12 step support for the spoiler-free - Part 2

[supermus]

Yeah that's right. Drat, I thought that would be hard. The episode is "Goodbye Iowa", episode 14 of season 4. Anyone got a better challenge?

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Spike: I say we go out there and kick a little demon ass! What, can't go without your Buffy, is that it? Too chicken? Let's find her! She is the Chosen One after all. Come on! Vampires! Grrr! Nasty! Let's annihilate them. For justice - and for - the safety of puppies and Christmas, right? Let's *fight* that evil! - Let's *kill* something!

"Nothing gets in the way of fate. Not time, not space, not distance, no person or creature. Not even death. Eventually fate will bring them together."
- Excerpt from Katharyn's "The Sidestep Chronicles"

[Owl]

Okay.... You want a hard question?
What does the Nerd Troijka's periscope in "flooded" say?
You can guess. It certainly isn't common knowledge. Just, I saw it, or at least I thought I did, and thought, "sneaky Joss."
I only saw it once, mind you, but I'm convinced...

I should wear this apron more often....

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[supermus]

I can't quite make it out. To me it looks like Mulblk. Or Maybe Nulbik. Am I close? cuz neither of those makes any sense. Though now the M/N looks more like an F so maybe Fulbik. Or Fuibik.

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[Owl]

Mmmmm. wrong alphabet. it should look like this:
TbIbIk only, if you chop the beginning of the "T" off. More like an upside down L.

yes?
think transliteration of an english word....

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[supermus]

two questions
one: What alphabet should I be using?
two: What's transliteration?

[Owl]

two answers:
1) cyrillic
2) transliteration is when you use the letters of one alphabet to represent the sounds of another.
Example: "PeCTOPAH" (cyrillic) would be transliterated as "RESTORAN" in English.
by the same token, "RESTAURANT" in english would transliterate as "PeCTAPAHT" in Russian.
uh... did that make sense to anyone who isn't me?

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[supermus]

Okay, if that's an upside down L, not a t, and those bls are bl, not b followed by l, then it transliterates into giik(i think).
Ah. I'm an idiot. Giik, with the i's together like that, would be pronounced geek! .

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[Owl]

*hoists supermus up on shoulders and carries him around the island* I present you with supermus! champion of alphabetical challenges!
That is correct! I really wish I'd thought up a good prize. Any suggestions?
Incidentally, how'd you figure it out? and... btw, it's an odd spelling... the letter "yuri" (bI) sounds like "oi" if you say it when someone is strangling you. so, it's like goiik. weird. but isn't Joss sneaky?

[Cicca]

*trying to think up ridiculously easy trivia so as to feel Willowly smart*

Um.
What were the boys looking at?

*sidling up to Owl for choccie cheesecake*
I need to feed my ego so what's better than chocolate?
*flopping down in the cuddle-puddle of trivially-disadvantaged dancing girls... and kitties, if there are any*

Did the snorkelling happen yet or is it a little late?

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[Pixie]

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Originally posted by Cicca:
*trying to think up ridiculously easy trivia so as to feel Willowly smart*

Um.
What were the boys looking at?

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The hotness of you, doofus! Yay!!! *high-fives Cicca* and pulls her into the trivially-challenged cuddle puddle.*

Hey, Owl, I'm sorry I got you confused, re: panties and cheesecake. That happens to me all the time.

Snorkeling! Eeeexcellent. *Grabs snorkel, jumps into the lake, and proceeds to frolic about like a...a...something really graceful.*quote:

[Katharyn]

Ooooh Trivia paradise...

Glad that the goo isn't what I thought it was though.

Here is an easy one... When was the first time that the ME monster didn't go GRRR AGGGH? And what did it do instead?

Katharyn

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You hear that baby?

[Pixie]

quote:

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Originally posted by Katharyn:
Here is an easy one... When was the first time that the ME monster didn't go GRRR AGGGH? And what did it do instead?

Katharyn

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It was in "Becoming part 2" and the monster said pitifully "I need a hug."

