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Post by lego1999boyathome on Oct 18, 2018 15:38:27 GMT -5
I had no idea this existed until now?? I'm always really late on these adventures anyway, though =P
I'll just bookmark this and hope everyone else did too and got reminded about here =P OoC: IT (maybe) LIVES AGAIN! Again, it's not that I'm uninterested about this myself, it's just I have something rattling around that necessitates I don't take any actions right now. I hope everyone understands. To slightly spoil it since playing mysterious didn't work the first time, I'm going to play dungeon master when we actually reach the temple, and since I'd probably wind up making all the challenges really fit my character's abilities. So, he's not playing a traditional role to compensate. I do promise that he'll show up though. ;-) |
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Post by Shadow Queen on Oct 18, 2018 17:09:05 GMT -5
I had no idea this existed until now?? I'm always really late on these adventures anyway, though =P
I'll just bookmark this and hope everyone else did too and got reminded about here =P OoC: IT (maybe) LIVES AGAIN! Again, it's not that I'm uninterested about this myself, it's just I have something rattling around that necessitates I don't take any actions right now. I hope everyone understands. To slightly spoil it since playing mysterious didn't work the first time, I'm going to play dungeon master when we actually reach the temple, and since I'd probably wind up making all the challenges really fit my character's abilities. So, he's not playing a traditional role to compensate. I do promise that he'll show up though.  |
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Post by Glubby on Oct 18, 2018 21:50:50 GMT -5
*Starts driving the bus.* :-P
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Post by Shadow Queen on Oct 18, 2018 23:00:05 GMT -5
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Post by Glubby on Oct 19, 2018 15:59:55 GMT -5
*Starts driving the bus.* *There's a Warp Pipe in the bus, so you can bring your stuff onto the bus.* :-P *Begins playing "The Beginner's Show" on TV again.* :-P "Look! They're showing how to jump!" |
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Post by Shadow Queen on Oct 19, 2018 19:41:55 GMT -5
*Realizes I haven't packed anything yet, and wonders if bringing a weapon or something is even necessary* =P *There's a Warp Pipe in the bus, so you can bring your stuff onto the bus.* *Begins playing "The Beginner's Show" on TV again.* "Look! They're showing how to jump!"
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Post by lego1999boyathome on Oct 22, 2018 19:12:19 GMT -5
(OoC: Oop, this place is in dire danger of petering out again, so for better or worse, let's get this rolling. People can take the Warp pipe if they discover it in time  . Assume a quick time-skip for packing and all that, since that's the slow part, where it's honestly most likely to tail off.) *The journey begins, and progresses, relatively uneventfully, surprisingly enough. The bus dives deep into forest roads, then tracks, then faint trails, then deviates from the path entirely, following the guide on the notes. After a while, the sky begins to darken as it passes beneath a great swirl of clouds, parting in the centre. The centre reveals itself to be a great pillar of light that blossoms from a star visible even in daylight into a dome of tangible, divine power. Within, is the Temple, somewhat hazy through the field. Honestly, it's a miracle nobody stumbled across it before. Or, perhaps they did? As the bus nears the ancient construct, something becomes visible. Perched somewhat hazardously atop the apparently-solid dome is a small, technologically advanced, yet clearly offline construction, attached to a small part of the temple that protrudes from the light. Unlike the parts within the dome - or what can be seen at least - this part is aged and scarred by time. From ruins of steps, some of which have been crudely re-assembled by sticking them into the dome where they stayed aloft by some will of the gods, this part seems to be the entrance. A few parts around the dome display old craters from explosions or distortion from reality-bending magicks. But none have penetrated the field, which, judging by some of the impressive destruction, pierces the earth to surround the whole temple. So, not a dome... more a shield. The bus reaches the edge of a particularly large crater, and slows to a halt. You have arrived. A small car, apparently tailing the bus, stops behind it, throws another note tied to a rock through the back window, then drives off before they can be held accountable.* "I'm afraid your... delays have proven fruitful for our enemies. Several of the groups have already reached this place, though it is likely the artifacts are still safe, for now. This place is treacherous, and will not give up its secrets so easily. But, one of the organisations, the largest and most powerful, has become aware of the struggle, and sent their one of their best, not merely to steal the power for their masters, but to prevent any others from getting it first. They are already here, waiting for enemies to approach so they might send a message. Be ready, they could strike at any time." |
