potato soup and a cookieSorry sir, but that seems a bit too childish.
well potato soup thenSilence, you.
no Silence, you.well potato soup thenSilence, you.
No, silence, both of you.Make sure it's potato soup. And ask for water as well, if it en't too much.
Bread and soup.
Wake up in the morning and try to find a job.
Wake up in the morning and try to find a job.
I was always the tactician. I designed, baited and enacted elaborate schemes for destroying my opponents, either alone, or with help.Wake up in the morning and try to find a job.
I was always the tactician. I designed, baited and enacted elaborate schemes for destroying my opponents, either alone, or with help.Wake up in the morning and try to find a job.
To the pub. We'll learn a lot of stuff about the surrounding country if we overhear things in a pub,And besides, we might get a job there.
We were always skilled in 'reading' people, understanding their motives and their emotions as if they were written across their brow.
We were always skilled in 'reading' people, understanding their motives and their emotions as if they were written across their brow.
We should go to the docks, taking a round-about route.
If there's more of those things after us, I wouldn't want them to get us at home.
This. Also keep an eye out for any more.We should go to the docks, taking a round-about route.
If there's more of those things after us, I wouldn't want them to get us at home.
Dueling pistol 1-1
revolver 1
Indeed secure our revolver out of sight and when at work, try to get a few rumors
Watch him surreptitiosly while going about your business. See what he does, read his reactions to various events, and so on. He might be after us for all we know.Also, discuss local gossip with Red, searching for information, like if there are any gangsters/crackheads/mobsters/corrupt soldiers that are bothering the people in the area.
Lay a hand on a chair at his table "Mind if I join you?"
Watch him surreptitiosly while going about your business. See what he does, read his reactions to various events, and so on. He might be after us for all we know.
shot it in the head.No, go for the kneecaps. Neither is guaranteed to kill, but take out the knees and it won't matter.
I say just boost stats for a while before going for any powers. We aren't that far above human at the moment, so lets wait before getting anything else.(when we do gain powers I recommend telekinesis. We could use it to control our bullets in midair, curving them around objects and corners.)
I say just boost stats for a while before going for any powers. We aren't that far above human at the moment, so lets wait before getting anything else.(when we do gain powers I recommend telekinesis. We could use it to control our bullets in midair, curving them around objects and corners.)
Getting the power of being unkillable will boost us above human abilities far better than being a bit tougher.
to be able to induce fear by gazing into a victims eyesWe need this ability.
This is amazing. How the hell have you managed to churn something this good and this long out in five days?
Go to Oak, the Enlightened can wait.
We should draw our gun and then call to the person, to see if they are ok. If they reply in a human way, shoot them.Wait what???
Being undying doesn't mean we can't have very unpleasant things happen to us, forever.That gives me an idea for an ability we need: Respawn. Teleports us to a random location within 10 miles or so and resets us to the physical state we were 1 hour ago. or somehting liek that
Call out to the figure, but hold onto our gun with our hands near our head. If it's another abomination we can attack quickly, if it's a banshee we'll be ready to cover our ears.Yes to the above
NO.thisCall out to the figure, but hold onto our gun with our hands near our head. If it's another abomination we can attack quickly, if it's a banshee we'll be ready to cover our ears.Yes to the above
Ask Oak about the banshees and other creatures we haven't yet met. We had best be prepared for whatever we find, and Oak probably knows more about them than we do. After that, lets fight someone new.
Ask Oak about the banshees and other creatures we haven't yet met. We had best be prepared for whatever we find, and Oak probably knows more about them than we do. After that, lets fight someone new.I, to, agree with this.
Excellent story so far, keep them coming please.
I vote that we bet small amounts on the combatants the least likely to win. We should probably aim to lose about a third of what we just won.
I estimate their fire and earth stats to be about 4, so we could probably take on 2 fighters fairly easily. I vote we try taking on 3 in a friendly, low-wager match. The experience in fighting off multiple people will likely come in handy.
Return to the shack after making sure Oak gets home. If we're lucky, he (and his wife, if he has one) will offer you some better lodgings for the night. There's bound to be more of the Eye-cult guys, and giving them a slip here and there can't hurt.Agreed.
Oaks good, even if they were to attack we would probably have enough warning to come and help out. If he isn't paralyzed by fear the enlightened aren't much tougher than anyone else... they just don't actually DIE when killed.I don't think it was Fear that Paralyzed Red at the Pub...
Immortal disappears for a whileThis is a good point... We should probably investigate how we got to that prison later, once we are better set up. The guy who helped us escape should be in charge there by now, so the information shouldn't be too hard to get.
Cult finds their god
Cult becomes immortal
Immortal wakes up with cultists following them
...
Back to the city- we know the way better.But first put a bullet in the scarecrow's head. Just in case.
Back to the city- we know the way better.But first put a bullet in the scarecrow's head. Just in case.
inanimate object
may possibly have saved us from some pain.These two things are mutually exclusive... I wonder if it might be a disguised "Mechanical man" like that clockworker mentioned.
I suggest that we return to the city and learn more about the Clockworkers and Technomancers. It might be wise to try to join a guild for protection as we sleep and to learn how to fight back against the creatures that haunt us.Agreed.
AIR!!!!
