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

[Fawriel]

Yes, we are.

[White Rabbit]

Also, examine surroundings. (Post-battle landscapes are always nice)

[cooba]

Have Leetzan ask Sam what can the Acupuncturist do.

[Ae]

Tell Furious that there is a man in NewSuperUberEtc.Megatropolis who needs his help getting rid of an alien-demon-vampire thing.

[Dev]

<b>"Do it!" I cried happily. "More spells!"
"Don't you even want to know what it does first?" Fawriel asked.
"The Arabian War Acupunturist is unlike any summon, in that his attacks heal rather than inflict damage," Sam explained. "Alright! It's time to sing-along with Sam! Repeat after me!"
L33tz4n straightened herself up and prepared to endure the upcoming educational song.
Sam cleared his throat and began to sing, "When the last thing you need is a neeeeedle, he'll be there! he'll be there! he'll be there for you!"
L33tz4n glanced around and noticed that everyone was staring at her. She blushed purple again, then softly sang along. "When the last thing I need is a neeeeeedle, he'll be there, he'll be there, he'll be there for me."
"When you need a helping stab just to heeeeeal, he'll be there! he'll be there! he'll be there for you!"
"When I need a helping stab just to heeeeeal, he'll be there, he'll be there, he'll be there for me."
"When you're just about to die, he'll help you out, so don't cry! He'll be there! he'll be there! just for yoooou!"
"He'll be there, he'll be there, just for meeeee."
Fooruman and I applauded. "That young man has such a beautiful voice!" the Archmage declared. "And Scholar Sam can sing well, too."
"Thank you, teacher," L33tz4n said as she shook Sam's hand.
"Anytime!" he replied. "As as scholar, it is my job to pass knowledge down to the next generation!"
"Wait, that's it?" Shuriken interrupted. "You sang a stupid song and she learned a powerful summon, just like that?"
"Pretty much, yeah," Sam answered.
Shuriken pondered this for a moment. "Well, could I learn it, too?"
"No," said Sam. Grandma Conquista lightly tapped him on the shoulder, driving him into the ground like a hammer to a nail. "I suppose it's time for us to be on our way," he announced as he pulled himself out. "The ice should start melting soon. Have fun killing things!"
Sam, Conquista and Furious all piled into the flying hotrod and took off. I couldn't be sure, but it seemed like I could faintly hear the words, "FEEEAR CONQUIIISTAAA!!!" on the wind as they flew away.
"Oh, hey!" I called out to them. "Furious! Go to Superuberplacething and save the Canadian from the vampire thing!" I doubt he heard me, but being a superhero I'm sure he would eventually get around to saving people and stuff.
I glanced around and noticed that Upper Placespot was more or less pwned. The buildings were trashed and abandoned. It would most likely be a long time before the residents returned to rebuild everything.
"So like, let's go do stuff," I said as I pocketed Solstice's angel hat.
"And what stuff we shall do!" Fooruman exclaimed, rising up in his canoe to attract everyone's attention. "I hearby declare that we must embark on a MYSTICAL JOURNEY to seek out my missing pogo stick!"
Araches spit. "I already hate where this is going," she said angrily. </b>

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[Ae]

Equip the hat, and warp the Party to Pandora's Isle. Go West to the Trading Post, and trade the shotgun for the Pogo Stick.

[cooba]

Check inventory.

[Dev]

<b>I placed the angel hat on my head. It quickly fell off again. I suppose you needed a thin yet strong central branch to wear such a thing.
"Fooruman! I know exactly where to find your long-lost pogo stick!" I gathered everyone together and warped us to Pandora's Island. We walked West through the forest of non-tree plantlife until we came to the Trading Post. Fooruman frowned with extreme joy when he saw his precious toy sitting on the table. He reached for it immediately, but I smacked his hand and pointed at him dramatically. "You must offer the invisible gremlins something in exchange!" I warned him.
I took out the empty shotgun and proceeded to exchange it for the rusty old pogo stick, but Araches stepped in front of me like some kind of evil yet sexy barricade.
"You're trading our only gun for a pogo stick?" she asked. I nodded. She rolled her eyes and smacked the back of my head. "I hate you!" she shouted.
"Have a nice day!" I called out as she wandered off somewhere to angst. <b>

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/seasonal/x-mas_by_imil/Xmas13.gif " alt="X-mas Angel">


For Trade </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/yojisplants_by_yoji/N41.gif" alt="Tree-like-plant-leaf"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/rubislippas.gif" alt="Ruby Slippers"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/chess_by_iconmuseo/10bishop.gif" alt="Bishop"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Bottle.gif" alt="Bottle full of Canadian Bits"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Nail.gif" alt="Nail"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/sci-fi/arrakis_by_iconfactory/Crysknife.gif" alt="Pearldiver's Knife">


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[Fawriel]

Regain shotgun in exchange for mitten -> increase scantly clad lady morale!

[White Rabbit]

Hey, how come our hat isn't in the inventory?

[Dev]

@WR: It is. See the X-mas Angel? It's not really a hat, it's just a tree decoration. =b

<b>I grabbed L33tz4n's hands and pulled off the mittens.
"What are you doing?!" she shrieked.
"I'm increasing scantly clad lady morale!"
She slapped me in the face and joined Araches in her angsting. I shrugged and traded the mittens for the shotgun. Even though it didn't have any ammo in it, holding it still made me feel all manly and cool.
Fooruman clung to the pogo stick, hugging and kissing it and stroking it sensually. Fawriel and Shuriken looked away nervously. Even though I had not eatten in months, I somehow felt like throwing up.
"It's just a pogo stick," I pointed out.
"My dear lady, this is no ordinary pogo stick!" Fooruman cried. "This is a ONE-WAY pogo stick!" He flipped a switch on the side of it that I had never noticed before, which caused the pogo stick to make a sound strangely similar to that of a computer starting up. "The harddrive is up and running!" Fooruman announced happily. "HUZZUH!"

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/seasonal/x-mas_by_imil/Xmas13.gif " alt="X-mas Angel">

For Trade </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/yojisplants_by_yoji/N41.gif" alt="Tree-like-plant-leaf"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/rubislippas.gif" alt="Ruby Slippers"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/chess_by_iconmuseo/10bishop.gif" alt="Bishop"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Bottle.gif" alt="Bottle full of Canadian Bits"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Nail.gif" alt="Nail"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/sci-fi/arrakis_by_iconfactory/Crysknife.gif" alt="Pearldiver's Knife">

[Ae]

Ask him what the padlock is for.

..now we need that hideously large PDF file that Fox had for sale! Hopefully Antifoo Isle still isn't closed off.

Warp the Party to Antifoo Isle.

[Dev]

<b>"What was the padlock for?" I asked.
Fooruman raised an eyebrow. "Padlock?"
"I think he means the sw1tch," L33tz4n said.
"Sw1tch?" Fooruman repeated. "You speaks l33t like some fool, n00b."
"She means the SWITCH!" Shuri shouted angrily.
"Oh! Well that's just to insure that some unfoo person never uses the ARCANE POWERS of my pogo stick to further their own evil ends! Only one who is in full control of their foo can flip a switch as switchy and switchful as this."
"We need that hideously large PDF file that Fox had for sale!" I spontaneously declared. I warped us to the beach of Antifoo Island. The entire island beyond the beach was taped off with uncrossable magic tape. The Porta-save was the only thing we had access to. I poked it for good luck, then hugged Fawriel to keep our brotherly bond well-established. He chuckled nervously and gently pushed me off again. </b>

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[White Rabbit]

Can we look at the map?

[Dev]

<b>We could look at the map, so we did.

http://foxmage.com/MagicMap.gif</b>

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[MSB3000]

*drops a house on Canti3000*
If you're going to participate in the thread, try to make a useful contribution, please.

You have no power here. Be gone before someone drops a house on you.

I had a huge reply and logical arguement planned out, but my internet crashed, and it just sort of seems pointless now, except for this: :r :roll:

@CT: Don't forget it was I who finished the Unfoo battle, put some effort forward and finished the Canadian Dollar puzzle and developed the ice climbing method. I think I've made a useful contribution. You guys took that stupid post way too seriously.

Now to read what has happened...

[White Rabbit]

To be honest, I'm clueless as to what we're going to do, because I kinda joined ToU right in the middle. :|

[Fawriel]

Well. I guess the Isle of Darkness won't be frozen solid anymore.. or something.

So.. teleport to the Isle of Darkness.

[Blackraptor]

To be honest, I'm clueless as to what we're going to do, because I kinda joined ToU right in the middle. :|

I've been looking through this since the start, although i kinda abandoned this thread somewhere at antifoo isle. Basically, we're wandering around doing random stuff because we didnt find a way to break into the isle of darkness yet. From past hints, I can probably assume we'll need to wander around the isle of darkness a bit before actually breaking in, and fight some machine/undead remnants from the fight with scholar sam and his brother or something.

[MSB3000]

@WR: We must break into The Isle of Darkness and kill Blackraptor!

Warp to Pandora's alone, go west and trade the X-Mas Angle for the mitten, return to Antifoo and give the mittens to L33tz4n, purely out of the kindness of a heart.

Then do what Fawriel said.

[Blackraptor]

*sigh*

@WR: We must break into The Isle of Darkness and kill Blackraptor!


Hey, thats not very nice :(

Evil people have feelings too.

Page Clam.

[Fawriel]

DO WHAT CANTI SAIDDKNÄa <3

[MSB3000]

Hey, thats not very nice :(

Evil people have feelings too.

Page Clam.

SrryO+ :|

Attempt to add page to Thirdnotestrudel.

[cooba]

Warp to Super Ultra Uber Megatropolis.
Look around for Fox.

[White Rabbit]

...who and where is Fox? Why did we go to Anti-foo island for Fox and why go to Super Ultra Uber Megatropolis for Fox?

[Torkell]

Ask Fooruman why the pogo stick has a hard drive.

[Dev]

@Canti: Sorry, I was really only kidding before, although you can't command a character to like another character.

@WR: Fox is a merchant. They looked for him on Antifoo because that's where they last saw him. They're going to look for him in Newsuperubermegatropolis because they're out of good ideas and keep misreading every insanely obvious clue that I give them.

@Cooba: They wanted to go to the Isle of Darkness first.

<b>Realizing the error of my ways, I warped back to Pandora's Isle, traded Solstice's angel decoration for the mittens, then warped back to Antifoo Isle. I handed the mittens back to L33tz4n. She looked at them briefly, then at me.
"That was purely out of the kindness of my heart!" I told her.
"Um... okay," she replied.
I spun around a few times, held up the magic map, and cried out, "In the name of Uberbob, to the Isle of Darkness we must go!" I tapped the surface of the map, and suddenly we were all standing on the shady shores of the Isle of Darkness. The ominous cliff of ice stood before us, in all its ominousness. I realized that ominous was probably considered an upper-level word, and that I probably had at least a 10th grade reading level if I could use it properly in a sentence. Embedded in the ice cliff was a metal door with no handle. There was just something strange about a door with no handle. It was almost as if the person who lived here was saying, "No visitors, please."
It was difficult to see much on the island since dark clouds blanketed the sky above, but there was just enough light for me to notice a large pile of snow on top of the cliff. Any kind of disturbance to the cliff would most likely cause an avalanche that would kill us all. I decided to register that to my long-term memory.
"Fooruman, why does your pogo stick have a hard drive?"
"It is a ONE-WAY pogo stick!" he replied. I decided that would be a good enough answer for the time being.</b>

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[Ae]

The pogo stick was of the normal dimensions for pogo sticks, but had a few features most pogo sticks don't. Like a 9-digit padlock. It was very rusted, the padlock just stuck there by huge lumps of oxidized metal.
I demand a padlock

[Dev]

Forgive me for not remembering everything. =b

<b>It turned out that the switch Fooruman had activated was actually a 9-digit padlock he had entered the password into. I guess I'm just not as perceptive as I thought. </b>

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[Ae]

Warp the Party to NewSuperUberMegatropolis, and examine surroundings.

