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Into the West: Let's Play Oregon Trail II
Yes, another LP from Zarah. However, this time I'm tackling a game that's a little less daunting than Morrowind. This time, we're playing Oregon Trail II!
What the heck is this?
Oregon Trail II is the 1996 sequel to the best-selling educational game The Oregon Trail with better graphics, better sounds and better gameplay... Maybe. It tends to be overlooked by its more successful predecessor, but it's still a game worthy of standing on its own merits. It's fairly pathetic by today's game standards, but that's what makes it so much fun to play.
So why am I doing this Let's Play?
I recently stumbled over my Oregon Trail II CD, which reminded me of an utterly hilarious LP of the same game a while back on Something Awful. An LP where the answer to every single body of water, regardless of depth, was "FORD THAT MOTHER****ER." I wanted to see if I could relive some of the hilarity here with our own LP. Keep in mind that it's been years since I've seriously played this game, so I have no intention of doing this LP with any modicum of sanity. I aim to make this as ridiculous as possible, and recommend all of you to do the same. Let's not just make history, let's do it in the most ludicrous ways possible!
What's the backstory?
A group of 19th century settlers travels west, along the Oregon Trail, to discover a new home among the unspoiled lands. Along the way, they will encounter rivers, towns, forts, rivers, landmarks, wild animals, rivers and probably a disease or two. Or three. Everything else will come from the story that we craft.
Who are you playing as?
I'll be playing as the wagon leader, who will be named after myself. Five others will be accompanying me in my journey, who will be named after the first five people to post with interest to likely die of cholera. However, everyone is welcome to cast their votes into the pool.
Are we going to help play?
Yes! You will be the ones I am leading to a new life, so it only makes sense that you be the ones to make the calls. I will attempt to present nearly every interruption and obstacle along the way to you guys. I trust you will lead us to freedom. Or death. Probably death.
So, what are we waiting for? Let's hit the road!
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/1-newgame.jpg
First things first, I need to figure out who's coming with me. If you want your name in this LP, then post here with the name that you want and your starting age (ranging from 5 to 20, then increments of 5 until 65). The first five people who post with this interest will be chosen. We will be setting out in May of 1848 (the default settings) with $800 to live off of.
Secondly, we have some other stuff to choose. We need to pick one of four starting locations: Independence, St. Joseph, Nauvoo or Kanesville.
We also need to choose where we want to settle: Oregon City, Sacramento, Great Salt Lake City, or the Rogue River Valley.
Finally, we need to decide if we want to set out with a small farmwagon, a large farmwagon or a Conestoga wagon, which cost $60, $75 and $100 respectively.
So what's the game plan, guys?
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Oh.
My.
Freakin'.
God. :smalleek:
This is going to end HORRIBLY.
Dibs on being a passenger. :smallwink::smalltongue:
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I love Cholera. Sign me up. :smallbiggrin:
Age of 19
I vote for Oregon City in a Large Farm-wagon. Lets start in Independence.
I always thought Oregon Trail II was the best, though I didn't play all of the games. I don't know what happened to our cd.
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Zarah
We will be setting out in May of 1848 (the default settings) with $725 to live off of.
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Finally, we need to decide if we want to set out with a small farmwagon, a large farmwagon or a Conestoga wagon, which cost $60, $75 and $100 respectively.
Note that the wagon seems to be separate from our spare cash, so we can potentially start with $740 and a small wagon or $700 and a conestoga.
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Oh gods...
I can tell already that this is going to take over my life.
I can see it now. It'll start at first with me mildly checking the site day after day for the odd chance that there was an update. "Heh. this is kinda funny." i would say Unaware of the madness slowly folding over me..
Days later my addiction would grow
checking this forum 5 times a day for an update. hoping for more! "Pleaseohpleaseupdateupdat- Darn." aware of the madness folding around me, But knowing it was too late...
Then. my addiction will grow to unhealthly levels. with me checking constantly for an update.
refreshing this thread every chance i get. "My Precious...... update my Preeeeecccccciiooouuussssssss..... HEHEHEHEHE!" The madness setting in fully as i live out the rest of my days in worship to the majesty of the Lets play and its creator.
That Said, Count me in.
I vote for Independence The Rogue River Valley and A large Farmwagon
Edit: Age 25. Name Doesnt matter really. (Perhaps Russell? or Malak? Im horrible with names. Feel free to name me whatever you wish.)
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Anatharon
Dibs on being a passenger. :smallwink::smalltongue:
Do you have a preferred age?
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Originally Posted by
RS14
Note that the wagon seems to be separate from our spare cash, so we can potentially start with $740 and a small wagon or $700 and a conestoga.
That it does. My bad. I fixed the main post, so we're starting with $800 as a total, minus the cost of the wagon, whichever we go with. Thanks for pointing that out, though.
