>Velias: Arrive at Lena's place of residence.
Hey, I know this is fun for you and all, but can I switch back to the second-person narration? I really don't feel like narrating everything I do.
>Author Avatar Asshole: Respond.
No.
>Velias: Flip off your omnipotent master.
I can't do that! Lena's mother's answered the door!
"Well, hello Velias. How are you?"
"Good, Mrs. Travencal. Where's Lena?"
"She's upstairs, dealing with some more of the tournament business."
"Alright madam. You're dressed up. Where are you going?"
"Out, of course. Human happy hours."
"I wouldn't know, madam."
"I certainly hope not. Anyway, good bye!"
>Velias: Consider implications.
You have got to be kidding me. This convenient? Uh, you're aware I have a matesprit, right?
>Velias: Momentarily go off-topic with talks of your mate's impotence.
He's not impotent! Well, I wouldn't know. He never takes me out anywhere.
>Bernie and Jason: Wonder what the hell you're listening to.
Bernard Bartlett made wtf-faces with Jason Orville at 5:47PM, 3/22.
BB: Uh.... I think I'm too young to be listening to this.
JO: Are you kidding me? You're 14. That's old enough.
BB: Hey, I didn't want a part of this. This is like peeping in on my own parents.
JO: Yeah, but you don't have any, so this is close enough.
JO: Too far?
BB: Yes.
BB: Hold up, I hear something.
Lena Travencal questioned Velias Narfos at 5:48PM, 3/22
LT: Why are you talking to yourself like that?
VN: Author shenanigans.
LT: What pumpkin? Anyway, come on. We got stuff.
VN: Right.
VN: So, did you hear about that thing on LoSaI?
LT: No. Should I have?
VN: They found this little house standing on the ruins of the LoSaI tower.
LT: A house? On that world? How would someone even do that?
VN: No idea. They even noticed it was made of the same material.
VN: Material like that ain't found anywhere else.
LT: So what'd they do with it?
VN: They left it alone. Houses like that just don't pop out of who knows where. It's as improbable as say, having to break something to prevent a meteor from hitting you by porting to another dimension.
LT: Interesting.
>Velias: Establish unresolved sexual tension.
Uh, no. I already told you, I already have a matesprit. And she's not a good candidate for a kismesis.
>Lena: Establish unresolved sexual tension.
For absolutely no particular reason at all, you stealthily knock something off your dresser.
Then promptly turn around to bend over and pick up one of your childhood pictures.
>Velias: React.
She can't answer us. She's busy scoping dat ass.
Bernie and Jason: React.
Bernard Bartlett complained to Jason Orville at 5:54PM, 3/22.
BB: I knew this visual cam was a bad idea. And of course she had to wear the shorts.
BB: Jason?
BB: Jason, I swear, if you're in the bathroom right now.
>Bernie: Turn to Jason's seat.
BB: Wait, you're right there. Dammit, scared me a moment.
BB: Jason? Snap out of it, you perverted bastard.
We've lost Jason too.
>Lena: Continue as if nothing happened.
Lena Travencal continued the discussions at 5:55PM, 3/22.
LT: Velias? Why are you looking at me like that? Great, I'm wearing the torn ones again, aren't I?
LT: Never do a split in these kinds of shorts.
VN: No, just thinking.
VN: Hey, so about Cirona.
LT: I've been looking into it. All I can get is that she left to go have a rendezvous with someone at the Vokil Cafe at 8:54PM, 3/18.
LT: I was actually there the following day, meeting with Jason for the game.
VN: Vokil Cafe... Sounds like one of those things.
LT: Do I want to know?
VN: Considering that was her last day before a new game with new stuff to explore, she probably went with intentions of using buckets.
>Bernie: Have enough.
Bernard Bartlett continued to whine to Jason Orville at 5:59PM, 3/22.
BB: Hey, didn't you say you went to meet someone that night?
JO: No. If I did, I wouldn't have came as early as I did to you the following morning.
BB: Isn't that where you go a lot, though?
JO: For the exact same reasons Cirona goes, yes.
JO: Namely, to go find rather unscrupulous girls and hold their... hands all night.
