ToU Part 3! Come join in before it becomes 40 pages!

[MSB3000]

attack Unfoo with the Sphere and wonder how the heck everyone else is going to come back alive.

[Blackraptor]

E. Sphere: Attack Unfoo. We win gg.

[acid]

Sphere: attack Unfoo.

VICTOLY! (I think.)

[Risp_old]

Great cooperation, people! A total of three people all want to claim victory for themselves.

[acid]

We're just making sure nobody overrides us and does something stupid. I guess.

Anyway, I blame Cooba for our victory.

[Blackraptor]

Did we even use the wait-till-unfoo casts a spell so we can do double damage to him and use ninja speed on shuri to attack twice combo?

[Risp_old]

They used the ninja speed trick to kill spotty.

[Radium]

Can I look at the strategy thread now?

<b> <br>The Enchantresphere shocks Unfooruman with a pulse of magic lightning (4 damage)<br>Unfooruman explodes, leaving a gaping hole of unmade dead sprite in the HTML table and causing the wall to the right of him to shift left one space.

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<b>
I opened my eyes and saw Leetzan and Fooruman, seated in a wooden canoe (which, notably, was not in water). The midsection of the canoe was heavily bandaged with silver tape.
“You were clinically dead for like an hour, but Spherey repaired Fooruman’s canoe with duct tape and revived everyone,” Leetzan said.
Despite the impracticality of a limbless magic bubble using duct tape, there was a seemingly more important topic to discuss. “You <i>named</i> the enchantresphere? And Spherey, none the less?”
Leetzan snickered at my comment slightly. “Well, it <i>has</i> saved your sorry tail at least twice now. And considering the battle never <i>technically</i> ended, given the rabbit with the gun was still alive, it probably won’t disappear back to wherever summons come from. For a while, anyway.”
“Where is said rabbit?” I asked, taking a chance to look at my surroundings. The same stereotype dungeon scheme suggested I was still in the citadel. In this room, however, the walls were lined with various control panels that, from the layer of dust that had settled on them over time, likely served no practical purpose.
“Fooruman megawarped us out,” she explained. “Megawarp” was one of those abilities Fooruman had that never proved particularly useful. The concept behind it (being able to instantly move you and those around you to a location anywhere in the universe) was great indeed, but it required you to give the “universal X, Y, and Z coordinates” of this location. Your probability of landing on a <i>planet</i>, let alone the desired location, was extremely low. I chose not to question how this happened either, at least now for the time being.
But there was one pressing question I was meaning to ask. “Fooruman,” I addressed. He looked through me and cocked his head. “Why are you in a canoe?”
“Ah, you see, it all started when we got separated earlier,” he said, glaring dreamily up at the ceiling like someone overdramatizing a story about their childhood. “I found myself alone in the darkest darks of the deepest depths of the dungeoniest dungeon, with nobody on my side. And then I met this nice canoe. From what I learned, it had once been an apprentice of a great magic teacher but had been turned into a boating device by an evil dreadlord named Blackraptor.” Blackraptor had been a recurring name in people’s far-fetched stories. I continued to listen, faking interest. “And so, as months passed we developed a near-symbiotic relationship, between the canoe’s healing powers and my mad skills. We became an unstoppable pair, and fought countless enemies and allies until we both unlocked our true power. Then we went and got ice cream. Then we came as fast as we could to save you.”
“Wow. All in about 45 minutes,” I commented. The old archmage scowled at me and rowed his canoe away out the nearby doorway. Leetzan shrugged and slithered after him.



Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[Strato]

We didn't need those strategys because you guys lucked out and trapped Spay.

[Torkell]

...leaving a gaping hole of unmade dead sprite...
Why do I get the feeling we weren't expected to win this battle this soon?

[cooba]

Go through the door.

[Risp_old]

Why do I get the feeling we weren't expected to win this battle this soon?
Nah, I doubt Radium would ever get unlazy enough make a dead sprite for unfooruman. In fact, I had to even bug him a little for him to add a temp dead sprite in the engine so it wouldn't crash when you kill unfooruman.

[Ae]

Jump in the canoe with Fooruman so you don't have to walk.

[MSB3000]

pull the CD out to see what it is. then play frisbee with it.

[Radium]

In fact, I had to even bug him a little for him to add a temp dead sprite in the engine so it wouldn't crash when you kill unfooruman.
No you didn't. You made your own. It looks like http://foxmage.com/Unfoodead.gif
I'll consider that a "yes" to letting me look at the strategy thread. Until the next time you need it, that is >=D

[Risp_old]

You ruined my drama D=

[MSB3000]

<DEL>eat a Noberry</DEL>

[Lem_Gambino]

List exits.
Ask Fooruman if he's seen Uberbob and/or Fawriel.

[Radium]

The CD is Mozart. It's in its desc. (I have mouseover power!)

<b>I ran out the doorway and into another hall to catch up with Fooruman and Leetzan. “Did you find the others?” I called after them. My question was answered before they had a chance to respond, as I noticed Uberbob, Fawriel, and Spherey waiting at the end of the hallway.
Uberbob was sort of our leader. Nobody particularly knew why. He was a thin gray rabbit with pale green eyes that tended to wander around and examine every random object they could find. His most noticeable feature, though, was his missing ear and two robotic limbs. I lingered back, hoping he wouldn’t feel the need to initiate a conversation.
Fawriel was a healer of sorts. Other than that, I was not entirely sure what he was. His long tail and ears, along with the rest of his body, were covered with light green fur - the only exception to which was his hair, which was blue in color and hung down past his shoulders. He typically carried a spear with him, but his current one was clearly new and a bit fancier looking. He had a shield slung loosely across one arm, and some sort of golden ribbon braided and tied around his waist - likely of some magical significance.
“Been shopping?” I sarcastically asked.
“Yes, in fact,” he answered seriously, “online shopping was one of the many forms of torture we were exposed to in your absence.” I’ll admit I did not see that coming, but the more I thought about it the more sense it made.
Uberbob, evidently, decided it was his duty to take charge again. “The employee exit is right down this hall. We should leave this structure, and subsequently leave this islan-” he began, but suddenly stopped as his eye caught a loose rock on the ground. He quickly kneeled down, picked up the rock, and put it in his pocket.
Leetzan took this opportunity to pose a rather important question. “What about Araches?”
“Who?” responded Uberbob.
“Araches,” Leetzan repeated. Uberbob raised an eyebrow. “That sorceress with the exposing attire. We left her in a tunnel back somewhere.”
“Oh, <i>her!</i>” Uberbob said, “why didn’t you just specify her quantity of clothing to begin with?” Leetzan looked off to the side and sighed, frustrated, but Uberbob had already wandered off to investigate another apparently loose rock on the ground.
“<i>Island self destruct in four minutes,</i>” a digital voice announced over some sort of speaker system.
“Should we be concerned about that?” I asked Leetzan
“Archmage Fooruman said to ignore it,” she responded. “By the way, he wanted to see you about something outside and to the east. If you get a chance, go find Araches while you’re out. I’m going with Faw and Uberbob to find whatever teleportation ward was keeping us on the island before.” She led me through a few hallways to a staircase, then slithered away to go find Uberbob.

