[IC] Housetrapped Redux

[Lord Raziere]

==> Max: Answer Delaina

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cynicalScientist(CS) began pestering scienceSpeedster(SS)
CS: WHAT
CS: THE ACTUAL
CS: ****
CS: ARE YOU DOING
SS: Science!
SS: I mean isn't this awesome!?
CS: Shut
CS: Shut the **** up
SS: we just discovered telekinesis AND creating matter!
CS: Shut the **** up.
SS: or transmutation
CS: Do you want to live?
SS: dudette, chill.
CS: Do you want to live?
SS: live? oh no not that "we're all gonna die" bull again.
CS: ****ing
SS: look just because you have been having dreams doesn't mean they're related.
CS: The timer's already counting down, and everything I said has been true
SS: you know this, its just correlation.
CS: Yeah, of course
CS: Just like you to deny EVERYTHING to the goddamn LAST
SS: oh come on, your the one who is constantly going:
SS: "oh but that wouldn't work in real life" or "but that would have these problems here" and such.
SS: and now that we discovered outright MAGIC
SS: your all like "oh noes the apocalypse is coming"?
CS: And everything ****ing lines up
SS: and I have no grounds to be skeptical in return?
CS: For once goddamn listen
SS: ok then, how in the hell is a ****ing game, albeit one with matter creation and telekinesis, possibly connected to the apocalypse?
CS: WAIT
CS: Creating and altering matter in a different STATE makes sense
CS: But causing large scale destruction is TOTALLY WACK?
CS: How high ARE you?
SS: Look, I just SAW Adam telekinesis my broken clock into the wall then expand my room, hard to deny those things are there.
SS: but all this being connected to the apocalypse? that apocalypse by itself is plausible, it could happen at any time, from a gamma ray burst or whatever.
SS: but how is it related to this game?
SS: there doesn't seem to be a connection.
CS: I don't ****ing know, there just is
SS: and your dreams told you this?
CS: And if we all die because of you two idiots...
cynicalScientist(CS) disconnected
SS:......Delaina? you DC'd.
SS: waiting...
SS:....
SS: huh must be a really bad DC. or she is trying to pull a fast one on me. oh well.
SS: on with the experimentation!

==>: Max: Inspect Totem Lathe

You jump back a bit at the thing appearing before you. Interesting. You decide to pull out and put on a labcoat (answer: to protect oneself during the experiment) a pencil (answer: graphite) and a notepad (answer: paper) out of your Sylladex so that you may take notes. SCIENCE! is being done after all, and you need to scribble down what you can as fast as possible. It seems to be a long thing, much like.....a sowing machine? what does it do? there is a bunch of valves and whatnot....and someplace to place things upon, perhaps a cylindrical sort of thing? horizontally? interesting.

Notes:
Cylinder?
weird big sowing machine
lots of valves


Truly these are notes that will make scientific history. But you must learn more. You contact Adam, clearly your missing something, something cylindrical from what you can observe...

[Amaril]

> Adam: Answer Max.

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SS: Hey, Adam, it looks like we need a cylinder to insert inside this....uh...sowing machine thingy
DM: You have anything in mind?
SS: I'm not the one with the toolbar that conjures up the weird machines. perhaps one of the other ones is a cylinder?
DM: Well, the Cruxtruder is sort of cylindrical...
DM: Assuming these are all the same size, the tube on top looks about the right diameter for the lathe.
SS: Hm. But there is more machine than that?
DM: The rest is this sort of pedestal thing. It looks like basically just support for the tube.
SS: Hm. weird. conjure it up then. I think we might be handed a puzzle as the first level of the game
DM: Alright, but...
DM: There's not nearly enough space in your bedroom for this :/
DM: Should I put it somewhere else?
SS: That is a problem.
DM: It's your place, you know where the best place for stuff would be.
SS: Hm, well, probably put it next to the fireplace. don't mind the... taxidermic mom in there....
DM: Umm...okay, if you say so O_O
DM: Here goes nothing...

> Adam: Deploy Cruxtruder.

