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You know, I had absolutely forgotten about this, save for vaguely recognizing the title thread. had I started, iprobably wouldn't have noticed it

Just wanted to point out that the digidex for this RP is available in an updated version at [url]http://www.thedigitalfantasy.com/digitalempire/digidex/digidexE.html[/url] Personnaly, I use the backup of Megchan's at [url]http://shiningevo.ultimatedigimon.com/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.html[/url], with other sources for english names.

[COLOR=DimGray] Eiffel wasn't sure why or how he had managed to get in the middle of the battle field like that. This has to be the stupidest thing you've ever done while playing! he mentally beat himself. But now wasn't the time to complain. The battlefield might as well have swallowed him anyway. Boarmon was somewhere out of sight. He hoped his partner was allright. Were Boarmon killed, the game session would pause and he'd restart in a random location. That had brought him in Sentry Peninsula in the first place. The man grabbed the distacted Veemon's tail and swung him in circle. The small dragon yelled out in surprise and pain as blood sudenly rushed to his head. Guilmon shook his head lightly and backed his arm. "Rock Breaker!" Guilmon's three claw racked along the blue digimon's thick. He yelled out. "Guilmon, stop toying around, damnit! That's disgusting!" The red lizard aimed another blow for Veemon's chest. The smaller rookie contorted in pain and deleted. Eiffel panted. "Come on, we have to find Boarmon!" ---------------------------------------------------------- "Tail hammer!" Boarmon helped Leomon up when the beast king shoved him aside. A spiked ball crashed into the ground, creating a large crater. Boarmon was showever with earth and debris. This time around, he made sure he didn't getblindedand immediately charged at the larger champion. The problem with attacking with yourend is that you have to turn your back to your target, he figured. "Slaming Charge!" Boarmon took advantage of the immediate speed build-up cuased caused by his attack to slip under the heavily armored digimon. When he passed his face, he jammed his head up and unleashed a violent cone of fire at Ankylomon's face. "Nose Blaster!" The champion screeched in pain and deleted. Boarmon could feel an enegy rush again. He was engulfed in light. "Boarmon, digivolve to..." ---------------------------------------------------------- A pillar of light in the middleof the battlefield. It immediately draggoed Eiffel's attention. "Boarmon!" "Not if I have a say in it!" a voice boomed. Eiffel turned around to see a large blue digimon he recognized as Aeroveedramon flying toward his partner. If he reached him before the digivolution was completed, Boarmon would not recover from the hit. Digimon became easy targets during a digivolution sequence. ---------------------------------------------------------- Rosemon had been observing the battle from the backlines. It was mostly even matched,and that bore through the mega-level's soul like acid. She could feel the hits to her fellow plant digimon as if they were hits to herself. As more and more fell, her anger grew. When she saw an ultimate Dragon ready to attack a champion in mid-evolution, she decided it was time to move. She was going to turn the tide of this battle, whether Eiffel agreed or not. ---------------------------------------------------------- "Thorn Whip!" The attack cleanly cut straight through Aeroveedramon's chest. A second attack streaked through the ground,destroying several more dragon on contact. "Rosemon, no!" Eiffel called out. "Vikaralamon!" Boarmon completed his evolution into the massive ultimate. Many fighter were shoved aside in confused tangles by the digimon,s growth. Dragons from all over the battlefield attackd, but the ultimate barely seemed to react at all. Eiffel and Guilmon ran to him and climbed on the huge snout. Two massive fire attacks suddenly shot from the cover of the trees. "Flame Inferno!" "Circle of Death!" The Mega-level crashed to the ground,weakened by the twin attack. Another massive digimon,apparently composed of lava steppedout of the forest. A woman in a skin-tight violet outfit stood on it's head. Next to her floated a demonic figure wrapped in red and black robes. "A Daemon!?" Eiffel exclaimed. "When did she befriend a Daemon!?" The yougn woman turned toward him. She barely glanced atEiffelbefore she reported her attention at Rosemon, obviously not considering the other player any threat. "Get her!" Kalika andEifelboth said at the same time,although they had obviously opposed target [i]If she destroys Rosemon, she'll be able to digivolve to mega, and there's no way we'll be able to stop her them![/i][/color] ---------------------------------------------------------- OOC: If Kalika starts losing or if Daemon is defeated, she'll immediately retreats, possibly leaving the clan as a distraction.

