CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)10:15 No. 388265 ID: e19cdf
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[HRHGRHEHGHEFGRHE SORRY GUYS I've never done this before and I though HTML would work! ;w; Here's the image you were supposed to see, I don't think I can edit the initial post . . . bear with me while I learn the ropes!]

sit up and slap your cheeks a little to get the blood flowing.

Get dressed, you trollop! What are your responsibilities for the day?

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)10:31 No. 388268 ID: e19cdf
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>sit up and slap your cheeks a little to get the blood flowing.

Oh boy. Mornings were never your thing, but this at least helps clear your head a little.

>Get dressed, you trollop! What are your responsibilities for the day?

Oh, but clothes are so boring . . . oh! OH. Today is the day. Today is THE day. Today, you have a big project that you've been basically waiting for all summer - and not just for you, but for your entire hometown!

[[Just so you guys know - full-color drawings will be for chapter openers and cutscenes! I'd love to do it all the time, but everything else will be in this simplified style so I can keep up with updates.]]

Bleat like a goat and shit on your desk!!!

>>388268
First things first: Hammer-slide into the bathroom, brush teeth.

put on your glasses and hug your rabbit for a pick me up. then apply hairspray?

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)10:43 No. 388272 ID: e19cdf
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>Bleat like a goat and shit on your desk!!!

You don't have time for Homestuck references, silly! You have to get ready to go help with the town project, remember? Gosh.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)10:52 No. 388275 ID: e19cdf
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>put on your glasses and hug your rabbit for a pick me up.

You equip your GLASSES - much better, now you can see! But you can't reach your BUNNY, which was a gift from your best friend, MIRIAM. Wow, what an INCREDIBLY STUPID place to put a shelf - especially a shelf that has so much of your IMPORTANT JUNK on it. One of these weekends you're going to take your TOOLBOX to that shit and hang it somewhere less . . . idiotic.

alter your proportions so you are taller.
FUDGE your stats, i am saying.

look at the various notes and memos on that cork board over there.

>>388275
Shove at the bunny with your pillow.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)14:11 No. 388295 ID: e19cdf
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>alter your proportions so you are taller.
FUDGE your stats, i am saying.
That's dumb! Your friends don't call you FUDGE because you have the ability to tamper with worldly facts of mass and matter, they call you FUDGE because . . . because . . .
. . . well, at any rate, it's not your real name anyway, because your real name is -
. . . it's . . .
Oh, whatever, the point is, you have absolutely no special or magical powers besides above-average cute-butt-having skills!

>Shove at the bunny with your pillow.
You do so and manage to knock the BUNNY down. With that done, you suppose it's time to tuck him under your are and >Hammer-slide into the bathroom, brush teeth...>then apply hairspray?

You enter your CRUDELY DRAWN BATHROOM and begin your morning ritual.

Bounce on bed to gain height & reach shelf.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)14:36 No. 388297 ID: e19cdf
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Done! Now that your hair's done and your teeth are brushed, you can go back out to your room and

>look at the various notes and memos on that cork board over there.
Most of the stuff on the board is boring - just receipts and reminders and things. The only really special thing on the board is that PHOTO in the bottom right corner.
It's of you and Miriam, of course! It's your favorite photo of the two of you. You think it's really cute.

But, oh geez, you're losing track of time! It's almost 10:00 am, and you need to meet up with everybody by 10:20!

Quick! Throw on some clothes and make haste to...where ever you're meeting, I suppose.

fondly regard scene outside your window.

>>388297
Who's that, your girlfriend? What's the meeting about? What's the big project?

Don't forget to retrieve your glasses.

>>388297

Equip shirt and pants, there are meetings to attend!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)15:52 No. 388310 ID: e19cdf
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>Quick! Throw on some clothes and make haste to...where ever you're meeting, I suppose.

Done and done! You're out the door in a flash, shrieking like a wounded baboon. Because that's kind of what you do under pressure. Good thing there's never any real stress or danger in your life!
Luckily, the town hall is only a ten-minute jog away. You should just about make it, especially if you're zipping about like an anthropomorphic hedgehog on heavy drugs.

>Who's that, your girlfriend? What's the meeting about? What's the big project?

>Don't forget to retrieve your glasses.
The glasses were still on the table because the artist of this quest is a lazy asshole.
The idea of Miriam being your girlfriend makes you giggle. You could NEVER land a girl that pretty in a million years. Besides, she's your best friend! That would just be weird.
To be honest, you don't really know much about the project! You know it's some kind of community service thing, and that the town council has been planning it for a long time . . . but you were so excited about the idea of a big project that you didn't learn much more than that. Maybe you can ask someone when you reach the town hall . . .

<i>[[ Now that Fudge is out in the wide world and soon to meet other characters, I thought now would be a good time to warn you guys: If you make the wrong decisions, you could get Fudge killed.
Not that I think anything BAD could EVER happen to her, of course. That would be EXTREMELY IMPROBABLE.
But in the VERY RARE event that Fudge dies, the game will be "reset" to the point at which you guys made a decision that sealed her fate. You'll get a chance to figure out another option that might end up a little better for our plucky heroine.]]</i>

who's that ginger kid?!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)16:15 No. 388322 ID: e19cdf
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>who's that ginger kid?!

What ginger kid?

>>388322

DODGE!

>>388322
That one, right there, that you are running into comically.

Try not to smash your head against his.

Fall with the grace of twenty ballerinas.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)16:36 No. 388335 ID: e19cdf
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>DODGE!
Huh? What?

>That one, right there, that you are running into comically. Try not to smash your head against his.
Wha - OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT

>Fall with the grace of twenty ballerinas.
This one seems to fit the bill.

DO A BARREL ROLL, THEN KEEP RUNNING, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE TO KEEP..

fudge: C'MON LETS KEEP MOVING MOVING MOOVING
ginger kid: dust yourself off and go about your business. this happens alot, doesnt it?

Don't accidentally shove your boobs in his face!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)17:03 No. 388354 ID: e19cdf
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>DO A BARREL ROLL, THEN KEEP RUNNING, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE TO KEEP..
>fudge: C'MON LETS KEEP MOVING MOVING MOOVING
ROGER THAT

>ginger kid: dust yourself off and go about your business. this happens alot, doesnt it?
HAMILTON has not yet been unlocked as a playable character!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)17:45 No. 388376 ID: e19cdf
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WHOOP WHOOP! FINALLY -

...

there...

Call out to see if anyone's around.

>>388376

Don't step on the white tiles! They shoot laser traps!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)18:06 No. 388392 ID: e19cdf
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>Call out to see if anyone's around.
Hm. No answer.

It seems even emptier than usual, but you've always thought this town hall was AWFULLY big and fancy for such a little town. Then again, a hundred years ago or so, apparently it used to be a bustling city! But ever since the old textile mill closed, money, jobs, and eventually people began trickling out of town, until eventually it was barely even a village.

oh well, to the meeting area!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)18:31 No. 388399 ID: e19cdf
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>oh well, to the meeting area!
Well, that's the thing . . . you thought everyone was just meeting here! Ugh, usually MIRIAM is around to help you with these kinds of things...

>>388399
uhhh, your rabbit toy seems to be possessed and following you.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)18:44 No. 388401 ID: e19cdf
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>uhhh, your rabbit toy seems to be possessed and following you.
What?
Oh. There he is. Gee, you don't remember putting him there . . . maybe you dropped him when you ran into HAMILTON and picked him up again without thinking? And . . dropped him again . . . also without thinking?

[[CUTSCENE UP NEXT, please hold off on commands!]]

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)18:55 No. 388404 ID: e19cdf
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[[CUTSCENE]]

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)19:07 No. 388409 ID: e19cdf
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[[PLEASE ENTER COMMAND TO CONTINUE CUTSCENE]]

Turn around!

jump and turn around and go AUAHGAHAG!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)19:36 No. 388418 ID: e19cdf
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>Turn around!
[[CUTSCENE]]

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)19:46 No. 388419 ID: e19cdf
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[[CUTSCENE OVER - you can enter commands as normal now!]]

>>388419
Okay! Let's go see what's goin' on.

Also, who's this spooky chick?

Join them, this is your chance to show off all your best moves...in an unspecified event.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)20:05 No. 388425 ID: e19cdf
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>Okay! Let's go see what's goin' on.
>Also, who's this spooky chick?

You head outside through the door at the back of the Town Hall lobby with THIS SPOOKY CHICK, also known as MIRIAM, your best friend since preschool. Small towns tend to be tight-knit and cliquey, and not many people take too kindly to her. Lots of talk about "heebie jeebies," which is weird, because she's never made YOU feel creeped out!

Well, not SUPER creeped out.

There are a couple more people out here, talking quietly among themselves. It looks like they've been waiting for you to get here.

>>388425
Say hello in your usual super upbeat way!

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)20:20 No. 388429 ID: e19cdf
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>Say hello in your usual super upbeat way!

You head towards the first person you see - a girl you recognize as Hamilton's twin sister, Harriet. You don't really know her, but in a town this small, it's impossible not to know everyone at least by sight.

