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[RadtheCad]

Hey there.  I've always wanted to run a forum game like this, so here's my attempt to do so.

Things will be mysterious, things will be hurriedly illustrated, things will be ~magical~.

Let's go.

[LORD GOAT THE 120524TH]

This looks interesting.

[RadtheCad]

For some reason, there are now two threads about this...  well, from now on, this is the official thread.

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A star-filled sky.  A bustling, thriving city that looks attractive- from afar, at least.  Next to it, one of the few parks left environmentalists have been able to keep green and unbuilt.  During the day, the park is a popular destination for attractions and outings.  At night, it provides a home and firewood for the homeless, a den for the lawless, and a place away from prying eyes.  A tenuous network of power relationships and bribery usually keeps things quiet and the police off of everyone's backs, and most nights are relatively quiet, save for the odd gang war or raid.  Not tonight.

Tonight's events will change this world to the core- in time.  For now, as it is, everything is beggining as it so often does: with a single set of actions, commited by someone who's wishing they hadn't gotten up this morning.

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And to think, this was supposed to be your last job.

The plan was so simple.  Go into the park, pick up the hidden package, get it back to Joe at the bar, get the payoff, and retire to your appartment, maybe after having consumed more than advisable amounts of alcohol.  But nooooo, the world just had to show you how much it liked to fuck with your head again. 

First, you were puked on by some lowlife hobo, then you had to sneak by some row between the Cyberpanthers and the Jacks- tensions between them have been building for the last two weeks - and now, this.  Whatever this is.

It sure doesn't look like anything you've ever seen before.  It looks like something from a damn videogame, or one of those chinese cartoons.  Maybe it's a secret government project, or something.  But your immediate concern is the fact that is seems to have crushed Joe's package somewhere along the trail of devastation it left behind it.  You're going to have a hell of a time explaining that one, assuming Joe doesn't just shoot you immediately.  He's a choleric one.

To quote the wisdom of the nameless bards of the old net:  What do?

[RadtheCad]

Reserved for future shenanigans

[Kassire]

Might as well put in action now, despite this being unseen for the greater part of the day

Investigate the object at a closer distance

[GiglameshDespair]

Investigate UFO Unidentified Crashed Object

[~Neri]

Investigate and poke.

No way poking can go wrong.

None.

[IronyOwl]

See if there's anything left of Joe's package. Might as well do whatever's left of the job right.

[ShadowHammer]

Might as well put in action now, despite this being unseen for the greater part of the day

Investigate the object at a closer distance

+1

[RadtheCad]

Investigate the object at a closer distance

Investigate UFO Unidentified Crashed Object

You move closer to the crashed...  Object, but stop a certain distance away from it, as the heat emanating from it starts to get too much to bear.

It certainly looks like nothing you've ever seen before.  The materials have a texture to them that's decidedly...  Alien, though you hate to use the word.  Is that blue part a windshield, or something?  If so, the pilot must be pretty short...  But you're getting ahead of yourself. 

See if there's anything left of Joe's package. Might as well do whatever's left of the job right.

You start to feel an uncomfortable pressure somewhere behind your eyes the longer you stay by the object.  You're quick to move away from it, and the feeling subsides.

On a more positive note, you find the package at the location Joe described.  Admittedly, the rock's been knocked out of place and the tree's mostly gone...  But by some miracle, the package survived, with barely a scorch mark.  Maybe Joe won't send 'his boys' to break your kneecaps.

[LORD GOAT THE 120524TH]

Pick up the package and then at a safe distance throw a rock at the craft.

[~Neri]

Wait till the craft cools down.

[ShadowHammer]

Pick up the package and then at a safe distance throw a rock at the craft.

Take the package, but don't throw the rock.

Wait till the craft cools down.

[Kassire]

Pick up the package and then at a safe distance throw a rock at the craft.

Take the package, but don't throw the rock.

Wait till the craft cools down.

Yeah, +1

[RadtheCad]

Pick up the package and then at a safe distance throw a rock at the craft.

Take the package, but don't throw the rock.

Wait till the craft cools down.

Yeah, +1

You walk over and pick up the package.  It's heavier than you might expect, and slightly warm to the touch.  Anyway, with any luck, Joe might not notice anything's wrong with it. 

There are plenty of stones and pebbles lying around.  You pick one up, and prepare to wait for the craft to cool down a bit. 

Maybe you can estimate its temperature from the colour of the-

The...  The object...

It's...  It's gone.  Where it once rested, only a pit of mulched and torn earth remains.

Alright.  Okay.  There's a perfectly logical explanation for this.  Maybe you're insane and hallucinating.  Maybe it took off while you weren't looking.  Maybe-

You're really starting to regret getting up this morning.