# A new "Finish the" story will start this Wednesday, use this thread for Q&A **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090 "2004-08-29T15:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/121 "2004-09-30T21:40:52Z")
I prefer bread made from quadrotriticale myself. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/122 "2004-10-01T12:34:13Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I prefer bread made from quadrotriticale myself. It was developed by a Russian, you know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/123 "2004-10-01T22:29:43Z")
Jeff died of shame because his kid never did learn how to pronounce his name. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/124 "2004-10-01T22:31:09Z")
Two questions for **Lute**. Are Hrungs supposed to be sentient, and, are they capable of rapid movement? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/125 "2004-10-01T22:34:34Z")
Not a big Hitchhiker’s fan I see… Ivy, it’s up to you to save Darson. He’s up a creek, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/126 "2004-10-01T23:34:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Two questions for **Lute**. Are Hrungs supposed to be sentient, and, are they capable of rapid movement? I purposely left it open in case someone wanted to make it a Kel in disguise or some other chameloen. And what **NCB** said. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/127 "2004-10-02T00:13:54Z")
Ok, I don’t know HGTTG, so if/when I use the Hrung, I’ll probably be glad it’s been left open. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/128 "2004-10-04T07:59:55Z")
**Lute** , I was wondering how you would get Zora in there again! The man must be one heck of a linguist I see. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/129 "2004-10-04T15:00:51Z")
He’s more of a student of ancient Earth history. The second code was inspired by the Navajo codetalk used in WWII and is primarily used by Zora and his t’waligiums. The clicks and whirrs are identical to a code used by POWs in Hanoi, and not as secure. The desert crystallines on Forsetti co-opted it for their own use after they had discovered it was more convenient than their natural language. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/130 "2004-10-04T18:48:35Z")
Pretty cool idea **Lute**. I like it when we have included things that we ourselves know about, or have at least researched. Sheesh, back when we wrote the first Western, I got help from my sister the pharmacist on what would constitute a safe, and an _unsafe_ dose of laudanum. **ivylass** , I’m assuming “the Xavvian” is M’Artel? That guy sure has himself in a world of hurt, doesn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/131 "2004-10-04T20:04:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **ivylass** , I’m assuming “the Xavvian” is M’Artel? That guy sure has himself in a world of hurt, doesn’t he? Yes. We seemed to have gotten a little sidetracked with all these wonderful subplots, so I threw in another Sykoft murder to get M’Artel back in trouble again. Hint hint…unless someone has another idea, a Kel _did_ show up in Cowd’s office… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/132 "2004-10-04T20:22:04Z")
I’m working ona post right now that should interest y’all. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/133 "2004-10-04T23:19:46Z")
I was wondering when you frelling motherless wallsens were going to show up again. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/134 "2004-10-05T01:55:51Z")
Good grief, I leave for five hours, to do laundry and go to my weekly class at church. I come back and expect to find maybe one new post at most. You all took my breath away! Oh, and I had a suspicion it wasn’t really M’Artel, I would have written it in as the Kel too, but the ending of that post, WHEW! I LOVE _ALL_! One question, where is Jade just now? Or should I write that in myself? I also think Gr’Vinnia is in peril. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/135 "2004-10-05T02:01:39Z")
There should be an “it” in between LOVE and ALL! :smack: And **Corner Case** , I like the tension you have introduced, the “sword” hanging over M’Artel. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/136 "2004-10-05T02:08:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > There should be an “it” in between LOVE and ALL! :smack: I just figured you were gettin horny, up there in Kansa and all. The Voss problem seems to be related to the crystal’s sentience, unless I’m reading it wrong. The two things happening at once all of a sudden are what I’m keying in on there. Be interesting to see whats happened about 15- 20 posts from now. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/137 "2004-10-06T01:16:03Z")
Oh, and **NCB** , I love how you took Darson’s gender and ran with it. It was just about how I envisioned it, only you put in a bit more texture and subtlety. Nicely done! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/138 "2004-10-06T02:54:07Z")
**ivylass** , I liked the humor in your latest post. We haven’t had many laughs in this story yet! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/139 "2004-10-06T12:40:02Z")
Well, I was going to have Darson out wandering the halls of the hotel, and I may yet have him do that, but I got caught up in his “confusion.” So, Darson may decide to go face the Judges of the Beyond, and to do that he must leave his “waiting room…” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090/140 "2004-10-06T23:38:58Z")
I realized that Jade had kind of “got lost” from the narrative, although, because of her background, she had arrived on Forsetti at the request of Kark. So I wrote my post to explain why she had been gone. She’s been doing more specialized, intensive computer research in a library facility that’s like a studio apartment. Cot, auto-food dispenser, and so on. Used by authorized academicians whe they really need to concentrate, away from distractions. Will Cori arrive before Jade does? Inquiring minds want to know. And I’m getting scared for Gr’Vinnia, around a sleaze like Cowd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090.md?page=8)