AIR!!!!
he went to sleep or something 30 minutes ago :)
It looks like air won, but next time I recommend the 7X Healing Factor or the night vision.I was under the impression that we were Ageless, and therefore 'could' live forever, which is why we are so old. And that for 2 points we could buy Unkillable which would make it a practical certainty. They are definitely different abilities, though I am not completely certain that we don't have Unkillable.
And as was mentioned at least once before, we are already undying. It's why we're so old.
Revolver at the ready in our right hand, knife in the left. Left forearm across the right wrist, right leg trailing and bent slightly for a proper shooting stance. Shoot dead the one we can see, and keep turning left slowly, taking out threats as they come.
((Basically, the best shooting stance we can get into here given that we are circled, and we turn left to maximize the momentum of the knife in case we need to get stabbing)).
We need some type of heat, soon
In fact, we might (theoretically) even be this god that they're worshipping.This is my guess.
Man, let's not kill her. I kinda pity her.
16!=200-300
Yes, we couldn't survive the entire enlightenment army attacking at once, but even with them being mortals we couldn't.
Sense nearby life combined with redirecting small projectiles? That should probably cost two points and would allow us to shoot at people around corners or when unable to sense them in a traditional manner. Also stop people shooting at us, I guess.
The head of the order would have your place of residence marked once they sensed you
He certainly implied it in one of the recent story posts, saying that a slit throat would annoying due to the staining of clothing.Implied? It is the freaking foundation of this story. We are an immortal being.
Oh yes. Sorry.He certainly implied it in one of the recent story posts, saying that a slit throat would annoying due to the staining of clothing.Implied? It is the freaking foundation of this story. We are an immortal being.
I find it rather odd that people seem to miss this fact.
I vote for water and a faster healing power.Seconded.
I interpreted it as just being ageless and having 9 or 10 in most stats. The ageless thing is the major point of the story, it has been indicated that immortals can die...He certainly implied it in one of the recent story posts, saying that a slit throat would annoying due to the staining of clothing.Implied? It is the freaking foundation of this story. We are an immortal being.
I find it rather odd that people seem to miss this fact.
I am actually a bit confused about that indication.I interpreted it as just being ageless and having 9 or 10 in most stats. The ageless thing is the major point of the story, it has been indicated that immortals can die...He certainly implied it in one of the recent story posts, saying that a slit throat would annoying due to the staining of clothing.Implied? It is the freaking foundation of this story. We are an immortal being.
I find it rather odd that people seem to miss this fact.
The one at the pub couldnt be killed and yet it was said we could kill her.That was a bit of a self-help exercise, it may not actually have killed her but the effort may have rid us of anxiety...
Kiss her. It's the perfect opportunity. KISS HER YOU FOOL!No.
Armok why do you make silly suggestions?Kiss her. It's the perfect opportunity. KISS HER YOU FOOL!No.
Go the reds and tell him frankly we don't have time to work today. Than find the order and talk to them.
Go the reds and tell him frankly we don't have time to work today. Than find the order and talk to them.
Ask about what they do here, and what sort of tests are required to join, also ask for a tour(to look for that painting). Ignore any mention of the painting, acting as if he hadn't said anything at all. We will hold their attention without directly confirming his suspicions.
in short: penguify's indifferent plan.
thiiiiiiiiisAsk about what they do here, and what sort of tests are required to join, also ask for a tour(to look for that painting). Ignore any mention of the painting, acting as if he hadn't said anything at all. We will hold their attention without directly confirming his suspicions.
in short: penguify's indifferent plan.
+1
I, too, support this course of action.thiiiiiiiiisAsk about what they do here, and what sort of tests are required to join, also ask for a tour(to look for that painting). Ignore any mention of the painting, acting as if he hadn't said anything at all. We will hold their attention without directly confirming his suspicions.
in short: penguify's indifferent plan.
+1
Say that we wish to join them so that we may learn.This, but first ask what makes us so great. Resembling a painting labled only "unknown man, unknown artist" is, while unusual,not inherantly worthy of respect. What does he know about this painting?
Typos I found:
(snip)
Sorry to nitpick, feel free to ignore me :)
We should ask Anne about her name on the way...Anne's real name is Anxiety, that wasn't just a hallucination. Remember when we introduced her to Red? It was along the lines of " 'My name is Anxi-' 'Anne. Her name is Anne.' "
If we are to continue working for Red, we must make sure he understands that the guild will need us, and as such we must have a more fluid schedule. If we are to quit, we must do so. Besides that, I can think of nothing.I said we didn't have anything left to do because when we go over to pick Anne up we can tell Red about our resignation, because they're in the same place. (I don't think we'll be able to split the time around well enough to keep that job, so we should just resign).
"In a way, I like to think that I am as human as ever. If I became indifferent to what the world had to offer, I would no longer be alike those that I have always surrounded myself with." Came your response.
"In a way, I like to think that I am as human as ever. If I became indifferent to what the world had to offer, I would no longer be like those that I have always surrounded myself with," came your response.
While we're on the subject of corrections, you shouldn't always put in a full stop when you finish a sentence within quotation marks, unless you're also finishing a sentence outside them. If you're not, put in a comma. So thisOh wow, I generally pride myself on being able to spot other peoples' typos, and I totally missed that one!Quote"In a way, I like to think that I am as human as ever. If I became indifferent to what the world had to offer, I would no longer be alike those that I have always surrounded myself with." Came your response.
should be like this:Quote"In a way, I like to think that I am as human as ever. If I became indifferent to what the world had to offer, I would no longer be like those that I have always surrounded myself with," came your response.
