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#11
DoctorM's FanFic / Re: Two Kingdoms 45 - Roadways
Last post by DerynifanK - March 14, 2024, 10:30:36 AM
I agree with Michael Gordon. Christian needs to accept what he is good at and what he is not. He needs to focus on his strengths and not on developing a new skill out of pride. The best swordsmen learned from childhood and have continued to hone their skills. Michael might mention to Christian that he can't defend the Queen if he gets himself killed trying to be what he is not.
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DoctorM's FanFic / Re: Two Kingdoms 45 - Roadways
Last post by DoctorM - March 11, 2024, 05:52:16 PM
You're right about Michael Gordon. He's smarter than many people think, solid and capable. More grounded than Christian, I think, and a good man to have guarding your back.

Quote from: Jerusha on March 11, 2024, 01:55:54 PMGood chapter, and very good that Christian is not good at everything.  It makes him believable and slightly flawed.  My kind of guy.

I'm becoming very fond of Michael Gordon too.  Not a man to avoid an obvious truth, even it it's not what someone wants to hear.  Just the type of man you need by your side in battle.

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DoctorM's FanFic / Re: Two Kingdoms 45 - Roadways
Last post by Jerusha - March 11, 2024, 01:55:54 PM
Good chapter, and very good that Christian is not good at everything.  It makes him believable and slightly flawed.  My kind of guy.

I'm becoming very fond of Michael Gordon too.  Not a man to avoid an obvious truth, even it it's not what someone wants to hear.  Just the type of man you need by your side in battle.
#14
DoctorM's FanFic / Two Kingdoms 45 - Roadways
Last post by DoctorM - March 10, 2024, 09:39:17 PM
TWO KINGDOMS 45 - ROADWAYS

This is the forty-third  part of an AU construction about a Gwynedd where the duel at Kelson Haldane's coronation went very differently indeed. We are now almost three years into the Gwynedd Wars-- Charissa's new kingdom at Valoret against the Haldanes in the south and the kingdom of Torenth in the east. This episode takes place not long after "Alliances". As always, thoughts, comments, and suggestions are very much appreciated.


****
Out there in the yard Christian is pacing around the target dummy, a longsword in one hand. Right now he's short of patience and breath both. Back on the benches his cousin is stretched out and shaking his head. Donal Gordon is there, too, his face carefully composed, watching with the guards.

"Why do you do this to yourself?" Michael Gordon asks. "This is ridiculous, and you know it. You're a horse-archer. You're not a swordsman. All our lives you've been telling me that any time somebody on the other side gets closer than maybe sixty yards, something's gone very, very wrong. And here you are, about fifteen years late to learning the longsword."

Christian looks back over his shoulder. "You can shut up now, Michael. You really can. I have to do this." He drops one shoulder and swings with the sword. Bits of padding fly up from the dummy.

Michael Gordon throws up his hands. "Too low," he says. "And your weight's on the wrong foot. Why are you doing this?"

"Because Wencit is coming. Because this is going to be a real war. Not raiding, not doing reconnaissance, not skirmishes, not affrays, and not a city coup. It's going to be a real war, with real battles. Not what we're used to. And I'm the queen's husband. I have to be able to defend her. I'm not just a light-horse captain these days. I have to be able to do this."

"Look, we'll go get you a horse and we'll go shoot at targets from the saddle, That part you're decent enough at. This isn't you."

Christian steps back and does another cut at the target. "Gwernach and the Rheljans— that's not light-horse country. This is going to be different."

Michael Gordon motions to one of the guards and the man hands him a sheathed sword. "You want to play with a sword, here. One of your damned Moorish cavalry sabres— a flyssa. See, I even know the word in Darija. You want a blade, here you are, You can go ride serpentine in a horse ring and slash at things. You've done close contact with a flyssa before; I've seen it. You were good enough at that. You don't even hold a longsword right. Go ahead, but just think— you get yourself killed trying to be a swordsman, I'm the one who inherits. You'll be dead and I'll hold Caer Curyll. Lord Gordon of Caer Curyll. So will you please just get on an effing horse? That's where you belong."

****

"This is new to me, my lord," Bishop Brechlin is saying. He's with Kheldour this morning, the two of them closeted in what used to be Edmund Loris' vast private office. It's a bright morning in Valoret, and there's early summer sunlight falling through Loris' arched glass windows across a desk filled with maps and folders.

