Matthew shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot in front of the crowd of actors. Since he’d started this internship, he hadn’t had an easy day yet. And it wasn’t looking up either.
Uh, thank you all for coming. We’ll get started in just a moment. But first, we seem to have had … a little mishap with the script.
What kind of problem?
Well, it appears that someone got a little hungry last night and, um, ate parts of the script.
Matthew held up the tattered remains of a script. A few of the pages looked mostly intact, but the rest were just pieces.
We’re missing a several pages, most importantly, the title page. All we have left of that are the following words: Mummy, Peculiar, Power, Trail, Abyss, Lair, and Space. So first off, we, uh, kind of need to piece it all together again. That’s why I asked everyone to come a little early to the set. I’m kind of hoping that you guys can come up with something the Director will love with what words we have.
Giving it a look of mixed disgust and apprehension, Matthew dropped the remains of the script to the floor and looked at the crowd around him.
But obviously, we can’t postpone filming while we sort this out, so we’re going to be filming the … scene at the same time. Any questions?
Mikey! What's going on here?
Matthew jumped and looked slightly guiltily over his shoulder at the approaching director.
Director! These are your actors; they’ve shown up early to help us solve a little … problem.
There are no problems on this set, Mayonnaise, only opportunities!
…yes, sir…
Now then, the scene is…wait a moment…ah! You’re all in a rubber life raft on a lake in the middle of a dark forest! Now for this scene, ... The director points randomly throughout the crowd.
You! The Director points at Atreyu the Masked LLama. You’re pregnant!
You! The Director points at Shadow. You have delusions of grandeur and think you‘re the king of the Winter Carnival!
You! He points excitedly at SweetLikeLemons. You’re a sexy French maid who thinks everyone is jealous of you.
And you! The Director turns on smellie_hippie. You’re…a dyslexic James Bond!
Having delivered his vision to his actors, the director spun on his heel and strutted over to his chair.
He’s a bit unorthodox, but he’s a world renowned director. Just… um, be careful, okay?
The Director clapped his hands to demand attention to his masterpiece.
Now people. We don’t have all day here, you know. Now, Mario, go get that special guest star we discussed for today’s shoot.
Matthew started to object, to try and reason with the single-minded Director once again.
No! My vision needs them! Go! He looked at his actors once again. And… action!
Scene One begins now and ends in 48 hours at 7pm GMT-5 on Wednesday, October 29.
The Name Game:
Just like every game of Grave Robbers From Outer Space, we're starting this by naming our movie. We have dealt out seven cards, and here are the words you have to use:
Mummy
Peculiar
Power
Trail
Abyss
Lair
Space
The words may be altered slightly (Mummy to Mummies for example) and words like "of" or "and" may be added. Put your titles in Blue and we'll vote during the night phase.
Roles and rules:
Villagers:
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Extras (Villagers): Cool! A walk-on part for a real movie! This’ll be great! Hey…that guy supposed to be gnawing on his own arm?… Each day you point at whom you wish to lynch. Scries as Extra/Villager.
Skippy the Wonder Dog (Baner): Skippy, the world famous golden retriever and star of the picture. Well, actually, it’s the third Skippy. The first died in a tragic golfing accident (don’t ask, you really don’t want to know the details) and the less said about the second, the better. Anyway, you save people, it’s what you do. Each night you nominate a player to protect from night kill. Scries as Skippy/Baner.
Bookish Girl with no Boyfriend (Seer): She’s seen it all: read every script, book, magazine, and wiki she can get her hands on. So, obviously, she knows it all: every trope, cliché, plot device, and storyline there is. Who would’ve thought that this knowledge would actually come in handy? Once per night, her genre-savvy-ness provides her with a single scry action. Scries as Bookish Girl/Seer
Town Drunk (Fool): Will be told they are the Seer. For whatever reason (we try not to ask), he thinks he’s the Bookish Girl and as such is constantly trying to figure out who’s who, but with all the wrong info (and a thorough helping of whiskey, vodka, or whatever happens to be handy). Each night, he may make a single scry action with a random result. Scrying the same player multiple times will result in the same result each time. The Seer will always scry as the Fool. Scries as Drunk/Fool
Military Officer (Sniper): Awesome! This is the kind of thing you’ve always dreamed of! Screw all those drills and orders and crap; all of the perks, none of the government red tape! You’re gonna go in guns blazing and kick some serious…err… why is that child over there giving me the evil eye? Every third night phase, you get an attempt at a night kill at 75%. Scries as Military Officer/Sniper
Troupe (Masons): An acting troupe that has been working together for some time. Usually you get better roles, but you needed the money. Scries as Troupe/Mason
The troupe will be given one of the following roles. The roles mean nothing; they just sound cool. Some of these roles couldn’t make it to the set on time.:
Annoying Little Brother
Old Priest
Helpful Guy from Next Door
Camp Counselor
Funny Guy Who Gets It in the Final Reel
Nervous Girl
Coed Science Major
Hot Headed Secretary
Best Friend
Redneck Pump Jockey
Neutral
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Creepy Old Innkeeper (Illusionist): Good evening…would you like a room? Every movie has that one really creepy guy, and this one is no exception. Meet the Creepy Old Innkeeper, no one knows what side he’s on, but everyone’s sure they really don’t want to get caught in the shower whenever he’s around. Once per night, you can select a player and change their role for the purposes of scrying (no, I don’t know howit works…shut up, it’s magic!). Scries as Innkeeper/Illusionist
Janitor (Thief): No one ever notices the Janitor. It’s like he’s not even there. Which is great if, like this particular Janitor, you’ve got sticky fingers. Besides, if anyone ever catches you with that prop you’ve taken out of the closet, you can just say they threw it away… Once per night you can either attempt to steal an item from a player, or scry any player to see if they are holding an item. Scries as Janitor/Thief
Mad Scientist (Cloner): They thought you were mad…MAD! But you showed them…oh yes, you showed them. Now the Clonatron 3000a cloning machine and frozen yogurt dispenser is complete! Now if you could just get the clones to stop exploding… The Clonatron 3000a can make 3 clones during the game. They last for 2 day phases before they explode on the 2nd night phase. If the cloned player is attacked during the time they are cloned, the clone is killed instead of the player. Scries as Mad Scientist/Cloner
Wolves:
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Creatures (Wolves): The creatures, the monsters, everything from Dracula to the demonic toys. We’ve got it all, and this time they’re real. Scries as Creatures/Wolves.
Mom (Alpha): Let’s face it: hell hath no fury like an angry Mom. Nothing can be scarier, creepier, or more just plain psycho than Mom. Mom scries as an Extra and gets to choose her team.
Telekinetic Child (Devil): Would you like to play with me? No movie would be complete without a creepy kid. So here we are: a telekinetic child. I mean, he can move things with his mind, how creepy is that? Once per night, the child can make a single scry action. Scries as Telekinetic Child/Devil.
Space Mimics from Uranus (Beast): We need a creature, even better if it’s FROOMMM SPPAAAACCCEEEE! The Space Mimics have the ability to copy anyone they see. Unfortunately, instead of causing confusion and panic, it usually just means the mob will shoot both you and the guy you copied. If the Space Mimics are lynched, then the last person to point at them will die alongside them. Scries as Space Mimics/Beast
Special Effects Cards:
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Special Effects Cards work just like items. Every night, a single card will be dealt out and given to a player. The card effects are:
CUT! : Bane a player, may be used during the day as well as the night phase. Pyrotechnics failure: Banes a player and has a 50% chance of killing one of the attacking creatures Too Dumb Too Live: 100% accuracy night kill By the Power of PLOT!: Your point counts triple Broke a heel: 75% night kill Say, is that a tentacle?: Scry a player Over Budget Cancels out a Special Effect card if played during the same phase
Special Rules
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Days are 48 hours long; nights 24.
Helgraf's scry interference rule is in effect
Autolynch after 2 consecutive missed days.
Player List-19
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Player
Killed On
Role
Aemoh
Alarra
Night 3
Extra
Allysian
Night 8
Best Friend
androgial
Day 1
Creature
Atreyu the Masked LLama
Banjo1985
Night 6
Mad Scientist
Blue Umbrella
Day 6
Extra
Bushranger
Night 11
Extra
Coplantor
Dallas-dakota
Night 7
Funny Guy
Deathslayer7
Dragoon
Emperor Demonking
Day 2
Extra
Griever
Night 1
Extra
hap_hazard
Helgraf
Hero 1.0
IcedDragons
Day 9
Extra
Jontom Xire
Day 11
Extra
lamech
Lex-kat
Lord Fullbladder
Day 5
Hot Headed Secretary
LordRod
Night 10
Camp Counselor
Moofin Bard
Day 4
Military Officer
Mordokai
Mountain_Faerie
Night 3
Nervous Girl
Murska
Mustiado
Philistine
Day 7
Extra
PirateMonk
Night 4
Town Drunk
Reinholdt
Rogue Monk
Night 6
Extra
Selrahc
Day 6
Creepy Innkeeper
Shadow
Shadowcaller
Day 8
Extra
Shishnarfne
smellie_hippie
Day 5
Extra
SweetLikeLemons
Talic
withdrew
Coed Science Major
The Valiant Turtle
Night 2
Bookish Girl
TwoBitWriter
Uncle Festy
Day 3
Helpful Guy
Vampiric
Night 5
Skippy
Vossik
Night 9
Annoying Little Brother
Wolfbane
Zaragon
Day 4
Janitor
Zar Peter
Day 10
Extra
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"When in doubt, run away and let me handle it."
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Abyssal Trail to the Space Lair of the Peculiar Power Mummies
ok lets kick this off right first day point at blue umbrella because blue is one spectrum shade away from indigo which is a purple color and umbrellas are used during rain which has lightning giving us purple lightning...never a good sign.....which tripples the attack strength of monsters against a movie therefore blue umbrella must be the janitor and everone knows that skippy and the janitor must die
*hic*
King uv da Winner Carnival? *hic*
Ifs you say so lady!
Welcomesh to my... Carnibbles of da Winner!
Ifs you looksh to yer leff, we hash a treat fer ya! *hic*
The gatewaysh that leadsh From the Peculiar Trail of Power in the Abyss to the Mummy's Space Lair! *hic*
Yoush dere! Fillish... Philat... Fila... Philistine! *hic*
I dids it...
You dere! Lead da way fer us!
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LLama says: Of course, the game would also have been more balanced if you all would learn not to trust Shadow
no matter what game he's in or role he has. Duos says: I've read the archives... and Shadow frankly scares the bejeesus outta me. It's like playing with a
hypothetical cross of Lex Luthor and professor Moriarty.
If he was made of SPIDERS.
On the Trail to the Abyssal Lair of the Space Mummy's Peculiar Power
Not particularly good, but neither is the movie itself. Right?
Drake Burr is reading through his contract again while making his preparations for the first day of filming. "Does it say my name is going to be in the credits? ... Oh, here it is. Okay, as long as it doesn't include me under "and others" like the last studio is, I'm fine. The pay is good enough for me. liabilities, studio's rights, actor's rights, insurance I don't care about since I'm not a stuntman, blah blah blah... Okay, it's all good. What's my first scene? Running? Screaming? Running while screaming?"
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Avatar by Vulion. Vectored by me.
I fought The Mysterious Circle of Shadowy Chairs in Discworld I (Dei in Machina) till the end, won the game and survived and all I got is this lousy signature line.
Uncle Festy shambles onto the backstage. "Yes! I'm finally in show biz!" He turns to Dragoon. "Um… where's Show Biz again?"
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Originally Posted by Phase
That guy was badass! He was like, "Oh! Oh, you're gonna try to Chuck Norris me, I'll just Chuck Norris you!" Unfortunately, I am the best Chuck Norris since Chuck Norris.
Which is saying something, considering that Chuck Norris... was Chuck Norris.
Oh boy, I can't believe they cast me in Trailing the Peculiar Space Mummy to his Abyssal Lair of Power!
I can't wait to see what part I got!
Oh boy I'm the... Possessed space turtle head mounted in the den of the brave space hunter. I get to follow people with my eyes and snarl at them while they aren't looking.
<sigh>
I guess I better start training my spooky staring skills by staring at lamech for a while.
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Peculiar Power on the Abyssal Trail to the Lair of the Space Mummy, a survival horror western mostly set on the railroad.
"we're all gonna die, man! We're all gonna die!"
The frightened secondary character bumps into Selrahc in his panic.
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Avatar Credit: Kalirush, Lord Herman, Stoneburr, Simius Dr. Bath, Abardam, Fayt, Keris Rain, The Extinguisher, Qwernt, Kwarkpudding, Tiffanie Lirle, Djinn in Tonic, Coplantor, Crown of Thorns, and many more
((Oh right… title.
The Abyssal Mummy Trails the Peculiar Power's Lair to Space.))
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That guy was badass! He was like, "Oh! Oh, you're gonna try to Chuck Norris me, I'll just Chuck Norris you!" Unfortunately, I am the best Chuck Norris since Chuck Norris.
Which is saying something, considering that Chuck Norris... was Chuck Norris.
The Peculiar Abyss Mummy and its Space Powered Lair
*Atreyu the Masked LLama*
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Navi Plaguelord courtesy of "Make yourself a Navi" website plus some ingenuity on my part...
Werewolf Awards: 'Best Narration: Helgraf' Rabbit says stuff that makes me blush.
Abyssal Trail to the Space Lair of the Peculiar Power Mummies
ok lets kick this off right first day point at blue umbrella because blue is one spectrum shade away from indigo which is a purple color and umbrellas are used during rain which has lightning giving us purple lightning...never a good sign.....which tripples the attack strength of monsters against a movie therefore blue umbrella must be the janitor and everone knows that skippy and the janitor must die
Why would you want skippy to die? skippy protects us from the monsters, so only monsters want skippy dead, therefore you, androgial, must be a monster
"Here I am to save the day, I'm the defender of justice, light in the darkness-" The young man realizes that he's no longer in the voice studio, and this was definitely not a superhero theme picture. "Well, I guess I can branch out, obviously I have the voice work for a lead. A title I hear is needed, The Power Mummies Particular Trail to the Abyss Lair in Space. and we need heroic people for this movie, not Fleeing Coward. Let me know when I'm needed."
((Gotta love when random points fit well with said character))
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Thank you to starwoof for the awesome Astrid avatar.
Come, watch Cyber Problems, The game is over, let me know what you think.
A Peculiar Power Trails through the Abyss of Space to the Mummy's Lair.
Alarra arrives on the set, banging the door loudly and walking into Uncle Festy nearly as soon as she enters. "Hey...watch it, buddy!" She glares angrily through large dark glasses. "Don't you know who I am?" The man clearly has no idea, but before he has a chance to reply she waves a hand dismissively. "Get someone to fix the lights in here, it's so dark I marvel that anyone can even see what they're doing. And send someone to escort me to my dressing room."
With this and a flip of her long hair, she stalks toward the throng of actors, making it approximately 4 steps before tripping over a pile of cords. "Of all the..." She mutters under her breath. Picking herself up, she realizes that she is still wearing her sunglasses. Taking them off, she finds that the room is actually rather adequately lit. Of course, she would never admit to such a mistake, and proceeds to complain about the dark, gloomy working environment for the next 20 minutes. It becomes apparent that no one actually informed her that the movie she was accepting a role in was a horror film and that dark and gloomy would have been appropriate, had the set actually been dark and gloomy.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amotis
Alarra ate all my awesome and now she's always acknowledged as awe-inspiring awesome. Alliteration aside, Alarra is awesome.
The Powerful Abyss Trails the Peculiar Space Mummy Back to its Lair!
I'm pregnant! I don't know how to act pregnant. I need pickles, lots of pickles and peanut butter. Oh, I ummm...ack! Maternity clothes! I wonder if it will be a boy.
*The stunt llama runs around trying to find wardrobe.*
Vampiric is in charge of clothing, right?
(Vampiric is about to be auto'ed in Convoy, so I'm pointing at him here.)
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I love my Ceikatars!
"Oh, shusht greht! Shta primadonna shhoon the shet," he muttered to himself.
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Navi Plaguelord courtesy of "Make yourself a Navi" website plus some ingenuity on my part...
Werewolf Awards: 'Best Narration: Helgraf' Rabbit says stuff that makes me blush.
