OH DEAR! [IS NOW OPEN]

**Cheshire Fox** · 09-04-2011, 10:37 AM

It was very very dark around Poor lost Rose.

This of course is not a strange thing for an adventurer or miner. Unfortunately Rose is neither a miner or an adventurer.

Not that being stuck in a dark place of which you know not is good for adventures or miners. Of course none of this is a problem for beings that see in the dark. Pity Rose isn't one of them either.

It's even worse considering the hole Rose fell through sealed itself. Far far worse is the fact Rose is of the race of Conemen, the smallest race in Elcon. They don't even have arms. Just a miserably weak telekinetic power.

Oh dear! Rose was at this stage quite frightened, whatever will Rose do?

>Feel around a bit

Rose feels around with Telekinesis. Can't feel very far... Thought there appears to be some large slimy pointed things behind Rose. Rose is sure those weren't there before.

The Tip of Rose's head/body feels warm. Wind?

Rose feels a feeling of dread.
Oh Dear!

>Don't Panic, call out

h Dear! Rose didn't panic! Not that is good defense against getting eaten! Rose did call out but there wasn't anyone to hear. Who knows maybe the monster was lost and Hungry?

Maybe in the future you'll avoid waiting calmly to be eaten!

Go back to before Rose died?
Begin back at the last Checkpoint?

>Aren't those the same thing right now? Let's just say yes.

Rose shudders at the thought of the nasty monsters that may hypothetically live in this darkness.

A hot wind blast's Rose's tip.
Somehow Rose feels like this has happened before, which of course is silly.

>run you stupid pink thing, run as fast as you can

Rose Runs!

... and Runs...

And Runs!!

>*SMACK*

.. Right into a wall.

Ouch, that must have hurt.
Good thing there wasn't any bottomless pits!

Rose's telekinesis is very weak, though lots of conepeople together are able to lift very heavy things!

> Feel around with Telekinesis again.

Rose feels around.
There seems to a, rope like thing... but that is just what it feels like to Rose
The wall to Rose's right goes up farther than Rose's telekinetic reach.

Rose considers going left, back the ways...
There is shuffling sounds coming from far away...

Rose could probably climb the possibly-a-rope.

*WRRRRRYYYYYYYY!!!!*

Oh dear!

> DEFINITELY CLIMB THE POSSIBLY-A-ROPE.

Yay! Climbing!

Up and Up Rose goes!
The Shuffling grows fainter

==>

Well Rose is Now up here!

Where ever here is.

At least there doesn't seem to be anything nasty here!

>Need Light, also there is a monster behind you.

Light, Light need...

Oh!

Well it's brighter now, but Rose can't shake the feeling of being looked at!

Rose flees in terror at the though of a monster lurking behind!

Flees right into a hole!
Well, You had light! But people don't look where they are going when panicked!

If it's any consolation, it isn't the fall that kills...

It is hitting the ground, which may take a while...

Restore before death?
Restart a last checkpoint?

>restore before death.

Well as it turned out there was no monster.

It's only eyeweed, though it is kinda bright, usually it kinda dully glows... rather than blindingly shine...

Rose is mildly unnerved by it and would prefer not to look directly at it for obvious reasons.

> TK map, Look about also look up.

Rose feels out with telekinesis, it doesn't reveal much.

Besides a big pit right near Rose that is.

Rose looks ahead... there is tunnel.

There is also a sign, Rose would need to be closer to make it out though.

Rose looks up.

Well, How curious.

> Use telekinesis to pull out some eyeweeds. Approach the tunnel, read the sign, but do NOT enter. Then check out what's on the right side.

It was very hard but Rose managed to pull a eyestalk free!

DUH-du-DOOOOO!!!
Eyeweed stalk acquired!
It's already dimmer!

Looks like one is the limit.

Well that isn't very friendly!

More Tunnel and a fork... there seems to be some sort of mark near one of the paths, it is too far to make out what it is.

> Check out mark. Go left.

Well I looks like that other mark... except not.

The eyeweed stalk still glows.
It is opressively dark in the direction the arrow(?) is pointing

> If it's got a signpost then it's got to lead somewhere.

Rose shuffles onward, following the arrows.

Then the arrows stop...
Most things look big from a Coneperson's view

The eye is growing dim...

==>

Ok now that makes that Rune wayyyy creepier.

Rose is quite unnerved!

> Touch it.

Rose is suprised!

A booming voice sounds!
"WHO GOES THERE? FRIEND, FOE OR FURMINE?"

> Friend

"Friend"

"OH AND DOES THIS FRIEND KNOW THE PASSWORD?"

Rose is scared stiff.

> If you really have no idea say,"Sorry, I'm new at this."
> "no, who can tell me the password?"

