A Beginner's Guide to the End of the Universe vol. II

[Crippledvulture]

Tell your story now, explain that you left to stop the beasts and the shapes on the black star and you came back to see those you left behind, but now you'd like to help them after you learn more about the history behind the iconahedronists and wha happened to jack and that stone tree.

You tell your story in detail. It takes some time, but the two men listen carefully.

After you finish, the taller man is no longer able to restrain himself. "There is no way this is possible," he says.

"Shut up, Arek," the older man stops him. "You had some questions, yes?" he says to you.

You ask about the followers of the Icosahedron. They tell you that the cult's origins are mysterious, but could be related to the shapes you mentioned in your story. The meaning of the shape as a symbol for the group was never fully understood. They live primarily on one small section of the TRACKS in the VOID, and also secretly among the citizens of the Commonwealth. They believe that all physical matter must be returned to the BLACK STAR, and are willing to commit violence to do so.

You question Arek about the fate of Chairman Jack.

"He isn't as important a figure in the legends, but he does appear. Like Snuffy, he is a creation of the Everyman. All I know is that after the departure of the Everyman, he protects Mary and Ryan from beasts and outlives them both - possibly by generations. Then, he suddenly just stops functioning. If your story is true, this was... I could not say how many generations ago. Hundreds..."

[Tasr]

Knew it, we gotta fix him!

Ask to go to the statue of chairman jack, set him free.

[Crippledvulture]

Ask to go to the statue of chairman jack, set him free.

You return to the COURTYARD and inspect the Chairman Jack MEMORIAL.



Aha! It's not a statue or representation, it is Chairman Jack. He doesn't appear to be broken, just... off.

[scintillatingMoniker]

Well, switch him on then.

Make sure to say "So what was that about me being fictional?" afterwards.

[Crippledvulture]

Well, switch him on then.

You do not recall equipping Chairman Jack with a switch when you incorporated the CIRCULAR SAW.

[LogicDenied]

>Use your powers to reactivate him.

[Tasr]

Also ask more about their history and other significant legends about "the rooms", the train tracks or any where else.

Use an extension cord to plug him into the wall his battery must be flat.

[Lab Raider]

this adventure is awesome

also:

[Crippledvulture]

Use an extension cord to plug him into the wall his battery must be flat.

You ask the men to provide you with an EXTENSION CORD. After some searching, they find one long enough to reach one of the OUTLETS in the BEDROOM.

You plug him in.



"Everyman! You're back. We thought you were dead." Chairman Jack immediately contacts you via RAPPORT.

Arek and the Lord Protector are speechless.

[StarZeph]

Well, give chairman jack an on/off switch.
Actually, wonder if he may have switched off when you defeated the man in the star. Perhaps all void objects stopped working then? So, if an on off switch doesn't work, try willing him to reawaken through the little ball flying around your head.

EDIT: Oh, well, that works too.
Now ask Chairman jack what happened. His story will be better I'm sure.

[Icehawk78]

Also ask more about their history and other significant legends about "the rooms", the train tracks or any where else.

Use an extension cord to plug him into the wall his battery must be flat.

Do this. Then increase his complexity by a level, and imbue him with something wholly unrelated to both birds and chainsaws. Like a blanket or a door. Also, make him blue.

[Dalmationer]

Oh Yeah!

I say you give Jack a complexity boost in celebration of his revival.

[Tasr]

Add complexity, give him robo arms for being fantastic or a lightbulb so he can charge from the void light!
Thank chairman jack for doing all he did, then ask him to report on what happened since you were away.

[crash826]

Complexity boost and a smile. "Hello, Jack. Happy to see me?"

[LogicDenied]

I agree with the complexity boost.

[Couch_Radish]

I am the EVERYMAN. Told you.

[crash826]

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I am the EVERYMAN.

I woke up in this apartment, with nothing but a gray room, a few paint cans, the empty white space of THE VOID, and a BLACK STAR in the distance. Breathing in paint fumes, I gave myself CREATIVITY points, which let me create anything within those points. I created Snuffy shortly after, when she was still just a purple dog, no weapons. After exploring around and fighting numerous VOID BEASTS, I came across the TETRAHEDRONS, among other shapes, which spawned much stronger VOID BEASTS in the similarity of what I created earlier. Such as when I created a tree, I saw a ICOSAHEDRON TREE, which was what I was asking you of where that had disappeared. I then was attacked by multiple bird-like VOID BEASTS. After befriending one of them, I ended up with Chairman Jack.

