Male

rolled 2 = 2

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1=male
2=female

>Choose the sex

Vaginal intercourse in the missionary position for the purposes of procreation.

>>889690
Female.

Neuter.

Male

>Lots
Female.

Male!

Mr Snow 2018/06/22(Fri)17:25 No. 889718 ID: 3bf842
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Female chosen.

Loading...
Please do not disconnect the neural interface.

Mr Snow 2018/06/22(Fri)17:25 No. 889721 ID: 3bf842
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...Where am I? This isn't my bed. What's going on?!

>Direct the character

Hello. We can explain later, but the short version is you're in danger and we were assigned to help you.

We can't see everything. Can you take a look around the room and tell us what you find? Take whatever you deem necessary.

from what the cliff notes say, you've been kidnapped by aliens and forced to compete in gladiatorial combat for their amusement.

Bright side, kick ass prizes await you should you win... I think, they were very vague about what happens when you win but it's got to be good right?

>>889721
Let's find out.

Look around?

welcome to not wearing pant's town. population:you

>Up

>>889721
Go back to sleep, it's not like this is a labyrinth filled with deadly traps and vicious, slavering monsters or anything.

Just kidding! It is a labyrinth of death and pointy things! so look sharp! Just do what we say and you, uh, probably won't die in one of a variety of spectacular and visually-pleasing ways.

Mr Snow 2018/06/22(Fri)21:35 No. 889761 ID: 3bf842
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>Hello. We can explain later, but the short version is you're in danger and we were assigned to help you.
>We can't see everything. Can you take a look around the room and tell us what you find? Take whatever you deem necessary.

Oh j-jeez. That's not good! O-okay, I'll describe this place as best I can.

This is a fairly large room. The only furniture that I can see is that chest and the bed I'm sitting on. I'm using the term bed liberally though, it's basically just a mattress in a frame.

I don't see anything that I can carry around though. Sorry.

Mr Snow 2018/06/22(Fri)21:35 No. 889763 ID: 3bf842
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Apart from that there is some kind of screen across from me, the letters T-T-T, and a pattern in the middle of the floor.

Mr Snow 2018/06/22(Fri)21:35 No. 889764 ID: 3bf842
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>from what the cliff notes say, you've been kidnapped by aliens and forced to compete in gladiatorial combat for their amusement.

>Bright side, kick ass prizes await you should you win... I think, they were very vague about what happens when you win but it's got to be good right?

Somehow kidnapped by aliens is the best explanation I'm gonna get given the circumstances.

I still don't know who you guys are though. H-hey wait a second! The last thing I remember before waking up here is a voice cofmgratulating me on being one of the chosen, and telling me to listen to the voices of my new overlords. That must be you guys!

Mr Snow 2018/06/22(Fri)21:35 No. 889765 ID: 3bf842
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That's how you guys know stuff about what's going on!

>Just do what we say and you, uh, probably won't die in one of a variety of spectacular and visually-pleasing ways.

But... Uh, you sound like you are trying to help me out at least, so if you guys are the aliens maybe you are a different group of aliens? I-I guess I'll just keep on doing what you say for now.

Open the chest. Let’s see what’s in there.

>>889763
It looks like the diagram on the floor might be a map. Not sure how to read it, though.

For now, let's try getting that chest open, but stand to the side of it when you do so. It might be booby-trapped, after all.

see if you can't get in the chest. Also I see a button under the window in the room. Maybe press that and it will show you what's on the other side.

WNE... Why is N closer to W and E than S? Maybe it's not a compass, maybe it means something else. In your language or theirs. Alien characters could have similar [your species] counterparts, if the alien alphabet is made of simple strokes or a similar origin.

That "TTT" might imply that you're supposed to go in one direction three rooms.

Well, this is all speculation. Loot the treasure chest, you're going to need it.

Chesticus opena!

Mr Snow!MRGOLFUku. 2018/06/29(Fri)16:15 No. 890515 ID: 1da7b0
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>WNE... Why is N closer to W and E than S? Maybe it's not a compass, maybe it means something else. In your language or theirs. Alien characters could have similar [your species] counterparts, if the alien alphabet is made of simple strokes or a similar origin.

[The only text on the symbol that means anything to you is the "W", the "N", the "E", the "S", and the "Maze Quest", all of which were already being translated from English.]

"I just realized I never introduced myself. My name is Morgan."

>Open the chest. Let�s see what�s in there.
>see if you can't get in the chest.
>Chesticus opena!
>For now, let's try getting that chest open, but stand to the side of it when you do so. It might be booby-trapped, after all.

Morgan: "It has a key hole but it looks painted on. I should be able to get it open."

Mr Snow!MRGOLFUku. 2018/06/29(Fri)16:15 No. 890516 ID: 1da7b0
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Morgan: "Seriously, there's nothing in here? This is BS."

Mr Snow!MRGOLFUku. 2018/06/29(Fri)16:15 No. 890517 ID: 1da7b0
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>I see a button under the window in the room. Maybe press that and it will show you what's on the other side.

Morgan: �Good eye! Let's see what it does.�

She presses the button.

Mr Snow!MRGOLFUku. 2018/06/29(Fri)16:15 No. 890518 ID: 1da7b0
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The screen comes to life.
�Hello players! I'm Menoetius and I'm here to help you in the maze.

I will be able to answer some of your questions depending on how high the room's rank is.

It is also possible to purchase items in T rooms using Enemy Points. You name it, we can make it.

As long as none of it's aspects are locked.

Actually, since you are just starting out, chances are anything good requires something locked. Sucks to be you guys I guess.�

Mr Snow!MRGOLFUku. 2018/06/29(Fri)16:15 No. 890519 ID: 1da7b0
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Item suggestions must be able to fit through the chute. Item suggestions may be posted as with or without an image. Please include a basic description of the item. If you do post an image, please use the GIF format.

Ask for pie.

Eyeball cheeks. How much sweat oil gets into them?

Ask for a grappling pistol. Easiest method of getting through deathtraps.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/06/29(Fri)20:40 No. 890543 ID: 1da7b0
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>Ask for pie.

Morgan: "How about some-"
Menoetius: "Shut up character, I'm talking to the players."
Menoetius: "So, a pie huh? I can't wait to see it in action. Some might say it's overused as a weapon, but I say that all the dead enemies from pie speak for themselves."
Menoetius: "Pie is available and would cost 2 Enemy Points."

>Eyeball cheeks. How much sweat oil gets into them?

Menoetius: "Aw, thanks!"

Ask for a grappling pistol. Easiest method of getting through deathtraps.

Menoetius: "Ah, a grappling pistol. It's a difficult weapon to master, but once you have, it's impossible to defend against."
Menoetius: "A grappling pistol is locked due to (moving parts) and (materials: metal) and would cost 15 Enemy Points."

Pie added to the store.
Grappling pistol added to the store.

Your current balance is 10 Enemy Points.

>>890543
>Pie
But what flavor is it?

Is it pie flavor? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGbqbIIsbc

>>890545
Also be nice to Morgan or else I’ll...I’ll...I don’t exactly know what I’ll do, but I’ll think of something!