No, Sorry I'm new at this, who can tell me the password" Rose stated politely.(In spite of the fear Rose was raised never to forget manners)

"SERIOUSLY? UM THIS IS KINDA NEW FOR ME TOO, GENERALLY MONSTERS COME GROWLING AND STUFF AND I EAT THEM, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE I THINK I NEED TO CALL AN OVERSEER! CAN YOU WAIT THERE WHILE I DO?"

> uh sure I guess.

Ok" Rose replies to the menacing, well whatever it was.

"GOOD, IT SHALL ONLY TAKE A MOMENT"

Huh, did that things... eyes? close? Is it gone?

Rose is really scared... Overseer?
The thing got larger too...

> These guys seem legit! Trust em.

Something is coming out...

You have got to be kidding!
Rose is Terrified, as you would be if an ominous door opened to billow out foul smoke and smouldering red light.

And the Shadow... WHAT IS THAT SHADOW?

>He's just Doorkeeper's boss. You'll be fine. Any society that can produce someone as pleasant as Doorkeeper can't be ALL bad.

Rose tries to stay calm...

WHAT IN THE LOCK IS THAT?

Oh... It is just a tailless slug...
Well, that was embarrassing...
"Hello, are you the Overseer?"

The Reply slops into Rose's mind
-Why Yes, I belive I am, You wish to enter our Forgehome? Oh and I do apologise for our Wardrune Gatekeeper, he is new, needed to make a new one after the last one was eaten...-

> Polite greeting, ask how to escape

"Hello Mr.Overseer, Sir... I'm not rejecting your hospitiality, I'd NEVER do that, but You see, I'm scared, I've been chased by a monster and I really would just like some directions to the surface"

-I'm sorry to say this but, You do realise that we are deeper than the great gingermines here, getting to the surface is a long a arduous journey, certainly not something a little cone could do on their own...-

The hole Rose fell down wasn't that long!
That and Rose even went upwards...

Then again, the Land of Elcon has a mind of its' own, and changes distances at will.

Whatever will Rose do?

> Go with it

Rose follows the Overseer, expressing a wish to see if there is any travellers, There is!

It's a Shupog Merchant! and his Redcubre Bodyguard, There is few things as dangerous as a RedCubre when it is in its' Wyrd!

As to how that Furmine can pull that heavily laden cart, some of those pests must be really strong!

The Merchant offers to take Rose to Zaldmines, a colony of Antopleze! These Antopleze send goods to the Honey Factory! The Honey Factory is connected to aboveground!

Rose is pleased.

> Good deal, promise to help out.

Rose promises not to be completely useless, the shupog, Vark and the recubre Tum, laugh.

As Rose and the the Merchant are travelling, Rose falls asleep.

> Dream

!

Where is Rose?

> Rose is on the surface, on a meadow. It is beautiful. Her good friends Tyla and Pip are there.

Rose is in a snowdrift with some frostgrass poking out, which is what passes for a meadow in Elcon. It is nice... if you like snow.

In Elcon, there is mostly snow.

Rose is alone, nobody here...

All alone... Oh dear.

> Where are Tyla and Pip?

Tyla and Pip... they aren't here...

They were but... Rose fell...
Fell and then was alone...
And Lost

So Lost

> Sometimes Rose you just have to be strong.
> Sometimes all you need is yourself.

A certain amount of truth to that...
But sometimes, you are never stong enough
And you have no hope if you are alone...

It takes more than self-determination to hold back...

THE DARKNESS

But do not be afraid...

Though the evil may seem unbeatable, though you are tiny and weak...

Do not fear...
There is hope... If only you can find it.

Oh dear! a baleful eye glares at Rose!
Whatever will Rose do?

> Glare back.
> poke it in the pupil.

Rose tries to glare back, but Rose's little eyes are no match for it's malevolent orb!

So instead Rose pokes it with the telekinesis

> I think that worked! poke harder!

Rose pokes harder. A horrible screeching comes from the eye, in spite of the comeplete absence of a mouth or something.

It is working!

You see, Some Courage and there is things even one as weak as you can do...

==>

A figure stands before Rose...
THE MOLEHEMOTH!
the guardian of the underground!

There is an evil has awoken, it must be stopped, will you take on this burden? Little one?

> "Evil? EVIL?! I AM ROSE OF THE CONE PEOPLE! I WILL SMITE THIS EVIL! ROOOAAAAAR! BLOOD FOR THE CONEGOD!"
> "but how could someone as small as me possible defeat such evil alone?"

Rose pretends to be all fierce, rawring about how evil will be defeated...Rose can only joke for so long.

Molehemoth is amused
"..But how could someone as small as me possible defeat such evil alone?"

You can't, You must find the others that the Land of Elcon chose!

> "how can i find them?"

