Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)00:01 No. 777 ID: 95ab41
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You awake in what appears to be a large hole. You have no idea how you got there, but you are quite sure this is NOT the sky.

>>777

Who am I?

Stand up, see if we're injured, then examine our surroundings.

Look up. Examine self. Is that one wing broken?

Are we a dragon?

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)00:25 No. 781 ID: 95ab41
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>>778
>>779
>>780
You stand and brush yourself off, assessing the situation and making sure nothing seems broken. You're a little bruised, but nothing to bad.

You quiz yourself to make sure you still know who you are, as you've heard many stories of people who happen to wake up in strange places not knowing who they are, but you forget what that's called.

You are Demesi of Angoldas, but your friends always just called your "Deme" (apparently two more letters was to much for your lazy friends). You are a Nedynvor, which is odd, because Nedynvor usually stick to the sky, and you are clearly in a hole in the ground.

It is dark. There doesn't seem to be much down here with you, just a few small rocks, and what appears to be a small hole in the base of the wall.

>>781
Can Deme climb/fly out of the pit? Failing that, examine the small hole.

>>782
This, but check the hole before leaving. There might be something valuable in it.

Investigate content of your backpack, maybe it contains some hands or feet.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)00:44 No. 785 ID: 95ab41
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>>782
The walls of the hole seem far to loose and mooshy for you to effectively climb... almost like mud even.

Perhaps the hole within the hole will yield better results

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)00:53 No. 786 ID: 95ab41
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>>784

you've already got hands, pretty big ones too.

>>785
Use SHOVELHANDS to craft stairs. Or a tunnel going up. I'da know.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)01:06 No. 788 ID: 95ab41
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>>785
You hunker down and grab a snout full of hole.
The hole seems to go in a short ways. At what you can only assume is the "end" there seems to be some sort of object... something that seems to be shining in the limited light that there is.

Eat Indahl.

>>788
Reach for it. Use your long feet if necessary, or maybe something from your backpack.

This, what exactly do we have in our backpack?

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)11:40 No. 803 ID: 95ab41
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>>791
>>798
Good idea. You're fairly certain you packed something that would come in handy for just this type of situa- WAT!?

>>803
forgot to point out, mildly animooted

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)11:43 No. 805 ID: 95ab41
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>>803
You've been ROBBED! It's getting to the point that a person can't black out in a hole in the ground without being taken ADVANTAGE OF anymore!

All you're left with is your LUCKY SCARF (for all the good it's done so far) and a can of MUNDU WORMS FOOD RATIONS, though one seems to be missing, it appears your burglar didn't take a liking to Nedynvor cuisine

That stuff isn't useful right now.
Try to reach the shining object with your claw?, dig a little bit if necessary.

Get the shiny thing and then drown your sorrows in the can of MUNDU WORMS FOOD RATIONS.

Is your body really big or is your head just really small?

Obtain shiny. I can't think of any way to use your current equipment to help. The scarf might extend your reach except it doesn't end in any kind of hooking implement.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)13:01 No. 823 ID: 95ab41
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>>806
The object is to far back to reach with your claw, and your feet are ill suited for grasping. But you do know of another way to reach it.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)13:02 No. 825 ID: 95ab41
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>>823
You push your tiny head into the hole as much as it will allow and begin extending your PREHENSILE TONGUE, probing into the darkness, slithering toward the object.

>>825
Boner acquired!

Proceed...
I just hope Nedynvor don't have to many taste buds on their tongues, because yuck.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)13:36 No. 836 ID: 95ab41
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>>825
*ZOT*
Opps, looks like the object reacted to your tongue's bio-electric tip causing an accidental discharge and sending a mild shock back through your body.

But now you hear what sounds like some sort of mechanism cranking up overhead

>>836
Uh, look up?

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)14:12 No. 846 ID: 95ab41
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>>836
*K-CHUNK*
*PLOOSH*

Well this hardly seems ideal...

Pray that there is no cieling.

>>846

Can you see a ceiling, or anything blocking the hole?

Balls!

Can you swim or float? You can fly, so you can't be very dense, I hope. Maybe we can just tread water to the surface.

... unless the way up is blocked?

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)14:31 No. 853 ID: 95ab41
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>>849
There does appear to be a ceiling, but it doesn't look to be directly above the hole

>>853

Considering the avian frame, Deme should be light enough to float. If not, I hope he can swim.

>>853
Asses how far the ceiling is away from the hole.
Also, remind yourself whether you can swim or not.

Stick your tongue back in the hole and see if another discharge will reverse this.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)15:32 No. 862 ID: 95ab41
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>>856
as high as the water has gotten, you would have to dunk your head in to reach the hole again, and with the thick texture and unpleasant smell of this water, that's something you'd like to avoid...

>>854
Luckily, your light avian frame makes you fairly capable of floating, even though you've never actually learned how to swim, good thing all you have to do is stay at the surface.

As the water gets within arms length of the mouth of the hole the pouring slows to a trickle and you clamber up onto the ledge.

>>862
Take a look around for anything interesting.

>>862
Marvel at surroundings.
Start to explore the cave, if there was a way to get in it'll be possible to get out again.

>>862
Remember to pack a handful of rocks. Never know when you'd need a good rock.

Open your mouth wide.

We need to inspect ourelves a bit for future puzzle solving.

Look around. Try to wring out clothing. Are we suffering ill effects from prolonged submersion in cold water? Try to warm up.

Yell "HELLO? ANYONE THERE?"

