Ghyll:EUPHORIA
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--Nikos of Ant 15:52, 13 Jun 2005 (EDT)
E.U.P.H.O.R.I.A., the abbreviation for EctoMechanaut Use Protestors Horrified at Obvious Racketeering of Intelligent Alchentities, is an organization of Ghyllians dedicated to taking civilized Ghyll back to the Pebble Ages, or at least that is how they are described by the executives of GMG, FMC, and Zarf Berstin (although his relocation to within the Zyrgian Asylum makes his opinions quite suspect). Members of E.U.P.H.O.R.I.A. counter that they are truly out for the better interests of all Ghyll, as well as the moral high-ground of a civilized society.
The Euphotesters (as they have come to be known in most parts) have openly called GMG and FMC bullies and thugs caring only for the bottom line. They have accused both corporations of participating in baiting, bullying, biting and other activities carried out in furtherance of their respective enterprises as well as using other forms of force and intimidation to create an advantage in their fields of business.
Though GMG filed a lawsuit in -6 EC and FMC filed in -5 EC for violations of Civil Code 1422.5(n): Use of Words in the Furtherance of Antagonistic Intentions. EUPHORIA has countersued using CC 1509.23(g): Use of the Court System to Obfuscate, Denigrate and Trammel People Not Very Much Liked. All four suits are still currently in the system and may well remain there for quite some time as the legal Pitchers and Pitchees on both sides are still compiling papers in favor of their positions (what these papers might be has not been revealed as Adjudicator-in-Chief Payne has put a gag order on all parties). An estimated ready year has been set for 3 EC, although the most probable result of any legal activity at that time would be the setting of a Preliminary Hearing date which could be set up to eight months later.
A Question of grave import to all in membership is whether Alchemical Intelligence (A.Int) in EctoMechanauts is capable of contemplating the Spiritual. This Question became integrated into their philosophy after the mysterious disappearance of Bolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer’s Hive-Lord in -37 EC. Though the Brothers of the Lantern has meditated on this Question and has crafted several answers, none of them are satisfactory to the membership of E.U.P.H.O.R.I.A. The Answer of this Question has become even more critical (in the minds of the membership) after the Darkened Lantern Incident, but the average Ghyllian-on-the-road is quite content to not even think about it as the Answer won’t help them pay their expenses or get them a bigger water-closet.
Most members of E.U.P.H.O.R.I.A. live in the Dulalian Empire and so the average Folktowner, Iganeftar, and Odlucian have little to worry about as far as public displays of protest are concerned. The closest to a mass protest occurred in -2 EC when...
citations: Dulalian Empire, EctoMechanauts
