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Author Topic: Blank Slate - Turn 35 (Jul 7)  (Read 38910 times)

WunderKatze

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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #255 on: May 30, 2016, 02:13:13 pm »

"Now tell me! Are you alive as well?" Réoris says at the trash heap.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2016, 06:03:30 pm by WunderKatze »
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #256 on: May 30, 2016, 03:00:07 pm »

Look around for some edible plants or flowers.
Well then. Follow the path.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #257 on: May 30, 2016, 03:14:08 pm »

"Good thing I have a handy way of exploring it."

Send the hat drone with the flashlight into the dark cave.
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(5) You manage to struggle free of the guards and sprint to a safe distance before tossing a knife at one! (5 + 1 = 6) The throwing knife zips through the air, slitting a guard's throat! It then travels around the group of guards like a boomerang. It (5) Slits another throat, (Three 6's in a row!) decapitates three more (!), (4) slices open the last guard's arm, and (2) narrowly misses a random bystander. It then flies back into your hand. Holy crap.

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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #258 on: May 30, 2016, 03:34:11 pm »

Turn 24



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Look around for some edible plants or flowers.
Well then. Follow the path.

You split off from Hal, searching the path in front of you. You come across a sign written in the new alphabet: You are in: Staring Forest. Up ahead: Tilted Cave. Destination: Okari Village

Look around for some edible plants or flowers.

You walk around in the silent forest. It feels strangely empty, as you cannot find decaying plants on the ground or broken twigs like you can find in a healthy forest. The plants don't bear fruit, or flowers, or anything of the sort. All of the plants have black leaves.

Eventually you come across a hive of some sort, one that looks like a translucent membrane. Lights flicker inside and around the many circular exits inside, suggesting movement. [1] A swarm of fireflies comes out and starts moving toward you!

"Now time me! Are you alive as well?" Réoris says at the trash heap.

The beating grows louder as you talk. [5] No response, however. You safely conclude that the trash heap isn't interested in talking. (+1 Diplomacy XP)

It seems like there is something under the trash heap itself.

"Good thing I have a handy way of exploring it."

Send the hat drone with the flashlight into the dark cave.

You clip the flashlight onto the drone, which does upset its flight patterns somewhat but it's able to compensate.
You flip the switch and send it down.

[2/8] However, it seems the cave is mostly empty. You come to a dead end at the bottom with a small pool of water. [Luck: 1] You try to go back up, but suddenly there's a ceiling. You go back down to try and see if you took the wrong past.

There's only one path leading up, and it's blocked... There are two new paths at the bottom. You hear dripping water from one route, and running water from the other.



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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #259 on: May 30, 2016, 03:37:48 pm »

"Hm. Let's not, but say we did." Turn tail and walk swiftly away.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #260 on: May 30, 2016, 05:51:41 pm »

Continue.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #261 on: May 30, 2016, 06:03:54 pm »

Clear it off gently.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #262 on: June 01, 2016, 09:30:07 pm »

"Oh come on, thats just playing dirty. Ah well, more opportunities to explore"

Fly down the route with dripping water to explore further
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(5) You manage to struggle free of the guards and sprint to a safe distance before tossing a knife at one! (5 + 1 = 6) The throwing knife zips through the air, slitting a guard's throat! It then travels around the group of guards like a boomerang. It (5) Slits another throat, (Three 6's in a row!) decapitates three more (!), (4) slices open the last guard's arm, and (2) narrowly misses a random bystander. It then flies back into your hand. Holy crap.

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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 24 (May 29)
« Reply #263 on: June 01, 2016, 09:46:58 pm »

Turn 25



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Clear it off gently.

[3] You clear off the trash. It sort of sticks, but you eventually uncover an amorphous, fleshy blob, throbbing with a hearbeat. It seems to have grown to fill in the cracks between bits of trash, as a few tools and shards seem to be (bloodlessly) lodged into the body.

Fish-man shows up behind you, riding a wave of fish along the ground.
"As I suspected, you are trying to get at his sources." He looks down at the writhing mess. "That looks like an early test. I wonder whose soul is in there."

Continue.

You go forward and encounter the "Tilted Cave." As the name unironically suggests, it feels like it's tilted when you walk inside. More specifically, it feels like you are running down a ramp if you decide to enter, although the floor itself is actually level throughout the cave.
Outside the cave there is a sign posted: Donations to the old hermit, compiler. There is a bucket hanging from the sign filled with coins of different colors.

The sign also gives directions: Behind you to the Staring Forest, and westward (the direction of the clouds) is the shrine to the patron goddess of the harvest, Savelu.
The cave leads to the village, apparently.

"Hm. Let's not, but say we did." Turn tail and walk swiftly away.

[4] You avoid the fireflies entirely, noting their behavior: they immediately back off after you pass a certain radius. You can easily trigger them again by walking into the radius, but they'll blindly disengage as soon as you go back over the threshold.

