{"id":811,"date":"2016-04-06T22:06:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T03:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.emeraldsilver.com\/gamequotes\/?p=811"},"modified":"2016-04-06T22:06:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T03:06:24","slug":"call-of-cthulhu-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.emeraldsilver.com\/gamequotes\/2016\/04\/06\/call-of-cthulhu-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Cthulhu, 4\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He had several troubles with a shovel, as I recall.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;He would have had fewer troubles with it if I could have swung harder.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really cool that I can read my own mind!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I don&#8217;t have a skill &#8216;Rememberin&#8217; shit&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We discovered a large number of things, such as power word Blah.  I begin to explain to you what your previous character knew&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Show us on the doll where Mr. Penhew touched you.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to point to the magic&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What did you guys use as a gag?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;A fine silk handkerchief.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Wasn&#8217;t he gagged before?  We probably used that&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hildebrand, I think our friend in the bathtub may be about to escape. You may wish to arm yourself with the shovel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to write &#8216;fighting: farm implement&#8217; in there&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s&#8230; not healthy.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The shovel?  No, I believe it is not.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I meant the black blood&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a very good picture.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Kind of blurred?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I think there&#8217;s a shovel in the frame&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, most people don&#8217;t expect to be fighting the hordes of Cthulhu with a shovel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re just in time!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Are we all dead?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;No, but we&#8217;re fighting a giant snake in a bathroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s what&#8217;s going on in the bathroom?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;No, that&#8217;s what was going on an hour ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(after a summary of the evening events) &#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna spend time with you guys anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay, so there is now a cat that&#8217;s out of the bag, because there was a handgun fired in a hotel bathroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Considering this was Primrose&#8217;s suite, it was fairly well appointed.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Yes, but with a giant snake and a man with a shovel, it got a whole lot smaller.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But with my dice rolls, I think it&#8217;s safer if I only fire once a round.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a giant snake-man in the bathtub.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;And he has my bra on his head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(discussing Cthulhu mythos gain on sanity loss)<br \/>\n&#8220;I feel like that&#8217;s not a good loyalty bonus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s true.  That whole no sword canes against snake-men is just such a sticking point in the Geneva Convention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could have written it in stone.  &#8216;You assholes, I hate you forever.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look, everyone knows that ancient serpents are afraid of human urine.  He should have just peed on them and he would have been fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a very complex eyebrow language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think either of us is quite sure which of us is in charge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hildebrand, do you want the spear?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Yes, sir.  It&#8217;s reminiscent of a coal shovel I once used.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did anyone get hurt throughout this, other than emotionally?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We went in with a plan and we were successful.  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