2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)13:01 No. 512674 ID: c3663c
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With that, Zirkala leaves to terrorize the caverns for reasons I may have forgotten or not quite fully understood. She tells me to entertain myself, but that only leaves so many options to Muo and I! She stares at me quite expectantly, putting upon my shoulders the entire duty of finding something to do, limited to a single room.

>reasons I may have forgotten or not quite fully understood
I think it's a reputation thing. If the local lich doesn't spend some time acting like a lich, people forget they're supposed to fear or respect her.

>something to do all day locked in a bedroom.
Well, there's the obvious suggestion, but I doubt even you have the stamina to keep that up for a whole day.

There's always story telling, I suppose. Oh, uh, some kind of chaos antics, like shrinking down and playing a board game from the inside out.

>>512674
are you seriously asking what to do now or are you being sarcastic? i honestly can't tell.

this is looking like a good start to a new thread.

Music practice! Hey, can Muo play an instrument or sing?

Well what do we have in the room to keep us occupied? Other than breasts I mean.

is it just me or is the red dot in Zirkala's eye new?

As for things to do what exactly do you even have in this room to do, any board games, books, anything to help kill time. Even if it is boring you do have a chaos mage with you so that should instantly make things far more interesting.

Do you also have any food, water, or even a bathroom in here? it would make this day a lot more comfortable since you can't exactly leave this room.

And you have all day I don't think you should jump instantly to sex, you are a gentlemen after all.

Oh make sure to ask Muo what she would like to do.

Well story seeker, what about working on some of those stories? Even if many of the events you experienced didn't actually happen and the telling of them would be fiction, strictly speaking, they can still make for some intriguing tales. Practice on telling those stories with Muo in ways that do not incriminate yourself or complicate matters otherwise, remove the specifics or make new ones up.

Also, sex.

>>512675
>I doubt even you have the stamina to keep that up for a whole day.
Doesn't mean he can't try. We'll just consider it more exercise. If he looses time to tell stories, well so be it.

>>512680
>is it just me or is the red dot in Zirkala's eye new?
I think that's part of the whole "looking jolly' thing.

>make it exercise
Completely takes the fun out of it.

Ask Tom for ideas. This can only go well.

1/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)13:55 No. 512689 ID: c3663c
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>Is it just me or is the red dot in Zirkala's eye new?
I believe she thinks that it is scarier like that! Or, more likely, she thinks that others think that it is more scary like that.

"What would you like to do, Muo?"
>"I dunno." well, it was worth a try.

>Sex
I would say this is where my thoughts would lead me, but it is impossible to lead me to a place I am already at!

While I may not normally do such a thing all day, extenuating circumstances have made certain activities far more tempting.

2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)13:55 No. 512691 ID: c3663c
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However, in this case, it is a two party activity, and as soon as one person grows weary, the activity is no longer worth doing. Eventually, I feel that perhaps I should practice my magic!

Bardic Spell Casted: Read mood.

My spellcasting has informed me that although Muo has had a fine start of the day, she can only be entertained by these antics for so long. This would be a good time to stop, and now we return to our original dilemma!

>Do you also have any food, water, or even a bathroom in here?
Uh. We have the last one!

"Muo, are you hungry?"
>"Yes, I was going to ask..."
"This is problematic! I may wish to sneak out to the kitchen to bring enough food back so that we do not spend the day hungry, alas, I am uncertain of what my chances of success are in this endeavor!
>"Would you like me to ask Tom for ideas?"
"I have been doing my best in ignoring his presence, for reasons up till now!"

Yes stealth it up to the kitchen and get some snacks. Maybe Tom can help with some chaos magic but try not to overdo it on the chaos end. Zirkala might not be happy to come back home to skeletons dancing through the ruins of her now upside down base.

Do you have any bardic magic that would lend well to sneaking about? Undead can be easier or harder to fool depending on how you go about it.

well if you went into slim mode do you think you could slip under the door to see if the skeleton crew is anyway nearby. Don't go out all the way just enough to see what is on the other side.

Also how far away is the kitchen and how do you plan to bring it back into this room if the door is locked. and are there any other ways out of the room other then the front door.

Well, that went well.

>spell
Oh hey, we can read moods now? Neato! That's handy in all kinds of ways!

>Tom
Well... he probably could provide food, but the results would likely be as problematic as leaving the room, if not worse. Especially since he could cause the most chaos by getting you out of the room and into whatever is going on out there.

>sneaking out
All right. What exits are there here? Just the door? No ventilation or anything else?

If the door is locked, we'll need a way to open it. (...did we ever learn the bardic escape bedroom spell?).

Might want to start by having Muo take advantage of her slime-form and peek an eye under the door or through the lock. Is there a guard to make sure we stay put?

I notice he is absent from her neckline, which is a nice bit of tact on his part. I say go back to the storytelling practice thing, and when that burns out then ask ol' random for advice.

>>512696
Or, you know, the lady removed her one article of clothing before letting Story entertain her.

>>512691
Sure, ask Tom if he can get us food somehow, but let's keep in mind that Zirkala was quite serious. Much as I would like to know what her research was about and how she would use what she learned... I am more worried about her than the people in the caverns. She seems to feel that she has to protect this place.

Hey, ask Muo if she knows much about the Scythe Moon and the legends surrounding it.

1/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)14:45 No. 512703 ID: c3663c
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>Do you have any bardic magic that would lend well to sneaking about?
Yes! I have done a fair bit of work in suppressing or strengthening noise. I can probably do it quite easily!

"Do you know anything about the scythe moon, perchance?"
>"Nope."
"Then we are on the same level! And nevermind that last notion, please ask if Tom has any ideas!"
>"He says we're on our own."
"So be it! Muo, can you peek under the door for me?"
>"Yep. Coast is clear."
"Good. Now, what to do about this lock. I don't believe Zirkala magically sealed it, but oddly, this room has both an inside and outside lock! As far as I can see, there is no other way out of this room.
>"Can't you lockpick it?"
"Now what makes you think I could do such an act?"
>"You're a kobold, right?"
"Muo, that's racist!"

2/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)14:46 No. 512704 ID: c3663c
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"Also statistically validated, in this case!"
>"Where did you even get that..."
"I am a kobold!"

click

3/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)14:46 No. 512705 ID: c3663c
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And now, to quiet myself, and move to the kitchen!

...Damn mimics

uh, shut the door?

Better idea. Ask it to get you some food.

>skeleton crew
... lol

Poke that eye.

Welp.

You're were only told to not leave the room, and despite opening the door you have not yet left the room.

So you're good.

Stay in your room, but ask it if it can get food for you or if it can pass the message along to someone or something that can.

Unless the wall counts as undead, in which case you've made eye contact with the undead and you're screwed.

Um... hello? Eye see you?

(Have we even made it to the kitchen, or is this thing right outside our door?).

Crap you made eye contact. It might have just been Zirkala being mysterious as usual but we should be careful in case she had to mass control all her undead for whatever she has planned.

Probably should be ok but watch out in case all of her servants have general terrorize the living orders for the night.

1/6 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)15:56 No. 512723 ID: c3663c
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>"It would appear you are breaking the rules, kobold."
"I disagree! Zirkala has informed me I am not to leave the room, but she said nothing about unlocking the door! As you can see, my feet and all body parts remain behind the doorline!"
>"Yes, because I opened my eye before you left."
"Therefore, I have not broken any rules, even if I was going to! Breaking the rules in the future is not breaking the rules in the present, am I not correct?"
>"I... what?"
"I believe Zirkala, and myself, had forgotten this morning that I need some food! Might you get a skeleton to fetch some for me and my friend?"
>"... yeah. Fine. Okay."

2/6 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)15:56 No. 512724 ID: c3663c
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"Muo, do you know how to sing or play instruments?"
>"Nope."
"I believe our problem is solved thus far, Muo! Or will be shortly! Until then, now it is time to put what thought I have into how to occupy, lest we become part of Zirkala's undead legions by way of boredom."

>Give the room a look over to see what's around
The dressers are filled with clothes that, although once lavish, do not appear to have been worn in decades, if not centuries! Yet they remain in oddly pristine collection, as though moths would not dare trifle with such fine wear, and their shapes seem to indicate being fit for a wide range of creatures.

3/6 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)15:56 No. 512725 ID: c3663c
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Cupboards are mostly empty, but one set holds games! Things from warfare simulations, to decks of cards, to classic board games. They are all centuries old as well, and I certainly do not even recognize how to use the deck of cards! There are instructions, however, and so I may peruse further if I so desire.