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Post by Shadow Queen on Oct 22, 2018 23:12:16 GMT -5
(OoC: Oop, this place is in dire danger of petering out again, so for better or worse, let's get this rolling. People can take the Warp pipe if they discover it in time . Assume a quick time-skip for packing and all that, since that's the slow part, where it's honestly most likely to tail off.) *The journey begins, and progresses, relatively uneventfully, surprisingly enough. The bus dives deep into forest roads, then tracks, then faint trails, then deviates from the path entirely, following the guide on the notes. After a while, the sky begins to darken as it passes beneath a great swirl of clouds, parting in the centre. The centre reveals itself to be a great pillar of light that blossoms from a star visible even in daylight into a dome of tangible, divine power. Within, is the Temple, somewhat hazy through the field. Honestly, it's a miracle nobody stumbled across it before. Or, perhaps they did? As the bus nears the ancient construct, something becomes visible. Perched somewhat hazardously atop the apparently-solid dome is a small, technologically advanced, yet clearly offline construction, attached to a small part of the temple that protrudes from the light. Unlike the parts within the dome - or what can be seen at least - this part is aged and scarred by time. From ruins of steps, some of which have been crudely re-assembled by sticking them into the dome where they stayed aloft by some will of the gods, this part seems to be the entrance. A few parts around the dome display old craters from explosions or distortion from reality-bending magicks. But none have penetrated the field, which, judging by some of the impressive destruction, pierces the earth to surround the whole temple. So, not a dome... more a shield. The bus reaches the edge of a particularly large crater, and slows to a halt. You have arrived. A small car, apparently tailing the bus, stops behind it, throws another note tied to a rock through the back window, then drives off before they can be held accountable.* "I'm afraid your... delays have proven fruitful for our enemies. Several of the groups have already reached this place, though it is likely the artifacts are still safe, for now. This place is treacherous, and will not give up its secrets so easily. But, one of the organisations, the largest and most powerful, has become aware of the struggle, and sent their one of their best, not merely to steal the power for their masters, but to prevent any others from getting it first. They are already here, waiting for enemies to approach so they might send a message. Be ready, they could strike at any time." |
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Post by Glubby on Oct 23, 2018 8:18:49 GMT -5
(OoC: Oop, this place is in dire danger of petering out again, so for better or worse, let's get this rolling. People can take the Warp pipe if they discover it in time . Assume a quick time-skip for packing and all that, since that's the slow part, where it's honestly most likely to tail off.) *The journey begins, and progresses, relatively uneventfully, surprisingly enough. The bus dives deep into forest roads, then tracks, then faint trails, then deviates from the path entirely, following the guide on the notes. After a while, the sky begins to darken as it passes beneath a great swirl of clouds, parting in the centre. The centre reveals itself to be a great pillar of light that blossoms from a star visible even in daylight into a dome of tangible, divine power. Within, is the Temple, somewhat hazy through the field. Honestly, it's a miracle nobody stumbled across it before. Or, perhaps they did? As the bus nears the ancient construct, something becomes visible. Perched somewhat hazardously atop the apparently-solid dome is a small, technologically advanced, yet clearly offline construction, attached to a small part of the temple that protrudes from the light. Unlike the parts within the dome - or what can be seen at least - this part is aged and scarred by time. From ruins of steps, some of which have been crudely re-assembled by sticking them into the dome where they stayed aloft by some will of the gods, this part seems to be the entrance. A few parts around the dome display old craters from explosions or distortion from reality-bending magicks. But none have penetrated the field, which, judging by some of the impressive destruction, pierces the earth to surround the whole temple. So, not a dome... more a shield. The bus reaches the edge of a particularly large crater, and slows to a halt. You have arrived. A small car, apparently tailing the bus, stops behind it, throws another note tied to a rock through the back window, then drives off before they can be held accountable.