"It's all new," Brechlin says. He's smiling, but his face is carefully arranged. "Working at a Deryni court, I mean. I'm used to couriers and messenger birds. I know how long it should take for a message between Valoret and Tolan-by-Sea, but at a Deryni court, well...people go from Tolan to Valoret and back again in a heartbeat. It throws off my sense of time. I'm not sure what to think of it. I've no idea how many Deryni are filtering through invisible passages just out of sight."

The Shadow Queen's husband grins at that. "The Portals— yes. There's a whole set of Deryni roads behind everything in the new kingdom.. I'm the queen's Remembrancer. I'm supposed to just show up out of nowhere. It's what I do. We can't wait on birds or couriers to get some things done. Wencit's coming, my lord."

The bishop is considering the man across the desk. The queen's husband is still something of a mystery to him. The man is obviously well-educated and invariably well-mannered, but he's not something that fits easily into a well-run royal court.

Brechlin decides to keep smiling. "I'm something more than twice your age, young Kheldour. It's an awkward thing to learn this late in life— that the world is honeycombed with invisible roads for Deryni. It's awkward, too, to know that there's some unseen Deryni high council out in these lands, and that it's sending assassins for the queen's friends. As you say, though: Wencit is coming. An ordinary thing, but dangerous enough. The King of Torenth and his armies— let's talk about that."

Brechlin looks down at the desk. It's a huge piece of work in heavy oak, big enough to be impressive even in a room this size— something to match the late archbishop's sense of himself. There's a map unrolled there, something old enough to date back a generation or two before King Malcolm's day, something big enough to fill the desktop, something annotated and inked in more than one colour and more than one antique script.  He brushes a hand over the map. "Beldour to Valoret," he says. "A direct march would be about thirty-five days, I think. But this won't be a direct attack, of course."

Christian makes a face. "Those maps, all the maps in the royal library— they're not something you should trust. My lord bishop, making maps is something I know how to do. All of these, they show roads and rivers and towns that aren't where they should be or aren't there at all. They're all far too small in scale, too. Gwynedd and Torenth are both bigger than they're drawn on the maps. An army on the march from Beldour to Valoret? Add another ten days. Those roads are never good. Never. More if it rains, or if they have supply problems and have to stop and forage."

"But as I said: that's not how they're coming."

"No. It's Gwernach they want first. Wencit will come south through Tigre and go into Gwernach. Then he'll move south and east. He'll do a harrying in Kulnan and he'll try to take and hold in Rheljan. My guess is that he'll try to come down to Cardosa and turn west. My people are watching his purveyances. What he's buying or requisitioning will get him through Gwernach and Rheljan. But he'll need to re-supply and re-group. He'll just harry and burn in Kulnan, but he'll garrison Gwernach and try to do the same in Rheljan. He'll need to stop at Cardosa to let his supplies catch up."

Brechlin is watching him, and Christian can see the bishop's mind working. Brechlin taps at Cardosa on the map. "You're sure of his numbers?"

"Four and a half thousand," Christian says. "No more. That's what he's been buying provisions for. He has Archduke Lionel and a rebellion to fight at home. He's not pressing his lords for levies right now; he can't afford to alienate any of them. So it's not a huge army. But if he takes Gwernach and makes examples in Kulnan and the Rheljan lands, he'll bring over more lords in Torenth over to his side."

"Tell me, my lord Kheldour, what's so important in Gwernach?"

Christian shrugs. "Pride," he says. "Lots of roads south run through there, but it's mostly pride. He wants to take back land that belonged to the queen's father. He wants into Gwynedd, but he wants to punish the queen, too. He can't get into Tolan or Marluk country, so he'll take Gwernach."

Brechlin traces a finger along the western edge of Truvorsk. "We made that mistake in Meara back in King Malcolm's day, and more than once, We took our eyes off the real prize and wasted men and time on punitive actions. Whatever Wencit may be, he's no fool. Summer's here, and he'll be short of time before the season turns. And there's the rebellion in Torenth. He'll have to decide what he wants— open roads to Valoret or Makróri and FitzEwan heads on spikes."

