Shall we play a game?
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xaq_the_aereonAlright everybirdie, the results from the earlier post are in, and now it's time to reveal what I was gearing towards: a game.
(UPDATE: As of 5:20 PM local time, 01/09/2013, all achievements have been unlocked!!)
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It is New Year's Day, and to celebrate, you have joined some of your classmates from St. Pigeonation's to go down to the local shrine. As you get there, you notice the place is strangely empty, even compared to its usual sparsity of visitors. As you get further in, however, you see why: a Komodo Dragon has apparently decided to sunbathe in the middle of the shrine grounds and scared everybirdie off!
"The Black Serpent of Agony has appeared!" The startled, slightly agonized cry of the luzon who stands beside your group startles you...where'd he come from, anyway? Before you can ask, he tosses you a pen used in drawing manga. "Go forth, Scarlet Knight of the Sephirot! It is your destiny to wield Sae'krom, the holy spear, and slay this beast!"
Looks like you've picked up a weird one, my friend. Rummaging through your backpacks, you and your classmates scrounge together a few items you can use to deal with the situation. Things do not look very promising, however, as all that you have are a packet of Tat-P pudding mix, a unicycle, a paintbrush that (for some reason) is still wet with purple paint, a packet of millet seeds, the key to your locker, a unicycle, and the loony luzon's pen.
To play, reply with what you wish to do, such as "Use Unicycle on Self" or "Coo at Sae'krom." Grammar doesn't have to be perfect; as long as the system can make sense of what you say, that should work.
(UPDATE: Due to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xviith_et_seq's excessive and increasingly confusing use of them to the point of literally leaving me with a migraine, ANGHELISMS WILL NO LONGER BE ACKNOWLEDGED. Your text entry is simulating a controller input for God's sake.)
If you wish to use the Move command, simply say "Move to ____" using the following list as reference:
-Shrine to move to the center dot on the mini-map
-Entrance to move along the lower-left path
-Woods to move along the central-right path
-Spring to move along the upper-left path behind the shrine.
So, for example, if you wanted to return to the entrance, you would type in "Move to Entrance."
After you have entered a command, the system will reply letting you know the consequences, for good or ill (most likely ill) of your actions. Afterwards, assuming you didn't get yourself horribly maimed or killed, you can input another command and try again.
Good luck, and try your best to survive this latest peril to come to Littledove Hachiman City!
UPDATE: There is no need spoiler-tag your replies; I only spoiler-tagged the game so that it didn't take up a boatload of space on your page on the off-chance you didn't want to play.
UPDATE: Okay, since this has come up a number of times now: While other characters get mentioned in the text a few times, the only 2 characters you're able to interact with in any way on the first screen are yourself and the Komodo dragon.
ENDINGS UNLOCKED: 6/6
-ENDING 1: Say Your Prayers (Normal End) (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-ENDING 2: Tale of the Dragonslayer (Bad End) (unlocked bydavidn)
-ENDING 3: There Goes The Neighborhood! (WTF End) (unlocked bydavidn)
-ENDING 4: True Pudding Awaits! (Pudding End) (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-ENDING 5: Coo The Hell Do You Think I Am!? (Good End) (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-ENDING 6: Coo This, I'm Outta Here! (Lame End) (unlocked bykjorteo)
ACHIEVEMENTS UNLOCKED: 14/14 (UPDATE: 100% Complete!!)
-Say Your Prayers - Unlock the Normal Ending (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-Komodo Dragonslayer - Unlock the Bad Ending (unlocked bydavidn)
-Gigaflare - Unlock the WTF Ending (unlocked bydavidn)
-Coo coooo!! - Unlock the Pudding Ending (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-Hatodammerung - Unlock the Good Ending (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-I Quit! - Unlock the Lame Ending (unlocked bykjorteo)
-Out of Body Experience - Leave yourself behind. (unlocked bykjorteo)
-Lighten the Load - You probably didn't need that stuff anyway. (unlocked bykjorteo)
-Multi-Killed!! - Die 10+ times (Communal achievement ultimately unlocked bykjorteo)
-That is No True Pudding! - Discover the label mixup in your inventory. (unlocked bydavidn)
-It's Millet Time - Mmm, tasty! (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty - Give yourself a makeover! (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-Can I Keep Him? - Aww, I guess not. (unlocked byxviith_et_seq)
-The Obligatory "Get All Other Achievements" Achievement (Hatogate 100% Complete!)
(UPDATE: As of 5:20 PM local time, 01/09/2013, all achievements have been unlocked!!)
(Enable BGM?)
It is New Year's Day, and to celebrate, you have joined some of your classmates from St. Pigeonation's to go down to the local shrine. As you get there, you notice the place is strangely empty, even compared to its usual sparsity of visitors. As you get further in, however, you see why: a Komodo Dragon has apparently decided to sunbathe in the middle of the shrine grounds and scared everybirdie off!
