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Subject: hmmm. Tomo.
Aug 10, 2001 01:13 PM 

	Well rumor is around town that you're secretly into necromancy and
	are helping Tempus form his own private army against Lord R.
	 
	Any truth behind these? Of course you wouldn't admit to it.

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Subject: OOG: snicker

Damn, come up with something better.  Let's start at the top.

Necromancy?  Rebellion?  How trite.  How overdone.

Lesse, what could be interesting rumors about Tomo:

1.  He's Captain of the Militia.  Is he going to try and impose an Okian
sense of justice on the town?  After all, he has Tempus' ear.

2.  He's a shaman -- but have you ever seen him do anything besides turning
and heal?  Is his gift damaged?  Is he just ignoring his studies?  Is he
holding back?

3.  He's an Okian, but not very much of one.  Oh, sure, he dresses like
one, but he doesn't talk like one.  Where did he learn to speak Galanese so
well?  And just how honorable does he act?  Talk is cheap; if we went by
talk, then everyone in town is an Okian sensei.

So going by actions: is he really loyal to House, Clan, and Emperor?  There
hasn't been much of a test about this, has there?  And if he's not loyal to
House, Clan, and Emperor, what does that mean for his interactions with the
Okians?  Are they all Okian renegades?

4.  Tomo arrived with House Dandalo, but hasn't been hanging around them
much.  Why?  Oh, sure, we know the public reason, but what's the private
reason?

5.  Hasn't he been seen drinking tea with the other Okians?  What's up with
that?  Do they have an agenda?

Next: "Of course you wouldn't admit it."

Oh, please; I stopped hearing this kind of rhetoric before I got to junior
high school ("If you don't do this, I won't be your friend.")

Now: maybe this was an attempt at humor, ala DL & Tomo's Social Column.
You'll note that Mike and I held ourselves to a certain standard: our
material had to be sufficiently surreal that no one could confuse it with
anything IG, and it had to be funny.  Total failure on both counts.

dave