Molehemoth begins to disappear.
"Wait! How Can I Find them?"

You will know them when you see them

Molehemoth is going away!

> "i'll do my best!"

"I'll do my Best!" Rose says with aplomb!

You will, you'll know what to do, don't be afraid, it feeds on that, have hope...

==>

Never forget, You are never truely alone

Rose wakes.
They have arrived at Zaldmines.

But...
What has happened here?!

> END OF CHAPTER ONE

Such is the first part of our tale, of disaster and hope, darkness and light

what choice will you now make, voices of the soil? Whom will you guide?

A Pengu warrior who is on a quest of honour!
An Explodahead who is very bored!
A Ram-rider who has lost his bike!
A Huge Buraskag, who is very Hungry!

> Explodahead! THIS CAN ONLY END WELL.

**Cheshire Fox** · 09-04-2011, 12:01 PM

This is an explodahead.
He is very bored.
Even exploding his head doesn't amuse him anymore.
That distrubed the other Explodaheads so much that they exiled him.
Which just kinda made it even more boring.

Bored Explodahead is Bored!
OH dear!

>strike the earth
>explod ur hed

He considers striking the ground.

But he also thinks of blowing his head up!
You know, in case he finds it amusing this time.

> Explode yer head AGAINST THE EARTH!

OF COURSE IT IS THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION

Ready and Aiming

==>

FIRE!

==>

Nope still bored.

Well at least his kilt didn't get ruined again.

==>

>let's go find something else to do then. what's around?

Crimson Bang approves of this idea, he could go back to the village, he doesn't care that they exiled him.
To the North is a Coneperson Settlement.
To the south there is some Rich Shupogs
To the west and east are large shanty towns.

also to the west is an entrance to some of the Ginger Mines

> where are you?

Currently he is in the uppermost part of the underground, He is beneath the Giant Snowman.
There are many creatures living in the area.

> Nonono. Dig a hole in preparation for excavating a large complex.

Right, dig a hole. Bang doesn't have a shovel, but he gets the feeling there is something he could use instead...

Something obivious...

> Use your projectile skull to BLAST YOURSELF A NEW KINGDOM UNDERGROUND. Make them jealous of your ground kingdom! If they want in, EXPLODE THEM.

OF COURSE! Bang might aswell make a kingdom! Who knows maybe down that path will lie not-boredom.

*Much head exploding later*

"AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
Bang is slightly amused.
Bang's boredom is now merely UNBELIEVABLY MIND ROTTING.

> go check out the conepeople. maybe you can become their new leader with your explosion power.

He decides to check out the Conepeople, perhaps they can be awed by his mad head exploding Skillz!

Bang finds the Conepeople.

It seems that they are being terrorised by a Nameless Horror. You get quite a few of those in the underground.

OH dear!
This won't do, it is stealing all the attention.

>Also, search for DELICIOUS ALCOHOL. You already explode, so drinking explosives should be AWESOME.
> Blow up the Nameless Horror and save the cone people. Be a hero.
> BOOM GOES THE HORROR.

BANG MUST ACQUIRE FUEL
[Subquest obtained, Get explosive fuel, drink said fuel]

BOOM GOES THE HORROR!

==> *SPLORCH*

*SPLORCH!*

Well... that wasn't right, there was supposed to be a BOOM!

==> *Bang*

*Rumble*

Is it getting bigger?
Oh well at least Bang's head exploded.

==> *BOOOOOMM*

*BOOOOOOMMM*

After the flaming chunks of Nameless Horror finish raining down from the ceiling, the conepeople come out and hail Crimson Bang as their hero.

What should Bang say to them?

> "Guess it shoulda quit, before it got A HEAD."

"Guess he shoulda quit, before he got A HEAD."

There is a groan from the Conepeople and a conemage comes forth.

"We are thankful for your timely intervention ...BLAH BLAH BLAH... horror from the deep ...BLAH BLAH BLAH... Will you be our Protector?"

WORDSWORDSWORDS

Crimson Bang not only has a short attention span, he also is far to bored to listen to some boring mage talk so boringly.

Though, what was that about a protector... Wasn't Bang coming here to get some conepeople to follow him?

> Yes. Remember your goals! Lead your chosen people to your UNDERGROUND KINGDOM.

Bang invites them to join his UNDERGOUND KINGDOM!

The Magecone, Xam Xailk agrees to come, the conepeople were only living in old warrens anyway!

They quickly gather their things and follow Bang.

> ask the conemage if s/he can teach you magic... I bet you can do something fun with magic.

Unfortunatly Explodaheads are greatly lacking in magical ability! Bang couldn't learn magic even if he wanted!

The number of Conepeople Bang has gathered is...
Many!

