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Emrys

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29. So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings

Reply to Tactical Peek (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 09:38 PM

5 hrs ago

to cover up in case of mishaps, but didn't plan well enough to make sure it wasn't tangled so badly that by the time they'd stretched it across the stage, what was left of Metal Mikhail had already been swept up and dragged offstage, presumably to AI Gulag.

Me, I'd have been more inventive. When Mikhail took his tumble, they should have crawled onstage and started breakdancing to keep him company.

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So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings Emrys 5 hrs ago #29

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