Downtown Khazan: Ice Cold Utopia

[Dark Soul # 7]

Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba's had a revelation about Ippo. Will he renounce his cockblocking ways and accept Ippo as a suitable match for Kumi? Would that actually push that relationship to go ANYWHERE!?

[bruceleegreyhulk]

[Alvacron]

Hi. can I join in?
EDIT: bc I would like to see where this goes

[The Dog]

Hi. can I join in?
EDIT: bc I would like to see where this goes

Sure you can. This is just a thread where you post basically any nonsense you want to.

[Tami]

Speaking of nonsense, I had a dream last night that was interesting. Probably, in part inspired by what is happening in Ukraine.

I had a dream that a caravan of civilians with a military escort were escaping from a city under siege when missiles started landing around them.

The military leader ordered everyone to escape and take shelter.

A group of civilians and soldiers ended up in a cave that only became accessible after an explosion opened the entrance.

Once inside, they found scattered artifacts that they picked up. One woman found what looked like a small, handheld flashlight in a holder with a strange looking gemstone on the lid of the holder.

Placing the holder on her belt, she took out the flashlight to examine it as a source of light. Turning it on, she pointed it at the wall and as she did the wall of the cave began to gradually peel away like plastic wrap, revealing the image of another world. Just as others in the group came over to take a look, another bomb exploded outside, causing the entrance to cave in.

The senior military person in the group told her to keep going, that this was their only way to escape alive.

So she kept shining the light on the wall, saying her thoughts out loud, "Come on, come on....." trying to wish it to go faster.

edit: okay, so I elaborated on it a little, but still, that is basically what my dream was like.

[Beadle]

Sounds like the premise for an RPG…

[bruceleegreyhulk]

[Tami]

Sounds like the premise for an RPG…

I considered that myself. Doubt there would be much interest, but I wanted to share anyway.

[Sharpandpointies]

Certainly was an interesting dream.

[Sharpandpointies]

Looking into some swords at the moment. I probably have too many already, but it has been years since I bought one, so. Unsurprisingly, the sword-making landscape has changed in the last seven or eight years, and I'm seeing some pretty interesting stuff out there right now. Like this shorter, heavy-bladed hand-and-a-half one. It's fancy, but not in a way that I dislike, and I already have my (bloody awesome) utilitarian Jian in two different sizes. Same place has some nice Dao, as well (again, I HAVE my utilitarian Dao - two different versions - but not-ugly-fancy one that's actually functional as well would be nice).

.....

They don't list the freaking balance points (haha, where's Ghost?) but that's information I can get on an inquiry.

Bucketloads of new websites out there, though. My one gripe is the preponderance towards backswept and square hilts on the various Jian.

If I were a millionaire, I'd be living up to my forum handle in a big way. ^_^

[Sharpandpointies]

...I NEED THIS SWORD (it's sadly illegal here, to the best of my knowledge, and not surprisingly, but still).

Would require more info before I bought, though.

Edit: Hm, looks like Kriscutlery is going under.

[Sharpandpointies]

Crap, even better, and it's KultofAthena; wouldn't worry about getting screwed over in the sale.

Edit: Dammit, they won't ship international. Probably because of the fact that it's a swordcane.

[Tami]

Crap, even better, and it's KultofAthena; wouldn't worry about getting screwed over in the sale.

Edit: Dammit, they won't ship international. Probably because of the fact that it's a swordcane.

Yeah, that one is real nice. I can see why you'd want it. I can also see why it is considered dangerous in many places.

[Sharpandpointies]

Yeah, that one is real nice. I can see why you'd want it. I can also see why it is considered dangerous in many places.

Which is funny, because swordcanes won't SHIP to Canada (in about the five different websites I've checked)...but they're not illegal (I just checked), and there is a place in Canada that sells 'em (not THAT one, sadly).

Which means this is likely because of our stupid customs agents, who have 'wide latitude' to make interpretations of laws and decide what is illegal and what isn't. It's likely that swordcanes coming across the border have been seized or sent back so many times that the companies have just said 'eh, we're not sending to Canada any more'.

Same thing happens with Kerambits. Trench knives are illegal in Canada (NOT..because of the knife blade, but because of the fact that they are in essence brass knuckles, yes, you read that right, big fighting knives are not illegal but brass knuckles are, Canada has some freaking bizarre laws about melee weapons, freaking nunchaku are illegal here???). A Kerambit isn't a trench knife - there's a single ring on the butt of the grip, enough for one finger, that's all - but the border guards often confiscate them (for themselves, no doubt) or send them back because 'illegal'. When they're not. So nobody ships them to Canada (or very few people do - I know, it took me literally years to get mine, company after company explaining this to me).

Anyway, a swordcane is really no worse than a machete (easily hidden under a jacket and a much more dangerous weapon)...which is also perfectly legal in Canada.

*sighs*

Argle. I could get a very utilitarian sword-cane from Warriors and Wonders (Vancouver-based), but nothing like that gorgeous one.

[Sharkerbob]

...I NEED THIS SWORD (it's sadly illegal here, to the best of my knowledge, and not surprisingly, but still).

Would require more info before I bought, though.

Edit: Hm, looks like Kriscutlery is going under.

Damn, now I want one.

Tami
Speaking of nonsense, I had a dream last night that was interesting. Probably, in part inspired by what is happening in Ukraine.

I had a dream that a caravan of civilians with a military escort were escaping from a city under siege when missiles started landing around them.

The military leader ordered everyone to escape and take shelter.

A group of civilians and soldiers ended up in a cave that only became accessible after an explosion opened the entrance.

Once inside, they found scattered artifacts that they picked up. One woman found what looked like a small, handheld flashlight in a holder with a strange looking gemstone on the lid of the holder.

Placing the holder on her belt, she took out the flashlight to examine it as a source of light. Turning it on, she pointed it at the wall and as she did the wall of the cave began to gradually peel away like plastic wrap, revealing the image of another world. Just as others in the group came over to take a look, another bomb exploded outside, causing the entrance to cave in.

The senior military person in the group told her to keep going, that this was their only way to escape alive.

So she kept shining the light on the wall, saying her thoughts out loud, "Come on, come on....." trying to wish it to go faster.

edit: okay, so I elaborated on it a little, but still, that is basically what my dream was like.

I Went Spelunking And Got Exploded Into Another World!