have some of that pizza

maybe someone's been here before you ? try not to mess with the trap, just carefully make your way through the connector. check out the rod i suppose.

>>350035
No source of light? Isn't your staff glowing?

Grab the rod and check the next house. We should investigate the top level before going down any trap doors that are conveniently blocked.

Take the rod.

>>350035

The people on the walls are carrying three artifacts towards some sort of creature or thing over on the right of the door. One of the artefacts seems to be that golden rod on the floor, the others are a... box? And some sort of knobbly ball-thing. They seem important, so acquiring them and seeing if the walls explain what they do seems like a hood plan of action.

If there seems to be more wall painting behind the rubble, see if you can prise some loose with your staff to get a look. Otherwise check out the pale rubble in the middle of the room then explore the other parts of the building.

Starit 2011/09/21(Wed)08:34 No. 351066 ID: f5e4b4
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>>350139

I turned the staff off, and I can still see with no problems. There's no light radiating off the walls or nothing, it's like... like I could see in the dark. I don't know, this is pretty weird.

I grab the golden rod, which isn’t made of actual gold, or it’d be rather useless. I try to pry the rubble on the right , but the rocks are too heavy to budge just with my own strenght. There’s nothing of interest under the rocks at the left side of the room.

This place is creepy, I think I heard something, a sound, like a gurgle coming from the half-blocked trapdoor. But maybe it’s just my imagination.

I was referring to the rubble blocking the trapdoor... Nevermind, you can't beat a gurglemonster with your current equipment. go check out the nearby buildings if they're enterable.

Perhaps you should FULLY block the trap door.

get the ell outta ere

Starit 2011/09/24(Sat)09:22 No. 351935 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I leave the room, I don’t feel too comfortable around here anyways. The door leads to thin rock bridge, connecting two of the buildings over a deep chasm. And... there’s someone here. Some sort of cyplopean creature. It has something on his hands. Looks like a... box? Or a golden floor tile. What should I do?

he looks unarmed, so... say hello?

Suggestion 2011/09/26(Mon)15:44 No. 352920 ID: f5e4b4
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“H-hey! Hello?”

The creature turns its long neck around in an unnatural way and just stares at my, vibrating, growling progressively louder.

hold out the golden rod. if it charges then kill it in the eye.

say hey, and show it your glowing

>>352920
Smash it off the bridge

take cover in case of EYE LAZORS

for your information, I'm not kidding.

Suggestion 2011/10/07(Fri)07:36 No. 356556 ID: f5e4b4
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”H-hey! You like this?”

I show him the golden rod, and indeed, that seems to calm him down. It stops vibrating and snarling, and just stares the rod intensely, slowly approaching me, walking with disjointed, ungraceful steps, still clutching the other golden object in its claws. It doesn’t say anything, just slowly comes closer, without blinking, just staring at the rod... It’s still creeping me out, what do I do?

you get back into the building before those things in the background with the red glowing eyes decides you're edible after all.

if the cyclops guy follows you inside, just hand over the rod.

>>356561
This. Except by "hand over the rod" he means "bash the thing with it until it dies."

i vote to set it on the ground and back off.

man ask if it knows a way out even though it probably wont answer. go back inside too dddd give up the rod if you have to

Suggestion 2011/10/08(Sat)06:10 No. 356735 ID: f5e4b4
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I retreat back into the building and leave the rod on the ground. The creature just peeks inside enough to reach with its deformed arm and grab the cylinder and scamper off, making weird, gurgling sounds. I try to ask something but it’s too late, the creature leaves, taking both the rod and the golden square with it.

follow it!

Starit 2011/10/09(Sun)07:33 No. 357024 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I run after the creature... all this jumping and running around can’t be good for my health, I think I have palpitations...

And the little bugger is faster than me. It disappears in the other building, I just catch a glimpse of him before he vanishes through the door.

Hmm... looks like some fumes are coming up from the darkness below. They smell kind of bad, I shouldn’t probably hang around for too long, they might be poisonous.

enter the building it entered.

oh god it's like eversion.

Don't cross that bridge. I smell tentacle.
Also turn your staff back on.

Starit 2011/10/11(Tue)12:20 No. 357475 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I follow the creature inside the next building. It looks a lot like the previous one, a circular room falling apart, with no furniture or decoration except for some weird, deteriorated paintings on the walls.

But there’s a horrible stench here and... Ghhk... Oh gods, what are those things!? The first one was ugly, but this is just plain grotesque. Two more creatures, each more disgusting stand in the room, gnarling and growling like animals, like communicating with each other in a feral language. They all seem to have a golden item in their hands, the square, the rod I gave them, and a golden gear. They haven’t noticed me yet.

there is a green circle on the wall over there, maybe it is that green orb you got? take it out, maybe it will react to things?