Do I get a prize?

Katharyn, I have to say how much I'm loving "Sidestep". I started reading the latest chapter, but it's very long, and it's very late here and I have a Bar Mitzvah to go to tomorrow morning. So, I will catch up with the dark ficcy angst tomorrow evening.

So, Shabbat shalom (peaceful sabbath), laila tov (good night), and chalomot m'tukim (sweet dreams) to all the island kitties.

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[Cicca]

G'night Pixie!
And yeah, definitely the hotness. Clever boys!
Ok, so some that I actually know...
What other things has the GrrArgh Monster done besides... GrrArgh?

And I haven't expressed my stunnedness at the geek periscope. Incredible!

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[jomarch]

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Originally posted by Cicca:
G'night Pixie!
And yeah, definitely the hotness. Clever boys!
Ok, so some that I actually know...
What other things has the GrrArgh Monster done besides... GrrArgh?

And I haven't expressed my stunnedness at the geek periscope. Incredible!

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Ok, running into thread late (as usual)but at least i sorta know the answer.

Ok, after Season 2, it said ohh, I need a hug (cause og Buffy sending Angel to Hell)

and in season three, it wore a Christmas hat after Amends and a graduation cap after Graduation Part 2. And then in OMWF it did that nice singing grr arg arg.

But my favourite is Tara's impression of it .

Ok, am going snokerling and still eating all of Owl's cakes

*Hi Mistress Owl*
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[Cicca]

This is why trivia is good. I don't know the answer, but all I have to do is ask!

Nocturnal snorkelling. Is that even proper english? *shrug* This is the linguistically enhanced group, so I'm sure someone can tell me!

I wonder if there are any glowy fish under there...?

And I agree that Tara's Grrr Argh was the best.

[jomarch]

Hi cicca, I will join you in the nocturnal snokerling. Its like night diving only not!

Oh, look at all the glowy fishies and lovely corals . Wait a minute, is it just me or does that mermaid resemble a certain blonde witch??????

[Cicca]

Woohoo!

And what happens when you drool under water?

*gulping like a fish*

Ok, I'm going to swim a little faster so I don't get sucked into the location shoot spoilers... Ohhhhhhh... The withdrawal pangs of no new eps...
Tabula Rasa. Tabula Rasa. Tabula Rasa.
Ok. I'm fine!

*swimming after the blonde mermaid*

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[Katharyn]

quote:

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Originally posted by Pixie:
It was in "Becoming part 2" and the monster said pitifully "I need a hug."

Do I get a prize?

Katharyn, I have to say how much I'm loving "Sidestep". I started reading the latest chapter, but it's very long, and it's very late here and I have a Bar Mitzvah to go to tomorrow morning. So, I will catch up with the dark ficcy angst tomorrow evening.

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There is indeed a prize... Cheesecake and a snorkel for Pixie...

And thankyou for the free advertising! I would not be so crass as to advertise it here twice, but as you did it for me.... "Sidestep" by your's truly (ably mused by the Captain) available now on Pens...

And yup... Tara's GRRR AGGH has to be one of my fave moments of this season. Wierd huh?

Next Question... (gee there was a time it would take the Spoiler Free kitties days to get these!)

Oh! No. He, he was ... yuck.

Who was? Another easy one...

*Gives the Captain a peck on the cheek (she better read all this TLC I am giving her!!) and tries to get out of the hammock without rolling it. Falls on a cushion of discarded space hoppers. Gets on one and bounces to the ocean for snorkling.*

Katharyn

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[jomarch]

Hidy ho captain!

I would like to answer your question. It was Willow. She was talking about Dracula when Tara asked her if she thought Dracula was sexy. LOL, that was a great scene.

[La]

*Wakes up from her nap on the amazingly soft rock outcropping after hearing rumors of a tara-shaped mermaid in the lake and runs into the lake to join in on the fun*

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~La

"No good sittin' worryin' abou' it. What's comin' will
come, an' we'll meet it when it does."
~Hagrid, from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

[Genea]

I've decided to give up being apoiler free. I'm weak and I have an obsessive pesonality. *hi,ho,hi,ho its off to obsess about tara and willow*

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"Due to the recent presidential elections, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off."

