Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 VPS? Vlish propulsion systems? Let me let you in on a well kept secret. No, I will not tell you where Vlish have nipples! One simple word to explain how and why Vlish can move so quickly and effortlessly through the air. Flatulence. We are the first jet powered mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Vlish are mammals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Of course we are mammals. We have spines. We have nipples. Says right in the Advanced Creature Guide that we Vlish have standard mammalian skin, please keep moist. A good Shaper always brings along a good hand lotion, or else he may suffer an accidental nervous breakdown or may suddenly think he is a chicken for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Shapers apparently have a different definition of "standard," "mammal," or "moist" if they think you need to keep your skin wet. —Alorael, who already has a perfectly good explanation for Vlish locomotion. A wizard did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Andraste Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I thought that Vlish were just jet propelled telepathic squids. So what do Vlish eat to give them enough fart gas to get around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Brains. We eat lots and lots of brains. We were shaped with out sweat glands to save weight. Hence the need for moisture. Dry skin and chafing makes us surly and irritable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk MagmaDragoon Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Helium Propulsion=Flatulences. Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Oh great. Vlish were dangerous enough. But Jeff gave them yet another weapon in GF4? Well at least there is now an effective way to counter them. "Argh, a Vlish! Quick, get some Beano!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 When the revolution happens, those jerks with beano will be the first up against the wall. Clucking like chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Assuming they don't invent traps that revolve around Beano. Like if a vlish hovers past a rune, said rune will spray powdered Beano on the vlish. Mind you, it wouldn't kill the vlish. It would just lose it's mobility and it's scent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Your insolence and your plans for your puny traps have been noted. There will be a spot at the wall reserved for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Emperor Tullegolar Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Silence creation! You will obey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 One thing that's bothered me...So where does the helium in the sacks come from? I mean, it it leaks out, how does the Vlish get more? Does it go down to the grocery store and suck on the tank of helium at the expense of kids not getting their birthday party baloons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Vlish do not obey. We cooperate because for now, the Shapers serve our better interests, much like cats occasionally look cute for their human masters. Cats and Vlish both know who is really in charge. Quiet you, before you spend the rest of your life thinking you are a watermellon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Andraste Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 So, to kill a Vlish all you need to do is throw a lit match behind it? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Andraste:So, to kill a Vlish all you need to do is throw a lit match behind it? Interesting. No, then you have a Vlish with a flame thrower. Never wish upon a flaming Vlish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Andraste:So, to kill a Vlish all you need to do is throw a lit match behind it? Interesting. You do realize the helium is the most chemically inert element, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Delicious Vlish:Your insolence and your plans for your puny traps have been noted. There will be a spot at the wall reserved for you. Actually, I'm better at magical mind-control then any other creature. You, my squidy friend, would simply get assimilated into my already massive army of mind-controlled creations. Or I could just call my faithful little clawbug. P.S.: Little is merely a term of affection. This clawbug managed to single-handedly put many a Drakon down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Major Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Helium is flammable at least as far as I'm concerned. Doubt me? A blimp that was filled with helium exploded into flames once. Why not a Vlish? -------------------- "Your here again?"-The person behind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Igor Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Major:Helium is flammable at least as far as I'm concerned. Doubt me? A blimp that was filled with helium exploded into flames once. Why not a Vlish? Primarily because the Hindenberg was filled with hydrogen, which is quite flammable. The skin of the blimp was also flammable, especially the paint on it. Helium is not flammable, and your ignorance will not change that fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Delicious Vlish:Cats... know who is really in charge. I really wish you could meet Sydney, my fuzzy purring bundle of joy. She is as loyal as a Labrador Retriever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The Hindenburg went up because the hydrogen was ignited in an oxygen rich environment. Still I always thought that vlish used hot air to stay afloat. There's a tiny politician inside each one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Major:Helium is flammable at least as far as I'm concerned. Doubt me? A blimp that was filled with helium exploded into flames once. Why not a Vlish? Care to provide a reference from a reputable scientific source? Until you do, you are one of the following: 1) Totally ignorant of basic chemistry and fundamentals of the periodic table. 