Bang doesn't bother with things like counting!
[Bang can count to ten, can't read, can't write and generally is uneducated in anyway]
[Also due to Bang being an utter loon and as well as bored beyond comprehension, Bang will more likely take crazier options than sane ones]

==>

This is how high the cave Bang "excavated" is.
[Those flames were not just a joke]

To be used as a template for planning.

==>

#

This is the size of his cave, please use as a template for your plans.

Remember than Bang can Blast and that collectively Conepeople have strong telekinesis.

==>

Bang doesn't have any idea for a settlement right now, so he decided to focus on his other quest.

Find Delicious Fuel!
Xam tells him that a famous brewer was spotted to the west.
Bang knows there is Expensive Fuel in the Shupog estate.
There should also be fuel in the shanty towns. Bang doesn't have any money though.

[Alcohol and other flamable liquids are refered to by Explodaheads as fuel, they find them tasty and makes an explosion bigger!]

> Settlement ideas:

[Crazy idea due to scope]
Bang is siezed by inspiration, though really it's boredom that these CRAZY ideas are coming from.

The Conemage can detect water! And so Bang feverously outlines his grand plans for the City... What'll he call it?

Whatever! Bang has channels to explode into place!

Yay! blasting!
...
*some blasting later*

> And remember to first find and excavate the exit channel, otherwise life may become very exciting, and then extremely boring.

Oh yeah, that might have been bad...

*Some more blasting in an entirely opposite direction*

==>

*Much Blasting later...*

"WWOOOHOOOO WATER!"
Sweet cool water comes bursting out of the hole Bang made.

"Well done, sire" Xam remarks.

==>

ell the layout of the cave now looks like this, the Conepeople are making mudhouses for themselves, though it looks like they are making some sort of Spire thing in the middle, it is pretty big. The mage will take the tip of it they say, Bang as no idea what that is all about.

They take very little space, anyway.

They can do a bit of farming, they planted a few seeds of stuff and some fungi, but they are great farmers, they try growing whatever they can. They use Krells and gems and crystals and barter same as everyone else.

They don't know how to brew...
Wasn't there something about a brewer to the west?

Fuel HO!!!

==>

As Bang goes through the western shanty town, he hears shouting from a tavern.

"GET OUT OF HERE YOU KRELLESS SOP EAR!"
There is more shouting, tinkeling and suffling, then a large thing is expelled through a window.

It dusts itself off and then glares at Bang.
"what are you looking at?"
then the, it's a Valswatch, frowns, mainly due to the fact that a Explodahead has no eyes, so how do they look?

Thinking of the physiology of Elcon's denizens never works out well.

what should Bang say to this Valswatch.
It appears to be carrying a large casket on its' back.

>I am Bang, I am looking for a famous brewer reputed to be in this town.
>Who are you? and if you don't mind me asking, why did they toss you out of that tavern?

"I am Crimson Bang, Exploder of things! I am looking for a famous brewer reputed to be in this town.
Who are you? and if you don't mind me asking, why did they toss you out of that tavern?"

The Valswatch Guffaws
"HAH Looking for the famous Brewer are you little bullet! Well , ya won't find him, he's gone missing, How do I know? I'm supposed to be his body guard, Sponge is the name, and a Sorry Sponge you'll find me to be..."

The Valswatch pauses, Bang can hear the tiny gears grinding.

"hey... maybe you can help me, you see the tavern where I lost him, what was it called, Ah THE MOULDY CARROT! well the owner won't let me in nomore, not after... well you don't need to know that, anyway that's were I lost Darven Kug! You could go and ask a few questions, if ya catch my drift"

"How did you lose him?"

"I uh... fell asleep"

...

Should Bang go to the MOULDY CARROT, if so, what questions should he ask.

[Bang really wants to blow something up]

>"I will help you, together we will find and hopefully save Darven Kug."

>Resist the urge to blow up things for now.

>Barkeep, questioning!

[Bang does his best to resist the urge to blow things up]

"I will help you, together we will find and hopefully save Darven Kug."
Bang says.

Sponge nods and gives Bang the Directions to the MOULDY CARROT.

It is fairly packed inside, the barkeep is unsurprisingly a potato-man. Many of thier kind are tavern owners.

The huge man looms above Bang.
"Walcom ta thee MOULDY CARROT, wut can I get yer?"

"I heard that the famous brewer Darven Kug was last seen here before disappearing. What do you know about his disappearance?"

The tavern goes silent at those words...

==>

The silence breaks with the drawing of weapons, and bang feels the eyes of all the people in the bar staring at him.

The potato-man seems VERY angry, he cracks his knuckles and draws a fist back...

And it just so happens that Bang's urge to blow stuff up has returned...

> fire once to scatter them then jump over the counter

Scattering done!