[Al Capwn]

==>Delaina: Have conversation with Reno

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AG: Umm. We have a problem.
CS: Everything's skippy up here.
AG: Well, there's a timer on the thingy. And it's counting down real fast.
CS: Wait, what?
CS: ****, that changes things.
CS: Doesn't matter, I need to do something, fast
AG: We've got like 4 minutes left!
CS: Aright, I've stuck the totem in.
CS: Let's hope this works.
AG: It better!

==>Delaina: Do everything you said you were doing
You proceed to remove the carved totem from the Totem Lathe, and place it in your sylladex, giving it the code 66235. You then move to the Alchemiter to create what you need.

==>Delaina: Be answered by Max
While all that is going on, you talk to Max. As usual, people don't believe you about explosions, even though everything is lining up perfectly with what you said. You get rather frustrated, but calm yourself with some nice, soothing butterscotch as you move to your Alchemiter. The thought occurs to you that your mother is most likely going to die due to entry to your session, but you quickly think of other things.

[lord pringle]

==>Adam: Deploy Cruxtruder

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You plop down your cruxtruder. It lands with another mighty THUD.

[Lord Raziere]

==> Max: Go to Cruxtruder

You go out of your room and GRIND down the stairs banister on your skateboard again. You were warned about the stairs bro. You still take that warning to heart.

==> Max: Examine Cruxtruder

You zoom over and examine the tubey-thing. You take notes on it:

Tubey thing
has valve on it.
strange.

You then turn the valve, not knowing what will happen.

[Al Capwn]

==>Al: Make overly long post

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==>Delaina: Prototype current cane
You throw your current cane into the floating orb, and turn the sprite into a green and white cane, looking rather stylish.
==>Delaina: Equip new cane
You quickly captchalog it, equipping it to your strife deck. The item is entitled the"Sburb™ Kernel Kane".
==>Delaina: Swing Kernel Kane
You swing it around, and it seems to accelerate slightly just before the end of your swing. You almost destroy your nearby dresser by accident on the last few swings.
==>Delaina: Stop nearly badly damaging furniture
You decide to stop swinging dangerous weapons near furniture, a sound idea that you really should have thought of earlier.
==>Delaina: Get extra cane
You proceed to walk downstairs, to get an extra cane from your stash, in case of cane emergency, like say, Able.
==>Delaina: Hide new cane from mom
Your mother appears to have vacated the premises, so your attempted hiding of the glowing green cane that comes up to your waist and is nearly as thick as your arms is unnecessary. Not that it would have worked anyway.
==>Delaina: Be annoyed at Mom's disappearence
You sigh in annoyance, as this will make it much harder to find her after you enter your session.
==>Delaina: Notice cane is making excessive noises
You finally realize that your cane is actually jittering, and spouting completely random words. You decide to grab the replacement cane fast.
==>Delaina: Grab cane
You grab a cane from the box sitting in the corner. It's a very large box. You break quite a few canes, don't you?
==>Delaina: Return to room
You return to your room with the Kernel Kane, and tape it to your bed frame with gorilla tape.
==>Delaina: Get idea
No, you can not crossbreed frogs with other frogs to create a new universe. That's stupid.
==>Delaina: Get better idea
No. That's terrible too. That's horrible, evil, nasty, and down right MEAN.
==>Delaina: Prototype Gentry
You prototype your sweet, innocent, fluffy, loving, sweet, loving, and did I mention innocent kitty Gentry with the Kernel Kane. You monster.
==>Delaina: Talk to Canetrysprite

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Delaina: Hey Gentry, how're you lil buddy?
Canetrysprite: OMIGOSH IT'S YOU IT'S YOU I WANNA LICK YOUR FACE AND SIT ON YOUR LAP AND GET PETS AND SKRITCHES AND YAY IT'S YOU!

==>Delaina: Oblige
You oblige Canetrysprite's requests to the best of your ability, and end up with the green cat lying across your legs, purring away happily as you skritch Canetrysprite's ears.

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Delaina: Better now?
Canetrysprite: Yes, much better.
Delaina: You wanna go to sleep?
Canetrysprite: Yes please.

