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Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:39:02 GMT
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When I saw this neat MOC on Brickshelf a few days ago, I felt an irresistible
back story compulsion, since it had a sci-fi book cover art quality to it...
“Hey, that was a blast wasn’t it. That planet blew up real good!”
“Eh, it was ok. Nothing like the days of the Party Palace.”
“Oh, I heard of that. It crashed and burned, didn’t it?”
“Yeah, but how else could it go out, one last crazy party...
It was on the planet Erf, or something like that, that’s what the natives called
it. They were these ridiculous little tiny critters, with meat brains! They
thought they were the greatest thing in the Multiverse so naturally The Party
Palace was set down on the surface to run em all over! I don’t remember much, I
was stoned out of my mind at the time...”
“You were actually there?”
“Yeah I had a suite on the 100th floor - a front facing balcony. I vomited over
it at one point. The guys on the balcony below didn’t even notice the liquid
mercury spilling down on them, they were stoned too.”
“That’s all you remember?”
“Hmm, well, we drove around the planet a few times, crushing the cities,
partying. The Erflings tried to fight back I think, then offered to surrender.
It was broadcast on the suite holovision. Hilarious! The Party Palace just kept
rollin on until there were treadmarks over everything. Nobody stops the party
once it gets started. Nobody.”
“How’d it crash then?”
“Tire blew and she rolled over. All the partygoers were evacuated on the
transport. There was a big lawsuit. Firestorm (maker of the Mobile Megopolis all
season radial) said it was improper inflation. Party Palace Inc. said it was
defective. Certainly the Erflings had nothing to do with it, they were wiped out
by that point.”
“Heh, cool story... Hey, let’s blow up another planet!”
“Sure, but it better have some sort of organic intelligence. That last one with
just the vegetation didn’t do anything for me.”
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| (...) <snip> Too... Cool... For... Words.... There is a certain air of hubris about the Party Palace. While I was building it I had visions of a follow-up diorama depicting it's death. The Party lying broken backed across a ridge, it's great domes (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| What is the point of having technology indistinguishable from magic if you can't use it to have a little fun? Introducing the Mobile Party Palace (MPP): (clicky) (URL) The MPP is a luxury palace/city/arcology/biodome built atop a single giant wheel. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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