Guy's Uncle on a Rant

[Kai NRG]

  Guy K. Wyndzon sat in an easy posture, with one elbow on the table supporting his head as he thumbed through the latest mail.  Presently he yawned vociferously.  It really was beginning to seem as though nothing ever happened around here!

  There was a sudden bustle at the door; Guy recognized the well-known thump of his Uncle’s staff, and the next instant heard his gruff tones saluting him.

  “Oh, I’m doing pretty well, Uncle.  And yourself?”

  “Very poorly!  Incredibly poorly!  Insufferably poorly!”

  “Why, Uncle!  Whatever has happened?  You’ve never been sick a day in your life!”

  “Humph!”

  “Oh!” Guy laughed lightly.  “I see what it is.  Haven’t got a chance for any hangings in a while, have you?”

  “No, I haven’t, but that’s not the half of it!”

  “What else, Uncle?  Let me think… ohh… you’ve not got anything against MAESTRO, I hope?  They’ve been so active, you know, with this new settlement!  Really, I think that all our disagreements are being worked out quite effectively!  Haven’t I said it all along? – just show us a common foe, and we’ll be united tout suite!”

  Uncle frowned portentously.  “I wish you wouldn’t use such barbarous words.  They sound Oleonish!”

  Guy laughed.  “Uncle, Uncle, surely you aren’t becoming a bigoted blue-hater, as you’ve so often called the worthy Captain Argentum!”  Captain Argentum, of the Filo Morado, owns a tremendous reputation for antioleonism.

  “Most assuredly not.”

  “Well, to return to the point, if it’s not MAESTRO that’s bothering you, what is?”

  Another frown; Uncle’s voice was very stern as he rejoined, “How often must I tell you that I refuse to hear maestro capitalized any longer in my presence!”

  Guy raised his eyebrows in amused surprise.  “Why, Uncle, however can you hear me capitalize MAES… maestro?”

  “There!” he retorted triumphantly.  “Can’t you hear it yourself?”

  “Well… waiving the point for the present, I see that it really is MAES – um – tro – that’s bothering you.  But whatever for, Uncle?  Surely we’ve gotten over our petty disagreements, whatever they were.  For my part, I can hardly even recall them!”

  “You can’t, can you?!?!  Well!  I’ll just marshal them before you, parade them right on, forward, turn about!  They owe their existence solely to the bounty of the King, yet they treat it as a right!  Not only that, but they have a right to claim their own islands!  And they consider it an insult to have not yet been recognized!  And…”

  “But in fact, Uncle, that one has quite vanished – you know that in my capacity as Secretary of State I decided that it was an immaterial point and might as well be handed over, so they’ve been recogni…”

  “Which is by far the worst of it!  You countenance them!  I’m ashamed of you, Sir!  You, one of the merchant princes of the earth, to bring yourself down so far as to recognize a paltry group of little traders!”

  “Now there, Uncle, I really must take objection at that.  Lord Damaximus is one of the…”

  “Not another word!” Uncle positively roared.  “I won’t have his name mentioned in my presence!”

  “Really, Uncle… I can’t say you’re being quite reasonable about all this…”

  “Oh!  You can’t say!  And what of their studied insinuation that the MCTC works exclusively in its own interest without regards to the nation, and more than that, that we were spying upon them.  Spying!  As if we cared one jot or tittle about their doings!  As if we would ever condescend to notice them in such a fashion!!!”

  Guy’s face flushed slightly.  “Yes, yes, that was really too bad of them… but, I don’t think it was a studied insinuation, Uncle.”  He went on with a twinkle in his eye, “You say that they’re a paltry group of little traders, and then you expect them to be expertly careful in speech?”

  “Humph!  Well, at least, I’m glad you agree with me there.”

  “Nothing of the kind, Uncle!  At least, I haven’t said anything of the kind, and don’t intend to say it.  I have great respect for MAESTRO’s – my apologies, I won’t forget again – for maestro’s members, and though of course you can’t expect me to always agree with their business policy, that’s not my concern – I’ve quite enough to do with managing the MCTC!  Besides, you’ve forgotten that all this is an old tale already!  What of their excellent service in the building up of Fuerte Unido?”

  “What of that, indeed!  We need none of this insanity of working together, I tell you!  Each of us can do ten times as much separately.”

  “I could point out an inconsistency there, at least, Uncle – what need of the MCTC, in that case?”

  “Hold your peace, idle boy!  I was about to say, I’m sick and tired of it all.  We should be sending out our ships to attack Mardier, not building up little settlements in the hopes that they’ll be nice enough to let us stay.  And we should be each paying attention to our own affairs, not meddling around in this sharing and working together business!   And in proof of what I say, I’m off!”

  “Off!” cried Guy, for the first time really alarmed.  “Off!  You can’t mean that, of course, Uncle!  Why, we’d all go to pieces without you, I’m sure, and wherever would you go?”

  “Go?  I haven’t quite settled it yet – must talk it over with Elaine – but I tell you, I’ve got quite a mind to become an independent rover!  And if you go to pieces, why, that’s just what I want!”

