Light

[gimpyAmateur]

You've been staring at the wall for quite a long time. How long, you aren't sure. Long enough for you to forget how long, that much is clear. Long enough for you to forget a lot of things. Perhaps even long enough for you to forget your name.

What is your name, by the way?

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Hello, forum, and welcome to my first attempt at an adventure! Update frequency will vary based on three things, those being:

1. Number of available suggestions: Basically, don't expect an update if there's only one.
2. Workload: The degree to which real life is interfering. Currently LOW.
3. Level of preparedness: The number of unused art assets I have stored. Currently HIGH.

A few more notes:

This adventure is in grayscale because I am afraid of color.

Yes, his eyes are supposed to look like that.

I will attempt to update daily. I have no idea how successful I will be.

Please post suggestions. The story can't continue without them.

Don't loiter in the dark.

Have fun!

[Shailsnic]

Gordon Thorwood

[Aranfan]

Slab Bulkhead
Fridge Largemeat
Punt Speedchunk
Butch Deadlift
Bold Bigflank

Splint Chesthair
Flint Ironstag
Bolt VanderHuge
Thick McRunFast
Blast Hardcheese

Buff Drinklots
Trunk Slamchest

Fist Rockbone
Stump Beefknob
Smash Lampjaw
Punch Rockgroin
Buck Plankchest

Stump Chunkman
Dirk Hardpec
Rip Steakface
Slate Slabrock
Crud Bonemeal

Rip Slagcheek
Punch Sideiron
Gristle McThornBody
Slake Fistcrunch
Buff Hardback

Bob Johnson
Blast Thickneck
Crunch Buttsteak
Slab Squatthrust
Lump Beefbroth

Touch Rustrod
Reef Blastbody
Big McLargeHuge
Smoke Manmuscle
Pete Punchbeef

Pack Blowfist
Roll Fizzlebeef

[gimpyAmateur]

Gordon Thorwood

Gordon Thorwood? It sounds a bit familiar...

No, you are fairly certain that is not your name. A pity; he sounds like a much more interesting man than you. Not that you remember how interesting you are.

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Slab Bulkhead
Fridge Largemeat
Punt Speedchunk
Butch Deadlift
Bold Bigflank

Splint Chesthair
Flint Ironstag
Bolt VanderHuge
Thick McRunFast
Blast Hardcheese

Buff Drinklots
Trunk Slamchest

Fist Rockbone
Stump Beefknob
Smash Lampjaw
Punch Rockgroin
Buck Plankchest

Stump Chunkman
Dirk Hardpec
Rip Steakface
Slate Slabrock
Crud Bonemeal

Rip Slagcheek
Punch Sideiron
Gristle McThornBody
Slake Fistcrunch
Buff Hardback

Bob Johnson
Blast Thickneck
Crunch Buttsteak
Slab Squatthrust
Lump Beefbroth

Touch Rustrod
Reef Blastbody
Big McLargeHuge
Smoke Manmuscle
Pete Punchbeef

Pack Blowfist
Roll Fizzlebeef

Wait, that's right! You are Gordon Johnson, though your friends call you "Gordie." At least, you're going to assume they do until you remember otherwise. You're also going to assume that you have friends and that these friends are currently alive.



That's just the kind of guy you assume you are.

Now, what to do first? So much darkness, so little time.

[Shailsnic]

Feel around and see if there's a light switch or something similar

[Lazro]

Poke DARKNESS.

[Aranfan]

>Cast magic missle at the darkness.

[gimpyAmateur]

Feel around and see if there's a light switch or something similar

Yes, this is the thing you should do.



You feel the FRONT WALL, but it is just a WALL.



You feel the BACK WALL, but once again your fingers meet nothing but WALL.



You send your questing digits to the RIGHT, but there is nothing here except empty air.



You also feel to the LEFT for good measure. You again paw at the air.

You then briefly wonder why you did all that, as your personal LIGHT SPHEROID allowed you to see all the nothing you were touching anyway.

Poke DARKNESS.

You cannot poke the DARKNESS! Your LIGHT SPHEROID obliterates it before it enters your reach!

>Cast magic missle at the darkness.

Oh man, you would cast so many MAGIC MISSILES right now if you remembered how to do that. However, you do not. As you just remembered your own name a few minutes ago, this is not a surprise.

Anyway, you should probably do something productive fairly soon. The lack of LIGHT in the room is making you a bit nervous.

[Aranfan]

>Feel the wall to the right until you feel the big switch thing.

[simon.clarkstone]

> Enlarge light spheroid.
> Go left.

