KKChat -- 26 October 2025

[Bynw]

[17:56] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> They're talking about this
[17:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And I said that I actually kill off very few named characters, so TM says I'll just stop naming them so I can kill more off.  😉
[17:56] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> "The unnamed duke of Cassan groaned and collapsed, and the unnamed princess was shocked to see the assassin's dagger sticking in his back. The unnamed queen screamed." <-- what I expect to see soon.
[17:57] * ~bynw notes that no character or npc is safe when he runs a game set in the 11 Kingdoms
[17:57] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> If you don't kill off Duncan, he can never be declared a Saint.
[17:57] <KK> Evie, have you beel killing off characters?
[17:57] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> So I replied that would have to be in my "Generic Deryni Story" with a white cover with plain black text, like those old generic products from the 1980s.  😉
[17:57] <HoundMistress> Not giving them actual names might make the reading ponderous/.
[17:57] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Take a leaf from the IRC inferface here, and have <lord17> and <lady9> as character names?
[17:57] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> I complain to Evie when I'm reading along with her writing and the time difference means a murder or two gets in the way of my sleep.
[17:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Killing your characters, KK?  No.  Killing off other characters?  Um....well, you know, no one lives forever.  😉
[17:58] <KK> Very true.
[17:58] <HoundMistress> Except elves
[17:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Even elves don't live forever, just half of forever
[17:58] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Even they can be killed.
[17:59] <HoundMistress> Until you catch up to them, then?
[17:59] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> https://tenor.com/view/omg-excited-jumping-buddy-elf-gif-16472805545950846046 embed: https://tenor.com/view/omg-excited-jumping-buddy-elf-gif-16472805545950846046
[17:59] <HoundMistress> Yes, many died in the LOTR & Hobbit movies.
[17:59] <HoundMistress> Was sad that Haldir was killed
[17:59] * ~bynw looks at his notes for the 2nd act of Forgotten Shadows and just grins
[18:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Do I kill characters?  KK, you've read the opening chapter to "Balance of Power." What do you think?  😉
[18:00] [Oper Check] You are not an IRCOp. Attempting to oper...
[18:00] <HoundMistress> I'm trying to get back into FS.
[18:00] <HoundMistress> I haven't seen my favorite bloody assassin yet.
[18:01] <KK> Daphne keeps sitting on my mouse hand, or blocking the screen.
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Luke excelled at both
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Hi Daphne
[18:01] <HoundMistress> As in bloody hands, not the Brit meaning
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Gigi used to just think I would prefer to stare at her bum than my screen
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I dunno... we expected Father Gilbert to be some great horrific thing, based on your hints...
[18:02] <~bynw> HoundMistress, he's there ... he comes in later and then drops out and then comes in again. he's not a main antagonist in this one though
[18:02] <HoundMistress> Cats are always giving us their butts.
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> They're also always licking their butts
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Luke used to drape himself across both of my wrists and forearms while I was chatting
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or if I was working on a story
[18:02] <HoundMistress> As long as I get to read about him, I'm fine, but I still think he needs his own story.
[18:02] <KK> Evie, I don't remember, off hand, but I was handling that and the other pieces just this aftrnoon,
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> My DD2 and S-i-L have adopted two gorgeous little rescue kitties.
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432142511874510849/IMG-20251004-WA0003.jpg?ex=68fffa26&is=68fea8a6&hm=5d82b1a3e1e41b4a48a71cb595fd356d3768c5cd1d2291ffcab1a5d7ff31d546&;
[18:03] <~bynw> ahhhhh cuteness overload
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Awww!
[18:03] * ~bynw grabs the kitties to pet and kiss them
[18:03] <HoundMistress> Oh, they are adorable!
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Total cuteness overload
[18:04] <KK> Siblings, I take it?
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> kitties present their butts to <bynw>
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They look young. How old are they?
[18:04] <HoundMistress> Maybe 3 months?
[18:04] <HoundMistress> They look like calico-tabby
[18:04] <KK> I'd guess about 2-3 months.