>>890545
>But what flavor is it?
Boot to the head. https://youtu.be/vFldBVWFgWo?t=176

And on that note, we want a force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles. How many points?

>>890543
Ok how about a 7 foot wooden pole? Sharpen the end for a half-decent weapon. I'd say 10 foot but that's actually really awkward to carry around.

How about a bracer for some bare-bones defense? Or a larger shield that retracts into a bracer?

>But... Uh, you sound like you are trying to help me out at least, so if you guys are the aliens maybe you are a different group of aliens? I-I guess I'll just keep on doing what you say for now.
How about you treat us like people, and only listen to us so far as we make sense?

>Menoetius: "Shut up character, I'm talking to the players."
How much does treating the character politely and with respect cost?

>A grappling pistol is locked due to (moving parts) and (materials: metal)
So right now, if we want a useful tool it has to have no moving parts, and it can't be metal.

Maybe a wooden truncheon? Basic self defense, easy to carry, might be useful as a lever or improvised pry bar or reach extension in some puzzles.

>>890693
Ooh, come to think of it, what about tonfas? Attack and defense in one package.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/06(Fri)14:40 No. 891422 ID: 1da7b0
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>We want a force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles. How many points?

Menoetius: "A force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles would make a fine addition to the store. In fact, I once saw a man kill 5 with a force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles."
Menoetius: "A force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles is locked due to (moving parts), (materials: living tissue), (special: matter generation), (special: matter assembly), (special: intelligence), (submission error: violation of the laws of motion), and (submission error: flavor not indicated) and would cost 52 Enemy Points."

For your sakes I'm going to be skipping Menoetius's item spiels from now on. Unless you have a burning desire to hear more.

>Ok how about a 7 foot wooden pole? Sharpen the end for a half-decent weapon. I'd say 10 foot but that's actually really awkward to carry around.

Menoetius: "A 7 foot wooden pole is completely unlocked and would cost 6 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "A 7 foot wooden pole (sharpen the end for a half-decent weapon) is locked due to (sharpness limit exceeded) and would cost 7 enemy points."

>How about a bracer for some bare-bones defense? Or a larger shield that retracts into a bracer?

Menoetius: "A bracer for some bare-bones defense is completely unlocked and would cost 6 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "A bracer for some bare-bones defense (a larger shield that retracts into a bracer) is locked due to (moving parts), (sharpness limit exceeded), (weight limit exceeded) and (materials: metal) and would cost 17 Enemy Points."

>Maybe a wooden truncheon? Basic self defense, easy to carry, might be useful as a lever or improvised pry bar or reach extension in some puzzles.

Menoetius: "A wooden truncheon is available and would cost 6 Enemy Points."

>Ooh, come to think of it, what about tonfas? Attack and defense in one package.

Menoetius: "Tonfas are available and would cost 7 Enemy Points."

A force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles added to the store. A 7 foot wooden pole added to the store. A 7 foot wooden pole (sharpen the end for a half-decent weapon) added to the store. A bracer for some bare-bones defense added to the store. A bracer for some bare-bones defense (a larger shield that retracts into a bracer) added to the store. A wooden truncheon added to the store. Tonfas added to the store.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/06(Fri)14:40 No. 891423 ID: 1da7b0
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Your current balance is 10 Enemy Points.
>How much does treating the character politely and with respect cost?
Menoetius: "Hah! I sell products not services. I'm not going to babysit your character while they spend all your Enemy Points on useless junk."

Morgan: "...I wouldn't buy junk."

>Be nice to Morgan or else I'll...I'll...I don't exactly know what I'll do, but I'll think of something!

Menoetius: "Bring it! I will fight anyone any time!"

Morgan: "What a jerk."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/06(Fri)14:40 No. 891424 ID: 1da7b0
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IMorgan: "It seems like we can buy the pole, the bracer, the truncheon, or the tonfa."
Morgan: "...Or the pie I guess, but I'm still too anxious to be hungry right now."
Morgan: "Is there anything else we should do before we start exploring? I remember Muneecha or whatever saying he could answer questions too."

>>891424
May as well go with the club.

Start with the club. You'll get better gear by adventuring anyway. Vendors never carry the good stuff.

>>891424
Buy an enemy. Then kill the enemy, and get more enemy points. Repeat as necessary.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/07(Sat)01:10 No. 891548 ID: 1da7b0
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The chute opens up revealing a club.

Wooden Truncheon acquired. Your current balance is 4 Enemy Points.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/07(Sat)01:10 No. 891549 ID: 1da7b0
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Morgan: "I wonder what would happen if I hit the screen with this..."

Menoetius sweats nervously.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/07(Sat)01:10 No. 891550 ID: 1da7b0
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>Buy an enemy. Then kill the enemy, and get more enemy points. Repeat as necessary.

Morgan: "Hey, that's a neat idea. Remind me to try it if we ever unlock living tissue."

Morgan: "Alright, I think we've pretty much gotten what we needed out of Minewtus. So which direction should I go in? I don't know if it makes much of a difference which one I choose."

Hm... The compass rose code on the floor and the TTT on the wall are clues, but not ones we’re smart enough to decipher, I’m afraid. Why don’t we pick north for now?

I've seen that code somewhere before, but I don't remember where.

>Morgan: "I wonder what would happen if I hit the screen with this..."
>Menoetius sweats nervously.
Respect costs 1 truncheon. Good to know.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/13(Fri)14:30 No. 892623 ID: 210a5f
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>Why don't we pick north for now?

Morgan opens the north door and steps through.

Two upper bodies with bows and arrows see Morgan and grab arrows from their sides.

Quick, get to cover! That pillar looks stable!

They have no legs, so time it right and rush when you hear them both fire at the pillar!

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/14(Sat)00:55 No. 892748 ID: 52b7aa
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>Quick, get to cover! That pillar looks stable!
>They have no legs, so time it right and rush when you hear them both fire at the pillar!

Morgan ducks behind the southwest pillar.

Thunk.
Thunk.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/14(Sat)00:55 No. 892749 ID: 52b7aa
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Morgan swings at the archers head.

Snap!

Archer defeated. 8 enemy points earned. Your balance is-

Thunk.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/14(Sat)00:55 No. 892750 ID: 52b7aa
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Morgan: "Th-there was a third one hiding behind the ladder!"
Morgan: "It must not have reacted until it saw me. Come to think of it, now that I'm out of sight I haven't heard either of the bows being pulled back."
Morgan: "As long as they are predictable I think I'll be able to kill them."

Dumbasses.

Okay, you see that arrow sticking through the pillar? Might want to keep a few inches away from cover, especially since your opponents can't move to flank. Or move at all.

Snap the arrowhead off and use it as a distraction pebble. Throw it somewhere in the open, rush the next opponent from a different angle while they're distracted.

>>892750
Kill that one next. The one above can’t hit you since you’re under it.

>>892750
Well, assuming there aren't any more of them, you can clear the room by sneaking up on them one after the other, using the pillars as cover.

These must be low-level enemies. Keep to cover and try to flank them.

