10/24/07 [DMFA #835] - Blackmail

[Jack McSlay]

I'm sensing that every equine on DMFA have evil...

[Zedd]

Nah..Its just yous. Evil just a word these days ya know?

[Manawolf]

A word that most deny simply because it describes them so well.

And opinions will matter when that world finds out how to create anti-magic rippers.

[Faerie Alex]

Humble...hummus...humorous

Let's all laugh at Albanion.

[Fragmaster01]

Albanion: Bipolar overprotective husband, or evil manipulator of plotlines?

[AnizInDisguise]

Suddenly I don't like Albanion. He brags about the bad things he's done, and isn't hot like Aniz.

[Alondro]

*Charles ponders a grammatical error!*  Shouldn't it be 'one of those souls IS going to be mine', since 'one' is the quantity of the final subject noun?  ie.  'one is' vs 'both are'.

*Charline mutilates Charles for nitpicking*  Hee-hee.  Albanion shows his secret evil!  See?  Fae are no better than Cubi when it comes to Beings.  At least we don't pretend to be benevolent.  Beings know where they stand with us!  On the dinner table, that is.   

[Fragmaster01]

*Fraggy demands to one-up Charles* As for his last sentence, shouldn't it be "Humility simply means one thinks there is something out there THAT has an opinion that matters."?

[Aleolus]

Hmmm, is anyone else thinking that this might backfire on Albanion, making Mab want to not give the other soul to the two of them even more that she probably wouldn't because of her grudge against Nutmeg?

Or possibly that Albanion put those bangles on Jy specifically so that he had a way to blackmail Mab to get the kid that Nutmeg is wanting so badly?

[Wanderer]

Can someone translate Albanion's final line for me? It's totally not parsing whenever I try to read it

[Alondro]

*Fraggy demands to one-up Charles* As for his last sentence, shouldn't it be "Humility simply means one thinks there is something out there THAT has an opinion that matters."?

*Charline goes stabbity stabbity*  Nothing personal, just business.   

[Jigsaw Forte]

Hmmm, is anyone else thinking that this might backfire on Albanion, making Mab want to not give the other soul to the two of them even more that she probably wouldn't because of her grudge against Nutmeg?

Or possibly that Albanion put those bangles on Jy specifically so that he had a way to blackmail Mab to get the kid that Nutmeg is wanting so badly?

Mab may know better than Alb, and it's worth note that Mab still has the upper hand... she can always give the soul to someone else, but once Alb has it he could just curse Jy again.

But yes... Screw the fae over! PLEASE screw him over!

[Madmann135]

Blackmail only works when the one your trying to blackmail is not more violent and just as powerful as you.

Mab is a sweet kind of girl but if you cross her... I can offer you hiding spots in hell.  I'm sure Mab won't go that far to get you.

[techmaster-glitch]

So THAT'S what the marks were for! Cunning little S-O-B...

Mab is a sweet kind of girl but if you cross her... I can offer you hiding spots in hell.  I'm sure Mab won't go that far to get you.

Really? I'm not so sure about that...

[Fragmaster01]

*Charline goes stabbity stabbity*  Nothing personal, just business.   

Aww... you're so mean to Fraggy... 

[Kenji]

I'm sensing that every equine on DMFA have evil...

You say that as if its a bad thing.

[DarkAudit]

*Fraggy demands to one-up Charles* As for his last sentence, shouldn't it be "Humility simply means one thinks there is something out there THAT has an opinion that matters."?

*Charline goes stabbity stabbity*  Nothing personal, just business.   

In Albanion's case, I'll make an exception.

Now where's my wood chipper? 

[GabrielsThoughts]

Albion: give me that soul or I satart painting the walls with your contemporary's blood Biyotch.


off topic: Again I don't thing the soul is separate from the body, you are a living soul therefore you cannot be separate from your body... but Amber insists on the whole soul nonsense so whatever.

