>>93274
So you need to be dead in order to flicker. Dead dead, not alive dead, like you are. Proceed. Cautiously, of course.

>>93276
Just out of scientific curiosity...
I place the hat on Shi's head, and she flickers too, her mouth and eyes forming wide Os.

>>93277
Anansi has some 'splainin' to do once we get the amulet...

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/16(Wed)23:56 No. 93281 ID: 6faa8c
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>>93278
Indeed he does! I make my way into the next roo- oh for the love of all that is good. It's a narrow walkway slowly making it's way down and turning to the right. My monocle doesn't spot any traps.

>>93281
Take some hands/feet/heads/etc. and store them in your hat. Take a hand and throw it down the hallway.

>>93282
I do so, tossing one of the hands down the walkway. It bounces a few times, then falls off.

...


...


...


It hits the bottom.

>>93283
Try sliding one down.

>>93284
It rolls down, end over end, until it falls off the side of the very high and narrow walkway.

>>93368
Peer at the walkway with your lens while carefully walking down it.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)10:49 No. 93375 ID: 6faa8c
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>>93371
I see no magical traps or mundane ones, and nothing hides in the darkness or under the bridge.

We are halfway there, I think. Shi is staying oddly close. Shi is shaking.

>>93375
Oh, she must be afraid of heights. Let her hold onto your arm or something so she doesn't worry as much about falling off.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)11:10 No. 93384 ID: 6faa8c
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>>93376
I let her hang onto me as we enter the next room. This appears to be the last one, with a statue of a sphinx. I see no Amulet, only writings on the walls.
Over the one to my left is a sun dawning. Behind the sphinx, a noonday sun. And to my right, a setting sun, made clear by the visible moon.

Ah... looking at the face of the sphinx, I can see the amulet inside, but it is so snugly fit, I cannot reach inside.

>>93384
Writings on the walls, or just drawings?

>>93388
Writings. Over each plaque of writing there is the drawing. Each one seems to be a riddle... which one would you like to hear first? Dawn, Noon, or Dusk?

>>93391
Dawn.

>>93392
Dawn it is.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

There is a speaking tube under each riddle.

>>93394
A river.

>>93397
I lean down and speak into the tube:
"A river."

The tube retracts, and I hear a soft click.

It appears that was correct... which one next?

>>93398
Noon.

>>93401
Very well. I approach the noon riddle.

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

>>93402
Smoke.

>>93402

A nozzle.

>>93416
I lean forward again and speak into the tube:
"Smoke."

It too, retracts and eventually clicks into place. This leaves the final riddle.

The rungs of a ten foot ladder are attached to a ship and are a foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot every hour, how long until the water covers every rung?

>>93418
Never. (The boat will float at the same depth no matter how high the water gets)

>>93419
Ha!
"Never."
Again, the tube descends, and the Sphinx's mouth opens wide...

And it lifts its paw to reveal a small hidden compartment.

>>93420
Collect thine loot!

>>93430
In a cautiously but hard-broiled manner.

>>93430
might I suggest poking it with a stick or something first?

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)14:52 No. 93497 ID: 6faa8c
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>>93430
Of course. I peer into the compartment under the foot, and see no traps awaiting me. Carefully, I pull out what sits within:
A long cane, ending in a dragon's head.
But the real treasure awaits in the mouth. I pull it out and the mouth and the paw snap back to their original positions.

>>93497
Examine dragon cane.

>>93504
And medallion.

>>93497
Nice cane. Give it a twirl.

>>93504
It is of excellent craftsmanship! The head is, if I am not mistaken, pure silver. The length of it seems to have been made of ironwood.

>>93508
I twirl the cane, and as it reaches speed, the wood heats and bursts into flame. When I stop, the fire stops, and the wood is unharmed. Shi claps.
Interesting.

"Oh hot damn, you're still upright and whole." mutters Anansi, lowering himself from the brim of the cap.

>>93511
Greet him... her... it... and demand to know the information it promised.

>>93511
"Hello, Anansi. I got what you wanted. Now, tell me about this hat. All of its abilities, please. Some of its history would be nice, too."

