[Artemisia] Mushrooms and smurfs aka a break from politicalcorrectness discussions

[Catriona A. Morganosa]

Well, Haak, do you remember when you first met me?

Tanglsitting

Stepana Catriona Morganosa, OP

I have no respect for an animal that can be hunted with a hammer.



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Dear, dear, Tangl ... using a hammer on me is fine ... just don't grab a
mace. (It's a long, old story, but suffice it to say I have a deep and
abiding hatred of maces. It was a well known quirk of mine that facing an
opponent with a mace was the only sure way to get me to stop goofing around
on the tourney field, and fight my best. I also tended to hit really hard in
that case. In fact, in single combat, if my opponent carried the 'M-word', I
eventually came to respectfully ask them to change weapons, and was even
known to yield the fight before before it began because I worried about
losing control and injuring my playmate. I REALLY hate maces.)

As to being a mushroom, well, one of the articles of my mercenary company
was: 

"Ok, you silly gits, two words: plausible deniability." In other words, if
you're going to do something stupid, make darn sure the Old Man has no way
of knowing about it in advance. This usually brought the reply from someone
"Yes, Your Excellency. Just remember, we may be silly gits, but we're YOUR
silly gits." This was apparently supposed to comfort me, or something, and
usually led to me burying my face in my hands, and speculating on what
crimes I had committed in a past life to deserve this bunch.

I kid about my troops a lot, but the reality was they were a great bunch
both on and off the field. "We may be scum, but we're the kind of scum that
you make pennicillin with." Another in-camp joke was that our unofficial
company badge was the Goutte de Sang (the kingdom service award), for all
the members of that order we had in our numbers. One of my regrets about
leaving AnTir was leaving my 'kids' behind.

As to the semi-mythical "Stomper Smurfsbane", well, that's a tale best told
late at night around a fire somewhere. Although, Malkin's mention of that
name brought back a certain memory, and the following piece of advice: If
you're going to hit someone in the face with a pie, DON'T use coconut cream.
The little bits of shaved coconut get up your nose and they're blasted hard
to get out of your hair and beard. (It took me three showers)

Baron Haakon Haukarson
Chest deep in unmowed grass and fond memories


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