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Emperor_Jonathan

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To Survive and Prosper
« on: November 15, 2012, 10:54:41 pm »

making this up as i go along,


You awake in a small eddy, spinning you forever in circles. You know not from where you came, nor how you came to be here.
You relax into the calm water as you look around you and make out your surroundings. You're lying in one of the only calm spots
of water, all around you water rushes past you, to cascade down an inmeasurable waterfall. The walls are smooth rock, with no
openings except for a small patch of dry rock near you and a slightly larger patch across the raging river.



You are completely naked except for a plain, gray loincloth.



You gaze about yourself as you ponder your name and your purpose.


Who are you?
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GreatWyrmGold

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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2012, 11:08:00 pm »

I am Urist. Beyond this, I can't remember...
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2012, 01:53:12 am »

You are Urist, vampire queen of dwarves. Thrown into a underground river by treasonous anarchists who abolished the economy and the nobility along with it. Just because some fool made one slade mandate too many. Now mysterious "Overseers" control all dwarven fortresses, making dwarves build bizarre monuments and oftentimes causing them to die in orgies of violent tantrumming and cats.
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Emperor_Jonathan

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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2012, 02:44:36 am »

Just a name.
Can no body think of more unique names than urist?
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Demonic Spoon

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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 03:04:29 am »

Kagan Urstmorth
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2012, 09:26:19 pm »

Shtaakuyonji Ktakuchuci?

Hard to spell names are hard to spell :)
Don't you just love random names?
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2012, 09:59:19 pm »

How about Ürîßt?
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2012, 10:13:16 am »

Perhaps a poll?
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Emperor_Jonathan

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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2012, 03:13:45 am »

I like the and of, as in Rodrigo the Grand, first cool name I see wins.

Also feel free to list actions to do also.
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2012, 03:14:40 am »

Try to avoid Dwarf Fortress related; be unique and interesting.
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Demonic Spoon

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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2012, 09:45:28 am »

Makorva of Despair and Silence

Try to swim to edge of river and climb out/climb up wall.
« Last Edit: November 19, 2012, 10:48:00 am by Demonic Spoon »
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2012, 10:11:19 am »

Bill The Destroyer
Attempt to get out of the pool.
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2012, 05:29:06 pm »

You can't think and you can't remember anything, so you easily climb out of the small pool and stand up on the rock,
dripping wet you look out of the waterfall-cave. All you see is gigantic, snow-capped mountains, going off to your
left and right forming a steep valley in front of you. All you can see of the valley floor is mist and mystery.

You hear a sound behind you, you turn and from the darkness you see a mass of tentacles creep towards you.
Their mass blocks the way. As they get closer smaller tentacles dart out and wrap around your wrists and ankles.
They start to pull and you fall to the floor, slowly being dragged back into the darkness.

You struggle to escape your bonds but it is in vain. Your muscles cry out in pain from struggling and your loin cloth
suddenly flashes bright white for an instant. Your hands and ankles slip from the tentacles grasp. You roll away from
the mass surrounding you, more smaller tentacles dart towards you to grab you and you dodge each and every one.

You turn and try to think of a way to get out of this situation before a large tentacle swings at your side and
hits you, your body is rocked by the force and you are knocked flying backwards. The immense force sails
you out of the caverns opening, all you can see is the sky, you twist your head towards the cavern and you
finally see, the cavern opening is the mouth of a giant skull. Natural or artificial, you do not know.

Gravity takes hold and you body spins and dives, head first towards the misty valley floor. Gigantic
spikes jut from the rock face, you hit one of these and you tumble outwards. Below you gigantic trees
dozens of feet across quickly rise up to meet you. Luckily you miss hitting any of these trees, unluckily
you manage to hit some sort of wooden bridge between trees. You pass right through this and you remember
blackness as you tumble towards the forest floor.

You awake, tied by your hands and feet to a long stick. You look around you and you see that you're in a gigantic
wooden room. All around, young, nubile women stand around, chanting. One in particular is leading the group.
All of them are naked, some are dancing but most are angry and shouting. Far below you is an iron fire pit,
there is a small fire in it, but you can also see many naked women adding wood to fire. You can hear the
leaders voice rise above all the others, saying what must be ancients rites of a ritual. All you can hear is
"Oh, Great Bill, The Destroyer. We give this sacrifice to you so that we may live to praise your name!"




What do you do?
« Last Edit: November 19, 2012, 06:05:55 pm by Emperor_Jonathan »
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2012, 07:40:35 pm »

Say to them that you are Bill the Destroyer, and I demand tribute in the form of armor and weaponry, lest they be destroyed under our divine fist!
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Re: To Survive and Prosper
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2012, 07:42:54 pm »

Say to them that you are Bill the Destroyer, and I demand tribute in the form of armor and weaponry, lest they be destroyed under our divine fist!
If nessecary, say that sacrificing yourself to yourself is pointless as we would end up with infinite power, and we don't want to cheat.
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