>>884
>Open your mouth wide.
This is not rapequest.

Mark on the walls.

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)23:48 No. 957 ID: 95ab41
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Wonderful, now you're soaking wet, cold, and smell AWFUL... but at least you're out of that hole. Your body can deal with the cold for a little while, but with the damp clothing adding to your problems, you'll need to find a way to dry off sooner, rather than later.

It is dark so your vision is limited. There appears to be an EXIT to what you believe is EAST and WEST

Journey 2009/06/18(Thu)23:49 No. 959 ID: 95ab41
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>>884
>>894
You open your mouth wide and call out "HELLO? IS ANYONE THERE?"

there is no response other than your own echo

Well, no point waiting around. Time's a wasting. We need to find a way to warm up or dry off, and there's probably at least one person on the board who wants to see your weird dinosaur body naked, so taking off your clothes probably isn't an option.

Let's go to the EAST.

Journey 2009/06/19(Fri)00:20 No. 962 ID: 95ab41
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>>960
There is a large metal cog set into the wall. At the base of it are two small holes that look a lot like the ones you saw at the bottom of the hole.

There is an EXIT to the NORTH

Well, I think we know what to do here.
Go for the hole closest to the EXIT.

>>962
Examine small holes.

Don't try to open the door yet. There might be bad things there. Explore more. Go NORTH. We can always come back.

It seems we can't open our mouth very wide. Do we even have teeth btw?

I agree that we should explore this cave a bit more.

>>960

what no of course I don't want to see it so why don't you go ahead and do it

Journey 2009/06/19(Fri)22:09 No. 995 ID: 95ab41
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>>963
>>964
You examine the hole closes to the NORTH EXIT, giving it the same treatment as the hole you encountered before.

*ZOT*

a mechanical grinding sound is coming from behind the GIANT COG to your right

Step back, and wait I guess? See what happens.

Journey 2009/06/19(Fri)23:06 No. 1005 ID: 95ab41
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>>1003
You step back from the hole and wait. A few seconds later and you hear the same mechanical grinding sound coming from behind the GIANT COG.

Is it... stuck? Can't really say huh?

Anyway give the cog another minute or two to do something before checking out where the North Exit leads.

Journey 2009/06/19(Fri)23:55 No. 1011 ID: 95ab41
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>>1007
The GIANT COG remains motionless. You decide to investigate the NORTH cave.

There is someone here!

EXITS are to the SOUTH and WEST

Lets try to appear friendly huh? Say hello! If he responds positivity explain your situation, perhaps he knows something about this place?

>>1011
Is he selling those items? Too bad all our money was stolen... ; ~;

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)00:21 No. 1016 ID: 95ab41
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>>1012
You put on your FRIENDLY FACE and wave to the fellow in the corner.

If you remember correctly, this is a Kren. You've heard horror stories of these lobstaur creatures swarming across your home island during the summer and overwhelming the citizenry with "incredible bargains" and "low low prices," (what ever that means) but you had never actually SEEN one before...

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)00:24 No. 1018 ID: 95ab41
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>>1016
"Greetings Stranger. Could This One interest you in some of It's fine wares?"

No, No, we're.. not really interested in buying things..thanks though really. We're sort of LOST here. Ask him if he knows the way out..? Or just the way around if need be.. or where this even is!

Ask him if he can give you any useful information, and see if he knows anything about the Enkindlers.

Ask him what he'd accept for that axe, it'd be a useful tool to have.

He seems to have an AXE, a lantern full of fireflies and OH MY GOD IS THAT A SHOCKER CRAB IT'S SO CUTE!

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)01:01 No. 1024 ID: 95ab41
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>>1019
>>1020
"You're in the Lohrke Caverns at the first CITY CHECKPOINT. Lohrke have set up all sorts of defenses to keep unwanted visitors out. I doubt you'll be getting much further into the city without a SHOCKER CRAB or two. If you are looking for the way out, as It remembers, the exit is back the way you came and to the WEST. If you are low on COINS, This One is more than willing to accept TRADE instead."

"What's an 'ENKINDLER'?"

"If you would like the LUMBER AXE, This One has been hungry for quite some time, but unwilling to leave It's post for fear of missing a customer... If you could locate a LEIGE EGG, perhaps, This One would be happy to part with the AXE."

Ask if it knows why Lohrke is in such a state of lock-down, and inquire as to where one might find a LIEGE EGG.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)01:32 No. 1030 ID: 95ab41
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>>1025
"The Lohrke are superstitious and paranoid of surface dwellers. They seem to think that the SUN will kill them if it 'sees' them, or something. This One is not entirely sure of all the logical workings of them."

"LIEGES tend to remain near bodies of water. As It recalls, there was a pond of some sort some ways through the cave here to the WEST. Perhaps there might be some there?"

>>1030
I think this is a good a place as anywhere to strain our brain meats and remember what the hell were we doing before we ended up in this cave. Had we a destination? Some sort of chore? Were we carrying anything important?

To not waste time, we could walk while we think. Bid the friendly merchant farewell and head to the entrance to the west.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)09:26 No. 1038 ID: 95ab41
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>>1032
You EXIT WEST. There appears to have been some sort of structural damage to this cave and SMALL STONES are littered about, STALAGMITES and STALAGTITES seem to have broken apart and lie against one another. EXITS are to the WEST and NORTH.

You wrack your BRAIN MEATS trying to remember what you were doing before blacking out. All you can recall is that you had stopped to eat near a hill, then you woke up in the hole. Unfortunately, Nedynvor aren't known for their long term memory.

