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Author Topic: Life Begins At Death - Epilogue: We Live And Live Again  (Read 564745 times)

miauw62

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1860 on: December 18, 2012, 12:54:00 pm »

Mike will observe her surroundings to see if there is anything besides, under or above the glass pane. And probably move a bit away from Ekim.
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1861 on: December 18, 2012, 12:54:27 pm »

Cast the spell.

'I'll do this yet, or my name's not John 'Maps' Johnson!'
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I would ask why fire can burn two men to death without getting hot enough to burn a book, but then I read "INEXTINGUISHABLE RUNNING KAMIKAZE RADIOACTIVE FLAMING ZOMBIE" and realized that logic, reason, and physics are all occupied with crying in the corner right now.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1862 on: December 18, 2012, 01:20:05 pm »

On an endless plane of the Endless Pane...

Mike tries to look around to see if there's anything around here!

Apart from the pane of glass and Ekim, she sees nothing. Vast amounts of nothing everywhere. Nothing above and nothing below.

She tries to carefully move away from Ekim!

[Careful movement roll: 1]

She gets up on her spears and tries to stand! The spears, however, cannot stand in place on this surface, making her slip and fall to the ground!

[Glass endurance roll: 5-1]

The glass cracks really badly, but does not break! Yet.


In a bookstore...

Maps tries to cast the spellbook spell from his spellbook!

"I'll do this yet, or my name's not John 'Maps' Johnson!"

~INDEED.~

[Magic roll: 2-1]

He manages to lessen the focusing properties of the book he cast the spell from! Damn!
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1863 on: December 18, 2012, 01:23:38 pm »

Mike will attempt to crawl away from Ekim.
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1864 on: December 18, 2012, 01:30:40 pm »

Hmm...
Chant the EMPTY MINDSPACE CHANT!
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I would ask why fire can burn two men to death without getting hot enough to burn a book, but then I read "INEXTINGUISHABLE RUNNING KAMIKAZE RADIOACTIVE FLAMING ZOMBIE" and realized that logic, reason, and physics are all occupied with crying in the corner right now.

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« Reply #1865 on: December 18, 2012, 02:24:54 pm »

On an endless plane of boredom...

Mike tries to carefully crawl away from the increasingly dangerous Ekim!

[Careful movement roll: 4]

She slowly but surely makes her way to a less cracked area of the pane! Whew, safe at last!

[Ekim careful movement roll: 3]

Ekim rolls on his paws and tries to follow her! There is a cracking sound from beneath him!

[Glass endurance roll: 6-1]

The glass beneath him fails to break, so he just moves along, reaching Mike after a short stroll!

They seem safe for now! How unusual!


In a bookstore...

Maps tries the Empty Mind Chant!

[Chant roll: 5]

He feels oddly focused and able to concentrate on anything after chanting for a while! Cool!

~YES, QUITE!~
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1866 on: December 18, 2012, 02:28:52 pm »

Concentrate on working out how to make the 'spellbook' a focus.
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I would ask why fire can burn two men to death without getting hot enough to burn a book, but then I read "INEXTINGUISHABLE RUNNING KAMIKAZE RADIOACTIVE FLAMING ZOMBIE" and realized that logic, reason, and physics are all occupied with crying in the corner right now.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1867 on: December 18, 2012, 02:30:27 pm »

Mike will try to realize that this is all just a dream, and that the goat must have made him sleep! None of this is real and she will wake up RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!

((Time to pull a James.))
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1868 on: December 18, 2012, 02:41:25 pm »

In a bookstore...

Maps tries to figure out a way to focusify a nonmagical spellbook!

[Intelligence roll: ?+2]

He is certain that he needs to know the actual methods of making a focus, otherwise he is just operating in the business of making shit up!

~COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF!~


On an endless pane of glass...

Mike tries her damnedest to disbelieve her current location and circumstances!

[Disbelief roll: 4]

She comes to the conclusion that none of this is real after a long internal debate with her subconscious love-slave! She waits to snap out of this illusion!

She's gonna snap out, she knows it!

Any minute now.

It's happening! It's happening! Oh, wait, no, it isn't.