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Aragehaor
Edit: Age 25. Name Doesnt matter really. (Perhaps Russell? or Malak? Im horrible with names. Feel free to name me whatever you wish.)
Then I shall name you after your screenname, unless you have any objections. There'll be no confusion once you get sick with something that way. :smalltongue:
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If our name is used, would you be expecting us to RP? I don't have the creativity for that (or the time) but I'd love to be in there if you just need a name.
As for the name, I'll go for Leeroy. :smallwink:
Edit: Unless you're just using screennames, in which case AgentPaper or ThePaper works fine.
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AgentPaper
If our name is used, would you be expecting us to RP? I don't have the creativity for that (or the time) but I'd love to be in there if you just need a name.
As for the name, I'll go for Leeroy. :smallwink:
Edit: Unless you're just using screennames, in which case AgentPaper or ThePaper works fine.
No, I just want names so there's a bit more of a personal connection. It's funnier to say that one of us died rather than some other random character.
Also, I think I'll go with screen names, since it'll be easier for other readers to keep track of who is really who. ...Not that it really matters, but like I said, it's funnier that way. :smalltongue:
EDIT: But now I must sleep. Still need one more, then tomorrow, the adventure can truly begin. :smallbiggrin:
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count me in!
Dysentry Ahoy!
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Baby Binky, age 3. Let's leave out of Independence in a Conestoga, heading for Oregon City.
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Age 15, Fiddler. Edit: Argh, it seems I'm a bit too late. ...unless you disqualify people who didn't give all the info and invalid responses... *mind control mind control*
I say we head out to Sacramento (GOLD RUSH!), starting from Independence.
Get a Conestoga Wagon. You're gonna need lots of space for all the chickens you're gonna bring. :smalltongue:
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I'll use the names of the first 5 with whatever the starting age was when I booted up the game. However, I'll use anyone I didn't get to for the next game, should we all die early. Which we probably will.
So, according to the votes, here's what we're setting out with (there was a tie between the large farmwagon and the conestoga, so I just went with the conestoga. We might need extra space):
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/2-settingout.jpg
Well, here I am in Independence.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/3-independence.jpg
My fellow settlers were getting antsy to leave, so I figured we should hit the road immediately. However, as soon as I took a step forward, I was approached by some merchant, no doubt trying to swindle me as he talked about "his package." I dunno how he found me, or why he approached me on the street, but it seemed fishy.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/4-package.jpg
Fellow settlers, will we buy a starting package before we set out? Or shall we throw caution to the wind and stock up the way we see fit?
I'm guessing the latter.
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The way we see fit! The way we see fit!
Buy lots of chickens. :smallamused:
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No, lets buy our own stuff. The starting packages never contained sufficient medicine, in my experience. I personally just bought 1 of every medicine (or more, if I knew it to be useful). Bring the standard rifle and accessories, some basic wagon parts, basic clothing/warm clothing, and plenty of food. Don't forget dried vegetables. Also a few of the more useful tools. A couple water-kegs should be essential. For draft animals, lets go with Oxen; get plenty; as a butcher, I imagine you'll be able to slaughter any that fall.
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Out of curiosity, what skills did you take? Did you take any?
Be sure to buy as many anvils and grandfather clocks as possible.
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Guns. Lots of guns.
If we're going to make all large animals between here and Oregon extinct, we need a good deal of firepower.
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Thane of Fife
Out of curiosity, what skills did you take? Did you take any?
Be sure to buy as many anvils and grandfather clocks as possible.
I started as a butcher, so I have cooking as a skill. Also, the store had 2 grandfather clocks. They are now ours. I also bought a bottle of every medicine the man had, some clothes for all of us, and two banjos. Why? Because I could. He has no weapons, however, so I'll have to go somewhere else to buy those. EDIT: I just bought 3 water kegs too.
We should decide what kind of foodstuffs we want before I get carried away, though:
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/5-foood1.jpg
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/5-foood2.jpg
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/5-foood3.jpg
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/5-foood4.jpg
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/5-foood5.jpg
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chiasaur11
Guns. Lots of guns.
If we're going to make all large animals between here and Oregon extinct, we need a good deal of firepower.
And bring along lots of chickens, because what good is all that meat without eggs?
Edit: Teeth rotting candy and some tea to wash it down with!
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Originally Posted by
The Dark Fiddler
And bring along lots of chickens, because what good is all that meat without eggs?
Edit: Teeth rotting candy and some tea to wash it down with!
Don't forget the Maple Syrup! :smallbiggrin:
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Name: The Generic Guy (Or just Generic)
Age: 30
Buy all the guns they have. Do't take food, just buy bullets.
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All of the beans they have in stock, and then as much as you can afford of maple syrup, candy, licorice, lard, molasses, and honey, without making us too broke to buy lots of guns when we get to that.
