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Ironskull
11-06-2007, 03:26 AM
“Go in now,” the left head of the ogre said as he pulled the giant cedar door open to let Sowell into the captain’s cabin of the massive frigate.

“What ya doin’?” the right head demanded, pushing the door back shut. “Ya got to check stubbly one for weapons.”

Sowell looked at the ogre as it fought with itself. Sowell’s fel iron boomstick stuck out prominently on his back and his dagger was in plain view.

“Not dis one. This be Sowell. He good one.”

The right head shook back and forth. “Must search everybody.”

“Ya got any other weapons?” the left asked.

“Just me boomstick and the sticker,” Sowell answered.

“See? He good.”

The right finally relented and let Sowell into the room. Smoke and sweat seemed to stick to the air, and he immediately scrunched his massive nose and tried to breathe through his blond mustache. On a lavish bed to his left, Sowell saw a massive lump beneath purple silk cloth sheets. He could make out a couple of three toed troll feet poking out from under the sheets with poorly applied pink toenail polish smeared across them. Her raucous snoring seemed to suck the bed’s translucent gossamer canopy in and out with each giant breath. He sensed the odor came from her.

To his right, pulling his lavender robe over his green bony body was Zanzir Cobbleboom, Trade Prince of the Steamwheedle Cartel.

“Heya boss,” Sowell Spiritrock said averting his eyes from the goblin’s exposed buttocks.

“Greetings, Sowell!” Zanzir said in a high pitched voice as he turned around, tying his robe about his waist and tossing a bristly green feather boa around his neck. “How are the enforcers?”

“Good,” Sowell said out of reflex, trying to hold his breath. He rubbed his face a bit when he saw the pink stain on Zanzir’s wrinkled lips.

“Oh,” the goblin rubbed the toenail polish off his lips. “Nevermind that.” He turned to the side and began cleaning his teeth with a needle in front of a golden vanity. “I got an idea.”

Sowell’s eyes went back to the sleeping lump on the bed. He had heard that Zanzir fancied large troll women, but he had expected rumors to exceed the truth – not the other way around.

“I want to have a party.”

“Hmm?” Sowell asked.

“A big party.”

“Here? In the Undermine?”

“No, on the mainland, for all our clients.” Zanzir licked his large teeth clean and spun back ground to face Sowell. He picked up a lit cigar from an ashtray and handed another to the dwarf.

“What kind of a party, sir?” Sowell asked taking the cigar in his mouth and sucking on it for clean air. “We had Tonk racin’ fer the gang in Booty Bay.”

“No, not your silly Cartel gang with the dodgebomb and bareknuckle fighting, I mean a party. A big one.”

“How big?”

“Let me put it this way, my friend,” Zanzir said with a mouthful of smoke. “When my brother’s baby is born, and it cries… I want it to be because it was born too late for this party.”


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The Cartel Enforcers are planning our first Steamwheedle Fair Extravaganza in the luxurious Booty Bay! All the friendly Roleplaying guilds will be invited to partake in the fun, but the events will be by invitation only. Such events include bareknuckle boxing on the waterfall, relay races across the bay, dodgebomb off the back of the bank, wizard duels on the island, dancing and stories, tonk racing through the streets, tonk arena on the top of the bank and, if all goes well, a lecture by the goblin Zanzir Cobbleboom himself. Translation will be offered for those who which to speak but face language barriers, drinks and food will be made available and exotic pets will be on sale. We are still in the planning phases for right now, but we plan on running the Fair on Saturday the 17th for about 6 hours, but don’t mark your calendar just yet.

As this will be our (and my) first event of this kind, we could certainly use any advice you have. Also, and I hope this isn’t too presumptive, but when the group of us rolled on Twisting Nether we had the goal of helping foster and seed RP by enabling cross-faction communication between different types of guilds. So far we’ve been greeted kindly by both horde and alliance, but we haven’t had much luck really working the cross-faction into other RP guild’s storylines (though the storyline with Fynne is an exception we were happy to help with). I’m hoping we can get a large enough showing of RP Guilds that we can remind the community that RP is alive and perhaps foster some new alliances, rivalries and collaboration.

Evanthe
11-06-2007, 07:10 AM
“Let me put it this way, my friend,” Zanzir said with a mouthful of smoke. “When my brother’s baby is born, and it cries… I want it to be because it was born too late for this party.”


[Awesome line. :) ]

Lovely
11-06-2007, 07:15 AM
I can't wait to get in on this. Silvermoon University will be happy to aid our allies in the Cartel in this gathering. And Sowell, find one of your Cartel women, and I challenge them to a naked mudwrestling match near the lagoon!

clys
11-06-2007, 07:41 AM
((I heartily approve, more cross faction!))

Faelen
11-06-2007, 12:43 PM
((Looks splendid! I'm totally here for you in any way I can help, even if it just ends up being participation! :D))

Acherontia
11-07-2007, 08:44 AM
((I'll make sure it gets on the Grim calendar, though I can't make any promises to attendance.))

Shelgeyr
11-09-2007, 03:45 AM
*A auburn-haired Dwarf walks up and tacks a posting onto the side of the Booty Bay Inn*
" Wanted for the Booty Bay Extravaganza being hosted by The Cartel Enforcers:
Fish Oil, in quantity, for the Dodgebomb event
EZ-Throw Dynamite II, or the makings thereof for the same.
Also being requested are the materials required in the manufacture of steam tonks for the racing events.