"The Black Serpent of Agony has appeared!" The startled, slightly agonized cry of the luzon who stands beside your group startles you...where'd he come from, anyway? Before you can ask, he tosses you a pen used in drawing manga. "Go forth, Scarlet Knight of the Sephirot! It is your destiny to wield Sae'krom, the holy spear, and slay this beast!"
Looks like you've picked up a weird one, my friend. Rummaging through your backpacks, you and your classmates scrounge together a few items you can use to deal with the situation. Things do not look very promising, however, as all that you have are a packet of Tat-P pudding mix, a unicycle, a paintbrush that (for some reason) is still wet with purple paint, a packet of millet seeds, the key to your locker, a unicycle, and the loony luzon's pen.
To play, reply with what you wish to do, such as "Use Unicycle on Self" or "Coo at Sae'krom." Grammar doesn't have to be perfect; as long as the system can make sense of what you say, that should work.
(UPDATE: Due to
xviith_et_seq's excessive and increasingly confusing use of them to the point of literally leaving me with a migraine, ANGHELISMS WILL NO LONGER BE ACKNOWLEDGED. Your text entry is simulating a controller input for God's sake.)If you wish to use the Move command, simply say "Move to ____" using the following list as reference:
-Shrine to move to the center dot on the mini-map
-Entrance to move along the lower-left path
-Woods to move along the central-right path
-Spring to move along the upper-left path behind the shrine.
So, for example, if you wanted to return to the entrance, you would type in "Move to Entrance."
After you have entered a command, the system will reply letting you know the consequences, for good or ill (most likely ill) of your actions. Afterwards, assuming you didn't get yourself horribly maimed or killed, you can input another command and try again.
Good luck, and try your best to survive this latest peril to come to Littledove Hachiman City!
UPDATE: There is no need spoiler-tag your replies; I only spoiler-tagged the game so that it didn't take up a boatload of space on your page on the off-chance you didn't want to play.
UPDATE: Okay, since this has come up a number of times now: While other characters get mentioned in the text a few times, the only 2 characters you're able to interact with in any way on the first screen are yourself and the Komodo dragon.
ENDINGS UNLOCKED: 6/6
-ENDING 1: Say Your Prayers (Normal End) (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-ENDING 2: Tale of the Dragonslayer (Bad End) (unlocked by
davidn)-ENDING 3: There Goes The Neighborhood! (WTF End) (unlocked by
davidn)-ENDING 4: True Pudding Awaits! (Pudding End) (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-ENDING 5: Coo The Hell Do You Think I Am!? (Good End) (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-ENDING 6: Coo This, I'm Outta Here! (Lame End) (unlocked by
kjorteo)ACHIEVEMENTS UNLOCKED: 14/14 (UPDATE: 100% Complete!!)
-Say Your Prayers - Unlock the Normal Ending (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-Komodo Dragonslayer - Unlock the Bad Ending (unlocked by
davidn)-Gigaflare - Unlock the WTF Ending (unlocked by
davidn)-Coo coooo!! - Unlock the Pudding Ending (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-Hatodammerung - Unlock the Good Ending (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-I Quit! - Unlock the Lame Ending (unlocked by
kjorteo)-Out of Body Experience - Leave yourself behind. (unlocked by
kjorteo)-Lighten the Load - You probably didn't need that stuff anyway. (unlocked by
kjorteo)-Multi-Killed!! - Die 10+ times (Communal achievement ultimately unlocked by
kjorteo)-That is No True Pudding! - Discover the label mixup in your inventory. (unlocked by
davidn)-It's Millet Time - Mmm, tasty! (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty - Give yourself a makeover! (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-Can I Keep Him? - Aww, I guess not. (unlocked by
xviith_et_seq)-The Obligatory "Get All Other Achievements" Achievement (Hatogate 100% Complete!)
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Date: 1/9/13 04:17 (UTC)Huh. It would appear that what you thought was a packet of Tat-P, a lesser-known pudding mix, was actually a packet of TATP, a form of high explosive. What you mistook for a mixing spoon was, given the outcome, a detonator. Its revenge on you for your unjustified assault is brief, but completely thorough. Serves you right!
It's a sad thing your adventure has ended here!!
(Reloading from previous save... ... ...)
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Date: 1/9/13 04:23 (UTC)All right, last-ditch effort to see if there are any other screens with which I can interact (as opposed to the one that automatically spits me back where I came, the one that automatically kills me, and the one that automatically gives me the normal ending.)
Unicycle the komodo dragon, then move Entrance.