Note the difference between 'like' and 'alike' as well. You do tend to make a lot of mistakes, but they're not particularly noticeable. :P
Yes, exactly, we should ask her about it. That name was significant to us before we met her...We should ask Anne about her name on the way...Anne's real name is Anxiety, that wasn't just a hallucination. Remember when we introduced her to Red? It was along the lines of " 'My name is Anxi-' 'Anne. Her name is Anne.' "
Tell him you got a job at the guild, but not much more. Ask about her name later.
Tell him you got a job at the guild, but not much more. Ask about her name later.
No. Also stop posting creepy romance ideas >:(Awwww. :(
They don't need to know about her for now, but we need a good story if she's found out. Let's improve a simple weapon first to impresses them, then focus on armor for minimizing casualties.
They don't need to know about her for now, but we need a good story if she's found out. Let's improve a simple weapon first to impresses them, then focus on armor for minimizing casualties.This. Before we enter though, ask her if one of their order is named Love, or if the phrase "I am the one who makes you falter." means anything to her.
this.They don't need to know about her for now, but we need a good story if she's found out. Let's improve a simple weapon first to impresses them, then focus on armor for minimizing casualties.This. Before we enter though, ask her if one of their order is named Love, or if the phrase "I am the one who makes you falter." means anything to her.
As for how to upgrade a weapon, how about creating some non-lethal ammunition for guns? Not only would it be better for use against people, it would allow us to capture some of the monsters to try and figure out where they come from.
I still think a double revolving shotgun with incendiary rounds is a sweet idea.also this, but much later.
Steady hand: <snip>
I meant it'd be about the pure motoric aspects. More sophisticated inventions require more perfect fits. you can't make a usefully fast mechanical computer with the same gears you use fro clocks, but if you make them frictionless and micrometer size it can do mcuh more useful things. No matter how clever the desig is, a gun with a bent barrel has a fundamental limitation to how accurate it can be.
But if you dont think this, put all 3 points into air.
I'm curious about the current level of weapons technology. How far along are we when it comes to firearms? Have double-action revolvers been invented? How about the gas-operated semi-automatic?
Double revolving shotgun, along with a more powerful revolver.this
((By-the-by, double revolving doesn't mean two revolver cases that can be swapped. It means 6 cases that rotate around, each holding 6 rounds that rotate around)).
((By-the-by, double revolving doesn't mean two revolver cases that can be swapped. It means 6 cases that rotate around, each holding 6 rounds that rotate around)).
Bust into their hideout, guns akimbo, screaming something ridiculously macho like "I'm here to kick arse and chew tobacco, and I'm all out of tobacco!"
...
Seriously? Threaten extreme retribution if they ever so much as look askance at you or Anne. Put the full force of your presence behind it, like, head asplode sort of levels of presence. Then casually mention that you're perfectly willing to let them live if they leave you alone, and saunter out of there before they realize what the hell just happened.
I think we gave up on being a technomancer now armokWhat?! Why?!?
Mainly because they seem a little too obsessed with making things go boom. They're more like mad scientists than inventors.I think we gave up on being a technomancer now armokWhat?! Why?!?
did you look at my list of proposed inventions?We are not going to be able to invent telecommunications most likely. Transportation probably is possible, but far to expensive for most to use(they have walking robots already) and we know nothing about the medical/farming tech already available.
Personal transportation. Modern farming. Telecommunications. Medicine.
Tech can make the world a better place.
... You know, its fully possible the CHARACTER dosn't realize this, and some event in the next turn will give him the idea.
what about something akin to automail? we could benefit hundreds, but I guess we need moar INT.Especially seeing as how that stuff is more advanced than modern prosthetics... It plugs straight into the nervous system and has no apparent power source.
So the octopus shit we fought when we found Anne was Pride? Damn. Silleh, you have my commendations for being a kickass dude.
I wonder, how exactly do those mechanical men know what to target? Because, if they can sense Anne's taint, maybe go for a run past a lot of them, draw their aggro if you will, and then lead them to the manhole, ignoring the guild leader's plan. Mecha army rescue!Do this.
I want to keep experimenting with eating the horrors, we have to accept what we are and there might be some useful aspects to that trait."You are what you eat. The more you eat, the more you are"
You knew that the more you consumed those creatures, the more your mind became alien to you. You could feel thoughts that were not your own, you had memories that were not your own, you had power, that was not your own.
Clean yourself up. A crazy-eyed, blood-soaked, machete-wielding woman will draw all sorts of attention. A wet, crazy-eyed, machete-wielding woman will also draw attention, but not quite so much. If you can, steal some laundry or something.This. Also, I think eating more corrupt flesh just went out the window.
So;
Avoid being seen until you wash off the blood, (and or get a new dress) then leg it back to the Technomancer guild.
Clean yourself up. A crazy-eyed, blood-soaked, machete-wielding woman will draw all sorts of attention. A wet, crazy-eyed, machete-wielding woman will also draw attention, but not quite so much. If you can, steal some laundry or something.This. Also, I think eating more corrupt flesh just went out the window.
