Look! High Vines!
Perhaps if we could cut one somehow, we could climb it to the top.

mortis 2016/05/10(Tue)19:50 No. 722508 ID: 32d627
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the TCPs start in on the bottom left puzzle.
http://www.proprofs.com/games/puzzle/sliding/tcp-puzzle-2-1-1/

Suggestion 2016/05/10(Tue)20:04 No. 722512 ID: 5ad4a7
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Splat.

1/2 mortis 2016/05/10(Tue)22:45 No. 722533 ID: 32d627
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once dad slides the last piece into place, the whole room shakes.

2/2 mortis 2016/05/10(Tue)22:45 No. 722534 ID: 32d627
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the pillar is now 5 bricks tall.

Just so you guys know, Wretch messed with this room. That chest up there is probably not a reward for Buddy. My guess is Wretch took Buddy's reward and put it in the Tree House, then put something else in the box up on top of the pillar in this room.

How about we save this room for last? Let's go to the puzzle chamber for Dad's reward.

>>722535
we can't know that, there is no way to confirm without looking.
we just have to use caution when opening and act like it will be a mimic.

>>722535
That's just a theory. A gggggAAAAAME THeORY

Move on to the puzzle in the opposite corner.

Well, it's a maybe Wretch influenced thing. It could just be that because Buddy touched the Wretch statue, that puzzle is referencing that bit of history. The puzzles seem to represent the TCP or their history--we didn't take a look at Primus's four central puzzles so we have no proper comparison yet.

Keep your attention focused just in case, Buddy. We'll help you three solve the other sliders too.

We don't need to solve every puzzle to open the chest if the puzzle of this room behaves like Primus's Room. Lets just solve another Sliding puzzle so that if we decide to cheat, it will be easier. Sure, buddy's prize could very well have been the knife, and it is a possibility that the wretch sent some goons to solve the puzzles and steal our loot, but we don't know if we don't try.

more slide puzzles!!!

Lets just do the puzzles. Enjoy the adventure properly.

>>722557
But.. but... One more slide puzzle we could prolly give a TCP a boosty and just grab the damn thing. Boosties!

MORE SLIDE PUZZLES

mortis 2016/05/11(Wed)16:36 No. 722607 ID: 32d627
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the TCPs start in on the top left corner.

http://www.proprofs.com/games/puzzle/sliding/tcp-puzzle-2-2/

Suggestion 2016/05/11(Wed)17:10 No. 722618 ID: d1fde2
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It was not pretty. I am no expert.

Oh God, the Wretch is fucking with our shit.

Then we just need to be extra careful opening it.

This is a good chance to discover if the wretch is openly malicious or just kinda a dick. e can handle rude neighbors, but not ones harboring ill intent.

Its also possible that Wretch didn't fuck with it, but rather that it's simply related to him.

Either way, this is creepy.

Welp, I think we should skedaddle sooner rather than later. Let's see if Primus can scale the tower yet on his own while Buddy and Dad watch the entrance to the puzzle room. We don't want to get caught with our pants down.

1/2 mortis 2016/05/13(Fri)15:49 No. 722983 ID: 32d627
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the rumbling starts again as soon as the last piece of the puzzle clicks into place.

2/2 mortis 2016/05/13(Fri)15:49 No. 722984 ID: 32d627
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the pillar rises to 8 blocks high.

>>722984
Hahaha what?! Un-solve that puzzle immediately.

Go back and check the other room. I bet the puzzles are connected.

>>722984
..pff. Yeah, alright, that's a pretty good prank

Wretch, you jerk! Why are you being mean to Buddy?

I guess we should test if unsolving the puzzle (at least by one step) undoes what solving it did. If it does, we should leave it unsolved. Hopefully we can come back to it later.

Let's try solving the puzzle on the upper right before moving on to another room.

Bullying? Come on, it's just a tile puzzle. You're accusing floor tiles of being mean.

...Undo the previous puzzle first.

>>722995
If solving/unsolving works, maybe there's a second treasure under the pillar.

>>723031
Clever thought. I think we should try and get the chest atop the pillar first, though. Just in case.

>>723031
If this is true, then there's a chance that the prize under the tower could have been missed by the Wretch. If we come to find that the prize atop the tower is missing/a box with a mean note inside, we should look into this.

mortis 2016/05/15(Sun)15:07 No. 723458 ID: 32d627
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unsolving the puzzle does nothing to the pillar, but a click noise sounds through the room. buddy asks if it messed up the puzzle in some way.

A click? Could be the chest locking or unlocking. Probably be best if we tried doing another slide puzzle.

>>723458
Nope, it's not your fault Buddy. If something's wrong with the puzzle I think we can blame Wretch. Hmm, can't be sure if that click was good or bad... or even if the pillar raising is part of the original puzzle! It could just be that Wretch put in new pictures but otherwise left the puzzle mechanisms alone. For now, put the puzzle back into its solved state and let's try the upper-right one. If it turns out we need to unsolve the puzzles that raise the pillar, in the end, then we can do that. It could be some kind of meta-puzzle.