4/6 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)15:57 No. 512726 ID: c3663c
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There is also the pile of treasure from last week's, if I may call it a week's, adventure.

5/6 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)15:57 No. 512727 ID: c3663c
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There is a bookshelf as well! It has books! A lot!

6/6 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)15:57 No. 512728 ID: c3663c
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And behind the bookshelf, is a secret entrance.

>"How did you know...?"
"Kobold!"

Lick the eye.
Maybe such affection with pacify it.

lets save the passage for later as I'm very curious to see how a board game mixed with chaos magic would work.

>secret passage!
Tempting, but if we leave now, we'll miss our room service when it arrives! Plus, then the eye guys would know we snuck out. If we want to explore that, it'll have to wait till later.

>what do?
Combine everything! Dress up in silly costumes, combine the cards and board games into one big crossover game, and use the treasure as monopoly money, game tokens, et cetera. Maybe build a fort out of the books, too? And make it stick with bardic magic or chaos, if you have to.

Hey before you go wandering off into the secret passage show Muo some other Kobold tricks by assembling some of the stuff in your room into a complex trap.

Who could possibly pass up an exciting game of Dice Everywhere!?

The books on "fungal warp paths" and "temporal time deconstruction" look interesting.

Or we could have Tom disguise us as members of Zirkala's undead legions and explore the secret passage after our food arrives. That could be fun.

I love how we are currently reminding Muo that Kobolds are a type of magic all on their own.

That magic, is of course, the dickery in all things stealth and secretive.

Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)17:11 No. 512743 ID: c3663c
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>Combine everything!
A classic choice.

Muo and I put on clothes that have literally been out of fashion for centuries. Then, we organize the treasure pile into... well, it looks organized. We take down the books to prepare to use as forts, and I shall spoil the end of both "Fungal Warp Paths" and "Temporal Time Deconstruction". Nothing happens, it is completely impenetrable as reading material, and not interesting in the least, despite the titles! Better used as fort walls, I say.

Then comes the choice of which board game to investigate further, should the title alone not be sufficient. There are...

Dice Everywhere, Horde versus Empire, Wordology, Trap the Kobold, Adventure Up the Wizard's Tower, A Game of Gold, and Mystery in the Hollow.

And, of course, a limitless assortment of cards, with pictures, numbers and so forth, in case we want to combine them with the board game! I am sure no matter the choice, I will have the chance to show Muo my stereotypical trap making skills, which are subpar by kobold standards. Even a board game that is not the sketchily titled 'Trap the Kobold'.

Trap the Kobold sounds interesting. Also the Mystery one.

>>512743
Trap Ye Kobold sounds fun.

Invite the Time Lord to join you. It's best with three players, and he's an omniscient being of infinite time. It's not like he's got anything better to do.

focus on trap the kobold and whoever can trap the other first wins and don't feel limited to using just the board.

Trap the kobold in the middle of the battle between the horde and the empire, using wordology and playing cards for bonuses, and dice everywhere for combos, a game of gold as the bank, and the wizards tower as a sidequest to the side of the battle field.

>>512743
Trap the Kobold could be fun, as does Mystery in the Hollow. And seconding inviting the time lord to play.

>>512743
Invite wall-eye to join you too.

>Trap the Kobold
Wait. It occurs to me that Tom is just going to chaos us inside whatever board game we play. Trap the kobold might end up rather unpleasantly for us.

>>512773
Or rather pleasantly for us, depending on the other player.

>>512724
> "Muo, do you know how to sing or play instruments?"
>"Nope."

"Would you like to?"

So, Story, did you ever get around to learning Bardic Magic (or Bed Magic); Contraception?

And, what other bedmagics did you learn while doing the time warp?

1/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)21:49 No. 512829 ID: c3663c
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>Bardic Magic (or Bed Magic); Contraception?
I have learned this, yes! So far it has more or less been irrelevant. As for the others, that is a surprise!

"You may not know how to play an instrument, but would you like to?"
>"Ahhh..."
"Not really, hm? No problem! I was going to say, let's play Trap the Kobold, but I think Tom will conjure us into the board game itself, and I do believe that that will be a less than pleasant experience for me!"
>"I don't think Tom appreciates you thinking ahead of him! Which I guess means you were right. Also, he says you're no fun, and it's not like he would make it horrible. It's not like he was going to trap our souls inside of the board game, forever playing it, he says."
"Well, I suppose even if I walk into it, it is fine!"

2/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)21:54 No. 512834 ID: c3663c
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Wall-Eye does not care to join, so I turn and speak to thin air.

"Time Lord, would you care to join?"
>"Sure."
"Ah, you really were listening!"
>"You are under surveillance for some multi dimensional period of time. As long as I can keep an eye on you, no harm in making myself known at this point. Nice choice of clothes, by the way, Miss. I have not seen a popu in ages in some sense of the word. Unfortunate that it did not age well, fashion wise."
>"It looks funny but it is the most comfortable thing ever!" Muo says.
>"Yes. It was a noble's way to communicate to the peasants, 'I've never worked a day in my life and I'm certainly not about to get out of this thing to start."

And so I open Trap the Kobold while they discuss... that!

3/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/26(Sun)21:54 No. 512835 ID: c3663c
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And Tom did his work. Predictable enough, but perhaps he didn't care about that!

The goal of the game, I instantly and unexpectedly know, is that Muo and the Time Lord will spend some time setting up traps. The kobold, being me, shall attempt to run through, beginning with this door.

>"I went ahead and sped your side of time up." the Time Lord says, and I am able to hear him despite him not being around. "It is us two versus you. Muo and I have set up the traps, and are ready for you to go. Oh, and you can take three hits before we win."
>"Good luck!" Muo yells, admittedly unnecessarily.

The door might be trapped. Examine it for traps. Or use knock, if that happens to be a bardic spell.

That door looks innocent enough. Not like anyone has ever trapped a door right?

Cast any bardic spells that up your senses, and check the door for traps. If this is board game based, I'd expect most of the traps to be mechanical, rather than magical in nature. Although there might be some of those to.

You should be listening for mechanisms, looking for irregularities, and trying to sense magic.

>most comfortable thing ever
Considering her normal mode of dress (or rather, her lack thereof) I can't help but think to myself she doesn't have much of frame for comparison!

...although she's enjoying herself, who cares.

>>512829
>I have learned this, yes! So far it has more or less been irrelevant.

Or so you hope.

>>512835
First, look around the room you're in carefully. If there's nothing else of interest (like another less obvious door, or some starting equipment), Bardic Knock if you have learned that one, or otherwise just check the door very carefully.

>>512835
You could potentially gain some information by continuously maintaining a Read Mood spell on Muo as she watches. You can predict that anticipation and glee would mean you shouldn't do what you're about to do, while disappointment, pouting, or similar would mean you're successfully avoiding a trap.

...Crap i just thought of something, if we got the time lord against us does that mean he can just look into the future and see what we would do and set his traps accordingly? anyways when you start to open the door swing it open really quick after you crack it a bit and move out of the way just incase the thing is traped.

>>512848
Definitely ask the Time Lord if he's planning on playing fair.

Also- remember that you can use your crown to push things open safely at a distance, if you have to. And if it's made of gold, it should be non-conductive if there are any electric lighting-based traps.

>>512851
What would be the fun in cheating? What makes the game interesting is the uncertainty.

Also- remember that you can use your crown to push things open safely at a distance, if you have to. And if it's made of gold, it should be non-conductive if there are any electric lighting-based traps.

Uh, what? Gold is *extremely* conductive.

>>512859
I. Uh.

I'm sorry, I have no idea what I was thinking. Apparently I can't keep science strait at two in the morning. :I

>>512851
If he isn't, he probably wouldn't tell us, so it'd be most practical—and more polite—to just trust him.

Blast straight through! They couldn't possibly predict you throwing caution to the wind to do the impossible! (Row row fight the power!)

Thank Muo for saying that and wish Muo and the Time Lord luck as well. Don't ask the Time Lord if he's going to play fair because insinuating that he'd use his powers to do something so petty would be rather insulting. Besides, Tom is watching this little game so the Time Lord wouldn't be able to get away with cheating anyway.

Since you know all the rules of the game now, are there action or time constraints for searching for traps? Because if there aren't then this could drag on and on as you pick over every square inch of the place and it'll get boring and won't be fun.

