tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post2379889696792944753..comments2023-10-17T00:34:13.216-07:00Comments on The Magic Quill: 172. Sadie's Wine FlightRobbieFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-36468002473663183542010-05-11T20:06:13.171-07:002010-05-11T20:06:13.171-07:00Rigel opened his eyes with a start. He had someho...Rigel opened his eyes with a start. He had somehow fallen asleep despite the near-constant danger he kept finding himself in. He studied his surroundings trying to evaluate what had awoken him. Everything looked normal, except - aha! - a small mouse near the far wall. Rigel puzzled over the likelihood of a timid little mouse waking him up, but gave the creature another look. It was staring at him far too intently. They didn't normally do that did they? It approached Rigel. Was that normal? Are mice always so calm in the face of potential danger? Rigel stood up and backed away in fear - an instinctual fear - just in time for the mouse to attack!<br />Rigel opened his eyes with a start.Emryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232567639276230232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-64587501562796429782010-05-11T19:59:45.063-07:002010-05-11T19:59:45.063-07:00Survey: Troll.
Contest: I watch too much Chuck, s...Survey: Troll.<br /><br />Contest: I watch too much Chuck, so I'm stuck on his dream sequences from the most recent episode. Let me think on that.Emryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232567639276230232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-88581451135055789562010-05-09T11:20:40.481-07:002010-05-09T11:20:40.481-07:00Bear with me again, friends. I'm wrapping up a...Bear with me again, friends. I'm wrapping up a season with the local symphony chorus (we've been singing Vaughan Williams's "Sea Symphony" this weekend) & hopefully I will be more blessed with creative-writing time after this weekend!RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-53554094436012061462010-05-09T02:48:22.672-07:002010-05-09T02:48:22.672-07:00A chamber pot indeed! Maybe it's a portkey to...A chamber pot indeed! Maybe it's a portkey to the "room of requirement". Or somewhere else.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-46963425461037127152010-05-09T01:41:58.513-07:002010-05-09T01:41:58.513-07:00Thanks, Greyniffler, for sharing that poem. Had al...Thanks, Greyniffler, for sharing that poem. Had almost forgotten. <br />As for LC and Sir R, Ironic indeed! : -)<br /><br />Well, we're experts on being underwater around here now, so I just wanted to add:<br />Maybe Rigel's dream includes a prolonged search for a "chamber pot"?TWZRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169033110387022829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-27388123574424612992010-05-01T03:26:09.741-07:002010-05-01T03:26:09.741-07:00it would be, shall we say, very ironic...it would be, shall we say, very ironic...Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-43008910098595168192010-04-30T06:24:07.538-07:002010-04-30T06:24:07.538-07:00Wouldn't it be funny if Shaharazad and Ironica...Wouldn't it be funny if Shaharazad and Ironica turned out to be the same person?Sir Read-a-Lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888413511710379778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-87721832439274744142010-04-11T10:50:24.915-07:002010-04-11T10:50:24.915-07:00Rigel opened the door and found himself on a sunny...Rigel opened the door and found himself on a sunny beach in California ca. 1950-60. All around were Beach Boys tunes, surf boards and hot babes in bikinis. Rigel looked down at his own body and found he was wearing a colorful pair of bathing trunks. Grabbing a surf board he dove into the waves, paddled out and caught a magnificent swell and was riding the wave...<br /><br /><br />Rigel opened his eyes, opened the door and found himself in a rancid disgusting pool of sewage. He detected a puddle of long overdone magic potion. Hmmmm... Looking around trying not to gag because of the stench he saw a grimy old sign that said "The Drains".Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-20458244085681027492010-04-05T19:35:14.500-07:002010-04-05T19:35:14.500-07:00Rigel opened his eyes with a a start.
