# Time for a new Finish the Science Fiction Story? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254 "2005-06-21T22:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 30, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/41 "2005-09-30T23:14:27Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > “Not in an intended direction” is my speciality. I was 98.73% sure you were referring to Eleazar, so that’s good to hear. And I was just as sure the Panil was the one that met with sKova’sla. So, we’re on the same page there. My page is just written from right to left. I’m confused. Emeril is really Eleazar? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/42 "2005-09-30T23:35:20Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’m confused. Emeril is really Eleazar? He can’t be. Brigid is in her late forties, maybe fifty or so, and it was stated that she and Eleazar are the same age, to the day. CC’s post may have to be edited, or something. ---
**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, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/43 "2005-10-01T03:18:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > He can’t be. Brigid is in her late forties, maybe fifty or so, and it was stated that she and Eleazar are the same age, to the day. > > CC’s post may have to be edited, or something. We can say that this Panil and Emeril are from a different faction and work from there. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/44 "2005-10-01T10:19:31Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > We can say that this Panil and Emeril are from a different faction and work from there. That works for me. I thought about something like that, it would be easier than editing. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/45 "2005-10-01T13:55:30Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Feel free to jump in on the [current story](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6288714). It’s very slow going compared to the others. > > You can get a summary of the previous stories from **Baker** if so inclined. wow - it was very tough for me to follow I think i’ll wait until a new story with all new characters gets going - i wouldn’t want to spoil the continuity of this one, and really mysteries are more my thing ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/46 "2005-10-01T13:56:37Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > wow - it was very tough for me to follow > I think i’ll wait until a new story with all new characters gets going - i wouldn’t want to spoil the continuity of this one, and really mysteries are more my thing ok - i know this is a SciFiMystery - I mean more the Phillip Marlowe kind of thing ---
**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, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/47 "2005-10-01T18:11:05Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > wow - it was very tough for me to follow This one _is_ rather disjointed so far, almost like two seperate stories. Or a Tom Clancy novel. Needs to have the two widely seperated main lines come together somehow. That’s what I’ll be trying to do but I don’t know when I’ll have the time to plot out what I’ve read yet. Busy weekend and whotnot. Still, the characters involved are _very_ interesting. Perhaps just simplifying to concentrating on a couple or three mains would help. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/48 "2005-10-02T01:06:13Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > This one _is_ rather disjointed so far, almost like two seperate stories. Or a Tom Clancy novel. Needs to have the two widely seperated main lines come together somehow. That’s what I’ll be trying to do but I don’t know when I’ll have the time to plot out what I’ve read yet. Busy weekend and whotnot. > > Still, the characters involved are _very_ interesting. Perhaps just simplifying to concentrating on a couple or three mains would help. Pulling the lines together is what I tried to do in my latest post. The line I started with Brigid and the line with Adm. Innison and Ensign Kaval, is now set up to meet. ---
**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 2, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/49 "2005-10-02T02:01:18Z")
Looks good. Remember, the main line here is Solomon Tali and/or whoever is working on behalf of his interests. Everyone introduced so far would be negatively impacted should TALON regain control of the area. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/50 "2005-10-02T02:02:55Z")
That’s a good reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/51 "2005-10-03T14:43:30Z")
To follow up on my [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6638332&postcount=30).[ul] [li]The Panil (who met s’Kova (aka Minas Sulat) in the bar) snatched Dr. Eleazar Fukisawa off of the shuttle that was hit with the missle[1].[/li][li]Then a new character, Dr. Emeril Lagasby, Phd, etc., 80 years old, was introduced.[/li][li]He has been performing illegal/immoral[2] experiments on Xavvians.[/li][li]Emeril outfitted a captured/drugged/lobotomized Xavvian with equipment to allow the Xavvian to use its natural/latent teleportation capabilities.[/li][li]The Xavvian teleported Dr. Eleazar Fujisawa off of the shuttle just before it was destroyed[3].[/li][li]Now we have a Panil, Dr. Emeril Lagasby, Dr. Eleazar Fujisawa, and an asteroid miner in my post.[/ul]This has been a test of the emergent broadside system. If this had been a real emergent broadside, you would have been confused (oh, wait…). You may now return to your regularly scheduled story.[/li] Footnotes: 🙂 [1] No, Dr. Eleazar Fukisawa was not hit with a missle. [2] and fattening [3] The shuttle, not Eleazar ---
**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 3, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/52 "2005-10-03T23:18:13Z")
Okay. From what you wrote, I couldn’t tell who was talking when you referred to the Panil’s charge. Emeril was the only character referred to by name so I thought it was him. ---
**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 3, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/53 "2005-10-03T23:23:07Z")
Still not sure how to reconcile Dr. Fujisawa and the crystal specialist into the same character, though. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/54 "2005-10-04T14:38:43Z")
What crystal specialist? The Panil is just talkin’ ta Eleazar about stuff. Eleazar doesn’t have to be a specialist. He probably just read some stuff in the medical journals and his real purpose in “the operation” is whatever you were planning on having him do. ---
**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 11, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/55 "2005-10-11T22:02:09Z")
I just may have an idea regarding what to do with Eleazar. Just need to figure out how to compose it… ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/56 "2006-02-10T16:43:06Z")
Love Bunny: a member of a mid-range socioeconomic class of Marche known for being entertainers and prostitutes. The higher-class Snugglebunny performs a similar function but with a much more select clientele. Snugglebunnies have a status similar to that of Companions on “Firefly”. Do not refer to Marche as “Marchians” unless you want to get hit. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/57 "2006-04-14T18:30:59Z")
**NCB** , **CC**? Where’d you guys go? And _ivy_, any chance of you joining in? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/58 "2006-04-14T18:33:48Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > **NCB** , **CC**? Where’d you guys go? > > And _ivy_, any chance of you joining in? I’ll be there. I’ve been playing in the Pit. Takes much less thought to do that than to post in one of these. I’ve also got to go back and plot out what’s happened, as I have forgotten the story. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/59 "2006-04-14T20:27:35Z")
Good to hear that **NCB**! I’ll look forward to whenever you can join in. If it makes you feel better, when Lute jump started this thing I had to go back and refamiliarize myself. I didn’t want to let a cranky character like Brigid go. And to those who have written in the other “Finish the…” stories, I’ve been thinking of writing a short story, just for myself, not online. It would be set in the early 1960’s and be about an old lady who is about to celebrate her 100th birthday. She’s telling some stories from throughout her life, to a reporter or something, sort of like Dustin Hoffman’s Jack Crabbe did in _Little Big Man_ Three guesses, and the first two don’t count as to who the old lady is. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254/60 "2006-04-23T05:42:42Z")
:smack: I thought “Brigid” was “Birgid” all this time! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-finish-the-science-fiction-story/309254.md?page=4)