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[monk12]

If these Mars Bars are indeed power sources, and we try to jam one in there manually without any sort of protection, that could really rustle our jimmies.

See whether the shelf of bits can be combined with the metal monitor and plate to create a new robot friend! Flip through the pages looking for a diagram.

In the rather likely event that fails, Grab one of the metal bars for ourselves, then go find Friend Robot and describe the items we found, and ask whether he'd like to eat any of them.

[ShadowHammer]

Sorry to hear about that Solifuge, hopefully things are looking up for you! And you've been doing a really impressive job with the updates so far!

Grab one of the metal bars for ourselves, then go find Friend Robot and describe the items we found, and ask whether he'd like to eat any of them.

+1

[S34N1C]

Hey, take as long as you need man. I know how tough it is to watch your grandfather wither away like that. My paternal grandpa died of Alzheimer's several years ago, and my maternal one is dealing with it now. Just hang in there, alright? It gets easier

[StrawBarrel]

> Introduce ourselves to the Robot.

> ...ask robot if it has a preferred name.

[Tiruin]

> Introduce ourselves to the Robot.

> ...ask robot if it has a preferred name.

Ask in total what would be its preferences in being called :3

Sorry to hear about that Solifuge, hopefully things are looking up for you! And you've been doing a really impressive job with the updates so far!

Grab one of the metal bars for ourselves, then go find Friend Robot and describe the items we found, and ask whether he'd like to eat any of them.

+1

+1!

[NUKE9.13]

:/

...

>Make makeshift gloves out of loose paper.

>Wear ye makeshift gloves.

>Insert ye replacement fuse.

[DolosusDoleus]

:/

...

>Make makeshift gloves out of loose paper.

>Wear ye makeshift gloves.

>Insert ye replacement fuse.

+1

[Sir Knight]

Afterthought:

I see that the mysterious tree silhouette in the first post has been replaced with a full pixel-art image.  Nice!

[Egan_BW]

I noticed the alt-text.

[StrawBarrel]

Try this:

Name the kitty "Panzor".

Hopefully it proves to be a worthy name. Totally wasn't haunting this thread. I failed to google-fu how to do alt-text so I decided to scavenge in thread. Found this old, but critical suggestion while doing so.

[Solifuge]

inspect for a catch on the metal box.

Looking at the Wall Box, you see two small metal nubs on either end.
Some kind of snap-on catches, which the Corroded Bar was connected to.

Perhaps the Bar was supposed to be removable after all!

If these Mars Bars are indeed power sources, and we try to jam one in there manually without any sort of protection, that could really rustle our jimmies.

Since it's apparently removable, you'd like to try replacing the Corroded Bar with something.
Still, you'd like not getting electrocuted again a whole heck of a lot more.

As such, you devise a cunning plan...

>Make makeshift gloves out of loose paper. >Wear ye makeshift gloves. >Insert ye replacement fuse.

First, you stow the Corroded Metal Bar in your Duffel Bag, to free up one of your hands.

Next, you take the Loose Papers on the desk, and cup them in your free hand.
Using them like you'd use a towel to grab hot cookware, you pick up one of the Reddish Bars from the shelves.





It looks a lot like the Corroded Bar, but more Reddish. And less, you know, Corroded.
You're willing to bet it's just a newer, non-burnt-out version of Whatever These Bars Are.
Fuses or Batteries, or something? You're just going to call them Fuses for now.

Gripping the Fuse(?) firmly in your paper-clad hand, you shove it into the Fuse(?) Box.
You struggle with it a bit, wiggling it into position, until it pops onto the catches with a metallic snap.



Immediately after you do, you start to hear a faint buzzing hum coming from the Fuse Box.
Thankfully, you don't get shocked. You do start to feel a lot of heat bleeding through the Paper, though.
You decide to let go, before the Fuse gets too hot.



Looking at your Paper Glove, you notice that one of the Loose Papers was burned.
Dang... the text is pretty thoroughly toasted. And unfortunately, it wasn't the page you'd already read.
There'll be no reading it, the way it is now. The rest of the pages look okay, though.

But hey, at least you didn't burn your hand?



Before you can get too upset about it, a few amber Emergency Lights flicker on.
The console doesn't light up, but basic power seems to be back on. At least in here.

This ought to make finding your way much easier. How's that for progress?