Bang is pleased to be blowing things up. It seems that the air in the tavern is more flammable...

> and chug a ton of those fuels. and then fire some more!

Fuel Acquired!

Wonderful!

==>

Fuel acquisition foiled by mean right hook.

!

The force causes Bang's head to detach and explode.

OH DEAR!

==>

*BBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!*

Given the exotic nature of Elconic beverages, this isn't a surprising result.

> check for survivors

Good thing Explodaheads are nigh indestructable.
Also it seems mostly everyone surived that explosion, it was too funny to kill everyone, gotta love sympathetic magic. The land dislikes death.

On the other hand, it sounds like that explosion made quite a bit of shifting, the cavern doesn't seem too stable and the shanty town is on fire...

Not the first time that has happened.

Might be a good idea to escape soon...
Though, the cellar is miracolously untouched, though the door to it melted.
There might be some of...

THE DRINK...

Nearly everyone who deals in drinks has a bit of...

THE DRINK!

> Loot the hell out of that celler.
> Exploda a new door into it if the old one is melted solid

The DRINK is the drink.

All drinks and yet none of them.

The DRINK!

Restlessly fermeting over and over.

The DRINK!

It must be chained, kept from light.

The DRINK!

No substance more volatile, vital, FERAL.

The DRINK!

Few are those who can safely drink the DRINK.

Explodaheads are amoung those few, to them there is no better fuel...
The DRINK is a living legend, a small bottle lays chained in the cellars of all barmen, thankfully Bang took the key.

He tries to steady his shaking hands... Can he even take a whole bottle. He has to be careful unchaining it... One mistake...

Well no amount of sympathy will save him...

> DRINK IT. BECOME A WALKING NUCLEAR WARHEAD.

Bang carefully releases the DRINK he carefully drinks it.

Indescribable.

Power EXPLODES through Bang, what a lovely sensation.

5 points for General to be spent
And one option can be chosen for Special.

General;
Power
Regrow
Radius
Size

Special
Effect; Elemental/Gas/Shockwave/Energy/Homing/other
Type; Bullet, Mortar, Bomb, Dynamite, Mine, Needles, Block, Missile[locked], other
Number; Two head upgrade, Afterblast Clusters, Myriad(must be taken with Needles)

Limiters
Fuzes/Timers
Others

When staying as bullet, shape may be changed.
Two head will have the drawback of a really stupid extra mind.
Missile is locked cause Bang isn't big enough.

Current stats;
Type: Gray Bullet

Power(10)
Regrow(5)
Radius(3)
Size(2)

No limiters.

==>

Also depending on what you choose Bang's colour will change.

Homing for instance will make him blue.
The purple head is instead of exploding, the head draws stuff towards itself and consdenses it. A vortex if you will. The radius determines how much is drawn in. The "Other" options give quite a bit of freedom, if you can think of it.

Other option doesn't mean you can take a nukehead, be reasonable in your creations.

Also Bang would die unless he waits at least a month before drinking the Drink again.

A year is best for avoiding NASTY side-effects.

> {Votes tied!}
[Weakened combo of Homing and shockwave unlocked]

Power(11) 10+1
Regrow(6) 5 +1
Radius(3)
Size(5) 2+3

Bang is feeling a bit blue, afterall, his name is Crimson Bang, but he is now a rather fetching shade of blue.

Bang loots what he can into a sack he found in the cellar. He'll need to get his throwgun altered, it is a bit small now.

==>

Bang climbs out of the celler and is greeted by the sight of Sponge the Valswatch.

"Bilimey! Is that you Bang, well you live to your name, that for sure! but here give me a hand with this blackened barkeep!"

Thankfully Explodaheads are stronger than they look. The potato-man is still heavy though.

The question is where to bring him?
Bang could go to where Sponge has been staying...
Or Bang could return to his kingdom.

> Kingdom

The potato-man isn't waking up anytime soon, not with out "aid". Bang decides that returning to his kingdom might be best. Sponge raises no objections.

Bang returns to find...

IT's A BLIGHT BEAST! what in the world is it doing here? Also, HOW DID THE CONEMEN MAKE THAT SPIRE SO QUICKLY!

This is bad, Bang can't use his gun due to his new head size, and here is a blight beast to fend off!

On the bright side this means there is probably a large deposit of potato somewhere near.

>SPIN! Drill it to death! THEN EXPLODE INSIDE IT! Or have a cone magos throw you at it. While spinning.

Either way, no gun? NO PROBLEM.

> can you throw it with your hands?

OH YES what a wonderful idea... just need to get up there...

Bang can't throw it very far with his hands...

"If only there was a way I could quickly get up there..."

Bang hears Sponge laughing behind him.

==>

"SPPPPOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGE!!!!!!"

