She seems to be a modern Southern Californian! :mwaha
(ed: *whistles innocently* :-] )
Needs some help most defently..Her mind is a corupted PDA with the hades virus
That's some luck right there, for anyone nearby. A 1/15 chance of not killing someone!
Shouldn't the Cubi 101 have a separate thread from the regular DMFA?
The thing that is getting to me most about Kria's line of thinking is how she refers to Lorenda as 'the daughter'. That's not good but I'll let it slide (pah, listen to me talking like I have some sort of authority, heh heh)
Kria's amulet looks like it's pulling off some sort of facial expression in the last panel. Something close to :aack
Say, it does, doesn't it? o.O
I absolutely love both updates. Dream-surfing as a 'Cubi sounds like a heck of a lot more fun than trying it on your own via mastering the lucid dream.
As for Kria, I wonder how much shopping she's done lately for her not to come up with that immediately. :rolleyes
Kria: And while we're shopping we can kill things
Quote from: Boogeyman on March 13, 2007, 10:32:03 PMAnybody else see Kria's thought bubble as the inventory list in an RPG? It highlights down the list until it reaches a usable item. Then it gets to shopping and bing! Select and use.
I was thinking it was closer to the list of possible responses from The Terminator.
"KILL! KILL! KILL! Shop!"
I rest my case against "Kria/any remotely sane character".
Yeah, she's oddly cute at the moment. But still.
*Does the Mab's Land dance (think rain dance, but a lot more ad-libbing and silliness)*
Quote from: Boogeyman on March 13, 2007, 10:32:03 PM
Anybody else see Kria's thought bubble as the inventory list in an RPG? It highlights down the list until it reaches a usable item. Then it gets to shopping and bing! Select and use.
And that has to be one of the better misuses of cubi abilities. If only they were all known for being such good samaritans when it comes to dreams.
She really needs to sell some of those kill things.
She's make a buck, yeah. Especially if she can make them valid over TCP/IP...
Anyhow, who else now sees Kria tricking Lorenda into giving her Jyrras' number? I'm sure she'd like to take care of the roorat, what with him still looking like he's ten or something, and her former line of profession...
Well what do you know... a reply from Kira that doesn't involve the guarantee of death, blood and gore from a situation that comfort is required for a demon.
Jyrras is a real sweetheart. Though I wonder what will happen if Lorenda and Jurras have a proper sit down to chat and Kira is listening nearby?
1 out of 100 there is a chance of Kira actually asking Jyrras out on a date and by asking I mean, "were going out on a date or I'm having you for dinner."
but there's more of a chance that Kira would simply walk away happy that Lorenda and Jyrras worked things out properly.
I'm going to do something completely out of my character simply because I want to... OK I just can't help it.
*sneaks around the room in my sneak suit humming the theme song to Mission Impossible*
Quote from: Caswin on March 13, 2007, 10:43:09 PM
*Does the Mab's Land dance (think rain dance, but a lot more ad-libbing and silliness)*
I pictured the Hustle for some reason.... :P
Quote from: Stygian on March 13, 2007, 11:01:00 PMAnyhow, who else now sees Kria tricking Lorenda into giving her Jyrras' number? I'm sure she'd like to take care of the roorat, what with him still looking like he's ten or something, and her former line of profession...
Silly Styg. Why talk, when you can stalk? She has her binoculars and her assignment, what more could she ask for?
Besides, Kria may be a tad unkind, but I don't think she's cruel enough to date a friend of her daughter. Imagine the awkwardness.
This is probably not going to make any sense but after I read the comic I started to hear the music to the badger song, I saw a cartoon Kria bouncing up and down
"murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder
shopping, shopping"
some times my brain scares me
Wow, Kria landed on the 0. All the Bloodthirsty demons lose, all bets are reopened.
Quote from: thegayhare on March 13, 2007, 11:26:53 PM
This is probably not going to make any sense but after I read the comic I started to hear the music to the badger song, I saw a cartoon Kria bouncing up and down
"murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder
shopping, shopping"
some times my brain scares me
LMAO... Need a flash animation of that!
despite the lack of different options i am impressed with Kira's ability to pick the right one. in most Caste killing things might make her daughter feel better but in this case when the problem is worry over a friend it could really stress he out. look at what we know about Lorenda:
she's strong.
she's a predator.
she's a warrior (remember her railing 'sp?' the hoard?)
he previous problems seemed to revolve around landlords and job loss. i can see how killing things could help. taking thee into account i can understand the default repetition for let's kill things.