you know, when you write, things rarely go truely as they were planned. Characters start stuff on their own, they omit to tell you important facts about their own backgrounds, some characters just pop in and say "write me!", while others just vanishes without any good reason. Sometimes they kidnapp the plot, tie it in a dark closet, swallow the key and just run the story themselves. I've been pretty lucky on this front, but then, that's probably because I think [I]way[/I] too much before I write. So far my only problem is that two characters that are eventually supposed to end up together cannot interact without him getting yelled at, threatened, insulted or punched. Somehow a pervert also slipped in the story and might just cause the ratings to skyrocket >.< And the funny one: a character that is still in creative limbo wants out 'cause my muses are creeping him out. And you? Have you ever had similar problems with your stories?

OOC: Actually, Takuya, you completely disturbed my planned character devellopment post, but I'll run with what you're giving me anyway. ----------------------------------- [COLOR=DimGray]Eiffel felt gloomier than his fellow player about the upcoming battle. Boarmon wasn't the best fighter to oppose the dragon clan. The human now had to hope that his partner would reach Ultimate today. Normally, he would have switched evolutions, but he wanted to do it. he wanted to beat her without changing the cards. His fist tightened around the digivice. "It's been a long while since we last met," Kiva said, interrupting his thought. "I didn't knew you switched partners." He sighed. "I've had issues to work out." The girl chuckled. "Real life interfering with the game?" Eiffel shook his head. "Not even. It's a long story. I can tell you about it later, when this is over with. It's the main reason I'm here today, though." Kive nodded without a word. There are contentious best settled in battle. "Just one thing... Why a Guilmon? I knew you to have better ambitions for your friends." The lizard glared at the young woman. Eiffel made an appeasing gesture and chuckled without ever stopping to look for the approaching army. The trees were shaking, falling over some distance away. His voice sped up to explain. "It wasn't really planed for,you know. It just... happened. I had to test myself when I logged back after two months of not playing. I just stumbled into a battle between him and some random Seadramon. It kinda proceeded from there." "Here they comes!" Garudamon pointed. A group of Flamedramon appeared between the trees and flew foward at a stunning pace, each encased in an energy shield. The players realized their partners were still at rookie level. Eiffel cursed loudly "Hawkmon digivolve to..." lightning encased the bird as it evolved. "Gabumon digivolve to..." a ball of fire surrounded the horned lizard. The Flamedramon commando crashed into the first line of defenders in large fiery explosions. Several Floramon and a Fangmon were deleted. On the right, a ultimate-level Cherrymon was set on fire by the combined power of two attacks. "Thunderbirdmon!" "Boarmon!" Right behind the first line came a mixed force of champions and rookie. Eiffel noticed a Triceramon. [i]Damn... Must be Pteranomon evolved. A large Tuskmon rushed head-first into the fray, obviously aiming for the two humans. Damn! Where's Kalika?[/i] Boarmon and Guilmon moved in front of the bird. "If you can evolve, do it now! We'll protect him!" Guilmon announced. "Go ahead, big guy!" Eiffel cheered them. The rookie jumped on the back of the champion and the two sped up at the green lizard. Kiva rolled her eyes. Garudamon provided more than enough protection. Then the ultimate was dogpiled by several Exveemons. The Flamedamons' attack had proven very efficient at disrupting the first-line defenses, she had to credit Kalika with that. Tuskmon could hardly miss the incoming attackers and readied an attack. "Slamming tusk!" "Slamming charge!" Boarmon retorted The red-glowing tip of the dinosaur's tusks burried themselves deep into the ground, raising a wall of dirt and earth. Before Boarmon could adjust his course, Tuskmon's arm swiped and hit the rookie in the chest, sending him flying somewhere in the battle. Boarmon was temporerily blinded by the falling debris. Tuskmon clasped his three-clawed arms on head of his sides and attacked. "Bayonnet lancer!" The claws glowed with energy and twisted around, opening two bleeding wounds. Boarmon roared in pain. Eiffel winced. [i]Where's Guilmon?[/i] The green digimon then attempted to slam his overgrown lower jaw into the Boarmon's forehead. Fatal mistake. The bone fractured on impacting the metal. Tuskmon let go of Eiffel's partner to clutch at his mouth with yells of pain. The fire digimon collected his energies. "Nose blaster!" This time, with no armor to protect him, the champion deleted. Boarmon felt a sudden urge of energy as the green particles disipated around him. "Boarmon digivolve to..." His body momentarily sank down in the earth, but an Ankylomon appeared apparently out of nowhere and attacked the digimon in mid-evolution, collecting him with his heavily armored head. Boarmon was slammed into a Leomon. "Guilmon!" he yelled out in anger. "It's your job to avoid these kind of things!!" "Well, I'm busy here!" Eiffel heard Guilmon's voice yell back. Looking around, he finally located his friend. The rookie was busy hand-fighting with a Veemon. Everytime the larger lizard attempted a Pyro Sphere attack, the nimble dragon would slam his foot into Guilmon's mouth. "You're not quick enough, smoothscale!" the blue digimon sneered. [i]This is not going well...[/i], Eiffel reflected.[/COLOR] --------- OOC: Do what you want after Boarmon starts fighting Tuskmon, just don't have Kalika appear too quickly please. I have a plan for her ;)