You give her your most cheerful greeting, but . . . well.

someone's grumpy. oh well, anyone else around? talk to them.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)20:29 No. 388431 ID: e19cdf
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>someone's grumpy. oh well, anyone else around? talk to them.

It looks like HAMILTON is here, too! You, MIRIAM, HAMILTON, and HARRIET are all seniors at the local high school - you're willing to bet you all signed up to get service hours for college applications. HAMILTON is always much more pleasant than his sister.

What do you want to ask him about?

ask what the plan for today is.

>>388431
Find out what the plan for today is

>>388431
Hey isn't this the guy you bumped into on the way here? Ask how he got here ahead of you.

CRAMP 2012/02/22(Wed)20:54 No. 388439 ID: e19cdf
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>ask what the plan for today is.

You tell him that you aren't really sure what the volunteer work you're doing consists of! HAMILTON happily agrees to explain. The old HARWOOD ESTATE, which was owned by the textile tycoons who lived here in the past, has been empty for years. Technically, the land still belongs to them - but no one has ever stepped forth to claim it, and the building has had no use for the past century or so. The city finally made a decision to reclaim the land and the building, clean it up, and turn it into some kind of civic center - like a rec center or something similar. Today they'd be helping clean up the interior debris in the estate!

Just as he finishes explaining this to you, HARRIET shoots you an exasperated look. "We've been waiting for you long enough," she snaps. "We've gotta get going soon if we want to get ANYTHING done by the end of the day. Do you have everything set?"

Whoops - in all the hustle this morning, you didn't grab any SUPPLIES! You could beg for a little more time to run back to your house to get some stuff, or you could just choose not to try HARRIET'S patience and hope that everyone else has all the stuff you could need . . .

just go, we don't need more bitching.

We should at least let them know of your mistake. If it's needed you can go back.

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)09:03 No. 388510 ID: e19cdf
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>We should at least let them know of your mistake. If it's needed you can go back.

You sheepishly explain to HARRIET that you maybe kinda-sorta might have . . . forgotten to bring anything useful. You ask if there's time for you to run back home and grab your TOOLBOX or something.
She tells you not to bother.
"While you were dicking around, the rest of us got together some supplies for the cleanup. You'll just have to share the supplies we have."

[[PLAYER STATS/INVENTORIES UPCOMING]]

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)11:30 No. 388529 ID: 519ce1
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MIRIAM has joined your party!
>STRENGTHS:
+ Intelligence
+ Intuition/Sensory Perception
+ Stealth
>WEAKNESSES:
- Strength
- Confidence
- Teamwork/Social
>SPECIAL ABILITIES:
~ ???
>COURAGE LEVEL:
x ???
>CURRENT INVENTORY:
(sewing pouch)
: Sewing Kit
: Rags
: Cell Phone
: Notepad
: Flashlight
: Empty
: Empty

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)11:31 No. 388531 ID: 519ce1
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HAMILTON has joined your party!
>STRENGTHS:
+ Strength
+ Speed
+ Teamwork/Social
>WEAKNESSES:
- Confidence
- Intelligence
- Stealth
>SPECIAL ABILITIES:
~ ???
>COURAGE LEVEL:
x Medium/Low
>CURRENT INVENTORY:
(Pockets)
: Mop
: Bucket
: Cell Phone
: Cleaning Chemicals
: Empty

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)11:32 No. 388532 ID: 519ce1
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HARRIET has joined your party!
>STRENGTHS:
+ Intelligence
+ Confidence
+ Strength
>WEAKNESSES:
- Teamwork/Social
- Stealth
- Speed
>SPECIAL ABILITIES:
~ ???
>COURAGE LEVEL:
x Pretty Motherfucking High
>CURRENT INVENTORY:
(Backpack)
: Broom
: Dustpan
: Trashbags
: Cell Phone
: Swiss Army Knife
: Change of Clothes
: Work Gloves
: Empty

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)11:32 No. 388533 ID: 519ce1
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PLAYER CHARACTER
>STRENGTHS:
+ Confidence
+ Teamwork/Social
+ Speed
>WEAKNESSES:
- Strength
- Intuition/Sensory Perception (Becomes critical if player loses item GLASSES)
- Stealth
>SPECIAL ABILITIES:
~ Parkour (Freerunning/Climbing/Barrelrolls)
~ Cute Butt
>COURAGE LEVEL:
x ???
>CURRENT INVENTORY:
(Pockets)
: Bunny
: Cell Phone
: Empty
: Empty
: Empty
[[ Now that they are part of your party, MIRIAM, HARRIET, and HAMILTON are now PARTIALLY-PLAYABLE CHARACTERS. That means that if they are in the same area as FUDGE, you can give them commands, as well. Be advised, however, that they may not respond as readily or obediently as FUDGE does. If they are not physically with her, you cannot command them. Make sure you specify if you want to command a PARTIALLY-PLAYABLE CHARACTER – unlabeled commands will be assumed to be directed at FUDGE.
Also, you can now USE any of the STRENGTHS or SPECIAL ABILITIES listed in the character stats. Keep them in mind (as well as character WEAKNESSES) when you’re accomplishing tasks!
Stats marked with “???” will either be revealed by plot events or directly determined by commands (for example, FUDGE has the ability PARKOUR because of the successfully carried out command “>DO A BARREL ROLL.” That doesn’t mean giving a command will automatically give the character the ability to carry it out, but it’s a possibility!]]

if you check the box to the left of the name and then push delete at the bottom of the page it will remove it. us that to get rid of duplicates.
everyone: to the house!

Fudge: Use your Social strength to try to warm Harriet up a little while you walk!

Can you tell us more about strengths and weaknesses and how they'll be used? Are they more for a video-gamey feel, or are they really going to be important?

Fudge-> Give Harriet your stuffed rabbit!

point to the sky to distract them and run home for your toolbox

(everyone) pose as a team, because now it won't look as ridiculous as if you did it alone.

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)22:12 No. 388611 ID: e19cdf
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>Fudge-> Give Harriet your stuffed rabbit!
WHAT.
No way! You could never, ever, ever, ever, EVER in a million years do that! That's crazy! What if she dropped him? What if she hurt him? What if she NEVER GAVE HIM BACK??

Nope! Nope nope nope! That idea is 100% completely absolutely rejected!

[[ By the way, I started a discussion thread: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/359433.html I know not much plot stuff has started happening yet, so I guess for now it will just be an art dump! I have some commissions I have to do, so updates are gonna be a little pokey, but the plot will get much, much brisker very soon!]]

tike him into your breasts for safe keeping.

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)23:50 No. 388634 ID: e19cdf
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>Fudge: Use your Social strength to try to warm Harriet up a little while you walk!
The estate is about a fifteen-minute hike down the side of the hill, so you'll have plenty of time to chat her up. You let go of MIRIAM's hand and catch up with HARRIET.
You catch her attention - or at least you think you do, even though she doesn't respond beyond a slight twitch when you call her name - and apologize for being late. You think this volunteering thing will be a good opportunity to get to know each other, you say! Nothing like a full day of TEAMWORK to have some fun while getting some great stuff done-
Harriet suddenly stops short, and you almost bump into her. She doesn't turn her head, speaking while standing perfectly still.
"Will you quit that?"
You are perplexed.
"The whole 'cheerful' thing." She tilts her head slightly, though it doesn't seem like she's really looking at you, considering how much hair she has in her eyes. "I don't wanna be your friend, okay? This isn't a field trip. I'm here to get volunteer hours I can put on my applications so I can get the fuck out of this backwoods little trashheap as soon as possible. That's it. In three months, I'm gonna be on to better places and better people, and it's not gonna made a shit of difference whether or not we talked during a stupid day of community service."
She abruptly shuts up and continues walking again.
Oh.

>Can you tell us more about strengths and weaknesses and how they'll be used? Are they more for a video-gamey feel, or are they really going to be important?
[[They are very important - or at least they're built to be, but at the end of the day, they'll be as important as you guys make them.
Basically, Strengths and Weaknesses affect how well or poorly a character will be able to fulfill a command, or how they respond to events. For example, let's say you give the command >Solve Rubik's cube.
HARRIET and MIRIAM both have the attribute INTELLIGENCE listed as a Strength. The two of them would be the best at that command!
FUDGE has it listed neither as a Strength or a Weakness. Whether or not she'd be able to complete the command is almost entirely arbitrary - it will depend on the situation. Maybe she'll solve it after a few turns, maybe she'll make a little progress and give up!
HAMILTON has INTELLIGENCE listed as a Weakness. He wouldn't do very well at that command at all! He most likely wouldn't be able to do it.

Also, attributes can affect each other. Example:
Both MIRIAM and HARRIET have "Teamwork/Social" listed as a Weakness. But this attribute manifests differently in each of them! Why? Because HARRIET also has CONFIDENCE as a Strength, while it's a Weakness for Harriet. That basically makes HARRIET's social weakness active/aggressive, while it makes MIRIAM's passive. HARRIET actively resists social maneuvers and impairs teamwork, while MIRIAM just isn't very good at it - she'd probably spoil things even if she was trying to help.
It's the same thing with HAMILTON and FUDGE - they both have TEAMWORK/SOCIAL as a Strength, but their CONFIDENCE attributes affect how those Strengths manifest. FUDGE's SOCIAL skill is active and aggressive, while for HAMILTON it just means he's friendly, kind, and cooperative.

oh gosh I'm talking way too much aren't i]]

CRAMP 2012/02/23(Thu)23:54 No. 388635 ID: e19cdf
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>tike him into your breasts for safe keeping.
You are now Princess Bunnytits.

