Prelude: Shiny ButtonsHave the fabricator print out some silky rope, and then a few large cloths. Then, try to get a large, loose robe- the kind of thing you'd see stereotypical desert-dwellers wearing- out of the machine.
With that done, nothing much more to do but go through.
[4] It gives you some rope. You would not describe it as silky. It also beeps angrily at you when you try to get anything else cloth-related out of it.
Blu adopts a very noticeable scowl after hearing Brian's words.
"So 'Sturdy' means we might face intelligent resistance then? Wonderful. World 8 it is."
Gather food and water from the feasting hall. Attempt to get rope, basic first aid supplies, and some sort of weapon from the fabricator. Afterwords, embark with the others to World 8.
You gather up some of the... pods they like to feed you in the feasting hall. They're fruit-
like, but you're not sure they're actually fruit.
[4] It gives you some rope, but attempts to get first aid supplies are a mix of you and the machine cursing angrily at each other.
[3] You get a club. You were hoping for a sword or axe or something, but telling the damned thing what you want is a pain.
I Try the fabricator for a hammer, a pickaxe, a chisel, and a Massivebomb plus some Insectiside nice pair of pants.
[2] Operating the machine is... not your strong point. You end up with a lot of lumps at max hardness, which in a pinch you suppose could be used as a hammer, a... pickaxe insofar as a pickaxe is something you bash other rocks with, a chisel insofar as a chisel is something you beat into something else, and...
[5] HAHA! PANTS! It takes a ton of material to make yourself pants normally, but you get it to give you a nicely fitting pair with only a minimum of angrily cursing the sky.
Brian tries to gather the World 8 crew.
"First thing we need, more than weapons, armour or knowledge, is a plan. I suggest that the more powerful individuals among us go first, armored, and identify any immediate hazards, before either returning or altering the circumstances so we may enter in relative safety. That would be Karen, or any more combat-focused people who choose to join us. They will alter as little as possible if it means disturbing wider affairs in the world, such as by alerting nearby indigenous peoples or interfering with complex and responsive plant structures. Once the situation is stable, we must identify what can and cannot be disturbed, and what long-term threats exist, before we touch anything we do not have to."
You try to advocate caution and planning. Instead someone drags you onto the platform and pushes a button.
Name: Bruva Bugert
Primary Skill: Bug Magic
Secondary Skill: Cooking
Physical Description: A young, mutated human man with green molted skin, his arms and sections of his legs are covered in a thin green brown chitin-like substance with a pair of mandibles made of the same material on the side of his face. His clothing is a worn-out robe the same color of his chitin and a equally worn-out pair of sandals.
Bio: When the Insectile Overlords came and took over Alkenia Bruva was one of the first humans to pledge allegiance to his new insect overlords. Now he has a chance to spread their influence to new and greater dimensions.
You arrive a little late, just as a large group is porting through. Oh well, still plenty of time to read the menu.
Suzume smiles giving a small salute. Before heading on over to the fabricator.
Well well well lets make some mapping tools!
[4] It doesn't like it when you try to make cloth, so you get some very thin tablets instead. The implement is trickier, but by darkening it and making it softer, you manage to get several sticks of charcoal or chalk equivalent.
World 8 TeamYou all get onto the platform, voluntarily or otherwise, and scramble over each other for the honor of pushing the button. The end result is a group effort, and you're all sucked through tubes of light towards
your destination.Brian Keens (NJW)
5/5 HP
+5 Identifier (0/5)
+3 Manager (0/3)
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Hardened Climbing Spikes
Small Amounts of Rope
Crude Armor
Karen (Coolrune)
+5 Stone Mage (0/5)
+3 Carbon Mage (0/3)
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Crude Armor
Rope
Baeset Musre (OceanSoul)
+5 Mana Milker (0/5)
+3 Animal Handler (0/3)
Ogneer (crazyabe)
+5 Earth Mage (0/5)
+3 Stoneworker (0/3)
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Nice Pants
Assorted Rocks
Blu (Blastoise)
+5 Aquamancy (0/5)
+3 First Aid (0/3)
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"Fruit"
Rope
Club
Fedelmid Cowhunter (voliol)
5/5 HP
+5 Hunter (0/5)
+3 Leatherworker (0/3)
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Large Jug of Water
Sairian (Nirur)
+5 Plant Mage (0/5)
+3 Agriculturalist (0/3)
Nix (NRDL)
+5 Pyromancer (0/5)
+3 Persuader (0/3)
The Dilettante (ATHATH)
+5 Air Mage (0/5)
+3 Life Mage (0/3)
Suzume (Abstract)
+5 Barrier Mage (0/5)
+3 Cartographer (0/3)
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Mapping Tablets
Drawing Sticks
Nar Azzar (Atomic)
+5 Life Mage (0/5)
+3 Metalworker (0/3)
Bruva Bugert (Yotta)
+5 Bug Mage (0/5)
+3 Cook (0/3)