A HeroCon Fable

Once, in the faraway land of DoubleTree, the lords and ladies of NCSoft gathered to them the friends of their realm, and it was good. There they discussed the future of their realm, and made merry with the good folks who had supported them for so long. It appeared that nothing could dampen the spirits of the revelers, nor would they find any reason for distress.

But the revelers were not the only ones in the land of DoubleTree that day, and a powerful evil force lived within its borders, in a place known as The Night Club. This evil was only known as "The Cougar," and she preyed upon the gamers of HeroCon with a hunger that could not be sated.

One such gamer was known as K Nut, and he was possessed of a kind spirit and a polite manner. So when he first encountered The Cougar, he said kind words so as not to offend her, and then went on his way to meet with his fellow revelers. He thought nothing more of the incident, and went on to enjoy himself with his friends, believing nothing would ever come of his encounter.

Sadly, that was not to be. While K Nut was sharing drinks and stories with his friends, The Cougar emerged from her den in The Night Club, dragging behind her her most recent prey. But her encounter with K Nut was not forgotten, as she loudly proclaimed, "I thought you were gonna warm up the dance floor for me!"

K Nut, stunned, could only stutter and attempt to reply, "I was going to, but it was too expensive to get in!"

The Cougar would not allow for such excuses, or even a full sentence from K Nut, however. Before he could finish his statement, she shouted, "I thought you were gonna warm up the dance floor for me! But that's OK...I found me another man!" and pointed to the prey standing a respectful distance away from the spectacle. For his part, the prey looked less than comfortable with the attention being drawn to his choice of companionship for the evening. "Isn't that right?" The Cougar asked her prey.

"Uh, yeah..." stammered the prey.

The Cougar continued to rant, and K Nut struggled to figure out a way to resolve the encounter. Being a polite soul, his instincts told him to apologize. And so, he looked at The Cougar and began, "I'm sorry, ma'am..."

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!?" exclaimed The Cougar.

"I'm sorry, ma'am," repeated K Nut.

At this point, a few of K Nuts friends realized that they were receiving calls to nature that they really should not put off any longer, while others were attempting to maintain their composures so as not to laugh, fall out of their chairs, or in some other way draw the attention of The Cougar.

For her part, The Cougar may not have noticed, for her ire was leveled squarely upon the head of poor K Nut, and she was ranting so swiftly, that some witnesses were not entirely sure she was speaking English anymore. The tirade was merciless, and as a result, K Nut shrank over a foot that day.

The moral of this story is two-fold. First, while it is well and good to be polite, never encourage a Cougar with kind words. And second, never call a Cougar "ma'am."

The End

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That literally had me laughing out loud. I remember the 'Cougar' put her hand on my head and mentioned i have soft hair and wanted to say something along the lines of "Ma'am, please get your hand off my head" but i was too busy laughing at K Nuts dilema. lmao

Guts...hurt...too...much...laughter...

I wish I had been there.... lol too funny.

MeeeRAWR!

Great tale-telling Frog! I can hardly wait for the MA tale you have planned now!

Oh... and I see yet another tradition continues!

The legend of k_nut continues! The man's tale just keeps getting more epic with each addition!

I'm just waiting for someone to tell the tale of The Otter and The Starfish.

T for Teen, Tex.

Oh right. Much like the weekend's conversations in the Texas Justice Express minivan.

Well, at least I won't have to worry about busting open my suture laughing while reading it and remembering.

Jeez,

I'm kinda glad I wasn't there to see that. I age pretty well and just have that "Cougar Bait" look to me. I mighta gotten torn up in there.

All you had to do was stay out of direct line of sight.

And not say "Ma'am".

ROFLMAO

Frog that is way to funny. Sadly the truth, but way to funny.

None of you were drunk enough to respond in a Tucker Max-like fashion to the Cougar?? Had I been there Not only would K Nut NOT be the focal point of this story, NONE of you would have resisted laughing once I starting laughing in her face. As "that guy" I would have risen up, in true Hero stature, and saved that poor soul.

And with luck, by the end of the night, I would have remained sober enough not to have ended up in her lair. I'm actually dissapointed in the lot of you for NOT stepping up to save K Nut.

Sorry K Nut, it was a funny story though. Thank you Frog for the wonderful telling of the story!

Hey Frog, you need to turn the tale into an MA arc with matching dialog.

Actually, this is going to be one of the missions in my HeroCon 09 Commemorative Arc

By the bye, I mentioned this in the thread up in the HeroCon section, but it's worth repeating here, I suppose...if anyone would like a cameo in the HeroCon arc I'm making, please send me your costume file and some brief character notes to frogtunes@gmail.com. I'll try and include as many folks as I can

I REALLY would love to have this info from K Nut, Somber, TJ, and Red Gren especially!

Just saying, Arwen. I look for opportunities to act like a jerk. ANd with an audience? AND A CAMERA?? Some poor cougar doesn't know what's coming. And she truthfully won't deserve what I do to her. And it's all your fault!

Now we just need to wait for the next giant Justice gathering...