Yanno what? Don't search this door at all. Be really impulsive for the first time in what feels like months and kick the door open with a "HI-YA" (after turning the knob to unlatch it.) It'll feel good to after all the planning and instruction and stuff with the time loops.

>>512857
Uh... Actually, gold is an excellent conductor. Cloth isn't, so Story Seeker wrapping his hand in his robe would be much better for testing that kind of thing.

>>512835
Open the door, get a good view of everything before moving further.

>>512857
>>512859
>>512874
I'm rather against risking damage to our nice shiny crown, in any case. Because money.

1/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/27(Mon)12:10 No. 512920 ID: c3663c
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"Good luck, Muo, Time Lord!"

I will trust that the Time Lord is not using his demi-god powers to cheat at a board game. So first, I look around, but the room is completely devoid of anything, and so I open the door from the side.

They are starting off strong! I do wonder how much of this will be Muo's doing and how much will be the Time Lord's. Then again, for all I know, even the Time Lord may not have bothered with such things as trap setting, and has no sense of it! In any case, it would have been quite embarrassing if I had gotten hit right off the bat.

2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/27(Mon)12:10 No. 512921 ID: c3663c
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The flames dissipate, and I peek at the next room.

>>512921
Obvious bits for starters: Don't go near the flame nozzle, don't step on the pale cobblestone, don't trip the tripwire, don't walk under the pale ceiling tile.

Got anything we can throw at traps to set them off from a distance? Also watch for traps that will trap you if you set them off from a distance.

>Muo or time lord?
Well, Muo can be pretty clever when she isn't being silly or careless. And you'd think the time lord would have picked up a trick or two with as long as he has been around. I wouldn't underestimate either of them.

>traps
Obvious ones: there's a discolored stone in the middle of the floor (probably a pitfall, or a trigger), and a discolored tile in the second the last row of the ceiling (it probably falls, or lets something come out).

...actually, it's probably safer to keep on the cement between the cobblestones rather than the stones themselves as much as possible. Some of them might be non obvious traps.

Careful of the flame nozzle- it may have enough fuel for a second burst. If they're really sneaky, it can rotate, and will take a second shot once you pass it.

There's also something(?) two thirds the way through the room. Is that a leak in the wall? A needle? A tripwire? I can't really make it out.

Use bardic magic to boost your hearing- can you pick up any clockwork mechanisms working anywhere? Does your affinity for magic let you sense magic working anywhere in the room?

It also looks like there may be a hidden mechanism to open the door on the other side- I don't see a doorknob.

Having spotted all the traps, show off and do some acrobatics to pass through the corridor.

well the obvious traps are plain to see but I'm betting they have more carefully hidden traps that activate when you try to get around the easy traps so be careful and be ready to jump out of the way of any dangerous traps.

Can you disarm traps or do you just want to avoid them completely?

what if the light cobblestone is the safe one?

If the Light Stone IS safe, then perhaps you could jump off the top of the flame trap. then onto the stone, then out the door. Of course, you could also bump into something dangerous in the next room.

>>512934
That's why I preferred to stay on the mortar. Although, using kobold senses and/or bardic hearing to try and find concealed recesses or mechanisms might just tell us what is what.

Can you pull the flame nozzle thing right out of its socket? You need a weapon or thing to poke things with.

Failing that climb along the wall like a gecko using Van der Waals forces.

1/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/27(Mon)17:04 No. 512985 ID: c3663c
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Bardic magic is proving useless at the moment, but I will continue modestly using it in case that changes. I have nothing to throw except the clothes on my back, and my crown.

The fire thing remains one solid piece, and I am unable to grab its nozzle. So I leap past that, dodge its second attack, make sure to only touch the spaces between the stones, leap over the tripwire and sidestep the miscolored ceiling plate. And that was it!

2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/27(Mon)17:04 No. 512986 ID: c3663c
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The next room is more subtle.

>>512986
The ceiling looks weird. I suspect a crushing trap, after the exits are sealed. Try to trip it without entering the room, so you can reenter while it's resetting.

Something is up with the roof in this one. Everything else is blank cept those two stripes on each end above the doors.

>>512921
>>512920

The crown. Its probably the most solid thing he's definately carrying right now. He might even be able to roll it a short distance.

Of course this is putting an object of real value at risk for the sake of avoiding what will probably not be a fatal injury.

Unfortunately we have no idea if Tom's gameworld will cause actual injuries or damage. Or if it will cary over outside the game.

Better to hold off on sacrificing anything in what may just be the first room of many.

...try rolling the crown across and see what happens? Be ready to dodge to the left or the right behind the wall in case something goes flying at the door.

Offhand, the only detail in the room I notice are the lines in the ceiling at each end. Maybe they come down, or something comes out of them?

Story Seeker 2013/05/27(Mon)17:25 No. 512992 ID: c3663c
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I roll my crown in. Its jewel encrusted frame makes its rolls wobble, but it works, as the slabs in the ceiling come down! Then they begin moving forward. I imagine it has spikes pointed inward, and is one of those crushing traps.

Wait for it to do its crushy spike thing then dash through and grab your crown. Make sure to watch for other traps while you move through.

Welp. We lost the crown, then. Maybe we can get it back after the game is over.

Since you're on the non-spiky side, and the walls are moving away from you, it should be safe to enter the room (unless there's a second trap in the ceiling alcove). Problem is, the walls will either get stuck in the middle, or eventually go back and reset. Either way, doesn't help you progress.

...can we go up and around? Climb into the recess in the ceiling, and climb across quickly and come down the other hole?

>>512992
Quite so. Let's climb up the back of it to circumvent it, if there's space up there... wait, are those holes in the back so the opposing spikes can fit through? Now, if this is a really clever trap, the spikes will fit through and then the wall will move towards this door too, after a third wall comes down to seal you in. So, check up again to make sure this isn't a double trap.

Story Seeker 2013/05/27(Mon)17:37 No. 512998 ID: c3663c
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Hm... it might be a double trap! I am not seeing any mechanisms or anything, and it merely appears that the walls are moving on their own. Magic perhaps, or a board game invisible mechanic.

There are no holes, however, in the slabs, simply indentations where the spikes are, so I am not expecting a double trap.

In any case, I will be able to leap over the top gap in the spike wall, and simply climb over after they collide. If I am truly daring, I'll do it before they collide, fetch my crown, and climb back out again! I bet I could do it.

>>512998
Well let's bloody do it then. Show off your training, you certainly had a lot of it.

Could you push one or pull one of the spikes out of it's indentation? Then you could just reach through the hole and pick the crown back up. Should fit, the spikes look bigger than the crown.

I'm not so sure sure about jumping down into the middle. If it's easy to climb back out again, what's the trap? That makes me suspicious.

Do it. We should absolutely attempt to save the crown if we possibly can.

If it is crushed, it may possibly even count as a life lost for us, since we started with it. Let's not find out the hard way.

That would be awesome but if you could easily do that it would sort of be a useless trap. It could be just a crappy spike wall but there might be more to it.

So if you do go for the crown be prepared for a secondary trap.

Be cautious, It may try to box you in somehow.

>>512998
The ceiling has no visible support. It may crush down upon you.

only if you feel really freaking lucky but if you do jump down then you're going to have to clime back up using the spikes as a stepping ladder and it would be very easy for your clothes to get stuck on one of the spikes so if you do go for the crown then make sure you don't get your clothes stuck on anything

personally I think you should just wait till after the trap is done.

Wait until after. I suspect that the ceiling will lower after you get between them. It would be a terrible trap if you could get out so easily.

definitely do it, we aren't losing our crown to some silly board game.

>>512998
Don't do it; just wait for the crush and move on. The crown isn't worth it, and I feel certain you'll get it back.

>>513045
(And on top of that, wait at the door for the trap to finish, and a little bit after that.)

>>512998
There is a third wall/empty space closer to the foreground. I would be worried.

It's rather suspicious that a trap for kobolds would have a gap between the spike walls and the ceiling wide enough for a kobold to climb up the spikes and slip over. Especially when the walls aren't moving that quickly.

I would like to recover that crown if possible. Mostly because it's the only item you have you can throw out to trigger traps. Doesn't matter if it gets a little bit bent out of shape before you get it or not. It probably won't get completely smashed, since the spikes stick out enough the walls won't be able to get that close together.

First try pushing or kicking the indentation of one of the spikes on the bottom row to see if you can push it out. Because if you can you could not only grab your crown through the hole, but you could turn the spike around and wedge it under the wall to stop it.