* "I'm afraid your... delays have proven fruitful for our enemies. Several of the groups have already reached this place, though it is likely the artifacts are still safe, for now. This place is treacherous, and will not give up its secrets so easily. But, one of the organisations, the largest and most powerful, has become aware of the struggle, and sent their one of their best, not merely to steal the power for their masters, but to prevent any others from getting it first. They are already here, waiting for enemies to approach so they might send a message. Be ready, they could strike at any time." *Grumbles about cryptic messages for a while.* "Well, I guess we should get in." *Walks into the entrance, armed with some heavy duty weaponry, and a handful of battle vehicles on call.* :-P |
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Post by lego1999boyathome on Oct 23, 2018 13:34:32 GMT -5
*Attempts to throw the rock back at the car, but misses due to the car having left* =P *Grumbles about cryptic messages for a while.* "Well, I guess we should get in." *Walks into the entrance, armed with some heavy duty weaponry, and a handful of battle vehicles on call.* (OoC: Hope none of those vehicles are ground vehicles since the entrance is, like the little techy addendum, on top of the dome :-P . I'm afraid this whole things the top-down kind of deal.) *The entrance is in a similar state on the inside. Writings in different languages are carved throughout the walls, although time has faded them to be nearly illegible. In fact, it's hard to even tell which languages they are. The architecture, too is vauge. Almost... intentionally so, as if whoever built this place was trying not to mimic any individual style or era. Power thrums within the floor, as small chips and wear in the stone reveal that this part of the structure is somehow built into the barrier itself. Ahead are steps leading down into the temple - the veil of the barrier broken in this one spot.* |
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Post by Glubby on Oct 23, 2018 16:44:04 GMT -5
*Grumbles about cryptic messages for a while.* "Well, I guess we should get in." *Walks into the entrance, armed with some heavy duty weaponry, and a handful of battle vehicles on call.* (OoC: Hope none of those vehicles are ground vehicles since the entrance is, like the little techy addendum, on top of the dome . I'm afraid this whole things the top-down kind of deal.) *The entrance is in a similar state on the inside. Writings in different languages are carved throughout the walls, although time has faded them to be nearly illegible. In fact, it's hard to even tell which languages they are. The architecture, too is vauge. Almost... intentionally so, as if whoever built this place was trying not to mimic any individual style or era. Power thrums within the floor, as small chips and wear in the stone reveal that this part of the structure is somehow built into the barrier itself. Ahead are steps leading down into the temple - the veil of the barrier broken in this one spot.* OOC: I have plenty of flying goodies. Here's one. :-P IC: *Summons the Dragoon, and effortlessly gets through the fall with no trouble, and rockets into the temple, while "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" somehow plays in the back. Drags my friends along with me.* :-P |
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Post by lego1999boyathome on Oct 23, 2018 20:41:22 GMT -5
(OoC: Hope none of those vehicles are ground vehicles since the entrance is, like the little techy addendum, on top of the dome . I'm afraid this whole things the top-down kind of deal.) *The entrance is in a similar state on the inside. Writings in different languages are carved throughout the walls, although time has faded them to be nearly illegible. In fact, it's hard to even tell which languages they are. The architecture, too is vauge. Almost... intentionally so, as if whoever built this place was trying not to mimic any individual style or era. Power thrums within the floor, as small chips and wear in the stone reveal that this part of the structure is somehow built into the barrier itself. Ahead are steps leading down into the temple - the veil of the barrier broken in this one spot.* OOC: I have plenty of flying goodies. Here's one. IC: *Summons the Dragoon, and effortlessly gets through the fall with no trouble, and rockets into the temple, while "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" somehow plays in the back. Drags my friends along with me.