Take some rocks and head further west. Add brain meats to inventory.

How's our BODY TEMPATURE. Do we need to hurry outside to dry in the sun?

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)11:42 No. 1042 ID: 95ab41
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>>1039
You scoop up a few SMALL STONES and place them in your FRONT SATCHEL. Removing your BRAIN MEATS and placing them in your bag seems like a pretty bad, and painful idea...

>>1041
It is still cold, and these pants are taking their sweet time to dry in this dank cave. Finding some way to speed the drying process would certainly be welcome.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)11:50 No. 1043 ID: 95ab41
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>>1039
You head WEST. This room is easier to see in. A MUSHROOM THICKET seems to be growing, and spreads out to the WEST. The tall mushrooms are putting off a greenish glow that lights the cavern around them. There is also an EXIT to the NORTH that leads DOWN.

Remove clothes and hang them up on stalagmites near the glowing mushrooms to dry. We don't want to be cold and wet!

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)12:34 No. 1050 ID: 95ab41
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>>1045
You're not entirely sure what you hope to accomplish with this, as the mushrooms aren't emitting heat. But since the Kren doesn't seem to want to leave it's post, you shouldn't have to worry about it seeing you, and it at least feels good to not have a soggy butt again.

Take a bite out of one of the mushrooms

Take one of the smaller mushrooms. Maybe the might be good for something later

>>1050

Take mushroom. Put your pants on, they're not drying here.
EAST, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, WEST. Let's go get warm and something to trade for.

>>1057

Also, if the mushroom stays luminous use it as a torch.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)13:41 No. 1060 ID: 95ab41
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>>1052
Your mouth isn't suited for biting such large objects, so you give it a taste...

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)13:42 No. 1061 ID: 95ab41
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>>1060
*HURK*
That is one of the most AWFUL things you can remember ever having dragged your tongue across!

Eating these mushrooms is out of the question.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)13:44 No. 1062 ID: 95ab41
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>>1054
>>1057
You take one of the GLOWING MUSHROOMS. It's thick stem puts up some resistance, but being a smaller one, eventually gives way. If a small one was this difficult to break, it must take a mighty man, or possibly some sort of tool to take down one of these giant ones...

You stow the GLOWING MUSHROOM in your bag and begin heading back the way you came toward the EXIT the Kren told you about.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)15:02 No. 1071 ID: 95ab41
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>>1057
Hmm... not quite what you were hoping for... The Kren neglected to mention that there had apparently been a land slide since you got in here. It doesn't look like anyone will be getting in OR out through this "EXIT" any time soon.

>>1071
Back into the mushroom grove we go, then. Hopefully, there would be some Leige activity in there.

EAST, EAST, NORTH, flip the bird to merchant, WEST, NORTH. Let's explore this level before venturing deeper or freezing.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)15:58 No. 1080 ID: 95ab41
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>>1072
Well. you guess there's no other option but to venture further into the caves and find another way out. Maybe there will something by the- wait! Did you hear something?

>>1080
Nothing out of the ordinary here, move along.

>>1080

If you enjoy being eaten stick around, if not move on out and let it eat the trader.

>>1080
Oh heavens! What was that sound!?

Stick around see what that was

There's.... something in the hole there.. the one you woke up in.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)16:40 No. 1095 ID: 95ab41
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>>1081
eh, probably just your imagination, better get moving, just in case.

>>1095

I SEE YOU ENJOY BEING EATEN, MOVE FASTER STUPID BIRD.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)16:52 No. 1098 ID: 95ab41
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>>1073
You arrive at the cave leading NORTH. You neglected to "flip off" the Kren, as you really don't want it to raise its prices on you abruptly, do you?

It looks quite dark ahead

>>1098

Does mushroom torch help? If not does WEST, NORTH look better?

We better get something to trade for axe before heading back.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)17:12 No. 1106 ID: 95ab41
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>>1098
You enter the cave and pull out the GLOWING MUSHROOM. Its glow is fainter than it was when you picked it, but it does the trick for now, but odds are good that it won't last for ever.

>>1106

Quests thrive on brashness. Let's not go back and take a few fresh glowshrooms for backup. Journey boldly onward my pea brained friend and tell me what you see.

The mushrooms clearly lose luminosity based on how long since they've been picked. Thus, picking more will not make the light last any longer. Continue on ahead before this one runs out.

Also... do you have swords for feet?

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)21:44 No. 1182 ID: 95ab41
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>>1106
Something about this cave seems off... It's a near perfect cylinder. You're no Geologist, but that doesn't seem natural to you.

The cave seems to extend darkly to the WEST and EAST

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)21:45 No. 1184 ID: 95ab41
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>>1169
No, you have FEET for feet. Sharp, edged, pointy feet like all Nedynvors

>>1182

Worm alert! Yum, what a hearty meal.

Try west.

>>1184
Good sir, I have seen feet and I have seen swords and those are swords.

>>1182
Let's head West, but if our mushroom starts to die out, we should hurry back before we get lost in total darkness.

Might as well start heading west.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)22:45 No. 1208 ID: 95ab41
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>>1194
>>1196
You're gut tells you this is a bad idea, something must have made this tunnel, something big. You do your best to convince yourself that what ever made this tunnel certainly wouldn't be back this way any time soon, I mean certainly not with a tender morsel of food such as yourself just walking into it's waiting ja-

Barring an exogorth, PROCEED.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)23:04 No. 1212 ID: 95ab41
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>>1209
-Hello! What have we here?

