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Einsteinian Roulette / Re: Einsteinian Roulette: OOC and NEW PLAYER INFO
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DF Announcements / Re: Dwarf Fortress 50.04 Released
« on: December 23, 2022, 10:33:10 pm »
Are saves compatible between the Steam and Classic versions?
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph: The Game
« on: June 17, 2022, 04:52:03 pm »
Sure, that works. Wasn't planning to keep the conversation going super long too. Hoping to finish the night up in the next couple turns 
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: June 15, 2022, 01:22:15 am »
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I don't know what to write here any more
Like, as in they're all asleep at the same time. They're not all in the same bed. That would be weird.
The sound of a weapon firing, again, subtly different than before. When she looks up, most everything above the human-controller's wait is a smoking pile of ash. Standing behind the collapsing pair of legs is the culprit - another Andalite, the third Sophia has seen tonight, far larger than either of the other two, holding a ray gun of its own, which is lowered as the blue centaur addresses her with a deep, booming voice in her head.
<You are no controller, I can see that much. How is it that you have come into possession of the Escafil morphing technology, human?>
I don't know what to write here any more
Lets work with it, then. Encourage the ant to go out looking for food. Then demorph once outside.[4] Zack the ant suddenly snaps back to Zack the human. The profoundly alien experience of being in the ant's (lack of a) brain means there is no gradual transition of consciousness, but it's rather more like a light switch, the difference between pre-birth non-existence and full sapience. Disturbed, Zack finds his way back up the seemingly miles-long maze of chambers and tunnels to the surface, and returns to human form as soon as he's above ground, clad only in his underwear in the middle of a neighbour's back yard.
Go to bedChris joins Henrik, Isabella, Bobby and Fred in sleep.
Like, as in they're all asleep at the same time. They're not all in the same bed. That would be weird.
try to not die and ideally do so in a smart way so that I get +1[5+Ruthless Strategist prevents overshoot] Sophia pauses for just a moment, mind working rapidly to come up with a cunning plan to get her out of this situation. That's it! The perfect set of steps to ensure victory. She takes a step to the side, then feigns a stumble forward, feeling the heat of the air above her as another blast passes above her, then-
The sound of a weapon firing, again, subtly different than before. When she looks up, most everything above the human-controller's wait is a smoking pile of ash. Standing behind the collapsing pair of legs is the culprit - another Andalite, the third Sophia has seen tonight, far larger than either of the other two, holding a ray gun of its own, which is lowered as the blue centaur addresses her with a deep, booming voice in her head.
<You are no controller, I can see that much. How is it that you have come into possession of the Escafil morphing technology, human?>
when i wake up, i go to school as normal.Going to hold this action til morning like with RC's.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: June 02, 2022, 10:55:38 pm »
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More sleeping, more body horror, more gun talk, all yours today for the low low price of playing this game!
Chris has acquired a Labrador Retriever morph.
More sleeping, more body horror, more gun talk, all yours today for the low low price of playing this game!
Look for some more animals, and after that go home and beat up any suspicious individuals on the way there.Chris keeps an eye out for animals and suspicious individuals on his way home, [6] and finds both at once, a police officer walking a Labrador Retriever, which perks up when it catches his scent. [3+1 Born Warrior] Chris closes in fast before the cop can draw and manages to subdue both, though he takes some nasty bites along the way and he wasn't able to subdue the man fast enough to stop him seeing his face. Even though he's already got one dog morph he stops to acquire the lab that he knocked out with the cop's own baton.
Chris has acquired a Labrador Retriever morph.
Go to bed.[4+1 Morph Dancer) Isabella regains full control over the cat's instincts and clamps them down, and she even gets the sense that they won't be an issue next time she tries the same morph. She does note, however, the pile of clothes left over from when she became a cat, and how her underwear is still on her when she return to human form. She goes to bed and falls asleep, quickened by the stress of the day. Her dreams, too, reflect the stress of the day, and she sleeps fitfully.