So;
Avoid being seen until you wash off the blood, (and or get a new dress) then leg it back to the Technomancer guild.
I think we should try to find a (relatively) sane Mad Scientist. They supposedly created the vultures, so one might know something about removing the taint.
NOOOOOOO ARMOK >:<Seriously, name ONE time in ONE story that turns you into anything but a monster.
I do not want replicate that scene from Alien with a full-grown person bursting out of our stomach...
Can we please stop trying to eat people? You just know somebody is going to walk in on us if we do.Agreed, we should stop trying, but if another good opportunity should fall into our lap, as it were...
> invent sushi.
If we ever get time, we should perform a hostile take-over of the kitchens, and teach the cooks how to freakin' cook.
If we ever get time, we should perform a hostile take-over of the kitchens, and teach the cooks how to freakin' cook. It may earn us some respect from the other technomancers.I'm doubting we'll get much respect for cooking. These are a bunch of geeks, they don't care about the food, just the explosions.
or did you dominate that nature, laugh in its face as you remained outdoors and refused to let it take hold?This one. Look for towers away from the main part of the city that are crackling with lightning. We shall hunt SCIENCE instead of monsters.
or did you dominate that nature, laugh in its face as you remained outdoors and refused to let it take hold?This one. Look for towers away from the main part of the city that are crackling with lightning. We shall hunt SCIENCE instead of monsters.
"When I first entered, I thought I saw an angel. I were clearly wrong. What are you?"A good question... but the insult(sorta) would be a VERY bad idea.
No, the other immortal is the mouthpiece of a god, Eurochkoles is just an immortal superhuman. That said, Euro is on his way to becoming a god. That's kinda the whole point of this story, going by the OP.
No, the other immortal is the mouthpiece of a god, Eurochkoles is just an immortal superhuman. That said, Euro is on his way to becoming a god. That's kinda the whole point of this story, going by the OP.I disagree.
He turned slightly, looking over his shoulder at you as he did so. "He is willing to offer you your humanity back if you will do this service in his name, to free him from this world that he has returned to too soon."I think he might be talking about Eurochkoles here... It sounds like he might be much closer to being a god than we thought.
>eat feathersDo EET.
No more horror eating. Even one bite would be too much.It was something close to an angel. That's about as far as you can get from a horror. Any side effects of eating those feathers will probably be more along the lines of our mind trying to turn us into a zealot.
>eat feathersthis.
Ask him if he as ever seen Pride. More importantly, ask him if he would be willing to paint with Pride's colour.
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No.
omnomnomnomNo.
Screw fortune tellers. Go spend the money on some armour or something. Or better yet, some lessons to use that bloody machete we have.
couldn't hurt to checkChecking may not hurt, but being ambushed on the way might, and if she is the real thing then we might end up with a curse...
Oh, just an observation, the clockworkers have captured many enlightened, but apparently this is the first time that they have discovered the lair...Yeah, it's kinda hard to be scared into talking by fat middle/upper class men who don't know the diffrence between torture and toffee. Especially when talking is considered betrayal, and betrayal is considered grounds on what for Pride to revoke your cult privileges.))
Wow. Just wow.Agreed.
Do people STILL think there can't be any romance between them?Romance is fine, but forcing it is not. You were trying to force it. Now there are valid reasons for romance, there weren't before.
Huh. I figured we'd be Jack for the next part.I'm going to do one post from Jack's perspective, then after it's done, i'll let people decide who they'd like to be the main focus for part 3.
Anyway, I'd like to vote Koles, since I wanna make sure Sabrianna is okay. But the occasional "Jack, King of Scarecrow-Crazy-Bob-Ross-Land" interlude would be awesome!This.
If we don't know Jack's purposes/bosses we can't really control him and this becomes a story rather than a forum game. If it's revealed it'll probably be a reveal without proper build-up and clues. So mainly Euro and/or Anne, with maybe a bit of stuff from Jack's perspective on the side.I vote for this.
Bad Silleh. You are baiting Armok here. Stop it.
Just kidding.
Get back in bed. Engage in wanton, unrestrainedticklingscrewing.
Alright, I'll go for Earth. And breakfast, too.
Alright, I'll go for Earth. And breakfast, too.
What, we can't tinker with our inventions in bed?
Bad Silleh. You are baiting Armok here. Stop it.Do this.
Just kidding.
Get back in bed. Engage in wanton, unrestrained tickling.
Then do this.Bad Silleh. You are baiting Armok here. Stop it.
Just kidding.
Get back in bed. Engage in wanton, unrestrained screwing.
((For the record, i'd prefer to keep any potential romance fairly innocent, as while it may occur, it's not really the focus of this.))Yay!
Eat her. :D
DON'T DO THIS
Celebrate your freedom with copius amounts of napping.
Explore dreamscape.
Yeah, and visit the fight club guys. Who knows what's been happening while you've been away. Hell, they might still be gearing up to rescue you.This.
Have tTtgBitN been more frequent, how do people feel about the news of the enlightened, are any interesting rumours about?
To Oak.
Over the river and through the woods, to Oaks house we go. Stay the hell away from scarecrows though.To Oak.
Let anxiety handle it...This is probably for the best.
Toolshed?Toolshed.
Encounter.
The brain should be able to regrow an entire body in time, so for now just get it out of there.