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's close to the age when I got Gigi. I think she was around 4 months
[18:05] <~bynw> they are adorable for certain
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> The rescue place think so though they were found a couple of weeks apart in the same place.
[18:05] <KK> Names?
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> 'Ello guvnors
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Matilda and Chili
[18:05] <HoundMistress> Hi, Marc
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They look related, despite being found a few weeks apart
[18:05] * Joins: The_Bee
[18:05] <~bynw> hey Marc
[18:05] <KK> Hi, Marc.
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Heya Marc
[18:05] <~bynw> hi Bee
[18:06] <KK> Hi, Bee.
[18:06] <HoundMistress> Hi, Bee
[18:06] <The_Bee> Hi bynw and  andall the rest of you
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Marc
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey there B
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Bee
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Hi Marc
[18:06] <The_Bee> and Hi KK
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> And Bee
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Talking of cuteness overload
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432143572060082186/IMG-20251026-WA0023.jpg?ex=68fffb23&is=68fea9a3&hm=d1ef5b4782bd35ac84090240614d3eb9d9af90d4403aa09327143104c8d6ab12&;
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Well Marc and Revanne... are you feeling the load coming off your shoulders yet?
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Little one looks like he's seeing The Horrors.
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Sometimes I think I'm the last man alive who knows about KK's anthologies, but then I encounter the art in the wild. 🙂 it's sort of like the heroes themselves, how they live on in the impact they had
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432143789581139990/IMG_4191.png?ex=68fffb57&is=68fea9d7&hm=87912f8d655e73fce7731d121dcd4671bfea530b0526296f563f13c81bbade0b&;
[18:08] <The_Bee> brb ! 
[18:08] <The_Bee> My smoke detector was going off again.
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> ... I don't know how to answer that. But again, I'm not retiring just yet 😅
[18:09] <KK> Grandsons, Revanne?
[18:09] <HoundMistress> What cute babies (kids)
[18:09] <The_Bee> cute kids!  Who and whose are they?
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432144143211167774/Resized_20251011_143056.jpg?ex=68fffbab&is=68feaa2b&hm=a8c661c3253170a1f6f17ac4abfd94251a9bfb6c4ee0fbefb0f004596327a1e4&;
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> My grandsons
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/aww-cute-gif-22121346 embed: https://tenor.com/view/aww-cute-gif-22121346
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I couldn't remember if I shared any of Abigail's pumpkin photos
[18:10] <KK> Adorable!
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Abigail wins the cuteness prize.
[18:10] <HoundMistress> Who's the lil punkin?
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My granddaughter
[18:10] <HoundMistress> She's cute!
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Little one is Arthur, older one is George.
[18:10] <The_Bee> How old is Abigail now?
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 5 months
[18:11] <KK> She looks happy with herself.
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh, she was perfectly happy in the pumpkin. She only fussed when we took her out to change her outfit
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Then got happy again to be put back in it
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> She can't sit up on her own yet, so I think she liked being able to sit in the pumpkin
[18:12] <KK> Hafta say, I never gor to sit in a pumpkin.
[18:12] <KK> got
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Sadly no. It's been a stressful couple of weeks
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> What? So all that suffering has been for naught?
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DD planned on making pumpkin photos ever since that baby was an embryo.  She told DS, "I'm putting your baby in a pumpkin in October."
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <bynw> Two of my wife's grandsons ... the youngest one (not pictured) is a new born. And then there are 4 granddaughters ranging in age from 22 to 4
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432145352617889883/Screenshot_2025-10-26_181257.png?ex=68fffccc&is=68feab4c&hm=5895e6104a53910bcacb9a5bfb8a003bbea88cf9c87d793deafc187ec7cc0f26&;
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> I get that sitting up would be fun for Abigail
[18:15] <HoundMistress> More cuties!!
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I like the little chair
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> I love the sleep suit with the doggies.
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Just the right size for short legs
[18:16] <HoundMistress> Cracker Barrel has adorable child size rocking chairs.
[18:18] <The_Bee> brb again!