I went up the stairway, exiting through a trapdoor skillfully hidden in the middle of a grassy pathway. I appeared to be a in an open area of forest again. It was good to be out of Unfooruman’s citadel; the forest had various flowers and bushes growing wild along the edges of pathways, which lead to the north, south, east, and west. The echo of music was slightly audible from the southwest.</b>

Inventory
<img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[FoxBlitzz]

Examine music.
Go <s>southwest</s> west.

[Radium]

<b>I followed the path west. It dead-ended right next to a large, intricate machine that seemed to do nothing. We had been here earlier, stole a few pieces, and managed to break the thing. Fooruman was waiting here, standing up in his canoe.
"Ah, Ms. Shuriken, I was expecting you to come here," he said.</b>

[Blackraptor]

Ask why.

[MSB3000]

when do we get to control Uberbob next?

[Radium]

In a while, MSB.

<b>"... why?" I questioned.
"You are a powerful warrior indeed," he commented, "which is why I will willingly teach you how to do da fo'shizzle."
I blinked. "What?"
"It's a dance."
"I mean, why?"
"Ah, but the fo'shizzle is no regular dance, my reddish-colored and abnormally hairy ninjafriend!" he explained, "the foshizzle is a dance of great power, unmatched skill, and inconsistant spelling!"
"That all sounds moderately impressive," I commented, actually thinking it was rather creepy.
"It lets you blow people up if you're hurt or something, based off the formula hp-=(caster.hishp-caster.hp)." I raised an eyebrow. "So, any interest?"</b>

[Blackraptor]

"Yes, I am in great interest."

(Sounds cooler than just saying Im interested)

[Lem_Gambino]

"Yes."

[Radium]

<b>"Sure," I responded, not knowing whether I would regret it, "I am in great interest."
Fooruman looked surprised. "Wow. I didn't expect that. Anyway, first, you must shake your hips. Like this," he explained, starting to do a dance that made resemble a live fish thrown into a frying pan, only vertical.
I did my best to imitate him. "Like this?"
"No, it needs to look more like a live fish thrown into a frying pan, only vertical."
The dance lessons went on for about another twenty minutes.
"So, I'm supposed to do this dance in the middle of a battle?" I asked, trying to duplicate the overdramatized split Fooruman had executed.
"Why not?" the old man asked, confused.
"... nevermind."
Fooruman stared at me for a moment, still confused, then sat back down in his canoe. "I must depart now, to restore peace and unity to my island. For the most part, they're already there, but I want to go check anyway. BRB K THX LOL." And he vanished with a clicking Megawarp noise.
I was still by the broken machine, having gained nothing but some moderate dancing skills of alleged magic power. The trail to my east lead back to the clearing.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[Lem_Gambino]

If my calculations are correct (and the fact that I have the map of Unfoo), Shuri should go E, S, W, S, W, W, W, S, W, S, W, S to reach the town that the music is most likely coming from.

[Violet CLM]

Or maybe E, S, W, W, S, W, W, S, W, S, W, S.

[Risp_old]

Wasn't the bridge on that gap out?

[Lem_Gambino]

Or maybe E, S, W, W, S, W, W, S, W, S, W, S.
You're right. I just changed it. D=

[Risp_old]

Your map really needs labels, Vio.

I hearby proclaim no person can own this page.

[Ae]

Turn on some Mozart music, then check to see if the broken machine has any loose parts for the taking. Wield Katana.

[MSB3000]

since i'm to lazy to read the some 200 pages of previous Uberbob tales, i'm wondering:

what happened to the Thirdnotestrudel?

what do we do now? go after Blackraptor?

[Lem_Gambino]

since i'm to lazy to read the some 200 pages of previous Uberbob tales, i'm wondering:

what happened to the Thirdnotestrudel?

what do we do now? go after Blackraptor?
The Thirdnote is with Uberbob, and probably.

[Blackraptor]

Can we still even get into his fortress? (We killed the cyborg (forgot his name, bleh) who was the only one who knew how to get in).

Just remembered his name. Wafflelord.

[Radium]

Woah, was neglecting this thread.


<b>I carefully searched the machine for any loose parts that looked like they might be useful. Everything seemed fairly well attached, with the exception of one small gear, about three inches in diameter. I pried it off the contraption with my sword and shoved it in my pocket. I was starting to feel like Uberbob.
I had gotten to know the layout of the island pretty well in my time here. I raced across it and reached where I remembered a town being. Now, however, it had several buildings torn down and yellow tape stretched across the main path. "Under De-Evilization" a sign read. Footprints and cans of alcoholic beverages suggested the presence of many construction workers, though they seemed absent now. There was one person present, however.
"G'afternun, m'gal. 'Wunt spectin' to see you 'gain so soon." Came the recognizable apostrophe-abusing accent of Felipe Oliver Xei (more commonly known as <i>Fox</i>). Fox was a merchant. He sold me some stuff to me a bit earlier when I was still trying to get into Unfooruman's Citadel. Fox skillfully kicked a can off the ground and caught it in his hand. "What c'nye do ya for?"


Inventory</b>
<img src="http://psg.com/~dlamkins/Icons/gear.gif" alt="Gear"> <img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[n00b]

Ask Fox whatUnder De-Evilization is, and if he has anything for sale (Despite the fact I don't think we could buy anything)

[Radium]

Remember kids! Hold your mouse over stuff!

