City of IF

Key · Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 1912 Location: The Royal Palace

Zogby the Fortune Teller is now open for business. Zogby will tell your fortune for the modest price of 10 fables. Update: 25 fables now.

Step right up, form a single line please...

o-)

Key · Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 1912 Location: The Royal Palace

D-Lotus wrote: But really, how does this work, is it just random?

The ways of Zogby are mysterious. All that's certain is the 10-fable price. ;)

ethereal_fauna · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 2595 Location: USA

Mine was rather humorous, something along the lines of:

A loud-mouthed frog will search in vain for The Powers That Be.

Muaddib · Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 1640

Quote: Mine was rather humorous, something along the lines of:

A loud-mouthed frog will search in vain for The Powers That Be.

Hmmm....Fauna are you thinking what Im thinking? If yes, you'd better stop thinking it, cause I think it insults my intelligence.

Shady Stoat · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 2852 Location: England

Like the great child that I am, I couldn't resist popping my head into the great Zogby's tent.

At least I came out smiling though :D

"One day while walking along
the great Shady Stoat will
pave the streets with gold."

Pity we're paid in Fables, really! :lol:

Smee · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 4314 Location: UK

Damn it now I'm tempted.

Hmmm...I got

Deep in the wilderness
a moon will fall to earth and
build a great castle.

Chinaren · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:58 am Post subject: Okay, I'll bite.

Deep.

Now, who is the 'Idea master', and why would a man in a yellow hat swallow seven sparrows? And what kind of hat?

Maybe it's an hint for my next chapter...<wanders off mumbling to himself>

Oh. May be nice to have your Fable balance on the screen of Zogby.

kenshin himura · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 333 Location: in your dreams

I got somthing along the lines of..
When the sun sinks low in the West
two lovers will ride in a chariot and
swallow seven sparrows.
to bad It wont come true. me and shanty split yesterday..

Alegria · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:

Hmm, let's see what Zogby could know of me:

Under a star-filled sky
a moon will fall to earth and
fly off.

Interesting, what does it mean?

I think that Zogby has lines that are chosen and placed in a random order.

LordoftheNight · Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 5241 Location: Hell

in the middle of the wilderness
a loud mouthed frog
will sit on a bridge

or something along those lines

Reiso · Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 667 Location: San Diego CA

I got a free one!

For a modest fee
You will seek wisdom
And pay for nothing at all

Ok, so I made it up. Ah, to be a consumer. Still, the Fables are fairly worthless to me, so I decided to try it anyway and was actually pleasantly amused by the results:

The next time you speak to sparta12
an old woman dressed in rags will
be bound with iron chains.

But now I have to avoid Sparta like a plague for concern of that poor woman...

Suneila · Guest

Ok, so I finally succumbed, and this is what I got:
At the stroke of twelve
The Elders of the City
will betray the Citizens.

Oh, well, I'll be asleep at twelve anyway. Either that, or it happened 20 minutes ago, and I just missed it.

~sunny

The Powers That Be · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

Sorrow_A wrote: When the clock strikes twelve
one who looks like Key will
walk around like a zombie.

Key . . . Drunk?

Oh, believe me, there's a story there...

I wonder how many Fables Key would pay to keep that quiet...

OmegaTerra · Guest Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 120

My fortune:

It is written in the Book of Wisdom that
a jester will lose his sense of humor and
build a great castle.

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3752 Location: Virginia

Ravenwing will grow in power if
Zogby the Fortune Teller will
swallow seven sparrows.

Alright. I need seven sparrows to shove down Zogby's throat. :cool: I don't see him willingly swallowing them himself.

mr_moochie · Guest

The next time you speak to lordofthenight
a long-haired cat will
pave the streets with gold.

I'm just wondering if this counts as the speaking of Lordy mentioned?

Chinaren · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:17 am Post subject:

As a wise Pikachu once said
the Elders of the City of IF will
marry chinaren.

:shock:

Vampireidiot · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject:

Tomorrow
a long-haired cat will
eat Vampireidiot for lunch.

Oh dear, theres a long-haired cat that likes sleeping on my doorstep! I am trapped at my own house!!! aghhh! help!

( cant belive i have only just seen this lol)

The White Blacksmith · Guest Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 2473

When the sun sinks low in the West
the great The White Blacksmith will
eat six raw eggs.

While strolling in the forest
the devil will come to earth and
betray the Kingdom.

so tonight, while stolling in the forest, I will eat six raw eggs and the devil will come to earth? Blimy.

sparta12 · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 12:58 am Post subject:

sparta12 will grow in power if
two thousand Chinese soldiers will
enter a sauna.