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Going to say goodnight now to make sure I'm asleep before midnight. I wouldn't look cute in a pumpkin.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <revanne_> Night everyone.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <bynw> night revanne
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Night
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Night Revanne
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> night Revanne, try to take it easy
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We could try to find one your size, but that would be pretty expensive.  Even the one Abby is in wasn't cheap.
[18:19] <The_Bee> nighters REvanne
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And we would need two pumpkins so Demercia could have one too
[18:20] <HoundMistress> 'Night Revanne! Have a good week!
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> hi Everyone!  Sorry to miss Revanne
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[18:21] <~bynw> hi Jerusha
[18:21] <The_Bee> When was the last time Revanne and Demercia were here together?
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Revanne, we just came *this* close to having all 6 of us here at the same time!
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It happens on occasion, Bee, but usually earlier in the day rather than during Sunday chats.
[18:22] <The_Bee> better seldom than never.  Hi Jerusha
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hopefully we will see more of Demercia once she retires, which I think isn't too far off in the future.
[18:22] <HoundMistress> Which reminds me, I have my Zoom working again if y'all will send me an invite next time.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You should be getting them in your forum inbox, HM.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> HM, next week!
[18:23] <~bynw> you should get an invite ... all forum members automatically get it
[18:23] <~bynw> if not log into the forum
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I am supposing that putting a Jack O'Lantern with a microphone inside it while it sits on the pulpit would not be a good way to give your sermon on Friday. ?
[18:23] <HoundMistress> BRB, Quanah wants his dinner.
[18:23] <The_Bee> I missed a Sunday because my computer was on strike.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Sounds interesting. Laurna.  "Peter pumpkin head, came to town..."
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Carved turnip would be more traditional in British terms.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Turnip?
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yup.  In the original version, the carved veg was a turnip rather than a pumpkin
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> on account of not having pumpkins yet
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Pumpkins are from the New World, IIRC
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Can't think of a better thing to do to a turnip
[18:25] <The_Bee> Yep.  Pumpkins are not native to the British Isles.
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> The headless horseman did not run around with a turnup in his hand,.
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The headless horseman was in New England, not Old England
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> But he was in the New World
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "I know! Let's mark the holiday by carving a pumpkin!"
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "Wot's a pumpkin, Joe?"
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "I dunno, Reg. Maybe it'll turn up."
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "Wait a minnit, Joe. Turnip ..."
[18:26] <The_Bee> in upstate New York, I think.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Tsk, tsk
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> When writing vegetable fight scenes, it's hard to come up with the right vegetables since tomatoes and potatoes and pumpkins weren't actually in Gwynedd at this time.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Pies were available, though.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Do you...write a lot of vegetable fight scenes?  😉
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Fire that cabbage roll!
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Launch the herring!
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> We did write one vegetable fight scene and we had to use cabbage
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Rotten apples work
[18:27] <The_Bee> The town has actually renamed itself "Sleepy Hollow" in honor of the Horseman.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you are willing to include fruit and want something a bit mushy
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I'd end up with the worm
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Just one, so far... but I've had another scene with someone remeniscing about the various vegetables the Willimites use to deface a Camber statue.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Rotting produce of any sort will work
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you want it to be messy and unpleasant
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah, but they don't usually bring rotten produce to sell at market.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Don't send in the pigs!
[18:29] <The_Bee> rotten eggs will also do.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or even non-rotten eggs
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They break very satisfyingly
[18:29] <The_Bee> AGAin with the smoke detector
[18:29] <The_Bee> 1
[18:29] <~bynw> rotten eggs are very stinky
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Need a new battery, Bee?
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That they are, Bynw
[18:30] <HoundMistress> Yep, sounds like new battery time.
[18:30] <KK> You know, of course, that they were just as apt to throw poop. Lots of it around with horses as the main means of transportation.
[18:30] <HoundMistress> There are peas, but you'd have to throw a lot of them.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not to mention donkeys and mules as cart pullers
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Is the smoke detector doing a chirp - chirp - chirp thing, or all-out BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
[18:31] <KK> I ws gouing to uggest the battery, Bee.