Sorry this is so late. I went ahead two weeks instead of one.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/27(Fri)18:40 No. 894617 ID: caedc3
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>Dumbasses.

>Okay, you see that arrow sticking through the pillar? Might want to keep a few inches away from cover, especially since your opponents can't move to flank. Or move at all.

>Snap the arrowhead off and use it as a distraction pebble. Throw it somewhere in the open, rush the next opponent from a different angle while they're distracted.

Morgan ducks behind the northwest pillar and breaks off the head of the arrow.
Morgan: "It looks like they only broke through the pillar because of how brittle it is. They aren't actually strong enough to shoot through stone. Probably. I hope."

>Kill that one next. The one above can't hit you since you're under it.

Morgan: "Here goes nothing..."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/27(Fri)18:40 No. 894618 ID: caedc3
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Morgan tosses the arrowhead towards the east side of the room.

Both archers fire one after the other.
Tink.
Tink.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/27(Fri)18:40 No. 894619 ID: caedc3
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Morgan rushes out and hits the archer in the side.

The archer's arm bends unnaturally and it drops its bow.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/27(Fri)19:25 No. 894621 ID: caedc3
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Before Morgan can get away the archer's uninjured arm shoots out and grabs her around the throat.
Morgan is lifted off the ground as the archer above aims the bow at her head.

CRAP

Bash his head in before he can crush your spine, then block the arrow with your arm and bat as you try to get into cover! This is going to hurt.

Hit him in the head to vaporize him and you'll drop. Then you can dodge behind cover.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/27(Fri)21:30 No. 894629 ID: caedc3
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Oops, forgot the pillar.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/28(Sat)02:35 No. 894639 ID: caedc3
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>Hit him in the head to vaporize him and you'll drop. Then you can dodge behind cover.
>Bash his head in before he can crush your spine.

Morgan smashes the archer in the skull.
The archer disintegrates leaving behind a green gem.

8 Enemy Points earned.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/28(Sat)02:35 No. 894640 ID: caedc3
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>block the arrow with your arm and bat as you try to get into cover! This is going to hurt.

Morgan drops to the ground and stands up just as the remaining archer fires.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/28(Sat)02:35 No. 894641 ID: caedc3
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The arrow lodges itself in the bat.

Morgan grabs the gem and runs back under the archer's platform before the archer can fire any more arrows.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/07/28(Sat)02:35 No. 894642 ID: caedc3
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Morgan: "Oh man, that was close! Thanks to my brother for teaching me everything I know about baseball."
Morgan: "..."
Morgan: "I wonder where he is now."

Your current balance is 20 Enemy Points. Archer's boon [rank 1] acquired. This item has the following recommended uses: Unlock Moving parts. Increase Force limit. +3 Aesthetic appeal.

Important question: Did the bow the dumbarcher dropped disintegrate along with him? It looks like it did.

You have a bat, and a strange crystal. If you're desperate for ranged attacks, you can play ball with the crystal and hope it doesn't shatter. But for now, try to escape. The archer might be alone but he's got the high ground, any attempt to get in melee range runs the risk of a lethal attack.

(Man, I miss that one dungeon crawling game where "baseball player" was an actual choice. Along with vampire. I forget what it was called.)

Er, I don't think it should be used that way. Seems like an upgrade item. Is there a bow to pick up, and do you need Moving Parts to use it? If no to either, we should save the decision until after we ask the computer what the Force limit is, exactly.

>>894646
Moving parts will get us one step closer to unlocking the grappling pistol: >>890543 , and a larger shield that retracts into a bracer: >>891422 , in the store.

Once we unlock them, we can buy them for Morgan to use.

>>894651
Moving parts could also let us unlock some long range weapons, like guns.

>>894642
Unlock moving parts, there's a lot of useful things that will make available.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/03(Fri)17:05 No. 895925 ID: 254f01
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>Important question: Did the bow the dumbarcher dropped disintegrate along with him? It looks like it did.
>Er, I don't think it should be used that way. Seems like an upgrade item. Is there a bow to pick up, and do you need Moving Parts to use it?

Morgan: "I think the bow disintegrated when I beat the second archer along with all of it's arrows."

>You have a bat, and a strange crystal. If you're desperate for ranged attacks, you can play ball with the crystal and hope it doesn't shatter.

Morgan: "I think the crystal is sturdy enough to hit. If I need to hit something with my bat maybe I could just break a few chunks of this pillar."

>We should save the decision until after we ask the computer what the Force limit is, exactly.

Morgan holds the crystal.
Morgan: "How do you know what this is for? It just looks like an emerald or something to me."

>For now, try to escape. The archer might be alone but he's got the high ground, any attempt to get in melee range runs the risk of a lethal attack.

Morgan: "Yes, let's do that. I have had enough of this stupid room. I don't care about that box or getting a better look at the symbol, it's probably not worth the effort."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/03(Fri)17:05 No. 895926 ID: 254f01
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Morgan dashes to the south door and exits the room.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/03(Fri)17:05 No. 895927 ID: 254f01
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Menoetius: "Hey guys! Back so soon?"

Ignore him.

East room, focus on finding a ranged weapon.

>>895927
We could read what the readout is on the emerald when you let us see it.

“What’s the Force Limit?”

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/04(Sat)01:55 No. 895971 ID: 254f01
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>We could read what the readout is on the emerald when you let us see it.

Morgan: "Are you guys getting like, memos, or something on what things like this are?"
Morgan: "Huh. Knowing at least the important stuff would be nice. You could tell me which enemies are strong and weak and what loot is valuable and stuff."
Morgan: "Y'know, if you even get that kind of information."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/04(Sat)01:55 No. 895972 ID: 254f01
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>What's the Force Limit?

Menoetius: "The force limit is the maximum amount of force the items in the store can exert or hold back at a time. The force limit only applies to items with moving parts."

Menoetius: "A moving part that is meets resistance exceeding it's force limit will cease movement until the resistance goes below the limit. An item holding back force will break or release when the force exceeds it's force limit."

Menoetius: "Most items with moving parts will be set to work with the maximum force limit currently unlocked unless a smaller force limit is indicated. The current force limit is approximately 96.472 newtons."

Morgan: "Um... Unless your memos are like that. If that's the case maybe I'm good."

>East room, focus on finding a ranged weapon.

Morgan: "To the east! Here's hoping I get a better room than last time."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/04(Sat)01:55 No. 895973 ID: 254f01
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Morgan steps into the east room and translucent creature starts sliding towards her.

Morgan: "Wow, this guy has even fewer limbs than the last ones!"

By the way, you can keep submitting item suggestions, even if you aren't in the room. I will update the list in the background.

From our point of view, there's another staircase behind you with a slime. It hasn't noticed you yet.

You can bash the slime in front of you, but your weapons are non-elemental. If it absorbs the force damage instead of popping like a water balloon, retreat immediately.

>>895973
These guys are level -22, much weaker than the archers. Just smack 'em.

Slimes are typically acidic, be careful about getting any goop on you. The club might melt but you have been getting points to replace it.