[Naldru]

If Nutmeg doesn't know what's going on, I can think of some interesting ways in which the information could be presented against Albanion  in an incontrovertible manner to Nutmeg.  The classic approach would be to have Nutmeg disguised as Jyrras or Mab.  (Or maybe Nutmeg disguised as Jyrras and Mab disguised as Nutmeg.)  Let's have Albanion hoist on his own petard in the original manner.  (The word "hoist" meant blown up and a petard was an ancient hand grenade with a very unreliable fuze.)

[superluser]

No!  Where did Mab's suit go?   

I do have a sneaking suspicion that Jyrras won't let Mab give her Mom's soul to Albanion after this, though.

If you don't like grammatical discussions, do not read on.

*Fraggy demands to one-up Charles* As for his last sentence, shouldn't it be "Humility simply means one thinks there is something out there THAT has an opinion that matters."?

*Beats Fragmaster01 down with a copy of Strunk & White* OMIT NEEDLESS WORDS!  That means the proper way to correct that sentence is to omit ``there is.''

Sorry.  Carry on.

[DarkAudit]

Albion: give me that soul or I satart painting the walls with your contemporary's blood Biyotch.

Mab: Hit hit hit stab stab kaboom.

[Reese Tora]

Suddenly I don't like Albanion. He brags about the bad things he's done, and isn't hot like Aniz.

It's not bragging, it's extortion.

And, no, it's not blackmail either! blackmail means extortion via threatening to reveal private information.  This is extortion via saying "Do what I say or bad things happen, capisce?"  Though Albanion is only hinting at it at this point, I'm sure he's going to come right out and say it if Mab defies him.

Blackmail would be if Alby suggested he'd reveal Jyrras's secret lab and experiments to the creature council.

[Regal]

Can someone translate Albanion's final line for me? It's totally not parsing whenever I try to read it

He doesn't give a  what anyone else thinks, so he has no reason to be humble or even pretend to be humble.

[Sienna Maiu - M T]

Oh but I find this entertaining, especially the wide variety of expressions (*jealous*) and Albanion, who is really apparently actually a jerk.

Blackmail would be if Alby suggested he'd reveal Jyrras's secret lab and experiments to the creature council.

A little late perhaps for that m'dear.

[Mwa]

Oh but I find this entertaining, especially the wide variety of expressions (*jealous*) and Albanion, who is really apparently actually a jerk.

Blackmail would be if Alby suggested he'd reveal Jyrras's secret lab and experiments to the creature council.

A little late perhaps for that m'dear.

They know he has a lab and some experiments, but don't actually know what all of them are, no?
And I'm sure they don't know about his chocolate factory. 

[Psaakyrn]

What I don't really understand is how this Albanion can be the same Albanion on the being/creature council. The council Albanion seems more... patient and composed than this one. Also, considering this Albanion apparently caused a restraining order placed on an entire race, it's just seems... jarring how the same Albanion can be the spokesperson for peace.

I guess though, that fae are immensely complex creatures psychologically. Anything which are essentially immortal and semi-omnipotent eventually turn out like that. (with a little bit of insane sadist added in)

[EDIT] I'd think Mab already knows about the bracelets and everything, which is the reason why she set Rose to watch over Jyrras. This whole thing will probably end up like a giant chess game of sorts. I'm also willing to hazard a guess that dispite what it seems, the bracelets are still mainly not for the blackmail. [EDIT]

[Regal]

Even he didn't know about his chocolate factory. 

[Tapewolf]

Interesting.  I really thought he would try to hide that until after he'd got the soul.
It should be interesting to see how she reacts... She already has a problem with Nutmeg and now Albanion is literally asking for trouble.  She's never going to be in this position again, so it might be as well to refuse remembering that from the Fae perspective, Jyrras is going to be dead soon anyway.

[Naldru]

Mab could add a little entrance fee to the auction for the soul.  In order to participate in the auction, you have to deal with Albanion first.

[Wanderer]

What if she refuses to give the souls to anyone? Lets them STAY dead? What happens if there are fewer Fae in existence then there are supposed to be? Mab could undermine the fabric of reality of Albanion pisses her off too much.