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Ligne Roset - Ruche - approx. $4900 (Designed by Inga Sempe, this small sofa is made of a velvet quilted pad and wood frame. Can be upholstered in any fabric and frame comes in darker color)(above)
Just got back from New York! Spent the last 4 days in the city having a FANTASTIC time with friends. Stayed with AM and her husband JE as usual. On Sunday, yesterday, when cruising the city for design finds with AM, JE and their cute kids...I ran into this amazing settee or petite sofa of sorts.
I dashed into Ligne Roset on Wooster Street in Soho when I saw this modern looking velvet quilted chartreuse love seat in the front of the store. Was captivated by it. As I was taking pictures, I random older man, another customer, stood in front of my camera and said "Have you sat in it yet?" I replied "Good point...let me give it a try". I sat and the man sat too. It was quite comfortable. So there I was on a beautiful spring day sitting on a small quilted sofa with a random man in a store in Soho. He and I waxed on about the fantastic design of this perfect modern love seat; he had many opinions on the color, the possible fabric choices, the lines etc. Since he had seemed to have already inquired about the sofa, I asked my fellow random man shopper, "Do you know how much this is?" Take note...this is where the story turns slightly or very strange... He said "I didn't even ask and you don't need to ask...you just need an older rich sugar daddy to buy it for you and then price won't matter." That's when my moment on my perfect modern sofa turned very weird. The random customer man then made some kind of a joke about finding sugar daddies on Craigslist and another about a younger woman older man. Yikes. Yikes. And yikes. As I was getting more and more weirded out, I looked over to AM who was within earshot of this whole conversation but clueless as she was cooing at her cute daughter who was strapped into a stroller. Wasn't quite sure what to say after all of that bizarre dialogue from the random customer guy...so as he continued pontificating about the sofa...I asked nervously and randomly, "Are you a designer?"(dumb question I know) He said, "No I'm in the criminal justice system"...then he walked out of the store. Sounds like a surreal dream perhaps...one imagined by Salvatore Dali - none of the scene making sense and all seeming a bit off. That's what went down though...that's what happened...my life...hmmmm....
Anyhooooooooo back to my lovely little sofa. Not even the strange man could taint my love for this cute couch!
Later, after the random customer guy left, I asked the salesperson about the sofa. He wouldn't give me the exact price...but said it was over $4900 as it was on the showroom floor. The Ligne Roset sales guy also said that this sofa is NEW in the store and may be the ONLY ONE in the Western hemisphere(Hmmm....surreal or real. re: Western hemisphere part). I loved the sofa even before I knew it was the latest new thing and before I knew it was a rare sample!
Here is a look at this cute sofa from a few different angles.
What do you think of this quilted cute sofa? What color might you want to see it in?
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Leonard Cohen and Anjani1 Sing Never Got To Love You
The Leonard Cohen Presents Anjani Warsaw Concert consists of Anjani's solo performances of seven songs from Blue Alert and two duets featuring her and Leonard Cohen.
One of those duets, Whither Thou Goest, closes the program and was posted on this site on 2 April 2007 in The Best Leonard Cohen – Anjani Duet You've (Probably) Never Heard.
The other Warsaw Concert duet is Never Got To Love You, which is, of course, sung by Anjani alone on the Blue Alert album. While I am profoundly moved by Whither Thou Goest, by what it evokes from my own life as well as by the performance itself, Never Got To Love You is an alluring, powerful musical statement of longing, sadness, and personal courage in the face of unfulfilled hope.
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DrHGuy-Anjani Flirtation, Leonard Cohen Adulation , & Anjani's Warsaw Concert Coverage
The road to the Heck Of A Guy Warsaw Concert posts began last July when I wrote a heartfelt, adoring review of Blue Alert.
In addition to an erudite musicological analysis, that post also included references (also heartfelt and adoring as all get-out, if arguably tinged with a tad of smart-aleckedness) to the nature of the relationship between "Lenny & Anji," the similarity between my serendipitous discovery of the Blue Alert album and the blind date that led to the catastrophe known as my first marriage, and my fantasy of simultaneously bedding Anjani and two other female singers.2
I became a tad anxious when I noticed that the first comment to that post was from Anjani herself. As it turned out, however, Anjani, naturally enough, was smitten by my epistolary charm, and there ensued an cyber-exchange of bantering repartee, provocative challenges and parries, sexual innuendo, and general all-around snarkiness, in which Anjanikins gave as good as she got. The dramatic arc and the pertinent posts are described in Anjani And DrHGuy FAQ.
The second necessary element is the series of posts on Leonard Cohen I've sporadically published under the oddly appropriate Leonard Cohen category heading. Because the important material about his life and work was already obsessively covered by the uber-fans of the web-ring sites dedicated to Leonard Cohen, my blog entries have typically focused on isolated, tangential – or confabulated – points. Characteristic examples from this group include the use of Cohen's music in movies about strippers, the Dance Me To The End Of Love video starring Quentin Tarantino, Cohen singing Elvis's Rolls Royce and my personal favorite, 10 Fake Items About Leonard Cohen.
I had also written about my odyssey tracking down the rare recording of Cohen's Do I Have To Dance All Night, AKA The Best Leonard Cohen Song You've (Probably) Never Heard. That post attracted the attention and interest of Apolinary POlek, that self-same individual who was the Heck Of A Guy Polish Connection for this Concert (see below). Simple, eh?
Today's post is part of the sequence of Heck Of A Guy blog entries dealing with the Leonard Cohen Presents Anjani concert that took place at the Agnieszka Osiecka Studio in Warsaw, Poland on 31 March 2007 and was broadcast live on Trójka Radio. Apolinary POlek alerted readers to the availability of the broadcast and provided links to photos and a recording of the pre-concert interview with Anjani and Cohen on the Trójka Radio site; he has also graciously shared his recordings of the concert itself.
