Running Late 2013-10-28

BarGamer · Post by **BarGamer** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:40 am

Castela shouldn't wear a skirt. I feel she'd feel more natural in trunks. You know, branch out. If she doesn't start becoming a tomboy now, someone might twig on to the fact that she's actually more of a weeping willow and make mulch out of her.

Sorry, give me an inch, and I'll take a yard. I'll just leave you guys a-lawn now.

NOTDilbert · Post by **NOTDilbert** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:50 am

And now, on to - Hey! The MIB's take her shopping? How cool is that! I wonder if the supernats' stores are all in one shopping district, or spread out through town?

Also, now picturing Castela in a black suit and the sunglasses.....

shadowinthelight · Post by **shadowinthelight** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:25 am

NOTDilbert wrote:I bet she strictly enforces the 'no running with scissors' rule, though!

Important rule because the possibility of injury is very real. I had a classmate whose husband managed to fall and stab himself while running with scissors. As an adult.

Ohnhai · Post by **Ohnhai** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:54 am

Dave wrote:... nominating Katherine for the "Ms. Unflappable 2013" competition.

(hums a chorus of "Bramblin' Man")

I don't recall Kath talking about where she comes from (I have a poor memory) but...

What with her turn of phrase and tendency to Jodhpurs and riding boots, I'm beginning to suspect our Kath might be of British extraction, probably Scotish.

And as people who wear Jodhpurs habitually usually have horses. And as people who have horses tend to have money, could it be that Kath is landed Gentry? This also fits as the non-heirs among the siblings of large houses tend to find of esoteric endeavors or pastimes and becoming an expert in old fabrics would fit that bill quite well.

Fairportfan · Post by **Fairportfan** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:05 am

Ohnhai wrote:
Dave wrote:... nominating Katherine for the "Ms. Unflappable 2013" competition.

(hums a chorus of "Bramblin' Man")
I don't recall Kath talking about where she comes from (I have a poor memory) but...

What with her turn of phrase and tendency to Jodhpurs and riding boots, I'm beginning to suspect our Kath might be of British extraction, probably Scotish.

She was a foundling in the Mapimi Silent Zone after a US missile went astray and landed there.

She grew up in the US and served in the US Air Force.

Ohnhai · Post by **Ohnhai** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:13 am

Fairportfan wrote:
Ohnhai wrote:
Dave wrote:... nominating Katherine for the "Ms. Unflappable 2013" competition.

(hums a chorus of "Bramblin' Man")
I don't recall Kath talking about where she comes from (I have a poor memory) but...

What with her turn of phrase and tendency to Jodhpurs and riding boots, I'm beginning to suspect our Kath might be of British extraction, probably Scotish.
She was a foundling in the Mapimi Silent Zone after a US missile went astray and landed there.

She grew up in the US and served in the US Air Force.

yup... silly me... (told you i had a bad memory)

Aleister Crow · Post by **Aleister Crow** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:54 am

Spent all weekend expecting the other shoe to drop today. I never thought it's be Castela's.

as363 · Post by **as363** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:42 am

Fairportfan wrote:I am Ignoring all of the bush-league puns, using a highly polished thirteen-carat Ignore.

See me Ignoring you?

DilyV wrote:But... but... but... what about Monica and Jet and Tina!!!!!?????
Oh, in a week or so, Paul will get around to showing us Monica and Jet (possibly with Shelly by their side) fighting off hordes of apos who think Tina has violated the terms of her probation...

Jet has made a Flaming Sword of Protective Flamingness™ out of her hatred for the Tar ... or perhaps she's discovered that she's discovered that she has Magical Girl powers, and she attacks with the "Pretty Cosmic Crystal Rainbow Overhead Smash!"*.

Monica is charging amongst them in full Jaguar Girl mode, regenerating and burning them with the astral flame every time they kill her.

Shelly is confusing them - what's a sphinx doing fighting to protect demons? - and Connie is scaring the poo out of them, just by being there.

Phix and Eurayle are sitting by, making bets, sharing a bag of popcorn, waiting for the Proper Moment To 'Splain It To All of Them...

...and the Captain's out cold on the wheelhouse floor.

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* Jo got that wand in a Happy Meal, BTW.

So - if the Captain's out cold - where is Tenneal ??

jwhouk · Post by **jwhouk** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:59 am

BarGamer wrote:I've figured out what kind of plant Castela is! She's obviously a... tumbleweed. *ba-dump-TSH!*

"Would you like to set up a PunPal(tm) account now? (Y/N)"

zachariah · Post by **zachariah** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:15 am

as363 wrote:
Fairportfan wrote:I am Ignoring all of the bush-league puns, using a highly polished thirteen-carat Ignore.

See me Ignoring you?

DilyV wrote:But... but... but... what about Monica and Jet and Tina!!!!!?????
Oh, in a week or so, Paul will get around to showing us Monica and Jet (possibly with Shelly by their side) fighting off hordes of apos who think Tina has violated the terms of her probation...

Jet has made a Flaming Sword of Protective Flamingness™ out of her hatred for the Tar ... or perhaps she's discovered that she's discovered that she has Magical Girl powers, and she attacks with the "Pretty Cosmic Crystal Rainbow Overhead Smash!"*.

Monica is charging amongst them in full Jaguar Girl mode, regenerating and burning them with the astral flame every time they kill her.

Shelly is confusing them - what's a sphinx doing fighting to protect demons? - and Connie is scaring the poo out of them, just by being there.