BB: Dude, remember that conversation about a certain troll's Freudian instrument?
BB: Same concept.
JO: So you roll both ways? Cool.
>Bernie: Just lose it.
Yeah, he's leaving. Wait no, he's back. Jason's neighborhood is dangerous this time of night. Or indeed, at any other time.
>Velias: Establish more sexual tension.
Fine.
Velias Narfos began on a new topic with Lena Travencal at 6:02PM, 3/22.
VN: Ok, so speaking of buckets, Aiolos.
LT: Nothing much down there?
>Jason: I told you so.
I told you so! He's very impotent; who else would carry around such a massive hunk of metal like that?
VN: Why does everyone think he's small?
LT: The lance.
VN: Well, it doesn't matter. I wouldn't know.
LT: He's embarrassed?
VN: No, he never has time. Ever.
LT: Never has time for you? Don't you see him for what, seven, ten hours a day?
VN: In a professional capacity.
VN: Outside of it, he's always busy making stuff.
LT: Stuff?
VN: Meaningless stuff. Like small statues, rings with shiny rocks, and lately, models of various military vehicles.
LT: My dad does that.
VN: Yeah, but he's human. And he works as an engineer anyhow. Making stuff is in his blood. And yours, come to think of it.
LT: No, I got my mother's blood. Taking care of young people.
VN: What, me? You're barely half a sweep older!
LT: I was talking more about Bernie, but sure. Yes I do, my sweet little child!
>Lena: Pap Velias on the head to establish superiority.
You pap her on the head, then hug her.
>Lena: Follow up on it and give Jason the proof he needs.
You take her by the cheek and...
Nope!
>Lena: Disappoint Jason, slightly bruise Velias, comfort Bernie.
You squeeze Velias like a bear hug, while shaking her around like a floppy little helldemon-puppet-coolthing.
>Velias: React.
If I ever find a fourth wall, I'm coming over to kick your ass.
>Bernie: React.
Lena hugs you the same way when you're particularly down or in need of happy.
You are now happy.
>Jason: React.
Sir, why do you insist on impeding my progress? Must you be the ultimate cosmic co...
Wait, what do they call it if it's interspecies, and for women?
>Velias: Uh, what now?
Well, her hair smells nice. Shirt feels like a cheap material, though.
>Velias: Contemplate what she'd look like without the shirt.
>Velias: Contemplate what she'd look like without the shirt.
>Velias: Contemplate what she'd look like without the shirt.
Dammit, is this thing broken again?
>Lena: Ask why Velias is blushing.
Wait no, it works.
Lena Travencal asked Velias Narfos at 6:07PM, 3/22.
LT: So why're you blushing?
VN: Nothing.
LT: So, do you need to be anywhere for the rest of the day, or no?
VN: No, my schedule's clear till Aiolos gets everything ready for the final boss.
VN: Your boy's very clever.
LT: Yeah, he is.
VN: Aww, now you're blushing.
LT: Well... Yeah.
Dammit. I'm the author here. If my own characters refuse to be shipped by their freaking creator, what will?
>Velias: Kiss her. You kiss that girl this instant.
I really wish I could say she wasn't able to respond.
But what she did respond with is very foul and doesn't belong here. Doesn't belong anywhere.
>Lena: Find out why Velias seems to have very dark thoughts on her mind.
Lena Travencal comforted Velias Narfos at 6:09PM, 3/22.
LT: What's wrong?
VN: You ever have one of those days when people want you to get with someone, but you don't want to?
LT: Is it Aiolos?
VN: No, not him.
LT: A kismesis? You've found one?
VN: Several, though they fizzle out.
VN: It's hard being an emissary. No one understands. No one can hate you enough to be a real kismesis.
LT: Well, what about humans? Certainly they might hate you enough?
VN: No, they don't. They barely tolerate and loathe me, but they just don't have that fiery hate.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FORGET IT. THAT SHIP IS ANCHORED TO DOCK BY ADAMANTIUM OR SOME CRAP.
Also, story time. The girl from the dreams, or a hero of another session?