OOC: Takuya: no problem. Just want to point out that due to her recent change (at least, that's the reason i see for it) of partner, kalika cannot reach Mega yet. Also I messed up a thing in my sign-up: theline I give is the planed line that michel built when chosing his partner. He cannot yet reach ultimate, but should do so inmy next post. (There's a background reason why he couldn't yet, I'm planning for explaining it later.) ===== [COLOR=DimGray]The place that used to be a small village was nothing more than a few smoldering heaps of rubble. The houses had been so thoroughly destroyed as to leave only dust under the digimons' feet. The only real trace of anypast construction was the small pile of stones that used to be a temple. Eiffel almost broke down in a cold sweat at the sight. "You've got to kid me!" he exclaimed. "They wiped the place? As in 'killed everyone'?" Gabumon nodded without a word. "Nakita Cove, Gobbleheim, Stable Heights..." Guilmon counted the destroyed villagees on his hands. "How can they go on so rapidly?" the player wondered aloud. "They weren't that numerous last time around." "That's because they've bullied dinosaur digimon to fight for them." Eiffel jumped in surprise. Bothdigimon turned around sharply,ready for an attack. The intruder recoiled back, hiding behind a stone. "No! please!" Eiffel peered over the rock. An orange lizard with an overgrown head trembled behind it. He reached over and plucked him off the ground. The digimon squirmed in panick as he set it down on the rock. "When was it?" Eiffel asked. "Two hours ago. They went in and started to burn the buildings with everybody inside. There was that big Volcdramon and a woman that giggled. She..." he shivered at the memory. "She was so... Gleeful!" "Great... Now she's on a power trip. She's going to destroy the wholepeninsula at this rate," the man muttered. "Are you going to stop her?" the digimon asked, eyes wide with surprise. "I'm at least going to try. I like this place. It should be balanced." "Then removing a weakling should help!" a voice yelled behind him. "Armor Piercing Blade!" Oh sh* Eiffel, Gabumon and Guilmon jumped to the side, rolling as far away as possible. A wide, flat ray of orange-red energy cut through the exact place Eiffel had stood just a few seconds before. Incidetally,itcut through the Agumon's middle section. The rookie digimon exploded into data. "Ah! I knew there had been a runaway," the champion said smugly. Eiffel gave his partners a knowing glance. Gabumon was immediately engulfed in light. At the digivolution occured, the other rookie slammed into the adult, taking advantage of his stronger built. "Gabumon, digivolve to..." "Pyro Sphere!" the attack hit the three-legged champion on the side of the head. The dragon shook it off, Guilmon using of his distraction to step away. "Boarmon!" The horned lizard completed its digvolution. The large animal with a fiery mane rushed at the dragon and slammed its side into a tree. "Nose Blaster!" The point-blank fire blast was completely deviated by the armor covering most of his opponent's body. Ginryumon, which was its name according to Eiffel's digivice, smirked and grabbed Boarmon with his front claws. "Battle Rod Break!" The energy-encased head slammed violently against the metal plaque on Boarmon's forehead. The fire digimon staggered. "Oh... He gives good head..." he let out, dazed. Eiffel grabbed a rock from the nearby ruins. "Big guy, distract him!" he yelled. "Way ahead of you!" the lizard retorted, running straight at the champion's front. Ginryuumon lowered his head as if it was a spear. Energe began to shimmer around his lower jaw. That was the occasion Eiffel waited for. "Now!" "Armor Piercing Blade!" Several events occured simultaneous. Eiffel hurled the stone at Ginryumon's head just as a red beam of energy shot toward Guilmon. The rookie promptly jumped to avoid it and flipped in mid air toward the champion. The projectile hit the dragon square in the left and he snapped his neck up high, roaring in pain. Guilmon's feet landed in Ginryumon's chest, causing the champion to fall over. "Boarmon! His stomach!" Eiffel called for the other digimon,who by now had managed to shook off the cobwebs. He took a running start. His fire built up as he rushed toward the dragon's near-defenseless underside. "Slaming attack!" A huge fireball extended from the two fighters. Guilmon and Eiffel at to run to avoid being consumed by the blaze.When the flames receded, only Boarmon stood up. "Strong bastard," he commented. "Well, they kinda have a reason to be cocky, you know," Eiffel commented. "Hey,you think you can get the tree of us to Arnett? We'll want to prepare the Clan a reception they won't forget." "Sure, get on! i could get you all the way into Folder if you wanted!" the digimon joked. Eiffel sighed. Guilmon and him climbed on the champion's side and the two of them sped for the river town. Kalika would want to battle a high-level digimon so that Monodramon could reach Mega as soon as posible, and Rosemon was the closest on to their position. Besides, killing her would compelely disorganize the plant digimons in the area, and control of the forests would be key to stopping the clan. He pondered on this as he checked his partner's current data. "Hey Boarmon, guess what? You should reach ultimate soon!" "That's good to know. We're going to need it," the digimon answered dryly.[/COLOR]