[18:31] <KK> And oxen
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Bee had that same trouble two months ago.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> mmmm, poop would be excellent on bystanders and unpleasant people... but you definitely don't want to hit your heroes with poop
[18:32] <The_Bee> It was inspected not long ago.  I just fell off the stepladder this time.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oops, don't hurt yourself!
[18:32] <HoundMistress> I don't do ladders anymore.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL  Dry horse poop, I hope.   especially if they have to go before the king right after.
[18:32] <KK> If it were Willimites throwing at Michaelines, that would work.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I *don't* want to hit my heroes with poop?  Drat.  *scratches idea off list*
[18:33] <The_Bee> only a bit sore.  It's  the second time today.  I tipped my trike over turning in to my back yard.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Well, Evie, I would never tell you how to treat your heroes
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I find it funny
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Well, it's better than killing them, Evie.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Yikes, Bee.  be carefull
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> See?  I agree, HM, it's far from the worst thing that could happen! It washes off!
[18:34] <The_Bee> Two neighbors came to my rescue.
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh, yes Bee, be careful. I'm sure you don't bounce too well anymore.
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh good, Bee
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good Neighbors
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Getting hit with poop is just so... so unheroic
[18:34] <HoundMistress> Good to have nice neighbors.
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Be careful, Bee
[18:34] <The_Bee> sore elbow and hip, that's all
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> @Nezz Because getting hit with a cabbage is not?  😄
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Sauerkrout would be worse
[18:35] <The_Bee> Cabbages are harder than poop, but not as messy.
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Getting hit with cabbage is far better than getting hit with poop... even if you get cabbage in your ear. 😄
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Better than when we exploided a Gong Wagon.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They could get hit by a basket of fish
[18:36] <The_Bee> did you really??
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I had nothing to do with that (crosses fingers)
[18:36] <HoundMistress> 'Cause if they are throwing poop, you can't open your mouth to yell.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL  Sure thing, Jerusha!
[18:36] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> whistles innocently
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Well, you *can*, you're just very demotivated to
[18:37] <HoundMistress> LOL! Yes, Evie!
[18:37] <The_Bee> I meant with the exploding gong wagon.
[18:37] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> still whistles innocently
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Bee,  We (meaning one of us here) did
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I should have thought about fish, tho'. That's a great idea.
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Smelly day old fish
[18:38] <KK> Jerusha, did you do that?!
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Let's just say it was crap-tacular
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or raw meat works too
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes, KK.  I must admit I did
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or offal from the butcher's stall.
[18:39] <HoundMistress> Lamb testicals
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm sure there's a barrel of discarded guts around somewhere at the market
[18:39] <HoundMistress> Testicles?
[18:39] <The_Bee> not sure what a gong wagon is, explosive or not.
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Bear nuts
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's the wagon they would cart human waste away from the garderobe shafts in
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> A wagon that collected the excrement from the city
[18:40] <KK> We haven't had to use the trebuchet fish launcher lately. Jemler was an expert at getting whacked by a fish.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, he was
[18:40] <HoundMistress> In spicier days
[18:40] <KK> He is missed.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Very much
[18:40] <The_Bee> ok, that makes sense.  I hope they used it as fertilizer.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> TM just isn't trying today. He usually makes an excellent showing.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> At least our fish whacking was done with fresh or even live fish.  not smelly old fish
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes
[18:41] <The_Bee> peeping again. I think I'll just ignore it for a while.
[18:42] <The_Bee> beeping
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> In Jerusha's scene they had to use the Gong wagoner as Fertilizer when it was all over
[18:42] <KK> Yes, live or fresh fish make very satisfying whacks an smacks.
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If it's making the chirping sound, it is probably a dying battery. Maybe the ones they replaced the old ones with were none too new themselves.
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I am never subtle
[18:42] <HoundMistress> The person you are throwing them at can take them home and thank you for dinner,
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Jerusha, was this back in the GotP days? Or one of your originals?
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> GotP
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They can also throw pies if you want something messy but less smelly
[18:43] <The_Bee> I blame my oven.  I'm using it tonight. I tried to clean the tray, but....
