Random Banter #196

[MoonCat]

She says my band, but really, it's Rafiki's. I don't do any of the legwork; I just write and perform.

Ah, then the two of us are using the word differently. There would be the confusion.

Look, it's almost 2am here. I'm not awake enough to write in any double meanings. Take it all at face value, madam; there's nothing more to it. I'm content to let it rest.

Wait, the monkey dude from Lion King?

No, I'm quite sure we aren't. However, you're misinterpreting my statement as in I don't lust. Now can we drop it because seriously, I am not talking about this here.

So yeah, dropping it sounds good. 'Night.

[enderlord99]

You're awake! Bluff check successful! Now, tell me of your game.

She already said: Portal, Cave story, Monkey Island.

[Amidus Drexel]

Wait, the monkey dude from Lion King?

That's what he's nicknamed after, yes. It had something to do with a stick he was carrying on a hike... I wasn't there. He's one of my guitarists.

She already said: Portal, Cave story, Monkey Island.

Heheheh

[AsteriskAmp]

She says my band, but really, it's Rafiki's. I don't do any of the legwork; I just write and perform.

TaiLiu is a she?

That's what he's nicknamed after, yes. It had something to do with a stick he was carrying on a hike... I wasn't there. He's one of my guitarists.

Your claim of not your band seems awfully dubious next to one of YOUR guitarrists.

[TaiLiu]

Yeah, you've just got to help me load up the gear, alright? Grab the other end of this cab.

Oof! My, this is certainly heavy.

She already said: Portal, Cave story, Monkey Island.

Those are games she has played, but they are not the game.

[Hattish Thing]

Sometimes life likes to pour salt I someone's wounds. Yeesh.

[TaiLiu]

Sometimes life likes to pour salt I someone's wounds. Yeesh.

...Was that someone you?

TaiLiu is a she?

She, he, ze... They all work. I'm not a 'she,' though.

[MoonCat]

Sometimes life likes to pour salt I someone's wounds. Yeesh.

Did you bump into her or see a LotR movie trailer?

[AsteriskAmp]

Those are games she has played, but they are not the game.

Could it perhaps be the one you just lost?

Sometimes life likes to pour salt I someone's wounds. Yeesh.

If that includes warm water and soft rinsing I could say that wouldn't be so horrible...

[LaZodiac]

...Was that someone you?

She, he, ze... They all work. I'm not a 'she,' though.

Huh. I always pegged you as a lady. To each their own though, I'm not one to judge no matter the case. At the end of the day you're Tailiu, a person who is cool!

[TaiLiu]

Could it perhaps be the one you just lost?

Oo. Perhaps.

MoonCat isn't saying, though.

[Hattish Thing]

Did you bump into her or see a LotR movie trailer?

Saw her. Had a brief conversation that made me feel like TOTAL ****.

Then come here to vent and blow some steam and be silly, and another forum-goer has to be a pest.

[MoonCat]

Saw her. Had a brief conversation that made me feel like TOTAL ****.

Then come here to vent and blow some steam and be silly, and another forum-goer has to be a pest.

Switch to PM?

[TaiLiu]

Saw her. Had a brief conversation that made me feel like TOTAL ****.

Then come here to vent and blow some steam and be silly, and another forum-goer has to be a pest.

My condolences, comrade. I hope you feel better tomorrow!

Huh. I always pegged you as a lady. To each their own though, I'm not one to judge no matter the case. At the end of the day you're Tailiu, a person who is cool!

Actually, it's fairly warm here.

[Amidus Drexel]

TaiLiu is a she?

Your claim of not your band seems awfully dubious next to one of YOUR guitarrists.

It took her quite a long time to work that out, as she'd never corrected me. I was fairly surprised myself. Granted, this point seems to be in some contention...

Heh, perhaps. I am a somewhat possessive person, though; I speak of things as if they are mine whether they belong to me or not. The band isn't, though; I only write and perform music. Rafiki does the legwork of getting us booked, finding artists, getting us recorded, etc. in addition to writing and performing. Hell, he was one of the people that started it, before I was asked to join.

Oof! My, this is certainly heavy.

Yes, yes it is. It makes beautiful sounds, though, so I keep it.

She, he, ze... They all work. I'm not a 'she,' though.

...

You make up your mind what gender you are. I distinctly remember a conversation where you claimed to be female, to my surprise. Don't be flipping it back, now. I like using accurate and precise pronouns.

[LaZodiac]

Saw her. Had a brief conversation that made me feel like TOTAL ****.

Then come here to vent and blow some steam and be silly, and another forum-goer has to be a pest.

*hugs* I hope everything can get better for you. You seem a cool guy.

My condolences, comrade. I hope you feel better tomorrow!