"Oh come on, thats just playing dirty. Ah well, more opportunities to explore"

Fly down the route with dripping water to explore further

You find a dead end cavern with a pool of water in the middle. There seems to be a body in the water--you think it's Adam at first, but then you realize Adam was also carrying Hansel, so there would need to be two bodies.

That could also mean the body is Hansel, but you'd think Adam would be a little more considerate about where to dump the body. After all, there's bound to be scores of alien wildlife inside the pond!

Either way, the body isn't either of your companions. It's an unconscious woman wearing a velvet dress. She actually seems to be floating on the surface along with her clothing, which appears hydrophobic. Her hair is long and yellow (not blonde), floating on the water as well and frayed out in a pattern.



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Halcyon Adhil's Status: Temple gash (minor)
« Last Edit: June 01, 2016, 10:00:05 pm by _DivideByZero_ »
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 25 (June 1)
« Reply #264 on: June 01, 2016, 10:17:08 pm »

"A soul?" Dear lord. Not another.


I must carry these souls with me, lest they be cast into the pits. Mercy mercy! This wicked plight of the flesh!


"This doctor can transplant souls? I need to talk with him. Now." Réoris says with new purpose.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 25 (June 1)
« Reply #265 on: June 01, 2016, 11:11:31 pm »

Well, there's no way forward but.... forward, I guess.

Descend? Into the cave.
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dont call me a shitposter, call me a spirit one with the shitpost atman
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 25 (June 1)
« Reply #266 on: June 02, 2016, 08:23:18 am »

Well, that could be useful later. Go backbto the path and follow it.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 25 (June 1)
« Reply #267 on: June 08, 2016, 10:02:14 pm »

How did she get here?

Move the drone closer to the woman, and try move her out of the water.
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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 25 (June 1)
« Reply #268 on: June 11, 2016, 02:32:29 am »

Turn 27



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How did she get here?

Move the drone closer to the woman, and try move her out of the water.

[2] You manage to perch the hat neatly on her head. The drone can't putput enough torque to push her though, let alone wake her up it seems.

The presence of the drone causes the water to glow white.

Well, that could be useful later. Go backbto the path and follow it.

You follow the path up to a place called, according to the signs, the "Tilted Cave." As the name unironically suggests, it feels like it's tilted when you walk inside. More specifically, it feels like you are running down a ramp if you decide to enter, although the floor itself is actually level throughout the cave.
Outside the cave there is a sign posted: Donations to the old hermit, compiler. There is a bucket hanging from the sign filled with coins of different colors.

The sign also gives directions: Behind you to the Staring Forest, and westward (the direction of the clouds) is the shrine to the patron goddess of the harvest, Savelu.

Well, there's no way forward but.... forward, I guess.

Descend? Into the cave.

You descend, expecting the gravity to flip over, but it does not. Surprisingly. The ramp spirals down for what seems like an aeon. Your feet slip across the wet ground. You notice rivulets of black water coursing down the sides of the path, but fortunately the path itself seems well-worn by foot traffic. It's probably been here for a while.

It is very dark in the cave. You have your flashlight, however, which seems to have taken on an orange tint (you didn't notice it on the ship because the ship itself had a lot of rust). Eventually you see a grey light from the lower levels, and enter into a level passageway walking against the wind. The passage opens up to a cave mouth in open air, and a rope bridge extends foward into a forest of orange fungus stalks and hanging vines.

That's right. Hanging.

The rope bridge looms over a sea of white clouds, some bright and puffy and buried under black jetstreams criss-crossing the lower "sky" like a cobweb. The rope bridge hangs from strands tied to the trunks of the hanging fungus, which form an upside-down forest. The fungi create platforms which may or may not be safe to walk on, and from underneath you can see that the platforms are black with crimson red veins hidden  under the surface.

"A soul?" Dear lord. Not another.


I must carry these souls with me, lest they be cast into the pits. Mercy mercy! This wicked plight of the flesh!


"This doctor can transplant souls? I need to talk with him. Now." Réoris says with new purpose.

The fish man gazes upon you.
"Really? You'd make a good fit in this world, then. Too bad I feel rather attached to mine, thank you very much."

He slithers over to the shore.
"Too bad that doors pretty hard to beat down. Got any other ideas?"



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Re: Blank Slate - Turn 26 (June 11)
« Reply #269 on: June 11, 2016, 02:49:03 am »

Her hair shifted to a mix of bright green and yellow, showing her amazement. "......woah......"

She tentatively prods the rope bridge with a foot, and if it proves to be stable, she begins walking across it.
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When in doubt, use puns.
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in our own special way we are all shitpost
each day, when the sun shines and greets us with a smile, at least one of us finds that inner strength to spout bullshit on a forum revolving around the systemized slaughter of midgets
dont call me a shitposter, call me a spirit one with the shitpost atman
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that's pretty gay
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