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Enricio Ramirez' HouseAnd so we marched, through the dank and dusty basement. I wondered to myself, how can a basement be both dank and dusty? Wouldn’t the dankness keep the dust down? Well, it was dark, anyways. And it smelled like turpentine and warm earth. There were spider webs in the corners. Erianina could hardly contain her excitement.
SPIDER! LOOKIT EVERYONE! I LOVE SPI—
As the rest of us drew in a sharp breath, Nocturnal’s hand clamped down over Erianina’s mouth. We all waited. Silence.
We continued forward into the gloom, eventually reaching a door. Looking around, we saw no other exit. I grasped the handle, and…
DAMNIT! LOCKED!
Frantically, I twisted the knob back and forth, but to no avail. I rattled on the door. Nothing.
“Edwards, you’re the lock guy. Please tell me you brought your tools.”
Edwards smiled nonchalantly and sauntered to the door. He opened his bag, and carefully selected a tool. Funny, they all looked the same to me. He slid it into the keyhole and started wiggling it. (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
Suggestions CompilationMC Banhammer Posted:
Not necessarily if you’re using multiple tabs and/or the back bumon, as you might do when switching frequently between alts.
As I am epically bad at alt-management, I am with Janie and FAIL on this. (view post) |
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Enricio Ramirez' House“OK, you two… Nocturnal WHatever and Erianina or whatever the **** your name is… KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN, AND FOLLOW ME. Johnson, hand me your flashlight. YES, you! YES, it’s a mother****ing order. Here, Nocturnal, you carry this, and look after the kid. Hold her hand and keep her quiet.”
“I’ll go first. Johnson and Edwards, you follow me. No, I don’t have another ****ing flashlight for you. You’ll have to share with Edwards. Wh— what? I DON’T GIVE A **** IF HE SMELLS FUNNY, just do as I say. OK, Nocturnal and Erianina, you two follow them. Green, you take up the rear. Cover our backs.”
Alright, everyone… forward, march! (view post) |
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Enricio Ramirez' HouseLooking back up towards the trapdoor, I see… an insanely cheerful little girl looking back down at us. She’s wearing a… is that a… wizard costume? And she seems to be carrying a stick.
“Psst. You. Kid. GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE. NOW!”
I wave my gun at her to show I’m serious, and she cheerfully replies
Ha ha! Lightning bolt! L-O-L! What are you doing with my friend Heartache?
Wait.. that voice sounds… familiar. I squint against the light… HOLY ****, it’s that little re-re kid Erarianina or whatever. The one who sometimes runs errands for me.
****. I can’t shoot her.
“Hey… we’re having a little adventure down here. Just for grown-ups, though. You go home and don’t tell anyone what you saw, ok kid?”
L-O-L Lightning bolt!
And with that, she jumped down through the trapdoor. Like a monkey, she landed on her feet.
Adventure! Yay! I love adventures! What’s happening?
****. (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Enricio Ramirez' House“All right, everybody in? Green, you help Nocturnal, OK? What do you mean, you don’t know how? Just… I don’t know… get her to jump and then catch her or something. You’re strong. All right, flashlights, everyone! Green, share yours with the girl.”
Just as we’ve got our torches switched on, an annoying voice calls out from above,
Heartache? Is that you? What are you doing down there? Hee hee lightning bolt! ...What the ****? (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Enricio Ramirez' HouseWith my trusty trowel and Nocturnal’s epically long fingernails, the sod over the cellar door is scraped away quickly. “Edwards! Green! Help me lift the trapdoor. Johnson… uh, you just keep watching the trees. DON’T SHOOT ANYTHING WITHOUT MY ORDERS!
The door is stiff, the wood swollen with moisture. Together we pull…
“ONE, TWO, THREE, HEAVE!”
The door gives. By which I mean, it pulls open part way, and then crumbles.
