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Diamond18 · 05-09-2003, 12:30 PM

Diamond once again left her seat, and slunk backstage. A few minutes later she reappeared, bearing three Golden Tombstones—one in each hand and the third balanced atop her head. She carefully walked up to the microphone and announced, “Do not go to sleep! You know who you are out there, snoring, drooling, dreaming! The best is yet to come, so sit up and assume the proper posture for attentiveness.”

She paused a moment to allow the audience to comply, or not comply as was sometimes the case, and then continued:

“In the various RPGs that grace this forum, many people do wild and crazy things through their characters. But there is one estimable member of our estimable group, who has thrown aside all things vicarious in favor of real adventures in real places at real times during real nights…

“Therefore, it is now my utmost pleasure to present the Mary Shelley Award for Dubious Yet Manly Actions After-hours in a Fenced-Off Cemetery to The one, The only, Squatter of Amon Rûdh!”

Diamond would have clapped for the recipient, except that her hands were full. She contented herself with smiling somewhat stiffly (wouldn’t want to move the head too much, now) out at the crowd while they thundered their approval. As the audience’s applause died down, she said, “As you can see, I have more awards to give, so don’t think you’re getting rid of me that easily.

“Continuing on: we all know that many of our members are tremendously fond of word play and literary jokes. There is one member who, time and again, has demonstrated amazing self-restraint in avoiding any activity that presumes to poke fun at the English language. Therefore, this second Tombstone is the well-earned property of said member, and it is my further pleasure to present the Punwraith Association’s Two Cents Award for Significant Lifetime Achievement in Eschewing Lower Forms of Humour to Rimbaud!”

Ditto paragraph 5.

“Next, I would like to present this award here atop my head, (and this will be by far my greatest pleasure yet, as it’s rather heavy) to a member I have known as one of the most altruistic dwarves to grace a roleplay. Furthermore, he has shown himself to be very fond of numbers, and a master of subtle sound effects. This award, however, has nothing to do with any of those things, so one might wonder why I mentioned it. I felt like it, so there.

“It is my pleasure, as I have already mentioned, to present the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Dedication to Historical Accuracy to Kuruharan!”

The crowd applauded, and Diamond added, “Now, would someone please take these awards from me???"

05-09-2003, 12:30 PM	#220
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Diamond once again left her seat, and slunk backstage. A few minutes later she reappeared, bearing three Golden Tombstones—one in each hand and the third balanced atop her head. She carefully walked up to the microphone and announced, “Do not go to sleep! You know who you are out there, snoring, drooling, dreaming! The best is yet to come, so sit up and assume the proper posture for attentiveness.” She paused a moment to allow the audience to comply, or not comply as was sometimes the case, and then continued: “In the various RPGs that grace this forum, many people do wild and crazy things through their characters. But there is one estimable member of our estimable group, who has thrown aside all things vicarious in favor of real adventures in real places at real times during real nights… “Therefore, it is now my utmost pleasure to present the Mary Shelley Award for Dubious Yet Manly Actions After-hours in a Fenced-Off Cemetery to The one, The only, Squatter of Amon Rûdh!” Diamond would have clapped for the recipient, except that her hands were full. She contented herself with smiling somewhat stiffly (wouldn’t want to move the head too much, now) out at the crowd while they thundered their approval. As the audience’s applause died down, she said, “As you can see, I have more awards to give, so don’t think you’re getting rid of me that easily. “Continuing on: we all know that many of our members are tremendously fond of word play and literary jokes. There is one member who, time and again, has demonstrated amazing self-restraint in avoiding any activity that presumes to poke fun at the English language. Therefore, this second Tombstone is the well-earned property of said member, and it is my further pleasure to present the Punwraith Association’s Two Cents Award for Significant Lifetime Achievement in Eschewing Lower Forms of Humour to Rimbaud!” Ditto paragraph 5. “Next, I would like to present this award here atop my head, (and this will be by far my greatest pleasure yet, as it’s rather heavy) to a member I have known as one of the most altruistic dwarves to grace a roleplay. Furthermore, he has shown himself to be very fond of numbers, and a master of subtle sound effects. This award, however, has nothing to do with any of those things, so one might wonder why I mentioned it. I felt like it, so there. “It is my pleasure, as I have already mentioned, to present the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Dedication to Historical Accuracy to Kuruharan!” The crowd applauded, and Diamond added, “Now, would someone please take these awards from me???" __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.