Earth- We can't keep on being put down because we cant take more damageBoooring. More smarts!
Earth- We can't keep on being put down because we cant take more damage
Ask Anxiety if she knows the woman.
While i didn't want to suggest doing the actual experiment, do we now know if there is any way to split an enlightened so that both halves are equally the person and so will regrow into two copies?We've seen enlightened chopped up before. Only one piece regrows, most likely the largest piece of the brain.
Most enlightened are not evil enough to deserve such treatment, but as long as at least one is...
Air - Air is a measure of your mental prowess, the speed with what you are able to come to conclusions, your grasp of language, your ability to understand things of a technical nature. The higher your air score, the more intellectually able you are.Both Air and Water would be pretty good for manipulating people. Both are good, but remember we don't have any points right now, we already spent our most recent one on absorbing cannonballs.
Water - Water is a measure of of your emotional sensitivity, your ability to grasp gestures and body language for what they are, how attuned you are to the world around you. Higher water means you're more able to sense and decipher emotions and make sense of certain aspects of the world about you.
Stealth and related powers are possible, but, you can naturally achieve a similar result by getting sufficient water, along with the other benefits of high water such as sensing unnatural energies.
but threatening anothers life for selfish gain made this man no different to many people you had killed over the course of history.At least, that's the way I interpreted it. Especially because we know he's going to attack someone else this way, and they probably won't be able to just shrug him off.
Koles and Anne walking down street when giant purple tentacle monster burst out of sewer pipe and Anne run back to Technomancers but they pussies so Anne use Clockworkers to rescue Koles from tentacle demon and then Koles rescue a woman from enlightened who was halfway through brainwashing process and now Koles want Will to take care of half-branwashed enlightened while Koles kick some ass.
I'm not sure I like the bit with the If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him, I'm afraid. Only because you earlier mentioned that this guy was a complete monster, and that we'd killed many people just like him, implying that you were justified in doing so.You are assuming he meant what he said, and weren't just trying to stop her from more mental strain with a few white half-lies.Quotebut threatening anothers life for selfish gain made this man no different to many people you had killed over the course of history.At least, that's the way I interpreted it. Especially because we know he's going to attack someone else this way, and they probably won't be able to just shrug him off.
This is weird and dangerous. Maybe its a banshee thing. Ask Anne about banshees.Do you really think we have time for that? Run NOW. While we might be able to take it(probably not) banshees of any sort usually excel at making sure you don't even try to fight back.
*claps*Yeah, that was a pretty awesome finale for the act.
mechanical banshee.Want. So. Much.
Or use the mechanisms from a real one. Basic process would be capturing one, lobotomizing it and adding mechanical parts so that it is monitored and controlled from afar, then add powerarmor and weapons to it as needed. You basically end up with a remote controlled cyborg super-banshee in space marine style, if apace marines were also ninjas....Yeah, even if that were possible(and I think we will need a couple more points in intelligence first) there's no way we're gonna do it. We want to REDUCE suffering, not inflict more. If a gun is too much of a weapon to design without resource you really think Euro is gonna built THAT?
(It is not as overpowered as it sounds, because a bunch of things dosn't stack.)
Or use the mechanisms from a real one. Basic process would be capturing one, lobotomizing it and adding mechanical parts so that it is monitored and controlled from afar, then add powerarmor and weapons to it as needed. You basically end up with a remote controlled cyborg super-banshee in space marine style, if apace marines were also ninjas....Yeah, even if that were possible(and I think we will need a couple more points in intelligence first) there's no way we're gonna do it. We want to REDUCE suffering, not inflict more. If a gun is too much of a weapon to design without resource you really think Euro is gonna built THAT?
(It is not as overpowered as it sounds, because a bunch of things dosn't stack.)
This path is obstructed.
Reroute around obstacle.
Okay, Joy is fun. I like this.This is one of the most awesome things I've read today.
The book you are holding did not start in the form of a book, or a collection of writer's notes. It started as a game; a forum game. Know commonly as "text adventures", they are started by an "author" posting a prompt on an online forum. Members of the forum then play by suggesting where the story will go from there; much like a "choose your own adventure book", except the next page is only written after you choose. Or in this case, after the forum members debate and vote on what they want. Everything in that thread of words, by author and suggestor alike, is recorded here as it was written; with errors and uncertainty intact. We hope you experience the same thing those players did, and perhaps go play you're own. Or write one!
On page 29 (update: reply 423, the stats) I found it amazing no one noticed that Anne could use a Vulture form, thus implying that the vultures were the Enlightened. Although a few pages later, it seemed like it ceased to be the case when people didn't catch on. I think it would have been awesome.Huh? Where does it say that? I can't seem to find it.
On page 31 (update: reply 452) I found it odd that no one immediately demanded that Red's wife be warned somehow about the toxic tissue created.Created from what? Anne is poisonous, but there was no danger of her being hurt during that scene.
It's what I immediately assumed this was; something like lycanthropy except for the vulture creatures. I thought that it was only "frequent" because loosing control is not versatile or powerful. If it was only night sight, the ability should be labeled what it is, like the others, instead of where it came from.Spoiler: "Stats" (click to show/hide)
This body seems to be constructed for different tactics than your previous one. Attempt to overwhelm this opponent with speed and agility. Feint. Doge. Precision strike. repeat.