[Dev]

<b>I warped us all to Newsuperubermegatropolis. We appeared on the pier with the city lying to the North of us. I looked down over the edge of the pier and noticed that the water level had risen a little, indicating that Upper Placespot was indeed thawing out.</b>

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[Ae]

Push Fooruman and his Canoe off of the pier, and bring the rest of the party North to look for the Canadian man.

[Dev]

<b>I decided to be cute and spontaneous, so I shoved Fooruman and his canoe off the pier. They both sank like rocks.
"Let's go North and see how the Canadian is doing," I suggested. The rest of my comrades stared at me with their jaws dropped. They must have really liked my strong leadership skills.
We walked North into the town square, and by we I mean myself. The Canadian man was still standing in the exact same spot as before, but now seemed to be free of the alien vampire thing that had been sucking his brains out for the past several hours.
"Furious?" I asked.
"Actually, I'm quite happy!" the Canadian said. "You see, Furious the Monkeyboy came and smacked the alien vampire demonoid off my head! Of course the parts of my brain that regulate my other emotions seem to be gone, but that's all the more reason for me to be happy!"
I tried to consider the logic to this statement, but it made my head hurt.</b>

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[Ae]

They didn't float D=

Reload from savepoint ;l

[Dev]

You CAN'T reload from a Save Point.

[Ae]

But now everybody will be ANGRY at us!

Strangle self with rope

[Dev]

Everyone already hates Uberbob. You've saved someone from this exact same situation once before, Ae. It's not rocket surgery.

<b>I considered strangling myself with the rope, but that would have been setting a bad example for the Canadian. </b>

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[Ae]

Go South, tell Shuriken to summon a water elemental to go after Fooruman and his Canoe. The Snow Succubus must have done something to you back during the Battle of Upper Placespot, it wasn't your fault.

[Dev]

<b>I heroically ran South. Looking over the pier, I saw a small purple hat floating in the water below. "Shuriken!" I shouted. "Summon a Water Elemental to rescue Fooruman his Canoe!"
Shuri stared at me dumbly. She pointed to herself and said, "Ninja," then pointed to L33tz4n and said, "Summoner."
"It's not my fault!" I insisted. "The Snow Succubus must have done something to me in the battle at Upper Placespot!" Somehow it seemed like things weren't going well at the moment.</b>

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[Ae]

Tell Shuriken to tell L33tz4n to summon a water elemental, since she is so incapable.

[Dev]

<b>"You incapable blademaiden!" I yelled at Shuri. "Tell L33tz4n to summon the Water Elemental!"
Shuri backhanded me. At long last, I finally had bruises on my head shaped like the hands of all three of my female companions!
"L33tz4n," Shuri said, "you know the drill."
"I'm on 1t," L33tz4n replied. She summoned a somewhat mighty Water Elemental and pushed over its cup. The elemental being poured into the water, and immediately the sea chucked Fooruman and the canoe back onto the pier. The old archmage coughed up a trout, then quickly got to his feet and ran to the canoe. He checked its pulse to make sure it was still alive. Apparently it was.
"I thought you would float," I explained.
"I never learned to swim," Fooruman said.
"Well, what about your canoe?"
"It never learned to swim, either."</b>

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[Ae]

Ask Fooruman where he learned the Salamandastron Hare/Badgers' war cry from.

Well what do you know, I can hide my sig.

[Dev]

<b>"So Fooruman, where'd you learn the Salamandastron Hare/Badgers' war cry from?"
"The FooCanoe taught it to me," he replied.
"Aha, so you've named your canoe?"
"Yes."
"Okay then. Well what do you know, I can hide my sig."
Fooruman blinked a few times and leaned over to Fawriel. "I think that Uberbob isn't quite playing with a full deck, milady," he whispered.</b>

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[Ae]

Hey, Fawriel isn't a lady yet!

[Dev]

<b>"Hey, Fawriel isn't a lady yet!" I explained to the poor old fool. Fawriel sighed sadly and sat down on the pier.
"That was such a witty remark," Araches said sarcastically. "While you're at it, why don't you throw in some yo momma jokes? You know, for a touch of class." </b>

I'm going to bed now. When i come back here tomorrow, you'd better have some good commands for me, or I'll totally make alien vampire demonoids attack the whole party.

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[Ae]

Push Fawriel off the pier.

[MSB3000]

Prepare for an attack.

[Fawriel]

DJASdgjlsdhs

Explain that this bout of idiocy is most likely caused by the apparent exhaustion that one experiences when walking all over the world and defeating a hundred monsters while not a single day seems to have passed. Solemnly declare that a nap would be in order. Do not push Fawriel off the pier. And ask Fooruman for a more in-depth description of the pogo stick and its abilities ( like, whether "one way" means that it can actually remain floating in mid-air while activated and then jump further up from there.. you know ).

[cooba]

Hmm...

Do what Fawriel said. Then ask Fooruman: "Hey, since you technically should be in charge of the de-evilisation process on Antifoo, do you have any idea when will it end or whether is there a way to bypass the magic tape?"

[White Rabbit]

Let's all blame Adam before the demon hordes are upon us. :|
Go North. Talk to Canadian man.

[MSB3000]

Ask the group if anyone is hungry.

[Dev]

<b>"This bout of idiocy is most likely caused by the apparent exhaustion that one experiences when walking all over the world and defeating a hundred monsters while not a single day seems to have passed," I explained. Fooruman nodded. "I say a nap is in order!" I said solemnly. I then walked over to Fooruman and asked for a more in-depth description of his pogo stick.
"The ARCANE POWERS of my mystical one-way pogo stick include, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, bouncing up, and only up!"
"Does that mean you can actually remain floating in mid-air while activated and then jump further up from there.. you know," I inquired as I kicked Fawriel off the pier behind me.
"Yes, you've summed it up quiet nicely, my good woman," the archmage replied. "You can bounce higher and higher and higher, until you reach the highest point of the highest place on the highest planet in the highest galaxy!"
"Neat, I guess. Hey, since you technically should be in charge of the de-evilisation process on Antifoo, do you have any idea when will it end or whether is there a way to bypass the magic tape?"
He shook his head. "I think I'd rather just travel the world in my canoe than go back to that place. It's like every retired man's dream, except I'm doing it in a canoe instead of a recreational vehicle. I'm more original, thx."
"Let's all blame Adam before the demon hordes are upon us," I declared, then dragged everyone North to speak with the Canadian man. Fawriel crawled out of the sea and joined us, though somewhat soggier than he was before.
"Canadian guy!" I called out in a friendly manner. "What are your thoughts on Friedrich Nietzsche's views of good and evil?" The Canadian simply stood there, a bit of drool hanging on the edge of his mouth. "Personally," I continued, "I believe that an action can only be considered evil if it slows the progression of mankind or interferes with the satisfaction of another's urges. Because if you think about it, what are we but the sum of our urges? Can we really consider ourselves to be anything but puppets to the universe if we don't live by our own rules?" He continued to stare and drool. I turned to face the rest of my group. "Who's hungry?"

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[Ae]

Venture East

[White Rabbit]

..I think the Canadian man is slightly braindead.
What are we going east for?
(And why was Faw kicked off? Faw said specifically not to do so).

[Dev]

@WR: Faw said not to <i>push</i> him off, thus he got kicked off instead. And of course he's braindead, he's had an AVD (alien vampire demon) sucking his brains out, probably for days.

<b>Before anyone could tell me if they were hungry or not, we went East into the lobby of the Newsuperubermegatropolis Hotel, or rather what use to be the lobby of the Newsuperubermegetropolis Hotel. It had apparently burned to the ground since the last time we had visited. A lone man stood in the ashes, holding a spatula in one hand and lighter fluid in the other. He was wearing a scorched "kiss the cook" apron and looked to be a bit dazed.
"Looks like indoor cookout night got out of hand," said Shuri.
"Sad," I said pitifully. "C'mon, let's go somewhere even sadder!"
We warped to the Isle of Darkness. Once again, we saw the ominous cliff of ice towering before us. Ominous ominous ominous! Fun word. Anyway, it was dark, like night, except it wasn't night at all. It never seemed to be night. That said, this would probably be the best place to take a nap, if it ever came to that.</b>

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EDIT: Don't edit your posts, WR, you're one of the few who ever gives good commands. I'm sticking with what you originally said to do.

[MSB3000]

Warp to Antifoo alone, save, come back and ask to use Fooruman's pogo stick to reach the top of the cliff mountain thing. First alone, then come back to report what you saw, somehow, like jumping off the stick, or something.

[White Rabbit]

Ok, I consent. :eek: But you're not supposed to use commands that people decided to remove, even if they are good/better, but thanks for being benevolent in that respect.

Tell Fooruman to venture up the cliff with the pogo stick and examine the surroundings.

EDIT: ...Canti was faster?

[Dev]

It wasn't so much as benevolence as it was me being too lazy to retype my post. Besides, I fullfilled both commands.

<b>I warped to Antifoo Island, saved, and came back. "Fooruman, may I please borrow your mystical one-way pogo stick?"
"Well, I wouldn't be much of a gentlemen if I refused such a polite request from such a beautiful young lady," he replied as he handed me the toy. I blushed slightly, then took it from him.
"My loyal minions!" I shouted as I held the rusty relic over my head. "I shall journey to the top of the Isle of Darkness, and report what I find there!"
"Just go, you idiot," said Araches.
I struck a few dramatic poses, climbed aboard the pogo stick, and bounced. I went up a bit, just like you would on any ordinary pogo stick, but instead of coming back down I bounced again in mid-air! I kept going up higher and higher, until I finally got to the top of the cliff. I leapt off of the pogo stick and onto the snowy banks upon the edge of the cliff. The pogo stick continued to hover in the air. Looking around, I saw an entire town-looking thing stretched before me, with various nifty-looking attractions and several Canadians. I could tell they were Canadian because each one was wearing a shirt saying, "Kiss me, I'm Canadian."
I knew I had to share this startling revelation with my party. I considered jumping off of the cliff, but realized that it would mean certain death as the cliff was over 500 feet tall. Also, I would be leaving the pogo stick behind, and that was simply not an option.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

..silly pogo stick. Mount pogo stick and attempt to fall down to the ground while on it. Bounce up periodically so as to not hit the ground too hard and die. :|

[Dev]

<b>I DRAMATICALLY leapt from the cliff and landed nimbly on the pogo stick. I hoped that my comrades had been watching from below, because I was sure it looked awesome. I tried to fall down on the pogo stick, but it stayed right where it was. Even when I leaned to the side the pogo stick stubornly stood upright. I suppose that's why Fooruman had called it a one-way pogo stick.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Go N and take the pogo stick. ;(
Wait, also attempt to switch the pogo stick off and see whether it falls or not.

