[Completed] Create.swf Adventures: Shenanigans in a Magical Forest

[KimikoMuffin]

Okay, so ... this is the first adventure of any kind I've ever run, so bear with me as I find my game-running-legs!

Because I am insane, I am accepting commands from here, my site's comment-boxes for each page, and the relevant thread at the Maidens of the Kaleidoscope gaming-forum. I will do my utmost to give equal attention to all three, proportionate to the number of commands they give that I can use.

Also of note: a theoretical two-thirds of the people sending commands here aren't going to be MSPAFA regulars (this includes me), so don't be surprised if this gets many commands for people who aren't aware of what's a cliche. So, uh, yeah.

So, without further ado!

Shenanigans in a Magical Forest

You are MARISA KIRISAME. You call yourself an ORDINARY WITCH, even though you are approximately the third-biggest name in GENSŌKYŌ, a sealed-away reality which contains many examples of MAGIC, YOUKAIs, and MISCELLANEOUS SUPERNATURAL SHENANIGANS. You live in the FOREST OF MAGIC with ALICE MARGATROID, the love of your life. It is mid-morning, and you have just arrived at your old home, a COTTAGE in another part of the FOREST.

You briefly ponder the fact that RED TEXT is text which has been localized from JAPANESE to ENGLISH for the convenience of NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS; text which is colored MIDORI has merely been transliterated from JAPANESE CHARACTERS into ROMAJI TEXT for the inconvenience of NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS; and BLUE TEXT was already in English. You also make a mental note that if you are given a COMMAND formed as a QUESTION, you can simply think of the answer to the best of your ability.

However, you brush aside such concerns, and set your sights on today's plans, which consist of experiments involving MUSHROOMS which, being natives to the MAGIC FOREST, are sure to have magical properties. The ultimate goal: produce a large amount of NON-DESTRUCTIVE MAGICAL ENERGY. This will be somewhat difficult, because you're mostly only good at the other kind. Your kitchen, however, has not yet been prepared for such things, nor do you have any MUSHROOMS.

What will you do first?

[bhomer2]

ignore the pumpkin. do not even look at the pumpkin. avoid the pumpkin at all costs.

[ClericBard]

Bake a pumpkin pie.

[Iyestorm]

Might as well pick mushrooms and beat up any random youkai you come across. Standard procedure.

Punching 'em in the snout with danmaku in order to establish superiority is how people say "Hi" in Gensokyo, and the reason why you're approximately the third-biggest name in Gensokyo is because you're damn good at it.

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Also, if you're getting a bunch of suggestions from different places, you could split each version into parallel universes, and then have them interact. Maybe that's a bad idea, but I think it'd be awesome.

[Dragoshi]

Get the device attached to that pumpkin that will (predictably) spontaneously non-exist in half a nanosecond. :v

[CCCXLII]

> KICCHIN TOTONOERU

[carriontrooper]

Eat the red mushrooms with white spots on them to grow BIGGER!
...or die from Amanita poisoning, whatever.

[mezzoEmrys]

I'm totally in on this.

> Retrieve arms from Alice

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This is going to get amusing.

[KimikoMuffin]

> Quickly retrieve arms from hat.

You've already got arms, nutso!

> Bake a pumpkin pie.

Well, okay, not only is that completely irrelevant to your plans for today, you don't have any PUMPKINS with which to do anything, let alone bake a pie. You certainly wouldn't just leave one lying around in your kitchen. Frankly, the idea strikes you as somewhat preposterous and you wonder why it even crossed your mind.

> Retrieve mini-Hakkero from under hat. But, y'know, no rush.

You equip your MINI-ELEMENTAL-REACTOR.

Oh yes. This is why you've got a reputation for being GENSŌKYŌ's second-best resolver of INCIDENTS. Your MASTER SPARK SPELL CARD packs quite the punch, and even some of the newcomers to the scene have probably heard of it, even if they don't actually know your name or face.

... Yeah, ow, let's stop trying to depict closeups of things Create.swf doesn't have by default, such as Marisa's extended arm.

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It's not too useful at the moment, though, so you stash it back in your INVENTORY.

Speaking of which, you are currently also carrying:

- Your arsenal of SPELL CARDs, for use in GENSŌKYŌ's strictly-enforced system of duelling. It ain't no card game, either: these are DANMAKU spells, where the bullets aren't dodged so much as navigated.

- A LAPTOP MAGICOMPUTER, designed by the KAPPA, who have been busily trying to bring GENSŌKYŌ to the same level of technology as the OUTSIDE WORLD, at least in their own mini-civilization. It's kind of slow progress, so this one isn't a whole lot better than an outsider-computer from, say, 2008. Cheap, though.

- A basket lunch packed by ALICE. You're currently in a neverending cycle whereby each of you does this for the other as a thank-you for the last time around.

- A CODEC UNIT, currently in your ear and thus not visible, enabling you to communicate with others from afar. Actually, it's been looking less and less like they did in the actual METAL GEAR SOLID games, so you're starting to feel like a better name would be "KAWADEC" or something.