==>

Good thing bang drank all that fuel, otherwise that wouldn't have been quite as big an explosion!

==>

NOOOOOO

WHY MUST IT HEAL!!!
ALL THE LOVELY DESTRUCTION GONE!!!

Bang is very annoyed.

==>

Well, at least Bang is on the beast now...

Though, that is a problem in of itsself. He is somewhere on the lower torso.

What is he to do if it heals itself?

> I'm down with plan Explode-Lots-Inside it. Try to get to the Heart of the thing.

YES!

Bang blasts through!

==>

Bang falls through the hole he made.
He hits ground, fleshy unpleasant ground, but arguably ground, it'd do no good blasting that, only go downward then...

but after a time of walking around...
It seems...

==>

That is the only thing to blast.

It really is so dark here...

> There is a thing, a special unusual thing! Blast it by throwing your head.

RIGHTOUS BLASTING!

I shall not be caught off gaurd again this time, spirits of the land! Your guidance will not avail this mad one

NOOO the rightous blasting was stopped by HAX shield.

The dark eye glares at Bang!
Bang hears unpleasant indistinct muttering.

==>

The eye grows arms!

Ha, it is only an eye with arms, what could it possibly...

==> EYEEEEE BEEEEAAAAAMMM

**Cheshire Fox** · 09-04-2011, 12:01 PM

==> EYYYYEEE BBEEEEEAAAAAM

OH DEAR! it shoots {EYE BEAMS}

Bang is sent flying, thanks to being an Explodahead he is unharmed

He feels strangely weaker, less sure of himself though... odd.

The sick light from the eye seems to be pulsating.

> EXPLODE. USE CONTINUOUS EXPLOSIONS TO COUNTER THE BEAM
> Fire a solid BEAM of explosion brother! FOR THE BRIGADE!

*click*

Suddenly Bang's head feels very odd.

Very odd indeed!

==>

The Dark Eye (Arms) fires an {EYE BEAM}

Bang counters with {BEAM OF BLAST!}

The puny eye beam is no match for pure awesome!.

==>

The Dark Eye (Arms) is dazed, but unhurt!

Bang's head has not grown back promptly. This is worrying.

[Burst Limit: Beam of Blast] {UNLOCKED!}

> Smack it

SMACKING Commenced!
PUUACH!

Yes that Dark Eye (Arms was well and truely smacked.

It can no longer use it's {EYE BEAMS}!

==>

It stirs!

Bang leaps back.

The Dark Eye has raised it's {arms}!

Bang still can't feel his head coming back...

Oh dear!

> be ready to DODGE!!
> FORCE yourself to grow another head, shoot it between the eyelids.

The arms smash downwards, and {Dark waves} ripple outwards.

Thankfully Bang was prepared for this.

Awesome dodge.

YES CRIMSON BANG AIN'T TAKING THIS!

REGROWING HEAD!

...
Oh dear!
Bang feels pain, a great deal of sickness. He bleeds...

The drops fall and explode.

Wait, bleeds? No Explodaheads don't get hurt, they don't get cut and bleed.

[Bang is confused and feeling woozy]

touchdown imminent! Waves dying down.

> Drink the liquid you're "bleeding" out.
> As soon as the waves die down charge the eye and smack it repeated until it's dead.
> Be more angry, like to Quentin Tarantino levels of ridiculousness

Bang must drink, but he has no mouth!
Oh the horror!

Onward to smashings!

Bang is already REALLY ANGRIFYIED AND STRESSED

Blasty blood spray desperation tactic intialized!

It works One of the Dark Eye (Arms)'s arms is blown off!

==>

The one armed Dark Eye (arms) flys upwards!
It's arm seems to be grabbing something.

> ROLL! ROLLLLLL TO THE RIGHT!

Bang rolls out of the way!

But the attack created rippling waves.
OH Dear!

==>

The wave of darkness rips through Bang.

==>

Bang feels weak, dizzy. he doesn't think he can do this anymore.

Another bolt of darkness falls.

But Bang just feels so tired...
So drained...

> Can't give up... that'd be boring.

gotta move.

Bang feels at peace...
The doubts in his mind vanish, as does the attack coming at him.

> Bang: Explode your EVERYTHING.

Bang explodes his all he feels such peace, such comfort.

> hugs of death now!

Bang doesn't do hugs of death.

An Explodahead does hugs of BOOM.

The eye cannot stand up to the light of Bang's explosion.

==>

As Blinding light explodes around Bang, he feels it.

He doesn't feel bored right now...

Whiteness claims him.

http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/s..._-_Fanfare.mp3

[Congradulations you defeated the Dark Eye (Arms)]

Does Bang yet live? Such is the nature of this end, evil defeated but at what cost?

What choice will you now make, voices of the soil? Whom will you guide?