EDIT: Attempt to barricade the 40th page off from barbarians and dastardly thieves.

[Radium]

Now people can't join before it becomes 40 pages D=

[Dev]

*attempts to barricade the 40th page off from barbarians and dastardly thieves, but fails and decides to claim the page for himself in the name of Buffy*

<b>I tried to go North and take the pogo stick with me, but it was too far from the cliff to reach out and grab. My master plan having failed, I leapt back onto the pogo stick and tried switching it off. Unfortunately, it required an entirely different seven-digit passcode to turn off, which I didn't know. I tried entering in 1337808, and was immediately electrocuted by some kind of built-in security mechanism.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Well, just go N then.
Ask nearest Canadian for directions off the cliff (apart from the 500ft fall, or any triple digit fall for that matter).

[Dev]

<b>I decided that rushing into the town without my posse of warrior mages was probably a bad idea, especially since so many people seemed to think this was Lord Blackraptor's lair. It sounded like Araches was shouting various profanities from below. I guess she was growing impatient.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Shout back at Araches to tell her to stop shouting.
Shout/ask Fooruman what the activation and deactivation keys are.

Don't warp back without the pogo stick. :| Sit on it instead.

[Torkell]

Turn the pogo stick upside-down, then bounce on it.

[Dev]

<b>"ARAAAACHEEEES!" I shouted to the reddest of the five dots lying five hundred feet below, "STOOOOOP SHOOOOUTIIIIING!" I then turned to the purplest dot and cried out, "FOOOOORUUUUUMAAAAAAN! WHAAAAAT AAAAAARE THEEEEEEE AAAAAACTIIIIIVAAAATIOOOON AAAAAAND DEEEEEAAAAACTIIIIIIVAAAAATIOOOOON KEEEEEEEEEYS?!"
"NOOOO THAAAAANK YOOOOOU," he shouted back. "IIIIII'M TRYYYYYIIIING TOOOOO CUUUUUT BAAAAAACK OOOOOON CAAAAAARBS!"
I got frustrated and sat on the pogo stick, without warping back without it. I tried to turn it upside-down, but it remained upright. This was one seriously stubborn piece of nostalgia.</b>

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[Risp_old]

How high is the cliff? Could we tie the rope to the pogo stick and have everyone else climb up on it?

[Dev]

The cliff is about five hundred feet high, and the rope is one hundred feet long.

[Risp_old]

Too bad Araches doesn't know the chaos effect. That would turn this awesome up-only pogo stick into an awesome down-only pogo stick.

[cooba]

Jump down the cliff.

Warp to Isle of Darkness, ask Fooruman about the on/off padlock combos.

[Risp_old]

And how will we get back then? It's not desperate yet. Let me think.

[Dev]

STOP. TRYING. TO. COMMIT. SUICIDE.

[White Rabbit]

And can we sit on the pogo stick, warp to anywhere else other than Isle of Darkness, and then warp back at the bottom of the cliff while still having the pogo?

[Dev]

*attempts to barricade the 40th page off from barbarians and dastardly thieves, but fails and decides to claim the page for himself in the name of Buffy*
My page. >O

EDIT: And yes, you could.

[Risp_old]

You don't need to get the off codes, really. All you really need to do is to get Faw up to the cliff so he can use Town Pipe to teleport the party there.

[Fawriel]

++Faw

Uhm.

Use the magic map while on the pogo to get to the bottom of the cliff again, then send Faw up and have him use Town Pipe to teleport the party there.
<s>I rock!</s>

[Risp_old]

Teleport back to the Isle of Darkness beach while on the pogo stick, and have Faw pogo up there, town pipe down to the beach, and town pipe up to the cliff up there with the rest of the party.

Oh, Faw already said it. Nevermind then.

[White Rabbit]

No, Cooba...since Dev answered yes to my question, we should turn my question into a command:

Sit on the pogo stick (ok, I think already are but nm :p), warp to ...Uber...Megatropolis, and then warp to Isle of Darkness.

EDIT: Faw and Risp were faster. ;|

[cooba]

town pipe down to the beachHow do you intend Faw to TownPipe down to the shore while there's no town down there?

[White Rabbit]

Then maybe we can Townpipe people all the way from Uber Megatropolis to the town on Isle of Darkness? :p
EDIT: We should ask Fooruman about the codes anyway because it's useful to know...maybe.

[UNKNOWNFILE]

/me offers killing off Araches

[Risp_old]

How do you intend Faw to TownPipe down to the shore while there's no town down there?
It's called Town Pipe. It doesn't have to be to a Town. If you are really worried, just have Faw Town Pipe to Super Uber Ultra Megatropolis then have the party pick him up there.

[Dev]

@Fawriel: Marry me.

And rather than townpiping all over the place, I'll just have Uberbob *GASP* give Faw the Magic Map! =D This is the last favor you'll get outta me. Next time, it's alien demon vampires for you.

<b>While sitting on the pogo stick I took out the Magic Map and warped myself back to the bottom of the cliff. I shoved the pogo stick into Fawriel's arms. "Go up," I commanded, "then warp back and Townpipe us up there."
He muttered something under his breath, then said, "I can only Townpipe to towns."
"There's a town up there!" I said, flaunting my knowledge of the universe.
"Even so, I'll need the Magic Map to get back down here."
I folded the Magic Map into a paper hat and put it on his head. "Tah-dah!"
Fawriel grunted, then climbed onto the pogo stick and bounced up to the cliff. He touched the top with his foot, then warped back to the ground beside us. Grabbing hold of us, he teleported back to the top of the cliff.
At long last, we stood on the snowy heights of the Isle of Darkness. To the North of us was the nifty townplace, alive with the sound of Canadians and evil. There looked to be many roads for us to get lost on and plenty of shops for us to haunt.

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[White Rabbit]

N!
N!

[Dev]

Do you mean go North twice, or were you just saying to go North in an excited way? At this point you don't even know if you can move North twice. D=

EDIT: And was asking Fooruman about the codes a command or just something you mentioned to your fellow ToUers?

[cooba]

I guess it's due to all the excitment and what the not.

[Dev]

Fair enough. Like I would let you move North again without taking in the splendor of the Isle of Darkness anyway.

<b>"Let's go to the townplace!" I declared. We walked, slithered and rowed North until we came to a set of roads leading West, North and South. To the West was some sort of arcade-type place, with lots of neon lights advertising it's latest games. To the North were more roads, and to the East was the Isle of Darkness gift shop. "Nice place," I said as I looked around. Before I could further compliment the town, I noticed that the barrel of a rifle was being aimed at my head. A horde of angry-looking and well-armed Canadians had surrounded us. My party readied their weapons for combat. I struck a cool-looking martial arts pose and fell down in the snow.
One of the Canadians walked over to me and poked my mechanical arm with the end of his gun. "Oy," he said, looking to Araches, "you're deliverin' the new model of cyborg zombies, eh?" He turned to the other Canadians and motioned for them to lower their weapons. "S'okay there, eh, it's the zombie delivery folks." The angry mob became less angry and mobbish. They nodded to each other, then went back to whever it was they had all come from.
"Yeah, eh, they're waitin' for ya in that arcade there," the Canadian said, pointing West. "Good luck," he said, poking me again. "This one looks pretty stupid, even fer a zombie." He slung the rifle over his shoulder and walked away.
"Hey wait!" I cried as I got to my feet. "I'm not a zom-"
Shuri, Araches and Faw piled on top of me and covered my mouth. Why didn't they want to hear my awesome words of awesomness?"</b>

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[UNKNOWNFILE]

struggle free and insult them using randomly combined words as insults

[Dev]

<b>I struggled free. "Pink toilet mayonaise for Summer mother catnip and!" I yelled at them.

I couldn't be sure, but it almost sounded like I could hear a large group of alien demon vampires approaching... hmm...</b>

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[cooba]

Go East.

[Dev]

<b>The sound of coffin-shaped UFOs decending upon us quickly went away. We went east and entered the Isle of Darkness gift job. When we opened the door a little bell rang to announce our triumphant entry. Classical music was playing gently inside, and the whole place smelled a bit like a mixture of various incense. On the shelves were a bunch of useless trinkets; things like Isle of Darkness snowglobes and door-with-no-handle action figures. There was a shelf labeled "Lord Blackraptor plushies," but they appeared to have sold out. I was a bit dissappointed, as I still had no idea what the mysterious dreadlord actually looked like.
"Can I help you?" the evil-looking Canadian lady at the check-out counter asked.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Ask about whether they sell shotgun ammo or not.
Ask when the next plushie toy delivery will be.
Ask whether you can have a product catalogue or not.

[Dev]

<b>"Do you sell shotgun ammo?" I asked the cashier, leaning on the counter to increase my coolness factor.
"Not by itself," she replied. "You get two free shells if you purchase a ticket to play the Romero Challenge in the arcade next door. Tickets to play cost twenty dollars and thirty-five cents."
"When will the next shipment of Blackraptor plushies be in?" I asked.
"Just because you asked," she said smugly, "never."
"That was evil," I said with a frown.
"I'm evil. Anything else?"
"Can I have a product catalogue?"
"Yeah, here's your catalogue." She outstretched her arms towards the products on the walls. "See all of that? You can't afford it." She then pushed a little plastic container of novelty pins towards me on the counter. "These are free and useless, just like you. You can take one and feel like you've done something with your life today. Deep down, though, you'll know you really haven't."
I started to feel bad about myself. As if my suicidal feelings hadn't been enough, the scarey Canadian lady had to pick on me.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

...take the novelty pins anyway.
Wait for other commands. ;|

[Fawriel]

Check out what's inside the catalogue.
Check how much money we currently have.
Check when the last time was that one of the party ate something.

[White Rabbit]

Examine novelty pins! :eek:
And that bottle of Canadian bits on Pandora's Island...what exactly are bits?

EDIT: Hey, where's Dev?

[Radium]

I responded like once a day and you guys were <mildly> happy and now you're ragging on Dev for taking an hour off D=

[Dev]

@Faw: There was no catalogue. When you asked for one she told you that you couldn't afford anything in the store, and called that statement the catalogue. Get it? It's a joke at Uberbob's expense.

@WR: The Canadian bits are just pieces of a toy Canadian that the bakernight sliced with his broadsword when we threw it at him.

<b>I fought back the tears that were forming in my eyes and took one of the pins. They were all the same, so it didn't matter which one. Upon examining the pin, I saw that it featured a grinning Cheshire cat. On the back was a needle with which to pin it to fabric. Strangely, the needle seemed to fade out of existence as it reached the tip. I tried to touch it and pricked my finger. Apparently the tip was real, just invisible.
I then checked my inventory for money.

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant">

<b>To my dismay, we had none. "When was the last time anyone ate?" I asked.
"It was when the FooCanoe and I got ice cream before the battle with Unfooruman," Fooruman replied.
"I can't remember," Shuri said.
"All I can remember eatting is Noberries," said Fawriel. Araches and L33tz4n nodded.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

We were just worried Dev was starting to become like you, Radium..

Exit W.

EDIT: Page 41 is mine. We are making great progress!

