War Is Coming Communications.

If anyone naked tries to hug me and it's not Finnick coming back, or Johanna, I will stab them. Just so you know.


Why do the stores have so many heart-shaped things?

Okay. Couple of things.

First. What's Valentine's Day? I've seen things posted for it everywhere.

Second. Would people like to go to Disneyland with me on the 21st? I want to meet Disney me.

The tried and tested definition of insanity, is doing the same thing over and over again whilst expecting different results. But that's not what insanity is. I call that practice. Repeat, repeat, repeat and you will only get better. Keep moving. Even if it's in circles, just -- keep moving.

So I guess, in the face of lost friends and loved ones. In the face of sadness and despair. Just keep moving.

Insanity is stagnation. Insanity is standing in one spot and expecting the environment around you to change. Insanity isn't doing the same thing; it's doing nothing.

But [...] what would I know about madness?

[Regina

[OOC: So this morning, Regina would find the following left on the first floor of her home, just outside the cellar door. There's no note. But I suppose there doesn't really need to be, does there?

The seal took Greg away.

Hence the storm. Anyone want to come with me, I'm going to try and talk her down but I'm not...It's not my forte

So, Alicia had mentioned a very interesting and fun looking sport recently. Or fun looking to me at least. Zorbing. It is basically like this. Anyone I know that would be interested in that? She's setting up a date, time and place, so anyone who'd want me to drive them there. Let me know and I'll pass it on.

[Kirk + Greaves House]
Kirk, did you want to go too? Or possibly anyone else in the apartments who'd like to tag along, I don't mind doing a carpool thing with multiple trips. Oh.. and I think a dinner was discussed concerning use of the Trek food replicator. Sounds quite intriguing and can hardly wait to see how awesome that thing works.

But anyone who may want to zorb, leave your name and I'll pass it on to Alicia Spinnet when I talk to her next. Or could comment to her directly, either option may be workable. I'm good at lists though

I'm going to need a job.

Is anyone hiring ghosts?

At least the Christmas decorations are starting to come down. I imagine I'll have to wait until July until people stop putting on their lights...

i've heard talk of there being other pirates on the internet. where are they and how do i communicate with them?

No, no no no no no

This can't be happening.

[Filtered to: Graham, David, Ruby, Belle, Rumple, and Jefferson]

Well that was an amusing load of drivel if I've ever read one.

Now. Who wants to go out for dinner? My treat. Jefferson, we can bring the kids, we just don't tell them there's any reason for it. If you want.

[Filtered to Snow]

I wish I could understand.
I've tried. I've really tried.
After everything, how can you possibly
Do I not matter at all? Can you truly forgive her after
I needed a mother. For so long, I needed you and you
You lost your mom, how could you forgive someone who made me lose you

I have to say even after being here for a few months, it's...odd being out of Storybrooke. And not having my memories wiped of who I am

[OOC: pretend this is posted at like 7 tonight okay!]


today, mom and graham had date night so aislinn and i are with aunt lois and mr clark--DO I GET TO CALL HIM UNCLE CLARK?--and we went to the pool and swam some and then we went to this fun restaurant and it had a ball pit, uncle dick. and we played in the ball pit and you were right! he did love it! i guess you never get too old for ball pits because he's like older and still likes them, right?

but now mom and graham you can’t come home for like 2 more hours because aunt lois got aislinn to sleep in the playpen and we’re gonna watch wreck it ralph so keep having fun!

and here are some pictures so far from florida!

( Cut )

RUMPLESTILTSKIN JUST BECAUSE IT IS SCIENCE BASED DOES NOT MEAN ITS POINTLESS AND DOOMED TO BECOME OBSELETE

I believe that I was told this was capslocking and was to be used sparingly. But I don't think the guide appreciates the eyerolling my love

So everyone knows, Saturday the 16th is Henry's birthday. We'll be spending the day with his school friends playing paintball (someone please tell me I'm not going to regret this). Displaced children are absolutely welcome to join us as well, and I hope you all will!

[Filtered Against Henry (and still evil, too, okay??)]

Then on Sunday afternoon, we'll be gathering at our house. Henry has no idea, he thinks it's just a birthday dinner with those of us from Storybrooke, but I'd like any of his Lawrence friends to be there. I know it's St. Paddy's Day but I hope those of you he's closest to will take a few hours from your green beer and come have dinner and cake and some games with him. I think he'd love to see many of you there. I don't have to tell any of you how very special he is.

[Regina]

If, and only if, it's all right with Henry, would you like to spend a few hours with him before his party on Saturday? You did raise him for ten years, you should probably I'd have to put down ground rules and conditions, I'm sure you can understand that, but I don't want to stand in the way entirely.

[Jefferson]

Given what you just went through, I'd understand if you didn't want to let go of Grace for a minute. But we'd love to have her there, and I know Henry adores her. You'd be welcome to come along if it would make you feel better.

[Storybrooke+Dick+Lois+Clark-Regina]

Also, Disney World. Universal. Sea World. One week. Nope, none of you get a say in the matter, all expenses paid. We deserve a chance to relax after everything that just happened.

papa do you know how long i have to stay in the medbay?

also i'm sorry i couldn't take better care of emily. is she okay now ms ruby and mr sam?