Sneakily sneak into that middle door.

i think these guys know whats up and that illustration is probably about the orbs ! you know what has to be done ..........

>>357475
crab walk into the middle room under the triangle going "WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP"

Starit 2011/10/12(Wed)04:22 No. 357668 ID: f5e4b4
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I couldn’t find the courage to walk up to those things, they’re just repulsive! And when II was about to sneak towards the middle room, they waddled and crawled towards it. They seem to be in a hurry, and they took the golden items with them.

tail 'em, dude.

You should probably be in a hurry too. Y'know, due to the shadowy hands reaching out to grab you and all.

take out the green orb dude.

aaaa

Something appears to have noticed you. You should get out of here before the shadowy hands get you. Try the middle door.

Suggestion 2011/10/14(Fri)03:26 No. 358095 ID: f5e4b4
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I tail them. As deformed as they look, they can move rather quickly. The middle door leads to a long passageway that returns to the main cave, and from there they quickly climb up the stairs to the large, golden building.

The building doesn’t have any signs, any inscriptions, engravings or anything in its perfectly polished surface. Just a single door and the creatures disappear through it. The sound of machinery and clockwork is more intense here.

keep on followin'.

gosh shadowy hands go away !!1 at some point we have to figure out whats with that and how much actual danger it may be, but for now we kick reason to the curb; wizarding glory awaits

Keep following.

The orb has started glowing. This may be a bad sign.

Suggestion 2011/10/17(Mon)02:42 No. 358878 ID: f5e4b4
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The door leads to a long, ascending staircase. When I’m already thinking that it’s never going to end, it abruptly opens into a small room, with more paintings on the wall. I arrive just in time to see one of the creatures insert the golden tile into a space with the same shape in the wall, and a door opens. Two of the creatures rush inside, obviously in a hurry.

But the third one, the one I met first, saw me this time. And again, it doesn’t look too happy about it, snarling and growling like a hungry animal.

show it the green orb, if that fails then be ready to beat it with your staff.

>>358880
wizard goood
wiz ard

I... think it's actually trying to escape. Look at the mural. Three people, three items and a ship flying out of a building. Don't those shapes look familiar? Last I check, a ancient flying machine would be a artifact. Especially one that is most likely golden from a lost city.

Show the orb, try to gesture that you don't like the shadowy hands, anything really. This is our chance to get the hell out of here and have more than a orb stuck to us.

who cares? its limbs are as thick as noodles. if it doesn't let you follow it, just bash its head in.

Its objections to your presence should be overruled. You don't deserve to die here.

Starit 2011/10/18(Tue)07:20 No. 359140 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I’ll try to reason with him, show him the orb. And if he doesn’t attend to reason I’ll just shove him aside.

“Look, wizard good. Wiz ard. Only want to escape too. Wiza--”

“HISSSSSSSSSSS”

Aaargh, shit! He doesn’t look happy! At all! And I’m not very confident about pushing him aside anymore!

run past !

use sharp beak of staff and STAB IT IN THE EYE!

if staff fails then pour all your magic mojo into the orb and make it fire a green laser or something.

make like your staff is a baseball bat.

Starit 2011/10/19(Wed)08:10 No. 359394 ID: f5e4b4
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I’ll try to swing the staff and stab the creature in the eye with the sharp beak!

SNAP

...Damn, that thing is fast. What do I do now!?

jam staff forward the end is pointy now. if that fails then GREEN LASER!

"aww dude come on, that stick was fucking ace as shit. Dammit, just let me go forward, I don't care about you and your fellows doing your thing. GO AND DO YOUR THING, I can go left while you go right I'm just looking for a way outta here plus one decent artifact or two! That's it, we don't need to fucking fight man what is your problem."

save the green laser for now. stab it in the eye.

Starit 2011/10/20(Thu)13:21 No. 359647 ID: f5e4b4
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IIIIIAARGGHHHH!

I pushed the broken staff into the creature’s eye! It’s blinded now, shrieking in pain, flailing about and screaming horribly. Spurts of its corrosive saliva are flying in all directions.

Alright brah dodge and run to the other room, maybe even do a role! Gonna have to try and get away from all the acid, cover your head while keeping it low and stuff!

go around it by getting against the wall with the picture.

put the bag over your head and run past it

>>359647
Throw your bitchin' wand stick to the left side of the room to distract him, then go round him to the right.

too bad you don't have a sword, it would be the ideal time to chop off his head at his skinny neck...

yeah, dash past it.