>Morgan: "Are you guys getting like, memos, or something on what things like this are?"
Sort of? It's like a video game. You picked it up, and we got data.

For reference the gem is apparently the "Archer's boon [rank 1]", and the recommended uses include "Unlock Moving parts, Increase Force limit, +3 Aesthetic appeal". Since none of those things have happened automatically, presumably there's some way to activate or consume the gem? Maybe the intended use is trading it to Menoetius in return for the desired effect.

>>895973
Careful. There's two of them. One down the staircase you're facing (it's seen you) and one up the staircase behind you and to the left.

Smiles are often corrosive, you probably don't want to touch them with your bare skin.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896677 ID: 04df57
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>These guys are level -22, much weaker than the archers. Just smack 'em.
The slime lunges at Morgan but doesn't make it up the steps before disintegrating.
3 Enemy points earned.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896678 ID: 04df57
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>Careful. There's two of them. One down the staircase you're facing (it's seen you) and one up the staircase behind you and to the left.
Morgan hides behind the wall and waves her bat around in the slime's view. The slime throws itself down the stairs. Morgan pulls the bat back and the slime slams into the wall. Morgan hits the second slime and it disintegrates.

3 Enemy points earned. Your current balance is 26 Enemy Points. Room cleared! Level 1 -> level 2

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896679 ID: 04df57
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Morgan: "Now that the monsters are dead we can get a good look around. This room has one of those compass things just like the other rooms, I can't remember if the original room was the same though. To figure that out we are probably going to have to go back and forth a few times playing a game of 'spot the difference.'"
Morgan sighs "This place is seriously weirding me out. The 'bed' was just a mattress, the keyhole on the chest was painted on, and I don't know if you guys have noticed, but all of the doors are somehow pull doors from both sides, not to mention that the handles are always on the right. It's like whoever made the place was given a bad description of the stuff we have on Earth, and then never questioned any the mistakes. From what we've seen I wouldn't even be surprised if every room in this so called 'labyrinth' has 4 doors."

>>Morgan: "Are you guys getting like, memos, or something on what things like this are?"
>Sort of? It's like a video game. You picked it up, and we got data.
Morgan: "'Maze Quest' even sounds like a video game title. Unlike a video game though, I've only got one life and I very much prefer not to lose it."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896680 ID: 04df57
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>For reference the gem is apparently the "Archer's boon [rank 1]", and the recommended uses include "Unlock Moving parts, Increase Force limit, +3 Aesthetic appeal". Since none of those things have happened automatically, presumably there's some way to activate or consume the gem? Maybe the intended use is trading it to Menoetius in return for the desired effect.
Morgan: "Hey, what do you mean none of those things have happened? Are you saying this gem doesn't look good on me?"
Morgan: "All jokes aside, the trade idea is worth a shot. We should try it at some point."

>Slimes are often corrosive, you probably don't want to touch them with your bare skin.
>Slimes are typically acidic, be careful about getting any goop on you. The club might melt but you have been getting points to replace it.

Morgan: "So far the slimes have been disappearing before their goop can do anything to me. The bat does appear to have corroded a bit, but I should be able to go through a few more rooms before having to replace it. If we do end up getting something new I would prefer something longer. I'm not used to the truncheon's size."

Morgan: "The way I see it we have two options now, go back to the middle room or explore another room. What should we do next?"

The dicussion thread exists now!
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/124748.html

Let's try north of this room, see what's in there. If it's more easy slimes you can whack 'em. Better to stock up on points before upgrading your equipment, I think.

>>896711
Good idea.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896735 ID: 04df57
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Apparently I'm not the best at posting the right image.
The east room compass should really look like this.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896736 ID: 04df57
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>Let's try north of this room, see what's in there. If it's more easy slimes you can whack 'em. Better to stock up on points before upgrading your equipment, I think.
>Good idea.
Morgan walks up the steps to the north room and goes through.
A black slime expels it's innards from a hole and quickly dies.

3 Enemy Points earned. Your current balance is 29 Enemy Points. Room cleared! Level 2 -> Level 3

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896737 ID: 04df57
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The dead slime evaporates releasing the pressure plate it was standing on. The paths to the center jerk up into a raised position.

Morgan: "That was... odd."
Morgan: "I think this room is supposed to be a bottomless pit, except there is a bottom. Right there. It's just painted black. It's still too deep for me to jump down without hurting myself, so I don't know if it actually makes any practical difference. These plates seem to control that draw bridge thing. I can step on the one on my platform if you don't think that would cause any problems."
Morgan: "It seems like my prediction about every room having 4 doors is holding. Except... Hmm. If I just went up stairs, how would this room's west door line up with the door from the archer room? I could have sworn the archer's east door was on the ground."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896738 ID: 04df57
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Morgan: "The compass appears to have changed."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)16:20 No. 897593 ID: ef2888
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Morgan cautiously steps on the pressure plate.
The bridges fall into place again.

Morgan: "It didn't take much of my weight to keep it down. Maybe 20 pounds? Still, the tonfa isn't enough to weigh it down."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)16:20 No. 897594 ID: ef2888
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Morgan: "Do you have any ideas for how I could get something to weigh it down or should I do something else?"

Any of that furniture in the home room would be sufficient.

I dunno if I'd want to move the chest or the bed. Making an actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this sounds like a better idea. It should be cheap?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)21:15 No. 897668 ID: ef2888
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>Any of that furniture in the home room would be sufficient.

Morgan goes south then west and arives in the starting room.

>I dunno if I'd want to move the chest or the bed. Making an actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this sounds like a better idea. It should be cheap?

Menoetius: "An actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this is locked due to (weight limit exceeded) and would cost 3 Enemy Points."

An actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this added to the store. Your current balance is 29 Enemy Points.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)21:15 No. 897669 ID: ef2888
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Morgan: "What is the weight limit right now? How do we increase it?"

Menoetius winces as if just acnowledging the player's existance is painful.
Menoetius: "Ugh, are we are still doing that thing where your thoughts matter? If you are going to go around pretending to be a player I might as well redefine you and be done with it."
Menoetius: "I will remember that your character is a player."

Player 51ae92 joined server ******ttt.

Morgan: "So you are done being rude to me? Can you answer my questions then?"

Menoetius: "If I was rude to a player, Please tell us about this problem."
Menoetius: "Create an error report that you can send to Macrocosm Productions to help us improve our ai."

Menoetius: "The current weight limit is approximately 11.591 pounds."
Menoetius: "The weight limit can be increased with a grub's boon, which can be obtained from a grub, or by clearing a C room."

Morgan: "Eh, that's okay I guess I'll just cheat then."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)21:15 No. 897670 ID: ef2888
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Morgan drags the chest a short distance and stops.

Morgan: "Hey, there was a hole under the chest!"

What the heck!? What's down the hole?

Also heh, you could just buy two 11-pound weights.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/18(Sat)03:45 No. 897711 ID: ef2888
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>What the heck!? What's down the hole?

