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Re: The Island (Turn 20: Daybreak)

Post by BadgeAddict » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:45 pm

Given that I missed the text 'Off in the distance he spots a small island" I am changing my turn.

"I was just walking on solid ground and now I am in an Ocean of swords. Something feels off about this." Dances thinks to himself. Dances remembers being on solid ground, and water doesn't have swords in it. Dances will ignore the dream swords and begin paddling the boat towards the island in the distance.

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Re: The Island (Turn 20: The First Night)

Post by Theis2 » Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:19 am

Once shackled decides being watch is enough/waking up from an accidently nap he moves down and starts moving the barrel up towards the campsite

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Re: The Island (Turn 20: Daybreak)

Post by thinkslogically » Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:44 am

Cool thanks :) Didn't miss it, just that there were no actions you could really take at the end of the night. Will carry them forward for this next turn.

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Re: The Island (Turn 20: Daybreak)

Post by Theis2 » Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:59 am

thinkslogically wrote:Cool thanks :) Didn't miss it, just that there were no actions you could really take at the end of the night. Will carry them forward for this next turn.
Hehe, I just know from my own updating that I tend to not look at the post before my latest update unless there is a reason to check it :P
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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by thinkslogically » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:28 am

Turn 21

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"Morning, everyone. Anyone have plans about what we should do today? Anyone else had some strange dreams?"
"Well, we could try and get as much materials here as possible. All those other planks that are lying all around the island, the chest that Swallows unlocked, the empty barrel - which we could fill with drinking water, if we find some - more food, if you are able to catch some of those fish or the monkeys on the palm trees ... Why doesn't he wake up?" she asks. "I hope he just was super tried yesterday, and needs to sleep in a bit. I would like to stay here and keep an eye on him, just in case."
"You guys are never going to believe the dream I had last night! I am famished! My first act today shall be to get a good taste of those ants you found yesterday. Yo, Dances, the sun is up, lazy-head! Dances? He's not waking up! Does anyone remember whether he's the one who ate those blue plants or something?"
"Uh....I ate the blue plants. They were nasty. Not good for food. Maybe for anesetic....I wonder....Can I borrow a knife or something pointy?"
"Sure, whatever, I don't have much use with it anyway.."

The goblins chat about their dreams, worry about Dances and then generally decide that breakfast (or lack thereof) is probably of most pressing concern and start taking care of their tasks for the day.

Kin settles down down to work on turning her sticks into needles and manages to get one carved into shape. The other one snaps in half as she tries to put an eye into it though.

Treasure stretches and hands his cutlass over to Silver and Shackles appears from the south.

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Swallows checks that Dances is still breathing and, deciding that there's nothing she can do for him at the moment, heads north where she collects herself a nice big ant-collecting stick. Hmmm... The smell from yesterday seems to have gone...

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Write doesn't specify which beach she wants to go to, so she lets her feet decide and ends up over at the fish pool. She searches around but the only shells she can find are old and broken and don't seem particularly suitable for a shrine. Damn.

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Silver heads to the nearest beach with planks and arrives at the beach they all washed up on yesterday.

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"I was just walking on solid ground and now I am in an Ocean of swords. Something feels off about this."

Danger meanwhile, is having his own problems. He's not entirely sure where he is, but he's damn sure that swords shouldn't be alive and attacking him for no reason. Suddenly, the water is calm and he is able to paddle his little raft towards the island. With a crunch, the wooden vessel runs aground on a gravelly beach and - Oh. That's not good... A freezing wind whistles around his ears.

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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by Theis2 » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:37 am

Shiny moves to Silvers current location, and tries to remember to bring the barrel back to the camp site this time.
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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by Arch Lich Burns » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:50 am

Silver starts working on the planks to make throwable darts.

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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by BadgeAddict » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:05 am

Dances stumbles a bit on the gravely shore and then looks up. He takes a step back as he sees all of his fellow survivors hung from the rocks above. While trying to understand what all of this means he notices one of the monkeys from the island. "Odd" Dances thinks to himself, how did he get here. Thinking that the monkey is here as a guide, dances calls out to it "Hello there.....Monkey. Are you here to help me, can you tell me what all of this means?".

1. If the Monkey replies with words, remain on the beach.

2. If the Monkey does not reply with words and simply shrieks (like monkeys do), pick up a piece of gravel and chuck it at the monkey and then, depending on what happens proceed North.

If 2. happens: Angry at himself for trying to talk to a monkey, Dances picks a sizeable chunk of gravel off the ground and throws it as hard as he can at the monkey. He shivers as starts to walks under the bodies of his friends and comrades. All he can hear is the crunch crunch of his footsteps as he walks through the gravel and the whistling shrieks and moans of the wind. One of the bodies above is caught by a breeze and begins to gently sway. What little confidence Dances had quickly leaves as he sees the bodies swaying in the cold wind. He yells "aughhhh" and runs north.