<b>"What <i>is</i> de-evilization?" I asked Fox.
He shrugged. "No'a clue. Methinks they're building a casino ov'r there, thou." I looked where he was pointing, but the building's construction was too early to tell anything.
"So. Anything for sale?"
"Methought y'd nev'r ask," he grinned, falling backwards onto the ground and spreading out some trinkets from his pocket in one quick move. Evidently, there is a market for random items to which I was unaware. "I lef'me magic stuff n' money back'n my oth'r coat. Willin' to trade, thou."

For Trade</b>
<img src="http://homepage3.nifty.com/congrazia/c_abbado/image/cake.gif" alt="Pre-Lit Birthday Cake"> <img src="http://www.6figurejobs.com/Employer/images/icon_hourglass.gif" alt="Hourglass"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/JapaneseLantern.gif" alt="Lantern"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/NorsePendant.gif" alt="I honestly don't know what this is."> <img src="http://www.web1-di.com/gif/pdf-icon.gif" alt="Hideously large PDF file"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit">

<b>Inventory</b>
<img src="http://psg.com/~dlamkins/Icons/gear.gif" alt="Gear"> <img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

<b>"The can's not for sale?" I questioned sarcastically.
He snickered. "The're all ov'r, thou if y'want pay me forrit, feel free. Sau, what brings ye back here?"

[Blackraptor]

Ask for what the properties of the First Aid Kit are.

[Ae]

Then ask what he would give you in exchange for the Gear.

[Radium]

<b>"What are the properties of that first aid kit?" I asked Fox.
He looked down at the small white box and back up at me. ".. properties? Y'adventurey folk are strange. Jus' thismornin sum'on as't me the a'tack valu of this hourglass." He flipped open the first aid kit. "Gauze, tweez'rs, soap, ban'-ai's, thermometer, alcohol."
I looked at the kit and back up at Fox. "What could I get for a gear?"
"What d'ye want forrit?"</b>

[Blackraptor]

Trade rope for gear.

[Ae]

Don't you mean attempt to trade rope for gear?

[Radium]

<b>I removed the small gear from my pocket. "Could I trade this for the rope?" I asked. Rope is just one of those all-around useful things.
Fox took the gear and carefully examined it, much like a jeweler examines what he believes to be a valuable gemstone. "A gear. There in't much'va market for gears. But a gear furra string, that soun' fair 'nuf." He put the gear down with the rest of his equipment and tossed me the bundle of rope.

For Trade</b>
<img src="http://homepage3.nifty.com/congrazia/c_abbado/image/cake.gif" alt="Pre-Lit Birthday Cake"> <img src="http://www.6figurejobs.com/Employer/images/icon_hourglass.gif" alt="Hourglass"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/JapaneseLantern.gif" alt="Lantern"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/NorsePendant.gif" alt="I honestly don't know what this is."> <img src="http://www.web1-di.com/gif/pdf-icon.gif" alt="Hideously large PDF file"> <img src="http://psg.com/~dlamkins/Icons/gear.gif" alt="Gear"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit">
<b>
Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[Ae]

Ask him if he will take a gamble and play rock-paper-scissors against you for the Hourglass.

[Radium]

<b>"Rock Paper Scissors for the hourglass?" I proposed.
Fox raised an eyebrow. "'M a merchant," he explained, "I don't gamble 'less I've a way to to cheat 'n know 'm going 't win." He opened the can he had picked up and took a swig.</b>

[Ae]

Tie the rope around your waist as if it were a sash of great belt magic.

[FoxBlitzz]

Ask for the properties of the Hideously Large PDF File... just because. =O

[Risp_old]

Is the rope strong enough to support a person without snapping or anything? If so we could use it to climb down cliffs and such and perhaps rescue Araches.

[Radium]

<b>The rope appeared to be fairly strong; enough to support the weight of one or two people, anyway. I looped it around my waist.
"What are the properties of the PDF?"
Fox looked at the hideously large file. "Size: 3.2 GB; Size on disk: 3.3 GB; Created: Friday, November 19; Modified: Monday, August 11," he read off from somewhere or other. I was impressed; that was indeed a horrendously large PDF file.</b>

[n00b]

Ask if he would trade the PDF file for Scotch Tape: Freind or Foe?

[MSB3000]

trade CD player for "I honeltly don't know wha this is" and then look at it. and observe it. and lick it too.

[Lem_Gambino]

Trade the CD player for the First Aid Kit and "Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe?" for the Lantern.

[Blackraptor]

If it means anything, I agree with Lems post.

[Lem_Gambino]

<s>Hooray, I have followers! =D</s>

[Fawriel]

<s>Switch POV to Fawriel.</s>

<s>Use the unknown thing as a key to a temple-like structure that happens to be right next to Shuri to discover a super-powerful weapon.</s>

<s>Chew on nails.</s>

Ask how to use the PDF file.

[Radium]

The most support (two people) seems to be with Lem's post.

<b>"So, how do I use a PDF file?" I questioned.
"Well, ye kin read it," Fox said, stopping to think, "but they us'ly a'nt verry interestin'. An' pretty slow, i'relevent, n' graphic-heavy, too."
I looked at him doubtfully. The PDF sounded utterly useless, apart from an interesting conversation piece. I removed the CD player and book from my pocket. "Trade these for the lantern and First-Aid kit?"
"Gladly. Ye'd be s'prized how well books sell, spesh'ly Sterling's work," he said, taking both items in his hand. Fox briefly paged through the book, probably to make sure it wasn't a misprint or somesuch. He tossed me the lantern and First-Aid kit; carrying things with a practical application made me feel much more sane. "Pers'nly, I liked th' chapt'r en how Scotch Tape cre'ted the universe. Whatabout ye?"
"It was all pretty good," I responded, hoping to end the conversation sooner.
"Aye. Got pretty slow near th' end, thou."