Morgan: "It goes pretty far down before stopping and heading off in 4 directions."
Morgan: "Um, I don't think I can fit, but if I did go in there I'd never be able to come back out. So yeah, you know how you guys mentioned making my own decisions? I am definitely drawing the line at descending into the creepy death chute."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/18(Sat)03:45 No. 897712 ID: ef2888
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>Also heh, you could just buy two 11-pound weights.

Menoetius: "Two 11-pound weights is locked due to (weight limit exceeded) and would cost 2 Enemy Points."

Morgan: "Ha! Nice try, but he's too stupid to fall for that one."
Morgan: "How about just one single weight at the weight limit?"
Menoetius: "Sure! Just one single weight at the weight limit is available and-"
Morgan: "Could I get two?"
Menoetius: "I don't see why not. Two just one single weight at the weight limits coming up!"

Morgan takes the weights from Menoetius and heads towards the drawbridge room.

Two 11-pound weights added to the store. Just one single weight at the weight limit added to the store. Just one single weight at the weight limit (X2) acquired. Your current balance is 27 Enemy Points.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/18(Sat)03:45 No. 897713 ID: ef2888
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Morgan places the weights on the pressure plate which is just barely held down. The bridges fall into place.

Morgan: "Alright, we could try the 'maybe archer' room to see what geometry passes for normal here, or we could try another door."

>>897711
Hmm, that's probably how items get sent to your universal storage. They get piped from chest to chest. If you don't move the chest back over the hole they're gonna spew out into the room.

>>897713
Let's check out the geometry.

>>897713
Let's try the "maybe archer" door, though I'm not holding by breath for sane geometry.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/24(Fri)17:00 No. 898890 ID: ef2888
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>Hmm, that's probably how items get sent to your universal storage. They get piped from chest to chest. If you don't move the chest back over the hole they're gonna spew out into the room.

Morgan: "That theory makes a lot of sense. If I want to carry, say, 200 pounds of cabbages for some reason, I wouldn't have to worry about stuffing them in my pockets or something."
Morgan: "Hmm... That begs the question, how much stuff will I have to carry? And how far?"

>Let's check out the geometry.
>Let's try the "maybe archer" door, though I'm not holding my breath for sane geometry.

Morgan heads towards the east door and tentatively puts her hand on it.
Morgan: "Onward to uncertain death then."
Morgan pulls on the handle and steps through.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/24(Fri)17:00 No. 898891 ID: ef2888
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Morgan shakes her head: "Take three ninety degree left turns and end up in a different room. Instead, this room matches the one I started in to a T. Well okay, minus two T's."

Morgan: "Ugh, this is bugging me now. Is this the same place or not? At least if North, South, East, and West changed at some point I could tell where I went wrong, but they stayed consistent the whole time!"

Morgan sighs: "Okay, let's look around first. A few things are different so far. The north door is red now for one. Additionally, the chest is where it started last time, the screen is turned off, and there is one T instead of three, so I probably haven't been in this room before."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/24(Fri)17:00 No. 898892 ID: ef2888
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Morgan: "Also, this time I remember the L room's code fairly well. It looks like the bottom line thing moved to the left, and on the other side, the black tile at the other line might have moved to the right? Or did the white one move to the left?"

Morgan: "It looks like I have some options. I could go through some more rooms and see if I still can't get to the same room from a different direction, I could test the item box theory by putting the gem or the truncheon in the chest, or I could press the button again. Maybe we could focus on getting a long ranged weapon if Mesothelioma shows up."
Morgan: "What do you guys think?"

I think I need a little more data to come to any conclusions about the compass markings... but it's possible that you're in a maze where you can't see the walls, and when you walk into a wall you wind up in this room instead. Or maybe the "shop/storage" rooms show up every third room?

What I really want to know is, where do the exits from this room lead?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/25(Sat)00:25 No. 898961 ID: ef2888
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Er, I should note that I made another mistake with the compasses. The L compass should actually look like this:

Should I post a map of visited rooms in the discussion thread?

>>898961
Uh which one was the L Compass?
Also may as well post the map, though we've only visited like four rooms...

>>898891
Maybe it's a kind of "hub" room that's frequently repeated? It contains a chest for storage, a place to spend enemy points, and a bed for resting.

Just keep exploring for now, this puzzle solving is getting boring.

>>899025
The L compass is the compass from the last room, east of the current room.

The map is posted. I will update it as rooms are cleared.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/31(Fri)21:05 No. 899879 ID: 93caf2
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>What I really want to know is, where do the exits from this room lead?
>Just keep exploring for now, this puzzle solving is getting boring

Morgan: "Alright then. I'll go west for now."
Morgan heads through the west door.

>>899880
Three critters hanging on the ceiling, all level -19 or -20. Should be as pathetically easy to defeat as everything else, assuming you can bait them down where you can reach them.

...I don't see any bows, but if they have a ranged attack you probably will need to beat a hasty retreat, as they could attack you with impunity.

So try to taunt them while hanging out near the door I suppose.

Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.

Sneak past and grab the treasure box on your way out.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/07(Fri)19:30 No. 900919 ID: 5e3e99
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>Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.

Morgan: "Er, rolled for what now? Well, Whatever they are doing I don't think they are blind since their eyes follow me when I move."

>Three critters hanging on the ceiling, all level -19 or -20. Should be as pathetically easy to defeat as everything else, assuming you can bait them down where you can reach them.
>Try to taunt them while hanging out near the door I suppose.

Morgan: "Uh, hey ugly! Get down here! Hey! Ummm. I have bird seed?"

They stare blankly at Morgan.

Morgan: "Ugh, just get down here! I want to beat you with my stick!"

After a short silence, one of them emits a short noise more like scraping than squawking followed by more silence.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/07(Fri)19:30 No. 900920 ID: 5e3e99
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>Sneak past and grab the treasure box on your way out.

Morgan: "If you aren't going to do anything then I'm just going to take the box and leave."

As soon as Morgan touches the box, one of the creatures drops down and swoops toward her. Morgan swings the bat upward to deflect it and it is knocked behind her.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/07(Fri)19:35 No. 900923 ID: 5e3e99
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A second creature dives toward Morgan and she brings the bat down on it. The third one spreads it's veiny wings and lets out a squawk but otherwise waits.

Bash the critters until they're dead, then carefully push the box with your bat. Get ready to hit a third AND a fourth.

>>Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.
>Morgan: "Er, rolled for what now?
It's jargon from a game. When something whats to fight players roll dice to figure out who gets the jump on who first. In this context, what my colleague said could be taken to mean "well they haven't taken aggressive action / don't appear to be preparing to attack you".

>>900923
Well maybe they're capable of learning and #3 realized it can't take you after seeing you beat the other two.

Try opening the chest again, be prepared for the last one to swoop down.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/14(Fri)18:15 No. 901712 ID: 163e47
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>Bash the critters until they're dead, then carefully push the box with your bat.

Morgan hits the enemy in front of her and it dissolves. She quickly turns around and knocks the head off the enemy behind her just as it was getting up again.

>Get ready to hit a third AND a fourth.

The third enemy dive-bombs too late and is knocked out of the air. Morgan hits it a second time and it disintegrates.

The box clicks.

