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I'm not dead...yet...
Look, guys, I've been so busy that I've hardly had enough time to come on the forums, let alone update. I've had my Grade Three Theory Exam for the piano, an RE essay, a presentation for History, the flood archive project, the storytelling project, geography assessment, German homework, Science homework, maths homework, more history homework...
I know I can definately update on Saturday, but you may get one tonight if you're lucky. Thinking about it, I might be able to update on Friday as well.
So just wait. I'm not quite dead...yet...
Look, guys, I've been so busy that I've hardly had enough time to come on the forums, let alone update. I've had my Grade Three Theory Exam for the piano, an RE essay, a presentation for History, the flood archive project, the storytelling project, geography assessment, German homework, Science homework, maths homework, more history homework...
I know I can definately update on Saturday, but you may get one tonight if you're lucky. Thinking about it, I might be able to update on Friday as well.
So just wait. I'm not quite dead...yet...
No ones saying your dead...yet
Thats alot of work you got there
, its far more important than this...we can wait for the weekend
Thats alot of work you got there
, its far more important than this...we can wait for the weekend
I've just spent the last hour finishing my RE essay, so guess what. I've done almost all of my work, so I now have time to update! But first, replies...
Quintillian, Grundius, SunZyl- I don't really know. I haven't thought much about it until now...
Duke of Wellington- You''l like this next "accident" then...
CSK- I was wondering how long it would take for someone to pick it up. Perhaps they're imported...
The Real Deal- I have a stash of updates that I write in my free time . So that means it only takes me five minutes to update.
Specialist290- Thanks.
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November 19th 1436
Murad smiled. The final touches were in place. He’d spent the last eleven months at the gates of Beograd, Serbia’s capital, and was finally ready to set alight to the city. A couple of soldiers were running about, carrying branches and rags to the city gates. Archers were covering them, but hardly any defenders were left on the walls after a sergeant (now a captain) had an accident involving a dead donkey, a ballista and two kegs of water (Murad knew better than to ask). He went over to a box hung on a tree near the walls and tapped it. A parrot popped out, obviously irritated by the noise.
“Yes?” it asked.
Murad’s hand dug into his pocket and pulled out two silver deben. “I need you to send a message to…”
“Sire! The Moldovians are attacking! The Moldovians are atta…”
The startled soldier ran straight into Murad. The sultan snarled.
“The Moldovians? I fought Ca Sa Ka dealt with their main raiding party in Wallachia back in March?”
The soldier was clearly dazed. “Whaaaa…bu…”
“Oh string a sentence together you…”
He stopped as he realised he’d started strangling the poor soldier. He let him fall to the ground and asked again.
“The Moldovians have come in force this time sire. Mustafa thinks there’s about 5,000 of them…”
But Murad was striding off towards his bemused army. He barked orders at them and they slowly lined up as a battalion.
“Right you lot!” Murad shouted. “This is a major battle! The Moldovians have come to stop us from torching Beograd and may very well do so unless we stop them.”
He made a quick mental calculation before continuing. “There are 7,200 of us and only 5,000 of them. They have just come across a river and are therefore very likely to…”
“Yaarghhh!”
Murad was startled as a man in the bottom rank of his army fell, transfixed by an arrow. From over the hills charged an army wearing red, armed with spears and swords. The sultan could just about make out a foot soldier who was trying his hardest to fall off his horse.
“Must be contagious.” he muttered, then turned to his bemused men.
“ATTACK!” he screamed.
Quintillian, Grundius, SunZyl- I don't really know. I haven't thought much about it until now...
Duke of Wellington- You''l like this next "accident" then...
CSK- I was wondering how long it would take for someone to pick it up. Perhaps they're imported...
The Real Deal- I have a stash of updates that I write in my free time
. So that means it only takes me five minutes to update.Specialist290- Thanks.
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November 19th 1436
Murad smiled. The final touches were in place. He’d spent the last eleven months at the gates of Beograd, Serbia’s capital, and was finally ready to set alight to the city. A couple of soldiers were running about, carrying branches and rags to the city gates. Archers were covering them, but hardly any defenders were left on the walls after a sergeant (now a captain) had an accident involving a dead donkey, a ballista and two kegs of water (Murad knew better than to ask). He went over to a box hung on a tree near the walls and tapped it. A parrot popped out, obviously irritated by the noise.
“Yes?” it asked.
Murad’s hand dug into his pocket and pulled out two silver deben. “I need you to send a message to…”
“Sire! The Moldovians are attacking! The Moldovians are atta…”
The startled soldier ran straight into Murad. The sultan snarled.
“The Moldovians? I fought Ca Sa Ka dealt with their main raiding party in Wallachia back in March?”
The soldier was clearly dazed. “Whaaaa…bu…”
“Oh string a sentence together you…”
He stopped as he realised he’d started strangling the poor soldier. He let him fall to the ground and asked again.