[18:43] <KK> I have both battery and wired smoke alarms in my kitchen. Recently had to replace the battery in that one. So annoying.
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or if you want something even squirmier, maybe a basket of eels
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> EEWWW
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I'm distracted by searching for a Thanksgiving flight to visit my sister, and availability dropped horribly in the last two days. So going over to Kayak (flight finder) and texting my sister.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Good luck,TM
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, if you are cooking something a little smoky, that could be setting it off
[18:44] <~bynw> our smoke alarms are hardwired with battery backups ... the one in the bedroom started beeping and had to replace the battery
[18:44] <HoundMistress> The eels from The Princess Bride?
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Really J? You're ok with poop but eels evoke an "Ewww"? 😄
[18:44] <The_Bee> how about tarantulas?
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Tarantulas are fragile, I gather! Please don't throw them!
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Poop does not slither onto my dinner plate
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Would anyone bring tarantulas to the market on marketday?
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Would there even be tarantulas in Gwynedd? I think those are New World also
[18:45] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> has a horrible mental picture of a cart being pulled by large, hairy spiders
[18:46] <The_Bee> The tarantulas might bring themselves.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Then again, according to the Codex Gwynedd has chipmunks and antelopes
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> But I tend to ignore those mentions. 😄
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "Tarantulas of various species occur throughout the United States, Mexico, in Central America, and throughout South America. Other species occur variously throughout Africa, much of Asia (including the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan), and all of Australia. In Europe, some species occur in Spain, Portugal, Turkey, southern Italy, and Cyprus."
[18:46] <KK> All spoods are pretty fragile. I regularly visit a site called All Bugs Go to Kevin, that deals with ID-ing all sorts of insectoid critters, and some folk keep jumping spiders as pets.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> How about throwing stenrects instead? No?
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "Shelob's come loose from the cart harness again!"
[18:47] <HoundMistress> Don't they have chipmunks in GB?
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh man, if I'd known there were chipmunks in the Codex, the green squirrl would probably have been a green chipmunk!
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> According to AnnieUK, they don't, since she was the one who pointed that out
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Again, who brings stenrects to the market on a random marketday in Rhemuth?
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Since I'm using the Finch app for my to-do list, apparently my muse is a wee bitty birb now
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No one I would want to buy from. 😄
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> "I'll raise your stenrect two tarrantulas"
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You already lost me at raising that stenrect. What would you feed that thing, unwanted visitors?
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Here are my Tarrantulas.
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432154410984800258/image.png?ex=6900053b&is=68feb3bb&hm=06f4b1cfd88457279d1a305bda3370214300e8722c19f63c71fe13c0f1a00a6d&;
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Never bring a tarantula to a stenrect fight.
[18:50] <~bynw> a certain NPC notes that stenrects are quite valuable and goes back to minding his own business or maybe someone elses
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> EEWWW
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Spotted at the gas station today
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432154619676594266/20251026_122528.jpg?ex=6900056d&is=68feb3ed&hm=08f64d2e7c9b55f5f677d628b65092d9e64cf2dd6801c4509e6e97d4df024f6d&;
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Not going to argue the value of the stenrect crawler, but again, would one find a buyer at Rhemuth Market square?
[18:51] <KK> I wonder how Stenrects breed.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Only in a very dark corner, Nezz
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The cowboy skeleton has a string of white lights in his hollow bones, in case that's not easy to see from the pic
[18:51] <HoundMistress> Hmmm! smelly or disgusting things could be sent to your  who have portals...
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> My Dragon and Knights.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432154821900632214/1023251806c.jpg?ex=6900059d&is=68feb41d&hm=c07124bbcbae3fa37be092f40c0429be67612518e3110d30f6addd49da04aa31&;
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Love the dragon
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> KK: they breed very carefully? Actually, I thought they were magic-summoned critters.
[18:52] <The_Bee> I just turned off the oven.  Maybe that will placate the smoke detector.
