Let's do this. B)

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)13:41 No. 227546 ID: d560d6
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Part I: Escape from Paradise Island

(INTRO)

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)13:46 No. 227548 ID: d560d6
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*sigh*

>>227548
Why so sigh? Nothing lasts forever.

Why the long face, Butler Bot?

>>227546
This is amazing. You're amazing.

>>227548
Alright, let's start with the basics. Inventory and introductions, please.

I understand something is happening to Paradise Island?

>>227546
Holy fuck yes

Also, I think I saw this in a Donald Duck comic once.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)14:31 No. 227574 ID: d560d6
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>>227551
>Why so sigh? Nothing lasts forever.

Admittedly so, yet I was somewhat hoping to last a little longer than this myself.

>>227570
>Inventory and introductions, please.

Buswald, robotic manservant of Master Angry and effective groundskeeper of Paradise Island. Regretfully, I am not currently carrying anything of note.

Blast; that was half the coffee plantation.

>I understand something is happening to Paradise Island?

It is disappearing. I cannot honestly say why.

>>227561
>Why the long face, Butler Bot?

It's not articulated.

>>227574
So where's Drawfag anyway? Shouldn't he be doing something about this? Maybe you can persuade him to leap somewhere safe.

>>227577
I'm guessing he either left or died.

Sounds like it's time to... Escape from Paradise Island

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)14:58 No. 227592 ID: d560d6
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>>227577
>So where's Drawfag anyway?
>>227578
>I'm guessing he either left or died.

It could well be both. He left in the Drawmobile a week ago in a state of some excitement, and has yet to return. I do not believe he has ever before undertaken such a long excursion.

I have seen nothing of his apprentice, either.

>>227592
>apprentice
Huh? Tell us about this person.

>>227592
He left you to rot alone on a disappearing island?Man, what a dick.

Good thing I never gave him all those cakes.

>>227592
Sounds like it's time to explore and find that apprentice then. This island is probably falling apart due to a lack of drawfag energy.

>>227592
Steal his stylus and draw a devanishing machine.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)16:07 No. 227644 ID: d560d6
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>>227609
>Steal his stylus and draw a devanishing machine.

Unfortunately for that plan, although rather fortunately for my humble self, I largely owe my existence to the fact that the powers of the stylus depleting long ago.

There is also the small matter that Master Angry tends to carry it with him as a souvenir. As Sir may recall, Master Angry's current whereabouts are unknown.

>>227597
>This island is probably falling apart due to a lack of drawfag energy.

Perhaps. While I am not intricately familiar with his work, I do know that Master Angry has spent some number of the past years attempting research into such matters.

>Sounds like it's time to explore and find that apprentice then.

Yes. While a good vantage point, I doubt there is much I can achieve up here. I shall descend into the forest.

>>227595
>Tell us about [the apprentice].

Ah, Mistress Jena. Yes, I believe it was seven years ago that---

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)16:08 No. 227645 ID: d560d6
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>>227644

OH MY GOODNESS!

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)16:08 No. 227646 ID: d560d6
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>>227645

>>227646
While the story you were about to tell was obviously fascinating and full of juicy backstory, THERE IS A SECRET CAVE.

YOU MUST EXPLORE THE SECRET CAVE. IT CONTAINS SECRETS.

>>227646
Explore the Batcave!

>>227646
You must venture inward. Plot demands it.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)16:22 No. 227654 ID: d560d6
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>>227648
>>227649
>>227650
Why, no, Sirs. I am not hurt at all, and simply cannot wait to begin exploring the cave. I shall make it my utmost priority as soon as I have finished carefully examining all this glorious dirt.

>>227654
Sorry, but we are all oh so eager. It's just what we do. You're certainly made of tougher stuff than to be much damaged by a bit of a drop.

Not get up, dust off and get a move on, unless you want to be carefully examining all that glorious ocean.

Sorry. When adventure calls, us voices tend to hop at the opportunity.

Now would you please explore the cave?

That is one snazzy goddamn intro.

Alright. Get up, THEN examine secret cave.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)16:50 No. 227682 ID: d560d6
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>>227665
>Now get up, dust off and get a move on, unless you want to be carefully examining all that glorious ocean.

Sir makes an excellent point, even if he does perhaps not fully appreciate the complications of rising from being partially embedded in semi-soft ground when one is constructed as an inverted pendulum.

>>227682
Take your time, we aren't going anywhere.

No. Don't take your time. Your freaking island is disappearing beneath your treads. Run/Drive like hell's following you.

>>227682
>not fully appreciate the complications
I may or may not be fully appreciative, and it may or may not be a source of amusement to me. If you can't manage to stand in the sand, just pull yourself into the cave, you'll notice it has hard rocky ground. Standing should be no problem there, and it even looks level.

>>227654
There is definitely some kind of man-made structure in there. Get in there now, drag yourself if you have to.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)17:36 No. 227733 ID: d560d6
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>>227726
>There is definitely some kind of man-made structure in there.

Indeed. While rough-hewn, these are obviously artificially-cut walls. Charred wooden barrels. I have clearly missed an infestation of Dwarves at some point.

There is quite a powerful hot wind blowing from the doorway. Not the best of omens.

>>227733
Investigate contents of barrels.

Beware the HAPPY FUN STUFF. Especially if you begin seeing adamantine.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)17:55 No. 227748 ID: d560d6
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>>227734
>Investigate contents of barrels.
Seeds. The ones on the other side appear to be now-roasted vegetables; mostly mushrooms. Quite a few are simply empty.

>>227748
Seed and food supply? Huh, the seeds must have been used for populating the island with crops. Important for a new and growing island settlement, a bit worthless at the moment. Keep going.

>>227748
Onwards.

Mushrooms aren't vegetables.

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)18:22 No. 227757 ID: d560d6
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>>227753
>Mushrooms aren't vegetables.

Sir must be most pleased that his taxonomic knowledge has allowed him to be pedantic at this juncture.

>>227750
>Keep going.
>>227752
>Onwards.

Very wel---OW!

>>227757
Mind your head.

>>227757
...Don't take this personally, but you weren't really designed very well. As undignified as it may be, you should proceed forward by tilting forward and using your hands to keep yourself angled enough to continue.