If that doesn't work, then climb up the spike wall and gingerly place the tip of your claw on top of it to see if that triggers the ceiling to drop. If it doesn't, then put your fingers on top and hang from them to put all your weight on it to see if that triggers it, and to drop to the ground if it does. If the ceiling does drop, you could probably get over the wall if you trigger the ceiling, then slip over while it's retracting again.

It'll be too late by now to get to the crown before the walls reach each other, so wait for them to meet and start moving back, then slip over the top, grab the crown, then climb back over the other side before it reaches the wall.

Well if you're gonna risk falling prey to a trap, doing it while scrambling for a shiny is certainly the koboldy way. Go for the gold!

When you climb the spikes, wrap your hands in your robe so you don't get poisoned.

Every smart villain poisons the spikes in their spike trap.

1/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)12:50 No. 513114 ID: c3663c
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Well, I should hope Tom would not let the crown be crushed in the trap, but I would hope he would sooner allow that than to allow me to be crushed! And so I dive in and grab the crown, before clambering my way up. It was nice to add spikes for climbing, especially since the spikes would ultimately be unnecessary to crush me anyway!

2/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)12:51 No. 513115 ID: c3663c
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My overly baggy clothes hit a snag at the last spike! A prospect I saw coming, yet could not do anything to stop it.

3/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)12:51 No. 513116 ID: c3663c
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A technical success.

>>513116
Wiggle wiggle wiggle.

could you just slip out of the robe, or since you're still kinda near the top of the trap just reach up and give your robe some slack and pull it off the spike.

Just slip out of the robe, do the rest of the game nude.

>>513123
We won't be nude; we'll be wearing a crown! :V

Just bounce/tug a little to tear it free.

Could you reach back, grab hold of the edge, and sort of do a backwards chin up? Just get yourself high enough that you can slip the garment off.

That, or just tear yourself free. If Zirkala objects to the damage, you can always get tailor to fix it or something.

>>513116
Raise your hands and PRAISE THE LORD! The Time Lord, for his excellent trap. Then slide out of your robe. What were you thinking, wearing a robe on a trap-avoidance mission?

Yell out "What a dastardly trap!"

Put crown down so you don't lose it again. Then try some acrobatics to recover as much of the robe as possible. This should amuse Tom and the onlookers so it's all good.

Reason not to ditch the robe:

We could use it to evade the inevitable dart-thrower trap. :V

Don't tug on it too much, or it might take a sizable chunk of cloth out of your robe.

The robe's a liability, wiggle out then stab the treacherous fabric with your crown.

1/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)17:22 No. 513203 ID: c3663c
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>Wiggle wiggle wiggle.
Yes!

2/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)17:22 No. 513204 ID: c3663c
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>could you just slip out of the robe
Yes!

3/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)17:22 No. 513205 ID: c3663c
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>Just slip out of the robe, do the rest of the game nude.
Yes!

4/4 Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)17:23 No. 513207 ID: c3663c
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>Just bounce/tug a little to tear it free.
Yes.

Well that was strange. It was almost like I decided to go in the nude 3 different times, and each one was cancelled until I decided to maintain my clothing! It is almost as though a higher power did not wish for me to do that.

Ah well, FORWARDS, TO VICTORY!

Pff. Bad time Lord! He's not going to be very good at this keeping an eye on you job if he expects for you to stay clothed!

...could we flip the toga around? Go for a messy v-neck instead of an open back.

Anyways, have we come down on the far side of the spiked walls? If so, approach the door, make sure the walls aren't backing up to crush you again, make sure there's no trap above the door, check the door for traps, and then open it from the side again.

>>513207
Time Lord doesn't like naked dudes I guess.

Let's head to the next room. Pausing at the doorway of course.

No use wearing damaged clothing, thats just asking for it to fall apart at the least convenient time. Better strip.

>>513211
NEW QUEST UNLOCKED: Bang the Time Lord

Hmmm that has possibilities for later traps. If the time lord doesn't like the idea of you naked then try loosing your clothes in comical fashion on the next few traps and see what happens.

Maybe you can get some free trap springing.

>>513214
>>513218
These. The Time Lord doesn't exactly have a defined gender- he took the shape of a formless slime with a head once. I'm sure a demigod can change gender easily enough.

Seriously though, damaged clothing is bending over and asking fate to fuck you up the ass without lube. Might as well choose it of your own free will.

>>513218
Joke's like this aside, I wonder how often the Time Lord has abused his ability to get laid. Or if he's got amusing stories about his powers related to getting laid. A Time Lord's adventures in romance sound like great stories to tell. I mean, a bard should tell tales about himself ALL the time.

>>513222
Joke? Oh, no, no. Don't be silly. Getting laid is deadly serious. The Trojan War was started over it, forever changing ironic condom brand names.

Man suddenly trying to seduce the time lord seems like the best idea.

...I'm pretty sure if the time lord isn't interested in seeing naked antics, our chances of bedding him are pretty low. Besides, Story has plenty of good looking people of more defined gender left to try his luck with!

And trying to dodge a trap with a nudity rewind is probably just going to end with us getting with a trap and looking foolish in the process.

Also: getting distracted by idle sex thoughts is a good way to miss a trap. Realize this and duck.

What better story could we have then seducing a time lord while avoiding the traps in a maze made by the Chaos god out of a old board game?

Besides even if the time lord is not open to seduction then we can test if he hates nudity and sex. Means we can hide from him by doing that sort of stuff.

Need to figure out a way to lure him into the game then. Also into a sexy form.

Story Seeker 2013/05/28(Tue)19:51 No. 513247 ID: c3663c
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Well, it would not do to have torn clothing! I shall leave, at least, this layer behind me to make it harder to get snagged on future traps.

With one less layer, I had into the next room! And inside is a floating card, with the words 'picture in your mind one mundane item and, upon grabbing this card, that item shall manifest in your grasp.'

>>513247
A long pole.

a ten foot adamantite pole, it's technically mundane, just rare.

Either a ten foot pole or a bag of walnuts. For setting off traps and snacking.

>>513247
Poke the card with something to make sure it isn't a trap before you get all grab-happy.

picture a clear path to the exit, like a sidewalk over all the traps so they don't get set off when you walk over them. Also I'm not totally sure if that card isn't a trap itself so be careful when you go to grab it.

Don't think about sex things don't think about sex things don't think about sex things...

A collapsible pole, in case we need to go around a corner, or through a small passage.

Hmm. What do we have here? Spike or darts from the holes in the wall? Blades in those floor slots? ...stairs that come from the wall? Not sure what the last thing is.

>>513251
This. If it is not, then a collapsible adamantite pole.

you know, sometimes setting the trap off from a distance isn't gonna help. Maybe a shield would be good.

I was thinking a shield for avoiding the arrow traps on the wall, then you could use your kobold dexterity to avoid the sawblades.

But someone else had a better idea. Picture a foot thick piece of steel in a shape that would cover both the floor and the holes in the wall, allowing you to easily pass unharmed.

(on a totally unrelated note, I totally want to see story seeker and muo and the time lord hop in his tardis and begin exploring time and space.)

>>513260

Or, for something properly common, a big thick sturdy pipe the length of the room you could easily fit through.

>>513265
Kolold-sized adamantine hamster ball with small holes in it to see through?

>>513247
A ten foot pole of purest aluminum.

>>513247
A ten foot pole of purest aluminum.

The card is a trap. just saying.

Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)08:42 No. 513327 ID: c3663c
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I get one adamantium aluminum hamsterballcollapsible ten foot pole! It would appear that it does not believe rare and monumentally valuable materials count as 'mundane'! Or even a collapsible pole! Or hamsterballs, apparently, but I suppose I do have to wonder just how often anyone sees an actual lifesize hamsterball.

But the extra mundane item does appear in my hands! And a metal in the shape of something about 3 times as tall as myself is heavy! It isn't hollow at all. In other news, I am rather surprised that the card was not a trap.

Whups. Didn't consider you'd get a solid pole instead of a hollow pipe.

Well, might as well do what you can. Try and poke some traps with the pole.

>not rare and valuable
...wait, this is a pre-industrial civilization. Isn't aluminum currently rarer and more valuable than gold? That's an expensive trap poker!

>>513327
It should be about 37 pounds, if it's 2 inches diameter. Just hold it somewhat near the center of mass and you should be okay with it. Kinda wish it was thinner. Oh well.

Poke traps! Maybe you'll get lucky and it will get sliced up so that it's a more manageable length.

Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)10:43 No. 513350 ID: c3663c
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>Aluminimum is expensive
The refining process has been made quite easy by any competent wizard or other such magic user, so it is not such a luxury! In any case, this pole is approximately, perhaps, two and a half inches thick in diameter. Unnecessary, nevermind the solidity!

"Alright, Muo, Time Lord, I am going to poke your traps with my long rod!"

Hm. Oddly proximity based! I only need to wave the rod in the general proximity, even in the air, for a blade to shoot out. Every single indentation appears to have a blade of some sort! Also, those holes in the wall appear to have swords that stab outward into about two thirds of the width of the room, so I will have to scurry along the side for those, as I do not believe I can pole vault with this pole.

>>513350
Study the trap patterns, plan your movements and figure out a way to get the pole to the other end of the room. Just throwing it at the right spot should do the trick, it need only reach the other end with its tip so you can grab it.

So story you are about 3'3 then? Sometimes I forget you are a little kobold. To be fair most everyone around here is pretty small though.

Looking at the room you are going to have to weave between the blades and avoid the holes in the floor. Hug the wall for the wall blades and then avoid whatever large rock falls out of the ramp at the end there.

Might just be best to hurl the pole to the other end of the room so we can pick it up on the way out.

Ah, right. Magic.

>I am going to poke your traps with my long rod!
...you couldn't resist, could you.

Hmm. If you stick the tip of your pole in the sawblade's path, can you jam or break them? That would make it easier to cross.

Also, it might be a good idea to get to a safe spot in between some of the saws, before the spears, and try and use the pole to figure out what the last trap at the end is before getting too close.

>>513350
What about the holes in the floor?

Also, consider allowing the pole to get sliced in half by the sawblades so that it's lighter and less unwieldy.

ok so we know what the holes in the wall do and the lines on the floor, but what about that mirror/stair thing at the very end, what does that do.

1/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)11:37 No. 513370 ID: c3663c
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The holes in the floor do appear to simply be more swords popping out.

I spend a few minutes learning the pattern and types of traps that pop up. I believe I get it, and the aluminum appears tougher than whatever the sawblades are made out of. In fact, if I dare say it, I do believe they are dull! Not sharp at all! These traps are cheap and measly, and I feel this game is insulting a kobold's dodging prowess. Furthermore, some of these sawblades are just plain tiny.

> If you stick the tip of your pole in the sawblade's path, can you jam or break them?
Yes, although I may end up getting the pole itself stuck! These blades are so dull, however, that I bet my clothes could jam such cheap contraptions.

In fact, that is exactly what I shall do! So I throw my rod over to the other side in advance. Unfortunately, that does not trigger that final trap looking thing at the end of the room, so I will simply have to cross that metaphorical bridge when I get to it.

2/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)11:38 No. 513371 ID: c3663c
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"Oh no I'm losing more clothing to all these horribly traps and that is the only possible way I could have made it through oh no poor Time Lord sure wouldn't like this!"

And now I hear the unmistakable noise of a boulder running down the ramp at the end. That explains that!

3/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)11:38 No. 513372 ID: c3663c
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But, it's slow and ill timed, I make it through and pull my rod out in preparation for the next room.

>>513372
That's a rather odd slanted ceiling. Must be a trap. Look up at the not-immediately-visible part of it.

Also the recessed floor ahead after the step you are on. I think the only way to test that floor is to tie some clothes to the end of the pole and swish it around out there.

Huh, touching the floor probably triggers whatehver it is. DO you think you can use the pole as a bridge?

ummm, do you think the bolder could still hit you here, I mean this thing is slanted and looks to be made to stop the bolder from crossing the exit with you.

Oh and I really do hope that Zirkala doesn't like any of those clothes you just tore up.

>>513371
Well, if nothing else, you're probably amusing Muo with your antics. Hopefully Zirkala won't be annoyed about the clothes you wrecked, though.

>>513372
Hum. Crown roll again? That or the pole, I guess.

Part of me suspects the trap is the sign. That this isn't the finish, and you're supposed to walk through thinking you've won and are safe, only to get nailed by the trap in the next room.

>>513372
that thing you're standing on will probably close when you step off it. flooding water, i'm guessing?

1/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)12:08 No. 513385 ID: c3663c
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>Could the boulder still hit you?
That is a negative! It is too big to enter this door.

>Oh and I really do hope that Zirkala doesn't like any of those clothes you just tore up.
Well, given that they were simply tossed in the drawer, I doubt it had any sentimental value! And even if it is valuable in monetary terms, I have just created a pile of treasure, so I do believe Zirkala can look past the shredding of one set of clothes.

>Tie some clothes at the end of the pole and swish it around.
Yes, this is a good idea! The stone below appears to swirl and rotate oddly.

2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)12:08 No. 513386 ID: c3663c
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CHOMP

move your tail so it's not over the water anymore.

>>513386
it is settled. RIDE THAT THING TO GLORY

Make a lasso out of your remaining clothes and then lure it to the surface. Then lasso it and ride it to the exit.

>>513386
Yer tail's about to get bit.

Also, uh. How the heck do we get over this? Tap the floor to see if it's just a straight-up illusion. Then tap the walls and ceiling.

Rock-fish!

...actually, are they rock fish, or is the ground here just water?

And yeah, move your tail or you'll have more fish hooked that you can deal with.

Could we charm the rock-fish so you could ride it over? Music tames the savage beast right, is there a bardic spell for making animals friendly?

if you like your tail being attached to you I suggest you move it back just a bit.

anyways do you know what these things are, and do you think you could use your pole to pole vault to the exit, I mean that water's got to be at least somewhat deep to hide those things so it could work.

1/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)12:49 No. 513406 ID: c3663c
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>Is there a bardic spell that befriends animals?
There is! And I am no where close to having the ability to cast it!

>Is that fish going through rock or fluid?
I cannot tell! It would look to be smooth stone, but perhaps it is liquid with an illusion layer to simply make it look like that. Ultimately, I have no knowledge of this kind of floor or these sorts of fish.

>Pole Vault
While this would certainly be able to be accomplished, I have never pole vaulted, and my rod is far from adequate to do so.

>Make a lasso with your remaining clothes.
There are still plenty of clothes remaining! I need not use them all. Yet.

I snap my tail back from the other fish first, to pull the rod back.

2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)12:49 No. 513407 ID: c3663c
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The lasso is successful, and I end up splashing into the water! It heads straight forward underneath the finish door, however, and I have a decent opportunity to drop the rod and grab onto the door. On the other hand, that is a gamble, given the finish door may be lying about it being the finish!

well, lets proceed through the door anyway. We don't want to get dragged under it. We'd drown.

well it's either risk it or stay with the fish things, I say risk it but be ready to dodge whatever they throw at you.

>>513407
That's true. Peek under the door first from below the water level. It shouldn't be opaque since the fish could see you from below the surface.

Well, it's a gamble to stay here. Eventually the second fish will snap you up. Better to lose a life going through the door than puttering around in front of it, right?

Or if you wanted to be cautious, you could throw your crown in first and see if anything happens.

1/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)14:36 No. 513428 ID: d38f67
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I take a peek, but I see nothing under the waterline despite having apparent visibility! Nothing, except more fish attempting for me!

"Oh no, the fish have snagged my clothes, and I will barely make it through the door!"

2/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)14:36 No. 513429 ID: d38f67
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And... that was it?

>"... best of 17, Muo?"
>"No, I give up. This board game thought kobolds were stupid and not capable of holding their own weight in other stuff!" Muo says.
"I cannot help but notice that scoreboard, Time Lord..."

3/3 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)14:37 No. 513430 ID: d38f67
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"Implying that you have been using your time powers! Are there no rules preventing you from using them for such, I dare say, mundane ends?"
>"Normally, yes, but we are under the chaos god's realm, and currently, he does not take issue with that, if you could believe it."

>>513430
I believe it! Ask the Time Lord what he's got against you getting naked. Did it just get old after the first couple times, perhaps?

Now. Food break? Then we can either play another game, or check out the secret passage. Mostly just to see where it goes, not to snoop around.

Hmm. If nothing else, you've been made aware of your own exhibitionist tendencies! You may have to watch out for that in the future.

Congratulate them on getting you at least two of the times! (Apparently). Out of curiosity, which trap worked?

Should we move onto a different game, or see if the food has arrived?

Wait it says T.L.T on the board. Try to find out what his name is. Also ask for instant replays of you failing traps and hilarious clothes bloopers.

