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KES, 30, 31, 32 [message #51024]

Sat, 28 July 2012 19:50

Robin
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http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2012/07/28/kes-30/

http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2012/08/02/kes-31/

http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2012/08/04/kes-32/

[Updated on: Sat, 04 August 2012 19:01]

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51029 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 06:48

Katsheare
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But at that moment we were close enough to see past the van to my new vehicle.

C'mon MGB!!

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51032 is a reply to message #51029 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 08:52

Catherine
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But at that moment we were close enough to see past the van to my new vehicle.

I should have known we'd be stopped there! I'm just enjoying all the little interactions and bits of humour with the characters, even when not much technically happens they're all lovely to spend time with.

Cath

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51033 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 09:03

anne_d
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But at that moment we were close enough to see past the van to my new vehicle.

Cue the ominous music... Or is that the Car Talk theme?

"The creative urge can come out in any form: in embroidery, in... cooking, in painting, drawing and sculpture, in composing music, as well as in writing books and stories... the artist's inner satisfaction was probably much the same." ~ Agatha Christie

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51037 is a reply to message #51032 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 12:56

Katsheare
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Catherine wrote on Sun, 29 July 2012 13:52

In that, what truly makes roleplaying unique and wonderfully fun is accurately represented. Though in this case I would imagine that they're all (except Kes herself) NPCs. But yeah, you get extra points for witty, fun banter.

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51039 is a reply to message #51033 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 16:41

LadyGrace
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But at that moment we were close enough to see past the van to my new vehicle.

It's not a car... what are the other options? Truck? Jeep? Tank? Riding Lawnmower? I'd say motorcycle with side-care for Silent Wonder Dog, but I think Kes' vehicle needs to be capable of carrying at least one rosebush in addition to Kes and SWD (and take-out boxes from Eats). At any rate, I can't wait to find out in the next installment!

-Grace Makley

www.gracemakley.com

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51045 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 20:07

danceswithpahis
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Maybe it is a car, just something really out there like a station wagon with the outside all painted up and bits and bobs glued all over it (for anyone who ever read the book "Silver" by Norma Fox Mazer, I'm thinking something in the Goldmobile vein, although I believe the Goldmobile was a van).

"Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw!"

-- Lilo ("Lilo and Stitch")

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51051 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Sun, 29 July 2012 22:06

EMoon
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So good to come back from a convention (to which I'd not taken the netbook & thus hadn't had internet access) and find KES 30 in the group of Hellgoddess delights I'd missed.

Yay for mystery vehicle. (I'm kind of hoping for a Haflinger with a high-wheeled cart, because there's this breeder website with the most enchanting horses, many of them hitched to a cart, and I imagine having that to go out on the land with...not that I think they'd do well in our climate) but it's probably got some kind of gas engine, yes? No? Maybe a solar powered car created by the local high school class for a contest?)

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51053 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Mon, 30 July 2012 01:31

Kathy_S
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A pick-up truck would be awfully handy for all those trips to the garden center, with 4-wheel drive just in case the town starts to live up to its name. On the other hand, for all I know, it could be a refurbished VW minibus with a psychedelic floral paint job, just the thing for the next Flowerhair tour.

Or not. Razz

More, please!

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51062 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Mon, 30 July 2012 17:58

Mockorange
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How about one of those motorised tricycles with a cabin or flat bed on the back like you see in China?

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51098 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Wed, 01 August 2012 06:41

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A hovercraft? Would be very handy for off-road situations. Smile

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51102 is a reply to message #51098 ]

Wed, 01 August 2012 11:21

Robin
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YOU GUYS. Smile

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Re: KES, 30 [message #51111 is a reply to message #51102 ]

Wed, 01 August 2012 21:23

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

I approve.

PS. I call my redhead mare, Merry. After LOTR.

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: KES, 30 & 31 [message #51112 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Wed, 01 August 2012 21:35

Julia
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Of course. Of COURSE Kes' new car is a red pickup named Merry. Excellent.