“The Moldovians have come in force this time sire. Mustafa thinks there’s about 5,000 of them…”
But Murad was striding off towards his bemused army. He barked orders at them and they slowly lined up as a battalion.
“Right you lot!” Murad shouted. “This is a major battle! The Moldovians have come to stop us from torching Beograd and may very well do so unless we stop them.”
He made a quick mental calculation before continuing. “There are 7,200 of us and only 5,000 of them. They have just come across a river and are therefore very likely to…”
“Yaarghhh!”
Murad was startled as a man in the bottom rank of his army fell, transfixed by an arrow. From over the hills charged an army wearing red, armed with spears and swords. The sultan could just about make out a foot soldier who was trying his hardest to fall off his horse.
“Must be contagious.” he muttered, then turned to his bemused men.
“ATTACK!” he screamed.
RE-Religious Education (Our teacher calls it RS for Religious Studies, but I prefer RE.
Finally an update, yay. I must agree with TRD, these mini stories are great! Not hard to read, yet very fun! I just hope Murâd owns the intelligence to whip out the enemies.
I must agree with TRD, these mini stories are great! Not hard to read, yet very fun! I just hope Murâd owns the intelligence to whip out the enemies.
Well, he is intelligent enough, but what will that help if his soldiers are idiots? And what the hell is Ca Sa Ka doing? I know him well enough to tip he's enjoying his life on the Countryside.
Looks as though Murad needs to be rid of Ca Sa Ka, its obvious he failed Murad badly.
Off with his head, off with his head, off with his head
Perhaps he enjoys the countryside alittle too much, living the high life and botching duty.CSK said:
Off with his head, off with his head, off with his head
The Real Deal said:Looks as though Murad needs to be rid of Ca Sa Ka, its obvious he failed Murad badly.
Off with his head, off with his head, off with his head
I second both these statements.
I'm just wondering what all was in those 100 pints that Ahmed kept in the back room...
This should be fun...
SunZyl- Thanks. Don't worry about Murad. Give him a sword and he's able to kill a platoon before lunchtime.
CSK-It wasn't in my plans before. But now...
The Real Deal- I'm afraid he's going to be about for another 19 years...
SunZyl(again)- That's not how he's going to die...
Specialist290- Believe me, you do not want to know...
Duke of Wellington- We'll see...
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A while later, in sunny Wallachia
A servant stepped quietly out onto the balcony. The villa had great views of the surrounding countryside. On a leopard skin couch in the corner lead Ca Sa Ka, currently eating a bunch of grapes. He looked up at the servant.
“Yes?”
“My liege, Murad has sent a rather bruised parrot. Shall I bring it in?”
Ca Sa Ka shrugged. “Na. Call the massager will you?”
As the servant left, Ca Sa Ka looked out over the fields. He’d captured Targoviste, Wallachia’s capital, six weeks ago and had been enjoying the beautiful lands since. That parrot would have been his first contact with Murad since March. Ah well.
He rolled over and cuddled up into the cushions, oblivious of the roar coming from the hills…
SunZyl- Thanks. Don't worry about Murad. Give him a sword and he's able to kill a platoon before lunchtime.
CSK-It wasn't in my plans before. But now...
The Real Deal- I'm afraid he's going to be about for another 19 years...
SunZyl(again)- That's not how he's going to die...
Specialist290- Believe me, you do not want to know...
Duke of Wellington- We'll see...
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A while later, in sunny Wallachia
A servant stepped quietly out onto the balcony. The villa had great views of the surrounding countryside. On a leopard skin couch in the corner lead Ca Sa Ka, currently eating a bunch of grapes. He looked up at the servant.
“Yes?”
“My liege, Murad has sent a rather bruised parrot. Shall I bring it in?”
Ca Sa Ka shrugged. “Na. Call the massager will you?”
As the servant left, Ca Sa Ka looked out over the fields. He’d captured Targoviste, Wallachia’s capital, six weeks ago and had been enjoying the beautiful lands since. That parrot would have been his first contact with Murad since March. Ah well.
He rolled over and cuddled up into the cushions, oblivious of the roar coming from the hills…
Ca Sa Ka will live much longer? I could have sworn that would've been the beginning of an assassination attempt if you hadn't clearly said that he's gonna live for 19 more years.
Well I guess Ca Sa Ka has been rather good up until now (having been the one to initiate Murads plans of world domintion to start with), and he cant be everywhere at once...so hes forgiven .
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SunZyl - If it was an assassination attempt, then why would the sound be coming from the hills? Think about it...
Duke of Wellington - Exactly. In game turns, the raiding party Ca Sa Ka beat earlier wandered around my territory, then came back to attack them in Wallachia.
The Real Deal - He'll live to just after the next compitition in 1451...
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Meanwhile, back in Istanbul...
