Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)03:57 No. 339246 ID: 2222da
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Maybe you can take something. You have four left. But one is already out of your reach. Choose.

Take the one with the green symbol in the lower left.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)04:10 No. 339248 ID: 2222da
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The closest.

Change.
To be able to adapt, to live on.
To forget, and lose who you are.

Is this your choice?
(Y/N)

yes.

screw everything else without change nothing is anything

>>339248
What is the furthest within reach?

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)04:24 No. 339252 ID: 2222da
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Two others are within reach.

Creation.
To bring into existence.
To bind and cage.

Destruction.
To break chains.
To break all.

Both rest equally far away.
But they are retreating.

Choose quickly.

[2 votes for Change. One more to claim.]

We shall CREATE our own world

Vote: create

Q: What is the one that is no longer within reach? the top right one?

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)04:58 No. 339265 ID: 2222da
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Too far, now.
Pulled away from you.
Or Pushed.

Self.
To be.
To know.

[2 Change, 2 Creation. 3 to claim.]

Vote: Create

Yeah creation is where it's at.

Create. If it's too far, be Yourself. But not creating is for wusses.

Is this the intro to Black and White?

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)05:52 No. 339274 ID: 2222da
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The choice is made.

You move, drifting through the void, and overtake your goal.

Creation.

[Use of Magic unlocked!]
[Mana unlocked!]
[Spell unlocked: Light!]
[Spell unlocked: Minor Resistance!]

The void...shatters. And slowly, the world around you slips into focus.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)06:00 No. 339275 ID: 2222da
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"...lad you could come. I'm not entirely certain just what I've created, but it seems to be a sort of liquid-gas."

Noise is the first thing that returns. The overpowering rush of air, the immense creaking of aging timber, and above it all, the sounds of voices.

If only you knew what a voice was.

"Some sort of between phase matter, then? That's not that special."

"But the gas seems to hold together, you see. It bunches up. I've considered electromagnetic bonding, but I don't see how..."

Despite the immense volume of the voices, you notice they sound somewhat muffled.

Touch... you feel a smooth, cool surface beneath you, and your limited senses indicate that you rest in a circular, walled, but un-roofed container of the same material. Two other materials are nearby.

Well. How do you begin?

>>339275
It sounds like we're about to be experimented on. Without the ability to communicate, we'll have a great deal of difficulty doing anything about that, unless we've got significant physical abilities to go with our rather pitiful magical ones.

I suppose the obvious thing to do is subtly see how easy it is to move about and if we can move vertically. Don't move around enough to immediately attract attention from anyone nearby, just enough to know how fast we can move if we want to and if we can get out the top of this thing.

expand your body. break the container.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)06:26 No. 339281 ID: 2222da
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You begin to test the limits of your mobility.
You don't appear to have much strength, nor do you seem able to stretch very far. However, you are quite light, and even your small strength lets you move about fairly easily.

You also are able to slide along surfaces, by moving only those parts of you in contact with the ground.

>>339281
Well, that will have been pretty obvious to anyone looking. They haven't pointed it out yet, though... because they didn't notice, or because they're busy staring?

Either way, I'm inclined to not risk it and try to get out of this container. The walls aren't so high- if we move to the end of it and try to shove upward, moving ourselves along the material of the wall, perhaps we'll be able to ooze over the edge.

If we can't get out now, they might add a lid. That would suck.

Light eh? Time to start glowing! For no reason!

Something will definitely happen, most likely good.

blink your light in a rhythmic fashion.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)06:41 No. 339285 ID: 2222da
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You move to the edge of your confinement, and begin to crawl over the side. The noises continue unabbated.

You decide to make use of one of your abilities, and begin to glow gently. But your lack of eyes means you have no way of telling what effect this yields.

[Mana: 19/20]

>>339285
Continue crawling until we've moved all the way over the wall, then reassess the situation.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)06:51 No. 339287 ID: 2222da
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You arrive on the other side of the wall with some difficulty. The surface now below you is rough, with many valleys, all flowing in the same direction. It is also porous, though not enough to admit your passage through it.

You begin to sense a new object in the direction of your travel.

[Mana: 18/20]

>>339287
Well, move for the object. Since we're obviously motile at this point, do so as swiftly as we can- there's no point in being slow.

If we're draining our mana by keeping that light going, we can shut it off. No sense wasting what may or may not be an easily renewable resource.

yeah, turn off the light and grope that naughty disc.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)07:07 No. 339293 ID: 2222da
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You stop your glow, and move towards the disc. The material feels quite smooth after the rough surface... And there is something else.

A liquid rests on part of the surface, invisible to all but touch, and within, it contains...something. Tiny flares appear within to a sense you didn't know you had, and you begin to absorb them.

A large object coated in the liquid rests nearby.