UNLOCKED: 6th INVENTORY SPACE (CLEAVAGE)

talk to hamilton and have him use SIBLING BOND to cool down harriet.

oh and are those stars in your eyes normal?

CRAMP 2012/02/24(Fri)01:13 No. 388641 ID: e19cdf
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>talk to hamilton and have him use SIBLING BOND to cool down harriet.
You fall back to talk to HAMILTON. When you broach the subject, however, he nervously informs you that there's not really any SIBLING BOND to speak of.
"She - I, I'm sorry that she was rude to you, Fudge! It's just - well, she's like that to everyone, you know? E-Even me." He smiles, as if to force the discomfort off his face.
Before you can reassure him that that's alright, MIRIAM touches your shoulder lightly. "Almost there."
She's right - you can pretty clearly see the estate from here! You pretend that the QUEST AUTHOR isn't a lazy piece of shit and that she actually knows how to draw scenery/buildings.

>oh and are those stars in your eyes normal?
Just a status effect from the BUNNY that is currently shoved in between your TITS.
Dead serious about the EXTRA INVENTORY SPACE, though.

>>388641
asking cause you had them when you woke up too.
give him a light slap on the back.

Onwards to the manor.

>>388641
You are not making use of your special ability! Cute Butt! Get to the head of the pack right now! Not only does it show your everything off to best advantage, it naturally puts you in the leadership position that you have been allowing Harriet to assume!

As you pass her, ask her to name a career field where neither networking, customer service, or employee relations are important.

>>388642
waiiit...WHAT IF IT'S HER SECRET BLOODLINE ABILITY, or maybe I'm just talkin out my ass like a retard.

CRAMP 2012/02/24(Fri)20:16 No. 388709 ID: e19cdf
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>You are not making use of your special ability! Cute Butt! Get to the head of the pack right now! Not only does it show your everything off to best advantage, it naturally puts you in the leadership position that you have been allowing Harriet to assume!
Oh, gosh, well - you're not really sure you want to be the leade-
Oh my god who are you kidding you totally want to be the leader. You're used to being the leader. It's weird for you not to be the leader.

>As you pass her, ask her to name a career field where neither networking, customer service, or employee relations are important.
Wellll, that sounds kind of rude, and you don't really want to be r-
oh my god who are you kidding you totally want to say something cool and snappy to her she was so mean like what the fuck
You hold the pose for a second, your head tilted just barely towards your shoulder.
"Hey Harriet. If you're so eager to move on to better things, maybe you should work on your people skills."

...

Oh my god you are so cool. Such a badass. You should be a comic book hero or something.
The comic book could be about butts.

CRAMP 2012/02/24(Fri)20:27 No. 388711 ID: e19cdf
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HAMILTON has basically never seen a sexy girl butt in his life. He is STUNNED and loses 8 DEFENSE for the next three turns!

MIRIAM is your best friend and has seen your butt so many times that this attack is nothing but vaguely embarrassing to her. The attack has no effect.

HARRIET blocks CUTE BUTT with I SERIOUSLY COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR STUPID ROUND ASS. The attack has no effect, but FUDGE has usurped the LEADERSHIP POSITION at the front of the party!

>Onwards to the manor.
With FUDGE now manning the front of the party, you reach the manor a few minutes later!

[[Hey guys, I hope to have another update up tonight, but it'll take me a while to draw up backgrounds for the inside of the manor. Thanks for your patience!]]

swing open both doors in a confident manner.

>>388439
Skip down to the door! Be careful the stairs aren't rotten! You never know with these old houses! (Fudge is so adorable I need to use exclamation marks!)

If Harriet somehow recovers from that attack... well, you have a backup... Princess Bunnytits.

[[ Actually, you know what? I'm totally off track and distracted right now, I don't think the update's gonna get done tonight, but I still want to draw. You guys might as well come over to the dis thread (aka my artdump) and just request FQ art. ^^ I feel like drawing FQ stuff, just not . . . the stuff I'm supposed to be drawing. X3]]

CRAMP 2012/02/25(Sat)20:02 No. 388952 ID: e19cdf
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>Skip down to the door! Be careful the stairs aren't rotten! You never know with these old houses!
As the leader, of course, you are the first to approach the entrance. The doors are tall and broad, made of some kind of rich, dark wood. They aren't locked - they haven't been for over a century.

>swing open both doors in a confident manner.
You give them a firm, CONFIDENT shove, sending the huge, heavy doors creaking slowly inward.

CRAMP 2012/02/25(Sat)20:04 No. 388954 ID: e19cdf
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It's very dark inside - it takes a moment for your eyes to adjust, and even then you can barely make anything out. It seems like everything is incredibly dirty. Planks of wood are strewn about messily in the corners of the room, and one of the large, curving staircases looks like it has collapsed - but you can't say for sure.
Harriet sighs softly at your right and mumbles something about this being a weekend-long project. "They said we'd be cleaning up, not renovating the damn place . . ."

Clean it with fire.

Well, that won't do. Anyone bring lightbulbs?

Yeah, we need to get this place lit. Then the sweeping can begin. Does it have power, still? We could check for a light switch.

Apply BROOM to DUST. Also take some of the stuff outside to air out.

Run up the stairs and slide down the railing several times.

>>388978
This is the best plan of action, use skill cute but to dust the railings. (at least that's our justification if anyone asks.)

CRAMP 2012/02/26(Sun)01:26 No. 389012 ID: e19cdf
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>Well, that won't do. Anyone bring lightbulbs?
The only light source you have is the FLASHLIGHT that MIRIAM brought along.
HAMILTON, still recovering from exposure to your CUTE BUTT, is startled by MIRIAM's naturally terrifying face and loses -2 more DEFENSE.

CRAMP 2012/02/26(Sun)01:26 No. 389013 ID: e19cdf
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>Yeah, we need to get this place lit. Then the sweeping can begin. Does it have power, still? We could check for a light switch.
You can't see any switches or anything while it's dark like this - or even any light fixtures that a switch could control. Peering up at the ceiling, you can just barely make out the spot where a chandelier used to be. It looks like it was pretty forcibly removed.
Which is odd, considering that there's no chandelier remains to be seen in this room.
The house has remained untouched since the early 1900's, and the family that owned it was very wealthy - it has a slightly greater chance of having electrical lighting than gas lighting. The problem, however, lies in figuring out how to utilize it.

... that doesn't look like a wire to me.

just look around i guess? like scooby doo and gang.

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Explore about, open any door and windows to try and get some air flow at the very least.

Right. Did the town actually give you any RESOURCES? Start dragging all the crap in the entry chamber onto the lawn.

CRAMP 2012/02/26(Sun)21:55 No. 389230 ID: e19cdf
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>Explore about, open any door and windows to try and get some air flow at the very least.
>Start dragging all the crap in the entry chamber onto the lawn.
>Also take some of the stuff outside to air out.
You and your FRIENDS (and HARRIET) open the windows and the doors, letting in a little air and light. The sunlight reaches in just far enough that you can see what you're doing, but it'll be a problem once it either starts to get darker or you have to move further into the house - but for now, it'll work for dragging out the old rugs, crates, and other debris that now litter the room.

CRAMP 2012/02/26(Sun)21:57 No. 389232 ID: e19cdf
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>just look around i guess? like scooby doo and gang.
While everyone else is cleaning, you figure . . . well, it wouldn't hurt if you looked around a little, right? Checking over your shoulder to make sure HARRIET won't start nagging at you, you bolt over to the direction of the stairs.

CRAMP 2012/02/26(Sun)22:09 No. 389234 ID: e19cdf
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>Run up the stairs and slide down the railing several times.
EXCELLENT

[[ANIMATED!]]

CRAMP 2012/02/26(Sun)22:11 No. 389235 ID: e19cdf
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Oops. You get a few good rides in before HARRIET stops you at the bottom of the stairs. She does not look too happy with you.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? The rest of us are working."
Wellllllll....

>use skill cute but to dust the railings. (at least that's our justification if anyone asks.)
...it doesn't look like she's buying it.

>>389235
Well, is it dusted? The results should speak for themselves.

>>389235
CHANGE THE SUBJECT. Oooh loook a distraction now go work.

Well, if the railing hasn't been dusted for a while, I regret to inform you that you may have a DUST SKIDMARK on your CUTE BUTT.

Quit goofing around and help with dragging stuff out.

CRAMP 2012/02/28(Tue)12:03 No. 389431 ID: e19cdf
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>Well, is it dusted? The results should speak for themselves.
>Well, if the railing hasn't been dusted for a while, I regret to inform you that you may have a DUST SKIDMARK on your CUTE BUTT.
You prove pretty conclusively that the railing is cleaner than it was before, but it seems to only piss HARRIET off even more.