Christian leans forward in his chair. "My lord bishop, I grew up mostly in Tolan and Torenth. Wencit was always someone people talked about, even before he made himself king. He's no fool, and he's fought and won campaigns out east against the steppe tribes. He's impulsive, though, and he's quick to anger. He wants Gwernach because it belonged to the queen's father and it means something to the queen. Charissa's taken Tolan and the Marluk country from him. He wants to take something from the queen. He wants to harry Kulnan to show what happens to anyone who supports Charissa. He wants Gwynedd, or at least he wants the north of Gwynedd. But he wants to punish the queen— for being in his way, for not bending the knee to him over Tolan and Marluk, for showing the Torenthi lords that maybe they can stand up to him." He reaches across the map to touch the little cathedral inked at the site of Valoret. "He wants to punish her for being a woman on a throne. This is about pride as much as anything."

Bishop Brechlin nods. "I've never been to Gwernach, but I know Tigre, and I grew up near to St. Jarlath's. So I know about the mountains and the roads south. And I've been a bishop for a long time— pride's a sin I know something about. So he's coming, but he'll be wasting time and men. That does remind me of the Meara wars— back when the world was young." 

Christian takes a breath. "My lord bishop— you're the queen's justiciar and you're her first minister in all but name. Everything I know from my scouts and my intelligencers, everything I know from riding to meet Baron Rheljan and the count of Kulnan— all that tells me that Wencit is coming. The Torenthi will be distracted; Wencit's pride will get in the way. But they are coming. I'm here from the queen to talk about—"

Brechlin cuts him off. "More men, more money, at least some fortifications on the Cardosa roads. My lord Kheldour, I've been doing this as long as you and the queen have been alive. I know how these things are done. When you go back to Tolan-by-Sea, tell the queen that it'll be in progress. We'll squeeze out a few more contributions, buy a few more men-at-arms and crossbowmen, and run up some fortifications on the roads from Cardosa. We can get some help into Gwernach, too. Have you spoken to His Grace of Marley about this? Truvorsk, Cardosa, he has his eye on all that."

"He'll have heard it all from his father-in-law," Christian says. "And I'm sure he has his own intelligencers all over eastern Torenth."

"Of course he does. Bran Coris is not a man who enjoys being surprised." The bishop fixes Christian with eyes as blue as the Shadow Queen's. "I'm hoping that you won't be going up your secret Deryni roads anytime soon, though. I think our Inquisitor of State should appear here out of nowhere, too. The three of us need to confer. I want to know about these Deryni who want the queen dead. I have things to discuss with you— as the queen's Remembrancer —about what's happening in the south, too. I know what's coming south; you need to tell the queen what's coming north."

****
Donal Gordon is pulling arrows from targets all around the field. He thumps his fist against a padded cloth scarecrow. He looks down the field at two horsemen coming back, bows across their saddles. He gestures to Michael Gordon and then over to Christian. He has a clutch of arrows in his hand.

He looks back at his older brother. "Can you just tell him? He got most of them center-on in the targets." He turns to Christian. "You're no Seven Tribes master-bowman, but then you're not steppe-born, either. For someone who wasn't shooting from the saddle before he was weaned, you're good enough. You  always have been. Any effing Torenthi gets inside maybe a hundred yards, you could probably put him down first shot. Can you just accept that?"

Christian draws his horse up in front of one of the targets. He shakes his head. "A real war's coming. This is good, sure— I'm not afraid of running into Torenthi skirmishers. It's not that. But it's not enough."

Michael Gordon leans in. "I know what this is, you know. I know how your mind works. This is about your woman. You're not the queen's general. You're not afraid of Wencit or Rhydon or Duke Nigel. You're not even really afraid of Alaric Morgan. But you're afraid of disappointing the queen. That's what this is all about, isn't it?"

Christian stares at his cousin. There's nothing to be done by going off in a rage, but he's clenching the bow 'til his hands ache. He takes a deep breath. "I'm the Shadow Queen's husband. I'm supposed to be able to defend her. That matters. And I'm nobody's idea of a general."

He looks back and forth between the Gordon brothers. "We're light-horse and we've been at fights on the steppe and in the Forcinn and the Moorish frontiers. This is a real war that's coming. We've never been in a full-scale battle. And that's coming— real generals, real armies, real battles. And everything's going to come at once— Wencit and Alaric Morgan, Rhydon and Stefan Coram and the Hand of Camber people. This summer is where everything starts."