>>227748
Oh shit it's a Dwarf Fortress

Watch out for magma flooding traps

LionsPhil 2010/09/07(Tue)19:02 No. 227785 ID: d560d6
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>>227767
>As undignified as it may be, you should proceed forward by...

Thankfully, the addition of arms allows me some control over my centre of balance and degree of lean while traveling.

>>227771
>Watch out for magma flooding traps.

While we are in a volcano, I would expect magma have to been considerably more thorough with those barrels.

A hallway, peppered with doorways and a pair of ramps, and capped with spiral staircases. Those are, I am afraid, well beyond my capability to traverse.

It is all quite pleasantly symmetric. Presumably Sirs would like to suggest a door?

>>227785
Doesn't matter, there's always a magma cannon somewhere. Also watch out for conspicuous triggers and random machinery (drawbridges especially).

>>227785
The door right across from you seems convenient enough.

Well. Let's do this methodically. Start with the one with the red rocks closest towards the spiral stairs and work your way up.

>>227859
Yeah lets go with the red rocks. They look interesting.

>>227859
I think that is stairs down, into magma.

Instead let's check out the room that has dirt tracks in front of it.

LionsPhil 2010/09/08(Wed)14:27 No. 228142 ID: d560d6
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>>227859
>Let's do this methodically. Start with the one with the red rocks closest towards the spiral stairs and work your way up.

Perhaps Sir has become confused by the sheer number of options available to him. Were one to wish to progress along the hall methodically, I feel compelled to bring to Sir's attention that there is one additional door beyond the downward ramp.

>>227841
>The door right across from you seems convenient enough.
>>227957
>Instead let's check out the room that has dirt tracks in front of it.

Very well. I trust that Sirs are sufficiently familiar with Dwarven architecture to recognise this as an underground farm? Aside from the two floodgates in the far and right wall, I note an open one constructed in the doorway in which I now stand.

>>228142
Something killed their engraver and removed the body, apparently. Dwarves NEVER leave something unfinished.

>>228142
Meh. Okay, let's go down the red ramp instead.

You'd be able to turn back if it goes into lava, I assume.

>>228142
Wonder if that was supposed to be a mushroom or a mushroom cloud? You can never know what these dwarfs might engrave on walls.

So lets go down, that's probably where they store their precious treasure, like rotten clothes and booze.

LionsPhil 2010/09/08(Wed)17:56 No. 228240 ID: d560d6
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>>228196
>So lets go down
>>228146
>Okay, let's go down the red ramp instead.
>You'd be able to turn back if it goes into lava, I assume.

The ramp is steep, but within my capabilities.

The heat down here is intense. I am getting thermal throttling warnings.

>>228240
There's someone over there! Can you cross the bridge without melting or something?

wait... it has ears on top of it's head, it's a furry!

>>228240
It appears to be a furry that has been dealt with using standard procedure.

Is that a half carved anvil?

Wave to the figure.

>>228240
Greet whoever that is over there.

Throw something at the figure!

If it's just a carbon blast print, then start dicking around with the controls.

LionsPhil 2010/09/08(Wed)19:07 No. 228283 ID: d560d6
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>>228242
>There's someone over there!
>>228257
>Greet whoever that is over there.
>>228254
>Wave to the figure.

(The figure slumps down from the doorframe and lands in an uneasy sitting position.)

"Buswald! Come to have a shdrink with me? There's no more bish...bish..."

I say. It appears to be Mistress Jena in a state of considerable inebriation.

>>228254
>Is that a half carved anvil?

It would appear so.

>>228242
>Can you cross the bridge without melting or something?

While I do not believe melting to be a concern, I regret to inform Sir that approaching the magma carries an greatly increased risk of an automatic shutdown to protect myself from thermal overload. Even Sir should be able to appreciate that this reflexive behaviour, while well-meaning, would not bode well for my continued operation should it trigger while I were next to a channel full of molten rock.

if you moved along the wall until you lined up with the bridge and when full speed, would you be able to make it across? if you think so then try it.

>>228283
I take it that going over to Jena would probably not be advisable, then.

And, likewise, trying to get Jena to come across while she's drunk is probably not a good plan either.

... Wonder what that lever does. Jena could probably get over there without issue if she leaned on the wall for support... but I hear dwarven levers are not the smartest things to pull willy-nilly.

>>228284
...we can't even approach the lava.

I think asking her to cross the bridge might be unwise. Ask her to pull the lever instead; that will probably shut off the lava flow.

...SHE'S A KITTY!

>>228283
She seems to be handling the ridiculous amount of heat rather well. She isn't dead anyway.

Maybe she can be convinced to pull that lever there. It may cut off the flow of lava to this room... or perhaps flood everything everywhere in a magma death. Never sure with these things.

LionsPhil 2010/09/08(Wed)19:27 No. 228308 ID: d560d6
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>>228284
>if you moved along the wall until you lined up with the bridge and when full speed, would you be able to make it across?

Perhaps Sir would appreciate a clarification in more biological terms. Imagine that one has been so occupied with some task of vital importance that one has neglected to sleep, and now sports the reaction times and general enthusiasm for frenetic activity of a particularly languid sloth. This is a passable analogy to the effect upon me which the heat is already causing from the base of the ramp. I can say with some confidence that I would rather investigate other avenues of attack before hurling myself through probable unconsciousness in the hope that I'll come to a halt somewhere cool enough to once again reawaken.

>>228287
>Ask her to pull the lever
>>228285
>Jena could probably get over there without issue

Unfortunately, it would appear that Mistress Jena's moment of lucidity has come to an end. I cannot rouse her.

well shit. i hope she wont overheat. let's go back up and check the room nearest to the downward stairs.

>>228308
Retreat to the doorway. Wait for her to sober up some.

>>228308
I guess this is a dead end, then. But let's remember she's over here, somehow. If only we had some sort of OBJECTIVE TRACKER to do this with...

Were we proceeding methodically? I can't remember, so I'm just gonna say pick another door we haven't checked yet.

>>228308
We must find our way over there, then. Head back and check the other rooms and paths for a way down and in this general direction, besides the one staircase you seemingly cannot traverse.

LionsPhil 2010/09/08(Wed)19:59 No. 228326 ID: d560d6
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>>228309
>let's go back up and check the room nearest to the downward stairs.

Very well.

>>228311
>But let's remember she's over here, somehow.

