Welcome to Sburb! (Dead and Over)

[ArcNitemare]

>Greg:More annoyances

Either this is a clue....or the IMPS just drew a very crude picture of themselves.You would probably guess the latter.But if reading has taught you anything its that you should try any and all options.That and to never give up.

While the IMPS in the last ROOM weren't of any help,you might have better luck with this group.And perhaps a BRIBE might help as well.But what would work....hmm...you still have that PLATE OF PANCAKES from earlier...hmm

You calmly walk over to the IMPS and ask them if they know anything about the DOOR in this ROOM.And if they are willing to help you,you will give them a treat.You take out the PLATE OF PANCAKES from your BACKPACK MODUS and,after scribbling the CODE for the PANCAKES into your JOURNAL because you never know when it could be useful again,and show it to them.This will probably blow up in your face..but hey they are just IMPS.

 

[WafflesandBacon]

>Waffles: Cry yourself to sleep tonight
Nobody likes my pun!

BOO HOO HOO.
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>Xavier: Make short work of enemy
You use WELL-TIMED and QUICK STABS and SLASHES against your enemy.

 

[Pappytech]

Spoiler: OOC

Page 32. The Time Shenanigans begin.

>Team Dider... wait no that sounds stupid: You enter the CASTLE, and find yourselves in an entry chamber. There are passages leading WEST, NORTH, and EAST. You see tracks heading EAST.

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>Connor: Jack explains that right now, you're in the prison of the Derse Palace. Above you, in the Throne Room, you can find this HUGE *****. She's got something that Jack wants.

He hands you a BLACK REGISWORD, and tells you to go kill HB. Once she's dead, bring her crown and her ring back to Jack, and he'll let you be on your way.

Jack leaves the room, and DD opens your cell. It looks like he means to follow you, to make sure you don't try anything funny.

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>Dirk: After walking in the direction Future-You told you to, you eventually stumble upon a large cluster of RUINS. By some miracle, the carvings here are in remarkably good condition. If you could read them, you get the feeling that some PLOT RELEVANT information might be discovered.

You suddenly hear a little voice in the back of your head. It says something about a MAGNIFYING GLASS.

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>Greg: The IMP looks at you uneasily, and then explains that you have to defeat the five of them to proceed.

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>Xavier: Your attack manages to destroy the first BASILISK, but the second deals some damage to you as well. HEALTH VIAL 81%

 

[ArcNitemare]

>Greg:Feel very uneasy

You give the IMPS the PANCAKES you promised and while they eat,you reflect on what was said.

You have to defeat these IMPS in order to get through that DOOR?But they have done nothing to you.
And what kind of Hero,no less a Knight,attacks something that doesn't attack back?This whole thing just leaves a very bad taste in your mouth.

As you just stand there,thoughts race through your head.Do you do it?Do you not do it?They are IMPS,servants of Derse,the agents of EVIL.But they have not nothing to do and infact might not even do anything evil.

A few moments later,the IMPS are done with the PANCAKES and look unsure at you,probably because they don't know what you will do.

Only two options before you really.Defeat these IMPS or leave and try another way.But there is no guarantee that your luck will be any better.

And yet...it is still a better option.

You leave the ROOM and head back to the previous corridor.

Killing is a last resort for you.And that is how it will stand.

>Greg:Go back to corridor and down last path

 

[CJ1145]

>Dirk: Use POS Magnifying glass

Oh right, your MACGUFFIN #5. You decide to start looking through it, to see if any of this stuff makes any sense to you.

>Future Dirk: Suggest you follow the tracks.

"We should probably follow the tracks."

 

[Connor Lonske]

>Connor: Ponder.

OK, first of all why didn't you ask for clarification? Second of all, is this guy gonna help you? Whatever.

>Connor: Ask DD if you can get your sax, then you can have him introduce you as a bard who was payed to play for her, which is part of a plan you made.

 

[Pappytech]

>Greg: Heading down the last corridor, you find yourself in a dead-end room. On the floor, you can see five STRANGE TILES. They are arranged in a square, one at each corner and the fifth in the middle. There are also four BLOCKS that look like they can be moved around.

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>Dirk: Looking at the markings through the MAGNIFYING GLASS allows you to somehow read them! You have no idea how that works, but it's pretty cool.

It seems that these markings are talking about... a giant frog?

