.... Apparently not!

Scott  8{C>

On 2024-03-24 18:09, Arthur Spitzer wrote:
> We'll see if anyone besides those reading from the RACC List Archive
> can read this.
>
>
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>
>    Issue #15NoWait27!!  (And Maybe #25 Should be 14??!!  Who Knows?!!!!)
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Drew Nilium
>
> >"that... that *NAME*!" The Unknown Ninja stood, hands clenching into
> fists,
> >entire body rigid with rage! "I know! I REMEMBER!" Red light blazed
> out of the
> >eyeholes of the mask, and he threw his head back and roared--
> "ULTIMATE NINJA!"
> >
> >And the invisible barrier expanded outward, pushing back the crimson
> light! The
> >border between them wavered and wobbled like ballistic gel
> mid-target-practice,
> >and Nina had just enough time to see the Ninja's eyes widen in fear
> before--
> >
> >
> >
> >...dust drifted down from the ceiling, settling over the ruined,
> cratered lobby.
> >
> >Manga Girl pulled herself out of the dent her body had made in the wall.
> >"wha..." she mumbled. "...wha happen? Nina..."
> >
> >And she fell to the floor, alone.
>
> And small shadowy creature looked down at all this and frowned a bit. 
> A ruined, cratered LNHHQ lobby?  That wasn't fun!  And then it snapped
> its tiny little fingers.
>
> And everything returned to the way it was supposed to be.
>
> And the shadowy creature grinned.
>
>   ** ** ** ** **
>
> "That -- that *NAME*!" the Unknown Ninja said starting to rage a bit.
>
> "Whoah whoah WHOAHH!" said Totally Real LNH Writer stepping towards
> the ninja with his hands making a calm down motion.  "Let's all just
> -- calm -- down -- a bit!  Let's not do anything foolish.  Let's all
> just take some chill pills -- okay?
>
> "Also -- I am a Totally Real LNH Writer!  No, really!  As we speak --
> I am totally writing all of this down!  Everything that's happening! 
> Honest!  And so you don't want to do anything crazy like -- uh kill
> me.  Not that you could of course! Because I'm the writer who is
> writing all this, so I wouldn't die.  But I'd be really annoyed by you
> trying to kill me so I might just not finish this story.  And maybe
> I'd become like a Superguy Writer or something!  And if I stopped
> writing this story -- that would be it for the LNH and the Looniverse!
> Yeah!  Because I'm the LAST Totally Real LNH Writer!  The Last One!! 
> No one else is writing the LNH anymore!  I'm the Last One that cares
> about you guys!  Uhhuh!!  You do something like try to kill me --
> well, that's it!  It all goes away!  No More Looniverse!  Every one of
> you will disappear this time for good!!  FOR GOOD!! So, heh, let's not
> you know -- kill me, okay, guys?"
>
> "Wait," said the Unknown Ninja looking very intently at Totally Real
> LNH Writer.  "So, what you're saying is -- if I were to kill you --
> Everything would disappear.  We would all disappear?"
>
> "Uh, yeah... I uh... yeah that would be the gist of it.  Heh, now
> let's..." said Totally Real LNH Writer backing away slightly from the
> Unknown Ninja.
>
> "Hmm..." And then with lightning fast speed the Unknown Ninja plunged
> his hand into the Totally Real LNH Writer's chest and pulled out a
> still beating heart.  Totally Real LNH Writer looked with horror at
> his still beating heart and muttered, "What a total waste of such a
> cool exciting new..." and then his body thudded onto the floor.
>
> The Unknown Ninja looked intently at the heart in his hand that
> eventually became very lifeless.  "No.  The World still seems to be
> here.  So -- you were mistaken."
>
> "Ohgod no no NO!" said The Totally Real Ultimate Ninja starting to
> really freak out.  "It was his idea -- I mean I mean -- I was
> brainwashed -- I never wanted to do this!  Please!  You got to believe
> me!  Ohgod -- the LNH is supposed to save people not let maniacs kill
> people!  Please!!  Please someone!"
>
> "It's okay -- I'll," said Fearless stepping in between the ninjas with
> a skeptical tone in his voice, "Try to do something."  He held his
> fists in a boxing stance.
>
> The Unknown Ninja ignored the two of them and just stared at his
> bloody hand.  "The Ultimate Ninja.  The Ultimate Ninja -- that's --
> that's my name.  But how am I here?  I shouldn't be here.  I was sent
> somewhere else.  I was free.  Free of this place -- no longer having
> to do this stupid thankless job.  Free to..."  And then an anger
> started to emanate from his eyes.  "Some one brought me back.  But
> who?  Who would dare?!"
>
> Okay, thought the shadowy creature, The Ninja was becoming a little
> bit too self-aware for its taste.  Let's just return The Ninja to the
> more fun amnesiac killing machine state.  The creature snapped its
> fingers unleashing another retcon towards The Ninja.  And nothing
> happened.  The creature snapped its fingers a few more times.  Still
> Nothing.  And then the creature could see that The Ninja was looking
> straight at it.  No, that -- that wasn't possible.  The Ninja couldn't
> see it?  Could he?
>
> And before the shadowy creature could ruminate some about that, The
> Ninja's hand lunged through whatever dimensions that existed between
> the two of them and grabbed the creature and pulled it down to the
> mortal realm.
>
> The Ninja's hand squeezed tightly around the furry neck of some
> raccoon looking creature that had a purple derby for a hat and black
> vest with two R's monogrammed into it.  "You!  You're the one who
> brought me back!  Why?!!"
>
> "Hey, that's uh... Retcon RACCoon!" said Manga Girl.  "Isn't it? 
> Pretty sure."
>
> The raccoon began to panic and started to furiously snap its fingers. 
> But its powers were no longer working.  But before it could feel the
> full wrath of The Ninja, some force snatched it away.  The Ninja
> scanned everywhere -- but the Raccoon was gone.
>
> "Oh, uh, that was pretty weird," said The Totally Real Ultimate Ninja
> still hiding behind Fearless Leader.  "Right?  Also, are we done
> killing people?  I sure hope so!"
>
>       ** ** ** ** **
>
> Credits:
>
> Manga Girl -- Amabel Holland
> Ultimate Ninja -- wReam
> Fearless Leader -- Dave Van Domelen
> Retcon RACCoon, Totally Real LNH Writer, and
> Totally Real Ultimate Ninja are mine.
>
>
> Arthur "And another one..." Spitzer

