Rawl 2010/06/13(Sun)12:24 No. 193129 ID: 5e4482
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"Kylie, wake up. You're gonna be late for school." Lina says as she shakes Kylie back and forth gently.

Rawl 2010/06/13(Sun)12:25 No. 193130 ID: 5e4482
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Kylie opens her eyes and makes her usual bored looking face.

huh, looks like we made it, god damn snakes.

Hey, what happened? Last thing we knew you fell into a grindy metal thing and... died, I think.

Also did you hear that extra voice that was chewing us out?

Rawl 2010/06/13(Sun)15:31 No. 193247 ID: 5e4482
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>>193133
Kylie lies still for a bit until it seems that what you had said finally registered in her head.
'...I don't remember anything after I fell.'
Kylie sits up and readjusts her sunglasses.
'I think I'm sitting on something shaped like a ball.'
"Kylie! What happened to your arm?" Lina says obviously with concern.
"Uhhh..."

>>193247
I bet it's completely healed now.

"i tripped and scrapped it a little. it's nothing major"

>>193247
Tell her you tripped and scratched it or something. And check out what that ball is.

Tell her you were practicing first aid techniques. You want to be prepared in case there is an earthquake!

Rawl 2010/06/15(Tue)17:14 No. 194274 ID: 5daf04
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>>193323
"I was practicing first aid," Kylie says with a straight face.
"...Why?"
"...Earthquakes."
You can't see it, but you can tell Lina is raising her eyebrow and making a questionable face.
"Alright, just let me see you arm," Lina says as she grabs Kylie's arm and begins to unfurl the sleeve. "Hey, isn't this the thing that Sam made in wood shop and it got him called into the principal's office?" She says holding the stake up.
"I think so."
"Hm, weird."
You can feel the Lina's doubt rising.
"What?"
"There's no wound."
Huh, guess you were right.
"But the sleeve is covered in blood."
"It's probably something else," Kylie says on reflex.
"I guess it probably is," Lina says with underlying doubt.

Rawl 2010/06/15(Tue)17:15 No. 194275 ID: 5daf04
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>>193256
Kylie digs around the bed with her other arm and pulls out the ball.
"What's that creepy looking thing?" Lina says in her usual tone.
"Creepy?"
"Yeah, it's all black and has a huge mouth on it."
"I don't know what this is."
Lina makes a small "Hmmm" of concern and says, "Are you feeling okay? Do need to stay home for today?"
You can tell that this mother is concerned about her daughters mental health.

>>194275
Tell her you're fine and there's nothing to worry about.

I wonder if we're allowed to tell anyone about this? Is this evidence enough to convince them...? I mean, you're holding what must be some kind of supernatural construct in your hand right now and that IS a blood-soaked sleeve that was tied around your arm.

Hey. Morning Kylie. Apparently that thing you heard, the metal grinding thing, was a portal. We really should have recognized it.

So, uh, that ball. You didn't have it yesterday, did you? Stigmas mentioned giving you one when when introduced us, but I don't recall you ever mentioning it.

As for mentioning the whole situation to your mom, nothing suggested that you couldn't. I think you should hold off on it until you talk to Sam first, though. Tell her you're fine, and ask where he is.

Rawl 2010/06/28(Mon)15:58 No. 200494 ID: 0ee012
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>>194548
'That thing was a portal? I guess that makes sense. I guess Stigmas did say something about a ball. I'm pretty sure I didn't have it yesterday, unless it was hidden somewhere on me. I'll talk about it with Sam later.'
>>194284
"I'm fine, mom."
"Well, if you say so," Lina says walking towards the closet and says with a happy tone, 'So what kind of clothes do you want to wear today? Something cute? Something casual? Or maybe something that stands out?"

>>200494
We don't know when the next Game is. Better wear something relatively durable, and easily replaced. If you had it I'd recommend leather armor, or maybe a heavy leather jacket... but I doubt you have anything like that. Denim might be good.

>>200494

Casual sounds like a good plan... wait, did you do your math homework? If you didn't, there's always "cute" so that you have a better chance of getting more time to do the homework, when you plea your case for not having it.

What's going on at school today?

Escavel 2010/06/28(Mon)19:37 No. 200570 ID: 55e935
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Had to.

>>200570
:D

Rawl 2010/06/29(Tue)11:19 No. 200825 ID: 0ee012
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>>200570
'I don't get it.'
>>200578
'?'
>>200503
'I thought games were at 10, unless they change every time, and I don't think I have those things either.'
>>200505
'Are you suggesting I hit on the teacher? There are so many things wrong with that. Anyway, today is pretty much a normal day in school. Normal math, science, history, English, and basketball in P.E..'
"Casual, please."
"Okay," Lina says as she rummages through the closet.

Rawl 2010/06/29(Tue)11:19 No. 200827 ID: 0ee012
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'I'll talk to you later souls.'
*Bzzt*

Rawl 2010/06/29(Tue)11:20 No. 200828 ID: 0ee012
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"Are they on?" Sam says with his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah," Kylie says as she rubs the back of her hand on back the of jean pocket.
"So anyway, the game went pretty smoothly for me. The monsters didn't prove much of a challenge because they were all impaired in a way."
"Impaired?"
"Yeah, so what did you want to ask me about?"

>>200825

Not suggesting you hit on him, per se, just that you dress to maximize the likelyhood he'd take pity on you. Moot point now.

>>200828

I bet the challenges will get harder each night. By the end of this you'll be fighting world-eating horrors that render casual onlookers gibbering idiots.

>>200828
Ask how they were impaired. And ask if he's given any thought of telling anyone about the game. Actually, from the way he was talking yesterday, it sounded like he heard a lot more of the rules than you. Ask if he can list whatever he heard.

>>200828
Oh, and show him the ball, too. See if he has one or knows what it is.

>>200828
Really? Hmm. Well, the first monster had bad balance, the second was slow, and the third... Well, I don't know how the hound was disabled.

...oh hell I just realized the ballmonster that sent you to the game sounded the same as the metal-grinding thing at the final room with the snake in it. That was an exit portal.

Hmm. Ask him more about the monsters he fought. Exchange information with him, so that we'll be better informed next time. Also ask what the final room was like.

>>200861
no, all our monsters were blind too.

Rawl 2010/06/29(Tue)15:20 No. 200914 ID: 0ee012
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>>200857
'I hope it doesn't. I barely survived the first one.'
>>200861
>>200858
"I have a few questions actually."
"Go ahead. We have plenty of time."
The two continue to walk at slow, but normal pace.
"First, what do you mean by impaired? It is true that some the monsters that I fought were clumsy or slow, but that doesn't count for the ones that weren't."
"What I meant by impaired was that... er... they had parts that didn't belong," Sam says trying to find the right words.
"Didn't belong?"
"Yeah, one of the ones I fought had three arms and one leg. The only strange thing was that the arms didn't match, like they were taken from different animals and put together. Sort like a chimera."
"What's a chimera?"
"An animal made from different animals parts, like a Frankenstein for animals. Well, you probably got the short end of the stick if you got an animal that had all the right traits."
"What about the other ones you fought?"
"Uh, there was a some sort of small rodent with antlers, a cat that was partly a sea cucumber, that three armed thing I talked about, and a bird with teeth. That bird was probably the most challenging thing."
"What about the final room?"
"Final the room? You mean that place where the portal was?"
"Yeah."
"What about it?"
"Notice anything about it?"
"Nothing except about the giant rip in time and space."
"Huh?"
"I'm talking about the portal. You should read more sci-fi."
"Maybe later. So do you think we should tell anyone about this?"
"Like who? Mom and dad?"
"Yeah."
"Even if we do, it's not like they can jump in the portal and help us."
"True..."
"Besides, it will only end up worrying them, although it would be easier to get weapons from stores that require an adult if we tell them, but we don't really need those weapons. There dozen of blunt and sharp objects just laying around for us to use. What would be really helpful is a gun, but there's a two week waiting period for those, and by then, the game would be over. Well, I don't mind either way."
"Sam, do you mind going over the rules with me?"
"The rules? Were there rules? All I know is that had to carry around these souls and they would help us out of trouble and that games are at 10. I really don't know more than that, and we can't assume that all the games are going to be the same every time. Its best to be prepared for anything. Although having these soul sure does make fighting easier"
>>200859
"I guess so. Now what can you tell me about this ball?"
"Ah that thing. That scared the shit out of me when it became big and swallowed me. They should come up with a better way to transport us."
'So this is that monster.'
"Anything else, or can I start asking questions?"

