03-12-2002 20:34									#1
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I, the Chief Warrior of Spain, do hereby claim this land as my Training Ground.




All those who would offer themselves to the strength of Spain will be trained here.

	03-12-2002 20:35									#2
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Welcome to the Training Ground, recruits.

You will train long and hard.
You will endure hardship and pain.
You will offer not only your courage, your strength, your stamina and you cunning...
You will also offer your blood as well..

For the glory of our Supreme Leader, Lord Togas!
For the glory of the Spanish military!
And For the glory of all España!

Now then. First off, I have heard some of you already gripe about the hike to here from the city proper. I will say this only once - any who complain about this, or for that matter any order of mine, will be punished most severly, and likely end up serving as the Waste Officer of the supply lines - do I make myself clear?

Henceforce, all recruits coming to a scheduled training session must RUN HERE, fully armed, from the city proper. The reasons for this are as follows: you will become fit, and fleet of foot doing so; you will learn to navigate the city and the surrounding terrain quickly; you will follow orders, even when commanders are not present; and you will impress the populace of Madrid with the dedication and appearance of the Spanish military forces commanded with protecting them.

Do not become accustomed to me explaining my reasoning for making orders. I do so today because I want you to see that your Chief Warrior is not only strong, but also smart, in the ways of battle and of preparing for it.

Each new recruit will start training with ordinary staffs, so that you do not hurt one another. After showing basic proficiency, you will be given a stone axe to begin formal training with.

My son here, Poupon, will be assisting me with all your training. In my absence, he will carry out my orders. If you best Poupon in battle, and you will haved earned a spot among my officers.

That is all for now, Let us begin.

	03-12-2002 21:05									#3
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hey, hold one moment please.

This is lovers field. You want to use lovers field!

Where will all the go?

What will we do when we want to ?

I understand that having a good training ground is necessary, but which of these two little guys were you listining to when you decided to use Lovers Field?


if I have to, I will grovel at lord Togas' feet to not let you take over the field of love for your field of blood.

Please reconsider

GK

	03-12-2002 21:10									#4
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Señor GodKing, what are you doing here? Who is that maiden? What are you talking about?

	03-12-2002 21:59									#5
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Senor GodKing,

May I suggest a more coastal location for a lovers' hideaway. It is said that the beaches can be quite romantic indeed.

	03-12-2002 22:14									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos May I suggest a more coastal location for a lovers' hideaway. It is said that the beaches can be quite romantic indeed.

Having fed on the hallucinogenic cacti once to often, I have wandered to the sea on several occassion only to find the air permeated with the romantic smell of methane downwind from the cow pastures

One day, we shall discover the secret of University, and Dios ayadanos! when this city becomes a college town. It will be a savage mix of cow-tipping and midnight rendevouses when that day comes

	03-12-2002 22:21									#7
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This is ridiculous! I will not have my warriors distracted with this talk of romantic destinations.

I have rightfully claimed this land, unless you can show me a Chief of Lovers claim that says otherwise.

If you're looking for a secluded place - why not in the caves our father's left, carved into yonder hills? There's probably a few stray fur rugs left even.

Now be off with you all. I have work to do.

* Señor dejon marches away to his trainees

What are you all looking at - get back to your exercises!

	03-12-2002 22:42									#8
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Cheif Dejon,

Please senor, do not bring down the wrath of the goddess Aphrodite, ruler of all lovers and lovemaking places. She has blessed this lovers lane, and I myself have taken the bar wench Senorita Beatriz S. Muybonita, there several times, as we drank abundantly and danced to the music of the night with only Artemis, the goddess of the moon in view.

If only you could know the power of Aphrodite, then you would know that even the War god, Ares, bows to her presence and would gladly bless your move of the training grounds from Lovers Field.

Gracias,

your humble servant,

Senor jdjdjd

	04-12-2002 03:55									#9
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Help save lovers field.

Where else will everybody go to get some?

