ApolloImperium

January 11, 2012

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January 8, 2012

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January 8, 2012

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January 8, 2012

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January 8, 2012

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January 8, 2012

Apollo watched Foe drag Kelk and his girls off towards someone. She didn't see anyone that she thought she knew, so shrugged and turned to Bronx, "Author Panels you say? I think we might be able to do those, but the fun ones don't start until the evening. The day time ones are rather vanilla..."

Bronx snorted, "Vanilla? Well then what the hell is the point?"

"That's sorta what I said Bronx... On the other hand, we can go haunt the Exhibitor Halls over at the Marriott... There is this huge space between 'em and a bar a few levels up where a ton of people gather. We can people watch, see some awesome merch and maybe find a Sue or two..." Linking arms with Bronx, she headed towards the stairs to the level above the lobby, preferring to use the skywalk instead of trying to cross the street.

"Sounds like a plan, but any idea how we are going to disable the Sues with so many people around?"

Walking up the stairs, Apollo shrugged a shoulder, "Haven't quite made it that far yet... I'm sure between the two of us we'll figure something out."

Bronx nodded before pausing to take in a handsome young man dressed as an elf. Leaning into Apollo, she whispered, "Think Cal would notice if we sneaked him onto the ship...?"

Apollo laughed before tugging on Bronx's arm. Expertly, she navigated through the crowds before realizing something. "Shit! We don't have badges! I totally forgot about them!" Studying a nearby Con-goer with a weekend pass, she used her magic to ensure that all members of the party had badges, making sure that they appeared in a way that anyone watching would think they had just missed it before and used their pen names as nicknames. "There, much better. Wandering around wouldn't have been an issue, but you can't get into panels or halls with out them and after a certain hour, you have to have one to use the skywalks or even enter the hotels if you don't have keycards."

"Whoops! Ah well, shit happens," Bronx said pragmatically, following Apollo into the Marriott and out to the Atrium level. The crowd ebbed and flowed around them, a curious mix of people in various costumes and garb from every imaginable 'Verse, as well as people in street clothing. Near the railing that overlooked all the way down to the Marquis level, a Ken and Barbie in fake boxes were posing for pictures, while a steampunk group gathered around the bar, complete with a violinist with LED's that changed colors depending on the tune.

Bronx spun slowly, taking it all in before moving to the rail and looking down at the crowds below. "So many men, so little time... There has to be some time for fun, right?"

Grinning, Apollo pointed over at two men at the bar, one dressed only in a chainmaille loincloth and the other in a kilt. "It's like they were made for us, no?"

A feral grin on her face, Bronx walked towards them, a predatory swing in her scale clad hips. Apollo followed, using her powers just enough to make it seem as if she was floating across the floor, as opposed to walking on it.

"Hey boys... Whatever are you doing here with out a lovely lady or two?" Bronx just about purred, leaning into the one in chainmaille, a hand snaking down the bare chest, stopping just above the metal.

Apollo took up a place on the other side next to the kilted man, twitching the material, "And please tell me that you are going traditional under there... Cause I might have some blue ribbon here somewhere."

January 7, 2012

I can't add anything to what they have said... You and your father/family will be in my thoughts

January 6, 2012

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January 5, 2012

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January 4, 2012

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RogueMudblood · January 3, 2012

While I think DG was extremely polite and accurate in her response, please allow me to honestly question you here.

This is an original, so this means that the person worked hard to come up with their own world and characters, to develop a plotline of their own.

I understand it was for your private collection, but have you seen our Hall of Shame? We publicly shame and ban people who take other people's stories and post them - EVEN when the reason is just that they wanted to share so more people can see it.

Would you go to a library, read a book, decide you like it and just photocopy the entire book so you could keep it?? I'm going to guess your answer is no, you wouldn't as that would be most decent people's answer. So if you wouldn't do that to a published author from a library, why would you disrespect one of our authors in such a manner? Just because they decided to share it on an archive for free doesn't make it any less theirs or deserving of any less respect from the readers, so pardon me while I say shame on you.

pittwitch · January 3, 2012

Cap'n Melissa Wood Egbert

Remember when....

Checking out at the grocers recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So, what did we have back then…?

After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, pop bottles and beer bottles to the shop. The shop sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. So, they really were recycled. But, we didn't have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocers and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two streets. But, she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of London. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send thru the post, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But, isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

Found this on FB, got a kick out of it - I'm not old enough to have done it all, but I remember some of it!

January 3, 2012

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January 2, 2012

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January 2, 2012

Wow! Thanks Vireyda!! We hope you enjoy them too!

January 2, 2012

Once Cal started the trip to bring them back to D*C verse, Apollo explained where they were going. "It's the start of Labor Day weekend back in our Verse, which means Dragon*Con is starting." She shuddered delicately, "And while I love Dragon*Con because of the cosplay aspect, it's ripe with Sues. Foe and I have been a few times and we tend to take out a handful, but we don't make much of a dent. With a group this size, we may be able to get a decent number this year."

