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Heard It Before
18th Aug 2016, 11:01 PM in Season One - Part 6: Edison Endgame
Average Rating: 5 (13 votes)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
It appears that the kid gloves have been temporarily misplaced...

Ladies and gentlebeings, the unshakable Mercy Black...

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Call Me Tom
Call Me Tom
So that's why Mercy is wearing the shades, to block out the ulgy of Nestor!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I heard that she "borrowed" those shades from a MiB... :)
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azureXtwilight
azureXtwilight
"Foolish Mortals" is every demon/monster/God's catchphrase it seems.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
It really is. Like they're so much better than mortals... :P
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
WOW! She sure took sight of him far better... Hehe, as expected of our girl Mercy! :D
This fight scene is amaze <3~
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Sandros isn't a sorcerer, and he didn't have a connection with another sorcerer at the time.

Yeah, she's handling it a LOT beter. :)

And thankies!
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anonymous coward (Guest)
I can think of two quotes that are missing from this dialogue: "I am invincible!" and, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" Are those still coming?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
There is a good amount of dialogue yet to come. I can neither confirm nor deny the exisence of those two particular phrases.
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SarahSophia
SarahSophia
If you two want to have a go, do it somewhere else, please.
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anonymous coward (Guest)
No, actually, I do not, "Want to have a go." I should have been more sensitive to how my arguments were being taken, sorry. I'll drop the point indefinitely since the case I was trying to make probably isn't as important as not spiking Prof's blood pressure.
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Delta-v
Let's see: skinny arms, bulging veins--anorexic weight lifter? And "Rue Reality"? Is that a street somewhere in France?

At least the fight scene raises no questions. GET HIM, MERCY!!! ^^
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Oh, for the love of...

That's supposed to be "true reality"...

EDIT: Fixed
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Shirokuro
Shirokuro
I'm glad mercy is still focused enough to deliver snappy comments :3
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
The snappy comments actually help her concentration. :)
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Matt Knab
Matt Knab
Mercy's question is a legitimate one, as he just keeps pulling out all the villain clichés!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thing is, I think those were NOT clichés when he was last human... :P

But yeah, she's totally calling him out.
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HeSerpenty
HeSerpenty
Haha NOTHING can phase Mercy Black!!!
I wanna see this guy in his true form :O
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
She's experienced in the field of facing down nasties and horrors. :)
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Microraptor
Microraptor
If this fight were about witty quips, Mercy would already have won! :-D
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Quite right! :)
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melaredblu
melaredblu
Mercy's commentary reminds me a little of Frieza from DBZ Abridged. I wonder if she's keeping count of the lines she's heard before.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I've never seen that...

She is keeping track in so far as it doesnt interfere... :)
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joeyballast
joeyballast
I'm unsure if Mercy's calm reaction to the unmasking is because she has an iron will, or if she ran out of sanity points loooooong ago.

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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Let me run it down for you.

Mercy is an experienced investigator into things which, according to most normal people, really shouldn't be. This means her will, which is already strong due to her being a sorcerer, is hardened (already lacking some Sanity Points or gets a bonus to her Fright Check / Will Save). Add to that the current connection to Ghoul (who is soaking up some of the horror, even if he doesn't know it), and the fact that she is engaged in battle already (and is, therefore, pumping adrenaline). Thus, she is able to face down an eldritch monstrosity which has already claimed the sanity of one person that we know of and still quip and banter.
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Zanreo
Zanreo
Heh, those sick burns x3
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
MAD sick burns! XD
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Miaubol
Miaubol
like many villains, he went to the wrong villain school, he talks too much..
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
He really does. Somebody should teach him better. :P
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junoro
junoro
Hitting every branch of the ugly tree on the way down? Hahaha Mercy is too cool! She really pulls off being unshakeable well!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thanks!

Mercy is an absolute TREAT to write. :)
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