“All right, let’s go. Everyone in. Go, go, go!! JOHNSON!! What the hell, man! FOrget the ****ing trees… get your bum into the cellar NOW!” (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Enricio Ramirez' HouseNocturnal_Heartache Posted:
“Johnson, hold your fire! It’s not a squirrel, it’s a ki— What???! Nocturnal, what the hell are you doing here? It’s not sa— Ok, come with me. Here, there seems to be a door under this grbum. Help me dig.” (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Enricio Ramirez' HouseEdwards and Green start digging at the grbum with their penknives. Not particularly efficient. Johnson kicks at it with the heel of his loafer; even less efficient.
I stand guard, watching for movement in the bushes, then turn to watch their pathetic scrabbling. “Come on; what the **** is wrong with you people. Dig, dig!”
They say that if you want something done, you gotta do it yourself. I jam my bony elbow into Johnson’s side and take pleasure in seeing him wince. “You, watch the trees. Tell me if anything moves.”
Down on my hands and knees, I pull out a trowel. Yes, I carry a trowel. You never know when you’re going to find a specimen you need to take home. I start digging around the perimeter of the mismatched grbum.
“Pssst… hey, Amar! Something’s moving in the bushes!”
Oh, ****.
“What do you see, Johnson?”
“Squirrel. A big grey one. Should I shoot it?”
****. This is going to be a long night. (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Enricio Ramirez' HouseMen! There’s an unusual patch of grbum here that doesn’t match the rest. I think it’s a hidden cellar door. I’m taking my agents and going in. (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Where is 70CS?.. (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Where is 70CS?Monkey in a suit with a gun Posted:
I’m here, boss.
I think this is our man:
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz. bumistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Check out his C.V.
He’s affiliated with NASA, the Newton Institute…. look, if there’s anyone anywhere who’s gonna have a time machine, it’s him.
I suggest we go drop in at his office. Who’s driving? (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Where is 70CS?Inspector, Monkey is still… asleep. An over-indulgence in bananas last night, I’m afraid. I tried to wake him, but to no avail. My nerves, however, are shattered from that horrible snoring. We really should look into surgery for him.
Anyways, while I was in his room, I noticed this printout on the floor beside his bed. Don’t ask me how I managed to see it among all of the papers, dirty laundry, stuffed toys, and banana peels, but somehow is stood out. Unfortunately, Monkey had spilled coffee all over it, and the date has been blurred beyond legibility.
Tubmail from: John McClane (codename: Over9000)
What on earth could this mean? Time travel. This is getting… ridiculous. Nothing makes sense any more. (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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Where is 70CS?Damn, what kind of… wizardry is this? Have I been drinking that Acacia tea again?
Huh… no. This is real. Too real. ****. What can it mean?
Gumshoe, how do you propose we tackle this? (view post) |
07/15/2008 |
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POAST YR VASEJanie Posted:
I believe that the human form, male and female, is a thing of wonder, both scientific and aesthetic. But if you’re asking me whether I’m…. sexually attracted to men…. no. (view post) |
07/14/2008 |
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POAST YR VASEJanie Posted:
My father purchased it on a business trip to Greece. I… acquired it from him when I left home. Although I do have a scholarly interest in such things, my primary interest in this one is financial; you might say that I took it as a form of… insurance against falling into misfortune. (view post) |
07/13/2008 |
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POAST YR VASELog in to see images!
Yes, it really is a vase.
This terracotta vase was made in eastern Greece (probably on the island of Rhodes) 2500 to 2550 years ago. Phallus vases are a rare and distinctive kind of archaic Greek pottery. They were used to store perfumed oils, presumably for erotic or medicinal purposes. Archaic Greek potters sculpted vases in a wide variety of shapes, including human heads, legs, and animals. These “peniform” vases reflect a playfulness and unselfconsciousness about eroticism that recurs throughout Greek Art, but regardless of what this represents, it is a gloriously harmonious shape. (view post) |
07/13/2008 |
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Last post wins 3 BPLog in to see images! Conium is a genus of two species of highly poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. One, c. maculatum, is native to Europe and the Mediterranean region; the other, c. chaerophylloides is native to southern Africa. Both species are commonly known as hemlock.
Conium contains the alkaloids coniine, N-methylconiine, conhydrine, pseudoconhydrine, g-coniceïne and atropine.