4 Enemy Points earned. 4 Enemy Points earned. 4 Enemy Points earned. Your current balance is 39 Enemy Points. Room cleared! Level 3 -> level 4

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/14(Fri)18:15 No. 901713 ID: 163e47
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>Well maybe they're capable of learning and #3 realized it can't take you after seeing you beat the other two.
>Try opening the chest again, be prepared for the last one to swoop down.

Morgan: "It seemed more like it was waiting until I was distracted. Maybe that's why the first two didn't attack at first."

Morgan pushes opens the chest using the truncheon and looks inside.

Bat's boon [rank 1] acquired. This item has the following recommended uses: Increase sharpness limit. +3 Aesthetic appeal.

Morgan looks around the room: "I think that's it for enemies in this room. When I killed the last one and when I opened the box I was able to hear the messages you were talking about before. Unfortunately, it seems I can't understand the messages like you guys do."

>>>Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.
>>Morgan: "Er, rolled for what now?
>It's jargon from a game. When something whats to fight players roll dice to figure out who gets the jump on who first. In this context, what my colleague said could be taken to mean "well they haven't taken aggressive action / don't appear to be preparing to attack you".

Morgan: "That sounds like an interesting game. I don't think any human games involve rolling marked geometric solids. The closest thing we have to that is flipping coins to decide which team kicks off or something. Could you tell me more?"

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/14(Fri)18:15 No. 901714 ID: 163e47
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Morgan moves the rocks off the code.

Morgan: "The bottom thing moved left again and the tiles around the top thing are now completely white."

Morgan: "Should I keep going? Which way should I go next?"

>Morgan: "It seemed more like it was waiting until I was distracted. Maybe that's why the first two didn't attack at first."
So even if they're low level weaklings, they're not without some sense of tactics. Something to be aware of.

>Unfortunately, it seems I can't understand the messages like you guys do
Message is as follows: "Bat's boon [rank 1] acquired; This item has the following recommended uses: Increase sharpness limit; +3 Aesthetic appeal".

We might have to figure out how to trade these things in if you keep collecting more. There's only so much room for bling around your neck before it'll start getting uncomfortable.

>Morgan: "That sounds like an interesting game. I don't think any human games involve rolling marked geometric solids. The closest thing we have to that is flipping coins to decide which team kicks off or something. Could you tell me more?"
Kind of surprised you don't have dice, dice are like coins, there's just more sides! They're a simple, low tech way to generate random numbers. They can be used in gambling (betting on who will get a better roll), in board games (how many spaces you move on the board), in role playing games (how well your character performs an attempted action) and all kinds of things.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/21(Fri)19:15 No. 902704 ID: 163e47
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>Kind of surprised you don't have dice, dice are like coins, there's just more sides! They're a simple, low tech way to generate random numbers. They can be used in gambling (betting on who will get a better roll), in board games (how many spaces you move on the board), in role playing games (how well your character performs an attempted action) and all kinds of things.

Morgan: "Wow, I guess a lot of your games use [dice]. U-um if it's not to much trouble, would you mind teaching me how to play them some time? I wonder what my brother would say if I challenged him to an alien game."

>We might have to figure out how to trade these things in if you keep collecting more. There's only so much room for bling around your neck before it'll start getting uncomfortable.

Morgan: "Let's do that now. I'll turn on the new moniter and try talking with whats-his-face."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/21(Fri)19:15 No. 902705 ID: 163e47
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Menoetius: "Hello players! I'm Menoetius and I'm here to-
Oh! It's you again. I see you're not dead yet! What a pleasant suprise. I see you have found another T room. If you ever run out of answers from me in another T room you can come to this one and I'll answer more."

>Message is as follows: "Bat's boon [rank 1] acquired; This item has the following recommended uses: Increase sharpness limit; +3 Aesthetic appeal".
Morgan: "Cool, maybe we can have sharp things now. Can I trade in these boon things to unlock more of your stuff?"

Menoetius: "Absolutely. Just wait one second."

The gems dissolve.

Sharpness limit increased. Moving parts unlocked.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/21(Fri)19:15 No. 902706 ID: 163e47
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A 7 foot wooden pole (sharpen the end for a half-decent weapon) unlocked. (EP) A Grappling pistol is now only locked due to [materials: metal]. (15 EP) A force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles is now only locked due to (materials: living tissue), (special: matter generation), (special: matter assembly), (special: intelligence), (submission error: violation of the laws of motion), and (submission error: flavor not indicated) (52 EP) A bracer for some bare-bones defense (a larger shield that retracts into a bracer) is now only locked due to (weight limit exceeded) and (materials: metal) (17 EP)

>>902706
Hmm, we unlocked moving parts and sharpness, but can't use metal.
I want to add an item to the shop:
Wooden autocrossbow
and
Wooden bolts x10
If that turns out to be too expensive:
Wooden bow
and
Wooden arrows x10

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/22(Sat)01:00 No. 902748 ID: 163e47
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>>902708

Menoetius: "What fine weapon choices. I believe we can get those items."

Menoetius: "Wooden autocrossbow is completely unlocked and would cost 29 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "Wooden bolts x10 is locked due to [materials slider: density] and would cost 10 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "Wooden bow is unlocked but limited by and would cost 19 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "Wooden arrows x10 completely unlocked and would cost 5 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "The force of items with moving parts is at the current [force limit] and the sharpness of items with points is at the current [sharpness limit]."

Menoetius: "Since a self-powered item with moving parts is completely unlocked, crystal batteries are now available free of charge. Since this is a rank 1 room, a rank 1 crystal battery is the highest one we can supply you."

Menoetius: "Prometheus wants me to let you know that the wooden arrows should work in the wooden autocrossbow since he tries to keep his designs pretty standardized. As the local expert on violence, however, I can tell you that if you did that each arrow would probably be less effective than a wooden bolt in the autocrossbow and a little less effective than a wooden arrow fired from a bow."

Wooden autocrossbow added to the store. Wooden bolts x10 added to the store. Wooden bow added to the store. Wooden arrows x10 added to the store. Crystal battery [rank 1] available in current store. Your current balance is 39 Enemy Points.

>>902748
How do crystal batteries work?
What's this about material density?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/22(Sat)02:45 No. 902769 ID: 163e47
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>How do crystal batteries work?

Menoetius: "Self-powered items with moving parts like the autocrossbow require a power source. Crystal batteries are the default, however, through some effort, it is possible to add custom batteries to the store. The higher the rank of the crystal battery the longer it lasts and the larger the devices it can power. Because it's just a stupid battery I decided to give them away for free."

Menoetius: "As for how they work, you just pop them into any device that uses them and go crazy. If you are interested in the technical details go beat up a nerdy looking Busaskan Kinter until they tell you. It's what I would do."

>What's this about material density?

Menoetius pauses for a few seconds.

Menoetius: "Prometheus insists that bolts are supposed to be small and heavy. If I actually cared I would pull up the entry for "bolt" in the dictionary of Human words like he is asking me to do right now. Because of this fact, it's best to make it out of metal. Since it was specifically requested for it to be made out of wood, he decided to just use really dense wood."