[Dev]

<b>We left the gift shop and returned to the town square. To the West was the arcade, to the North were more unexplored roads, and to the South was the giant ice cliff with the handle-free door. Standing to the side of the road near us was the Canadian who had let us go earlier. He looked a bit confuddled.</b>

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[n00b]

Ah it's more than forty pages, time to join in.

[White Rabbit]

Quickly go W...

[Dev]

<b>We quickly ran West into the arcade, passing the confused Canadian before he could notice us. The arcade was swarming with punk-looking Canadian teenagers. There were several video games lining the walls, all of which looked to be first-person shooters dealing with either zombies or cyborgs. The air was thick with smoke, reflecting the colors thrown off by the brilliantly-flashing game screens. It almost looked like a rave, complete with poorly-picked techno music booming so loudly that you couldn't hear yourself scream. There seemed to be no pinball machines or crane games to be found, nor were there any change machines. It was a very seedy and obnoxious place.
There was a counter near the back where you could exchange tickets you won playing games for crappy prizes. Not surprisingly, they had already run out of Blackraptor plushies.</b>

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[n00b]

Go to the counter and demand they answer the question "why there are no bathrooms in this arcade"

[White Rabbit]

Tell Faw to ask one of the teenagers about the Romero Challenge.
See if they offer shotgun ammo for prizes.
Try to not look like a zombie.

[Dev]

I hate edits! >O

<b>I stormed up to the counter and pounded my fist down in a furious manner. "I demand to know why there are no bathrooms in this place!" I yelled at the guy working there.
"You have to play the Romero Challenge to get to the bathrooms!" the Canadian guy answered, shouting loudly over the booming techno music. "And they're the only bathrooms in town!"
"That's kind of evil!" I shouted back.
"We're kind of evil! And you can't even begin to imagine how much money we make!"
That made sense enough; these tourist trap places always have bathrooms in the most inconvienient places. "Fawriel, ask one of these kids what the Romero Challenge is."
"Why can't you do it?" he asked.
I grabbed him by the shoulders stared angrily into his eye. "Can't you be a team player?!"
He sighed and grabbed some random Canadian punk. "What's the Romero Challenge?"
"It's what this place is known for, sh'yuh," he replied. "It's a deadly game, where the only life you have is your own. People only play it to get to the bathrooms, but if you don't win the game, you'll never be heard from again!"
I had to hand it to these Canadians, they really knew how to live life on the edge.
I looked over the prize rack. They offered various stuffed animals, coupons for free games, and an enchanted glowing crystal orb of power. I liked the white tiger plushies the most, because they were the sexiest.

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[UNKNOWNFILE]

Play the game. If there is an upcoming battle, engage.

[Dev]

<b>"I want to play the game!" I told the Canadian guy at the counter.
"You need a game ticket."
"Okay, give me one!"
"You have to buy them."
"In that case, I'll take one ticket, please!"
He snarled. "They sell them at the gift shop across the street!" I could tell he was starting to get annoyed. Anyone who spent too much time in this place would most likely have a very short fuse.
I turned to my posse. "We must play this game!" I declared to them.
"W3 would need twenty doll4rs and thirty-five cents," L33tz4n pointed out. Her words upset me.</b>

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[UNKNOWNFILE]

Ask Fooruman to ram the guy behind the counter with his canoe.

[Dev]

Uh-oh, I hear those alien demon vamps again...

<b>"Hey Fooruman, make yourself useful and Ramming Speed that guy behind the counter."
Fooruman smiled with rage at this request. "Ma'am! I would never use my ARCANE POWERS to attack innocent civilians!"
"LAME!" I exclaimed. What good is being a hero when you can't even go around running people over in a canoe?</b>

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[Blackraptor]

hahaha, Canadians. This is brilliant ;P.

[White Rabbit]

Look closer at the enchanted glowing crystal orb of power.
Ask man behind the counter about zombie deliveries and what they are for.

[Ae]

Go East then North.

Are Canadians a whole race on their own?

[UNKNOWNFILE]

I think you have the stereotype of Canadians wrong. The actual stereotype you are getting at is the one of the country south of Canada.

[Ae]

<b>I got frustrated and sat on the pogo stick, without warping back without it. I tried to turn it upside-down, but it remained upright. This was one seriously stubborn piece of nostalgia.</b>

that means the way to make it go down is in one of the other threads

but maybe not

[Dev]

@Ae: Radium has some fixation with Canadians and decided to put them in ToU as much as he could. When he told me what to do while I was DM, the only thing he told me about this town was that it had to have Canadians. I'm not sure if they're considered a race, but I do know Canadian's can't do magic. Also, when I called the pogo stick a piece of nostalgia I was referring to how the pogo stick has been an iconic toy for ages.

@UNKNOWNFILE: All the Canadians you've met in the game have been different. I only made one of them have the standard Canadian accent you hear in Cartoons and such, so I wouldn't say I'm adhering to any kind of stereotype as a blueprint for how Canadians behave. I'm a slightly better writer than that.

<b>I looked closely at the enchanted glowing crystal orb of power. It emitted a strange magical aura unlike anything I had ever seen before. Surely it must have contained some great mystical properties that an adventurer such as myself could make good use of.
"What are the zombie deliveries for?" I asked the man behind the counter.
"They're for the Romero Challenge," he answered. "On the off chance that someone actually beats it, we have to restock the cyborg zombies that get pwned. Fortunately they come pretty cheap."
Since I had no ticket to play the game I decided we should be on our way. We went East past the confused Canadian, then North. We came to a crossroads leading West and East. To the East was what appeared to be a laundromat, and to the West was a giantic wall of fire, blazing with an intense heat that could melt the fillings right out of your teeth if you got too close.</b>

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[UNKNOWNFILE]

Just out of curiosity, why are there so many canadians in the town

[Dev]

Because Radmiums said so. =b Also, I ammended my previous post. I had forgotten to ask the arcade guy about the zombie deliveries.

[Radium]

Canadians are attracted to cold places.

[Blackraptor]

Canadians are attracted to cold places.


hey, i live in canada and i prefer extremely hot summers ; ;

[Dev]

Yay. Why don't you guys go make a thread called "The dos and don'ts of being Canadian" rather than holding a discussion here? CT will drop houses on all of you.

[Odin]

Could someone explain shortly what is going on? I don't feel like reading back like 5 pages. When you do describe, please tell me who's in the POV, who's in the party currently in control, and the inventory. Thanks very much.

[Risp_old]

At the moment... the party consists of Uberbob, Fawriel, Araches, L33tz4n, Fooruman, and his canoe. We have defeated the evil perfect solstice and scaled the cliffs of the Isle of Darkness by using Fooruman's one-way pogo stick. We are currently in a mysterious town of evil canadians somewhere in the mountains of the Isle of Darkness, and we have some purpose here but what it is beats me. Currently the POV is from Uberbob, who also leads the party.

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant">

Oh, and Dev threatened that if the players act too stupidly he will have Alien Demon Vampires come and kill us all.

[Odin]

Ok, thanks very much. Though what happened to Shuriken?

Anyways, go into the laundromat.

[Ae]

But first have L33t4n knock over a water elemental at the wall of fire.

[Fawriel]

Silly Ae, sensible actions never work against walls of any sort. ;/
Anyway.. yeah, go into the laundromat.

[Risp_old]

Oh, I forgot Shuriken. Don't worry, she's still there.

[White Rabbit]

Don't go anywhere yet. Examine surroundings and look at laundromat...if there's anything to look at from the outside.
Tell the story about the monk who told a story to his pupils about a monk who told a story to his pupils about a monk who...to the rest of the <s>fiesta</s>party.
And I think we should try the water elemental thing. :p

[UNKNOWNFILE]

What's with the laundromat?

[Dev]

Two people said to go in, so we're going in, but first...

<b>"That gigantic wall of fire is really an eyesore," I said, rubbing my chin fuzz to appear more intellectual. "L33tz4n, summon the Water Elemental to extinguish the flames."
L33tz4n summoned a somewhat mighty Water Elemental. "Go put out those fl4mes," she told it, pointing to the towering inferno. The powerful cup of water shuffled over to the wall, but before it even got within splashing range the extreme heat had evaporated all of its water. The empty cup shuffled back to L33tz4n, now filled with nothing but regrets. L33tz4n patted it gently. "It's okay," she said, "You tried your b3st." The cup bowed, then vanished without a trace.
With nothing better to do at the moment, we decided to go to the Isle of Darkness Laundromat. As I entered, the smell of evil detergent overpowered me and caused my eyes to water. I realized what a sad day it had been.
The laundromat was very large. They had various washers and dryers set up in rows, where various Canadians were washing their "kiss me, I'm Canadian" T-shirts. Near the entrance was a counter where a teenage Canadian girl was working/reading a newspaper. Hanging on the counter was a sign saying, "Isle of Darkness Laundromat: the only laundromat in the universe that caters to evil clothing! We also offer drycleaning services.
"EGAD!" Fooruman exclaimed. "By the great almighty Foo! I had nearly forgotten!" He rowed his canoe to the counter and address the girl behind it. "Good sir," he began, "a very evil yet still good friend of mine requested that I pick up his drycleaning. Might I have the order of one Julia Conquista?"
"Do you have the pickup voucher?" she asked, looking up from the newpaper she had been reading.
"BY THE POWER OF FOO!" the archmage declared. "I CONJURE FORTH... THE VOUCHER!" He reached into his pockets and felt around, but came up empty-handed. "Oh dear me," he said sadly, "I must have lost it when I fell into the sea today."
"Yeah, sure," she said, taking up the newspaper once again.
"Messed up your errand?" Araches asked Fooruman.
"I was to fetch Grandma Conquista's clothing for her," he explained. "This is the only place in the universe that can clean clothes as evil as hers. Unfortunately, it looks as though I've failed..."
I saw a rack beside the counter where drycleaned clothes had been hung. The unmistakable black and gray garments of the Ultimate Evil were hainging on one particularly large hanger. They were perfectly accessible to me, but I knew I couldn't walk out with them unnoticed. Considering how many of these Canadians seemed to have guns, stealing from them was probably a bad idea.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Don't tell us we're supposed to go and search for it. ;|
Ooh, it's distraction time! But not yet.

Ask the girl behind counter about the big wall of fire.

[Dev]

Just so you guys don't go back to Megatropolis and start diving for the voucher, I'll go ahead and tell you that it was a non-magic paper voucher, and by now it's dissolved into nothingness.

<b>"So what's with that big wall of fire?" I asked the girl behind the counter.
"It was just a simple missunderstanding," she answered, without looking up from the newspaper. "I was just reading about it now. The Isle of Darkness city council hired some mages to set up a barrier in front of the botanical gardens. Unfortunately they weren't very specific in their request, so the mages created a barrier of fire. Before we could get them to take it down, they had already left, and with full payment for their services." She sighed and shook her head. "I really miss looking at the gardens during my lunch break. They had such strange and interesting flowers."
"Why did you guys pay them when they completely botched their assignment?" Araches asked.
"We paid them... before they actually got to work," she said, nervously biting her lip. "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
I wondered if being evil somehow affected a person's logic. These Canadians were constantly pwning themselves in the foot for no good reason.
"Do you think the mages had ulterior motives?" Araches asked, appearing very interested in the subject.
"I couldn't say," the girl replied. "I just... feel so lost now. So very, very lost..."</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Cast Anti-Magic on yourself. Attempt to walk through the fire wall. Run back like a rabbit on fire if set on fire.