>>200914
Nope. That just about covers it.

>>200914

Waiting periods only apply if you buy the gun through a dealer. Stolen guns, and in some states privately sold guns, have no waiting period (and of course there is the less larcenous option of borrowed guns).

You may be able to purchase bear repellent. It's basically a larger can of extra-strong pepper spray. There's also stun guns, which in most places don't require anything except that you be over 18.

Being able to just scare the monsters off may work. Noisemakers, fireworks, that sort of thing.

A sharp knife would help a lot, too.

Rawl 2010/06/29(Tue)22:30 No. 201256 ID: 0ee012
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>>201126
'Actually, I still have the kitchen knife on me. See?'
"What are you doing?"
"Oh, just showing the souls where I keep my knife."
"Just don't show them any more than that."
"I know."
>>201071
"The souls say that you can buy stun guns and bear mace if you're over eighteen without any complications."
"Is that so? Well, as I said before, it's really up to you whether to tell our parents or not."
"Why is it up to me?"
"You're the older one. You should act like it once in a while. Besides, I don't care either way."
>>200930
"Okay, I'm done asking."
"Alright. What I want to know is how your game went."
"My game? Well it didn't go very smoothly. I got bitten by a hound thing and then got bitten by a snake thing."
"You got bit?"
"Yeah, on my arm and leg."
"You mind if I take a look?"

>>201256
Show him your non-existent wounds.

>>201256
You don't really need your parents to buy stun guns and bear mace for you. Just someone who is over 18 and doesn't ask questions on what you want them for, or atleast won't ask any follow up questions if you say it's for self defence.

Anyway show him where it bit you.

You should keep in mind that these tests are for your life. If going to the gray market or the black market is the only way to get the weapons you need, then you should do it. I would suggest armor, but you've got enough of a mobility disadvantage as it is with your vision impairment. Consider it anyway though. A set of motorcycle leathers, modern ones with kevlar backing, would have saved you from the worst of that bite last night.

And though it's morbid to say, you should also take a little time and wrap up any loose ends in your life. While you will probably succeed (you seem quite capable and our track record is good, with 99 saved souls before you) there's always the chance of failure. You should not let the opportunity to say what needs to be said, or do what you want to do, pass by you again.

Rawl 2010/06/30(Wed)14:12 No. 201466 ID: 0ee012
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>>201365
'Someone over eighteen, huh? I only know people who are around my age.'
>>201386
'Gray market? What's that? I wouldn't know where to get that stuff anyway, and I don't think I have any loose ends to tie up. Also I thought you guys said something about me being the 97th soul or something.'
>>201269
"...Sure, but it's all healed now."
Kylie stick out her arm and Sam grabs it and studies it closely.
"Hmmm."

Rawl 2010/06/30(Wed)14:13 No. 201469 ID: 0ee012
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'She's right. There's nothing here. I knew that we regenerate faster because you souls but a bite sounds a lot more severe than the few scratches I got from that bird. I can still feel them right now. What do you think souls?'
Various voices phase in and out.
'Maybe she's lying.' A feminine voice states.
'No, Kylie hates lies more than anyone else.' Sam replies.
'Who cares? It's not like it matters to us.' A whiny young voice chimes in.
'It's a chance to better understand how you souls affect us. You should be more enthusiastic.' Sam thinks, obviously getting disgruntled with his voices.
'Now, now. It'll all work out in the end. You're our 17th soul after all.' An old sounding voice creaks out.
'You guys are too carefree.' Sam thinks giving a mental sigh.

Woah, Sam can you hear us? Something weird happened!

i think us souls can talk to eachother when you are touching.

>>201469
Kylie, did something strange just happen for you? Because there seems to be something funky going on here.

>>201469
'sup, other souls. This is seriously the truth. Perhaps more serious wounds are healed automatically after the game ends... or perhaps it was because she applied first aid to it and took painkillers? Did those scratches draw blood?

It's also possible that she got fully healed because she managed to entertain the 'viewers' more. It was a close victory.

>>201469

Oh, I see. The closer a set of voices is to the 100th person saved, the more help they are actively and passively. Sam's voices are on their 17th, we're on our 97th. I wonder how fast the regeneration works? Those bites were deep, and I'm fairly certain the fanged one was venomous. The bite on the arm was bleeding.


>>201466

"Gray market" describes goods available through non-professional brokers. When you get a bum to buy you cigarettes, you're engaging in gray market behavior. When you buy a gun from your uncle and don't actually update the paperwork on it, it's a gray market transaction.

And you are the 97th person we're helping. My mistake, buddy!

As to where to get that stuff... let's see. Bear spray should be easy to get. Hunting supply shops, camping supply, sporting goods shops, and maybe even Wal*Mart should all carry it. Stun guns are most likely to be found in gun stores. If you get a gun somehow, all the aforementioned places will probably also carry bullets.

Getting an adult who doesn't mind breaking the law is your best bet for getting either of those through a brick and mortar store. Someone like a bum, or an anarchist.

There is also the internet, though I would spring for same-day or next-day shipping.

For a gun, you'll need either a friend who doesn't mind letting you borrow their gun, a black market contact, or you'll need to be willing to steal one. No small task for a blind girl, that last one.

Oh, I guess you and Sam could build pipe guns. They're not the greatest weapon, but if you can just get some shotgun shells, a little duct tape and other assorted crap, you can make a "slam bang" type pipe gun. Look them up on the internet under that title or "four winds shotgun." There are fairly detailed instructions on how to make them.

The advantages to a slam bang is that it's cheap, the parts for it are all legal for you to buy, and it shouldn't blow up in your face when you use it. The downsides are that it has no real accuracy to speak of, it is a single-shot weapon, and it's a pain in the ass to reload. If you choose to make them, I suggest making and bringing several.

>>201469
Yo, Sam, other Souls. Maybe it healed better because it was more severe? I mean, a couple of scratches won't really affect you for the rest of the games, but a gaping bite wound be a big disadvantage. Perhaps we just get you back into a state that's good enough to be fair for the next round?

Speaking of the next round, we really have no idea what it will be, do we? I mean, if there's going to be seven of them, I doubt they're going to be throwing the same "Run past some monsters" deal at us each time. And that was supposed to be a preliminary, anyway, so it'd make sense if the rest were pretty different. No idea how, though.