* *The Dragoon crashes as the stairs turn into a tight, spiral staircase and even the Dragoon doesn't have the turning circle to make that at full speed :-P . The device used to summon it also mysteriously malfunctions, draining its battery life for unknown reasons. It's still functional, but will only be good for two more summons, for now at least. The walls are covered with a series of words, written in the Matoran Language. They'll need to be translated.* (OoC: I'm not gonna make this that easy on ya :-P . I'll try to be fair of course, but I'm trying to produce a game-like experience. So there have to be a few rules. Basically, I'm gonna try to prevent anything that might completely skip parts of the adventure, mostly to preserve the integrity of the role play as a 'dungeon' and all that. I'm not just gonna veto all silliness though, far from it. If anything, this is mostly to prevent the most straightforward answers to problems being always used. Examples would be things like summoning a teleporter to skip to end of a platforming segment, or the Robobot armor in Stone mode to easily smash through a door blocking your path. That kind of thing. I hope you understand. Tell you what, I'll work hijinks into it if I can. :-P ) |
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Post by Glubby on Oct 23, 2018 21:29:50 GMT -5
OOC: I have plenty of flying goodies. Here's one. IC: *Summons the Dragoon, and effortlessly gets through the fall with no trouble, and rockets into the temple, while "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" somehow plays in the back. Drags my friends along with me.* *The Dragoon crashes as the stairs turn into a tight, spiral staircase and even the Dragoon doesn't have the turning circle to make that at full speed . The device used to summon it also mysteriously malfunctions, draining its battery life for unknown reasons. It's still functional, but will only be good for two more summons, for now at least. The walls are covered with a series of words, written in the Matoran Language. They'll need to be translated.* (OoC: I'm not gonna make this that easy on ya . I'll try to be fair of course, but I'm trying to produce a game-like experience. So there have to be a few rules. Basically, I'm gonna try to prevent anything that might completely skip parts of the adventure, mostly to preserve the integrity of the role play as a 'dungeon' and all that. I'm not just gonna veto all silliness though, far from it. If anything, this is mostly to prevent the most straightforward answers to problems being always used. Examples would be things like summoning a teleporter to skip to end of a platforming segment, or the Robobot armor in Stone mode to easily smash through a door blocking your path. That kind of thing. I hope you understand. Tell you what, I'll work hijinks into it if I can. ) *Repairs the Dragoon, which doesn't take to long. Stuffs it into my pocket somehow, for future use. Also does some Mega Man quality repairs, upping my vehicle summons to 3. Plans to do some more later.* "They think they can beat me with translations!? HA! I have a device for everything." *Pulls out the Miles-Electric, that nifty device Tails uses to translate stuff. This is not a summon, as I already had it. Quickly scans the area's words, and comes up with a decently accurate translation. Only a few words here and there don't make sense, but it should be easy to piece together.* :-P OOC: Fair enough. :-P I don't plan on teleporting, unless I somehow find a Chaos Emerald. With Tails' handheld from Sonic Colors, I think it would work for this, as we would still have to unscramble the few glitchy words for the translation, like what happened all the time in Colors. :-P What's the wall got to say? *Is curious.* :-P |
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Post by lego1999boyathome on Oct 24, 2018 18:34:09 GMT -5
*The Dragoon crashes as the stairs turn into a tight, spiral staircase and even the Dragoon doesn't have the turning circle to make that at full speed . The device used to summon it also mysteriously malfunctions, draining its battery life for unknown reasons. It's still functional, but will only be good for two more summons, for now at least. The walls are covered with a series of words, written in the Matoran Language. They'll need to be translated.* (OoC: I'm not gonna make this that easy on ya . I'll try to be fair of course, but I'm trying to produce a game-like experience. So there have to be a few rules. Basically, I'm gonna try to prevent anything that might completely skip parts of the adventure, mostly to preserve the integrity of the role play as a 'dungeon' and all that. I'm not just gonna veto all silliness though, far from it. If anything, this is mostly to prevent the most straightforward answers to problems being always used. Examples would be things like summoning a teleporter to skip to end of a platforming segment, or the Robobot armor in Stone mode to easily smash through a door blocking your path. That kind of thing. I hope you understand. Tell you what, I'll work hijinks into it if I can. ) *Repairs the Dragoon, which doesn't take to long. Stuffs it into my pocket somehow, for future use. Also does some Mega Man quality repairs, upping my vehicle summons to 3. Plans to do some more later.