[SomeStupidWords]

>Fail to be eaten by a grue.

[Airedar]

> Clearly we must examine the large panel to the right.

> Punch the panel to establish dominance. But softly. Wouldn't want to break anything.

[Lazro]

Observe LIGHT SPHEROID.

[Shailsnic]

Go further to the left and the right than you did before.

[simon.clarkstone]

> Echolocation.

[gimpyAmateur]

>Feel the wall to the right until you feel the big switch thing.

Feel the WALL to the RIGHT?

Okay, you can do that. Of course, you could just look at it with the aid of your LIGHT SPHEROID, but maybe you'll find a hidden switch or something. You walk to the right and oh look your bed is in the way.



But that's not a problem. You'll just stand on top of it.



You would feel the WALL, but you are too distracted by the fact that someone appears to have left a MESSAGE for you.

More to the point, someone appears to have scratched the MESSAGE into the CONCRETE of the WALL.

You are a little distressed by this.

> Enlarge light spheroid.
> Go left.

Enlarge your LIGHT SPHEROID?



Your LIGHT SPHEROID does not appear to work that way.

>Fail to be eaten by a grue.

Your failure is an astounding success.

> Clearly we must examine the large panel to the right.

> Punch the panel to establish dominance. But softly. Wouldn't want to break anything.

There is no panel to the right. Nothing but this MESSAGE.

Observe LIGHT SPHEROID.

You observe your LIGHT SPHEROID.



It's a LIGHT SPHEROID. Not as focused as a LIGHT CONE, but at least it also casts LIGHT behind your head.

Of course, that fact could never help you in any way whatsoever because you can't see behind your head.

Go further to the left and the right than you did before.

Well, this is as far RIGHT as the ROOM goes.



But you can go further LEFT.



How's this?

> Echolocation.

You cannot echolocate! But man, it sure would be awesome if you could, wouldn't it?

Boy, you sure gathered a lot of information just now! You feel a little better now that you know what the ROOM looks like.

What will you do with your newfound knowledge?

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So I wake up, and there are six seven suggestions waiting for me.

Can I just

Just sort of

Love you all?

[Shailsnic]

Okay, so there are a lot of buttons on the wall behind Gordon, a message scratched on the wall, and a large poster or panel or something on the wall behind Gordon, but on the other side of the room...

>Read the message on the wall.

[Aranfan]

Look for big pull-switch on the BACK WALL.

[simon.clarkstone]

> Press switch-like things on the wall to your left.
> Reform light spheroid into light cone.
> Invent an absolute direction system; these relative directions are fragile.

[gimpyAmateur]

Okay, so there are a lot of buttons on the wall behind Gordon, a message scratched on the wall, and a large poster or panel or something on the wall behind Gordon, but on the other side of the room...

>Read the message on the wall.

You already read it when you were on the RIGHT side of the room.



This is what it said.

Look for big pull-switch on the BACK WALL.

There appears to be a BIG PULL-SWITCH on the BACK WALL.

> Press switch-like things on the wall to your left.
> Reform light spheroid into light cone.
> Invent an absolute direction system; these relative directions are fragile.

There is nothing on the LEFT WALL but the DOOR. And anyway, you just finished walking over here to find the BIG PULL-SWITCH! Can't you finish one thing before you start another?

Also, your LIGHT SPHEROID apparently does not work that way, and you already invented an absolute direction system:



Front



Back



Right



Left



Doesn't get much more absolute than that.

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Good God that is a lot of pictures. I hope you guys don't mind how long these updates are.

[Aranfan]

>flip the big pull switch

[Airedar]

> Scratch your name below Leslie's.

> FLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPIT

[Shailsnic]

Leslie, engrave that name into your memory so that you can find out the significance of it later.

Also, pull the switch as the others have been saying.

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I don't mind the long updates.

[Airedar]

Long updates are best updates.

>FLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITF LIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPIT

[gimpyAmateur]

>flip the big pull switch

> Scratch your name below Leslie's.

> FLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPIT

Leslie, engrave that name into your memory so that you can find out the significance of it later.

Also, pull the switch as the others have been saying.

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I don't mind the long updates.

Long updates are best updates.

>FLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITF LIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPITFLIPIT

You resolve to remember the name LESLIE for future purposes. You further resolve to add the name GORDON below it once you have acquired the proper ENGRAVING TOOLS.

Now, to handle that switch.

You are totally flipping that switch. You are doing it man. You're making this happen.



If only you could just

Just sort of

Reach up and



You are too short to reach the switch.

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Shoooooooosh.

*pap*