>>93515
>"Hello, Anansi. I got what you wanted. Now, tell me about this hat. All of its abilities, please. Some of its history would be nice, too."

The spider laughs, pulling a wooden box from nowhere and holding it out to me. I place the amulet inside and he snaps it shut.

"Most certainly. The history, first." he clears his throat. "The hat belonged to an old magician, one who excelled at slight of hand and smokes and mirrors. He wanted to be able to put on a show like no other, so he approached me with a deal: I would enchant this hat, and he would... repay me." the spider snickers. "The hat is harmless to you, my good man, but every minute a living thing employs its use is a day shaved from its life. You can imagine what occurred when he started to do performances, some lasting for hours, many times a day. The powers are thus."

+ The Hat may be used as a storage device for anything that could fit into the brim. The storage is infinite, and when reaching inside, you will always find what you are looking for, unless your terms are vague, like 'what I need to solve this'.
++As a collorary to this power, turning the hat inside out will dump all the contents of its storage. You can will the items to be expelled at normal speed or very, very high speed when commiting to the action.
++Things placed inside the hat are frozen in time, so living creatures, food, time-sensitive objects, and the like will last indefinitely.

+You may reach through the hat, and out into real space wherever you can see. This is only limited by the acuity of your own sight, but only one such bridge may be made. In other words, you may not put both arms into the hat and have them pop up in different locations.
++Velocity is maintained between points using this power. Speedy thing goes in hat, speedy thing comes out hat.
++Objects pulled back out may either be placed into storage or retrieved immediately. Living tissue is locked in place if this power is used on, say, an arm. The same goes for anything pulled partially through.

The spider takes a breath, but it is not yet finished, clearly.

>>93519
"Thus are the abilities you have discovered thus far. Allow me to finish."

+When you place the hat on the head of another creature, whether alive, dead, or in between, besides yourself, you may choose to teleport it forcefully as far as you like within sight.
++You may, at the expense of a great deal of your own energy, decide to only teleport the head.
++Creatures that do not have heads are not affected by this power.
++You must be holding the hat for this to work. The hat does not teleport along with the target.

+When wearing the hat, if you tip the hat in a direction, you will instantly teleport a distance relative to the distance the hat was tipped. This power may be deactivated and reactivated with an application of will.
++Be forewarned, this is the only power that you can use that can target outside of your range of vision! It is also the only power of the hat that can kill you!
++Looking up allows you to teleport up, lookong down allows you to teleport down. You do not teleport where you are looking, however.

"And that is all." Anansi says smoothly. "Would you like to make any other deals? Perhaps I can offer you information about the cane you hold?"

>>93522
Accept it.

>>93522
Sounds like the teleportation deal is how you will eventually be killed by the Hat.

Find out what he wants in exchange for information about the cane.

>>93526
That sounds... oddly accurate. I will hesitate to use it, then.
"What sort of payment for the information about the cane?"
"Another favour. More dangerous this time, since you know the full capabilities of your artefact."

>>93533
Accept it.

>>93533
Yeah, okay.

>>93533
Sometime in the future, find a wide open field or something and practice teleporting. Finding out how relative the distance is before an emergency pops up could save our unlife.

>>93533
"Very well. What is your mission?"
"Some distance from here, there is a great dragon, name of Jerasp. He stole something from me. A sword that sings." he smiles that strange smile of his. "Whether the dragon lives or dies is a seperate matter, I want that sword back at any cost."

>>93566
This is a good idea.

Ask Anansi where Jerasp is.

>>93606
"Where is this Jerasp?"
"He lives nearby, in a mountain." the spider points. He smiles. "Shi will likely prove most useful there."

She points to herself, a questioning look on her face.

>>93608
"How so?"

>>93615
Anansi smiles.
"You haven't noticed?"

Wait.
When she clapped.

There was no sound.

>>93618
She's muted herself completely. She generates no sound at all. What an interesting ability. So it wasn't just her voice that was silent.

Chapter one end!

Item powers discovered: 3/8
Hat Tricks discovered: 3/30
Magical artefacts found: 2/2
Secrets found: 1/1