Climb all over the object.

Engulf the object

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)07:32 No. 339299 ID: 2222da
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You slide through the liquid, and engulf the object, though your meager strength does not allow you to reach beneath it. After a few seconds, you notice it beginning to dissolve, and the smallest fragment of its mass being added to your own.

The liquid, however, dissolves quickly. The flares you felt with your unknown sense are now followed by the liquid itself. Where you touch, all that remains is a fine powder.

[Mana:19/20]
[Mass: 22]
[MSP: 20/100]
[Bonding: 45/100]

A few seconds later, you notice that the voices are getting louder, and are accompanied by regular, dull thumps.

Try to get back where you started before the voices get there

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)07:46 No. 339304 ID: 2222da
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You somewhat reluctantly leave the plate, and glide back over the smooth wall, slightly slower now with your increased mass.

As you settle into position, you pay attention to the noises once more.

"...k for yourself. I really don't know what I've made here."

"Fair enough, fair enough."

The noises increase dramatically in volume.

And then the quest ended for the night. Just to annoy you. Yes, you. Specifically. Sleep may also play a factor.

>>339308
Wouldn't be the first time someone has done that

>>339304
Wait for it...

Try exhibiting some odd properties, but nothing too crazy. Like if they swirl you around then spin a bit extra in the container or something. Maybe flatten out and reform if shaken.

There will be time to play around later.

>>339304
Act inert. We will already appear inherently strange enough without providing more evidence of our strangeness. Hopefully there will be other opportunities to act.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)21:11 No. 339457 ID: 2222da
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As the noises get louder, you find yourself torn between acting inert, or demonstrating that you are more than a substance.

"...ee what you think of it."
"Yes, yes."

You decide on a compromise, and do nothing, deciding that your increased mass may be enough to gain notice.

>>339457

Eat the dish and then make yourself form a circle, a line, a triangle, a square, a pentagon, and a hexagon in sequence.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/12(Fri)21:25 No. 339470 ID: 2222da
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"This is it."
"Doesn't look that impressive."
"It doesn't have to. It's a liquid when it should be a gas."
"What's it made of?"
"Really? Whatever I could find. I get bored sometimes and just chuck things in."

You hear a rumbling groan from the taller figure.

"That isn't exactly helpful."
"Yeah, yeah."
"So why do you think it should be a gas?"
"Because it's mainly hydrogen chloride."
"...Do I want to know?"
"Probably not."

The taller figure rumbles again.

"Well don't breathe any in, and you'll be fine."
"Yes, yes..."

The figures move away. It appears you are once more unobserved.

>>339461
And that's why I should refresh before updating. :I

you seem to be developing sensory organs receptive to light, that is a good thing. For one, it revealed another chunk of delicious food to the left. When the humans are gone go and eat it.

>>339470
Let's move further along the table to see if there's anything else on it besides the dish.

What exactly can we eat? Time to experiment!

Leave the dish and try to dissolve the table.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)00:40 No. 339544 ID: 2222da
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After the noises fade, you once more crawl out of your confinement, and slide again over to the object.

You continue to soak up liquid, and your continued presence begins to significantly dissolve the object, releasing yet more liquid.

An emotion, your first, passes through you. You desire more of this liquid, and the object.

It is quickly followed by a second, that of curiosity. You begin to slide off the dish, moving further along the bench. As you do so, you briefly attempt to consume the bench itself, but cause little damage to it. It would take some time to consume the substance it is made of.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)00:42 No. 339545 ID: 2222da
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As you slide further, your increased mass allows you to sense more of your surroundings.

[Mass:32]

>>339545

He seriously left a glob of weird liquid gas right next to his steak lunch? What a rube. See if you can stretch up to that shelf up there with the other dish.

See if you can talk, if so, when the voices come back say "Feed me Seymour".

you left some uneaten steak, finish it all off before moving further.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)01:12 No. 339553 ID: 2222da
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You decide to pause for a moment to consume the rest of the object, adding its mass to your own.

Once this is complete, and the dish is clear of liquid, you move, crossing a few other objects before reaching upward to the other bench.

Your increased mass allows you to reach, but you are not sticky enough to get a solid grip on the surface.

Frustrated, you attempt to make a noise of your own, but succeed only in releasing a bubble of air.

Updates are now slowed due to spilling noodles on my keyboard and breaking it. :I

on this shelf are a fork and a knife, but they appear different from each other. Can you taste them to see if you can make out what the difference is?
Also examine the book object more closely.

Check to see if we are dextrous enough to use the fork and knife as climbing implements, if so Grab one of them and shove the pointy end into the wall halfway up to use as a step, see if the extra height helps

>>339553
Examine the other objects on the table we can reach.

there's just some books up there. books are for nerds. screw that, let's jump down.

we could, after reading through the book, close it and move it over to use as a ledge to further extend our reach.

