The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/04(Fri)21:44 No. 279182 ID: 76891f
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>>279165
>>279166
>>279167
>>279168
Che.
This is rather annoying, but I will allow him to speak.
Before that however, I note his diminished image, seems like he can only play that card a few more times... but who knows how many more he has up his sleeve?

"Fine then, speak; You better not be wasting my time."

"Thanks. Now then, as I was saying, I am Block number 5. My boss sent me out here to look for strong images for hire"

>>279182
Remain silent and let him continue. That's not much of an explanation and I don't feel like sharing more information than we have to to get the full story.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/04(Fri)22:16 No. 279189 ID: 76891f
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"You see my boss aims to challenge this Resolution's Boss. He seeks to claim the title for himself."

"You are insane,"Shirley interjects as she pauses to scoop up a pixel," You can't hope to challenge the boss at your size"

"As I said Miss, it is not I but my boss who seeks the title. I can guarantee twenty second level pixels of any colour or assortment of colours to all who assist our cause."

[cont.]

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/04(Fri)22:31 No. 279191 ID: 76891f
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"Well I don't know about you folks,"Shirley says as she destroys her opponent,"but I ain't the type to take a bunch of money and not live to use it"

Number 5 shifts his focus between us, I hint of desperation leaking into it

"Please, you don't have to fight, you simply have to keep him occupied long enough for my Boss to prepare. I am not the only agent that has been sent out..there will be many others there so you will not be alone.... did I mention that the rewards are negotiable."

Hrm.
What should I do?
Do I have any questions for him?
Should I take him up on his offer?
Should I just destroy him and be done with this?

>>279191
Ask him who his leader is. Also poke that long guy going towards our buddy. Weaken them a bit; looks like she could use a little assistance with that damage she's got going.

I say this is a pretty nifty offer. We get to get involved in a big fight. We get to see what competition we have. How we measure up. Learn some new tricks maybe.

>>279191
sure, do it, but grab that stray blue. The more blues the better.

>>279191
He's offered nothing but words and even distracting a being as strong as the boss is deadly dangerous. We could gather far more than twenty pixels in a close amount of time and a much safer fashion simply by wandering around- for that matter, his twelve would be a nice start.

Demand fifty pixels and payment in advance.

>>279281
This, basically.

Going with the "Demand Cash Now" plan. There are almost twenty free pixels ON THIS SCREEN.
P.S. Be careful, I think this guy might be a whole hell of a lot larger than he seems, and is somehow cloaking his body.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/05(Sat)17:50 No. 279410 ID: 76891f
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While I consider his proposition, I almost absentmindedly strike out at one of the larger images going after Shirley.

"First things first, twenty pixels is far too low a reward for facing a boss, I demand fifty"

"Done, now then if you would simply-"

"In advance"

Number 5 pales.
"I am afraid this is a problem. I can give you twenty pixels of your choice immediately and another fifty upon completion, but If you wish to receive more immediately, you must speak to my master."

"Who is your master anyway"

"Oh? You have not heard of us? My master is know as, LEGOS"

20 pixels in advance? Deal. Ask what colors we can get.

Also make note of the new image advancing upon the board. Tell Shirley that there's a blue up for grabs, as well.

Huh, that sure is a lot of red down there.

Anyway, from the sound of it, this legos character isn't gonna be a threat to you later on. No harm in helping him if you get a net gain out of the deal. And the offer of ANY pixel variety is pretty nice. You need a source of some light greys at least, and your supply of blues is looking sad now.

Besides, if all you have to do is distract the enemy, you can do a fair job of that without even fighting. One nice thing about having a reputation.

>>279410
If we can't get them in advance, our price goes up. Twenty in advance for us and eighty upon completion. And Shirley gets a job too if she wants it, since she's our sidekick at the moment. She costs half as much as us.


My thought on what we should do with these pixels: Upgrade our goddamn resolution. We really need to get out of this miserable mostly-level-one mode.


