January 3rd, 2017
3 Jan 2017 · page 665 of 1306
Stage fright.
Happy new year, everyone, hope it's a good one for you.
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Dominik Voss, Heinrich Wolfe, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham
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'Sort of,' he's going to play on Ben's envy.
In seems, Ben's as well as Sidney's... And perhaps Verity's too.
All three, they are exposed to Envy now.
It's Envy...this would be natural for it to do. Child's play in most cases.
So, hm. Turning off the lights ? But if that one's magical... uuh.
Where's Kokko when you need her?
Hrrrm...this does not bode well for Ben. If Sid is the "dashing magician", and Verity the "lovely assistant", then that probably makes Ben the "brave volunteer". Hopefully they won't be doing the sawing the person in half routine.
Between the audience member yelling "again?", the strings and spotlight, and the way they both just flop over exhausted I have to wonder if the performers currently on stage were volunteered as well.
Did anyone else half expect Envy to suddenly say, '...in the mountains!' there?
This is in reference to Thorim, a demigod-like figure inspired by Thor, in World of Warcraft.
The storyline, as it's supposed to play out, is that the player first meets Thorim at his temple on one of the highest mountain peaks inside a mountain range. Later on, he becomes a boss in a raid, mind controlled and confused by evil forces. He momentarily regains his senses and says in a deep voice, "I remember you... in the mountains..."
Oh, Envy.
The hair toussling is a nice touch.
He certainly knows how to pull their strings.
If Wolfe listens to Voss and they stay hidden, they will be able to rescue the group from Envy. My guess.
I get that the brackets are there to indicate that Voss is having trouble with English but I am still amused by the concept of him shushing Wolfe in German. And now wondering what the difference is between 'Shhhh!' in English and in German. o.o
It would probably be 'Psssst' in German, but 'Schhhh' also works.
I had a German violin teacher/conductor and everytime he shushed us he hissed instead. So as far as I can tell it's 'SSSSSSSSSSSSS!'
I have vivid memories of watching Netflix's Daredevil with captions on and after a woman stopped speaking in Spanish seeing the captions say "(in English) No" with no other text.
"And a lovely assistant to boot!"
"You must be joking."
"I'm sorry, was I talking to you?"
When I was rough-drafting this part, I was flipping between any one of them being the lovely assistant. I picked Vee for reasons that'll become clear, but any answer to that one could be very entertaining.
Of all the possible assistants to boot, she can probably withstand being booted harder than most.
On the other hand, she's also the one most likely to be insulted at the idea of being named Sidney's assistant.
Well Sid, be careful what you wish for.
When Envy last saw Ben, Ben still had the sight. Did Envy notice when it zapped back?
It didn't know he'd received it in the first place. All that mattered to it was that the Sight was gone from O'Malley.
I... I don't know what to say... just... COME ON GUYS THINK OF A PLAN GAAAH
I want to take Envy in my arm, and pet them. They're just SO CUTE! AAAAAAAA! I wish I could have them. Oh wait, I'm feeding them, ain't I?