>>339565
The books might be edible, more food means more mass which means more mobility

>>339570

or we could eat more steak instead.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)04:17 No. 339579 ID: 2222da
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Having determined that the high ledge could not be reached without assistance, you turn to examine the bench for something that could help.

The object with the thin sheets reminds you of the bench. It is stained by another substance, but that quickly warps and is absorbed by you. The sheets also seem as though they would be absorbed quickly.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)04:20 No. 339580 ID: 2222da
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You move to the two odd-shaped objects. Both seem to be made of similar materials, but they still react differently to you. The more pinkish one seems easier to consume, though it would still take a long time to absorb. The second one...

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)04:29 No. 339581 ID: 2222da
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As you come into contact with the second one, you feel all parts of you retract violently, and feel yourself become much denser.

[Mass: 35]
[35/(0.34-(-0.45))= 44.3]
[Bonding: 45(+44.3)/100]

After determining that you are still able to move, and realizing that your sense range has been greatly reduced, you study the second object. It seems tougher than the first to absorb, though it seems to be reacting with certain materials you previously absorbed.

After a moments experiment, you attempt to lift the second object, and find that your increased density has much improved your strength, allowing you to easily move and carry the item.

Finally, you glance over the edge of the bench, but your now much-curtailed senses give no clue as to how far the fall would be.

>>339575
>Eat book
This makes me sad :(
>>339581
Cast minor resistance.

...are we metal now? nevermind. use minor resistance and jump down.

and try to shout CANNONBAAAAAAAAAALL

Did the 2 increase of mass come from tasting book or from touching the metal fork? Take both fork and knife with us. carry them inside you to be digested slowly as you move.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)05:32 No. 339830 ID: 2222da
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>>339587
[Mass Absorbtion Analysis: Bench-like substance: 0.?%, Staining substance: 0.?%, Slow-to-Absorb: 0.?% & 0.?%]

You decide to take these two objects with you for later absorption, and move towards the edge of the bench.

>>339582
On a whim, you cast minor resistance.

[Bonding: 45(+44.3/2)/100]
[Resist all: +15]

>>339584
Finding nothing of interest left to you on the bench, you cautiously slide over the edge.

As you do, an odd thought arises unbidden...

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)05:33 No. 339832 ID: 2222da
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CANNONBAAAAAAAA-

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)05:40 No. 339835 ID: 2222da
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-Impact.

Your entire body deforms as you strike the ground with a wet slap. Despite the combination of your increased bonding force, and the resistance spell you cast, a large portion of your mass has severed from the whole.

[Mana: 16/20]
[Mass: 26]

Luckily, you managed to keep your grip upon the two difficult-to-consume objects as you fell.

Your limited senses reveal little in this area. A hole in the bench support is the only thing on note. Touch affords you much more data. The ground is covered in small items, which you may easily absorb, though they are small enough that you see no benefit in doing so. Dried samples of the liquid from the dish are also present, though they lack the "flares" that you previously sensed. You hear no significant noises in the area.

Well, eating everything sounds fun, but let's go explore the hole.

>>339835
It would've been wiser to fall upon the stool instead. Oh well, too late now.

Get in that hole.

that hole was made for you.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)08:07 No. 339850 ID: 2222da
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Still dragging the two objects, you move to investigate the hole. Your senses detect frantic movement within, and dust grows thicker beneath you as you approach.

The discarded part of your mass begins to slide off at a leisurely pace.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)08:09 No. 339852 ID: 2222da
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As you enter the hole, the movement stops. From what you are able to sense, there appears to be a series of twisty passageways through the support.

You do not know where the movement was coming from.

>>339850
>The discarded part of your mass begins to slide off at a leisurely pace.
Dammit, we need to recover that before it gets away! We don't have enough mass that we can afford to lose it, and we can't guarantee that our severed parts will keep to secrecy.

Though a half-eaten book certainly won't help, either. Damn.

first, go and reabsorb the thing that came off of you. you can't just leave pieces of yourself crawling around like that.

then crawl further into the hole and use light.

Oh no! What if it goes off to become your greatest rival? Get it!

>>339855
Yea, chase it down and reabsorb it!

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)18:53 No. 340075 ID: 2222da
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[Perspective Shift]
[Mass: 9]
[Bonding: 97]

-eah lets do this! ONWARD TO ADVENTURE!

Huh, I seem to be thinking a bit different from before DOH WELL WHO CARES LETS GO FIND THINGS!

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME, WE GONNA HAVE ADVENTURE~

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)18:54 No. 340076 ID: 2222da
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AND WE'LL FIND DELICIOUS LIQUIDS AND EAT THEM AND OHSHITHERECOMESTHERESTOFMEWHATDOIDO?

merge.

it is your other half, you broke apart, merge back.

