- Location
- California
Considering the taxi drivers, hell, all drivers around here, not sure if that is a joke or God's honest truth.
Insert Kosh Quote here: "YES."
Considering the taxi drivers, hell, all drivers around here, not sure if that is a joke or God's honest truth.
For me, the katana, speed is always useful.
Ehren really needed that, I think.And I will not have you torture yourself over crimes which you never committed, evils which you never acquiesced to, foulness which you never engaged in. You are not your father. You are not the symbols graven upon your steel. You are yourself, a loving daughter, a loving sister, and a fine young woman who is growing into a worthy daughter of the Church. We all sin enough on our own, it is not our place to take on the sins of others.
Kehehe.I do believe this means that Ms Miho won the betting pool." he said placidly.
Claire shook her head mock regretfully. "I owe her twenty euros! I had my money on the Yule Ball being the first kiss. Rats!"
"I owe her fifteen." the old priest replied to the piano.
Ehren's mouth opened and closed soundlessly like a fish out of water.
Imagine them starting to hire Manjuus. Something about them branching out.Nothing quite like seeing what looks like a weasel or a fox the size of one dressed in overalls, rubber gloves and boots, and a helmet with a tiny belt of tools and one small flashlight.
Wait... has he never been in his family vault in Gringotts?Jaw dropping at the various security boxes, and the stack of gold and silver bullion that was reached the ceiling, the teenage turned to the amused Twins, "Is this for real?"
You know Nazi gold? Now, if someone would hear about this, people would talk about Kamo gold.Where Kamo had hid much of the treasure available to the Ministry. It was one that he took with him to the grave, despite many interogations. And now…" Raising the sapphire to the light, he shook his head, "I believe that we now know."
Lovely church, in and out. And the organ is beautiful.
..."Once fucking more, I am not a chicken, dammit! You and him are worse than that furry fuck of a brother of mine!"
Wante more? I got more:
What I imagined...With a grinding sound, Claire slammed the car back into gear and floored the gas.
*cackles* Well... she's a piano. Of course, she floors it.
Precision is what works for me... you can be the fastest man in the universe, if you have no idea where to hit something, you're just blowing in the wind.
? What did their new policy stop?Fuck Games Workshop.
One of the few things I like about Warhammer stopped because of their new policies...
Completely unnecessary, since the vault is part of Ume and Sakura's Installation. They can just make the delivery in person, as Leferts pointed out on SB.
Lovely church, in and out. And the organ is beautiful.
...
Pity the nearest church to me is a honestly unpleasant to look at piece of modern architecture.
I don't know the exact school, but to me, it looks a bit brutalist.
Axe pistols were actually very popular with European cavalry for a bit.
Then there's the Four-Barreled Blunderbuss. I can see this:What, like Henry VII's three barreled pistol morning star combo?
Ok, so I'm guessing Nagato will be moving to the caldera once she gets those pictures..."Indeed, they use their animal forms to climb inside the walls and do work laying down new wire and the like." Once more, he chuckled as he shook his head, "Nothing quite like seeing what looks like a weasel or a fox the size of one dressed in overalls, rubber gloves and boots, and a helmet with a tiny belt of tools and one small flashlight."
Right then, a laugh threatened to burst from the teenage wizard as he just imagined how his mother might react to one, 'Hopefully someone takes pictures.'
That would be the Peking Man.Reaching in, she pulled out what looked like a partial human skull, browned with great age, with what looked like heavy brow ridges, "Such as these two crates having a number of human bones, old ones for some odd reason."
This would be the Awa Maru, but there was one survivor: a steward named Shimoda Kantaro, who led an extremely charmed life; he was also a survivor of no less than three previous merchant ship sinkings. Awa Maru's Captain at the time of her sinking was Merchant Captain Hamada Matsutaro.With a slight shrug, the former Hitobashira had a confused look on her face, "They came in on a ship that came here from China, with the No-Majborn Captain wishing for them to be kept here, but… his ship was later torpedoed and sank with all hands, and so they were left here."
Uh-oh.Claire grinned happily when she slid over to the driver's seat, ignoring the still-open door and still-set emergency brake. "I'll get you there, Father!"
With a grinding sound, Claire slammed the car back into gear and floored the gas.
"In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum benedicta to in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. BRAKES!!"
