Quartetgrouped - The game begins in earnest

[Naristar]

whats with the box

[Superdog]

To Grandma's room we go!

[Curris]

==> Use soap and water to make BUBBLES! THIS IS SO MUCH FUN! Then, pop them all! THAT IS ALSO FUN!

==> Then get some breakfast!

[Legendary]

Sam: Wonder what's with the box.


What BOX? There are no boxes here.

The CHEAP TABLE beside you, someone designed for SHOP CLASS. They failed the class, so you nabbed it while no one was looking. FURNITURE is pretty expensive otherwise, so both you and your GRANDMA have your methods for obtaining things without breaking the bank.

Except you don't have a BANK because there's not much money.

So yeah.

Sam: Peruse reading material on bathroom end table.


As if! This is your GRANDMA'S KNITTING MAGAZINES, which you never touch because her obsession with KNITTING scares you to some extent. It's not really that it's bad that she knits. It's just that she NEVER STOPS. Ever.

You once couldn't get out of your room because she'd knitted a DOOR COZY overnight, jamming the hinges in the process.

Sam: Enter Grandma's room.


You cannot enter GRANDMA'S ROOM. The door is firmly LOCKED.

You don't know why a bathroom door can only be locked from the OUTSIDE, but those are the breaks.

[Jolt]

>Investigate the Hallway

[Naristar]

to the kitchen to get a sammich!

[Superdog]

To the noms! If you have any, that is...

[Legendary]

(I apologize for this small, mostly featureless update - There've been some distractions today. Tomorrow should pick up)

Sam: Wonder why you have a pot of ink on your shirt.


Well, because it CAME THAT WAY. But more seriously, it's because you like LITERATURE so much you want it emblazoned over your HEART. Don't you remember? LITERATURE and ART are kind of your things, at least, so you think. The truth is, there's someone else out there who likes LITERATURE almost as much as you, but not quite. He doesn't have a POT OF INK on his shirt. He has some COINS, because his interests aren't yours. The other someone has a PAINTBRUSH on her shirt, but that's not her only interest. You just haven't met them yet.

Eventually though, through a rather odd set of circumstances that don't involve WITCHCRAFT but instead PSEUDO-SCIENCE, you will meet them. The question is, when.

[Curris]

Yesterday. You met them yesterday. But you didn't know that you knew them. It was just a casual-bumping-into-other-people incident at the grocery store. . .

That, and bumping into people doesn't make a good first impression. . . You hope they'll forgive you!

[ashdenej]

>It was at the shopping centre, that you met them.

Yesterday.

But you don't remember it.

[Legendary]

Sam: Abscond out of your room after checking for monsters.


All right. Here you are, standing in your HALLWAY. There are no monsters anywhere, you're quite sure of that.

Sam: Suddenly notice the STUFFED MONSTERS in the hall.


STUFFED MONSTERS? Oh my god where?!

No wait. That's a KNITTED HAT. It's not STUFFED. It's not even THREATENING. It probably just fell off the wall.

========>


You are standing in the HALLWAY, the EAST END. The WEST END is well, to the WEST, and honestly there's a map of the house a few UPDATES back so why don't you check that out if you're not sure where you are. The interests of yourself and your GRANDMA line the wall. And apparently the floor.

Oh, and apparently someone delivered some mail!

[ashdenej]

>Open purple package.

Find the mystical game of "SPOTB" inside.

Realise that it's actually a puzzle.

[Jolt]

>Put on Scarf

[Curris]

Consider not opening the PURPLE POST. If Harry Potter has taught you anything, it is that CONSPICUOUS COLORED CORRESPONDENCE is rarely a good thing.

Replace Hat with WALL-SCARF. You wouldn't want the house to catch a cold, eh?

Enter Kitchen~! Seek ye a snack both delicious and healthy!

((Is that Dogs Playing Poker?))

[Superdog]

Wear hat.
Open package.
Go to Kitchen.

[Legendary]

Sam: Consider not opening the box.


You consider not opening the PACKAGE. However, this thought seems silly to you. It's your BIRTHDAY, and your GRANDMA always does get you something, even if it isn't much. This is no doubt just the next member of a line of gifts that you will receive until one of you DIES.

Gosh that's kinda morbid.

Sam: Open package.


That's more like it! You open the BOX, and reveal the following items within:

5 CAPTCHA CARDS for a SYLLADEX, each one holding a COMPLIMENTARY MINT.
1 STRIFE SPECIBUS, slightly used (and already allocated!).
1 BIRTHDAY CARD, written out in your GRANDMA'S FAILING HAND.

[vengeanceCreed]

> Read birthday card.

Be distracted by rumbling of stomach, debate whether or not mints constitute a satisfying meal, and abscond to the kitchen as you continue to read.

[Jolt]

> Eat a mint

> Attempt to practice captchalogue Wall Scarf

[Duhlicious]

> Someone knocks on the door. Investigate to see who!

[Legendary]

Sam: Read birthday card.


Aww. This is HEARTWARMING and wonderful in lots of ways. Your relationship with your GRANDMA isn't one filled with fighting about your CONFLICTING INTERESTS, but instead a very CALM one that's just... NICE.

You wonder what she means though.

Sam: Eat a mint.


You attempt to pull a MINT out of your SYLLADEX, but cannot. Instantly the mechanics of your SYLLADEX become apparent to you. It is the GIVE-AND-TAKE MODUS, which requires that you have a full SYLLADEX at all times and, to pick up items, must put an item down. Or VICE VERSA.

This will no doubt be hilariously inconvenient later.

Sam: Wear hat.


You don the HAT. This is UNCOMFORTABLY WARM.

[ashdenej]

>Pull hat down over face.

[Jolt]

>Replace Mint with Scarf

[Naristar]

trade it with the card with the candy!

[Legendary]

Sam: Pull hat down over face.


This is even WARMER, and ridiculously SILLY. You are going to put this back on the way it is MEANT to be worn, and not do such stupid things with clothing for the rest of the day. Or at least another FIVE MINUTES.

Sam: Trade a candy for the card.


What a wonderful idea. You pull the CARD out of the PACKAGE with your sylladex and plan on keeping it there FOREVER. Nothing could go wrong with that, right?

Sam: Replace hat with scarf.


You perform a quick SWITCHEROO, and put the HAT in the SCARF'S place. This is even warmer than before.

If this were some silly video game, manipulating the way objects hung on the WALL would probably UNLOCK DOORS or reveal SECRET PASSAGES or any of the other sort of thing that might happen. Sadly, your HOUSE is just a HOUSE and has no secrets kept from you, except admittedly your GRANDMA'S ROOM. But you have seen it. It's a nice little room with NORMAL FURNITURE that isn't hiding anything.

[Jolt]

>Invade the kitchen and loot the refridgerator.