Michael Gordon shrugs. "So you're not a general and you're not a swordsman. So bloody what? You're good at what you are— you can shoot a horseman's bow, you're good at reconnaissance. You're smarter than most people— at least when you're not overthinking everything. I mean, get more arrows and keep practicing. You'll get to put Torenthi down soon enough, and maybe Morgan's people too. But, look— these days, you need to focus on what you're good at. Maps, intelligencers' reports, knowing what's over the next hill and what's coming down the road. The queen has blades— good ones, too. I'd never want to cross steel with Colforth or al-Fayturi. What she needs is you telling her what's out there on the horizon. Can you just do that? Wencit's coming, and I'm goddamned if I'll get killed because you can't accept what you're good at and what you're not. I say we go drinking, and then I say that we get ready for a war. Play to your strengths. That's evergreen advice. Do what you're good at and don't get me killed. Don't get yourself killed, either."
#15
Chat Logs / KK Chat -- 10 March 2024
Last post by DesertRose - March 10, 2024, 07:47:11 PM
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:40:51 PM EDT] Join web53 has joined this channel.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:00 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hope it is healing, Bee
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:07 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> March is supposed to come in like a lion. So far it is living up to its rep, finally stopped raining but the wind is howling
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:12 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:17 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi KK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:19 PM EDT] Nick web53 is now known as KK.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:29 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was hoping the couple of volts through a port wasn't a suggestion for healing the cut finger. 😉
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:35 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi KK!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:41 PM EDT] <bynw> Hi KK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:43 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Electric band-aid
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I was hoping to get a ridefrom fellowmembers, butthey weren't home. And tha cab phone was bussy.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:49 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:50 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Ow
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:41:57 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, all. Sorry I'm late.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:42:00 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hello KK!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:42:20 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> The only time electricity should be applied to a body is when the heart isn't kicking like it oughta.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:42:21 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We're glad you are here
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:42:28 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> KK is here. The hijinks can now commence
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:42:54 PM EDT] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> does happy dance
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:00 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello KK, I just remember there was a time change
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:02 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> KK, we decided that your computer was having trouble adjusting to the time change. We've been kvetching about DST.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:08 PM EDT] <KK> My computer didn't want to wake up. so I had to restart it.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:30 PM EDT] <bynw> that will do the trick
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:32 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I have foono food in it. i cut my finger trying to adjust the blades.d chopper that only works when there's
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:49 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Bee, are you okay?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:43:58 PM EDT] <The_Bee> My keyboard like to re-write my sentences.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:44:03 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Ah, okay.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:44:06 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Rented keyboard.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:44:09 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Cheeky keyboard
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:44:26 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Keyboards do that kind of stuff
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:44:57 PM EDT] <The_Bee> physically okay, a bit down over missing the potluck and not being at church in person today.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:45:09 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Just got my tomatos, strawberries and basil planted. Love working outside when the weather starts to warm up
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:45:10 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I sometimes think mine is haunted
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:45:19 PM EDT] <KK> Actually, I was looking at some of the gowns at pre-Oscar. Many grotesque outfits, but also some very beautiful sea-aqua ones.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:45:24 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Literal ghosts in the machine.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:45:51 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Yup
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:46:02 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hard to get excited about the Oscars when you haven't seen any of the movies
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:46:07 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I will have to check out the attire. Love pretty dresses
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:46:34 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Pretty yes, grotesque no
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:46:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I've missed a longstring of Sandays. My new ebike battery is supposed to came tomorrow, so it won't be such a struggle to go anywhere. I just hope the battery fits.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:46:52 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Nothing like a good grimace and a laugh
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:46:54 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> @laurnarose , about the rumpled sky? Explain
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:47:24 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> BEE are you getting your battery finally, that is great
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:47:38 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Rumple=Rumble as in Thunder
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:47:48 PM EDT] <KK> The robins are back from their winter hiatus, and also a cardinal or two, and weeping willow in the back is greening up. Spring is sprung, though we can still have some some winter. There were tiny snowflakes or ice bits swirling around when I went out to get the paper and yesterday's mail.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:48:33 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Does your church have any volunteer group that provide rides to church. Our church does.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:48:35 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Cool about the tiny snowflakes. Meaning COLD
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:48:54 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> It has been above zero for weeks in Tilden Lake--unheard of weather!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:49:21 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> We had small hail when I was talking about the Rumble in the sky two days ago.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:49:51 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I saw a facebook post from a niece who's fighting cancer. She was waiting for her bone marrow transplant to get to work.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:49:59 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I was fascinated by the idea of a rumpled sky
