Family Practice

[singindemonhq]

The Corona De La Sangre dojo is still running. It takes a while to learn those kinds of skills, especially if you've spent a couple of millenia depending on mojo. It was quite tricky in some ways, during the Hunters' Moon, but things should settle down, now.

I've picked up some experience since we've been travelling through the last four of five dimensions, but there's always more to learn - that's the idea behind having the dojo, of course.

By the customs where I come from the operative just meets whoever fate serves up and takes her away with him. I've never been too sure about how people here are supposed to feel about their in-laws - by the time they make a song and dance about it things have probably gone wrong. Anyway, the Little Wolf set it up so I was combat-paired with my brother-in-law.

I hadn't been over-pleased not to have been able to stay near enough to Erynne to be sure she was OK during the Hunters' Moon. I don't usually wait in the audience and sometimes it helps to just work off tension. I practice a lot anyway, but ... Stephen maybe had troubles of his own, too - at least when he found out about my combat methods. (I did not toast him! I didn't make the slightest attempt.) It's just natural for me to smoke out when anyone tries to get to close grips.

When Erynne they decided that it wasn't permitted I was Ok about it.
<Firewalled against all who mean harm,
see the words,
obey the charm. It might not do for Stephen and the rest of them to see how often that's creative use of illusion, anyway. A fast illusion can sometimes give me time to really smoke out or not, of course.

Then - my clothes do tend to ... reshape if somebody grabs at them... It's not "cheating". We're all learning new tricks, combat tricks, anyway. Using that much Mojo can use up a a lot of energy, if the operative gets out of practice, so I haven't had much time to update this journal and so on. I must think up some kind of training that Erynne and me can have some fun with.

Comments

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

Any and all magic and/or technology that can miraculously resurrect a secondary character who has given up his/her life through self sacrifice will be outlawed and destroyed.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will see to it that plucky young lads/lasses in strange clothes and with the accent of an outlander shall REGULARLY climb some monument in the main square of my capital and denounce me, claim to know the secret of my power, rally the masses to rebellion, etc. That way, the citizens will be jaded in case the real thing ever comes along.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will not employ devious schemes that involve the hero's party getting into my inner sanctum before the trap is sprung.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will offer oracles the choice of working exclusively for me or being executed.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will not rely entirely upon "totally reliable" spells that can be neutralized by relatively inconspicuous talismans

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will make the main entrance to my fortress standard-sized. While elaborate 60-foot high double-doors definitely impress the masses, they are hard to close quickly in an emergency.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will never accept a challenge from the hero.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will not engage an enemy single-handedly until all my soldiers are dead.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

If I capture the hero's starship, I will keep it in the landing bay with the ramp down, only a few token guards on duty and a ton of explosives set to go off as soon as it clears the blast-range.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

No matter how much I want revenge, I will never order an underling "Leave him. He's mine!"

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

If I have equipment which performs an important function, it will not be activated by a lever that someone could trigger by accidentally falling on when fatally wounded.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

I will not attempt to kill the hero by placing a venomous creature in his room. It will just wind up accidentally killing one of my clumsy henchmen instead.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

Since nothing is more irritating than a hero defeating you with basic math skills, all of my personal weapons will be modified to fire one more shot than the standard issue.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

If I come into possession of an artifact which can only be used by the pure of heart, I will not attempt to use it regardless.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

The gun turrets on my fortress will not rotate enough so that they may direct fire inward or at each other.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

If I decide to hold a contest of skill open to the general public, contestants will be required to remove their hooded cloaks and shave their beards before entering.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

Prior to kidnapping an older male scientist and forcing him to work for me, I will investigate his offspring and make sure that he has neither a beautiful but naive daughter who is willing to risk anything to get him back, nor an estranged son who works in the same field but had a falling-out with his father many years ago.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[w-rosenberg.livejournal.com]

Should I actually decide to kill the hero in an elaborate escape-proof deathtrap room (water filling up, sand pouring down, walls converging, etc.) I will not leave him alone five-to-ten minutes prior to "imminent" death, but will instead (finding a vantage point or monitoring camera) stick around and enjoy watching my adversary's demise.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[xrileyfinnx.livejournal.com]

Isn't that more or less the definition of 'singlehanded'?

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[http://users.livejournal.com/xander_h__/]

Not to mention they'd be a stone beeyatch to fix.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[http://users.livejournal.com/dana_scully_/]

*smirks*

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

Huh.
Good thing lawyerbitch didn't read this list before she met up
with Doyle.

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[singindemonhq.livejournal.com]

humans often don't have this much sense - I wonder where the writer's ruling...

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[http://users.livejournal.com/dana_scully_/]

*polite cough*

Re: OOC--okay, here I am again!

[http://users.livejournal.com/xander_h__/]

*looks uneasy as an odd chill moves up his spine*