, it's up to them what they do with it.


If someone said something like this on the third date I'd be out the door :P
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Are you trying to introduce me to your Lord and Savior?
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Its a riff on Kipling's The Man Who Would be King

As Lucas is an up and coming criminal type it seemed appropriate
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