>Quit goofing around and help with dragging stuff out.
That's no fun!
But you grudgingly go outside anyway. It looks like they've got most of the stuff moved out. MIRIAM is tending to the huge, old rug that was laying in the main hall, and HAMILTON is stacking some WOODEN BOXES. All the OLD WOOD that was laying around has been stacked off to the side.

CRAMP 2012/02/28(Tue)12:04 No. 389432 ID: e19cdf
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>Did the town actually give you any RESOURCES?
Taking that as a request for an INVENTORY CHECK!

Once all the stuff is outside, explore any decently lit areas.

>>389432

Can we get an exaggeration on those CLEANING CHEMICALS that Hamilton has?

Well, I guess that's the first room cleaned out. Check to see if you can help anyone with their tasks, if not let's go into that left door in there to see what else we can drag out.

What is this, some sort of Maid RPG quest?

>>389432
Call someone and ask for three more flashlights and some extra batteries. Also some facemasks if you're gonna do a lot of dusting, could be some naaaaasty molds.

CRAMP 2012/02/29(Wed)23:02 No. 389690 ID: e19cdf
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>Check to see if you can help anyone with their tasks, if not let's go into that left door in there to see what else we can drag out.
>Explore any decently lit areas.
You ask around briefly and get the same answers; Miriam had intended to try to fix up the old rug, but realized it may be very valuable and should probably be left to someone who knew more about antiques; Hamilton had been attempting to open the crates in some way, but gave up when he decided it would be better to turn everything over to the town.
With that settled, you head back into the entrance hall. Unfortunately, there really AREN'T any decently lit areas . . . you know there are more windows on the facade of the house, so these rooms to the right and left have to have windows in them that can be opened to let in light.
You go for the door on the left, but you can't get it open! It's not locked - the handle turns freely. It seems like something large is blocking the door from swinging inward, and you can't get it to budge.

CRAMP 2012/02/29(Wed)23:02 No. 389691 ID: e19cdf
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> Call someone and ask for three more flashlights and some extra batteries. Also some facemasks if you're gonna do a lot of dusting, could be some naaaaasty molds.
It occurs to you that not every room in the house is going to have window, which is going to prove problematic. MIRIAM has the only flashlight - which now strikes you as kind of funny, because countless sleepovers have also taught you that MIRIAM happens to have UNCANNY NIGHT VISION - and it would be silly for you all to share.
You ask HARRIET about it, and she tells you that the town council did say they'd be available all day if you guys needed anything brought down from the hill. She reads off their PHONE NUMBER so that you can call them from your CELL PHONE.
It rings six times before cutting to the TOWN HALL ANSWERING MACHINE. You give HARRIET a look, and she seems surprised.
"They said they'd definitely be there," she said quietly, while the recorded message played in your ear. "Slackers."

try PULLING the door? have hamilton help you open it?

Get some muscle on the door.

>Can we get an exaggeration on those CLEANING CHEMICALS that Hamilton has?
HAMILTON is currently carrying a MEDIUM BOTTLE OF BLEACH, one GENERIC BOTTLE OF LEMONY FRESH DISINFECTANT, and one GENERIC BOTTLE OF WINDOW CLEANER.

>>389691
Leave a message on the answering machine. Ask Harriet for her swiss army knife- one of the tools should be able to take the hinges of the door off.

>>389702

Ask HARRIET to help you with the door. If she can't get it open, suggest taking the hinges off.

Something tells me she won't be too keen on loaning us her stuff.

hmmm. maybe its best to work with the left door later. what about the right one?

FRACTAL 2012/03/02(Fri)02:08 No. 389857 ID: e19cdf
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>Get some muscle on the door.
>Ask HARRIET to help you with the door.
It's pretty clear that you can't make the door move further than the blockage will allow, so you call over your shoulder for HARRIET. She's much STRONGER than you are, so you figure this should be a cinch.
With a surprising lack of complaints, she comes over and gives the door a good shove. There's a loud scraping noise, and the door jolts open a few inches - then a loud thud, and it shudders into place. HARRIET pushes it a few more times, with no results.
"Sounds like whatever was blocking it got pushed up against something else," she mutters. "Not gonna be able to open it any further than this crack."
It's wide enough to put your hand in, but that's about it, and it's pitch-black inside the room. You can't even see what's blocking the door.

[[Public Service Announcement!~ I'm permanently changing my handle to FRACTAL. I've already done it in the IRC, but I figured I should do it here as well as soon as possible. The reason is that there is another poster going under the name of "Clamp," and I figured the short-term confusion of changing handles would be better than the long-term confusion of our threads/handles always getting mixed up. So, from now on, FRACTAL is me!]]

FRACTAL 2012/03/02(Fri)02:11 No. 389858 ID: e19cdf
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>Ask Harriet for her swiss army knife- one of the tools should be able to take the hinges of the door off.
>If she can't get it open, suggest taking the hinges off. Something tells me she won't be too keen on loaning us her stuff.
You ask HARRIET if she'd be willing to try getting the door off its hinges with her SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
She gives you an exasperated look - or at least you think she would be if her eyes weren't hidden. "Okay. CAn you just think out how that would sound for a second? Or more generally, can you just think? 'Oh, uh, we couldn't get this door open, so instead of doing something useful, WE RIPPED THE FUCKING THING OFF ITS HINGES.' Yeah, that sounds smart."
She scoffs and turns away, heading back in the direction of MIRIAM and HAMILTON. "When the town hall calls back, maybe you can ask them about it. For now, try to focus on cleaning the damn place instead of tearing it down."

>>389858
Right. Well, go around looking for windows to open. Get some air flow in here.

grumble a little and try other doors.

>>389858
Dang, no circumventing puzzles, huh?

Try the other doors, yeah.

Continue opening doors until you find something interesting behind one.

>>389933
Make sure you say "excuse me" after you open each door. You never know if you'll walk in on a young couple using a building to hide there forbidden love.

Open windows and doors so that the air inside isn't so dusty.

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>>390008

No problem. Real Life comes first.

>>390008

Sorry to hear about your cat, hope everything is better soon.

FRACTAL 2012/03/04(Sun)15:08 No. 390303 ID: ecb09c
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>Open windows and doors so that the air inside isn't so dusty.
You've already opened all the windows and doors you could find! It's still dark because the room is very large, and the light isn't reaching very far.
>Dang, no circumventing puzzles, huh?
It seems like HARRIET'S life mission is to make sure you can never take the easy way out of anything! Gee, that's inconvenient.
>hmmm. maybe its best to work with the left door later. what about the right one?
>Continue opening doors until you find something interesting behind one.
>Make sure you say "excuse me" after you open each door. You never know if you'll walk in on a young couple using a building to hide there forbidden love.
You cross the room to the door on the right. This one sticks, but opens after a little jiggling and shoving. You squeak out a quick "EXCUSE ME!" before popping your head in, knowing that you yourself have been guilty of sneaking around abandoned areas for romantic adventures.

FRACTAL 2012/03/04(Sun)15:08 No. 390304 ID: ecb09c
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It looks like an old parlor of some sort, and there is a LOT of stuff in here. You think you can make out curtains on the wall to your right, which means there's a window for you to open.
You could poke around here, or you could keep looking around with the others.

DUMP DRAWERS and say hi to the painting

i see lamps, look for a switch.

Just go open the window, easier than trying to find a way to turn on lamps which might not even work anymore.

Check in the drawers, then look at the book on the desk.

Open the window before you do anything else. No sense in checking the room if you can't see inside it.

FRACTAL 2012/03/05(Mon)10:21 No. 390506 ID: 6808dd
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>Open the window before you do anything else.
You do so, and the entire room brightens up a little. It's not that much light, but it's enough to see what you're doing.
>DUMP DRAWERS
You check the drawers of the little table by the door. The contents are:
1. A small ALBUM or SCRAPBOOK with a decorated cover
2. An ORNATE FAMILY BIBLE
3. A . . . well, it's . . . it's obviously a, well, it's a thing that you - well, you put your fingers there, and you open and close it and it . . . the little metal bits . . . it's for . . . uhm . . .
You have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT THIS THING IS
4. A SKEIN OF SILK RIBBON
5. MOUSE DROPPINGS

FRACTAL 2012/03/05(Mon)10:23 No. 390507 ID: 6808dd
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> look at the book on the desk.
You grab the RECTANGULAR THINGY next to the CANDLESTICK on the table and find that it is not a BOOK, but a POORLY-DRAWN BOX OF MATCHES! Hell yeah!

FRACTAL 2012/03/05(Mon)10:39 No. 390510 ID: 6808dd
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>say hi to the painting
You wave animatedly at the PAINTING and greet it with all your normal enthusiasm.
It doesn't do anything, because it's a fucking PAINTING.
You don't know much about art, so you can't really say much about it, and while you do have a bit of knowledge about LOCAL HISTORY, you don't really know anything about the family that used to live here. Maybe somebody else in the group does, though.

++SKILL DISCOVERED//FUDGE: KNOWLEDGE: LOCAL HISTORY++

>>390506
#3 is a pair of tongs you silly woman.

