Palathadric

"I accept the tonic, but I refuse to accept it for free." I hand one gold coin over to Daxus as "payment". "I will also buy the five gold coins you found for one of my own." "...Oh! Did I forget to mention that my coins come with a special, hand-drawn smily face?" "I never considered it a bad thing for a woman to have long hair," comes my reply.

I don't know about that. What matters is whether it brings in the cash or not, right? As far as I know the Playmobil Noah's Ark sold quite splendidly. I could be wrong about this though. But, yeah, at least start with a zoo or circus. Noah's Ark can come a bit later...

I sure hope the new Lord of the Rings horses will be compatible with the older ones. From the looks of it, though, they should be.

Although, you have to make sure both of their stories are uniquely exciting enough to make the reader able to sit through both of them. Personally, I lack a whole lot of experience writing in first person. The few half short stories that I have written in first person all went down the drain when the ancient computer crashed.

"By the way, Raider, what's with your womanly hair-do. I can fix it for you if you like." So saying, I whip out a pair of sheers from my wheeled trunk.

I love this idea! No, seriously, I do, but I don't have millions of those round 1 x 1. I actually have very few.

Let's not mention it.

I heard so. This is Eubric and this is Monk Pretzel talking, anything is possible.

"That's because you are not aware of the spiritual realities around you and the evils induced by engaging in such vile activities. It may be golden, but it's best left untouched, because it rusts easily and the rust is a disease that penetrates the man's spirit. It's evil in every way and I would warn a boy of your age (I pray earnestly that you have not already been involved in such an activity) that you will not succomb to this abomination as so many other before you have. Ah, if only men in the world were clean and unsullied in spirit as well as body."

That's what these guys: are all about.

"You are such a poor, deluded soul young man...my boy. So easily swayed by the fair speech of others! What a fool. I am sorry you are the way you are, but I am glad that I have been given the opportunity to impart my wisdom to you. Come, sit and let me counsel you in the ways of men such as these," I cast my gaze offhandedly in the direction of the raider. "By the way, is there any chance that we can collect those potions and tonics still?" OOC: So what is the final do I have 5/6 ether or 6/6? "Was it stainless steel?"

"What!?!" I gasp, the awful truth suddenly dawning on me. "Alisha is one of them! Alisha is one of them! Flee, flee, take cover while you can!" I collapse on my wheeled chest panting for breath. "Why is no one else alarmed by that news? Suddenly, Monk Pretzel feels a burst of energy well up inside of him, "Who do you think you are trying to deceive us and the like? I knew I was not wrong when I suggested that your lips spoke profane and vile things!" I don't read Leo's hand motion. "Who the devil are you demon anyway?" I demand of him. "Who exactly were you trying to kill here, eh? Well, whoever it was, you seemed to have done a poor job at it. Pitiful excuse for a raider. And everyone is treating you as if you are the poor hapless raider who was up to no harm!" "Accept him to our team? Ha! Well, you may be in luck raider, because the others seem to be fond of you, but as for me, I won't trust you to come within ten feet of me. If you do, I'll take it as an act of aggression and wallop you with my cross here. Of what use would you be to us anyway. You have demonstarted your skills at warfare very well here. Beaten by a peasant! Beaten by a peasant, indeed!" "Well, if a practically unarmed peasant can beat him, he can't be too dangerous to accept along with us, I suppose," I think more to myself.

That is so not fair! I pay for my pretzels then I have to pay to regain my strength. What kind of fasters are you all here anyway?

Yes, that's what I was trying to say in the beginning of my post. You write your story and finish it, but you leave it open in case you want to add a sequel. That particular part of the story is finished. It has it's ending, and, if you do decide to write another part, it's a whole new deal. For Sisco, though, I would say to keep it one story, because the plot does not quite sound deep enough to have a whole bunch of substories happening inside of it. Of course it could, but... (I'm in no way criticizing your storyline Sisco, in case I came across that way...I do seem to fairly often. )

This is really, really awesome Philo. I congratulate you. You aid the LDraw community enormously.

