Christmas in Torchia

[spycomic29]

Yes, I am aware that this is a little late, but it is technically never too late to enjoy Christmas!
Also for your enjoyment is a command box for my other online comic, which you can find here.

Christmas in Torchia



Your name is SETH WHITE. You are dressed in a Santa suit on Christmas Eve of 2008. Many things have happened this year. You got married to your best friend, Elise, last month on the 21st and after returning to your home kingdom, Torchia, your friend (the king), Mike Torchin, asked you to set up for Christmas. You're quite distressed because you don't know why you took Mike up on his request. It's too much of a hassle to set up anyway.
To your left is an undecorated Christmas tree and a box of ornaments. To your right is a bag of toys which you need to deliver to the citizens of Torchia.
What will you do?

[MasterBlade]

Put out that fire! Santa might get burned!

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Put out that fire! Santa might get burned!

The fire...it's so warm. But it's constant "growling" is starting to freak you out. You don't know how you would put it out though. There isn't a fire hydrant near you, and you think your tears only make it grow. There might be something in the bag of toys, but you don't really want to take the chance.

[spycomic29]

Just to throw this out there, you can also view this adventure here! Tell your friends about this! Since the story is entirely user-driven, I can't update without new commands!

[Sprinkles]

Put the fire out with the tree! That's how science works, right?

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Put out the fire with the tree!

That's how science works, right?
No! You can't do that! You need that tree for decorating! You have to decorate that tree, or people won't feel like it's Christmas! If you must put out the fire, how in the world would you do it?

[curiousTerminal]

>Seth: Open that there box

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Open that there box

What??? The box is full of candy??? Mike must have given you the wrong box! This is not good!
The box seems to be filled of STRAWBERRY CREAMS and PEANUT BUTTIES. Both are equally good and you wish you could eat them.
However, you have a feeling that these were part of Mike's secret stash (you will not give out how you got that information, but it was your wife, Elise). He must have given you this box instead of the box with ornaments inside of it.
What will you do?

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That candy looks delicious.

[DJPantheris]

>Panic, if mike finds out, he's gonna be pissed man!

[Sprinkles]

What he doesn't know won't hurt him! Use the fire to craft the candy into ornaments

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Panic

The only logical choice here is to panic. If Mike founds out that you found his secret stash, you could be thrown in the dungeons! After all, Mike IS the king of Torchia!
Wait no...there is one course of action you can take.

> Seth: Use the fire to craft the candy into ornaments



After all, what Mike doesn't know won't hurt him, right? You decide to start with on of the Strawberry Creams.



You...you think you can pull it off. You're actually quite happy you didn't put out the fire in the first place. Who knew such a harmful element could be so helpful!
What will you do now?

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There's a big update! I'll try for now to incorporate most of the commands into one big thing, but after awhile I'll have to pick and choose.

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Also, we're halfway out of the Cradle! So, let's go!

[Sprinkles]

Make PEANUT BUTTIES into a star to top the tree

[spycomic29]

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Decided to add my own little bit into the story.

> Seth: Craft Peanut Buttie into ornament

Um...you're not quite sure a Peanut Buttie is the best idea. What will you do now?

> Seth: Make Peanut Butties into a star to top the tree

What's a star without a tree-topper, right? You've got around 5 Peanut Butties left, aside from the ones you've stuffed in your pocket for later (you never know when some Peanut Butties might come in handy!). To your right are the completed ornaments, ready to be hung on the tree. Wow. You had a lot more pieces of Strawberry Creams than you thought!



Back to business! You easily fashion your 5 "remaining" Butties into a STAR-SHAPE, to make the perfect delicious tree-topper!



And it just so happens, there was one piece of candy left over: a LIMITED EDITION STRAWBERRY BUTTIE CRUNCH! You could save it for later...y'know, while you're delivering the presents to each person's room Santa-style.
What will you decide to do?

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What do you guys think of the story so far? I'd love to hear. Also, remember, Seth has to get those presents delivered!

[Sprinkles]

Mike will certainly notice if a LIMITED EDITION STRAWBERRY BUTTIE CRUNCH is missing, better save it for him.

[spycomic29]

This concludes the posts for the night. Will try to update tomorrow. Keep the commands coming!

@Sprinkles: Perhaps Mike doesn't know it exists!

