Angus MacSpon wrote:
All right. Let's try this "public C&C" thing. After all, I'm thousands
of miles away from you, so, a-ha, I'm safe from 'most anything except
letter-bombs...
If you insist... for a spamfic.
"For too long has the foul Saotome held the beauteous Akane Tendo
and the vibrant Pig-Tailed Girl in his thrall," Tatewaki Kuno observed
as he opened the lid of a dark casket made of lead. Grotesque shapes
and foul runes were carved upon the metal, images that would drive sane
men mad. Fortunately for him, the kendoist had sundered himself from
sanity long ago.
You have a very strange definition of "fortunately".
Fortunate indeed to look upon the works of chaos with a mind that is
already fragmented.
"Prithee, what is the matter with you, man?" Tatewaki asked
his servant.
Maybe it's just me, but "man" sounds wrong. "Fool" might perhaps be more
appropriate, especially for Kuno speaking to Sasuke. (Or, okay, just about
anybody speaking to Sasuke.) Oh, and in the complete opposite direction,
"prithee" might just be too _polite_ for Kuno -- especially, again, when
speaking to Sasuke.
Try saying this aloud as Kuno might. With lots of condescension and
arrogance. Is it frightening that Tatewaki Kuno is one of my favorite
Ranma 1/2 characters?
Tatewaki laughed haughtily. "Fie! A sword is but a tool. I am
the master of this blade, not its servant, and therefore, as I am
not evil, how can this thing be damned?"
Excellent Kuno reasoning. :)
<bows> Maybe I just identify with him too well...
Jamie