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They must be summoned from somewhere, I suppose
[18:52] <KK> Does it seem to anyone else that Halloween decorations are getting almost as numerous as Christmas Decorations? Starts earlierr, too.
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm thinking they get together and sting each other and then plant the fertilized eggs in the corpse of whichever stenrect loses.
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I was just hinking that same thing, KK
[18:53] <~bynw> Bee, got something burned on the bottom of your oven maybe causing the smoke detector to go off
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Way too much imagination, Nezz
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432155184255074394/20251026_155616.jpg?ex=690005f4&is=68feb474&hm=cfe76b77986c3b83865b980e9e3d134d76055866d6d480f048b93747de539267&;
[18:53] <HoundMistress> Summoned from your friendly stenrect breeder>
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432155185160917103/20251026_155604.jpg?ex=690005f4&is=68feb474&hm=f0062dd646b7d09f1ff188ded91e102552b1a85473efee4bc33d8cb165a99350&;
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My Halloween week nails
[18:53] <The_Bee> Does a genie really spend all his time in a bottle waiting to be summoned?
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> But isn't that why you accepted me into your little group? 🙂
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yep, pretty much!
[18:54] <HoundMistress> Great nails, Evie!
[18:54] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)
[18:54] * ~bynw likes Nezz's imagination
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> According to Disney, yes
[18:54] * Joins: web88
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> She's a writer. Of course she has way too much imagination. All that overflow has to go somewhere.  😉
[18:54] * web88 is now known as KK
[18:54] <~bynw> i think KK accidently closed her browser looking at your pictures Evie and she's back already
[18:55] <The_Bee> Aww, I missed goodbye KK.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oops
[18:55] <KK> Hp, exactly that, Bynw.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Re-hi, KK
[18:55] <The_Bee> KK/1 You're back!
[18:55] <HoundMistress> Yay!
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> welcome back
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'll have to figure what I want for November. My nails are the wrong shape for candy corn nails, but maybe I can get little turkeys or Pilgrim hats
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Little turkeys!
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Turkeys wearing hats
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My salon has a pretty good nail artist, so she might be able to manage turkeys
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Or at least a drumstick
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[18:58] <~bynw> i vote for turkeys wearing pligrim hats
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL  Jerusah
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I need to focus on flights, and as God is my witness, domestic turkeys don't fly. So ta ta for now, as we used to say.
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Good luck, TM
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I get manicures faithfully because they prevent me from biting my nails like I used to do. I think a yummy drumstick might be counterproductive.  😉
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I loved that episode!
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> As we all learned, from WKARP  turkeys don't fly
[18:59] <HoundMistress> Bye TM
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bye TM
[18:59] <The_Bee> Bye and good luck, TM
[18:59] <KK> Byeee.
[18:59] <~bynw> cya TM
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> And as Jennifer said, "many don't survive Thanksgiving"
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> (I think her name was Jennifer)
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Her name was Jennifer
[19:00] <The_Bee> Didn't wild turkeys use to fly, before we bred them too fat?
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Wild ones still do.  Domesticated ones don't
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes, Bee
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> One year I purchase two turkey chicks.  named them Thanksgiving and Christmas.   When we did not eat Thatnksgiving.  I told my family we would definitly be haveing Christmas.  and my family said they would bring the Ham.
[19:01] <The_Bee> Once in a while we get stories of wild turkeys menacing people, but he might be feral domestic birds.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Laurna, can you eat a bird you've raised since chickhood?
[19:02] * ~bynw hasn't had any kind of wild game bird for Thanksgiving in many decades. Used to usally have pheasant all the time due to uncles hunting
[19:02] <The_Bee> BEEP BEEP again
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> NO.  I can not  and we did not.  they layed wonderful turkey eggs for years
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you've ever been spurred by a rooster, you're like "Hand me that axe...."
[19:02] <~bynw> probably your battery Bee. usualaly a 9 volt
[19:02] <KK> I think wild turkeys do fly, albeit with difficulty. Anatomy is similar to peacocks. They're built very differently than the fat, fan-tailed turkeys we usually associate with Thanksgiving.
