posted on 2024-05-14Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time there was a fantasy writer so absorbed in world building and magic systems that he forgot to notice all the real magic all around.
Like grapes.
I mean talk about something magical. Bite sized and delicious.
And how about onions. Not only do they make soup taste better they are self dicing. I mean chop, slice, slice, slice and the onion is diced and ready to add to the soup.
I don't even want to start on bananas. hairylarry posted on 2024-05-14 at 23:53 Central Time. Read the story so far
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posted on 2021-07-27Caper's Song Book
https://gamerplus.org/blogs/post/798
A bard's songbook is like a magician's spell book in that it contains words of power, songs for wind, songs for rain, songs to make the fire burn hotter and warm the room, songs of companionship to warm the heart.
https://gamerplus.org/blogs/post/797
Ari and Caper worked on Caper's Song Book last night on Inspired Unreality.
First we worked on a list of songs.
Song to make people dance
Song to make people alert
Song to make people like me AKA the opening numbers
Song of reflection
Song of hope
We will use this thread to wok on Caper's Song Book.
hairylarry posted on 2021-07-27 at 22:00 Central Time. Read the story so far
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posted on 2019-10-06The Case Of The Harvest Festival
... continued Mathius said, "And how did my maps get here? I know Marantha didn't take them."
Just then the adventurers walked through the door looking a little bit tired of being regaled.
Everyone looked up and a hush fell over the room. Once again the witch put her finger beside her nose. "Maybe our heroes can help us solve this mystery." hairylarry posted on 2019-10-06 at 17:41 Central Time. Read the story so far
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The Case Of The Harvest Festival
... continued The sheriff shook his head and the confused look on his face told the others he was as perplexed as they were.
"This is the craziest thing I've ever investigated," Slykver said.
The witch raised her eyebrows and glancing around the group admitted rather reluctantly that she too was confounded.
"I can't say that I see anything particularly telling in this hodgepodge, but I feel that there must be something that connects the items or maybe there is more than one thief and each chose something that was conveniently available."
"But who would think a cat's milk dish was worth taking," Mavis interjected. "What's even less understandable they took my corsets.
When the shouts of laughter died Mavis glowered and informed the group that it wasn't a laughing matter.
vivian posted on 2019-10-06 at 17:33 Central Time. Read the story so far
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posted on 2019-10-05The Case Of The Harvest Festival
... continued Milathia was visiting her sister, Marantha, at the Apothecary Shop. While they chatted the witch was looking over Marantha's small collection of magic items.
Mavis Goodbody barged in mumbling to herself. "Stuff missing here, stuff missing there, a ring, a knife, someone even took my cats milk dish. Makes no sense."
"What's that," said Marantha, "Someone took your cat's milk dish?"
"And that's not all." said Mavis.
But before she could finish Sheriff Slykver and Mathius came in arguing about the maps. "They were just hand drawn maps in a tube." said Mathius, "Nothing special about them."
"There she is," he said and walked over to Milathia. "Tell the Sheriff about my maps."
Before she could speak the witch piped in. "Do you mean these maps? I was wondering what they were doing in the magic items. Ain't nothing magical about them."
"My maps!", said Mathius. "Now how did they get there?"
"Maps, a ring, a knife, and a milk dish." said the witch laying her finger beside her nose.
hairylarry posted on 2019-10-05 at 13:52 Central Time. Read the story so far
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posted on 2019-09-26Moon Pies Delight the Eyes
When I was a child Moon Pies were a treat that couldn't be beat. I could even make my own if I wanted to. All I needed was some graham crackers, a couple of marshmallows and a chocolate bar and I was in business.
In those days a bonfire, a long stick and a package of hot dogs often preceded the gooey goodness of the Moon Pie. By the end of the meal we were usually covered in ketchup and marshmallow-chocolate goo.
Mothers would shake their heads and bemoan the effort it was going to take to get us cleaned up and dads just grinned and remember when it was them.
