Another mutation of the "23/5 book meme"....

...first seen in leatherangel's journal:

1.Go into your LJ's archives.
2.Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
3.Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4.Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

(Incidentally, mine is "Why can't I do the things I most want to do?" Yeah, yeah. Whine all you want, me from a year and a half ago, it ain't gettin' anything done. If I could go back in time and tell myself one thing, I'd smack me in the face and tell me to be more proactive.)

In Nomine madness

Calabite says "So how much Essence does he have, Bob?"
Bob, Impudite of Technology, says "Hang on, I'll check."
Bob looks at the human.
Bob 's eyes bug out. He falls unconscious.
Calabite says "Bob? Bob?"
Unconscious Bob says "Th... thirty..."
Unconscious Bob @_@

...

<<OOC>> Smiley [the Outcast Human] says "Wait, you're doing what?"
<<OOC>> Bob says "Resonating. I'm going to steal your Essence. Resist if you want."
<<OOC>> Smiley says "Um, okay..."
<<GAME>> Smiley rolls the d666 and gets 6 6 CHECK: 5
<<OOC>> Bob woot!
<<OOC>> Smiley says "No, no, I still succeeded by 4."