And eye that incoming potential hostile at five-thirty.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/07(Mon)18:33 No. 279996 ID: c3f7d9
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>>279424
>>279426
>>279441
"Full payment after? I can live with that. However, my price raises to a full 100, 20 now 80 after"

"Excellent, your price has been noted and stored, now do you have any other requests before we get started?"

"Only that my friend there gets a job as well-"

"No thanks", Shirley quickly cuts me off
"I don't want nothin' to do with LEGOS... or any of his boys", she says, her focus briefly resting upon me before returning to her prey.

"I see," Number 5 says his focus taking a cold edge," now then, if that is all, please specify the pixels you desire"

His aura hums in anticipation as his focus comes to rest on me.

What should I do or say?

>>279996
He said the payment is in lv 2 pixels? how does that work if ours of that color are lv 1?

you want:
at least a couple light greys. Four would be good. how come everybody else has them? it's not fair!
2 blues to match the others at the end of your stick.
enough reds to make your scythe blade out of level 2 reds. That means a final total of 12 lv 2 reds, but see previous question about pixels of different level.

Remember, trying as much as possible to hide the level of your pixels for now. want level 2 pixels in groups of 4.

>>280018
[If you acquire pixels of a higher level than you have attained, the pixels will lose their form and fall to the level you can support. The extra energy goes into your aura or dissipates]

>>280018
I would go with this, but make it 6 blues.

>>280029
If that is the case, we probably want mostly blues, since those won't lose the level.

20 blues

>>280029
Can we voluntarily jettison pixels? If so, can we jettison everything that's not level 2, get our pay so that we have those pixels at level 2 since we'll be an overall level 2 creature at that point, and then reclaim everything?

Because working our way up to the many thousands of pixels that would be required to level everything up to level 2 one at a time... would be ridiculous. We'd be larger than a screen before we had a truly upgraded resolution.

>>280036
[-Yes. You can release any pixel you desire, just be cautious, because as soon as it is is a 'free pixel', it will revert to the default for that rez.

-Which is why you go to the next rez like Galaga did.]

>>280040
could we get one more red, upgrade those four to a single level 2, and then get more reds?

>>280044
[Single delivery. One block of assorted pixels.]

[Remember that we have a disc thread people]

Let's take 8 blues, 1 red, and any assorted NEW colors that he can give us. 2 of any new ones.

>>280168
greens, or purples, or oranges we haven't seen, and we don't have any light greys, so those are new too.

Oh wait before we take the pixels, ask how we can keep them from reverting into level 1 pixels!

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/20(Sun)20:51 No. 283012 ID: d28732
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"Hrm. Ok then. Provide me with colours I do not yet have. I could use a few oranges or purples or-"

"Please sir, I have offered you all I can give, please take this seriously" Number 5 interrupts, sounding hurt.

"I am death personified. I am always serious."

Number 5 pauses for a few moments, his focus indecipherable.
"...As you know sir, I cannot offer you those colours because they are not available at this resolution unless one were to descend while bearing them or encounter the shopkeeper. If you are serious about acquiring only what you are currently lacking in terms of variety, I could only offer you Light Grey pixels."

Hrm, it seems I lacking more than I expected.
The trials of an amnesiac.

"Well seeing as you have not had the good fortune of encountering the shopkeeper, I will limit my selection to the mundane, though this makes the offer less attractive"

"Thank you for your patience"

"Yes...make that 4 blues, 4 Light greys and 10 reds"

"Excellent, one moment please"
His aura grows even further as he sacrifices a reagent.
Snaking tendrils of energy jump between us, growing in strength and frequency until multiple unbroken energy threads link us.

His aura flares and the sheet wall buckles under its pressure, energy shooting off to some point in the distance.

"Request sent... please hold"

My own aura flares and pixels begin to form as if out of thin air.
In mere moments, my cocktail of pixles floats before me, ensnared in our joint auras.

"Approved. Now if you would kindly assimilate your wage, our deal may be sealed"

The pixles strain against their leashes of energy, moving towards different areas on my image.

Do I have any special configuration for my new pixles?
Should I let them go where they desire?