Rawl 2010/07/05(Mon)19:14 No. 203854 ID: fa86f0
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>>201473
>>201478
>>201490
'What.'
Sam lets go of Kylie's arm and takes a step back.
'Oh great, I have more of them.' Sam thinks looking at his hand.
"Hey Kylie, can you hear less of your souls now?"
"Hm, now that you mention it. It is quieter, except for a few soul screaming things about how dark it is," Kylie says not the least bothered by this turn of events.
'What?! Some of us went over to the girl?! Why didn't I go?!' A masculine voice yells.
'Hey! Let's see who left!' A spunky feminine voice says, 'Everyone say here!'
'Here!' A few hundred voices ring out.
"Gah! That hurt!" Sam says aloud.
'I think we're missing Charlie!' An old sounding voice says.
'What?! Why couldn't have been David?' A feminine voice says with a cold tone.
'Shut up!' Says the whiny voice.
It seems that these souls just like to say whatever is on their mind.
>>201493
>>203213
'Hi, other souls.' A few voices say in unison.
'That would make sense. My scratches only made me bleed. It didn't really hinder me in anyway. Well, I guess the only way would be to prepare for everything if I want to be ready for any game,' Sam thinks.
>>201523
'Wow! You guys are on your 97th soul? You must have some stories to tell then. This is the first time we had to fight in one of our games. Most of the ones we did had to do with making someone find love or survive in some wilderness,' An enthusiastic voice says.
'I don't think that's the case though,' The old voice says.
'Why's that?' The whiny voice says.
'Well, remember that time we made our host cheat on his wife and he got stabbed and the time our other host got a cut falling off a ledge?' The old voice continues.
'Yeah.' A manly voice says.
'Those games were far apart from each other, but the rate of regeneration was the same.'
'Anyway, it seems like having you guys in me is not gonna change much. So I hope you guys have better judgment than my current souls,' Sam thinks. 'I'll check on these 'slam bangs' later.'
(Note: A connection between Sam and Kylie has been formed. You may now switch perspectives between them at any time, so if you feel like the action is dying down in one host, it might be best to check up on the other or skip ahead in time.)

>>203854
Being on our 97th is not so great. I think after you save enough, they start wiping your memory before or after every game.

We have no recollection of anything before we met Kylie. There is one other thing that could be different about her... we heard a new voice right at the end before Kylie tripped into the exit portal. I think that might have something to do with her healing.

well, now we know for sure no one was messing with he by giving her mismatch clothes.

anyway, perhaps you can think really hard and give us a mental picture of what the bird thing looked like? maybe close your eyes to bring it in better focus.

to you other souls: well, problem is, we have some kind of memory thing on us so while we are skilled we don't have any details.

>>203854

You mean that goat man didn't wipe your memories after every time too? Great, looks like we got swindled by the king swindler himself. Sorry, we thought it was our 97th, but apparantly it's our first and you-know-who was just trying to fuck with us saying it was our 97th.

>>203855
>>203927
>>203857

Y'all are idiots. Some of it's returning. Remember the frost giant? And the giant metal golem? And the kobold mage? And how could you forget the schizophrenic who pretended to be a girl and got raped to death by a pervert and we had to help him escape an asylum?

So, other souls, what have the other games you've been in like? Have you actually won all of them? Was each night different? Really any information at all would be helpful. Oh, hey, I wonder if it counts as 2 people if we save both of you, now. If we can find another player maybe we can wrap it up this game!

>>203927
Eh, maybe we just fucked something up last time, and they don't have such specific memory erasage abilities.

Rawl 2010/07/06(Tue)02:09 No. 204055 ID: fa86f0
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>>203857
'The bird looked like this,' Sam thinks as he concentrates and imagines the bird.
>>203855
'That sucks man,' A hippy sounding voice says.
'Weird voice? I don't think anything like that happened to us,' The enthusiastic voice says.
'It's probably nothing,' The whiny voice says bluntly.
>>203927
'So it's not your 97th?' The feminine voice says with a tone of disappointment.
'That sucks man,' A hippy sounding voice says.
'Why would they do something like that do you?' The spunky voice says obviously too curious for her own good.
'Maybe to instill confidence?' The old voice says.
>>204013
'Frost giant?' The whiny voice says with a tone of disbelief.
'Giant metal golem?!' The enthusiastic voice says excitedly.
'The fuck is a kobold?' The manly voice says.
'Raped to death...' The masculine voice says perversely.
>>204019
'The other games varied from one another. Some had us trying to make a person fall in love with our host within two weeks. Other had us trying to escape the wilderness and find civilization. My favorite had to be the one where he had to save the host's wife from a predetermined death. This is the first game where we could only act at a certain time. Most of the others were pretty free in terms of rules. Of course we had to win them all or else we would be disqualified. Well, since some of our souls are in the girl now, maybe we might get credit too, but according to what your saying, we need two people for you to get to 100,' The old voice says letting out a light chuckle.
'Can you guys wrap this up? All this talking is wearing me out, and not having enough sleep last night didn't help either.' Sam thinks wanting to turn you off as soon as possible.

sure, i guess. not much left to do. oh and take a nap if you can.

>>204055
Can we just go back to Kylie? I have something I want to tell her. And yeah, take a nap or something before tonight's game.

>>204055
Hmm, that's quite a strange birdcreature. But sure we can go back to Kylie. You can get some rest and think of how to get better weapons while we're out.

Oh yeah, the salt was useful. Might be a good idea to get some more of it.

Rawl 2010/07/14(Wed)19:56 No. 208137 ID: e473fd
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>>204060
>>204061
>>204087
'Yeah, yeah,' Sam thinks as his voice fades away.
(Note: Connection with Sam has been cut.)
The world turns back to Kylie's red, purple, and black world.
'What the hell is that red thing?! Why won't you answer me?!' A scratchy male voice yells at Kylie.
'...'
'Calm down, man. It's not, like, we're in any danger, or anything.' A young feminine voice chides.
'I think it's kinda cool, actually,' A light masculine voice says cool like fashion.
'...'
You can tell Kylie is slightly irritated by these new souls.

okay, all new souls in here shut up. now, we just got back from sam so switch back is easy. just everyone focus on going back while kylie also tries to boot you over.

>>208137
Hey, you guys are pretty confused. Kylie here is blind but can 'see' things through echolocation, then gives us a visualization by imagining it. Other people and creatures tend to be red, the background is black, and objects are various colors.

Kylie I was tellin' them about the transvestite that got raped to death by a gay bondage murderer and then we had to help him escape an asylum and that was one of the souls we saved I think...

>>208137
Hello again Kylie. Had any chance to get any schoolwork done or have they been distracting you?

Rawl 2010/07/15(Thu)15:13 No. 208608 ID: f5b8a3
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Various shapes come into view and chattering starts to fill the air.
"Later, Kylie," Sam says as he goes into a different direction.
"Bye."
>>208139
'Really?! Alright, let's go!' The scratchy voice says.
After a moment of silence the young voice chimes in.
'I don't think it worked.'
"Hah," Kylie sighs softly.
'What's that suppose to mean?!' The scratchy roars out.
'...'
>>208211
'Yeah, we sort of figured that out,' The light voice says.
'The idiot over there just doesn't like it here.' The young voice says with a harsh tone.
'I don't like the dark!' The scratchy voice roars out louder.
>>208441
'...What's a transvestite?' Kylie thinks sure that the context of the sentence means that it's not a good thing.
'Ah, she said something,' The light voice says chuckling.
'Why didn't you say anything earlier?!' The scratchy voice continues to whine.
'Annoying,' Kylie says bluntly.
>>208467
'I did it all yesterday as soon as I got home. It's best to do that stuff as soon as possible,' Kylie thinks sounding like a grade A student.

