Is that me I hear, or someone else? After so many monologues, it's hard to tell.

Why yes, of course this is you that you are hearing. You are also reminding yourself to go ahead and credit $10,000 into Lars' bank account today.

$10,000? That's a waste of an aid slot. Surely you - I - mean $3 million. But why am I crediting Lars' bank account again?

I feel like I've just entered the Twilight Zone.

Of course! I will send Lars $3mil, 50tech, and 2,000 mean killing machines now.



It's for his 21st birthday, silly me.

Killing machines? The cyborg research project must have born fruit! Why didn't I remember? That absent-minded scientist hasn't sent me a report in three months...



If I send him money on his 21st birthday, he'll be socially obligated to use it in a drinking bout. Unless the drinking age is lower in his country?

My other voice appears to be thinking and I've got nothing else to say. Therefore, I'll steal a monologue. To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether it is...

Cyborgs? I mean scary-looking puppies.



... there's always MasterCard®.

Ah. That I can manage.



I use Visa®. Something isn't right here.

I am not sure if I am aware, but if either of me change the avatar this whole page will not make sense anymore.

A sad but unavoidable truth. Fortunately, with a few more bumps, it won't matter. As great as our applicants are, I don't see any reading 1,500 bumps.

Lars did sift through most, if not all, of the pages once. That was after he was in though.

Bumpity-doo.

You remind me of a weird version of Gollum and Smeagol.


Heh. I did too. Read the whole recruitment topic for the five alliances I was considering joining. Vanguard's was the longest (!). Err, that wasn't the deciding factor though.

(Biggest waste of time ever. Vetting is a good thing, insanity is not. But it was my first time at home for more than 10 consecutive days in over a year, so....)

How do I know this? Do I have general telepathy or just an odd connection with Lars? I hope it's the former. If I had the right personality, I could become a great diplomat with an ability like that. As is, I'd get more insight into applicants.

Starting the bump ring back up fellas.

Wish granted. I have telepathy and the secret is out. Now I am being chased across the states by the government for possessing such powerful ability. Grrreat job there, Thaliak's other voice.

I wish for a delicious and succulent home-made burger, 2 feet high.

We have bumpers who live on the exact opposite side of the world. Keeping this thread up should be eee-zay.

Couldn't agree more. Bjumping this should be no sweat.

Excellent. I hope Ragnarok takes part.

We could bother them into sending a representative.

That's a good idea. Would you mind doing it?

I don't know anyone in Rok anymore. I blame BadOmen for it.

I found Vanguard by stumbling upon this article and seeing what it had to offer. And what it has to offer is something very great for young and aspiring nations as well as those interested in playing this game within a smart and articulate group of people.

I'm glad I found it, and now I'm bumping this topic to share this with all of you.

This post made me smile. Glad you're enjoying Vanguard so far. You've impressed us, too.

Your avatar almost impresses me as much as you do.

Thanks for bumping. I'm glad we've impressed you and generally come across as smart and articulate.

This sounds like front-page recruitment material.

Uppity-up again.

I know. The story will go:
1. We discover that the government is after us.
2. We're imprisoned but rescued by a ridiculously attractive lady (Faramir?).
3. We evade the government for a few days while we find out who controls the hunt for us.
4. We storm the appropriate stronghold - I'm thinking the CIA headquarters - and convince the hunt's organizer to give us a new identity in such a way that even he won't know who we are.
5. We escape to Canada and live happily ever after with the aforementioned hottie.

I'm not too keen on steps 2, 3, and 4, but they're a fair price to pay for step 5.



Is that all? Canada has many pleasures.

I dunno, Canada can get pretty cold. But I guess you could warm her up. Damn you are a marvelous !@#$%^&.
EDIT:Heh, I like that word filter.

... And just when I thought this topic couldn't get any stranger, along comes Thaliak with his grand vision of running off to Canada with Lars and a hottie.

You can count Faramir out of this scheme. Go find someone else to be your ridiculously attractive lady.


As (I believe) the person here living closest to the northern border, I will attest to this.