Shifter55 2011/02/20(Sun)22:29 No. 283052 ID: fb96ac
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Now with Bite Attack and Goatee!
Took me 5 tries to get the post in the right place, urgh.

>>283012
Why so many reds? Aren't they going to revert to level 1 pixels? Why would we do that?

>>283065
Yes, it is a sad thing. Can we eject our current reds right now so we absorb the new ones as level 2?

>>283069
[Why yes, yes you can]

>>283095
Then for the love of the Reaper, DO IT MAN!
Our Pal can have them, would be a nice powerboost for her.

On a side note, after we´ve done that, will future reds also turned into lvl 2? Considering that we never upgraded them.

>>283099
[Why yes, yes they will]

Eject our reds
consume lvl 2 reds
consume ejected reds
NOW WE HAVE 15 LEVEL 2 RED PIXELS

>>283114
eject 3 of the level 2s after that for our friend. We want to be able to conceal the fact we have level 2 reds.

>>283116
this seems very complicated. Just let her grab the three reds we drop and be done with it.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)08:53 No. 283349 ID: 10f195
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Yes, Shirley could use some strength. Though she is skilled she is ultimately nonthreatening, and I cannot have my companions slowing me down.

"Shirley, hold on a moment"
"...ok"

I jettison my three reds in as many moments allowing them to float freely on the sheet next to me and turn my focus upon the Red pixels ensnared in my aura. They redouble their efforts to reach me as soon as I focus upon them, slowly drifting forward despite being restrained. If I didn't know any better I would say these things were alive...and quite stupid.

"Please move quickly, I cannot restrain them forever with this level of binding."

Che.
I will the pixels to come to me, pulling upon them with my aura and I feel their restraints weakening as they float towards me.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)09:33 No. 283371 ID: 10f195
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I make short work of my meal, moving pixels to areas I desire quickly and efficiently.

As the last pixel is assimilated, Number 5's aura flickers out of existence.

"Excellent. Please stay in this sheet for the next two hundred moments and prepare for battle. We are fortunate be located within the confines of the battlefield."

I remain silent as I work, moving pixels to specific areas to conform to the image in my mind.

"...yes. Well then, I have other matters to attend to, but before I proceed, do you have any other requests or inquiries?"

>>283371
Give your friend those 3 reds that are coming in.

>>283371
You need to know where to retrieve the rest of your pay, and the precise requirements on your part to retrieve it. This contract was a bit fuzzy on the details- "keep him occupied long enough" is rather nonspecific.

Knowing who else is on your side might be good as well, since he did mention others.

Can we use our new light greys to do anything?

"Is that red guy on our side?"

If not, kill 'em and eat 'em

Before we do anything we should get the green that just spawned at the bottom.

>>283532
Good eye, let's get that quick.

If we grab the green, make it a dark grey, and add it to the bottom of our scythe. We could really use another control center if we are going to be fighting someone we can't actually beat. Also apparently we are forgetting a ton of stuff.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)22:36 No. 283655 ID: 4bf475
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"Yes. When will I be receiving the rest of my pay?"

"You will revive the remainder of your wage if and when you participate in the defeat of the Resolution Boss and survive said encounter. If your assistance was shown to be instrumental, you may receive a bonus."

"So what exactly do you want from me?"

Number 5 releases and audible sigh from non existent lungs.
"Simply, you must to the best of your ability work to ensure the enemy's demise and my Lieges survival. Now is there anything else?"

Irritating.
"Yes," I say, indicting the red dominated image below me,"Is he on our side?"

"No,",He replies, his focus taking on an amused feel,"Not yet anyway"

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)22:44 No. 283656 ID: 4bf475
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>>283655
"That is all"

Number 5 immediately moves off, mumbling to himself.

Now to Shirley.
Throughout my conversation, she has remained quiet and unmoving, her focus indecipherable.

"Shirley, those pixels are yours if you want them. I am going to begin preparations"

A few moments of silence pass before Shirley begins moving towards the offering, mumbling thanks.

With that I move off towards that newly spawned green pixel.
I have a plan for that one I do.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)22:52 No. 283659 ID: 4bf475
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DELICIOUS

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)22:57 No. 283662 ID: 4bf475
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Now what.