>>208608
Ok, so anything fun planned now? Like hanging out with friends or finding people who you can buy weapons off? Or maybe breaking into a church to steal some holy water?

>>208608
Ergh. Kylie, maybe you can make the background a lighter shade? Like, grey? That should quiet down the scratchy one.

Oh, and a transvestite is a cross-dresser. Specifically, an otherwise normal person who just likes dressing up in the opposite gender's clothing. Sexual orientation and gender identity are unrelated to the term itself... but it is most often used to refer to crossdressing males.

Exuno 2010/07/15(Thu)17:28 No. 208658 ID: 059120
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>>208608
Hi Kylie. If you haven't figured it out, apparently your group of souls got mixed up with Sam's or something. So these newbies are over from him. Some of us can even jump across the gap at will, it seems.

Oh, yeah, I brought you a present from there. Check it out, it's Sam! Hmm. I just realized that you probably can't see yourself even though we can. Here, I included you right now, too.

What time is it now? Did you see that teacher today yet? I forget his name, that one that we thought might have remembered the day you died?

Rawl 2010/07/15(Thu)19:09 No. 208683 ID: f5b8a3
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>>208609
'Planned? Well I'm going to class. Should I be doing something else?'
>>208650
'I think mom made Sam do that once, and I don't want to waste energy needlessly coloring everything, so I'll keep it black.'
'Bitch!' The scratchy voice yells.
'...'
>>208658
'That's...'
Kylie doesn't speak for a bit and lets out a slight smile.
'Thanks souls.'
Kylie stops walking and stands there quietly. A minute or two passes by until she thinks one phrase.
'I can't forget this time.'
The school bell rings in with a loud sharp buzz.
'Mmn, can't get used to that. Anyway, it's morning and I have to go to Mr. Morrison's class right now or I'll be late.'
Kylie runs into the building and spots a group of reds standing about.

Rawl 2010/07/15(Thu)19:09 No. 208684 ID: f5b8a3
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Kylie approaches the two reds.
"What's going on, Clarissa?"
"You didn't watch the news, Kylie?" Clarissa says with a grin even a blind person can see.
"You didn't either. In fact, I was the one who told you." Mark says with a deadpan manner.
"You didn't watch the news either, Mark," Clarissa says standing up as straight as she could to show their difference in height.
"My dad is better than the news," Mark says proudly.
'Mark's dad is a police officer for your information.'
"So what happened?"
"Mr. Morrison is missing apparently," Mark says as though nothing was lost.
"I'm not sure, but doesn't it take a few days for a person to be declared missing?" Kylie says as though nothing was lost.
"That's the thing. He's not the only one. About a dozen of people went missing yesterday. My dad said that they disappeared at night. Not only that, but the people missing varied from one another. Some were old people, some were young people, some were asian, some were black, hell there was even a baby missing. There's no motive."
"Heh, maybe there's a lion on the loose that can unlock doors," Clarissa says as though nothing was lost.
"Better a lion than a group of kidnappers," Mark says.
"No, I don't think that's better, Mark," Kylie says questioning Marks values.
"No! I mean it's easier to find!" Mark says.
"So are we waiting for a sub?" Kylie says changing the subject.
"Yeah, should be soon," Clarissa says going along with it.

Oh no. Mister Morrison was one of the ones who remembered your accident! This is certainly not standard afterlife trial protocol. You have to find him!

>>208684
Shit, he lost. But they didn't rewrite history? That's... odd, to the say the least. Something is wrong with this whole thing. Why are you guys getting a second chance? How often does this happen? Why'd we lose our memories?

Damn, there's not really much we can do to get answers. There's supposed to be a spirit guide or something to fill you in in these kind of situations! ...except that's us. Fuck.

Other voices, this isn't standard, is it? I guess from what you said the other games are usually more open, and if they lost they'd have more explainable deaths, but still.

Oh well. I guess all we can do for now is wait to see what's happening tonight. With Morrison gone we've lost another lead, and I think that's basically all we had.

>>208691

They re-write history at the end of the week, when they know who are the winners. Some of this stuff is coming back to me.

>>208684
Sounds like some people didn't win yesterday. Hmm, that truck might have been carrying something that was quite hazardous. Have to remember to ask Sam what he saw of it.

By the way, you might be able to sort of "see" with out help if you stay in contact with Sam. Might be worth to examine before the next contest.

Suggestion 2010/07/21(Wed)21:04 No. 210879 ID: 962371
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Kylie walks over to the wall, puts down her backpack, and leans against it, while Clarissa does the same. Mark then walks off to talk to some other people.
>>208687
'I don't even know where to look for him.'
>>208691
'This is the first game where we had other people besides us. If it wasn't, we would've tried this soul transfer thing sooner,' The light voice says just as curious as you are.
'Not to mention this is the first time that we went back in time instead of, like, starting from the point out host died,' The young voice says just as confused as you are.
A moment of silences passes until Kylie thinks something.
'...So I guess I should turn you off? What's a good time to turn you back on?'
>>208729
'Is that so?' Kylie thinks tilting her head to the side.
'Wait, what? You guys don't have your memories?!' The scratchy voice says.
'Yeah, what's with that?' The light voice says curiously.
>>208777
'Truck?'
"What's wrong, Kylie? You looked confused," Clarissa says rubbing her back against the wall like a bear does to a tree.
"Nothing. What's with you?" Kylie says following Clarissa's motions with her ears.
"I just got this itch on my back. I think it's a mosquito bite. Hey, wanna hang out after school? My parents aren't gonna be home, and my brother has soccer practice, so it's gonna be boring," Clarissa says as she stops rubbing, satisfied."
'Hm, you guys think it's okay if I do?'

>>210879
I don't see why not. But... you'll need to get some kind of excuse to equip yourself just before the game.

>>210879
Yeah, sounds fine to me. I mean, obviously we're not going to let it happen, but this still could be the end of your life. You should enjoy every chance you've got.

>>210879
Yeah sure it's probably ok. And you can shut us down for class. You seem bright enough to get through it without us handing you the answers.

Suggestion 2010/07/27(Tue)16:36 No. 212977 ID: 36e537
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>>210887
>>210888
>>211027
"Okay," Kylie says as she turns you off.
*Bzzt*

Suggestion 2010/07/27(Tue)16:37 No. 212979 ID: 36e537
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Sam sits on top of a table, which makes him look huge compared to the petite girl talking to him. The girl plays a hand-held game without even looking at the screen, and sounds of blades clashing ring out from it. In fact, the sounds not only come from the game, but from the whole room as well. Sounds of gunfire, yelling, and idle conversation fill the room.
"So did you see the newest episode?" The girl says tapping the buttons on the game furiously.
"Yeah, the story is really picking up, but the protagonist is such a pussy," Sam says with a sigh.
"What do you expect? It's Japanese," The girl says laughing.
"Good point," Sam says as he laughs with her.
'So, did you just want to show us you talking to women?' The masculine voice chimes.
'No, I wanted to tell you that a group people have gone missing last night,' Sam thinks while still talking to the girl.
'Last night?' The whiny voice says adding nothing to the conversation.
'Do you think it has to do with the game?' The enthusiastic voice asks.
'Probably,' Sam thinks.

huh, looks like we pop over to you when sam stops thinking about us. anyway yeah, looks like the game's fault. hopefully it really is just everyone plays it out to the end and then they change it otherwise some bad shit is going down.

and what anime you talking about?