For Trade</b>
<img src="http://homepage3.nifty.com/congrazia/c_abbado/image/cake.gif" alt="Pre-Lit Birthday Cake"> <img src="http://www.6figurejobs.com/Employer/images/icon_hourglass.gif" alt="Hourglass"> <img src="http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/oscar/cd_icon.gif" alt="CD Player and Mozart CD"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/NorsePendant.gif" alt="I honestly don't know what this is."> <img src="http://www.web1-di.com/gif/pdf-icon.gif" alt="Hideously large PDF file"> <img src="http://psg.com/~dlamkins/Icons/gear.gif" alt="Gear"> <img src="http://www.warm2kids.com/images/book_icon35.gif" alt="Scotch Tape: Friend or Foe? by N. Z. Sterling">

<b>Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/JapaneseLantern.gif" alt="Lantern"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[Fawriel]

Ask him whether he's heading anywhere anytime soon, and if so, where, just in case we need any of those other items soon, and since I'm interested in whether the unknown thingy could prove useful..

[MSB3000]

<del>trade katana for Unknown Thingy</del> haha NO.

uhh... check party moral.

[Radium]

The party is just Shuri right now. Morale is neutral-low.

<b>Though I was out of things to trade off, the small, unidentified object looked like just the sort of thing that would open some ancient lock, possess a magical power, or be able to nail someone on the head from 100 feet away. "Anyway, how soon are you departing?" I asked Fox.
"Why? Lookin' t' go share a hotel room?"
There was an extremely awkward silence.
"Ye know, 'twas a joke. Like -"
"Yeah, I got it," I responded. "And the only reason you still have all your limbs is because you've been mildly helpful before."
Fox glanced around nervously and quickly re-responded to my initial question. "Aye, I'll prol'ly be stickin' round," he said, "there's s'more of ye adventurey folks up in the tunnels n' citadel to th' norreast. Good business."</b>

[MSB3000]

do we really need a lantern? nailing someone or something from a 100 feet away sounds pretty useful to me.

trade lantern for Thingy. ask Fox if he knows what Thingy is.

[Ae]

Tell Fox you will come back later, then go to the norteast to meet the other adventurers.

[Risp_old]

Ignore the previous command.

[MSB3000]

<del>why? =(</del>

plpbht. he changed it.

[Lem_Gambino]

Because we don't know if the "I have have no idea what this does" object is useless.

[Risp_old]

And trying to steal from Fox seems stupid.

[Blackraptor]

Unless youre INVISIBLE.

[MSB3000]

wow. it's taking an entire day to walk back to the party and take control of Uberbob.

[Radium]

Can the people who made the previous posts come to some sort of conclusion?

[MSB3000]

trade lantern for Thingy. ask Fox if he knows what Thingy is.<!-- sig -->

Tell Fox you will come back later, then go to the norteast to meet the other adventurers

INVISIBLE.<!-- sig -->

[Lem_Gambino]

Don't trade for the thingy.
Look for George Washington and ask what's going on.

[MSB3000]

TRADE FOR THINGY.

we'll make our OWN light if we have to. we NEED teh thingy. its uber-l33ty goodness is cool.

control: Shuri: Slap face to get rid of these anoying nondecisive voices.

[Lem_Gambino]

Claim page and stab it through MSB's chest.

[MSB3000]

to bad i'm already dead. D=

[Risp_old]

I vote with Lem. If it turns out we really need the thingy, we can always come back for it later. But if it turns out we need the lantern- or, for that matter, any of the Fox's other stuff- I really doubt Fox would let us trade after we try to steal from him.

[MSB3000]

AARRGGHH

just do WHATEVER! let's CONTINUE!

[Radium]

Hey, I have things to do. I'm not a machine like Derby. Don't worry, I didn't forget about you guys, I'm just ignoring you =D

<b>"This should be fine for now," I said to Fox.
He swiftly put the trinkets away and bowed dramatically. "Pleasure doin' business with ye."
I glanced around the town. Cans, dirt, yellow tape, and town down buildings. No sign of George Washington. Part of me wondered why I was looking for George Washington, and part of me wanted to just ignore that question.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/archaeologicons_by_lylezapato/JapaneseLantern.gif" alt="Lantern"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">


Now we just need Vio, Lem or Risp to come running in here with directions from the map that nobody posted a link to for some reason.

[Fawriel]

Post a link to the map.

I mean you, Rad.

[cooba]

Click here (ftp://ftp.tachyonlabs.com/pub/users/ttachyon/sam/Antifoo.png) for Violet's.

And here (http://img207.echo.cx/img207/1188/antifoo9qa.png) if you don't feel like waiting for the large image to load.

[Violet CLM]

You only cut it down by about 54KB. I am not impressed.

How long is the rope?

[Radium]

The rope is 50 feet long.

[Lem_Gambino]

Is the Lantern gas or electric?
Go N, E, N, E, N, E, E, E, N, E, N, W and regroup.

[Radium]

<b>I raced across the island again, back to the broken machine. Nobody else was there. Uberbob, Fawriel, and Leetzan were elsewhere searching for a way to disable whatever was interfering with their teleportation device. I had no idea where Fooruman was, but he was quite possibly in the middle of space. Araches, on the other hand, was fairly close by, if I remembered the layout of the island correctly.

I examined the lantern I had just traded for. It looked old fashioned and slightly Japanese in nature. The bottom was labeled "Hydrogen fusion reactor powered, with additional slot for 9 volt back-up battery". Despite being a little unnerving, I guessed this made it a high-quality lantern.</b>

[Ae]

There just has to be a few more of those little gears. Check the machine for any more gears to take.

[cooba]

Search for your teammates.

By the way, does the Magic Map work now?

[Radium]

You don't have the magic map in order to tell that.

<b>I checked the machine for any more loose parts. Everything that could be removed looked like it had been removed and pocketed by some lucky gear-collecting adventurer.
I checked around the machine for Uberbob, Fawriel, and Leetzan. Evidently, they were still elsewhere, however. The only living things nearby were the plants.</b>

[cooba]

.

NE, examine surroundings.

[MSB3000]

scream at the top of your lungs for them. <DEL>say</DEL> scream "WHERE THE (-) ARE YOU!?" wait and see what happens.

[cooba]

scream "WHERE THE (-) ARE YOU!" wait and see what happens.Nothing would happen as the fortress is pretty much away.

[MSB3000]

so? do it anyway.

[cooba]

But Shuri wouldn't curse D=

[MSB3000]

<del>who says whe's cursing? maybe she says "parantheses line parantheses"</del>

why wouldn't she curse?

