Muse still didn't want to come

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

So it is true... Here we are again, you and I mundane... But the hour grows dark. Dear_mun may have changed, but the threat remains.

In a dream... I saw the eastern communities grow anew. But in the west a new evil lingered. A voice was crying:

"Your doom is near at end. ATP is going to open."

Long has my father, the Stewart of Dreamwidth, kept the forces of ATP at bay. By the blood of our muses, are your communities kept safe.

But the doors of ATP have been slammed wide open. As we speak hundreds, maybe thousands of muses are unleashed, unchecked by their mundanes. This is an evil we cannot fight alone. Give Dreamwidth the weapon of the enemy. let us use it against him.

Any other option is folly.

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[thelastking]

[ Sometimes he honestly doesn't know why he attempts to talk any sense into you, Boromir. It's just such an uphill battle at times. ]

...Are you truly well?

[wickedthiswaycomes]

I once saw a muse offered on ATP.... and then he was never to be seen again...! It was such a tragedy. Truly, I advise you never to go there.

[ringbearer]

You won't be able to use it. No one can.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

I would think so, yes. Why, do you doubt it?

[ Boromir is totally sensed. Surely you have never faced the evil of ATP. ]

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

Such tragedy befell the communities everyday. Each one is unique and irreplaceable. But let's not forgotten the fallen muses, for we fight in their name.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

Is that so Frodo? Would you rather see the communities doomed and covered in eternal darkness?

[ringbearer]

No, I would never see my community fall into darkness. But the power has no other master but the ATP.

[wickedthiswaycomes]

Yet where they fall, others rise to the challenge.

[tofindthesun]

[OH BOLLOCKS NOT THIS AGAIN.]

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

What then? What would you propose we do against the power that has risen in this community?

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

[ This again and here to stay. You'd better believe it master Elf. ]

[ringbearer]

Lord Elrond said someone must take it. Take it and destroy it in the fires of Mt. Livejournal. There is no other way.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

This is true. Yet our numbers dwindle. Unless something is done, doom awaits us all.

[tofindthesun]

[but we did this last time boromir and it ended up going public. all the dirty laundry! aired!]

You cannot wield its power. The enemy will know you have it and increase its peer pressure tenfold! What chance have you then at fighting its advances?

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

Master Hobbit...

One doesn't simply walk into Livejournal.

Its communities are guarded by more than just roleplayers.

There is evil there that does not sleep. The great administrators are ever watchful.

It is a barren website… Riddled with Trolls, Keybearer and Magical Girls.

The very tag you read is poisonous.

Not with 10 000 muses could you do this.

It is folly.

[wickedthiswaycomes]

This is a time for heroes to rise and legends to be made. Saa, and what will you do, I wonder?

[ringbearer]

Better that then to let it fall in the hands of the enemy, to destroy all the communities we hold dear.





..I will take it. I will take it to Livejournal!

--Though I do not know the URL.

[iorhael]

In this case, one might blame the muns than the poor fellows that they have snared or these gathering places that have grown so. Even if one could defeat Dear Mun or any other, I suspect many more would spring up just as quickly!

[tofindthesun]

I will accompany you, with what aid I may bring.

You have my [pretty face] icons, Frodo Baggins, to distract the fangirls.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

This is simple. All I ask is that we be left to use the weapon of the enemy. With it in our hands, victory cannot escape us.

[wickedthiswaycomes]

Maa, what a brilliant idea. I'm sure the enemy will not be expecting that at all.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

[ It went public because you did not listen and refused to let him use the fourth-wall. ]

What would you know of these matter? We listened to your advises once Master Elf. See where it led us. The Evil that lies in ATP knows no bound. Time is not for discussion.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

You are right Master Hobbit, and apparently more sensed than your counterpart a few tags above... Surely you see the necessity of using the weapon of the enemy.

[tofindthesun]

[it went public because you tried to use it and failed.]

You heard but you did not listen! And still I say the Fourth Wall must be destroyed. Look what it has brought upon us; mundanes and muses clamoring for each other to come to places more unpleasant than Mordor! What good could Gondor do with such a thing in her hands?

[thelastking]

I doubt it for reasons I wish not to state.

[This is the Ring's fault, isn't it? ]

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

Maybe you could help me convince my companions- These muse would oppose such a course of action.

[wickedthiswaycomes]

Perhaps I can, but as a hermit exactly what would I obtain in return?

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

Our accounts have been wasted for your protection. By harnessing its power-- We would gain the ability to create accounts. Our ranks would grow in number. Victory is at hand.

Only through the power of the fourth-wall can we hope to save ourselves. Even you must see it.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

Then stop doubting, and help me defend our communities.

[ The ring is best left to Hobbits. The enemy's weapons is far greater. ]

[lady_of_rohan]

The women of these communities learned long ago, those without ATP's can still die through their use them. I fear neither death nor pain, nor rampant random postings..

[thelastking]

[ This is the part of Aragorn's long life where he starts doubting he's still sane. ]

If it shall quell your ire, then we shall defend those who cannot defend themselves.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

[ Doubt friend, but do not give in. ]

But the two of us will not be victorious against the endless masses. We need the use of the enemy's weapon.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

We would protect your journal and posts against the evil masses unleashed on dreamwidth.

[one_doesnt_simply_walk]

And I can only respect and command your courage my lady. However you must understand that without ATP's weapon, death awaits us all. Muses will flood the communities and post everywhere, dry these communities. We need this support.

[lady_of_rohan]

But yet we do not know that ATP's power can be harnessed! Unleashing it upon unprepared lands could do more harm than it causes now as it slumbers. DO you wake the dragon to see if it breathes fire? I say caution brave warrior, even a man so stout and courageous as you should not charge into a battle for which he may be unprepared.

[thelastking]

What weapon do they possess that we must covet for ourselves?

[iorhael]

I am afraid then that you won't like what I have to say next; I would not use It against them. The Ring will matter little against creatures such as muns. Surely you have seen how powerful they can be. They are greater than the Enemy himself...

...And it would be even worse if it fell into their hands. We must continue as we were before, and hope, with their attentions turned to ATP, to get through unnoticed.

[therangerking]

Steward.

Be aware of your spellings and pronunciations, Boromir, for such mistakes are where these mundanes own the most authority.

[therangerking]

I have only fifteen icons, but I offer them to you as well, Frodo.

[ Muttering: ] I offer myself and Legolas as fangirl bait, to give you time to escape if there ever is the need.

[ringbearer]

And you have my silent nod of appreciation and friendship, along with my pretty blue eyes.


They must be useful for something.

[therangerking]

[ He's thoughtful about it. Then he leans down. ]

Forgive me, my friend. [ And he picks Frodo up with two hands and weighs him a little bit, as if he's going to try him. ]

There is only one use I can conceive of, Frodo, and that places the community too much into the evil hands of ATP.

[ringbearer]

[ whoa whoa w h o a. frodo just sort of stares at him, brows wrinkling. first off being carried like a child is a bit insulting. ]

Aragorn, what are you doing?

[puppy_lancer]

Is it really that bad? Just because some muses run off and find homes doesn't mean they never come back here.

[tocarry]

Why must we always fight? I... I won't let you near Mr. Frodo, I won't!