Word Alchemy (A Text Adventure)

[Renegade Electron]

Hey! This is a new adventure. Basically, you combine things into other things, and you also need to go on adventures. The world is similar to Earth, but there are dangerous Dungeons in a number of places, which is a partial cause of the adventures.

Alchemy Rules:

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1. What a combination yields is based on the beginning of one word and the end of the other. (The order matters.)

Examples: PAPER + VANE = PANE
RATS + MICE = RICE
MICE + RATS = MATS

2. Items can be used with more than one name for combinations.

Example: Your inventory contains Money, Top.
MONEY + TOP = MOP
You can also change the name of Money to get:
CASH + TOP = COP

3. Some items are consumable, and get destroyed or partially destroyed after use in a combination. They will be marked with a [c] in the Inventory.

Rule of Thumb: Food is consumable, as are raw materials such as metal or wood. Other things might be consumable at my discretion.

4. You cannot make combinations including things you do not own.

With that long-winded explanation done, let's get on to the adventure!

Your name is LARRY SANDERS. You're in a SMALL, DECENTLY-SIZED APARTMENT, and you are BORED. You want some EXCITEMENT in your life. But how will you obtain it?

[ch00_bakka]

Combine BED and CHAIR to get BEAR.

[Reecer6]

>APARTMENT + STAPLE = APPLE

[Renegade Electron]

> APARTMENT + STAPLE = APPLE

You combine your APARTMENT and a STAPLE to create...an APPLE! Hurrah! The STAPLE is consumed, but you probably have like a hundred of them.

> BED + CHAIR = BEAR

You combine your BED with a CHAIR and create...a BEAR! You're not sure why you did that! In any case, the BEAR appears to be ATTACKING YOUR REFRIGERATOR. Come to think of it, you have some ROAST BEEF in there...

Inventory:

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Apple x1 [c]

[Reecer6]

>Wonder how you get the mass from a staple to create a whole apple
>BEAR + BEEF = BEEF

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BEEF + BEAR = BEAR
Take this as a real suggestion or not, your choice.

> PANTRY + TOAST = PAST

[wlzrobert]

>Wonder how you get the mass from a staple to create a whole apple
>BEAR + BEEF = BEEF

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BEEF + BEAR = BEAR
Take this as a real suggestion or not, your choice.

> PANTRY + TOAST = PAST

PAST + BEAR = PEAR?

[Renegade Electron]

> Wonder how you get the mass from a staple to create a whole apple

You wonder for about half an hour, and eventually decide that it has been balanced out by the mass of the APARTMENT. Meanwhile, the BEAR has ripped off the REFRIGERATOR DOOR and thrown it across the ROOM.

> BEAR + BEEF = BEEF

You combine the BEAR and the BEEF to create...BEEF! Unfortunately, the BEAR was not consumable, and is still looting the FRIDGE. The BEEF you had used was consumed, but it was replaced by your all-new BEEF.

> PANTRY + TOAST = PAST

You combine your PANTRY with some stale TOAST on the COUNTER to create the PAST. You now have a WORMHOLE that can take you back in time. There is a high potential for SHENANIGANS with this. Also the TOAST was consumed.

> PAST + BEAR = PEAR

You try combining the PAST with the BEAR. The BEAR seems to be tired from being COMBINED TWICE. The COMBINATIONS might have some effect on it. In any case, you now have a PEAR.

Inventory:

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Apple x1 [c]
Beef x1 [c]
The Past x1
Pear x1 [c]

[Reecer6]

>Beef + Fridge Door = Bridge Door?
>Bear + Rug = Bug
>Garlic + Picture Frame = Game

[wlzrobert]

Game + Pear = Gear
Time Warp + Cooling Machine = Time Machine

[Renegade Electron]

> Beef + Fridge Door = Bridge Door

You attempt to combine your BEEF with the FRIDGE DOOR, but it does not yield ANYTHING. The BEEF remains with you.

> Bear + Rug = Bug

You combine the BEAR with your RUG to create a BUG. The BEAR seems to be more TIRED, although it is approaching you, probably because it smelled the BEEF.

> Garlic + Picture Frame = Game

You combine some GARLIC from the PANTRY with a PICTURE FRAME to create a GAME. Specifically, MONOPOLY. The GARLIC is consumed.