Quote from: Grenn on March 13, 2007, 11:20:23 PM
Quote from: Caswin on March 13, 2007, 10:43:09 PM
*Does the Mab's Land dance (think rain dance, but a lot more ad-libbing and silliness)*
I pictured the Hustle for some reason.... :P
I pictured the Saftey Dance. :D
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine
Quote from: Akisohida on March 14, 2007, 08:17:04 AMWe can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine
We can shop if we want to
We can leave your friend behind
`Cause your friend's clingy and if he's clingy
Well, still he's a fine wine
I say, we can go where we want to
A place Jyrras will never find
And we can act like we come from the demon world
Eat a being to clear your mind
And we can shop
(there's more but it's not quite as fun)
And here I was thinking, albeit more of Dan than Lorenda...
o/~ I am still living in my parent's place
Lonely and dreaming of Lost Lake
I don't want to be your dream time
I don't want to be your stupid game...
With my quick dance shoes and an old snapshot
I do believe I've found myself a new spot
I don't want to be the bad guy
I don't want to do your sleepwalk dance anymore
I just want to do Dance-Dance moves
Go and try to shake my boot (y)
We can dance beside the ocean
Leave the old arcade
Swing out past the tentacles
Watch out for Cubi
I am still dreaming of your toast
hungry and hollow for all the things you took as boasts
I don't want to be your good time
I don't want to be your emo lunch anymore
I'll dance right out into Ess Ay Eye Ay
Tricked by Fa'Lina in her own weird way
I dont want to be the bad guy
I dont want to do your sleepwalk dance anymore
I just want to feel an Amazon
I just want to find some place to be a Hero
We can dance beside the ocean
Leave the old arcade
Swing out past the tentacles
Watch out for Cubi
... Yeah. It's not what I started thinking of, but what the hey....
Perhaps Pet Shop Boys, with West End Girls? Hmmmm.....
Hmmmm I would like to hear lots of people on this forum sing if they like
Killing or shopping? Killing and shopping? Killing while shopping!
Everyone here has got to have wanted to kill a shopper at least once, if only to speed up the lines.
*waits as person in line ahead talks with cashier*
"Wait, why did you give me the large size? I told you, I wanted the medium. I don't want to pay the extra 25 cents for the large, I want what I ordered. If I had wanted a large, I would have ordered a large. Now, I want a full refund, and get your manager out here right now, I'd like to say a few things to--"
*censored scene of killing customer at counter*
"Here's 25 cents, I'll take the large that she didn't want."
"Mom, why does my Diet Coke taste like blood?"
Feh, they brought it upon themselves. Seriously, who drinks Diet Coke? :|
That or rootbeer....Hmm then again more better hope that racoon uses that shovel well enough but on topic seriously it shows that most of Kiras life she was out to kill the smallest life form out there...And hope it squirms nicely between her grip or in her belly
Quote from: BillBuckner on March 14, 2007, 07:55:31 PM
Feh, they brought it upon themselves. Seriously, who drinks Diet Coke? :|
My dad drinks Diet Coke. He drinks it nonstop. It's unnatural to drink only diet soda! :dface
"Shopping" He He He He
See "Barrayar" by Lois McMaster Bujold
"See what I got in the capital?" :-]
Quote from: Zedd on March 14, 2007, 09:47:21 PM
That or rootbeer....Hmm then again more better hope that racoon uses that shovel well enough but on topic seriously it shows that most of Kiras life she was out to kill the smallest life form out there...And hope it squirms nicely between her grip or in her belly
Take it back.
Rootbeer are teh awesome. :P
Well, OK, I only drink it when I want to raise the level of blood in my caffine system, but at least it still has real sugar in it, and not that aspertame stuff that turns into formaldahyde in your stomach. (You know, that stuff that they pickle frogs and heads and stuff in in science class. >:3 )
On topic, I do believe that the carnage inherent in emotionally distressed persons going shopping easily rivals that of killing things. It's no wonder that it's on Kria's list of things to do. :veryevil
Quark, on Root Beer:
Quark: I want you to try something. It's called 'rootbeer', it's a human drink.
