IgnatuStone
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3/20/2017
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I've been running out of things to do lately, but I was just struck by a wonderful idea. Having already pledged my support for the bishop's upcoming campaign, I shall lead my own company beside him in the invasion of hell.
I shall purchase a company of companions best suited to fight the devils. What should It be comprised of? How should they be equipped? Obviously my hound of heaven shall be in the forefront, but I can only have one of him. Also I must consider how to spend my limited funds. Would the devils be most intimidated by 10 Bengal Tigresses, 40 Ruthless henchmen, or 140 Araby Fighting Weasels? Which companions would you choose for this expedition?
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Ignatus~Stone
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Aberrant Eremite
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3/20/2017
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I have been considering this very question myself. To destroy a devil's body takes some doing, of course. But if you have tried it recently, you may understand why I believe that the final coup de grace is best delivered by an agile flying creature, one which can spot its prey in complete darkness and which is accustomed to devouring insects. I plan, in short, to bring rather a large number of bats when we storm the Gates of Hell.
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Hieronymus Drake: Gentleman scholar, big-game hunter, scar-faced aristocrat. Remarkably sane, all things considered.
Tanith Wyrmwood: Longshanks cat-burglar; Bohemian author; now, perhaps, something more. Bubbly, expressive, and affectionate. It’s not only still waters that run deep.
Telemachia Lee: Gentle lady by birth, brawling Docker by choice. Good company in the drunk tank.
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Siankan
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3/20/2017
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bjharts wrote:
I plan, in short, to bring rather a large number of bats when we storm the Gates of Hell.
Have you really considered the upkeep cost of that many sodding crickets? I mean, yes, you can dispatch half-useless casualties via the nearest overgrown houseplant, but at a certain point you're going to either be doing a lot of unnecessary work or having a lot of angry bats on your hands. Also, how much damage can a bat do, anyway?
As a counterpoint, however, maybe making all the chiropterans particularly surly by leaving out the cricket rations would make them even fiercer combatants. At the very least, a cloud of cursing, hungry bats might prove a handy distraction and an ammunition sponge. Precisely how ruthless are you feeling at the moment?
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Prof. Sian Kan, at your service.
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Aberrant Eremite
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3/20/2017
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Well, I'll agree that our ratty fellows are a resource which we Londoners too often overlook. Treat a rat with a bit of respect and he'll do as good a job as a man, and eat much less in the bargain.
It's true that it would be rather amusing to drop, say, the Iron Republic on top of Hell, and see whether they like living with their own experiment. But I have already specified the use to which I intend to put bats: namely, to deliver the coup de grace. To follow my reasoning, you may peruse the following evidence. Be warned, however, that you might come to regret delving into such mysteries [i.e. spoilers behind the links, at least if I've managed to link them properly].
The theory of one of the the foremost scholars of the Neath
The eyewitness testimony of an associate
My conclusion, then, is that devils in their true forms are very much vulnerable to attack by agile, flying carnivores, even rather small ones.
Edit: The Masked Felon - who seems quite a reliable sort, on the whole - has divined both my intent and the theory behind it.
edited by bjharts on 3/20/2017
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Hieronymus Drake: Gentleman scholar, big-game hunter, scar-faced aristocrat. Remarkably sane, all things considered.
Tanith Wyrmwood: Longshanks cat-burglar; Bohemian author; now, perhaps, something more. Bubbly, expressive, and affectionate. It’s not only still waters that run deep.
Telemachia Lee: Gentle lady by birth, brawling Docker by choice. Good company in the drunk tank.
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Masterpiece
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3/30/2017
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If the devils are actually bees in human bodies, maybe DDOSing The Secret World's login server would work to shut them down.
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Blaine Davidson
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3/30/2017
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I am not fond of the Anarchists, Criminals, or the Devils.
Is there some way to coerce them into murdering each other off and keeping my gloves clean?
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Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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Henry 0th
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3/30/2017
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What I'll do with get a bunch of uttershroom sporules and get them as close to the mountain of light as I can. They would then grow into immortal Kaiju Blemmigans. After doing so much propagation I may be owed a favour by the uttershroom, I'll see if I can convince it to resurrect old glory from the chelonate to do the tanking.
If hell is invaded the bishop of southwark will turn up.
I don't think It would be to difficult to convince the dawn machine to join the attack. Since it views itself as a god it would naturally be opposed to the devils. I wouldn't want the dawn machine to take over, sometime it is better the devils you know.
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