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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 1, 2012 10:42:40 GMT -5
((OOC: *Dies laughing* I've been waiting to use that ever since the idea came up. Which was before I even made John. And I disturbed sA into using her quirk? Lol. Three points for Extremely Tired!Me!))
Um... No, no I didn't, actually. Thanks for sending it to me. Now... How do I use this? /IsAFirstSessionNewb
...Nice typing quirk. Simple, and less liable of confusing people than the 'Binary' one I made. Anyway, you already sent me that. I don't recall reading a-... OH. Um... Hehe... Missed it. Sorry for that, and sorry to any trolls that read this. Keeping it anyway. Because... Ah... It's still a golden bucket. Gold is fairly valuable, last I checked. Might make a good bartering chip.
Already got the Ghost Image and put the code in my Journal. Also did the same for the Holo-pad, the Punch Card Shunts and the Jumper Block Extension. Same for the Alchemiter, Totem Lathe, and Cruxtruder. But don't worry, I'm not going to make those any time soon. So... What's it do? Also, what's the Extension-thing do?
*shrugs* Apparently, the only furniture you can sit on in the Skaian Magicant is a couch or two. We've been preoccupied with tracking down an entrance to the SM, instead of Captchaloguing Land Beds. I did see a bed while walking through Jack's Land, but it looked shiny, and sticky. Almost as if it were made out of rock candy. I would have waltzed up to it and napped, if, you know, we weren't in immediate danger, and these weren't my last set of clean clothes. Thankfully, Imps didn't abscond with Jack's washer and dryer.
Because, she's my stubborn-as-a-mule sister, and refused to leave my side until we found Jack. I think she was worried about me randomly collapsing again. Would it help if I mentioned we are all now outfitted in variations of Iron Man armor? Janice is in a set of Iron Lass Hulkbuster Armor, Sis in a set of War Machine armor, while I threw Fallout 3 into the mix, and now Jack and I are armed with T-51b Power Armor THAT FLIES. At that point, I said "Screw it", and gave him a Super Sledge. I managed to create Jingwei's Shocksword, FINALLY. Sir Callahan is a happy little Imp. And so is Jake. Also, guess who finally got a decent upgrade? ME! I'm now armed with The Mauler. Which is a auto-axe. Which is, apparently, not a chainsaw. At all.
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 1, 2012 11:27:05 GMT -5
[Rang♉♉n Warning] ♉kay, I ♓ave a pr♉blem, in case it isn't in♓erently ♉bvi♉us. I've caug♓t Rang♉♉n. ♓♉w? Derek. ♓e started c♓atting t♉ me in w♓ite, I r♉lled my eyes and ♓ig♓lig♓ted it, and ♓e said "♓a ♓a N♉w Y♉u ♓ave Rang♉♉n". Any easily-f♉und cures bef♉re I start pestering Jack's C♉ns♉rts f♉r ♉ne?
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Post by unfathomableArchitect on Dec 1, 2012 12:15:52 GMT -5
No it isn't. In fact it's actually sorta worse because if you start thinking of her as invincible where Sburb can get to her then it will do something stupid like drop a treasure chest with 99 excaliburs inside on her head.
No, just get her back in the magicant and tell her that if she stays within the bounds of where the game can get her, narrarative causality is going to make her do her best impression of Luke Skywalker's aunt.
It will be a very good impression.
