Frank, the Civilized Trepor

[Nawa]

You're not the only one. I almost type it in main chat!

[Licina]

Hopefully one day he can become a fully fledged member of society!

I hope so too.... He and (maybe) his wife Fanny could be located on the plaza and sell items like wiggly feelers and skins so you don't have to kill trepors anymore to get them 

[Nawa]

but.... that's like if I were selling livers and kidneys... Unless those parts grew back but it'd still be painful especially feelers...

[LigH]

  You per... you remind me on the Restaurant at the End of the Universe serving the animal that wants to be eaten and offers its own body parts.

  Or the usual butcher's shop window ads with pigs in aprons offering sliced ham.

[Nawa]

You per... you remind me on the Restaurant at the End of the Universe serving the animal that wants to be eaten and offers its own body parts.

  Or the usual butcher's shop window ads with pigs in aprons offering sliced ham.

...... I boast of my psychotic tendencies whilst gaming... and I have no idea what kind of back alley website you've been frequenting *backs away slowly whilst using his keyboard as a makeshift shield*

[LigH]

I referred to Licina.

And you ... you ... don't even understand H2G2? 

[Nawa]

I referred to Licina.

And you ... you ... don't even understand H2G2? 

I dunno what that is

[Licina]

I don't know about Trepors that much, but assumed every now and then a trepor loses its feelers, like a deer loses his antlers (I believe in winter or so?)... And Frank could collect them and sell those. Same thing for skins, like snakes who also lose their skin (I don't know how it's called in english..). So it wouldn't be painful or anything...

[Nawa]

Fair enough and snake skin thing is called shedding

[LigH]

@ Nawa:

H2G2 = "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", a trilogy (in 5 books) by Douglas Noel Adams (DNA) about different meanings of life, depending on different points of views in galactical context, and resulting confusions. Ignore the recent movie, read the books: The movie does not even contain 10% of the cult. And when you are done, also read the "biography" (or bibliography?) by Neil Gayman: "No Panic!"

Yes, I am an oldbie, I used to read books, printed ink on paper. 

Spoiler:

The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything ... is ... 42.

So, what is the question?

[bilbous]

Shouldn't you listen to the radio show that predates the books first? You can probably find it in the bbc archives.

[Nawa]

paper books are the only books worth reading. It simply isn't the same without all the sensations

[poezza]

Brilliant story.. and the answer definitely pushes it beyond brilliant

[Llyr]

I also recently returned to the game after several years' absence, and I'm not even going to lie: I don't care if Frank is a bug, I don't want them to ever ever fix that bug.  Ever.   

I don't know what genius had the bright idea to have some of the mobs greet you, but I seriously start laughing every time I get greeted by one of those hideous friendly babies, especially if it's in the city.  So ugly!  So neighborly!  It's like the trepors are on a species-wide charm campaign, and it's totally working, because I kind of don't even want to kill them anymore.

[LigH]

Welcome, Llyr. And it is not a bug, it is Settings.

And compared to the denial of cardinal directions (see the invention of East Stronghand), it may even make some sense.