Suddenly, LIEGE EGGS.
Probably a good thing we didn't offend the Kren, then.

If at all possible, avoid the beastie that laid the things, gank one, and hightail it back to the shopkeeper.

Grab what you can carry with your giant shovel hands and leg it back to whence you came.

Journey 2009/06/20(Sat)23:47 No. 1230 ID: 95ab41
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>>1213
>>1216
You shovel an EGG into your satchel. Bought time you found one.

>>1230
We can fit two in our pack. Let's take a second one so we don't have to come back.

Journey 2009/06/21(Sun)00:16 No. 1233 ID: 95ab41
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>>1231
Animooted

You get the feeling that might have to wait...


...balls...

Journey 2009/06/21(Sun)00:16 No. 1234 ID: 95ab41
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End Chapter 1

>>1234

DUN
DUN
DUUUUUUUUUUUUN

This art is so goddamn fantastic. Looking forward to Chapter 2.

Chapter 2 Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)11:03 No. 1618 ID: 95ab41
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Somehow, deep in your gut, you knew this was coming...

animated

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)11:04 No. 1619 ID: 95ab41
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>>1618
What ever it is, it's what probably made this cave...

Maybe it hasn't seen you yet.

>>1619

Hahaha, yea right.

Run away as fast as your horrible feet carry you.

>>1622
Run as fast as you can with your swords.

RUN.

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)12:03 No. 1625 ID: 95ab41
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You scramble back the way you came. The tunnel fills with an eerie orangish glow as the creature opens its massive maw and releases a gutteral hissing sound.

>>1625
You still have the egg, right?
Not that you should stop to check.

Tuck your goddamn tail in and keep running you freaky dinosaur creature.

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)12:29 No. 1630 ID: 95ab41
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>>1627
You pull your tail up over your head as you dive out of the hole you entered through. Moments after clearing the portal, a loud hiss echoes through the cavern as a wall of flame blasts by, filling the tunnel. A few flames lick the entry way and a welcome wave of heat flushes over you.

Your pants feel a little dryer, which is good, because you're pretty sure you recently just made them a little more damp...

>>1630
Get away as fast as possible and go back to the trader. Tell him what just happened to you and ask him if he knows anything about the creature.

>>1631

And also give him the egg.

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)13:17 No. 1635 ID: 95ab41
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>>1631
You stagger into the Kren's room, clutching the pilfered egg in your meaty wing-mitts.

The Kren addresses you, "What has happened to This One's friend? You appear haggard and low on breath."

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)13:20 No. 1636 ID: 95ab41
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>>1632
You present the egg to the Kren and explain what you saw in the tunnel, and your encounter with the "Liege"

"This is not a Liege egg... This is a TUMBLER WORM EGG. This One thought It had heard one rumbling around somewhere. This One cannot trade you the LUMBER AXE, as this EGG was not part of the agreement. However, as you have gone through the trouble of acquiring it, This One shall trade you the PLANKTON LANTERN for your TUMBLER WORM EGG."

>>1635
Back up a bit, then start gesturing wildly and shouting about "BIG BIG BIG TEETH EYES EYES HOLY KNICKERBOCKERS FIRE EYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES"

>>1637
Nevermind, then.
Fine.

Say "Well crap!"

Try to haggle him up, arguing that you nearly died retrieving the egg so it seems logical that they are rare and, since they hatch into huge monsters, valuable.

If that doesn't work, sag your shoulders and accept the lantern.

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)14:43 No. 1642 ID: 95ab41
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>>1640
You attempt to haggle with the merchant in an attempt to convince him to give you the axe, but Kren are notoriously shrewd business-bugs, and he refuses to yeild. You let out a disappointed sigh and reluctantly accept the PLANKTON LANTERN.

"PLANKTON LANTERNS are a favorite among us Kren. Just place some form of food into the lantern, and the plankton inside will glow as they devour it, usually providing ample light for hours at a time. A good source of food for the lantern is LIEGE FECAL MATTER. It lasts a long time as it ferments in the water. You can generally find it in pools of FOUL SMELLING WATER."

>>1642
Foul smelling water? Feces...?
Tear off the seat of your pants and throw it into the lantern.

Failing to do that due to UNEXPECTED FABRIC STRENGTH, go back to the hole you woke up at. Remember to equip some small stones - you know, for protection.

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)15:16 No. 1644 ID: 95ab41
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>>1643
Ripping the seat of your pants out seems like a pretty bad idea, there's already enough of a draft as is. You wring out what FOUL SMELLING WATER you can from your pants into the PLANKTON LANTERN and it begins to glow, you'll probably need some more if you want that "hours of light" thing the Kren promised. You equip your SMALL STONES and proceed back to the chamber with the hole you woke up in.

Does that mean we spent like half an hour treading water in very runny poo?

Become displeased at this possibility.

>>1644

Hold the lantern under the stream of NASTY WATER.

>>1644

Wait, we came back here without protection? Ughhhhh. Okay, look at the water trail and where it leads.

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)16:12 No. 1648 ID: 95ab41
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>>1645

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)16:12 No. 1649 ID: 95ab41
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>>1646
You hold your lantern under the falling water and it begins to glow brighter.

>>1648

This is going to be my new reaction image.

>>1649
Guess we're done here.
Goto EAST, NORTH, WEST, WEST, NORTH-DOWN.

>>1649
That's good but honestly it's mostly bad news. I hope we don't catch something.

