Well, I guess we have enough money to play games here and try to get a prize, maybe there is something to reduce our fear of the outdoors like a giant teddy bear or something.

Check what prizes they have here that might be able to help us.

Ask the proprietor if he wants to play hooky, and challenge him to DDR.

Go so hard on DDR that you raise the roof and/or bring the house down, maybe if we defeat the building itself this weird curse will be lifted.

>>979481
What's that thing on the floor?

Oh crap, there's a nudibranch on the floor, and your bike just disappeared.

1/1 Blobbish 2020/10/26(Mon)20:21 No. 979730 ID: 7f716e
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>>979483
"Oh you poor, simple, naive, incredibly stupid little fool"
He begins to flash-back.
"no one has ever been able to leave ever since he, Exppextaceon the fleet-footed lich arrived and got 10528 points in Dance Dance Retribution 2. The power of such a flawless run fuels his magic, and he keeps us locked in here to tempt us into fighting him, so he may claim our souls if we lose. arrgh."

"It has been 300 years here, away from the seas. My only hope now is that the lich's high-score can be beaten by some stronger than I, and I may be allowed to visit the locker once and for all."

Maybe we can beat the score if we work together with some of the more spidery shadow demons.

>>979730
Kneecap the lich then challenge him.

Work smarter, not harder.

Instead of attempting to break the high score record, we should instead try to find a way to reset the score of the ddr arcade machine.

Truly he has an aura of menace around him, could we hope to defeat him man to skeleton in a dance dance retribution game? I doubt it. We need an advantage, some way to boost our abilities. Any focus enhancing drugs in that first aid kit?

>>979734
Absolutely. Let's Constanza this mf.

Ok, unless you're a legendary DDR master, we need to look into how we cheat

1/3 Blobbish 2020/10/27(Tue)18:12 No. 979785 ID: 7f716e
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>>979494
those are the bloody bandages you took off
>>979735
aside from your standard first-aid items, there is a large unmarked syringe with a thick liquid inside. the only label seen says "Emergency Use Only"

2/3 Blobbish 2020/10/27(Tue)18:15 No. 979786 ID: 7f716e
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>>979513
Oh no! the bike has been commandeered by a group of hooligans! If only you could go out there and take it back from them.

3/4 Blobbish 2020/10/27(Tue)18:21 No. 979787 ID: 7f716e
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>>979484
>>979734
>>979746
>>979749

okay okay okay, you are not particularly good at ddr2, in fact, you can't remember if you've even ever played it.
But you don't have to be good at the game if you can cheat! You decide to look around the place to see if there is a way to cheat the system.
Maybe there is something at the prize shop that can help you.

4/4 Blobbish 2020/10/27(Tue)18:24 No. 979788 ID: 7f716e
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"Sup. How many Tickets you got?"

Okay now go see the guy at the ticket counter, so we can see what we have to bribe him with.

Cheat at ski-ball. Best way to get free tickets.

>>979788
Zero at the moment. How much does all that stuff cost?

Is the key a prize? And do you know where the breaker room is? I uh... need to fix something in there.

1/1 Blobbish 2020/10/27(Tue)21:38 No. 979808 ID: 7f716e
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>>979791
>>979796
15 for the Ream Of Paper
500 for the Plushie
750 for the Anti-Ghost Juice
1500 for the GUN
2000 for the Deed For Empty Lot In Urban Kentucky
3000 for the Pirate Tricorne Hat
And uh, 5000 for the ??KEY?? Uh, but you're not allowed to have it.

And no, i don't know where the breaker room is. I'm not allowed to leave this booth.

Well, cheating as ski-ball seems like a good solution for printing tickets, but we still need to decide how to cheat. If we can find flip the breaker that should clear the cabinet memory and wipe all the cabinets scores... but its very conspicuous. If we can get enough tickets maybe we can just shoot the lich?

I say we take a quick look around and see if we can find an unlocked breaker room, if not then we should go use our quarters to cheat a ski-ball.

Alright now let's investigate the available ticket-giving games and take stock of our funds, see how many tickets we can make.
Also... see if any of the trapped souls here want to donate tickets to you so you can get something good.

...any way to tell what the lich's phylactery is? Or is it not an actual lich, but a strong ghost? We could just aim for the ghost juice in that case.

Might need to make a pit-stop at the bathroom. Just seeing the sign gives me the rumblies.

What if we just cheesed one of the easier arcade games until we had enough money for GUN, challenged the lich in person, and GUNNED him?

Ask the ghost many tickets he costs. If he isnt allowed to leave the booth, maybe we can buy him his freedom?