Life seemed simple then, of course I was probably 10. Now it seems the hot dog comes in a cardboard tray and you eat it on your way to the next stop and hope the dog does not make a mess on your new dress.Moon pies are round, wrapped in plastic and come from the store. Makes me miss those days before everything was labeled and bought at the store. vivian posted on 2019-09-26 at 13:36 Central Time. Read the story so far
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posted on 2019-09-15Crabby Apples Make Angry Pies
... continued That's the truth, but I'm sure there are worse things to step in or on. For instance the rather prickly cactus can help you create a rather interesting new dance step but you will take little pleasure in the accomplishment.
vivian posted on 2019-09-15 at 12:57 Central Time. Read the story so far
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posted on 2019-09-06Mostly Kind Of Like That
... continued
The hat on my head keeps me dry but his doesn't even try. It's a sad thing that his hat has lost it's T and it's mostly just a ha! If you can't keep your Ts then it's best to wear a cap. So now you see that this is even better than that.
vivian posted on 2019-09-06 at 16:10 Central Time. Read the story so far
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Tux the Mighty DragonOnce upon a time there was a dragon named Tux. Tux is an unusual name for such a fierce creature but he had taken to the habit of wearing a neat bow tie around his neck and a jacket on his short forearms that flowed down his back splitting in two at his tail.
Tux lived on a small island off the coast of Spain. He enjoyed a frolic in the water on hot summer days. He also enjoyed scaring the visitors who came to cool off in the surf.
vivian posted on 2018-04-10 at 20:03 Central Time.
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One day Tux was reading over the shoulder of one of the vacationers who was using his laptop on the beach. Now this particular laptop was running on linux and when Tux the Mighty Dragon saw Tux the Penguin he was intrigued. And this particular vacationer enjoyed listening to Peter, Paul, and Mary on YouTube. So when Tux the Mighty Dragon heard the song "Puff The Mighty Dragon" he was even more intrigued. Looking closer he saw a pretty blonde headed girl singing with two guys and no dragon at all.
Tux was confused. Dragons, penguins, singers, laptops, what did it all mean? Tux was on the verge of an identity crisis.
hairylarry 2018-04-12 at 15:27 Central Time.
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"I am not sure who I am anymore," he roared. "Am I dragon?"
"Well I'd say, Yes!" said the owner of the laptop. "You sure aren't a penguin or a pretty girl. Only a dragon could make such a fuss as that."
Relieved Tux demanded to know how these creatures were able to live in such a tiny environment as the laptop.
"Simple", said the man, "It's all done with cameras and lights"
At this point Tux the Mighty Dragon had decided he was tired of the laptop anyway so he flapped his wings and flew away.
vivian 2018-04-13 at 01:14 Central Time.
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All the way to Antartica where he saw a bunch of penguins all dressed up in tuxes but no bow ties. He landed near the penguins, and of course, being Tux, he had a lot of questions.
"Why do they call it Antartica?", he asked, "It's too cold for ants."
The penguin replied, "There used to be lots of ants here but the anteaters ate them all."
"Well, what happened to all the anteaters?"
"They got hungry and left."
"Which one of you is Tux the Linux Penguin anyway?"
They all looked around shuffling there flippers and scratching their beaks. "Never heard of him."
"I saw him on a laptop."
"What's a laptop?"
"How come you penguins are dressed so sharp but you don't have bow ties?"
"How come you have a bow tie and just a jacket? Aren't you cold?"
Come to think of it Tux the Mighty Dragon was cold. He breathed fire which warmed things up for a few minutes but since there was nothing in Antartica to catch on fire it didn't help for long. So Tux said, "Bye penguins." and he flew off.
hairylarry 2018-04-26 at 02:07 Central Time.
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He flew all the way to Antigua which was much warmer. And Tux was glad to find out that they did have ants in Antigua although he was the only one around that was glad about it.
They also had beaches on Antigua which made Tux feel right at home. So he set up shop, so to speak, frolicking and scaring tourists. They soon got used to him and he became a kind of tourist attraction. What with people coming to see him it wasn't so easy to scare them.
So he started peering over their shoulders at their laptops. And phones. And Kindles. In a random sort of way Tux started learning many things. hairylarry 2018-06-01 at 13:12 Central Time.
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