> Game + Pear = Gear

MONOPOLY is no fun. You combine it with your PEAR to create a GEAR. The PEAR is consumed. MONOPOLY is not consumed, but it loses some MONEY and HOTELS.

> Time Warp + Cooling Machine = Time Machine

Let's see...your REFRIGERATOR is technically a COOLING MACHINE, and the PAST is effectively a TIME WARP, so if you combine the TIME WARP with the COOLING MACHINE...huzzah! You have a TIME MACHINE!

In other news, the BEAR is pawing at you and trying to eat your BEEF.

Inventory:

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Apple x1 [c]
Beef x1 [c]
The Past x1
Bug x1
Game (Monopoly) x1
Gear x1 [c]
Time Machine x1

Author's Note: Starting tomorrow, I will be on a weeklong vacation without Internet access. I might get some more updates in today, but I leave tomorrow (the 9th) and probably will not be back until the 17th.

[wlzrobert]

Beef + Time Machine = Beef Machine
(This solves the bear problem and still allows you to use your time machine!)

Ooh:
Game + A Rotating Machine(gear) = Gaming Machine

Let's all try to find absurdly long ways to describe an item and use those!

[Reecer6]

>TABLE + BREAD ROLL = TROLL
>CODING MACHINE (Computer) + TROLL = CODING TROLL (Sollux)
>CODING MACHINE + TIME MACHINE = CODING MACHINE
>A MILLION MOLECULES + DOLLARS = A MILLION DOLLARS

[wlzrobert]

A MILLION DOLLARS + PAST = A MILLION PASTS
A MILLION TIME WARPS + CODING MACHINE = A MILLION TIME MACHINES

[Renegade Electron]

> Beef + Time Machine = Beef Machine

You create a BEEF MACHINE, consuming your BEEF. What is a BEEF MACHINE? You don't know, but it is awesome. The BEAR loses interest in you, now that you are beefless.

> Game + Rotating Machine = Gaming Machine

You mix the GAME of MONOPOLY with the GEAR, which you call a ROTATING MACHINE, and you get a GAMING MACHINE! Which is, basically, a GAME CONSOLE. Specifically, it appears to be an XBOX 360. The GEAR is consumed.

> Table + Bread Roll = Troll

Your FRIDGE contains a BREAD ROLL. You combine your TABLE with the BREAD ROLL and create a TROLL! The BREAD ROLL is consumed. The TROLL begins shouting about METEORS and DENIZENS.

> Coding Machine + Troll = Coding Troll

You call your COMPUTER a CODING MACHINE, and combine it with the TROLL to create a CODING TROLL, who goes by SOLLUX CAPTOR. The BEAR seems interested in the two TROLLS.

> Coding Machine + Time Machine = Coding Machine

You combine your CODING MACHINE with your TIME MACHINE to get another CODING MACHINE, which is still an alias for a COMPUTER. You now have two COMPUTERS.

> A Million Molecules + Dollars = A Million Dollars

A million AIR MOLECULES combine with your meager walletful of DOLLARS to form A MILLION DOLLARS! You think that was ILLEGAL, but you don't care! YOU'RE RICH!

> A Million Dollars + Past = A Million Pasts

You combine your MILLION DOLLARS with the PAST, creating a MILLION PASTS. VORTEXES fill your apartment, leading to a million TIME PERIODS. You pocket all of them.

> A Million Time Warps + Coding Machine = A Million Time Machines

Now, you combine the MILLION PASTS, which you call TIME WARPS, with your COMPUTER, which you call a CODING MACHINE, and create a MILLION TIME MACHINES! DEAR GOD!

Inventory:

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Apple x1 [c]
The Past x1,000,001
Bug x1
Game (Monopoly) x1
Time Machine x1,000,001
Computer x2
Dollars x1,000,030
Beef Machine x1
XBox 360 x1

[wlzrobert]

Let's take the Trolls and go through the time machine to find more "basic" items to combine!

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Also, shouldn't we have a Million Time Machines in our inventory?

[Lucidity]

Tear the apple open to get the seeds, then take 1000 Dollars + Seeds to get 1000 deeds! Are they for houses? Are they verbs? Who knows!