Previous Leonard Cohen Presents Anjani Posts:
- Anjani Interview and Concert Online TodayAnjani-Leonard Cohen March 31, 2007 Interview and Photos
- Online: Leonard Cohen's Introduction Of Anjani's Warsaw Concert
- The Best Leonard Cohen – Anjani Duet You've (Probably) Never Heard
- Tomorrow: The Other Leonard Cohen – Anjani Duet
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I would appreciate it if links to the Heck Of A Guy blog identified it by name and used the post's permalink rather than a tinyurl or some other modified URL. Alternative forms of gratitude and compensation, including cash, negotiable bonds, jewels, precious metals, free lawn care, home-cooked meals, and Italian villas are also acceptable, but offering appropriate credit seems simpler and would be fully satisfactory.
- Anjani and Anjani Thomas: An Aside On Names: >Anjaniand Anjani Thomas are, for the purposes of the Heck of a Guy blog, synonymous names, both of which refer to the exotically lovely, dulcet-voiced singer best known for her Blue Alert CD and her long-term relationship with Leonard Cohen. I include this clarification on posts about Anjani-Anjani Thomas in part for the purpose of what the folks at Wikipedia call disambiguation (i.e., to positively identify for the reader and remove any doubts the reader might have about which Anjani of all the possible Anjanis is being discussed) and in part to aid and abet the search engines. While a rose is, famously, a rose is a rose, a "tea rose," for example, is not exactly the same as a "rose" – especially to a search engine. Searches that include "Anjani" as part of the search terms may not produce the same results as the same search terms other with "Anjani Thomas" substituted for "Anjani." Should any other Anjani, say one who has not produced a CD called "Blue Alert" or one who has not been associated with Leonard Cohen for the decade, I promise to do my best to make that identification clear as well. [↩]
- The identities of the two other singers became a matter of negotiation between Anjani and me, shifting among permutations of Tanita Tikaram, Holly Cole, Tina Turner, and Joan Jett, among others. [↩]


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So I'm pretty sure this topic would go over swell at Tomgeeks - but I thought I'd post it here.
The story goes that DC Comics announced that they were firing almost all of their female staff - going from 12% to 1%.
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A fan asked "Why did you go from 12% to 1% for women on creative teams?"
The publisher responded: "Who should we be hiring? Tell me right now." I thought he was actually kind of mean about it.
So, fellow fans of a woman-led comic - what are your thoughts? Was DC being genuinely concerned about the numbers, or do you think that they were being sarcastic and belligerent?
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Given that Grant Morrison only made quips about looking good in a dress - this was his contribution - and the obvious agression and privledge-denying coming from other staffers on the panel, I'd say that DC doesn't care. Even though they play home to some fantastic heroines and Gail Simone, they just don't care.
Blogs have been going wild over this material for over a week now, compounded by earlier revelations regarding the retconn of Barbara Gordon as Oracle. As a comic fan and a writer who is female, the boys club attitude and Didio's behaviour horrifies me.
I've signed the petition, and will probably write a more in-depth post after Battle Los Angeles.
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I've read a few things about it so far.
Part of my mind originally wanted to be "well, they just hire who writes/draws the best, maybe that just happened to be men this time" but then when you get to the part where they're firing all but one of their women staffers... that's when I think they're full of crap.
What, did the female writers not want all the female characters to wear a Vampirella get up? Did they actually want to write a respectable character with a personality instead of just another pin up?
Aside from the fact that someone actually included little ol' me on that list of women they should hire (which is flattering to the extreme), I do care about women being portrayed well in comics (shocking, I'm sure). They're not just token sex symbols to be tossed in there to mix things up a bit.
We need to start exposing young boys to the idea that they can RELATE to a girl character, not just observe her. And comics are a great place to start doing this.
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We need to start exposing young boys to the idea that they can RELATE to a girl character, not just observe her. And comics are a great place to start doing this.
Okay, not to put you on the spot, but I'm putting you on the spot. How will you do that?
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By writing comics with females that are either main characters or are characters that are important to the plot in some manner other than being a sexual exploit. And maybe actually wear some clothes too.
OH WAIT I'm already doing that
(PS yes, I know there are lots of awesome comic ladies out there. They just seem out numbered by the centerfold characters, y'know?)
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I think that strong female characters are important. There are some recent reinventions of female characters that I heartily approve of. Kitty Pride and Rogue from the X-Men series are far less sex symbol, and far more easy to relate to as people. Not quite on the level that most of the ES Heroines are, though. I think that the industry giants are coming along in that matter, but so long as the people from 40-50 years ago are still the main figureheads, and they're the ones deciding what people want, we're still going to struggle.
From everything I've read from dozens of people close to the comic industry, it's not the most progressive place. Hopefully that will change in the coming years.
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That characters just there to be eye candy. Yeah, them and pretty much every other comic book character, regardless of sex.
Most comic book characters have the emotional and intellectual depth of a puddle in a heat wave. The men are muscle bound killers the women are athletic supermodels. Is it a sexualised image? Yes. Both of them. What you think muscles arent sexy? Given a choice between the guy with the washboard abs and the fat man from his mothers basement I wonder which one the female hero would take?... (Not really, I think I know.)
That said, archetypes are not necessarily meant to be direct representations of reality. Many of them are essentially packets of social signalling information, stripped of any real depth or interaction with context. The superhero of the comic books, the gods of certain elder mythologies, the characters of some books. These are not realistic figures with which anyone, I think, really identifies. Boys do not seriously want to be Space Marines when they grow up. All RAR STOMPY ARMOUR AND KILLING HERETICS? Please.
It is important to have, among your images of women, a sexual one; preferably one that women know you have so that they can knowingly move in and out of the reference class. Of course its not desirable for that to be the ONLY image of women that someone has, the only reference class, but if all your information on women comes from comic books frankly I think your odds of meeting one in real life are fairly remote.... <_<
Its similar at sporting matches. Take football for instance if you want to avoid football violence bring a team scarf and a fluffy hat, and preferably your family. Congratulations youre now a civilian most violent people will leave you alone, theyre there for a fight, not to harass the civies.
Are strong female characters important? Well, strong, intelligent characters in general are important; female characters being a subset of the human characters of course they are. I dont believe that extends to essentially an enforced conservative dress code for women in comics - and if that's all people have to talk about when it comes to their portrayal I'm not going to have much time for them....
Basically the state of women in comics is much like the state of men in comics. Rub out Batman and put in Catwoman - rub out Catwoman and put in Batman - has much changed? I think not.