Spoiler: Show Markingslog

...Crafted from genes of a thousand lesser specimens, the Genesis Frog is said to be the ultimate source of power in the entire Medium, if not in all of reality. My research would benefit greatly if I could create one, but it seems I lack the means to do so. Creating something of that scale would require more Grist then even I hold.

Although it is Prospit and the Consorts that seem to worship the Genesis Frog, it is possible that Derse might have some knowledge of it as well. Vows notwithstanding, perhaps I should find a way to contact the Outer Rim...

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>Connor: DD decides to tell you a story. It's a funny story, about a kid who was assigned a job by an agent of Derse. The kid, who was a marvelous little guy, always getting into all kinds of mischief, decided that instead of doing the job he was given, he'd run around and have some fun beforehand.

Before the kid knew it, he had lost all track of time, and had failed to complete his task. And, here's where the funny part comes in, when he told the agent that he messed up, the kid got stabbed to death. With a spear. That the agent is always carrying. Specifically this spear. That DD is holding. Right here.

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>Chas: Your laserkick lightly scuffs the floor.

 

[ArcNitemare]

>Greg:Look around room

Well at least there aren't any IMPS in this ROOM.Just this puzzle.Lets see..five STRANGE TILES,arranged in a square, one at each corner and the fifth in the middle with four BLOCKS that look like they can be moved around.

Now this is something you can handle.And no one has to die.

......

..What was that?It sounded like something was downstairs.And it sounded like...lasers?Hmm either you are going crazy...or Chas is here in this CASTLE with you...You hope its the former...you really do...

You sigh,then give the puzzle before you some thought.

You decide to move the four BLOCKS onto the STRANGE TILES in the corners then stand on the TILE in the middle so that all of the tiles are covered.

You wait to see what that does.

 

[Connor Lonske]

>Connor: If that's the case...

You tell him that if he's so insecure about you doing your job quickly, then he should follow you around until you preform the job.

Now if you goof off or do anything you don't tell him your going to do to prepare your plan, he kills you right then and there.

And if you run off with out him, then he will have his boss to put a contract on you, this time to be killed on sight by anyone who happens to be on the streets or any other agents.

 

[Pappytech]

>Team Beta-Aldirk: You find a staircase leading upwards in the next room.

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>Greg: After you place the blocks on the STRANGE TILES, a poof of smoke appears on the center tile. As it clears away, you see that a chest has appeared there.

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>Connor: DD gives you a look. It's the kind of look that says, "If you annoy me in the slightest, I will gut you like a fish."

He points his spear at the door Jack left through. It seems he wants you to begin.

 

[ArcNitemare]

>Greg:Avoid inhaling smoke,open chest

You cough at the smoke filled ROOM,which dissipates after a moment,with a chest now on the center tile.

You open the chest,slowly,and very carefully retrieve whats inside and hope it doesn't explode.

 

[Connor Lonske]

>Connor: Tell him you don't know your way out of the Place and you'll follow his lead until your both out of there.

 

[CJ1145]

>Future Dirk: Contact UA

You make your UNIVERSAL SYMBOL to let ILLIRE know you're ready for a PESTERCHAT. Of course, you add in an extra OBSCENE GESTURE, since you're really just in kind of a shitty mood today.

>Dirk: Take note

Aw, shit. PLOT SHIT. This looks pretty important, you make a mental note to yourself to let somebody know how important all of this stuff is. You see that the RUINS have a sort of HIGH POINT, and climb up to the top to see if you can get a better view of the surrounding area to try and find something else useful.

 

[Pappytech]

>Chas: You manage to destroy the staircase. Well done. You just fucked up the entire dungeon layout. Now I'm going to have to spend another hour fixing everything so that the dungeon works.

Wait, that's stupid. And I'm lazy. A rope ladder falls down from the ceiling. It was apparently built into the staircase just in case someone decided to destroy said staircase.

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>Greg: You found the DUNGEON MAP! Which will be posted as soon as the GM stops being lazy, finishes his physics homework, and decides to work on MS Paint. So, sometime tomorrow, most likely.

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>Connor: DD says that either you figure out how to operate a door in the next 5 seconds, or you get stabbed.

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>Dirk: Climbing to a high point, you spot a tall OBELISK about a mile from your current location. You can also make out what looks like a GICLOPS.

 

[Connor Lonske]

>Connor: Do as DD says.

No, you want to get stabbed, why would you input a command saying that?(you don't say this, you just wish you could with out getting killed). You go though the door and head off out of the Palace via winging it.