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Food is for suckers. Buy lots of guns and bullets, hunt.
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Bacon. We can buy all 600lbs of it for only $30. (Don't do that though. :smallbiggrin:)
Take a couple pounds of celery, as it is cheap.
A pound or two of coffee beans.
20lbs cornmeal, 20lbs dried beans, 20lbs dried fruit, 20lbs dried vegetables. 20lbs flour. 5lbs lard. 10lbs onions. 20lbs potatoes. 20lbs rice. 25lbs pickles. 5lbs pemmican. Assorted other tastier food. Cheese? That's 185lbs of foodstuffs, plus however much bacon we take. How much have we packed of other things, and how much can we carry?
5000lb capacity. We won't even come close to that, I expect, so buy maybe 50-100lbs of bacon.
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Originally Posted by
RS14
Bacon. We can buy all 600lbs of it for only $30. (Don't do that though. :smallbiggrin:)
Take a couple pounds of celery, as it is cheap.
A pound or two of coffee beans.
20lbs cornmeal, 20lbs dried beans, 20lbs dried fruit, 20lbs dried vegetables. 20lbs flour. 5lbs lard. 10lbs onions. 20lbs potatoes. 20lbs rice. 25lbs pickles. 5lbs pemmican. Assorted other tastier food. Cheese? That's 185lbs of foodstuffs, plus however much bacon we take. How much have we packed of other things, and how much can we carry?
What's this? Logic. Dear sir, I think you're missing the point of Let's Plays. :smalltongue: (No, you aren't, as there isn't a 'point', per se, but I felt that I needed to point out how you're using logic and specifics for your choices and the rest of us are being ridiculous. Also, candy and tea ftw!)
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I did the gun shopping before hand, to make sure we'd at least have SOMETHING to hunt with before spending all our money on food. However, there'll be money left after this, so I'll head back and stock up some more. I also bought 8 oxen, 6 chickens and some spare wagon parts while I was out. Anyway, here's our food shopping list:
20 lbs. of candy
30 10-lbs. sacks of dried beans
10 5-lbs. sacks of dried fruits (to prevent scurvy)
10 5-lbs. sacks of dried vegetables
35 16-oz. jars of honey
50 5-lbs. slabs of lard
19 1-lb. jars of licorice
25 16-oz. tins of maple syrup
30 16-oz. jars of molasses
20 lbs. of tea
Anything we're forgetting?
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Zarah
Anything we're forgetting?
Galric, lots of garlic. Gotta keep the vampires away.
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Potatoes. You can't be a meat-and-potatoes man without potatoes.
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Originally Posted by
Zarah
10 50-lbs. sacks of dried fruits (to prevent scurvy)
10 50-lbs. sacks of dried vegetables
Those are 5lb sacks, fortunately. Though the idea of hauling half a ton of fruits and veggies cross country amuses me.
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Originally Posted by
The Dark Fiddler
What's this? Logic. Dear sir, I think you're missing the point of Let's Plays. :smalltongue: (No, you aren't, as there isn't a 'point', per se, but I felt that I needed to point out how you're using logic and specifics for your choices and the rest of us are being ridiculous. Also, candy and tea ftw!)
Yeah, I always play Oregon Trail to win. Old habits are hard to break.
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More gun. You wouldn't be able to defend a single hill without more gun.
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Flickerdart
More gun. You wouldn't be able to defend a single hill without more gun.
Ideally, try to get a cannon for the wagon. Not enough gun, of course, but it is more gun.
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RS14
Those are 5lb sacks, fortunately. Though the idea of hauling half a ton of fruits and veggies cross country amuses me.
Whoops. You saw nothing. >_>
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Originally Posted by
Flickerdart
More gun. You wouldn't be able to defend a single hill without more gun.
With the money I had left, I returned to the gunsmith to stock up more. Unfortunately, the other guns proved to be too expensive to load up on too many, so I loaded up with other provisions. Here's our loadout:
20 boxes of 20 bullets
5 25-lb. kegs of gunpowder
20 10-lb. sacks of shot
1 pistol
1 rifle
1 shotgun
1 rifle or shotgun sheath (someone is going to lose a toe)
At the moment, I have $16.63 left in the bank. I also added some garlic to our foodstuffs.
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How can you say no to 650 pounds of dried beans?! :smallbiggrin:
I say buy the rest of that, and then save the other $5 for indian prostitutes.
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It is done. I bought another 650 lbs. of dried beans, and then threw 200 lbs. of potatoes on top of it all. We have 48 cents left in our pocket.
The trail beckons, people, but we have one decision left to make for our journey:
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/6-wagontrain.jpg
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Train three, less likely to attract vampires and if we kill people randomly for suspection of stealing our chickens, we have a better chance of being right.