[Risp_old]

I could imagine her cursing. I couldn't imagine her cursing to open air. She seems loathe to act as crazy and stupid as Uberbob, and shouting like that serves no purpose that I can see.

[MSB3000]

i might wake up a bear =D
(or a pathbender)

[cooba]

i might wake up a bear =D
(or a pathbender)Don't?

[MSB3000]

i want to do just one random thing

[cooba]

Why not do something practical like finding Araches?

[MSB3000]

later. i'm still reading all the previous Uberbob threads. i'm still on the first one.

EDIT: eeeehhh... E, S, S, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, S, S, W, S. we're at the village, no?

[cooba]

In case if Rad will be forgetful:NE, examine surroundings.

[Radium]

I'm going to be under Alabama for about a week and have limited internet access. I have carefully trained Risp to take over in my absence. Because you people need to have it in bold:


<b>Risp is taking over for about a week. Listen to Risp instead of Rad. Don't do drugs or drink and drive, kids.</b>

[Risp_old]

Sorry, MSB, Cooba posted first.

I went northeast. I reached a large pit, where the monolith once stood. That place still bought back painful memories of Uberbob's inept battle tactics and spotty puzzle-solving skills. Depsite that, I looked over it- the pit appeared to be sixty feet across. I tried looking down it, but it was too dark at to see how deep it was. The stones that once stood there appeared to have fallen down the pit. In fact, as I watched a bit more ground dislodged and fell down. The ground here appeared to be slowly crumbling away.

I supressed the urge to curse at my party. It just seemed pointless.

[MSB3000]

take a rock.

[cooba]

Move a few meters back.

[Risp_old]

<b>I searched the ground for a rock. I would say it was to throw down the pit to get an idea how deep it is, but that would honestly be simple rationlization of my increasingly Uberbob-like tendancies. However, I didn't find any loose rocks small enough to carry; most of the small ones must have fallen down the pit.

I walked back, then felt marginally safer.

[cooba]

Is there anything you could tie the rope to?

[Risp_old]

There are a few large rocks that appear to be well-anchored enough to tie a rope around and have a reasonable chance of it still being there after climbing down.

[cooba]

Tie the rope around one of these rocks, then.

[Risp_old]

I tie my rope around one of the more stable-looking rocks near the edge, and briefly test the knot. It holds.

[Blackraptor]

Climb down hole using rope

[Risp_old]

I climbed down the rope. After climbing down the full fifty feet of the rope, however, I still had yet to reach the floor.

And Risp claimed the page.

[Blackraptor]

Use lantern to light surroundings.

[Risp_old]

I turned on the lantern, and looked around. The ground was a good ten feet below me. It would have been more if the room hadn't been so full of rubble. I could see a door going south which luckily was high enough to not be totally filled up by all the debris. However, the light from the lantern was not enough to see what was in that room- either it was a pretty weak lantern for one with such a lucridous power source or some dark magic was deepening the shadows here. Knowing Unfooruman's love for dramatics, the latter actually seemed more likely.

[Blackraptor]

Jump down. Enter room.

[Lem_Gambino]

NO.

Climb back up before you get stuck.

[Risp_old]

Sorry Lem, but BR posted first.

I hopped off the rope and landed lightly on the floor. My dramatic disembarkment was rather ruined, though, by the rubble on the floor shifting and causing me to trip. It didn't take much for me to right myself, though, and I then with extra care crawled through the top of the door- the only part not filled with rubble. Looking into the next room, I saw that it had doors west and east and a lever in the center. I looked up, noting that the lights in this room were off.

[Lem_Gambino]

*attacks BR with a paper clip +4*

Pull the lever.

[Risp_old]

I tried to pull the lever, but it snapped off in my hand. It was beginning to become obvious that Unfooruman hadn't been properly maintaining this place, expecially since he was dead.

[Lem_Gambino]

Uh, try pulling the little stub that's left. If that fails, try to reattach the lever.

[Risp_old]

I considered trying to pull what was left, but after seeing the lever break from rust I severly doubted the rest would work.

[Lem_Gambino]

Bah.

Go west.

[Risp_old]

I went west. That room, I remembered, had a gate in it. However, there appeared to have been a cave in and only a little of the gate was visible from behind the rubble.

[Ae]

See if you can uncover more of the gate by digging in the rubble.

[Risp_old]

I tried for a few minutes to uncover the gate before realizing that the cave-in would have destroyed the power generator beyond. And how futile it is to try to move boulders twice my weight.

[Lem_Gambino]

Go east twice.

[Risp_old]

I traveled two passages east to find myself in another room with a switch. There were exits north and south as well as that from which I had already come.

[Lem_Gambino]

exits*

Head North.

[Radium]

Risp, you're jumping between tenses again. And you're responding too much. Play D2 more frequently between posts, and write longer things with needless details and directions from several posts. The hiddenness of this message assumes everyone but you uses the default JCF theme.

[Fawriel]

Nice try, Rad. ;/

Try finding some smaller rocks to build some improvized stairs to reach the end of the rope. We need a way out, after all.

[Risp_old]

Risp, you're jumping between tenses again.
Yeah, it a great temptation to use present tense when also using first-person perspective. I'll keep that in mind.
But I got stuck in D2 because Baal is so freaking hard of an end boss. Well, I guess that just means I should play MORE. Also, couldn't you have used a PM?

[Risp_old]

I went north, and was not surprised to see that all that was left of the monolith once here was a few snapped chains hanging from the ceiling. I looked down the pit then left the room before I got any urge to jump down it.

Well, guys, it's now time to go to bed... again. With my 'playing a game' away message up. Seriously, don't listen to the message. I'm actually going to bed for the second time today. <s>Not playing D2.</s>

[Fawriel]

Try finding some smaller rocks to build some improvized stairs to reach the end of the rope. We need a way out, after all.<s></s>

[Risp_old]

The entire room is full of rubble. You don't need to search for rocks. There is a difference between a rock too heavy to pick up and a rock too heavy to move.

NOTE: For those confused, this is NOT a DM post, just a comment. It does not need to be bolded.

[cooba]

Go south twice.