It's dangerous to spend your quarters on any game without knowing what sort of ticket output you'll get. Ask the other denizens of the arcade which machine is best for cheesing tickets.

1/7 Blobbish 2020/11/06(Fri)23:35 No. 980503 ID: 7f716e
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You ask the ghost man thing, " Hey, are you alright? are you being held against your will or something because you seem kinda nervous. If there's anything i can do to help you out, just let me know, alright?"

"uh... You'd really do tha--- I mean, uh... well, I dunno man, like... you'd kinda have to talk to my boss about that y'know? sorry I can't really talk about that right now." He looks around , "But I'd totally appreciate it"

2/7 Blobbish 2020/11/06(Fri)23:38 No. 980504 ID: 7f716e
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>>979822
You head to the bathroom, hoping to find some clues or something in there.

You step inside, and immediately something smells fishy... but maybe that was just someones lunch. You decide that perhaps it would be faux pas to go rooting around in the bathroom (and maybe illegal) so you step back out.

3/7 Blobbish 2020/11/06(Fri)23:42 No. 980505 ID: 7f716e
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As you step out you notice a fella sitting on the ground taking advantage of an unused power outlet to charge his phone.

"heh, man this is hilarious.", he must be referring to something on his phone.

You notice a small pile of tickets near his feet, from a rough glance it looks like it amounts to maybe ...

rolled 64, 15 + 50 = 129

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3/7 fin Blobbish 2020/11/06(Fri)23:45 No. 980507 ID: 7f716e
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129 tickets!
You boldy ask him if you can have them, cuz they're just lying around and all.
"Oh, uh, yeah totally man, go for it!

4/7 Blobbish 2020/11/06(Fri)23:51 No. 980509 ID: 7f716e
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You wander around a bit, and end up at one of those neat light-gun games, probably about shooting zombies for tickets and highscores.

Standing on it is a lil boy with a hat.
"Oh please mister, this is a co-op game, and no one else wants to play with me! Look, if you decide to play , I can carry you through the game , and you can keep the tickets! just play with me..."

You tell the kiddo that you'll think about it and be back real soon if you decide to play with him, and then you head on looking at different machines.

5/7 Blobbish 2020/11/06(Fri)23:53 No. 980510 ID: 7f716e
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"hey"
"hey man, sup"
"Hows whackamole for tickets?"
"eh... it's alright I guess, but the timing is kinda tricky. Though if you get a certain amount of points you get to try again for free which is neat.
"ah, okay cool"

6/7 Blobbish 2020/11/07(Sat)00:08 No. 980511 ID: 7f716e
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You encounter your disconnected shadow by the ski-ball machine.
"Uh... hey? Are you me?"
"Oh hey man, nah yeah, nah, Used to be y'know? Situation is kinda weird right now though. Kinda in between jobs at the moment, yeah? Don't really know how i got separated from you, but i guess this means I'm fired? I'm not mad or anything but I kinda wish I could at least play some games here. I only have the shadows of your quarters so I'm out of luck. maybe I can become someone else shadow or something. By the way, I noticed you lurking around the machines, talking to people and such?

Your shadow leans in closer, "If you're looking for ways to cheat for tickets, in my opinion the ski ball machine might be the easiest, as long as you don't get caught, yknow? I've counted at least 3 cameras in this building, but i'm not sure if any are actually pointed this direction. Still something i'd take into account though.

You talk with your shadow a bit more, mostly about what its like being a shadow. He says the hours are okay, but the pay is kinda crap.

7/7 Blobbish 2020/11/07(Sat)00:11 No. 980512 ID: 7f716e
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oh man! that's kind of a lot of options, huh? every machine costs a quarter to play, but which will get you the most tickets after it all? You have a dollar and 75 cents in quarters, but you also have a $5 bill in your pocket that you could exchange for more game time if you really , really had to.

You take a minute or two to consider your next course of action.

Boy, playing with the gun right against the screen is pretty cheap. I think we should play the shooting game with the gnomeling.

>>980517
Gotta concur here, lil buddy is not only cute but he probably knows the game back to front. Lets spend 2 quarters on that.

Agreed, the light gun is the way to go!

Skee-ball cheating is for desperate people.

Light gun. Kid needs a companion, you need tickets. Win-win with your little buddy there.

Also let your shadow know if they want to get back together with you, the two of you should talk about it. No pressure!

Light gun

Light gun

1/4 Blobbish 2020/11/25(Wed)17:57 No. 982108 ID: 7f716e
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Of course! The decision never could have been anything else. You decide on the light gun game!

