{"id":778,"date":"2015-12-16T22:28:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T04:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.emeraldsilver.com\/gamequotes\/?p=778"},"modified":"2015-12-16T22:28:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T04:28:05","slug":"call-of-cthulhu-1216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.emeraldsilver.com\/gamequotes\/2015\/12\/16\/call-of-cthulhu-1216\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Cthulhu, 12\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Heather was like, &#8216;I&#8217;m really only comfortable backing one dead cat at a time.'&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I suppose I could check the library, sir.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re open.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I meant the manor library, sir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s right.  Because we have a whole year before we die.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;That&#8217;s not true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where unfortunately, they were murdered.  The whole expedition.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;That seems inconvenient to any archaeological expedition&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My lord and I have spent much time abroad, and have not been murdered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m going to be here for a few minutes, so role-play amongst yourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sir, do we know a Miss Erica Carlysle or Victoria Post?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;What would that fall under?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Would that be heavy machinery?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That makes more sense than what I was going to do.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid to ask what you were going to do&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re not missing out on cold balls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A napkin?  Why does it have a napkin in it?  It doesn&#8217;t even have writing on it.  It looks like you just wiped your mouth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He told me today there were 42 in the game, and we probably weren&#8217;t going to get to them all.  Well, we&#8217;re on pace&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I have a lot of nuts&#8230; NOTES to follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Score!  Floor score!&#8221;<br \/>\n*several* &#8220;And seven years ago?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So my gift to you all was to not be here and bring the luck score down by 20 points.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That kind of call is never good in a role playing game.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Or in real life.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;It is a lot more common in my role playing games&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I plan to be there at 7:45, because a gentleman is always early.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I plan to be there at 8.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;15.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Drunk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be fair, he probably started drinking at 8.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;AM.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re there to keep it in line in case it gets unruly.  Go discipline the car!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes.  As opposed to premeditated nuts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are a lot of people taking the stairs, or is this an elevator kind of hotel?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you know you have foreigners in this hotel?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, see, I&#8217;m gonna get drunk at some party, months from now, and I&#8217;m going to be like, &#8216;I have this funny story&#8230;&#8217; And I&#8217;m gonna get punched in the mouth, and it&#8217;s gonna be all of your faults.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should retitle this campaign, &#8216;Who will be driven to drink first?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pay the valet out front not to move the car, but to make sure no one steals the wheels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe he&#8217;s a writer of some minor report.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;A noble profession.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Not how I practice it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next you&#8217;ll be telling me they skip the 13th floor.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;They do.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Maybe when they get to the 13th, they realize they forgot one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The true horror of this campaign is going to be low living standards?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When did you become the Hamburglar?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do believe I should have brought the double barreled.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I have the single malt, sir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you would like a Scooby snack, you must catch the man first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got a big ol&#8217; eyeful of what&#8217;s in that room, and that&#8217;s nothing I want on my suit&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then I&#8217;ll go investigate the body.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Which one?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The one on the bed.  Not the one missing a limb.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We know what happened to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will close his eyes.  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