Phix and Eurayle are sitting by, making bets, sharing a bag of popcorn, waiting for the Proper Moment To 'Splain It To All of Them...

...and the Captain's out cold on the wheelhouse floor.

======================

* Jo got that wand in a Happy Meal, BTW.
So - if the Captain's out cold - where is Tenneal ??

Tennile is In Arizona with the other tumble weeds. She rose to the occasion.

eee · Post by **eee** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:36 am

At first I was thinking "OMG, she's falling! This could be a TRAGEDY!!"

Then I was thinking "Whut? Whut? Whut?"

Now I'm thinking "This is a common occurrence? Kath doesn't even turn a hair at her adopted daughter bouncing down the stairs and turning into a pile of vines? What the heck IS Pickle, anyway? What sort of animal / plant hybrid could result in THIS???"

I'd comment about Castela's giggling over "Pull yourself together"; but you know. Kids. What strikes them as funny is sometimes incomprehensible to adults.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:00 am

*gigglefits* This was awesome.

Catawampus · Post by **Catawampus** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:20 am

Dave wrote:... nominating Katherine for the "Ms. Unflappable 2013" competition.

Obviously Katherine has learned to be less of a worrywort and to go with the phloem after such radical changes in her life. Kudzu imagine going on an explosives-propelled mine cart ride, learning that you are the fused essence of a bunch of babies and that one of your mothers is a 5000-year-old vampire, fighting an ancient evil entity, and then becoming responsible for a teenage siren and a young plant-child-critter-thing-person? It all would go so much against the grain of her old ways, so she's had to learn to be much more adaptable and to take things as they come. Her adventure was fruitful in many ways, probably in more than you wood expect.

DSL · Post by **DSL** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:59 am

So a grown-up Castela walks into a bar and the bartender says:
"I know you. You're that lady who's made of string. Well, we don't serve strings here."
Castela says, "That's not right. You can't do that. Besides, I'm a vine."
Bartender says, "Vine, string, whatever. You have to leave."
And Castela leaves, but paces angrily up and down the sidewalk, finally noticing that she's not only coming undone, but that her ends are unraveled and her middle is all tangled up. She scrunch scrunch scrunches back into the bar, and the bartender says:
"Say ... aren't you that string?"
"No," Castela says. "I'm a frayed knot."

Post by **Dave** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:43 am

eee wrote:I'd comment about Castela's giggling over "Pull yourself together"; but you know. Kids. What strikes them as funny is sometimes incomprehensible to adults.

Well, if she were a human girl, I'd guess that she's just about at the age where she can begin to really appreciate language-play... double meanings, innuendos, metaphors, and (dare I say it?) puns. There's a lot for a kid to enjoy in the English language, once she realizes that it's full of ambiguities and in-jokes!

Katherine's literal girl is growing up! Next thing you know, she'll open an account on the forum and be posting puns here (under a pseudonym for safety, of course, and with a nonrevealing avatar).

Fairportfan · Post by **Fairportfan** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:44 pm

as363 wrote:
Fairportfan wrote:I am Ignoring all of the bush-league puns, using a highly polished thirteen-carat Ignore.

See me Ignoring you?

DilyV wrote:But... but... but... what about Monica and Jet and Tina!!!!!?????
Oh, in a week or so, Paul will get around to showing us Monica and Jet (possibly with Shelly by their side) fighting off hordes of apos who think Tina has violated the terms of her probation...

Jet has made a Flaming Sword of Protective Flamingness™ out of her hatred for the Tar ... or perhaps she's discovered that she's discovered that she has Magical Girl powers, and she attacks with the "Pretty Cosmic Crystal Rainbow Overhead Smash!"*.

Monica is charging amongst them in full Jaguar Girl mode, regenerating and burning them with the astral flame every time they kill her.

Shelly is confusing them - what's a sphinx doing fighting to protect demons? - and Connie is scaring the poo out of them, just by being there.

Phix and Eurayle are sitting by, making bets, sharing a bag of popcorn, waiting for the Proper Moment To 'Splain It To All of Them...

...and the Captain's out cold on the wheelhouse floor.

======================

* Jo got that wand in a Happy Meal, BTW.
So - if the Captain's out cold - where is Tenneal ??

Up in the bows with the First Mate, havin' a smoke and diggin' the icebergs.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:43 pm

Fairportfan wrote:I am Ignoring all of the bush-league puns, using a highly polished thirteen-carat Ignore.

See me Ignoring you?

I see you Ignoring puns, while making a pun. You are definitely committing a "carat and the schtick" moment here, FF!

Jet has made a Flaming Sword of Protective Flamingness™ out of her hatred for the Tar ... or perhaps she's discovered that she's discovered that she has Magical Girl powers, and she attacks with the "Pretty Cosmic Crystal Rainbow Overhead Smash!"*.

Ahh! That's her trademarked "finisher" move, as documented in The Elaborate Entrance of Jet Deity!

Lee M · Post by **Lee M** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:28 pm

I'm floor-a'd by all of these tree-mendous puns. I'm gonna go veg out.

Atomic · Post by **Atomic** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:29 pm

CptNerd wrote:"She's come undone…"

Obligatory link in lieu of clever puns to misfit the snarled up situation.

PS - DSL, congratulations on your first post! That was horrible!!

kingklash · Post by **kingklash** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:10 pm

Looks like Castela could go as the Flying Spaghetti Monster for Trick or Treat.

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