[cooba]

BEFORE doing that, though, have Faw warp on Antifoo, save, and Town Pipe back.

[Dev]

<b>"I feel like doing something stupid which will most likely get me killed," I told Fawriel. "Go to Antifoo and save."
Fawriel grunted. "Can't you do anything yourself?!"
"No. Go save."
Fawriel succumbed to my authority and teleported. Two or three seconds later he appeared again. Assuming that he had saved, I decided it was time to put my wicked awesome plan into action!
I dashed out of the laundromat and faced the wall of fire. We engaged in a staring contest, each of us waiting for the other to make the first move. Beads of sweat formed on my brow, contrary to the fact that rabbits retain nearly all water that enters their body. I stood poised, waiting... waiting... waiting...
Finally, I caught him off-guard! "Magical mojo, NO-MOE!" I shouted. "Anti-magic!" I was instantly imbued with a magic-proof layer of non-magical magic. Now feeling confident that nothing could kill me, I ran towards the wall of fire and DRAMATICALLY leapt into its lashing flames! I then let out a yelp of extreme pain, and ran back to the laundromat like a rabbit set on fire. Most likely because I <i>was</i> a rabbit set on fire, but keep in mind that I was a <i>sexy</i> rabbit set on fire. Sexy like a <i>fox.</i> I'm not quite sure where I'm going this. Anyway, I pushed some random Canadian away from their washing machine and leapt into it, bunny-bum first. The water in the machine extinguished the flaming me, as water tends to be bad for fire.
"That was pretty cool," Araches said as I rejoined the crew, now with a smoldering hole in the back of my pants. "Do it again."</b>

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[Risp_old]

Walk fairly close to the fire wall, and use the pogo stick to hop up till you are about ten feet over it. Look to see what's behind the firewall.

[White Rabbit]

Actually, how high is the wall of fire?
Can we summon something behind it? :D

[Risp_old]

30 feet high, 5 feet wide. I'm thinking of using the rope and ice tools like a grappling hook to slide down to the other side from the pogo stick.

[White Rabbit]

...right, 5 feet wide.
What is preventing us from just walking past it?

Attemt to use the answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe and everything to extinguish the fire. Else claim page.

<s>How heat resistant are the mittens?</s>

[Ae]

Then throw the chesire pendant at it, we can get another.

WR, we keep posting in the same minute.

[Risp_old]

Thick! I meant five feet thick!
I keep getting those words confused.

[Dev]

@WR: L33tz4n can only summon things to places she can see.

<b>Before risking my life to cross the firewall again, I thought it would be nice to see what was behind it first. I mounted the one-way pogo stick and bounced up to about forty feet high, to where I could see over the thirty-foot-tall firewall. Firstly I noticed that the wall was about five feet thick, and secondly I saw that behind it was a very beautiful garden. The garden was divided into sections by a framework of pipes, which also served as an irrigation system. Ultra-violet lights where positioned over each section to substitute for sunlight, since the sun never shown on the Isle of Darkness. In the center of the garden was a flower bed raised to a slightly higher level than the rest. I couldn't see what kind of flowers were growing there, but they looked to be the focal point of the entire garden.
I took out the Cheshire Pendant and hurled it into the flames. To my surprise, the entire wall of fire vanished! I wanted to high-five Fooruman, but he was still on the ground, so I high-fived myself instead. </b>

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[Risp_old]

Tie rope to pogo stick and climb down on it. Wave your hand where the wall used to be, in case it just turned invisible.

[MSB3000]

Do what Araches suggested.

[Dev]

<b>I tied my rope to the pogo stick and climbed back to the ground. After high-fiving Fooruman, I decided to wave my hand around in the place the fire had been burning. Interestingly enough, my hand burst into flames, just like the firewall was still there. It looked as though the pendant had only succeeded in making the firewall invisible.
While I was partially on fire, I thought it would be nice to humor Araches' request. I prepared to leap into the wall of flames, when suddenly...







ALIEN DEMON VAMPIRES ATTACKED!!!!1

<b> <br>The Alien Demon Vampires have the initiative. <br>The Alien Demon Vampire tears out Araches/L33tz4n's organs. (9 damage)<br>The Alien Demon Vampire tears out Araches/L33tz4n's organs. (9 damage)<br>The Alien Demon Vampire tears out Faw/Uberbob's organs. (9 damage)<br>The Alien Demon Vampire tears out Fooruman/Canoe's organs. (9 damage)<br>Alien Demon Vampire casts Unload Mana<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Araches/L33tz4n (10 damage)<br>Araches/L33tz4n dies<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Faw/Uberbob (10 damage)<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Faw/Uberbob (10 damage)<br>Faw/Uberbob dies<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Fooruman/Canoe (10 damage)<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Fooruman/Canoe (10 damage)<br>Fooruman/Canoe dies<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Shuriken (10 damage)<br>Alien Demon Vampire raises a claw and a bolt of lightning strikes Shuriken (10 damage)<br>Shuriken dies</b><br><TABLE><TR><TD background="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Snow.gif">http://www.foxmage.com/u/d/9_99.gif<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/alien1.gif" alt="Alien Demon Vampire HP:39/39 Charm: Lets Sam cast any number of spells in his turns. Curse: "><img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/d/HP20.gif" width=5 height=84>http://www.foxmage.com/u/d/9_99.gif<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/alien1.gif" alt="Alien Demon Vampire HP:39/39 Charm: Curse: "><img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/d/HP20.gif" width=5 height=84>http://www.foxmage.com/u/Blankspace.gifhttp://www.foxmage.com/u/Blankspace.gifhttp://www.foxmage.com/u/Blankspace.gifhttp://www.foxmage.com/u/Blankspace.gifhttp://www.foxmage.com/u/Blankspace.gifhttp://www.foxmage.com/u/Blankspace.gif
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After Faw had warped back, I decided it was time to put my wicked awesome plan into action!
I dashed out of the laundromat and faced the wall of fire. We engaged in a staring contest for a few minutes, but suddenly I got bored. It seemed like I had already done something similar to this ealier that day.

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[Risp_old]

Time to test something. Pin the pendant to yourself, and see if you turn invisible.

[White Rabbit]

HAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHHAA. And all this while I was reading about a death penalty discussion on #jj2.

...man.
That Cheshire cat thing was so random. But nevermind.
Right, go S, E, get another Cheshire cat. Go W, N, then E, into the laundormat. Throw Cheshire cat at Grandma's clothes. Grab clothes and casually walk out W out of the laundromat.

EDIT: One of the alien demon vampire's charms is...just wrong. :p

[Fawriel]

Be a man and (lightly) stab yourself with the Cheshire cat pin thing or whatever that was. Or just use it on yourself. I'm too lazy to verify whether it was a pin or not. >O

Also, whee! Alien Demon Vampires!

[White Rabbit]

No, stab the clothes. >O
And Uberbob ALREADY pricked himself with the cat pin. He did not turn invisible.

[Fawriel]

I wrote that reply while you submitted yours. Meaning that I hadn't read your posts. And stuff.
Also, I think Uberbob just sort of poked the pin into his skin and didn't actually prick himself.. *shrugs*

[White Rabbit]

...his skin is not himself?
We ARE going to steal Grandma's clothes, right? :p
So it's better to steal apparently 'nothing' rather than steal something while invisible because they'll notice clothes floating away in mid-air.

[Dev]

@WR: The game reloaded to the point before you tossed the pendant into the flames. You don't have to get another one.

<b>I took out my nifty Cheshire Pendant and pinned it to my shirt. My shirt vanished instantly, though I still felt its warm cotton fibers embracing me.
"Wow!" I exclaimed. "Hot! Check it out, Araches, see what you've been missing?"
Araches gagged, probably out of admiration for my manly physique.
"Faw, take off your shirt," I commanded. "Let's see who has the best abs!"
Faw stared at me blankly. "No," he said at last. "It's freakin' cold."
"You just know I'm the sexiest," I said as I struck a few poses, just before getting set on fire by Araches.
After stopping, dropping and rolling I took off the pendant, causing my shirt to re-appear. I then STABBED myself with the needle. My skin turned invisible, and it was quite disturbing to behold.</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Take out the needle. Go E. Tell Araches to distract the girl behind the counter with more questions about the garden. While they're talking, stab Grandma's clothes with the needle, take them, and go W.

[Dev]

EDIT: Hold on...

[CrimiClown]

Hmmm... I don't feel needed anymore. My work is complete here.

*picks up backpack and walks quietly towards the horizon*

[MSB3000]

I read post #1654 and laughed so hard my whole family was looking at me. =D
Do what WR said.

I vote Dev to be DM forever... :lori:

[Radium]

I read post #1655 and laughed so hard my whole family was looking at me. =D1655? WR's? That's not THAT funny, really. =/

<s>I vote Dev DM forever too</s>

[Risp_old]

Don't worry. From what I know from Radium at the moment, he is likely to be DM for the rest of the game, except during battle segments.

[Ae]

..Is the Alien Demon Vampire's name Sam?

[White Rabbit]

By funny, I'm sure Canti meant the 1-round-long battle post. :p

[Risp_old]

No, it looks like Rad forgot to change the description text for Unload Mana.

[MSB3000]

I meant the whole part where Uberbob stabs himself with the Cheshire pin...

Sorry WR.

[Radium]

... Sam is a common name among necromancers and Alien Demon Vampires.

[Dev]

<b>I removed the needle from my skin, much to everyone's relief. "I have a plan," I told them. "Araches, distract the girl in the laundromat with questions while I steal Conquista's clothes."
"Alright," she replied. "I had some more questions for her anyway."
The two of us entered the laundromat yet again. Araches struck up a conversation with the Canadian girl at the counter while I stabbed Conquista's clothes with the Cheshire Pendant. They instantly turned invisible, so I tore them from the rack and slipped out of the building with them under my arm. Having safely made off with the goods, I removed the pin and put it back in my pocket. As I looked at her clothes, it became apparent that Conquista's most evil feature was indeed her fashion sense.
Araches came back out of the laundromat looking a tad disgruntled. "They wanted to set up a magical barrier around the garden... to keep bugs out," she explained. "How the heck did they plan to get back in again?!"

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/conquista_laundry.gif" alt="Conquista’s Laundry">

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[White Rabbit]

I demand Radium starts a side plot, which will somehow be simultaneously played out with the real story, about the causes and effects of necromancers and alien demon vampires being commonly called Sam.

EDIT: Success! *victory dance*
Ask Araches about the exact kind of 'bug', if she knows.
Investigate Grandma's clothes.
Ooh, look for money inside the pockets. I'm sure Grandma will understand.

[Ae]

Equip Conquista-gear

[Dev]

<b>I did a brief victory dance, then asked Araches, "What kind of bug?"
"How should I know?" she replied in her standard anti-Uberbobian tone.
I decided to investigate Grandma Conquista's clothes. They didn't seem particularly special until I read the tag on the collar.

<i>Fruit of the Doom
Ladies Ultimate Evil Combat Suit
XXXXXXXXXXXXXL
Made from 100% Pure Evil
Resists goodness and morality
Safe to be worn around flaming battleaxes, fireballs, or Hellfishies
Not machine washable</i>

There was no money in the pockets; for that matter, there were no pockets. I tried them on, but it was like wrapping a camping tent around myself.</b>

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[Ae]

Go South, and make FooCanoe carry the clothes.