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:50:02 PM EDT] <KK> It isn't really that cold today, but there've been intermittent bursts of heavy wind.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:51:52 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm fairly sure it got to the low 70s here today, but it's back down in the high 50s now
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:52:18 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> 65Ftoday
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:52:30 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It was a welcome sunny day after several days of rain and/or clouds and drizzle
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:52:36 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> We hit the mid-fifties, it was great
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:52:45 PM EDT] <The_Bee> 46f here
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:52:48 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi Nezz
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:53:00 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi Nezz
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:53:07 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Nezz
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:53:10 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Nez
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:53:28 PM EDT] <KK> It's 34 here.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:53:46 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> 34 is far too cold for me
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:53:56 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We had downpours Monday and Weds with flooding. Rain again yesterday . Finally stopped
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:54:24 PM EDT] <The_Bee> rain last week, clearer this week
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:55:07 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Still pleasant and warm in Florida
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:55:16 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> NICE
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:55:27 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> We had a ferocious thunderstorm last night but yeah, today it's been beautiful.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:55:39 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Lucky you. Are you back in Florida?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:55:52 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Most of the bad weather has gone north of Melbourne
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:56:03 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes, for a couple more months
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:56:10 PM EDT] <The_Bee> global warming
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:56:17 PM EDT] <bynw> it's going to be 70 tomorrow (too bad it couldn't have been that nice yesterday)
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:57:29 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We've been getting nice days during the week and storms on weekends. Would like that pattern to change
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:58:14 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I hate when that happens
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:59:05 PM EDT] <The_Bee> The weather-gnomes think weekends are the ideal time for rain.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:59:20 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Darn gnomes
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:59:37 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Bad gnomes
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [7:59:53 PM EDT] <bynw> yummy my lovely wife is going to bring me some warm applecrisp a la mode that she made for my bd :)
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:00:05 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We've had our whole months average rainfall already
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:00:06 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yum!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:00:18 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Sharing is authorized
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:00:27 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yum to apple crisp, not to lots of rain
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:00:42 PM EDT] <The_Bee> 9 feet of snow in California??!!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:00:46 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Love apple crisp. I made one last Thursday
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:01:05 PM EDT] <bynw> its one of my favorite deserts
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:01:26 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Birthday BYNW
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:01:28 PM EDT] <bynw> for a long time, even when i was a kid
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:01:44 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Apple crisp would be delicious
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:02:02 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Happy birthday bynw. Enjoy your crisp
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:02:14 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Happy natal anniversary
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:02:51 PM EDT] <The_Bee> How many different names can you think of for apple desserts? apple fritter,s apple pie, apple ambrosia, apple brown betty...
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:03:14 PM EDT] <chris> https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/R5sJxcYO/1710115391.JPG
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:03:19 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Apple crisp
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:03:21 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> You are making me hungry
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:03:39 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> That looks so yummy
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:04:38 PM EDT] <bynw> it ␂IS␂ yummy
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:05:50 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> No fair, Just the look and my mouth is watering
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:05:56 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I know bynw is busy eating his crisp. Where did everyone else go?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:06:03 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Dude, at least summon the mop bot if you're going to make us all drool over your birthday dessert!!! 🤣
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:06:26 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:08:06 PM EDT] <DeryniBot> *grumbles and goes and gets the mop bucket*
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:08:22 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> OH?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:08:38 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Good one
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:08:39 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:08:47 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> KK, there's a Facebook group devoted Fantasy books of all sorts, and in The last few days, the Deryni books have come up several times, and hundreds of people joined in agreeing that they loved the books.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:09:08 PM EDT] <KK> Apple crisp, or almost any fruit crisp, is yummy, especially with vanilla ice cream.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:09:17 PM EDT] <The_Bee> What's the group's name?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:09:36 PM EDT] <KK> Good to know, stnezz.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:10:21 PM EDT] <bynw> and now it's all gone :)
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:10:23 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Several commenters have said (in addition to the praise of the books) that they've met you and you are a lovely human, which we all know, but I figured it was worth passing on the kind words.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:10:52 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Have met KK; can confirm. 😄