I have taken the liberty of adding some annotations for Sir's benefit. As Sir can see, our current knowledge of the facility is not extensive.

>>228312
>...besides the one staircase you seemingly cannot traverse.

Lamentably, neither of the spiral staircases at either end of the hallway are suitable for the use of those of us with wheels. Dwarves do not particularly care for regulations regarding disabled access.

Alcohol evaporates quickly does it not? Her inebriation should go away faster therefore if she stays in the magma chamber. This is the perfect plan. Now explore another question mark.

Keep in mind that you can use the spiral staircase, but only downwards.

>>228326
Might as well investigate the room you are facing into. But we shouldn't take the time to explore every room while Jena is in that position.

>>228330
You do not biology well.

However, the point about the stairs is perhaps valid... If you can make the trip down not be destroyed or disabled may be able to reach Jena and pull that lever, stopping the magma and allowing you to make it back to the ramp. The only real question is if both reach there, or if either do.

>>228330
>>228370
Somehow I think that the staircase really isn't going to work out very well, given how it took our poor friend here some effort to just get up after he was knocked over earlier.

>>228326
Jena appears to be on a bender and a hunt for booze. So if you find some booze and fix up some good drunken food, you know something appropriately greasy and salty then wake her up by tossing rocks at her or something then you should be able to lure her to the other side of the lava.

LionsPhil 2010/09/09(Thu)16:19 No. 228736 ID: d560d6
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>>228370
>Might as well investigate the room you are facing into.

It would appear to be a general storeroom. There's the usual collection of Dwarven junk, and what appears to be piles of stones and ores at the far end.

is any of it bauxite? if so then you may be able to fashion a crude heat-shield.

>>228736
Get yon axe!

>>228736
Any food or drink?

wats in the barrals??

LionsPhil 2010/09/10(Fri)16:52 No. 229239 ID: d560d6
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>>228738
>is any of it bauxite? if so then you may be able to fashion a crude heat-shield.

Sir must be a most talented artisan if Sir can construct items from loose stone alone; a skill I, alas, do not share. My humble standings also do not allow me Sir's extensive geological knowledge to identify bauxite should I happen upon it. Sir will have to excuse my inability in this regard and keep a sharp eye out himself.

>>228739
>Get yon axe!
>>228740
>Any food or drink?
>>228777
>wats in the barrals??

While therapeutic, this particular spate of violence towards innocent wood has been fruitless. These barrels appear to be empty. Behind one lurk bins which appear to contain various miscellany such as crowns, mugs, ugly figurines, and mechanisms.

>>229239
Right, we have an axe... next room! Just go across the hallway.

LionsPhil 2010/09/10(Fri)18:01 No. 229256 ID: d560d6
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>>229240
>next room! Just go across the hallway.

While particularly dark, I believe I can accurately identify this room as being full of workshops. Doubtless the industrious little blighters toiled away here to fill those bins across the hall with kipple.

okay then, woodworking. next room.

>>229256
Looks like there's a wrench and a gear lying around, if that's interesting at all.

mmm... kipple

LionsPhil 2010/09/10(Fri)18:50 No. 229262 ID: d560d6
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>>229259
>Looks like there's a wrench and a gear lying around, if that's interesting at all.

I shall make a note of them should any mechanism appear in need of repair.

>>229257
>next room.

I am to assume Sir wishes me to ascend the ramp?

>>229262
hmmmm, no. Let's go to the room next to the farm.

yeah sure.

>>229262
Ascend that ramp like you mean it you humourless constructed waste of nuts and bolts!

LionsPhil 2010/09/11(Sat)10:28 No. 229546 ID: d560d6
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>>229519
>Ascend that ramp like you mean it you humourless constructed waste of nuts and bolts!

I regret to inform Sir that his feeble attempt at reverse psychology has failed.

>>229264
>yeah sure

This room is far brighter, thanks to small slits in the exterior wall. Unfortunately these fortifications do not seem to have done much good for the occupants. They have been thoroughly immolated, although the wooden beds only show damage where there has been prolonged contact.

>>229546
Delicious lever! You must pull it!

>>229546
I wonder who set them on fire? There doesn't seem to be anything useful here... Don't pull the lever. Instead let's go back to that other room we just decided not to go into.

>>229551
That will flood the farm, probably... if the room doesn't seal automatically, water will come out and probably flood the forge room. That will likely kill Jena via steaming.

>>229546
Just as planned.

Looks like someone activated the doomsday weapon and was then killed by the others. But sadly not in time to prevent the wholesale slaughter of all the dorfs here.

Lets go and check the next room. Pulling levers in dorfen buildings is suicidal.

LionsPhil 2010/09/11(Sat)16:03 No. 229641 ID: d560d6
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>>229554
>That will likely kill Jena via steaming.

Mistress Jena sports a deceptively robust constitution and the upward ramp would probably help the steam escape, although she may well be bathed in scalding hot water flooding across the magma if left in her present position, yes.

>>229553
>Instead let's go back to that other room we just decided not to go into.

On approach, it has become clear that the last two doors on the right down the hall both lead into the same room, which is dominated by a large statue of a dwarf with a horn. I trust Sirs will not be wanting to pull this lever either?

>>229641
I have no idea what that one does. Let's not bother with it for now.

Head across the hall.

Go back in the room with Jena and see if we can't convince her to go into the room from whence she came, theoretically making it safe to shift the magma lever.

What's on that table there? A mug and... leftover meal?

>>229641
Examine the table.

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)12:02 No. 230025 ID: d560d6
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>>229743
>Examine the table.
>>229742
>What's on that table there? A mug and... leftover meal?

Sir's observational skills are most refined. The crudely-fashioned mug contains a dreg of foul dwarven wine. Perhaps this fortress was once home to a glimmer of civilized behaviour.

>>230025
Purple Helmet and some form of alcohol. Hmm, alcohol... could use that as an accelerant if we needed to.

Shall we go? Across the hall?

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)14:13 No. 230058 ID: d560d6
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>>230026
>Across the hall?

Again, the last two doors lead into the same room.

Oh my. There appears to have been an explosion here, and a powerful conflagration. I believe that is a broken still in the corner, so if Sirs will excuse my presumptuousness, it would seem that their alcohol stocks cooked off.

There are...dwarf pieces littered amongst the charred wood.