Garret(sip): G'uh it's so... SWEET... and BUBBLY
Quark: Just like the Federation. And do you know what the worst part is? If you drink enough of it, you actually start... liking it...
Garret: It's INSIDIOUS.
Quark: Just like the Federation.
Root beer or boot reer? i'm not sure which taste better but i know a few shoppers that i wanted to boot i the rear for just being uhgg. i mean you do not hold up the line for 20 minutes because you sent someone yo get something you forgot.
Death, death, death, death, death, death, lunch, death death death death, afternoon tea, death death death death, quick shower.
Fat American kid at fast food outlet: "I'll have a mega burger, a large portion of fries and a diet coke."
Despite what some people may think just because some thing has 'diet' in the title doesn't mean it will help you lose weight.
The worst part is that they take out the only natural thing in the drink (sugar) and replace it with a sweetener that is probably not safe for humans in the long term, e.g. aspartame/nutrasweet, banned in the US because it may cause brain damage but still in UK drinks (despite the companies that sell them being US owned)
Actually fast food as a whole is bad, just read 'fast food nation' that'll put you off having any every again.
Nah, I saw it all and it didn't phase me.
Then again, I work in a lab with toxic mutagens, radioactive isotopes, and thousands of mice whom I routinely disassemble.
No different from fast food, you see? >:3
i feel for you. i can do all kinds of horrible unspoken experts on thins but i have a hard time kill an healthy creature. well killing them intentionally that is and leaving thin in a room with 10 TVs all running pop culture. shudders. better to just feed them toxic waste.
Quote from: MT Hazard on March 15, 2007, 04:41:50 PMe.g. aspartame/nutrasweet, banned in the US because it may cause brain damage but still in UK drinks (despite the companies that sell them being US owned)
Er...aspartame is still legal in the US. Perhaps you're thinking of cyclamate? Saccharin was also banned for a short time in the US. Both cyclamate and saccharin were linked to cancer in laboratory animals, but the saccharin tests were flawed (*).
Aspartame also had some fishy stuff in its US approval process. It also contains phenylalanine, which can cause mental retardation in phenylketonurics.
(*) those in the saccharin tests were based on giving lab rats unrealistically high levels of saccharin. Subsequent tests showed that giving lab rats the same amount of vitamin C resulted in cancer.
Quote from: MT Hazard on March 15, 2007, 04:41:50 PM
Fat American kid at fast food outlet: "I'll have a mega burger, a large portion of fries and a diet coke."
Despite what some people may think just because some thing has 'diet' in the title doesn't mean it will help you lose weight.
Sure it does. Everyone knows that the diet soft drink magically cancels out the effect of the calories in the junk food... :P
Quote from: Alondro on March 15, 2007, 06:32:39 PM
Then again, I work in a lab with toxic mutagens, radioactive isotopes, and thousands of mice whom I routinely disassemble.
No sign of any super-powered mice, then? :P
Quote from: LionHeart on March 16, 2007, 02:01:37 AM
No sign of any super-powered mice, then? :P
... only if their super power is being dead. ;-]
Well that when weel *I think* hmmmmmm it seems that Kria like pointie things even in clothing. I think Lorenda needs to have that heart to heart talk to Jyrass.
DECIMATE, DECIMATE, DECIMATE, DECIMATE, pick up dry cleaning, DECIMATE, DECIMATE, DECIMATE, DECIMATE, pick up loaf of bread.
Quote from: superluser on March 15, 2007, 08:53:02 PM
Quote from: MT Hazard on March 15, 2007, 04:41:50 PMe.g. aspartame/nutrasweet, banned in the US because it may cause brain damage but still in UK drinks (despite the companies that sell them being US owned)
Er...aspartame is still legal in the US. Perhaps you're thinking of cyclamate? Saccharin was also banned for a short time in the US. Both cyclamate and saccharin were linked to cancer in laboratory animals, but the saccharin tests were flawed (*).
