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Author Topic: Forumites RPG - Round 2: Elimination! (Wheel of misfortune)  (Read 114346 times)

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Re: Forumites RPG - This is what happens when you play with fire
« Reply #1260 on: July 14, 2015, 10:00:42 pm »

Nope. Nope nope nope. Twinwolf examines the trees and flowers closely. If nothing new is discerned, she keeps moving forward.
The levitating flowers begin twirling, and the petals fold closed.

((Unfortunately I don't exactly have any acrobatic training or whatnot.))

FallacyofUrist stumbles and collapses to the ground. He frantically examines the area, trying to figure out what's going on.

"Whoaa! Ouch."
You hear more creaking. A tree leans down towards you.

Armach takes his phone out and opens a flashlight app, but leaves the light off and places the phone in a secure pocket on his backpack strap. He can turn the light on or off at the simple press of a button and does so if it gets too dark. He continues to walk, but at a slower pace, watching where he places his feet and focusing his eyes and ears on his surroundings.   
Deeper and deeper you go, when you have to stop. Did that path just change? You're sure the roots were in a different position a second ago.
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Re: Forumites RPG - This is what happens when you play with fire
« Reply #1261 on: July 14, 2015, 10:03:15 pm »

"That's not good. Not good at alll- aaghh..."
Fallacy runs away from the evil tree.
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Re: Forumites RPG - This is what happens when you play with fire
« Reply #1262 on: July 14, 2015, 10:06:20 pm »

Tea follows the others and enters the jungle. "Hey, I'm a bit behind, where did y'all go?" he yells.

((By the way, how exactly did Arcvasti get uncomfortable in the heat? Don't wild cats live in jungles and deserts and such anyway?))
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Re: Forumites RPG - This is what happens when you play with fire
« Reply #1263 on: July 14, 2015, 10:08:05 pm »

((Housecat, good sir.))
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« Reply #1264 on: July 14, 2015, 10:10:58 pm »

((Houecats were originally bred from Eqyptian wild cats as they were domesticated. Most housecats actually have thinner fur than other Felidae.))
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« Reply #1265 on: July 14, 2015, 10:13:05 pm »

((Hm... how paradoxical. Fur by its nature is meant to keep heat in.))
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« Reply #1266 on: July 14, 2015, 10:15:05 pm »

((By the way, how exactly did Arcvasti get uncomfortable in the heat? Don't wild cats live in jungles and deserts and such anyway?))

[[Ah. I had the cat transformation thing pictured as moving you into the body of the cat you would have been had you been born to cat parents instead of human parents but with all other circumstances mostly the same. As I live in a relatively frigid climate IRL, my cat lookalike would have relatively thick fur to ward off the cold. I should have specified it earlier in the character sheet, but I am a rather long-haired cat with thick fluffy fur.]]

The glow-hard-paw-thing proved resistant to the cat's teeth. Its shapes looked tantalizing, but meaning eluded the cat. Perhaps chewing off the paw would work? No, that would just leave more of a blood trail. The forest rumbled again and the cat sought flight once more, galloping in that panicked way only a startled housecat can. The cat ran before they suddenly stopped, catching wind of a new scent coming nearer. A scent with direction and strength, unlike the phantom aromas that wreathed the rest of the jungle. A FAMILIAR scent. Their own scent.
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Re: Forumites RPG - This is what happens when you play with fire
« Reply #1267 on: July 14, 2015, 10:40:50 pm »

The vines had taken his axe. That was fine, though, he could run faster without it. HugoLuman ran as fast as he could, clutching his side and trying to avoid the myriad of tripping hazards. The blood streamed from his right cheek, just under the eye. Too close. He hoped the cut didn't get infected from all the jungle crap. Finally, though, he can run no more, having started out tired and quickly reaching exhaustion from baking and sweating in this damn coat. He stops, and sinks to his knees to catch his breath. He's terrified, feeling as if death may be closing in from nearby. "I'm sorry, everyone. Arc. [Armach's real name]. And especially sorry-"

He is cut short by an axe striking the ground next to him. "Get up."

Tea follows the others and enters the jungle. "Hey, I'm a bit behind, where did y'all go?" he yells.

((By the way, how exactly did Arcvasti get uncomfortable in the heat? Don't wild cats live in jungles and deserts and such anyway?))
The muddy ground gives way beneath your feet, and you tumble down a short slope into a trickling stream of water, a tiny channel amidst the dense jungle. No one else seems to be around.

"That's not good. Not good at alll- aaghh..."
Fallacy runs away from the evil tree.
You run and run, more trees coming to life behind you but you seem to be gaining distance on the phenomenon. Suddently, though, you run face-first into someone else, sending you both tumbling to the ground. "Aagh!"
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« Reply #1268 on: July 14, 2015, 10:45:11 pm »

"Oof-sorry. ow. Um... is there time to talk?"

Fallacy stands.
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Re: Forumites RPG - This is what happens when you play with fire
« Reply #1269 on: July 14, 2015, 10:55:29 pm »

"Jaha, aika olla eräjorma." (Oh well, time to go survivalist.)

Tea checks if the stream water is potable.
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« Reply #1270 on: July 14, 2015, 11:06:51 pm »

Armach scratches his head. "Argh, the heat must be getting to me. Ah, but just in case." He pulls out his cleaver and tenses up, making him very jumpy but also improving his reaction time. He moves forward.
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« Reply #1271 on: July 14, 2015, 11:33:27 pm »

"Oof-sorry. ow. Um... is there time to talk?"