Actually, it's fairly warm here.

That's not what I meant and you know it

[AsteriskAmp]

It took her quite a long time to work that out, as she'd never corrected me. I was fairly surprised myself. Granted, this point seems to be in some contention...

It appears I no longer have the same time to be able to keep track of this thread and the people that here reside as I used to; no point in keeping journals either any more considering how few actual data I can manage to spot or even remember.

Heh, perhaps. I am a somewhat possessive person, though; I speak of things as if they are mine whether they belong to me or not. The band isn't, though; I only write and perform music. Rafiki does the legwork of getting us booked, finding artists, getting us recorded, etc. in addition to writing and performing. Hell, he was one of the people that started it, before I was asked to join.

He sounds like the manager more than the band leader though. Though on the other hand those two roles can be in one.

You make up your mind what gender you are. I distinctly remember a conversation where you claimed to be female, to my surprise. Don't be flipping it back, now. I like using accurate and precise pronouns.

I wholeheartedly support this statement in regards for the safety of my mental sanity.

[TaiLiu]

Yes, yes it is. It makes beautiful sounds, though, so I keep it.

What, music?

...

You make up your mind what gender you are.

You want to wait around a few years?

I distinctly remember a conversation where you claimed to be female, to my surprise. Don't be flipping it back, now. I like using accurate and precise pronouns.

I remember denying that I was a 'he,' but I never said that I was a 'she.'

[LaZodiac]

I remember denying that I was a 'he,' but I never said that I was a 'she.'

Oh okay, I get it. Blue to Pink.

[TaiLiu]

Oh okay, I get it. Blue to Pink.

...Come again?

[Hattish Thing]

Grah. M -> F.

[MoonCat]

Ooh, this is like 20 questions!

Possible ways to narrow it down:
Does your physical gender at birth match that of your mental gender?
Do you have a definite mental gender of either male or female?
Do you have a definite physical gender of either male or female?

And so on.

[LaZodiac]

...Come again?

This is just a guess, but the male symbol on the forum is blue. The female one is pink. Male to Female people are identified on the forum as (male symbol) -> (female symbol)

So, blue -> pink.

I may be overthinking things.

[TaiLiu]

Grah. M -> F.

This is just a guess, but the male symbol on the forum is blue. The female one is pink. Male to Female people are identified on the forum as (male symbol) -> (female symbol)

So, blue -> pink.

I may be overthinking things.

Ah. I don't have that gender symbol on me, no.

Ooh, this is like 20 questions!

Possible ways to narrow it down:
Does your physical gender at birth match that of your mental gender?
Do you have a definite mental gender of either male or female?
Do you have a definite physical gender of either male or female?

And so on.

I suppose, except that the answers potentially change, and you have to ask the machine all over again. Twenty Questions: Frustration Mode!

[LaZodiac]

Ah. I don't have that gender symbol on me, no.

I suppose, except that the answers potentially change, and you have to ask the machine all over again. Twenty Questions: Frustration Mode!

Ahhh, okay. You're mysterious! You're TaiLiu then.

[Amidus Drexel]

It appears I no longer have the same time to be able to keep track of this thread and the people that here reside as I used to; no point in keeping journals either any more considering how few actual data I can manage to spot or even remember.

He sounds like the manager more than the band leader though. Though on the other hand those two roles can be in one.

I wholeheartedly support this statement in regards for the safety of my mental sanity.

It all slips away... Little motes of information that, at best, are transient in nature. Memories only being how one remembers remembering them, anyway.

He is, in effect, our manager. Right now that's as close as we've got to a leader, though.

I think we're a bit far gone for that one.

What, music?

You want to wait around a few years?

I remember denying that I was a 'he,' but I never said that I was a 'she.'

Yes. It moves the information from the amp to the air; and beautiful music it makes, when I play beautiful music. It also has the capacity to make discordant and erratic music.

Just fast forward and see what you end up sticking with. Save me some trouble here.

You're going to make me go back and find this, aren't you? All I want to use is the correct pronoun! *sobs*

But, seriously, it bugs me that I don't know what pronoun to use. Possibly more than it should.

[Mutant Sheep]

You guys said things and did like, 4 pages in 4 hours! BOOOOOOO.
(Warning, I wanna talk about my Civ game in the 1000 AD scenario, so I am hahahaha you can't stop me)

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Time should freeze in here so I don't miss anything when I'm playing Civ. Recent-like, I have been playing as the Germans and my axis of The Holy Roman Empire (Poland and the rest of Europe, minus England and the Balkans/southern Poland, which is Byzantine, along with Central America and Peru/the old Incan Territories, and Africa except for a few Byzantine colonies, then all of old Arabia extending into Central India), the Germans (Southern United States as a colony, leader Frederick the Great), Mansa Musa (2 cities in West Africa with 4 pop, culturally half Holy Roman, a subdued shell of a once mediocre nation), Arabia in Madagascar, led by Ramasses II,) and Isabella of Scotland, because Spain was actually conquered by me and somehow they put Madrid up in Scotland before the Brits did. A recent addition, but longstanding ally, are the Mongolians, who reside in the lands between The Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire.