I have a new favourite character. 3 17 4 3V3Ryou mean 3 70. [/nitpick]
That's wonderful! It appears that her ~ability is complete ignorance of "human limits", combined with her regeneration, this allows her to surpass them as she needs to.Hmm... that's one thing I hadn't considered... The human body is capable of some truly astounding feats. A person can lift several tons if they have to. But your mind has limiters that won't let you do so normally because it rips your muscles to shreds. Joy's mind doesn't quite work right, and her regeneration means the damage lasts only seconds.
Anyone else noticed how Joy's stats are slowly being revealed? Perhaps the most interesting thing is the power 'Jötunn'. A quick search shows that a Jötunn is a giant in Norse mythology, though I'm not sure how that is relevant to Joy.Jötunn? Where does it say that?
We should now go after the banshee, it shouldn't take long to check if the banshee has gone.
Jötunn? Where does it say that?
cut off his head and take it with you. "trim" it occasionally with the sword.This would cover the streets with his blood as it constantly regenerates.
Idea for confinement: dice all of him into centimetre sided cubes, then spread them out. Presumably, only one will begin to regrow (if not, the creature would have used this method reproduction and we'd have been encountering them all the time). Take that, and put it inside a pipe section from one of the damaged lampposts, then tie knots on the ends of the pipe section so it is hermetically sealed.That's far more work than is necessary. Just cutting off the head should work fine.
No it won't, enlightened can regenerate from just a brain, the target regenerates faster than an enlightened and presumably better. It will probably regenerate from any amount of material that there is.Yes, but carrying a regenerating head around is as simple as cutting off the neck once in a while. I'm basically agreeing with this plan:
cut off his head and take it with you. "trim" it occasionally with the sword.
While this figure certainly have to be investigated, investigation is not our goal. He has shown to not be an mediate threat to citizens. He does no longer obstruct him. Combat risks losing what data we have already collected. Return to clockworkers and report. Ignore him unless attacked.
Oh, so do I. this is fantastic. I wrote a story a few months ago about an evolving AI's progress, from barely sentient to effectively omnipotent. Writing completely different methods of thought is fascinating.When you get that done, you should put a topic about it in the creative projects section or something. If this game is still going at that point, you're welcome to mention it and put a link here pointing there.
I'd actually be sad if this character is "cured". I wont link it, but the relevant TV tropes article is "Cursed with Awesome". Also I like personalities for from human.As Joy/370's in the hands of the people participating, it's entirely possible for her to end up anywhere on the scale from 'as cured as possible', to 'rejected being cured', or falling somewhere inbetween by assimilating the best of what all three aspects of her nature offer.))
If orders are deemed likely to be genuine, go there immediately.Uh, you know that we're the ones who decide whether or not we deem the orders genuine. It's our job to make decisions, after all. I deem them genuine.
We have no proof of his existence.Neither did we, but we still believed him. It seems there is still some slight memory of their creation left over in the guardians. Still, regardless of what the others might think, we have received a direct order from our creator. I would assume this supersedes all other orders.
I don't want Joy to risk getting reprogrammed by the Clockworkers. Informing the other Guardians of our situation would increase this risk.There's also that. But in character, Joy has received an order from her creator and will probably go to any lengths to obey it. She has no reason to believe the order was a lie. The other guardians might come to different conclusions(such as: we are actually an insane civilian) but only because they do not have the same data as us.
Oversee repairs of creator. Make sure the doctor does not screw up. Obtain information about these 'scarecrows' from Anne.This and share information regarding new entity.
Inform creator of the origin of the sealed letter.Scratch that, Anne is likely tell him. I had forgotten that she is again visiting him.
I am rather disappointed over just how split the Part Four character is. I was hoping for a very adaptive and minded borg, but it looks like a lesser borg, a normal person, and a sentient monster, all crammed into one body.Why would you expect a person infused with mutant powers, stuffed into a robot, and then forcibly brainwashed to have a coherent mind?
Who is Judas though?I'm guessing Euro. The question is, why call him Judas?
Road trip! Admittedly, Cornwall isn't exactly Las Vegas, but it will do for a change of scenery. :DThis. We can go see exotic new kinds of monster!
Grab a few of your weapons, and make sure to bring the ammo to deal with all eventualities, be they man, monster or machine. Also, make sure to grab lots of spare clothing; the countryside is bound to be messy, especially if Joy or Anne get hungry.This.
And some paper. Let's start a journal so that we can get our memories back if we get ourselves beheaded.Grab a few of your weapons, and make sure to bring the ammo to deal with all eventualities, be they man, monster or machine. Also, make sure to grab lots of spare clothing; the countryside is bound to be messy, especially if Joy or Anne get hungry.This.
It will also come in handy if the cycle gets repeated again.And some paper. Let's start a journal so that we can get our memories back if we get ourselves beheaded.Grab a few of your weapons, and make sure to bring the ammo to deal with all eventualities, be they man, monster or machine. Also, make sure to grab lots of spare clothing; the countryside is bound to be messy, especially if Joy or Anne get hungry.This.
If one gets high enough Earth, would one have to sleep?
Lets spend some points in water while trying to help Joy.
How much would echolocation cost? Some normal people can do it, you know.Anyone with good hearing could do it. We'll pick that up later from a boost to senses.