Who wants to tell me about Regina's mommy issues and how the hell I'm supposed to convince her I am, in fact, not her mother? Hallucinations I can deal with. Magic hallucinations....well, they don't train you for that in med school.

I want her back.

I've done nothing to you. Give her back.

idontsthionsghow

i dont think nightlee likes me.

So Maleficent isn’t just a one media kinda bitch. Back a ways, the Final Fantasy guys did a game with Disney called Kingdom Hearts. It turned into a series, but I only played the first two. Maleficent was one of the main villains, sort of the leader of the Disney side of villainy. She was also a boss you fight twice in the first game, once in her human-ish form and once as a fucking dragon.

Now some people think this isn’t going to come to a fight. I don’t really believe that. So it stands to reason that if we have to fight her, and even if by some miracle we don’t have to, we should know what she can do. Well, we covered the dragon thing but we also have lots of other ground to cover. I don’t know much about classic fairytales or Disney movies, but I can tell you about the video game. There were two fights with her, one in her human form and one in her dragon form.

FIGHT ONE
TELEKINESIS. Oh god, the telekinesis.
FIRE MAGIC. Obviously, but not breathing it. She turns into a ball of it a couple times during the fights and sort of explodes a couple times to do damage if you’re in close.
DARK MAGIC. I mean dark in the elemental sense, not the moral sense. Void/space/gravity, for those that don’t play as many video games. She seems to be able to use this to mimic some other elemental effects. Or maybe combine it with them.
MINION SUMMONING. This could have just been the game being a game, but thinking about it, she mentioned minions to me back during the first banter I had with her before I knew who she was. So maybe not.

Here’s a video I found of FIGHT ONE. There’s some cutscene stuff at the beginning and end. If you just want to see the fight, you’ll want to skip ahead to about 3:29, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to watch the bits before it to get an idea of her personality.

FIGHT TWO: THE DRAGONING
FIRE BREATH.
TOUGH HIDE, AS IF SHE WERE SOME KIND OF GIANT REPTILE.
THE DESTRUCTIVE CAPABILITY OF A GIANT REPTILE.
VERY BIG CLAWS AND TEETH.
REALLY FUCKING BIG. Sensing a pattern here?

Here’s a video of FIGHT TWO. The fight starts at 2:39, but again, not a bad idea to watch some of the stuff before it. In fact, watching it gave me a couple of ideas…

FIGHT PREP
It’s going to come down to a fight. I know people want to hope it won’t, but it always does. So what can we do to try and prepare? I had some thoughts.

ANTI-FIRE STUFF: In the game, there’s accessories you can equip that protect against fire damage. Can we mimic that in reality? I’m thinking enchanted armor, or clothes, or whatever works best. Magic-types, can this be done? If so, what do you need and how long do you need? This is probably going to be pretty vital, so if you need special stuff or whatever, I’m sure a lot of us would be willing to pitch in on getting it.

SPECIAL WEAPONS: In the movie, the guy uses an enchanted sword. In the game, you’ve got the Keyblade, which is a kind of…it’s best to think of it as a magic sword shaped like a key. I could try and explain it better, but it’s sort of silly and only makes sense in a Disney thing. I don’t know if special/legendary/magic weapons are necessary or not, but it probably wouldn’t hurt. I happen to have one, but it’s all mace-shaped and I’m thinking bludgeoning her to death shouldn’t be plan A unless we have a damn good way to immobilize her and keep her that way. Anybody else have any? And again, magic-types, how feasible would it be to whip up some more?

GETTING HER VULNERABLE: On this post Lois said something about not being able to kill her in human form. Bad news. EDIT: Hal suggested making her transform. That’s part of why I picked the second video. There were shorter ones without the cutscene bits, but that one kind of gave me an idea about the “make her transform” thing. The guy in the thing uses a dark Keyblade (again, don’t ask) to “unlock her heart”, which is…more silly Disney stuff, but it got me thinking. What did that do? Power overload, it seems like. But it also seemed like she wasn’t forced to change, like she just went FUCK IT I AM FULL OF DARK LET’S TAKE OFF THE KID GLOVES. So he “unlocks her heart” and all of a sudden she’s having a powergasm and flipping out like a kid on Christmas. So maybe we could push her into it somehow, dicking with her emotions or making her feel like she’s already won or something. Thoughts?

…Wow, that got longer than I thought it would. Huh. But here you go, folks.

ETA: Okay, so after talking to people I realized we should also have a list of people willing/able to fight a dragon. If anyone has experience in the field of killing dragons, we'd really love to hear from you. I'll add names to this list as I get 'em, so keep them coming.

DRAGONSLAYERS
Hal: Mostly swords, muskets, more modern if needed.
Kevin: Maces, swords, some staff work.
Mal: Guns and swords.
Spike: Swords.
Anakin: Lightsabers.
Allison: Bows.
Charlie: Pyrokinesis.
Elle: Electrokinesis.
Robin: Sword and bows.
Harry: Sword.
Captain Becker: EMD and other guns.