--
-- (signed) Scott Eiler 8{D> ------ http://www.eilertech.com/ -------

Scott was raised as the Last Son of Planet Scottron on Scott Island.
There he learned that criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot,
especially of Scotts. So Scott secretly went to Scott High School and
trained himself to become a Scott to confound them. There he built a
suit of Scott-armor, and was given a mighty Scott-hammer plus an
invincible Scott-shield. Scott's mighty armament is only subject to
other Scotts. This is an incredibly common problem, though. So
Scott has to rely upon his Scott-Sense to identify possible danger.

So sayeth Scott.

Scott Eiler <seiler@eilertech.com> writes:

> ... Apparently not!

I am alas out of ideas that I can fix on this end. It did post to the
newsgroup and I read it via NNTP on my server, so I think this is a
problem specific to the news server that folks are using. I'm guessing
that it doesn't like multipart/alternative messages that have both a text
and an HTML version.

--
Russ Allbery (eagle@eyrie.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> wrote at 21:32 this Monday (GMT):
> Scott Eiler <seiler@eilertech.com> writes:
>
>> ... Apparently not!
>
> I am alas out of ideas that I can fix on this end. It did post to the
> newsgroup and I read it via NNTP on my server, so I think this is a
> problem specific to the news server that folks are using. I'm guessing
> that it doesn't like multipart/alternative messages that have both a text
> and an HTML version.

Quite weird.
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

On 2024-03-25 15:20, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> wrote at 21:32 this Monday (GMT):
>> Scott Eiler <seiler@eilertech.com> writes:
>>
>>> ... Apparently not!
>>
>> I am alas out of ideas that I can fix on this end. It did post to the
>> newsgroup and I read it via NNTP on my server, so I think this is a
>> problem specific to the news server that folks are using. I'm guessing
>> that it doesn't like multipart/alternative messages that have both a text
>> and an HTML version.
>
> Quite weird.

Well, that's what I get for using that free newsreader! Fortunately the
RACC email list is keeping up.

--
-- (signed) Scott Eiler 8{D> ------ http://www.eilertech.com/ -------

"Your Royal Highness, instead of devoting yourself exclusively
to Minerva, should, instead, rather offer sacrifice at the altars
of Bacchus, Orpheus, Venus, and Morpheus."

- Advice to Prince Duarte of Portugal. From "The golden age of
Prince Henry the Navigator", by Joaquim Pedro Oliveira Martins.
Coming soon to Project Gutenberg.

On 3/25/24 5:32 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Scott Eiler <seiler@eilertech.com> writes:
>
>> ... Apparently not!
>
> I am alas out of ideas that I can fix on this end. It did post to the
> newsgroup and I read it via NNTP on my server, so I think this is a
> problem specific to the news server that folks are using. I'm guessing
> that it doesn't like multipart/alternative messages that have both a text
> and an HTML version.

Dangit. I might have to start using an alternative. @-@

Drew "I'll catch up on this for the moment anyway" Nilium

On 3/25/24 5:23 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:
> ... Apparently not!

Thank you Scott X>

> On 2024-03-24 18:09, Arthur Spitzer wrote:
<snip>
>>    Issue #15NoWait27!!  (And Maybe #25 Should be 14??!!  Who Knows?!!!!)