Well, go to bed and have a night's rest. Set the alarm earlier than usual though.[1] (Just kidding) Bobby Does the same; the rest of his action will play out once everybody else is done for the night.
Try to get control over the ant and guide it back home. Failing that, demorph before I end up underground somewhere.[1] You'd never know it to look at it, but the instincts of an ant are incredibly powerful. Zack's consciousness slips further into the background as the ant continues along the pheromone trail that leads back home. Soon it is just another cog in the machine, one cell in the distributed organism that is the Hive, powerless in the face of a hundred million years of evolution that have ensured the individual ant's role is nothing to the continuation of the Hive.
"FUCK YOU!!! YOU STUPID SNAIL, I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!"Sophia begins demorphing and gets low to the ground in the same moment that her stature reduces back to her regular, human size. [Controller: 1] The combination of shrinking target and utter shock at watching the transformation causes the human-controller to fire wildly, and he catches the Hork-Bajir standing near her with a thin orange-yellow beam that disintegrates most of its torso into a dark-coloured mist of blood. By the time the human has recovered his wits, Sophia is back in human form, tired by the exertion of morphing, and wearing only the undergarments that she had initially morphed in.
Morph human and duck, letting the commander shoot his underling.
Turn back into human and head homeFred returns to his human form, his home, and his bed, in that order. He grabs some pajamas and dreams of the Taxxon's eternal starvation.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph: The Game
« on: May 27, 2022, 06:19:02 pm »Do I not even get a +1 for that? What exactly do I get Ruthless Strategist for, if not backstabbing my allies with plenty of time to plan it out?Hm, that is a good point. I was thinking it would be more of a straight-up combat situation but you're right, this would be a good situation to apply it. Give me a bit and I'll do some
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 27, 2022, 02:16:59 am »
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A dark night has fallen over the city, and as some of our protagonists sleep, others experiment with their newfound powers. Sorry Henrik, we'll get to the morning soon!
The ant brain is utterly alien, incomprehensible to a human mind as there technically is no brain. Distributed nerve clusters drive the ant's body to follow pre-programmed instinctual instructions; not a hive mind, but a mind dedicated solely and wholly to the hive. Zack's consciousness is only dimly aware as the ant catches a pheromone trail and climbs out the window into the massive outside world.
she quickly turns and swipes at the other Hork-Bajir's neck with her wrist blade; it deftly leans back out of her reach and easily slices her own forearm off, then forces her to her knees with a far more intuitive grasp of its own body. There's a brief flash where she sees what's about to happen and pulls her arm back just in time to avoid getting it sliced off. The memory of the life-like flash quickly fades as she engages in a brief scuffle with the Hork-Bajir, neither of them getting the upper hand over the other. The human-controller ahead of them turns back at the commotion and calmly levels his futuristic weapon at Sophia. Flashing a nastily smug smile, he says "I didn't think so. Are you another Andalite survivor, or just a traitor? No matter. We'll get our answers out of you at the Pool."
Isabella has acquired Pekingese and Manchester Terrier morphs.
A dark night has fallen over the city, and as some of our protagonists sleep, others experiment with their newfound powers. Sorry Henrik, we'll get to the morning soon!
Try out the ant thing before bedding down for the night.In the safety of his bedroom, Zack decides to test out his new morph. [3] After some straining he figures out the mental trigger for the transformation, and watches in the mirror as his arms and legs shrivel up and split into six spindly limbs, far too small to support his weight; he falls to the ground with a small thump, having shrunk between the time of first falling and hitting the ground. His torso pinches in two, eyes splinter into hundreds, and seconds later he is scuttling around on the floor as a California harvester ant.
The ant brain is utterly alien, incomprehensible to a human mind as there technically is no brain. Distributed nerve clusters drive the ant's body to follow pre-programmed instinctual instructions; not a hive mind, but a mind dedicated solely and wholly to the hive. Zack's consciousness is only dimly aware as the ant catches a pheromone trail and climbs out the window into the massive outside world.