Return to Rose of the Conepeople who you last left at Zaldmines, which was burning or...

A Pengu warrior who is on a quest of honour!
A Ram-rider who has lost his bike!
A Huge Buraskag, who is very Hungry!

> Huge Buraskag!

**Cheshire Fox** · 09-04-2011, 01:01 PM

Buraskags live in the coldest parts of Elcon feasting on anyone who strays too near their homes. Some people say buraskags do not exist at all. This is because most people who have seen one are lying at the bottom of a cave acting like a very convincing pile of gnawed bones. Of course, they don't have act too much. Previously the buraskags all lived in the depths of the coldest Wastelands (these are endless and harsh being even colder than Elcon, the wastelands surrround the whole of Elcon), but they have been gradually moving to the slightly warmer climate (but still freezing) of Elcon. Not of course if they don't exist, (cough, idiots, cough, cough).

A Buraskag's favourite food is Icehound meat. A Icehound's favourite food it frozen Buraskag.

This is Ora, a buraskag, he has been trapped in his cave for some time, and is VERY hungry.

Ora is about as dull-witted as most buraskags.
however Ora has the Cube of Finite Psychosis. Thankfully Ora's simple mind protects him from the sound of several really bored and crazy voices.

What Ora do?, Ora trapped, Ora hungry

> BRUTE FORCE!!!

While Ora is cetainly strong enough to do such things as breaking out of a cave while yelling "OH YEAH!"

He is weakened by hunger, and there is nothing in his cave but rocks and dirts, He ate all the bones quite a time ago.

> Eat the cube of finite psychosis.

Ora may not be smart, but there is no way he is eating the cube again, not after what happened the last seventeen times.

Nope, not happening...
Nope...

Ora's stomach rumbles...

> move rocks, maybe bugs you could eat under them.

...

Ora is going to pretend he never saw that. Perhaps another rock would prove to have less...
Things and more things.

> look around

Ora decides to wander about his cave, better than thinking about... things.

The bedding in his bed is long gone, Ora ate it sometime ago...

There cube, see Ora cave?

> inspect picture.

Ora thinks it is very badly drawn, and very odd.

> Its the prophecy!
> okay, we memorized it. feel free to eat it now.

*CRUNCH* CRUNCH*

The rock is ridiculously crunchy, but Ora's second set of teeth(pulverizers) make sort work of it.

Ora has no idea why he didn't eat rock before.

The rock doesn't taste good though, and Ora doesn't feel terribly renewed.

Ora knows nothing of any prophecy.

[New food: Rocks{type unknown}]
[Nutrition: Poor]
[Filling: Slight]
[Cunchiness: VERY]

> Yes, you need to go through the bland rock to get to the tasty meats.

The rocks are quite bland, as is said, hunger is the best sauce (Not that Ora would know anything about sauce).

The promise of meats helps greatly.

==>

Ahhh there is few things as sweet as the taste of freedom.

Ora knows not how or why his cave became blocked, but he is glad to be free!

Ora, thank little box

>Go West
>look around outside of cave. perhaps meat things have come close to it?
> Find some high ground where you can see what's around you on all sides.

Unfortunatly there is no meatthings foolishly loitering around Ora's cave.

Ora doesn't know which way is west or even what west IS. Buraskags rely on {Monsterous sense of direction} to get where they want.

Ora stands on top of his cave and looks around, it is hard to see anything in this snow. But he recognises a small forest where he sometimes hunts and a village which he never goes near.

There is various shapes Ora cannot make out in the heavy snow.

> Smell around. follow the tastiest smell.

Ora sniffs around his cave.

The {Pinkish Red} smell is that of an Icehound, Ora is well familiar with that smell. The scent is not too old. The Icehound is healthy and uninjured.

Ora isn't sure what the birdsmelling {Ice blue} smell is, it is not terribly old.

The {very dark blue} stench is that of Gnargs, horrible little blue crab like fiends, the scent is fairly old, but Ora can smell it leading off, it smells of cowardice.

Ora's own scent comes from his cave, Ora likes his scent.

Another birdy smell is above the cave, it is quite recent. This birdy smell is full of pride and cruelty. It is a harsh smell. It is a cold smell. Ora's nose wrinkles in distaste.

> If you think you can take an icehound in your weakened state go after the ice hound.

Ora loves the taste of Icehound meat, but simply put, for a head that jumps around on one leg, Icehounds are MEAN, they can even breathe ice!, Ora doesn't think he could take down a weakened one let alone a healthy one right now...

> Estimate the chances of taking down the other targets, then.
> If Gnargs are edible, go after them

Gnargs are quite edible once you crack their horrible shell off thier horrible little bodies.

Ora can take on a few Gnargs, pathetic little monsters that they are.

