Sherlock Holmes

Anybody have any more Tolkien questions? I’m an expert.

"Maybe your name started with an M," Tena suggested. "But it probably wasn't Marmadooki, honestly." She gave him a searching look and noted that he was fidgety. "Do you want to go Mace Klasten's grave? Or where he died?" Tena asked these hopefully, and thought that the grave might be empty. Maybe. Hopefully, though the pieces of Mace she'd seen sixteen years ago weren't much to put on a kandra.

Dunno about that, I like Great Danes and Malamutes.

Tena turned her head to the man who had just shattered some pottery on the ground, then saw him fall over. She took a surprised step backward, then flung her arms over her head, honestly anticipating poison darts or something. She put her arms back down, realizing that she was being silly, then slowly walked toward the man. Then she heard the man talking to his weird horse, having gotten himself righted. "It's weird, Kicker. I've been struck by a sudden realization. A memory I'd forgotten ages ago. It just came to me, right now." He smiled, then continued, "I've remembered my name. My real name. From now on, Kicker, you may call me Klasten." Tena froze, then dropped a coin by reflex and Steelpushed herself two hundred or so feet into the air in surprise, her equivalent of jumping when someone sneaks up on you. Falling, she growled and Steelpushed against the coin. Oddly, the trajectory of her versus the coin made her land a few feet from who she could only assume was Mace. Or Mace's brother, or father, or maybe even son or nephew. She growled again and clenched her fists in consternation. She then calmed herself, knowing that nearby metal had quivered a few inches away from her, and said to 'Klasten,' "First name, matey?"

Tena patted Achirian’s arm reassuringly and led him outside. She saw one of the young girls doing some Lashings and smiled wistfully. “Remember when you could do that?” she asked of the silent Achirian, who only stood without expression on his face. Tena sighed and left him staring at a tree from Sel, striding out into what she assumed was a training yard. She dropped a coin and downed a vial of Horneater lager with some steel flakes mixed in. Pushing against the coin, she soared over several trees and Awakened her pants to strengthen her. She landed on both feet, bending down and then launching herself up, Awakened pants assisting as she jumped straight up into the air and said, “Your breath to mine,” to her pants. Her spren, Iffina, formed into a 10 foot Shardstaff that she stuck into the ground under her like she had all those years ago at the Newcago Court. Grinning to herself, Tena shortened her Staff until she jumped off and the Shardstaff puffed away, turning into twin battle axes in her hands. She waved these at the girls and young man who stood there before her. Shifting into a fighting stance, Tena sprang at the surprised youngsters and, taking advantage of the fact that they all got out of her way, she flicked her wrist and sent four coins the ground in front of her, Pushing a coin out of the pouch at her ankle. She then Pushed against these two anchors and sent herself whirling high into the air, tapping her Steelminds and cancelling the Steelpush against the four coins, landing on the roof of the Waystop neatly. Another coin dropped, and Tena flung herself out into the air. Steelpushing brought her to the ground, where she frictionlessly ice-skated her way back to the other people, battle axes still in hand. “Anybody up for training?” she asked.

That’s right. German Shepherds are my favorites.

A not-so-subtle warrior is a-creeping. He pounces! But the rabbit is long-gone, and so he runs. In circles he chases, and yet somehow the rodent has slipped under the fence. He barks at the fence and noses it to open, but yet the fence has not learned to obey his sole command. The Grizzly-man slinks away in defeat, sure that another opportunity will arise, and that he shall seize and throttle it to death! If Grizzly was a Shard, he’d be Hyperactivity or Narcissism. His Intent is to rid the world of the scourge of rodents.

Tena glared at the girl's nervousness. She was obviously expecting Achirian to start fighting, which Tena knew he wouldn't do, as he was pretty calm at the moment. However, he was an excellent swordsman, better than pretty much anyone Tena knew. Tena quite literally slid in front of Achirian, who was standing placidly, swaying slightly. "Look," she said to the girl, knowing her voice was stone cold and emotionless, "if you start a fight right now, you, I, and anyone else in this building are all going to die. He is the best swordsman you will ever meet, and could fight a dozen Radiants at once with ease. Stop acting like that. You're safe so long as you don't agitate him."

Stormlight Archive: The Cosmere:

"Holy laws of physics," Tena said to Achirian. "You are one person I never thought I'd see again." She smiled at him, but knew that he wouldn't recognize her. Tena turned to the guy who was handing out orders and asked, "Can I get a room? Or I can help teach, I'm experienced with steel."

Tena Steelpushed her way up to the top of a mountain in the Horneater Peaks after going to Kharbranth to visit her parent for the first time in 25 years. The meeting hadn't gone well. She Pushed the door of the Waystop open by its hinges and walked inside, seeing... Achirian. She stood there for a moment, and he stood up, his eyes moving from the sword he held to her eyes. He made a politely confused face when he saw her. Tena knew that expression. She knew Achirian. She walked over to him and stood before the giant, looking up, way up, into his gray eyes.

Good question, sir. Why do people keep calling you 'sir' today?

Nobody gets that riddle, darn it. It's probably harder to do when spoken aloud. Also, have you read the Martian, sir?

Archer, have you ever read the Silmarillion? If so, what’s your favorite chapter? What are the seven words that will make a woman love you? Full Feruchemist or Mistborn (normal Mistborn, not Lerasium)? Edgedancer or Windrunner? If a rooster laid an egg on the top of a barn with a peaked roof, at the exact center of the point, and the wind was blowing in from the exact east and west at exactly the same speed, wind chill, etc. which way does the egg roll? Would you rather be best friends with Kaladin or Kelsier?

Yeah, the DA advertisers have already gotten to you.

Kelsier realized that he was being ignored and pouted.

Loudly. He gave up his Shard to...

Narrator Axel returned from a long session of reading everything that had been posted since page 87. He sighed at Hoid's last joke. The outcome could've been seen from a mile off. He ascended (AGAIN) and became the Shard of...

My favorite tabletop game is Minecraft. Here I am, playing on my computer, which is on a table/desk. A creative question that I don't want to be asked is: "What do you have a college degree for?" I haven't gone to college, and don't plan to.

I'm going to have to go with vanilla, all the cheap chocolate ice cream I buy tastes awful.

I HAVE LOADS OF TIME! Join the Writer's Guild if you like writing, all you need do is ask!

Tom Bombadil can hold the Ring, and not be corrupted by it. I don't really know if Dragons are more powerful than Balrogs, but I have Huan, who subdued Sauron himself at one point. And has the powers of the Valar. What a hound!

Tena left because she was absolutely sick of waiting.

I think it’s spren week, or it was.