- MUSHROOMS collected: 0.

> Examine dresser.

Yeah, uh, that accidentally got teleported into the kitchen when you were transferring the MASSIVE PILES OF JUNK into pocket-dimensions for the purposes of not having a house completely filled with MASSIVE PILES OF JUNK.

You aren't sure what happened to the CUPBOARD, but its contents are now in the DIMENSIONAL DRESSER before you.

[KawaiiMelon]

Holy shit Touhou

Reimu: Appear

[mezzoEmrys]

> Check with the Kappa, and get your box ready to steal some books.
You need to make sure to get the right mushrooms, don't you? Patchy won't mind.

[masterblade600]

is this based off.... ummmm.....
oh yeah tohou....

[Asmodemus]

> Check contents of dresser.

> What do you need to do to prepare your kitchen?

[Leylite]

I haven't quite decided whether the coloring scheme is a good and helpful idea or a somewhat obnoxious one, along the lines of CAPITALIZING THE NAMES OF ALL ITEMS, which also falls into either category.

This makes a fine addition to the other create.swf adventures already in this forum, in my opinion.

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>Who was it who "borrowed" your mortar and pestle?

>Check the barrel under the rain gutter to see if you have any water available for drawing.

[KimikoMuffin]

> Use Laptop Magicomputer to look up MSPaintAdventures.com.

GENSŌKYŌ has access to the OUTSIDE WORLD's internet; it's just that it's always been one-way. You have no idea what's up with that flashing green stuff, but you've gotten used to it by now. You are struck by a sudden annoyance as you can't remember what was going on the last time you checked.

Oh, yes, you were going through another ARCHIVE BINGE of HOMESTUCK. Yeah, this was right when GAMZEE was first introduced, wasn't it? You've always felt that he was kind of awesome, in his own way.

You are also momentarily distracted by SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF, a webcomic created by one of HOMESTUCK's characters. The great part is, it takes much more effort to create something so deliberately terrible than it would to make something of actual high quality. Ahh, irony.

You still can't believe how much the HOMESTUCK FINALE blew everyone's minds.

> What do you need to do to prepare your kitchen?

You need a VEGGIE MASHER which wandered in from the OUTSIDE WORLD, a LARGE POT for containing the mashed MUSHROOMs, and a HEAT SOURCE for the stove. That last part is easy since you're a WITCH.

And whaddaya know, they objects you needed were there in the DIMENSIONAL DRESSER!

> Exit home.

Okay, the kitchen's as set up as it's going to get. Time to head outside!

It's a nice day out, and it looks like it'll stay that way. There was a light rain last night, though, so the ground's still mildly damp -- the perfect conditions for new mushrooms. And even if there isn't anything particularly new, hey, it can't hurt, can it?

Gensōkyō is always full of magic. Yeah, it's usually the literal, supernatural definition of "magic." But sometimes you get a feeling that there's also "a kind of magic" floating around.

You can already tell it's going to be a good day.

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The only thing that could mar this is if you suddenly got attacked by FAIRIES and oh why do you even say anything.

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They never learn, do they? Admittedly, this is because when a YOUSEI dies, they immediately come back to life, and healing serious injuries is just a matter of basking in the sun (or whatever their element is). They don't have any incentive to learn.

[Varkarrus]

Slowly annihilate them.

[Asmodemus]

> Annihilate.

[mezzoEmrys]

ABSCOND! You must steal Patchouli's books before she wises up and just locks the door!

[Iyestorm]

Just aggress them. Normally, you're all for annihilation, but fairies usually aren't worth the extra firepower. Only death-fairies, and even then only in special circumstances, like when you're sure you'll get enough bombs or power to replace what you used.

Say, are you using bomb-icons to power your spells like old-school, or are you siphoning it straight from your power? Might be good to know.

Anyway, if you're using bombs, then you're actually able to annihilate them, but it's not practical. Besides, you gotta get warmed up.

[Tam Lin]

> Have a tonguetwister contest with the fairies.

[Aryogaton]

> Cast FIREBALL WHICH HAS PERCEPTION FORCE LEARN FRIENDSHIP MEANING.

[KimikoMuffin]

> Annihilate.

You decide to go easy on them, in the sense that they don't feel anything.

If anyone's surprised by the way this turned out, you have a bridge in THE DEMON WORLD you'd like to sell them.

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Right, then. Now that you've dealt with those pointless shenanigans, you can move onto much more important shenanigans.

[The Dr.]

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Oh dear god

I can bet money that at some point in this adventure, bullet Hell will be introduced IF ONLY FOR A BIT

[Draykon]

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Oh dear god

I can bet money that at some point in this adventure, bullet Hell will be introduced IF ONLY FOR A BIT

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In create.swf, all objects have a menu option labeled "clusterize" that turns them into instant bullet hell.

ALL objects.

[The Dr.]

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For some reason I'm not entirely sure if I should label that as a bad thing