The new girl looked over the pieces of the title. I think it's supposed to be:
The Peculiar Mummy left a Powerful Space Trail back to his Lair in the Abyss.
Space Mummies use Peculiar Powers to Trail Abyss to his Lair., truly a frightfully popular film, won't it be? Right, right!
A young man enters the studio, he attempts to walk and talk that of a refined gentleman, but you notice he is hiding a small limp in his left leg and a twitch in his right eye.
Yes, indeed! This film shall, without a doubt, throw me up into the limelight so my brilliance can be fully recognized by those whom currently are foresaken without me! Brilliant! Here! Pregnant llama, take this down! The man thrusts a clipboard towards the llama and walks off, continuing his self-monologue.
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"Eins, zwei, drei... Ugh, I do not think we brought enough body bags."
I have no idea for a title except that it involves the Abyss of Space, but I point at Murska because the last two times I did he turned out to be a bad guy.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowcaller
Damn Jontom and his twisting logic that make sense.
Quote:
Originally Posted by banjo1985
Nothing personal JX, I just know how completely devious and brilliant you are at these games when you have the time to devote to them.
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All I'll say is that Jontom is a master at these games ... the blue guy with the spiky teeth can be very persuasive.
1 that was an attempt at llama logic since llama had silliness handed to him
2 it appears youve never played the game grfos and havent seen some of the other things like mom nervous girl bookish girl with no boyfriend and skippy....in the back seat of the car....and some one plays only the virgin survives
3 the games manufaturers made the sequel game skippy's revenge starring skippy the undead wonderdog which auto kills any movie with skippy in it and is a monster
oh yes skippy must die and the janitor once collected 15 props adding a defense of some like 50 points to the movie he was in by himself interestingly enough the player had the prom queen in that movie and again a smart play of only the virgin survives eliminated the power in the hands of the leading player
yes im predjudiced against the janitor and skippy in any grofs game skippy must die and so must the janitor
Poney Menny, you're looking right quavishing. Why haven't you ever balled me cack for our date? I just bot gack from a mission chasing androgial, for threats against puppies...
How's that Mr Director sir? What?
I sound like George Lazenby?
I thought I was supposed to sound like James Bond... I had hoped that all those years with Drew Carey on 'Whose Line' would have been helpful.
Oh, I also brought your extra tall decaf skinny latte with soy and extra whipped cream. I was making this in... my trailer (looks longingly at Skippy the Wonderdog's trailer) and came up with a movie title!!
The Trail through the Abyss that leads to the Lair of the Space Mummy with Peculiar Power
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1 that was an attempt at llama logic since llama had silliness handed to him
2 it appears youve never played the game grfos and havent seen some of the other things like mom nervous girl bookish girl with no boyfriend and skippy....in the back seat of the car....and some one plays only the virgin survives
3 the games manufaturers made the sequel game skippy's revenge starring skippy the undead wonderdog which auto kills any movie with skippy in it and is a monster
oh yes skippy must die and the janitor once collected 15 props adding a defense of some like 50 points to the movie he was in by himself interestingly enough the player had the prom queen in that movie and again a smart play of only the virgin survives eliminated the power in the hands of the leading player
yes im predjudiced against the janitor and skippy in any grofs game skippy must die and so must the janitor
Sweet gibbley gibblets, man! Use some punctuation! *brain asplodes*
I fought The Mysterious Circle of Shadowy Chairs in Discworld I (Dei in Machina) till the end, won the game and survived and all I got is this lousy signature line.
Trail to the Abyssal Lair of the Peculiar Space Power Mummies
Banjo stood at the edge of the stage, sweating profusely. This was his biggest part yet, he didn't want to screw it up...not like the last time, the doctor had only recently taken the stitches out. It had taken him hours to remove all the porcupine spines from his backside. Banjo wasn't going to screw up this time.
"Scene 3 - The Bar on the edge of Oblivion, Take 1....ACTION!"
Banjo walked through the fake door and onto set, a kind of futuristic bar full of strangely dressed patrons. He walked upto the bar behind the main character in the movie and gave a winning grin to the barmaid.
"A pint of Moofin Bard's intergalactic snotcurler please."
"CUT! Pretty good people, now lets bring the zombies in!"
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