The Big Pointy One

I shoulda got 90 on Gyr's quiz, but I accidentally hit a wrong button >.< Oh, and the other thing I missed was the one about the town... wasn't too sure on that one ;p

Phaw, I did horrible >.< I guess I don't really know anyone... although I thought I had most of the answers right on Katz' quiz, I guess not. In retrospect, I realised I made a mistake right after I pressed the button, so my number is off... oh well. Here's one for me! Stick's quiz!

Stick looks at the pint in front of him, his eyes wide in horror. He looks from Dean to the pint several times, then splashes himself in the face with the ale and runs screaming into the woods.

(More OOC fun!) Tzim: Awesome. Sal: But of course, everyone will be getting mystery prizes, some of which will be geld, the rest of which will be mysterious... after all is said and done (I think I'm actually going to bump it to tomorrow, say at 3:00 pm, my time... whatever that is...) Regardless, I'll go with my original prize structure with the top 3 winning larger prizes, but everyone who enters will receive a geld, along with the prizes mentioned for every entrant. Of course, only 1 geld will be awarded per entrant, but the more you enter, the higher chance you have of winning! Everyone else: I'm loving your entries so far, it's going to be a hard time choosing! Keep 'em coming ^.^ (IC) Mr.Bunny carefully examines Xaious' piece of haiku with much consideration. He thinks for a few moments, hands Xaious and autographed picture and an official Mr.Bunny translator (a pair of fake bunny ears you wear on your head) After Xaious nervously tries it on, Mr.Bunny says: "..." (Well, you're almost there, unfortunately, you forgot about the 5-7-5 format, so I can't award you anything yet. However, here's a 100-point carrot badge! All for effort!)

Oh yes, I forgot to ask, what's your desktop/display setting? I need to know that to make an appropriately sized desktop wallpaper ;p Also, am I correct to assume the colours don't matter, so long as they aren't bright?

OOC POST: Katz: Good point, Prizes shall be awarded in... 4 days! Hurry up folks, time's running out! Quincunx: (Can I refer to you as Tzim, by the way? I'm used to doing that...) A hearty effort, but your accent is a bit off. What you have there is actually goldfish. If it were in bunny, it'd appear as so: ... Here's a little lesson in bunny-esque: Any written part of bunny-esque will appear simply as "..." for all speech is reduced to simply "..." In any case where the speech is interrupted by a long pause or another person's speech, then spacing may be appropriate. Anyways, in poetry, bunny-esque seems evasive around forms all together. "..." really says it all ;p Regardless, an enthralling poem, definitely worth considering...

Feeling generous, Stick drops a whole piece of geld into the tip jar. "Gimme your best advice! ...err, well, I guess in this case, it's your worst..."

Sliver frowned. It seemed like the battle was over, which was good, but already it also seemed like the group was falling apart. A lot of energy was expeneded on everyone's part, and now, it seemed like the next few days or so would be spent struggling on. He didn't like it, but he kept silent. It was not his place to direct how everyone was to act. If it really came down to it, all those who couldn't control themselves in a manner appropriate to mercenaries; professional mercernaries, mind you; things could be done. The important thing now was regrouping and making sure everyone was okay.

Sweet. My first job. Give me about a week, and I should have something cooked up for you ^.^

OOC: Looking good so far, just thought I'd note, if anyone's really blocked for ideas, and don't feel like writing for the topic... I suppose it's cool if you write one. So long as it's a haiku. Winners will be decided whenever the Carnival leaves town, I think... ;p