Funny it says this cause I have a story where the Chinese Military attacks Japan... I need to find another guest writer for the next chapter. What has it been. 3 months waiting? Bah.

Holiday · Guest

On a moonless night
a moon will fall to earth and
run over a leprechaun.

The scary thing is that I'm half Irish. *checks room for moon.*
Anything but the lucky charms, no, not the marchmellows!

Jack_D.Mented · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

The ancient runes foretell that
a mushroom fairy will rise up from the earth and
build a great castle.

Hmm... how odd.

Does this mean Fauna's gonna get on shrooms or something?

Oh, God... now I think I know how Larson got his nomination... :shock:

ethereal_fauna · Guest Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 2595 Location: USA

Zogby the Fortune Teller

One day soon
the great ethereal_fauna will
fly off.

I'm not so sure the fat fairy will indulge in the magic mushrooms, but it seems that eventually I'll hoist my bulk into the air. :cool:

ninja baloon · Guest

ninjabaloon's revenge is assured if
a one armed eunuch will
slap ninjabaloon in the face

Now I must decide if I want to get my revenge at the expense of being slapped by a eunuch.

Ninjabaloon will grow in power if
2000 chinese soldiers
build a bridge to nowhere.

Better get the masonry out.

Jack_D.Mented · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:45 am Post subject:

And who said it didn't?

I'm offended by the very concept of non violence!

So much so that...

*begins smashing all men in yellow hats*

The Meaning Of Fear · Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject:

I wasted 60 fables for a few more fortunes... All of them nonsense and hilarious:

The future holds this for you:
a mushroom fairy will rise up from the earth and
enter a sauna.

When the clock strikes twelve
two lovers will ride in a chariot and
walk around like a zombie.

By the time of The Meaning Of Fear's next meal
a mushroom fairy will rise up from the earth and
give away 10 fables.

Before the sun rises three times
Zogby the Fortune Teller will
ask for too many fortunes.

Muaddib knows this secret:
a marble statue will come alive and
swallow seven sparrows.

One day soon
a marble statue will come alive and
live large.

saxon215 · Guest

you guys mostly got unsensicle or funny ones, mine weas rather morbid
Your doom will come if
the Elders of the City of IF will
win Storygame of the Month.

solus.serpen · Guest Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 614 Location: UK

Before the sun rises three times
the Elders of the City of IF will
pave the streets with gold

Yey! Come on Elders!

When the sun sinks low in the West
a loud-mouthed frog will
ride a bull elephant.

I'm sure someone had that one already...
Oh well, I'm stopping now, before I waste too many fables.

Solus.

rlz · Guest

First time I did mine got this:
The stars say that
Zogby the Fortune Teller will
put on waterproof boots.

...?

Masterweaver · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:26 am Post subject:

Quote: Thirty years from today
a one-armed eunuch will
insult Masterweaver's mother.

This is ironic, as my mother appears to have left me in thirty years

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Polokin · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

The next time you speak to Vampireidiot
one who looks like Vampireidiot will
fall from the sky.

Vamps, why did you mess around with that cloning machine again...? :shock:

Crunchyfrog · Guest Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 2315

Thirty years from today
two lovers will ride in a chariot and
come out of a river.

Oooh, romantic! :-D

I just read this through, and giggled immensely at Lordy's two fortunes told, many many months ago, involving a loud mouthed frog...

They do come true, then!

:P

Guest · Guest

When the clock strikes twelve
a moon will fall to earth and
lie in wait for Fenris.

......wow....That just gave me a story idea.

Polokin · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject:

Tomorrow
one who looks like Kalanna Rai will
thwack Bob the Apedog.

Congratulations Kalanna! (He said something to do with Bob ;))

The future holds this for you:
an agent from the City of OF will
put on waterproof boots.

*Watches the sea for any signs of agents*

The future holds this for you:
two lovers will ride in a chariot and
kiss the feet of Polokin.

:shock: Get off my feet!

You will gain your fortune when
a jester will lose his sense of humor and
eat Polokin for lunch.

I'll gain my fortune when I'm eaten by a jester...?!

The only way you can escape death is if
a mushroom fairy will rise up from the earth and
be carried off by Koschei the Deathless.

I'm going to die :cry2:

Lilith · Guest Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1099

Deep in the wilderness
a city visitor
will use the Mallet of Poll-Doom

or something to that extent.. that was my first try with Zogby and agreeing with who said.. "our doom is nigh!" I will refrain from using Zogby ever again! *runs away screaming*