Compromise and Conceit
Infernal adventuring…
Category: cyberpunk
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I recently finished reading Manchukuo 1987, by a person known by the pseudonym Yoshimi Red on Twitter who blogs at lateral thinking. It’s in the Sci-Fi section in Amazon, and presented as an alternative history military sci-fi detective novel by Yoshimi themself, which I think is a good description. I think it’s self-published (sorry Yoshimi…
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Some years ago now I played in a World of Darkness campaign set in a near-future world where McCain was president and a secret conspiracy was slowly pulling the world into an evil and hellish future. I played a washed-up communist called John Micksen, who served the Winter Queen and had found magic (he eventually…
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I got plans for more than a wanted man All around this chaos and madness Can’t help feeling nothing more than sadness Only choice to face it the best I can When the war is over Got to start again Try to hold a trace of what it was Back then You and I we…
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So to all you feelers and fumblers Waiting for the fireworks to start Do it now–blow it up yourself Unbutton the butcher in your heart And if I don’t come home before midnight And I can’t find the keyhole in the dark You’ll know, you’ll know that I’ve been tempted You’ll know, you’ll know we’re…
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Is this gonna be a stand up fight, or another bug hunt? Months passed after our heroes captured their ship, and nothing happened. Lean times in New Horizon, first as they hunkered down to avoid attention after their last job, then as they waited out the repairs and reconfiguration of the HS Fortuna. Jayden…
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Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Sly moves in the shadows, done quick…
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I got a heavy little number I got 42 wheels of pleasure and pain I got a heavy little number I’m gonna head it on down upon the Alice again Widda a paraliddic weapon I can ‘ardly miss Gonna gidda bricks anudder everlasting kiss Widda a paraliddic weapon I can ‘ardly miss Gonna gidda bricks…
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And another thing I’ve been wondering lately Am I crazy To believe in ideals? I’m a betting man But it’s getting damn lonely. Oh, honey, if only I could be sure what I feel. What’s my scene? (I’m dying to know) I’ll never know. Well, I concede I’ve been caught in someone else’s scene (but…
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During a moment of sudden frenzied violence in yesterday’s Shadowrun adventure our wizard character Adam Lee deployed an indirect mana attack spell for a grand total of only 2 or 3 points of damage. Immediately afterward our opponent – a russian Shadowrunner mage – dropped an indirect attack spell on me that something like 8…
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On the fat of the land I been living Now it’s only a matter of time Sooner or later, you open your eyes And return to the scene of the crime Dig deep at the top of the heap Now you’ve bitten off the hand that feeds you You got nothin’ but your soul to…
Compromise and Conceit 