>>513434
I think that's "T.L. + Muo"

>>513430
Ask TL about his own lady conquering stories

Does Time Lord think that your success rate is proportional to your amount of clothing? Does wearing more clothes allow you to disarm more traps? Ask for some critique on your trap survival methods. This could save your life!

ask about the two times they won and how that worked, also ask if they would like to play another game and let them pick this time

>>513441
I bet those were when he arrived fully clothed.

The time-lord's a total prude.
You should loosen him up by getting him involved in some you+muo personal time.
Plus that crosses out the m/m/f/ three-way you should so have on your list or at-least try once for a tale to tell.
I doubt many can say they had a threesome with a time-lord.

...you guys are way too hung up on the time lord. We got chaos board games to play, and a undead holiday to mess with (maybe). And half a dozen other people we still need to seduce. Sili! Springfoot! Some nagas! That swamp snake.

>>513492
Don't forget Potarana! She seems much more level-headed than Rotfrost so we probably won't get cursed if we proposition her, but maybe we'd get the best results if we approach from a professional angle and just ask about learning some of her bedmagic.

No more sexual shenanigans. We exhausted today's sexy time with Muo.

How about we offer to tell Muo and the Time Lord a story. Gotta keep those bard skills fresh.

1/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)20:04 No. 513510 ID: d38f67
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"Time Lord, what's your real name?"
>"Time Lord is all you have to know."
"What if I meet another Time Lord?"
>"Then I will answer your question."
"But you aren't, so does that mean I never meet one?"
>"I wouldn't know."
"You could find out!"
>"Boredom is a Time Lord's archnemesis, and I do not want to empower it by spoiling every little thing. I do not know, and barring any need for it, I will not know any sooner than you."
"I must say, Time Lord, that for someone who has issues with boredom, you are quite a prude!"
>"I have done things that would make you blush. I simply do not care for other male bodies frolicking, dancing and somersaulting around traps as you have."
"Oh, but if I were a fine lady of your liking, you would not have stopped me from wiggling out of my clothes?"
>"I would not have, although a lady of my liking does not abandon her clothes at the earliest convenience."
"I must also ask, was my success rate influenced by my amount of clothing?"
>"Yes. Normally the rules dictate the kobold is in nothing but a loincloth. Thankfully, the Chaos God appears to hold your form in the same regard as my own, and did not swap you out. And you made extensive uses for clothes. Lassos, blindfolds, bridges, ropes, so forth."

2/2 Story Seeker 2013/05/29(Wed)20:04 No. 513511 ID: d38f67
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"Blindfolds? Tell me some of the past actions I took! I am marginally sour that I can only remember the last case."
>"Yes, well... the blindfold, as I imagine is questionable, involved an illusion trap that was easily circumvented by blinding yourself. Simply closing your eyes would have sufficed, but no, you had to use an entire layer of clothes to wrap around your face. We also tried a Succubus trap, but it appears you cared more about winning that time then having a romp."
"Muo has been most satisfactory this morning!"
"Thank you, Story." Muo says.
>"Please do not remind me how I am forced to watch you copulate. I am sorry I brought that one up. The stone illusioned pond with the fish you just passed has been the most successful, except for the times you get the pole. When you get a shield, or in some cases, accidentally some sex related object, that usually succeeds, often more than once, but only once did it finish you. Rather overpowered, compared to the rest of the traps. The others messups? Boring slipups of dexterity on your part. Ultimately, I admit I was impressed, as those slipups were only done while performing something to prove yourself an overambitious showboater."
"You made everything look really easy!"
"Why thank you. Lots of practice, as us kobolds often don't make the traps identify between friend and foe, so we must dodge our own traps! Which is why they are often non-lethal and actually not very effective to dissuade anyone. I daresay it is not the most impressive setup, even if it is effective at practice! But tell me more about my bloopers involving all those tally marks to how I lost my clothes."
>"No." the Time Lord replies.
"So what now, Story? Did you want to play another one of those board games, explore that tunnel, or something else?"

I could do any of that, or tell them a story, so three options plus 'anything else' come to mind!

Well seeing as the food is not here yet lets try another game. This time one we can all play together. Maybe if we can get the time lord to open up a bit we can learn some of his stories.

I would suggest trying to get some drinks in the time lord to loosen him up a bit. But would need to get some first and try to not let him know what we are planning.

Hmm. The timelord looks kind of miffed. Maybe apologize for teasing him?

...and if he would prefer to glance aside in the future, you promise not to break the laws of space and time in during your romps! You're good, but not that good. ...or he could always cheat and peek ahead and see if we do first, so he's not forced to watch.

>what next
Break for lunch, if it's arrived back in the room? And then maybe another game.

if we go for another game what's Mystery in the Hollow like? Because that sound like a good three player game. If anyone doesn't feel like playing that you could ask what they would like to play.

Yup, take a break and have something to eat then resume with boardgames!
See about including alcoholic drinks during this break to accompany your food out of a gesture of goodwill and trying to get the guy to relax NOT get drunk, If he assumes we're trying to get him drunk then It's obvious he'll just become further miffed.

Also ask him if he could make you a hat like his, i'm sure you could look very dapper as opposed to how much the crown makes you look a teeny bit like an egotistical fool?
(or just wear it on special occasions or whatever).

We are NOT playing "Explore the Tunnel" where Tom and Story are involved. EVER.

I think we could stand to tone down the lewdness while he's around then.

I kinda want to see what's in the secret passage.

>>513511
Eat food, play children's card game, enjoy Chaos/Time Magic'd Holographic Duel Arena.

How about returning to your room and having some breakfast before doing anything else. You and Muo did go into this a bit peckish, after all, and while your body has been resetting Muo might not have and she may be rather hungry by now.

While exploring that secret tunnel would usually be your first choice for what to do next, it's nearly certain that Zirkala knows about it already and has placed one of those wall-eyes in there to watch for you. However, you might be able to rules weasel Muo out to explore it by saying that Zirkala directed all the instructions to stay in this room at you and not Muo, so she's free to leave. But try that argument on the wall-eye in the hall first to check if Muo can leave.

But if the wall-eye shoots down your argument, then move on to playing Mystery in the Hollow. That sounds somewhat more interesting than the rest of the board games.

Hey, ask the Time Lord how much time has passed outside while you three were in here? 'Cause part of the reason to play this game was to pass time until Zirkala came back, or at least until the food was delivered.

Oh, and since the Time Lord doesn't like to watch while you're copulating, maybe suggest he could bend the rules a bit by looking away and just listening when you do. Or zooming in really close to your skin so he's technically still watching you, but he doesn't see the offensive act.

Lets cheer up the time lord by telling him a story about a time lord.

>>513541
I thought the only Time Lord story we knew was

"Once upon a time, there was a Time Lord. He created an errant time loop that got out of control quickly and unleashed the Old God of Chaos who then murdered him and fucked up the world until the Gods pulled the Time Lord's irons out of the fire. THEN END."

If you haven't noticed, all the stories we've told have been completely pulled out of our ass, and tailored to the audience we are talking too.

Granted, we don't know much about time lords, I think time jumping powers give us all the fodder we need. That and we know he espouses a quiet dignity at all times. Shouldn't be hard to please him.

>>513545
>>513543
>>513541
I suggest butchering plots from the Old Doctor Who, and re-purposing them to fit in this world.

>>513546
Do the Tom Baker ones, they were the best!

Games are the way to go. Especially if Tom's going to keep making them more interesting. Try finding one with lots of funky minis, or crazy random tables. Those'll kill a lot of time.

No tables and dice, that's way too meta.

Storytime sounds awesome, especially when Timelord's no doubt full of all sorts of stories that never truly happened, such as all the adventures you had 'last week'.
Gotta be some good ones in there, if you can't think of anything! Heck, with a bit of reworking, you could probably turn this experience into quite the gripping adventure!

Story Seeker 2013/05/30(Thu)19:16 No. 513583 ID: d38f67
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Although the Time Lord looks miffed, I would say that is the same as he always looks! I do not believe he sounds any more than usual, either.

"How much time has passed since we have come in here, anyways?"
"A few hours." Time Lord replies.
"Well, another game would not hurt! Time Lord, please give me one of your hats."
"If it will get you to take that crown off, so be it."

I say that, but as Muo gives Tom the sign to bring us out, we decide to wait for the food, arriving not long after. Time Lord hides in the cupboard to make things simple, if awkward. My clothes come back as well, so that is one less worry. I can only wonder why Muo was in the nude again upon my arrival to the final room!

