Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) Shortly after arriving in Pontelli harbour, Brickinson's friends rushed to meet him. "What have you got there?" Alberto da Pontelli asked. "Some coloured glass I was given on some far away island", Brickinson replied. Toktawhoo raised his voice: "Bring this to a bank you must." Brickinson was tempted to disagree but he did not want to offend Toktawhoo who had brought him home to Pontelli. "Sure, sure", Brickinson said. "Now", Toktawhoo insisted. They saw him off at the Bank of Pontelli. "Well Toktawhoo, let me find out what this coloured glass is worth in silver." When Brickinson entered the hall no-one took notice of him. "Good man", Brickinson said handing the piece of glass to the man behind the counter. "Will you be so kind to give me its value in silver?" The man behind the counter stopped and stared. His eyes widened, his skin turned purple, red, white and then yellow again. "Certainly, Sir", the man stammered in panic, "certainly. We will do everything we can. The Bank of Pontelli is at your service." It dawned on Brickinson that the gem might be worth something. The clerk was shouting some orders to some men out of sight and started sweating. Two properly dressed employees appeared, carrying ingots of silver. They kept bringing new ingots for quite some time. Brickinson was watching with growing amazement. "I am rich!" While the silver was piling up in front of Brickinson, the man behind the counter was still sweating. The clerk cleared his throat. "Well, Sir, we are very sorry but we currently do not have the required silvery quantities." "Would you also accept some additional golden ingots? And we are awaiting a new delivery of silver next month. Would it be ok to you, Sir, to kindly wait so long until the payment is completed?" "I hate to wait", Brickinson replied (suppressing a grin). "But I am willing to make an exception." "How very kind of you", the clerk replied, almost fainting. Brickinson looked at the pile of silver. "I expect you to deliver this to my home." "Yes, Sir, it will happen immediately." "Great", Brickinson thought, "I am suddenly very rich. And I still have the second gem." Brickinson headed home. His wife opened the door, staring at him in surprise and happiness ... ... and then she saw the piles of silver and gold. Brickinson drew a deep breath. "Well, I'm back", he said. - - - The End - - - [Second Speaker] All is well that ends well. [First Speaker] Fortune favours the bold [Second Speaker] A single swallow doth not the summer make. [First Speaker] What? [Second Speaker] Sorry, I got carried away. [Voice] Will the two of you get back to work! [First and Second Speaker] Yes, Sir, immediately. Here is the Simian-Plan storyline: 1 MRCA Result April & May: Sunk and Taken by Pirates 2 Has Brickinson gone mad? 3 The End of a Pirate 4 Visiting a Pirate Island 5 A Dream Within A Dream 6 Pirate Hunter King Archibald 7 Woe is me! 8 The Black Moustache and his Green Flying Dutchman 9 ... but I have signed the contract .... 10 Now, what have we got here ... 11 The Great Escape 12 Please don't dive .... 13 The Brickinson Case 14 Island in the Sun 15 The Rescue Mission 16 Monkey Island 17 I am sailing 18 Final Chapter Soooo. The story has come to a conclusion. It has been quite a journey from May to October. Thanks for watching! Now Brickinson has to take a break. But there may always be a "volume two". The "Bank of Pontelli" is of course just a MOD of an official model. Could I still license it? Spoiler I often include strange references, song lyrics and allusions in my posts. This time the closing lines are borrowed from some famous author. Maybe you know. And now you can see all of those pictures (in larger versions) and more in the corresponding flickr album. C&C Welcome! Edited January 1, 2019 by Captain Braunsfeld (pictures now on Bricksafe instead of flickr) Quote
TitusV Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 We want more! We want more! We want more! I had great fun, as were the builds! Thanks for the great read! Quote
Kai NRG Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 11 minutes ago, TitusV said: We want more! We want more! We want more! I had great fun, as were the builds! Thanks for the great read! I'll second that! Quite a quantity of silver you have there! Nice work on the bank facade as well! Quote
blackdeathgr Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 Excellent conclusion of one of our BoBS most favorite stories! I sincerely hope you come up with another one pretty soon as i had tremendous fun watching those monkeys (sorry, cpt Brickinson) do their stuff Quote