	04-12-2002 04:07									#10
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quote: Originally posted by GodKing Where else will everybody go to get some?

Somewhere where there aren't axes and spears being flung about, I expect.

Anybody can have their trysts pretty much anywhere, but warriors can only be trained where I am, and I am here, in the Training Ground.

Enough of this rutting nonsense - begone!

	04-12-2002 04:35									#11
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Gentlemen, why quarrel? Can the ground not be consecrated to both Love and War? Perhaps the training of warriors and the using of the axe can place during the day and the training of lovers and the using of the ummm can take place during the night. I ask you, what kind of war can take place at night? And what kind of love can take place during the day? Are not night war and day love offensive to the Spirits?

And perhaps it is best for keeping good order in the city that the not-quite-maidens congregate around the young men who are most likely to use their services so that the rest of us can live our lives in peace and quiet and respectability.

However, for those of you who have young maiden daughters and fear that they will make their way to the Place of Love, wherever that is going to be, my aunt Esmeralda the Respectable is available to be Duenna to any young ladies and to teach them the proper ways of behaviour, for a small fee of course.

	04-12-2002 11:24									#12
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quote: I ask you, what kind of war can take place at night?

It's quite easy actually. Your warriors, who have been trained to fight at night, sneak up on those of the enmy, who have not, and slit all their throats in their sleep. A much better way to fight than having to face them where thye have an actual chance to kill us.

quote: Are not night war and day love offensive to the Spirits?

Not at all. The spirits only object to public indecency, not to love during the day.

HOWEVER...

What is this talk I hear of 'Aphrodite', 'Artemis', and 'Ares'? Heresy! There are no such gods! You will renounce this blashpemy at once, or we will put you on trial!

	04-12-2002 11:40									#13
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Lover's field?

These Spanish youth are nothing like children in my days. When I was a young farmer, years before we built Madrid, my father found a suitable daughter from a nearby tribe that held a great deal of land and arranged for our marriage. We were never "lovers" until after our wedding, and we certainly didn't go into a field at night to act as such.

This field is hereby given to Dejon and his pupils. It shall be used to train warriors, not lovers.

This is clearly the influence of the Visigoths' pagan ways.
We Spanish are virtuous and noble, and we do not fornicate in a field! We must return more decent ways.

From hereforth if you wish to take one of your many wives or mistresses or lovers or barmaids out to fornicate, you will do so on the beach along the peninsula to the south of the city. The sand is far softer and the sound of the river will drown out the your ... behavior.

--Togas

	04-12-2002 12:12									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Togas Lover's field? These Spanish youth are nothing like children in my days. When I was a young farmer, years before we built Madrid, my father found a suitable daughter from a nearby tribe that held a great deal of land and arranged for our marriage. We were never "lovers" until after our wedding, and we certainly didn't go into a field at night to act as such. This field is hereby given to Dejon and his pupils. It shall be used to train warriors, not lovers. This is clearly the influence of the Visigoths' pagan ways. We Spanish are virtuous and noble, and we do not fornicate in a field! We must return more decent ways. From hereforth if you wish to take one of your many wives or mistresses or lovers or barmaids out to fornicate, you will do so on the beach along the peninsula to the south of the city. The sand is far softer and the sound of the river will drown out the your ... behavior. --Togas

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Very nice

	04-12-2002 19:07									#15
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Thank you, Lord Togas. I am glad you happened by. If they had kept pestering I might have lost my temper. Why, as it was, I had to send my son Poupon to the far end of the field - he hasn't the restraint that I have. I suppose I should have brought him into the family shop earlier, to learn to deal with people, as I have with all my other sons.

Did you know, your grace, that I have four sons? No, wait - five. I'm always forgetting my youngest, Fletcher. He is a bit "flighty", that one. He does have the family crafting knack, but not the discipline. He and I were working on some innovative new ideas for ranged weapons, but I haven't seen him for weeks. Out hunting birds, his mother says.