>>340076
Looking at the coloration of the smaller goo, it seems to contain the majority of the metal we absorbed.

Try to communicate with the rest of you. Tell it to wait, and ask it to participate in a plan. We need to make ourselves able to cling to walls, at least temporarily, and climb back up to the petri dish. Then we can try merging back together and leaving a part of ourselves back there so it doesn't look like we've escaped somehow. Preferably when we merge we make the remaining bit dormant so it doesn't get bored and try to leave.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/15(Mon)03:46 No. 340215 ID: 2222da
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PerhapsIshouldmergebacksowecangoonadventurestogethr?

But if I do, then we only get one adventure instead of two!

I'll pause for a sec and try to talk to me. Lets see, maybe if I-

*Splat*

[Perspective Shift]
[Mass: 35]
[Mana: 8/20]

You feel the discarded mass rejoining once more with the whole. As it does so, you collect a brief glimpse of the time it spent away from you, though details elude you. Perhaps with greater control over your structure, you could make use of this function.

As it is, you have reclaimed your mass, and are ready to continue your exploration.

cool, let's get back in the hole and check it out.

>>340215
awesomesauce! You have discovered a new ability! You can bud off pieces of yourself to act independently and retain the memories of both if you merge back. From scouting to reproduction this has uses... just ones that not exactly suitable for the here and now where are goals are to rapidly gain mass and escape.

You should go back into the hole, it sounds like there is delicious meat in there.

(What do the other suggestors think about the idea of leaving a bit of ourself in the dish so it doesn't look like we've escaped? If we do that they'll be preoccupied, but they might find something about our nature. If we don't they might get suspicious or possibly they will just assume we evaporated.)

>>340344
we need to have at least 40 mass so we can be split into two sets of 20. otherwise the smaller blob could end up stupid.

>>340344
I am against leaving any. they wouldn't think we escaped, they would think we were stolen or evaporated. Remember that he said we should be a gash but somehow behave like liquid, he will probably think that whatever bound us together wore out and we evaporated.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/16(Tue)01:49 No. 340611 ID: 2222da
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You return to the hole, slightly delayed when the two objects you carry jam against the entrance. With some effort, you rearrange them and reenter.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/16(Tue)01:51 No. 340613 ID: 2222da
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Some way of keeping better track of the items you carry seems in order. Perhaps later you will be able to see how long till you fully consume objects, too.

At any rate, you are now prepared to explore the tunnel system. How shall you do this?

better turn that light spell back on.

>>340613
Turn on light, and peer into the various passages one by one. Discard the objects if they become too awkward to move around in here.

try to break the objects into smaller pieces, it would help carrying them and should make them digest faster.

>Discard the objects if they become too awkward to move around in here.
If that happens then we will notice it and make the decision then, rather then giving "if this that do that" orders lets see what happens.

>light
Agreed on turning on light spell.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/16(Tue)06:53 No. 340653 ID: 2222da
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You momentarily attempt to crack or sever the objects in your mass, but have no where near the strength required to do so. You estimate this means they are quite resistant to your corrosive effects, as well as made of a strong material.

Filing this knowledge away for later use, you cast Light.

[Mana: 7/20]

You're not entirely sure what the purpose of this is, as you do not currently possess any way of perceiving light yourself. However, casting the spell triggers some movements within the hollow support, and this time you manage to pick them up via your as-of-yet-undefined sense. There are three areas of movement.

What do you do?

>>340653
Completely fill the entrance to the area just above us, then move upward and engulf whatever's moving there.

>>340653
Yes, do this. Then just wait there for a while and digest.

>>340656
Yes.

>Light has no use since you can't see.
Doh! ok turn it off if it is just advertising our presence.

>Mana
I wonder how we regenerate that, it seems quite low so maybe it isn't all that fast.

>Break
Try to brace both tips against something at a 45 degree angle and then apply the force directly to the center. It will give you a massive torque advantage.

Try and squeeze together to get the one above you first.

I just realized something... there are little antennae! 3 pairs! each one must be a delicious roach! om nom nom!

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/17(Wed)02:58 No. 340845 ID: 2222da
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You briefly attempt to break the objects by leaning them before applying force, but the lack of room within the hollow means this is impossible. You think it unlikely that you would succeed with your meager strength anyway.

Having done this, you move to cover the entrance to the small acclove above you, aiming to prevent any escape of creatures within. As you once more extend your senses, you cover more of what you believe tobe antenna, to see...

That it is in fact a leg. One of seven in the hollow, attached to a creature you have never seen before. Your approach has also revealed a number of strands geometrically woven in the hollow, ending at the creature.

It appears to be aware of your presence.