Menoetius: "Again, it is possible to use arrows in the autocrossbow, but my advice to you guys if you want to use a bolt is to try to get the boon which allows you to customize material properties since the one for unlocking new materials is too easy."

Menoetius: "You are just about out of questions for this room. You would have more if this room were a higher rank or if you asked dumber questions."

>U-um if it's not to much trouble, would you mind teaching me how to play them some time? I wonder what my brother would say if I challenged him to an alien game
Sure, we'll hopefully have down time in-between the fighting and survival stuff, and I bet getting some basic game stuff from Menoetius would be relatively cheap. We're not in the room with you so you'd have to move stuff for us on our turn, but it should be doable.

>I see you have found another T room. If you ever run out of answers from me in another T room you can come to this one and I'll answer more.
>Menoetius: "You are just about out of questions for this room. You would have more if this room were a higher rank or if you asked dumber questions."
Well I guess that confirms you're encountering identical rooms, not the same room over and over due to space shenanigans.

I'm thinking we might want to want on the bow till we've unlocked a little more stuff. The opposition so far has been really weak, and we can afford to save points for a little longer while trying to unlock density.

Do we have enough left to ask about Prometheus? From context, he's the item designer?

What do the black and white squares on the compass mean?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/28(Fri)18:30 No. 903966 ID: 163e47
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>>U-um if it's not to much trouble, would you mind teaching me how to play them some time? I wonder what my brother would say if I challenged him to an alien game
>Sure, we'll hopefully have down time in-between the fighting and survival stuff, and I bet getting some basic game stuff from Menoetius would be relatively cheap. We're not in the room with you so you'd have to move stuff for us on our turn, but it should be doable.

Morgan: "Thank you."

>Do we have enough left to ask about Prometheus? From context, he's the item designer?

Menoetius: "Oh, him? He was one of the earlier titans. He designs all the items. Originally he ran the shop here as well, but that didn't work out very well. An item designer must be able to empathize with the players to understand the items they want and must be smart enough to design them. Unfortunately, he was also smart enough to figure out other ways to help them out, like lowering the prices of the shop's items, or that one time when he tried to coordinate an effort to shut the game down for good. Ha ha!"

Menoetius: "That was about the time I was made. At that point, the designers decided it was best if he couldn't interface directly with the players, so out with the item titan and in with the loot titan! Luckily I don't care about any of the same stuff as him, I just want to see violence! glory! death! That's what I live for!"

Menoetius: "Speaking of death, here's some free advice: if you ever see a red door, go through it. The red doors always have the best loot."

>What do the black and white squares on the compass mean?

Menoetius: "Sorry you are out of questions here!"

Morgan: "Hold on let's try the room. I started out in."

Morgan makes her way back to the TTT room. (She goes East-South-West)

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/28(Fri)18:30 No. 903967 ID: 163e47
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Morgan: "What do the white squares on the compass mean?"

Menoetius: "Er, you still have questions here, I just can't answer that one. I'm not allowed to release any information whatsoever about that compass. Since it's something that tells you where you are in the maze, it's more my brother Atlas's job, so I'll let him decide if he wants to tell you anything. Exploration is stupid though. If I was in charge of making this game it would be non stop bloodshed. Now that's fun! Atlas hangs out in J rooms in case you want to avoid him."

Menoetius: "You've got about 23 questions left here unless you ask a really big one or something."

Save your questions for later, let's kill stuff.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/28(Fri)21:25 No. 904016 ID: 163e47
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>Save your questions for later, let's kill stuff.
Morgan: "Alright, which room?"

Try going West this time.
Oh, maybe you should buy that autocrossbow and some arrows?

>I just want to see violence! glory! death! That's what I live for!"
>Menoetius: "Speaking of death, here's some free advice: if you ever see a red door, go through it. The red doors always have the best loot."
Sounds like you might want to avoid the red doors for now. There's probably a sharp increase in risk or danger.

>Morgan: "Alright, which room?"
West sounds good.

Still think we should wait before a weapon upgrade.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/05(Fri)19:00 No. 905233 ID: 113273
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>Oh, maybe you should buy that autocrossbow and some arrows?
>Still think we should wait before a weapon upgrade.

Morgan: "Well we haven't seen those archers for a while, so I'll just continue using the bat. I prefer the bat anyway."

Sounds like you might want to avoid the red doors for now. There's probably a sharp increase in risk or danger.

Morgan: "That's probably a good idea."

>>Morgan: "Alright, which room?"
>West sounds good.
>Try going West this time.

Morgan: "West it is."

Morgan moves into the west room.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/05(Fri)19:05 No. 905236 ID: 113273
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Morgan: "This room has a lot more of those not quite bottomless pits from before. I can't see any enemies in this room so far. What should I do now?"

Tap the edges, see if that provokes an ambush.

Shimmy along the sides of the wall. We can buy some metal planks for this room later.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/06(Sat)00:40 No. 905306 ID: 113273
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>Tap the edges, see if that provokes an ambush.

Morgan taps the sides of the pit but nothing happens.

>Shimmy along the sides of the wall. We can buy some metal planks for this room later

Morgan edges her way towards the south door.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/06(Sat)00:40 No. 905307 ID: 113273
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Morgan: "I don't know that there is anything in this room. I haven't seen anything in any of these holes."

SLIME! DODGE NOW!

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/06(Sat)03:10 No. 905326 ID: 113273
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>SLIME! DODGE NOW!

Morgan quickly backs away to the wall.

The slime drops down from the ceiling and faces her. A puddle forms on the ground moving towards Morgan.

>>905326
Level -17, so comparably stronger than some of the other things we've seen so far, but likely still really weak.

Smack it and back up, I think? You can't afford to lose your footing in the puddle near these holes.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/12(Fri)18:20 No. 906622 ID: e4c2a9
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>Level -17, so comparably stronger than some of the other things we've seen so far, but likely still really weak.

>Smack it and back up, I think? You can't afford to lose your footing in the puddle near these holes.

Morgan hits the slime and a chunk of it starts disolving into the air.

>>906622
I guess that's how non-fatal injury works. Keep hitting, not much else you can do. Also watch out for more slimes, they may be hiding in the ceiling.

Please read the latest discussion thread post:
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/124748.html

>>906622
How much of it dissolved? A third? Half? You can probably estimate how many more hits it can take from that.

Smack it again when you can, take care as it may try to attack you. We're not sure how much that thing can hurt, and even if it doesn't kill you in one hit, if it knocks you into one of those holes you're in trouble.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/19(Fri)16:15 No. 907565 ID: a3d02f
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Morgan hits the slime a second time before it can reach her and it dissolves completely.

>How much of it dissolved? A third? Half? You can probably estimate how many more hits it can take from that.

Morgan: "A little over half of it dissolved the first time I hit it. If there are more blue ones they will probably be stronger too."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/19(Fri)16:15 No. 907566 ID: a3d02f
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>Watch out for more slimes, they may be hiding in the ceiling.

Morgan points: "There are two more holes in the ceiling, over those two spots on the floor, but I can't see what's in them."