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Post by cannonOverload on Dec 1, 2012 13:56:10 GMT -5
I did see a bed while walking through Jack's Land, but it looked shiny, and sticky. Almost as if it were made out of rock candy. I would have waltzed up to it and napped, if, you know, we weren't in immediate danger, and these weren't my last set of clean clothes....As a general rule, anything that looks like its made of candy is to be regarded with extreme caution. Because candy is associated with these monstrosities: (Info dump warning.) [SACCHARINE DOPPELGANGER]AKA: THE CANDY MAN A [SACCHARINE DOPPELGANGER] FORMS THROUGH UNKNOWN MEANS, AND TAKES THE FORM OF THE FIRST PLAYER IT ENCOUNTERS, AND THEN KILLS AND TAKES THAT PLAYERS PLACE. VERY OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PERSON ITS MIMICKING, VISUALLY AND PERSONALITY-WISE, BUT BELIEVES THAT IT'S DISGUISE IS PERFECT. DO NOT DISSUADE THIS NOTION UNTIL YOU AND YOUR CO-PLAYERS CAN ALL CONFRONT IT AT ONCE. WILL ATTACK IMMEDIATELY, REGARDLESS OF NUMBERS ,IF IT THINKS IT'S IDENTITY IS COMPROMISED.IT IS CAPABLE OF EVERYTHING A NORMAL PLAYER CAN DO, INCLUDING ACHIEVING GOD-TIER, AND WILL ATTEMPT TO KILL CO-PLAYERS WHEN ALONE WITH ONE. HAS SKIN THAT LOOKS LIKE CANDY, FLESH BEHAVES LIKE TAFFY WHEN STRUCK, DOES NOT BLEED, DOES NOT FEEL PAIN, AND CAN TAKE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PUNISHMENT, INCLUDING LOSS OF LIMBS. UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS MUST BE USED TO COMPLETELY KILL IT. SOME METHODS INCLUDE: COMPLETE IMMERSION IN MAGMA/ACID. RAPID AGING. TOTAL INCINERATION. DEEP FREEZING. VAPORIZATION. DISINTEGRATION. LAUNCHING IT INTO [THE FURTHEST RING], TO BE EATEN BY [THE OTHERS]. AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT IT DIES.
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 1, 2012 15:47:58 GMT -5
[Rang♉♉n Warning] @ua Tc♓, W♓at? S♓e's n♉t invincible. Just incredibly well-armed. At t♓e very least, s♓e isn't likely ♉f getting injured by pr♉jectile fire in t♓e near-future. Aaaand... ... ...♉kay, t♓ey(Sis and Janice) inside t♓e Magicant.
@c♉ ♓mm... W♓at if I were t♉ try t♉ eat a Sacc♓arine D♉ppleganger? ♓yp♉t♓etically speaking. If t♓ey're made ♉f candy, and ♉ur Time player freezes it in time, can't we all just, like, walk up t♉ it and n♉m ♉n it? ♉r, y♉u kn♉w, alc♓emize a bunc♓ ♉f saliva and try diss♉lving it in t♓at?(Ick) ♉r d♉es it just l♉♉k like it's made ♉f candy?
Als♉... Can t♓ey p♉tentially bec♉me friendly? I mean, are t♓ey in♓erently ♓♉stile? T♓ey s♉und kind ♉f scared, like a c♉rnered animal, t♉ be perfectly ♓♉nest.
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Post by cannonOverload on Dec 1, 2012 16:40:56 GMT -5
While they are terrible at disguising themselves, they are very dangerous in combat, being far stronger and faster than the person they mimic.
I'm pretty sure that eating one would be an incredibly bad idea.
Their skin only looks like candy, it's not actually candy.
All recorded attempts to reason with them have failed, and are, without exception, inherently hostile to players.
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Post by unfathomableArchitect on Dec 1, 2012 18:58:30 GMT -5
Hey wD, you're doing the whole Guiey thing really well, what with asking all sorts of questions, even when it involves the possibility of messing with things that Veterans say "No, fuck this," and ollie outie.
I can't answer your questions about SDs, but I can help you get the answer. Here. It's imperitive though that YOU don't read it.
<Insert link to an uploaded text file here, ForAWitch>
Take that file and give it to your Witch. It contains instructions that match what my time player did to answer my hard questions in my first session. Do that and he'll answer most of your questions with his time powers.
<< The text file reads: John is going to get his ass killed messing with things that are way too friggin' deadly. When he does, grab the body, travel back to when he's alive and throw it on him. Then, if you aren't coming from a splinter timeline and you're still in the Alpha, kiss it. Actually, kiss it then throw it on him. >>
If you have any more imperitive questions after he follows the instructions, let us know.