Ora follows the scent, but a new scent readily becomes apparent, that of FIRE and BURNING...

The scent of the Gnargs leads there...

> Oh man, what if there is meat in the fire? cooked meat is double delicious!

Ora lumbers into the burning village, his nose leading him to the smell of over done meat.

There is many cooked corpses in the village, and Ora eats his fill, he is feeling much stronger...

He still feels hungery though...

he searches for more bodies to eat, but a figure obscured by the flames bars his way.

"You... IT was you wasn't IT YOU CAUSED ALL THIS! DIDN'T YOU! MONSTER!"

> Ora no burn village!

Ora goes for the diplomatic option.
"Ora no burn village!"

The figure emerges from obscurity.

without a doubt, it is the single most hardboiled gingerbread man Ora has ever seen, that is one crisp liquorice suit.

He seems very angry.
"Hah, as if Ace detective Hugh Chump would fall for that!"

It looks like he is going to fight.

> Oh my word he looks delicious. Tell him if he wants to fight you will fight with your teeth. Fair warning.

[Action interrupted!]

He throws the book at you, like any good man of the law does.

> Catch it!

Ora catches the book handly, but then it flips open and blasts him in the face.

Oh dear!

> EAT IT!

This was an incredibly bad idea.

>THROW IT INTO THE FIRE ISILDUR ORA!

A bit late for that now.

> Aim your mouth at the fire!

> aim your mouth at the ground!

> Aim your mouth at the crazy detective!

Ora aims his mouth at the crazy detective!

Wait! What was that?

==>

Another hardboiled individual!

"Chief Inspector!" the hardboiled gingerbreadman said.
"Now you are here we can take this villain down!, he must be the one who set this place on fire!"

The Black Murba stared at the crazy detective. He sighs.
"It was Gnargs that did this, PRIVATE Chump"

"But he ate my Book!"

The Black Murba's eyes flash and Chump is silent.

"You probably attacked it out of nowhere... regardless, since it is at the scene of this crime, he'll have to be questioned..."

He turns to Ora.

"Now... We can do this the easy way... or the very simple way."

> Way where we DON'T get killed by crazy Gingerbread men?

Unfortunatly Ora is still kind of freaking out at the beams firing from his mouth.

==>

"Ah, yes how remiss of me, you can't currently speak, can you?"

"Well no matter, I'll just put you to sleep, We can find a way of dealing with you back at HQ"

All fades to black as your sight fades alongside Ora's consciousness.

==>

...

You See.

Ora is standing.

What does Ora do?

So hungry...

> look around. Anything tasty to eat?

Ora looks about, but Ora sees nothing tasty to eat...

But, then again, it is so hard to see...
Is it wind?

> Shield your eyes so that you can see better.

Ora shields his eyes, he can see a bit better now...

There appears to be a thing.
Ora doesn't know what to make of it, he thinks he saw it before, but doesn't know where.

It feels like it shouldn't be there.

In the other direction is...

Another thing, Ora doesn't know what to make of it, seems ominous.

There appears to be a dog, or something below... whatever it is that thing is...

Ora Hungry

> I hear the moon is made of cheese. Delicious cheese. Approach it.

Ora was sure the moon is made of pumpkin, but he heads to eat the thing regardless.

Once there however, there is no cheese, there is however a shadowy being with shining eyes.

Ora doesn't like the look of it, it seems...

OLD.

Ora turns to leave.

The being speaks.
"Going to leave after I went through so much trouble to get here?"
He Questions, even as his shining eyes see right through Ora.

> Ask what it wants.

Ora recognises this as the murba from before, the one that put him out cold.

"What Black thing want?"
Considering where a murba's mouth is, Ora doesn't see the murba smile.
"First, I believe introductions are in order, My name... Is {Dantas} and yours I believe is Ora."

"What I want is simple...

I want you to join the Elcon Guard"

Ora feels he should remind the pretty green cube that he doesn't eat insane things.

> You'll join if they pay well and feed you well.
> Also ask what that thing in the other direction is.

"Pay, Food?"

"To prevent poisonings and such, all food for the Elcon guard is made by the Chef Guard division, the food is free too.

As for pay, you have living quarters in any hq, outpost and all inns and taverns must give you free boarding.

You'll recieve a yearly stipend, for luxuries.
Also in the event of you being unable to continue your service, you will be provided for.

We also have a wonderful dental and general health plan.

The catch is you must abide by the oaths that the guardsmen must take."

>What is the other thing?
"...What other thing, only you and I have been here..."

"Ah, it seems I must leave you, well I must ask that you do not panic when you wake, it would make getting your through your trial much harder"

Everything goes black.

==>

Your vision returns, You are surpirised that they left you on Ora.

Ora is a bit scared

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