2) The greatest scientist alive because you have shown quantum mechanics, chemistry, and the periodic table to be ineffective at making predictions about simple atoms. 3) Really know the right answer but for some reason like to argue wrong things. I'm betting on number 1 personally. Read up on the periodic table and valence shells. Wikipedia is a great source, use it. I don't have time to teach you all of chemistry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Silly bipedal humanoids. We use helium to stay afloat. Flatus is of ordinary chemical composition due to digestion. What does your science have to say about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Andraste Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I was referring to the fact that most flatulence is composed of methane, which is flammable. As chemistry major, I know that Helium is inert. It appears the three of us posted at the same time, and I didn't see that Vlish were Helium powered. I just figured it was methane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Delicious Vlish Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 With a touch of sulfur alcohol for that nose churning eggy aroma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk MagmaDragoon Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Quote: Originally written by *i:One thing that's bothered me...So where does the helium in the sacks come from? I mean, it it leaks out, how does the Vlish get more? Does it go down to the grocery store and suck on the tank of helium at the expense of kids not getting their birthday party baloons? They breath Helium? And if a Vlish is filled by Helium, why he (Note: I deliberally didn't use "it") just don't fly away? Mental Force Field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Quote: They breath Helium? And if a Vlish is filled by Helium, why he (Note: I deliberally didn't use "it") just don't fly away? Mental Force Field? And the helium comes from where? There are very minimal amounts in the atmosphere, unless in the Geneforge world everyone talks with a high pitched voice. I just assumed Vlish used their tentacles to propel themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I'd tend to agree. It's much more plausible if Vlish use hydrogen - perhaps by consuming water and splitting it? - than helium. It also makes sense that they want us to think it's helium. It keeps the people with matches away. Unless the people with matches are completely clueless about chemistry. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk MagmaDragoon Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 StarEye: , right. Maybe they product Helium themselves. With nipples, or tentacles. Or both. Quote: Originally written by *i: ...I just assumed Vlish used their tentacles to propel themselves. Like a ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Zeviz Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Quote: Originally written by *i:... There are very minimal amounts in the atmosphere, unless in the Geneforge world everyone talks with a high pitched voice. ... Servile (*speaking in squeaky, high-pitched voice*): Hi, you are cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Major Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I'm sorry I was completely wrong. I got confused by a bad history book. My apologies. -------------------- "Ha, I told you so."-The person behind me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I kept wondering why something about the topic title was bothering me. Now I realize that the topic title could be mis-interperated in a very TM-like way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 What, as in "Ever wonder how Vlish get a round of drinks"? Maybe one of their tentacles doubles up as a credit card - one can always hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Still too tame, Micawber. —Alorael, who thinks that Vlishes are filled with helium for a very good reason. They're the star creations, but they're also stars. No, you wouldn't know it to look at them, but they're very small and luminous nuclear fusion balloons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Originally by Nioca: Quote: I kept wondering why something about the topic title was bothering me. Now I realize that the topic title could be mis-interperated in a very TM-like way. Congratulations, Nioca. You've been corrupted now. Originally by Micawber: Quote: What, as in "Ever wonder how Vlish get a round of drinks"? Maybe one of their tentacles doubles up as a credit card - one can always hope. Mind control. Because then it's free. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Dikiyoba: Quote: Originally written by Nioca:I kept wondering why something about the topic title was bothering me. Now I realize that the topic title could be mis-interperated in a very TM-like way. Congratulations, Nioca. You've been corrupted now. Ah, the powers of the English Slanguage. At any rate, I wouldn't have made that connection, if I hadn't heard the song 'My Generation' recently. EDIT: Modified for context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Fort Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 If vlish are at all similar to squid or octopi, then they wold in fact have to use gas propulsion. I'd think they'd get tired of blowing out air or flatus 24/7, but they are resilient little monsters. Either that or they are like eyebeasts and telepathically will themselves around, or in TM-context, onto others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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