An Ephemeral Existence in the Grand Symphony of Nothing
In this aged city tainted gray with night Among the desolate buildings burnt with despair Amidst the faded screams of crime and war You manage to blossom a vibrant flaming hue
Though your petals are stained with blood And your stem is feeble with loneliness Silver moonlight dances across your form and Breathes fulfilling life to you once again
Oh, pumpkin flower that blooms with the asphalt What can you see from there? Why is it that people fight and hurt Why can they not forgive each other?
Do you have a heart that throbs with pain When your friends wilt and die? With those leaves that do not carry words How do you convey your love?
Oh, pumpkin flower that blooms with the asphalt Where do you gather your infinite strength? Somehow, please tell me How do tears not roll down your face?
But to nature, your resolve means nothing It cares not for your desperate life I watch as the gale that blasts the faceless fallen leaves Parts also you from the unforgiving ground
As you flutter peacefully in the tormented sky Denied of an adulthood destined for me I notice the feet still rooted to the Earth Are the feet that belong to me
Once I realize that My hands were made to embrace, not kill That my voice was made to soothe, not curse And my heart was made to cherish, not hate
Then, and only then, can I really Endure the frigid flailing wind Thrive under the opaque October sky And prove my temporal existence in this Torn city
Hi everyone! I'm Inori, and I'm mostly just a forum lurker, but today I thought I would crawl out of my shell and contribute something. Most of the threads in Fun and Games are really just free money or giveaway threads (no shame, I partake occasionally in those LOL), but it would be nice to have something else for a change!
I present to the Torn community a thread to post your (or someone else's) story, connecting those surrealistic Torn events to real life. Unleash your inner writer, and share a humorous and clever account of your experiences in Torn!
(Told from the perspective of player JordanB, a relatively new Level 6 player who recently won the Holy Grail jackpot for 6.4+ billion dollars)
So I'm just searching for some cash under the old bridge, when suddenly I hear this huge fanfare. I shrug, and just drink a bottle of beer to regain my dignity temporarily (and nerve).
In the blink of an eye, I'm transported to the Torn Casino, where an army of bodyguards and men dressed in black offer me a gargantuan shopping cart stacked with fat briefcases and bags full of money. The Torn City newspaper press is taking photo after photo.
I drink another bottle of beer.
The bodyguards are really friendly. We talk and have a good time, and share a couple of beers too. Then, after three days, they just leave me without a word. I shrug.
I drink another bottle of beer.
Wait, I don't need to do that anymore. I don't need to search under the old bridge anymore. I've got all this money and I have no idea what to do with it. I go to Big Al's, and I buy the most expensive gear he has. With my new $95,000 Steyr AUG and $75,000 Full Body Armor, I'm feeling pretty stacked.
I drink a bottle of champagne.
As I'm pushing my big shopping cart down to my old Chalet, the horizon darkens. But it isn't the sun setting. Before my eyes, hundreds upon thousands of men dressed in full combat armor wielding dual hammers and other menacing weapons are charging after me, shouting incoherently. What in the world is going on?
I'm in the hospital.
One of the nurses offers me morphine (for free!) so I can get better. I plunge 3 syringes into my arm, and I'm out of the hospital, somehow. The nurse then turns around and smacks me with her dual hammers out of nowhere, then steals a little bit from my shopping cart full of money.
Oh come on people, your posts are so bland and effortless. OP clearly stated he wanted some fun. I suppose I'll be the first to deliver. (edit: second, l3isquit made a punny post as I was typing this)
O GREAT, OMNIPOTENT AND GLORIOUS LORD NABISCO, SHOWER ME WITH MONEY AND COINS THAT SHINES BRIGHTER THAN GOLDEN OREOS
Do weapon attachments with debuffing effects apply even when the weapon is not used?
For example, say I have a small light (-opponent acc, -opponent stealth) on a secondary weapon. If I do not use that secondary weapon during a fight, is the opponent's accuracy and stealth still lowered during the fight?
Hi RX8! I don't know if you remember this, as it was long ago, but you mispriced something in your bazaar for really cheap, I ended up buying them then returning to you upon request :)
Do weapon attachments with debuffing effects apply even when the weapon is not used?
For example, say I have a small light (-opponent acc, -opponent stealth) on a secondary weapon. If I do not use that secondary weapon during a fight, is the opponent's accuracy and stealth still lowered during the fight?
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