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03-07-2012, 07:55 PM #51Page of Mind
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03-08-2012, 02:33 AM #52The Enigma
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Argh, so hard to choose. Dream girl is a mystery I want solved, but I'm also curious what another session has to do with this one. >.<
....The girl from the dreams. Final Answer.Feel Free to Pester Whenever.
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03-08-2012, 07:04 AM #53Suavebot 3000
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Sure, let's go with dream girl. Shipping ain't my thing anyway.
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How did they know?
How did they know?
How did they know?
That single thought ran through the young girl's head as she was thrown off the cliff.
Eye. Come in, Eye.
Here.
There's been an avalanche from your position. Are you operational?
Combat ineffective at the moment. Whoever threw me off is still at large, not to mention others may come looking.
Fall back to our position. Switch to an appropriate weapon and give us fire support.
Roger. Anything of note?
Their mages are suppressing us. Scalpel has gone silent while they locate and assassinate Lumeros.
We're back. Lumeros wasn't there.
What? Impossible! Was our intel off?
No. Everything was true, right down to what I assume he wore on casual days. There was a cup of tea there that was still semi-warm.
He was here recently. He must've fled.
Do you hear this?
Eye? You there?
Eye did not answer. She could not answer. She was in front of a troll. No ordinary troll, mind you.
Her classes in physiology and electronics told her no troll could possibly be over eight feet with no visible implants, but here this troll was.
Red clothing, yellow markings, horns like a mother grub's. This was the troll she was looking for.
"Hello, Miss."
"Uh... Lumeros Dolpilo, you are now under arrest to be placed into the custody of the... city of... Avernus.
"Yes well... About that. There's no negotiation?"
"No. You have been charged with conspiracy to commit treason and sedition, as well as the abduction of hundreds. You will come with us."
"Hmm.... I'm afraid I must decline your offer of a cozy solitary cell. Instead, I must tell you that I will walk back to my headquarters, and I kindly dare you to stop me."
"So be it then."
And she spun more threads infused with the spirit of dying suns.
Sadly, the skill level of Lumeros' abscond was the highest it could ever be. Like a black hole, every thread made its way onto him.
And like a black hole, not a single one mattered.
Jason Orville woke up Bernard Bartlett at 3:21AM, 3/21.
JO: Come on, Bernie! We gotta go plant these bugs in Lena's house.
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03-09-2012, 12:59 AM #55The Enigma
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Perhaps a general overview of critical events in this universe? I'm a tad confused as to how the humans and trolls know each other already, and why Prospit was glassed and Derse made into a fortress. Then maybe a look over the mythology, if there is any major changes from the canon.
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03-09-2012, 05:57 AM #56Page of Mind
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Alright, an explanation is owed. Though I have to say that I can't say much without spoiling the story.
Once, there were two species that came to play Sburb. But you know this story. The leaders of the species were John and Karkat.
When they won, their newly crafted universe would contain both species, who would coexist. Remember that the pre-Scratch trolls were more peaceful than their post-Scratch counterparts. The pre-Scratch non-genocidal trolls would live with the humans.
Inevitably, when Sburb came to their universe once again, (and I'm assuming multiple sessions can be done at once, because thinking that John's group would be the only humans to survive the meteors is a bit depressing) some sessions would be played jointly by the two species. And they would, once again, create new universes where both species coexisted. And repeat.
Since the original human-troll session, they'd become somewhat more aware of the nature of Sburb, what one could expect from the game, etc.
Eventually, one particular group would become very savvy with the game. A bit too savvy. Then (deleted due to plot spoilers)
They would mistakenly think they knew more than they did. And they would screw up. No wait, they would MAJORLY screw up.
And yet, they learned. They eventually came to know as much as they assumed they did. They would use the same constraints that screwed up their game to save it.
The workload would be carried out by two players; time and space. I believe you're already acquainted with one of them.
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>Tripis: Vent to Velias.
Telepathsterminus began pestering CausticTrickster at 2:58PM, 3/20
>Bernard: Peruse choice of ruins to desecrate the shit out of.
>Jason: Engage in more skullduggery
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#C-8379: Maiden Voyage of the Aleksander.
Some nice sea air will do us good.
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#C-8379: Maiden Voyage of the Aleksander
The Aleksander was the first self-sustainable ship built from two different places. One half was built on Prospit, the other on Skaia.