After he had finished setting up his stand, Stick happens upon the Wyvern dunk-tank-o-matic and grinned one of his characteristic grins. "Heya Wyv!" he calls cheerfully to his almost-draconic friend, who was currently climbing out of the pool, water-shiny geld firmly in hand, mesmerising the poor lizard. "Ssstick? Not you too!?! Hey, listen, I'm sorry about the Mr.Bunni dolls with Mr.Branch sidekicks... I swear, I meant for Mr.Branch to be the main guy!" "Nah, don't worry about it." "Sssooo... you're not going to dunk me then? Whew, what a relief, I wasss beginning to get ssscared for a sssecond..." "Oh, I'm still going to dunk you, buddy." Stick said as he plunked 5 geld down on the counter. "Awww, I can't believe thisss..." "Just think of it practice..." "Practice? For what?" "For the next guy in line!" he stuck out his tongue and threw his first ball. Stick missed completely, being used to throwing knives, not balls, and the ball bounced on the ground quite pathetically. Schoolgirls in the area giggled at Stick's non-manilness, to which Stick replied with a hard, almost proper throw the missed the target altogether and instead beaning an innocent bystander who was walking on the other side of the stand. Grunting to the giggling schoolgirls, Stick took a few paces back, lined up the shot, then suddenly charged at the target, throwing arm locked behind him. He wound up, and in a dramatic display did a frontward somersault, launching the ball at the target. However, in Stick-like glory, he again missed with the ball, and continued on with the somersault, straight into the chilly water of the pool. As he was flailing wildly when he realised his somersault had gone awry, Stick accidentally kicked the target anyways and dropped the currently laughing Wyvern on top of the almost-drowning Stick. The pair stumbled and fought clumsily for a few moments as they both tried to pullthemselves out of the water. Of course, being the clutz that he is, Stick managed to flip the pool right over. This was most unfortunate because he was still wearing the BigPointyStick. While he was lucky enough to avoid accidentally impaling Wyvern with it, he wasn't so lucky because he had managed to make a sizable hole in the bottom, which was now, incidentally, the top. Once he figured out what was going on, Stick peeked out his head from under the uphended pool and checked his surroundings. All he really saw was a tapping foot. He followed it up to see Ayshela with a stern look on her face next to Gyrfalcon, with a nasty bump on his forehead. Almost in unison they both said: "As soon as *YOU* patch that up, you're getting up on that plank!" They looked at each other quizically for a moment, shrugged, then looked down at Stick, who laughed nervously. Just then, Wyvern popped his head out the hole Stick made, and grinned. (He had spent the previous few minutes searching out the geld that had been dropped inside the pool and making sure it was safely in his clutches.) "So this means I'm off, right?" Only Ayshela spoke this time, "Fat chance. You two can alternate, go simultaneously, whatever you want." Stick and Wyvern sighed and flipped the pool back over. Stick set to patching it up properly so it would still retain water and attached a bit more sitting space on the plank. OOC: I hope I didn't take this one too far? *innocent eyes*

For those not yet trained in Bunnish, a lovely, anime-ish young lady reads a proclamation from the master of the mysterious magickal carrot: "Hear ye around me, I have declared it to be A contest you see... A carrot stand first But now there will be a test Of mighty haikus The topic is light like the carnival's delights a happy haiku For it is joyus This occassion of ours now a sweet gathering Now write as you please You mustn't forget the rules For the contest fair Five-seven-five form About anything happy Or something sappy But rule number one It's a carnival we're at So let's have some fun!" So, in case that wasn't clear, the outline is this, I, or rather, Mr.Bunny will be having a contest of Haikus. The topic is happiness; however you can relate to it. Everyone who enters will automatically win a free Mr.Bunny translator and autographed 6x10" picture. The first place winner will win 15 geld, second place will win 10, and third place will win 5! Have fun with it everyone, I know I will! Also, Mr.Bunny will be selling carrots, and carrot-flavoured treats such as carrot cakes, carrot ice-cream, and carrot-o's, Mr.Bunny's 34th liscensed cereal. All these items sell for one (fictional) geld. (y'know, the stuff that you don't have to win) Good eatin'! (Edit: I just realised in my sleepy daze, this could probably fare better off in the Banquet Hall... I mean, it works anywhere, but if those who carry a bit more wisdom than I agree, feel free to move it ^.^)

My muse is like a club-wielding clown on a motorbike. It drives in real fast, smacks me and makes me laugh at the same time (incidentally making others laugh) and gives me a boost of writing ability for a while, until he drives back to 'inspire' me some more, which ultimately ends up giving me brain damage. What a jerk!

Alright, as previously mentioned, I have considered opening a carnival booth to demonstrate my (lame) spriting skills! Sure, everyone and their dog can sprite, but I enjoy it! Exclamation mark! Anyways, I feel I have enough resources at my disposal now, so I think it's safe to say this booth is now.... open!!! Yes, that's right folks, step right up and be digitalized into the digital world of digital picture digital goodness!!! Digital! Exclamation Mark! For the low low price of only 5 geld I will make you, yes *YOU* into an avatar icon! You want more? Sure! For the same low low price, I'll make a banner! For 10 Geld, I'll make you a desktop, how sweet would that be!?! Pretty sweet, I think! Oh, yes, and for a limited time offer, get the Special Package Deal! Yes yes, I'll throw in the avatar icon, the banner, the wallpaper, and available only with this offer, a sprite sheet! That's right, for the insanely awesome price of 15 geld, you'll get the secret character sheet of... your character! For all your spriting fun! Filled with spritey-goodness! Oh yes! Digital! Here's the catch: I'll also recquire a rough character description, starting with physical, and you may indicate pose, background, text (depending on the piece(s) wanted) etc. Any and all requests will be accepted! If you want to request to be represented by a certain sprite, I'll do my darndest to meet that request! If you want to see someone else sprited, well, you'll have to get them to send me a rough description as noted above, and I'll gladly do it! Anything! Just send me the love! (Sample work to appear in the next few days) Also next to Stick's Sprite Stand, Mr.Bunny has set up a booth of his own. Check it out...

Hey, Orlan's not allowed to sign up, that's cheating! *Mock outrage* ;p

The only Pen-Registered Moogle happens to notice the Kissing Booth sign and gets an idea. He quickly assembles a booth and floats it next to said kissing booth. The sign says: Get your KISS t-shirts here! Only 29.95g a piece! Salinye gives Popku an odd look, and approaches the l'il moogle cautiously... "Um, KISS t-shirts? I appreciate the enthusiasm, but..." "Yeah, well, I figured, if there's gonna be a concert, *someone's* gotta sell t-shirts, and Wyvern seems occupied, so..." "What? Concert? What do you mean... there isn't supposed to be a concert..." "Hrm, but it says right there: KISSING... KISS is going to sing here, along with Zool, Ayshela and yourself... I never knew you could sing, Sal..."

Hrm, yes, I might have misread something, but is it too early yet to sign up? I have exactly two ideas at this point in time for 'booths'. One in character one, and one I can actually perform a service for. There's no need for surprise, so they are the following: Mr.Bunny wishes to hold a Carrot Confectionary where he will be selling carrot-based food and drinks for 1 geld a piece. He'll also sell things like carrot-animals. The option of having live carrot animals, or just shapes of them is also an option. I personally will extend an offer to create character portraits/sheets, sprite style.

Strolling idly around the Conservatory, Stick happens to notice the sign-up sheet for the Bachelor Auction. Silently, he grins, pulls out a pen in a dramatic manner and prints his name on the list in his child-like font. Satisfied, he wanders off again, a big grin across his face. Moments later, Stick's action is overshadowed, however. Indeed, it is Stick's best friend, his companion, the master of all things carrot, mysterious master of the arcane, the one, the only, Mr.Bunny. Yes, levitating up to the list on a floating carrot, Mr.B imprints his paw in flowing script, and leaves a little note for everyone in the same flowing script: "..." ooc: interesting ;p

Hrm, well said everyone, I'm going to have to agree here. I don't know about Christianity, but this article seemed wrong. (Posted by Annael:) The Christian the article didn't seem to sin as far as I noticed, although like I said, I don't know about Christianity. Even so, though, I'm pretty sure it's fair to say that even if you buy what God is saying in the article about not being there, I'd have to say God would be lying (which in fact would mean that it wasn't God talking... but that's another topic) because I think if one had faith in God, and that faith alone helped that person get through rough times and such, then inadvertently, God, or at least, the idea of God being there *was* there. (I apologize for not wording that better) So, really, what I'm saying is, it's the faith that counts. To me, this article seems like everyone has said, just something to provoke Christians, fanatical or not. Personally the idea of an atheist trying to promote the whole 'more righteous than thou' attitude is kinda ridiculous... I'm going to stretch out on a limb here, and say that if that article was a bit more realistic, in the sense that the Christians have it right, (not implying they don't, I don't know who does ;p ) but say that if it was those two people standing in line for Judgment Day, both would be allowed into Heaven, the first for obvious reasons. The atheist, because I'm fairly certain a lot of the ideology in Christianity has to do with forgiveness. When Jesus (as mentioned above, it would not be God doing the judging) conversed with this attitude-full atheist, I think he would probably forgive him for being such a jerk. I think he would look the man in the eyes with sorrow for the fool's ignorance, and so on. I mean, I'll give the atheist credit, sticking to your beliefs, even when the mortal world has ended, that takes some serious guts, but if it was me (and I was an atheist) I'd say, "Really? I get into paradise? Even though I stuck to my own beliefs like I figured I should? Cool. Let's party!" About the whole close-minded issue... aren't atheists supposed to be the most close-minded people there are? I mean, I don't want to offend any atheists, because I'm sure we have a few atheists here, Zadown for example, and I know they're smart people, with great writing talent. People are allowed to follow whatever beliefs they want, and if they want to not follow any, that's fine too. I just don't personally believe in eliminating any possibilities, until I know that they're false. (If I was to be lumped into any group, which I try to avoid, I guess you could call me Agnostic.) Again, I apologize if I touched on a sensitive area for anyone, but I like voicing my opinion from time to time. On these issues, I speak from my heart, and say what I believe. I may not be the most credible person around, having very little knowledge in this area, but I speak of my own free mind. Keep in mind also that when I say certain things that may look like they're aimed at certain people, or groups of people, that I mean no disrespect to any of them. Everyone has a right to say and feel how they like, no matter how much other people may dislike it. If I was to judge anyone, it'd be on their personal character, not their beliefs. (That may sound bad too, but honestly, you need something to go on, and well, you don't have to like everyone, so long as you're civil, I say.) We are a community of many different people with many different beliefs. I'm proud to be part of such a community, because lots of the time, you don't see this kind of compassion in the real world.

Plus, last time I checked, the Conservatives were all about helping the rich get richer... they got the votes of the business-type people, for sures. Or something like that, anyways. I'm fairly certain they're big in Alberta, and I think in Ontario, although I could be wrong.

Which man did they remove? ;p *ducks the inevitable projectiles*

At least you don't have... umm... there's a carnivorousdinosaurhidingsomewhereinmyhouseitis... ;p (Cheers to a quick recovery ^.^)

In all honesty, I think our country, let alone the world is screwed no matter who we vote for. Maybe not this term, maybe later as opposed to sooner, but I've had this whole 'impending doom' feeling for the last few years, and not just because of all the terrorist nonsense either...

I realise that yes, essentially, it's about the same thing, roughly. However, the problem is that *everyone* seems to think that they should vote for who's going to win, and the democratic process just doesn't work the way it's supposed to... it's kinda pointless for me to point this out and debate it back and forth, because I'm preaching to a small crowd here, but I honestly believe if the whole country voted for who they agreed with the *MOST*, these elections would be a lot different. Of course, I could throw a cog into the system and say that the elections could be fixed! Oh yes, there could be subtle vote manipulation going by secret societies! Oh yes! The black helicopters are coming! Now, I better run run, or I'll be well done... (Okay, just goofing with that last bit, although you never know...)

Canid - That's good; I mean, voting for who you want to vote for soley because you want to vote them is exactly what I'm getting at. I did forget that the green party *is* indeed all over the world, and even in power in some countries, if memory serves. I guess for me to express my proper opinion I'd have to fully review their policies. Katz - What about the other 30% of party A?