She guesses that not everything she believes comes true! What a horrible world she must live in!
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1869 on: December 18, 2012, 02:56:10 pm »

Ask post if he knows anything about making focii.
Then ask man.
Then ask man if he knows anyone who does/might know.

((by that, I gather you mean gamble away all your possession, be beaten up by a mad dentist, almost get killed by a hare (twice) insult and become hated by half of the gods, get cursed repeatedly by the aforementioned, get attacked by a chimp, accidentally become locked in your mindspace, discover that the books you were reading have been looted while you were getting out of the mindspace, have half your limbs cut off by some guy with a magic sword, accidentally transmute yourself into a mutant mollusc-thing, finally decide to stop mucking about and do the quest, run around looking for a map, find one, only to somehow end up in a forest, forget who you are, fall down a pit, break then heal your legs repeatedly and then obliterate them, finally find an awesome spellbook, and then get your mind ridden shotgun by some... Thing, and then find out that the spellbook was a lie?))
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I would ask why fire can burn two men to death without getting hot enough to burn a book, but then I read "INEXTINGUISHABLE RUNNING KAMIKAZE RADIOACTIVE FLAMING ZOMBIE" and realized that logic, reason, and physics are all occupied with crying in the corner right now.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1870 on: December 18, 2012, 02:56:39 pm »

Mike will try harder this is obv... not be childish, and carefully explore this glass pane for an exit.
((Actually, more the disbelief thing, but that works too))
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1871 on: December 18, 2012, 03:34:59 pm »

In a bookstore...

Maps asks the Poet if he knows anything about making foci!

~YES. YES, I DO.~

Well, that's good. He asks the man if he knows anything about making foci!

[Man knowledge roll: ?]

~Yes.~

"Do you know anybody who knows anything about making foci?"

[Man connections roll: 5]

~Yes.~

Excellent!


On an endless glass pane...

Mike explores the glass pane for an exit! There has to be one, right? Right?

[Exploration roll: 4]

She walks for what seems like an eternity until she spots a large red area right above her! It looks odd, not metallic or luminous, but made of some interesting tube-like material!

[Intelligence roll: ?]

Wool! It's wool! Amazing!
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« Reply #1872 on: December 18, 2012, 03:42:04 pm »

Ask man and his contracts to teach me.
Then make spellbook a focus.
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I would ask why fire can burn two men to death without getting hot enough to burn a book, but then I read "INEXTINGUISHABLE RUNNING KAMIKAZE RADIOACTIVE FLAMING ZOMBIE" and realized that logic, reason, and physics are all occupied with crying in the corner right now.

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« Reply #1873 on: December 18, 2012, 05:00:56 pm »

Walk back into the forest and continue exploring.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 3: Stealing Better Minions!
« Reply #1874 on: December 19, 2012, 02:05:47 am »

In a bookstore...

Maps asks the man to teach him!

"Teach me your secrets, great focus-maker!"

[Man pedagogical willingness roll: 5]

~I will teach you, Snailball! For free, no less!~

Maps claps his tails together in excitement!

~Okay, so first you have to go to the Room of Endless Mirrors. There you have to spend a week in meditation on the Empty Mind Chant. After that, you will come back here and our four-year training course can begin!~

Maps' only human face sags with disappointment!

"Is there no faster way? Like a crash course or something?"

~Those usually end in fire, death and misery for you. You can't half-ass focus making. Just doesn't work.~

"What about your contacts?"

~Well, they'll tell you the same thing. Except for the Inspector, of course.~

"Inspector?"

~Yeah, but good luck finding him. He only appears in people's heads when he feels like it from what I hear.~

~GLAD TO SEE MY REPUTATION PRECEDES ME.~


In a village of the Elephant People...

Vincent, disappointed at the lack of loot here, goes off to explore the forest with his best buddy!

[Exploration roll: 5]

Eventually he comes upon a town! It's not a very large town, but it has all the adventuring bases covered - blacksmith, trading post, inn, temple, there's even a castle Vincent can see off in the distance!

[Perception roll: ?]

He sees lots of friendly people stroll down the street! They look pretty happy with life in general. There's a street urchin hanging around the entrance to the inn! He seems to be running into people on purpose a lot. How clumsy of him!
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