Moving to the controls, she pulled up a map of the convention area. "The Con is held in these 5 hotels. The Sheraton is along Courtland here, a few blocks back on Courtland is the Hilton, across from the Hilton is the Marriott, then across from that is the Hyatt. That is on Peachtree, down a few blocks on Peachtree is the Weston basically they form a 'U' with the Sheraton and Weston being the tops of it," She pointed at each hotel in turn. "All the panels and halls are in these buildings, but the entire area for a few blocks either way tends to be filled with Con goers.

Now the tricky part here is that this is a convention and people do cosplay, which means we will have to be extra careful when trying to determine if it's a Sue or a cosplayer. Also, more than anything we have to stay low key. These are mortals, in the real world, a majority of them have no idea what a Sue is, but Sue's love it for one very simple reason. Sue's feed off of adoration and there are hundreds of people at D*C that snap pictures constantly of those in costume, and usually the photographers go on and on about how they love the garb - Making it the perfect feeding ground. Foe has found that after the convention Sues back in their own worlds tend to be stronger than normal after the, for lack of a better word, adoration orgy."

Suddenly, Sanura came awake with a scream, "PUBLISHER!!!"

The group turned to her en masse. Apollo raised a brow, "Pardon? Are you okay? You've been so exhausted recently..."

Foe came over the intercom, where he'd apparently been listening into the conversation. "Publishers are no fun, not something we ever want to run into honestly. They exist just to clean up Author messes, anything they touch goes into the eternal circular file, never again to see the light of day. The public wouldn't even know they existed. The only thing that escapes them is their own brain children, they alone have immunity." He walked into the room as he finished speaking, "Now where did you hear about Publisher's Sanura?"

She sat shivering, Jem stroking her back softly. "I was dozing on and off for the last few hours and it was in this dream I had." Explaining the dream in detail, it became obvious that she was in and out of wakefulness as Apollo was talking, as some of the dream interwove DA's reveal that Crane was still with them and the fact they were going to the convention.

Sanura apologized for falling asleep on Apollo, who merely shrugged, "It's been a long couple of days honestly, so I understand. Did you get the run down of being careful to distinguish Sues?"

Sheepishly, Sanura shook her head. While Apollo was going back over it with her, Foe was looking at her strangely, trying to figure out where she had heard of Publishers, when he himself had only discovered them shortly before the group got together. Either way, it was a good thing for them to be aware of; he had honestly meant to mention it to them at some point, but the right time never seemed to have come.

Feeling Cal set down outside of Jonathon's lab, Apollo walked over to DA, "Come on hun, time to get him back to his Verse so he can become substantial again." Whereas before she thought she could see through him, there were most definitely holes in the now grey and white coloring. At least Foe had confirmed that once he was back in his own Verse Crane would once again return to living color, no worse for wear.

Cal opened the hatch politely for the women, understanding DA's concern and not wanting to add to it. "Just hurry guys, we got a convention to crash."

DA walked him inside and rested him on the couch before restoring him to full size. "I honestly didn't even think that being in the multidimensional space would affect him like this. And how does one forget you have a husband in your backpack?" she moaned, sinking to her knees beside him.

Not really sure how to respond, never having been married. Giving DA a few more moments, she held herself back from tapping her foot impatiently. "Hun, we gotta go, the Con is already underway, we need to get there ASAP. I have a feeling we may have already missed Friday."

DA whirled, temper flaring, "He isn't getting any better Apollo! Do you honestly think I'm going to leave him here looking like this and just spirit away to somewhere else?"

"First off, we've only been here maybe 10 minutes, it took days for that to happen, do you honestly think it would reverse itself that fast? The way I see it, you can stay here where Bruce knows you've been and deal with him or you can come back with us and kill some Sue's to work out some of that agression. Which is it going to be? Cause in 5 seconds I'm walking back to Cal and we are leaving. You're either with us or not." Apollo fired back matter-of-factly.

DA glanced back at her husband for a moment, the fight going out of her as she realized there would be hell to pay if she stayed and Bruce found her at Jonathon's side. She didn't say a word, instead stalked back to Cal and headed straight to her room, throwing over her shoulder, "Just tell me when we get there and I'll kill for ya boss."

Shaking her head, Apollo headed to the galley for some much needed coffee. She'd just taken her first sip of the rich Columbian blend when she heard a syncronized thud thud, followed by the sound of metal crushing metal. Rushing to one of the ports, she looked outside only to see a full sized, 7 story tall Walker from Star Wars reflected back at her in the windows of the Hilton. "CAL! WHAT DID YOU DO?"

"Aw shit... I think I just crushed the Delorean..." Came the reply.

January 2, 2012

Prompt: Flagellum (flagella)