1 | ->''"Baird here. [[SkeletonGovernment There's no more COG high command barking at me for fresh intel]], but I figured I'd keep up with the research anyway. It's kinda turned into a hobby. Some people knit, [[DeadpanSnarker but I like staring at creepy Locust runes and finger necklaces]].\ |
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3 | Anyhow, we stumbled across this hammer in the fresh trenches the grubs have been digging up. It looked a little too ornate to be just another common tool, probably made out of some expensive poly-alloy. If I'm reading this right, this is a ceremonial object -- the fine china of Locust weaponry, you might say. Only to be used for very, very special occasions.\ |
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5 | But here it is, reduced to just another tool in the woodshed to get a dirty job done. Essentially the Locust equivalent of some Gear wiping his ass with [[TheCommandments the Octus Canon]]."'' |
6 | -->-- '''Locust Hammer description''', ''[[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears of War 3]]'' |
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8 | ->'''Judy:''' So this is the most important thing in the universe? |
9 | ->'''Lotus:''' Considering [[CosmicKeystone that there would be no universe without it]], I have to say that's correct. |
10 | ->'''Judy:''' And you use it as a cutting board? |
11 | ->'''Lotus:''' It's indestructible. My countertops aren't. It also makes an excellent nutcracker. |
12 | ->'''Judy:''' A hundred and one uses, huh? |
13 | ->'''Lotus:''' No. Really only four. Cutting board, nutcracker, universe creator, and paperweight. |
14 | ->'''Judy:''' Probably could steady a wobbly table with it, too. |
15 | -->--''Literature/{{Monster}}'' |
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17 | ->Your Serpent Night Dragon doesn't deserve a slot in my deck. But I suppose it'll make a decent coaster for my drink. |
18 | -->--'''Espa Roba''', ''Anime/YuGiOh'', in response to Rex Raptor handing over a rare prize card he won from placing 2nd in a regional championship. |
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20 | ->''Meticulously crafted by skilled, far-away hands for a deliberate but unknown purpose, and then appropriated, boxed up, and brought to London because "it will look so handsome over the fireplace."'' |
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