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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by Maiandra » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:07 am

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Image "Would you look at this! Just what I was looking for! Now to convince the ants that they want to get in my belly... without hurting me."

Swallows cautiously approaches the ant hill further down the path and coaxes some six-legged yummies onto her stick. For breakfast!

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Move: North
Major: use ant-catching stick to catch ants, and eat one if there's time left. If eating is for next turn, salivate a little in anticipation.

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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by I'mBob » Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:36 pm

"You know, my dream had something to do with a black stone, like those we saw on the island everywhere.. I'm going to check some of them" Treasure says and goes to the place where the black stone and the seagulls were. He then talks to the stone. "Ummm... Stone, I'm not normal to talk stones, but I had a strange dream last night that involved a stone that looks a bit like you.. So umm.. Can you help me somehow?"
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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by GathersIngredients » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:57 am

ImageKin tries to reforge the pair of boots, only this time, goblin sized. (using a goblin foot as model to resize, she first cuts the sole to the right size and then tries to cut the other leather parts to the right size, too, OR just use less of them, and then sews the whole thing together with the string she gained from disassembling the pair of boots in the first place).
From time to time (as her needed concentration for this task allows it,) she looks over to Dances' resting form.

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whole turn: try to re-make the boots (closer description on how above)

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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by lingrem » Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:57 am

Obviously not successful, Writes takes a new tactic; she decides to go around to the far end of the pool, to examine the plant that is closest to the shore. If it doesn't seem to be the kind of plant that is going to bite her, she will try to pull it out of the water. If it starts to move AT ALL as she gets closer to it, she will pull herself back as quickly as she can.
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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by thinkslogically » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:06 pm

Turn 22

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Shackled has a minor identity crisis where he thinks his name is Shiny for some reason and heads off to where Silver is trying to make throwing darts out of the planks of wood. She does pretty well at making the basic shape, but they don't fly very well... Maybe adding some feathers or 'fins' would help. Regardless, she makes 6 [Crude Darts].

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"Would you look at this! Just what I was looking for! Now to convince the ants that they want to get in my belly... without hurting me."

Swallows heads north and proceeds to tease the ants by hopping on and off the path and poking them with her stick. By the end of it all, she has acquired 2 [Angry Ants on a Stick]! Belly rumbling, she bites one in half and sucks out the juices! Mmmmm! It tastes... itchy? She doesn't feel sick, but suspects that she probably shouldn't eat another one for a little while. Happily, she does feel fuller! Swallows has now eaten half a meal for today.

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"You know, my dream had something to do with a black stone, like those we saw on the island everywhere.. I'm going to check some of them"

Treasure recounts his dream to Kin and then heads to the seagull beach where he tries talking to the stone there.

"Ummm... Stone, I'm not normal to talk stones, but I had a strange dream last night that involved a stone that looks a bit like you.. So umm.. Can you help me somehow?"

He is rewarded with a stony silence. :D

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Kin meanwhile is still at the camp watching over Dances' seemingly lifeless body. By using the original pieces of boot-leather to work from she is able to resize and restitch one of the human boots to a more goblin-esque size. Phew! It's tricky work, but she manages!

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Down at the shore, Write clambers around the pond and investigates the large plant at the far end. As she gets closer to it, it seems to sense her approach and bends towards her and opens what looks rather like a large mouth. She jumps back and the plant stops moving, but it doesn't close its mouth.

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Dances, on his small and terrifying island tries to talk to the monkey creature on the shore.

"Hello there.....Monkey. Are you here to help me, can you tell me what all of this means?"

The creature grins at him revealing a blood-drenched smile and starts to laugh. Not an animal screech either, but a proper chuckling belly laugh... With horror, he realises the hanging goblins are laughing too and staggers back as the creature unfurls giant, smoky wings. With a voice that crackles like fire it hisses,

"So easssssssily ssssscared tiny warrior? Sssssuch a ssssssshame! I had hoped for a more challenging meal!"

The creature snaps its wings and the tunnel and rocks burst into flames as it launches itself at Dances.

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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by Arch Lich Burns » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:39 pm

Silver now cuts the coconut in half and get all juices and meat out from a side, leaving the shell. She makes a pestle and mortar.

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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by lingrem » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:53 pm

Writes feels rather proud of herself for anticipating that plant. She isn't sure, but maybe she read about it before?

She considers her past knowledge, and then decides to either make a quick grab for the plant, or to head to safety.

First: check priod knowledge to learn more about the plant.
Second: If she knows anything about the plant and that it is easy to rip.. she'll grab it quickly and pull it to shore. If she doesn't know anything, or knows that it's quite dangerous, she'll inch back the way she came.
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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by BadgeAddict » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:54 pm

As the island bursts into flames a different kind of flame ignites somewhere deep within Dances. As the little flame within dances grows into a roaring inferno Dances shouts at the beast "I am not afraid of you foul beast." At this, Dances begins to pick up stones from the shore and starts throwing them at the beast. "You're a big ugly monkey and I'm going to kill you."

