As in, worlds that Good Ol' Doug Sangnoir should avoid, for whatever reason:

You know, maybe the world of Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki. The thematic and character development stuff would probably be covered with the AMG step, as well as the
fact that it would take a lot of plot contrivance to NOT send Doug on his way almost immediately. Hmm . . . still . . .

The world of Melnibone. Or Jerry Cornelius' London. Heck, any of the Eternal Champion's stomping grounds. Though there is the notion that Doug's
run into the ol' EC once in a while.

Okay, I'm going to make this argument. The Suzumiya Haruhi world. The reason? Because the premise of the series is that Haruhi WANTS there to be
fantastical things happening all around her, but cannot perceive them or the universe will implode. If Doug shows up, pffft goes the underlying irony of the
series.

Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai. If only because Doug would cry and cry and cry.

Urusei Yatsura. For the same reason.

Inu Yasha. Too great a power disparity there.

What other worlds should Doug not visit?

-murmur

The http://www.astraproject.org/]ASTRA Project "aims to reconstruct the sound or timbre of ancient instruments (not existing anymore) using archaeological data as fragments from excavations, written descriptions, pictures..." They also use custom software to create their end-results.

Be sure to visit the Downloads page for samples...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Today at work, a coworker wandered by my desk. I only saw him out of the corner of my eye, at first. I jumped in shock -- OH MY GOD, A _LOST_!

Er, no, not so much. Just a guy with a baseball cap and hoodie.

O_o

So. Share your 'durr' moments?

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

Our Hero cuts under the surface of the ocean. This body armor was allegedly spaceworthy as it had been handwaved from top to bottom and so it would be
oceanworthy as well. She swims under the aircraft carrier museum and continues applying the handwavium. She evades the alarm wires, videocameras, and
extraneous security. Now she knows why the museum's personnel still have one of those metal time-stamps.

She finishes applying the handwavium. This should be the last bit. On the other side Artificer is applying the last part of the handwavium on the other side.
The two finally finish up and glide up out of the water in their flight suits.

Our Hero gestures to Artificer in sign language. Artificer shrugs and follows Our Hero. They get up to the control tower only to find that there is no control
for moving up. Artificer expresses dismay, with her hands.

There's a brilliant flash over Hero's head until Artificer realizes it's a metaphorical flash since Hero has dived under the water. Artificer
covers her eyes.

The aircraft carrier tilts under the water and then rises into the air, where Hero lifts the aircraft carrier. Artificer flies down to join Hero and pushes the
aircraft carrier into the air where amazingly, the aircraft carrier holds being bottom-only-handwaved.

This sets off lots of alarms. The dock falls apart. Artificer pulls out a camera and takes a picture.

"We have got to get a more secure method of communication. " Artificer tells Hero dryly.

Hero has noticed the SR-71 Blackbird on the top deck and is calculating rumors about how one was desired somewhere.

"Hey!"Artificer yells.

"Hero" jerks her head around.

"What do you plan to to do about those?" She points to the flock of jets on the radar screen.

"What about them?We've drifted over international airspace. " She tells Artificer.

"They're chasing us. " Artificer tells her dryly.

"They'll stop once they run out of air. I tossed the security guard overboard " Hero tells her. coconspirator.

"Did he survive?"

"Eh. " Hero shrugs "He was only a few feet above the docks. "

Artificer held up a hand to stop Hero.

"I can see this one already. If it's handwaved it flies. Pushing up a handwaved aircraft carrier will make a stalled one fly. Don't expect me to
get out and push. Here's your picture. "



The picture shows a person in white body armor and helmet holding up an aircraft carrier with one hand.

Having seen random Rikti bombings continue even after the Invasion weekend's worn off, and having missed my -last- attempt, I'm putting out a call for
one big ole' LGTF. More Rikti than you can shake a stick at, for levels 35 and up.

Great for meriting, if you dun wanna raid, and the XP ain't bad too. Plus, Hamidon!
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

I'm going to add more to this as time goes on, probably.  Right now this is a headspace exploration, kinda, plus a bit of additional backstory for Scraps.

I mean, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 638863.ece]just look at the picture. Really.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I may want to add the pony tail to this to break up the lines somewhat.

First Night

"Help, someone help me. " A person in white body armor swoops down as the bullets bounces off as our hero shields the person with his own body. Our
hero then charges gang member. Call him gang member A. Hero takes the gun and then clubs him with his own gun. Our hero does it a few more times to make sure
he's unconscious.

Our hero returns little lady's old purse who is expressing effusive thanks.

"All in a day's work citizen. " The synthesized voice comes out.

Second Night.

"I'm telling you there's a new guy in town who can fly and is bulletproof .I saw bullets bounce off. " Gang member A is telling inmates.

"Oh please. Biomod powers are supposed to be trivial, remember?" Gang member B scoffs.

"I'm telling you this is what happened. " Gang member A is irked that Gang member B doesn't believe him. This leads to a knife fight later in
which both become corpses. The incident reaches Gang Leader

"This is enough .First they're messing around with the cops which is good. Now they're going after small-time operators. We're gonna send a
message. "

"What message?" Not-too-bright gang member C asks.

"Find a new line of work if you mess with us. " Gang Leader responds.

Third Night.

Here gang members arrive early in the afternon, and settle into the alley. Each one picks a spot surrounding the encounter scenario. Our Hero flies overhead
in the evening on the patrol route and sees a young woman dragged into the alley.

The hero flies down and is immediately ambushed by a hail of gunfire, bouncing off body armor. Hero will feel the bruises tomorrow. She goes down, shields the
young woman, and then still shielding the young woman flies off with her.

This is problematic when the young woman also pulls out a knife and tries to stick her in the ribs sliding off her body armor. Hero sighs, deposits her on a
handy roof, and meets her coconspirator. We'll call this one Artificer.

"So how'd the testing go. " Artificer asks.

"I broke the law of gravity. That was good. Also, there was an ambush on my patrol route. I told you we should vary the patrol routes. " Hero
responds.

"We needed to get a feel for the city first. Still handwaving body armor has it's advantages. Now you can fly, and you're bulletproof. If
handwavium can make floating islands fly, it can certainly do the same for armor. " Artificer enumerates the advantages.

"Simple. "

"Hah. Simple, once you saw it. Everything's simple once it's explained. " Artificer mutters.

"So we paint our logo on the uniform and then license it out. . Yet another way to access the dimensions through money. "

"You realize that's an unproved rumor, right?"

"A person can dream, can't they?"

Don LaFontaine has passed away.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.