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tHERE IS A CURSE
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| Isobellia User Info... | This is where the gods play games with the lives of men.On a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. And fate always wins. Fate always wins. Most of the gods throw dice but fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along. Fate wins, at least, so it is claimed. Whatever happens, they say afterwards it must have been Fate. (People are always a little confused about this as they are in the case of miracles. When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances, they say that's a miracle. But of course if someone is killed by a freak chain of events-the oil spilled just there, the saftey fence broke just there-that must also be a miracle. Just because it's not nice doesnt mean it's not miraculous.) Gods can take any form, but the one aspect of themselves they cannot change is their eyes. which show their nature. the eyes of fate are hardly eyes at all-just dark holes into an infinity speckled with what may be stars or, there again, may be other things. he blinked them, smiled at his fellow players in the smug way winners do just before they become winners, and said; "I accuse the High Priest of the Green Robe in the library with the double-handed axe." And he won. He beamed at them. A shadow fell across the gambling table. The gods looked up. "ah', said fate "Let the game begin', said the Lady. There was always an argument about whether the newcomer was a goddess at all. Certainly no-one ever got anywhere by worshipping her and she tended to turn up only where she was least expected, such as now. And people who trusted in her seldom survived. Any temples built to her would surely be struck by lightning. Better to juggle axes on a tightrope than say her name. Just call her the waitress in the Last Chance Saloon. She was generally referred to as the Lady, and her eyes were green; not as the eyes of humans are green, but emerald green from edge to edge. It was said to be her favourite colour. - Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:37pm | ||
| Isobellia User Info... | But, we shall play without dice. I don't trust you with dice. You throw them where I can't see them. We will play with steel, and tactics, and politics, and war." The Lady nodded, fate looked at his opponent " and your move?" he said. she smiled. "I've already made it". He looked down. "But I don't see your pieces on the board." "they are not on the board yet," she said. she opened her hand There was something black and yellow on her palm. She blew on it and it unfolded its wings. It was a butterfly. fate always wins.... At least, When people stick to the rules. According to the philosopher ly Tin Wheedle, chaos is found in the greatest abundance wherever order is being saught. It always defeats order, because it is better organized. this is the butterfly of the storms. See the wings, slightly more ragged than those of the common fritillary. In reality, thanks to the fractal nature of the universe, this means that those ragged edges are infinite-in the same way that the edge of any rugged coastline, when measured to the ultimate microscopic level, is infinitley long-or if not infinite, then at least so close to it that Infinity can be seen on a clear day. And therefore, if their edges are infiniely long, the wings must logically be infinitely big. They may Look about the right size for a butterfly's wings, but that's only because human beings have always prefferred common sense to logic. The Quantum weather butterfly(papilio tempestae0 is an undistinguished yellow colour, although the mandlebrot patterns on the wings are of considerable interest. Its outstanding feature is its ability to create weather. This presumably began as a survival trait, since even an extremely hungry bird would find itself inconvenienced by a nasty localized tornado(usually about six inches across) From there it possibly became a secondary sexual characteristic, like the plumage of birds or the throat sacs of certain frogs. Look at me, the male says, flapping his wings lazily in the canopy of the rain forest. I may be an undistinguished yellow colour but in a fortnight's time, a thousand miles away, Freak Gales Cause Road Chaos. this is the butterfly of the storms. It flaps its wings... there is a curse may you live in interesting times - Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:10pm | ||
| Anonymous | your humor is very interesting - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:23am | ||
| Anonymous | Ahem, PLAGIARIZED humour. - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:37am | ||
| Anonymous | You should seriously think about getting some of your stuff published or something, - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:37am | ||
| Anonymous | I fucking swear, the few positive anon posts encouraging Iso (THE most annoying poster EVER on livevic) are written by the self-absorbed idiot herself. ps: She didn't write that story herself. - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:55am | ||
| Anonymous | THAT IS HUGE PLAGERISM, heard it years ago. GET OUTTA HERE ISOBLELIA - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 2:24am | ||
