TOR intermissions - Be the prince of mind

[M0rtimer]

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> Pot carnage ensues.

You smash up all the pots in the room- As expected, you find a key in one of them. Doesn't stop you from destroying every last one of them though.

41/1000 pots destroyed!

You know, you must admit that contrary to your previous belief, pots you smashed up rarely seem to contain loot. And ever since it became clear you were trying that, every single dungeon has been absolutely swarming with them. Like some kind of cruel joke of fate.

Anyways, it doesn't really matter. Time to move on. Let's hope you find some elemental to stab in his relative back some time soon.

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CD: Quickly, come up with a cooler alias!

CARPE DIEM!

CRAZY DANCER!

CANNED DRAGON!

CROOKED DEMOLITIONIST!

Hey, you say to yourself, that last one actually isn't too bad.

What? She says from the middle of the room.

OH MY GOODNESS YOU WERE THINKING OUT LOUD.

Tell her your name! Ask if you can hang out with her!

You introduce yourself as... The CROOKED DEMOLITIONIST. You say you would tell her your real name, but that she'd be in danger if you did.

She says Aren't you the Criken guy

You say perhaps. She smiles and says that's fine.

You ask if she'd be fine with you sitting with her for a while. She says sure. She then asks if you know the very last song. You say yes, and prepare your mandoline.

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You are now the HUMONGOUS BERSERKER again.

You have comen to the conclusion that this ISN'T WORKING.

You think it's getting time to take a look at your ABILITY LIST and see if you have anything that might potentially take down a foe that just keeps evading every hit you try to get in. What kind of ability would it be...

[Godbot]

> Go into a Blood Rage and chase him down!
> Use Heartstopper to slow him down!
> Use Heartbreaker to smash the floor into splinters!
> Use Heart Beatdown and just punch everything in the room in the blink of an eye!
> Use Blood Brothers to summon up one of your allies!
> Use Blood Pressure to increase the gravity in the room by flexing hard enough!
> Use Blood Rush to close in on him in an instant!
> Maybe Heartstech: Shoot the Moon will finally come in handy! (Nah, it won't.)

[M0rtimer]

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> Go into a Blood Rage and chase him down!

You could rage and potentially take him down with one hit thanks due to your ABSURD ATTACK STAT... But you're not sure if this would actually make you more likely to hit the damn guy.

> Use Heartbreaker to smash the floor into splinters!

Oh yeah. Now THAT would work. The only thing is that it's a daily. You're not sure if you want to waste it on this guy if you might have something else that could work.

> Use Heart Beatdown and just punch everything in the room in the blink of an eye!

Not all of your abilities are based around the damned card suit. Most of them are just regular berserk-

> Use Heartstopper to slow him down!

> Use Heart Beatdown and just punch everything in the room in the blink of an eye!

> Use Blood Brothers to summon up one of your allies!

> Use Blood Pressure to increase the gravity in the room by flexing hard enough!

> Use Blood Rush to close in on him in an instant!

...

> Maybe Heartstech: Shoot the Moon will finally come in handy! (Nah, it won't.)

Yeah. That at-will power is basically useless. I mean, what good is an ability that can only be used to retaliate damage you've taken if you can dish out more damage...

...Oh.

You quickly activate SHOOT THE MOON- An ability that can only be activated when you've been "collecting" all the damage while dishing out none- And fire off an massive area attack by slamming the SLEDGEHEART into the ground, returning all the damage the bastards done to you by double!

The SPEED ELEMENTAL has been slain.

You phone the boss, saying that he can be crossed off the list as a hallway opens in front of you. The boss says good.

1. HOPE
2. MUSIC
4. SPEED
5. DEATH
6. BALANCE
7. LUCK
8. WAR
9: SPACE
10: RIDDLE

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You are now the DREADED DIVINER.

You just killed the HOPE ELEMENTAL.

It was surprisingly easy. You could have put in detail how you defeated him... But honestly, you just kept casting DESPAIR at him until he collapsed. You phone the boss and tell him the good news. A passage ahead opens for you as well.

1. HOPE
2. MUSIC
4. SPEED
5. DEATH
6. BALANCE
7. LUCK
8. WAR
9: SPACE
10: RIDDLE

[Godbot]

> Hope Elemental: YOU WON'T BE DEFEATED THAT EASILY

NOT WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP ON YOUR SIDE

[M0rtimer]

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> Hope Elemental: YOU WON'T BE DEFEATED THAT EASILY

NOT WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP ON YOUR SIDE

You are now SPERATUS. You are a HOPE ELEMENTAL.

You are currently in the ELEMENTAL PLANES after you were easily defeated by a mage who just kept spamming the DESPAIR spell. Which, frankly, you think is complete bullshit.

Oh hey look SCOUT is here already as well.

Let's go make friends.

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You are now the SERPENTINE SCOUNDREL again.

You entered into a new room- Judging by the fact there's three other passageways leading back, you guess the others will arrive soon as well. But you suppose you're first for now. As usual, there's more pots- As well as a drawing and writing on the wall... Oh. You recognize this.

It's something you've come by upon many of your later travels- Deep within dungeons, you'd find this symbol, accompanied by texts of lore which you never really cared that much about. It's something called... "The Prize"?

But honestly, you never bothered finding out what it was supposed to be, and it never really mattered. All you have to do is punch the bad guys in the face and it'll end up alright. You think you saved the world once? You're not sure.

Anyways, you might as well scout ahead while you wait for the other- Wait. Is that.

...Oh god no. It's...

It's the riddle elemental. Okay, not too bad. You're just going to stab it to death before you have to solve one of it's stupid riddles.

Oh, and there's the luck elemental. They're teaming up apparently.

Never before has suicide been such an tempting solution to a problem.