==>Delaina: Help
You place Canetrysprite on your bed, and return to pester Reno.
==>Delaina: Keep talking to Reno

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AG: You have like one minute left! What just happened?
NC: I just prototyped things, ****, hang on
NC: Okay, real quick
NC: The ball is a sprite, i prototyped it twice, made canekitty
NC: Now i need to break this
NC: Seeya on the other side
AG: Wait what? Where are you going?
NC: can't talk, gimme a sec

==>Delaina: Finish entry item
You craft your entry item, staring up as orange streaks start pelting down from the sky. Your entry item is a leg bone, about your size.
==>Delaina: Break
You smash the item over the lip of your dresser. It snaps neatly in two. The last thing you see before entering the session is Reno's last message. AG: Jeez, fine, you're a crazy dame and you like ignoring your friends.

You made a post that was far too long. Nobody read it, and everyone who did hated you. Good job.

[lord pringle]

==>Max: Open Cruxtruder

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You twist the valve on your cruxtruder and out pops a STRANGE METAL CYLINDER and a FLASHING BALL OF LIGHT. The timer begins counting down from 8 minutes and 26 seconds.

==>Delaina: Enter

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As you break your BONE, there's a bright flash of light and as your eyes adjust to your new surroundings, you find yourself under an alien sky. Your cat floats over to you and it's shell splits into two parts which both fly away. It then nuzzles against you.

[Al Capwn]

==>Delaina: Enter

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As you break your BONE, there's a bright flash of light and as your eyes adjust to your new surroundings, you find yourself under an alien sky. Your cat floats over to you and it's shell splits into two parts which both fly away. It then nuzzles against you.

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==>Delaina: Talk to Canetrysprite

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Delaina: Gentry, I'm going to need your hitting abilities right now.
Canetrysprite: I understand Delaina. A quick pet before though?

==>Delaina: Pet
You quickly pet your Cat, now your kernel sprite and weapon. You are well and truly a monster.

==>Delaina: Equip Cane
You equip the boring old cane. Nothing interesting about it.

==>Delaina: Smile evilly
You decide to crack a rather maniacal smile. For what reason, you have no clue, but it felt appropriate.

==>Delaina: Go downstairs
As you exit your room, you spot a black carapaced creature with a cane standing in the hallway towards the stairs! He advances towards you, swinging the cane around over his head!

==>Delaina: Strife!
You enter strife with the creature as soon as you see it. Your strife theme begins playing, and you grab your cane.

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She brings the cane cracking down on the imp's head, sending him reeling for a second, before flipping it quickly, and smashing him under the chin with the handle. While he's reeling, she presses her advantage, using the handle to sweep the imp's feet out from under him, before flipping it back over and smashing the end into his face. He promptly pops into grist.

==>Delaina: Collect Grist
You collect your hard earned grist! The imp, a Shale Imp, dropped three kinds of grist! The blue hued Build Grist, the identical but purple Shale, and the black liquid-y grist Oil. You pick them up, and decide to pester Reno.

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NC: E
NC: Ex****ingscuse me?
NC: Sorry, miss goddamn picky
NC: I was a bit busy NOT DIEING.
NC: Sorry that got in the way of a goddamn CONVERSATION.
AG: Well you need to fill me in!
NC: Don't you remember?
NC: I've tried for the past six ****ing MONTHS to fill you people in
AG: For example, where are you?
NC: But you people never LISTEN.
NC: Jesus CHRIST, Max doesn't even believe me when all this **** is going down
AG: Okay, I'm sorry.
AG: Why is the sky burning?
NC: On your end?
NC: Meteors.
AG: Oh. Naturally.
NC: Wait, ****, those're already on you?
NC: Goddamn those idiots
NC: Where's the lowest and most protected from the sky place in your house?
AG: I guess it's my tornado cellar. But there's no wifi down there.
NC: Shouldn't matter at this point, I don't think.
NC: I'm on an alien planet billions of lightyears from my nearest internet company, but I'm talking to you.
AG: But I need to connect with Max and that's going to be hard when my computer doesn't work.
NC: Reno, if you don't trust me right now, you could be dead before you CAN connect with Max.
NC: You have to trust me.
AG: Damn it.
AG: If we really are all supposed to play the game, won't I be fine?
NC: Ah crap, wait, that won't work.
NC: What's the safest with internet?
AG: Um... I guess the tv room.
[color=green]NC: Go there.
NC: You need to be as safe as you can from meteors.
AG: Alright, I'm heading down.
AG: Oh crap, my sisters trying to
allergicGangster disconnected.

