tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044668009091635370.post5333073793821358508..comments2024-03-12T14:41:14.148-07:00Comments on I Don't Remember That Move: So You've Been Kidnapped By A Giant BirdDunkey Haltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14402191799610897998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044668009091635370.post-7283356443118387562015-05-16T10:50:26.030-07:002015-05-16T10:50:26.030-07:00The birds and plants are different up here. One da...The birds and plants are different up here. One day, while the lieutenant is urinating against a tree, the foliage shakes and an enormous bird runs out. It looks vaguely like an ostrich, but more compact and more colorful. It has a red neck, and a cobalt-blue head with a giant helmetlike bone sticking out of the top of its skull, like the nose of an artillery shell. It prances straight up to the lieutenant and kicks him a couple of times, knocking him flat on his ass, then bends his long neck down, shrieks in his face, and runs back into the jungle, using its head-bone as a kind of battering-ram to clear a path through the brush.<br /><br />Even if the men were not dying on their feet, they would be too startled to raise their weapons and take a shot at it. They laugh giddily. Goto Dengo laughs until he cries. The bird must have delivered a powerful kick, though, because the lieutenant lies there for a long time, clutching his stomach.<br /><br />Finally one of the sergeants regains his composure and walks over to help the poor man. As he draws closer, he suddenly turns around to face the rest of the group. His face has gone slack.<br /><br />Blood is fountaining out of a couple of deep stab wounds in the lieutenant’s belly, and his body is already going limp when the rest of the group gathers around him. They sit and watch until they are pretty sure he is dead, and then they march onwards. That evening, the sergeant shows Goto Dengo how to disassemble and clean the Nambu light machine gun.<br /><br />http://www.euskalnet.net/larraorma/crypto/slide50.htmlErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649420272387984400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044668009091635370.post-1237502794443313812015-05-16T04:58:34.543-07:002015-05-16T04:58:34.543-07:00giant birds have a simplicity that dragons lack
a...giant birds have a simplicity that dragons lack<br /><br />a dragon will kidnap your princess (of whatever gender) as part of some centuries-long master plan. then to get them back you have to navigate its trap-filled lair and answer riddles or some shit<br /><br />a giant bird will just kidnap your princess because its babies prefer live meat. you can knock that out in half an hour<br /><br />plus giant birds read as easier to kill than dragons. there's no implication of terrible arcane power. a giant bird could die in a stupid way, like sticking its head into a portcullis which you then close. a dragon demands an epic battle whereas a giant bird allows for the possibility of a hilarious anticlimax<br /><br />i think they are both useful but for different purposesDunkey Haltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402191799610897998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044668009091635370.post-33753204569357996102015-05-16T04:47:22.297-07:002015-05-16T04:47:22.297-07:00giant birds > dragons?giant birds > dragons?Robin Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200782625914126023noreply@blogger.com