"I'll take point."Sophia heads out with the two controllers who now believe she is one of them, a human and another Hork-Bajir, and waits for the opportune moment. The trio, consisting as it does of two very obvious aliens, makes its way through shadowy back roads and alleyways, the human-controller leading the way. It is in one of these alleys that [1+1 Ruthless Strategist]
Plan an ambush to kill my comrades somewhere secluded.Assuming the officer is a human-controller, leave it alive but disabled.Definitely kill them all. No witnesses.
turn into squirrel. find a bird or something and aquire a third morph. then change to human and head home, i guess.Fred leaves the Taxxon morph behind, feeling immense relief as the horrific hunger gives way to the regular kind once he's back in human form. Even with the ease with which he's taken to the morphing ability, it takes a toll, and he was already tired from the running earlier. Regardless, he gets right back into it, taking squirrel form [6+Morph Dancer prevents overshoot] which is a far smoother and less disturbing process than the alien bug. Scampering out of the cave, Fred finds a northern cardinal in its nest and subdues it with his tiny hands, but finds that while morphs he is unable to perform the acquiring that came so naturally in human form.
Isabella yawns, interrupting the phone call. "Thanks, Chris. That talk helped. This is all just... really overwhelming. But we'll get through it, you're right. Right now we just need to focus on finding the others. It'll be bad if the ye--uh, the you-knows, if they catch one of us. We'll have to keep each other safe."Hanging up on Chris, Isabella pets and acquires Ko and Alyona, a Pekingese and a Manchester Terrier respectively, then [2+1 Morph Dancer] spends a while trying to work out how to trigger the transformation. Eventually she works out that concentrating on the animal will begin the change, and that it will stop if her concentration is broken; she manages to become her cat Tripod, noting before the cat's instincts take over that she is identical to the cat except for having four fully intact and functional legs. Once the cat's brain has fully formed, her attention is taken up entirely by the extremely fun activity of knocking things off of shelves and tables.
Acquire both dogs, too. Then... experimentally try to morph, inside. Just to prove this is all real.
Isabella has acquired Pekingese and Manchester Terrier morphs.
Tell my parents I’m going for a jog and acquire some animal formsChris makes his excuses and runs out the door into the night, followed by the concern of his mother and long stare of his father. [2] The big jock is unable to find any animals to grab that aren't spooked by his approach before he has to return.
Check what the 'opening hours' are of the shelter where Bobby met Sophia, see if it'd be too late to go check if she's there.Turns out the soup kitchen Bobby knows Sophia from opens at noon on weekends and 6 in the evening on weekdays (tomorrow is a weekday). He spends the rest of the night mocking up a design which will hopefully get the attention of the other witnesses, and finds a nearby library branch which will print up to ten sheets a day for free.
Then, start working on a design for a flyer for a movie night screening "invasion of the body snatchers" for some fake movie club.
The idea here is to get some printed in one of the next days and put them around for a chance to find the other people who were at the construction site, while still having plausible deniability and hopefully not attracting the attention of the aliens. Note that we don't necessarily even need to actually do the movie night, this is just a way to connect to the others. For now just design some flyers and look up where I can have some printed on the cheap.
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Yeah, I don't mind.Quote((I know guns! Please ask me about guns! :3 ))((If Rem is ok with it, maybe you can pick which 9mm it is exactly?))
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 21, 2022, 02:31:16 am »
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As the night grows darker our heroes, almost all of whom are safe and sound in their own homes, consider how best to face the next day knowing what they now know.
"Very well. Disciplinary action will be postponed pending successful acquisition of the witnesses. Come with me - let's go catch them, Yindrat-213 and Kanak-481."
(Again it'll be up to you who you recognize and how. Time wise, well, I'm kind of winging it, but hopefully it doesn't get actual days out of sync. I'll kludge the timelines for the sake of my own sanity if I have to. Keep track of your possessions and circumstances that you're leaving at home, I'll put it in your character block if you take it with you.)
Zack has acquired a California harvester ant morph.
