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spümpkin

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[(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« on: April 05, 2017, 02:45:06 pm »

Darkness...

Blackness...

Floating in the void, the absence of anything. You do not exist. You struggle for breath, but there is no air to breathe, nor is there a you to breathe it.

Oh, but what's this? Something... is here, with you?



They appear to be waiting for you, as far as you can tell from the expressionless line that makes up their face. Their body appears to be formed of ambient noise, not quite looking real, although definitely there.

They await your answer. Questions appear in your head.

What is your name?
What is your phylactery?
(Phylactery can be anything that isn't an abstract concept or alive. Can be changed later.)
What was your profession, and why are you here?

You have a feeling there's more than a few details missing, but at least you can attempt to answer these.

« Last Edit: April 09, 2017, 05:34:49 am by spümpkin »
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dont call me a shitposter, call me a spirit one with the shitpost atman
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2017, 02:52:10 pm »

Baltimore
A crystal of sulfur
You were a practitioner of magic, and you dug too deep.
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2017, 02:56:26 pm »

Seoule Fugué.
A plush cat.
Writer, though also a dabbling practitioner of magic.
Depends on where "here" is. Perhaps research? Either for a new novel, or forbidden magic?
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Work on a potential forum game for my return to Bay12. Figure out parts that puzzled me before. Find more things to figure out that I can't. Work on another game instead of solving them. Get distracted and stop working. Remember it a week or two later. Remember I'm still on hiatus. Illogically, Be too ashamed to return yet. Repeat ad nauseam.

Finally have a game completely ready. Wait a week before posting it out of laziness.

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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2017, 03:18:48 pm »

Bethany Sedda
A needle
A tailor, mundane as they come. We haven't a clue -- our work was interrupted by a loud crack, then searing pain, and then...
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2017, 05:39:44 pm »

Ooh, hi.
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2017, 05:48:43 pm »

Baltimore
A crystal of sulfur
You were a practitioner of magic, and you dug too deep.

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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2017, 05:52:33 pm »

Bethany Sedda
A needle
A tailor, mundane as they come. We haven't a clue -- our work was interrupted by a loud crack, then searing pain, and then...
+1
Though if we're from Earth...Our hometown should totally be Baltimore.
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2017, 11:19:04 pm »

Bethany Sedda
A needle
A tailor, mundane as they come. We haven't a clue -- our work was interrupted by a loud crack, then searing pain, and then...

They both sound neat but I'm gonna go with this
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2017, 11:39:30 pm »

Bethany Sedda
A needle
A tailor, mundane as they come. We haven't a clue -- our work was interrupted by a loud crack, then searing pain, and then...

They both sound neat but I'm gonna go with this
This works :D PTW; always wondered how you work into digital art.
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2017, 02:24:46 am »

So many thoughts rush through your head... Were you a magician? A writer? No, no....

Bethany Sedda
A needle
A tailor, mundane as they come. We haven't a clue -- our work was interrupted by a loud crack, then searing pain, and then...

You were a tailor, that's right!... Sadly not as particularly interesting as the others, but it'll do. You try to say your answers, but you remember that your mouth still doesn't quite exist. You think them, however, and the being seems to recognize that you have answered, as it nods.



A split second afterwards, you are brought back into existence. No, wait, you just have a body now. But, now you're a body in the void. Better than nothing, you guess. Still kinda fuzzy, but hopefully that gets better over time.



After getting accustomed to your new(?) body, you find more thoughts entering your mind. Presumably from the stoic being, although you cannot seem to find them anywhere nearby.

Your trials now begin. You will be taught how to live in this world once more. You have one chance.

Hm. How encouragingly ominous. To the pain of your eyes, a shining light appears in front of you, in the shape of letters. The letters spell out 'TRIAL ONE: EXPLORATION'. Exploration? What's that supposed to mean?


(You are represented by the purple dot at the base of the map)
Whatever it means, you can now see an environment in front of you. What is essentially a large canyon lies in front of you, and according to the new information you just got given through your thoughts, there is an item that needs to be found in it. Wow, a scavenger hunt in the afterlife. You don't know what you expected, but it wasn't whatever this is.

Now what?
« Last Edit: April 06, 2017, 02:32:09 am by spümpkin »
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in our own special way we are all shitpost
each day, when the sun shines and greets us with a smile, at least one of us finds that inner strength to spout bullshit on a forum revolving around the systemized slaughter of midgets
dont call me a shitposter, call me a spirit one with the shitpost atman
Quote from: Descan
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2017, 02:30:27 am »

take the needles out that must hurt
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2017, 02:41:05 am »

Go check out that squiggly bit on that cross-shaped afterlife island.
Also examine yourself. Can you feel the texture? Your sight seems to be in these specific colors but what about your other senses?
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2017, 02:43:30 am »

Move forwards and examine the purple region.
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2017, 04:09:29 pm »

Move forwards and examine the purple region.
+1
Nowhere to go but forwards.
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Re: [(I?)SG] Empty Vessel - Chapter 0: A terrible fate...
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2017, 03:30:10 pm »

Inspect the canyon wall.
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