(Edit:I actually skipped over this... I conquered Cairo, and that stopped the usual Arab advance into central Africa. I then took Jerusalem with elite city-siege-bonus landsknecht and wiped out all of Arabia, then moved onto North Africa and took that too. Now, skip forward a few centuries, I take over France. Here we go, UPDATED RIGHT. EXCEPT FOR THE WEIRD BREAK IN TIMEFRAME.)
For centuries, those two giants fought, with the Mongols siding with the Russians. However, When the Indians joined forces with the rest of the East Asian Alliance (Literally, the Khmer and the Koreans were protectorates of China while Tokugawa fought alongside them), I and my Austrian Elites (what happens when you put all your great generals in one city when an Imperialist leader, hehehe) followed the Spanish and Russians into India, claiming the southern cities for my own. Asoka, leader of India, fled into exile among an island in Indonesia, the sole holding of India to this day. Here, I was mostly satisfied, and having negotiated peace with the Chinese, I began to develop my African holdings.

However, the Spanish, a longstanding friend, had been spying on me, and my people rose in anger. (Cool thing about Beyond the Sword:the random event stuff are really cool sometimes. The different options of "A Spanish diplomat committed a faux pax! Do you forgive them, demand reparations, or WAR[stipend: For international relations purposes, it counts as them declaring war on YOU, so no severe diplomatic penalties). Realizing the Spanish were my next target for domination of the European continent (I had already claimed France, however they lived on in their South American colonies and territory north of the Black Sea), I invaded the Iberian peninsula and Indian holdings, while mustering my paratroopers to invade Madagascar. While Barcelona was besieged, the fight for India was severe, with their cavalry running down my infantry, but then being destroyed by arial strafing and heavy armor. I bombed Barcelona, which was culturally already 60% Roman, and Santiago fell soon after. After claiming Madagascar, Isabella and her final Scottish stronghold capitulated and became my protectorate, and my eyes fell to the Aztecs...

While I had postponed my campaign against them, my claiming of Iberia allowed superior access to Central America, and I began to send vast convoys to Mexico. Steamrolling their grenadiers, I conquered up to the Mason Dixie Line in the East but stopped in Iowa. Montezuma too, capitulated, and while the British held Canada and the Northern United States, I realized I couldn't finance this colonial holding on top of India and Africa. I then turned my American holdings (minus Hispaniola) into the German Empire. (I actually expected American, that's usually the colony I get for America. One I got for the Vikings, at least.). I also gave Madagascar independence, and it took the name of the fallen empire of Arabia and an Egyptian theme.

That's pretty much where I am now, minus the conquering of Inca (they had Infantry... I had carriers.) and tech advances. (GIANT ROBOT BUILD UP. MAKING MY SPACESHIP.):small cool: YAY RANDOM SPILLING OF THINGS YOUUYSNDNT CARE ABOUT INSTEAD OF SLEEPINGGGGGG!!!

Oh, and Tai is totally a Martian gender less beast. 6 limbs, white fluff all over the body, whole deal.

[MoonCat]

Yeah, I honestly don't care, I assumed you were female by your writing style, but it's not important. I was just posting the questions because I thought it was a funny.

[Hattish Thing]

How did you know by writing style?

[AsteriskAmp]

It all slips away... Little motes of information that, at best, are transient in nature. Memories only being how one remembers remembering them, anyway.

I used to write things down for this reason, list post numbers, keep a neat track; I tend to keep such a system for people I meet, I have a bad tendency to forget links between names and faces (while remembering voice and face) or what people have said about themselves so I try to log everything. A camera on a cell helps immensely.

I think we're a bit far gone for that one.

The days long gone were my sanity could be preserved it seems. But odds are I'll suppress the needless polite hassle this shall cause and just use whatever seems more convenient at the time anyway. Specially considering no particular desire for a given pronoun.

Yes. It moves the information from the amp to the air; and beautiful music it makes, when I play beautiful music. It also has the capacity to make discordant and erratic music.

Discordant and erratic music can be beautiful, as atonal, disjointed, disorganized, amellodic, non-harmonic, resonant with glasses and absolutely delightful can be shared by sounds as well.

@Sheep: You've redacted a wall! It's a miracle! This is the first time a coherent redacted wall from you is witnessed by myself! And it's an amazing one at that.