I seriously doubt we would be content with just ONE ridiculously attractive lady. This isn't "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place". This will eventually lead to:

1. We both fall for the ridiculously attractive lady.
2. We start to fight each other for her attention.
3. She plays us both at the same time.
4. Jealousy comes to a point where it shakes the very foundation of our camaraderie.
5. One of us will end up dead.



I am easy to please.







... but why? Thaliak has already drew us a (near) perfect plan!

I dunno, you're toying with a lot of hearts these days, aren't you sir? Haven't you already got a diplomat lady friend on our boards?


If I'm running away with any member of Vanguard, it's gonna be Gork. We've already anarchied a nation together and shared the emotional vicissitudes of combat over MSN while my laptop went up in smoke before my eyes and I struggled to get by on a Windows 95 machine without an "a" key. Plus, my first loyalty always will be to the current Treasurer. Your time has passed, Lars.

I'm also concerned that Thal is underestimating how difficult it is to get into Canada these days. When I started college, we could spend a few hours on the Amtrak and get up to Montreal for the weekend without a hitch. Starting last January, you now need a passport or birth certificate and all kinds of proof of citizenship razzmattazz. As I've learned in trying to get a passport for exchange next semester, the application process is long, slow, and painful and involves spending large quantities of time in the post office. Although I suppose if we're already storming a government stronghold, maybe we can get someone to take care of those details for us. Hmm.

As for the potential for jealousy and death part... eh, whatever!

Honoring the halfway point of my in-progress 24 hour exam with a bump. I'll have had enough of the Persian Gulf War to last me a lifetime by the end of this.

You mean we aren't two parts of the same person? I've been deceived! We won't need a love triangle to fray our friendship, Lars.



I don't know that I'd call a two-foot hamburger easy. It's just less than Canada can offer.

Exam over. I'd call this another celebratory bump for the actual end of my midterms, but I have nine hours of class today and slept for less than two last night. I am running on pure adrenaline, and had to listen to The Killers for fifteen minutes this morning to wake myself up for my 8:30 lecture. In other words, I am in so much trouble!

</frantic and barely coherent tangent>

Heh. I suspect this is a little late, but good luck. If it's any consolation, I went to classes on Monday with no sleep. Let's just say my notes could be better.

We're two parts of the same person that conflicts with each other, Thaliak. If either of us perish, you could say a part of you just died.



Draw up a new plan then, we're definitely not going to run away to Canada.

Me? Toying with hearts? Naaaaaaaaawww.



You never warmed up to me when I was the Treasurer. Ever since the Legion war, you only see Gork in your eyes.

Heh. Unfortunately you were not late... had a night class. It feels incredibly heartless to take consolation in other folks finding themselves in the same position.

I doubt whether your notes can beat mine from my early lecture yesterday: "10/22/08 - Figure out what the [insert expletive] happened today." I am not kidding. Oh well, I'm back on my game now!


The truth speaks?

Naw. I've got nothing but respect for you. And you still have me at your command, as does anyone who works hard at what he/she does.

Faramir, you don't need Lars. He is not worthy of your turst or friendship.

It's human. Besides, it's no worse than watching home videos.



Heh. Maybe not, but they're bad. My notes for the last part of British Writers consist of two incomplete sentences.



How dare the man who refused to the 1,000-post promise speak of trustworthiness? We worked slavishlyslowly but steadily on that topic for ten months.

I can't believe I just watched that. Eleven seconds of my life that I'll never get back!





Quiet, Thaliak. I'm finally hearing the facts about members of Vanguard from a sort of outside source.

What sort of men would stab his fellow comrade in the back like this? Shame on you.



True.



It is hardly a fact if your outside source happens to be BadOmen.

Lars, you can't even spell my name right. There is a space inbetween Bad and Omen.

Don't forget the time you took to click the link.



We're merely making the disclosures entertaining.

... Or the time I took to slam my head against the desk afterward, I suppose.

I am used to seeing your name on IRC without a space.

Vanguard is an alliance we can all enjoy, even if it is pulpy at times.