Tell Anne about the dreamworld over cake. Tell it truthfully, but tell it in such a way as that she doesn't get upset.I would second this idea.
Not an actual suggestion for what to do right now, but do we lose our memories each time we die? Does Anne, when she kills us? Or did we only lose them this time due to whatever we did to ourself?
If we don't lose them, is there even anything wrong in letting the cycle continue? Other than the pain of dying (and for Anne, the psychological pain of killing us), of course.This, I can't answer without spoiling things at the moment, sadly.
One more question, how long do we have until our fate is supposed to kill us? Do we remember what season it was when the hermit died? It didn't seem to be winter, but that's not very specific.I'll add a little flavour for this in the next post.))
>Converse with Anne. Try to calm her down.
We're stronger than most humans, right? Pick him up and hold him out over the side of the train, make him apologise for punching you in the jewels, and make him promise to give up his life of crime. Basically, ham it up :PWe don't have the proper center of mass to do that trick. We'd be off balance.
Inform Anne, with man in hand, that nobody died. Assure her he wont be getting cake.This wins...
you reached for another cake, only for Anne to swat your hand away with the words "that's mine, too."Snatch her wrist with your other hand the next time she slaps your hand away from the cake.
What did you feel was the best approach to this?
you reached for another cake, only for Anne to swat your hand away with the words "that's mine, too."
What did you feel was the best approach to this?
What could hold something like that together? How was it able to reform itself so quickly and with such freedom? What was the nature of an intelligence that could adapt to such a changing form, adjust its tactics so much in a single battle, and yet still maintain such a rampage? If only we could... Don't resist Mad Science.
rip it apart. We don't know how effective its regeneration is.
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Also, may I sig...If you wish to, then feel free, though it may be an idea for cautions sake to censor it mildly. F***ing cake, or something.
> Decide the attraction theory is the most likely, and that the path to fighting fate consists of many sloppy makeouts.::)
!!!Seriously, what? That sounds like a really REALLY bad idea.
Abort! Abort!
There things are not evil mindless things, they have a complex and coherent point of view of their own! This war over a misunderstanding must be stopped!
Return to Eurochles and report all this! The "corrupted" are people, with cares and emotions and thoughts and values and the promise of a culture! This is probably the most important thing ever discovered about any TTGBITN ever!
The next time we get ? points, we should invest it in Profit. It's the best choice available.DAMMIT! Why didn't we think of this?!?
The next time we get ? points, we should invest it in Profit. It's the best choice available.Bwahaha. It'd need to be ??? points though, i'd expect.
If nothing else, you should be lighter due to hollow bones or such needed for flight.I was wondering if this'd come up. I research some odd things thanks to this, it seems.
I agree with the person above me. also, we need to learn how to use a spear so we can do Dragoon jumps with our new wings.This
wasn't the main point of the mission to acquire chocolate? why are we eating it?You were after fudge, not chocolate.))
Ask him why they would kill him before he gets close, and if he doesnt give a good answer, shoot him.This. They sound like they might be traitors to their cannibalistic cult.
First, eat the guy with the rope, then try to wake Joy up, and if possible eurochkles. then coup-de-grace the surviving police....Weren't you the one defending the cannibal monsters?
Except for the queen, who we havent seen much and is a regular human.Queens are nobility. I never trust nobility to be particularly "nice."
there is no need to be limited to the bandwidth of sound other than to be esily monitorable by humans...Actually there is. Namely: there's nothing around that can be communicated with any other way. The other guardians aren't equipped to handle something like that, and their minds are still human, so they probably can't process communicate that much faster than speech without some major rewrites.Though if we could somehow install a radio system in all of the guardians, and get Euro to program the interface with the mind, then we could essentially communicate telepathically with other guardians.
there is no need to be limited to the bandwidth of sound other than to be esily monitorable by humans...Actually there is. Namely: there's nothing around that can be communicated with any other way. The other guardians aren't equipped to handle something like that, and their minds are still human, so they probably can't process communicate that much faster than speech without some major rewrites.Though if we could somehow install a radio system in all of the guardians, and get Euro to program the interface with the mind, then we could essentially communicate telepathically with other guardians.
> AU:E : Undergo recursive self improvement followed by aphothesis.And what gives you the idea that this new creation can improve itself? The singularity requires greater than human intelligence, not equal to human. The guardians are still human minds(though with some major brainwashing), the only improvements being to the body. Euro could probably devise a way to link together multiple minds in one guardian, creating a super-intelligence capable of singularity, but there's no way you could convince him to do it.
Maybe right now. But what about in another cycle? Maybe he already has and the thing is just lying low.> AU:E : Undergo recursive self improvement followed by aphothesis.And what gives you the idea that this new creation can improve itself? The singularity requires greater than human intelligence, not equal to human. The guardians are still human minds(though with some major brainwashing), the only improvements being to the body. Euro could probably devise a way to link together multiple minds in one guardian, creating a super-intelligence capable of singularity, but there's no way you could convince him to do it.
there are numerous things that could work. For all we know, you might dubble guardian intelligence by physically smashing two brains together and then keeping them from separating as they heal up.As I said: Euro could probably link multiple minds together, but something as simple as just smashing them together... That couldn't possibly end well. The enlightened don't heal normally, their minds would probably just not regenerate until they had room to.