Mehmed settled down on to the rocky ledge. His dad's old rock climbing rig had some great niches that he used to play on. But now he was being much more serious.
He'd found out where Murad kept his soldiers (in a large box labelled "Leopard toys" in the back room, which was just down a flight of non-existant stairs) and had retrieved them. Now he was ready to put his father's theories to practise.
Meanwhile,just outside Beograd
If there were any bystanders, just wwatching the Battle of Beograd, they would have heard multiple clincks, clangs, arrgghhhs and "DIE YOU ******* *******!" (the latter associated with Murad). But of course, there was only three sheep in a neighbouring field, and it didn't intrest them much.
But on the battlements of Beograd, two sentries, trying to keep away from their drunken captain who was singing delightful songs about garderobes, sat watching the proceedings. One nudged his friend.
"Say, Petar, see that guy wearing light green leather armour and shouting "I'll kill you all you ******* ******** who ****** on a ******* *****""? He's Murad, the Turks..." here he snorted and passed his hands over his throat, the usual gesture made to cleanse the vocal chords after saying such a dispicable word. "...ruler, a guy called Murad."
"Seems to be fighting like the devil."
"That's because they say he i..."
He got no further, as a bad shot from a Moldovian arrow pierced his throat. His friend gasped and ran across the battlements to the steps. He never made it.
Murad was in the centre of the fray, hacking everyone (and everything) in sight. Swearing, he proceeded to slice, cube, dice, shred and pulverise the surrounding enemies. Suddenly he tripped over someones disembodied thigh and landed face down in the mud. An eager Moldovian coporal bent down, sword in hand. He smiled. Suddenly he was whacked in the face by Murad, rising speedily to cause a devastating blow to his attacker. The sultan quickly dusted himself off, then headed back in to the readily moving (backwards, thankfully) front line.
November 20th 1436, evening
Carnage. That's all that was left on the muddy fields where the battle had been fought. Nothing stirred, not even a bird. Suddenly, a beheaded corpse moved, appearing to get up. But it soon dropped down, revealing a bemused, half starved Moldovian soldier. He looked around at the carnage and gasped. He staggered along and found the body of his comrade, pierced by a lance with light green feathers. He pulled them off, then suck the lance into his body.
War can be so cruel at times...
Duke of Wellington - Exactly. In game turns, the raiding party Ca Sa Ka beat earlier wandered around my territory, then came back to attack them in Wallachia.
The Real Deal - He'll live to just after the next compitition in 1451...
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Meanwhile, back in Istanbul...
Mehmed settled down on to the rocky ledge. His dad's old rock climbing rig had some great niches that he used to play on. But now he was being much more serious.
He'd found out where Murad kept his soldiers (in a large box labelled "Leopard toys" in the back room, which was just down a flight of non-existant stairs) and had retrieved them. Now he was ready to put his father's theories to practise.
Meanwhile,just outside Beograd
If there were any bystanders, just wwatching the Battle of Beograd, they would have heard multiple clincks, clangs, arrgghhhs and "DIE YOU ******* *******!" (the latter associated with Murad). But of course, there was only three sheep in a neighbouring field, and it didn't intrest them much.
But on the battlements of Beograd, two sentries, trying to keep away from their drunken captain who was singing delightful songs about garderobes, sat watching the proceedings. One nudged his friend.
"Say, Petar, see that guy wearing light green leather armour and shouting "I'll kill you all you ******* ******** who ****** on a ******* *****""? He's Murad, the Turks..." here he snorted and passed his hands over his throat, the usual gesture made to cleanse the vocal chords after saying such a dispicable word. "...ruler, a guy called Murad."
"Seems to be fighting like the devil."
"That's because they say he i..."
He got no further, as a bad shot from a Moldovian arrow pierced his throat. His friend gasped and ran across the battlements to the steps. He never made it.
Murad was in the centre of the fray, hacking everyone (and everything) in sight. Swearing, he proceeded to slice, cube, dice, shred and pulverise the surrounding enemies. Suddenly he tripped over someones disembodied thigh and landed face down in the mud. An eager Moldovian coporal bent down, sword in hand. He smiled. Suddenly he was whacked in the face by Murad, rising speedily to cause a devastating blow to his attacker. The sultan quickly dusted himself off, then headed back in to the readily moving (backwards, thankfully) front line.
November 20th 1436, evening
Carnage. That's all that was left on the muddy fields where the battle had been fought. Nothing stirred, not even a bird. Suddenly, a beheaded corpse moved, appearing to get up. But it soon dropped down, revealing a bemused, half starved Moldovian soldier. He looked around at the carnage and gasped. He staggered along and found the body of his comrade, pierced by a lance with light green feathers. He pulled them off, then suck the lance into his body.
War can be so cruel at times...
And do messengers make roars? I don't think so. Duke of Wellington's got it right...