Furies

[ECSNorway]

This one probably gets filed in Doug's "Do Not Open Except In Case Of World-Endage" folder, but....

What's packed in my hold


Is dearer than gold


Revenge is my cargo this day


Ya' think you have won


But when my job's done


The fury will force you to pay




My people weren't strong


They'd done ya' no wrong


They just happened to be in your way


You take what you seek


Contempt for the weak


And your battlefleet came yesterday




Like the coward you are


You strike from afar


And death is the harvest you reap


For all we were brave


No warning you gave


My people ya' slaughtered like sheep




Alone in the dark


I lay near to my death


With hate in my heart


And with my final breath




To whatever gods


That would listen I prayed


That they witnessed your crimes


And they forced you to pay




On Tera, long dead


Old gods it is said


Created the furies to fly


Grim justice to seek


And revenge for the week


On those whom the law had passed by




Those gods heard my plea


And granted to me


The means of achieving my goal


Oh I think they are just


For to do what I must


The fury they placed in my soul




Transformed by her hate


Now I am your fate


The Gods chosen weapon of right


The fury inside


Will not be denied


And I seek my vengeance this night




I've stolen this ship packed


With weapons of war


So you will not profit, as you have before


Eluding you fleet


Past your sentries I slip


And the fury has guided me straight to your ship




She steadies my hand


Her tool to command


Accounting you will not deny


Your ship is in sight


Of my fury lead flight


And the fires of my vengeance burn high




What's packed in my hold


Is dearer than gold


As dear as my people who fell


When I ram in your side


At the end of my ride


This fury will send you to hell, to hell


This fury will take you to hell!

Effect: Summons the Three, in their incarnation as the Furies; Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megeara.

And he'd better have a Damn Good Reason For It.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Wiregeek]

where's the band, title, and youtube link?

the freaking lyrics made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, I want the rest of the package!
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[ECSNorway]

Mercedes Lackey, "Magic, Moondust, and Melancholy". It's performed by Leslie Fish.

I don't know if it's on youtube.

Amusing note: David Weber wrote a novel with an almost identical plot (Path of the Fury, recently much-expanded and slightly-revised into In Fury Born) some years later. Both he and Misty steadfastly deny that either was aware of the other's work before the similarity was noted by the fen.

And yes, it's right up there with "March of Cambreath" for I-Want-You-Dead-So-I-Can-Jump-On-The-Gnarly-Bits RAGE.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[DHBirr]

The effect I envisioned for it -- back when I said I didn't even want to think about the possibilities (purple rhinoceri,
anyone?) -- was that it turns whatever vehicle Doug's piloting/driving into a kamikaze, with way more explosive power than just the fuel tank blowing up
could produce, and even if the fuel can't blow up. Maybe equivalent to a nuke or total-conversion weapon; possibly adjustable
power to guarantee it'll kill any enemy. But Doug's gonna die too.

The exact title, by the way, is "Eumenides." Magic, Moondust, and Melancholy is available on CD from Firebird Arts and Music. And Leslie
Fish's grating voice is perfect for the rage in this song.
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

[Proginoskes]

Sorry for the thread necro, but since Bob never chimed in, I feel like I can add my own idea (related to, but different from, DHBirr's). It has a condition: an enemy Doug can attack must have killed one (or more) of Doug's allies. Doug only needs the tiniest speck of mana to use this song, even for its full length. At the beginning of the song, all of Doug's injuries are healed and his reserves of stamina become effectively bottomless. Over the course of the song, Doug and his Improbability Field both become more and more powerful and vicious. His field might start inflicting transformations (potentially horrifying transformations) on people who get too close, for example. Doug will become stronger, faster, and less careful. During the last verse, Doug can make a person save or die (or possibly just die) just by touching them. The moment the song ends, Doug dies. (Or needs to save or die, or otherwise becomes Only Mostly Dead. Whatever Bob deems best.) The trick is that the initial heal and stamina boost, and most of the mana to maintain the song, comes from the Three-as-Furies. They're not actually getting summoned, so they won't be quite so ticked as with ECSN's idea, but Doug still had better have a Damn Good Reason.

[Bob Schroeck]

Definitely an "only as a last resort" song, either way...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.