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Train 3. Because we use the Steam-Interwebnets and therefore are not that comfortable in other human company.
edit: Also, less people to catch dysentery from.
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xp194
Train 3. Because we use the Steam-Interwebnets and therefore are not that comfortable in other human company.
But with that few people, you'll always have the same people for TF2 games. If someone's awful, they'll be on your team almost every game. Pick team 1. Because it has one in the team name.
8,000.
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Hmm, they say there's safety in numbers...but third time's the charm, and my mum didn't raise no fool.
Train 3. :smallamused:
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Train 3 it is. Ladies and gentlemen, let's start blazing our trail!
Not five miles out of town, we ran into our first problem.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/7-blueriver.jpg
I walked up to the bank of the river and put a hand to my chin in thought. There was only one answer, but it would not be I who made the decision.
The Blue River awaits. Do we ford or do we float?
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Float, of course. There's vampires on the bottom of the river.
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Ford that Mofo'ing river! FORD IT NOW!
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The Dark Fiddler
Float, of course. There's vampires on the bottom of the river.
Coward.
(Chicken noises)
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chiasaur11
Coward.
(Chicken noises)
You're right, we should ford the river and run over the blood-suckers.
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No, don't go over the river, shoot it until it dies so we have water!
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I ordered the oxen straight into the depths of the river, and while things started off good, we ended with disaster.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/7-b...er-swamped.jpg
We had lost a chicken and 40 bullets, among some other things. This was not a good start to our journey. However, we pressed onward another 5 miles and came upon Westport.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/8-westport.jpg
What shall be our next step?
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Pie Guy
No, don't go over the river, shoot it until it dies so we have water!
Well, we lost some bullets into the river anyway. That counts, I guess.
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Originally Posted by
Pie Guy
No, don't go over the river, shoot it until it dies so we have water!
This sounds entirely sensible.
Do it.
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Zarah
I started as a butcher, so I have cooking as a skill.
Right, but I meant, did you buy any other skills? I'm guessing not.
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Originally Posted by
Thane of Fife
Right, but I meant, did you buy any other skills? I'm guessing not.
I did not. I suppose that could have made things a little more interesting, but I'm doubting any extra skills are going to spare us from death at this point. :smalltongue:
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A) Look for someone
2) Sell him a chicken
θ) Shoot him for stealing our chicken
?) ???
Profit) Profit.
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Originally Posted by
Zarah
I did not. I suppose that could have made things a little more interesting, but I'm doubting any extra skills are going to spare us from death at this point. :smalltongue:
I'll say! Damned river, taking our chickens...
Move forward, in loving memory of Sir Clucky the First!
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Originally Posted by
ZeroNumerous
A) Look for someone
2) Sell him a chicken
θ) Shoot him for stealing our chicken
?) ???
Profit) Profit.
If Oregon Trail let you do this, it would become the greatest game ever.
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Originally Posted by
ZeroNumerous
A) Look for someone
2) Sell him a chicken
θ) Shoot him for stealing our chicken
?) ???
Profit) Profit.
What do we do with the chicken after this?
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Originally Posted by
The Dark Fiddler
If Oregon Trail let you do this, it would become the greatest game ever.
Well, I asked a lawyer about that sort of thing.
I mean, that kind of trick came up all the time on old radio dramas, and I wanted to make sure, even then, that kind of trick wouldn't work.
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Pie Guy
What do we do with the chicken after this?
Take it back, obviously. We already lost one chicken to the forces of nature. We can't lose two!!
I spent some time looking around for people to talk to or trade with, but no one seemed to want to deal with me. And since we only had 48 cents, there wasn't much point to heading into town. Our supplies were still well-stocked, so we pressed on.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/9-newsantafe.jpg
Jeez, another town? It's only 10 miles from the last one? Okay, nothing to see here, let's keep moving.
Finally, we got a decent stretch of traveling done, and 55 miles in, we stopped at Blue Mound.
http://indolents.com/oregontrail/10-bluemound.jpg
We can hunt here, if there's anything around.
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God that place is a dump. Let's move along
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Find something.
Kill it.
Eat it.
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chiasaur11
Find someone.
Kill them.
Eat them.
Fixed and voted for.
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Guys, guys, guys.
We've got plenty of food as it is
and plenty more rivers to try and kill along the way.
Let's keep going!
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Need fire, mark your passing with FLAMES!!!! or corpses...whatever works
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Blue Mound appears to be amusingly mundane. The seventh highest hill in Wisconsin.
Anyway, move on. We're still loaded down pretty heavily; no need to pile on more weight.
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The tallest hill? That's like being valedictorian of summer school.
Go hunt.
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Just move on. The longer you dawdle, the more likely it is the vampires will find you.
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Get going. The vengeful spectre of your chicken will come for you in the night, brandishing lead shot every which way,