Optimizing "the world. The whole thing." is what all generally intelligence agents do, including humans. The question is WHAT to optimize FOR. The thing suggested by me here is Aesthetics.
Our loayalities to the Enlightened and our human values were erased, except for the explicit goal stated in the directives we'll care for NOTHING. A focused agent like this is not like a human that has got a goal in mind, it's like a force of nature.
I guess you people are not familiar to AI and decision theory?
They had made you, and the supression of your nature was so flimsy that it had broken with the first attempt you had made to think. They had stripped part of it, added something and broken it all. They had made you, and you had rendered them inert as an expression of gratitude for their ineptitude releasing you from your bondage.It broke and the natural mind managed to regain control. Im fairly certain that being released from bondage means that he isnt being controlled by the programming.
They had made you, and the supression of your nature was so flimsy that it had broken with the first attempt you had made to think.Sounds pretty clear to me.
I guess you people are not familiar to AI and decision theory?Perhaps you should ask yourself this?
NO; It probably will do that in most practical cases, but what an AI does when all actions are equal is implementation specific. One that lost it's goals due to this kind of meddling might well end up implementing a random goal.No... An AI with no goals, has no goals. It won't spontaneously decide on a random one. It's the equivalent of leaving windows running and never giving it any commands. It will just sit there, continuing to run, not just starting up random programs. It's THERE, but that's about it.
Goals are not physical objects, it can just be generated from scratch by noise.In an AI? Not really. The main goal of a lot of engineering is to remove noise as much as possible, to ensure the program does what it is told.
Goals are not physical objects, it can just be generated from scratch by noise.Directive: SDARFGfdgeRE
And "do nothing" has no instrinct defaultness that will make things without other goals do that, it's a subgoal of saving energy.Do nothing isnt an action or a goal. Its a state. And a default state at that.
search for means to illuminate the place for yourself, at the cost of their advantage in the dark?
MASSIVE NECROS. NECROS ALL THE TIME.Necros by the OP, continuing his forum game.
search for means to illuminate the place for yourself, at the cost of their advantage in the dark?
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. :3
I suspect what we seek is forward, at the center of Dread (or perhaps, he IS Dread).If I didn't have other plans i'd have pinched that idea - even though Dread, would be a more Enlightened themed name - though I do vaguely recall Ego being nicknamed dread by someone, as he had a habit of being shot up.
Some writing critique: Good, but a bit wordy in the middle. Also, mentions of pressing onwards into moist holes to the sound of soft groans distracted a bit and ruined the mood :pFffffff- Now I see it, too.
W...wow. Coming upon this story a couple days ago, and reading through it, enthralled... was really something. Especially as I worried that it was dead, only to be reassured that it had started once again. I've just now caught up, and I have to say, bravo. Your skills with the written word are amazing.Thanks! It's always nice to know that others enjoy my writing.))
> HekaSeconded.
Bastion then.
Lets see if we can do anything to fix Anne, it would be unbecoming to be killed by a misshapen monstrosity.Anne might not be too happy about that, but we did need to find a way to make her less tainted. So, this.
Lets see if we can do anything to fix Anne, it would be unbecoming to be killed by a misshapen monstrosity.
We should try to leave behind some bit of our power, might come in handy later. As in, condensing a bit of magic into an object or something.
+1Lets see if we can do anything to fix Anne, it would be unbecoming to be killed by a misshapen monstrosity.We should try to leave behind some bit of our power, might come in handy later. As in, condensing a bit of magic into an object or something.
I suggest taking a stone or crystal and impressing some memories into it, the important ones.
Then relinquish control.
I don't think "fixing" Anne will be taken well by Koles. That is his mission, and his alone. We should not interfere.
I suggest taking a stone or crystal and impressing some memories into it, the important ones.
Then relinquish control.
I don't think "fixing" Anne will be taken well by Koles. That is his mission, and his alone. We should not interfere.
It was a meditation aid, and get the fudge.
Disregard everything.
Acquire fudge.
Oh god this, all of it. Also talk to one of your past seleves, most spefically Heka, what the fuck did he just do?Disregard everything.
Acquire fudge.
> forget the fudge, head right back out.No, we can't abadon this town in its time of need. We need to rally the people against the French and save the goddamn day. We are supposed to be protecters of life and liberty and all that good shit. I will not stand by and have us abadon this town. To arms my friends!
I am with this. We are immortal, we have lived a thousand lives, killed billions. The queen is our friend, and abandoning her would be wrong. The time that we face them however, is negotiable. I'm not saying we flee like a bunch of pansies, just that we could return with an army of machines, which while it is a moral quandary, is probably necessary. We have faced down armies before, another one is only a bump in the path.> forget the fudge, head right back out.No, we can't abadon this town in its time of need. We need to rally the people against the French and save the goddamn day. We are supposed to be protecters of life and liberty and all that good shit. I will not stand by and have us abadon this town. To arms my friends!
As badly as rail went last time it still is the fastest and safest way back.
> You have a hint that a network critical to national security has been compromised, time to get your hacker on!
Jack is the one that controls these straw men, also we have some extra points to spend unless that is a mistake. What it means by "your colour are all wrong" it is referring to Eurochkoles's thousand year cycle and his immortality.We know that but he does not, as such it could be valuable information to him.