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The firings themselves do seem to be motivated by prejudice. I doubt very much that they fired the majority of their female staff on the grounds that they were the untalented ones. It's very unlikely. It MIGHT have just happened that way but... even if it did they have to have known how it would look.
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Comparing Batman and Catwoman is pretty close - they're both agile, rather attractive, but very intelligent characters. Instead compare Batman to Superman, or either of the above two to Spiderman. Peter Parker is kind of a wimp!
There are similar lines in female heroes, I'm sure. Jean Grey/Phoenix is pretty highly sexualized, and pretty much every female hero of a Dark Horse comic is all T&A, little clothing. At least all the ones I had read.
Which isn't to say I read a lot of comics, to tell the truth. There are a few artists I follow (Frank Miller being one of them), because they like to explore things that interest me. The Psychology and Philosophy of the superhero is interesting to me. I don't need them to look amazing, grizzled is quite fine. A little pudgy and imperfect is great.
Actually, I tend to not like plot holes. I avoid comics most of the time for that very reason. Too often was a story line written into a dead end, and it all turned out to be a dream, or a simulation, or something a parallel universe or something. That
I digress. I would like to see some of the talented female webcomic authors I know given a crack at the big time, regardless of the comic industry's flaws. Lady Yates and Sarah Ellerton, particularly. In my experience, both of them can tell a decent story, and I would
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Afraid I disagree with you Nem - while male characters are idealised in comics as well, it doesn't erase nor lessen the marginalisation of women as characters and contributors in the comics industry. It's certainly no excuse, and ust derailment of the issue at hand. I've always felt like that this is a very weak defense.
While male supers
to be ripped, there are plenty of male supers who do not fit this and make the front cover: Spider-Man (who was intended to appear 'weedy'), Mr Fantastic, Professor X, Beast Boy... the list can go on. Even Moira McTaggert and Kavita Rao, who do not regularly make it onto the covers, are dressed and pencilled perfectly and no bigger than a UK 10.
Here's a link to Women in the Refridgerator, a video which looks at how and why female characters get killed off in comics, and other media. I thought I would link to it since it deals mainly with characters from DC comics, although Marvel are also mentioned. It's relevant to this topic in terms of women as characters and how they are portrayed.
Women In The Refridgerator
There is no inappropriate language or explicit material, but it does discuss the violent deaths of some characters, so if you are very sensitive, that is in there.
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Well, you see ... Im not sure how far thats true anymore, Rav. The representation in the list doesnt line up with what I remember from comics when I was growing up. Ive gone through the first 19 or so items on the list and only one of them seems like it has a high probability of having occured within the last ten years. Even then its iffy as to whether the event in question occurred during the last ten years, and the comic was cancelled shortly after the reboot anyway.
Squeamishness warning for following list dump: Iffy things beneath, proceed to next bolded text to skip.
All of Savage Dragon's girlfriends (dead)
IIRWC (If I read wikipedia correctly) he had two, the second of which died in issue #43 which'd put this in ... '97? I think.
Alysande Stuart (dead)
'92 Excalibur #55
Amethyst (blinded, merged with Gemworld, destroyed in LSH; became a power-hungry witch in Book of Fate)
Cancelled sometime before the 90s anime boom. Not specific on when. Also had a man giving 'birth' to his father and dying ....
Apparition (one of her three bodies dead, soul bound to boyfriend)
Sometime in the past, not clear on when. Series rebooted in 2005 then cancelled. Neh, well count it even if it didnt prove viable in the industry at that time.
Aquagirl (dead)
'86 I believe
Arisia (dead)
Can't find. Brought back to life in any case.
Aurora (Multiple Personality Disorder, depowered)
Powers altered in 84. Mind restored in 2007. Cant find details about when mind was messed up
Batgirl I (paralyzed)
I take it it means Barbara Gordon. In which case 88
Batwoman (dead)
64 I believe.
Betty Banner (abused, changed into a harpy, multiple miscarriages, dead)
Didnt really die, came back as one of them Hulk thingies. Dates on rest difficult to find.
Mrs. Brian Banner, Bruce's mother (murdered by her abusive husband)
First appeared in 1982 secondary character, date of death not available.
Black Canary I (dead)
Dunno, I assume earlier than her daughter. Whichd be before 90
Black Canary II (tortured, made infertile, depowered)
Blink (dead)
Bluebird (dead)
Buf from X-Man (crippled)
Only reference I can find is to an Arlee Hicks in a 96 film, which doesnt say what happened.
Candy Southern (dead)
Captain Marvel II/Photon (depowered, ceded code name to a male hero)
The first one (male) died for her to get the name as I recall. Also repowered later on.
Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire (turned into a villain by the Zamarons, possessed by the Predator)
And then de-possessed. Date not available.
Celsius (insane, dead, called delusional liar)
End squeamish warning.
I think the full list is about a hundred items so 19 items is probably a fairly representative sample. It's a fair bit of work to keep checking these things in any case. Would have just taken a random sample across the list but then you'd only have my word that it really was random - I could have just picked 19 that agreed with me - whereas you can verify quite easily that those are just the first 19 or so entries.
If the idea is it sucked to be a female character in the 80s through to late 90s well, yeah. They were doing the 'grim gritty' thing then and often that just turns into a rather trite attempt to abuse issues and characters for some cheap drama.
How far something ten years ago represents the state of the industry today however. -shrug- Lots can change in ten years.
The weedy characters you mention are rather muscle-bound.
O_o Well, anyway, they're the first images on the relevant characters' wikipedia pages.
Of course the wrongdoings - as such - against one particular group do not excuse wrongdoings against another, they just make it a more general problem. Whether you want to take that as a defence or not... -shrug- :/
It's certainly not a defence against firing most of your female staff for no readily discernible reason.
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Any of you get a defensive sounding email from DC?
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All I did was sign the petition. I think DC got sent a list of the email addresses of everyone who filled in the form. Or maybe not? Anyway, I got this:
Courtney Simmons of DC Comics wrote:
Thank you for your email, I am responding on behalf of Diane Nelson, Dan DiDio, Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, John Rood, Bob Harras and all the execs at DC Entertainment.