Light up that candlestick and flip through the album. Wait a minute, that bunny in the painting looks like yours. Except alive.

>>390510
She looks like a sorceress, clearly that rabbit is her familiar. Perhaps some of the objects in the house are enchanted.

Take MOUSE DROPPINGS, CLAMP THINGY, RIBBON, MATCHES.

>>390511
You sure they aren't eyelash curlers? Because they kinda look like they're eyelash curlers.

Aquire everything except mouse droppings

Light CANDLESTICK to create a second light source.

is it just me or is that rabbit in the painting looking directly at you? maybe you should get out of there. . .

It's a candle extinguisher. Blowing on a candle scatters the wax and pinching it with your fingers or anything flammable is a bad idea, so they used to pinch candles with something that looks a lot like tongs to conserve wax, lower fire hazard risks and avoid mess.

FRACTAL 2012/03/07(Wed)11:41 No. 390968 ID: 6808dd
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>#3 is a pair of tongs you silly woman.
>You sure they aren't eyelash curlers? Because they kinda look like they're eyelash curlers.
>It's a candle extinguisher.
You would have guessed any of those things, but none of them quite fit. These scissor-tong things are topped with little recessed rectangles, almost like tiny boxes, with very sharp edges. They're too small to cover a candle flame, too sharp to safely pick things up, and you're not sure you would ever want to put them near your eyes . . .

FRACTAL 2012/03/07(Wed)11:41 No. 390969 ID: 6808dd
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>Wait a minute, that bunny in the painting looks like yours. Except alive.
>is it just me or is that rabbit in the painting looking directly at you? maybe you should get out of there. . .
That's silly! A lot of rabbits look like that, and the rabbit's just looking at you because that's how it was painted.
You guys are too eager to look for creepy things! There is absolutely nothing wrong with any rabbits anywhere, painted, stuffed, or otherwise. Promise.

FRACTAL 2012/03/07(Wed)11:41 No. 390970 ID: 6808dd
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>Light up that candlestick and flip through the album.
The CANDLESTICK provides some very welcome extra light, and you take a moment to look through the small ALBUM you found in the drawer. The pages are full of BUTTERFLIES, both watercolor illustrations and . . . real butterflies, flattened and glued into the pages. It's a little gross.
Names are written by each insect, but they don't look like either the common or scientific names of any kind of butterfly.

FRACTAL 2012/03/07(Wed)11:42 No. 390971 ID: 6808dd
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>Aquire everything except mouse droppings
Sure thing! Except . . . you don't have enough room. There are FIVE items you could take, not including the MOUSE DROPPINGS (which you don't really want to put in your POCKETS anyway), but you only have FOUR remaining inventory slots. You can't get rid of your CELL PHONE or your BUNNY, so you'll have to leave one of the objects behind until you get something to hold stuff in, thereby increasing your inventory size.

Use RIBBON to tie together BIBLE and SCRAPBOOK

>>390972
YESSSSS

How about we just leave the scrapbook full of personally-named butterflies behind and not use up the ribbon on something silly?

Ask the others if they know what the SHARP TONGS are for, and maybe ask if anyone knows who the lady in the picture is.

That ribbon is old, do we know if it's about to disintegrate or not? If it's fragile then don't do it, but otherwise I fully support tying the two books together with it and adding them to the salvage.

>>390971
Isn't taking other peoples stuff stealing? and isn't stealing wrong? and if you say "its okay the person is dead" I would just like to point out that in the wild west grave robbers where shot on sight.

>>390971
Leave the books, they're not gonna grow legs and scuttle off.

>>391021
neither is the other stuff. the only things we properly need from here are more light sources, so matches and the candle. Any extra things are fine, but those are pretty much essential for going further into the mansion.

>>391010

I would just like to point out that the city is reclaiming this house. It's previous owners have forfeited any rights to the property, and this includes anything inside the house.

We're free to plunder as we see fit.

Let's properly light things up. Count matches, and also check if lighting the old school wall lamps or fireplace seems possible. Ideally using the candle to conserve matches.

@@ FRACTAL 2012/03/08(Thu)10:20 No. 391180 ID: 6808dd
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>Let's properly light things up. Count matches, and also check if lighting the old school wall lamps or fireplace seems possible. Ideally using the candle to conserve matches.
There are 27 MATCHES in the MATCHBOX.
You try to see if you can light the LAMPS on the wall, but they are gas-powered. Trying to turn on a gas pipe system that hasn't been used in over a hundred years sounds like a great way to get everyone killed.
Lighting the fireplace would be a great idea, but you don't have any fuel, and you think the town would probably be pretty mad if you destroyed any of this GORGEOUS ANTIQUE FURNITURE. Maybe you could use the OLD WOOD piled outside.

>Use RIBBON to tie together BIBLE and SCRAPBOOK
The RIBBON is brittle and thin, but it should be okay as long as you don't tie a very tight knot or pull on it too much. The items RIBBON, BIBLE, and SCRAPBOOK are combined into a single item, BOOKS!
However, you decide not to take them right now. You'll be coming back anyway, because you want to show everyone the PARLOR. You'll take the MATCHES and LIT CANDLE with you, as well as the SHARP TONGS in case anyone recognizes what they're for.
You probably should find something to hold your stuff in, though. You don't want to get caught with a full inventory in a situation where you can't afford to leave anything behind...

Well, you could always burn the painting of the old lady and the bunny which very definitely just turned its head to the side to look at you. Seriously, don't turn around or it will probably just look back, but see if you can see it reflected in your own glasses or something.

And then getting out of this room is probably a good idea. Who wants to mess with creepy haunted paintings?

>>391183
No, don't burn the valuable haunted painting. That's how you get curses. Let the others know you have matches and a candle, so if they want to go into darker rooms, we have a second light source.

>>391183
it will probably turn back to normal when fudge looks at it and thus say we are crazy again.

...uh, Fudge, the bunny in the painting turned its head.

>>391180
>>391190
Oh don't worry that often happens in generic horror films. I'm sure it has NO RELEVANCE HERE.

oh god i knew it that rabbit is haunted get out of there now or call harriet or miriam to keep you company oh lordy oh lordy D:

FRACTAL 2012/03/09(Fri)07:30 No. 391448 ID: 6808dd
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>...uh, Fudge, the bunny in the painting turned its head.
>Seriously, don't turn around or it will probably just look back, but see if you can see it reflected in your own glasses or something.
Shit. Shit. You honestly don't believe in PARANORMAL BULLSHIT like this, but you have to admit you're pretty interested in it - your SHELF back home is well-stocked with tomes on ghosts and spooks and various eldritch horrors. And now that you mention it, you do feel kind of . . . uneasy.
You can't see anything in the reflection on your lenses, but you'd rather not stay to find out. You know it's stupid, but you're starting to get really antsy, and you don't really want to stay in here alone anymore.

FRACTAL 2012/03/09(Fri)07:30 No. 391449 ID: 6808dd
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>getting out of this room is probably a good idea.
>get out of there now
YEP YEP LET'S JUST MOSEY ON OUT OH GOD LET'S GO ALRIGHT BYE

++STAT UPDATE//FUDGE: COURAGE LEVEL DETERMINED: REALLY MOTHERFUCKING LOW++

FRACTAL 2012/03/09(Fri)07:31 No. 391450 ID: 6808dd
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It looks like everybody was sort of waiting for you...
You show them the MATCHES and CANDLE that you found. HARRIET actually looks kind of . . . impressed!
"Good work. There's probably plenty of candles around here . . . a lot of 'em might've been eaten by mice by now, but if we find enough, we should be fine - even if those lazy dumbshits at town hall never call back about the flashlights."

Who do you want to ask about the WOMAN IN THE PAINTING and/or the SHARP TONGS?

whoever the best history buff is. ask about the painting.

ask Miriam, because she resembles the lady in the painting.

I'd say Miriam would be most likely to know what some weird cutty thing is, being familiar with both sewing and spookiness, while Harriet is best-equipped to deal with freaky haunted rabbit paintings in pragmatic fashion.

Show the sharp tongs around.

Run up to miriam, flailing wildly, and blurt out questions about both items as fast as your brain can think them.

>>391798
>all of this and end with
THE RABBIT! THE RABBIT!! THE RABBBIIIIITTTTT!!!!!
and stare awkwardly

FRACTAL 2012/03/11(Sun)13:16 No. 391901 ID: 6808dd
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>whoever the best history buff is. ask about the painting.
>I'd say Miriam would be most likely to know what some weird cutty thing is, being familiar with both sewing and spookiness, while Harriet is best-equipped to deal with freaky haunted rabbit paintings in pragmatic fashion.
You ask around, and it turns out that, while nobody knows any more than you about the family that lived here, art history is something of a hobby for HARRIET.
To be honest, though, you don't really want to mention that you think the painting moved . . . she would just laugh at you and call you stupid. Maybe you'll talk to MIRIAM about it later, but for now, you just lead the gang into the PARLOR.