[Dev]

<b>I dropped Conquista's laundry into the FooCanoe. "Carry these for me," I commanded. It was nice giving orders to someone who couldn't talk back for a change.
Our party went South back to the town square. To the West was the arcade, to the South was the ice cliff, and to the East was the gift shop. Standing in the center of the crossroads was the same confused Canadian. I noticed that he was no longer carrying the rifle he had pointed at me ealier.</b>

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[CrimiClown]

I'd go with the arcade, but I have decided not to join in yet... Only Radium knows the right time... *howls*

[Risp_old]

Ask Fooruman where we should go to return Conquista's laundry.

[White Rabbit]

Hmm...
Go N again. Wrap Grandma's clothes around the whole party, and walk W, through the wall of fire.

[Risp_old]

Aww. You are so much better at puzzle solving then I am D=

[Ae]

Stick the pin in the clothes before you try walking through so you can see.

[CrimiClown]

Hmm...
Go N again. Wrap Grandma's clothes around the whole party, and walk W, through the wall of fire.
I noticed when I read it would work well with those fiery battle axes... ;P

Okay, okay, you got me... I joined, okay? Be very mad at me and yell at me, for now, I'm going to bed.

[Dev]

<b>"Where should we go with Conquista's laundry?" I asked Fooruman.
The elderly wizard shrugged. "I suppose to wherever Conquista is," he replied.
"But we don't know where Conquista is."
"Oh. Well in that case, let's make it into a fort!"
As much as I liked that idea, there were more important matters at hand. I dragged the party back North and wrapped Conquista's enormous battlesuit around them. After stabbing the "tent" with the Cheshire Pendant to turn it invisible, the six of us fled West and right through the wall of fire. We emerged on the other side, completely unharmed.
We found ourselves standing in the Isle of Darkness botanical gardens. The irrigation system was running smoothly, covering the various herbs and flowers in a gentle mist. Overhead burned the ultraviolet lights that kept the plants alive and photosynthesizing. The remnants of a walkway around the garden could be seen beneath a heavy layer of vines. They had apparently been neglecting this place even before it became inaccessable. In the center of the garden was a stone fountain surrounded by an elevated flower bed containing several brightly-colored flora.
I was starting to get a cramp in my leg from all of this dramatic running.</b>

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[Ae]

Pick one of the brightly-colored flowers

[White Rabbit]

Look closer at flowers and the fountain.
Where do the walkways lead to?

[Odin]

Do what White Rabbit said. Picking one of the flowers could be bad. :(

Pag clam.

[Torkell]

Point of order regarding battle: the Alien Demon Vampires are not Sam, therefore the Unload Mana charm should have failed as it says "Lets Sam cast any number of spells in his turn". {/nitpicking}

Is the fountain working?

[Dev]

@Ae: The people have spoken. <s>Picking flowers is far to dangerous of an activity for someone like Uberbob.</s>

<b>The vine-covered walkway encircled the edges of the garden and stretched down each row of plants. It's only purpose was to make moving around the garden easier.
I strolled up to the fountain and examined it. It featured the carved figure of a cherub spitting water into a basin below. I never understood the appeal of such fountains; when you stop and think about it, they're pretty darn disgusting.
The flowers below the fountain were much more interesting. Each one had four petals, and each petal was labeled with a letter: N, E, W, and S. Noteable, they all seemed to be in the exact same position, with their N petals all pointing Northward. I wondered exactly what their purpose was.</b>

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[Odin]

Pick a flower, see what happens.

Maybe these are magical compass flowers :O

[Dev]

<b>I reached down and picked one of the flowers. Nothing happened. I turned the flower in my hand to examine it. Even when the rest of the plant moved, the petals remained in a fixed position, as if they were bound by some unseen force. I realized that the four petals seemed to correspond with the four cardinal directions, as they refused to point in any other way.

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant"> <img src=" http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/conquista_laundry.gif" alt="Conquista’s Laundry"> <img src= "http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/flower2_by_ilicon/F20.gif " alt="Compass Rose">

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[Ae]

Bite one of the petals off

[Odin]

Awesome.

Look around. I want to see if there's anything else of intrest before we go.

[White Rabbit]

Look at the herbs. Try to pick some of them too.

[Dev]

<b>I had the sudden urge to bite off one of the petals, but I got carried away and ended up eatting the whole flower. Considering how long it had been since the last time I'd eaten, it seemed like a good decision.
I looked around the garden a bit more. There were no other flowers to be found; in fact, all the other plants were herbs commonly associated with healing.
"Don't touch those," Araches warned as I knelt down beside a bed of St. John's wort. "They're all poisoned. Every herb in this place is."
"How can you tell?" Fawriel inquired.
"It's the same spell I always use," Araches explained. "Poison. I can sense it all around us. There's something seriously strange about this garden..."
"I think you're just being paranoid," said Shuriken. "Ever since you heard there were mages about you've been on edge."
"I'm NOT paranoid!" Araches insisted. "I'm a very powerful sorceress, mind you, and my skills stretch far beyond that which your mortal senses can comprehend!"
Fooruman stood up in his canoe and stretched his arms to the sky. "BY THE POWER OF-"
"SHUT UP!" Arached shouted, kicking over the FooCanoe and the poor archmage with it.
"Araches... what about those flowers?" I asked with a gulp.
"They're okay," she replied. "It seems that they only poisoned the useful herbs. I guess it would have been a waste of magic to poison a bunch of decorative flowers."</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Take another flower.
Ask Fooruman what he was going to say...
Go E.

[Ae]

But make sure everybody hides under the invisible clothestent.

[White Rabbit]

Yes, I don't think they would willingly not hide under it. :p

[Risp_old]

Have fooruman dispel the poison on the herbs.

[White Rabbit]

Hm...maybe that was what Fooruman was trying to do when he stretched his arms towards the sky? :eek:
Pick herbs after dispel has been cast.

Anyway, clearly the Canadians did not do this, since they are not a species familiar with magic...

[Odin]

Pick another compass rose. Then look around.

[MSB3000]

Make sure to pick flowers for everyone first ;O

[n00b]

Kick Araches for kicking Fooruman. Or at least give a pep talk.

[MSB3000]

And quote the Declaration of Uberpendance too.

<del>'K I'll shup now</del>

[Risp_old]

When you pick a lot of flowers, go back and give on to the girl at the laundry. And mention that the flowers seem to be poisoned.

[White Rabbit]

You mean the herbs seem poisoned? She won't be happy if she thinks the flower you give her is poisoned.. ;o

[Risp_old]

Argh. Yes, I meant that. Man, confusing flowers and herbs... width and thickness... I sure am a bit confuzzled today.

[n00b]

Stand on your head for a minute or so.
I hear this improves thinking.
EDIT- I meant this to be a game action, but risp could do it too I guess.

[Dev]

I'm so sick of editing this post. Why can't you guys have a collective intellegence, like the Alien Demon Vampires?

<b>"What were you about to say?" I asked Fooruman as I plucked another flower.
"BY THE POWER OF FOO!" he yelled as he climbed back into his canoe.
"Is that all?'
"Yep."
"Okay. Cast Dispell on the herbs, old man." With his mighty arcane powers, Fooruman broke the STONE-TASTING magic around the herbs. Araches announced that they were now safe to touch, so we grabbed a handful for the road.
I walked back to the flowerbed and picked five more roses for my wonderful companions. After I handed them out there was a very awkward silence, not to mention the strange sexual tension that arose from giving a flower to Fawriel. He coughed nervously and looked away. "Um... thanks... I guess."
"The FooCanoe wants a flower, too!" Fooruman announced. I plucked another flower and dropped it into the canoe in Fooruman's lap. Fooruman nodded, then said, "The FooCanoe wants to know if you'd like to have dinner with it this Friday."
"Would you be coming along?" I asked. The archmage nodded. "No thanks, it would be weird enough without you there."
Feeling the need to change the subject as quickly as possible, I suggested that we go back East. We wrapped ourselves once more in the invisible clothestent ran through the firewall back into town.
"Now Araches," I said as we took off the gigantic invisible battle suit. "What you did to Fooruman was wrong, and you know it. As it says in the Declaration of Uberpendance-"
"Let's make a deal," she said, interrupting my awesome pep talk. "I promise not to kick the FooCanoe again if you promise to shut up."
"Okay!" I replied. "And as a symbol of our trust, I'll let you wear the Cheshire Pendant from now on!"

Strangely, no matter how many times someone magically sets you on fire, it never gets any less painful.

After Fawriel healed my third-degree burns, we went back to the laundromat and addressed the teenage girl at the counter. "Here," I said, handing her a flower. She accepted it without so much as a thank you and put it in a vase on the counter.
I stood on my head for a minute or two. Maybe it was just a side-effect of the blood rushing to my brain, but I could have sworn I heard Alien Demon Vampires approaching...</b>

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[White Rabbit]

Inventory check!
And you forgot to tell the girl the herbs were poisoned. Were. Because we dispelled the poison.

I'll go to bed now...
:Z

[n00b]

Ask Fooruman what he knows about Alein Demon Vampires and if they are scheduled to appear today.
I'm pretty sure Fooruman doubles as a Farmer's Almanac. Not too sure though.

[Odin]

Get up. Now. NOW (-)IT

Anyways, after you get up, exit the laundromat.

[MSB3000]

Then look north. After that, run inside, ask the girl all she knows about the garden and the herbs. Ask her if she'd like to go into the garden for old times sake. <del>Blatently ask her if she's *stumble*bian.</del> Run outside again and ask the confused Canadian about all he knows. (S is the direction I believe.)

[Odin]

Update, Zev! :(

[MSB3000]

He\She's asking Rad why we are so stupid. Or if there are others besides alien demon vampires.

[Dev]

I'm not allowed to take breaks? D= We can't all go without food like Uberbob, you know.