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 1, 2012 19:35:22 GMT -5
Downloaded the text file, forwarded it to him, and then, to ensure that I didn't read it, deleted it from my harddrive. Also, I fixed the Rangoon problem. Got directed to some funky bug-thing. As it turns out, if you fry it with just the right spices, eat it with just the right vegetables, and then drown it in a bunch of A1 Steak Sauce, it actually tastes decent. Like A1 Steak Sauce. But crunchier. Doesn't do JACK for the aftertaste, though.
Oh, guess what I finally learned? PORTALS! Also figured out how to make 'em vanish, as well as move and turn 'em. Are you aware how amusing it is to off an imp with a terminal velocity flying dishwasher? Quick! What's the heaviest substance one can find in their house? Is it lead? Gold? Titanium? Cast Iron? What? I want to make one heavy-as-heck object, toss it into a terminal velocity portal loop, and see how much damage it does to something like a Giclops! ...Okay, not really. More like "How many Imps in a cluster it can take out". If I encounter a Giclops, I'm doing that... AND PUTTING THE OUTPUT PORTAL IN FRONT OF IT'S EYE. Nearly killed Sis back on LOSAF. All that saved her was a lucky shot from the Peace Maker setting on her Morph Gun, as well as some intervention from Jimmysprite.
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Post by unfathomableArchitect on Dec 1, 2012 21:26:43 GMT -5
Oh gog I LOVE that game!
I'm native Hope, and one of our tricks is "launch things at stupid speeds from our sylladex for almost no pluck"
Fun thing to do: Launch a cluster of objects with one small thing in front of the launch point to scatter the objects for a trick I called MACGUYVER'S SHOTGUN OF HOPE.
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 2, 2012 4:02:56 GMT -5
Oh? Which game? Portal? Or Jak?
Okay, outside of that, while it is still easy to fly into the air and pop in through a Gate, it still takes forever, and I don't particularly like heights. Is there ANY way to alleviate the headache caused by the SM?
Because, apparently, everyone's already there. Except me. And it kind of defeats the point of telling everyone to gather there if I am in the corner, holding my head in pain for the entire duration.
Oh, some of you might be wondering about my 'extreme' reaction previously. I was listening intently to The World. Trying to get a feel for where the Skaian Magicant could be, what with the "spatial fuckery" and all. I felt it was right underneath me, and I thought it only appeared in walls, that's why I was double checking to make sure I wasn't mis-reading the Whisperings. Then, I literally walked into it. And then my abilities went *BLIP!* The fact I bashed my head on the floor when I entered didn't help matters one teensy little bit. I got up, head pounding, turned, saw my sister was alright, and then the drive pushing me forward went *BLIP!* and I crashed. Well... I wouldn't say crashed... More like BSOD'd. If I was asleep, I didn't dream. If I was dead, I didn't care. If I was in my dreamself, I was unconscious there, too. Then my sister drug me out into the cotton candy neon pink wonderland that is Jack's Land, which he STILL hasn't learned the name of, and I started... For lack of a better word, rebooting. Head still hurt like hell.
Oh, hey, would you look at that. There's my house. Be back on later- LAND BED. Scavenging house for miscellaneous knickknacks that may be beneficial. Like my brother's car or something. I do recall I have a bike I forgot to Captcha. Might be able to make a motorcycle out of it if I combine it with something. But for now, current goal is to Captchalogue that Land Bed, or otherwise take a nice clear picture of it. ((OOC: I don't know why I felt the need to explain why my guy crashed. I don't think I'll agree with that explanation in the morning. And I need to stop posting after 10 PM.))
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 2, 2012 20:02:48 GMT -5
...Well... That's a little creepy. Searching around my Brother's room, Jack covering my armor-less body(Power armor? Surprisingly difficult to move around in), and you won't believe what I found. A journal, slightly burned, full of Captchalogue codes. Not from a different session, because they are all valid, and match up with the items listed. The creepy part? The first third of the journal is in MY HANDWRITING.
...Whoa. Explains why he never seems empty-handed, In the back was an empty version of the Strife Specibus Collection that Jane sent me. Guy probably special-ordered one of those extra-extra-large Strife Portfolios. And... Eighty kinds of vehicles? ...Exercise equipment, weapons, freeze-dried food, medicine, first aid supplies, a picture of the back of the Wallet Fetch Modus, which also has that unreadable code... But... Why would he... Wait, there's a note.