As a result, half the ship was red, the other half blue. The ship was built to be able to resist several hull breaches without compromising the entire ship, as sections could be shut off and detached.
Maiden Voyage of the Aleksander Party ChatLog
iI: Uh... where are we?
tT: Heading to Derse. Actually, I think the Derse Campaign one is directly parallel to this.
tT: But we're in the skies, and they're on the ground below.
iI: So what do we even fight? Won't the ship do it all?
tT: Invasion-style map. They come in waves, we fight them off.
tT: It's a very short map anyway. Just one boss encounter, though we could fight any of several different ones.
>Bernard: Gaze upon the Veil.
You would, if you knew what such a thing was.
There are no meteors. All the asteroids were either salvaged of all material and used as kinetic weapons against the Horrorterrors, or currently lay within craters on Skaia.
>Bernard and Lena: Wade through several waves of enemies.
Bernie is very enthusiastic when it comes to combat.
Or it could be just that his Mangrit Charge requires him to shout something every time he uses it.
Then again, being able to shout something freely as you help separate heads from bodies has a charm to it.
>Bernard: Complain
You make sure that every other obligatory yell while using Mangrit Charge is something along the lines of "YOU SUCK!"
>Lena: Chastise Bernie for using language unfit to be used in the presence of a lady.
Uh....
>Lena: Chastise Bernie for using language unfit to be used in the presence of a lady.
>Lena: Chastise Bernie for using language unfit to be used in the presence of a lady.
Dammit, is this thing broken again?
SlAuGhTeR tHeM
AvEnGe OuR fAlLeN
Oh wait no, it's just a boss fight. Bernie's new, Lena's not primarily a fighter. They're not like the trolls.
Guess they can't respond to non-combat commands in combat yet.
Boss Battle
Braxis, Weeping Skies Pack Leader
Braxis is the tactical commander and summoner of the Weeping Skies.
One of the prominent enemies of the Aleksander today is the Weeping Skies Pack. They harass the Aleksander, as well as raiding outlying worlds. On the ship's maiden voyage, one of their commanders personally came to see what could hold out against his forces for so long. This is all extrapolation; as the void covered ship sensors, no one knew what happened on the Aleksander until approximately seven hours after it was attacked. What is known, however, is that an unidentified commander's corpse was found on the ruins of the Skaian half of the ship.
The Prospitian half survived; after this incident, most of Skaia's industrial capacity was transported to Prospit, as well as the death of several mutants and rustbloods who were blamed for structural flaws.
Braxis (Scorpio's Psychosis Modifier)
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tT: You just had to pick the highest difficulty, didn't you?
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Auto-attack that bitch. We don't need no fancy motifs.
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Lena> use pimp slap
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>Party: Micro is for suckers. A-move to victory.
Combat Log
>Reload.
>Lena: Show that boss your pimp hand.
>Bernard: Still A-move.
Combat Log
>Reload. Again.
>Party: Focus adds down first.
Combat Log
>Wish you could reload.
>Party: Still resolve to focus adds by exploiting poorly structured initiative system.
>Lena/Bernard: Use Patron's Inspiration
Combat Log
Loot
Guardian's Charm
>Bernard: Ask where to go next.
Lena Travencal dashed the hopes of Bernard Bartlett at 9:05AM, 3/23.
LT: Home, of course. I'm going to go put this in the 7th Legion Bank.
LT: Then I need to find out where Cirona went.
BB: Aww. Why woman why.
BB: Fine. I'll go look up how to make this thing.
LT: You'll need raid materials. And you're not nearly ready for that. Hell, I'm not either.
BB: Well, I'll have something to aim for.
LT: You want something to aim for, look up the Tiamat Culling. Don't go into it blind next time.
LT: And pack supplies.
>Bernard: Look up Tiamat Culling.
9 bosses, 12 hours. Seems doable.
>Lena: Look up Cirona's whereabouts.
Lena Travencal and Velias Narfos began requesting the aid of Tripis Mavler at 10:46AM, 3/23.
TM: Alright, this better be damn quick. Aiolos needs me back within two hours.