:D :D :D

>> And small shadowy creature looked down at all this and frowned a bit. A
>> ruined, cratered LNHHQ lobby?  That wasn't fun!  And then it snapped its tiny
>> little fingers.
>>
>> And everything returned to the way it was supposed to be.
>>
>> And the shadowy creature grinned.

oooooooh interesting

>> "Also -- I am a Totally Real LNH Writer!  No, really!  As we speak -- I am
>> totally writing all of this down!  Everything that's happening! Honest!  And
>> so you don't want to do anything crazy like -- uh kill me.  Not that you could
>> of course! Because I'm the writer who is writing all this, so I wouldn't die.
>> But I'd be really annoyed by you trying to kill me so I might just not finish
>> this story.  And maybe I'd become like a Superguy Writer or something!  And if
>> I stopped writing this story -- that would be it for the LNH and the
>> Looniverse! Yeah!  Because I'm the LAST Totally Real LNH Writer!  The Last
>> One!! No one else is writing the LNH anymore!  I'm the Last One that cares
>> about you guys!

>:o Slander! Slander and heresy!

>> "Wait," said the Unknown Ninja looking very intently at Totally Real LNH
>> Writer.  "So, what you're saying is -- if I were to kill you -- Everything
>> would disappear.  We would all disappear?"
>>
>> "Uh, yeah... I uh... yeah that would be the gist of it.  Heh, now let's..."
>> said Totally Real LNH Writer backing away slightly from the Unknown Ninja.
>>
>> "Hmm..." And then with lightning fast speed the Unknown Ninja plunged his hand
>> into the Totally Real LNH Writer's chest and pulled out a still beating
>> heart.  Totally Real LNH Writer looked with horror at his still beating heart
>> and muttered, "What a total waste of such a cool exciting new..." and then his
>> body thudded onto the floor.

Holy *shit*.

>> The Unknown Ninja looked intently at the heart in his hand that eventually
>> became very lifeless.  "No.  The World still seems to be here.  So -- you were
>> mistaken."

God *damn*

>> "Ohgod no no NO!" said The Totally Real Ultimate Ninja starting to really
>> freak out.  "It was his idea -- I mean I mean -- I was brainwashed -- I never
>> wanted to do this!  Please!  You got to believe me!  Ohgod -- the LNH is
>> supposed to save people not let maniacs kill people!  Please!!  Please someone!"
>>
>> "It's okay -- I'll," said Fearless stepping in between the ninjas with a
>> skeptical tone in his voice, "Try to do something."  He held his fists in a
>> boxing stance.

I love FL. X>

>> The Unknown Ninja ignored the two of them and just stared at his bloody hand.
>>  "The Ultimate Ninja.  The Ultimate Ninja -- that's -- that's my name.  But
>> how am I here?  I shouldn't be here.  I was sent somewhere else.  I was free.
>> Free of this place -- no longer having to do this stupid thankless job.  Free
>> to..."  And then an anger started to emanate from his eyes.  "Some one brought
>> me back.  But who?  Who would dare?!"

oooooooooh. :D

>> Okay, thought the shadowy creature, The Ninja was becoming a little bit too
>> self-aware for its taste.  Let's just return The Ninja to the more fun
>> amnesiac killing machine state.  The creature snapped its fingers unleashing
>> another retcon towards The Ninja.  And nothing happened.  The creature snapped
>> its fingers a few more times.  Still Nothing.  And then the creature could see
>> that The Ninja was looking straight at it.  No, that -- that wasn't possible.
>> The Ninja couldn't see it?  Could he?
>>
>> And before the shadowy creature could ruminate some about that, The Ninja's
>> hand lunged through whatever dimensions that existed between the two of them
>> and grabbed the creature and pulled it down to the mortal realm.

YESSSSSS :D I love this move, it's the best, it's fave, 100%!!

>> The Ninja's hand squeezed tightly around the furry neck of some raccoon
>> looking creature that had a purple derby for a hat and black vest with two R's
>> monogrammed into it.  "You!  You're the one who brought me back!  Why?!!"
>>
>> "Hey, that's uh... Retcon RACCoon!" said Manga Girl.  "Isn't it? Pretty sure."

:D :D :D I LOVE THAT TOO.

>> The raccoon began to panic and started to furiously snap its fingers. But its
>> powers were no longer working.  But before it could feel the full wrath of The
>> Ninja, some force snatched it away.  The Ninja scanned everywhere -- but the
>> Raccoon was gone.
>>
>> "Oh, uh, that was pretty weird," said The Totally Real Ultimate Ninja still
>> hiding behind Fearless Leader.  "Right?  Also, are we done killing people?  I
>> sure hope so!"

Oh man oh man... okay, let's see, what do I do here...

Drew "super weird ideas" Nilium