>>230058
That's... lovely.

We out of rooms yet? If we are I guess we'll have to consider yanking one of those levers.

>>230058
What's that red stuff behind the counter? Blood?

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)14:34 No. 230068 ID: d560d6
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>>230058
Also, knowing that Sirs may be easily distracted and above remembering minutiae such as where they have been recently, I shall take the liberty of presenting updated hallway annotations.

>>230068
Only one option left... down the stairs! Be brave, be strong, be at least somewhat upright and whole by the time you reach the bottom.

>>230070
Brace yourself with your arms against both walls.

>>230068
Lets get out of here and find something to lure Jena back over the lava with. Go whip up a normal cup of coffee, an Irish coffee, grab a bottle of rum and make some nice greasy food. Then bring it to her and see if she doesn't feel like coming over to your side.

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)15:14 No. 230079 ID: d560d6
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>>230066
Sir has a keen eye. This little blighter is likely our arsonist. The corpse is still hot.

...I really need to get Mistress Jena out of here.

UGH let's not try to go down the damn stairs. Pull the yellow lever instead.

>>230079
So get with the food and the drinks to lure her over to your side.

>>230058
My guess as to what happened:
The original dwarves knew they were getting close to striking adamantine and releasing the HFS. They modified their magma cannons, turning them inward so as to flood the fort if fired, thinking that magma was the only way to kill the HFS. HFS came, and everybody died. Some time later, an explorer came to reclaim the fort. He quickly located the control room and activated the cannon, causing most of the fort to flood with a shallow pool of magma (controlled by a few strategically placed drains). To celebrate he had lunch there. Unfortunately for him, however, the alcohol barrels had been ignited by the magma, so when he went down to get a fresher drink the barrels exploded in his face.

By the way, dwarven wood is a lot less flammable than normal wood. I've seen dwarves make wooden magma pumps that last for several days at a time. Maybe we could use that as a heat shield?

>>230079
... or not

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)20:37 No. 230180 ID: d560d6
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>>230081
>So get with the food and the drinks to lure her over to your side.

All the food and beverage stocks here appear to be mildly cremated; a trip back to the mansion would take some time and I am not sure that it would be wise to leave Mistress Jena any longer.

>>230065
>I guess we'll have to consider yanking one of those levers.
>>230080
>Pull the yellow lever instead.

Very good Sirs. What is, after all, the worst that could happen?

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)20:39 No. 230181 ID: d560d6
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>>230180

Hrrm. I can hear what I would presume is a drawbridge moving upstairs, and...

...bellows?

hmm, see if you can lean over and look upstairs.

LionsPhil 2010/09/12(Sun)20:45 No. 230185 ID: d560d6
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That...that, Sirs, was, unless I'm mistaken, a rather loud call to arms.

good thing all the dwarves are dead. also, see if it woke jena up.

Reset the lever. It wouldn't do for us to leave things untidy after all.

>>230185
It could have been worse, it could have been the worlds largest vuvuzela.

Get up and go check Jena again. Leave the lever in that position. Nobody will notice if it's untidy.

>>230185
I hope that didn't break your ears.

Anyway that probably woke Jena up. You should be able to get her to pull the red lever. That should shut off the lava flow.

LionsPhil 2010/09/13(Mon)19:12 No. 230497 ID: d560d6
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>>230215
>Reset the lever. It wouldn't do for us to leave things untidy after all.
>>230229
>Nobody will notice if it's untidy.

I would notice.

The sounds repeat, mercifully sans bellows this time.

>>230497
You would be the worst sabotour or vandal ever.

Ok, lets move onwards and check out Jena.

LionsPhil 2010/09/13(Mon)19:23 No. 230517 ID: d560d6
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>>230186
>see if it woke jena up.
>>230229
>Get up and go check Jena again.
>>230268
>Anyway that probably woke Jena up.

It would appear that she has indeed staggered uneasily to her feet again.

>You should be able to get her to pull the red lever.

"Ma'am, may I suggest you try the lev---"
"Buswald, would I have been stuck here living off of chewy biscuits and questionable wine for who knows how long if all I had to do to leave was pull one lever?"

I fear she's a little exasperated.

"I thought it might---"
"---control the floodgate which fills the channel with hot lava, yes. But there's nowhere for it to drain to once it's shut off. Which it is."

>>230517
Okay just tell her to move out of the room, then. We're going to quench it with water from the farm's flooding lever.

Go pull the blue lever once she's out of the way.

>>230517
We need to get it to drain then. Hopefully the blue lever will take care of that. Or the yellow one needs to be down as well as the blue one or something. Who knows how dorfs think?

indeed. we will activate the water flow.

>>230517
Tell her you came in from the island through a brand new entrance, and it's just up this ramp.

Of course, we can't be sure the island is even where you want to go, seeing how it's vanishing into ocean. I mean, I would rather deal with water than lava, but I'm sure Jena has at least some idea about all this. So ask her what the hell is going on.

Run plan fill-room-with-water by her first, to make sure she's okay with scalding hot steam going everywhere.

If not, go look for a drainage lever instead.

LionsPhil 2010/09/14(Tue)17:45 No. 230851 ID: d560d6
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>>230522
>Okay just tell her to move out of the room, then.
>>230602
>Run plan fill-room-with-water by her first, to make sure she's okay with scalding hot steam going everywhere.

"I might be able to flood the chamber with water, Ma'am."
"Great. Go, uh, do..."
"May I suggest you attempt to find somewhere to avoid the resultant steam?"
"...barrels."
"Ma'am?"
"I'll have a lie down back here on the barrels."

>>230533
>So ask her what the hell is going on.

"Would Ma'am happen to know what's going on with the island disappearing?"
"Go back up the ramp before the heat makes you any slower, Buswald."

...in retrospect, Mistress Jena has probably yet to observe the phenomenon in question.

>>230522
>Go pull the blue lever once she's out of the way.
>>230524
>Hopefully the blue lever will take care of that.

Right away.

>>230851
So, lets get going then. Chop chop you lazy piece of bolts and nuts. By the way, do you still have that axe? You might need it for chopping because of unforseeable events.

LionsPhil 2010/09/14(Tue)18:20 No. 230856 ID: d560d6
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>>230852
>So, lets get going then. Chop chop you lazy piece of bolts and nuts.