FRACTAL 2012/03/11(Sun)13:16 No. 391902 ID: 6808dd
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Once you're back in the room, you hand the SHARP TONGS to MIRIAM and ask if she can figure out what they're for. She nods silently. As she looks them over, you point HARRIET towards the portrait.
You explain to HARRIET that there's just something about the painting that really . . . interests you. Especially the rabbit on the old woman's lap. She nods and walks up to it, taking the CANDLE from you and holding it up to illuminate the art.
"She's not old," she says suddenly. "She's albino. See, if you look, she can't be more than eighteen or nineteen years old." She pauses for a moment. "But you know, you're right. There's a lot of stuff that's just . . . weird about this painting."
When you ask for clarification, she continues. "For example, the empty cradle on the left." You admit that you didn't even really notice that. "Of course you didn't, you're a dumbshit. But . . . well, empty bassinets in paintings usually represent a child who miscarried or died in infancy. Considering the age of this girl, it's possible that it could be her daughter, but it's more likely it was a sibling. But . . . well, that whole empty cradle thing . . . that was symbolism used through the 1600's to the 1700's, maybe a little later. This would have been painted in the early 1900's, and people just didn't do that any more."
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RABBIT, you insist, maybe a little too forcefully.
HARRIET turns back to the painting and sighs. "Portraits with pets were pretty common, but again, this is set up in such an old-fashioned way. Honestly, if not for the clothes she's wearing, this could've been dated 17-something."
Well, this is frustrating. You guess all this information is kind of interesting, but you really don't want to tell her you think the painting is haunted . . . but without telling her that, you're not going to get any relevant information on it.
Before HARRIET can say anything else, MIRIAM calls you over to talk about the SHARP TONGS.

++SKILL DISCOVERED//HARRIET: KNOWLEDGE: ART HISTORY++
++SKILL DISCOVERED//HARRIET: KNOWLEDGE: SYMBOLISM++

FRACTAL 2012/03/11(Sun)13:17 No. 391904 ID: 6808dd
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She holds them up so you can see, speaking softly enough that you have to lean over to hear her (as usual).
"I don't know what they're actually for. They might even be a custom-made object - in fact, that's most likely. This is the most I can figure out -" She pulls out her NOTEPAD, flips open to a random page, and closes the ends of the tongs on the paper. When she pulls the device away, a rectangular hole is left in the corner of the paper. "They're almost like square hole-punchers. But there's something else about them that bothers me."
She asks HARRIET for the candle and holds it over the tongs. They shine dimly in the yellow light. "They're not tarnished. Not rusty. They should have been in that drawer for years and years, which I suppose would have protected them a little, but they should at least be a little dirty."
She stops speaking for a moment, her gaze growing unfocused, and you need to touch her shoulder to snap her back to reality.
"Fudge, someone has been keeping these clean."

>>391904
Normally, this would call for buggering out of here, but since that isn't really an option, let's go for a different tactic: brazenly naive arrogance.
That creepy picture? Take it down, and carry it outside into the sunlight. Same with everything else that isn't furniture, and with dressers and stuff just pull out the drawers and carry them out, all the name of cleaning the house.
It's repo time.

say DUN DUN DUUUUUN

>>391908
Oh, and to prevent a 'seven days' incident, make sure to prop open the front door of the mansion with something heavy, and everyone except you walks in pairs. You are the exception because you already have a partner with you; he's between your tits.

Elephant Guy 2012/03/11(Sun)14:29 No. 391912 ID: 88e5ad
Audio 06_Ghostbusters_Theme_Song.mp3 - (3.73MB , 06 Ghostbusters Theme Song.mp3 )

dial 555-2368.

>>391912
This is the correct course of action.

>>391904
...why would someone keep the square punch clean but not like, anything else in here? That's really weird.

I say we go exploring a little more, like, upstairs. Door on the right first.

>>391904

Someone's living here, perhaps behind the walls. They may be somehow manipulating the paintings to look at you, just to keep an eye on you.

Keep an eye out.

I suggest we die a little bit on the inside at such a realization but try to remain perfectly calm since we don't want everyone to know that you're a motherfucking coward otherwise we might lose some leadership points.

Get yo ass out of that room, mofo!

FRACTAL 2012/03/12(Mon)13:35 No. 392220 ID: 6808dd
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>I suggest we die a little bit on the inside at such a realization but try to remain perfectly calm since we don't want everyone to know that you're a motherfucking coward otherwise we might lose some leadership points.
Okay. Okay, so that sounds absolutely terrifying. You are absolutely terrified.
HARRIET seems to have the ability to smell fear, like some kind of hardboiled Pomeranian, and she cuts in before you can start panicking. "Well, the door's been open all this time, hasn't it? It's not like people can't just waltz in and out. So somebody came in and did something weird, big deal."

>That creepy picture? Take it down, and carry it outside into the sunlight. Same with everything else that isn't furniture, and with dressers and stuff just pull out the drawers and carry them out, all the name of cleaning the house.
Well . . . you guess HARRIET is right. You take a deep breath and help HARRIET and HAMILTON carry out the PAINTING, RUG and other loose items in the PARLOR.
You want to put the PAINTING face down, but HARRIET argues that it's probably very valuable, and you can't do anything that could damage it. You decide not to press the issue so that you won't seem batshit crazy.

FRACTAL 2012/03/12(Mon)13:35 No. 392221 ID: 6808dd
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>I say we go exploring a little more, like, upstairs. Door on the right first.
The four of you head carefully up the left staircase. The steps creak, but hold your weight. Once you get to the top, HARRIET speaks up. "We'll cover more ground if we split up. It shouldn't take all four of us to clean out each room, that'll take forever."
Do you want to split up? And if you do, how will you do it? If not, how will you convince HARRIET not to? You know she's not going to let you contradict her very easily.

>>392221
Oh hey theirs a painting behind you EXAMINE it for SYMBOLISM (or rabbits.)

I get the

I have no idea how to convince Harriet to stay in a group. I do get the feeling we should go with her because she seems to know what she's doing, but I enjoy exploring all possible options. Let's go exploring with our best friend! Oh, and try lending Hamilton the rabbit when splitting up, just to see what happens.

Well... okay, we can split up. But mention offhand that this feels like a scooby-doo episode.

>>392221
Convince Harriet that you shouldn't split up because you never know when you'll need an extra pair of hands on hand.

[MIRIAM]: Support Fudge's statment with a reference to the likelihood of such an old building likely to have a number of weak or fragile artifacts, and as long as everyone is together HARRIET can keep an eye out for accidental idiocy.

eh, split up then.

mental note: check the spot behind the painting you removed from the wall.

Make the argument that there's going to be enough stuff to remove from each room that it will be multiple trips, some of it may be heavy, and you only have 2 light sources between you. So, it really should actually be much more efficient if you just stay in one group, gutting each room in turn as quickly as possible.

>>392221

Tell Harriet, "I don't think it's such a good idea to split up. This is a rickety old house, and someone's liable to fall through the floor, or something. And if no one else is around, someone could be trapped under some rubble for hours before they're found."

Even Harriet can't argue with logic like that.

"That's not a bad idea but I'd suggest two by two so that if someone falls through a rotten floorboard or something that at least one other person knows."

FRACTAL 2012/03/13(Tue)18:34 No. 392568 ID: 6808dd
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You explain to HARRIET that you don't think splitting up is the best idea. After all, this house could be dangerous, and if someone gets hurt or needs help, being split up could be really bad.
MIRIAM chimes in, saying, "And even if we don't get hurt, we could just make a mistake. You don't want that, do you, Harriet?"
HARRIET considers for a moment, then sighs and offers up a compromise. "How about this. We still split up, but we travel together, and when we go separately into rooms, we go only into rooms that are next to each other. That way, we're still being efficient, but if somebody needs help, everybody's close enough to come running."

FRACTAL 2012/03/13(Tue)18:35 No. 392569 ID: 6808dd
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That sounds okay to you, but before you head out, you ask HARRIET to take a look at the painting behind you.
It's the albino girl again, standing in front of a set of framed butterflies. HARRIET examines it briefly, then speaks.
"This one's not as weird as the other one. The composition and subject matter is less formal, so it's more suited to a painting done around this time period. Around the 1900s it had become popular to do portraits of people actually doing things, as opposed to stiff, formal portraits like the one downstairs."
She cocked her head slightly, then shrugged. "There could be some kind of symbolism in the butterflies, but I doubt it. It was probably just a hobby of hers, and the portrait is of her doing something she enjoys. I bet the collection pictured is even still in the manor."

ask Hammy if he thinks the lady in the painting is cute. then go explore a room.

Mention the butterfly album you found.

Between the pose and her standing next to it, Albino Lady really does seem to have a crazy resemblance to Miriam. Ask if she's sure she isn't related to the family who used to own this place.

I would say to ask if she'd have any sort of butterfly based secret message code she'd use if her hair were blanched by time travel, but it's not good to make yourself look that insane.

Offer some matches to the group so at least no one is wandering in rooms blind. I imagine if they are going further into the manor, they are likely less windows to open and let light in. No point for anyone to stumble in the dark and get hurt!

