test for Last Free City

[hasturtheunspeakable]

1. [Well, hello there, flatmate/roomie/neighbour. It's that impeccably dressed Hastur fellow again. You know, that guy everyone always seems to follow around, though nobody can really figure out why. He grins a charming grin at you.]

All this fighting is dreadfully wearing on the nerves, don't you think? Say, why don't we go and have a few drinks, take in the finer views, that sort of thing?



2. [You know who he is. He's Hastur The Unspeakable. Or maybe you know him as The God Of Shepherds. Or The King In Yellow. Or any of his other many epithets. What the heck is he doing here? You're strangely compelled to ask him just that.]



3. [You've been attacked! The blond fellow in the natty suit who'd been standing next to you suddenly up and transforms into a human-shaped light and, with a quick gesture, flattens said attackers with a blast of energy and yellow light.]

Honestly, the nerve of some people...

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[not_good_not_wicked]

Say, you look pretty suspicious just hanging out around here.

[hasturtheunspeakable]

Suspicious? Whatever do you mean?

[not_good_not_wicked]

Suspicious! All kinds of weird things have been going on, and then suddenly you show up. I bet you're connected to it all!

[hasturtheunspeakable]

Or maybe I simply went where the fun is.

[not_good_not_wicked]

So either you're a trouble maker causing problems for everyone or you know about the trouble but aren't helping solve. There's no way I can lose from blaming this mess on you.

[hasturtheunspeakable]

[Oh, now he's curious.]

What will you get for winning, then?

[not_good_not_wicked]

Obviously, I'll solve the problems everyone's been having and I'll be a hero.

[hasturtheunspeakable]

Just you? Well, if it makes you happy, who am I to stand in the way?

[He just might end up getting her to do all the heroing FOR him at this rate...]

[not_good_not_wicked]

[No Hastur. I don't quite think you understand what's going on here.]

So to be fair I'll give you one chance to surrender now and confess all your evil deeds.

[hasturtheunspeakable]

[Oh, that's adorable, she thinks she has the measure of him...]

Oh, well, if I must. Granted, 'evil' can be a very subjective term. Let's see, I never rewind video cassettes--I'm told that's pretty low. I always seem to forget to signal when I'm changing lanes. People seem to hate that. I once voted Republican. I also once voted Democrat. You can pick which one is more evil, there. Oh, and I spread an e-mail scam, once. I was bored, y'see. Are those the kind of evil you mean? After all, evil is defined as 'deliberate malice,' and I can't think of anything more deliberately malicious than that.

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[phobophage]

Good. Now I don't have to mess around with those morons.