Then I created Mary, truly the most human thing there was when I was here. After exploring and fighting more and more VOID BEASTS, Snuffy had noticed a giant I came across a room full of computers, and after turning one on, Ryan appeared, who seemed to have the wish of killing me. Snuffy, who was in her strongest form, quickly calmed him through threat. I handcuffed Ryan due to the safety and well-being for me and Mary.

We then separated into groups of two; me and Mary, and Snuffy and Ryan. Snuffy and Ryan went on the train tracks, and me and Mary into more of the building. We both had to fight GIANT VOID BEASTS, which ended with Snuffy sacrificing herself to save Ryan. The GIANT VOID BEASTS left considerable amount of VOID DUST, which I used to build the S.S. Snuffy the Pooch.

After raiding the very large pantry to restore my health and lower my toxicity I had from the paint fumes, I departed to the BLACK STAR. Mary stayed behind with Ryan and Chairman Jack. My ARMOR WITH ADJUSTABLE UPS, as you saw by my weightlessness, let me walk on the extremely high gravity that is the BLACK STAR. Touching the BLACK STAR made mountains of regular dirt and rocks, with a cave system included.

After finding a empty white room I entered and saw nothing but a black sphere floating. Upon touching it, it was the SINGULARITY who explained to me it's cause that I indirectly halted. After a fight, I lost and passed out, and discovering my purpose.

Which is to say I am the amalgamation of the thoughts, beliefs, knowledge, memories and emotions of the entire human species. I am their collective unconscious expressed as a single entity for the purpose of preserving the human experience beyond the death of the creatures themselves, their planet, star and universe. After countless eons, the galaxies slowed and cooled and eventually their matter collected into a BLACK HOLE SINGULARITY.

Somehow, this event caused an improbable series of intersections with my extra-dimensional THOUGHTSPACE. In the vacuum beyond the SINGULARITY, the very laws of existence were shattered, and a powerful mind such as mine - even if I never knew it - could influence existence on a fundamental level. Though the rigors left my conscious mind weak and confused, apparantly my unconscious CREATED environments you would be familiar with from the shared experience of humanity. I subconsciously MANIFESTED light and air so I, and apparently, all of you; could survive, but I forgot what I was and how I got here. It seems you also imposed my will on the SINGULARITY as well, because it is personified as a powerful being which had beaten me to near death.

With my new-found discovery, my IMAGINATION jumped to new heights, which helped me kill the SINGULARITY and escape the BLACK STAR's incredible gravity. I then appeared in your leader's bedroom, with all the events that have happened, happened.

It's a little late for this.

[Crippledvulture]

Now ask Chairman jack what happened. His story will be better I'm sure.

You tell him you're happy to see him as well. You ask him to tell you what happened after you left.

"After you left, we stayed here most of the time. The trees grew slowly. Mary and Ryan had to ration the food, but it lasted until they bloomed. There were beasts - mostly birds. I did not have any trouble with them. Mary and Ryan had children, grew old, and died. The last thing I remember is playing with their great-grandchildren here in the courtyard."

I say you give Jack a complexity boost in celebration of his revival.

You increase Chairman Jack's COMPLEXITY to 3. What item will you give him to incorporate?

[StarZeph]

Make another everysword.
Then incorporate that.
The awesome would be worth the creativity.

[ToreaderTornado]

>Can we have an inventory check again?

[Icehawk78]

Create a GREEN CHESS PIECE. INCORPORATE this to both turn him GREEN and help him be VERY STRATEGIC.

[Crippledvulture]

[StarZeph]

Wait, combine with jetpack would be even better.

[The Dr.]

Create a SOLAR-CHARGED BATTERY PACK and incorporate it with him.

[Tasr]

Ask for a light bulb use that so he can charge using the ambient void light and doesn't need to be plugged in.

Next ask about other legends and history that arek may have accumulated.