Re: Leroy's question

On Jan 15, 2004, at 8:07 PM, Jim Kersh wrote:

> Hey, Leroy!
>
> Sorry, I thought you were making a joke; the way you worded the
> question, it
> came out like a style of humor that tickles my funny bone (pun intended
> against the doctor reference).

And the important thing is that you got it (it would be cool if
everyone else had, but you can't please them all  : )

Besides, that old joke always made me smile.


> Exact logistics aren't called out in the novel, but the lead
> characters are
> sent to a minor mystery spot that the EIN considers worthy of
> investigation
> by expendable individuals - er, adventurers of some note - where both
> elven
> and scro vessels, trade ships and war vessels alike, have been
> attacked and
> destroyed by an unknown agency. As you note, such a thing hardly seems
> like
> something that either side would take much exception to.... but
> adventurers
> have a strange way of being in the right place at the right time - or
> the
> exact opposite, depending on how one looks at it. Hence, they are
> called
> upon to check out who's behind the trouble.

That makes sense to me. You're right, adventurers do have a habit of
being in the right place when needed. It always sucks to show up to
find the dragon slain, the hoard looted and princess saved.

Again, I will have to check it out if I get the time to sit and read.
Thanks for the info!


Leroy Van Camp III
malacoda@????????.net
ICQ #20039817

" We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff
at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me."