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Date: 1/9/13 04:46 (UTC)True, the plan was to come to the shrine and make your New Year's wishes, but after what you saw with the lizard on the unicycle? Forget it! You all agree to go grab a bite to eat and try and put this latest bit of insanity behind you.
(Game over)
(ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I Quit!)
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Date: 1/9/13 12:54 (UTC)But if that's not how you finish off the makeover, then how ... oh, do I need to preen or something? I need to preen, don't I. (New game, paintbrush self, then) peck self. Sigh.
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Date: 1/9/13 16:44 (UTC)>Peck Self
You look your plumage over for a moment, and realize it's looking a little ratty. You take a moment to preen yourself. No sense coming to the shrine without looking your best, after all!
(Parser note: Makeover achievement would indeed have been unlocked at this point, if xviith hadn't beaten you to it. Sorry!)
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Date: 1/9/13 12:58 (UTC)* Leave basically everything the game will let me (pudding mix, paint brush, unicycle, Saekro'm, Key 2, millet) (on the ground if the game asks)
* Leave self
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Date: 1/9/13 16:48 (UTC)You hand the pudding mix back to your classmates, fairly convinced it's not going to do any good against this thing.
(Pudding Mix removed from inventory)
>Leave Paintbrush/Unicycle/Millet
(Same as above, but replace "pudding mix" with applicable item name.)
(Paintbrush, unicycle, and millet removed from inventory)
>Leave Key2
Wait, you can't get rid of that! You're going to need that if you want to get into your locker at school!
>Leave Sae'krom
The luzon shakes his head as you try to hand him back his pen. "I cannot fight this beast, Scarlet Knight. My powers are useless against it. Only the combined might of the Holy Spear and the Order of the Sephirot can slay this demonic serpent!"
So, in other words, he's scared of lizards and wants you to deal with it instead? In any case, he's not taking it back, and throwing it away might make his antics even worse...better hold onto it.
>Leave Self
You sit down and assume a meditative stance, clearing your mind to figure out how to deal with the current situation. As you do, you find yourself beginning to become one with the universe. The overwhelming sensation proves a bit more than you can handle, and you get jolted back to reality.
Still, that was a neat sensation while it lasted! You wonder if you can reach that state again...
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Date: 1/10/13 00:44 (UTC)New game, unicycle the komodo dragon (thus getting rid of the unicycle, Saekro'm, and the komodo dragon,) then leave everything else, including Self. Twice.
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Date: 1/10/13 00:56 (UTC)(Expected result)
>Leave Pudding Mix
With the lizard dealt with, you give the pudding mix back. No need for that anymore!
>Leave Paintbrush
(Expected result)
>Leave Key2
(Doesn't work, as expected)
>Leave Millet
With the lizard dealt with, you give the packet of millet seeds back. No need for that anymore!
(ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Lighten the Load)
(Congrats, you finally figured it out! :b)
>Leave Self
You sit down and assume a meditative stance, clearing your mind of the weirdness you just experienced. As you do, you find yourself beginning to become one with the universe. The overwhelming sensation proves a bit more than you can handle, and you get jolted back to reality.
Still, that was a neat sensation while it lasted! You wonder if you can reach that state again...
>Leave Self
You once again assume the meditative stance. The feeling of unity with the cosmos starts to return. You will yourself not to be startled by it again, but after a brief moment of celestial oneness you feel it slip again.
Blast it all! You're sure you can hold onto that feeling for real if you just try a little harder. Maybe one more go will do it...
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Date: 1/10/13 01:15 (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/10/13 01:39 (UTC)You feel all thoughts leave your mind as a sense of universal peace washes over you. Thoughts of fear wash away. Thoughts of sadness wash away. Even thoughts of happiness wash away, all replaced with a calmness that completely stills your mind of all activity....which stills your body of all activity a moment later as all of your cardiovascular and respiratory functions cease, separating your last connection to the physical world.
It's a sad thing that your adventure has ended here...I guess?
(Reloading from previous save... ... ...)
(ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Out of Body Experience)
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Date: 1/10/13 01:42 (UTC)(I think)
All right, now that those are secured, it looks like I just have another ending to try for. And unlike those two achievements, whose names were enough of a clue to give me ideas on what to try, this one is ... uh ... hmm.
Okay, back to crazy aimless random experimenting mode, I guess!
New game, open pudding mix
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Date: 1/10/13 01:46 (UTC)(Pudding Mix removed from inventory)
**PARSER NOTE: Since you guys are so close to the end, I'm gonna help you out here: the final ending involves the pudding mix in some way.**
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Date: 1/10/13 01:47 (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/10/13 01:51 (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/10/13 02:53 (UTC)Good game, thanks for doing this. :D
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Date: 1/10/13 04:03 (UTC)For now, I'm parsing together the info needed for