<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant"> <img src=" http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/conquista_laundry.gif" alt="Conquista’s Laundry"> <img src= "http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/flower2_by_ilicon/F20.gif " alt="Compass Rose"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/cactus_by_imil/Potosu.gif " alt="Healing Herbs">

<b>I got back on my feet and felt the cool rush of my blood as it poured back into circulation. "The herbs in the garden were poisoned," I told the Canadian girl.
"That sucks," she replied.
"Were," I added. "They WERE poisoned. We Dispelled the poison."
"Well aren't you awesome?" she said sarcastically.
"I sure am!" I said as I reached into my pocket. "Hold on, let me find my pendant..."
I suddenly found myself being dragged out of the laundromat by Araches. While I was outside, I decided to look North. To the North was a sharp cliff that dropped directly down to the sea. Jutting out of the waters below were several jagged rocks. I made a mental note not to jump from there, unless of course I was being chased by Alien Demon Vampires. While I had ADVs on my mind I decided to ask the all-knowing Fooruman for info on the subject. "Are any Alien Demon Vampires scheduled to attack today?"
"Wherever there are stupid people saying stupid things, Alien Demon Vampires can be found," he replied. His white beard and purple dress convinced me that he knew what he was talking about.
I then shook free of Araches' grasp and ran back into the laundromat. "What do you know about the garden and its herbs?!" I asked the Canadian girl.
"It's a garden," she replied, "and it's got herbs. People tend to go there when they're feeling lost... spiritually lost, I mean. It helps them to sit among the flowers and reflect on life."
"Would you like to go into the garden for old time's sake?" I asked.
"I wanted to earlier," she replied, "but not so much now."
Araches suddenly stormed inside. She smacked her hand down on the table and looked the girl straight in the eye. "Are you a lesbian?" she asked very bluntly.
"That's none of your business," the girl replied.
Araches looked around and saw that all the Canadians were staring at her. She gave a nervous little laugh, then slowly backed out of the laundromat.
"Don't mind her," I told the girl. "She's so in love with me, it drives her crazy sometimes." I ran back outside, passing Araches as she banged her head against the side of the building. "There'll be plenty of time for that later!" I exclaimed. "Follow me to... CANADIANGUY!"
I rushed the whole party South into the town square. I sought out the confused Canadian man we had met ealier, then asked him to tell me everything he knew.
"Oh, ey, that'll take a while, fer sure," he said as he thoughtfully rubbed his chin. "Well fer starters, dija know that ya can't sneeze with yer eyes open?"
I gasped. "I had no idea! Please, Mr. Canadian, continue!"
"Erm, well..." He stumbled for words. "Ta be honest with ya, there, I'm kinda confused. I don't know which way I'm goin'. Ya'ever get that feelin'?"
"Nope, never," I replied. "I always know EXACTLY what I'm doing, and why I'm doing it."

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[MSB3000]

Give him a compass flower.

After you're done with him, go to Araches and say, "Hypothetically you know something about her, so base your decision off of that.:roll: "

Offer Araches the Cheshire pin and say "This might come in handy."

[Odin]

Wait, how many compass flowers do we have? IF roses >= 1 THEN give ELSE walk away

[Dev]

Your words confuse me, Odin. Every person in the party has one compass rose, but only Uberbob's appears in inventory. You could always be evil and snatch one away from another party member, though. *coughFAWRIELcough*

EDIT: I forgot that Uberbob already gave away his flower. =b We'll just say he took this one from the FooCanoe when no one was looking.

<b>"Here," I said as I handed him a compass rose.
He held the flower in his hand, looking over it carefully. I was hoping that we would have some kind of Full House moment where he burst into tears and hugged me and I told him everything was going to be okay, but he just sighed and said, "Where's Dennis?"
"Dennis?" I repeated. "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
"I already know where North, South, East and West're at," he explained. "Which way's Dennis?"
I shook my head. "No clue," I replied. "I didn't even know there was such a thing."
"Bah," he grunted as he tossed the flower to the side. "What good's a compass that doesn't even have an arrow fer Dennis, I ask ya?"
I nervously glanced around a few times and shrugged. "They taste pretty good," I pointed out.
He shook his head and sighed again. "Sorry there, eh, I didn't mean tah be rude to ya. It's my first day, ya'see. I'm still gettin' the whole evil Canadian bit down pat." He leaned down towards me and whispered, "B'tween you an' me, I'm Irish."
"I'm Uberbob," I replied.
"There's a subtle wisdom to the things ya'say," he said as he scratched his bald Irish head. "It's like you really do know where yer goin'... it ain't Dennis, but at least it's somewhere." He looked away for a moment, deep in thought, then turned back and said, "Anything I kin do fer ya? Don't keep me waitin', now, I've been gettin' evil hormone therapy that could kick in at any minute."
I had something to say to Araches, but it seemed like this was more important at the moment.</b>

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[Odin]

@Dev: Yeah, that often happens. Sorry about that.

[Ae]

About the game I was made for at the arcade, can you show us which one ordered me?

[Fawriel]

Also ask him why so many Canadians around here seem to feel "lost", and how the healing herbs work.

[White Rabbit]

About the game I was made for at the arcade, can you show us which one ordered me?
We already know that the zombies are for the Romero Challenge. They're used to replace the ones that are, well, killed or destroyed.

[Dev]

EDIT: The school's LAN isn't letting me post new replies anymore. =b You'll have to wait until I get home in three hours for me to post again. Keep posting what you want to do next so I don't have to edit my next post seven times before I submit it.

<b>It seemed like he had completely forgotten that he had ealier mistaken me for a cyborg zombie, perhaps as a result of feeling lost. I wondered exactly why these Canadians and the Irish poser were all so absent-minded.
"Who at the arcade ordered the cyborg zombies?" I asked.
"Must've been the manager," the Irish man replied. "He's usually runnin' the prize counter at the back o' that there place. Haven't ya played the Romero Challenge yet?"
"No," I replied. "The tickets cost money, and I'm financially-challenged."
He reached into his pocket and pulled out twenty dollars and thirty-five cents. "Fer givin' a hoot and tryin' to help me out," he said as he dropped the cash and change into my paws.
"Why does everyone feel so lost?" I asked as I pocketed the monies.
"Ya'mean it's not jus' me?" he said, seeming somewhat surprised. "Strange. I hadn't noticed it, m'self."
"How do the healing herbs work?" I asked, holding up a handful of the randomly-picked leaves.
"Now what do I look like, eh? A physician?"
"Not really," I replied. "You look Canadian. I think it's the shirt."
"Oh, doesn't look too good on me, yeah. The real Canadians seem to like'em more than I do."
"You should get a shirt that says 'kiss me, I'm Irish," I suggested.
"That's the stupidest idear I ever did hear," he said with a disgusted look. "And why would I wear a shirt sayin' I'm Irish? I'm Canadian, fer cryin' out loud!" <b>

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[cooba]

"Thank you for the money, semi-Canadian man! Now, be back later."
Have Faw save at Antifoo.
Go W and proceed to the Romero challenge. (when Faw is back ofc =P )

[UNKNOWNFILE]

Pag clam.

*page *claim

[White Rabbit]

Ask him who Dennis is.
Offer him page 44 in return of more information about the town.

[Fawriel]

Not who, where. Dennis is a direction. ;o

[White Rabbit]

Both who and what. He doesn't know where.
Also note that Dennis was a direction in some kind of text-based dungeon game.

EDIT: You can find the game here: http://www.homestarrunner.com/dungeonman.html

[Blackraptor]

If I remember correctly, Dennis was used before in ToU so its not anything new.

[Dev]

Yay for WR getting the reference! =D

<b>"Thank you for the money, semi-Canadian man! Now, be back later."
"Don't bother," he replied. "I'll likely kick ya in the shin if ya do, ey."
I frowned. "That's evil," I told him.
"I'm evil."
I left the now-evil former Irishman to have a talk with Araches. "Romantic issues?" I asked.
"Something like that," she said with shrug.
"Can I help?"
"Yeah, I really want to take relationship advice from YOU," she replied in a sarcastic tone. "Just look at YOUR girlfriend!"
She pointed to L33tz4n, who was plucking the petals from the compass rose I had given her. "He's loves me... n0t," she said sadly as she plucked the final petal and let it fall to the ground.
"Firstly, the voices never really sorted out who my girlfriend was," I pointed out. "And secondly, you DO know something about her, so base your decision off of that." Arached nodded. I then handed her the Cheshire Pendant and said, "This might come in <i>handy.</i>" Araches seemed to have a stroke of inspiration, then took off running towards the landromat, pendant in hand.
I turned back to the Irish Canadian. "I'm such a good person," I said with a smile. "Anyway, who, what or where is Dennis?"
"Don't ya ever shut, there?" he replied angrily. It looked like the evil hormone therapy had finally kicked in, causing him to become another evil Canadian. I wasn't sure why he had to be evil <i>and</i> Canadian to work on the Isle of Darkness, but maybe I could still get some info out of him. "I'll give you the 44th page in exchange for more information on the island." He grunted and walked away, without so much as an obscene gesture.
"Let's go kill cyborg zombies now!" I suggested. My party and I, minus Araches, walked into the arcade and spoke with the manager. "We have monies!" I declared. "Let us play!"
"You have to buy a ticket at the gift shop," the Canadian arcade manager replied.
"That's awfully inconvienient."
"Isle of Darkness arcade regulations prohibit the sale of ammunition in an arcade," he explained. "You get shotgun ammo with the purchase of your ticket." </b>

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[MSB3000]

The voices declare that L33tz4n is Uberbob's girlfriend.

Now to leave the more coplicated commands to people with more time on their hands.

[Fawriel]

Agreed.

Go to the gift shop and buy a ticket, ammo inclusive. And of course, in the likely case that there will be no complications, go pick up Araches on the way back to the arcade ( in case of a battle.. which is unlikely considering the shotgun-stuff, but.. *shrugs* ).

[MSB3000]

If she's "busy," tell her she can do it later.

[Ae]

Get another pendant while you're there.

[MSB3000]

Invite the others to take one as well.

[White Rabbit]

Have Faw save at Antifoo.
Go W and proceed to the Romero challenge. (when Faw is back ofc =P )
Go E, E and buy ticket before going W, W into the arcade.

[Dev]

<b>"L33tz4n!" I called out. "You're officially my girlfriend."
She looked as though she wasn't sure how to feel. "Um... let m3 think about it, okay?"
"Not okay," I told her. "What the voices say goes. You're my girlfriend now."
She looked a bit angry when I told her this. Anger is associated with fire, which is associated with the color red, which is associated with PASSION, so clearly I was on the right track. I could almost hear our wedding bells ringing, along with the sound of Alien Demon Vampires approaching.
"Faw, go save." Fawriel teleported, then returned, looking as though he had just saved. I slapped him on the back to reassure him that he was a part of the team. I then confidently strolled into the gift shop. "Cha-ching!" I exclaimed as I smacked my twenty dollars and thirty five cents on the counter.
The scarey Canadian cashier lady counted out the money and sighed. "Okay, so you can actually afford <i>something</i>," she admitted as she handed me my game ticket and two shotgun shells. "I hope you get eatten by the cyborg zombies, though."
"Thank you!" I said as I reached for another Cheshire Pendant. Before I could grab one, the cashier pulled a TMP out from under her chair and aimed it at my head.
"One per person," she said. I sighed and walked back outside. That cashier really had a gift for making me feel badly about myself.
"Dija get the suff?" Shuri asked as I approached.
"Yup," I answered, victoriously holding up the ticket and shells. "Let's go get Araches in case there's a battle which is unlikely because of the shotgun-stuff but..." I stopped talking and shrugged.
Shuri raised an eyebrow. "Uh... may I carry the shells?" she asked.
"You're a girl, you can't own gun stuff," I explained. "Anyway, it's time to see if my lesbian matchmaking was a success!"
I dragged everyone North, and then East to the laundrymat entrance. Araches was standing outside with a hand-shaped bruise across her face. "How'd it go?" I asked.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Cool. Let's go shoot stuff!"
We went back to the arcade. The smokey air and bad techno music were a small price to pay for the promise of cyborg zombie action.</b>

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="One-way Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mittens"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant"> <img src=" http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/conquista_laundry.gif" alt="Conquista’s Laundry"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/cactus_by_imil/Potosu.gif " alt="Healing Herbs"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/weapon/Bullet.gif " alt="Ammunition (2 shells)"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/egypt1_by_iconmuseo/37editio.gif " alt="Game Ticket">

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[Ae]

Make the codebox thing bigger and load the shotgun. Have Fawriel save again, and talk to the counterguy.