Isabella has acquired a Russian Blue Cat morph.
As the night grows darker our heroes, almost all of whom are safe and sound in their own homes, consider how best to face the next day knowing what they now know.
Alright, there should be a way out of this. Just have to think up some convincing lies.Pressed in against by expressions that range from suspicious, to nervous, to inscrutably alien, Sophia begins desperately weaving some deceptions, using her observations of the Hork-Bajir's usual speech patterns and the culture of the Yeerks as a whole. [6] "Climbed tree to see better." She slurs the words a bit, unfamiliar with the alien mouth structure. "See far. Went that way." She points in a random direction and two of the controllers run off that way.
"Very well. Disciplinary action will be postponed pending successful acquisition of the witnesses. Come with me - let's go catch them, Yindrat-213 and Kanak-481."
EDIT: lolnope nevermind all that we're hecka broke!Bobby gives up on his his thoughts of buying a new gun legally, considering his financial situation, turning instead to trying to remember who he saw at the construction site. [3] Mostly younger than himself, middle- or high-school age, mix of genders. He thinks he could put one name to a face, though.
For now try to remember the faces of the people who were there with me. Could I make out any distinguishing features? Did they seem high-school aged, college aged, what?
((How is the passage of time accounted for when we're split up like this? Do you want us to try and stay more or less synched up, or can some people be days ahead of others?))
(Again it'll be up to you who you recognize and how. Time wise, well, I'm kind of winging it, but hopefully it doesn't get actual days out of sync. I'll kludge the timelines for the sake of my own sanity if I have to. Keep track of your possessions and circumstances that you're leaving at home, I'll put it in your character block if you take it with you.)
“Of course not! Why in the world would you think that? It’s been a long day and I must have been daydreaming, I can’t believe that you would even suggest that….”Having made his excuses, Chris heads up to his room and works out some of the unresolved anxiety and aggression from the evening. After a few minutes he can just barely make out the familiar footsteps of his father walking up to his door. A few more minutes after that, the footsteps recede.
Go up to my room and practice shadow boxing to take my mind off of recent events.
Get some crumbs or such, and put them on the windowsill outside my room. If a small animal comes, acquire it.Zack heads up to his room after grabbing a late-night snack, placing the cookie crumbs on the window sill and sitting back a bit. [3] A little while later a group of California harvester ants have discovered the crumbs and he takes the opportunity to acquire one. It sits still for a few seconds as its DNA is scanned and then immediately moves out again as if nothing happened.
Zack has acquired a California harvester ant morph.
Isabella knows Chris (Knightwing), though he doesn't really know her. A couple weeks back he punched out a bully who was hassling her, though he actually only did it because of a personal dispute with the guy--he has no idea Isabella had even been there at the time. Since then, she's been kinda crushing on him, and facebook-stalking him, though they have barely spoken. She actually hasn't had any significant interactions with Chris before yesterday, when she finally got the courage to speak to him. The conversation went well, and was why Sophia was at the construction site--their conversation had continued as they walked home.Chris and Isabella chat into the night about plans and the group, and she takes the opportunity to acquire her Russian Blue, Tripod.
Assuming Knightwing is fine with the above, Isabella will call Chris and ask if he's okay. She'll also hold Tripod (her three-legged pet cat) in her lap while she talks, and acquire him.
Isabella has acquired a Russian Blue Cat morph.