LT: Oh please. Anything can be done in two hours.
VN: Ignoring what she's trying to implicate, Cirona.
VN: We think she might've been at the Vokil Cafe at 8:54PM, 3/18.
TM: Alright, let me check. I'll look on the cameras.
VN: What'd you find?
TM: Crap. Is she a void player?
VN: I didn't get a chance. Why? Blackout?
TM: Yes.
LT: Can we, what is it, follow the blackout trail? Since the game isn't that old, and the entirety of Skaia hasn't fallen into chaos, we can assume the blackouts don't extend far from their person.
TM: Let me check.
TM: Uh oh. I'm seeing at least five, wait no, fuck, eight black trails. And I have no idea which is which. Remember that all this assumes that she's a void player.
TM: I can't do this right now. I gotta get back to the asshole chief soon.
LT: Does anyone else know how to use your computers?
TM: Even if they did, we can't risk it. We're working with the cult right now.
TM: Their minds may be ridiculously fucked over like some appropriately shitty metaphor I can't think of at the moment.
TM: But they know enough that they don't want this getting out either.
TM: They promised to stop culling those that didn't want the cult, and they actually didn't this time. And that's without taking in the fact that she's the best fucking killer around.
VN: Also, we have espionage information there. Can't let anyone do it.
LT: Ok, how many gigs of buckets do you have on there?
TM: Over a straight terabyte.
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>>BB, pack a decent amount of supplies. Also, see if you can't get a little more info on these scenario's and try to form at least base strategies against each boss. If you're going in alone, you're going to need to be smart about this to survive.
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>BB: Look up Tiamat Culling.
You look it up in your manual. But it doesn't have much.
>BB: Search the Internet.
You look it up on the reality known as the Internet.
The first few entries are based on the real-life incident.
>BB: Don't get distracted.
Too late. You've already read about how the humans on LoSaC were ready to break away from the empire.
In retaliation, the 25th Voidbeast was deployed to the planet, along with mercenaries from the guilds.
Sadly, it seems the Land of Steel and Contagion isn't named for nothing.
>BB: Pack accordingly.
You don't want to take a chance with any of the food. A gas mask and a ranged weapon are going to be needed. It'd be horrible to win only to have to reload and do it all over again just because you died from a disease you caught at the start.
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You still need a gun. It does make you wonder why Lena doesn't carry a gun around. Diplomat shenanigans?
>BB: Be rudely interrupted by Jason.
Jason Orville barged into the room of Bernard Bartlett at 10:39AM, 3/23.
JO: Sir. We should be going now.
BB: For what?
JO: There are more bugs to be planted.
BB: Doesn't Lena have enough bugs already?
JO: Ah, true, but not her mate.
BB: I'm going to stop you right there. We are not breaking into the 7th Legion compound.
JO: But that's where you come in! You've designed the very raid they're doing right now. They'll let you in.
BB: And what do I tell them?
JO: Let me handle that. Hmm.
>Reader: Decide whether to play this straight, or for hilarity.
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BB>> Take this seriously. You didn't design that raid to use it as an excuse for some petty illicit activity. No, save such a ruse for something bigger. Also, please explain to Jason that he should be training or something. If he want to bug her room so much, just have him treat it like a training session.
JO>> Okay, so, I can't decide if you like Lena, and bug her about Velias because of that, or if it's just 100% best friend teasing. I'll assume the former. Search your feelings, Jason, you know it to be true.Feel Free to Pester Whenever. Handles: OOC:cipheredMachine Troll:embellishedTestament
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Take this seriously. I don't know why we bugged our friends' houses anyway.
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>JO: Whine about the great plans you would've put into action if hilarity was chosen.
But I was going to make myself appear as a prostitute, and Bernard would be my... pimp, you call it?
>JO: Search feelings.
I shall keep what I have found in my searches to myself, thank you.
Besides, I have greater plans for the moment.
"To the winner goes all the phat loots of victory, and the blackjack and hookers that comes with it,"
William Bender Marcy.
Yes, I am absolutely, one hundred percent sure that William B. Marcy said that.
Regardless, my plans are in motion. To be the winner, my plans must come to fruition.