Never mind. No point worrying about that. Explore a direction we haven't been yet!

>>1649

Look in water for Liege egg. What happened to the water trails?

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)20:09 No. 1658 ID: 95ab41
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>>1647
The water trail seems to lead into the wall. There's an opening near the base of one of the rocks, to small for you to squeeze through, but you can see what looks like a blueish, green light peaking through, similar to that of your former MUSHROOM TORCH

Journey 2009/06/29(Mon)20:20 No. 1659 ID: 95ab41
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>>1656
You can't see the bottom through the amount of thick FOUL SMELLING WATER, and you REALLY don't want to go diving in to look now that you know what this stuff really is...

>>1659
Taste the water. Insert your prehensile tongue in there and see if tastes better than it looks. Perhaps this is a food source?

>>1661

Given that it's a creature's fecal matter, and it smells rancid, I seriously doubt it would be something we'd want to eat.

Besides, we still have our worm rations.

It looks like the only place we haven't explored yet is the NORTH-DOWN exit displayed here: >>1043

Let's give that a try.

But first, let's at least make an effort of trying to dig our way out of the EXIT. This cave sucks, and we'll regret it if we don't at least try to get out the straightforward way.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)16:11 No. 2036 ID: 95ab41
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>>1667
You return to the cave entrance and attempt to dig your way out. The rocks refuse to budge. It doesn't look like anyone's getting through here any time soon...

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)16:13 No. 2037 ID: 95ab41
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>>1667
You proceed down the hole that lead NORTH. There appears to be a large lake down here and a mooring post, but no BOAT. The light of the mushrooms growing through the wall cuts out before you can see the any of the other shores. If you had a BOAT and a LANTERN of some sort, you could possibly cross this lake.

EXITS are to the WEST and EAST, across the lake

We have a lantern. Now we just need a boat... Which is hopefully to the WEST, or I'm out of ideas.

>>2037
Can't we fly?
Or is it too cold and cramped?

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)17:43 No. 2060 ID: 95ab41
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>>2056
More of a glide, and there's no where to get sufficient speed, height or air currents in this cave to maintain your flight.

>>2051
You head WEST.

OH SNAP!

"KSSSSSSS"

>>2060
Oh snap indeed.
I assume it's seen us, with the hiss?
Hold very still and start backing up.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)18:27 No. 2067 ID: 95ab41
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>>2061
You begin backing up, the creature hisses with ever step you take. You pause at the entrance to the chamber and the hissing stops. The creature appears to not actually have eyes, and seems to be reluctant to move from it's spot.

>>2067
Do a little dance on our sword-feet.

>>2067

Approach the creature.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)19:42 No. 2114 ID: 95ab41
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>>2079
You sure hope this thing doesn't have eyes, otherwise you'd feel REALLY silly...

The creature hisses in displeasure, or possibly cheering... it's lack of facial features makes it hard to tell.

>>2114
Dance around the lakelet towards it.
If we can manage it, slap thighs or stomp to increase the noise.
If it makes a threatening move, GTFO.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)20:05 No. 2124 ID: 95ab41
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>>2113
You shimmy and shake your way up to the FOUL SMELLING WATER pool that lies between you and the creature. It hisses with each step you take as you approach, opening it's mouth and wings as if ready to make a lunge.

>>2124
Reconsider busting our groove, and instead maybe try to direct the creature's attention elsewhere.

>>2124

Offer it some of your worm rations. Maybe you can tide it off with food.

>>2131
I'm counting on it being weirded out by us.
Which is why I said around, so as not to corner it.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)20:36 No. 2158 ID: 95ab41
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>>2132
You carefully remove a live MUNDU WORM FOOD RATION from its container and hold it over the FOUL SMELLING WATER attempting to get the attention of the creature. It has ceased hissing and appears to sniff the air a few times, but then seems to settle back into it's mound.

>>2158

So, one worm won't do it for him, eh?

Well, how about...TWO?

>>2158
Throw it.
Are we dextrous enough to do so?

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)20:51 No. 2176 ID: 95ab41
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>>2159
You double up, but it is met with the same reaction.

>>2176

Picky bastard...Well, we can't afford to give away too many of our worms if we want to survive for very long, so I guess that's not gonna work.

Say "hello". It might be friendly.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)21:09 No. 2188 ID: 95ab41
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>>2170
You throw the worms off to the side, as they bounce off the ground and begin writhing, the creature's attention is immediately drawn to that direction.

>>2188
Head the other way, as quietly as our swords can go.

>>2188
See if this entices it off its spot.
For all we know, it's a Liege, and it's sitting on it's nest of EGGS.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)21:24 No. 2201 ID: 95ab41
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>>2192
Welly well well!

>>2201

Grab an egg and run like a motherfucker! Throw a third worm out as you run if it gets finished eating the first two before you're clear.

Run/creep up, snatch egg, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)21:48 No. 2205 ID: 95ab41
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>>2203
You reach across the FOUL SMELLING POND and scoop up an egg, and not a moment too soon!

"KSSSSSSSSSSSS!"

>>2205

RUN! RUUUUUUUUUN!

>>2205
OH SHIT
GET THE FUCK OUT
FUCK, WE'RE ALL DEAD
GET THE FUCK OUT

Ahem. Sorry, that was reflex.
Hope we have Multiattack, because we need to SWORDSSWORDSSWORDS out of here.

