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Voting closed: November 13, 2011, 08:55:32 pm

[Tidal]

Check for the presence or lack of a throat. Yell at the sleeper.

[Trapezohedron]

Make a small "totem" spin, and see if the totem keeps spinning. If it stops, then it's real. Otherwise, go kill yourself.

[Tidal]

Make a small "totem" spin, and see if the totem keeps spinning. If it stops, then it's real. Otherwise, go kill yourself.

What if it's real, but has an altered state of physics? Then it would keep spinning, but we would really die. :I

[Loud Whispers]

This sleeper could be tricking us into killing ourself, or killing Nova. She seemed pretty pissed about it.

[Karnewarrior]

You yell wordlessly at the Sleeper. It doesn't visibly react. You didn't expect it to, being an alien and all. Nova, on the other hand, looks frightened.

You look for a small totem, and one has always been there. It spins and spins, not seeming to slow. Perhaps... Yes, when you think of it stopping, it stops, hanging in midair like a phantasm.

While the living Nova seemed to be angry at the Sleeper, this one seems more annoyed at you. She guestures at you and then the Sleeper. Get on with it.

You're not sure how to open the Doors of Death.

[Trapezohedron]

Think outside the box. Fit your finger inside a (possibly non-existent) keyhole, grinding it to meaty bits if you have to. Open the Doors of Death.

Open Them.

[EveryZig]

Well the totem was there when we looked for it.
Lets look for a key and a door.

[Silleh Boy]

This is definately not the world that you're familiar with.

Dying dream, hallucination, whatever you wish to call it; either you have dominion here or it's a dying fantasy.

A Key, A Door.
These things can be symbolic, symbolism normally implies that there are rules to work within.
When there's rules, there's likely the issue of balance.
That means to restore a life you'd have to take a life.

You have the key or you are the key.

Why should you grant it passage as it requested however, why should you dutifully obey that what may well be your killer simply because it asked politely?

If you have this potential, you could just as soon force Nova's passing to show it that you are not to be trifled with.
That wouldn't be gentlemanly however.

If it wishes you to try and facilitate its passing, if you are going to use it to return yourself and possibly Nova to life - there is no telling if she too fell to this thing, though if she has, then she may well have other means to recover...


Inquire as to Nova's well being, ask it why you should assist it, ask it HOW you would assist it.
Remain paranoid, do NOT assist it until you're in a strong position, potentially with something more to gain by assisting it.
Or betraying it.
It wouldn't hurt to try reading its motives, alien as it is to you, just for the unlikely chance you may glean something.

[mcclay]

I think your being a bit paranoid, were Bay 12'ers. We open hell and not afriad of anything

Just open the door, check your pockets for a key and use the totem as you would a key.

[kaian-a-coel]

>BE THE DOOR

aka open your mind. literally.

[Tidal]

>BE THE DOOR

aka open your mind. literally.

Translation: Open your mind to an eldritch horror.

[Loud Whispers]

>BE THE DOOR

aka open your mind. literally.

Translation: Open your mind to an eldritch horror.

Agreed. Look for a hammer, bucket or brick.

[Karnewarrior]

You look for the Doors of Death.

Something long and tall shimmers before you. It doesn't look like a door, more like a cyan portal, but the Eldritch Horror tips it's non-existant cap to you and passes through before you can object.


               

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\______________________/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

You awaken with a gasp. Nova, covered in blood, is kneeling next to you. The Sleeper's corpse is steaming next to you.

You feel at your throat, but nothing seems amiss. You seem to have simply healed. You decide to not take any chances - this could be a one time thing.

Your head hurts pretty badly.

[Loud Whispers]

Investigate the corpse, also, I assume that's not Novas or our own blood? Just 'cus that much blood would warrant more death.

[Karnewarrior]

You're willing to bet that's your blood. In fact, you're sure of it; your other throat is lying a few feet away where the Sleeper tossed it.

The Sleeper is pretty dead. It looks like Nova took her anger and grief out on the Sleepers corpse while you were... whatever you were. It's only barely recognizable.

You're enveloped in a hug from behind. Nova's laughing and squeezing your midriff, happy that you're alive.