SincerelyWith lots of love, James[/quote] ...Um... I... I need a moment. ...Wait. Eleventh? From what I got from uA's post about the Scratch, there are supposed to be (Players * 2) Ecto-babies. Twelve in our case. Six Players, and their guardians("substitute players", he said). That means... I'm not the youngest? But... Who could the twelfth be? Wait... OH SHIT! JACK'S NOT A PLAYER!
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Post by unfathomableArchitect on Dec 2, 2012 22:43:34 GMT -5
If you exclaimed it because you realized it, STOP. Don't freak out. Don't let him know you're onto him. Get together with your players.
If you exclaimed it because of something he did...Get away now!
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 2, 2012 23:40:35 GMT -5
VOICE-TO-TEXT SOFTWARE INITIATED COMPUTER IN USE: "CompuSpecs"
Ohshitohshitohshit Notlikethatnotlikethat. *Inhales* What I'm trying to get at is... JACK ISN'T THE HEIR OF BREATH! JANICE IS! Oh my God! We have a twelve year old as our walking WMD! Quit struggling!*CLANG!* Get!*CLANG!* Your!*CLANG!* Non!*CLANG!* Player!*CLANG!* Ass!*CLANG!* In!*CLANG!* The-*WHOOSH* WHOOP- *THUD!* *CRASH!*
Hmm. So he finally noticed. Took him long enough. Hello. My name is Janice Bowie. And, much to my dismay, my chumhandle is bratBlondie. Going to shank Daniel if I ever see him again for that. My brother's been pretty much in denial about all this since we entered, it didn't help much that his computer literally threw his Client CD at his face. My Land is the Land of Cotton and Rubber, I am currently Level 12 on my Echeladder, and John is currently in a corner holding his head. Jake's slapped on the CaptchaBoy 3000 on John's wrist and is trying to administer aspirin with it. Also, I find it amusing, unfathomableArchitect, that you believed my brother to be a Saccharine Doppleganger. I can assure you, with all sincerity that none of us, at the present moment, are Saccharine Dopplegangers. Alternatively, we all are, and have yet to notice. Hmm... I will go test that theory.
*chik* OW!
Hmm... Considering Derek is bleeding from where I nicked him with my switchblade, I do believe he, and by proxy, all of us, are no Saccharine Dopplegangers. Any questions you would like to ask while we all are assembled here?
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Post by unfathomableArchitect on Dec 3, 2012 0:06:40 GMT -5
Heh, I wasn't thinking "Candyman" as much as "Jack Noir using some kind of illusion". I haven't seen it yet but I wouldn't put it past him.
@wd Haha, lolageism. There are 30 year olds on their second session and 16 year olds on their 12th. When I was 14 I was packing Skaian battleships to the gills with dynamite and hurling them at the final boss, and I didn't have the benefit of a calming auto-self-psych ability to help keep me a properly aimed WMD. I'm sure you'll make a good "Break everything button", Janice.
I don't have any questions. I'm a firm believer that providing unnessessary information to new players is denying them the opportunity to learn their role on their own, and is detrimental in the long run, so I don't think I'm not going to prod and poke at your situation so I can analyze how to optimize your session.
However, spoilers and "long term detriment" be damned, "Things That Keep You Breathing" are nessessary information, so you can ask me whatever. If it's something you would think to ask about on your own it's going to be more immediately relevant than anything I could ask about.
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Post by wanderingDreamer on Dec 3, 2012 2:02:39 GMT -5
Okay guys, everyone's spending the night in the Magicant, me included. How? Stacking like, four duplicated Land Beds on top of each other. Janice says she'll get me out of bed. With the Hulkbuster armor, if need be, so I can catch my forty winks. Here's a transcript of the first meeting, if anyone wants to take a look at it. VOICE-TO-TEXT SOFTWARE INITIATED COMPUTER IN USE: "CompuSpecs"
Aghbd. Ebwywon iv 'ittin' me t'day! Fi'st, Danife 'tabf me. 'den 'don bweaks m' nove!