Dijon, at the shop, is getting along well, and is quite excited with the wise men's tinkering with the bronze metal - he thinks it may have numerous military uses.

Yes, my family has certainly been blessed with all that is going on. Just last week Poupon's wife, had their first boy. That one is fearless - they say he hasn't cried at all since his first suckling. And his eyes! They are piercing! Could be a great warrior for the making in that one, for sure.

Anyways, I had better let you go - thank you again for visiting. Oh, say - have you heard that there is an abundance of game in the forests to the south? What say you to a hunting trip next moon?

	05-12-2002 02:14									#16
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quote: Originally posted by dejon Oh, say - have you heard that there is an abundance of game in the forests to the south? What say you to a hunting trip next moon?

I welcome the invitation but my responsibilities here are far too many, and my hunting skills not as sharp as when I was a boy.

However, I would like to send my son Enero Togas to acompany you on the hunt. He is just becoming a man and has lived his life in the safety of my home. He needs to get out and experience the world. Make his first kill. Learn how to provide for himself and his people.

He will bring a fine spear and axe with him, as well as three servants to help carry anything that the hunting party kills.

--Togas

	05-12-2002 05:20									#17
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The Training Ground looks like an excellent spot. I have made the necessary arrangements. The recruits shall be fed, on feast days, with squid and/or steak. I hope that this is satisfactory.

I have also sent along my second son, Bernardino, who shall be taught in the ways of war. Once he has graduated, he shall be awarded my beautiful battleaxe, the one crafted by Senor Dejon, which could slay the most powerful warrior with ease. He shall one day, I think, be one of our great generals under Dejon's guidance.

Hernan de History Guy Calamari
Squid Baron
Ambassador to Germany

	05-12-2002 08:01									#18
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quote: Originally posted by ruby_maser Having fed on the hallucinogenic cacti once to often, I have wandered to the sea on several occassion only to find the air permeated with the romantic smell of methane downwind from the cow pastures

[½OOC , the ½ because I’m technically dead]

Are you sure it wasn’t the romantic smell of Godking’s hard day’s work at cleaning the Despotic chamber pots? Power must be such an aphrodisiac, if even the exposure to the least leavings of power attract maidens to go with chamber pot cleaners to the ex-Lovers’ Field.

To be fair, maybe she sensed the forthcoming appointment to the the land of Gathering Storm and wanted to be an ambassador’s wife. I hope you’re taking her with you, Godking!

[the ban because I’m not supposed to be here, consider it "What would Señor Pikesfan say if he were here?"]

[Yes, the joke is longwinded, but now that I’ve got all eternity I don’t have to worry about making them snappy ]

	05-12-2002 08:14									#19
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Señor si Señor señor!
I am Canaris Winterius, son of señor Nuclearis, presenting for training sir! I took the liberty to put some stones in my furpack, so that it would be harder to come runing to here!
What are your commands sire?

	05-12-2002 08:48									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Nuclear Winter Señor si Señor señor! I am Canaris Winterius, son of señor Nuclearis, presenting for training sir! I took the liberty to put some stones in my furpack, so that it would be harder to come runing to here! What are your commands sire?

Poupon, come over here, will you? I have a very green recruit for you to toy with, er, I mean train.

I'd like to be able to report progress with this scrap of a man to his father by the week's end. Use all means possible to whip him into shape!

	05-12-2002 20:06									#21
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quote: Originally posted by pikesfan [½OOC , the ½ because I’m technically dead] Are you sure it wasn’t the romantic smell of Godking’s hard day’s work at cleaning the Despotic chamber pots? Power must be such an aphrodisiac, if even the exposure to the least leavings of power attract maidens to go with chamber pot cleaners to the ex-Lovers’ Field.

Well, I was technically incoherent at the time. There may not have been a cow for a hundred miles, but I was sure wandering through a lot of them

	06-12-2002 02:24									#22
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????????