* "They think they can beat me with translations!? HA! I have a device for everything." *Pulls out the Miles-Electric, that nifty device Tails uses to translate stuff. This is not a summon, as I already had it. Quickly scans the area's words, and comes up with a decently accurate translation. Only a few words here and there don't make sense, but it should be easy to piece together.* OOC: Fair enough. I don't plan on teleporting, unless I somehow find a Chaos Emerald. With Tails' handheld from Sonic Colors, I think it would work for this, as we would still have to unscramble the few glitchy words for the translation, like what happened all the time in Colors. What's the wall got to say? *Is curious.* (OoC: Don't worry, reading's not a challenge. It's in a different language mostly to clue you in to the first area.) *The first set in normal characters comes out as pure gibberish, but the Voya Nui script fares much better.* "Behold a trial, first of four. Fail, and rest forevermore. Three halls ahead, testing not just skill, but your virtues, and force of will." *The other words seem to be some kind of prose before followed by some sort of list. The length of the story seems to have messed up the translation. In hindsight, they match with the letters in the entrance. Seems whoever built this place had some degree of forethought at least. Seems they realised the entrance might get weathered.* "This temple of starlight is built to cloud a great power doorway journey a millennia ago, before any of crowd were here. We uncovered it, but moonlight bother error translation failed. To pass these trials ahead, you must prove yourselves. Might alone is not enough. Your power has been sealed, and limited by the will of the divine lights protecting this place to that which preserves the sanctity of these trials. You will be unable to walk the easy path or move as the not us fly. To achieve your desires, you must prove either your skill or prove your cunning. Overcome these challenges, or circumvent them in ways not clear to common traveller. Only then can you be proved worthy of what lies below." *Well that's dramatic.* |
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Post by Glubby on Oct 24, 2018 19:18:41 GMT -5
*Repairs the Dragoon, which doesn't take to long. Stuffs it into my pocket somehow, for future use. Also does some Mega Man quality repairs, upping my vehicle summons to 3. Plans to do some more later.* "They think they can beat me with translations!? HA! I have a device for everything." *Pulls out the Miles-Electric, that nifty device Tails uses to translate stuff. This is not a summon, as I already had it. Quickly scans the area's words, and comes up with a decently accurate translation. Only a few words here and there don't make sense, but it should be easy to piece together.* OOC: Fair enough. I don't plan on teleporting, unless I somehow find a Chaos Emerald. With Tails' handheld from Sonic Colors, I think it would work for this, as we would still have to unscramble the few glitchy words for the translation, like what happened all the time in Colors. What's the wall got to say? *Is curious.* (OoC: Don't worry, reading's not a challenge. It's in a different language mostly to clue you in to the first area.) *The first set in normal characters comes out as pure gibberish, but the Voya Nui script fares much better.* "Behold a trial, first of four. Fail, and rest forevermore. Three halls ahead, testing not just skill, but your virtues, and force of will." *The other words seem to be some kind of prose before followed by some sort of list. The length of the story seems to have messed up the translation. In hindsight, they match with the letters in the entrance. Seems whoever built this place had some degree of forethought at least. Seems they realised the entrance might get weathered.* "This temple of starlight is built to cloud a great power doorway journey a millennia ago, before any of crowd were here. We uncovered it, but moonlight bother error translation failed. To pass these trials ahead, you must prove yourselves. Might alone is not enough. Your power has been sealed, and limited by the will of the divine lights protecting this place to that which preserves the sanctity of these trials. You will be unable to walk the easy path or move as the not us fly. To achieve your desires, you must prove either your skill or prove your cunning. Overcome these challenges, or circumvent them in ways not clear to common traveller. Only then can you be proved worthy of what lies below." *Well that's dramatic.* *Not being intimidated easily, I don't flinch at the translation's gloomy mood.* *Presses on into the first trial, ready for anything.* :-P |
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