>>212981

If it's Gantz I'm leaving.

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)00:14 No. 213117 ID: 36e537
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>>212981
'Huh, you guys are still here?' Sam says as he wipes the smile off his face.
"Whats wrong? You look tense," the girls noticing the change in Sam.
"Nothing," Sam replies quickly.
>>213035
'Don't worry. I haven't even seen that. It something called nura-something. I'm no good with names,' Sam thinks confused at why you are still with him.
'Anything else, Sam?' The old voice croaks out.
'Nah. I'll turn you off now unless you want to know more about something.'

just one, you going out with that girl? :3c

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)18:08 No. 213327 ID: 36e537
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>>213120
'Wha-'
'Hah, he wishes!' The masculine voice laughs.
'Sam likes her, but he can't confess because he doesn't want to upset her brother,' The feminine voice says with a hint of pity.
'Hey, shut-'
'How sad,' The spunky voice says in a mocking tone. 'If only he was more manly.'
'If only,' The manly voice says seriously.
'Ah, fuck off!' Sam thinks as he turns you off.
*Bzzt*

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)18:09 No. 213328 ID: 36e537
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Kylie and two other people that seem to be Clarissa and Ken are sitting around a game board, which appears to scrabble from the tiles. Kylie picks up some of her tiles and lays them down. Then, she runs her fingers over them once more to make sure.
"Smash. 10 points with double word score," She says as she fishes out some more letters from a small bag."
"Man, you guys are vicious. Do you play this often?" Ken says fiddling around with his tiles.
"Yeah, we also play some other games too," Clarissa says concentrating, "Guess I can only do this. H-I-S. His. 6 points."
Clarissa grabs some tiles and then stands up.
"I'm gonna get something to drink. You guys want anything?"
"Can I get a soda?" Ken says tapping his tile.
"Nothing for me, thanks," Kylie says as she starts matching hers.
Clarissa walks out the door and shuts it. The room is quiet as they both play with their tiles. Ken makes a small cough, as if to start a conversation, but Kylie ignores it.

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)18:09 No. 213329 ID: 36e537
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'Sorry for not talking souls. Just giving you an update since you told me to turn you on after school.'
Ken lays down some tiles.
"F-A-C-E. Face. 9 points plus double word. So... Kylie, how long have you and Clarissa been friends?"
"Five years," She replies.
"Really? That long?"
"Yes."
The conversation gets killed by Kylie.
'Hm, D-E-K-T-S-I-N. What can I make with this?'

>>213329
Well you got the obvious one in SIN. Other than that I can't really come up with something. I suck at scrabble.

best you can get is 'kindest' which uses all letters you have.

also, is ken trying to ask you out or something?

Talk to Ken a little more, won't you? You're acting like you have no interest in him at all.

Wait, do you like men or women?

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)19:21 No. 213354 ID: 36e537
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>>213330
'Yeah, the only one I could find was SKIN.'
>>213334
'The thing is that I kind of dislike him. I think I told you this before, but his type of humor is sex jokes and the like. I don't really care between men and women either. The only difference is their shape, right? Although, Aunt Charlotte says that men are scum and that they only want your body.'
>>213331
'Wow. I didn't even see that. You guys are pretty good at this sort of thing aren't you? Too bad there isn't any place to put it on the board. And if he is trying to ask me out, that would explain why Clarissa is standing outside the door and not coming in.'
"Hey, Kylie. Do you mind if I ask you something?" Ken says with a serious tone after waiting a while.
'Oh, great.'
"...What?"
"Do you... want to be my... girlfriend?"
'Goddammit. I'm no good at this sort of thing. What should I say?'

>>213354

Well I guess you're turning him down? Don't beat around the bush then, say you appreciate the sentiment but you don't want to be in a relationship.

>>213356
That almost seems like a good idea.

give him a chance with "if you manage to not make ANY sex jokes or crude humor for a week then i just may. for now it's trial period, we can hang out more and stuff, but no kissing or anything like that yet." will make him be on his best behavior.

>>213355
Yeah, basically. Just be straightfoward about it. Mention that you're not interested in a relationship at all, if that's true (which it appears to be.) Confront him about how you don't really enjoy his crude humor.

Just don't do this, at all. >>213358

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)21:54 No. 213405 ID: 36e537
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>>213357
>>213358
'I don't think you guys get the term dislike. It means to like less than a stranger. That would mean that I would rather date a stranger than him.'
>>213355
"No."
"..."
"But thank you for the sentiment," Kylie says halfheartedly.
"I see," Ken says as he gets up and heads for the door.
Clarissa opens the door, gives him a soda, and pats him on the back.
"I'm leaving now," Ken says quietly to Clarissa.

Rawl 2010/07/28(Wed)21:54 No. 213406 ID: 36e537
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Clarissa walks over and lays down on the floor.
"So, were you in on it?" Kylie asks her.
"Yeah, are you mad?"
"Of course not. You're my friend," Kylie says with a small smile.
"But man, you were harsh," Clarissa says looking over her tiles.
"Is that so?" Kylie says as she puts down some tiles, "Kind. 9 points."
"Yeah. Aren't you interested in anyone?" Clarissa says as she puts down some tiles, "Fake. 22 points altogether."
"Not really. I don't even know what it means to be attracted to someone," Kylie says as she looks over to Ken's tiles, "Should we split his points and tiles?"
"Okay," Clarissa says as she starts writing on the score sheet, "So does that mean sex doesn't really matter to you?"
"Who knows," Kylie says with a shrug.
'I'm going to turn you off now souls, unless there is anything else.'

>>213406
Oh, uh, what time is it? Game is supposed to be at 10 still, right? You should make sure to still be at home, maybe even with Sam then. Other than that, no, we're good, I think.

if you never give anyone a chance how can you get attracted to them? the normal gauge of initial attraction is looks, which doesn't work for you since you can't see. for all we know Ken could of honestly liked you for a very long time but always went to the jokes to cover up his feelings.

anyway, yeah, whatever, turn us off.

>>213406

I'd like to listen in, but if you don't want us to I guess we have no choice.

>>213406
If you like Clarissa maybe you could be HER girlfriend?

>>213406
Hmm, you're quite interesting. Anyway, make sure you got what you need for the game. And there is a theory I think you should try out. Be in physical contact with your brother when it starts and see if you both end up in the same place.

>>213451

You... weird dead thing, she just said she's not interested in anyone.

Rawl 2010/07/29(Thu)22:55 No. 213794 ID: a7adcf
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>>213410
'It's about 4 'o clock right now. I'll be going home in a few hours.'
>>213435
'It's not good to listen in on other people's conversations,' Kylie thinks with a hint of sarcasm.
>>213415
'I didn't ask you on a lecture about love, so keep it to yourself,' Kylie thinks coldly.
>>213451
'I don't see why I have to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. I'm perfectly happy with my life.'
>>213559
'Right.'
>>213523
'Alright. Bye souls,' Kylie thinks as she turns you off.
*Bzzt*

Rawl 2010/07/29(Thu)22:56 No. 213795 ID: a7adcf
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Sam walks through the doorway carrying what seems to be a duffel bag.
"Okay, here's what I got. I couldn't find any shotgun shells, so I couldn't make the slam bang," Sam says with a tone of disappointment, "However, I do have a can of bear mace. Manage to convince my friend to buy it for me, although it cost me a good amount of money. I also have a jar of salt, some bandages, two bottles of water, six granola bars, and something special for you."
"Something special?"