>>723458
yeah!
its not your fault buddy!!

Nope, this is all part of the puzzle-solving process. Alright, move that puzzle into place again and let's move on to the third.

Puzzles are all about trial and error, buddy! Lets move onto the third puzzle and see if that moves the pillar down even further??

mortis 2016/05/16(Mon)17:54 No. 723823 ID: 32d627
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as soon as buddy resolves the puzzle, the pillar rises another 3 blocks.

Let's try solving a different slide puzzle.

unsolve and resolve the first one a few times.

>>723825
Good idea.

>>723825
This, but keep solving unsolving until it breaks.

>>723825
this is an excellent idea that cannot possibly backfire

>>723825
If solving one puzzle multiple times raises it, then solving another one should lower it. Try solving and un-solving the first one until something good or terrible happens.

Start by solving the first puzzle again. Once the tower is back to about original height, do puzzle 3.

>>723939
This

If we're sure about doing this, solve the next puzzle! Don't cheat on this one- it doesn't feel like a good idea. If the tower continues to rise, get out of there. This isn't a good place.

I feel like cheating unendingly is the way to go here.

How close is the pillar to the ceiling? We don't want to mess up and crush the treasure.

mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)15:28 No. 724953 ID: 32d627
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upon resolving the bottom left puzzle twice, the pillar sinks 4 blocks back into the ground. dad lets out a triumphant rumble, and buddy perks up significantly.

Well we can just keep doing that, right?

Going in order around the pillar, let's do the top right.

1/2 mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)17:02 No. 724975 ID: 32d627
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primus says he'll take on the top right puzzle, and dad works on resolving the bottom left. the pillar falls another 2 blocks.

2/2 mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)17:05 No. 724978 ID: 32d627
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http://www.proprofs.com/games/puzzle/sliding/tcp-puzzle-2-3/
buddy wishes primus good luck, eager to get at the treasure.

Suggestion 2016/05/21(Sat)17:19 No. 724980 ID: 398fe1
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Here we go!

Wretch are you okay

mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)17:22 No. 724981 ID: 32d627
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the pillar raises four blocks. dad starts screaming in frustration.

Wretch why u do dis

Dad, maybe you can let Buddy resolve the bottom left one, and Primus (we) can work on the last, bottom right one to see if that lowers it. It should. I mean, it makes sense for two of them to raise it and two to lower the pillar.

One more puzzle to go. Once you understand all the pieces then you can fit them together. Or slide them, in this case.

mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)17:34 No. 724988 ID: 32d627
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http://www.proprofs.com/games/puzzle/sliding/tcp-puzzle-2-4/

primus scoots down to solve the last puzzle.

Suggestion 2016/05/21(Sat)17:42 No. 724989 ID: b412df
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Solved!

1/2 mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)17:56 No. 724990 ID: 32d627
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with the puzzles solved, a distant, echoing voice of indiscriminate age begins to speak.

WRETCH is a deity of CHAOS and SPACE ITSELF, known for her seemingly infinite reservoirs of aphrodisiac, hallucinogenic sludge. she is VIOLENT and COCKY to all who approach, and while mostly harmless unless provoked, takes great enjoyment in playing violent games.

2/2 mortis 2016/05/21(Sat)17:57 No. 724991 ID: 32d627
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the pillar drops 3 blocks. a loud rumbling sound echoes beneath the pillar, now that all of the puzzles are completed.

Solve bottom left and right once each, or bottom left twice if you think you can scale 1 block's height.

*click* WRETCH IS- *click* *click* WRETCH IS- *click* *click* WRETCH IS- *click* *click* WRETCH IS- *click*

>>724991
Oh, I wonder if we'll get some kind of information like that if we solve all of Primus' room's puzzles?

Anyway yeah now we know which puzzles lower the pillar. Resolve those until you can get to the top. Might be able to boost Buddy up with Primus to reach the top early.

Don't mess with the puzzles any more, that's just going to trigger more penalties. Instead, teamwork!
Buddy, crouch in front of the pillar, with your back to it, hand forming a step.
Primus, pick up Dad, get a running start, and jump/climb as far up the pillar as possible, then throw Dad the rest of the way up there as needed.
Be careful not to land on Buddy's sharp side.
Dad... assuming this works? Land softly and open the chest.

How sturdy is the knife? Could we jam it in the brick seems and use as a platform for Primus to use his parkouring skills on? With a boost from the other two he might be able to reach the top.

>known for her seemingly infinite reservoirs of aphrodisiac, hallucinogenic sludge.
Not sure how useful the aphrodisiac portion will be in a world that doesn't have such activities, but halluincations can still be dangerous or funny.
This suggests that she's willing to play nice if we follow her rule to leave her stuff alone, though being Of Chaos, she may pull some pranks.