DC Entertainment takes your comments very seriously and wants you to know that we are listening to the feedback.
However, we also want you to know that not all of the facts are being presented by petition organizers or the press. DC Entertainment is proud that 25 percent of its Editorial team is comprised of wonderfully talented women. We also have women in other key roles within the organization including Digital, Marketing, Sales and Publicity. In addition, we are proud of our female President Diane Nelson and both our female heads of the Legal and Finance departments.
With that said, we realize that not only DCE, but the entire comic book industry, can and should do a better job of sourcing women for creative roles. As demonstrated by the wealth of characters and super heroes featured in our comics, many of whom are women, exploring different points of views is a key facet to our storytelling and we will work harder to ensure the creative forces behind our comics reflect that diversity.
This is a very important topic and were actively working on this issue. Just as diversity is important to you, its important to DC Entertainment.
Our Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee have posted a statement on the topic on THE SOURCE blog which Im sharing with you below.
Courtney Simmons
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We hear you
Over the past week weve heard from fans about a need for more women writers, artists and characters. We want you to know, first and foremost, that we hear you and take your concerns very seriously.
Weve been very fortunate in recent years to have fan favorite creators like Gail Simone, Amy Reeder, Felicia Henderson, Fiona Staples, Amanda Connor, G. Willow Wilson and Nicola Scott write and draw the adventures of the Worlds Greatest Super Heroes.
DC Comics is the home of a pantheon of remarkable, iconic women characters like Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman and Supergirl as well as fan favorite characters like Black Canary, Katana, Mera and Starfire. Were committed to telling diverse stories with a diverse point of view. We want these adventures to resonate in the real world, reflecting the experiences of our diverse readership. Can we improve on that? We always canand aim to.
Well have exciting news about new projects with women creators in the coming months and will be making those announcements closer to publication. Many of the above creators will be working on new projects, as we continue to tell the ongoing adventures of our characters. We know there are dozens of other women creators and we welcome the opportunity to work with them.
Our recent announcements have generated much attention and discussion and we welcome that dialogue.
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Interesting. And nope, I did not get that email, though I did sign the petition. Perhaps my junk filter ate it.
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I received the rather transparent e-mail as well. It's interesting they don't mention anyone who has worked on a creative team, but only the financial/administrative side!
EDIT: I think there was some kind of option for hiding your details or e-mail address. Perhaps that's why you didn't get one?
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Thanks thebigtuna79. Ally's January base lease rate and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse LS AWD with 12,000 miles per year are 1.0% and 69%.
The numbers for an otherwise identical 36-month lease are 1.85% and 60%.
General Motors is currently providing a $1,620 cash incentive on 2-year and $1,500 on 3-year leases of this truck.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hey buster6. Ally's January base lease rate and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse LTZ or LT with 15,000 miles per year are 1.0% and 64%.
As far as cash incentives go, General Motors is currently providing a $1,620 cash incentive on 2-year leases of this truck. In addition to that there is another $2,000 if you are currently leasing a non-General Motors vehicle.
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wvubarbuilder Posts: 2Options:
Black Granite Metallic
Hit The Road Package
Leather Surfaced Seating
I had a lot of incentives to apply totaling $7,671.83 broken down below:
GM credit card earnings were topped off to $3,000 from mailer GM sent out
Additional $1,000 promotion with the GM Card on the same mailer
Additional $51.83 (dealer found this on the GM Card, don't know what it's from)
Conquest $2,000
I have a lease on a 2010 Nissan Maxima w/ 6 payments @ $420/mo left (hence the conquest cash). My original plan was to just bite the bullet and pay the 6 months on the Maxima along with the new Traverse payment. I was shooting for $325/mo. for 2yrs, on the Traverse w/ no money out of pocket, just using the incentives. The Dealer went down to $350 but wouldn't go lower, so I decided to sleep on it.
The Maxima needed tires and there was a disposition fee of $350 or $450 (can't remember exactly) that would be due in August along with these 6 payment's of $420/mo. So I returned to the dealer to see if we could do their number of $350/mo. for the 2yr lease, but I would give them $750 in cash if they could get me out of the Maxima. I had no math to come up with this number I just picked it. They worked on it for a while but simply said it can't be done for that amount because the buyout was too high on the Maxima at $20,500. I asked them what they could do if I gave them $1,000 and they take the Maxima. Final handshake number was my $1,000 out of pocket and a payment of $395-$400/mo. The finance guy wasn't there, so they couldn't give me the actual number until I signed, but assured me it would not go over $400.
I got to pickup the Traverse today and the final number was $383/mo. Obviously, I was expecting $399.99, needless to say I was pleasantly surprised.
So it cost me $1,000 out of pocket for the Traverse @ $383/mo. w/ the MSRP of $42,310 and I got out of the last 6 payments @ $420/month of a 2010 Maxima that had a buyout of $20,500, needed about $600 in tires and a disposition fee of around $400. I was satisfied with the deal considering I also live in PA where it's 9% tax when you lease a car. -
thebigtuna79 Posts: 18Wow, great job. What dealership was this by the way?
I'd be willing to drive to get a great deal from NYC
I'm shopping for a 2013 base LS AWD and
A few dealers are giving me the runaround. I too am coming
Off a lease. I only have 1 payment on my 2010 VW CC which
Is in immaculate condition. CCR is $1620 and conquest is $2000.
I don't have a GM card so don't qualify for that.
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wvubarbuilder Posts: 2The dealer was Brown Daub Chevrolet in Nazareth, PA
The money factor and residual that car_man listed for January on the LT is still valid at 1% and 64% respectively. I would guess the January values car_man listed for the LS in replying to your previous post should be too, but I'm just guessing.
I am local to the dealership and they were very interested in where I lived for repeat business. That might give me a little advantage vs. what they'll do on out of state deals. I also made it known to them that I have another lease w/ Nissan that's up in 18mo.
I'm not sure what the rules are on this forum, but I entered "car lease calculator xls" in google and used a spreadsheet that came up with the first hit to get an approximation on what the payment should be. -
thebigtuna79 Posts: 18Ended up finalzing a deal with a local lease broker here in NYC. All of the local Chevy dealerships in NY/NJ were giving me the run around. Picking up the truck on 2/28 (last day of the month) to qualify for this month's deal.
