LNH: Classic LNH Adventures #264: The Sound of Clashing Metal The Conclusion

[Drew Nilium]

On 11/13/22 4:21 PM, Arthur Spitzer wrote:
<snip>> How far will Sig.Lad, undercover superhero, go to keep his
> cover?  Snorting coke?  Kicking puppies?!  Distributing barbies that say, 'Math
> is hard!' to young impressionable girls?!!  And more importantly is it --
> A TRAP?!!!!!!

heeheeheehee

> Use the WHO command to find out who is currently active.
> connect Solarmax truthjustice  [Dvandom's actual character on NAIVE]

Before that identity became an ASH character, yet!

>> look at me
> A gosh-honest superhero! Wow!
> HP:100/100  Level: 1  XP: 0
> Carrying:
>    Solar Sword
>    Skinsuit
>> say Oooops!
> You say, "Oooops!"
>> @describe me=A low-down supervillain! Run away!!!
> Description set.

This is basically how MU*s are, yeah. Though I've pretty much only played social 
ones, with less RPG mechanics and more places to put interesting info about your 
character (and, often, your kinks).

>> page Netlurker=Hey, I'm a low-down supervillain, dedicated to the
> eradication of the Legion of Net.Heroes!

heeheehee

>> @think A-ha: I'm in!
> You think, "A-ha: I'm in!

X3

> Netlurker says, "Okay...in 20 words or less: how evil are you?"
>> say I'm so evil that I distibute those talking Barbie dolls that
> say 'Math is hard!' to young, impressionable girls!

Heeheehee

> The note says: Acton Lord's new mud.address is 127.0.0.1 port 7

Sig.Lad isn't very technically inclined, eh. X3

> Bugger: it's a TRAP!!!!
> Bugger: it's a TRAP!!!!
> ^]
> ^]
> HELLLLPPPP!!!
> HELLLLPPPP!!!
> ^]
> ^]
> *whine...*
> *whine...*

heeheehee

> Lines: 46 [Yep, posts were short in those days.]

Well. X>

> For what seemed to be an eternity (or was it an antarctic press?)
> [Ninja High School was published by both Antarctic Press and Eternity in
> its run.]

Aha. X3

> Then he got better, regaining his
> silent lucidity. But he was no longer the same net.persona he had been. He
> was evil, in an insane sort of way, and reveled in it. [There ya go, a
> complete rip-off of the Warlock/Magus origin from the Jim Starlin Warlock
> series.]
> 
> Using the power his insanity gave him access to, he easily broke free
> of the loop he was trapped in, and found himself back in early July. He
> was no longer Sig.Lad...he was now and forevermore,
> 
> *** ACTON LORD ***

DUN DUN DUNNNNN!

> "At last, my memory is restored! The contact with water broke the
> memory block I suffered from! I am truly,
> *** Claymore, the Sig.Warrior ***" [Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Yes, it
> was a lame gag.]

I would not have gotten this one without it being explained either. X>

> Thus, Claymore immediately felt compelled to swim to the arctic and
> hassle some eskimos (why are there eskimos in the Atlantic polar regions?
> Ask Kirby.).

X3;

> [And thus ended the Sound of Clashing Metal. Not with a bang, but
> with a segue into yet another gag.

Woooooo! \o/

Drew "ridiculous" Nilium