[White Rabbit]

Yes, show him the ticket and play the game... ;|
And there's no need for excessive saving.

[Odin]

*page *claim

Quiet, you. You're too young to get the reference.

Anyways, one can never save too often. Playing many adventure games myself, saving often is one of the best strategys to VICTORY.

And do what AE said.

[Dev]

*attempts to make the codebox bigger but doesn't really know what he's doing*

Inventory </b>
<img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/FirstAidKit.gif" alt="First-Aid Kit"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/Shotgun.gif" alt="Shotgun"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/Rope.gif" alt="Rope"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/warehouse_by_pixture/Tape.gif" alt="Duct Tape"> <img src="http://foxmage.com/Pogo.gif" alt="Pogo Stick"> <img src="http://www-ksl-svc.stanford.edu:5915/doc/icons/unlabelled/question-mark-icon.gif" alt="Thirdeighteennoteevenbettercitrusfruitymanypagedla zerlightysuperflyingfullyclotheductscraptlegalfour seatsestrudelire"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/tv/aeonflux_by_iconfactory/TheMap.gif" alt="Magic Map"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/kid/treasures_by_irondevil/Mitten.gif" alt="Mitten"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/IceAxe.gif" alt="Ice Tools"> <img src=" http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/game/alicegame_by_imil/Cat.gif" alt="Cheshire Pendant"> <img src=" http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/sprites/conquista_laundry.gif" alt="Conquista’s Laundry"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/nature/cactus_by_imil/Potosu.gif " alt="Healing Herbs"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/weapon/Bullet.gif " alt="Ammunition (2 shells)"> <img src= " http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/culture/egypt1_by_iconmuseo/37editio.gif " alt="Game Ticket">



Better?

<b>"Go save again," I told Fawriel. "I'm feeling oddly paranoid for someone holding a shotgun." While he was gone I cocked back the weapon and loaded the two shells. It's a good thing there seemed to be no police on the Isle of Darkness. Once he returned, the six of us made our way to the counter at the back of the arcade.
"Counterguy," I called out. "We've got a ticket." I handed him my game pass, then stood back and awaited his response.
"Yeah, okay," the counterguy said after ripping my ticket in half. "Prepare to enter a world consumed by fear and darkness; a world where your only friend is your gun, and where cyborg zombies reign supreme! Welcome to... the ROMERO CHALLENGE!" He pulled a lever on the wall behind him. Without warning, a trap door open beneath us. We plummeted several feet through a dark tunnel before landing on a large, blood-stained mattress.
After getting back on my feet, I decided to do what I do best: examine my surrounding. We were in a square-shapped room made of stone. Aside from the mattress we had landed on, it was entirely unfurnished. There were exits to the West and North, which were basically just openings leading to other rooms. To the East, however, was an actual wooden door with a sign hanging on it.
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I peered up into the tunnel we had fallen out of. It looked exactly like a heating duct; square-shaped and metallic. There were no footholds to climb back up on.
A small light bulb hung from the ceiling beside a crude speaker system, creating just enough light for me to see that I was now wearing a studded collar, a black tank top, and a pair of bondage pants. I also seemed to have a nosering for some reason. Odd.
My party was also dressed differently. Fawriel was wearing a fishnet shirt with baggy, torn jeans; Shuriken had on a cropped black t-shirt, a weird sort of frilly skirt, and combat boots. Little L33tz4n had her arms tightly crossed, apparently trying to hide the skimpy black top and breastplate she had been imbued with. Fooruman was now wearing a leather trenchcoat and black sunglasses, while the FooCanoe sported spikes along it edges. Araches, for reasons beyond anything I could fathom, was now wearing pink bunny pajamas, complete with a hood and sewn-on floppy ears. I guess they ran out of cool goth clothes and had no choice but to improvise.
<i>"Listen up!"</i> a voice cried out on the speaker overhead. <i>"Go through the maze until you reach the end, and you'll win a fabulous prize! Bathrooms are located to the right for your convienience. Your clothing and personal items will be returned when and if you survive the Challenge. There is no time limit, so feel free to take as long as you want to perish. Have a nice day, and remember: aim for the head!"</i> The voice fell silent, but was quickly replaced by loud heavy metal music, which echoed throughout the maze. After searching my pockets, I found that all I had on me was the shotgun. My companions were also without their usual weapons. It would have been a really cool, but somehow the risk of dying a horrible death at the hands of zombie cyborgs made the situation somewhat less appealing.</b>

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[Odin]

Save, then head west.

[Dev]

<b>I wandered into the bathroom/save point and looked around. Out of all the save points I had encountered in my quest, this was by far the worst. The floor was dirty and the sinks were full of bacteria. The toilets all looked to be clogged, plus the soap dispensers were out of soap. On the sides of the stalls were a few bits of graffiti. I got a closer look and read one of the messages.

<i>I've ****ed in Japan and I've ****ed in France,
But before I'd **** in here, I'd **** in my pants.</i>

A rather amusing little number, and it rang so true. Below it was etched another message.

<i>In the year 2005, this toilet shall be flushed by a rabbit who lost an arm, a leg and an ear somewhere along the way.</i>

"Silly mens room prophecy," I said as I flushed the toilet. It instantly exploded, covering me in... well, let's not even go there.
After washing myself off the best I could I reentered the previous room. "My Uber-senses are tingling!" I announced. "To the WEST!"
"What smells like... death?" Shuriken asked.
"It's probably just the cyborg zombies that are about to maim us," I suggested. "C'mon gang! Follow me to... SOMEWHEREELSEIGUESS!"
We walked West down a long hallway, while heavy metal continued to blast over the sound system. At the end of the hallway was a divide: exits were to the North and South, as well as the Eastern hall I had just walked down. I could hear the moaning of the undead and the creaking of poorly-oiled mechanical limbs. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell which direction the sounds were coming from.</b>

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[Odin]

Head south, and keep the wall to your back.

[UNKNOWNFILE]

<b>I wandered into the bathroom/save point and looked around. Out of all the save points I had encountered in my quest, this was by far the worst. The floor was dirty and the sinks were full of bacteria. The toilets all looked to be clogged, plus the soap dispensers were out of soap. On the sides of the stalls were a few bits of graffiti.

sounds like a typical high school bathroom

[Dev]

@UKNOWNFILE: What did you <i>think</i> my source of inspiration was? :p

<b>I slowly manuevered South, keeping my back to the wall. My posse and I got to the end of the hallway, where another room entrance was waiting for us. I readied my shotgun, waited for the death metal to reach its awesome guitar solo, then dramatically leapt into the room. Everything seemed to be going well, until...


... CYBORG ZOMBIES ATTACKED! Or rather, ONE cyborg zombie attacked, but it was still pretty scarey. He moved towards me slowly, in typical zombie fashion. Combined with his decaying undead body were mechanical limbs, though much less cool-looking than my own. He grabbed onto my shoulders; his piercing zombie gaze staring directly into my soul. I put the barrel of the shotgun to his forehead. "No soup for you!" I shouted as I pulled the trigger, blowing his brains against the walls. The rest of his body fell to the floor, twitching a few times before becoming completely motionless.
Decapitation was now my new favorite pastime. Unfortunately, the only exit out of the zombie room was back the way I came.</b>

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[Odin]

Go north, north, keep shotgun close, and be ready to use it like a heavy blunt stick when you run out of ammo.

[Dev]

@Odin: This isn't Shaun of the Dead. No way are you gonna be killing cyborg zombies by whomping them. ;-)

<b>We went back the way we came until we reached the hall leading East, then continued Northward. The hall took a sharp turn East up ahead. I could hear the same undead moaning as before...</b>

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[Odin]

Pfft, fine...

Look east, strafe northward (or in other words, strafe so that you face the hall).

EDIT: Also, can we cast spells?

[Blackraptor]

Nice. Canadians, zombies AND Death Metal? This sounds like the type of place I'd be in ;).

Agreed with Odin I guess.


If we run out of shotgun ammo, we could just use spells on the cyborg zombies, right? (Odin already asked this but I didnt see it so blah).

[Fawriel]

I doubt it. *sigh*
"L33tz4n!" I called out. "You're officially my girlfriend."
She looked as though she wasn't sure how to feel. "Um... let m3 think about it, okay?"
"Not okay," I told her. "What the voices say goes. You're my girlfriend now."
Dev.
Not EVERYTHING we say is a command, you know. ;/

[White Rabbit]

Darn it! Was it a double-barreled shotgun?! YOU FOOS! One shot, one kill! Don't load both bullets together!!!! >O >O >O

[Dev]

@Odin and Blackraptor: You can try.

@Faw: Uberbob lives by the voices. A voice said L33tz4n was his girlfriend, thus, in his mind, it was so.

@WR: We'll say it's a single-barrel. I'm not THAT mean. ;-)

<b>I peered East down the corridor. I couldn't see much of anything, as the lighting was very poor throughout the entire labyrinth, possibly as a contribution to the zombie movie feeling they had strived so hard to capture. I signaled to my companions that the coast was clear, even though I had no idea if it was actually true. I had the sudden urge to strafe Northward.
According to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, strafing is defined as to "rake (as ground troops) with fire at close range, and especially with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft." For this reason, strafing seemed a bit difficult, so I started playing with Araches' floppy pink bunny hood instead. She was not amused.</b>

Maybe it's some slang form I've never heard, but I think by "strafe" you mean "sidle." Forgive me for my ignorance, but I assume you don't want to shoot the Northern wall. XD

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[Torkell]

In first-person-shooters, to strafe is to move sideways. E.g. strafing round someone usually means to move round them in a circle, firing at them (the idea being that they've got to keep turning to follow you round).

I think here Odin wanted the party to face East, then sidestep North (presumably so anything nasty down that corridor would find us harder to hit).

[Dev]

@BoggyB: Thanks. I don't play first-person shooters. XD

<b>I took a deep breath to calm my nerves. As much as I enjoyed shooting the last cyborg zombie, I knew I only had one shot left. I had to make it count. I nodded to my companions. "Step lightly," I told them. "Keep your back to the wall, and be ready on my signal."
"Be ready to do what?" Shuriken asked, holding down the sides of her skirt. She was still getting use to her new clothes, and desperately trying to keep the fur she was exposing to a minimum.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," I replied. The group exchanged worried glances amongst each other, with the exception of the old man in the canoe, who was jauntily singing along with lyrics of the metal bands that continued to blare on the speaker system. It sounded like the soundtrack of our endeavour consisted of Hearts Wanted, Steel Rails, and Rantasia. Not particularly good bands, but then very little of this "Romero Challege" had reflected any sort of quality. At least the music was consistant... almost comforting in its repetitive nature.
We sidestepped along the wall, facing East. Before us stretched another hallway, as mysterious as any we had seen so far. The interior beyond our direct range of vision was shrouded in darkness. It was either a dead end or an extremely long passage with no lights lining the edges. I nibbled on my bottom lip slightly; a nervous tic, I suppose.
L33tz4n noticed that I was nervous. I had upset her earlier, but now she seemed to be feeling some pity for my current situation. She placed a teal hand on my shoulder. "Take your time," she said softly. I was slightly reassured, though still worried about what might be lying in wait for me down the dark, dank passage...</b>

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