Sticker : $33,370
27 month lease with 10K miles per year (22,500 miles total)
Total due out of pocket : $639.05, which includes 1st month payment of $289.05, plus $350 which covers NY Plates/DMV and their "doc" fee.
26 payments of $289.05. No disposition fee as the lease is thru Ally Bank.
Residual was 69% and MF was 1% (thanks car man)
This is the cheapest deal I could find. Im pretty happy with the payment, especially that im at $289 a month on a close to $34K truck with nothing out of pocket really.
I did not end up trading in my VW, so I have another month that it will overlap with my new truck.
The Honda Pilot, Highlander and CX-9 were leasing nowhere near this truck. -
upstatebuyer Posts: 7Hey Car_man. Looking to lease a 2013 traverse 2lt AWD with leather package, MSRP is 41265.00 including a 860.00 destination charge.
Dealer quoted me 39,300 selling price, not sure if that was from any incentives or not. I believe there is 1000.00 + 500.00. with 0 down and I was rolling in the taxes , plates and other fees. 12k miles per year
The dealer quoted me payments of 479.00 x 39 months with a 56% residual value (23,108)but wouldn't at that time go over the money factor. (I think they were trying to see what price per month I was thinking) but I said thanks and left.
Based on what I am reading in these posted I believe I could get a much better deal than that.
Wondering what your thoughts were?
Please let me know what you think would be greatly appericated -
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi upstatebuyer. You provided a ton of details in your post, good stuff. OK, you were quoted a discount of $1,965 on a truck that has a spread of around $2,139 between its full MSRP and its dealer invoice price. That's a great selling price...if the dealer is subtracting all of the available cash incentives from that.
Specifically, right now GM is providing a $2,500 cash incentive on 36-month leases of this truck plus another $500 on top of that in certain areas. As you can see, this isn't a good deal if the dealer isn't subtracting this cash from the selling price that you mentioned.
Ally's current base lease rate for a 39-month lease of this vehicle is 1.5%. Make sure that they use it to calculate your payment.
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upstatebuyer Posts: 7Awesome thanks! So they just called me back and they did offer me another 500 off. They also stated they changed the money factor down to 2.52% and a resdiual value at 58%, he now quoted me at 433 a month for 39months, math still doesn't work out. Do you know what the actual residual is for a 39 month? Also I am coming off a Toyota lease right now would I qualify for that 2k conquest offer I see on the Internet? Thanks again
upstatebuyer Posts: 7So after further negotiation here's where we stand
So options power sunroof, heated leather.
Comes out to MSRP of 42555.00. Selling price down to 40200.00
I am rolling everything into the lease total price is 41292.00
They are giving me 5000.00 total rebates (2k in conquest lease, 1500 in cash, 500 in IVC coupons and another 500 if I buy before the 3/14, 500.00 in holdback split)
Net cap cost: 37916.90
Ally finance at 1.5 money factor with 56% residual)(23830.80) 12k mileage
also paying first month so I would owe 38 months
400.31 per month for 38 months. (they quoted me at 399.99 a month though)
***they quoted me 439.00 on a LTZ same deal MSRP at 46105.00(selling price at 43407.21)***
Let me know what everyone thinks. I think based on my homework both are a good deal. I think I will go 2LT in case I buy at the end of lease, not looking forward to buying 20" tires) -
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515You're welcome upstatebuyer. The residual value for a 39-month lease of this truck with 15,000 miles per year is 54% through Ally.
Since you are coming out of a Toyota lease, yes you should be eligible for the $2,000 cash incentive for conquest customers that you've seen mentioned.
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upstatebuyer Posts: 7Here's the latest I ended up putting a down payment down for the same car a two dealerships. I got the lowest price at one and negotiated at the other. I told them I'm buying car the next day who ever had the best price. Final deal was 369 a month, 39 months @ 1.5, 56 redsidual, I got nothing for my Toyota old lease. Not sure of the final price of the 2 lt yet. The msrp was 42255, 2lt with leather package and moon roof package. Plus I negotiated every other oil change free. Going to pick on 3/13. Final advise negotiate everything individually. Keep in mind the residual is set by the bank, but there is so many money factor rates that change the residual. Also put dealerships at war with each other and don't let them know it, just say thanks and walk out. I feel really good about this deal, I started this out couple weeks ago at 489, these guys have a lot of room to move. Good luck!!!
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Wow another really cool name . Hey carfanman2. Ally's April base lease rate and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse 2LT AWD with 15,000 miles per year are 1.0% and 64%.
The numbers for an otherwise identical 36-month lease are 1.5% and 56%.
General Motors is currently providing a $1,500 cash incentive on 2-year and $2,000 on 3-year leases of this car through Ally.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Here is the information that you're looking for, mcbais2. Ally's May base lease rate and residual value or a 36-month lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse 1LT AWD with 15,000 miles per year are 1.5% and 56%.
General Motors is providing a $2,000 cash incentive on 36-month leases of this truck.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515I do. Ally's May base lease rate and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse LTZ FWD with 15,000 miles per year are 1.5% and 56%.
General Motors is providing a $2,000 cash incentive on 36-month leases of this truck this month.
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roshon2411 Posts: 1Would love to hear your feedback in regard to a lease my wife picked up yesterday. I feel we could have done better but she's not the type to extend the process more than a day and get a better deal. All fees rolled into lease.
Sales Price $34,400
39 month Lease 1.5% Lease Rate, residual 54%. 15,000 miles/year
Trade in $15,000, payoff amount $14,623.53, net trade allowance $876.47.
Breakdown from Ally.