How many matches are there? And who has the mysterious tongs right now? I still vote go with Miriam. She would probably be more willing to share information in a private setting. Let Hamilton borrow your bunny when the group splits up to see if anything happens. And ask him if he finds the woman in the painting aesthetically pleasing, just to see him be bashful.

>>392569
The butterflies symbolize something that is beautiful yet painfully restrained. Perhaps they reflect the albino women's inner turmoil.
*smokes pipe*

HAMILTON: STAND THERE AND LOOK ADORABLE YOU POOR UNDER-USED CHARACTER YOU. </3
maybe hamilton and miriam should go one way, with fudge and harriet going another?

FRACTAL 2012/03/14(Wed)12:45 No. 392723 ID: 6808dd
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>ask Hammy if he thinks the lady in the painting is cute.
>ask him if he finds the woman in the painting aesthetically pleasing, just to see him be bashful.
You nudge HAMILTON with you elbow and ask him if he thinks the lady in the painting is pretty.
"No! Well, I mean - no, I don't think she's ugly or anything - it's just - well, I don't - I'm not really . . . attracted to paintings . . . well I mean I don't think that's what you were asking, I just - uhm - s-she looks very, uh, nice!"
HAMILTON is overwhelmed and embarrassed, and loses another -1 DEFENSE. Maybe you should stop tormenting him.

>Let Hamilton borrow your bunny when the group splits up to see if anything happens.
Well . . you guess it would be okay if he held your BUNNY for a while. Better than his sister, at least. You give him to HAMILTON with a firm admonition to take good care of him.

FRACTAL 2012/03/14(Wed)12:46 No. 392724 ID: 6808dd
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>How many matches are there? And who has the mysterious tongs right now?
There are 27 matches, and the SHARP TONGS are still in your own inventory.

>Offer some matches to the group so at least no one is wandering in rooms blind.
You divide the MATCHES up as well as you can, giving 6 to each other member of the group, leaving 9 for you. Only one group will have the candle, but you figure it'll still help to have some kind of light source - plus, you might find more candles!

> Let's go exploring with our best friend!
You decide the two groups will be you and MIRIAM, and the TWINS. HARRIET and HAMILTON take the FLASHLIGHT, while your group keeps the CANDLESTICK.

>Mention the butterfly album you found.
Maybe you'll talk to them about it later, but it would probably spark a whole bunch of discussion, and HARRIET is getting impatient - and to be honest, you're a little antsy, too! The scare from earlier is wearing off, and you want to explore. You'll show everybody when you take a break.

FRACTAL 2012/03/14(Wed)13:03 No. 392731 ID: 6808dd
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>go explore a room.
With everything sorted out, the two groups head down the right hallway. There are four doors here. They're close enough that you could each go into a room alone and still be close enough to be safe.

The doors are marked with simple pictures of a ROSE, a BUTTERYFLY, a LILY, and a FEATHER.

Which room should each person work on?

one group in flower other group in feather. we just made these groups, we aren't splitting them now.

I would like to briefly check to make sure each door isn't locked first or blocked by something on the other side. It was like that with the other room so it's possible for one of these.

Also loudly question (not to anyone in particularly in case Harriet's moodiness makes her snap) why there are even markings on the doors--what purpose did that serve for the people who lived there?

The feather seems like an outlier. Butterflies appeared in the second painting and in the scrapbook. The scrapbook itself had a rose or tulip on the cover. In addition lilies represent death. Let's play it safe and check the rooms on the left first.

I think we should throw the bunny into each room to see if there is anything living in them. If something responds to the bunny, shut the damn door and cross it off.

Butteryfly. I want to find out who is buttering flies and why.

Team girl goes in the Rose room. Team redhead goes in the feather room.

FRACTAL 2012/03/15(Thu)10:48 No. 393018 ID: 6808dd
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>loudly question (not to anyone in particularly in case Harriet's moodiness makes her snap) why there are even markings on the doors--what purpose did that serve for the people who lived there?
Closer inspection of one of the markings shows that it is actually a STAINED GLASS WINDOW. However, the thickness of the colored glass prevents you from seeing into the room itself.
"I wonder why these are even here," you say aloud. "I mean, if you lived here, it's not like you wouldn't know which room is which, even in a house this big . . ."
"Decoration. Eccentricity, even," Miriam says softly. "Not everything needs to have a purpose."
"U-Uhm . . . when Harriet and I were little, we had our own rooms, and we each had a little painted sign with our name on it hanging on our door," HAMILTON offers uncertainly. "And, uhm - I mean, it wasn't like we didn't know which room was ours, but, uh . . . it was just, uhm, it was just nice, you know? Sorry, that was dumb . . ."
HARRIET moves forward to look at it with you. "They're probably right. Just decorative. But the doors downstairs didn't have them . . . I wonder if these four are the only rooms with decorated doors?"

FRACTAL 2012/03/15(Thu)10:49 No. 393019 ID: 6808dd
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>I think we should throw the bunny into each room to see if there is anything living in them. If something responds to the bunny, shut the damn door and cross it off.
No jesus christ what’s wrong with you oh my god we’ve been over this you will NOT put your BUNNY in harm’s way what kind of sick fuck are you
Also, HAMILTON has him right now.

FRACTAL 2012/03/15(Thu)10:49 No. 393020 ID: 6808dd
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>one group in flower other group in feather.
>Team girl goes in the Rose room. Team redhead goes in the feather room.


>The feather seems like an outlier. Let's play it safe and check the rooms on the left first.
>Butteryfly. I want to find out who is buttering flies and why.


[[We have a pretty even conflict of opinions here, so the compromise is Team Girl in the Rose Room, Team Ginger in the Butterfly Room.]]
You decide to go into the Rose Room with MIRIAM, while the TWINS check out the Butterfly Room. The doors of both rooms open without issue.
This room is larger than the PARLOR. There is no window, so MIRIAM holds the CANDLE high, trying to cast as much light on the area as possible. You’re going to have to find a way to light the room up better if you want to search it properly – ideally more candles.

think there is one on that desk

>>393020
It looks like it could be a bedroom.
Go up to that chest and open it in a zelda esc. fashion.

Bingo on the other candle! Head to that desk and light it up! BUT. Use Miriam's candle to do so. No need to waste another match when you still have a flame going on that one.

hey there's another painting above the bed! light the new candle with the already lit one, and go check it out!

check under the bed for monsters.

Get painting for harriet, open chest, get music box or whatever is on the nightstand, examine bed, check items on table, get frightened by mirror, flee.

FRACTAL 2012/03/18(Sun)08:34 No. 393831 ID: 6808dd
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>light the new candle with the already lit one
The room’s a little brighter now, and the two of you can spread out and explore.

FRACTAL 2012/03/18(Sun)08:35 No. 393832 ID: 6808dd
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>Go up to that chest and open it in a zelda esc. fashion.
You try, but it’s closed tight! The space between the lid and the bottom of the chest are flush, so you can’t even get your fingernails in to try to pry it open, and the lid must be locked. There are four latches on the front, each one rectangular with a round piece in the middle, and on top of the lid are four inset circles. Each one seems to be made of some kind of gold metal, like brass, and is sunk about a centimeter into the wood. They each have a strange set of flat, thin prongs of varying size across the middle.

FRACTAL 2012/03/18(Sun)08:35 No. 393833 ID: 6808dd
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>hey there's another painting above the bed! go check it out!
[[As FUDGE is currently engaged in another action, MIRIAM (as a semi-playable character) will take care of any others. ]]
MIRIAM raises the candle to look at the oval portrait hanging over the bed. The woman is seated, with her hand placed lightly over her chest. It is yet another painting of the ALBINO WOMAN. It strikes her that there are an unsettling number of portraits of her in this manor, yet they haven’t seen a single picture of anyone else.
>get painting for harriet
The PAINTING is too high up for MIRIAM to reach, even though she’s the tallest one in the party. She could try to knock it down with something, but there’s too much of a chance that it could be damaged. Besides, it doesn’t seem like there’s much to analyze in this picture.

FRACTAL 2012/03/18(Sun)08:35 No. 393834 ID: 6808dd
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>get music box or whatever is on the nightstand
MIRIAM walks around the bed and grabs the small MUSIC BOX on the nightstand. It is enameled with black and yellow stripes, and has a small red rose on the very top. The entire thing has thin gold embellishments all over.

FRACTAL 2012/03/18(Sun)08:36 No. 393835 ID: 6808dd
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>check under the bed for monsters.
No monsters here, as far as she can see. There might be other things in the dark, but – while her SUPERIOR NIGHT VISION lets her make out more than most people – she can’t see much, and she doesn’t want to shove the candle under the bed for more light. Catching things on fire is not a good way to serve the community.

Pudge: look into the mirror and say "Bloody Mary" three times. I dare you. I double dare you, motherfucker.

Miri: open music box.

I think that's all the objects in the room, unless we wanna check the pillows and the bedsheets or something.

>>393832
Those prongs look like the fingers of a music box. I'm guessing they're some sort of sound-based combination lock.

