From the Lands Turned to Soot

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Wed May 18, 2022 3:29 am
ChieTheWriter says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:29 am
(Bug is the best)

Not intending to inquire as to what emotions those were, she kept the subject moving. "So if someone stabbed you." She looked at Bug. "Would that hurt?"
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:35 am
Ljungtroll says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:35 am
(He's my little monster, based on Foney Bone from the comic Bone and WX-78 from the game Don't Starve Together.)

"No," he said grimly, "but it would anger me enough that I might overheat, at which point everybody should flee."
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:38 am
ChieTheWriter says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:38 am
Interesting. Maybe he'd blow up if that happened. Might be a good last resort for a fight sometime. She went quiet again, trying to get a better idea of what these robots really were.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:44 am
Ljungtroll says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:44 am
Jackson's head turned to watch her so they were facing almost completely backwards but still walked forward. "So. You don't seem to have met many of us before."
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:45 am
ChieTheWriter says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:45 am
"Not any that spoke or acted alive. Then again it's been a while since I've seen anything living."
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:52 am
Ljungtroll says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:52 am
"Hm, how strange. I have seen quite a few of us who seem...lost."
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:54 am
ChieTheWriter says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:54 am
"Lost?"
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Wed May 18, 2022 3:58 am
Ljungtroll says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:58 am
"Like the gears in their heads have stopped turning. They just wander or repeat motions. It's distressing to see."
"They need to be wound," Bug added. "But a lot of them have broken keys."
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Wed May 18, 2022 4:00 am
ChieTheWriter says... · Wed May 18, 2022 4:00 am
"Is there a specific side your kind is loyal to?" She asked. Might as well learn something about them.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Wed May 18, 2022 1:04 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Wed May 18, 2022 1:04 pm
"I imagine most of us are on the side that isn't hammering out keys off left and right," Bug snorted. "The few of us that can still think about sides, that is."
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Thu May 19, 2022 8:10 pm
ChieTheWriter says... · Thu May 19, 2022 8:10 pm
Were they being specifically targeted? She wondered if the enemy could have a particular interest in them. But she didn't see anything incredibly useful about them other than they were possible just another hand against them.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Thu May 19, 2022 8:13 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Thu May 19, 2022 8:13 pm
"I guess Shingles is lucky he has no power source," Jackson mused. "Doesn't need food, doesn't need to be wound."
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Thu May 19, 2022 8:22 pm
ChieTheWriter says... · Thu May 19, 2022 8:22 pm
"What even is he anyhow?" She looked around to make the silent, grinning, scarecrow-looking person wasn't nearby.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Thu May 19, 2022 8:25 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Thu May 19, 2022 8:25 pm
"No clue. We found him in a torched field before we met Roland and he sort of just tags along. Really creepy, but useful?" Jackson shrugged. "I could do without the violence but at least he doesn't consume resources."
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Thu May 19, 2022 8:30 pm
ChieTheWriter says... · Thu May 19, 2022 8:30 pm
"So he doesn't run off anything? No food? Fuel? Makes no sense."
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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