"Money, money, money!" I gasp excitedly as I pocket the treasure. "I'm rich!" Hearing Alisha rambling incessantly and catching only the last part of it, I turn to her, "Must you never accept defeat. I won the argument. It is my prize. Quit your incessant ramblings. If you think you can continue arguing than try me, but believe you me, switching the subject is no way to win an argument. And you really think blood is thicker than water, do you? You'd be surprised!"

I wouldn't say natural endings and cliffhangers are two opposite things. I think a cliffhanger may even be more natural than a utterly "happy ending", if you know what I mean, which I doubt you do because I didn't explain it well. (I confuse myself a lot...it must be a disease ) Anyhow, what I mean to say is that I prefer endings that leave the option open for a sequel. Okay that's not really what a cliffhanger is, but you get the picture, right? It's true that real cliffhangers that render the first book useless unless it has a sequel are not my preference though. However, I believe they do have their time and place. I don't really agree with the idea of writing a book and all along thinking that it is going to be divided into ___ number of books so you prepare for a dramatic ending for each book. If you want to make your book a series, I would almost say that it is better to write the whole thing first and, if it is that long that you want to make it a series, then you can divide it into separate books after. If you are planning on publishing a series of books then I suggest you have at least two finished before you publish the first, that way if the public demands more, you can, fairly soon, put out another one fairly soon and not keep the public waiting too long which may make them lose interest. Am I rambling? Whenever I write a longer post I feel like I'm rambling incessantly. Let me know if I'm annoying.

"Stomach for adventure? Who needs a stomach for adventure? Senseless in my opinion. What will that stomach digest, may I ask? Adventure? Absurd! One need not stomach an adventure to participate in it. He needs only desire the bounty at the end of it. Do you really think I am enjoying myself trekking the hills and plains of this God-forsaken country? I should think not! I am here for one purpose, and one purpose only, to...actually, I had better not let you in on that secret. Where was I? Ah, yes...stomach indeed! You say I have no stomach, do you? Watch this!" I proceeded to open the trunk of my wheeled cart and dig through it before I finally produce several pretzels. I wolf 15 down in an instant. "Ah! Salty Heavens!" I sigh blissfully. "This, my dear Alisha, although in truth, you hardly more dear to me than the raider I just slew, is the way to live life." Thoroughly satisfied I turn and waddle on down the path. "Remember, it is impossible to stomach someething that can't be tasted or touched. Adventure is merely a means to an end and if that is your means to the end than I pity you immensely. Thank God I have chosen a differnt path. As I always say, if you have to stomach something, you may as well stomach something enjoyable, and not something distasteful, which evidently you have stomached this time around, that will make you vomit disgracefully in the sight of others, as you have proclaimed you will do. Manners, lady, manners..." I catch myself. "Manners, woman, manners..." It still doesn't sound right. I trail off. Honestly, I prefer the contents of my guts, anyway to come out of the normal digestive path rather than through the upper regions. As they say, "Let no guile or unseemliness proceed from my lips."

This is exactly what I was trying to say, only I didn't get my message across well.

Just because you don't like the yellow minifigs is never an excuse to send them to the turture room for a burning. Be warned! Such abuse will not go unnoticed. PS: Sorry about all that it was just that word: liquidated...in reference to Lego.

I would miss large raised baseplates, but not that I ever had the money to afford a set with one So yeah, I suppose it could be a good idea. Although I still think bigger sets will look a lot better than smaller ones combined together. Just my thought.

You can't be serious! 1,000 metres! I am rendered utterly speechless, although I still believe it must be a typo, right? Welcome and I hope you enjoy EB.

You literally [u]liquidated[/u] all of your Lego?!? That's manslaughter! Poor minifigs to get all melted down like that. I hope this is a kind of public confession. By the way, welcome!

Greetings, lurker. Welcome to EB. I look forward to seeing your work.

I suppose the good thing about joining small plates together, to create the surface on which to build, is that it helps one to not need to build too "blockily" especially if you are using the hinge pieces. However, there are still so many conveninces to having baseplate to hold everything together, especially once one's minifigs start getting old and they need to stand on a plate to keep them upright . I have a lot of experience with this, but since I don't have too many baseplates, I always just made them stand on 2 x 3 plates.