While we eat, I take a closer look at the Mystery of the Hollows game, specifically the overview, and read it aloud for Muo and the Time Lord.

"Legends say that long ago, an old witch lived in a secluded mansion deep inside of the woods. She was mighty yet cruel, and demanded sacrifice of the modestly sized village at the wood's edge. Yet, to give them hope, or perhaps simply to have craft, able-bodied sacrifices, she gave an ultimatum: Should a single soul escape the valley of the witch that became known in whispers amongst townsfolk as the Hollow, then not just shall those escapists live, but the witch shall no longer bother the town for as long as she lived.
But, with decades upon decades passing, not one soul has ever escaped. Some say that that the witch is powerful beyond measure, some say that she is wily beyond mortal intelligence, and that the mansion itself bends reality to prevent escape. Sacrifices are warned that not all the sacrifices may be as they appear: One may be the witch herself, masquerading as a fellow townsfolk to lead the others astray, even murdering them when the time presents itself! Yet no claims can be trusted. Many have gone to the Hollow, none have come back to tell its tale.
With a group of 2-6 sacrifices this year, in order to save themselves and their town, they will have to put all of their wits together to solve the Mystery of the Hollows!"

>"Sounds good to me! Do you want to play it?" Muo asks.

You know, it occurs to me that if you were using your clothes to escape traps a bunch, and the original rules had the kobold with a loincloth, then you were sortof cheating! You only truly won when you reached the end fully clothed. So it was 2 to 2, or thereabouts.

>>513583
I still kinda want to explore... but this does sound like an interesting game too.

Man this game would be best with a full 6 people. Wonder if we could ask the mimic if he wants to play. Also see if there is anyone else around or if Tom or the time lord knows anyone.

Story Seeker 2013/05/30(Thu)19:46 No. 513587 ID: d38f67
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I do wish to explore that tunnel, but it is going nowhere! Then again, neither is the game, but oh well.

"Muo, I am good for this game, but I feel it would be best with the full six players! I think I may ask the mimic to come."
>"Well, go ahead, but Tom would appreciate it if you stop intercepting his plans, because he was going to inject some of the passive souls he's got lying around into the game to fill it up anyway as a surprise and I just blew it. Sooo that won't be a problem."

>>513587
Very well!

>>513587
Tom can just use Chaos Magic on the mimic to make it mimic the souls, or make the souls into mimics, mimicing the souls.

Let the Hollow adventure begin!

He could have injected other players whether or not we invited the mimic! You're not the one ruining his plans.

>>513584
In the original game, the kobold was also a piece of plastic (or pewter? Lead?) moving on a board. There's some level of acceptable adaptation when transferring the game to live action chaos-3D. Besides, we explicitly combined the board games with dress up. Therefore using the dress up clothes to play the game was perfectly fair.

That all sounds well and good, but first you should ask how is it that Tom just has spare souls lying around? Did he misplace some people's bodies? Win them in a dice game? There has to be an interesting story.

muo why are you so cute

I hope this game is Lovecraftian in nature, even if it isn't this sound like it would be fun for all parties involved. Wounder if we'll get to play as the witch?

>>513595
I figured gods are made of souls?

I want to think that Tom did some Chaos Magic that caused a literal untimely death to some unlucky adventurers.
>"Hey Death! Death!"
>"HELLO, TOM. WHAT DO YOU WANT THIS TIME?"
>"That's a funny story, actually! I killed these weirdos on accident, but now they won't go away! Would you take them off my hands, seeing as they're incorporeal and all now?"
>"...THEY ARE NOT ON MY LIST. I WILL CLAIM THEM ONLY WHEN THEIR TIME HAS COME. KEEP THEM INTACT UNTIL THEN, OR THERE WILL BE A RECKONING."
>"But the little guy keeps trying to ghost-stab Minci!"
>"NOT MY PROBLEM. GOODBYE TOM."

Story Seeker 2013/06/01(Sat)21:33 No. 513987 ID: d38f67
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"Where does Tom even get souls from?"
>"Oh, uh, he inherited some from the last chaos god, and uh, I guess some Chaos followers get to have their afterlife in there. Sometimes standing by as summons or something." Muo explains, while I begin opening the board.

To which we find ourselves at the end of a drawbridge from which we were, apparently, dropped off! And those must be the other three players.

Otherwise, I know a few tidbits of information that was injected into my mind! First off, the mansion is at the end of the path, but I can explore the surroundings first if I so desire.

Secondly, I am definitely not the witch in hiding, but I do not know if anyone else is.

Chat up the naga.

Ok read that sign and introduce yourself to the other players.

what races are the other players? Anyways what does the sign say and do you see anything of interest in your immediate area.

Do your bardly charm thing, and introduce yourself and your friends to the new people, make friends. Find out who (and what?) they are and stuff. (Also, try and find out if they know if they're playing a game or if they think this is real. Gotta be more subtle with that one though).

And someone should probably read the sign before we head in.

>I'm not the witch
My money is on Muo. Or maybe the time lord.

>>513987
Ask if any of them are the witch.

Yes, just go ahead and ask right out in the open like that. See how they react.

Keep in mind, guys, the witch may not be any of them.

>>513987
Let's meet our traveling companions.

1/4 Story Seeker 2013/06/02(Sun)10:53 No. 514086 ID: d38f67
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>Read the sign
It says 'Enter at your own peril!' which seems a little silly considering we are supposed to be sacrifices and all.

"Psst! Muo, Time Lord, are either of you the witch, by chance?"
>"Nope."
"No."

2/4 Story Seeker 2013/06/02(Sun)10:53 No. 514087 ID: d38f67
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I approach the Lamia, first!

"Hello, miss! My name is Story Seeker, might I ask for your own?"
>"Leira." she says quietly. A shy one, perhaps, or simply not one for many words!
"A fine name. Where do you come from, if you don't mind my prying?"
>"I have lived in our town all my life."

Ah. I believe that confirms it, that Tom has sent, well, the Lamia at least, but I imagine the other two as well, inside of this board game believing it to be real!

"Well, I will be available should you require my assistance, milady!"

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So I move on to the next. A harpy, I believe this individual is! And, uh...

Bardic Spell: Detect Gender!... Male.

"Hello, sir! May I get your name as well?"
>"Hello. It's Gram... you're, u-uh, kind of cheery considering... you know."
"Ah, but is there any harm in that?"
>"Er, I... guess not."

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And lastly, the.... hm. Werewolf? Humanoid wolf mole combination?

"Hello, mis..."

Bardic Spell: Detect Gender!... Female.

I leave it at miss, then!

"May I get your name as well?"
>"S'dalomngna. Dal, if that is beyond your tongue."
"Forgive my rudeness, but I don't believe I have seen your species before?"
>"Dwarf."
"Uh..."
>"Mutation potions. Lots of them."

I suppose that makes sense, considering her involvement with Tom!

Don't worry to much about hunting for a witch in the party just yet. Knowing Tom things will be chaotic enough without mistrusting everyone. Also work on seducing the dwarf and naga.

well, neat

so do we want to all head to the mansion straight off or explore the immediate area for something useful... I don't want to head straight the mansion for fear we'll miss something out hear but I don't really want to explore out here as it seems like a good way to fall prey to a trap early in the game... Oh the hell with it lets just head to the mansion we can always back track later if we have to.

Well, unless anyone has any good ideas, I suppose we should head onwards!

Don't worry about wooing anyone. You're more than likely to lose the game if you get distracted, and if you really want to spend time with any of them, I'm sure Tom can be persuaded to summon them in different circumstances.

>Mutation potions. Lots of them.
Well, certainly nothing wrong with being unique!

Oh ho, focus your charms on the big gal, should be quite the conquest. Speaking of big girls, what's the largest woman you've been with? Do you have any limits?

I would be willing to guess the lamia as the witch but let's not jump to conclusions. I would say that the time lord would cancel our sexual endeavors in this game, so I suggest we head out into something more amusing than a sign saying beware.

I think we can keep the romantic conquests out of the board games. Remember our disapproving Time Lord buddy is around.

>>514330
Yeah, we need to seduce him first. Preferably by getting him to switch sex.

>>514374
You do realize he's immune to wacky hijinks. He'll just rewind afterwards if he doesn't like what happens.

Hell, even if he likes what happened, he'd probably just rewind so we couldn't be smug about it.

If we can get Tom to like the idea we might be able to get it to stick.