Sir's attempt to get a rise out of me is as laughable as it is ill-grounded.

>By the way, do you still have that axe? You might need it for chopping because of unforseeable events.

It would appear that I dropped it when Sirs' previous advice subjected me to a particularly loud performance of mechanised Dwarven music.

Nonetheless, such is my unshakable confidence that Sirs know what they are doing and are not, for example, merely suggesting actions for their passing amusement, I have hesitated not one whit in enthusiastically throwing the blue lever.

The rewards for my efforts are the sounds of moving floodgates and running water. So far, I have yet to notice any steam; on the upside, this is matched by a lack of pained screaming.

Shit. Follow the sound of the water.

>>230856
Lets go check out the room with the lava then. Could be that you just simply rerouted the lava flow into another area or something. Anyway time for examining the effects of your actions.

By the way, must say that's a very nice jacket. Goes very well with your colouration and tires.

>>230856
Check the farm, check the magma.

Are you waterproofed?

it JUST started. takes awhile for floodgates to totally flood a place.

>>230856
We're doing the best we can here. Even the most sensible of dwarven design is still touched by madness.

And I must say, what is laughable is likely for our mutual amusement. The situation is already too serious to then take too seriously. So lighten up, you thrice inverted pendulum.

Presumably, it's just taking awhile to overfill the farm. You should be able to look down the ramp and see if water's going to the forge and how fast. It'd be best if the magma was flooded at a relatively slow pace, perhaps managed by regularly opening and closing the gates.

If the farm's already overflooded, the water might be going in a different direction, like down the stairs (where there's probably more demons) so you'll have to lay down a bunch of stones to help angle it towards the forge.

>>230856
Okay, pull it again.

LionsPhil 2010/09/15(Wed)08:18 No. 231095 ID: d560d6
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>>230858
>Follow the sound of the water.
>>230860
>Check the farm

Ah. The floodgate in the doorway has closed to seal the farm from the rest of the fort. There is certainly water flowing on the other side of it, but we have been thwarted by uncharacteristically cautious Dwarven mechanics.

>>230860
>Are you waterproofed?

Water resistant. Rain is no cause for concern, but one would rather avoid being entirely submersed.

Give it another minute to get the farm good and overflowed, then pull the lever again.

flip the switch and then jam some rocks into the doorway so that the mechanism for the door breaks.

>>231095
Go see if there has been any change in the forge before you flip any more switches.

>>231096
Do this.

>>231098
No, this

You need some way to disable the floodgates or wedge them open before pulling the lever and making good your escape.

LionsPhil 2010/09/17(Fri)14:29 No. 231515 ID: d560d6
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>>231098
>>231166
>Go see if there has been any change in the forge before you flip any more switches.

Other than Mistress Jena disappearing---presumably into the back room---the forge remains unchanged.

>>231096
>>231116
>Give it another minute to get the farm good and overflowed, then pull the lever again.

So as to expedite Sirs' plans, I have taken the initiative of returning to the farm to survey the effects after doing so.

The mud is fresh, and pools of water remain, but there was no buildup to flood into the hallway.

>>231097
>jam some rocks into the doorway so that the mechanism for the door breaks.
>>231184
>You need some way to disable the floodgates or wedge them open

While this sounds like a plausible plan of attack, I fear Sirs will have to furnish me with specifics. I am not entirely convinced that the small stones in storage will be able to jam the door without forming a considerable pile, which may itself then stifle water flow.

>>231515
Grab the wrench from the workshop and disable the mechanisms on the entrance door.

>>231515
Grab wrench and axe and get to work on sabotaging that closing mechanism.

Holding the floodgate even two inches open will release a pretty sizable flow of water, so just a few of the larger stones will probably manage.
If you're serious about prying it way open, though, there appears to be solid stone chairs here: >>228736
And a freaking drill press here: >>229256
No way the flood gate's strong enough to crush that.
If you're strong enough to drag any of those things under the floodgate, it'll unleash a real torrent.

If that doesn't work, and you can't sabotage the flood gate mechanism itself, get a chisel from the workshop and chip away at the corner of the flood gate. Then use the condenser tube from the still to guide the water straight down towards the furnace.

>>231522
This.

LionsPhil 2010/09/17(Fri)15:34 No. 231526 ID: d560d6
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>>231516
>>231518
>Grab the wrench from the workshop and disable the mechanisms on the entrance door.

While matters mechanical are more Mistress Jena's forte, I shall attempt to---
SHUNK
---leave the closing mechanism alone before the large, stone floodgate seals me into this room.

>>231522
>>231523
>If you're serious about prying it way open, though, there appears to be solid stone chairs here

The chairs look manageable. On the upside, this adventure in amateur sabotage has hopefully limited the gate's crushing capability.

Hmm... were those shields in the stockpile room made of metal? That would work better if so.

>>231526
Well lets drag some chairs here then. Then get some flooding of this fortress under way, that should be fun.

LionsPhil 2010/09/17(Fri)17:33 No. 231553 ID: d560d6
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>>231527
>were those shields in the stockpile room made of metal?

Yes, although I am not convinced that they were designed to tolerate longitudinal compressive forces.

>>231528
>Well lets drag some chairs here then.

A sturdy rock throne is now---with some considerable difficulty---in position.

>Then get some flooding of this fortress under way

Very good Sir.

>>231553
Man, this is gonna be awesome. Too bad they don't have a "Flood the world with magma!" lever, or maybe they do and we just haven't found it yet.

For now we will just have to settle with flooding with water and some steam. Hmm, you might want to close the door to the water lever room. Anyway, lets go pull that lever.

LionsPhil 2010/09/17(Fri)18:01 No. 231558 ID: d560d6
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>>231557
>you might want to close the door to the water lever room.

The blue lever is up the ramp to the barracks, and indeed above the gaping hole to the outside world. Should Sirs' advice lead to this room becoming dangerously flooded, I daresay that rescuing Mistress Jena will cease to be a pressing concern.

>Anyway, lets go pull that lever.

Disappointingly little water flows out from the jammed door. While the chair agitates the flow, it is not obstructing it; the water level only looks roughly halfway up the mud marks this time.

What little water is trickling toward the forge appears to be drying out before it can have much effect.