There was something utterly satisfying about going home knowing that you wouldn't have to wallow on work issues for long. Michel Léroux stopped at his favorite delicatessen only to buy his favorite sandwich. His visit got a smile for the cashier, a girl he knew by sight. "As usual," she commented. Michel winked at her before walking back outside and jumping on his bicycle. The two-wheeled vehicle zoomed down the streets unsteadily, one hand being busy shoving the sandwich in the man's mouth. It eventually screeched to a halt in front of the largest recreation center of the city. The young man walked confidently in, greeted by a few usual patrons. Locating an unused VR machine, he settled himself down comfortably, swallowed the last bite of his sandwich and inserted his digivice into the slot designed for that purpose. [COLOR=DimGray]For a short moment his mind floated in nothingness before the sound of waves broke the silence. Eiffel could see nothing. Then he opened his eyes tofind himself sitting on the sand of a beach, infront of tall cliffs. A paw landed on his shoulder. Without looking he knew it was smooth, scaly and yellow. Covered with a strange piece of blue fur completed with blunt red claws. "Hey little guy, How's it going?" he asked, looking over his shoulder at the lizard digimon. Eiffel immediately noticed the worried air on the two reptile-type's features. He frowned. "Well..." the larger red, black, and white lizard hesitated. "Don't say anything, big guy. Let me guess: the dragon clan has been causing trouble again?" he asked. The two digimon nodded without a word while he got up. The small party began to walk along the beach toward an area where a narrow path climbed the side ofthe continental shelf. Eiffel sighed. "I though they would not cause any more problem after we defeated Veedramon." "That was before Kalika sided with them," Gabumon explained. The man glanced at hispartner inquisitively. "Her again? wasn't she partnered with a Tentomon last time we heard about her?" "That barely lasted her victory over Metal Seadramon. Now she's got a monodramon." Great. Now the worst power player of the game was guaranteed to go after him. And with an ultimate level level digimon no less. The girl switched digimon more often than anybody on the server. And she was going to help the dragon clan to take control of Sentry Peninsula. "Not good, not good..." Eiffel muttered under his breath. [/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Oceanborn]Well, *I wanted to drop this by before James-sama's idea*, but I remember a rare set of original japanese 101 smileys which I really loved, just in case the OB ones won't be too good or won't be done at all. [url]http://forum.anilab.ru/index.php?act=legends&CODE=emoticons&s=[/url] .

