Posted by Someone Who Hasn't Been Playing on June 7, 2000 at 20:48:32:
In Reply to: Hey, thanks. (Sort-of-farewell-note enclosed) posted by Darlow on June 7, 2000 at 18:58:50:
> Damn. For a character who prided himself on a
> prodigious vocabularly, I'm certainly having
> trouble figuring out what to write.
>
> Anyway. Quintius, despite my consistent confusion
> born from the similarity between your name and
> that of a certain former Emperor, you're the
> finest cabal leader I've ever had the pleasure
> to work with - reminiscent of the stories I've
> heard of Fortcouer. I seriously believe that
> if you told the Arbiters that you were leading
> them down to Dis to slay Zorszaul, the good Arbs
> would ask you where to meet and the evil ones
> would start arguing over who gets the armor. :P
>
> It's unfortunate that all of our interactions
> me bitching and you trying to cheer me up. To
> reiterate: playing an Arbiter is fun. Playing
> an evil mage these days sucks. While I don't
> want to get stuck in a rut, my second-to-next
> character is going to be another Arbiter, likely
> a lightwalking, warrior or shaman type - and
> you can look to my previous char, Dyrlyln, as
> an example of how long my current character is
> likely to last.
>
> Darlow was born when I decided to figure out how
> an evil person would act in order to have that
> 23 charisma. Fairly obviously, he wouldn't
> be a frothing, filthy, blasphemy-spewing, mass-
> murdering bastard hated by all. I figured he
> would act like a politician - suave, dignified,
> a master of flattery, extremely arrogant,
> unfailingly polite and absolutely Machievellian.
> (Note: do not apply this description to the
> above compliments.) I think I did pretty well
> at creating that impression, or something similar,
> anyway, though I'm hardly the most unbiased judge.
>
> I think I didn't do too badly at Arbitration,
> but I PKed like Woru after a few reefers and
> half a dozen whiskey sours.
>
> Now for the classic cabal rundowns:
>
> Arbiters: I love you all. :) Bria, thanks for
> putting up with my amateur histrionics. I
> wonder if I rated a gecho? Quintius, see above.
> Darvin, you're cool. Kydan, Alrcs, Ulrikis,
> Elmorel, everyone whose names I can't remember
> just now... ditto.
>
> Ragers: Imbrogno said it best. I hate you OOC
> and IC. I had a Rager wannabe lurking about,
> but I think I'm just going to let him autodelete.
> I think Challen started the Rager boom by
> revealing he was leader, and if I'm right,
> Challen, I owe you a few whacks with a herring.
>
> Masters: Um.. Xolthul, I liked your magic.
>
> Dawn: *shrug*
>
> Entropy: *shrug*
>
> Troupe: *shrug*
>
> Scarab: Nazturgle, whatever happened to you?
>
> Sylvan: c vent 'a luminous archon' 'I have come
> from the heavens to reveal the truth to you:
> Arbiters are the puppets of the Empire!'
> *snicker* Unless you were Entropy. Either
> way, you know who you are.
>
> Empire: Nearly my only groupmates, but none
> of you really stick in my mind. Except for
> Sierothe, and that guy who pissed on me. Eew.
>
> And to everyone I grouped with, thanks.
>
> If you've read down this far, you're probably
> thinking: 'My God, why is this idiot wasting
> so much time on the farewells of a 30th ranked
> character?' Like I said, he's my most successful
> so far, and deserves more of a public sendoff
> in my vain little mind than the couple of notes
> which were all I could do and stay in character.
>
> Later. :P