>>231558
Oh the water isn't going to be the problem. The amount of very hot steam spreading might be one though. What with you being heat sensitive and all that. And all that moisture can't be good for you either.

Hmm, looks like it's time to get some carpentry tools and build a dam to direct the floodwater to the forge. Stop the flooding and get cracking on building that dam.

Oh for fuck's sake.

I bet it's set so the other doors won't open very far unless this one's closed, or something.

Well, that can't be helped. Turn off the water and make a crude inches-high barrier to encourage the water to at least flow in the right direction down the hallway. Make it out of rocks, with plump helmet spawn as mortar. Dump out a barrel of the spawn, then use the empty to carry rocks faster, then moosh them together. Shouldn't take too long, if you put some pep in your, uh, roll.

If it IS a case of the outer doors not opening unless the inner one's closed, you should try tipping the chair on its face so that gate can close further, while still leaving ample room to flood the place. That'll probably be faster than building a tiny disgusting wall out of rocks and mashroom.

LionsPhil 2010/09/17(Fri)19:08 No. 231566 ID: d560d6
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>>231559
>The amount of very hot steam spreading might be one though.

A good point. Regardless, this fortress appears to have suffered a severe shortage of doors. I shall have to place my faith in Z-levels and avoid dilly-dallying.

>>231561
>If it IS a case of the outer doors not opening unless the inner one's closed, you should try tipping the chair on its face so that gate can close further

Since the water level is quite low, I have taken the initiative of testing Sir's hypothesis before undertaking a time-consuming and laborious process such as improvisational hydrodynamic furniture arrangement, channeling or dam-building.

The other floodgates in the farm appear to be fully open. Unfortunately, one of them is quite considerable drain, guarded with heavy metal bars.

Deactivate the lever. Drag one of those wooden beds down into the farm and place it with the top surface flush with the drainage gate. Then try the lever again.

Instead of blocking the flow, let's just disable the mechanisms on the drainage gate.

>>231566
A shield would be the best thing to block that with. We shouldn't block it completely, otherwise we could completely flood the level below us and/or cause a huge steam explosion.

>>231570
Look up a few updates, we're not fucking with any of the machinery.

>>231575
We WANT it to remain closed though. Disabling the mechanisms drops the gate. Doing that to the entrance is bad, yes... doing that to the drain is good.

>>231601
We don't want to overshoot or we'll leave the place flooded and probably cause a massive steam explosion.

>>231566
Time for some more sabotage then. Shut down the flooding and get your trusty wrench and axe. This time you have to wreck the gaterising mechanism completly. So it's time for some good old blunt violence!

>>231650
We can just pull the lever again to shut off the flow.

LionsPhil 2010/09/18(Sat)16:06 No. 231731 ID: d560d6
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>>231568
>Drag one of those wooden beds down into the farm and place it with the top surface flush with the drainage gate.
>>231575
>A shield would be the best thing to block that with.
>>231570
>>231652
>just disable the mechanisms on the drainage gate.

The hallway door mechanism appears to have completely given up, so unfortunately there is no way to get large objects into the farm. It may be possible to manhandle a shield through the gap should the drainage gate prove too resili---

LionsPhil 2010/09/18(Sat)16:16 No. 231733 ID: d560d6
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>>231731
---why do I get the impression that Sirs are just waiting for me to fall in the fresh mud?

>>231733
I suspect a few of us are.

>>231733
Use the chair to help yourself upright.

>>231733
Why would we do something like that to your suit? And watch it, don't want the tail end to drag in the mud.

Now lets find those tools and get busy with solving all of our problems through some good old fashioned application of blunt force.

LionsPhil 2010/09/18(Sat)17:21 No. 231752 ID: d560d6
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>>231740
>Use the chair to help yourself upright.

I am pleased to see that Sir also is experienced in the art of gratuitously cheating at limbo.

>>231741
>Now lets find those tools and get busy with solving all of our problems through some good old fashioned application of blunt force.

The spanner proves uncharacteristically effective. I do not believe that this floodgate is going to be opening in a hurry.

Get out of there and pull the lever before Jena gets tired of standing on a barrel and/or drunk.

>>231761
I basically agree with this. Pull the lever, pop your head out to determine just how much water is flowing, then close it when you think there's enough water down in the forge to make it cool enough to pass.

>>231752
Most excellent. Now lets get to some good old leverpulling action.

==>

Careful not to leave the tap on for too long, though. Sentient fluffy things usually don't appreciate unexpected de-fluffing by water.

inb4 drownedsquirrelquest

LionsPhil 2010/09/22(Wed)12:51 No. 232805 ID: d560d6
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>>231761
>>231851
>>231891
>Pull the lever

(CUTSCENE)

LionsPhil 2010/09/22(Wed)12:53 No. 232807 ID: d560d6
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Steam is pouring up the ceiling of the ramp.

hopefully it is cool enough that it is safe down there now.

>>232807
You should probably put the lever back in the proper position. Just in case.

Also wait for the steam to die down a little then go on down and check it out.

>>232807
Great success. Now shut off the waterflow, push a bed against the door and give the steam 5 minutes to cool off before you go check on Jena.

Segue to the top of the furnace ramp to see what's cooking.

Be sure to get the number of a good dry cleaner's before you go in there.

LionsPhil 2010/09/25(Sat)11:49 No. 233771 ID: 2563d4
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>>232818
>You should probably put the lever back in the proper position. Just in case.

Sir's sense of neatness of admirable, especially given the unkempt surroundings. This lever shall stand as a bastion of tidiness in a veritable sea of discord.

>>232822
>push a bed against the door

If Sir will forgive my insolence, they're rather on the heavy side, and it would probably be better to take advantage of the ventilated nature of this room to allow the steam to escape.

>Also wait for the steam to die down a little
>give the steam 5 minutes to cool off before you go check on Jena.

My culinary expertise does not extend to proper steaming times for oversized squirrels, but I would hazard a guess that I have waited long enough. The flow of steam is abating.

okay then, let's check it out.

Get in there!

>>233771
Head on down. Try not to get condensation anywhere important.

LionsPhil 2010/09/25(Sat)16:51 No. 233849 ID: 2563d4
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>>233775
>let's check it out
>>233779
>Get in there!
>>233839
>Head on down.

While still hot, the channel of magma is now quite traversable.

There is no sign of Mistress Jena.

