Quotes, Sessions 70 to 79


Session 70 -- "Sand in your pants."

[Regarding a romantic liaison with his aunt the previous night]
"What do I remember?" -- Edward
"Sand in your pants." -- Breann
"And you know it takes months to get that stuff out." -- GM

"She [Fiona] doesn't mind what you put in her mouth when she's in a coma." -- Breann

"Does he [Daven] go crazy when he sees the pocket rocket?" -- Breann
"No, Breann's the only one childish enough to think that thing is cool." -- GM, who doesn't like the pocket rocket.

[On how to speed up the game]
"You just have to have fewer sex scenes." -- Dave
"I don't have enough!" -- GM
"I agree!" -- Megan


Session 71 -- "DEATH BEFORE EDWARD!"

[recorded by Dave]

GM: You think this guy with the Jewel of Judgment in his eye socket doesn't know if it's his kid?

[Calling Margie downstairs from computer research]
GM: Can you look that up in a minute, after I beat you to death?

GM: How do you deal with the flames? Because there's a lot of them.
LYSANDER: I say 'ouch' a lot and get on with my life.

GM: I wouldn't do that to you guys. [Force you to be rescued by Edward.]
LYSANDER: Death before Edward!

[While trying to get a combat maneuver in edgewise]
MEGAN: Wait! Wait!
GM: Trust me, there isn't a 'wait' here.

GM [to LYSANDER]: You know how raptors will fly down and grab a rabbit? You're the rabbit.
ALL: KILL DA WABBIT, KILL DA WABBIT ...
LYSANDER: Oh, thanks!

[As Megan shapeshifts into a creature with Liquid Nitrogen for blood, in order to freeze the demon]
GM: Bleeding is good for entertainment value. But in combat, it's just not cool.
DAVE: It is in Megan's case.

[Regarding how to track Sand]
GM: You could use the ooga-booga thing.
EDWARD: The ooga-booga thing?
GM: You know -- the Pattern 'Take-me-to-Sand' ooga-booga.
EDWARD: But I'm not in Amber.
GM: No, the normal walkee ooga-booga, not the circling maze ooga-booga.

MARCUS: So, you're like your Mom's heir?
BREANN: No, she's got an heir, and a spare, and a couple more there after the spare.
GM [suessing]: And if they're not there? Oh, beware! That would cause quite a scare. Amber the Fair, quite Impaired.

GM: Wait! I'll remember her name! It starts with a 'P'.
GM [later]: Vella! The name is Vella!
EDWARD: Ah, the 'P' is silent.

[Upon Pattern-tracking Kethos to the front of Utumno, the Inescapable Prison]
BREANN: Maybe he's... behind it?

GM: [sarcastically suggesting ways to get in and out of Utumno] Well, you could ask Edward to put a tattoo on the base of your spine.
BREANN: Oh, he wouldn't do anything funny to me.
EDWARD: You mean, it wouldn't be fun to, oh, sever her spinal cord while she lay helpless before me?
BREANN: Oh, and that would be a good idea. Not.
EDWARD: There are those who would say so. And a lot of them would pay good money.

GM [to BREANN]: Your internal assessment of what you can do has never, never --
EDWARD: -- ...been reality-based.

[BREANN rifles through her Trump deck, looking for someone who will answer, the GM looking over her shoulder.]
GM: No, no, no, no, no, you wish, no, no, no, [in unison] no, no, pretty fucking unlikely, no, no, no ... [short pause] ... no, no, [long pause] That one's up to you...
[Time passes.]
GM: Edward, you're getting a Trump call.

GM [to EDWARD]: They [the guards] would strip her and put her in a gunny sack. The only places where she could hide something --
BREANN: Breann isn't shoving anything there.
GM: Yeah, probably ever.

EDWARD: I find a house owned by someone after my own heart.
BREANN: Do you kill him first?

MEGAN: We take turns to see who throws farther.
BREANN: Megan can always go farther.
EDWARD: And does.