A rainforest needs not be tropical: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate_rainforest[/url]

Name: Michel Léroux age: 23 gender: male Username: Eiffel Apperance: Attached Parnter Digimon: Gabumon (vaccine) Levels: Champion- Boarmon Ultimate- Vikaralamon Mega- Ebonwumon Michel has been an irregular playing for a little over a year and has befriended a Guilmon.

I was browsing throug our extensive [URL=http://otakuboards.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=58]collection of smileys[/URL] and remarked a few things: We have two icons listed as matching up with :nope: :moron: is nothing but a different-colored version of :cry:

[quote name='Baron Samedi][size=1']Well, I frankly don't know what the correct pronunciation of Samedi is, but, really, you should all refer to me in the same manner I refer to me. Hence, I'll accept 'Sam-ee-dee', and only that.[/size][/quote] If itvcan be of any interest, proper French pronounciation requires the middle "e" not to be pronounced at all. The first vowel is usually similar to the vowel in "bat", not the one in "shawl". My username should be properly pronounced as in French, that is "seer-say-uss",with that "u" being as in French. I don't mind if it ends up garbled by foreign speakers, though :D

I liked the original one better, but then that's likely because i was lucky enough to participate and am not competent enough to try out in a videogames-themes one. :animesigh

[QUOTE=Sage] Both [B]Ginny [/B] and I originally hail from the late Digimon-section, but I have a hard time now, after several years, to remember the other digipeeps. There was [B]Cera/Sara/Lore[/B], [B]Shy[/B] and [B]Digital_Monster[/B] (the mods), and [B]calumon_luver/Kitty[/B] and [B]Roxie[/B] and [B]Ohkami/Sakura[/B], and [B]Devidramon[/B] and [B]Solo[/B] and [B]Pyrophobic[/B], and [B]rokas[/B] and [B]Domon[/B], and [B]Ben[/B] and D_M's little sister [B]Nicky[/B]... Oh, and almost forgot [B]Blanko/Frankie[/B]! I always called her "Blankie", and she recented that. ;P Who else?! Gah![/QUOTE] *raises hand* I plead guilty,even though I was never amajor participant to the boards as awhole, i remember fondly the digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh boards. Does anybody remember the newbie greeting lounge? These included some pretty embarassing thread XD

[QUOTE=SunfallE]All they have said is that the [B]"best odds?[/B] of conviction come with pornography that "includes bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior." [/QUOTE] Isn't listing bestiality kinda pointless? I thought i was already illegal in most juridictions... Edit: Further research digs this from wikipedia: [quote name='Wikipedia']Just over half of U.S. states explicitly outlaw sex with animals (sometimes under the term of "sodomy"). In the 2000s, six U.S. states adopted new legislation against it: Oregon, Maine, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. When many U.S. state laws against "sodomy" (generally in the context of male homosexuality) were repealed or struck down by the courts, some people thought sex with animals would no longer be outlawed. However, the 2004 conviction of a man in Florida demonstrated that even in states with no specific laws against zoosexual acts, animal cruelty statutes can be applied (e.g. State vs. Mitchell).[/quote] In canada, it is formally illegal at the federal level.

Personally, I like digimon RPGs, but they have a tendency to go out of their way and have an unclear storyline. That and I have a personal issues with allowing made up digimon. I think it does virtually away with canon. I mean, I'm sure there are enough amongst the hundreds of different digis to get somethign that you like?

[quote name='Harry']Anyway this will most likely just die out after a few months. The department itself is a complete joke within the agency, and most likely nothing will ever come from it. What the FBI really needs to focus on is taking down the two ArchDukes of hell known as Tom DeLay and Karl Rove.[/quote] I bet you that'll be like those who ended up sued on the issue of music rights. As for my personal opinions, I happen to have [I]just[/I] read a magnificent rant that sums it up better than I could ever even hope too. A great read. [I]As per Indifference's suggestion: do not read if you are easily offended by swearing.[/I] [url]http://www.livejournal.com/users/evilgmbethy/172196.html[/url]