[Reecer6]

>CAN (Toilet) + BEAR = CAR
>GREATLY TERRIFYING BEAR + CAR = GREAT CAR (BMW)
>Go to the Great Depression, for fun adventures!

[Renegade Electron]

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Also, shouldn't we have a Million Time Machines in our inventory?

Fixed!

> Tear apple open for seeds, then 1000 Dollars + Seeds = 1000 Deeds

You wrench apart the APPLE, revealing SEEDS, and combine $1000 with the SEEDS to create 1000 DEEDS. They are all for a FARMHOUSE in IOWA.

> Can + Bear = Car

You combine the TOILET (or, in this case, the CAN), with that BEAR to create a CAR! It is a HONDA ODYSSEY.

> Greatly Terrifying Bear + Car = Great Car

You combine the BEAR, which is GREATLY TERRIFYING, with the CAR to create another CAR that is GREAT. This one is a BMW.

> Take the trolls and go through the time machine
> Go to the Great Depression

You bring SOLLUX and THAT OTHER TROLL into one of the TIME MACHINES with you, and head back to the Great Depression. There is a long line of PEOPLE waiting for SOUP.

Inventory:

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Apple Half x2 [c]
The Past x1,000,001
Bug x1
Game (Monopoly) x1
Time Machine x1,000,001
Computer x2
Dollars x1,000,030
Beef Machine x1
XBox 360 x1
Car (Honda) x1
Car (BMW) x1

[wlzrobert]

Soup Bowl x Time Machine = Soup Mahcine

[potatato]

Coding Troll x Soup Bowl = Coding Soup

[brainfree]

People + Soup =… Oh dear god what have you done?

[Reecer6]

>Make a pun
>PUN + YOUR LIP = PUP
>SOCKS + PUP = SOUP
>SOUP + LIGHT MAKER (Light bulb) = SOUP MAKER
>WATER + WATER = WAR
U Jelly, Historians?

[Renegade Electron]

> Soup Bowl + Time Machine = Soup Machine

You go the front of the line and take a SOUP BOWL. People begin to shout at you, but you combine it with your TIME MACHINE and get a SOUP MACHINE. Everyone seems appeased.

> Coding Troll + Soup Bowl = Coding Soup

You combine SOLLUX (the CODING TROLL) with the SOUP BOWL to create CODING SOUP. It is like ALPHABET SOUP, but instead of all the LETTERS, it only contains ZEROES and ONES.

> People + Soup = Poop

After making this, you hurl it away from you as fast as possible. Yuck.

> Make a pun
> Pun + Your Lip = Pup

You make a PUN about your aversion to the recently-hurled POOP, then combine it with your LIP to create a PUP! It wags its tail.

> Socks + Pup = Soup

You combine your SOCKS with the PUP to create SOUP. Your SOCKS are consumed. This appears to be TOMATO SOUP.

> Soup + Light Maker = Soup Maker

You want to do this, but the closest LIGHTBULB is in a nearby HOUSE, and you don't really want to break in. Also, you have a SOUP MACHINE already.

> Water + Water = War

There is a PUDDLE on the ground. You scoop up its WATER in your SOUP BOWL, combine some of the WATER with the rest of the WATER, and...

...let the Soup War of 1930 begin. Hell yeah changing the timeline

Inventory:

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Apple Half x2 [c]
The Past x1,000,001
Bug x1
Game (Monopoly) x1
Time Machine x1,000,001
Computer x2
Dollars x1,000,030
Beef Machine x1
XBox 360 x1
Car (Honda) x1
Car (BMW) x1
Soup Bowl x1
Soup Machine x1
Soup (Coding) x1 [c]
Soup (Tomato) x1 [c]

[Phynicxs]

>start running
Use Your Game While You run = gun (?)
> Awesome gaming machine + Gun = Awesome gun
> 3 dollers + awesome gun = 3 guns

[Reecer6]

>VIEWING SQUARE (Window) + BOX = VIEWING BOX (To watch the war out of)
>SOUP + (Another) PUN = SUN
>ALIVE THING + A MAN NAMED KEN = ALIEN
>WORLD + WAR = WORLD WAR (But keep it in storage until it's ready to exist)
>1,000,000 DOLLARS + SOUP MACHINE = 1,000,000 DOLLARS MACHINE
Thus ending the Great Depression before World War II!