[Lord Raziere]

==>Max: Open Cruxtruder

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You twist the valve on your cruxtruder and out pops a STRANGE METAL CYLINDER and a FLASHING BALL OF LIGHT. The timer begins counting down from 8 minutes and 26 seconds.

==>Max: Captchalogue

You pick up the red cylinder. Clearly the thing you need. However...there is 8 minutes and 26 seconds on the clock. Meaning this level is timed! You have to hurry. You may not believe in Delaina's nonsense, but you do believe in finishing timed levels. Wait what is that flashing floating ball thing? Its annoying. You captchalogue a newspaper then eject it from your Sylladex at the pesky orb, hoping to swat it out of the air like a fly.

==> Max: Be surprised.

Suddenly the floating ball becomes NEWSPRITE. Now its a floating red newspaper that spouts out nonsense words that you can't understand. What in the world is this? You back away, but it follows you. Oh no. Its like a lost puppy and it has imprinted on you. Run Away!

==> Max: Run Away

You dash past the stairs- you never took the stairs upwards anyways- and quickly dash out the door, the Newsprite following you all the while, you then turn to the left, run up the fence which you then jump onto the roof over the front porch. You then zoom over to the left window, open it and jump into the "archeology room" that your Father has. You never liked this place. A bunch of old things that might've once been interesting are now nothing but relics, you never got why he is interested in them. You zoom out of the room, knocking over one of the many priceless vases that you of course care nothing about and breaking it. oh well.

==> Insert Cylinder

You insert the cylinder into the long weird machine. Now what? You press a button, but the words "ERROR: PUNCHED CARD MISSING" Ok. You need something more. You decide to contact Adam, because you clearly need more things. Oh and the Newsprite followed you all the way here. How annoying.

[Amaril]

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SS: Hey.
SS: Adam, um, I kind've got the tube thing I need to insert....but I think I'm missing more the puzzle, as in all the other machines.
DM: Um, okay, I'm sort of freaking out about that timer thingy...
DM: I think the best thing would be to just deploy everything I've got.
DM: Should be easy to figure out once everything's in play, right?
SS: hopefully.
SS: we only got like ten minutes on this clock, so...
DM: Alright, still got the Alchemiter and this punched card...
DM: I'll put down the former first.
SS: just put it where there is space.
DM: Roger, hang on...

> Adam: Deploy Alchemiter and Pre-punched Card, preferably without breaking anything.

[Lord Raziere]

==> Max: Hurry!

You captchalogue the pre-punched card then put it into the long-sowing machine thing, which turns the Cruxite cylinder into....this weirder cylinder. what is that supposed to be? a decorative thing? You captchalogue it anyways, ask Adam where he put the Alchemiter, then go ZOOMING off as usual

==> Max: Reach Alchemiter

Why, it is in the stupidest part of the house of all: your dead mother's room of mosaics and pointillism. You hate being in here, but it has to be done. You find the place to put the.....Cruxite object.....and put it on there. and as you look up you see a meteor heading right towards you! The object is scanned and suddenly a crimson grave rises out of the Alchemiter's pad, and off of it falls a red skull.

==> Max: Enter

You look back and forth between the meteor and the skull, your instincts telling you to run, to live, there is no point in dying for some game. But you know full well that you'll die anyways if the meteor hits. There is no running. No matter what you do, you would die. Unless....Delaina was right....but you can't know that.

Screw it. If your going to die, might as well be with a bang.

You run up to the skull and smash it on the floor, breaking into pieces.

Carpe Diem!