Rawl 2010/07/29(Thu)22:56 No. 213796 ID: a7adcf
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Sam pulls out something behind him.
"A metal bat!" He says although he was showing a brand new car, "I figured it would be more useful than your cane."
"I guess so."
"So, do we need anything else?"

Hmm, no that sounds good. The granola bars probably won't be necessary for food, but... we could use them to bait monsters!

>>213805

Don't knock the effects of having a calorie-dense meal after a fight. It can save your life, if you spent enough energy.

>>213795

Did you guys get the foaming type of mace or the regular spray? The foam requires that you aim it carefully, but it's more irritating. The regular spray is easier to aim, but you have to take note of the wind direction when you use it. If you spray into the wind you may end up macing yourself.

also want to try holding hands when your portal monster wakes up. maybe you can get sucked into the same place? if it starts hurting your arm though let go. don't want any dislocations in a fight.

Rawl 2010/09/11(Sat)18:18 No. 229696 ID: d844f8
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>>213809
"The souls want to know what kind of mace it is."
"Bear mace?" Sam says not understanding the question.
"No, spray or foam?"
"Oh, spray. It's really orange."
>>213810
"They also want us to hold hands before the game starts so that we end up in the same place."
"It's worth a shot," Sam says complying with the demand.
After a minute of holding hands, the ball monsters awaken and begin to grow in size in unison.
'That's still creepy no matter how many times I see that,' The feminine voice says.

Rawl 2010/09/11(Sat)18:18 No. 229697 ID: d844f8
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After the a few seconds, they begin their rush. In an instant, the monster bares its wide, open, loud mouth and is in front of Sam, who can only open his eyes in surprise.
'That is stupidly fast,' Sam thinks to himself before getting swallowed.
The two monsters begin to devour the siblings and begin to start tugging from different directions when they realize that the two are bound.

Rawl 2010/09/11(Sat)18:19 No. 229698 ID: d844f8
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"Grgh!" Sam groans as he tries to hold on. Kylie's voice isn't heard, but she is probably in the same amount of pain.
The teeth begin to crush down on Sam's arm.
"Gnngh! Kylie! Let go! It's not gonna work!"
Kylie makes a small noise in agreement and they release each other.
"Woah!" Sam says as he begins to fall down the throat, if you could call it that, of the monster.

Rawl 2010/09/11(Sat)18:19 No. 229699 ID: d844f8
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'Don't land on my face! Don't land on my face!' Sam thinks as he tries to position himself during this free fall. For once, luck goes his way as he lands on both his feet.
'Fuck yeah,' He thinks with a smile full of pride strewn on his face as the sound of other people falling down fill the air.
'Aw, I wanted you to land on your side again,' the whiny voice says disappointed.
'Fuck no,' Sam replies to him.
'Sam, there are a lot of people here,' The old voice says surveying the area.
'Huh, I wonder what they're planning.'
'Maybe they're gonna make you kill each other,' The manly voice says seriously.
'It's possible,' The feminine voice agrees.

Rawl 2010/09/11(Sat)18:20 No. 229700 ID: d844f8
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Sam starts looking around at the people around him and notices the man with the chainsaw. He then lightly grips his sword just in case he did have to fight the people around him. In fact, most of the people around him look formidable.
Stigmas' voice suddenly chimes in to break Sam's paranoia.
"Welcome to the second game!"

Rawl 2010/09/11(Sat)18:20 No. 229701 ID: d844f8
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Everyone around him turns to one direction, so naturally, he does the same. Stigmas is standing by a stone door that is embedded into the wall, which resembles the kind you would find in a cave. But that isn't the only stone door, in fact, there are several more strewn about this circular room.
"I will now begin explaining the rules for this day's game," Stigmas says cutting straight to the chase, "Around you are various doors, each with a different number but with the same letters. These letters represent words, M for monster and P for puzzle. The number below that door represents the level of difficulty of above letter. So this door would mean it has monsters with the difficulty of five and puzzles with the difficulty of five, which is the highest difficulty a door could have. The lowest would a door with M1 and P1, therefore this is the hardest door to get through, do you understand? You shouldn't go through this door unless you have confidence in your skills, or else your death would be a very quick and boring one. All of these doors have varying levels of difficulty. The goal of this game is, of course, to get to the end of any of these doors, but there is a limit of how many people can make it though."
Various sounds of discontent and anger fill the crowd.
"How many?" A random voice shouts out.
"Twenty of you will die," Stigmas says coldly.
The crowd falls silent with this decree.
"Of course if twenty of you die to monsters then it wouldn't matter much, would it?" Stigmas says smiling, "Oh, and no violence is permitted in this room, so you can take it easy here as long as you want. Just don't stay too long. Well, then any questions?"

>>229701
"Why give us the option? Aren't we all just going to go in the 1/1 door?" I'm... really expecting a trap or something.

...Wait a minute. "Twenty of you will die"? ...Exactly twenty? If you wait til last, after that quota is met, will you be safe?

>>229701
How many are allowed to pass through each door?

>>229701
Well this could be interesting. Forget goat guy for now. Go and look for Kylie, she should be somewhere here in this room. Yell out for her.

If you can find her then you will have someone you trust to work with and to watch your back. And you will be able to keep her safe. Then you need to pick a door, I would suggest a 3 or 4. With our help the two of you should hopefully be able to do it, and there's probably not going to be as many people who you need to watch out for in those. Who knows, the psychos might actually go with the easier ones because it's likely to be more people in those, and this here now is a place where they can kill someone without any repercussions in their civilian lives.

Other than that, hmm, is that sword sharp and can you actually use one without cutting off your own foot? There is a bit more to swordfighting than just waving it around.

But if we play it smart we should be able to get through it without having to fight.

So, lets go find Kylie and then get this show on the road.

Rawl 2010/10/03(Sun)12:21 No. 237804 ID: 37d2ab
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>>229704
"Why give us the option of choosing? Wouldn't we all go to the 1/1 door since it's the easiest?" Sam says as the people around stare at him.
"Heh, that would be interesting in its own way, since it would end up being a big giant race, but I never said that easier is shorter. The length the doors vary, so of course, going through a door with a higher difficulty might make you reach your destination easier. It is all about how much you are willing to risk to survive."
"And by twenty people dying? Does that mean if twenty people die, we can take our time?"
"That's right," Stigmas says with a smile as though he was glad you asked that question.
>>229925
Sam opens his mouth to ask the next question, but another feminine voice chimes in first.
"So any amount of people can enter a door?"
"Of course, and you can also exit a door any time you please. Well, that should about cover it. I'll let you get to the game now," Stigmas say as he disappears into the ground.

Rawl 2010/10/03(Sun)12:21 No. 237805 ID: 37d2ab
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>>229941
'I really don't have any experience with a sword unless you count years of gaming as experience.'
'You handled yourself pretty well against that bird though,' The old voice tries to encourage him.
'But he lost his shield in the process, even though it was a flimsy one,' The masculine voice says a little worried.
'Think about that stuff later! Go look for Kylie!' The feminine voice says to make everyone focus.
'Right....'
As soon as Sam thinks that, Kylie is standing front of him.
"Hi...," Kylie says stiffly.

i think all the people is making it hard for her to 'see'. ask her what's wrong.

