<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157690.msg7621804#msg7621804">Quote from: victoria4 on 28-01-2013, 04:39:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That <em>is</em> a good theme.  Fortunate that we have a bard, then.<br/><br/>And, I apologize for my long absence.  I'll try to be more present.  Right now, I'd love to be on a beach instead of where I am, but I envision the beach as hot and sunny... though being surrounded by naked and near-naked figures is the same in fantasy as in (elliquiy) "reality".<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I want to mix a metaphor, but won't