Spoiler: GM NOTES: (click to show/hide)

Thanks for your patience and support, folks. I really do appreciate it. It's been kinda rough, but def. doing better now.

Anyway, for reasons up to and including my continued sanity, I'm hereby starting to take only to the most popular suggestion(s) per update. I'll consider suggestions with shared goals or themes as counting toward the same vote, and possibly will use other suggestions that work well with each other when possible. Also, I reserve the right to play favorites, if I really like one, or where it moves the story. Sorry to change things up abruptly... but I hope it's cool with y'all!

Basically, I want to shift toward smaller but more frequent updates. I'm still figuring how best to run these things, but the monolithic updates were making it harder to work on, less responsive (folks couldn't react to small changes that happened within an update, etc), and kept the schedule kinda irregular. The nature of Suggestion Games doesn't let me build up a buffer in advance, like folks with scripted Webcomics can do... the lucky ducks! I'm hoping that smaller updates are the next best thing. If it ends up being totally awful, we can always go back to big slow updates. In the meantime, if you like an old suggestion that didn't get picked, feel free to quote it again like some folks have been doing.

Also, though it's not finished yet, I will soon have a surprise to share with y'all! It's been in planning since early on, and in active development for the last week or so. Hope to roll it out before the end of the month... but for now, I shall say no more!

I see that the mysterious tree silhouette in the first post has been replaced with a full pixel-art image.  Nice!

Hehe... yeah. I finally got off my ass and colored that tree. Perhaps some day, it will even grow into a proper banner for the thread! Wood Would that I could be so productive~!

Spoiler: CHARACTER STATUS: HANA (click to show/hide) SATED: ≫ HANA HAS EATEN RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME HUNGRY AFTER A DAY WITHOUT FOOD. AWAKE: ≫ HANA HAS SLEPT RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME TIRED AFTER A DAY WITHOUT SLEEP. ENERVATED: ≫ SOME OF HANA'S WILLPOWER IS BURNED. ≫ IT WILL NOT RECOVER BY NATURAL HEALING. ITEM SUMMARY: (Capacity: 24kg / 30kg) Boots (1 kg): Rugged leather. Travel-Worn. Clothes (N/A): Warm-Weather. Beet Pun. Duffel (1 kg): Brown Canvas. Zip-Top. 12 Slots. Flashlight (1 kg): Bright, sturdy, and reliable. Toasted Notes (N/A): Mine Supervisors' Log, partially burnt. DUFFEL CONTENTS:  ≫ Cat Plush (N/A): Handcrafted. Cute and useless.  ≫ Corroded Bar (2 kg): Dense, metallic, and burnt.  ≫ Rope (8 kg): Natural Fiber, 20 meters.  ≫ Toolkit (10 kg): Assorted Crafting and Repair.  ≫ Ukulele (1 kg): "Memento Mori". Sturdy and Travel-Worn.

[NUKE9.13]

Our quest to restore power is (sort of) complete! HUZZAH.

Alright, new quest: Fix ye Radio.

>Take BOOK, CIRCUIT BOARD, and BATTERY(?)

>Go upstairs again

>Use guitar repair tools to open up the RADIO.

>Try to fix ? ? ?

[Sir Knight]

This may or may not be helpful to say, but . . . if that was a "short" update, I didn't notice that much.  Yup, it's shorter.  It said everything I needed it to say so that I "felt updated."  So if you're at a low point in the amount of brain you can devote to this task, then don't worry!  Anything you toss out is looking to be fun.

Our quest to restore power is (sort of) complete! HUZZAH.

Alright, new quest: Fix ye Radio.

>Take BOOK, CIRCUIT BOARD, and BATTERY(?)

>Go upstairs again

And I interrupt here to add:

Check for any changes to functional objects, including the drain area, the "elevators" (or whatever is behind the rusty metal we first found), and all forms of metal boxes everywhere.

Then other stuff.  Revelations could change plans partway.

[Egan_BW]

If you're only going to do the actions with the most upvotes, I might as well stop suggesting.

[Tiruin]

If you're only going to do the actions with the most upvotes, I might as well stop suggesting.

She does actions that work out--not the ones that generally have the most upvotes [see: all my suggestions ]
Don't be like that here. Keep suggesting. It's like any other ISG where actions are picked out.