>BB: Reminisce on how you came to design Avernian Stand.
You'd rather not. You'd rather focus on what came due to the raid designing binge.
With the raids, you became an asset. Lena convinced Aiolos to divert a very small portion of the raid's earnings to you, as a percentage of all generated loot went to whoever hosted it. It gave you a means to live without doing anything you didn't want to, like being a burden on Lena's or Jason's families.
>BB: Be told of what Jason said, facepalm, and direct him to treat it as a training course.
2x FACEPALM COMBO
Bernard Bartlett yelled at Jason Orville at 10:45PM, 3/23.
BB: Are you kidding me. You're whoring yourself out.
BB: Wait no, that's actually normal for you.
JO: It could've worked!
JO: Then what's your plan, oh great and powerful leader?
BB: Drop the whole lesbian thing, since we both know you like her.
JO: I'll keep my feelings to myself, thank you.
JO: Anything else?
BB: Train. I haven't actually seen you do anything to level up in a few days.
JO: I'm planning to reap my experience through various plans.
JO: Also, as you probably know by now, I'm one of the hosts of the tournament.
BB: Why did you lie about that anyway?
JO: Technically, I didn't lie.
BB: I don't remember the wording, but you withheld that information.
JO: Is this the discussion we wish to have now?
BB: No. Continue about the hosting?
JO: Because I'm hosting it, and I'm designing the coliseum for the tourney, I'm set to receive a simply massive experience burst.
JO: Your Avernian Stand nets you some pretty steady experience too.
BB: I know. I once heard a ringing sound when I was sleeping. I thought it was another bed intruder; turns out I leveled up.
JO: Exactly.
BB: I'm serious about this. Drop this whole Lena-Velias thing. Bugging their rooms? I didn't think you were that desperate.
JO: Of course I'm not. I can suddenly need to find the nearest bed whenever I wish.
BB: Right.... Anyway, go get me a gun. You have a few, right?
JO: Guns? Do you have to go ranged?
BB: Tiamat Culling. I think it'd be safe.
JO: Oh yeah. Lena called me about that. Did you look up your bosses?
BB: No.
JO: Let's go to Velias' room together and ask her for a copy of their raider's guide!
3xFACEPALM COMBO.
JO: Fine, ask her when she gets back.
JO: Anyway, I should go if you're not assisting in my subterfuge. Gotta go get that gun for you.
Time for a change. Go check out the trolls over at AS, check out Bernie as he starts his survival in Tiamat Culling, Lena as she cleans up after one of Jason's messes, or Jason as he creates more messes for Lena to clean up?
Or perhaps someone not mentioned, that you'd like to know more on, because I am a bastard that teases more than every hooker in Amsterdam combined?
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03-12-2012, 04:17 PM #68Suavebot 3000
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Re: 216 Days (A Text Adventure)
Be the cALLER. Scheme.
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03-12-2012, 08:46 PM #69Page of Mind
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Be tHE cALLER.
You are now tHE cALLER.
>tc: Scheme.
Yes. You surely have a plan that will overthrow the Empress' rule and equalize the hemospectrum.
The matesprit of your benefactor Virken once said to you your power. That you were in fact, the player of reanimation!life.
With that and a detailed mythological and historical education, you set to work on the big reveal. By calling forth ancient powers from the time of the gods, you would wage a bloody war.
It was inevitable. A bloody, violent, and soulless war, one where you and countless hundreds of thousands would die once again for a political upheaval for the sake of the ideal life.
You know you probably won't have a place in the new society you help create. Probably exile yourself beyond where the Furthest Ring once existed, helping thin the rapidly increasing Horrorterrors until you die by the sword, as a human saying goes.
Beneath the ground of Skaia, you know what truly lies beneath. You know your namesake, the Summoner, who waged a similar battle to try to make a difference. It makes sense. As he commanded a legion of immensely loyal Cavalreapers, so did you.
The 9th Cavalreapers were due back for recuperation from defense duty on April 17. On the day of your plan. Coincidentally, a day when most of the city's defenders would be away at some tournament, all burning themselves out on each other.