engage taxxon form. use stray rocks to shrink the entrance of my cave and use stray dirt to make it look like it had always been that way. make it just big enough so that my squirrelform can squeeze through, but no larger.[6+Morph Dancer prevents overshoot] The first transformation comes easily, almost naturally, to Fred. The changes are not as chaotic or random as they were when Sophia transformed - not that Fred saw it - but the body plans of human and Taxxon are so radically different that it's still impossible to make the process look good. A couple minutes later Fred stands on twenty insectoid legs and views the world from four eyestalks and experiences for the first time the hunger. The desperate, mindless, painful hunger of a creature on the verge of starvation who is surrounded on all sides by delectable food. It's not an emptiness that begs to be filled, but a void so profound that no amount of material could possibly make a difference against it. Fred's mind easily overrides the Taxxon's own sharp intellect, enjoying its lightning-fast reflexes and keen senses but there is nothing, nothing that can be done about this desperate hunger. Ignoring it is impossible. Trying to remember feeling satiated in the past makes it worse by comparison. Fred uses the Taxxon body to alter his cave's layout, a task for which the form is supremely well-adapted, but even experimentally swallowing the moved stones and dirt does absolutely nothing to take the edge off of the hunger.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 16, 2022, 08:21:38 pm »What kind of pistol are we talking here?Man, I don't know guns. A 9mm?
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(Rem, do you perhaps want to roll to see how Bobby's money situation is? Seems more fair than arbitrarily assuming he's well off.)[/b][1] Ouch. You're struggling to make ends meet. Any purchase is going to be a serious financial strain.
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(You sure that’s a 1? That’s seems like a pretty good outcome to me. Did you put the wrong number?)I.... don't know what the 1 was about. I was kinda rushing out the door when I posted and didn't proof enough, apparently. I think it was supposed to be a 5.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 16, 2022, 04:50:38 pm »
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With the exception of Sophia, each of the morph-capable people are free and clear, most having already made it home.
Chris has acquired a German Shepherd Dog morph.
[6] The events of the evening fresh in his mind, Chris spills just a little bit too much in his subtle hints to his parents.
"Chris, honey, you're not making much sense. Are you... are you on drugs right now, honey?"
His father gives him an appraising glance. "Where were you tonight, son?"
A quick check online reveals that there is both a gun store and a pet shop in the neighbourhood, but both are closed at this time of night. At least he has the pistol he keeps for self-defense.
With the exception of Sophia, each of the morph-capable people are free and clear, most having already made it home.
ROLL BETTER[3] Sophia finally manages to reassert control, her consciousness pushing the Hork-Bajir's down and away. She blinks rapidly, noting that her eyesight is worse in the dark than as a human, though her senses of hearing and smell are quite sharp. She clumsily climbs back down to the ground, surrounded now by a group of four controllers; two human and two Hork-Bajir. The human speaks again: "Yindrat-213, you are to return to the Pool immediately for disciplinary action. Prolonged loss of control is untenable in a situation as delicate as this." He licks his lips, and glances at the other human-controller beside him. "The Visser is already in a bloody mood. Ensure that he doesn't put the blame at our feet for this fiasco," he murmers, just barely audible to Sophia's sharp hearing.
Not much to do, so I guess just head to bed and continue life as normal until the others pop up again.Henrik heads to bed for the night, planning to lay low until the next incident. His dreams are full of aliens, aliens eating aliens alive, monstrous aliens, aliens inside other aliens' brains...
Acquire my German shepherds form and make sure my parents are not controllers, subtly hint to them about the Yeerks and how they should be careful.Chris's German Shepherd Dog sleepily greets him at the door, and quickly falls back to sleep as the trance from having its DNA acquired takes hold.
Chris has acquired a German Shepherd Dog morph.
[6] The events of the evening fresh in his mind, Chris spills just a little bit too much in his subtle hints to his parents.
"Chris, honey, you're not making much sense. Are you... are you on drugs right now, honey?"
His father gives him an appraising glance. "Where were you tonight, son?"
"Yeah mom. We were just doing some studying.. got some exams coming up." Zach lies.[5] "Well, it's good to hear you're finally taking your academics so seriously. Of course. Get some good sleep, don't forget you have school tomorrow."
"That said, I'm kinda tired. Can I just grab a quick bite and head to my room?"
First go around town to shake off any possible aliums following me, double back a few times, you get the idea.Bobby spots a trio of people walking up and down the streets with purpose, [5] and manages to evade them by ducking down a side street before they see him. He makes it home without further incident once he's confident he's not being followed any more.