...IamamanIdonotsquee. IamamanIdonotsquee. IamamanIdonot-
"Squeeeeeee!"
...dammit.
This would be the Awa Maru, but there was one survivor: a steward named Shimoda Kantaro, who led an extremely charmed life; he was also a survivor of no less than three previous merchant ship sinkings. Awa Maru's Captain at the time of her sinking was Merchant Captain Hamada Matsutaro.
Why? Carpathia is a merchant ship. Ocean Liner Demon has no issues with merchant ships, she's even quite amiable so long as the conversation doesn't have anything to do with war or warships. If you are assuming that her role in the Titanic disaster would mean anything, I counter with Carpathia's fate in WWI: U-Boat victim.I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but thanks to an emotional post in another thread, I find myself wondering if RMS Carpathia has returned. The one ship that might, even for just a fraction of a moment, break through the hate of OLD.
All of those are from Azur Lane aren't they?
I think he meant that Carpathia is likely one of the few ships OLD would willing converse with, since she was the first to respond to Titanic's SOS and the first on the scene after she sank. Because of that fact, I wouldn't be surprised if she was one of the few ships OLD has a fully positive opinion of.Why? Carpathia is a merchant ship. Ocean Liner Demon has no issues with merchant ships, she's even quite amiable so long as the conversation doesn't have anything to do with war or warships. If you are assuming that her role in the Titanic disaster would mean anything, I counter with Carpathia's fate in WWI: U-Boat victim.
...Yeah, Carpathia is far from the ideal ship to use if your goal is to kill OLD. I mean, 'get through her hate.'
I meant that she'd actually be civil. Don't imagine Carpathia would want to kill much of anything. She's famous for fighting against death afterall. First in her damn near physics breaking marathon sprint to Titanic, and then again when she held together long enough for her entire crew to safely escape, minus the 5 who died in the actual explosion.Why? Carpathia is a merchant ship. Ocean Liner Demon has no issues with merchant ships, she's even quite amiable so long as the conversation doesn't have anything to do with war or warships. If you are assuming that her role in the Titanic disaster would mean anything, I counter with Carpathia's fate in WWI: U-Boat victim.
...Yeah, Carpathia is far from the ideal ship to use if your goal is to kill OLD. I mean, 'get through her hate.'
Almost all of them, the others are of the Girls Frontline gynoids. Do you know which AL Shipgirls were shown in that set of pictures?Yes. In fact, almost all of the pictures (s)he has posted have involved AL characters.
Do you know which AL Shipgirls were shown in that set of pictures?
Induite Vos Arma Dei (II)
Enroute to Castle Moulbaix, Belgium
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Finally Ehren found her voice as she turned onto the Rue du Chasteler. "Claire! How could you bet on… on… on… MY FIRST KISS! WITH DRACO!!" Said voice was cracking quite badly, as was her cool mask.
Claire giggled teasingly. "Simple! I just talked to Aunt Jackie and put part of my allowance in as a deposit!"
The good father simply smiled beatifically. Butter would not melt in his mouth, based on his expression, and sweetness and light surrounded him in a pure aura of innocence.
Claire then smiled smugly at the saint occupying the back seat. "So, what date did you put your money on, Father Jacques?"
"I admit that I placed my bet on the Yule Ball as well when Ms Fox inquired if I would pitch in." he said placidly.
The piano sighed dreamily with a joy-filled smile. "Ehren was so happy sitting in Draco's lap and smooching him. I could see that even though I was playing piano on the other side of the dance floor. And had drunk my own share of Paulaner Doppelbock as well."
"Claire!!" A certain crimson-faced Prussian wailed when this fresh betrayal registered upon the release of the good sisterly blackmail material to the Inquisition. "I... I can't! I gave my word! What Draco and Johnston and Niobe and Cleo have is so right and pure and wond--" She started to list off the reasons that she had to deny her attraction to Draco and his Fleet before suddenly being interrupted before the Ehren Express' locomotive could properly leave her train station en-route to Guiltsville.
"Yes, and?" the priest interrupted smoothly, leaving the dagger speechless and open mouthed again as the armor-piercing question landed with devastating effect.