  “A independent rover!  A Sea Rat?!?  Now you are jesting, Uncle.”

  “Well, I believe I am, but I’m serious enough about going.  I’ll not stay another day in this new palace of brotherly harmony you and your cronies in… in… maestro have set up.  Good-bye!”   And so saying, he sprang to his feet, seized his cane, and thumped out of the room.

  For several seconds Guy stood rooted to the floor with astonishment and consternation.  “Going!  Really going!”  He ran his fingers through his unruly hair.  Then he sprang up suddenly and dashed out after his Uncle.  “Uncle, Uncle!  When will I see you again?!?”

  “When you least expect it, I dare say, nephew,” he replied grimly.  And with a parting handshake he was on his way.

  “Don’t you worry, Mister Guy, he’ll be back.”  The servant chuckled a bit.  “He’s like a bad penny, you know.  Allers turnin’ up!”

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Well, I'm glad to bring Uncle back for a bit even if it did result in his running off... he's been awfully quiet for a while! 

Also I wanted to try out another one of my rafter sort of roofs... I like the way they turn out, but C&C is welcome as always!

Oh, and, last but not least, Guy's Uncle's sentiments are totally in character and do not agree with my own. 

[Capt Wolf]

Cool build. Those rafters are neat, and it's always fun to see what Guy's uncle is up to. But to that end, what IS Guy's uncle up to?!

[Ayrlego]

Nice little build and story Kai. 

However I'm a little confused if it's a veiled dig at MAEST... wait maestro (don't want to incur the wrath of Guy's uncle, especially if he's turning pirate) or a 'Look at how united us Eslandolans are now!'  (joke!)

Either way a nice little war is a clever strategy to unite the crown and feuding trade companies, and your faction's efforts in building up your new acquisition have truly been impressive to watch (11 quality properties in less than a week - and counting! Wow!)

That is of course unless your enemies react in a way you don't expect.....  

[Elostirion]

The roof is fantastic (as is the story with uncle, as usual).

You might use technic-pieces to put tiles on the bottom of the roof-construction as well, but that might also be pure overengineering. ;-) 

"Uncle, when will we see you again?"

[Mengish]

This is a nice story!! I like the roof, too. 

[Tezclatipoca]

Nice scenette !

I like the roof, but perhaps adding some vigns growing here and there would better it. I find it a little too regular IMO.

And, story wise; I am sorry that MAESTRO (and yes, the capital letters are necessary... ) is giving pimples to Guy's Uncle.

[blackdeathgr]

Our all-favorite uncle has returned!  And with more ranting than ever or so it seems!

[SilentWolf]

I am fine of this rafter roof design, but I'm confused as to its use. The fussy time we saw it in thought it was an outdoor seating area for a tavern but this time you are using it for an interior room. If I misinterpreted the last build with this technique, my apologies. Based on my perception this works better as an exterior than an interior. 

[TitusV]

Tough he doesn't seem to like s, I absolutely love Guy's Uncle! I think it may be one of the most famous characters of BoBS!  neat build as well

[Kai NRG]

Thanks everyone for your comments!

On 10/4/2016 at 11:32 AM, Capt Wolf said:

Cool build. Those rafters are neat, and it's always fun to see what Guy's uncle is up to. But to that end, what IS Guy's uncle up to?!

Thanks!  We'll just have to wait and see... but I think I can promise that he'll have trouble staying away too long... 

On 10/4/2016 at 4:44 PM, Ayrlego said:

Nice little build and story Kai. 

However I'm a little confused if it's a veiled dig at MAEST... wait maestro (don't want to incur the wrath of Guy's uncle, especially if he's turning pirate) or a 'Look at how united us Eslandolans are now!'  (joke!)

Either way a nice little war is a clever strategy to unite the crown and feuding trade companies, and your faction's efforts in building up your new acquisition have truly been impressive to watch (11 quality properties in less than a week - and counting! Wow!)

That is of course unless your enemies react in a way you don't expect.....  

  How about... both?   

Thanks!

On 10/4/2016 at 5:56 PM, Elostirion said:

The roof is fantastic (as is the story with uncle, as usual).

You might use technic-pieces to put tiles on the bottom of the roof-construction as well, but that might also be pure overengineering. ;-) 

"Uncle, when will we see you again?"

Now there's a possibility I hadn't considered... it might be somewhat of a pain, but could improve the look!  Thank you!

On 10/6/2016 at 0:24 AM, SilentWolf said:

I am fine of this rafter roof design, but I'm confused as to its use. The fussy time we saw it in thought it was an outdoor seating area for a tavern but this time you are using it for an interior room. If I misinterpreted the last build with this technique, my apologies. Based on my perception this works better as an exterior than an interior. 

Ah... yes, it does indeed have an outdoor look to it.  The fact is, I've discovered that roofs in small vigs make good photography difficult by blocking of the light, especially with walls, and roofs in small vigs without walls are hard to support.  This allows for light & no walls.  From my point of view it's really meant to be a cutaway of the rafters, but if anyone wants to imagine it as an outdoor scene that's quite alright!