Starit 2011/10/23(Sun)03:23 No. 360191 ID: f5e4b4
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I manage to slip into the next room backing up against the wall. But this new room isn’t looking any better

Looks like they’ve introduced the golden gear in a hole in the wall. The walls vibrate with the sound of a huge clockwork mechanism. But what’s worse... there’s some freaky shadow creeping in from a hole in the wall! It’s practically blocking the way, and I don’t think I should let it touch me!

fire green laser at shadow! if that doesn't work then just hold it out and use the orb to stop shadows from touching you, it is glowing.

ask it politely to leave you alone

Hurry along the wall, staying as far away from that exposed corner as possible.

Hop around like a motherfucker

maybe the orb will repel it.

Starit 2011/10/25(Tue)04:38 No. 360941 ID: f5e4b4
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I don’t know where did that idea of the orb shooting lasers come from but I don’t--

ZWOOM!

Whoa! D-did you see that!? When I pulled it out and focused on it... well, it didn’t shoot a beam, or anything, but this kind of... shield appeared. It looks like the shadows are retreating from it!

Move yer butt!

don't waste time who knows how long it will last, to the next room.

taunt it a little and pace up to it a bit first hehe

the one who gave you the orb said it'd have a price, so don't toy with the orb. it's probably slowly eating your soul or making you sterile or something. so, uh, hurry.

Starit 2011/10/28(Fri)16:06 No. 361835 ID: f5e4b4
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Yeah, the shield seems to be flickering, I better hurry up to the next room.

The hell... This isn’t getting any better. The floor in this room is partially collapsed, but there’s like a metallic tower in the center, and going through the ceiling. The door is open, and in front of it is other one of those creeps, growling menacingly, with the golden staff in its hand.

The last creature is growling and screaming desperately: one of those shadow hands has grabbed him and is pulling him down into the dark pit. And more of those smoke-hands are coming up, this doesn’t look good.

turn the shield off and get as close as you can, then right before a hand grabs you turn it back on. if the hand is in the radius of the shield it may get destroyed.

attempt to free the creature with the last of the shielding ! it's got to earn you some points

>>361836

too risky.

>>361837

this. obviously monsters don't have to be dicks.

Starit 2011/10/30(Sun)08:58 No. 362300 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I lunge forward and try to touch one of those hands with the shield, but the recoil back as soon as they notice my presence. The one grabbing the creature drags him down into the darkness. I don’t think I can do much for him. Actually, I think I should worry about myself, the shield is almost gone!

the other creature is holding out the rod, grab it!

and then dive into the door.

get to the hellevator !

Grab rod, escape into... whatever this is.

Grab the Rod. It's vital to whatever these damned souls planned, and it's obviously more important to them than life itself. Take it and get into the dark chamber.

Another vote for rod + door.

and hurry the fuck up.

Starit 2011/10/31(Mon)12:17 No. 362709 ID: f5e4b4
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Oh gods, they’re everywhere! I grab the golden rod just a second before the hands drag the other creature into the abyss and I dart inside the tower, or whatever it is.

The door leads to a tall ladder, that ends up in a small room, with a chair and some kind of control panel. It looks a bit like the ones the flying ships have, but this one doesn’t make any sense! It has a lot of glowing bulbs of different colors an unlabeled switches.

does the rod fit in that empty lever slot thing? if not then i bet it drops into the funnel. if it does fir then make it attach and pull it up or down.

press all the buttons pull all the levers turn all the dials flip all the switches

>>362710
try to do this and put your orb over where that funnel is.

Maybe the golden rod is a handle that forms a lever when combined with the vertical disc in the lower right?

>>362733
That's what I'm thinking as well.

insert that firm rod into that tight slit over there.

Starit 2011/11/01(Tue)13:44 No. 363025 ID: f5e4b4
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Yes! The rod fits in the slot, like a lever. I’m just gonna pull it and

The entire structure starts buzzing and shaking,

AAaaaaaah! What is haaaappening?

Starit 2011/11/01(Tue)13:45 No. 363026 ID: f5e4b4
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BAUM!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Starit 2011/11/01(Tue)13:47 No. 363028 ID: f5e4b4
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“...Hmmm... It’s been like, twelve hours already?”

“Yeah, more or less. I think we can consider that young Pherguson failed the tes--”

Starit 2011/11/01(Tue)13:47 No. 363029 ID: f5e4b4
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CRASH!


“WHAT THE...!?

Starit 2011/11/01(Tue)13:48 No. 363030 ID: f5e4b4
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“...There seems to be a door here... Hey, isn’t this unconscious fellow our young student, Mr. Pherguson?”

“Indeed he is!... And he’s even alive!”

“Well, I guess this counts very well as a valuable artifact, so he passed the test!”

“Marvelous... Now I think we should take him to the infirmary, I’m not a man of medicine but I don’t think that the arms of a healthy man should be able to bend that far behind his own back.”

pretty SHORT chapter

>>363077
Compact, you mean.