"You are worthy of happiness, Ehren. You are loved, you deserve love, you deserve happiness. Granted, enjoying God's beautiful creation on this lovely winter day is one form of happiness. But you, Ehren, must stop thinking yourself unworthy of love, undeserving of happiness. You have only begun your journey through God's wonderful creation, and will go places and see things that I shall never see. But our God is one of love, our God is one of joy. He wants what is best for you, not to punish you, not to see you punish yourself. The only way to be unworthy of God's love is to choose to reject His love. The far more important question, of course, that you should answer in your heart, is if young Master Malfoy is worthy of the great heart that beats within your own chest." With that parting shot to the heart, he leaned back in the sinfully comfortable upholstery.
"If you asked him to describe you, what words would he use?" He smiled slightly. "I do believe they would be 'she's so brave, clever, strong, honorable, and compassionate', since that, my dear child, is what I and all who know and love you would say. Nothing about Master Malfoy leads me to believe he is such a poor deluded fool as to disagree with me, eh?"
Father Jacques stifled a smile, remembering watching a certain dagger before her morning coffee to blood ratio reached critical mass. 'I've seen you at your wurst, Ehren,'
The dagger screwed up her face and then asked the car in the voice of a hurting little girl at the end of her rope. "Why does he trust me so!? ME!! A person who was so tempted to drag him away from Johnston and Niobe to make him mine at the party!"
"So tell me, my child, would two cruisers and a battleship… I mean destroyer, my mistake, the lack of sleeves always throws my ship identification off these days, truly object to expanding their formation?"
"Perhaps, but perhaps you should allow them the courtesy and grace to make that decision for themselves, rather than making it for them. And Ehren, you are not 'selfish', nor are you unworthy, nor are you the sort to harm those you love. Rather you harm yourself. And that, my child, is equally a sin in the eyes of our Lord and Savior. He wishes for you to be happy, to know the fullness of happiness and love. God is Love. And He loved you so much that he sent his only begotten Son to save you on the Cross of redemption." His voice rang with the iron of conviction and Faith, the old priest speaking from that deep wellspring of Faith.
Ehren's face froze, tears trickling down from her cheeks as she wept uncontrollably.
Then she suddenly threw the driver's door open, jumped out, and bolted down the snow-covered driveway toward Castle Moulbaix like the Hounds of Hell were nipping at her heels.
Claire shook her head as she watched her sister's flight take her around the bend in the driveway. The piano sighed and spoke in a compassionate tone. "She took your advice better than I expected, Father. Not good at all, but better than I feared. Poor Ehren."
"I think she reacted precisely as I expected her to, actually. Perhaps now she can start to heal, now that these wounds have been cleansed." He said with equanimity.
"Would you be so kind as to help an old man up the drive, my dear child?"
"You don't want me to drive us the rest of the way?" The piano muttered with a pout. "Nobody lets me drive Mother's car!"
Fr Jacques grinned, suddenly looking like a schoolboy once more. "Ahhh, but my dear, have you actually gotten your license yet? What would your mother say if I were to encourage you to drive her car without her in it? After all, I have been reliably informed that I am not allowed to teach any of you youngsters any of my bad habits behind the wheel."
Claire grinned happily when she slid over to the driver's seat, ignoring the still-open door and still-set emergency brake. "I'll get you there, Father!"
With a grinding sound, Claire slammed the car back into gear and floored the gas.
Induite Vos Arma Dei (III)
Castle Moulbaix, Belgium
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Ehren gave a small smug smile full of Schadenfreude as she glanced out the window to see what was going on outside the garage and stable house.
A certain grumpy piano was expiating her sentence in the highly unamused Marchioness of Chasteler and Moulbaix's doghouse by washing the mud, slush, twigs, and leaves off Colombe's freshly Reparoed 1928 Mercedes Limousine.
With that in mind, she about-faced, squared her shoulders and decided to seek out Cortana and Father Jacques.
The first step of battle planning was to gather intelligence about the enemy, after all.
Her search eventually bore fruit on the second floor of the library, where Father Jacques had a bottle of medicinal Kirschwasser cherry schnapps from Colombe's cellar upon the table at his elbow to brace his badly shaken nerves after the unspeakable horrors of what Aunt Del would have called 'The Piano 500' that had been run yesterday.
Ehren glanced at Cortana, then gave a very faint smile. "Actually I am in need of consultation, regarding the young lady who has been dabbling in necromancy at Hogwarts." Cortana's eyes flashed and she scowled in clear distaste at the unwelcome statement.
