spoon-business: I could call it Gnomilogue, but that would be stealing an idea...

["Alex Truelsen" <a_skywalker85@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I make the following proposal:

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[[Well, it was another lovely day on the Grid. The sun was shining, the 
world was upside-down, a Crisis had been declared by 6 players, and I was up 
to my ankles in Mud. Lovely. As I squelched there gently, waiting for a new 
nweek and the conclusion of this round of disasters, I looked upwards, 
bored. I was bored because I couldn't do anything with the Football. I 
couldn't do anything with the Football because it was halfway across the 
Grid.
     As I looked up, I saw six things like ugly weather balloons pop into 
existence almost above me and fly in formation north and a little east, 
towards Wonko's (Grid) position. "I wonder if shooting them down would make 
his other dimensions defined again?" I wondered. Really, the random 
flickerings as his dimensions shot from one end of undefined to the other 
were pretty at first, but got a bit annoying after a while. As I watched 
them go, my belt-mounted mini-radar suddenly began beeping wildly. I pulled 
the thing off and looked at the display. There at (11,10) I was, and just 
east, at (12,10)... a blip. Hmm.
     Let's see, a Bonus Box... could be a lot of things, among them a White 
hole, Gnomes, points... a wide grin crossed my face at the very idea of all 
the good things that could happen. So, I pulled my feet free of the mud, 
and, minus my right shoe, which hadn't deigned to come with me, wandered 
over to the Box.
     Upon reaching (12,10), I dug around for a bit, until the Box was 
before me, shining dully in the sunlight. I grabbed the lid and opened it, 
reached in, and pulled out... a limp arm? Suddenly, a hissing sound of 
compressed air being released told me I had gotten more than I had bargained 
for. As the Siren expanded, I tried to run, but then the song started. A 
melody soothing and attracting, luring and possessing, it was all I could do 
to take another step, then another, then...
     Rooted to the spot, I fought to ignore the creature, but I knew I was 
trapped. Unless... I grabbed my Omni-Gadget with the wireless modem and 
fired off an entry to Rules.nom, hoping it might save me.]]

Add to the end of section B of Rule 441/2 the following SHESGOTME delimited 
text:

SHESGOTME
B.14. Bomb Gnomes

There exist Gnomes of type Bomb. A player with a Bomb Gnome may throw it at 
a Grid location, a Big Rock, or another player. If a player throws a Bomb 
Gnome at a Grid Location, the Bomb Gnome is destroyed and that Grid 
location's substance becomes Fire for one nweek. If a player throws a Bomb 
Gnome at a Big Rock, the Bomb Gnome is destroyed and that Big Rock and any 
Sirens on it are destroyed. If a player throws a Bomb Gnome at another 
player, and the targeted player fails to catch it within 3 ndays, the Bomb 
Gnome is destroyed, the targeted player loses 15 points, the targeted player 
is placed in Limbo, and the substance of eir Grid location is set to Fire 
for one nweek. If the targeted player catches the Bomb Gnome, 1d(4-n) is 
rolled, where n is the number of times the Bomb Gnome has been thrown. On a 
1, the Bomb Gnome is destroyed, the targeted player loses 15 points, the 
targeted player is placed in Limbo, and the substance of eir Grid location 
is set to Fire for one nweek.
SHESGOTME

Add to the end of section C of Rule 441/2 the following HELPME delimited 
text:

HELPME
A Fire Gnome plus an Air Gnome plus an Earth Gnome makes a Bomb Gnome.
HELPME

[[Then, my resistance wearing thin, I waited. I tried biting my lip, hoping 
the pain would keep me in reality. Then, just as I felt I would soon bite 
completely through, there was a beep from my Omni-Gadget. Success! Good. 
Looking into my Gnome Bag, I grabbed the needed Gnomes and rammed them 
together at high speed. Taking the resulting Bomb Gnome, I spun around and 
hurled it at the Siren.

     That was three months ago. I'm still here, and she's still singing. A 
tip to all of you: when you throw a Gnome, make sure you take aim first. 
Sorry, Wonko. How's Limbo?]]
}}

                                                -BvS-

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