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)22:08 No. 2208 ID: 95ab41
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>>2206
>>2207
You run as fast as your pointy little feet can take you through the cave back out past the lake. The creature is angry, and giving chase, but it's lack of legs slows it down as it passes through the narrow cavern entrance and is unable to use it's wings to jump. You scramble toward the hole leading back up.

>>2208
Keep running! Back to the merchant!

Journey 2009/07/02(Thu)22:36 No. 2210 ID: 95ab41
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>>2208
*whew*
Looks like it can't get into the hole set higher up into the wall. Thank the Great Dragon for your gift of ARMS.

You quickly head back to the merchant

Trade egg for axe. Cut big glowshroom for a boat mayby it will float.

>>2210
See what we can trade this for.
If the axe, then see if we can use our Lugia wing-arms to wield it.

Journey 2009/07/05(Sun)14:15 No. 2476 ID: 95ab41
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>>2212
You return to the merchant and present the new egg you scampered off with.

"Most Excellent! You have returned with a LIEGE EGG, This One is most pleased. Please, take your LUMBER AXE as payment. If you find any other item worth trade, This One may be persuaded to exchange this SHOCKER CRAB as well, very handy for navigating further in the Lohrke caverns."

Say "Why? What's the shocker crab used for here?"

Journey 2009/07/05(Sun)14:17 No. 2478 ID: 95ab41
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... LUMBER AXE!

animooted

>>2476
Hack, whack, and smack.
In that order, and on the mushrooms blocking the way instead of 'all the women's meat'.

>>2477

Apparently the door needs electricity to open.

>>995

>>2480
We've already got electricity.

Unless there's doors that need TWO sources. In which case, how do non-electricity-generating creatures get by?

>>2481

Shocker crabs. The merchant has already explained this, pay attention.

Journey 2009/07/05(Sun)14:30 No. 2490 ID: 95ab41
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>>2477
>Why, what are shocker crabs used for?

"Lohrke are famous for their technology, all of which is built around electricity. Due to the abundance of these crabs in the lower levels of the cave system, the Lohrke have employed them as a primary power source and use them for almost all of their mechanisms, such as switches that are activated by an electric shock, 'batteries' that harness and store the crab's electricity for later use, and even artificial lights for when the mushrooms are in their night cycle. Truly a wonderous creature"

Journey 2009/07/05(Sun)14:47 No. 2505 ID: 95ab41
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>>2479
You return to the MUSHROOM THICKET and chop down one of the large mushrooms with your new LUMBER AXE. It crashes to the ground in a billow cloud of dust and spores.

>>2505
That's some pose you're striking there.
Having such a good time? Maybe a ball?

>>2505

Will it float?

That axe is such a toy in your giant, bladed hands. Are you sure it's actually better than your natural weapons for this task?

Take the mushroom down to the underground pool and sit in it to see if it'll sink.

Look at that tiny axe. Goddamn.

>>2514
Our hands are wings, and so probably not super sturdy.

Suggestion 2009/07/07(Tue)12:24 No. 3120 ID: 95ab41
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>>2514
You chop down a large mushroom and force it down the hole to the underground lake in a TOTALLY not suggestive way.

Suggestion 2009/07/07(Tue)12:25 No. 3123 ID: 95ab41
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>>2513
*PLOOSH*
The mushroom seems to have landed in the water, and bobs at the surface. The idea of straddling such a "boat" makes you feel slightly uncomfortable...

>>3123
It's ok. It's just like back in Catholic school. Just close your eyes and pretend you aren't there.

Suggestion 2009/07/07(Tue)12:27 No. 3125 ID: 95ab41
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>>3123
regardless of your unsettling feelings, you climb aboard, and the large mushroom holds your weight. You hold your PLANKTON LANTERN with your PREHENSILE TONGUE, freeing up your large WING MITS for use as paddles.

Journey 2009/07/07(Tue)12:29 No. 3129 ID: 95ab41
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>>3125
You paddle for what seems like a long time, your mushroom has stopped emitting its own light, but you eventually reach another shore on the other side of the lake. There appears to be a small shack here, made from planks that look to be cut from the glowing mushrooms, having long since lost their glow. There is also a boat moored to the shore.

>>3125
RIDE the HUGE MUSHROOM into the WET CAVE.

SPELUNK the INNER PRIVATE DEPTHS of the WET CAVE.

It cannot be IMPREGNABLE for your HUGE SHAFTED MUSHROOM TIPPED BOAT.

>>3129

Venture inside with axe at the ready.

>>3129
Knock on the wall to announce your presence.

I'm for the peaceful approach as well. Give the wall a knock, no rushing in there with Axe at the ready.

Journey 2009/07/07(Tue)12:57 No. 3140 ID: 95ab41
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>>3131
>>3132
You knock on the wall to announce your approach as you poke your head in, axe at the ready. There appears to be no one here. The main room looks to be quite trashed, and the front door lies on the floor, broken into splinters.

>>3140
LOOT EVERYTHING.

But seriously, look into all the containers and check out that mess on the bedroll. Is that a crab?

Well before looting everything lets.. make sure the place is safe. Check what's behind the other door...

Pointy sword feet at the ready!

Journey 2009/07/07(Tue)13:25 No. 3156 ID: 95ab41
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>>3141
On the bedroll is a DEAD SHOCKER CRAB HUSK. The toppled drawers yield little more than dust and a few insects that scurry away at your investigation.

>>3156
Open door at the back.

>3156

Slowly open door to the north, axe in hand. Hum an atmospheric tune while you're at it.

A dead crab huh? Hmm well.. if for nothing else at least we can use it for Lantern food later (the merchant mention we'd need to toss something in there every now and then yeah?)