Fallacy stands.
As you stand, you see... what? A double of yourself? Then, something in your mind tells you that in order to get out of this place, the duplicate must die.

"Sure?"

"Jaha, aika olla eräjorma." (Oh well, time to go survivalist.)

Tea checks if the stream water is potable.
How would you check, aside from drinking it and seeing if you get Dysentery?

Armach scratches his head. "Argh, the heat must be getting to me. Ah, but just in case." He pulls out his cleaver and tenses up, making him very jumpy but also improving his reaction time. He moves forward.
There is a crunch! and you whirl around to see a hole in the forest floor. A mass of roots moves, opening another pit.
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« Reply #1272 on: July 14, 2015, 11:42:27 pm »

How clear is the water? Are the stones on the bottom of the stream covered in anything? Does anything live in it? Does it feel cool when touched? If the answers to these questions are satisfactory, Tea tastes the water. If it tastes like anything but either completely tasteless or an undefined mineral taste, he spits it out. If it's fine, he drinks his fill.
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« Reply #1273 on: July 15, 2015, 12:09:13 am »

Armach gets into a combat stance and backs up away from the pit, but waits to see if it does anything.
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« Reply #1274 on: July 15, 2015, 12:38:02 am »

The cat arched their back, hissing at the scent-stealer-cat. Killing the scent-stealer-cat would let the cat escape this place. To freedom. Freedom to do... What? While the cat is reflecting on future goals, their scent-stealer is not idle. With a hiss, the scent-stealer pounces at their twin[8], clawing and jumping back immediately afterwards without drawing blood. The cat focuses on their scent-stealer, and arches their back, hissing. The two circle one another for a little while before going at it again. The cat acts first this time, darting in and clawing at their scent-stealer's face[10], leaving painful, but not serious, scratches on their twin's face. The scent-stealer reacts immediately[12], jumping in and turning the fight into a grappling match, raking their twin's belly with their claws. The two cats once again disengage, snarling and spitting at each other. Were this a normal disagreement between two cats, there might have been a bit more posturing and scuffling before one party retreated. But the cat KNEW their scent-stealer needed to die. Needed to die for freedom. Freedom to seek[13]... Clarity? Arcvasti blinked for a moment, slowly rising out of the haze they'd been in. Their scent-stealer hissed and darted in again[9] clawing for a moment before leaping away, back arched. Arcvasti felt themselves hissing back at them involuntarily. Blood dripped slowly from their flank and belly wounds and Arcvasti knew their scent-stealer had the advantage if they stayed back letting them bleed more. The glow-hard-paw-thing on their scent-stealer's left front paw gave Arcvasti pause though. Perhaps they were the same, players or prisoners in this demented game. Players[13], with power. Arcvasti, touching their wounds with their tail, scabbed them over, closing them. Unfortunately[2], their scent-stealer took that moment of distraction as the time to strike[18], leaping at Arcvasti to sink their teeth in their neck.[9]The thicker mane of fur on Arcvasti's neck made it more difficult for their scent stealer to get a grip on it and they[13] wriggled out of the grip to try and pin their opponent down. [8]Their scent-stealer rolled around, trying to reverse the hold[9]. Both parties rolled around on the ground for a little while, trading minor scratches and bites. [9]Arcvasti, unused to fighting and less in tune with their cat instincts, came out the worst, bleeding from several scratches on their underbelly and sides. [17]Remembering a series of books about wildcats from their youth, Arcvasti went suddenly limp under their scent-stealer before shooting both rear paws into their scent-stealer's belly, flipping their scent-stealer off of them. Regarding each other more warily now, blood dripping from the scent-stealers brow and Arcvasti's more numerous wounds. Arcvasti tried to clot up as many of the wounds as possible with Coagulate, but the scent-stealer came at them again, snarling and hissing. [18]Lashing out blindly with the paw they'd been using to clot their belly wounds, Arcvasti caught their scent-stealer on the face, leaving a new set of scratches and accidentally solidifying the blood dripping down their face, blocking one nostril. Suddenly finding it harder to breathe, the scent-stealer tried to back away[1], but Arcvasti got them pinned down again[12], this time more securely. Arcvasti clawed viciously at their scent-stealer's exposed neck and throat[16], dealing mortal blows. Their scent-stealer, spasming as Arcvasti's right paw came at them for the finishing blow, caught sight of the glow-hard-paw-thing on Arcvasti's paw and, as they gasped their final breath, the light of comprehension and intelligence in the scent-stealer's eyes dawned[18]... and then died as the other cat went limp. With numerous painful wounds, although still not bleeding after being scabbed, Arcvasti's world twisted and changed. Gone was the humid jungle with its flat false scents. Arcvasti looked around their surroundings. They were in a bare-looking concrete room, with a normal-looking door on the other side of the room. Gaudy cardboard cut-outs of trees dotted the room, making it a poor imitation of the jungle that they had just experienced. A wooden cupboard, decorated to look like a tree stump, stood near the door at the other end of the room. A few of Them were standing around near the entrance, entranced and with their eyes glazed over. Amongst them was the HugoLuman, with their overly scented unfur-drapery. Arcvasti took a few moments to clot their remaining wounds and lick some of the blood out of their fur. Oddly, their flank wound was on the other side of the body then before, left instead of right. It was still clotted safely though, at least. The wounds, if not the jungle, were real it seemed. Arcvasti, suddenly recalling the brutal fight with their double and the light of sentience in their eyes near the end, went over to a corner and retched before curling up on the ground near the HugoLuman and shaking, both from horror at what they had done, both as a cat and as themselves, and from the adrenaline of the fight.
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