I am now forced to wonder if Silent Wonder Dog is of an unusual size, prompting this need for a Vehicle That Ate Schenectady-sized truck. Though maybe it is just that Kes has a great many rosebushes in her future...

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Wed, 01 August 2012 21:36

Robin
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'Chestnut mare beware'? Smile

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Wed, 01 August 2012 22:08

b_twin_1
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Robin wrote on Wed, 01 August 2012 21:36

'Chestnut mare beware'? Smile

No, actually. Although she can be opinionated she's never mean. Smile

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: KES, 30 & 31 [message #51118 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Thu, 02 August 2012 00:02

EMoon
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Red pickup, hurray! (the vehicle I've always wanted and never got, for various reasons. My grandfather's hardware store's pickup was red. One glorious time I got to ride in the back from one small town to another as stuff was being delivered.)

Love pickups. LOVE pickups. Gas hogs that they are.

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Re: KES, 30 & 31 [message #51120 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Thu, 02 August 2012 04:31

Catherine
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I read this last night right before bed and it made me fall asleep smiling, so I'd like to credit Kes with why I'm pinging and cheerful on three hours sleep.

I suspect Merry will serve Kes well, especially in a place with names like Cold Valley and New Iceland where one would expect she'll be driving in snow (that's probably measured in feet).

I'm at the point where I half want to move into this story (the distance from London is responsible for the half that doesn't).

Cath

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Re: KES, 30 & 31 [message #51123 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Thu, 02 August 2012 06:51

Katsheare
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The naming of cars is a curious thing...

I think one of the things that told me my partner was a keeper was that he's a grown man who realizes that it's vitally important that his car has a name that fits, and is not remotely ashamed of it. The bright yellow mazda called Maizy. The '59 Morris Minor called Horace (this was in the States, so it also has vanity plates that say "Too Brit." And crazy tapestry upholstery that he did himself. This car is still in California, begging us to move back...) It may have started when he was a student and bought himself a Wolseley (1963, I think, but he's not here to confirm) with 'WILLY' emblazoned across it in green paint. (He keeps in touch with Willy's current owner, just in case he's ready to sell. Some cars do that to one...)

I love that the pickup has a name. I do hope Merry and Kes get along. If for no other reason than that she'll become everyone (who only has a car)'s best friend. People with trucks always are.

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Re: KES, 30, 31, 32 [message #51177 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Sat, 04 August 2012 20:57

EMoon
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Yay, Kes! Of course you can drive a pickup! Esp. Merry. Old red pickups take care of their drivers.

Glad you remembered the toilet paper, Kes. That's the thing you really don't want to be without in a strange house that first night. Brooms, yeah, something to eat and something to eat off of and with (though finger food out of a take-out container will do, and you've got that wonderful cafe/restaurant) but being in a house with no toilet paper...no fun at all. Not that I would know.
Any more than I would know the nearest place to a certain small house in San Antonio to buy toilet paper at 11:15 pm...um...wow, that's a long time ago now.

Oh, and thanks to our hostess for posting this.

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Re: KES, 30, 31, 32 [message #51178 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Sun, 05 August 2012 08:38

Catherine
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Of course Kes can do this! And I am so amused by her shopping list, that covers most of her basics, and I'm with her, bagels are a basic! Though I wonder how she'll cope with the bagels not being New York bagels... Looking forward to seeing how team Kes & Merry bond and how the SWD will appear!

Cath

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Re: KES, 30, 31, 32 [message #51198 is a reply to message #51024 ]

Mon, 06 August 2012 15:01

GKCRambler
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Location: Austin, TX

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I just caught up on Kes over the past week or so, and it's turned into a bright spot of my day.

Honestly, I'd also love to have a dead-tree version. Not a paperback novel, to go with the other McKinley books, but something small and readable to leaf through and chuckle. This story is just too much fun. And I really do want to live in that town. Streets named after authors, stores with mythological names, and every Tom, Dick or Harry seems conversant in fantasy and science fiction. (Intelligently so. Surprisingly, in one case.)

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