Lord Virken suggested he had his own plans for the defenders. As you would unleash yourself on the city, so he said, so would he on those at the tournament. Or something of the sort. He quickly assured you that when you sent messengers to the tournament grounds, they would be at your beck and call. Ready to fight. Ready to sacrifice.
After all, he was a very well-trusted and revered troll. A title/achievement page longer than most people had entire biographies. If ever you needed a figurehead to transition to equality, you knew exactly who would be welcomed by the obviously uneasy, newly-freed population. Help them make the adjustment to having an egalitarian society.
One day, this would be reality. One day, an indigo cultist would sit down and comfort a crying redblood. A redblood would preside over matters of law over a tealblood. Blood would become merely a decorative figure, as much as it somewhat disturbs you when you realize the cult already does this. But then again, they could just be ahead of the curve.
One day, there would be no war. The Horrorterrors couldn't possibly keep up this assault. They would have to crack under the constant cullings any day now. It has been, what.... You can't remember right now. Doesn't matter. They've been piling up recently. Twice, thrice, quadice? No, something. Anyway, four times as many as there once was. They must be getting desperate. You hope.
When they did, and the universe was free, trollkind could finally focus on its priorities. The eternal wars had stripped the trolls of how to truly live, fractured on the iron thumb-pin-impaling-thingy known as war.
They would be happy once more. Troll would be free from its bonds.
Once that was done, then the extermination of the mutants could begin.
Reminder: Free-form has been enabled. Anything is available for perusal.
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03-13-2012, 07:45 AM #70
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Re: 216 Days (A Text Adventure)
> be bernard
> powerlvl by using a glitch
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03-13-2012, 07:40 PM #71Page of Mind
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>BB: Powerlevel by shamelessly exploiting glitches.
But thou must. Of course. You cannot merely choose to cheat. You must cheat. You must ride this game for all it can give you; you shall never be able to complete this game without doing so!
Not really. You can powerlevel and grind all you want, but actual cheating will bring forth entities that shouldn't even exist.
>Reader: Save game.
You open up the menu, and click on the save button. It doesn't actually do anything, but it adds interactivity.
>BB: Cheat.
You do it. You cheat. You exploit a bug and start getting a ludicrously excessive stream of XP.
>Game: Intervene
(Bonus) Boss Battle
Mortal Triumvirate of Skaia
Bernard Bartlett, the Ionian Exile
Jason Orville, the Cindered Knight
Lena Travencal, the Progenitor of Mortality
Bonus battle: If you made it to the new game plus, you know damn well the reason behind their titles.
If you have yet to begin a new game plus, you should leave. Now.
Bernard Bartlett (Scorpio's Psychosis Modifier)
Jason Orville (Avenger's Wrath Modifier)
Lena Travencal (Nurturer's Clarity Modifier)
>BB: You can reload anyway. Fight them.
Yeah.... No. You get your ass handed to you on a silver platter every time. Your mirror self manages to butcher you merely by throwing his axe at you.
>BB: Reload.
Ok, good. Time to consult manual.
>BB: Look up legitimate leveling methods.
You look it up. You find something very interesting.
Those that still need levels to reach the level cap can literally farm. Creating or otherwise establishing yourself as the unopposed owner of a malicious piece of hardware, such as a series of gun turrets, then placing a spawn tool near them will cause the monsters to spawn, without any effort on the part of the owner, except perhaps in restocking ammunition. Obtaining said spawn tools, however, may get you the levels required before you even get them. They are the same spawners used by guilds to create raids, and thus very valuable.
>BB: Wait for your AS to finish for the 7th Legion quickly so you can obtain said tools.
You designed the raid, dammit! Surely they can spare one.
You may pick anyone except Bernie and the AS raid.
Command?
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03-13-2012, 08:03 PM #72Suavebot 3000
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Re: 216 Days (A Text Adventure)
JO: Be the disgusting pervert.
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03-13-2012, 10:01 PM #73Page of Mind
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>JO: Be a disgusting pervert.
I take offense to that! I am not a disgusting pervert! I keep myself clean and elegant at all times. Though yes, my amorous inclinations tend to drive more of my motives than you would think.
>JO: Do something perverted.