Aspartame also had some fishy stuff in its US approval process. It also contains phenylalanine, which can cause mental retardation in phenylketonurics.
(*) those in the saccharin tests were based on giving lab rats unrealistically high levels of saccharin. Subsequent tests showed that giving lab rats the same amount of vitamin C resulted in cancer.
Thanks for the info.
I did think it was bit odd that US would ban a ingredient that UK didn't,(often its the other way around) anyone else know of any other carcinogenic or brain damaging chemical still in food?
Also how unrealistically high? Some people practical live off the stuff after all. There are also cases of people having the bones become brittle though to much vitamin e (high amount of fish in diet plus mega doses in vitamin pills)
One last thing, aspartame can cause allergic reactions in some people, maybe it should be included on allergen warnings, perhaps then manufacturers would be less willing to put it in their products.
Quote from: LionHeart on March 16, 2007, 02:01:37 AM
Quote from: MT Hazard on March 15, 2007, 04:41:50 PM
Fat American kid at fast food outlet: "I'll have a mega burger, a large portion of fries and a diet coke."
Despite what some people may think just because some thing has 'diet' in the title doesn't mean it will help you lose weight.
Sure it does. Everyone knows that the diet soft drink magically cancels out the effect of the calories in the junk food... :P
No.. no.. but IIRC, I read somewhere that in one sitting people can double and or even triple their calorie intake just because of their drink choice.. Most people don't drink just one cup of cola when they go out to eat.. I think the average is like, 3 cups, also keep in mind that in most fast food joints, a large is much much bigger then the normal 8 oz serving size.
*shrugs*
So, I wonder what happens when people eat fruit and veggies and stuff, that aren't just frozen, but fresh.
And actual clean water and meat that isn't contaminated with various chemicals.
I Bet cancer would take a nosedive. XD
And did you know if you boil vegetables, you boil about 80% of the vitamins and minerals out of them?
Steam them in a closed pot, and don't add water to frozen veggies, cook em on low/medium with a cover until they're cooked. Don't boil em :/
Quote from: MT Hazard on March 16, 2007, 09:50:00 AMAlso how unrealistically high? Some people practical live off the stuff after all.
A *lot*. One study(*) used 2500 mg/kg as an experimental group. In a 70kg adult, that corresponds to 175 grams of saccharin a day. Tab currently uses a mixture of 64 mg of saccharin and 19mg of aspartame per 8 oz serving. I don't know what it was in years past, but since saccharin is sweeter than aspartame, so let's assume it was no more than 83mg.
That means that you'd have to drink over 16867 oz (499 liters) of Tab *per day* to equal what those rats were receiving.
Quote from: MT Hazard on March 16, 2007, 09:50:00 AMOne last thing, aspartame can cause allergic reactions in some people, maybe it should be included on allergen warnings, perhaps then manufacturers would be less willing to put it in their products.
They do have such warnings. Thank the phenylketonurics for this one. Anything that has phenylalanine (like aspartame) must carry a prominent label stating such in the US. Saccharin must bear a label stating that the product is known to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
(*)Lessel, B. Carcinogenic and teratogenic aspects of saccharin
Third International Congress, Food Science and Technology., SOS/70
Proceedings, Washington, DC, 1970, pp. 764-770
(I haven't read the study, just references to it)
People only buy diet coke nowadays to put lots of mentos in them. then watch it go boom! almost as fun as dry ice. >:3.
the storage desk person doesn't quite know what to do with the axe....i would hang it over the desk.
Still, now we can only wait and see just what lorenda looks like with "eight layers of clothing on"....jeez, i know too many clothing stores nowadays who do that.
and, now that i think about it, how did we get onto the topic of diet coke? why not pepsi? (not diet pepsi though...i remember when i was in sixth grade and we had a contest to see who could drink the most cans of warm diet pepsi.. i got to 1 can the winner got three. and he weighed 200 pounds!)
and now, i am going to marinate a pork tenderloin with sage, pepper, applesauce, and bourbon....lots of [company name edited because i'm not getting paid] bourbon. Yee! :mowhappy
Kria does have a true killer instinct . I wonder what sshe will get in Rita's house of Pointies, in the mall . That looked like a really demonic shop ... ( re # 762 )