2/4 Blobbish 2020/11/25(Wed)17:58 No. 982110 ID: 7f716e
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You run back to the light gun machine.
"Okay kid, lets play."

3/4 Blobbish 2020/11/25(Wed)18:01 No. 982111 ID: 7f716e
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"yay!!! Okay tell you what, i'll do most of the work, you just choose a couple targets and shoot.

4/4 Blobbish 2020/11/25(Wed)18:06 No. 982112 ID: 7f716e
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3...2...1...

Game Start!

This is a minigame! To earn tickets open the paint program of your choice and draw a reticle over a target and upload that image as a suggestion, one reticle per suggestor. The little guy will pick out some of the targets you miss, but the more you can hit yourself the more tickets you'll earn!

Pawn_01 2020/11/25(Wed)18:12 No. 982114 ID: 894419
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>>982112
I got one!

RaccoonGuy 2020/11/25(Wed)18:28 No. 982115 ID: df76b1
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>>982112
That rectangle's not so smug now!

Suggestion 2020/11/25(Wed)18:36 No. 982117 ID: acd1e5
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the deed is done

Suggestion 2020/11/25(Wed)20:12 No. 982122 ID: b1b4f3
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OPEN FIRE

Poltergeist Ethanoic Acid 2020/11/25(Wed)21:07 No. 982141 ID: e51896
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The only target that matters.

Get the gun's laser pointer in his eyes so that it is damaged enough for him to do poorly at DDR. You get one eye, the little guy can get the other.

1/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)17:07 No. 982458 ID: 7f716e
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>>982114
>>982115
>>982117
>>982122

haha, yeah! shoot them blobs!

2/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)17:09 No. 982459 ID: 7f716e
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rolled 77, 64, 41, 66, 30, 20, 3, 49, 41, 72 + 500 = 963

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3/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)17:15 No. 982460 ID: 7f716e
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You get 963 points from this round, woohoo! that'll surely be a lot of tickets.

>>982141
Oh, but what's this? seems like you have one bullet left. a brilliant idea comes to you. If you shoot the lich with the lightgun in the past, you can prevent him from ever completing ddr2, and the denizens of this arcade will never have been trapped!

You close your eyes. You focus intently on your desired goal.
You want to shoot.
Shoot the lich.
Shoot the past.
You peer into your minds eye. You can see it all now.

4/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)17:18 No. 982461 ID: 7f716e
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This is the world in which Exppextaceon the fleet-footed lich never achieved 10528 points in Dance Dance Retribution 2.

Having never developed an addiction to the game, Exppextaceon never trapped the denizens of the arcade, and devoted his time to actually evil deeds.
There is no longer an arcade to be trapped in, but the landscape is a desolate wasteland.

5/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)17:20 No. 982462 ID: 7f716e
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The cities are in flames. The lich's beasts wander the streets looking for survivors to prey on.

6/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)17:24 No. 982463 ID: 7f716e
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You see the lich on his throne. He uses his lich magic to see all and corrupt the minds of his enemies. You would be but a bug, so far beneath him he would pay you no heed as you complete your journey, if you stay out of his way.

Do you pull the trigger?

Ok, uh, I'm gonna say don't pull the trigger.

On second thought, lets not shoot Exppextaceon. He might destroy the 7-11, and no 7-11 = no Slurpee

I think we'd better not shoot the lich

Yeah I think we're fine with the timeline as it is.

>>982463
Shoot him! We can get the slurpee in peace.

1/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)19:55 No. 982478 ID: 7f716e
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>>982464
>>982466
>>982468

holy crap, this timeline looks dark as heck.
You definitely change your mind about pulling the trigger.
You aim at something on the screen instead.

2/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)19:59 No. 982479 ID: 7f716e
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... You can't pull the trigger.
You're still looking through your mind's eye!
"uh... hey, you alright? Pull the trigger already."

You try to pull the trigger. You can't.
You try to speak. You can't.
You try to move at all. You can't.

You feel as if a powerful force is watching you, and you're rooted to the spot in fear.

3/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)20:02 No. 982480 ID: 7f716e
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...

"Who is this creature?"
...

4/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)20:04 No. 982481 ID: 7f716e
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"Bobby Slurpps, Your lichdom."
"He is not of our time?"
"No, Your Greatness."

5/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)20:05 No. 982482 ID: 7f716e
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"Bring him to me."

6/6 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)20:07 No. 982484 ID: 7f716e
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You feel something pulling at you through your mind's eye. You can feel as if you are slipping right of your own body and into a bottomless pit.

In just a few seconds you'll have been dragged through the threshold.

Close your mind's eye, cut the connection!