	06-12-2002 02:48									#23
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Well, I wasn’t very coherent. Being dead will do that do you...

1. Godking is the Chamber-pot Cleaner to the Despot.
2. Godking wanted to preserve the Lover’s Field.
3. Arnelos suggested using the beach instead.
4. Ruby_maser said that there was a smell of methane from the cows nearby.
5. On the main board, there were jokes about Godking having to take a bath before he goes off on his diplomatic mission.

So, the idea of my joke was that it wasn’t the smell of methane, it was a smell from the Despotic Chamber-pots, or the Cleaner, because these events took place before the Chamber-pot Cleaner was ordered to take a bath. It made sense at the time

	02-01-2003 02:18									#24
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Hail, Soldiers of España!

I am very excited with the training of our new spearmen, working with the bronze tipped spears and bronze shields.

Unfortunately, with my present duties to Lord Togas, I will be unable to lead this great unit. Therefore, I am looking for command volunteers. All interested may apply. The selection process has yet to be decided, but I will say that applicants should be very proficient with the new weapon and armor.

	02-01-2003 02:50									#25
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I present myself as candidate!
I´ve been around since the beggining, training with stones in my backpack to be strong, always here at least one hour before the training started,
I have some concepts on diminishing enemy´s morale, and on dividing the enemy in order to defeat it.
I´ve been training a kind of formation, in which we use the long bronze tipped spears to make a wall of spikes, that shall disencourage any enemy from attacking those lines, also, when we march it shall be a very compact formation!
I myself have been training with those spears as soon as I could get ´em, and I sahll fight to death if i´m appointed as commander.
Polaris Winterius

	02-01-2003 09:08									#26
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I second Polaris Winterius' command of the post. He is a fine man, and good soldier. And thus, as his post may be accepted, El Squid Company will back the military, as always, and put forth more money to put our militia in the field, under Our Great Despot's approval.

Dejon, I have come down to see the demonstrations of this bronze metal, for it fascinates me.

For me? Thanks (takes up the javelin).

There, bring out the running target, Senor Expendibales. Only a slave, the man is no use to me. So, let us experiment with him, then.

Run, Senor!

(whoooosh!)

The spear has met the target admirably! Why, this is amazing! I'm buying a whole lot of these!

Hernan de History Guy Calamari the Younger

	05-01-2003 02:00									#27
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So, Polaris Winterius is the only volunteer eh? Either your peers have sufficient respect and/or fear of you, or you have bribed them to not challenge you.



I cannot let an important post like this go unchallenged, so I will pick a challenger. Dijon! Come over here!

This is Dijon Dejon, son of Poupon Dejon. Like his father, he is a fierce warrior, though often a little brash.

[whispering to Polaris]
If you best this youngling of the Dejon family, the unit command will be yours, as well as the respect of your peers. Should you lose, I will still grant you the command, but your peers will know you are easily bested and start planning your downfall.
[/whispering]

Let the challenge begin!

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Nuclear Winter - please provide us with a suitable fight description. You may control the actions of the young Dijon, and decide the outcome however you like. I will warn you that should you kill the lad, you may one day have to answer to his father or brothers, if and when they return from the TEG.
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	05-01-2003 19:57									#28
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[ooc post]I am going to stipulate some statistics, write a good story , throw a dice, and post it here. Pm with dice statistics (e.g. 1 dijon dies,2 and 3 he wins, 4and 5 nuclearis wins, 6 nuclearis dies, these are jsut an example).
Remember I may put my changes to the statistics, and remember Polaris is more experient in the way of fight too!
Ah, and we might also post the combat in the public forum too!If millord aproves it , that is...
[rp]
Adios señores, gonna prepare for the battle!
[rp]
[edit]: tought of another method, we give ´em both win/loose odds, and if one looses, we throw a dice for tiring/light wound/heavy wound/death. This way things would be more interesting.[edit]

Last edited by Nuclear Winter on 05-01-2003 at 20:04