The walls were of gold. Like the mirrors. The room they had reached was entrenched deep in the bowels of the place. Despite the absence of artificial light, the wall reverberated sunlight all theway from the outside. And yet Pygmalion wasn't sure that was only for decoration. As an archeologist, the wall's smooth, undecorated surface in such a building was oddly unnerving to him. He glanced back down the slightly sloping corrdor and saw nobody. He was actuall unable to see the extremity. Had they really gone that far already? The corridor turned. He couldn't see much over his leader's massive shape taking over half the hall's width, but he was pretty sure the sound of footsteps was growing fainter. Rule number one of chase: never allow your prey to lose you in it's own lair. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]Why don't we just shoot him in the leg?[/COLOR]" he proposed aloud. "[COLOR=Sienna]Worth a try![/COLOR]" Unhate answered. The leader stopped for a second at this point, as if to make their task simpler. Too good to be true. The ambient light seemed to suddenly become much brighter. Shadows disappeared as it reflected of all surrounding surfaces. The three men had to shield their eyes from the golden burning. An eery laugh resonated in their ears. Even with his eyes closed and a hand covering them, Pygmalion felt the overwhelming light. Several guns went off. Then the light stopped. Pygmalion's eyes immediately shot open. Augur and Unhate's eyes were reddened and a bit swelled due to the too strong stimulus. Their target had vanished. Something was coming down the hall. Two silhouettes were dashing down the hall, as if attracted by the sudden burst of light. "[COLOR=Sienna]We've got company, I see,[/COLOR]" Unhate said. He frowned. "[COLOR=Sienna]Do I see swords too?[/COLOR]" Pygmalion ran toward to them, hands extended for a rapid and final handshake. The figures both had long black hair and arabicrobes like those worn among the nomadic desert tribes. He reached for both wrists but the one on the left evaded him with unnatural grace and cntinued his forwardcourse. The other simply grinned as Pygmalion willed for him to statufy. "We are not dealt so easily," he laughed him off, slashing at the archeologist with a scimitar. Pygmalion heard the sound of bullets and a surprised yell. A noisy scufflebroke behind him. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]Damn! Djinns![/COLOR]" he yelled as he shoved. More bullets. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]You can't shoot them![/Color]" he warned. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]They can only be killed with bladed weapon![/COLOR]" he explained as he evaded another attempt at spreading his bowled across the hall. Unhate extracted a large army knife from an hidden pocket.

[quote name='Ilium][COLOR=DarkRed']I would kill for the mega-blizzard that hit a few years back...[/COLOR][/quote] Are you seriously refering to the 1998 Ice Storm?

[QUOTE=Sage]I tried to follow the description in everybody's sign-up quite accurately, but I just had to add some artistic impression in the figures, so I apologize if somebody in my team resents the way their character is pictured. Anyhow, I tried to get a sort of "Kill Bill"-style image (most of you will probably recognize what I'm after), but because of my lack of a decent picture editor program, I made it rather simplistic, with the characters in one color that I think suits them the best, and the texts made with Paint. ;P [/QUOTE] That's an interesting interpretation. I don't actually picture Pygmalion as having long hair, but I can easily mantally remove that. The colors thing intrigues me. Mind explaining your resoning behind each of them?