Thank ye fer yer support
Shelgeyr Eebyrtagh"

Solenev
11-09-2007, 04:15 AM
((Hopefully Melar Danashj will show up en masse! Love the Cartel!))

Securo
11-09-2007, 10:34 PM
((I guess its a good thing I'm in the Cartel then :P))

Irontoe
11-09-2007, 11:44 PM
((Send any mageweave, mithril, gold, or solid stone you can spare my way so I don't have to charge the CE bank too much for Steam Tonk Controller and EZ Throw Dynamite II mats. If you come to the extravaganza, I promise you will benefit from your donation!))

((EDIT: Steam Tonk Controllers now only need gold and mithril, so I removed runecloth and thorium from the list.))

Ironskull
11-10-2007, 03:13 AM
((Just so everyone knows, the rumor has it that the patch is coming out Tuesday, and the materials needed for the tonks are being reduced, so I wouldn't craft too many just yet.))

Irontoe
11-10-2007, 03:19 PM
((Just so everyone knows, the rumor has it that the patch is coming out Tuesday, and the materials needed for the tonks are being reduced, so I wouldn't craft too many just yet.))

((Not rumor. Dev post.))

Shelgeyr
11-10-2007, 05:32 PM
((just sent 2 stacks of Mithril ore to Cobbleboom from Amhas, couldn't recall who was making them.))

Shelgeyr
11-17-2007, 01:46 AM
*Shelgeyr stumps up to his favorite place to post news, the side of the Salty Sailor Tavern, and tacks a couple of large sheets up upon which are printed the following*

"Tomorrow Eve, right here in our beloved Booty Bay, we, the Cartel Enforcers, will be hosting a fair in appreciation of your warm welcome - and the profits all have been earning since we relocated our base of operations here! We are planning on festivities commencing at 4 pm, and concluding at either 10pm or whenever the last drunk passes out, whichever comes later. Bruisers may wish to turn a blind eye to certain bouts of revelry to save themselves headaches and awkward situations. We will look after our guests.

To our many friends, we look forward to seeing you there!

Shelgeyr Eebyrtagh"

Ironskull
11-17-2007, 05:08 AM
Just to clarify, this is not in any way a joke, and we are prepared for about a hundred people to show, perhaps more. We really do have security under control (though we could be beat, you never know) - and we really do want all the RPers to show up and get to know each other cross-faction if possible.

We plan on opening up our vent to guild leaders and such so people can coordinate more easily.

Ryoku
11-18-2007, 04:43 PM
(( I loved how 2 griefers showed up right as the party was ending, and then me and Thalarios stuck around for a bit and about 3-4 more showed up almost right after the last Horde left. Great party, Sowell. ))

Vassild
11-18-2007, 09:04 PM
She had a lot to think over, after the Booty Bay - But Not Really - Extravaganza. First, the idea that some blood elves were actually night elves forced into a sin'dorei form made Vassild feel as though she wasn't alone. Maybe they would have done some research and if she sought her out again, maybe they could share. Maybe she could have someone who would understand the difficulty of duality.

Also she met more of the Cartel and above all, she enjoyed herself. There was that moment of concern when the dancing trolls jostled her, but it all ended up fine in the end.

Zanzir Cobbleboom was a very smart man indeed.

Irontoe
11-19-2007, 06:15 PM
The reddish glow of a late-afternoon sun barely penetrated the perpetual grey mist in the mountains north of Auberdine. Though the air was cool and there was a pleasant breeze, Irontoe sweated as if toiling across the far-off Qiraji wasteland. He clung for his life to a sheer cliff face above a forest of Kalimdor pines, so far below now that he could only distinguish their uppermost tips in the fog. Perhaps fifteen yards farther up, on a ledge, the perennially loyal velociraptor he had "tamed" in the Outland peered down at him through unblinking yellow eyes. It tapped a single, vicious ten-inch claw on the edge, as if impatient for him to just give up already and fall. Muttering curses in a thick accent against the one who had sent him here, he mustered a tremendous swing upwards to grasp a protruding spike of rock.

“Bloody greenskins and their bloody damned par'ies. When I ge' me 'ands on Sow–" Crack. The dwarf caught his breath and craned his neck to stare at the hair-thin fracture that had appeared in the spike of rock. He slowly, carefully reached for the grappling hook at his belt.

“Easy does i', ye bugger… ye'll no' kill me 'ere."

As the crack widened, his movements grew more hurried. By the time flakes of stone were raining down on his head, he was fumbling desperately to free a length of rope from his belt. Finally seeming to succeed, he threw the hook skyward just as the rock gave way. The green lizard watched the rope snake past its mark through one lazy eye before snatching it out of the air at the last possible moment with its powerful jaws and pulling hard. The dwarf was yanked upward sharply by his belt and deposited unceremoniously on the ledge like a dead duck. The beast turned away disinterestedly and began leaping up the cliff once more.

"Thank ye," Irontoe said, before catching himself. Thank ye fer no' droppin' me.

– – –

Well, the Boss sure could pick a good spot for a party. The trolls – who hadn't stopped dancing since he'd arrived – were a friendly bunch, oddly. Obviously they hadn't met too many night elves, or Irontoe was certain they would have attacked any Alliance race on sight. Satisfied with his findings, he pulled a round, black metal object from his pack and flipped a switch. The grass for forty yards in every direction burst into flame. Irontoe was consumed from his core in seconds by a blinding white light, and then he was gone. Sowell would be glad to know that the Cartel would have a safe location for that evening's gathering.

((OOC: Great party, and Cynwyddon hacks.))