Cold air st...Rigel opened his eyes with a a start.<br /><br />Cold air stung his eyes and raked his face. He clutched in the dark for the broomstick handle he knew must be in front of him. His hands closed on something bony and leathery. He felt, rather than saw, a soot-black head turn back toward him, caught the glint of a bloodshot eye regarding him happily.<br /><br />A thestral! How had he ended up on the back of a thestral? Before he could remember, they were cut off from the world by dirty smoke, filled with orange and black smudges.<br /><br />"I should be smelling this," thought Rigel, and his nostrils recalled the source, the ruins of a long-forgotten Potions assignment. "At least I know where it's coming from," he thought.<br /><br />Rigel awoke with a start.<br /><br />(About 110 words, not counting the framing sentences.)greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-33689898110353356802010-04-03T02:23:53.486-07:002010-04-03T02:23:53.486-07:00Sorry I missed that last chapter's contest. It...Sorry I missed that last chapter's contest. It would have been fun; I've just been too overworked to visit. <br />Anyway, loved the new chaps. Great tour of the city's hot spots!<br /><br />OK. Rigel seems to be in the water a good deal lately. He might as well learn Mermish. (although I'll admit as much as he's underground, that might suggest Goblin encounters, too).<br /><br />now for that dream:<br />Rigel opened his eyes with a start, as a creeping cold came over his body. While snatching frantically for his wand to cast a Patronus, it occurred to the one unpanicked recess of his brain that Dementor cold had always felt dry before. In fact, he realized, he was lying on a completely soaked mattress, and the water was beginning to lap over the side of the bed. <br />Catching up his wand from the night stand just as it began to float away, he shook his head, trying to wake enough to understand his predicament; which caused the now floating mattress to rock violently. <br /><< at this point, the bed transforms into a tippy boat, his wand into an oar. Rigel should get swirled into the sea or sewer or some such until he wakes to find there really is water around him.TWZRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169033110387022829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-75168418642033940362010-04-02T08:01:51.006-07:002010-04-02T08:01:51.006-07:00You may have noticed that I changed the name of Pr...You may have noticed that I changed the name of Prof. Hummelschmier to Humdinger. I made the change today while uploading this chapter onto MuggleNet. I thought it made the joke a little funnier. Second thoughts are nothing new. I now wish I had titled this chapter "Humdinger's Kneazle." But, as Pontius Pilate remarked on the day Christians commemorate today, "What I have written I have written."RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-10224785313152208022010-03-31T21:03:57.016-07:002010-03-31T21:03:57.016-07:00And of course, the realty will be that the strange...And of course, the realty will be that the stranger is speaking Troll.Sir Read-a-Lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888413511710379778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-73578768352387465292010-03-31T21:03:07.169-07:002010-03-31T21:03:07.169-07:00Creeak.
Rigel opened his eyes with a start.
Someon...Creeak.<br />Rigel opened his eyes with a start.<br />Someone was opening the door.<br />"Gobldoecaodk!"<br />"I'm sorry, I don't speak Gobbledegook," Rigel said.<br /><br />"Gobldoecaodk!"<br />"I don't underst-"<br />"Gobldoecaodk!"<br />The stranger lifted his wand, and Rigel cowered down...<br /><br />Creeak.<br />Rigel opened his eyes with a start.<br />Someone was opening the door.<br />"Merreremer!"<br />"I'm sorry, I don't speak Mermish," Rigel said.<br /><br />"Merreremer!"...<br /><br />Creeak.<br />"më thoni se kush jeni!"<br />"I don't speak Albanian!"<br /><br />Creeak.<br />"kerro kuka olet!"<br /><br />Creeak.<br />"ütle mulle kes sa oled!"<br /><br />Creeak.<br />Creeak.<br />Creeak.<br />Rigel opened his eyes with a start.<br /><br /><br /><br />Or some similar repetitive dream about someone entering his room speaking different languages.Sir Read-a-Lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888413511710379778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-7476909657262256972010-03-31T20:40:01.433-07:002010-03-31T20:40:01.433-07:00Gobledegook is okay, and mermish is acceptable, bu...Gobledegook is okay, and mermish is acceptable, but if you want to have fun, Troll is the way to go.<br /><br />Remember: Anyone can speak troll. All they have to do is point and grunt.Sir Read-a-Lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888413511710379778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-45994036598857538392010-03-31T08:53:38.478-07:002010-03-31T08:53:38.478-07:00Didn't Rigel already have a goose-bumps experi...Didn't Rigel already have a goose-bumps experience with Gobledegook? It would be cruel sport to put him back through that. Aw, heck, go for it, Robby!greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-20370536435944135172010-03-31T02:58:55.685-07:002010-03-31T02:58:55.685-07:00It's interesting that you should have Sadie ba...It's interesting that you should have Sadie bagged so she can't use magic. The Portuguese version of the boogie man is the sack man (homen do saco) who catches children and throws them in his sack and takes them away, where? Who knows, but they are never seen again... ta ta ta dum...<br /><br />Mermish might be an interesting language to learn or Swahili.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-81741968062888626962010-03-30T16:15:47.446-07:002010-03-30T16:15:47.446-07:00I see you figured out what Hummerschmier's Kne...I see you figured out what Hummerschmier's Kneazle represents...RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-2021355430728835132010-03-30T04:51:16.159-07:002010-03-30T04:51:16.159-07:00I really got a kick out of that chapter Robbie! R...I really got a kick out of that chapter Robbie! Really made my day!<br /><br />I'll get back to you on the language.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-54847209037199989602010-03-30T03:40:58.101-07:002010-03-30T03:40:58.101-07:00Oops! Let's try THAT again. The site isn'...Oops! Let's try THAT again. The site isn't quite safe for work, but the article explains the basic principles involved: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/113/the-story-of-schroedingers-cat-an-epic-poemgreynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-17324324947295381872010-03-30T03:39:08.780-07:002010-03-30T03:39:08.780-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.com