Now, Derek, I'm sure he didn't mean it-
[/size] GIVE ME RANGOON AGAIN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS! owowowmyheadCome here, Derek. Hwy? Hwat ah' yoo'- *CRACK!* ARGH! MY NOSE! AGAIN! There, I fixed it. Have a Potion, and quit 'cher griping....We're going to die, aren't we?Considering our leader is in the corner holding his head? Probably.*Cough cough* Oh, sorry John.Thanks, Janice. Feel practically naked without the dang things.*BAM! BAM!* Ow. Everyone settle down and sit down. Plenty of room for everyone.*Shuffle, shuffle* Okay... First meeting of our little group has been called to order... Let's start off with an important topic. Who's going to be our leader?... What. Me? Seriously?Yeah, you got us all together and organized us. If it weren't for you sending me the details on the Heart Thing, I would've died days ago.Uhh... Wow. Thanks, guys. I'm honored. Okay, by unanimous decision, I, John Jameson, am now the leader of the group. Ah! Stop! Don't clap! Head still hurts... Thank you. Next order of business, how we're going to divvy ourselves up... Yes, Danielle?Umm... What do you mean? Well, going solo is dangerous, I'd prefer us either in three teams of two, or two teams of three. Then we'd tackle one member's Land Quests and the like, gaining levels and such. My plan was, originally, dividing us into Groups A and B. Group A would be... Derek, Jane, and Jake, while Danielle, Janice, and I would take the other. However, I think that, right now, it would be wise to have Jake on the same team as the two lowest levels to balance things out. Or we could each take one of the lower levels. In either case, no one will be tackling Jake's land in the immediate future... Yes, Jane?Why can't we do Jake's land, again? I got this one, chief. Because, Jane, it's hell on earth. Only reason why I've survived thus far is because of the large amount of EXP I get from these monsters, as well as the fact I can rip out their souls and use them as weapons.Nicely put, Jake. going to have nightmares for a week-Next on the agenda, Level checking for the group divvying. Everyone, sound off?Twenty-six.Eight.Um... Six.Twelve.Fourteen.And... Thirteen. Okay! Here's the grouping! Group A is Jake, Jane, and Danielle, while Group B is Me... I mean, Janice, Derek, and I. Any objections? ...What is it, Derek? Yeah, why don't all the higher levels, You, Jake and I, go storm Jake's land for loot? Because, first off, his Denizen is a fal'Cie. I'm not in the mood for going Crystal-monster today, thank you very much. Second, We all have early-game statistics. All of Jake's Underlings have mid to endgame statistics. You do the math... Okay, any more problems? No? Okay. Next on the agenda: Lands. Which two are we going to go for? We have Land of Cotton and Rubber, Land of Stars and Frogs, Land of Clockwork and Zephyr, Land of Books and Dice, and... Uh... Jane? What's your Land? Land of Music and Copper. Aaaand the Land of Music and Copper. We'll do this bit by bit...[PARAGRAPHS REDACTED DUE TO REDUNDANCY] Okay, so, that's Group A tackling LOBAD for funds and EXP, while Group B is going to LOCAZ. Any arguments? ...Yes, Jack? Why can't I come along? Yeah, I'm wondering that, too. I'm not exactly comfortable with you heading out and fighting monsters, John.*Sighs* Okay, here's the deal. You two are timeline-doomed. The longer you are outside, the more likely you are of dying. Your choices basically sum up to A) Coming with us and dying, B) Staying in here until it's safe, or C) Us Exiling you back to Earth. This area here? The Skaian Magicant? Is the only place that's monster-free in the game. So... You're staying in here until we say it's otherwise safe. Sorry. Next on the agenda, did everyone get a link to the fora? Okay, good. And none of you have sent a message because?Dead link....Uh... Wow. I wonder wh- Oh! Duh! The dongle-y thing. Sorry, forgot to ask for how to make slash get the dongle-things before sending the link. Okay, I'll ask. Anything else? No? Meeting adjourned. Oh, hey. My glasses are on. Whoops.[/spoiler] Okay, now, one last question before I go to sleep and potentially do Dream quests: How do I get a dongle-thing? *As in the microchip-thing we use to access the fora.
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