Session 72 -- "Welcome to Breann"

"It's practically impossible to escape Utumno once, let alone twice." -- Edward
"Obviously."  -- Breann
"Well, it's obvious, but it's not dissuading you."  -- Edward
"Welcome to Breann."  -- GM

"Shall we bring the whole cart?"  -- Breann, eyeing all the weapons the Edward brought
"Sure, why not?  Do you have a marching band, too?"  -- Edward

"Hey, I want to do something."  -- Megan
"But there are no men here."  -- Breann
"No, she wants to do something."  -- Quinn

"Brain-rape a zombie?  I'll let Theseus do that."  -- Megan
"Okay."  -- Theseus

"If we stopped arguing, we'd be finished by now."  -- Breann
"That's what I'm afraid of."  -- Edward

"What's the worst that could happen?"  --  Breann, talking about raiding Utumno
"You could die."  --  Megan
"No, we could live a very long time."  --  Edward

"I Trump Lanton."  -- Edward
"Oh, you psycho bastard."  -- The GM


Session 73 -- "I got dibs on Obi-Wan

"Ander and Lysander, the Bookends of Doom." -- Lysander
"And I'm the creamy filling." -- Megan

" I have the sword he gave me and Gadget: a heaping helping of hurting."    --  Lysander

"So, my man, do you keep up with the local gossip?"  --  Edward, to the Guard
"Yes."  --  Guard
"Good answer."  --  Edward

"Mental note: Edward's going straight to Hell."  -- Jackie
"Edward's not killing them on purpose. It's incidental."  -- Dave

"I don't kill anyone needlessly... oh wait."  --  Breann

"I was having guests for dinner."  --  Lanton
"Were they tasty?"  --  Edward

"If it ever comes down to a sorcerous duel, Edward can always use Power Words.   On himself."  -- GM

"Do I [telepathically] hear anything from the Baron?"  -- Megan
"The Baron's psyche sits in a comfortable lounge chair somewhere between Quinn and Fiona. You don't hear jack."  -- GM

"I wanted to ask you this earlier.  But then I blew up."  -- Megan, to the GM

"Deirdre's losing in a sword fight to the Baron? I can't bel-- Oh, that's right, he's good with those."  -- Breann

"We got one of those Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan/Darth Maul things going on here."   -- GM, referring to Megan and Lysander attacking the Baron
"I got dibs on Obi-Wan."  -- Lysander

"The Baron's spells don't weaken.  Ever."  -- The GM
"What, he's got an Ever-ready up his ass?"  -- Lysander


Session 74 -- "Running low on sheep's clothing."

"She is in awe of you man."  --  Breann
"HA!"  --  Lysander

"I don't think I took my eyes of her for that long."  --  Edward, regarding Sand

"They [the Magpies] basically clubbed them [the Vaulkauri] to death."   --  Breann
"They watch the boss, they learn."  --  Lysander

"I am supposed to be the brute and everyone else is knocking people out."    --  Lysander
"Well, it's Quinn getting knocked out."  --  Breann
"You could kill him by swinging around a dead cat."  --  GM

"I become very interested in Quinn's weapon smelting and automated tailor machines." -- Edward
"Edward's running low on sheep's clothing." -- GM

"Breann's wants to be her Mom, but her Mom was already being her Mom."  -- Quinn
"And doing it better."  -- Megan

"I think I should be the Regent."  -- Theseus
"That's a good idea."  -- Caine
"Now you should be really scared."  -- Breann

"I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as though many minds all sighed at once."  -- GM

"It's Caine -- he's the slipperiest, slimiest son of a bitch in the Family..."  -- Breann
"Edward looks offended."  -- Dave/Edward


Session 75 -- "Dank you, I shall be here all ze week."

"Why'd the unicorn cross the grove...to dig up Caine's body. Dank You I shall be here all da week." -- Helga

"Hormones later...life now." -- Garrett, Julian's youngest Ranger

"You heard she slept with Quinn once." -- GM, regarding Donata
"A desperate woman, to be sure."  --  Helga

"Back in good King Obereon's days...." -- Philo

"I am so not looking down there." -- Garrett, talking of Helga

"Is it good shuishy or a bad squishy?"  -- Dave
"It's good shuishy, the fact that she knows is bad squishy." -- GM
"It's a naughty squishy." -- Rey

[The bracelet is tossed outside ( of the infirmary)]
"Some people" -- Philo about Shayla
"INDEED." -- Shayla about Philo

 "Do you go down with him? You have the opportunity to get strapped." -- The GM, talking about something completely different.