Anyway, yoink the crab, then check out the door.

Journey 2009/07/07(Tue)13:42 No. 3164 ID: 95ab41
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>>3159
You stuff the DEAD SHOCKER CRAB HUSK into your bag and proceed to the door to the rear of the house.

>>3164
OPEN DOOR.

Then sword-foot anything hostile that comes out. Or AXE it. Your choice.

Journey 2009/07/07(Tue)14:16 No. 3170 ID: 95ab41
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>>3165
You open the door. An EXPLOSION of horrid smell and flavor washes over you.

There is a short corpse huddled up in the pantry. It appears to be holding something tightly to its chest.

>>3170
Eugh. Seems pretty confirmedly dead, so no reason to poke it with swordfeet.

See if you can get whatever it is holding away.

What do we know about what this creature was?

Anyway, get whatever it is holding away from it, as we are alive and may need it more. Look around in the closet and in its clothes (?) to see if it has anything else of value, otherwise just close door and leave the corpse in peace.

>>3170
Can we figure out what it was?
Racewise?

Suggestion 2009/07/07(Tue)20:05 No. 3448 ID: 2abfb1
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>>3170
Wow, when people were joking about a crossover between Journey Quest and Deep Quest, I sure didn't expect it to happen like this.

I guess we know what happened to that poor Indahl girl's body now.

>>3448
The Indahl girl doesn't have a tail like that.

>>3587
not sure that's a tail - it could just be something she's sitting on.

That is, in fact, a Lohrke. I think.

Suggestion 2009/07/13(Mon)13:31 No. 5695 ID: 95ab41
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>>3172
You've never seen anything like these before on your island.

You struggle to break the corpse's deathgrip and pry its arms free of what it is holding, which leans up against it's motionless chest.

>>5695

Take GREEN GEAR.

Suggestion 2009/07/13(Mon)13:35 No. 5701 ID: 95ab41
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>>5698
You fight your desire to vomit and snatch the gear up from the body, then quickly close the door. You place the gear in your front satchel.

If I didn't know any better I'd say it's head looks to have been caved in.. let's look around a bit more, but keep an eye out for anything dangerous.

Suggestion 2009/07/13(Mon)14:01 No. 5716 ID: 95ab41
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>>5702
You give the shack a once over again, it's still empty, and still a mess, just like you found it. While looking near the door, you notice some foot prints all over the ground. The foot prints are much to large to be yours, and the body in the pantry's feet were completely different shapes.

>>5716
Explore area around shack. Can we walk behind it?

>>5716
is there anywhere to go to the left or right? If not, mount that mushroom and head back across the lake. Or use the boat if the mushroom is gone.

Suggestion 2009/07/13(Mon)14:18 No. 5722 ID: 95ab41
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>>5717
The shack seems to be built into a small alcove in the wall. There's a small amount of space between the shack and the wall, but it doesn't look like you can fit in there.

The EASTERN side drops off into the lake, like the WESTERN side of the ledge.

>>5722
Hmm. Use AXE on SHACK INNER WALL.

>>5722
While we are here, wash yourself in the lake. Get that gross poop-water from way back in the beginning off of you as best as you can.

Suggestion 2009/07/13(Mon)14:34 No. 5726 ID: 95ab41
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>>5723
You decide to respect the dead and choose not to demolish the poor man... woman... thing's house.

>>5724
You strip down and dunk yourself in the water a few times to get the smell off of you. After drying yourself off for a bit, you put your cloths back on and notice that your mushroom has floated away...

You climb into the small boat, it rocks as your try and settle yourself into the undersized vessel.

>>5726
Find our previous mushroom boat, chop it in half and secure each half to the sides of the new boat for added buoyancy.

Or just use it to make an awesome mushroom-boat if we have the skills to do so.

>>5726
You know, we might be able to sell/exchange the lantern that's on the boat. Loot 'dat shit.

>>5792


We might be able to sell the whole boat. Let's get back to the Kren salesman and try to trade our fabulous new possessions for his shocker crab. Also, inquire about the gear we found, but let's not sell it. It looks too crucial.

>>5726

Replace UNLIT LANTERN on front of boat with LIT LANTERN.

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)10:06 No. 6339 ID: 95ab41
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>>5729
The mushroom has drifted into the darkness of the lake, you can't see it, nor do you trust staying in this wobbly vessel for any longer than is necessary. You paddle your way, carefully, back to the other side of the shore.

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)10:10 No. 6340 ID: 95ab41
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>>5792
>>6023
You drag the boat back up through the hole and carry it back to the Kren merchant. You offer to trade the boat and accompanying lantern.

"Oh! This One is most impressed! It gladly accepts your trade for the SHOCKER CRAB for the BOAT. Since you brought It an additional LANTERN as well, It shall give you a MAP as well! It provides a layout of the Lohrke city beyond the COG. Though, It wonders... where did you find such items?"

>>6340
Tell him it's a secret. Wouldn't want him knowing that there's a shack of stuff just a swim away.

Don't tell him its a secret, just tell him at the lake, and thats all you could find. Otherwise he'll put 2 and 2 together and go check out the lake with his new boat.

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)10:35 No. 6343 ID: 95ab41
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You place the new items in your inventory and do some shuffling around to make space.

>>6342
>I found it at... the lake. It's all I could find down there though.

"Ah, This One supposes that makes sense. It was a pleasure doing business with you friend. As It has sold it's stock, it is time for This One to move along. It wishes you luck in your travels."