Do the job you were paid to do and stop fiddle-fartin' around?

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/22(Tue)23:28 No. 283669 ID: 4bf475
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>>283667
What are you talking about? I blew maybe 20, 25 moments just now.

I still have another 175 until the fight starts.

... The shit just happened to the little guy over there?

Are greens wildcards we can convert to another color, or do they have another function? If they only do the converting thing, turn it into a dark grey so we have another control center.

>>283679
[Green is the wildcard for this Rez. There is a different colour wildcard for every Rez. Reaper will automatically know which pixel is the wildcard though so don't worry. General rule of thumb is that it is not a colour that is normally encountered in the current Rez.]

Make it dark grey. Improve stick.

Your chin looks funny, by the way.

Grab those loose floating pixels while waiting, or if Red doesn't take the deal eat him.

improve scythe handle with dark grey,

begin strategising for this battle while you assimilate surrounding pixels. is that yellow pixel your holding the scythe with allow you to move the blade faster, because if it douse, you can defend against attacks with reach by cutting the offending appendages from your opponent.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/26(Sat)19:05 No. 284588 ID: 8b0986
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I convert the pixel to Dark Gray, shifting it to my staff to keep with my image and

>Memory+

I...understand. I see more than I used to and I feel more in control of my body.

>>283525
Hrm, yes.
Specials.
I can use them for specials.
Of course I've said this before, but what I have not said is that we can use them to make specials.
I can sacrifice any number of them I desire to create a special, greater the number, greater the strength, and greater the cost per use.
I can define them at creation or I can just allow it to develop naturally.

With such a wellspring of knowledge gushing forth it makes me ponder what else I could be missing...

...
...
...
What the hell happened to Red?

>>283890
[Also yes, it does, he was supposed to mention that. Position of pixels in your image determines their effects]

>>284588
Do all specials burn a light grey when used, or can they burn only other colors?

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/02/26(Sat)19:17 No. 284594 ID: 8b0986
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"I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOUR ULTIMATELY FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO ASSAULT ME. JOIN NOW OR JOIN IN DEATH"

"EL DIABLO will never work with the likes of you"

"...Fool"

>>284593
[Specials require at least one light grey to USE, but may also consume other colours. To CREATE one however, only light greys are allowed]

Also
>_

Can light greys be used to raise resolution? How does that work?

[To raise rez, you pay in L.Grey pixels equal to the level of the pixel you are raising.
So if you are raising a Lv1 class, you pay one, If you are raising a Lv30 class, you pay 30]

Let's go find some more shit to kill. To the east!

We might have time to check the board south of us for anything particularly good, but if we aren't here when the resolution boss shows up, we might end up attacked by some sort of special that targets people who break deals or something. The south board is closer, check it real fast.

Nah, just sit around, grab some of those free-floating pixels.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/09(Wed)21:00 No. 287382 ID: 02fc78
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>EAST
Ok lets check out eas-

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/09(Wed)21:00 No. 287383 ID: 02fc78
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>SOUTH IS CLOSER
Ok, south it shall b-

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/09(Wed)21:01 No. 287384 ID: 02fc78
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>Nah, just sit around
...
Do we have to go over the 'make up your mind' deal again?

Go south. Sitting around is not useful to anyone.

>>287384
Go north! :V

You could use a couple more whites to fill in the hood and protect your dark greys before the real danger comes. And stay away from that mess will "El Diablo" over there.

NO. GO EAST.

East.

Let's go east, enough indecisiveness.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/10(Thu)09:48 No. 287472 ID: ca8e24
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>Stay away from 'El Diablo'
>Go east
HARVEST TWO SOULS WITH ONE SWIPE I ALWAYS SAY!

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/10(Thu)09:54 No. 287474 ID: ca8e24
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D....t.....wo...get.aw.....it...is
...
...
...
I...hunt..o...the.end...TIME!

