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HH
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Manga Shoggoth

Subj: Yes?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 09:50:07 am EDT
Reply Subj: Re: #326: Untold Tales of the Parodyverse: On Things (and People) That Go Bump In The Night - Complete
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 09:28:28 am EDT


> Before I forget:
> > Lord Troovis of Troovis survived the reign of Prince Aarmis by being alternately stupid, subservient, absent, and stupid. He sees a future for himself in politics.
> He's overqualified...

More of Troovis' ambitions in sections to come; Untold Tales #328 if I'm not confusing my plotlines.

> >     Vizh woke up suddenly as he felt the warm soft woman crawl beneath his silken sheets.
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Relax,” Miiri told him. “It’s only me.”
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Oh,” Vizh said in a strangled whisper. “That’s fine then.”
> Miiri is a real prankster, isn't she?

She certainly has a wry sense of humour. But she was doing Vizh a favour too, and not in the usual Caphan sense.

> >     Miiri considered this. “Conflicted,” she admitted. “And that is a word I never even knew before I came to your Earth. It is wonderful to feel the sun on my skin and the wind stirring the t’grum trees, to smell the yava blossom on the air, to see my people again and speak their tongue. But so much has changed.”
> She's very much the Frodo here - in that her experiences have affected her so much that she no longer fits in with the world she helped to save.

I don't think anyone has ever compared Caphans to hobbits before; but yes, that "There and Back Again" journey has had its effects on Miiri more than any of the exiles, and she's become something rather more than what she was before. This section and one in the first part of #327 illustrate this.

> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Luuma would feel confined in the harem of a Prince. Once she has weaned her gift to Prince Kiivan she will seek adventure with a Master who appreciates that. There are many possibilities for a woman who has borne the child of an Emir. Many will bid to own her. She’s going to be spoiled for choice. I know she’s very much looking forward to the kroth g’saans.”
> Swiftheels, indeed.

She did win some races in her youth.

> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Do I want to know how that translates?” Vizh asked cautiously.
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“It’s perhaps best rendered as ‘trial nights together to see if slave and Master are compatible in their desires’. Luuma’s proposing quite a programme when she’s given birth.”
> Or Beta Test.

You really need to update that Caphan lexicon.

> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Do I really want to know what price you’ve been assessed at now?” the Lord of Viigo asked, bracing himself.
> >     Kaara whispered shyly into his ear.
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Ouch,” he winced, paling. “Zaahir’s brood, that’s a lot of krummush pelts. A hell of a lot.”
> Including Inflation and VAT?

Only the Shoggoth could do the maths.

> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Master Shoggoth does not believe in slavery,” Kaara told him, “but he does believe that mortals only value that which they must work for.”
> >     Vaahir swallowed hard. “He must want me to value you very highly,” he noted. “Fortunately I do.” He folded away the letter. “This is your price, Kaara of Jaaxa, flame of my heart, and it shall be met.”

> I take it that krummush pelts are not involved?

Only Vaahir's pelt.