[Risp_old]

I went south for a bit, and found myself in yet another familiar room once part of the annoying puzzle hidden down in this maze. A dial stood on a table in the center. I tried looking to see which way it pointed but it had been fused into a large lump of rust. There were signs that a person had been staying here- a wooden chair pulled up to table and a pack of cards. Wherever Araches had got those was a mystery. However, she wasn't around to ask- the room was totally devoid of any inhabitants, Araches or otherwise. In addition to the way I came, there was an exit east, but it was filled up with rubble. There was also an exit south, bathed in shadows like the rest of the place.

While looking around for doors, I saw a notice hanging on the west wall. It said "This underground maze has been found in violation of dungeon-building code 2-A and is scheduled for demolition on". Rather annoyingly, it was torn and unreadable after that.

[n00b]

Risp, you're jumping between tenses again. And you're responding too much. Play D2 more frequently between posts, and write longer things with needless details and directions from several posts. The hiddenness of this message assumes everyone but you uses the default JCF theme.
Actually, I'm using the skin that matches Blur's signature which makes this message stick out like a sore thumb.

[cooba]

Go south.

[Risp_old]

I headed south, again. It was the only way I could go, anyway. This room used to be the furnace, and there were still scorch marks on the walls and ashes on the floor. However, the fire was now out, just like most everything here. There was an exit to the west, along with the one I came in from. Where there used to be the cooling machine there was now just an air vent going east.

[MSB3000]

call out for Araches.

[Risp_old]

I tried to shout out for Araches, but my voice- even after trying to shout as loudly as I could- was strangely muted. Whatever was deepinging the shadows here was also keeping me from talking at more then a loud whisper, it appeared.

[MSB3000]

S, W.

[Risp_old]

There is no exit south.

[cooba]

Go west ;P.

[Lem_Gambino]

Go West.

[Risp_old]

I went west. The north side of this chamber had been filled up with rock and rubble by a cave-in, and the heating machine was utterly wrecked. There was an exit west from this room in addition, obviously, to the one east.

[MSB3000]

<del>POV: Araches</del>

west. observe surroundings and take a medium sized rock.

[Risp_old]

I looked once again for a rock and this time found one. It was small, vaugley roundish, and grey- all the medium ones were taken.

I'm not adding it to the inventory because I can't find any good transparent .gif file to use as a rock image on google image search. Just pretend it's there, okay?

[MSB3000]

go west. observe. wonder where Araches could have gone to.

[n00b]

I'm not adding it to the inventory because I can't find any good transparent .gif file to use as a rock image on google image search. Just pretend it's there, okay?
Can't you just search gif icon directories? Look at the majority(if not all) of the past item's locations, they all come from an icon directory.

[Risp_old]

I went one room west, and came to the teleporter room. And nearly fell in. The entire floor of the room had collapsed and fallen down a deep pit, under which was most likely more maze. I peered down, but the shadows were too deep to see the bottom. I stood up and sighed, wondering where Araches could possibly be in this maze.

I did. Didn't find anything. In fact, when we first tried to pick up rocks I asked Radium if he could find any good rock pictures. He couldn't either.

[n00b]

Well thats that then.
EDIT- Pageclaim? Maybe not.

[MSB3000]

take rock and throw it down the hole and listen for it hitting the ground. listen REAL hard to hear ANY noise at all from the rock. if you can't hear it, push a huge rock into the hole and listen for that.

[Risp_old]

I threw the rock down the hole and heard nothing. Frustrated, I pushed the largest boulder I could find off the edge and heard, after a moment, a faint sound. Strangely enough, though, it seemed to come from somewhere north of me, not from somewhere under the hole.

[Lem_Gambino]

Jump down the pit.

[Risp_old]

Suddenly, I got an urge to jump down the pit. So quickly that I didn't have time to think if that was wise, I did... and, with a sickening lurch as reality moved around me, I found myself falling down a totally different pit. Hitting the uneven ground, I passed out amoung the rubble and the shards of glass on the floor. Before I did, though, I got an impression of a rope dangling down the wall and sunlight above...

[MSB3000]

wake up and remember who the President is. observe surroundings. gesture randomly. remember recent events and conclude on what to do next.

[Risp_old]

I drifted... in a troubled dream... then I realized that all those dramatics were pointless and woke up. I had an urge to start doing all sorts of crazy stuff but by then I was beginning to learn to supress my urges. However, I did think it wise to look around, so I did. And saw I was in the room I started in.

[Lem_Gambino]

Go north.

[MSB3000]

so Araches maybe went down the hole, and the maybe ended up here. and then what? got out? eeehhh... just to be sure, go back and do it again to see if it ends up in the same spot everytime. NO, WAIT. take a noticeable rock. if it's not noticable, make it. like paint it, or chip it or spit on it or something, drop it down the hole, come back to the beggining and find the rock.

and how long have we left Araches here anyway?

[Lem_Gambino]

A while.

I changed my mind...go South.

[Risp_old]

A whole flood of ideas rushed through my head as I ran in several directions at once on several different errands. Ultimately, though, that just ended up knocking me out again.

[MSB3000]

YAY! wake up, <del>Neo</del>

[Lem_Gambino]

Wake up. Go South.

[Risp_old]

I forced myself awake again. I was beginning to feel rather blurry...

I went south, tripping several times and scratching myself up rather badly. It's not that easy to climb over rubble while barely being able to walk straight, in total darkness.

[Fawriel]

Poor Shuri.
Turn on the lantern. Or carefully try to find it again. If it was lost.

[Lem_Gambino]

Okay, I REALLY need to think ahead about these things.

East, South, West.

[Risp_old]

It looked as though I didn't have the lantern. I considered going back to look for it but then noticed a few shards of glass stuck in the hand where I used to be holding the lantern.

I stumbled east then south in totaly darkness, tripping a bunch more and just barely resisting the temptation to catch myself with my hands. However, trying to go west I ran into a wall. Wait, a wall? It wasn't there the last time I was in here.

[Ae]

Reload game at savepoint. <STRIKE>That way Risp wouldn't be the DM anymore.</STRIKE>

[Blackraptor]

throw rock into pit.

wasnt the last save point before the battle with unfoo?

[Lem_Gambino]

Yes. D=

What's the wall made of?