>>907566
I don't really like fighting directly next to pits like this. See what's through the door. Was it always green?

>Was the door it always green?

Er, sorry for not being clear.
The door was always supposed to be green, I just messed it up. The green door is the one Morgan came from, I just changed the perspective.

>>907598
Ahh.

>>907566
Let's avoid the ceiling holes for now. Go towards the southern door now that the way's clear.

I dunno what that is but it's level ZERO.

... Wow, in almost any other game, that would be underwhelming. Seriously though, you should consider retreating.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/26(Fri)17:45 No. 908418 ID: a3d02f
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>Let's avoid the ceiling holes for now. Go towards the southern door now that the way's clear.
Morgan makes her way back towards the south door and goes through it.

She finds herself in a new room.
An orb is floating in the corner near the floor.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/26(Fri)17:45 No. 908419 ID: a3d02f
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There is a box sitting on one of the walls.

Oh shit right, that orb is an enemy. It's a tough one too, watch out. Might have to retreat if it doesn't go well.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/27(Sat)00:40 No. 908444 ID: a3d02f
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>I dunno what that is but it's level ZERO.
>Seriously though, you should consider retreating.
>Oh shit right, that orb is an enemy. It's a tough one too, watch out. Might have to retreat if it doesn't go well.

Morgan: "It's level zero? In that case, I definitely don't want to be fighting it right now."
Morgan goes back through the door into the V room and finds someone else waiting for her on the other side.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/27(Sat)00:40 No. 908445 ID: a3d02f
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She is wearing a bag that looks comically large on her, however, she doesn't appear to have any problems carrying it, despite her childish frame.

As soon as she sees Morgan she shouts excitedly.

[???]: Я так рад, что ты здесь!
[???]: Я знал, что ты еще жив!

New language detected. Loading language pack...

She calms down and sets her bag next to the door. She addresses Morgan.

[???]: Тебе нужна помощь [help] с [clearing this room?]

>>908445
Say hello, and tell her you missed the first few things she said due to language difficulties. She might have the same delay, so you should wait for her to either repeat what she said or ask you to repeat yourself.

Also yeah there's a level 0 orb enemy in the room behind you that you're not ready for. This room with the ceiling slimes? Some assistance would be nice I suppose, it's just precarious.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/27(Sat)03:15 No. 908455 ID: a3d02f
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>Say hello, and tell her you missed the first few things she said due to language difficulties. She might have the same delay, so you should wait for her to either repeat what she said or ask you to repeat yourself.

>Also yeah there's a level 0 orb enemy in the room behind you that you're not ready for. This room with the ceiling slimes? Some assistance would be nice I suppose, it's just precarious.

Morgan: "Er, hello. I missed what you were saying."

[???]: [You don't speak Russian?]

Morgan: "I missed that too, I don't understand your language."

She switches to speaking in English.
[???]: "That is fine. I speak English fairly well. Do you want help killing the enemies in this room?"

Morgan: "That would be nice I suppose."

The young girl nods and reaches into her bag.
She stops and stares at a point in space across from her.
[???]: [Wait, she's a what?!] she hisses in Russian.

D'aww. Wait, ask her what is in her necklace. If she gives it to you and it has [metal] access, you could give her a weapon in exchange!

>[???]: [Wait, she's a what?!] she hisses in Russian.
Um. That was "Wait she's a what" in Russian. Sounds like her helpers may have just told her something about you, and she didn't like what she heard. (Guesswork- we can't talk to her, and we can't hear whoever can, either).

Be careful, if the voices she's hearing are malicious, they might be trying to force a fight or something. Even if she is just a kid, the gear she's carrying suggests she might have been at this longer than you have.

Try talking to her? "Is something wrong?"

>>908455
Oh, the language pack upgrade only applied to us. Sorry Morgan.
Ask her how long she's been in the maze. Any idea what's with the compass markings?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/02(Fri)21:00 No. 909336 ID: a3d02f
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>Oh, the language pack upgrade only applied to us. Sorry Morgan.
>That was "Wait she's a what" in Russian. Sounds like her helpers may have just told her something about you, and she didn't like what she heard.
Morgan nods silently in confirmation.

>Try talking to her. "Is something wrong?"
Morgan: "Is something wrong?"

She looks back toward Morgan: "Do not worry, it is nothing. I am glad to have found another character. I was thinking I was the only one in here."

>Ask her what is in her necklace.
Morgan: "What does your necklace do?"

[???] holds it up: "This? I found it in a box. It was in the room north of the room behind me. It is the bow person's gift so it can make moving weapons stronger."

She hoists an oversized axe out of the bag and begins making her way toward one of the holes in the ceiling.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/02(Fri)21:00 No. 909337 ID: a3d02f
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>Ask her how long she's been in the maze. Any idea what's with the compass markings?
She answers Morgan: "It has been a few days. They thi- I think the markings show where we are in the maze."

Another blue slime drops down and she slices it in half with the axe.
She pauses and whispers in Russian [Only second varient. What level was it?]

The girl puts down the axe and points north and south. "Going those ways changes the top arrow."
She points east and west. "And going those ways changes the bottom arrow."

She picks up the axe again: "When you move, the square markings on the other-" She cuts herself off. Короче, "Since the colours change unpredictably, we cannot find our way around the maze."

[???]: "That is enough from me, what about you? You do not have players, is this correct?"

5 Enemy Points earned. Your current balance is 59 Enemy Points.

She means us. Yeah.

I say once this room is clear we go grab that autocrossbow and team up with her to kill that orb.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/03(Sat)00:30 No. 909354 ID: a3d02f
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>She means us. Yeah.
Morgan: "Um, I have players."

[???]: "W-wait, You do? People who talk to you?"

Morgan: "Yes?"

[???]: "Then, prove it: what is the square root of 3?"

Morgan: "How am I supposed to know that?"

[???]: "Not you them! I'm telling you, they are good at this stuff!"

I used a calculator: 1.732*1.732 ~= 3.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/03(Sat)05:41 No. 909364 ID: a3d02f
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Fuck, this quest is just coming apart at the seams now ain't it? I think it's about time I let it die. Trust me, you aren't missing out on much.

Here is a protip: Don't base your quest on "No Man's Sky."

I'm going to write a conclusion for the archives. I have lost enough sleep from this quest already though, so I'm going to wait 'til next week to do that.

This was fun. Thank you TG Chan. Audios!

>>909354
I'm trying to decide if it's a good thing or a bad thing if she recognizes you as having players. Does that make you someone to cooperate with, or a competitor? If this is a game, there's a lot of rules we don't know.

>[???]: "Then, prove it: what is the square root of 3?"
Root 3. It's already as reduced as you can get it without introducing inaccuracies and rounding errors.

Fine if you want an irrational number: 1.7320508075688772935274463415059...

>>909364
Well RIP.

The End(?) Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/09(Fri)14:20 No. 910099 ID: a3d02f
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Error: Neural interface disconnected


"Author Died" Ending (in bounds) achieved in 91 frames

8/214 room types discovered
8/1,099,511,627,776 rooms visited

11 enemies killed
59 enemy points earned