Then go home and, uuh, see if I owe any firearms. If not check my budget and look up if there are any gun stores still open nearby. Also check if there are any pet stores in the area.
A quick check online reveals that there is both a gun store and a pet shop in the neighbourhood, but both are closed at this time of night. At least he has the pistol he keeps for self-defense.
Run home. Once home, lock all the doors, and then check if Isabella has numbers for everyone who was there. Was everyone friends, or are some just randos who happened to get caught up?Isabella makes it home safely as well, [3] and after taking a quick scroll through her contacts list and trying to sort through the chaotic memories, is able to put one name to all the faces she saw there. (I will let you decide who it is, and how you know them.) The others, familiar, having seen them around, in school or around town, but not familiar enough to have shared contact information with.
head to secret cavern base (a decentl diguised hole that leads to a small cave with a breathing hole (also disguised) and enough room to stand in. Fred camps here someties so there should be some survival supplies still there.)To the Fred-cave! He's not a bat-man, though, not yet. It's a good thing he's been preparing for a day just like this for a long time, stockpiling supplies in the small cave in the woods just outside of town.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 14, 2022, 03:10:43 am »
(This post brought to you by J.S. Bach)
There is beginning to be a note of nervousness in the voices of the Yeerk forces as it becomes increasingly clear that the witnesses are, by and large, getting away from the construction site safely. It's hard to tell if they are more concerned about the witnesses, or about disappointing Visser Three.
A dim intelligence is beginning to emerge from the alien's brain. Not quite sapient, not just yet, but it observes the world, and there is a mild curiousity that takes place alongside pure instinct.
Where is Bobby heading now?
"Zack? You're home late. Were you out with friends again?" His mother greets him at the door.
Where is Isabella heading now?
Fred has acquired a grey squirrel morph.
Where is Fred heading now?
new pw alrdy in effect at pool entrnce
ask for joe at the usul place and wink ;-)
vsr3 decap'd idrik5204 b/c last pw was 2 complicated LOL
Leaving him behind, Chris makes it back home in short order.
There is beginning to be a note of nervousness in the voices of the Yeerk forces as it becomes increasingly clear that the witnesses are, by and large, getting away from the construction site safely. It's hard to tell if they are more concerned about the witnesses, or about disappointing Visser Three.
"Homeward bound, I suppose" - it's a fairly generic suburban house, and parents are distant so they're unlikely to notice (or worry) if something's off. Business as usual, I'm sure I'll see the others again.Leaving the others behind, Henrik makes sure he's not being followed before making his way home, taking a slightly circuitous route both as a precaution and also to try to run into any stray animals. [2] It's an oddly still night, as if even the wildlife is shaken by the events of earlier. He does make it home, though, evading the notice of his family. It is now almost completely dark outside.
Oh, and touch any animals or people I can without coming off as a creep. Options are always good, as is petting a cat. Or dog.
Nope nope nope get out.[1] Sophia remains completely under the influence of the Hork-Bajir's instincts. It's not a natural fighter, despite its appearance, and would much rather... climb up that power utility pole over there, and start snacking on strips of wood. It's not very tasty. A human-controller and another Hork-Bajir walk up underneath the pole. "What are you doing, Yindrat-213? Did you lose control of your host?" the former calls out.
A dim intelligence is beginning to emerge from the alien's brain. Not quite sapient, not just yet, but it observes the world, and there is a mild curiousity that takes place alongside pure instinct.
"Why would you attract them you suicidal fools! Aaah!"Bobby nopes out of the situation, barely even registering the odd behaviour of one of the aliens. He decides on the better part of valour and runs off in a general heading of "anywhere but here."
Get. Away.
Where is Bobby heading now?
Lets just run home now. That was too close. And hopefully nobody got trapped.Seeing Bobby go, Zack decides on the same course of action, evading chasers on his way back to the safety of home.
"Zack? You're home late. Were you out with friends again?" His mother greets him at the door.
Flee!Isabella, too, heads out. The slight distraction of Sophia climbing a pole ensures she is not followed.
