Ooze (Interactive)

[Andre]

Can we speak? Because if we can, we should totally set ourselves up as a troll under the bridge and demand that all passers bring us food -- if they don't, we burn their pants/skirt off as Andre suggested earlier.

I endorse this statement. Support us!*

* the 'Ooze as troll under the bridge' faction, contact Savannah for details

[Mina Kobold]

I suggest we follow the river to see if we can find something fun. We can use the bridge as a return-point in case it hails or we do not find anything. ^_^

[Tiffanie Lirle]

New short update, now with 97% less seagull meat! - Continue down the river

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Continue down the river
You decide to continue your somewhat dull adventure and follow the river for a while.

Suddenly, you hear a small crunch come from the underbrush behind you!

Part 1
A lone voice rings out

"Die, Monster!"

[super dark33]

Enlarge flames and stand in a threathing pose that says: "I dont want to fight, do you?!"

[Andre]

Delve in the bushes and attempt to sidetrack the loser.

[The Succubus]

As always, it's Logical Thought time!

1) We can understand what this person is saying. This means our attacker is NOT a boot monster.

2) This would suggest that, unless Miss Lirle is feeling particularly unkind, it's something on an equal scale to ourselves.

3) IF this is the case, and it may not be, we have a chance of taking it in a fight.

4) Speech suggests intelligence and intelligence suggests a brain that might be capable of discussion.

5) We should at least *try* to find out what this person's beef with us is, in case he has any friends that might come after us as well.


My suggestion:

Adopt a defensive pose and look intimidating but not threatening. Find out what we're dealing with and what the guy's problem with us is.

Also, I think we need to start thinking about a long term goal. A goal which can create a bit of drama and storyline so that Miss Lirle doesn't get bored just coming up with random events.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Also, I think we need to start thinking about a long term goal. A goal which can create a bit of drama and storyline so that Miss Lirle doesn't get bored just coming up with random events.

The funny thing is, I had a world map and a rough chain of possible events planned out ahead from the getgo. But then you guys blind-sided me by wanting to mess with some ants and I pretty much threw the whole thing out.

[Andre]

The funny thing is, I had a world map and a rough chain of possible events planned out ahead from the getgo. But then you guys blind-sided me by wanting to mess with some ants and I pretty much threw the whole thing out.

You're welcome.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

New longer update, now with half the calories - Take a defensive stance and assess the situation.

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You quickly turn around and scan the area for the would-be assailant.

*Ching*


"Mwahaha! Foooooool!"
*Krakoooosh*

Another voice, deeper and more menacing, booms out of the hedge. It would seem you aren't the one being yelled at. But as usual, you still aren't sure about what's going on..


Curiosity gets the best of you as always and you decide to carefully take a look inside the hedge, not quite sure as to what you expect to find.

[super dark33]

Watch the obviously cheesy movie from a safe distence, it may be another assailent!

[Crimmy]

Great, people are watching anime at full-volume.

Go around the bush!

[Savannah]

Watch the shiny box for a bit to see if it makes any threatening actions. If not, approach cautiously, keeping alert for any signs of danger.

[The Succubus]

Logical Thought time:

1) I'm very very suspicious of this. Last time we came across an inanimate object it tried to freeze us alive and grow legs.

2) Where the hell is it drawing power from?

3) Why is there a fully functional TV in the middle of a bush?

4) Seriously, why is there a fully functional TV in the middle of a bush?!

5) If it's in the middle of a bush, a boot monster clearly didn't bring it on a picnic to watch, otherwise they'd have put it somewhere more visible.

My suggestion:

Look for a power lead or some other way its drawing power. Also look for footprints or tracks to see how it got there.

So help me, if we die because people want to watch anime on the shiny box I will bonk heads afterwards.

[Mina Kobold]

I say we study the shiny box, check to see if we can find clues to its power source or owner and watch the tiny people in it if not. :3

[Kurien]

Ahem... the blue ethereal part of "Jellyn" (have we even named our title character yet?) is also deeply suspicious of the magic box. [I think] It feels that Jellyn should give the box a wide berth, and slowly circle behind it to look for its "tail" (power cable). Also, it should avoid eye contact with the screen.

[Aside: although I can't name any examples off the top of my head, television sets are sometimes dangerous portals to the world seen inside it; the things inside it could claw their way out to assail viewers. Or the TV could suck the unwary into the TV world. Then again, it could be a red herring and harmless, but who would take that chance?]

[Cuthalion]

Watch the shiny box for a bit to see if it makes any threatening actions. If not, approach cautiously, keeping alert for any signs of danger.

Seconded. Or eat the bush.

[super dark33]

Be threatning to the surroundings using a grand display of fiery passion.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

New boring update, now with flashing images - Warily observe

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You quietly approach the odd box and watch the screen, losing track of time as you see strange miniature worlds, creatures and stories flash by for a while.

While nothing particularly exciting happens. You do learn a variety of lessons about Boot-Monster fighters, who apparently shout and glow a lot more than you thought.


You take a look at the rather bulky back of the box. All you see is a small vent on the side.

[The Succubus]

Not much to comment about this except for a couple of points:

1) There's no power cable and I doubt like hell this thing is running on batteries, given its size.

2) It's drawing energy from somewhere though.

3) The curious thing about vents is that they let air out...and draw it in as well.

4) Is there something ALIVE in that black box?

I'm kind of tempted to give it a prod or fiddle with the aerials and see what happens. If nothing does, we leave the spooky TV and move away.

**DO NOT TRY TO EAT THE TV. HIGH VOLTAGE CURRENT WOULD BE BAD FOR OUR DIGESTION AND OTHER IMPORTANT INTERNAL ORGANS.**

[super dark33]

knock the antena a bit.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

(have we even named our title character yet?)

Not officially, no. We're just.. us, at the moment.

**HIGH VOLTAGE CURRENT WOULD BE BAD FOR OUR DIGESTION AND OTHER IMPORTANT INTERNAL ORGANS.**

I like how somebody actually has to say "Don't eat the TV, because eating a TV is probably a bad idea" so that people don't actually suggest it.

[The Succubus]

Miss Lirle, in our previous update we attempted to eat a bridge. This tells you everything you need to know about your playerbase. -.-

[Elemental]

Admittedly though... Consuming a bridge could have granted us the ability to cross large bodies of water without drowning...

Anyway... I don't think we should touch the box, it appears to be possibly dangerous. Let us leave the strange electronic device and sneak off to somewhere safer.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

New update, even newer than the last - Fiddle with the antenna

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You decide to fiddle with the wiggly sticklies to see if something happens.


Something happened. You broke it, presumably.

Any purpose the strange box may have served has probably been lost to you now.

Woops.

[Razanir]

It stopped moving. That means it's dead, and more importantly, SAFE TO EAT!
Eat the box! Eat the Box! ...

[The Zoat]

I concur with the feeding!

[Elemental]

Can we... Can we split into two oozes? One for the suicidal among us and the other for the mildly more sane?

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Can we... Can we split into two oozes? One for the suicidal among us and the other for the mildly more sane?

The Ooze is a single sentient creature, with a very simple mind*.

While we can probably drop some of our flabby goop to make ourselves thinner and more attractive, it would just kinda lay there being goop instead of turning into a 'second' Ooze.

*(Us )

It stopped moving. That means it's dead, and more importantly, SAFE TO EAT!

I'm not sure that I completely agree with the logic at play here.

[Elemental]

The Ooze is a single sentient creature, with a very simple mind*.

While we can probably drop some of our flabby goop to make ourselves thinner and more attractive, it would just kinda lay there being goop instead of turning into a 'second' Ooze.

*(Us )

Damn... There goes that idea to increase our longevity...

[super dark33]

Fiddle with antenas again.