Compy and Chocolate... open to all!

[theregothedrums]

((The Master's video game preferences inspired by the wonderful Raven Aorla. Go read a few of her fics. The post will still be here when you get back, I promise

Comments

PaleHorse

[ancient_adam]

Really? First bad music and then you go and pick the Normans?
The Macedonians were a lot more fun. Alexander knew how to throw one hell of a party.

[Yes, it was obviously a troll post, but Methos was bored. He opened a beer, ignoring a scowling house elf and reached for a piece of chocolate from the box]

normanconquests

[theregothedrums]

It's not as if it matters. I draw the line at using the Goths as a pseudonym.

Alexander wasn't bad for a human. Weeping because he had no lands left to conquer... it's kind of sweet, really.

Re: normanconquests

[ancient_adam]

He was ambitious as hell for a mortal and amazingly good in bed. He was never that weepy though, even when he was roaring drunk. Someone got that damned wrong.

So, alien, demon, or some other non-human type with delusions of grandeur?

normanconquests

[theregothedrums]

And here I thought it was bad manners to kiss and tell. Although I suppose dead dictators are safe enough to gossip about.

And 'alien' is a matter of perspective.

PaleHorse

[ancient_adam]

Oh he wouldn't have minded, trust me. The powerful ones always had a little exhibitionist in them.

So that would be 'yes' then.

normanconquests

[theregothedrums]

You're right. It conjures up a certain air. Fear and fascination. It's not only effective, it's fun.

Oh, do you feel clever now?

PaleHorse

[ancient_adam]

That, or the judicious application of sharp, pointy things. Tends to get the point across just as well, if a tad messier.

I always feel clever. Comes with the territory.

Re: PaleHorse

[theregothedrums]

Hardly mutually exclusive. But if you do it simultaneously they usually get too frightened to do much.

Oh, yes, high self-esteem and such.

Re: PaleHorse

[ancient_adam]

Then you risk breaking them and where's the fun in that? You have to make it last if it's going to be worth the effort.

When you've lived as long as I have, you're entitled, sonny.

[Methos did *not* miss Kronos. Or the sound of hoofbeats drumming on sand. Not one bit.]

Re: PaleHorse

[theregothedrums]

There's hardly a shortage of humans. What was that slogan...'crunch all you like, we'll make more'? Train the resilient ones and the rest are expendable.

Re: PaleHorse

[ancient_adam]

They burn out quick enough, sometimes it's just as easy to wait. Or put the slower ones in the front, let them take most of the damage.

I miss Kronos.

[Methos coughed and spluttered. He did NOT mean to type that, but damnit it was out there now. He looked down at the chocolate he had been eating and swore colorfully in several dead languages.]

Re: PaleHorse

[theregothedrums]

Pffft. Armies. Generals aren't that hard to come by, if you can't find a more efficient plan.

Another dead lover?

Re: PaleHorse

[ancient_adam]

Then you haven't found the right ones.

More than that. For centuries, he was a brother in arms. But yes. Dead. They always seem to wind up that way.

normanconquests

[theregothedrums]

The easiest strategy is a nuclear barrage from orbit. Most generals consider that unsporting.

They always turn on you sooner or later. Unless they die first. Tempting to kill them before it all goes wrong, really. Hindsight, all that.

Re: normanconquests

[ancient_adam]

Where's the fun in that? I appreciate a more hands-on approach. Nothing can compare to the drum beat of hooves on sand and bloody bronze in the sun.

I beat him to it. He found me, but I was the one who engineered his demise. It was him or me. A surprisingly easy choice in the end.

Re: normanconquests

[theregothedrums]

And when the drums call, there's no disobeying. Yes, yes, I know that already.

It's always like that. By your side or at your feet, and there's no point in letting them be the victorious one. Sometimes you need to be proactive.