Sunspace, c’mon! She’s gonna blow!
NO, not the Robo-goat! Yeesh…
COME BACK! You’re my only hope!
Hey! Weren’t you released in post #158?
Omigosh! She’s in shock, obviously - she’s running to safety and calling out to Obi Wan Kenobi!
Check post #158…Regallag already freed you! Now run! Run, for the exits! This place is gonna blow any time now!
< snicker…suckers…>
:: Checks to make sure everyone made it out ok ::
:: Waltzes back in to the castle ::
:: Bars, locks, and barricades door ::
:: Arms defense system ::
Hehehe…suckers! Like I’d really set up a self-destruct system like that! 
Swine!
:: Well outside the Initiation Complex (which does, in fact, look like a castle from some angles), the harried party gathers. They look around. ::
:: There is a pause. ::
:: The Complex fails to explode. :
:: They wait some more. ::
:: There is no disturbance but the wind blowing through the trees and across the parking lot. ::
Um… I wonder whether Hal was being completely honest about that self-destruct?
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Thanks, Hal. I was wondering how to reconcile an exploded initation chamber with the events in this thread…
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Oh so I was, but I’m so traumatised I am from everything, it completely slipped my mind. I don’t think I’m ever going to be the same again!
::runs for her life… looks back… runs even faster::
Bastard! Let’s blow it up with him still in there!
Why Anaamika! I’m shocked at you! Proposing to do such a mean, horrible thing! (Besides…my automated defense systems would wipe you all off the map before you could raise a weapon against this place)
Anyway, as always, I was motivated by only the most altruistic of reasons. You see, I had to get everyone out of here so I could start renovations! That’s right…pretty soon we’re going to have a brand spankin’ new, totally state-of-the-art initation complex! :: cue fanfare ::
Now, since the labor force I employ is a bit…ummm…antisocial*****, I thought it best to clear everyone out while I directed things from the EOOBOE.
See? Always thinking of others…that’s me…
***** Ok, fine. They’re C.H.U.D.s…hey, they work cheap and they do a damn good job with masonry. You just really don’t wanna be around during their lunch break.
:mad: So far at your feet lie:
Several varieties of RoboGoat
The Squck
A giant duck
A RoboSquck
And who knows what else.
Do you really think for a second we’re going to trust you with any more initiation threads? You need to stop making robots! They’re too dangerous and they always get loose!
- I’m conveniently forgetting, of course, that it was me who caused at least some of the trouble *
<sigh…>
Which is exactly why I’m building this brand new, state-of-the-art initation center!
I mean, it’ll be totally foolproof. Once the vict…errr…new member is strapped into the Official Initation Chair, they’ll be merrily transported along the conveyer belt to all the various Initation Stations. And I’m laying off the robots on this one. Take a look at Station #3 – that’s 100% pure, real live US-of-A goat there. No robo-anything to be found.
Sheesh! Some people…always against progress!
Without even trying I can come up with a list of like 10 things that could go wrong, starting with the conveyor belt.
slight rustle behind Hal Briston
is standing there with an arrow–a lead-tipped one–pointed at his chest
Dodge this!
fires
Um…Kythereia? According to **Hal’s ** link, the lead arrow creates uncontrollable list.
And, um…you happen to be the only one still in the castle with Hal.
Why’s the castle rocking? 
lust :smack:
(In all seriousness, there are a couple of variants on the myth–the most common one is that the lead-tipped arrow causes all thoughts of love to disappear, but others say that they cause true love, like you mentioned, or unrequited love. I’m just going with what I know :))
Well, they’re *your * arrows, so you get to define what they do.
Thank you kindly. For that…
passes over a golden arrow
Use it how you wish.