{"id":313,"date":"2022-02-17T13:38:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/?p=313"},"modified":"2022-02-17T13:38:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:38:04","slug":"sketch-humor-for-mage-the-ascension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/2022\/02\/17\/sketch-humor-for-mage-the-ascension\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketch Humor for Mage the Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pg. 180 of Mage20 tells us Adamites in the Technocracy eat apples provocatively in front of clones &amp; other constructs to frustrate them.\u00a0 The scene is a break room in a mixed-Convention Construct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman sits with her friend and sees a handsome clone across the room.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t know the clone is a clone.\u00a0 Each table has a fruit bowl.\u00a0 The friend leans in and says, \u201cHe looks perfect.\u00a0 He spends time in the gym.\u00a0 Let him know you\u2019re interested.\u00a0 Bite an apple in a sexy way and make eye contact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman bites an apple and makes eyes at the clone.\u00a0 The clone notices but doesn\u2019t understand.\u00a0 The clone\u2019s buddy is sitting next to him.\u00a0 \u201cHey.\u00a0 She\u2019s biting an apple and smirking at you.\u00a0 She\u2019s one of those Adamites.\u00a0 That bitch!\u00a0 We\u2019re not just taking this.\u00a0 Bite a pear and show her two can play at this game.\u201d\u00a0 The clone bites a pear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woman\u2019s friend:<\/strong> \u201cOoh!\u00a0 He\u2019s game.\u00a0 Bite some grapes and reel him in.\u00a0 I see a hot date in your future.\u201d\u00a0 The woman does so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clone\u2019s buddy:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re kidding me!\u00a0 Grapes!\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to think about what that means.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a plum.\u00a0 Don\u2019t back down.\u201d\u00a0 Clone bites the plum and glares at the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friend:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re heating him up.\u00a0 That\u2019s sex appeal.\u00a0 Bite this banana.\u00a0 You\u2019re picking up what he\u2019s putting down.\u201d\u00a0 Woman does so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buddy:<\/strong> \u201cShe doesn\u2019t stop.\u00a0 This ain\u2019t right.\u00a0 We are not slinking away.\u00a0 Here\u2019s an orange.\u201d\u00a0 Clone bites right through the orange skin, eyes locked on the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friend:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cSo hot!\u00a0 Um, no more fruit.\u00a0 Here\u2019s my fruit salad.\u00a0 Big bite.\u00a0 You got this.\u201d\u00a0 Woman takes a spoonful of fruit salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buddy:<\/strong> \u201cFruit Salad?\u00a0 I can\u2019t top that.\u00a0 I got nothing.\u201d\u00a0 The clone stands up, flips the woman off and shouts \u201cF*** you!\u201d Then storms off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman looks heartbroken and horrified.&nbsp; \u201cWhat\u2026 What\u2019d I\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friend:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cYou know?\u00a0 I think he just isn\u2019t into you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pg. 180 of Mage20 tells us Adamites in the Technocracy eat apples provocatively in front of clones &amp; other constructs to frustrate them.\u00a0 The scene is a break room in a mixed-Convention Construct. A woman sits with her friend and sees a handsome clone across the room.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7],"tags":[47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gearsonline.net\/fantasy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}