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:10:59 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> i enjoyed reading the comments
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:05 PM EDT] <bynw> too bad it's probably against the rules of the group to point them to the forum
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:08 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Nezz, share the name of the group please
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:11 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Probably/
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:20 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1216538917038325800/image0.jpg?ex=6600c128&is=65ee4c28&hm=4a59cfac6d8f12b857a6e095080521d1129aa8501e9898d181d7a750e975e3e6&;
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:20 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Probably
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:32 PM EDT] Quit The_Bee (47e9baf5@CCN-E3342F99.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) has left this server (Quit: Client closed).
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:11:55 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Thank you
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:12:01 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Someone could just say there is a group named after Kelson's castle that love to chat about the kingdoms
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:12:06 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFaction
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:12:19 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> It's the promo that's likely a problem, Laurna. Unfortunately.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:12:27 PM EDT] Join web21 (47e9baf5@CCN-E3342F99.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:12:39 PM EDT] Nick web21 is now known as Bee.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:13:06 PM EDT] <Bee> Help! I'm in the wrongchatroom1
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:13:17 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> bee we see you
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:13:19 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> What do you mean, Bee?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:13:20 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> No, you're still here Bee.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:13:57 PM EDT] <Bee> Thanks! clicked on a link and couldn't find my way gack.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:14:12 PM EDT] <Bee> back
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:14:39 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you really were in the wrong chatroom somehow, we wouldn't have been able to see you call for help
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:14:44 PM EDT] <Bee> Can you give me the Facebook fantasy group's name agin?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:15:25 PM EDT] Quit Bee (47e9baf5@CCN-E3342F99.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) has left this server (Quit: Client closed).
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:15:43 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Gotta watch those links
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:15:47 PM EDT] Join web5 (47e9baf5@CCN-E3342F99.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:16:11 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I guess everyone went to look at the page and got lost coming back
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:16:11 PM EDT] Nick web5 is now known as The_Bee_Again.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:16:41 PM EDT] <bynw> you can just use The_Bee or whatever you like. You keep closing your connection to the chat
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:16:46 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> I think you're right, laurnarose.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:17:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> I'm not sure what I'm doing to close the chat.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:18:14 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> I just clicked on a link, and the chat vanished.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:18:23 PM EDT] <bynw> Bee. you are probably clicking on a link.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:18:45 PM EDT] <bynw> If you click on a link in chat, your webbrowser will goto that page overriding the chat page.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:18:57 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> it was the link someone entered about the facebook group.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:19:06 PM EDT] <bynw> try RIGHT clicking and see if there is an option to open in a new tab or window
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:20:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> I've had no problem clicking links in chat before. Has the system been updated?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:21:05 PM EDT] <bynw> nope. but your browser may have been
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:21:26 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> darn firefox!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:21:46 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> right-click where?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:21:55 PM EDT] <bynw> on the link
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:22:17 PM EDT] <bynw> instead of the usual left click, put your mouse pointer on the link and right click
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:22:39 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I finally closed out my IRC account because I have not used it in a year. I am now solely on Discord
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:23:03 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> #Deryni_Destinations? I tried that. nothing about a new window.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:23:17 PM EDT] <bynw> ok
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:23:24 PM EDT] <bynw> just a possible option
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:23:52 PM EDT] Join bynw-test (4ba29882@5C499940.C3EC1FB0.5A7DC712.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:24:01 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> next week I'll go back to microsoft or Google.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:24:22 PM EDT] <KK> My computer just played me a little tune, then went awa. Go figure.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:24:45 PM EDT] * bynw is testing. https://anlarye.net
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:24:51 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Gremlins
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:25:00 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> Was it a tuneful tune? or qwere you just facing the music?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:25:01 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh no KK. It doesn't like going to other web pages either
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:25:40 PM EDT] Quit bynw-test (4ba29882@5C499940.C3EC1FB0.5A7DC712.IP) has left this server (Quit: Client closed).
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:26:11 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I See Jerusha's last post about Gremlins but is no one else from Discord talking
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:26:40 PM EDT] <bynw> i haven't seen anything come across from discord
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:26:44 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm on Discord, but have been distracted for the last couple of minutes
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:00 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Apparently Bywn is not seeing us again
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:11 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I'm still ion discord
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:12 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I see you, Laurna
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:21 PM EDT] <bynw> i see the chats from discord
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:24 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Me took
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:29 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> good so we see each other but it is not going to discod
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:33 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> And me