[madmartin26]

SS: In a fit of inspiration, ask the luck elemental whether it has ever tried removing its own luck to see what it feels like, and then if it says it hasn't, suggest that it tries it out, because having bad luck makes things interesting. If it is stupid enough to follow your advice, stab it. You did promise to make things interesting, after all.

[Godbot]

Just... just walk past them. Just leave.

[M0rtimer]

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SS: In a fit of inspiration, ask the luck elemental whether it has ever tried removing its own luck to see what it feels like, and then if it says it hasn't, suggest that it tries it out, because having bad luck makes things interesting. If it is stupid enough to follow your advice, stab it. You did promise to make things interesting, after all.

Hey, you say. Did you ever try removing your own luck.

Silly lizardman it yells in it's god damned annoying high-pitched voice- I am luck! Removing it from me would erase me from existence!

You say you don't see the problem with that and that he should try it. It says no.

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Just... just walk past them. Just leave.

Aha! The riddle elemental yells- Lizardman, you must now solve my riddle blah blah blah blah" you start to hear as you tune him out and walk past him- Turning back to give both of them the finger as they stare at you ignoring them. They're wimps. They're not going to do anything.

I'll give you a treasure if you get it right you suddenly hear him yell from behind you. You briefly pause and inquire whether or not this treasure would be magical. He says yes.

[Godbot]

Well, you guess you've got nothing to lose. So what's the riddle?

[Davecom3]

(Maybe you should encourage the luck elemental to work on being bad, as women dig bad boys and nice guys finish last.)

[M0rtimer]

Oh hey there Dave. Yeah, feel free to post in here- (same thing counts for any would-be lurkers that'd like to) Just keep in mind that these "intermissions" are based in the universe of the main thread "Threads of reality", and tie in with a certain way- That being said, most, hell, all of it should be playable from the perspective of someone who is not familiar with the game.

This intermission was basically meant to be something I could a) easily update since they're usually shorter and b) introduce some new concepts to the player. As a non-player that would have no true relevance to you, but that doesn't mean you couldn't enjoy it if you wanted to.

In the future I may or may not add other intermissions to flesh out stuff between NPC's more, but that's to be seen.

[Nerre]

I don't understand a thing currently...again.

[M0rtimer]

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Well, you guess you've got nothing to lose. So what's the riddle?

Fine, you say. Spit it out.

Oh lee and behold! It yells as you instantly regret your decision. Many fear me, but still cause me to others. I am a beginning and an end. I can arrive in many different forms. What am I?

You can already tell this is bullshit.

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(Maybe you should encourage the luck elemental to work on being bad, as women dig bad boys and nice guys finish last.)

You say hey to the little green guy. He should try being bad. Because the women like the bad boys. You say you speak from experience.

It says that it's lucky. If it really wanted to, he would walk into a club and be so damn lucky a damsel in distress falls straight into his arms.

It's just how he rolls.

[Davecom3]

You're a riddle elemental; can't you even remember that much?

[Godbot]

I dunno, pain? Death?

[M0rtimer]

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You're a riddle elemental; can't you even remember that much?

You say he's a riddle elemental and that he should know that already. He says haha smartass and that he takes no smartass answers.

He says you get one more shot.

He also mentions that he never said there wouldn't be repercussions is you get it wrong.

You say shit.

[gamecreator]

The answer is pain.

[Godbot]

The answer is pain.

Illustrate your point by stabbing the Riddle Elemental.

[Arch Lich Burns]

...Multiple times.

[madmartin26]

...In the neck, if it has one.

[M0rtimer]

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Fine, you say. The answer is pain.

The riddle elemental laughs- Wrong! The correct answer was de-

No, you interrupt him. You're pretty sure the answer is pain.

Allow me to demonstrate, you say- As you pull an ORNATE DAGGER out of the SPADES COAT, giving the riddle elemental a brutal stabbing with the help of your DAGGER SPECIALTY.

A funny thing that. You realized that so the weaker the weapon in general, so the more powerful it's specialization is. You pity the fools who specialized in generally strong weapons and got crap specializations.

Regardless, the riddle elemental couldn't stand up to your brutal stabbing, even with his lucky friend trying to give him a LUCKY 8REAK- He looks at his friend a bit sadly, glares at you, then runs off.

Seems like the elemental dropped the "prize" he promised- A ring of some kind. As well as some riddle essence which you're probably going to throw in the deepest pits of hell.

1. HOPE
2. MUSIC
4. SPEED
5. DEATH
6. BALANCE
7. LUCK
8. WAR
9: SPACE
10: RIDDLE

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Pain was a good answer, however, I don't see how pain is "both an beginning and an end"- While for Death, there is of course the saying that death is only the beginning, which would be especially true considering there's heaven/hell in this setting.

[Godbot]

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...I wonder how big the Jabbawack is?

> Hold onto the ring for now. Make CD try it on later.

[M0rtimer]

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> Hold onto the ring for now. Make CD try it on later.

Sure. You're pretty damn geared out already with all kinds of stealth gear, so it's doubtful that...

...Well now that is weird.

Usually when you pick up an item, you get some kind of description to what it does.

But the description of this ring appears to be completely blank. This... Raven ring.

Whatever. You'll have the mage check it out. He might not be an actual "diviner", but he should at least be able to tell if the ring is actually magical or just a piece of crap.

In the meantime, you're not sure if you should just stealth ahead or wait for the others to get here.

[Davecom3]

>Stab the ring. It's secretly one of them.

[M0rtimer]

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>Stab the ring. It's secretly one of them.

Good idea. Better to err on the safe side.

...

Nope, nothing. At least you can confirm the item is most likely either magical or an artifact- You can't just destroy those after all, like a normal ring would after a few of your vicious STABS.