Where is Isabella heading now?
Follow group. look for animals to morph into.Fred heads in the same general direction as Zack, [3+1 Morph Dancer] but is distracted as he runs into an inquisitive grey squirrel, which with a bit of coaxing gets close enough for Fred to acquire it. By the time he straightens up and looks around, Zack has walked down the block and turned a corner.
Fred has acquired a grey squirrel morph.
Where is Fred heading now?
Home. Make sure to acquire my German shepherds form when I get there. Make sure I’m not followe and beat up any controllers I find on my way there.[6+Born Warrior prevents overshoot] Chris has the most ground to cover to get home, but shakes off any tail that might be following him quickly. He runs into a man in business casual who's walking along the sidewalk with a phone to his ear. The man gives Chris an appraising look for just a second too long for Chris's liking and takes a fist to the face for his trouble, followed by a kick to the gut for good measure once he's on the ground. The phone cracks on the ground and whatever call it was on disconnects before Chris can catch a name, but a text message pops up on the screen, still readable behind the spiderweb cracks, followed by two more:
new pw alrdy in effect at pool entrnce
ask for joe at the usul place and wink ;-)
vsr3 decap'd idrik5204 b/c last pw was 2 complicated LOL
Leaving him behind, Chris makes it back home in short order.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 13, 2022, 01:36:45 am »Nope nope nope get out.Gonna need you to clarify this one a bit
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Roll To Dodge / Re: Morphing only heals the physical scars - Roll to Animorph (7/7)
« on: May 12, 2022, 08:36:50 pm »
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As the controllers of various species assemble into rough formation in the center of the construction site, a cold voice cuts bluntly through the thoughts of everybody present. The very same voice as the one heard from the Andalite-controller who killed Elfangor - Visser Three. <I trust you are all competent enough to handle human witnesses. I have business to attend to.> The door to the Blade Ship slides shut as it lifts into the air silently, and moments later it is out of sight in the darkening evening sky. Even the Yeerk forces look unnerved, one or two taking nervous glimpses up towards the sky.
[6] The changes come on quickly. Her body stretches out to the seven foot tall frame and proportions of the Hork-Bajir body, followed by blades sprouting from her head and every joint, then along her newly-formed reptilian tail. There is no pain during the extreme physical changes, only the distant sensation of something... wrong happening to her body. The rest of the transformation takes place quickly as the original stands back in a mixture of shock, horror and confusion. Sophia rises to her newly saurian feet, and the final piece of the morph falls into place - the instincts of the Hork-Bajir brain that Sophia is now inhabiting kick in, and she is overwhelmed. No incredible intellect, and a nature that is surprisingly peaceful, given the alien's fearsome appearance - there's another male! Of the same size and build, no less. Sophia lashes out with her elbow blades in a dominance display that her rival matches, beginning a deadly ritual dance.
Where is Chris heading now?
Fred has acquired a Taxxon morph.
[5] He then takes advantage of their lull to run to the edge of the construction site, dodging ray gun fire along the way and outrunning anybody inclined to chase, and joins up with Henrik and Zack.
Where is Henrik heading now?
As the controllers of various species assemble into rough formation in the center of the construction site, a cold voice cuts bluntly through the thoughts of everybody present. The very same voice as the one heard from the Andalite-controller who killed Elfangor - Visser Three. <I trust you are all competent enough to handle human witnesses. I have business to attend to.> The door to the Blade Ship slides shut as it lifts into the air silently, and moments later it is out of sight in the darkening evening sky. Even the Yeerk forces look unnerved, one or two taking nervous glimpses up towards the sky.
Try to create a distraction! Maybe I can throw some of the rocks off to the side to give myself an opening, and sneak away? If not just start running while I still have a head start.Quickly retrieving the dropped phone, [3+1 Ruthless Stategist] Bobby grabs a hefty chunk of concrete at the same time and tosses it off to one side, where it makes a loud clatter. The approaching footsteps pause, then move in that direction instead, giving Bobby the exact opening he needs to make it away quietly, joining Isabella at the edge of the construction site.