"By the way, she's pregnant." -- GM, regarding Donata
"I kill her." -- Shayla

"What is it about your character and 'nooks & crannies'?" -- Helga, to Angela


Session 76 -- "Even when Edward's in sheep's clothing, it's black."

"Can I ask the GM a question?" -- Angela
"Sure!" -- GM
"Is there really a difference between 210 and 195 horsepower?" -- Dave

"Even when Edward's in sheep's clothing, it's black." -- Quinn


Session 77 & 78 -- "When *I* make a mistake..."

"Don't practice these spells around *anyone* you like." -- Laura to Breann
"Sounds like a cue for Edward to Trump her." -- Edward

"I quickly try and look like I wasn't trying to rifle through Breann's possessions."   --  Edward

"That hurt that hurt alot didn't it?"  --  Lysander, regarding Theseus

"Guys come on don't steal my bits."  --  Theseus

"We request your leadership against this enemy."  --  GM
"WOW are they hard up and what the hell are they asking me for?"  --    Lysander

"Ok sure."  --  Lysander, responding to a request for aid
"Our mounts are waiting!"  --  GM
"NOW?"  --  Lysander

"There is a prophecy that there will only ever be one King in Amber."    --  GM
"Your gonna die, clown."  --  Breann to Theseus the Regent

"It didn't talk, it waved, lets make that clear."  --  Breann

"Can't sleep, Meg will eat me. Can't sleep, Meg will eat me. Can't sleep, Meg will eat me..." -- Theseus

"When *I* make a mistake, I don't even have time to scream." -- Theseus, proudly


Session 79 -- "Do you have a coin?..."

"Do you have a coin? I have two bad ideas, and I need to choose between them." -- Breann to the GM

Lady Breann we are happy to receive you."  --  Sand's Butler
"Can we go now?"  --  Breann to Edward

"Edward searches Sand's house looking for his manhood."  --  Edward

"Hope there's no pictures of me in a ball gag in the TrumperNet." -- Edward, discovering the mystical 'bugs' in Sand's villa

"What's your plan?" -- GM, to Lysander, who is facing an immense army of the undead
"Depends" -- Lysander
"Depends. Good idea." -- Edward
"Boxes and boxes of them." -- Lysander

"I Trump Theseus and offer to him to be Warlord of Amber's Army of the Undead." -- Megan, psionically linked to said army.
"New York is trumping you." -- GM to Theseus
"'Candygram!'" -- Edward

"How many zombies are there?" -- Log keeper, to GM
"Yeah, *how many zombies are there*?" -- Lysander, to GM

"You tell me what you say, and I'll tell you what comes out the other side of the trump." -- GM

"Theseus, I have gained control of the creatures with inhabit the Baron's undead troops. I control them, and can command them to help Amber." -- Megan
"SHE IS INSSSSIIIIIDE WITH USSSS. SSSHHHEE WILL NNNNNEVERR ESSSSCAPE." -- GM, translating to Theseus.

"You've gone nucking futs, haven't you?" -- Theseus to Megan
"He praises your heroism ..." -- GM, translating
"... and your out-of-the-box thinking." -- Edward, helping

"The servants tell you about Sand's various visitors." -- GM
"Oh?" -- Edward
"They were all men, who slept elsewhere." -- GM
"When did Sand start calling her bed 'Elsewhere'?" -- Theseus

"I fail to see why a simple Shadow Storm is cause for much alarm. These things do occaisionally happen." -- Edward
"We're Amberites. We're visiting Sand's house. A Shadowstorm just HAPPENS to whip up and vaporize that house. I *guarantee* it wasn't natural." -- Breann
[pause] "It's really hard to argue with that." -- GM


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