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synecdochic

Rake at the ... poker table?

Dec 17, 2003 00:05

So I finished my SeSa story and have written three final papers in about as many days and I'm a little loopy, so what do I do at 7AM this morning but write a stupid little not-quite-sequel to Rake at the Gates of Hell? And when I re-read it after having woken up, it's not awful, so here. :) The boys from "Rake", ten years or so later.

( silly little untitled fluff bit )

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without_me December 17 2003, 05:32:28 UTC

*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* Thank you. I just got home from work (yes, it is 9:30 PM), JC was #5 on JoJo's Top 9 tonight, and fuckin' UPS is refusing to leave my shipment (holiday gifts for friends) with a neighbor even though I left them a signed release. Oh, and apparently the Avalon has some ludicrous dress code that they don't put on their tickets, and I'm about ready to kill something.

And then I read this, and--for a few minutes at least--everything's better.

Now if only I could get Magus!Lance to deal with UPS for me.

synecdochic December 17 2003, 05:36:42 UTC

Magus!Lance: You're completely on your own with UPS. I'm not positive, but I think that the board of directors may, in fact, be Elder Gods.

Sorry that your day sucked! Let's hope that tomorrow's better. And I'm glad I could help perk you up a bit :)

without_me December 17 2003, 05:41:02 UTC

Poo. I don't suppose Mal would lend a hand, either, huh?

Oh well. Good fiction heals all wounds. Or most of 'em, anyway.

synecdochic December 17 2003, 05:48:03 UTC

I'd shout "PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAFH UPS R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL FHTAGN!" but I don't know if anyone would get it ...

I will, however, send you vibes for a better day tomorrow. If you send me vibes for FINISHING MY LAST DAMN FINAL PAPER.

without_me December 17 2003, 05:53:14 UTC

I have to admit it's not a dialect I understand...

And I will definitely send you good paper vibes. No strings attached.

synecdochic December 17 2003, 05:57:33 UTC

HP Lovecraft reference. Also, a good punchline to a joke, but only if the audience has read Lovecraft :)

I think I've more or less decided that the paper can fuck off for the night and I will write it tomorrow. I've turned out about 20,000 words of academic writing in the past seven days. I need a bloody night off.

claire December 17 2003, 07:09:04 UTC

;) I'm actually wearing my Cthulhu for President shirt right at this very second...

synecdochic December 17 2003, 07:15:36 UTC

From my random .signature generator:

"Phnglui mgwlnafth Cthulhu rlyey wghnagl fthagn." "In his flat in Bromley,
drunk Cthulhu waits knitting? I think a few subtle typos may have crept
into that one." "That explains why this shoggoth I summoned is only 3mm
tall." -- Peter da Silva and Peter Gutmann in asr

:)

tinyjo December 17 2003, 14:00:20 UTC

Hah! A nice little interlude - it's good to see it all settled down OK for them there. And at least the kid was fairly good about it :)

Also, what's ASR? I want to add this to my quotes file.

From ab quotes...

Weird. I enter "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" into google and page number one is "Hello. This is a guide on installing Linux Debian on a Toshiba 4000CDT. There are two mistakes..."

kyra December 17 2003, 17:14:44 UTC

DAMN you and your Lovecraftian ways!

And can you shout "PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAFH UPS R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL FHTAGN"? I mean, like, how do you pronounce that?

synecdochic December 17 2003, 18:29:03 UTC

The point is, rather, that one doesn't *WANT* to shout it ;)

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