The most important and toxic of these is coniine. Coniine is a neurotoxin, which disrupts the workings of the peripheral nervous system and causes death via ascending muscular paralysis, with eventually paralysis of the respiratory muscles. Medical intervention involves the use of a respirator until the effects have worn off 48-72 hours later. Ingestion of Poison Hemlock in any quantity can result in respiratory collapse and death.
Atropine is also found in belladona, or deadly nightshade. It is also potentially fatal if ingested, but it also has a variety of medical uses. I described those in this post. (view post) |
07/13/2008 |
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****IN' MEAL THREAD!!!Why do gorillas regurgitate and reingest food? Although not seen in wild gorillas, regurgitation and reingestion (r & r) of food is common in zoos. It doesn’t cause any medical problems, and it isn’t a sign of poor health. In the wild, gorillas eat large quantities of high-fiber, relatively low-calorie foods such as fruits, leaves, herbs and bark, which are difficult to duplicate in zoos. Wild gorillas eat 40-70 pounds (18-32 kg) of food each day, and spend an average 55% of the day eating. Wild gorillas must eat great deals of food each day because they continuously exercise, and they carry a heavy parasite load. Because zoo diets are more nutritious (concentrated), the amount of food in a zoo diet is less. Due to this, zoo gorillas may still “feel” hungry and develop the habit of re-eating their food. R & r has never been observed in the wild. Zoos are working to provide zoo gorillas with more food like their natural diet. Zookeepers call this food “browse,” and it includes cut branches and herbaceous vegetation. Browse, hay and food puzzles are just some of the ways in which keepers try to discourage r & r.
Why do some of the gorillas eat their feces? Eating feces occurs in the wild and often occurs at a more frequent rate in zoos. Ingestion of feces is thought to have nutritive value. For example, ingested feces may help in the utilization of B vitamins that are manufactured in the lower gut. Beneficial bacteria that aid digestion are also replenished. Excessive feces-eating in zoos occurs, most likely, for the same reasons as regurgitation and reingestion. (view post) |
07/13/2008 |
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POST YR RACEelenaratelimit Posted: |
07/13/2008 |
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amaranthusLog in to see images! Cannabis sativa is one of the two known species of cannabis, the other being cannabis ruderalis. There are two subspecies of c. sativa — c. sativa indica and c. sativa sativa.
I am particularly interested in extraction of alkaloids from cannabis for medical research purposes.
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the most well-known of these alkaloids and is the one responsible for the plant’s psychoactivity. Medically, it appears to ease moderate pain (analgetic) and to be neuroprotective.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is not psychoactive, but recent evidence shows that smokers of cannabis with a high CBD/THC ratio were less likely to experience THC-induced psychosis than those with a lower CBD/THC ratio. Medically, it appears to relieve convulsion, inflammation, anxiety, and nausea.
There are about a dozen other alkaloids found in cannabis, mostly in trace quantities. A number of these interact with neurotransmitter receptor cells in the body, but there is little evidence that they have significant effects.
Cannabis is most importantly indicated as an antiemetic for the treatment of nausea and anorexia bumociated with treatments for cancer, AIDS, and hepatitis. Cannabis also acts as an antispasmodic and anticonvulsant and is indicated for neurological conditions such as epilepsy especially complex partial seizures, multiple sclerosis, and spasms. As an analgesic and an immunomodulator it is indicated for conditions such as migraine, arthritis, spinal and skeletal disorders. As a bronchodilator it is beneficial for asthma. It also reduces the intraocular pressure and is indicated for glaucoma. Recent studies have shown the drug to be efficacious in treating mood disorders and mental health issues such as depression, post traumatic stress disorder, clinical depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, Crohn’s Disease, and bipolar disorder. It is also indicated for premenstrual syndrome, hypertension, and insomnia.
Much of my research involves studying the extraction and recombination of THC and CBD for medical purposes as well as for the creation of counteragents against various poisons and drugs. I have also found that smoking moderate quantities of cannabis provides a welcome relief from nervous tension, to which I am prone. (view post) |
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