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/10(Thu)10:12 No. 287476 ID: ca8e24
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"Square-sama, we must retreat, we cannot defeat him"

"NO! Look what he did to line-kun and T-chan. By my honour I will not let this go!"

"Square-sama, L-kun is right. The enemy is too powerful to engage at this juncture, we must retreat and wait for a better opportunity"

"NO! How can you ask me to ignore the sacrifice of T-chan?!"

"Dammit Square-san, listen to your advisers. T-chan sacrificed herself so we could escape, are you just going to ignore that?"

"Line-kun..."

"Oh? What's this? The great Square running from a fight with his tail between his legs? How suitable for a mongrel king"

>_

Oh god eat fucking everything.

>>287476
use the lvl2 pixel in your scythe as a whip to get that green pixel to the south

>>287476

Sneak up behind the yellow/red spear guy and cut off his blue pixel (ass). Then devour him.

>>287477
"Hey guys you can all stop[ fighting now."
"Why?"
"Because you're dead."

OMNOMNOMNOM

Green pixels? Oh my yes.

>>287486
This

The little team really doesn't have much to offer for eating, I doubt they would even be worth the time it takes to chase them down. We can only stay here a moment, and those two greens are probably top priority.

The big yellow and red guy though, he has some stuff to offer, and I believe we have him outclassed in size enough to just straight up absorb him. Use your scythe to keep him from escaping, and eat him from behind.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/10(Thu)13:44 No. 287519 ID: ca8e24
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Yes.
I have no time to take all on the board, I must focus on those that seem to be worth the most.

The yellow and red fellow and the green one closest to him seem to have the assortment most advantageous to me at the moment.

Yes a stealthy approach seems pertinent to the situation at hand. They are so focused on each other that I may be able to get close enough to take them out before the know what is happening.

I float forwards trying to make myself as small as possible, drawing on some of my returned memories where I stalked targets for deca-moments without being discovered...

hmm?
It seems that I am out of practice.

The_Falcon!Z/kS4uKGRU 2011/03/10(Thu)13:56 No. 287522 ID: ca8e24
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I strike.

"Che"
The yellow and red one reacts with a speed far greater than my own, getting himself and what seems to be his companion out of the way.

However not all are that fortunate.
"Run Square-"
He is cut off as the blade of my scythe wraps around him, assimilating him and moving the new pixels to good spots.

"NO! DAMMIT, who the hell are you?"

"I bring good news, you may all stop fighting amongst yourselves now. In a few moments, you will all be dead."

Offer to save this king from his foe.

Someone ready to call themself king must have some ambition. And if he has ambition he could become strong, win him to your side while he he is weak and reap the benefits later on.

blar. was really going for NOT assaulting the harmless and worthless little band. Too time consuming to chase them all down.

Look, I understand you rarely make friends, but do you have to make so many pointless enemies?

>>287529
Of course we do

>>287522

Can you hit the yellow and red one while moving forward on a backswing?

>>287529
They can't be enemies if they're dead.

>>287537
We are proof that system doesn't work, the dragon probably think we are dead.

>>287522
Well, that bastard is certainly fast... but when you're holding you scythe out, you're quite wide. He probably can't get around you. If you approach closer and then swing, he'll likely be unable to do anything but flee the board.

Which you can't stop him from doing anyway. You can casually snap up the pitiful court of shapes while you move in on him, though; that shouldn't take much effort and no pixels are bad pixels.

Sweep up and slice up the bigger folk.

>>287543
The dragon is about a million times our size. Reducing your enemy to almost nothing is pretty good.

>>287537
>>287555

See other point about taking the time to chase them all down in our limited time. Especially because PRIORITY REMAINS ON THE GREEN ONE GO GO GO.

>>287555

Well, consider this. In the time we take to rebuild ourselves the dragon has probably gotten larger.

Perhaps way, way out of the reach of anything valid.

Or it has been destroyed in fighting.

>>287529
Did you hear the same thing I did?
They must die horribly and painfully.
Although i think we should flip our scythe around and hit that big yellow one, we could use some of those.

We don't really care about the small ones. Go after big yellow guy. After you finish him we are done here.