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]Borrowing the dialog colors idea from Sage's pic of the group. The idea was just too good to pass. If you have any trouble reading, just tell me and I'll remove it.[/SIZE] [/FONT] A hill. The damned thing was built on a hill. Samuel Malkins, known to his comrade as Pygmalion, glanced at the construction over his shades as they stood on the side of the road. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]A Polaroid[/color]," he grumbled. Samuel wasn't a specialist of photography, but he could guess that to get any quality of pictures, they might have to get too close for comfort. The place looked like a mix of a Maya temple and a Lao vat. Why they had chosen Africa to set up such a weird mix of styles was beyond him. The area was covered in low scrubland, making approach yet more difficult. [i]Of course[/i], he hadn't brought his camouflaged gear. He sighed and turned to Joseph. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]What angle do you want?[/color]" he asked. Joseph pointed to the east. "[COLOR=YellowGreen]The road to the hill is in this direction[/color]," he explained. Joy. Vehicles. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]Let's go then.[/color]" They set off moving toward the currentlyt unused road. The ground was dry, covered in short grasses and the occasional globular shrub. It brought back troublesome memories of battles with Celtic priests in the Devon heathlands. The road had more to do with a dusty track than a paved road. Two thin ravines bordered it. Artificial ravines, likely, in this area where little rain fell. What was the most remarkable to Pygmalion was the elaborate double fence that stood between the top edge of the ravine an the road's border, especially seeing as the road only offered enough space for a single vehicle. While he dwelled on these reflections, the photograph was busy bombarding the are with flashes. Once they were done, they approached carefully the base of the hill, Joseph occasionally stopping to take another picture. An empty sentry box and gate guarded the road just before it started climbing the side of the hill. Pygmalion assumed the absence of guardians was imputable to the early hour. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]We better make this quick. If there's going to have a guardian, I will probably have to shoot him, and there's a camera watching the gate[/color]," he observed. Joseph knew all that, obviously, but Pygmalion always felt safer stating these things. Fortunately, the camera was only filming the road from it's pole. But it could eventually move, as it was mechanized, and Pygmalion didn't want their presence to be not only known but recorded. As they walked up discreetly the side of the hill, always in the shadow of the buildings, a chant started to resonate across the landscape. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]I think it's old Sanskrit[/color]," Pygmalion answered Joseph's mute question, "[COLOR=DarkOrange]sounds like an hymn to Surya, an Hindu god, they're asking him to 'swallow the moon'.[/color]" He frowned. The more they advanced in this, the less sense he could make out. The compounds, at the top of the hill, was surrounded by the same double fence that bordered the road. Hidden by the shadow of a building, they observed as the worshippers circled around a statue. Pygmalion had trouble making out the details because he was looking straight at the sun. Joseph just captured picture after picture and shoved them in a pocket of his clothes. "You know, maybe it's just me, but these buildings don't look large enough to lodge all these peoples," Joseph commented between two flashes. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]What? Do you mean that would not be all?[/COLOR]" Pygmalion questioned. "[COLOR=YellowGreen]Well, it is a pretty small hill...[/COLOR]" Joseph answered. "[COLOR=DarkOrange]An underground pyramid![/COLOR]" Pygmalion realized, "[COLOR=DarkOrange]That would explain why that structure looks like the top part of a Mayan temple.[/COLOR]" As he spoke the chant came to an abrupt end and was replaced by a loud meditative group "Ommmmmmm!!" that made his stomach vibrate. The leader activated 4 large panel that rose from the ground, reflecting light to the four cardinal points. "[COLOR=YellowGreen]Mirrors. Well, at least now we know what they did with the gold[/COLOR]," Joseph commented. Then the mirrors turned to point toward the priest, inundating him with light. Pygmalion notice his silhouette was still visible from the concentrated light inferno as a dark shadow. [i]Great. Now he's super charged.[/i] "[COLOR=YellowGreen]We should go back now. Looks like the ceremony is coming to an end[/COLOR]," Joseph stated. Pygmalion had trouble detaching his eyes from the mirrors.

[quote name='DeathBug']Because everyone loves harsh accusations made with no support![/quote] *glances at Illium and current Canadian politics* I like to call it the "national sport"

[quote name='Retribution][SIZE=1]How about [i]you[/i'] act civilized and regard politicians as remorseful and compassionate. Just because some aren't doesn't mean Bush isn't a human being and feels those feelings.[/SIZE][/quote] I do not consider tha George W. Bush is not a human being because he lacks any form of remorse or compassion. I consider that Dubya do not belongs to [I]Homo sapiens sapiens[/I] because he has displayed the common sense and IQ of a combined ton of krill. (I know that wasn't adressed at me, but it just begged for that answer.)

[QUOTE=ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet] [b]Eagles may soar, but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines[/b]- I got that quote in an email once. It's true[/color][/QUOTE] What about this one, a mossi proverb: [B]The osprey might fly to the clouds, his bones still lay on the ground.[/B] Every things come to an end, no matter how great they are. A peul proverb now: [B]The heart is not a knee, it does not bend.[/B] Love troubles are universal.

[quote name='celestialcharm']I warn you, don't come to Canada in the Summer!!! It's too hot!![/quote] Don't come in the winter either, it's too cold!! ;) [QUOTE]I'll stop ranting when the US stop screwing us over and making fools of us on the worlds stage...[/QUOTE] I've come to think we do not really need the U.S. to make fools of us on the world stage.