Also, when posting commands, attempt to post a couple at once, the I have more to work with!
You guys are all being awesome readers, keep up the good work!

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Better save it for Mike

Mike will certainly notice if a LIMITED EDITION STRAWBERRY BUTTIE CRUNCH goes missing. Of course, he'll notice anyway if his entire stash goes missing.
Whatever, you'll save the LESBC (LIMITED EDITION STRAWBERRY BUTTIE CRUNCH) for later. Maybe you can redeem yourself with it.
However, adding the LESBC to your Inventory causes one of the Peanut Butties to fall out. You can't just have a lone Buttie on the ground, so what will you do?

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You guys wouldn't be able to make some 8-Bit Christmas battle music, would you? I may have the need to do a Strife part in the future, as hinted at by the Weapon addition in the Inventory. If someone could do that, it would be awesome. And then maybe, I oculd put out an album based on it!

[Drillgorg]

Eat it

Throw it in the fire

Hide it under your hat

Hide the LESBC under your hat

Sculpt it into a new friend

Use it to make yourself eyebrows

Wear it as a belt buckle

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Go deliver presents already.

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Eat it

That sounds like a reasonable idea. Your VIM counter goes up 20 per-cent.

> Seth: Hide remaining Buttie in hat

You hide the half-eaten Peanut Buttie in your HAT for further eating. Your VIM counter gives you energy. If the VIM goes down, you will fail your mission. Enough said. It's time you got down to business and started on your Present-Delivering.

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Okay! Two more and we're out of the Cradle!

[Sprinkles]

Inspect bag of gifts to make sure it's not another stash of candy

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Inspect bag of gifts

You just have to make sure that the presents haven't been replaced with candy as well. It appears as though there are NAMETAGS on these presents. They read: SETH, MIKE, and ELISE. There are many more presents which will be revealed through a montage much later. It's quite strange that there is a present for you, however these three were part of a SECRET SANTA plot between you, Mike, and Elise. Those presents take top-delivering priority.



All of a suddenly, you hear a shuffling noise outside the room. A SHADOW stands in the doorway. What will you do?

Up next: 10th update!!!! Maybe some dialog would be great to kick off the removal from the Cradle and into the Forum Adventures page!

Also, there wouldn't happen to be anyone who could do backsides of characters, would there? PM me and I'll send you a pic of the characters.

[spycomic29]

I apologize for the quotes. I meant to do spoilers, but the new forum is making me mad.

[Drillgorg]

Its not that hard to type "bracket spoiler bracket text text text bracket slash spoiler bracket"

Confront shadow in a polite manner.

[spycomic29]

Yeah, I learned that afterwards.

[spycomic29]

Also, sorry for the long wait, guys. I've been working with a truckload of school work and won't update till after school. Keep the commands coming!

[spycomic29]

> Seth: Confront shadow in the most polite manner

The shadow turns out to be a wife, who must have gotten up from bed after hearing the ruckus going on.

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-- eliseWhite [EW] began talking to sethWhite [SW] --

EW: Seth, what are you doing?
SW: I'm getting ready to deliver our Secret Santa presents and more stuff for the other citizens of Torchia.
EW: What about decorating?
SW: Well, I was doing that too, but right now delivering presents takes first priority.
EW: Have you looked at the ornaments yet?
SW: Well um...
EW: Please tell me there wasn't candy inside the box!
SW: Why do you say that?
EW: Well, Mike asked me to get the box from his quarters and bring it to this room, and I'm afraid I accidentally grabbed his...y'know...
SW: Secret Stash?
EW: So I swapped the two boxes then.
SW: Well yeah.
EW: What did you do with them?
SW: Well, I made the Strawberry Creams into ornaments and I fashioned the Peanut Butties into a star. I saved a couple Peanut Butties for my Vim counter and the Limited Edition Strawberry Buttie Crunch for Mike.
EW: Um...that wasn't wise.
SW: It wasn't my choice. A couple of people on a forum said to do it. I'll face the consequences.
EW: I'll keep your secret. BUT, you have to let me help you deliver your presents.
SW: I guess you can help. I mean, delivering presents will take some time. How about you deliver this half and I'll deliver the other half.
EW: Sounds like a plan!

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Big 10th Update! Now we can leave the Cradle!