Itemization of Gross Cap Cost
Agreed upon Value of the Vehicle $34,400.00
Ally Admin Fee $595.00
License/registration/title fees $103.45
Sales Tax $1,007.40
Cap Reduction Tax $278.44
Document Fee $250.00
Total Gross Cap Cost $36,634.29
Itemized Cap Cost Reduction
Trade in Allowance $876.47
Lease Cash $2,000 .00
GM Card $1,500.00
First Month Payment -$398.73
Total Cap Cost Reduction $3,977.74
Adjusted Cap Cost $32,656.55
Residual Value $19,421.10
Depreciation Amount $13,235.45
Rent Charge $2,315.02
Total of Base Scheduled Payments $15,550.47
# of Payments 39
Total Scheduled Payment $398.73
Purchase Option at End of Lease Term $19,421.10
In the end $398.73 for 39 months, 15,000 miles/year. -
lightyear68 Posts: 1I'm expecting a lease payment for a 2013 Chevy Traverse, AWD LT1, with quad seating [no other options] to be around 380 dollars. I factored a MSRP of 37,000; final sale price of 33,400, down payment f 500, sales tax 6%, 1.5 bank rate, and 58% residual value.
I'd be happy with a payment under 395, based on some of the posts on this forum. During my first day of negotiations, 8 dealers told me I was being unreasonable to expect this vehicle for under 400 dollars.
Should I expect dealers to reconsider over the next few days, or am I really miscalculating here? -
thebigtuna79 Posts: 18What makes you think you have equity in the car?
Even if you somehow did, I don't think they have to give
You anything. It's even in the contract. Unless
You plan on buying/leasing a new chevy, they'll somehow
Consider but highly doubtful.
Throw the keys at them and walk away. It's their problem.
That's why you leased in the first place.


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It has been observed by the generations of historians, librarians, and general noters of odd miscellanea that have graced Earthsong's surface that the lull between the thrusting green of spring and the deep snows of a crisp winter is almost universally disliked. The memory of a damp and dirty chill lingers in the bones of most of Earthsong's visitors and readily conjures up a shiver. Melancholy loves a good cold mud in the boots.
The tundra feels the pain of this halfway seasonal stretch more than most environments, barren of trees to soak up the excess moisture or just to break the visual monotony of the soggy landscape. It should come as no surprise then that the Sapphire Guard were hardly enjoying this time of year - the dampness even managed to seep its way into their underground abdite fortress. No arrival had come even close to their territory for weeks and the Mandragora hadn't been seen in months. They found themselves secretly hoping for some trouble - anything. Even a cockatrice* to chase out of their lodgings would have been welcome.
The Bunker, as they called said lodgings, was a mere shadow of the Haven's grandeur. Covered in liches, shrubs and dirt, there were only a few windows of clear abdite to look out from. Decorations were sparse and its furnishings few - it was a "working" home, to say the least. It's allure at the moment was simply that it was not as bad as being outside. But cabin fever was beginning to outweigh the discomfort of the muck of a dying winter.
They were thrilled then, to see Ailurin scurry into their lair with news that he had spotted a figure flying in from the NorthEast.
*Note: Cockatrices are not deadly on Earthsong - they're just pesky, like mice.
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Ailurin found a few of the Sapphire Guard in the kitchen, having lunch -- bean soup and bread, again. Towards the end of winter the fare tended to get repetitive despite the best efforts of Ailurin and the other gardener types. There's only so much you can do with plants in mid-winter.
The others naturally asked for details. "Well, I can't say much about it yet," Ailurin told them. "I was up in the observation hill keeping watch, as usual, and I spotted someone flying in from the north-east. It's definitely not a bird or a griffin, and it's headed more or less in this direction. Beyond that I can't say much; still too far away."
He turned and scurried out again, calling back "Just thought I should sound the alarm so everyone can make preparations. I'm headed back up to the lookout to keep an eye or three on it. Feel free to join me!"
((See OOC thread for a description of the lookout))
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Ariel adored cooking, and even if she wasn't some kind of culinary virtuoso she'd lived on Earthsong's surface long enough to know at least a hundred ways to cook beans. So even if it was bean soup again, it was a different kind of bean soup than yesterday's, or the day before, with kale and squash and as many other vegetables as the growers' could coax from the ground, the bread a fresh-baked sourdough to compliment it all nicely. Or so she thought, anyways. With so many different kinds of people and diets, just trying to find something everyone could eat was a quest all on its own.
She'd just finished passing around slices of rhubarb pie to those in the kitchen when Ailurin burst in to tell them his news. "From the northeast? The Haven's that way, maybe it's a messenger from the Guard there?" Hands were wiped off on her apron, which was untied and hung on a peg by the pantry doors. "Ailurin, wait! We should tell the others first before doing anything, don't you think? Could you tell how fast it was moving, how long it will likely take to reach our position?"
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Cochinell unfolded lanky frame from the chair he'd been occupying. His joints crackled uncomfortably as he moved, but the feeling soon passed. He took his walking stick from a corner and made his way gently towards the lookout spot. "I! will be joining you, Ailurin." he said buzzily. "But it might take me a little while !to get up there."
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"Bean soup." In one hand, the gnome held the small bowl. He lifted it, bringing it to eye level. With one eyebrow raised, he leaned forward, examining the mediocre meal. "Bean soup. Again." He held the small spoon in his other hand, stirring the brown mixture. He lifted the spoon, smelling the stale concoction, frowning slightly as some of it slopped off the spoon.
"Well... It's food, I guess." he shrugged. His lips were curled downwards only slightly as he popped a spoonful into his mouth. His eyes took on a thoughtful gaze as he chewed, leaning against the dirt wall as he pondered the taste. He swallowed, and looked at the soup in a different light - the slightest of smirks could be seen on his face. "Well. Not bad. I've definately had worse."
It was odd, really. Dimble could never remember a specific time he had sat down to a truly grand feast. Yet he still found the quality of the food on Earthsong lacking. Sure, it was nice. It was homely. Yet it was the oddest of little jingles in the far back of his head. A strong desire for the good stuff. The stuff of nobles, of important people. Important people did not eat homely food. But for the life of him, he could remember nothing but homely food - or the disgusting slop that was barely edible in his Remnant. Food meant to keep him alive - no, they fed him less than that. He was sure of it. His lips curled into a dark frown again, as he forced another spoonful into his mouth.
Remnants were odd that way - giving you your last memory, no matter what it was, for good or ill. In his case, ill. He could remember the pain, the torture, the fear. There was truly nothing that could compare to it - it had taken him weeks to even start to mention the slightest detail. But even now, after four months, nobody knew the full extent of his remnant. there was simply no way he could put it into mortal words.