>>6343

Let's take a look at the map now. To see what we can expect.

Also, ask about the green gear and if the Kren knows what's it for.

>>6343
logic error; Item "MUNDU WORM FOOD RATIONS" is at x2, not x4. sorry

>>6343
Let's name our SHOCKER CRAB.
It's a cute little thing.

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)11:04 No. 6351 ID: 95ab41
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>>6346
Hmm... it's not all that detailed, but it seems to show primary divisions of the town.

>>6350
Our SHOCKER CRAB's name will be... uh...
Help me out here, tgchan.
Lucian?
Alfresco?
Binky?

>>6353
Let us call him Tabernacles!

>>6353
Sparky, of course.
>>6351
Nothing else to do here, I guess. Shock the two holes under the huge cog at the same time with your dead shocker crab.

Go lick the cog door hole, shove shocker crab in other hole. Make cheap porn flick.

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)11:37 No. 6359 ID: 95ab41
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>>6346
>Do you know anything about this weird gear I also found?
You show the Kren the GREEN GEAR

"This One is sorry, but It is unfamiliar with the workings of Lohrke technology. Perhaps someone in town would know."

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)11:46 No. 6360 ID: 95ab41
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>>6353
You have decided to name your SHOCKER CRAB

SHOCKER CRAB has been replaced in your inventory with "BINKY"

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)12:01 No. 6364 ID: 95ab41
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>>6356
You return to the GIANT METAL COG and send BINKY down one hole, and shove your tiny head into the other. You extend your tongue down and wait for the clicking sound you heard the last time you activated one of these then *ZOT* touch the object with your tongue.

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)12:03 No. 6365 ID: 95ab41
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>>6364
As BINKY emerges from the hole and you place him back in his cage, you hear the same mechanical grinding noise, but this time louder. The first Gear rolls to the side, revealing a second gear behind it that then rolls in the opposite direction. With the "Gate" now open, you enter the "CITY CHECKPOINT"

Journey 2009/07/15(Wed)12:04 No. 6366 ID: 95ab41
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End Chapter 2

Suggestion 2009/07/20(Mon)16:58 No. 9758 ID: 95ab41
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You pass through the check point easily, as no one is there. It strikes you as a bit odd, but certainly makes your progress less of a hassle. There is another gear on the other side which appears to have been forced open at some point.

You pass through the portal and find a cliff over looking a city. It appears a little worse for ware.

This chamber is very well lit. There are many clusters of glowing mushrooms growing across the ceiling of this cave, as well as smaller bunches that appear to be set periodically along the streets bellow.

There is a path to your right that leads down.

Suggestion 2009/07/20(Mon)17:00 No. 9763 ID: 95ab41
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The ceiling is very high, which leaves ample room, and from this high a vantage point, you actually have enough space to take flight in what seems like ages.

You can choose to take the path to your right and enter "Traveler's Alley" or you can take flight and head anywhere in the city.

>>9758
forgot to mention: animooted

>>9763
FLY to TOWN SQUARE.

>>9763
Of course we fly! Let's go to the market district.

Journey 2009/07/20(Mon)17:18 No. 9789 ID: 95ab41
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>>9772
You spread your wings and take a leap off the cliff. To Town Square!

>>9789
Way to look badass.
Watch the ground closely so that in case someone shoots at you, you could react more effectively.

Journey 2009/07/20(Mon)17:34 No. 9811 ID: 95ab41
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>>9789

>>9811
OH GOD HE'S GOT A GUN EVASIVE ACTION!

Oh snap! Become aware of that!

Journey 2009/07/20(Mon)18:10 No. 9839 ID: 95ab41
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>>9816
who?

>>9821
become aware of what?

You set down with a *fwump* in the middle of town square. There is a VERY large statuesque fountain in the center, probably depicting some great leader or god of some sort. As well as what you assume is a town hall, or possibly a library, judging from the decorated doorways. There is a large hole in the wall and the street is covered in rubble.

>>9839
Ask nearest person you meet on where you can locate the leader of this community.

Look around for people. What manner of creatures dwell in this place?

Journey 2009/07/20(Mon)18:31 No. 9851 ID: 95ab41
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>>9845
>>9848
That's a good question... now that you think about it, you realize that you didn't actually see a single person on the streets at all while you were passing over the Market and Residential districts...

The doors to the buildings are small, roughly comparable in size to those you found in the mushroom lake shack, so it may be safe to assume what ever lives, or lived here are short, and possibly the same as that corpse you found.

Don't give up hope yet. Even if there was a calamity there may be survivors.

Shout "Hello? Is anyone there?"

If there are people hiding, they probably saw you flying, so don't worry too much about attracting attention.

>>9851
Enter Library/Hall building. Maybe they are sleeping. In any case it looks like a place we may learn something of how to get back to the surface.

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>>9853
>>9854
You attempt to enter the building but the door refuses to budge. You knock on it and call out.

>Hello? Is anyone there?

but there is no reply.

>>9865
TAKE THE AXE TO THE DOOR THEY'RE BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY HORNY ROBBERS

>>9867
GEEZ BRO, manners first

>>9865
knock on the door and announce that we're coming in. (axe first)

>>9868
If we tell the robbers we're coming in they'll be prepared! We have to go in without any more warning!

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>>9867
>>9868
You whip out your trusty LUMBER AXE and lay into the disobedient door.

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After a few minutes of hammering on the door with your axe, you manage to make a hole large enough to shove your head through and peer into the building.

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