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[Persolus]

Dancing around the concept of a topic while not having one at all was good enough for me.

Ah, but it seems to goad others into action.

[paddyfool]

Ah, but it seems to goad others into action.

Hopefully to find a load more words to add (incidentally, I think goad was our first repeated word, although last used as the noun rather than the verb)

[Xihirli]

My Lord, the people are burning their crops in rebellion ever since we ran out of words to distribute to them!

[JNAProductions]

Ford that river when we get to it.

[paddyfool]

My word, yes. (TPAM: aren’t you glad I didn’t go with fjord ;-) )

[enq]

(incidentally, I think goad was our first repeated word, although last used as the noun rather than the verb)

Creating came before it (used twice on page 2)

Indeed, fjord would have been horrible. I cast a ward to prevent us from ever using that word.

[animorte]

Good idea. You probably just prevented a war.

[Dire Moose]

But that means my pet Warg won’t get anything to eat.

[paddyfool]

Here, have some of the meat from the barbecue! Aw, look at the big floofie wag his tail!

[enq]

Aren't you glad I had a gun to tag that bear?

[animorte]

Yeah, after I lured it through a tar pit.

[enq]

I must admit, I was going to tear you a new one for setting up a tar pit at our barbecue, but it turned out to be exactly what we needed.

[paddyfool]

I must confess, I was surprised when you brought all that gear for the purpose.

[animorte]

I apologize. When I set it up in the rear of the property, I knew I was crossing the line. But it all worked out!

[JNAProductions]

Good-I had fear that it really wouldn't.

[paddyfool]

As a result, in the far future palaeontologists of some sapient species that has yet to evolve will find the preserved remains of a bear with a bullet in it. Also we were able to carry on with the barbecue, and nobody got mauled.

[enq]

According to me, we had spare meat for the warg because we harvested the bear for it after I shot it. Preserved remains, as if! I'm not a fan of your version of the story.

[animorte]

I ran for my life but I also recall extra food.

[paddyfool]

I can assure everyone, but most importantly the warg’s owner, that the meat I fed it was from the barbecue supplies, rather than the tar-soaked carcass of a bear of unknown provenance. For starters, I wouldn’t even know how to begin butchering a bear, although I’ve heard you should avoid the liver as it’s rather poisonous.

[enq]

Who said anything about butchering it? Since there was no ban on it, I threw the entire bear on the grill.

[paddyfool]

And that’s how we started an exceptionally devastating forest fire…

[animorte]

It’ll be over in a few days.

[JNAProductions]

But for now, we bare the sin.

[paddyfool]

Some people said they could hear the fire sing, with a voice that sounded almost like an angry bear

[enq]

It does sting a bit that I forgot how flammable tar is. I had to dump a lot of int to get enough strength to lift a bear.

[Tom the Mime]

If you didn't dump int, you could have lifted it using pulleys and a bunch of string.

[animorte]

Being strong doesn’t have as many uses, that’s true.

[paddyfool]

Although a well-toned physique looks great in a sarong

Although it does allow you to get a powerful bow strung.

[Dire Moose]

I remember; it really stung to get hit by one of those arrows.

[animorte]

That would surely stun me too.