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:34 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I mean IRC
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:35 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Too
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:27:56 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> I see evie, dfk, laurnarose
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:28:04 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> OK GOOD thanks
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:28:06 PM EDT] <bynw> it's going to IRC
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:28:19 PM EDT] <bynw> i dont see that we lost anything
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:28:54 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm sorry that graphic messed everyone up. I'm not at home so I couldn't find the name of that Facebook group easily.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:29:22 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> nothing lost except our minds
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:29:41 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Nothing important, then. 🙂
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:29:41 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> we can all find a path home eventually
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:29:50 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> FantasyForward?
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:30:53 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> IIRC
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:32:05 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Fantasy-Faction
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:32:15 PM EDT] <bynw> and i checked that groups rules. self promotion is not allowed so no posting of websites. could potentially ask the mods for permission though
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:32:18 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> ThT's the name of the group
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:32:29 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> ah! thanks!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:33:06 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> I'll check it out later.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:33:08 PM EDT] <bynw> Bee, i tested out the links in the chat. it was working fine in firefox since i use that browser mysel for most things.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:33:45 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> If you go to FB and at the top of the page type in Fantasy Faction it comes up first
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:33:49 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> Thanks. I guess my problem must remain a mystery.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:34:14 PM EDT] <bynw> would have to see it to know what's going on
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:35:12 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> OK, DFK. That I know how to do.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:36:26 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Think I'm going to toddle off. Have several things to do before bed and an early appt. Have a good week everyone. See you next Sunday.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:36:42 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Have a nice week DFK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:36:44 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Have a good week, DFK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:01 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I should go as well. Everyone have a good week!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:07 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Cya dfk
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:23 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Enjoy your Florida weather Jerusha,
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:30 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I will!
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:33 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> See y'all later
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:35 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> You must be missing your home by now
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:49 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Nope. 🙂
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:52 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bye J
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:54 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> nighter, Jerusha
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:37:57 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL Good to hear
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:38:22 PM EDT] <bynw> night DFK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:38:37 PM EDT] <bynw> night Jerusha
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:38:37 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> goodbye and good week to you all
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:38:45 PM EDT] <KK> G'night to those who are leaving.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:39:26 PM EDT] * bynw never leaves (for long) just goes and looks at other screens
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:40:47 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I still have daylight so I think I will go do my walk around the block. Catch you all later.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:41:03 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Later, Laurna
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:41:11 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> enjoylaurna your walk,
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:41:17 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Thanks
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:41:38 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And I think I am going to grab some of the dinner that is calling my name really loudly.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:41:54 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Enjoy, Evie
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:42:08 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> After the apple crisp I think we all go the hunger bug
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:42:33 PM EDT] * The_Bee_Again 's computer is channeling Yoda.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:42:37 PM EDT] <KK> In that case, there's a Klondike calling my name. I don't have any crisp in the house.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:42:50 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Good enough
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:43:10 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Mmmm, Klondike...
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:43:27 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> mmm, ice cream
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:43:39 PM EDT] <bynw> klondikes are good too
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:43:46 PM EDT] * KK waves goodbye, steps onto her Portal, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:43:52 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Cya kk
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:43:53 PM EDT] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Good night KK
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:44:09 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters, all. Have a good week.
[Sunday, March 10, 2024] [8:44:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee_Again> nighters, KK1 good week andgood klondike
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#16
Birthday Wishes / Re: Happy Birthday, Bynw!
Last post by DesertRose - March 10, 2024, 05:59:28 PM
Happy belated!
#17
Birthday Wishes / Re: Happy Birthday, Bynw!
Last post by Bynw - March 10, 2024, 02:01:02 PM
Thanks all!
#18
Birthday Wishes / Re: Happy Birthday, Bynw!
Last post by Laurna - March 09, 2024, 05:05:40 PM
Happy Birthday Bynw.  Thank you for holding up the world we like to play in.
#19
Birthday Wishes / Re: Happy Birthday, Bynw!
Last post by Nezz - March 09, 2024, 04:42:28 PM
Happy birthday, young bynw! May the puppies be forever in your favor!
#20
Birthday Wishes / Re: Happy Birthday, Bynw!
Last post by DoctorM - March 09, 2024, 04:41:26 PM
Happy Birthday! It's good to have you as lord chamberlain here at the Castle!