The woman seems to be lacking her necklace in this picture, or at least her hand is covering it. Can we open the music box or have it interact with the chest in any way?

you need four music boxes to open the chest.

oh boy collection puzzle. mirror time

FRACTAL 2012/03/21(Wed)10:42 No. 394711 ID: e19cdf
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>Miri: open music box.
> Can we open the music box?
The top swings up easily. The MUSIC BOX opens to directly show the insides, but it looks like it’s been totally gutted! MIRIAM doesn’t know much about tinkering or mechanics, but it’s obvious that a few pieces are missing.
It also looks like the bottom of the box has latches that can be slid out of the way, allowing the bottom to be removed entirely.

FRACTAL 2012/03/21(Wed)10:42 No. 394712 ID: e19cdf
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>you need four music boxes to open the chest.
>Those prongs look like the fingers of a music box. I'm guessing they're some sort of sound-based combination lock.
>Can we have it interact with the chest in any way?
MIRIAM walks over to show you what she found. The two of you decide to take the bottom out and fit it over the prongs in one of the round indents on the CHEST’S lid.
It turns out it will fit perfectly in any one of the four indents. It clicks in without much effort, and when you look down into it, you can see that the prongs are lined up nicely inside the MUSIC BOX’s inner chamber.
However, you can’t figure out how to make it do anything! The MUSIC BOX is also missing a key, so you can’t wind it up – and even if you could, there’s still nothing inside to hit the prongs and make noise. Still, it’s a start!

FRACTAL 2012/03/21(Wed)10:43 No. 394713 ID: e19cdf
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>Pudge: look into the mirror and say "Bloody Mary" three times. I dare you. I double dare you, motherfucker.
>mirror time
>get frightened by mirror, flee.
Geez, there’s nothing wrong with the mirror. It’s just a mirror. Are mirrors the new rabbits?
Still, your COURAGE LEVEL isn’t high enough to play Bloody Mary, double dare or not. Nope. Nope nope nope.

FRACTAL 2012/03/21(Wed)10:43 No. 394714 ID: e19cdf
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>Albino Lady really does seem to have a crazy resemblance to Miriam. Ask if she's sure she isn't related to the family who used to own this place.
>She would probably be more willing to share information in a private setting.
It looks like it’s about time to wrap up in here – you’re starting to realize you care a lot more about exploring than you do about cleaning. But before you go, you decide you might as well take this opportunity to ask MIRIAM about something that was bothering you.
“Hey Miri, don’t you think you look a lot like the girl in these paintings?”
She looks up at you, and maybe she’s surprised that you asked, but it’s hard to tell. It’s always hard to tell, with her. “I suppose so. Our hair is similar, isn’t it?”
“And your face,” you add.
“Hm.” Typical MIRIAM response.
“Do you think,” you continue, grunting as you get to your feet, “that maybe your family could be related? Maybe you’re related to the Harwoods and you don’t even know it!”
MIRIAM looks over her shoulder at the painting again. “Normally I would say anything is possible. And my family isn’t very tight-knit, so I suppose there are all sorts of things I don’t know. But my parents are first-generation immigrants from Israel, remember? As far as I know, everyone else in my family lived there before my parents moved, and most of them are still there now . . . I can’t see any way someone in my family could have married into this family. Besides, a family of Israeli people wouldn’t have been rich in the 1900’s.”
“Oh yeah, you’re right.” Well, it must just be a coincidence, then . . .

>>394711

I can't read that inscription. what's it say? anyone speak French around here?

I think we got everything in the room. let's move on to another one. maybe the one with the lily.

>godfuckmiriissofuckingcreepylooking

oh, but I beg to differ, my good man. in fact, it is my opinion that the young lady is a most enchanting visage. In the most positive way imaginable, I might add.

>>394718
"love after death" basically

>>394721

well that's not ominous at all.

FRANCH TRANSLATION:
"love after death."
since this room is pretty much cleared out, why don't you two check on the twingers? (twin gingers DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE AAAAAHHHAHAHA)

We're done here, check on what the others found.

>>394737
>>394721
>>394722
Well that could either be considered hopelessly romantic or really creepy.
Since Fudge is very optimistic I think we should look at it a bit more on the romantic side.

>>394714
Hey Fudge, don't you think Miriam looks really pretty by candlelight?
KISS THAT GIRL
KISS HER RIGHT THIS INSTANT

Give Miriam a soft kiss and then go check on the "twingers". If we were still busy in here could the POV jump over to their room, kind of like it did when Mire was looking around and Fudge was checking the chest? Basically, can we jump to the other characters without leaving the room?

Bunny--> escape from the evil ging's clutches and cockblock Miriam and Fudge. Fudge ONLY sleeps with you.

Hamilton--> practice your making out skills on the bunny, then apply them to Fudge.

>>394961
Just a peck on the cheek. If she asks you what for, just be all "You just looked pretty in the candlelight, jerk"

Suggestion 2012/03/25(Sun)14:20 No. 395862 ID: e19cdf
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>Hey Fudge, don't you think Miriam looks really pretty by candlelight?
>KISS THAT GIRL
>KISS HER RIGHT THIS INSTANT
>Give Miriam a soft kiss
>Just a peck on the cheek.
Wow. She does look really pretty. I mean, you’ve always thought she was pretty, but . . .
You stand on your toes so you can give her a kiss on the cheek.

Suggestion 2012/03/25(Sun)14:20 No. 395863 ID: e19cdf
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>can we jump to the other characters without leaving the room?
[[NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER UNLOCKED: HARRIET]]

Suggestion 2012/03/25(Sun)14:23 No. 395864 ID: e19cdf
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You are now HARRIET.
You’re getting fed up with all this pretty quickly. It’s starting to strike you as somewhat odd that the city even asked you to do this in the first place.
Sending four kids in here to clean out an entire manor that is still fully furnished? And it’s only supposed to take a day or two? And now they’re not responding to calls?
Something’s not right here, and you’re getting pissed off about it.
You’re in the BUTTERFLY ROOM with your DUMB HOPELESS BROTHER. The two of you together are STRONG enough to lift some of this stuff, but getting it through the door and the narrow hallway would be so much trouble, and again – it’s starting to strike you as fishy that the council even asked you to do this in the first place.
So, instead, you’re exploring. You already spent the first few minutes convincing Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes why you don’t feel like doing real work anymore, but now it’s time to get down to snooping. What will you do?

>>395864
Look in all the drawers and cabinets.

Jump your brother's bones. Or if that's not your thing, jump Fudge's bones.



Or if you're not in the mood, find Fudge and break her romantic mood with Miriam.

Lumber your chubby butt over to the bookcase and check everything. Get your brother to help you reach the taller shelves.

realize that you've been chastising Fudge for slacking off, but here you are, doing the very same thing. then realize the cabinet is smiling at you. try to intimidate it into frowning. of not, open its eyes and check if there's anything of value inside.

Whats on that paintingin this room? Fudge seemed to think there was something suspicious about the one downstairs and while she is no genius she might be on to something. I'm guessing thats a painting to the right anyway.

>>395864
Criticize Hamilton for not helping clean then ask what he's looking at.

open dem cabinets.

Check the bookshelves and cabinets for anything out of place and then inspect what your bro is looking at (i.e. the mounted butterflies).

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>Jump your brother's bones. Or if that's not your thing, jump Fudge's bones.
Even if he wasn’t your brother, HAMILTON is far too STUPID to ever be considered attractive. And you’d rather stick needles in your eyes than interact with THAT PINK-HAIRED DIPSHIT any more than necessary.

>Or if you're not in the mood, find Fudge and break her romantic mood with Miriam.
Well, fuck. Are they all over each other? You figured that might happen sooner or later, but it’s none of your concern. At least it keeps them out of your hair.

> realize that you've been chastising Fudge for slacking off, but here you are, doing the very same thing.
Excuse YOU. You’re not slacking off. You’re investigating. Collecting information.

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> Lumber your chubby butt over to the bookcase
>your chubby butt
>chubby
Sorry, what? You can’t hear anything over how RIDICULOUSLY SEXY YO THICK ASS IS.
Hmph.

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> Check the bookshelves and cabinets
But anyway, you go over to the bookcase and cabinet. A quick sweep of the flashlight shows that, from what you can tell, all the books (or at least almost all of them) are about entymology.
The two cabinets contain, in total:
1.A bundle of matches
2.Dead moths
3.A packet of letters, tied with a brittle silk ribbon
4.A music box
5.A small lacquered box
6.A medium-sized, plain box

Pocket the moths.

investigate the letters and boxes, are they blank / empty ?

>>396338
sounds like a good idea. also something is going on here. its possible that someone at the city is just an idiot and thought 4 kids could clean the place out on there own, but when you add in them not picking up the phone and the fact that someone was apparently keeping those sharp tong things clean its more likely that someone is playing a game. probably more bad practical joke than serial killer, but if things keep getting weirder just leaving might not be a bad idea.

give the matches to your brother. open music box to see if the bottom has any trick to it. open other boxes and investigate.

>>396337
Yes
Take the moths with you

>>396334
Take the matches, look in the boxes, leave everything else. Well, maybe we can look at the letters too.

Read the letters, look in the boxes, take the music box with you. It might be useful later!