>>514378
Story Seeker remembers what happens after rewinds. Remember when we had him undo some conversations and stuff to see if he could remember? He did. We only need the two of them to know for Story to be smug about it at him/her.

Also, this. >>514379

Let's not flirt too much during the game. Take this seriously, please. Unless we're flirting in order to get inside their heads...

>Story Seeker remembers what happens after rewinds.
Sometimes. Without the time artifact's help, the effect was greatly lessened (SS missed most of the trap the kobold rewinds, and was barely aware there was interference in the last round. Pretty sure our resistance is slowly wearing off).

>>514378

We've just got to make it so every possible future involves Story Seeker making out with the Chronomancer.

...you know, if anyone understands just how uncomfortable and awkward it is to be gender flipped and put in that position, it's Story Seeker. I really don't see him pursuing this.

>>514604
Nonono, we're trying to get the time lord to do it voluntarily. We're not trying to do it to him.

Really, there's a time and a place. What you should do is focus on the current objective, round everyone up, press on through the forest keeping an eye out for magical traps, and defeat this here witch.

Then you can dig around the boardgame closet for some kinda Mystery Date thing and get your wacky hookup action on that way.

Yeah fun as the idea is lets wait until the time is right or we will scare him away.

>>514615
>Then you can dig around the boardgame
>for some kinda Mystery Date thing
>get your wacky hookup action on that way.

I misread your post!
Clearly, in order to find out who is the witch, Story Seeker must seduce them all when they split up to 'search' to see which one has the witchiest bedmagics!

Can we ignore our fruitless time lord seduction right now, I honestly don't see him being interested no matter the gender any longer.
Focus on the game and get our head out of the gutters yeah?

Yeah, just cause story is a suave bard who's slept his way to power doesn't mean that's his only feature. He's clever and erudite (if a little wordy.) It doesn't always have to be about sex.

In most games I've ever played the best way to tell a 'traitor' in the midst is not to guess based on preconceptions of the players, but rather to observe how they actually play the game. Poor players will give off clues as they try to accomplish their hidden objective quickly, where more clever ones will play the long term. In either case I believe focusing on winning via your objective Story Seeker is the best goal. So to those ends make yourself the best you can and use the others to overcome obstacles you can not handle.

Story Seeker 2013/06/08(Sat)11:35 No. 515298 ID: d38f67
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>Speaking of big girls, what's the largest woman you've been with?
That would probably be Miss Morgana, although perhaps Zirkala if we are counting her largest form.

We go on to walk... somewhere! I shall preserve thoughts of romance should an opportune time present itself, but for the time, I shall first inspect the mansion. The dwarf and the lamia slink off of the beaten path into the woods, to which I wish them good luck, although their responses are underwhelming.

>"What're you thinking about, Story?" Muo asks as we walk along the path, snapping me out of my privy thoughts.
"Hm? Oh, nothing of interest!" I say shortly before we reach our destination. "Massive, indeed!"

The Time Lord looks at me oddly.

>"It's... well it's kind of big, but not that big." Muo states. "Oh, but right, you only just recently even went above ground recently. I think I was impressed by a shack one time."
"Yes, I have only heard tales of large mansions as this one... is apparently 'sort of' one!

The Time Lord appears to wish to say something, but only upon my expectant gaze does he speak.
"I think there is a hedge maze behind this building."

>>515298
That sounds cool. Let's check it out before we go inside the mansion proper.

if you see the hedge maze look for something for you to clime so you can look into the hedge maze so you can make a mental map on how to navigate it should you need to.

So our options then are to boldly burst through the front door, or explore the maze out back? Hmm. Mazes usually exist for several reasons. Either they're defensive (keep something in, keep someone out, keep a something or someone safe, etc) or they're a trap. Could be either, really. Either there's something interesting hid out there, or it's there to snare sacrifices.

Where did the harpy go? He take to the air? Went off on his own? An eye in the air could help if you get stuck in the maze.

You and Muo at least should probably be able to bypass both the maze and the gate by just slipping through the bars. Honestly, they look wide enough that most of you probably can.

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>Where is the harpy?
Lagging behind. He seems to be watching us quite intently!

"Let's take a look behind this mansion first to take a look at the hedge maze." I say, before speaking to Gram. "And, how about you fly up and get a good view of how big the hedge maze is, and if anything is inside?"
>"Oh, er, uh, no thanks."

>Bypass the bars
Although I can do that, those bars are not to the maze! It is worth noting that this house does appear to be made for people a good few heads taller than myself, so this does make me feel quite small. The hedges are simply right out in the open, it appears, but we walk by a stone wall first. The wall, behind the mansion, cuts out and is replaced by the wall of the hedge row that Time Lord mentioned. The hedges appear well maintained, and impressively so! The hedges go excessively high, but this foliage does not appear to be any challenge to climb.

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Hm. Perhaps I was wrong! The hedges do not hold my weight, and as I push down to lift myself, the hedges simply give way, and I gain no height at all. I am simply crawling vertically in place! I poke my arm through, and while my arm does go inside without trouble, I cannot reach the other side.

"This foliage is strange! I never heard about such properties when I heard of hedge mazes."
>"Uhhh, this isn't normal. Are you sure you don't want to fly, Gram?" asks Muo.
"I'm sure." he replies.

You know we do have a tendancy to trust Muo. I bet she is the witch.

Just because this all looks real does not mean its not just a board game that tom slapped a third dimension on. So guessing we cant just go walking through or around walls unless its part of the game. Also knowing Tom he told all his souls to act suspicious as possible to make things more entertaining with the witch hunt.

So check to see if there is a actual entrance to the hedge maze. Keep trying to get in different ways but don't be surprised if it does not let you.

Hmm. Okay, the hedges don't allow cheating.

...I don't suppose the time lord is any good at mazes? Time, space, kind of seems like his thing.

Oh well. Shall we?

>no flying
Okay, either the harpy has a fear of heights, or he has the quiet reasonable fear that flying up alone in the sky makes him an easy target, or that a bad thing might happen for trying to cheat at the maze.

>>515368
Let's not worry about who's the witch until we have a pressing reason to. Even if you're right, we don't have a way to unmask her right now.

Besides, it could be a double bluff. Ie, none of us are the witch, and the game is just setting us against each other.

>>515366
Why would a harpy not want to fly? That is very suspicious.

Someone who is not used to being in a flight-capable form would have that issue. Someone like the witch.

> Although I can do that, those bars are not to the maze!

Right, but if you just slip through the bars you can approach the mansion without going through the main gate or the maze.

On the other hand, mazes are fun. Have everyone stick together, keep one person looking back if you can swing it to make sure it doesn't go shifting behind you (sitting on the big gal's shoulders maybe?) and just stick to the lefthand wall. You'll get through no problem.

well see if you can find the entrence to the maze then but I don't think we should go in yet, not if we can help it at least.

after we find the entrance to the maze proper lets look around a bit more to get an idea of where things are for future reference.

Story Seeker 2013/06/09(Sun)12:30 No. 515638 ID: d38f67
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"I don't suppose you are any good at hedge mazes, Time Lord?"
>"I am alright, but I would have to get inside."

We make our rounds along the perimeter, and there is to see other than forest in one direction, and the hedge rows in the other. Then the stone wall comes back as we approach the mansion again, and then the mansion itself until the front comes into view again. It does not appear that there is much of interest directly outside of the mansion's exterior!

"Perhaps I could scale the stone wall, if there is no magic preventing that? I imagine the entrance must be in the mansion's backyard."
"Or, we could go in the front door." the Time Lord says.
"Yes, Muo and I can slip through the bars!"
"Or, we could open the front gate. It is unlocked, nor is the fence particularly tall."
"Yes, I suppose I-"
>"Ahhhhh" Muo starts, although her tone is hardly that of a panic. "I can't lie for long I am the witch."

>>515638
.... want some help getting the other contestants?

>>515638
haha, top must be furiously disappointed.

Ha ha that's perfect. Ask her what she is supposed to do as the witch.

Oh my. Did our harpy friend overhear?

>>515638
Muo you are bad at this!

Welp, I think that means we gotta try to kill her now. Except we're unarmed so I don't know how we'd even do that. Or maybe she's gonna try to kill us which means we should run away. We can't restrain her because she's a slime, too.

Let's head for the front door. We need a weapon or something.

>>515638
Oooooh my yes I'm completely sure Muo really sucks that much at games and decided to confess of her own free will.

Or maybe the actual witch used witchy spells to make her do a fake confession. Oh, no, surely not, that would be far too absurd.

>>515649
very likely.