"Yea, same here....about this Brawl....you wanna help us out here?  How 'bout teaming up with us or somethin'....we could sure use a fella like you.", Buck extends a salute.

Quote from: ttagxamm;260821[Which way now?  To your right are the turnstiles and the tunnel leading to the front, to your left is the gate and ramp to the arena, with lounges branching off to either side before the ramp]

[OUT.  Right.  Tunnel.  Out.  Away.  Gone.  Tunnel.  OUT.]

Me too.

[JM cues Benny Hill theme, plans for chase scene involving bikini-clad doxies and orcs in bobbies' helmets...]

"Gosh", thinks Hobson,

"As per the movement rules on p22, no one can catch me."

Quote from: Coffee;260843"I, personally," Zarko says, raising his hand "would lean toward the whole staring at the stars kinda thing.

"But we've got this whole brawl thing to get through, first."

"The stars will wait, Zarko," chuckles the vobling.

Quote from: Rondo;260860"Yea, same here....about this Brawl....you wanna help us out here?  How 'bout teaming up with us or somethin'....we could sure use a fella like you." Buck extends a salute.

"There are many things about me you do not know anything about, Buck. Things you would not understand. Things you could not understand. Things you should not understand. I am a man who refuses to take things standing up."

Starshine rolls gracefully up into a mystical posture known as the Drooping Lotus, dropping his sunglasses down over his eyes. "This is this end, my friends, of our talk.  I cannot ride your bus; you must either challenge me or leave.  Ride the storm or walk on by?"

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!;260868[OUT.  Right.  Tunnel.  Out.  Away.  Gone.  Tunnel.  OUT.]

Quote from: Age of Fable;260871Me too.

Like a bowling ball chasing a runaway pin hobling scampers after conehead down the tunnel.  The Chief calls after for a moment then retreats into the locker room.

At the end of the tunnel you find yourselves back on the front lawn.  Food and drink stalls and gambling counters crowd right up against the walls of the Vulkin manse, and tents crowded with spectators overrun the front gardens.  Beyond the tents the lawn is a parking lot.

Pausing near the tunnel you both feel a bit conspicuous -- you are, after all, a hobling in a police uniform and The Warlock Who Almost Tore Biggie's Playhouse Down.

Quote from: Age of Fable;260877"Gosh", thinks Hobson, "As per the movement rules on p22, no one can catch me."

Even as he smiles at this thought Hobson hears a voice in his head reply, "Ah, but life is not merely something you read in a book, little hobling.  The stronger a fellow the longer he can run...and on a scale of one to twenty you rate only about a six."

Quote from: ttagxamm;260927Even as he smiles at this thought Hobson hears a voice in his head reply, "Ah, but life is not merely something you read in a book, little hobling.  The stronger a fellow the longer he can run...and on a scale of one to twenty you rate only about a six."

"And yet, fie on this pessimism" I think.

"With a nature as robotic as mine (and corresponding ability to give myself unpleasant orders) surely I can keep going through the pain like it ain't no thang."

"Hrmmph," grumbles the voice in Hobson's head, "I suppose there's no arguing with that, if you want to run yourself to exhaustion."

[That's good thinking, Fable!  If it's necessary to figure out a house rule for forced marches/extended running I'll definitely work that in!]

"Hmm...I dunno 'bout this "challenging you affair"", Buck looks over to Zarko and his eyebrows go up in confusion as he shrugs his shoulders with a , "now what?" expression.

Buck leans over and whispers to Zarko, "I say we hoof it...I don't see any point in messing with this guy..."

Quote from: Rondo;260978Buck leans over and whispers to Zarko, "I say we hoof it...I don't see any point in messing with this guy..."

"Yeah," Zarko replies. "I'm with you."

He straightens out and bows with respect toward Starshine.

"It was a pleasure to have met you, and I wish you well in the Brawl."

"Take it easy, brothers," nods Starshine, "and remember: When in doubt, get horizontal."

The Tenmen play on.

[more tonight.]

(Good call, Zarko...well played)

Quote from: Rondo;261045(Good call, Zarko...well played)

Thank you!