[Risp_old]

Yeah. Want to play the battle again? I have the proper files for it.
/sarcasm

At the time, I thought I was going insane. Trying to throw rocks into pits that were in different rooms. Now, looking back, I know for sure I was going insane.

I examined the wall. It was, at a glance (not that I could glance at it) the exact same rusting metal as all the walls here. However, upon further examination it was quite a bit newer and most the rust was fake.

[Ae]

Dump some alcohol from the first aid kit onto the fake rust. Drink the rest.

[Blackraptor]

Err..First Aid Kit comes with alcohol?

[Risp_old]

I took out my handy-dandy first aid kit and found the alcohol inside it. I considered drinking it then remembered that rubbing alcohol is poisonous.

[Lem_Gambino]

Attack wall with Katana.

[Ae]

What happened to dumping some on the fake rust?

[Risp_old]

I took out my katana and... what was I thinking? I put it away. I wouldn't be strong enough even at peak conditions to cut a wall in half with my katana wielded in one hand.

[Ae]

Make another attempt to pour some of the alcohol onto the fake rust.

[Lem_Gambino]

Then hold the Katana with both hands and strike the wall.

[Risp_old]

Oh, didn't see that part. Still, what would that accomplish? We would have less rubbing alcohol. That's it.

What, you want to punish Shuri further by having her wield a sword in a hand full of glass shards?

[Ae]

Well, with fake rust I figured the whole part of the wall might be fake, and we could weaken it.

[Lem_Gambino]

Pick out the shards and use the First Aid Kit to patch up the wounds.

[Risp_old]

Nice try, but no. The wall is real metal; the rust is fake in that it was added artifically rather then in that it was plastic or something.

I decided that having a hand full of glass was rather dangerous to my health, and thus I made good use of my first-aid kit to patch it up. Finally something I learned in Ninja School coming in handy!

[MSB3000]

observe surroundngs. where exactly are we?

[Risp_old]

We are in total darkness.

[Risp_old]

I have decided to take the rest of the day off to stall so I don't run out of things Radium gave me permission to do before he comes back. Bye, all.

[Ae]

Bye Risp!

[MSB3000]

since nothing else is happening today, how do i upload an image to J2O, if possible?

EDIT: call upon SUPER HEALING KNOWLEGDE to heal self in any way possible with first aid kit.

[Lem_Gambino]

Try kicking the wall down.

[Risp_old]

Now let's hope that if I post so long after I said I wouldn't nobody but Lem will notice I posted this till tomorrow.

MSB: Shuriken already healed as much as she possibly can with the first-aid kit.

I kicked at the wall for a while, mildly denting it. And my foot. It hurt, but at least I did make progress.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

[Lem_Gambino]

Bah. Grip the Katana as firmly as possible, and attack it.

EDIT: MY PAGE! MUAHAHAHAHA!!

[Risp_old]

I gripped my katana in both hands and swung it at the door with all my might. As I did, everything seemed to suddenly go into needless slow-motion. The katana swam through the normally dormant air with a loud whistle above the faint whoosing noises obligatory to cool slow-mo. It hit the wall with a might clang, letting loose a few sparks and rivets as the tought metal bend backwards. My arms vibrated with the sound, and for a moment I thought I was about to die because I realized that everything going slow while your death unstoppably comes to you is a very dramatic and classy way to go. Then everything went normal and I dazedly felt the now very dented and somewhat cut wall.

[Lem_Gambino]

Check the Katana for damage.

[Risp_old]

Feeling the katana blade for damage, I concluded that it was in need of quite a bit of sharpening. It seemed to be rather chipped and very slighly twisted where it had hit the door. Stupid bargin generic katanas.

[Blackraptor]

Kick wall more.

[acid]

Rocks for sale (http://www.marable-family.net/eli/Rocks.htm).

You can use these if you want. Yes they are transparent. I can make more if needed as well.

[Fawriel]

Is the wall cut enough to pass? If not, try to throw the rock against the cut as powerfully as possible, then pick it up again.
...and disregard Blacky. We don't want to hurt poor Shuri even more.

[Blackraptor]

We have a first aid kit Faw ;(

[Fawriel]

A first aid kit won't help against something as banal as a "hurty foot". And throwing rocks against a metallic surface is generally more effective than using your bare foot. Shuri isn't even wearing shoes, I think.

[Risp_old]

I picked up a rock and threw it at the wall as hard as I possibly could. It bounced off and landed somewhere on the other end of the room.

@acid: Thanks. I'll use it once they keep a rock in their inventory without using it immediatly.

[Ae]

Beat the wall with the first aid kit.

[Fawriel]

Don't.

Instead, check the wall for different levels of thickness or consistency... I'm not sure whether that was the right word. ..hardness?
And, naturally, pick up a new rock. A pretty one plz

[n00b]

If it counts for anything I agree with Faw.

[Risp_old]

I found another rock (the prettiest-feeling rock I could find, not that that means anything) and pocketed it. I briefly considered bashing my valuable first aid kit into the wall then realized that was an idiotic idea. I carefully examined the wall for weak spots and found that the most fragile point was where I had bent and bruised it with my katana, unsurprisingly.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana"> <img src="http://www.marable-family.net/eli/images/rock1.gif" alt="Pretty(?) Rock">

[MSB3000]

take a rock the size of a canteloupe, and with both hands, smash it into the cut part of the wall. take another rock.

[Lem_Gambino]

Do what MSB said. =D

[Risp_old]

Lem? I'm surprised.

I smashed the wall with the largest rock I could pick up, then found another rock. I was beginning to get frustrated at how very little effect these rocks were having.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana"> <img src="http://www.marable-family.net/eli/images/rock1.gif" alt="Pretty(?) Rock"> <img src="http://www.marable-family.net/eli/images/rock3.gif" alt="Ugly(D=) Rock">

[Lem_Gambino]

MSB's decision seemed rational at the time.

Use the rocks to straighten out the katana.

[Risp_old]

And to unchip it also? Is that even possible?

[Fawriel]

Take the note from the wall.

[Risp_old]

I decided to take the note off the wall, and did so without any sort of trouble.

[Fawriel]

Try to recall whether there had been any places in this dungeon where something was written anywhere. If there aren't any, go south and examine the air vent to the east. To check whether it's readily accessible or not.