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, contact your landlord about that fire alarm
[19:03] <HoundMistress> They aren't distance fliers, just enough to get in a tree
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Turkeys make lousy carrier pigeons
[19:04] <The_Bee> The one in the hallway was misbehaving recently.
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The turkey in the hallway?  😉
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> They get stuck trying to enter the pigeon loft
[19:04] <The_Bee> no, the smoke detector
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, we remember it giving you problems during another chat
[19:07] <The_Bee> They inspected it recentl.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> turkey in flight
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432158657419804763/image.png?ex=69000930&is=68feb7b0&hm=2b71adb9cd0563bb4bfdac8b332e480427343201e4660d83c0527bb586f07b41&;
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432158657772257300/image.png?ex=69000930&is=68feb7b0&hm=1d90271c7107c11efe57683406b77262dd0d52cd8c2d458284bc5c5b644a1443&;
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> My husband saw some wild turkeys flying not too long ago
[19:10] <KK> I understand they can be very aggressive, especially in grops.
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432159462432575598/image.png?ex=690009f0&is=68feb870&hm=210b0ca6849ab87fcf32145aa7f9b5fc447787c4668cf80325dc02305e5e4d3d&;
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1432159472385654915/image.jpg?ex=690009f2&is=68feb872&hm=fbcb61d0105ad4c6ab74bab7a2d604e8549c62429737049784d98b966b477599&;
[19:10] <HoundMistress> I'm going to say good night all and have a great week! Going back to my movie before I have to go to bed.
[19:10] <The_Bee> BTW, have any of your fur-babies eaten unusual things lately,I just discovered a show on Animal Planed titled "My Pet Ate WHAT?"
[19:10] <~bynw> good night HoundMistress
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> 20 yards to land LOL
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> night HM
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Night HM
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nighters, HM
[19:11] <The_Bee> Bye HM
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye HM
[19:11] <HoundMistress> 'nighters!
[19:11] * Quits: HoundMistress (Quit: Client closed)
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> GB Packers are playing the Pittsburgs Steelers, tonight, Laurna
[19:11] <~bynw> give those turkey's a football and let them play for a team ... might make some TDs with it
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Go Packers
[19:11] <~bynw> ah Jerusha posted that before i did
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Mousie wanted to say hi
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My husband's first cat had a thing for spaghetti straps. She ate the straps off the lingerie I had planned on wearing on my honeymoon, so I ended up having to buy something else.
[19:12] <~bynw> in about 15 minutes too
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Mousie.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Jordan Love versus Aaron Rodgers
[19:12] <~bynw> Go Steelers!
[19:12] <KK> Nighters, HM. And I think I'll also take my leave. Daphne is definitely campaigning for supper, and I'm also reeling a bit peckish.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Or just go without, Evie
[19:12] <KK> See you next week in Zoom.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> night KK. Zoom next week?
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes, zoom
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh, I have the last of the yummy leftover pasta from our Ladies Night Out last week!
[19:12] <The_Bee> A dog ate 5 pairs of underwear; a cat ate a sewing needle.
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> (two days ago, not last week as in before last weekend!)
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Have a good week, KK
[19:13] <~bynw> poor kitty
[19:13] <~bynw> have a good week KK
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> See you in Zoom next week!
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Mousie
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good week, everyone
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> have a great one KK
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Samhein
[19:13] <The_Bee> Good Week, KK!
[19:13] * KK steps onto her Portal and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:13] <The_Bee> Happy Halloween to All!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The spaghetti strap kitty also tried to eat a needle and thread, but fortunately I managed to stop her because I saw some light glinting off the needle as she was eating the thread.
[19:14] <KK> Good night, all. And good week!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh dear, Evie.  Good catch!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, KK
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Happy reading for the anthology (she hints broadly)
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I had a cat that just liked to pull all the pins out of my pin cushion and scatter them across the carpeted room.
[19:15] <KK> Nighters.
[19:15] <The_Bee> There's a vet who specializes in endoscopy to remove swalloed non-food items.
[19:15] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)