[supermus]

quote:

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Oh! No. He, he was ... yuck.

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That's Drac, right?quote:

[Katharyn]

quote:

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Originally posted by supermus:

That's Drac, right?

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Way to go Supermus... only three hours after Jomarch got it *Grin* But yeah, dead right!

Here is a bit more of a tester. What is the name of Sunnydale's other (ie not the Bronze) club?

Katharyn

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[supermus]

that's what I get for going to sleep and then only skimming over the posts. But I believe the answer to your question is the Shelter Club. I Halloween, Oz mentions Dingoes playing at the Shelter Club. Though in Lie To Me, Ford goes to the Sunset Club.

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Spike: I say we go out there and kick a little demon ass! What, can't go without your Buffy, is that it? Too chicken? Let's find her! She is the Chosen One after all. Come on! Vampires! Grrr! Nasty! Let's annihilate them. For justice - and for - the safety of puppies and Christmas, right? Let's *fight* that evil! - Let's *kill* something!

"Nothing gets in the way of fate. Not time, not space, not distance, no person or creature. Not even death. Eventually fate will bring them together."
- Excerpt from Katharyn's "The Sidestep Chronicles"

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[Katharyn]

quote:

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Originally posted by supermus:
But I believe the answer to your question is the Shelter Club. I Halloween, Oz mentions Dingoes playing at the Shelter Club.

Though in Lie To Me, Ford goes to the Sunset Club.

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The shelter club is indeed the answer... I thought that would take longer. I figure that the Sunset club was pretty much closed as soon as the lease ran out so it didn;t count.

I must say Supermus, I love that signature! Seems to me I have seen it somewhere before... but the word you excluded definitely makes it flow better.

Katharyn

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[Cicca]

*happily swimming after the Tara-mermaid and trying to ignore my trivial moronity*

Blub blub blub.

Hey, I seem to remember people saying that Willow and Tara's "cool monster fighter" clothing was lame. I dunno about Willow's outfit, but Tara's is grrrrrreat.
Yummy.

*doing an underwater spoilerfree tapdance*

Editing dorky typos!

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[supermus]

Time for another quote challenge:
What was the last long conversation Willow had with her mother? What was it about?

[Cicca]

I have a vague memory of it being about something to with feminist psychology and oppression...? Relating to fairy tales? Cartoons? Um...
*sigh*

*swimming back out to frolic with the Tara-ish mermaid*

[Katharyn]

quote:

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Originally posted by supermus:
Time for another quote challenge:
What was the last long conversation Willow had with her mother? What was it about?

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On screen I would have to agree with the previous answer - heck the only time Sheila was on screen was in "Gingerbread" (though she was heard in "Lie to Me")

However there is a reference in an episode following "The Body" to Willow going home to spend some time with her folks. I don't recall (in episodes I have seen to date) any further mention of either Ira or Sheila.

*Gets out of the water after about 18 hours of snorkeling... wrinkled like a prune and heads back to check on the Captain.*

Katharyn

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[Wolfie]

*Wolfie staggers up the beach and flops face-down in the sand, gurgling pathetically. What with trying to catch up with all the missed posts on this newly engergised thread (kinda like trying to catch up with an accellerating express train ) and councelling Brian, the lipless turbot (he's very traumatised, poor fellow - his was the mouth Julia Roberts kissed) - it's very hard to cope with having your lips stolen by strange actresses, you know ...

Sidles on over to The Captain and First Mate, to make sure both are okay. Then, goes off for a wander down the beach. Discovers a pile of perfect, flat pebbles. Spends the next couple of hours skimming stones across the lagoon (not in the direction of any snorkelling/sculling/breast stroking (!) kitties.*

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I am the sunlight on the sides of houses.