“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
"I can see you happy in the shadows I despise..."
A tad lengthy... but that seriously kicked ass. Makes me pine for some early phantasy star.... sniff.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty much my reaction as well. "That's really smart! ...But long!"
ReplyDeleteI especially liked the NPCs saying the same stuff; you keep hoping there will be something new. I am getting the same thing going on in Dead Rising right now; I keep trying to hit Jessica up for a date, but she's only got the one line response.
I have not played Dead Rising, but I've watched it plenty and I can imagine what you're referring to.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of tracking games played, you should add your XBL tag widget to the right side. Unless there's an anonymity issue, of course...
You're right. I'll do it either here or in my LJ's userinfo. Thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteIf you figure out how to put it in your userinfo, let me know. I put it in the Bio section and it failed to appear - I think LJ doesn't want to allow the iframe tag.
ReplyDeleteIn the LiveJournal community "gamers" there are some people who have managed this pretty handily through a separate service: MyGamerCard.net - I have updated mine accordingly.
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