He is a Discordian Priest, a Missionary, an Epopt, an ELF member.
He has searched his Pineal in vain for guidance on which Sirian Flock to minister to.
He has come up with a big goose egg.
He needs your help!
If your Faction, Sub-Faction, sub-sub-faction, or even the local npc faction down the way..
..have need of Enlightenment in the ways of the Holy Chao,
then please, give this Epopt of the COEE,
(who is also named after a famous Discordian Sainted Cockroach),
your Vote of Invitation to Minister, in the form of an offer.
(Highest offer wins. One Gulik per contest. No other coupons or offers appy. Limited to stock on hand. Satisfaction not guaranteed, or even imagined. Your offer must be submitted to 1st Flax 24 hours after notice of Award. Offer not valid in any area already ministered to by the COEE, and in Alaska and Hawaii.)
Well, that went over like the proverbial floating foreign object in the party punch..
C'mon Folk! or Floks! This man can steer you in the direction off All. All that is amusing and wry to Her Quirkiness. All that is revealed once the fnords become visible, and the Pineal is primed.
and we'll throw in a set lf lvl 9 Buckshots, just to sweeten the deal.
Ti'ana! What in the name of Fernando Poo is this?!
C'mon, Mal, is this really necessary? I can find my own flock! Honest! I just... need some more time. I'm thinking maybe something in Rheinland, which leaves me with Unioners, Bundschuh, and LWB, or if not any of those, then Bretonia, with the Mollys or someone else there. Or someone in Kusari. Or maybe Liberty. Or the Omicrons...
Okay, so I can't settle my mind on anything right now, but it'll come! I just need to polish up my pineal and take a good long whack at it. Anything to keep from being auctioned off like some wood carving of a duck from the house of some dead old lady who colected all sorts of junk in her closet along with pinecones and porcelain cats in rememberance of her first cat who would chase the ducks near the duck pond and then it died from choking on a pinecone that the cat mistook for a little brown spiky mouse! I'm not a wooden duck, and you're not... um, a dead lady.
Oh boy. My head hurts again. I think I'll lie down for a bit...
' Wrote:Oh boy. My head hurts again. I think I'll lie down for a bit...
Now see what you've done, Sirius?? I ask you: How could anyone turn down a Saint like this:
THE TRiAL OF SAiNT GULiK --
A PARABLE FROM THE BOOK OF GULiK
by The Reverand Toad
In the last times, Devils of the Nine Hells and Daemons from all levels of the Abyss were free to roam the earth, and, in their roaming, to commit vast Unspeakable Acts, of which we will not speak, for, if we did, they would become Speakable, and, in so being, heard.
In this time, also, St. Gulik traveled the land, bringing Great Wonder and Disbelief to all the peoples to which he taught, and of which he healed.
One day, upon his travelings, St. Gulik was accosted by three of said Devils who, having been freed from the bonds of the Nine Hells, were free to commit Unspeakable Acts upon the sinners which they could find, to torment them, and, in so tormenting, to bring these sinners into the clutches of their lord, Asmodeus.
The Devils accosted St. Gulik, crying to him in a maddened unison, to halt, that he may be judged as a sinner, and that he may be found unholy enough to please their master, Asmodeus.
And St. Gulik rebuked them, saying, Who are you to deem me unholy, oh you in which I do not believe?
And they returned to him, saying, We are the Law of this world, the Order by which all the beasts of the earth, the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and the stones of the subterranean caverns are ruled, and, in so being ruled, are controlled.
And St. Gulik cried to them, saying, Then you have no mastery over me, for I am not of the beasts of the earth, nor of the birds of the sky, nor of the fish of the sea, nor of the stones of the subterranean caverns, nor even of this earth at all.
And St. Gulik continued, saying, In these last times, you have free reign over this earth, as is true and fitting, but you have yet no dominion over the plane in which I dwell, for the House of my Lord is a powerful house, and his fields are many, and, despite your laying waste to this, but one of his vineyards, he will yet have many, by which he will return to this land, and cast out the alien, and replant that which has been uprooted.
And St. Gulik conceded of his body, his mortal shell, to the Devils, that they might see that he did, indeed, speak the truth.
Then, the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubela, the gigantic black devil, approached the body of St. Gulik, erect in his resignation.
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubela plunged Its hand through the stomach of St. Gulik, yea, up even unto the shoulder of Its shriveled arm, and, taking grasp of the beating heart of St. Gulik, wrested it from his body.
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubela cast St. Gulik's heart upon the dust, but, before the heart of St. Gulik could even be dusted with the dirt of this world, it floated up, into the sky, and was taken up, yea, even up unto Heaven.
Then, the fishlike, coldblooded Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelo approached the body of St. Gulik, erect in his resignation.
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelo plunged Its hand up into the mouth of St. Gulik, and, taking grasp of the warm brain enclosed therein, wrested it from his body.