Maybe everyone can climb up on each other and have someone get up there that way?

>>725040

This is a fantastic idea that cannot possibly go wrong. Let's try unsolving and resolving the puzzles first, and then go to crazy parkour stunts as a last resort.

1/5 mortis 2016/06/08(Wed)18:06 No. 728529 ID: 32d627
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buddy presses itself against the pillar, holding out a hand for primus to step on. it asks primus to keep it quick if possible.

2/5 mortis 2016/06/08(Wed)18:07 No. 728530 ID: 32d627
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primus assures his friend that they've got this covered. dad seems to think otherwise, but keeps her mouth shut.

3/5 mortis 2016/06/08(Wed)18:07 No. 728531 ID: 32d627
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dad is pretty light, thankfully.

5/5 mortis 2016/06/08(Wed)18:08 No. 728533 ID: 32d627
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whoops.

>>728532
u ok dade

Was there a pie launcher inside it?

Hurry! Check DAD.

rip dad................... funeral time

With The shape of the pillar the direction of impact should be impossible. Contemplate your ability to throw things through solid objects.

Well geez Dad are you okay?

The chest might be a mimic, Dad is getting the first strike! Good form Dad!

>>728537
Seconding this.
>Dad: Not be unconscious

Tell dad it was a dadcident!

1/2 mortis 2016/06/29(Wed)13:30 No. 732604 ID: 32d627
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>CHECK DAD

im back from a small mini hiatus to improve my art and the consistency/worldbuilding of TCP. some things will have changed, namely minor design aspects, some of the art assets, and how the "game" aspects of TCP work. all entries from now on will be in proper punctuation to make it easier on the eyes as well!
>CHECK: DAD

Dad is a DAD TYPE TCP, and is thus very small, but incredibly powerful. Being a CREATURE TCP, her abilities are passive and cannot be used intentionally. DAD TYPES have a leadership passive effect- any TCPs in her immediate vicinity will prioritize listening to her over any other commands- from the void, or other TCPs.

Dad's head feels a little bit sore from smacking her head on the chest, but seems okay otherwise. She's not particularly happy about it, but she figures she'll get over it.

Dad is currently wondering if this treasure chest has something inside that's really worth all this slide puzzle trouble. She's also curious about what the clicking sound heard when they solved all those puzzles was- she's really hoping it doesn't mean traps. Traps would suck.

Dad's SKILLS and INVENTORY can now be checked separately via a CHECK SKILLS or CHECK INVENTORY COMMAND.

2/2 mortis 2016/06/29(Wed)13:30 No. 732605 ID: 32d627
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Aside Dad's sore head and mild irritability, she seems to be doing a-okay. She makes sure to give a thumbs up to her friends below, and an extra one held high for the void to see.

Open chest from the side or below, with bated breath

Open chest.

Say look out below, and take the item inside.
Then push the chest off the side and climb down with the item.

mortis 2016/06/29(Wed)19:36 No. 732670 ID: 32d627
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Dad is cautious, poking around the chest and even lifting it up before even trying to open it. She reports that there's no traps anywhere she can see, and pries it open from the side. Inside the chest appears to be a similar device to the one Primus obtained earlier.

Maybe it tells us where we are on the map thingy.

mortis 2016/06/29(Wed)20:05 No. 732676 ID: 32d627
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Dad picks up the device with caution, reading out the screen to the TCPs below. She says she's not quite sure what the thing means by an incoming call, and that she's not pressing anything til the void says so.

I would say answer it, might let us finally know exactly what is up

DAD --> ANSWER

Yes.

>Yourself
Holy crap, we've been Wretch the entire time.

>>732676
Yes. Tell Dad that this is a device that allows two people to talk long distances with their voices. Tell Dad that if she doesn't want to listen to what the wretch says, she can block her ears and we'll listen instead.

Read the note first

Tell Dad it's a thingy that lets people talk from far away by transmitting their voices across long distances. I think before we answer it, we should ask Dad and the others what they think of talking to Wretch. Also maybe figure out a way to get Dad down safely.

Welcome back! :D

>>732680
The other notes were addressed to the TCPs, weren't they?

>Primus: Get ready to catch Dad.

>Dad: Hit accept, but then IMMEDIATELY hop off the platform and aim for Primus. We'll tell you if the call was anything important.

mortis 2016/06/29(Wed)22:07 No. 732712 ID: 32d627
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Dad taps Y. It only takes a moment for the deity on the other end to appear on-screen. Dad gets the strange feeling that this creature isn't talking to her- but the void itself.

WRETCH: WOW i can't believe you took that long getting yr communicator
WRETCH: you might be the most incompetent newbie ive ever seen
WRETCH: w/e tho. yr gonna be my new buddy now

Wretch smiles wide, and Dad feels a chill run down her back.

WRETCH: arent you?

PART 1 END

BEGIN FIRST CONVERSATION: WRETCH?
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/732711.html