Elostirion Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 What a nice ending to your great storyline. You cannot get enough praise for all the love and effort you have put into that, fantastic work. THANK YOU for entertaining us all! The bank looks really nice, and I absolutely see no reason at all why you shouldn't license it. Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 7, 2016 Author Posted October 7, 2016 23 hours ago, TitusV said: We want more! We want more! We want more! I had great fun, as were the builds! Thanks for the great read! The pleasure was all mine. I did not expect the story to go so far when I started it! 23 hours ago, Kai NRG said: I'll second that! Quite a quantity of silver you have there! Nice work on the bank facade as well! Thank you. (I love those ingot pieces. I was looking for an opportunity to use them.) 22 hours ago, blackdeathgr said: Excellent conclusion of one of our BoBS most favorite stories! I sincerely hope you come up with another one pretty soon as i had tremendous fun watching those monkeys (sorry, cpt Brickinson) do their stuff Thanks for your kind comment. The monkeys will certainly make me come up with some new stuff in the future. 22 hours ago, Elostirion said: What a nice ending to your great storyline. You cannot get enough praise for all the love and effort you have put into that, fantastic work. THANK YOU for entertaining us all! The bank looks really nice, and I absolutely see no reason at all why you shouldn't license it. 21 hours ago, Mike S said: Great builds and ending to your story! Spoiler The end is in fact taken from the Lord of the Rings. I have always admired how an epic and dramatic tale can end so quietly. Quote
Garmadon Posted October 7, 2016 Posted October 7, 2016 Hilarious and awesome conclusion, Captain B, the only downside being that it is the close of your great story-line! It's been quite a pleasure to follow the good Colonel through on his great adventures! The bank looks awesome (though it looks a tad familiar, I actually can't say which set it was, and can see absolutely no problem with licencing it!), the counter and scribe's desk are great, as well as the chandelier above! And as Kai said, very impressive quantity of silver ingots! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 8, 2016 Author Posted October 8, 2016 Thanks, Garmadon. The Bank is largely based on Gringott's Bank (Harry Potter). So, unfortunately, I cannot accept the praise for the wonderful chandelier But I have added the two lanterns on the sides. And made the whole thing larger, added a decent roof, added a carpet and a counter, straightened the pillars.... Quote
dr_spock Posted October 8, 2016 Posted October 8, 2016 Cool. He can now afford to renovate his house and fix those red patches on the walls and the discolored white 1x4. Thanks for the story and builds series. It was good entertainment. Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 9, 2016 Author Posted October 9, 2016 15 hours ago, dr_spock said: Cool. He can now afford to renovate his house and fix those red patches on the walls and the discolored white 1x4. Thanks for the story and builds series. It was good entertainment. Ok, I guess he'll rather buy himself a palace ... or a fleet? Quote
Capt Wolf Posted October 9, 2016 Posted October 9, 2016 49 minutes ago, Captain Braunsfeld said: Ok, I guess he'll rather buy himself a palace ... or a fleet? I think fleets are much like professional auto racing. How do you make a small fortune in auto racing? Start with a large fortune! Quote
Ayrlego Posted October 9, 2016 Posted October 9, 2016 That sure is a lot of ingots! Good to see Brickinson find his fortune! Great story, thank you! Quote
dr_spock Posted October 9, 2016 Posted October 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said: Ok, I guess he'll rather buy himself a palace ... or a fleet? Maybe a fort too for protection. What goes around, comes around. Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 11, 2016 Author Posted October 11, 2016 On 9.10.2016 at 10:22 AM, Capt Wolf said: I think fleets are much like professional auto racing. How do you make a small fortune in auto racing? Start with a large fortune! Spot on! On 9.10.2016 at 11:35 AM, Ayrlego said: That sure is a lot of ingots! Good to see Brickinson find his fortune! Great story, thank you! Yepp. Ingots, ingots, INGOTS! I love them. Would like to have more, especially in gold but they come quite expensive. Should have been a part of all the recent pirates sets... On 9.10.2016 at 3:42 PM, dr_spock said: Maybe a fort too for protection. What goes around, comes around. Well, he may bring his fortune back to the bank.... Quote
Mpyromaxos Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 Very pretty bank! Nice amount of silver also! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 14, 2016 Author Posted October 14, 2016 10 hours ago, Mpyromaxos said: Very pretty bank! Nice amount of silver also! Thank you - yes, silver, silver, SILVER!!!! Quote
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