>>237805
There is someone hiding behind her with their hands on her shoulders. They might also be threatening her. So don't indicate that you have noticed that yet, just ask her what's up.

You need to get close enough so that you can pull her out of their grip and see what actions need to be taken next.

Oh, and sadly years of gaming does not a master swordsman make. You need to get used to the weight and the balance, work in reflexes and a sense for where your body is compared to the sword and stuff. But if you just keep to stabbing and some general generic slashes you should be ok. But if you have time you should look into reading some fechtbucher later and get the footwork right.

But that's for later, if you survive. Now for the reunion with your sister and the revelation of who has their hands on her.

Rawl 2010/10/03(Sun)12:56 No. 237811 ID: 37d2ab
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>>237809
"...What's going on?" Sam says as he approaches Kylie slowly.
"...."
"Kylie?" Sam says as he reaches out to her.
"Boo!" A girl behind Kylie says as she sticks her head out.
"Sang-hee?!" Sam says he retracts his arm a little, and then puts it down to his side, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, you know, I was thinking about seeing how you were doing and here I am," She says with a mischievous smile, "Even though I don't need to ask it, but do you wanna party up?"

i dunno. how much do you think she can be trusted? if you are SURE she wouldn't shove you into a death pit to save herself then sure.

>>237811
Well now, this poses an interesting question. Or two really. First, how much can you trust her? And second, what happened with that truck after it hit you? A large amount of people nearby seems to have been killed in whatever the aftermath was.

Anyway, she seems moderatly helpful and friendly. So I guess trust depends on how well you know her. If you trust her then bring her along, but watch her. If you don't trust her then don't let her tag along.

Sure, unless you have a reason why not. What do you know about her?

Also, in regards to the doors, something like 1M/4P is probably the easiest. Try to find one +/-1 that which not many other people are going in.

Yes, you should work in a three-man team with Sang-hee. We need to know what gear she has, but advertising that in the crowd is probably a bad idea.

I have an idea. Touch Sang-hee and we'll talk to her voices. It's secure, and we can talk faster to each other than you can talk to her. You really can't afford to waste much time.

Rawl 2010/10/03(Sun)23:52 No. 238106 ID: 37d2ab
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>>237812
>>237813
>>237865
'Sang-hee is a good friends of mine,' Sam thinks.
'And by that you mean you like her,' The whiny voice says tauntingly.
'Yeah, yeah, she plays more games than me, and she can beat anyone one when it comes to them,' Sam says ignoring the whiny voice, 'She also has a good head on her shoulders, although she tends to rub people the wrong way sometimes.'
Kylie still stands there uncomfortably.
'Ah.'
"Sang-hee, you should stop touching Kylie. She doesn't like to be touched too long," Sam says pointing at her.
"Oh, sorry," She says as she lets go.
"Anyway, Sang-hee, let's-"
"Wait, let's go over there first. You already brought enough attention to yourself by asking those questions." She says as she points to a secluded part of the cave.
'She has a point,' The old voice says.
"Alright," Sam says as he begins to walk to the empty area.
"So, what did you want to say?" Sang-hee says with a tone as though she already knows.
"You're sure dressed like you're prepared for this," Sam says purposely to betray her expectations.
"Of course, I had a year to prepare after all," Sang-hee says with her chest puffed out a little.
"Anyway, let's team up," Sam says with a small chuckle.
"Of course."
>>238088
"Also, there's this," Sam says as he hold out his hand.
"What?"
"If you touch my hand, we can exchange souls. It'll make communicating a lot faster."
"Really? That's a useful function," She says as she reaches out and touches Sams hand.
'Did it work?' A gloomy voice says.
'He probably was lying to make you look like a fool,' A spiteful voice says.
'... It worked,' The manly voice says as though he with it didn't.
'Cool. I'm Sang-hee Ryoo. Nice to meet ya,' Sang-hee says completely breaking the cold atmosphere of voices.

... a year? how did you manage that? kylie and Sam only had less then a day.

Nice to meet you Sang-hee, we're the most successful souls we know. We've saved 96 souls, hopefully Kylie there will be number 97. Apparently we did something to merit a memory wipe, none of us remember what that was just yet.

Anyway, enough about us. Sam and Kylie had a day to prepare, and managed to get some decent weapons. Bear mace, melee weapons (bat and sword), salt for fighting slug-types and other vulnerable monsters, water, food, and painkillers.

I hope you have a ranged weapon type, we only have the mace. If we'd had more than a day to prepare we could have gotten them guns, but you got to roll with the punches right? Right.

What do you have, by the way? You've had a whole year to prepare for this, so I'm hoping you went all anarchist's cookbook and made some pipebombs or something cool. Distraction devices?

>>238106
Nice to meet you.

So, you had a year to prepare, what's up with that? Also, I'm gonna assume you have trained with those knives? Hmm, got anything else in that suit? Like maybe kevlar or a chain mail or something?

Oh, and it was nice of you to reunite Sam and Kylie. Really we need to find a way to restore Kylie's vision or something. She is good at coping with it but not being able to see is somewhat of a disadvantage here.

>>238106
Hi! Okay, if you had a year to prepare, then this means this game is probably an annual event or so. Which would explain why there's so many people around, they had a year to rack up candidates. Let's see... that means you basically got a free year of life, right? Unless we've got time travel on our hands, please don't let make us deal with time travel. Okay, we were at 96, Kylie, Sam, and you makes 99, so we've probably got one more person to help. Keep an eye out for anyone else you know.

Rawl 2010/10/04(Mon)21:45 No. 238617 ID: 37d2ab
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>>238111
'By dying a year ago, I guess?'
>>238135
>>238163
'97 souls? How grand!' A preachy voice comments.
'97 souls and a memory wipe? Isn't that a grand tale you're spewing,' An unforgiving voice says with animosity.
'Quiet, I'm trying to think,' Sang-hee thinks as she tilts her head to the side and rests her arm on her hip as if that was her thinking pose, 'The things I currently have are five small firecrackers, the ones that need to be lit up, and a lighter in my front far left pouch, bandages and some painkillers in my front middle left pouch, about four very sharp throwing darts in my front middle right pouch, a good amount of sand in my front far right pouch, a hammer in my back right pouch, and a Molotov cocktail in my back left pouch. I guess my iphone that I keep in my pocket can be used as a distraction if I set it down and play some music on it. Of course, I'm trained with my knives, but not in the conventional sense. I would've gotten Kevlar or more destructive things if my parents weren't so overprotective. They usually have my older brother escort me everywhere. I used to have more Molotov cocktails too.'
'... A bear required three of them,' The gloomy voice says as though she was reliving that terror.
>>238180
'Don't worry, nothing stupid and impossible like time travel happened, then again this whole game is impossible. I did see some familiar faces I've seen at soon here, but no one I know too well and i would trust my life with. Anyway, about those doors! Which do you prefer? I personally want to try the 5/5 door!'
'Egomaniac,' the spiteful voice spits out with a hint of jest.

Besides the 5m/5p door, there is also the following:
1m/1p
2m/4p
3m/3p
5m/3p
4m/2p
3m/1p
2m/5p
4m/4p
2m/3p

Let's stick to 3m at most. I'd say 4p at most... but we may be able to handle 5p.