>Try not to get condensation anywhere important.

Sir is familiar with the itching sensation it causes?

next room

(choo choo)

Check her hiding spot. Prepare to administer medical assistance.
If she's not there, call for her.

LionsPhil 2010/09/27(Mon)19:35 No. 234923 ID: 2563d4
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>>233885
>Check her hiding spot.
>>233857
>next room

Astoundingly, Mistress Jena appears to be exactly where she said she would be. And also entirely unconscious.

>(choo choo)

Perhaps the abundance of steam is reminding Sir of a joyful youth spent running a model railway?

poke her nose to wake her up. if that fails then flip the switch that makes the horn go off again.

>>234923
Smack her around until she wakes up.

Pull her tail Jeeves. That will surely wake her up. :3

Stuff her in a barrel and roll it to safety.

>>234923
Well then, go wake her up and if she's unresponsive them carry her out from this dorfen death trap.

Whisper the names of various nuts and nut dishes in her ear.

>>234944
>>Stuff her in a barrel and roll it to safety.

No, no.
Stuff your "barrel" into her and roll you both to safety.

>>235245
That was terrible and I don't think he even has one

Either pick her up or do something painful to wake her up. I'd tell you to kick the barrels over, but then I realized...

LionsPhil 2010/09/28(Tue)20:12 No. 235468 ID: 2563d4
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>>234930
>flip the switch that makes the horn go off again

I shall be more than glad to as soon as Sir comes up with a truly ingenious plan to trigger the lever from a suitably safe distance.

>>234931
>>234933
>>234944
>>235245

Apparently Sirs are having difficulty with the finer points of civilized behaviour. I am happy to assist by providing a role model for you for properly gentlemanly conduc---

>>235310
>I'd tell you to kick the barrels over, but then I realized...

---oh, piss off.

>>235310
>>234990
>carry her out from this dorfen death trap

Right away. Why, I can almost smell the promise of fresh air.

LionsPhil 2010/09/28(Tue)20:13 No. 235469 ID: 2563d4
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...

Euch.

... let's just get out and worry about that later.

>>235469
Man, even squirrel girl couldn't stomach the passive aggression you were hurling at us.

You can cease spewing your venomous words. We get what's up, chuck, and we all know a gag order when we see one.


Also clean up your coat that's disgusting

Almost but not quite.

Incidentally both squirrels and girls can become quite inebriated when left with nothing to eat but dorfen wine or old rotten berries. The treatment is similar between the two. Fluids and electrolytes until the body has flushed itself of whatever swill she's been drinking. Water and pretzels, basically. A compelling analogy does not present itself, as I am unaware of the nature of your power source.

Keep moving. Get your metal and her sweet ass out of there. Don't worry about the mess. Getting out is more important.

Could you lift her tail up so we can get a better view? Nah, I'm just kidding.

LionsPhil 2010/09/29(Wed)18:14 No. 236076 ID: 2563d4
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>>235475
>...let's just get out
>>235876
>Get your metal and her sweet ass out of there.

It is quite a relief to see an environment composed of shades other than grey. The force of water apparently blasted the seed barrels out and down the mountain, which at least meant that they weren't there to collide with while trying to maneuver under the low doorway.

It is getting dark.

LionsPhil 2010/09/29(Wed)18:17 No. 236079 ID: 2563d4
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With the cliff path severed, the lookout point is now inaccessible. So much for quiet contemplation.

Hmmm.... head to the mansion, please.

Go home.

Head for the mansion. I bet it's full of clues and/or annoying puzzles.

The island is presumably disappearing because the draw magic that created it is running out. Since you two were made of the same stuff, do you have any insight on if you have any more permanence than the island? If so, consider just grabbing a boat and making for another island.

>>235468
You have olfactory facilities?

Head for the mansion. There's probably a note on the fridge telling us where to find our friendly neighborhood drawfag.

>>236079
inb4thebridgeisout

>>236138

Don't be silly. We all know draw magic doesn't just run out. Unless that is, someone were so foolish as to...

oh god did Drawfag make island using water based ink

>>236346
He used a tablet, clearly.

Maybe..... maybe, he's erasing things? D:

LionsPhil 2010/09/30(Thu)19:09 No. 236629 ID: 2563d4
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>>236087
>>236097
>>236138
>>236276
>Mansion.

Very good. Mistress Jena should be able to sleep off the effects of her incarceration there.

>>236171
>You have olfactory facilities?

I must apologise for confusing Sir with my use of figurative language. I shall attempt to refrain from further simile, analogy, or euphemism unless strictly necessary.

>>236346
>oh god did Drawfag make island using water based ink

Styluses are not known for their use of ink of any kind. Perhaps Sir has mistaken his for a quill.

>>236138
>...the draw magic that created it is running out. Since you two were made of the same stuff...

I fear that Sir is operating under a fundamental misconception which lies at the very crux of Sir's reasoning.

The stylus' charge ran out four years before my time.

>>236629
Drawfag's good with tech too?

>>236632

Drawfag has a goatee. That automatically makes him a whiz at anything technological.

>>236629
And he had no solar panel charger for electrical devices? Or at least had drawn up his own big "shack o'batteries and electic thingies"? Seems a bit short sighted, or are the limitations we are unaware of?

>I shall attempt to refrain from further simile, analogy, or euphemism unless strictly necessary.
No need, I think that was the only sense we weren't quite clear on. Although you clearly lack a nose, an olfactory mechanism is hardly ruled out. Please, continue with the analogies and such. You may even refer to appendages you clearly lack.

LionsPhil 2010/10/01(Fri)08:48 No. 236883 ID: 2563d4
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>>236632
>Drawfag's good with tech too?
>>236645
>Drawfag has a goatee. That automatically makes him a whiz at anything technological.

On the contrary, my simplistic design still proved quite taxing for Master Angry to construct. Had I legs I don't doubt that they would have joints in all the wrong places and only three toes.

Admittedly he wasn't entirely at his best back then.

>The stylus' charge ran out four years before my time.
Yes, but he used it to make the island, right? Maybe the things it creates aren't inherently permanent, just long-lasting.
>Had I legs I don't doubt that they would have joints in all the wrong places and only three toes.
Well, he does like tozols.

Perhaps he's "deleted the file" of the island?

