SABOTAGE in the Shire! And by a STAFF member!! pls ban

Hay · May 2015

A couple weeks ago, I quietly made an ambitious plan to create a sprawling city across the new region of Laurelian. It would be a city built for a special people who have survived grief, terror and loss.

But before I explain this ruthless sabotage, I must go back in time just a tiny bit.

The city of Laurelian was founded by the few surviving refugees of the war-torn city of Modaora. The time-traveling Modaorans who came from a distant galaxy to build and live on the Shire survived in peace and prosperity for some time. Countless failed attempts to grow crops and raise animals in the barren ice region resulted in famine and then civil war. One never knows how a people will turn when faced with certain death. The greedy and corrupt (undoubtedly influenced by their friends in Fulfwotz) first turned on the less fortunate citizens and then on each other - sealing a self-fulfilling prophecy of defeat. A small band of brave Modaorans who pledged loyalty to the Modaoran code of "peace, love and prosperity" managed to rescue just 500 citizens of the 9,000 who called Modaora "home." The ice region now sits quietly, soulless and with the scars of its past winding through empty valleys and chilly mountain tops.

Their beloved city was transported piece-by-piece to the middle of the ocean where it now sits eerily empty as a cautionary tale for those who doubt that what can be given in abundance can also be taken away in an instant.

As the refugees set off on their sojourn to new lands, something very small caught the attention of a little girl no older than 8. She knelt down and moved a piece of debris to reveal the petals of a single flower. This flower, a Mountain Laurel, had grown in a crack in the ice and refused to wither even during famine; even the war. This flower would forever become the symbol of hope for the refugees.... a symbol of survival.

Survival - a Great Spaghetti Overloard given right. A right that these survivors vowed not to die for, but to LIVE for. And not only would they survive, but they would thrive beyond any aspirations of the past. These brave refugees found a new home across great masses of water and through treacherous lands. They took turns caring for the flower that they carefully picked and potted in an old boot. They vowed to leave Modaora behind in every way - even in name.

The Laurelian Nation named for the single Mountain Laurel who stood strong as they did, found their new home and as their first order of business, built a great temple in its honor - in their honor. Plans for their great new nation soon followed and thus began the journey of prosperity for the Laurelians.

BUT!! ........ BUT!!!!

If a certain staff member had his way *cough* DREK *cough* those brave survivors won't have their new home - not in time, that is! The Laurelians made great plans to have their new city built by December 2015. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? No. A great wager has been placed between the strong Laurelian Nation and this EVIL staff member. When the wager was made, the Laurelian Nation trusted that this corrupt individual would play fairly. But ALAS! HE HAS NOT!

SEE, EVERYONE! SEE how he attempts to sabotage construction by building this DEATH MACHINE to trap me while I work tirelessly to WIN *ehem* I mean HELP the Laurelian Nation to build and thrive.

.... pls ban for Anti-Hay Bet Loss Prevention System.

Vetous · May 2015

Man, such a hard choice between those two options....

Lord_Drekar · May 2015

what no... that's not me, uhhh.. this is a set up! Slander! I'm being scapegoated! I would never do something so unjust as to build an evil trap over the void to ensure I would win a bet.. that's crazy talk! This is a scam I tell you, a scam.... I would never dream of such a device... You all know I'm super innocent *cough* and pure *cough* and totally would never build a death trap like this one to put people in, it's not like I ever built one before in /warp Barad *cough cough cough*...