>>238617

If you and your friends had guns, and you had fought together before, I would agree with your desire to try to 5/5 door. As it is, you don't and you haven't. The Duke abides, but the rest of us cope.

Still, three people is a significant fighting force. I suggest risking the 4m/2p door. You want to finish quickly, before 17 other people escape. You, Sam, and Kylie are all well armed. Kylie's handicap only slows her down a bit in a melee fight.

A final note. While it doesn't matter who we enter the door with, we should leave with the person who is most injured. Experience has led us to believe the quality of repairs performed to your corpus upon the end of the night's game depends in part on how powerful your attendant souls are.

yeah, us souls are pro at puzzles. but your combined skill determines what M you should take. and 3m sounds about right, maybe 4.

>>238617
3/3 sounds good to me. While you have had alot of time to prepare the other two has had 2 days. And Kylie got busted up pretty hard in last nights little event. So they're probably not up to handling anything too dangerous.

>>238617
I vote for 2m/4p, but I just like puzzles.

>>238745
Agreed. 2m/4p allows us to clear the monsters with no trouble, and 100+ brains shouldn't have an issue with a level 4 puzzle.

Also, is this quest still alive?

Rawl 2010/12/28(Tue)18:21 No. 267425 ID: 86bbf7
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'Alright, 3/3 sounds like a good balance to me then.'
"Let's go to the 3/3 door, any problems?"
"None here," Sam says with a shrug, "The people are starting to move also."
Various people are looking at the doors and wandering around.
"Why aren't they going in?" Kylie asks.
"Probably because it'll draw attention, but we already drawn so much attention that they're already bound to notice us, so let's go right now," Sang-hee says with determined eyebrows, her mouth, on the other hand, was curled into a smile that seemed to drift between cunning and sweet.
"Fine with me," Kylie says in her usual unfazed tone.
Sang-hee walks as soon as she gets the okay from her teammates and with steps filled with excitement that seemed to call on the people around them to look at them. Sam makes a worrisome face but grits down his teeth. Kylie... seems the same as usual.
"Hmmm," Sang-hee looks at the door and then just decided to push it open.
GRRRRRRRRRNNNN
The loud grinding of the stone door meeting the hard stone floor immediately calls the attention of the people who weren't paying attention to them.
"Let's go in quick," Sam says to escape the gaze of other contestants.
"Yeah!" Sang-hee says as she and Sam run on ahead. Kylie continues her walk at her own pace.

Rawl 2010/12/28(Tue)18:22 No. 267428 ID: 86bbf7
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"A monster already?" Sam says drawing his sword.
"It sounds like it is asleep to me," Kylie says walking up to the two.
"You can tell? I don't hear anything," Sang-hee says keeping her eyes on the tail.
"Yeah, I don't hear any small noises, like the rubbing of flesh on stone, so I think it's resting or something."
"What do we do?" Sam says gripping his sword.

If you risk fighting it, Sam or Sang-hee should keep an eye on the door for anyone following you three. If you are followed, prepare to fight the interloper as well as the monster.

If you sneak by, you may want to take the time to set up a booby-trap for anyone who would try to follow you. It need not be elaborate, you just need a tripwire and something to make a racket to wake the monster. Do the firecrackers use friction fuses?

In either case, you do not want an interloper to benefit. You must get through the challenge as quickly and safely as possible, and you must be ready to stop anyone who would try to beat you to the exit.

>>267428
Sneak up on it. Keep an eye out for anyone following.

You will have a better idea of how to act once you can see the damn thing.

Rawl 2010/12/29(Wed)10:00 No. 267564 ID: 86bbf7
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>>267452
>>267558
'No, my firecrackers need to be lit, which is why I carry around a lighter. What do you guys think we should do?'
'Kill everything,' the spiteful voice says a hint of forcefulness.
'Kill everything,' the preachy voice says in a condescending tone.
'...Kill everything,' the gloomy voice says probably just to fit in.
'Kill what you need to kill,' the manly voice says disgusted by the other three.
'...Let's just sneak up on it first,' Sang-hee said trying to reason with the blood lust in her head.
"Let's take a look at it first," Sam says before Sang-hee can speak.
"Yeah, you guys go, I'll keep a lookout here for any intruders," Sang-hee says as she turns around.
(Note: Control has switched to Sam.)
'Ah, crap. It's looking right at us.'
'It was waiting for us,' says a stern voice.

>>267564
Wave a stick a bit and see if it reacts. Don't wave it in a hostile fashion.

Oh, and see who is talking.

>>267564

While we haven't met anything intelligent in the challenge zones, this may be able to talk. Since it is not attacking you, it is worth trying.

Something like, "We need to pass, is that ok?"

>>267565
The 'stern voice' was one of the other spirits we got from... well, either one of our buddies.

I really honestly doubt this thing is intelligent. It does have eyes but I suggest you play it defensive and keep your guard up. Determine if it has some sort of weakness you can exploit... It might not be able to turn very fast or be clumsy with all those legs.

>>267637

Yeah it probably isn't intelligent, but it's not attacking even though it saw us, so it's worth trying anyway.

Rawl 2010/12/30(Thu)22:09 No. 267974 ID: 238861
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>>267577
>>267637
>>267697
'It was waiting for us,' says a stern voice.
'This is a stupid idea,' the stern voice says stressing the word stupid.
'Shut up, new guy,' the spunky voice says in a somehow positive way.
'Hmph,' the stern voice grunts with a tone of that doesn't hold any anger.
'Might as well give it a shot,' Sam thinks.
"Hey, we-"
The moment Sam spoke the monster leaped up at him, but it was not a soft leap that ballerina or a frog would make. No, this was one was full of speed, with the force of a panther pouncing on its prey, except in this case the force was going on an angle up, toward Sam's face.
"Needagh!" Sam yelled as he rose his sword to guard, but a half-assed defense that uses the strength of one human arm is obviously no use against a full weight attack against a monster that is as long as a human.
"Sam!" Kylie called out.

Rawl 2010/12/30(Thu)22:09 No. 267976 ID: 238861
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CLINK CLINK CLINK
Perhaps it was luck, or maybe the image of sharp, diseased ridden teeth is what caused the sword to be lodged in a way that allowed Sam's face not to be shredded up.
"Gngh!"
Sam grunted as he tried to raised the monster the monster off of him, but unfortunately, the strength of one human arm is not sufficient. It is never sufficient against these beasts. One of the claws began making a sort of squeaking sound.
'What is that?' Sam thought as he tried to stop the monster from crushing him and ending his life.
'You don't want to know,' the old voice says.
'Ah, it's the sound of my skull-'
Another claw digs into Sam's shoulder.
"Nngh!"

You're ground fighting. In a normal fight your stance depends on using the big muscles in your legs to deliver extra power to your blows. In a ground fight you don't have that.

Bring your knees up, press hard to buy a little distance, and then roll back slightly so that you can get your feet under it. Then, extend your legs just like you're making a big jump. You should shove it off of you, hard.

You just need to buy time for your allies to move in and help.

>>267976
The others should moving into assist. Just get some leverage and try to keep it from using those claws to cause further damage.

you have a sword...
it may be on your shoulders...

But I'm pretty sure you can take out its jaw...

>>268056

Won't work, he's got no momentum and poor leverage in this position. The blade would have to be as sharp as obsidian to do what you want, and it's not. Actually we're lucky it hasn't snapped yet, it looks like a cheap gaudy showpiece.