[Risp_old]

I tried to think if I had seen any other writing, but I couldn't remember anything. I went south and after a few minutes of searching found the air vent. Examining it, I found that it would be just large enough for a me to fit through, if I would be so reckless as to do so.

As I climbed down from the air vent, my foot landed on a plaque on the floor.

[Fawriel]

Pray to the powers of the great DM Risp not to let something really evil happen in said air vent that would require us to restart from the last save point. Don't mind the weird thought and wonder who that "Risp" is, since now that you're all alone in a dark hole underneath the earth, you might as well listen to the voices for some company. Crawl through the air vent.

[Risp_old]

I was about to crawl through the air vent when I started praying, then realized that was a bad sign.

[Fawriel]

Sigh and use NINJA SKILLS to meditate and get a clear head.
Read what it says on the plaque you pulled off the wall you tried to demolish. Examine it thoroughly, especially for possible ways of restoring the unreadable text.
Also, try to remember what time of day it was when you entered the maze and how much time has passed since then, or, more specifically, what time it is now. Although that might be hard to remember, having fallen unconscious a lot and stuff.

[Risp_old]

I tried to clear my mind and meditate, but found all the junk in it was too much and just metaphorically brushed it under the carpet.
I tried to read the notice but there wasn't enough light for it.
I could not remember what time of day it was.

[Fawriel]

For the record, remember that it said "This underground maze has been found in violation of dungeon-building code 2-A and is scheduled for demolition on".
Go try to examine that plaque you stepped on and read it. Wonder why you failed to remember doing so and blame it on the voices.

[Risp_old]

I was unable to read the plaque and futilely poked at it for a while until I noticed it had an inscription underneath the words in Braille. Though my skills in reading it were out of date, after a few minutes I managed to decode it. It said 'Save Point'.

[Fawriel]

Save. ;o

[Risp_old]

I stared at the 'save point' for a moment. Though that Spotty fellow may have been trying to kill me, he did have a point. Save points are a nonsensical concept, and I did not believe in their so-called abilities.

[Fawriel]

Try to enter the vent.

Or while you're at it, enter it.
...
I'm not responsible for anything that happens now. Rad's sick mind is.

[Risp_old]

I stepped forward and climbed up onto the vent. As I did so I noticed the plaque seemed not to be there under my feet anymore. Odd.
I crawled through the vent, feeling slightly panicked for no good reason. Was it a sudden case of claustrophobia? Was it the stuff air here? Was it my sore arm? ...wait, sore arm? I checked my left arm and found a small puncture mark there. I began to feel my panic was well founded, my body beginnig to twitch and spasm. As poison rushed through my dying body I...

...suddently snapped back into reality. I was standing mid-climb, over where the save point had once been (or had I imagined that?), left with only disjointed memories of the last few moments and a strange feeling of panic...

[Fawriel]

*sigh*

Try to carefully check what's inside the vent. It's probably too dark for that.

[Risp_old]

I poked at the vent for a while. I learned nothing.

[MSB3000]

is Araches dead?

[Radium]

Risp, don't give away important/irrelevant plot points.

[Blackraptor]

now I am SUSPICIOUS (even though I didnt read risps original post =P). Makes me think she's either permanently dead, or alive because of a future plot event (maybe she's working for me or something. heh.

[Ae]

Taste the save point.

[Risp_old]

I'm not accepting any commands that are utterly impossible.

[acid]

Throw one of the rocks (whichever one is larger) into the air vent.

[Risp_old]

I succeeded in loosing the larger of my two rocks.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana"> <img src="http://www.marable-family.net/eli/images/rock1.gif" alt="Pretty(?) Rock"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/system/comic_by_fasticon/Filestext.gif" alt="Notice">

[Ae]

Leave the cave (or whatever it is.)

[MSB3000]

that's like, "win the game."

so Araches is dead? aww...

go north twice, and i think we might be in Foxes old lair thing.

[cooba]

go north twice, and i think we might be in Foxes old lair thing.That's where Risp said she is. If we get to that place now, :D.

[MSB3000]

which "she", Shuri or Araches? yell again. because.

[cooba]

Araches.

[MSB3000]

yayletsgonowplzthnx

[Risp_old]

If you go north twice you reach the dial room. You need to go east also. That's the point of the air vent. To get to Fox's room you MUST go through it. It's easy to go through if you know the nature of what's killing you in it.

[MSB3000]

uh... is it alive?

if so, then it might be a snake or a scorpion. but then how do we get rid of it?

take the lantern and put it in the vent. then push it farther in. and observe. if nothing is there then climb in and proccede. if something is there then...uh...

*Mmmm......donuts*

[Risp_old]

The lantern was smashed. A while ago.

[MSB3000]

wha? oh well. climb in and keep going, but make sure you listen VERY closley and feel around all the time. and hum the Futurerama theme =D

[Risp_old]

I climbed in, and crawled down the ventilation shaft. I started to hum a tune but it died on my lips. I began to feel an itch... and it went downhill from there. I had a strange feeling of deja vu as my body rushed with poison. I took my final breath as the death took the last of me...

...and I snapped back to reality. I was standing next to the vent, feeling very jittery and very much in need of rest. No chance of getting one down here, though.

You won't learn anything by crawling down the air vent and dying. There is a critical clue but it's not here. Well, kind of.

[Ae]

Soak some gauze in alcohol and stuff it up your nostrils. Take a big breath, and proceed to climb through the vent.

[Blackraptor]

You know, I think Risp just doesnt want us to enter that vent.

[Fawriel]

It's the only way to continue. We just need to prevent Shuri from getting poisoned. ..somehow.

[Strato]

If we commit suicide, we don't have to worry about dieing!

Perfect plan.

[MSB3000]

of course! that makes perfect sense! let's commit suicide by climbing back into the vent!

can someone post a map? mine is screwed up.

[acid]

Attempt to make a spark by hitting the wall as hard as possible with one of the rocks, and use the spark to light the note on fire.

[ShadeJackrabbit]

Soak some gauze in alcohol and stuff it up your nostrils. Take a big breath, and proceed to climb through the vent.

I agree. The poison is obviously in the air, so that will let you breath and the poison won't get through. Your head will also stay clear.