| gup | Nice quotation from Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. Gee, you're not trying to pass this off as your own work are you. We know it's not yours because (1) There's no spelling mistakes, and (2) It's not stupid. - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 2:53am | ||
| Anonymous | haha yyyyeah - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 3:21am | ||
| Shame on you! | Plagarism is wrong! Credit the author of each work you post, or people will continue to call you on it each and every time! In case you didn't notice, there are others on this board who read and write too, and your plagarism is damned annoying!! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 9:17am | ||
| Anonymous | Fuck! Relax all you anon's! True, she should post the author but give it a break. If she's happy and wants to let people know about it then what right do you have to slagg? Get lives, unhappy people, get lives! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:32am | ||
| Anonymous | You get a life, you knob. - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:57am | ||
| Anonymous | I've got one shitforbrains! I don't have to slag happy people to make my miserable life look a tiny, miniscule bit better! You obviously do! Dipstick! Be happy Izzy! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:04am | ||
| Anon666 | She's just a wannabe author who can't write jack shit of her own and has to steal other people's work to get attention and make herself look intelligent. News flash Izzy, it just makes you look like stupid cow! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:07pm | ||
| Anonymous | What a fucking asshole! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:25pm | ||
| Anonymous | ya considering we were hanging out last night and she was using my computer and it crashed she didnt have time to finish the story fuck people jump to conclusions on here i just got back online and there is all this shit we were doing a tribute to terry pratchette in case anyone noticed -adam - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:28pm | ||
| Anonymous | SO what you are all saying i,,,If i really like a song, i can record it, and put it out as my own???????? Not putting ones name where credit is due is wrong. Here is a little something i wrote: Don't leave me now Dont say its the end of the road Remember the flowers i sent I need you babe To put through the shredder In front of my friends BY: ME (now) - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:37pm | ||
| Anonymous | ISOBELIA, no matter what your reasons are, you get busted ALL THE TIME for stealing peoples art. YET, people in hear keep telling you to write. YOU HAVENT WRITTEN ANYTHING YET - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:42pm | ||
| Anonymous | All I was saying is she didnt try to pull it off as her own I dont think she ever has tried to do something like that She doesnt need to and before we could finish the story my fuckin computer crashed fuck I hate technology I never write anything on here because of stupid people who get the wrong impression I don't know why she wastes her time - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:44pm | ||
| Anonymous | It si funny how you say she didnt get a chance to finish her story,,If you were to look at the second post,,IT IS FINISHED!!! She stole someones work, hoping to get credit, bu she lost. LIKE ALWAYS - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 1:03pm | ||
| Whatevah | Adam your a real whiney little bitch....I like that. - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 1:04pm | ||
| She's having fun people... | Fuck, anyone can tell that it is someone elses work. Who gives a rats ass. At least it is interesting and not slagging anyone else. She is trying to lighten up a lame ass board, if you don't like it don't read the shit. When do you want your spankings Issy? - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 1:23pm | ||
| Anonymous | Actually, the second post was done by me, not her and then something happened and everything went blue, and if you've read the book, like it seems people have, you would know it is not done and I'm not whiney, i'm just sensical -Adam - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 1:51pm | ||
| Anonymous | whatever, I dont have to waste my time talking to idiots like you, you wouldn't understand anyways but next time you hack someone down, make sure you know what your talkin about -Adam - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 1:54pm | ||
| Anonymous | isobella is the most annoying lol.Not even close fuck what about wreaker and ross bay or rsbf or the list goes on. iso is cool and we love her!!! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 2:18pm | ||
| Anonymous | Isobabe kicks ass! - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 2:32pm | ||
| Anonymous | I disagree and find her super irritating, but really now, who gives a fuck. - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 2:36pm | ||
| Anonymous | - whatever, I dont have to waste my time talking to idiots like you, you wouldn't understand anyways but next time you hack someone down, make sure you know what your talkin about -Adam - Sun, 15 Jun 11:54am Well that took time - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 4:24pm | ||
| whateva | your all fucked - Sun, 15 Jun 2003 4:47pm | ||
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