Blind your minds eye with the lightgun! DO IT NOW!

>You try to pull the trigger. You can't.
>You try to speak. You can't.
>You try to move at all. You can't.

Guess we'll die then.

Actually, idea: think as hard as you can about a slurpee to combat that fear, then if you can talk again, tell the little guy to shoot your mind's eye as quick as he can!

...

But how did those guys know our name?

the only person we told our name to was... the bus driver. damn it. I wonder if he betrayed you because we lost his bike to some hooligans, and failed to report his stolen bike.

>>982492
stolen bus, not stolen bike.

I knew we should have shot him. Clog the vortex with the little dude!

note: the gun has no bullets left so you'll have to shoot off the screen to reload.

1/4 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)23:23 No. 982509 ID: 7f716e
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>>982492
You put all of your willpower to muster out a single sentence.
Shoot... The... Minds... Eye!

The kid looks at you confused for a moment, but then it clicks.
"You fool! You tried to shoot the past, didn't you?! Did you really think you were the first to try this??". The kid takes aim, and blinds your minds eye.

2/4 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)23:24 No. 982510 ID: 7f716e
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You fall over, losing consciousness.
"H-hey! Hey wait, wake up!"

3/4 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)23:29 No. 982511 ID: 7f716e
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...
Curses! Wizards, what happened?

They shut his minds eye, sir. The portal was interrupted.

Get it open.

Yes sir. Right away, your lichdom.
...

3.5/4 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)23:30 No. 982512 ID: 7f716e
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...
...
...

4/4 Blobbish 2020/11/29(Sun)23:32 No. 982513 ID: 7f716e
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You are a little gnome boy. You have been stuck in this arcade for 2 weeks now.

The man that played the lightgun game with you is lying on the floor unconscious.

"Oh mannnnn,, this is baaaddd"

>>982513
Check the first aid kit for a defibrillator. If you attach it to his temples, it should wake him up.

>>982513
Draw on his face.

>>982515
this is critical

Find his shadow. He might know what to do. You might want to give his shadow some of this man's quarters as well.

>>982513
Definitely check the first aid kit for something to help

1/5 Blobbish 2020/12/01(Tue)17:01 No. 982621 ID: 7f716e
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>>982515
>>982516

2/5 Blobbish 2020/12/01(Tue)17:01 No. 982622 ID: 7f716e
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You root around in the mans pockets for some stuff.
You find $5 and 6 quarters, as well as a first aid kit and 1092 tickets.

3/5 Blobbish 2020/12/01(Tue)17:01 No. 982623 ID: 7f716e
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You open up the first aid. It looks like pretty standard stuff, aside from a giant syringe sitting on top of everything.

4/5 Blobbish 2020/12/01(Tue)17:02 No. 982624 ID: 7f716e
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It is big and large and red and labeled only with "CAUTION: EMERGENCY USE ONLY"

Blobbish 2020/12/01(Tue)17:02 No. 982625 ID: 7f716e
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Before you take any action, you decide to look around for anything that can help. Eventually you stumble upon a person that looks exactly like the unconscious guy. maybe they're related?


the man mutters to himself ,"ugh i don't feel so good... something feels wrong."

>>982625
Tell him a guy that looks like him passed out after trying to shoot the past.

Maybe the shadow man could use the syringe if he's feeling sick? Ask him if he knows the man who fell unconscious.

See if the shadow will stand in the appropriate shadow position in relation to your new pal's carcass and see if that helps.

Mimic the exact same pose this shadow is making. Pretend that this shadow is your shadow

1/3 Blobbish 2020/12/07(Mon)22:10 No. 983012 ID: 7f716e
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>>982653
You sit in the same position as the shadow man.

2/3 Blobbish 2020/12/07(Mon)22:12 No. 983013 ID: 7f716e
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"H-hey wait, what hold on what are you doing?"

3/3 Blobbish 2020/12/07(Mon)22:17 No. 983015 ID: 7f716e
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"Sigh... Well i'm not mad or anything, I was just hoping could get back together with my original host some time. But, I guess i'm your shadow now kid. I can offer helpful advice and reach tall shelves I guess"

"oh, haha. I guess I wasnt thinking haha sorry"

"Oh, at least i'm feeling slightly better now"

cool. New friend. tell him that you cant wait to play shadow puppets with him someday.

Take your new shadow to your unconscious player 2, and ask what your new shadow has in his shadow first aid kit that may help.

Also recall where your old shadow went awhile ago.

Does shadow have a mind's eye too? If so, warn him to keep it closed.

Go check on your original friend and see if shadow can help at all.