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelo cast St. Gulik's brain upon the dust, but, before the brain of St. Gulik could even be dusted with the dirt of this world, it floated up, into the sky, and was taken up, yea, even up unto Heaven.
Then, the hideous, shriveled dwarf who thought of Itself as Jubelum approached the body of St. Gulik, erect in his resignation.
And the Devil who thought of Itself as Jubelum took hold of the wrists of St. Gulik, and prepared as if to rend the saint limb from limb, laying waste utterly unto his weak, mortal frame.
But before the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelum could rend the saint limb from limb, extinguishing the appearance of life from his mortal frame, there was a great explosion, and much smoke billowed across the landscape, and, from out the billowing smoke, stepped the master of these Devils, Asmodeus, and, cried he, Hold, do not rend this saint limb from limb, thus extinguishing the appearance of life from this, his mortal frame.
And Asmodeus turned to the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubela, and said, Has the saint shown you his chains?
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubela said, No, though his heart was torn from his breast and taken up, even up unto Heaven, yet he did not show me his chains.
And Asmodeus turned to St. Gulik, saying, Though my servant, Jubela, rent your heart from your breast, and it was taken up, even unto Heaven, yet you did not show us your chains.
And St. Gulik responded, saying, I LOVE, IAO.
And Asmodeus turned to the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelo, and said, Has the saint shown you his chains?
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelo said, No, though his brain was torn from his head and taken up, even up unto Heaven, yet he did not show me his chains.
And Asmodeus turned to St. Gulik, saying, Though my servant, Jubelo, rent your brain from your head, and it was taken up, even unto Heaven, yet you did not show us your chains.
And St. Gulik responded, saying, I KNOW, EVOE.
And Asmodeus turned to the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelum, and said, Has the saint shown you his chains?
And the Devil that thought of Itself as Jubelum said, No, though his wrists were grasped, even as though he were to be rent limb from limb, he did not show me his chains.
And Asmodeus turned to St. Gulik, saying, Though my servant, Jubelum, grasped your wrists, even as though to rend you limb from limb, you did not show us your chains.
And St. Gulik was silent.
Then Asmodeus turned to his minions, saying, Begone, for this is no sinner, no, not even is he a son of Adam, for he has no chains.
And Asmodeus dismissed the first, saying, Leave first, Jubela, for the heart of this saint is not so heavy as to prove a chain.
And the gigantic black Devil took hold of the sky, verily choking with the evil that blew across the land, and did he lift himself into it through the force of his arms.
And Asmodeus dismissed the second, saying, Leave second, Jubelo, for the mind of this saint is not so heavy as to prove a chain.
And the fishlike, cold-blooded Devil slipped into the river, verily choking with the evil that flowed across the land, and did he leave through the power of his form.
And Asmodeus dismissed the last, saying, Leave last, Jubelum, for the body of this saint is not so heavy as to prove a chain.
And the hideous, shriveled dwarf stepped into the dirt path, verily choking with the evil that walked the land, and disappeared.
And Asmodeus continued, saying, There is nothing in this man heavy enough to drag him into the Hells, nor even to fall into the dust of this road.
And Asmodeus turned to St. Gulik, saying, You are truly free.
St. Gulik is a cockroach.
Know, then, that to enter heaven, three things are needed.
And know, then, that these three things are Freedom, Love, and Gnosis, that is, to know.
Let he who has ears hear.
(And let he who has shekels for such a Powerful Discordian Epopt start the bidding!!!)
I was going to bid fairly high for this bloke, but it seems I can get away with less...
I bid 500K, to make St.Gulik the Discordian Missionary to the Phantom Empire. Says DarkStar himself.
This is the real true story of rock and roll; it was not about anything more then, how to live your life, as a gangster, in sartorial splendor, and turning the world into a place where normality would never return again...- Malcolm McLaren
Oh please... Nobody paied this any mind, and now you want to try and cheat us out of something so simple? Waste of time, for you then.
505K then.
This is the real true story of rock and roll; it was not about anything more then, how to live your life, as a gangster, in sartorial splendor, and turning the world into a place where normality would never return again...- Malcolm McLaren
' Wrote:Oh please... Nobody paied this any mind, and now you want to try and cheat us out of something so simple? Waste of time, for you then.
505K then.
Gentlemen,
It is the Yuletide,
Master Darkstar, I know that humans are puny in the eye of both Phantom and C'tan; and that the idea of "charity" is probably no longer in your repertoire. Yet the rituals and and spirit of the season often cause us primates to transcend our humanity, if but briefly. Your new Epopt is briefness personified, Darkstar. We seek connection and identity with our masters and makers, as do you. C'mon. loosen up.
Master Aeon, as you have passing ties with the Corsairs, their Epopt would also be yours. If that calling is agreeable with Gulik, I see no reason to close the bidding. Just think of all the greyfaces, cabbages, and sugenii you will be helping through your generous bid!