He scowled, forcing the soup down his throat. Memory turned the food to ash. Dimble suddenly wasn't hungry anymore.
"Hmm?" Dimble dropped the spoon into the suddenly-rotten soup, looking up as he heard the commotion. The four-legged one - Ailurin - was worked up about something. He overheard their excited talk from the next room; meals and melancholy were suddenly forgotten.
As quickly as short legs could carry him, Dimble trotted back into the kitchen. He strained a bit as he reached up, putting his bowl back on the table, next to the rest of the soup. He left it there, fully intending to forget about it as he hurried to Ailurin and Ariel.
"Ailurin, Ariel's right. We need to talk about this first, decide what this might be. Sure, it might be a friendly messenger, in which case we're all just fine and dandy. But what if it isn't?" Dimble looked up at Ariel, and then down to Ailurin. He folded his arms, cunning in his eyes as he processed the situation.
"We haven't had any contact in ages, really. Nothing to speak of, anyway. We haven't been DOING anything. Why would Earthsong choose now to send us a messenger?... I'm not completely sure I like this. It's probably nothing, but..." He sighed, shaking his head as he looked down. "None of us should go off and do anything on our own. That would be ridiculous and risky. I think that we all should go up to the watch tower together; three heads together are better than three heads apart."
Dimble glanced at Cochinell, just registering his presence. Four heads were even better than three; but no way was Dimble going to wait up for someone who could barely walk. "Ariel, you should help Coch here up to the lookout. I would, but I am somewhat vertically challenged. Ailurin, I'll join you and see what we can see while we wait for everyone else to be informed..." Dimble's eyes darted this way and that every now and then, fingers slowly clenching and unclenching on his dagger, short legs speeding him off toward the lookout.
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"I meant everyone, Dimble, not just the four of us. Wait just a moment, please?" Wincing as she watched the diminutive man already striding out of the kitchen, though still her voice was calm, impeccably polite. Resisting the urge to rub her forehead in exasperation at the dwarf's commanding tone and over-eager swagger Ariel found a smile and put that on instead, spreading her hands in a gesture of compromise.
"I'll admit however that it's important for
to get back up there and keep an eye out on whatever's approaching but really, the others need to know, too. So..." The Hyperborean paused for a moment, tapping her chin thoughtfully as she tried to quickly come up with a simple fix. "Ah, I know! Ailurin, how about you and Cochinell go find everyone and let them know what's going on, and Dimble and I will go back up to the lookout to check on it? I can fly up higher and get a better view, and just in case it isn't a friendly, Dimble can keep me hidden from sight, yes?" Ariel smiled brightly, pleased with the solution she'd come up with.
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Jagger had entered the kitchen just in time to hear Ariel's plan. He took a sip of his soup, strait from his bowl, and nodded in agreement.
"Sounds good, BlueSky. I'll get Lily. Anyone know where the little Vamp-guy is?"
OOC@sunny: If you don't like Jagger's nickname for Ariel just send me a PM and I'll get rid of it. Alternately, if you don't mind, but Ariel would, he's probably teasing her, so just smack him or something. This goes for everyone, too, when it comes to your characters.
EDIT: I mis-read sunny's post; sorry.
...In accordance with the prophesy.
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Kassandra had fallen asleep in an armchair she'd moved near the hearth. She hated the cold, mud got everywhere and you spent all day shivering and ill or, as was the case now, curled up next to the fire encased in lethargy. A book lay face down on the floor where it had fallen through suddenly nerveless fingers, the occasional small twitch of which betrayed life in their otherwise immobile owner.
A giant pie was chasing her, screaming something about vengeance, she tried to protest all she'd eaten was some sort of bean stew, and after all the stew was surely the enemy of all life. But the pie wasn't listening.
"Wait just a moment, please?"
Something was afoot; pies didn't say please, especially not when they were planning to eat you. Unless it was a particularly polite pie, or an overly clever one.
She swam back to consciousness to the sounds of people moving around accompanied by excited voices. Kassandra winced as light cracked into her world, people were talking about pies but what they were saying didn't make sense.
"Ugh. Gwah?" Bits of half heard knowledge started to slot themselves together to form a cohesive whole. It wasn't much but the fire seemed to have gone out and if she was going to be cold and wet she'd take the offer of excitement over whatever that bean thing was any day.
"I guess I'd best make sure they don't go do anything stupid."
Or in Dimble's case anything at all
, a small voice whispered. She shook her hair out, secured it again and set off after the gnome.
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The gnome had just left the room, yet he was still able to hear some of what Ariel had said behind him. Dimble stopped, turning back to face Ariel. His left eyebrow was slightly raised, his lip a very slight smirk. "You know... that's actually not too bad an idea. I mean, the disguising you bit. That way, we could know what kind of threat this thing poses, if any, and how to prepare for it." Dimble's right hand reached up to his chin, two fingers fussing around with his pointed beard. He curled it around his fingers as he spoke.
"Of course, I don't see a reason to bother everybody yet right away. We don't even know yet if this thing really means anything to us." Dimble shrugged, however, letting that issue drop. "But, I guess as he started to turn around again. He started to walk away, continuing on his path towards the lookout. However, before he completely dissapeared from sight around a corner, he called back to Ariel.
"I'm going to go ahead and get to the lookout. Catch up or join me up there as soon as possible!" and with that, Dimble was gone. His little legs struggled to speed his progress up the much-too-large stairs. His hand went back to his dagger, his eyebrows narrowed in determination. What if this was a real threat? An attack? On the one hand, it had been a long time since he had seen any action more appealing than the latest version of bean soup. On the other hand, was he ready for a real challenge? A real fight, of life or death? "Pah!" he smirked to himself. "I've faced worse than these cretins anyway."
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Unusually for Tethys, she had been sitting cross-legged near the hearth, just opposite from where Kassandra had been curled up in her chair. It wasn't often that she sat down idly in the mess/rec room while the others ate, but she had decided to do so today. Due to the damp weather, in addition to the customised catsuit top and breeches, she had her duster on as well to try and keep out the chill. She didn't mind damp, but she didn't care for the cold particularly.