Major : Attack monkey beast
Minor : Attack monkey beast
Move : Attack monkey beast

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Re: The Island (Turn 21)

Post by GathersIngredients » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:41 am

ImageKin tries to repeat her success with the other boot.

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whole turn: try to re-make the second boot, goblin sized (closer description on how in the previous turn)

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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by I'mBob » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:36 am

"Ummm.. never mind. I guess you were only a dream after all..." Treasure says to the stone.

He then heads to the place with the pond and fish.
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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by Maiandra » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:29 pm

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Image "A new and satisfying experience! Praise and thanks to Maglubiyet, for not giving me heartburn!"

Swallows now considers her options while she shakes the second ant off of her stick. She is itching to get to the trapped chest and learn more about it, but at the same time, it seems a shame to come all the way up here without finding out where that path leads to...

Image Screwing up her eyes to concentrate better on what she is doing, Swallows carefully inches along the path. In order to avoid the footnoms, she has to get on the grass again, which is swarming with ants. She waits for the most opportune moment, either because they have lost interest or when the concentration of ants right next to the footnoms is lowest, and then lightly treads on the small strip of grass to avoid getting her foot caught. Just in case one of the noms reaches out to snap at her anyway, she keeps her ant-catching-stick ready to be jammed in there instead of her foot.

As soon as she is safely back on the path, at a safe distance from the footnoms, she follows it towards the West.

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Minor: release ant
Major: avoid obstacles
Move: West

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Re: The Island (Turn 22)

Post by Theis2 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:05 pm

Shackled, realising who he is, brings the barrel up towards the camp
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Re: The Island (Turn 23)

Post by thinkslogically » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:14 pm

Turn 23

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Silver hauls out one of her coconuts and saws at it with the cutlass until it cracks in half. The milk is lost, but she is able to scoop out the coconut meat and now has 2 half shells as well.

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Write tries to remember anything useful about the plant in front of her. She doesn't recognise this one particularly, but she knows that similar plants are often carnivorous and eat fish and birds so they can move pretty quickly! She decides not to try grabbing it and moves back around the pond safely out of reach.

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Shackled remembers who he is and rolls the barrel up to the campsite. It would seem that empty barrels are a lot easier to move than full ones.

Kin continues to work on the boots and gets pretty close to finishing the second boot, but she needs a bit more time to get it done. On the plus side, she definitely feels like she's getting the hang of this now! She is a [Level One Tailor]. Dances twitches in his sleep and groans...

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"Ummm.. never mind. I guess you were only a dream after all..."

Treasure decides to KEEP talking to the stone anyway and heads towards the little pond. He gets as far as the area with the dead slaver guy. Guess the turtle decided to leave...

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"A new and satisfying experience! Praise and thanks to Maglubiyet, for not giving me heartburn!"

Swallows shakes the second ant off the stick, carefully avoids the footnoms AND the ants, and runs straight into the green vines that suddenly drop on her as she passes! Dammit! They are VERY sticky and wrap all around her, lifting her off her feet! They don't seem to be doing anything to hurt her, but she is very stuck. Gods damn it! After all that planning for the footnoms and everything!

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As the fire creature throws itself towards Dances, he suddenly feels a burst of rage rise up within him and he decides that he is not going to die here! He throws himself at the monster and the pair of them go down in the sand, the monkey-thing's wings hissing whenever they touch the water. Dances feels his arm and side sear with pain all over again as the creature refuses to let him go!

"I am not afraid of you foul beast."
"Hahahahahha! That's the spirit! But it's wrong to tell lies... Of course you are afraid! Now DIE!"

The pain reduces Dances to 3/5HP. He'd better do something soon!
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Re: The Island (Turn 23)

Post by I'mBob » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:25 pm

Treasure heads further to the pond with fishes. If he can, he also moves one to the north of that place.
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Re: The Island (Turn 23)

Post by Maiandra » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:36 pm

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Image "Hmmm... Whelp, it seems like I've gotten myself in an interesting position. Whatever's at the end of this path, it must be Magtastic! Now to figure out how to get there..."


Swallows starts swinging back and forth, trying to catch hold of the top of the large black stone and pull herself against it. Perhaps the plant will stick to the stone as well, and she might be able to pull herself free after that. Right now, however, she must avoid getting hurt, so if the vines show any sign of breaking because of her movements, she stops swinging immediately.

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All: try to grab the black stone and/or stick the vine to it.

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Re: The Island (Turn 23)

Post by Arch Lich Burns » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:56 pm

Silver perks up from crafting, gets her daggers and shells and moves quickly as possible to swallows.

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Re: The Island (Turn 23)

Post by BadgeAddict » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:31 pm

Upon hearing the beasts wings hiss as they touch the water, Dances will grab the beast and throw it into the water. "Die Monkey Beast Die."

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