How convenient! I was in the middle of scoping out more dames at the city plaza! They're having executions today. Not exactly my cup of tea, but it's better than reading. There will be many a grieving maiden, but I can't take advantage. No, I am searching for others with the same purpose as I; present only for the entertainment.
>JO: Find a suitable lady. What do you like anyway?
Let me be frank. I don't really care too much about what a girl looks like. If they're human, I will consider it. Not trolls. One of them tore a scar on my tongue, which is still there today. Also, they can accidentally maim and possibly dismember our, let's say, manhoods, right off. I'd prefer to keep mine.
>JO: Going to get your friend to help spy on your newest girlfriend?
No, because none of the people Bernie has helped me with was a girlfriend.
>JO: Watch executions.
Must I? It's just a medley of the usual; murderers, prisoners, the occasional highblood to appease the lowbloods, and whatever scapegoats they can find of our species.
Yes, you can obviously tell I'm bitter about the fact that not only is mutant a more recognized term for human, that most still assume we're just deformed trolls. Bigots.
>JO: Go home with latest acquisition.
Do you hate me or something? Must you take the emotion out of everything I do? Are the girls merely acquisitions, as if they were merely loot items being transferred to a bank?
Do you have something personal against me?
>JO: Spend time with your woman.
Thank you. I will be back in several hours.
prometheanProdigy began pestering ionianImperator at 12:41AM, 3/28
pP: I just had seeeex!!
iI: Oh God. Why.
pP: And it... wait. Be right back.
>JO: Break 4th wall temporarily to ask about matters of content.
Am I allowed to finish those lyrics?
I have no idea, actually. Regardless, you won't be.
>JO: Check on your stuff.
Wait, the 4th wall's still down.
It's always been down, you idiot. That's how your narration goes.
I meant your part of the wall.
Oh. Oopsie. Ok, turning it off.
>JO: Check on your stuff.
Ok, done. Everything is in order. The barricades on the windows are still up, the locks show no sign of tampering, and it seems the gangs may be doing something similar to what I've done, since it's very quiet.
Now excuse me, my guest is calling.
>SD: Do your rounds.
"Hey. Having fun?"
"Nope! Of course you're not. How could you, when you're looking like that at me."
"When I get out of here, I'm going to slit your throat, ear to ear."
"Now, that's no way to talk to your captors. Are we going to have to bring out the pokers again?"
"In any case, here's your food. Or whatever crap you eat."
"Don't worry. I may be doing all the dreaming now, but I assure you, Dreamer."
"When I get my hands on you, you'll have plenty of time to dream."
"Hey man. Sup. The bitch giving you trouble again?"
"Just friendly banter."
"How nice. Well, I've had a bad day. Can you get the pokers?"
"If you say so."
>Captive: Refuse to give them the satisfaction.
And for the umpteenth time in several days, you fail. And scream.
Ignore what I said earlier. Free-form is re-enabled.Last edited by Levenfish; 03-14-2012 at 05:32 AM.
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03-14-2012, 07:49 AM #74
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Re: 216 Days (A Text Adventure)
JO> mess up REALLY bad
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03-14-2012, 04:51 PM #75Page of Mind
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Re: 216 Days (A Text Adventure)
>JO: Mess up. Really bad.
Excuse me? You wish to see me screw up? To do something so unreasonably improbable that you will have to not only suspend your disbelief, but also have me branded forever as an idiot?
>JO: Shut up and do it.
Fine. Just give me a few hours. I'll have something suitably derailing.
>Author: Make small chat.
So... What's up.
Don't worry about Jason; if he does anything completely, off the rails insane, I'll just use my mystical author powers to undo it.
>JO: Instigate another gang war.
It's all very simple. I just donned some troll clothing, got some materials. Shaving cream, anticoagulants, the usual. The same materials used at Nespar, Kent, Serkara, Tiamat, and Verdammak.
>JO: Be the complete monster.
I believe a few dozen will be enough. Or do you require more to sate your urge to see me molded into a killer that gives complete justification in wanting me beaten to death on a wheel?
>Inner Alternis: Panic.
Why did you even try giving the city commands?! They're too busy following your orders to listen to them!
Wait. What?
>Fate: Change.
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