Pick up phone first either way.
"Isabella, help me!"With the Hork-Bajir looming above her, Sophia desperately attempts to crawl out from under it and get back to her feet. [1] She ends up prone on the ground as the alien plants a foot on her back, piercing her back in three places with its clawed, raptor-like toes. In desperation and panic, Sophia fixates on the mental image of the creature above her, the very same one whose DNA she acquired not moments before...
Get outta there. Morph if I get hurt.
[6] The changes come on quickly. Her body stretches out to the seven foot tall frame and proportions of the Hork-Bajir body, followed by blades sprouting from her head and every joint, then along her newly-formed reptilian tail. There is no pain during the extreme physical changes, only the distant sensation of something... wrong happening to her body. The rest of the transformation takes place quickly as the original stands back in a mixture of shock, horror and confusion. Sophia rises to her newly saurian feet, and the final piece of the morph falls into place - the instincts of the Hork-Bajir brain that Sophia is now inhabiting kick in, and she is overwhelmed. No incredible intellect, and a nature that is surprisingly peaceful, given the alien's fearsome appearance - there's another male! Of the same size and build, no less. Sophia lashes out with her elbow blades in a dominance display that her rival matches, beginning a deadly ritual dance.
Even before Sophia shouts for help, Isabella is already turning and grabbing a rock--which she promptly hurls towards the big alien pinning the girl.Isabella and the newly arrived Bobby witness Sophia's disturbing transformation and the subsequent knife fight the two Hork-Bajir get into. Keeping careful track of which is which, [3] Isabella hucks a particularly large bit of gravel at it, striking the dinosaur in the side of the face. The distraction allows Sophia to get a hit in, a shallow cut to the left side of the chest which oozes a deep bluish-green, and Sophia bellows her triumph. The dominance display settled, both Hork-Bajir turn their attention towards Isabella and Bobby.
"Hey, you big bastard! You... She's not even an Andalite, like me!"
Throw a rock at the hork-bajir pinning Sophia, and taunt it in an attempt to get it to let go and chase Isabella instead. Then turn and fucking run.
Chris looks around and tries to find any animals to morph into, not aliens. After he does this, he gets the hell out of dodge.Chris takes a quick look around for anything he can acquire, [2] but the exertion and panic of the chase hamper his efforts, and he doesn't find anything. He runs off free and clear into the night after passing his plan on to Henrik and Zack.
“Let’s meet up at our secret Andalite base (school) tomorrow! We need a game plan!”
Where is Chris heading now?
I record their forms with my tech and then Run away. very fastFlanked on the left and right by Taxxons, Fred [5+Morph Dancer prevents overshoot] reaches out with his hands and touches them both, putting them into a trance as he absorbs their DNA into himself, instinctively mixing and matching so that the genetic template is not an identical copy of either one.
Fred has acquired a Taxxon morph.
[5] He then takes advantage of their lull to run to the edge of the construction site, dodging ray gun fire along the way and outrunning anybody inclined to chase, and joins up with Henrik and Zack.
Henrik shrugs. "Fair enough, no point exposing ourselves further."Unable to see what's going on with the other group, Henrik takes a cue from Chris and leave as soon as it's clear that Fred is safe.
Unless someone looks like they're in immediate danger, leave. Try to not get seen.
Where is Henrik heading now?
Help provide a distraction. There should be something heavy to push over, or something to bang into a steel bar or something. Then move around the outside to remain clear.Looking around, Zack doesn't see any immediate problems - Chris and Henrik have ran off into the night and Fred is clear, but the other group is not visible from here. Zack skirts around the edge of the site and runs into Isabella and Bobby, with two Hork-Bajir bearing down on them. [2] Failing to push over a squat concrete support onto them, he instead tosses a length of rebar at the advancing aliens, which hits one of their elbow blades and is shorn in two. The two halves clatter to the ground ineffectually.
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