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Manga Shoggoth

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As promised, some Hallowe'en material from... the Hooded Hood

Subj: Ah. Not a Walled Garden scenario then.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 at 11:40:44 am EDT (Viewed 1023 times)
Reply Subj: Vinnie De Soth and Spider-Demons of the Abyssal Web - Complete
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 at 01:51:57 pm EDT (Viewed 24 times)



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        Ã¢â‚¬Å“That’s how EULAs work,” the A.I. agreed. “It’s certainly how I got Visionary to agree to a refurbished Lair Computer Centre. Well, that and a minor holographic clothing glitch at exactly the right nanosecond.”


Hmmm. I'm fairly sure that clothing malfunctions are not in any EULA I've dealt with.


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        Vinnie reached the appropriate paragraph. “Licensee agrees to transfer of existential assets to KaliCorp in perpetuity. KaliCorp may secondarily assign these rights to a third party without notification. Installation and use of this product signifies an acceptance of these conditions. Existential assets may be accessed, modified, and deleted at any time. Such assets include, but are not limited to, karma, mana, orgone, psychic auras, luck, dreams, and souls.” Vinnie looked up in horror. “People signing up to this contract have just given their souls away!”


Yup. Sounds like the Apple one all right...


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        Ã¢â‚¬Å“You’ve just arrived in time for the clamping,” Kara told the elementalist. She gestured to the jobbing occultist on the stretcher. “Crocodile or bulldog?”


I'd make a case for spade connectors here...


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        Ã¢â‚¬Å“There’s a very slight chance that while we’re in the game-world a silver-helmeted archvillain called the Apostate might appear to take over all reality,” Visionary advised. “If he does, try to stop him please.” He thought a bit harder. “Or possibly Nyarlurkhotep the Chaotic Crawler. Or Dark Thugos.”


This leaves the possibility of what happens when Visionary comes out of the virtual world...








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