When Ailurin had burst in, she had had her nose buried in her notebook, jotting things down with a piece of charcoal*. She hadn't been writing down anything of great import... She knew better than to actively try to work on her endeavours with her team mates around her. It was nothing personal against them, so much as it was personal to her.
She glanced up at her comrades and listened to them chattering. So someone had been sighted? And there was no confirmation as to whether they were friend or foe. Tethys gave a grunt and pulled herself up to her feet, shunting her notebook and stick into an inside pocket of the duster as she joined her team mates' gathering.
"I'd rather it was Haven trying to contact us... But don't they usually come in teams?" she added - she wasn't 100% sure on this point though.
"You guys want me on stand by in case our visitor it turns out to be not friendly?" Tethys offered.
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Samson huddled at the table, resting on his knees and bent over as well to present himself at all. Even trying to make himself as short as possible, he could have been mistaken for one of the walls. The giant didn't complain as the bean stew was presented, though of course he didn't have to eat it either. It would have fermented in his stomach, and caused quite a stench while the slow digestion of his people fretted over such complex organic matter.
Instead, Samson was snacking on a long shard of rock that he had recovered from outside. Nothing extravagant, just a piece of boulder that was still left from their last encounter with the Mandragora. His thoughts had already drifted to the last battle when Ailurin came bounding into the room with news.
Sliding himself from beside the table, Samson sunk his shoulders and bent his knees so he didn't hit the doorway into the kitchen. Ailurin and Ariel were discussing something about a flying visitor, which piqued Samson's curiosity. The dwarf...
What was his name? Oh yes, small like a thimble: Dimble!
The dwarf was ready to go already, as small creatures usually were. Samson couldn't help himself but to smile at all the commotion. Even the giant insect, Cochinell, was up and about.
They're all so excited, but then it has been a long time since any of them have been able to be energetic.
Standing off to one side, Samson watched the conversation with quiet interest. Lapis Lazuli rings around onyx centers watched the group as they went back and forth, some moving about while others stayed behind.
"I meant everyone, Dimble, not just the four of us. Wait just a moment, please?"
said Ariel. Samson's eyes hesitated a moment on the interaction between Dimble and Ariel. Impatience and elegance, though both had more than their reasons for those qualities.
Samson understood Dimble's impatience more than he cared to admit, though. That urge lived inside of the rock giant as well, though his physiology helped him to contain it. All that the guard knew, and all that was pertinent, was that Samson's entire world was now a dead planet. Samson was, and would always be, the very last of his kind. Samson sighed, shuffling his bent knees toward the two.
"How can I help?" he spoke softly. Even lowering his voice as best he could, the gravelly ((pun intended)) tone and deep bass of his voice was enough to shake the liquid in nearby cups and bowls. Samson almost winced, his brow and lips furrowing a bit.
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"Oh, hello Tethys, and... Kassandra." Her smile warming as she watched the one woman starting awake, a nod given to acknowledge each. "Yes, I'm hoping it's a messenger as well but... well, we shall see, won't we?" Ariel's shoulders lifted in a breezy shrug and she turned, only to stop herself just shy of barreling straight into the rock giant in front of her. "Samson!" She grinned brightly up at her dear friend, nodding at his offer. "Yes, could you also make sure everyone knows there's a figure flying towards us from the northeast? I'm going up to get a better look, or I would do it myself. It may be nothing, but it's more than we've had in a long time." Another of her endless warm, breezy smiles was given and she patted his massive shoulder, then whisked lightly past him.
She transitioned from walking to flying with barely a thought, the action a smooth movement as natural to her by now as breathing. It would be easier to catch up to Dimble this way, which she did just as the dwarf was beginning his determined struggle up the ladder. With an airy chuckle and a slight shake of her head she simply glided up behind him, hooked her hands under his arms, and flew them both up to the top.
When they reached the landing she set Dimble on his feet, her own dangling a few inches above the ground as she hovered beside him. Raising a hand to shield her eyes she scanned the skies for the figure Ailurin had spotted. "Do you see it?"
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With a bow of his head, Samson let the hyperborean glide by him effortlessly before he turned to move as well. He was by no means the fastest of the guard, though he would serve well enough as a messenger. Long strides gave his hunched over form the speed to move through the dormitory section quickly.
Pausing at the first door he came to, he reached one hand forward and tapped the door with a single finger. Never mind the single finger could have passed for a full fist of any "normal" size member of the guard.
((Let's assume that this is Lilith's door))
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Chet had gotten his lunch and retreated to the library, looking up Gulliver's journal. The guy had a bunch of insights on art and music and odd mechanical things...and, of course, bits and pieces of fighting people both larger and smaller than oneself. Which is, of course, why Chet was reading his travels.
Chet had, unfortunately, not heard anything about the flying object; he was too preoccupied with the music theory of the Laputa. So fascinating... His tail swished in satisfaction. He was standing several aisles away from the door so he'd be quickly accessible. He munched on the cockatrice leg happily, turning the page.
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The few who were within earshot of the lookout heard a collective sigh of relief from Dimble and Ariel.
"Don't worry!" called down Dimble, "It's only-" and he was cut off by a loud ruckus at the Bunker's entryway. A few curses, half muffled by the abdite walls were heard from outside, followed by an impatient scrabbling and finally a solid and definitive click. The moss covered abdite door rumbled open and most of the Sapphire Guard waited below in anticipation.
Their visitor leapt down the tunnel and landed lightly for a creature of its size.
"Jeez, I think it's colder
Felucca rubbed her arms and shivered. "Hate this stupid weather," she muttered, "Don't know how you all stand it down here - at least it's
in the air".
She was as warmly dressed as her anatomy allowed, with layers of different clothing which she had "borrowed" from other members of the Guard - Nanashi would not be pleased to discover that she now had room for a tail in one pair of her pants. And if there had been a human in their midst, they would have been torn between amusement and revulsion upon seeing her wearing the Earthsong equivalent to a fannypack.
"Anyhow," she so elegantly segued, "If you could all meet up in the library, I'd be much obliged. And could somebody get me a mug of something warm?".
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This rare tea flourishes in a unique microclimate along the Balasun River in the mountains of Darjeeling. Only the top two leaves and a bud are plucked, resulting in an exceptional tea with an enchanting floral aroma and a pleasing hint of astringency.