Perhaps it's time to move to the mansion and find some sort of balm to soothe mistress Jena's no doubt splitting-headache-to-come?

As a butler, I do hope you know how to make the-day-after tonics.

LionsPhil 2010/10/06(Wed)19:45 No. 239640 ID: 2563d4
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>>236745
>And he had no solar panel charger for electrical devices?

My apologies, for I have clearly not spelt this out sufficiently clearly for Sir. I shall endeavour to use shorter, more concise phrases.

The stylus does not lack electricity.

The stylus lacks the mysterious glowing powers granted it by the Titilator.

Electrical power to the island is provided by a geothermal plant on the north-western corner of the volcano.

>>236895
>Yes, but he used it to make the island, right?

Sir is correct.

>Maybe the things it creates aren't inherently permanent, just long-lasting.

Perhaps, although to fail spontaneously after thirteen years would be a peculiar cutoff.

>>238160
>Perhaps it's time to move to the mansion

If Sirs will bear with me, it has been quite a distance. The mansion is not a great deal further beyond this bridge.

>As a butler, I do hope you know how to make the-day-after tonics.

Such duties do indeed fall within my remit and expertise.

oh god, do you have any thrusters or something to make you go REALLY fast? my murphy sense says the bridge will fail while you are on it.

Haha narrow, long rope bridge, almost to the mansion, it is so going to get deleted out from under you.

Cross the bridge immediately instead of waiting a few seconds to think about it first.

>>239640
Cross, quickly.

>>239640
Hmm, this looks quite dangerous. It also seems likely that Rollo, fickle god of random chance that he is, will choose the exact moment when you're in the middle to cut away the bridge, but then possibly allow you and Jenna to survive through some miracoulus chance.

Oh well, nothing else for it. Cross that bridge at full speed!

Cross the bridge. If it's going to disappear under you with ironic timing, it'll do so anyway no matter how much you wait.

Cross the bridge at normal speed. going faster will be more bumpy and put more stress on the bridge, making it more likely to break.

>>239957
Changing my vote to this.

Carefully go across bridge, keep a tight hold on Jena and the other on the rope. If it gets deleted, or breaks, grab hold of that using your robot strength.

Cross the bridge.

LionsPhil 2010/10/14(Thu)15:14 No. 243521 ID: 2563d4
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Sirs are paranoid.

LionsPhil 2010/10/14(Thu)15:15 No. 243522 ID: 2563d4
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Finally, we have arrived.

...the lights are out.

Turn them on. If you don't have elictricity it shouldn't be a problem. Bring mistress Jena to her bed, before getting the first aid kit and a flashlight or some candles. As the buttler of this place you should find your way in the dark building eyes closed.

Make light by setting things on fire!

Make light by setting things on fire!

>>243524
Yeah, this pretty much.
Wait, you're a robot last we checked right? shouldn't you be able to see in the dark with your robo eyes, or something?

Buswald, what do your robot eyes see?

actually, we said it was going to happen so much that it became unfunny so the bridge was left alone.

>>243522
Locate the light switch, see if the power's out.

>>243531

justasplanned.jpg

If the door's locked, just wake up Jena and toss her through a window. Or knock on the door. Make your eyes glow

>>243522
Well then, have to put them on again then. Hopefully there's still some power. Otherwise we're gonna have to use the back up generator. There is one right?

LionsPhil 2010/10/30(Sat)17:47 No. 250397 ID: 2563d4
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>>243524
>Bring mistress Jena to her bed
Mercifully, the LCD skylight is permitting sufficient moonlight to put Mistress Jena to bed. Bumbling around in the dark with armfuls of squirrelgirl would be likely to result in extensive property damage.

>candles
>>243526
>Make light by setting things on fire!
While setting things on fire is indeed a fine course of action for producing light, I feel I should perhaps be somewhat selective as to the 'things' in question lest I, once again, cause extensive property damage. To that end, I believe there should be candles in the basement.

>>243528
>shouldn't you be able to see in the dark with your robo eyes, or something?
Lamentably, my "robo eyes" are but cheap webcams.

>>243709
>Make your eyes glow
Sir has perhaps overlooked that emitting light from my eyes would be rather counterproductive to the objective of detecting light with them.

>>243718 et. al.
>put [the lights] on again then. Otherwise we're gonna have to use the back up generator.
The exterior lights are controlled by a timer switch, which has stopped. Unfortunately, it has stopped because it is no longer powered; a condition which also afflicts the internal lighting. The backup generator should the geothermal plant need downtime would be the Drawmobile's alternator. Sirs can presumably appreciate the problem with using that at this time.

Hey, Robutler do you know if there are any matches or lighters around? If so you should secure those and then snag some candles out of the basement.

Also, is there a boat on this island? Might want to think about grabbing it later in case shit keeps disappearing.

>>250397
Anything interesting in those doors?

>>250397
this is quite a sad development. pehaps its time to pack your stuff and check other places.

unless you need sleep or anything like it. then, you should pack tomorrow.

>>250397
Well crap. Not much else you can do right now then. Or well, you could go outside and make some preparations for cooking a hangover curing breakfast for when Jena wakes up. Then I guess go into idle mode until morning.

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>>250458
>Anything interesting in those doors?

I suspect the doors contain nothing more desperately fascinating than the odd woodworm. Since the axe remains up at the dwarven fortress we shall have to merely speculate on what else we might have discovered should I be willing to violently disassemble them.

>>250436
>Do you know if there are any matches or lighters around?

There should be matches in the kitchen. I shall fetch them on the way to the candles.

>Is there a boat on this island?

Down at the pier.

It leaks.

>>250464
>Unless you need sleep or anything like it.

Daydreaming from the mountainous vantage point means my working memory is not yet full.

>>250611
>Go outside and make some preparations for cooking a hangover curing breakfast for when Jena wakes up

Preparing to deal with Jena's hangover is a good plan, although perhaps one best acted upon from within the confines of the mansion.

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...candles are down here somewhere...

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Match from the room above...light.

Well. That was pleasingly straightforward.

... flee as fast as you can.

Buswald, there is a giant spider behind you.
And by giant, I mean bigger then you.

Perhaps you should take evasive maneuvers and get the HELL OUT OF THERE!

Calmly leave.

Wait, would the spider even attack us? We're a robot and lack the succulent meat juices that a giant spiders would crave.

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO