Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash!

Wherever you are!

I have some Adon pictures for everyone, and since there is a space problem with the LICC site, I'm going to (hopefully) post them here for your enjoyment. You must cut and paste the links to see them. Sorry about that.

The younger version of Adon, before he grew the ponytail and started to go grey.
http://areoborg.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/youngadon.jpg

Another picture of Adon.
http://areoborg.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/youngadon2.jpg

And, for a grand finale... Adon's sword.
http://areoborg.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/adonsword.jpg

Jason, I click on those links & my browser dies.

And to answer what will probably be the obvious conclusion based on my posts on the LICC board.

No, I'm not.

KAM, Angelfire doesn't allow remote linking or clickable links to their images; you have to copy and paste to go to the pictures.

Cool sword, by the way, Jason.

Yeah. I like that sword too.

I am such a geek, I had an Anatomicalreferencethatwedidn'tneedtoknowabout™ when I saw that sword! Pathetic isn't it? Maybe that's why I can't get a girlfriend.

Waaaaaay too much information, Webber. (And isn't a sword a pha... uh, never mind.)

The fancy hilt looked nice, but the thin shaft between the handle & the blade looked weak.

I liked Rikard's post with Lt. What.

The narrow part does look kinda weak, but I guess when the sword is made out of a supernaturaly strong and virtually unbreakable material, it really doesn't matter, does it?

And Webber, shudders, perhaps you should keep information like that to yourself...

I like the sword too! Did you do those pictures yourself, Jason?

Butrfli pix are now up! This was originally supposed to be a picture for Ansh's author, who requested it many months ago, but it went so atrociously wrong that I just morphed it into this instead. Sorry Ansh! I am trying!

http://www.geocities.com/kira_sharp/bfdes.html

Passover Part Deux is coming up, so I will be away from my computer from this afternoon until Friday. Furby and Donna, I do hope you won't leave without me. (We should really take Artsy too, and she hasn't posted since Sunday night.) And I know it's difficult, but will someone please keep Butrfli mourning for at least long enough for us to have a try at something adventurous?

I like the pictures, Kira. It does capture the general look of Butrfli...
The blonde is Kes-like, and the black haired one is more cannon

Nice pics.

Apologies if Absurd missed anyone on the bridge.

To the Spear Carrier:
Listen, I only know what Adon's author wants me to know, and that's a general mission theme of "Make Sure He's Not Quite Dead Yet." (And what Tacoman's author wants me to know, which is "Knock Yourselves Out, But Please Let *Me* Decide Whether or Not You Raise My Character From the Dead.") I'm just working from there, and as far as I can tell, my two companions at this point (Pesti and Electron) were not even at the extracurricular briefing on the Mission Theme. My only "decision" regarding the plot so far is a strong preference not to do it Buffy-style or Spock-style, because that's cliched, and because going down to the Underworld to fetch him has more possibilities for an adventure.

If the Spear Carrier would care to divulge his or her identity, he or she would be welcome to join the Raising Adon and/or Tacoman From the Dead gang. Just hurry please, we're ought to leave as soon as Donna answers my question.

P.S. And I should also add that Artsy's Author was not at the extracurricular meeting either and spontaneously picked up on my prompting to include her character in the story somehow.

P.P.S. I heartily apologize if I have inadvertently shut you out of the plot. Please accept my apologies and join us.

To Spear Carrier: I often feel the same way.

Well, I only have the beginning of the raise Adon/Tacoman plot worked out... Basicaly, I'm going to get the ball rolling, and see what happens.

However, as the Mysterious Voice has been saying: "My time is not yet ripe."

Soon, my plans will bear fruit, and the fruit will ripen, and then they will fall off the tree and hit someone on the head. And then, I will get sued.

Ow! Where'd that apple come from?

Mr. Newton,

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Mr. Dewey -- of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe, Attorneys at law. I would like to represent you in your lawsuit against the owner of that apple tree. I believe his name is "Jason".

My fee is a quite reasonable 60 percent...

Oh, I just had an interesting idea. Now please, hear me out. At least think about it before you violently reject it.

For LICC 3, when it goes in the Archive, ALL the chapoters/storylines, are named after Simon & Garfunkel songs! Huh? Yes?

Most people consider the apple story to be apocryphal.

heh heh. Boy has JD got an idea for you. *Evil grin*

Okay, folks, a new story idea that Webber and I cooked up. Now we're pitching this so no-one will be left out.

Through some bizarre freak of nature, every character aboard the Spidermobile...is replaced by their actual, real-life authors! Yes, that means you. So we play ourselves, no powers, no special training, just us, and attempt to deal with being suddenly thrust into our own little futuristic universe.

Meantime, a rival superhero group, fed up with the huge fame of the LICC, is out to discredit them and steal their glory by any means necessary. Whaddya guys think?

Oh, and all no-name and nonregular characters, (redshirts, Holodoc), can stay as they are.

I like this idea. The sub-plot cna be keeping me and pesti from strangling each other. ;-)

You'll have to spend some time with him in a stuck turbolift I promise you. Har har har!!!

Anyway, the idea looks nice. But what about the authors who are writing multiple characters? Are they just in a single instance on the ship or do they suddenly become multipletts?

Btw, I don't have the slightest idea where the Adon/Taco storyline is heading to.

That's the strangest idea yet... I like it!
Yeah! Would we have two of me, because of Tacoman and Butrfli? Would there be two Electrons because of the Furbies? Will there be a whole pack of KAMs?

No, only single authors. Doubles, etc, would just be too much.

Besides, I think we couldn't fit all the KAMs into the Spidermobile. :-D

2 Furbys, 4 Teletubbies of Doom, xxx members of the Pokemon Drop Squad. Oh-oh. We would need a hotel ship flying next to the Spider.

We could grab the starship Titanic

What do the rest of you folks think of the ideer?

I think it's an interesting idea.

But let's keep in on hold for a while, OK??? I have... something planned.

Electron: And a partridge in a pear tree

Padawan, I remind you of the Seventh Commandment.

I know, I know. But since msot of the LICC is going into the afterlife/underworld, we should wait until they get back.

I was thinking we'd start it with Part 15. I even thought of a title. Tell me what you think SIte Admin. "A None Too Pleasent Vacation." So simple, yet so descriptive.

Well, it probably depends whether the Afterlife story takes only 50k to complete.

I like the idea too. But after the current storyline gets wrapped up. Also, one or two characters should feel free to follow Frangelica (or not!)... I just think it would be a more interesting adventure if more than one group was running around downstairs.

Simon & Garfunkel? Nay. (Unless it somehow fits what happens on the board, but how many songs would?)
I believe that all titles should somehow relate to what happens, not be a pointlessly random choice.

If the heroes disappear, replaced by a motley assortment of authors, but the anonymous red/yellow/blueshirts remain, wouldn't the natural outcome be that they would arrest the authors assuming that they are somehow responsible for the disappearances?

And as most of my characters are leaving I'm not sure why you'd have to worry about a pack of KAMs.

Of course I did write myself on the first JARSO board. Boooooooooooooooooooring! It was more fun playing other characters so I wrote myself out as soon as possible.

The Afterlife storyline seems interesting, running into the ghosts of dead heroes (Hamburgermeister & Burger Boy, Dust-Speck Man) & villains (Duke Evil-Wicked, Captain Cola, Stripes Brannigan & Kif, Dragmire, others I can't remember).

And, of course, innumerable redshirts.
I have an idea on how to reintroduce Captain Tacoman...
Basically, the LICC finds themselves on what appears to be a suburban street. Tacoman has a house there, and is able to monitor what's going on in the land of the living. We find out why his immortality isn't perfect, and whether he wants to go back.

Did you really need to say that here?

If the heroes disappear, replaced by a motley assortment of authors, but the anonymous red/yellow/blueshirts remain, wouldn't the natural outcome be that they would arrest the authors assuming that they are somehow responsible for the disappearances?

Surely a plot twist would cause that they wont pay much attention to it. Maybe the authors are just the substitutes while the heroes are on vacation?

Ok.. so Milkshake and his group are going after Adon, and Frangelica and Alt-Furby are trying to find Tacoman, right?
Just trying to clear things up

Currently, yes. I hope that at some point the two groups will meet up for the climax of the adventure.

I hope lots of things. I hope that my character will end up saving the day in an huge flamboyantly overdramatic deux ex machina, but, hmmm, wait, that wouldn't exactly be fun for anyone else, better not try that.

It's deus (god), not deux (two) ex machina.

I thought Insane was with the group that was going after Adon, why is he apparently responding to Frangelica's question about where Donna is?

Telepathy? ;-)
And that was a typo, Paddy. Sorry.

Maybe someone else also wondered aloud where Donna is. ;o)

Uh, I'll be away for two days. Be gentle to the Furbys!

Puts down the Furby Death Ray.

OK.

Hey Hey Hey Whoa Whoa Whoa!

Let's take a look at the bridge crew assignments/stations.

Before the Darth Terror storyline, this seemed to be the arrangement:

Captain - Jackson Tacoman
Ops - Cmdr Milkshake
Helm - Josh Rikard
Tactical I - Adon
Tactical II - Insane

Due to the demises of Adon and Jackson Tacoman, recently the arrangement has become:

Captain - Cmdr Milkshake
Ops - Insane
Tactical I - Alex Tacoman
Tactical II - Enesku

Shouldn't Josh be still at the helm? Yet Milkshake described him as taking his (Milkshake's) 'old seat'. But Milkshake's old seat was Ops.

Kiehart should take the helm, that's what Milkshake was going to ask him before the memorial.

You mean he loses the helm now? Aw man! That's the only piloting Rikard ever does anymore. Can't he be helm and XO?

You don't mind doing both, Josh?

Rikard could join the Banshee Squad

Look, as soon as Kiehart is able to walk again he'll become Flight Commander again. Period. Rikard is still the helm officer. Why? CAUSE I SAID SO! Hey, it works for my parents.

Sorry, but "CAUSE I SAID SO!" only works if you happen to be Stone Cold Steve Austin.

BF: EWWWWWW! I HATE wrestling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Brina"? Is she Brian's sister?

Anyway, if they get Adon back from the Underworld wouldn't he (Adon) become XO instead?

***********ATTENTION***********

I'm starting a board to discuss the idea of a series about The Wytch Queen over in Zen Forward (The Kitchen Sink), to see if its even a feasible idea. If I can't get enough people interested, I'll scrap the idea, and just have Captain Biggens and crew show up in LICC occasionally.

Wouldn't Rikard have to accept demotion?

Josh, I believe so.

The Wytch Queen discussion board is open, btw.

BF: I would, really, but the two I'm doing is hard enough as is. You know how many tiems I get lost and forget what I was doing, or where my characters just were! Sorry man. Maybe I'll do a guest shot during the HFJG-Rebuild hiatus.

Dahamn! Now I'll have to find someone else to misspell when they post in WQ.

J\K

Josh, you just joined the Misspeller's Club. They got on the "fairy"?

Surely not the Bucklebairy fairy???

What's the glittery stuff on the bottom of your shoe?

Tinkerbell

Hey they're homonyms. Close enough.

Maybe the ferry of the Underworld is shaped like a fairy. A fairy ferry. Or maybe Rikard is hallucinating.

As for the Club, I joined that long ago (as well as the bad grammar club).

How long has grammer been bad, and does grandpa know about it?

Hmmm, I was under the assumption that Enesku & Artsy were in a fantasy. Guess it's a good thing that I didn't have Quito remove her face mask & reveal the head of Mary Worth.

BTW Paddy, what have you got against Mary Worth? OK it's a mediocre comic strip, but there are much worse ones around.

Jon, of course, grandpa knows. How do you think they first met?

KAM, go to http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/bloody.htm and your questions will be answered. It has nothing to do with the comic strip.

What in blue blazes...? Is it sweeps month at the L.I.C.C or something? At this rate Terry Prachett's Death is going to become a full League member or something.

I respectfully request that Artsy's Author continue this thread by either:
1) noticing that Rikard, alt-Furby, and Frangelica are at the Main Desk in the Underworld
...or...
2) eventually confirming that Artsy is not exactly dead

It's her character, of course...

Then why are you telling her what to do?

NOW I HAVE MORE WORK TO DO... ARGH.

LOL...poor death.

Now...I've had this in my head for a while. Rest assured that I am not leaving LICC, but...um...if you look for Artsy in the Afterlife, you aren't going to find her there.

Can the rest of my thoughts be a surprise?

Sure sounds fine to me! As long as she's not going to turn up there six weeks down the line, creating a giant plot nit along the lines of, "Why didn't the gang see Artsy in the afterlife after she died?" then I have no further objections. I look forward to seeing what you are planning and am quite content to wait until the Time is Ripe.

After all, Frangelica certainly can't look for Artsy down Below because she does't know that she's dead!

To the Spectre:
Meow! Who's telling anyone what to do? I said "respectfully request," didn't I? I just didn't want there to be any huge hanging plot nits... especially since Butrfli has already suggested searching for dead Artsy in the afterlife.

This doesn't mean you're dumping Artsy and creating a new character to use, does it?

I'm not telling.

JASON! Artsy was still in the mirror when Quito felt her die, and then the mirror broke! SHE IS NOT IN SICKBAY!

no,no,no,noooooooooooo..........

I guess Adon isn't fully recovered from being dead. Now he's having hallucinations about Artsy and Holodoc!

Shoot!

Well, I guess he can behave a little weird. How many people do you know came back from the dead and then behaved perfectly normal? ;)

Spock?

Or Kirk?

Mulder? O'Brien?

No it's not sweeps month. That's still over 17 days away.

Yes, and this time LICC will be fighting crime on Clothing-Optional Beachworld.

Some of you actors may want to hit the gym & start working on your tans.

I believe in Mary Sue!

I believe in Mary Sue!

I believe in Mary Sue!

Hey Jason, is Bell allowed to return for another adventure? And is she allowed to be in genuine danger, or is she all omnipotent?

Well, I suppose Bell could return again.
She isn't technicaly all omnipotent, but she can't be harmed by anyone that the LICC can face and hope to win.

Is it just me, or has the idea about "the heroes of the LICC learn that some actions have irrevocable consequences" been completely thrown out? Adon died, and the crew was able to walk in, chat him up, and walk out again without any more challenge than that! Tacoman died, and now he's talking about coming back whenever he feels like it after he's gotten bored with being dead! Whatever happened to dead people having a natural tendency to stay dead?

Well, in Adon's case, there were a lot of things going on behind the scenes to bring him back. The LICC was just the group to go out and get him. All the hard work (and the things that would normally prevent such things) was actually being done by unseen entities. Bell was merely their representative.

I hope we'll get to see that officially in the plotline that the Conclave seems to be referring to! Did you get my email, btw?

I haven't gotten your email. You did send it to the address listed here, and not one of Adon's many addresses. How he remembers them all, I have no idea ;)

Well, it's tax time again, and you know what that means... it's time for me to hide out in canada to avoid the IRS.

In the mean time, I have a boatload of new and previously unseen (unless you're me) Adon pics. Once again, you're going to have to cut and paste the url into the address bar to see the pics.

The older version of Adon...
http://areoborg.tripod.com/adon1.jpg
http://areoborg.tripod.com/adon2.jpg
http://areoborg.tripod.com/adon3.jpg
http://areoborg.tripod.com/adoncloseup.jpg
http://areoborg.tripod.com/adonsunset.jpg

More younger adon pics...
http://areoborg.tripod.com/youngadon3.jpg
http://areoborg.tripod.com/youngadon4.jpg

And, as a final treat... a pic of the young and old versions looking at each other.
http://areoborg.tripod.com/youngoldadon.jpg

Enjoy!

Cool. What anime series are those pictures from, anyway?

They're shamelessly stolen from Orphen. I suppose, I could simply print them, and then trace the images by hand.... That would make them originals, wouldn't it?

Never heard of Orphen before. Is it a series, or a movie? OAV or Japanese tv?

It's a series. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, to be exact. Currently, 4 DVDs have been released in the states, with 2 more (I think) on the way. I don't know about the VHS version since I stopped getting tapes once I got the DVD player.

Ah. I'd probably buy tapes. The only DVD player I've got is the one built into my computer.

The only series I'm interested in right now are Martian Successor Nadesico and Sorceror Hunters. I'm about halfway through Nadesico (12 tapes in all), and have the first two Sorceror Hunters tapes (4 in all, I think, but there's a second series with a different name).

And I only buy dubbed. If I wanted to read, I'd grab a book.

Thats the beauty of buying the DVD... I can watch either the subbed or the dubbed versions without buying two copies.

If we keep on having these 'ground-breaking jaw-dropping plot twists with permantent lasting effects which get fixed up and reversed almost instantly' I'm just going to stop posting. Please, people, refrain from making major changes unless you want to stand by them.

Death does seem to be rather cheap around LICC. I just hope this doesn't spark a rash of 'dying and coming back without a scratch'. The whole tragedic ending of the Terror storyline was nicely poignant at the beginning, with two heroes dead, and only one coming back through amazing means. Now the whole thing just makes me grimace...

LICC is just too unrealistic now, it seems. It's getting too easy to God-Mode...it seems to me we should just make things take EFFORT to accomplish...*sigh*

As soon as Frangelica and associates return from the Underworld, I am going to start a thread which should give this last one some Consequences. The LICC may yet have an opportunity to learn that there is no free launch.

Maybe Tacoman could turn into an undead creature on occasion?

Well, all I can say is when Rikard dies, he will die. (Of course, I don't know when he'll die. Maybe he'll live to be 300 or something.)

(slyly) Maybe Tacoman can take some time off and raise his kids in an environment where they're not getting abducted all the livelong day.

Maybe they could be working on the railroad (all the livelong day) instead.

Also remember Kira, that the LICC Universe was created for the LICC by The Queue. It's possible the deck has been stacked in favor of LICC.
(I was planning to have Patricia make a comment about how good usually defeats evil in the LU because it was created that way. Of course I thought there would be some discussion & mingling before everyone went off to the land of the dead, so a number of conversations & ideas never happened.)

I was also planning to post some stuff in the Tacoman story, but a tree fell on the power lines & by the time I got back on line it was too late.

Suddenly my 3D&Rs rule suggestion doesn't seem so stoopid does it?

I guess we'll just have to ask the Queue.

What are you talking about Webber?

Whachoo talkin' 'bout, Webber?

Even 2 deaths and ressurections seem too much for me. And hey, Milkshake never died! (heads THAT argument off right there :-))

Anyway, this is a little messed up. I have to apologize to everyone, I haven't been watching as closely as I should have. Suffice it to say that Milkshake reacted appropriately when Taco reappeared and a joyous reunion was had by all. Phew. :-D

Oh, right, his 3 deaths and resurrections rule. Well, we've had 3 deaths and 2 resurrections all at the same time.

When Webber made that rule, didn't he also mean instances that appeared to be deaths? Like when it appeared Milkshake had exploded with Viper or when it appeared Praetorius had vaporized Milkshake or when it appeared that Milkshake in Timmy McGurk's body appeared to be vaporized by Negative's security robot?

I thought Milkshake in Timmy McGurk's body WAS vaporized, but that the Q Continuum reversed time to avoid it.

And if it means anything Hamburgermeister & Burger Boy are still dead. (I was going to have them show up as Tacoman's wacky neighbors in the afterlife, but the power failure...)

No, he was transported away.

No more of that for Milkshake, kay?

No it only applied to ACTUAL deaths, not neccesarily travelling into the afterlife to go after someone, or beign THOUGHT to be dead, but actually alive.

And of course the big exception was Robots.

Oh I also said that IF we implmented it (which we enver did), it would NOT be retroactive.