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[He's just lucky Hellboy tries to be polite and isn't telling him to screw off immediately.]
A few years back I went to the Nyenchen Tanglha mountain range. Fought a big-ass dragon there. Fire and blood and all sorts of terrible stuff.
A few years back I went to the Nyenchen Tanglha mountain range. Fought a big-ass dragon there. Fire and blood and all sorts of terrible stuff.
[u weren't here a few months ago, lancer. not that that mission was strictly dragon killing, something Hellboy regrets in retrospect.]
Sort of. I've been retired for a few years, though.
Sort of. I've been retired for a few years, though.
[Wow, guy, let Hellboy gently direct the flow of conversation elsewhere. This is not going like it usually does!]
That depends how specifically you mean "dragon." Did you ever hear about Hercules and the hydra?
That depends how specifically you mean "dragon." Did you ever hear about Hercules and the hydra?
[Pout???? is he physically capable of pouting]
Well, Hercules had to atone for some terrible things he did, and was given 11 or 12 tasks. One of them was slaying the hydra, a really ugly animal with nine heads. What Hercules didn't know was that of the nine, there was one that was the key to killing it for good. Otherwise he would just keep chopping its heads off over and over. I'm sure you know this part; you cut off one head and two grow in its place, blah blah.
So Hercules had his cousin or nephew with him, I'm not sure which, and he came up with the idea that if they held a flame to the severed neck, the head wouldn't grow back. So they did that for awhile, just cutting off heads and burning the stumps, and all the while, the hydra was still alive. Finally, they get to the last head, and bingo. Process of elimination, I guess.
But after all that, it didn't count towards Hercules' atonement. He had help, which I guess wasn't very heroic in those days.
[...] Is that the kind of dragon story you wanted?
Well, Hercules had to atone for some terrible things he did, and was given 11 or 12 tasks. One of them was slaying the hydra, a really ugly animal with nine heads. What Hercules didn't know was that of the nine, there was one that was the key to killing it for good. Otherwise he would just keep chopping its heads off over and over. I'm sure you know this part; you cut off one head and two grow in its place, blah blah.
So Hercules had his cousin or nephew with him, I'm not sure which, and he came up with the idea that if they held a flame to the severed neck, the head wouldn't grow back. So they did that for awhile, just cutting off heads and burning the stumps, and all the while, the hydra was still alive. Finally, they get to the last head, and bingo. Process of elimination, I guess.
But after all that, it didn't count towards Hercules' atonement. He had help, which I guess wasn't very heroic in those days.
[...] Is that the kind of dragon story you wanted?
[ an attempt to pout-grimace that makes children cry, maybe.
Anyway, that's not a bad effort for all his unreasonable prodding, so he reads through to the end. Afterwards, ]
or maybe it's not that easy to atone? ...ah, i don't know. whatever it is, poor sap didn't have any better luck when i saw him.
[ Then again, Berserker was wicked powerful, and that's enough for some people. ]
anyway, that's not the one i was looking for, but good job anyway.
Anyway, that's not a bad effort for all his unreasonable prodding, so he reads through to the end. Afterwards, ]
or maybe it's not that easy to atone? ...ah, i don't know. whatever it is, poor sap didn't have any better luck when i saw him.
[ Then again, Berserker was wicked powerful, and that's enough for some people. ]
anyway, that's not the one i was looking for, but good job anyway.
["When I saw him"? Hellboy stares at these words for a few seconds before answering, maybe a little cautiously,] I only met what was apparently his personified guilt. Or maybe it was the ghost of the lion. I never really could figure it out.
I could tell you about St. George, but everyone knows that one.
I could tell you about St. George, but everyone knows that one.
oh. i can see how that could get confusing.
[ Sarcasm is hard in mindspam, who knew. Lancer doesn't elaborate, though for different motives. Chief among them that he doesn't feel like distracting—this guy will clearly take tangents where provided. ]
no, not george either. but that's getting warmer.
[ Sarcasm is hard in mindspam, who knew. Lancer doesn't elaborate, though for different motives. Chief among them that he doesn't feel like distracting—this guy will clearly take tangents where provided. ]
no, not george either. but that's getting warmer.
[Suit and tie, man. Suit and tie.
In any case, it's approximately fifteen minutes later that Riza makes her way over to the appointed place and time, a small basket swinging lightly from one arm. She smiles faintly when she sees Hellboy, free hand rising in greeting.]
I hope you don't mind that some of the grapes are wrinkled. The vines aren't doing so well under these conditions.
[What a great greeting.]
In any case, it's approximately fifteen minutes later that Riza makes her way over to the appointed place and time, a small basket swinging lightly from one arm. She smiles faintly when she sees Hellboy, free hand rising in greeting.]
I hope you don't mind that some of the grapes are wrinkled. The vines aren't doing so well under these conditions.
[What a great greeting.]
So some kind of saint is what you're getting at.
I'm sure you have some idea of what I look like. [He means he looks like a demon. There are some people here who obviously don't make the connection, but Lancer has enough knowledge of Earth mythology that he's willing to bet it's very obvious for him.] I don't really need to add to the weirdness. I've got enough as it is.
Edited (my fingers aren't working today) 2016-01-18 19:11 (UTC)
[ You don't exactly need to be a demonologist to recognize the obvious, here. ]
acting all cagey about it's just going to make it worse. besides——some people would consider that kinda blood to be a sign of greatness.
[ He knows that much firsthand. ]
acting all cagey about it's just going to make it worse. besides——some people would consider that kinda blood to be a sign of greatness.
[ He knows that much firsthand. ]
[LOOK some people just think he is big and red and he is not about to tell them otherwise. let a man dream.]
Some people. Others might see it as a burden they never asked for.
Some people. Others might see it as a burden they never asked for.
No, and that's the problem. People aren't pawns. They have free will. "Birthright" shouldn't mean anything at all.
yeah, sure. choose your own destiny and all that.
i'm just saying——you're born with the blood you've got. why struggle with it?
[ Free will is real until it comes to the past. There's no changing what's already happened, no input on the matter of bloodlines and family trees. It is what it is. Weirdos are weirdos. ]
i'm just saying——you're born with the blood you've got. why struggle with it?
[ Free will is real until it comes to the past. There's no changing what's already happened, no input on the matter of bloodlines and family trees. It is what it is. Weirdos are weirdos. ]
Because sometimes someone is born into something they don't want any part with.
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