"I see." Fr Jacques steepled his fingers in front of his face for a moment, then leaned back, setting the beautifully bound volume he had been reading aside. "I had hoped to wait to give you this until your confirmation, my dear child." He then said seriously. "Cortana, would you do me a great service and fetch the applewood box from the rectory? I believe it is in the second cabinet on the left, and has an icon of St Michael the Archangel embossed in the wood."
The dagger took a deep breath. "I shall be performing a spirit walk to break the bond between Parkinson and the poor Veela ghost that she has shackled. It is a magical ritual that the American Indians had highly refined. According to Aunt Del's advice when I called her yesterday afternoon, it is quite effective against a necromancer's bound spirits."
The dagger's face turned briefly gleefully smug. "Also, it seems that my grandfather Norimune has had one of her lost loves perhaps return as an American shipgirl."
Mercy can be as sharp as any blade, and twice as deadly to the Foe."
Ehren nodded solemnly. "That is true. After… what happened to my Vati... I vowed to do my utmost to prevent another soul in need falling to darkness like he did.
She opened the box and took out a gunmetal combat rosary which was well cared for but had clearly seen better days. There were small shrapnel scars marring several of the beads, while the antique bronze medallion of St. Michael on the loop had a gouge taken out of it by edged metal, severing the neck of the dragon being subdued in fact.
"Amen!" All three voices chorused as one.
Ehren blinked, for the old rosary now seemed to glow with an inward light that the fireplace illuminating it was not causing.
With a slight wince, as his old bones were aching him, the elderly priest sat back down, motioning for the others to join him. "My father rescued that rosary from the rectory of the church in Ath, before the Nazis could loot it like they had the rest of the sacred vessels. Upon my ordination he passed it on to me." He smiled faintly. "And so I pass it on to you, Ehren du Chasteler. Cortana, would you be so kind as to give the rosary to our sister in the Faith?"
"Ehren!" Colombe stuck her head around the corner. "Oh, there you are…." Her voice tailed off and her eyes got wide at the tableaux. "Mon Dieu! Where did you find that?!"
Colombe walked over and extended her hand. "May I…?"
Ehren handed the rosary to her mother. "Zu Befehl, Mutti!"
Then Ehren's eyes narrowed when Colombe rubbed her fingers across the scars and gently caressed the antique bronze Saint Michael medal attached to the loop. "I was issued this rosary in 1917." The rapier whispered. "I was serving alongside the Americans and one of their chaplains, Father O'Malley, gave me this since he had an additional one and he claimed that I was in need of it. The damage to it is from a shell burst in the Argonne that got through my shields and wounded me badly. I later lost it during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940."
So Ehren has her mother's rosary that she lost in 1940... I find that very appropriate. As well the blessing on it may well hurt Pansy, as she was repelled by among other things Harry's Patronus (as were several other audience members, notably not any of the Abyssal FOL or allies)
Ex-series now. Sadly.I would believe that this is a reference to "If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device," a cracky parody series based on Warhammer 40,000.
"Also, it seems that my grandfather Norimune has had one of her lost loves perhaps return as an American shipgirl."
"Ehren!" Colombe stuck her head around the corner. "Oh, there you are…." Her voice tailed off and her eyes got wide at the tableaux. "Mon Dieu! Where did you find that?!"
Jean Bart would probably love to race Claire in the Piano 500. Also, Father Jacques is rapidly becoming one of my favorite people in this story.
To.A. N. -- A penitent piano, a rosary, and a blessing as Ehren prepares co confront Pansy. Prior snip here. Again, much gratitude for @LordSunhawk co-writing this with me.
Rogue capitalisation.
Translate the Latin please."In omnibus sumentes scutum fidei in quo possitis omnia tela nequissimi ignea extinguere."
Actually, IIRC Ehren was the one who learned from Jackie.Considering jackie was the one who instructed her how to drive.....
Yamato: No, you were right the first time. You see, there was an accident where a number of battleships and fleet carriers were washed in hot water and shrunk...a battleship… I mean destroyer, my mistake, the lack of sleeves always throws my ship identification off these days,
Considering that the 'misidentified battleship' was Johnston, that's a given.I think you can blame the taffies for the sudden lack of sleeves there.