12-11-2014, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2014, 12:43 PM by SERIOUSLY THOUGH.)
STORY
Unknown location. Unknown time.
Reed jumped to his feet, wielding the skewer of meat. “Get back, Him!” he shouted. “You were followed. In any case... what year are we? What is a blood type, eh? Is there civilisation nearby? Have you seen the others?”
“Calm it down!” the stranger shouted back. “Now I do not know where you are from, but I take affront with your slander. Blood type indeed. Well you are a bile type! Melancholy is your name.”
Him dived in front of the sharp stick, and engulfed it with a gulp.
“There goes dinner,” croaked Zed.
“And this is the dying man, I assume,” said the stranger. “There is no need to be violent,” he added as Reed made to start towards him. “I am Erben, and my mentor and friend, Chandragomin will soon be here. We knew you were coming. Well... he knew you were coming, but I am not so sure you are who you claim to be.”
The two men looked at each other, distrust emanating from both sides. Erben moved towards Zed. Crouching down, he poked the fallen traveller’s wound. Zed yelped his protest. “Some great bunch of Yatri you are. One queer little man who spends most of his time making strange noises, a dead-man-” “I’m not dead yet!” said Zed.
“One... nearly dead man, and-” “Dead?” squaked Him. “All dead?” He burst into tears and began farting a distinct melody.
“Is that... What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?” asked Reed. Him clapped and cheered as the final, shrill notes echoed around the clearing.
“You are all quite insane,” commented Erben. “I think I will retreat for now and wait for my friend.” He eyed Zed with a keen hunger in his eyes. Zed felt a pang of fear briefly wash over the extant pain he felt.
***
Unknown location. Unknown time.
Slade shuffled off towards the distant tower. He did not actually care which path they were following. All he felt was the torment of anger, the anguish of yet another loss in his life. Once again he had allowed himself to get attached to something, only to have it ripped away from him. Another wound in his heart. Mr Jinx... He was supposed to be a salve to mend his broken insides. But the salve had become another dagger ripping away at the frail rope he was climbing towards the light of hope.
His thoughts returned to his lover, but as always, his mind merely distorted the image. He could no longer see his love as she had appeared before the incident. Now... Those eyes, pleading to remain alive as her hands pawed at his face. The distant lights of the fleeing band of murderers catching on her tears that carried the last of her life. They were going to settle down. They were going to spend fifty... no, sixty years together up in the house upon the hill. The sigh that marked the end of her life whisked away Slade’s aspirations, his dreams of a tranquil life. All that he loved no longer was. There was no going back, no way of possibly getting back what the only thing that was important to him. Impossible.
“Hey.” ... “HEY!” Slade looked around. Adessi adressed him again. “Are you dreaming?”
“Hm.”
“That tower should take a few hours to reach I think. Hopefully we will not meet anything untoward on the way. We should be ready to fight at any time.”
“Let’s just focus on the goal, shall we?”
The two men fell into a disquieting silence. A rustle not too far away brought them to a halt. An old man was shuffling through the leaves, his age betrayed by his irregular gait.
***
Unknown location. Unknown time.
“Well. We shall be here for a while whilst we wait for my companion, so let us talk!” Erben had sat down against a tree and seemed in a better disposition.
“Start by telling us where we are,” replied Reed.
“You are near Karnasubarna, capital of the new Anga Kingdom.”
“The name means nothing to me, but guessing from your clothes, we are far from any industrialised civilisation.”
“Industrialised?”
“That confirms it...”
“In any case, once you are fit to travel, we shall take you to the Shri Raktamrittika Mahavihara.”
“And why, pray tell, would we event envisage following you?”
“I’ll let my friend tell you, I am just parroting the little he told me about you all.”
“He knows us?”
“He knows of you. The Yatri, or something to that effect. A prophecy. The world. I do not quite follow it all.”
“Then perhaps we shall simply wait for him.”
Him laughed and clapped as Zed sneezed.
TLDR
SCIENCE
DECISIONS
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SpoilerEpisode XX
Unknown location. Unknown time.
Reed jumped to his feet, wielding the skewer of meat. “Get back, Him!” he shouted. “You were followed. In any case... what year are we? What is a blood type, eh? Is there civilisation nearby? Have you seen the others?”
“Calm it down!” the stranger shouted back. “Now I do not know where you are from, but I take affront with your slander. Blood type indeed. Well you are a bile type! Melancholy is your name.”
Him dived in front of the sharp stick, and engulfed it with a gulp.
“There goes dinner,” croaked Zed.
“And this is the dying man, I assume,” said the stranger. “There is no need to be violent,” he added as Reed made to start towards him. “I am Erben, and my mentor and friend, Chandragomin will soon be here. We knew you were coming. Well... he knew you were coming, but I am not so sure you are who you claim to be.”
The two men looked at each other, distrust emanating from both sides. Erben moved towards Zed. Crouching down, he poked the fallen traveller’s wound. Zed yelped his protest. “Some great bunch of Yatri you are. One queer little man who spends most of his time making strange noises, a dead-man-” “I’m not dead yet!” said Zed.
“One... nearly dead man, and-” “Dead?” squaked Him. “All dead?” He burst into tears and began farting a distinct melody.
“Is that... What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?” asked Reed. Him clapped and cheered as the final, shrill notes echoed around the clearing.
“You are all quite insane,” commented Erben. “I think I will retreat for now and wait for my friend.” He eyed Zed with a keen hunger in his eyes. Zed felt a pang of fear briefly wash over the extant pain he felt.
***
Unknown location. Unknown time.
Slade shuffled off towards the distant tower. He did not actually care which path they were following. All he felt was the torment of anger, the anguish of yet another loss in his life. Once again he had allowed himself to get attached to something, only to have it ripped away from him. Another wound in his heart. Mr Jinx... He was supposed to be a salve to mend his broken insides. But the salve had become another dagger ripping away at the frail rope he was climbing towards the light of hope.
His thoughts returned to his lover, but as always, his mind merely distorted the image. He could no longer see his love as she had appeared before the incident. Now... Those eyes, pleading to remain alive as her hands pawed at his face. The distant lights of the fleeing band of murderers catching on her tears that carried the last of her life. They were going to settle down. They were going to spend fifty... no, sixty years together up in the house upon the hill. The sigh that marked the end of her life whisked away Slade’s aspirations, his dreams of a tranquil life. All that he loved no longer was. There was no going back, no way of possibly getting back what the only thing that was important to him. Impossible.
“Hey.” ... “HEY!” Slade looked around. Adessi adressed him again. “Are you dreaming?”
“Hm.”
“That tower should take a few hours to reach I think. Hopefully we will not meet anything untoward on the way. We should be ready to fight at any time.”
“Let’s just focus on the goal, shall we?”
The two men fell into a disquieting silence. A rustle not too far away brought them to a halt. An old man was shuffling through the leaves, his age betrayed by his irregular gait.
***
Unknown location. Unknown time.
“Well. We shall be here for a while whilst we wait for my companion, so let us talk!” Erben had sat down against a tree and seemed in a better disposition.
“Start by telling us where we are,” replied Reed.
“You are near Karnasubarna, capital of the new Anga Kingdom.”
“The name means nothing to me, but guessing from your clothes, we are far from any industrialised civilisation.”
“Industrialised?”
“That confirms it...”
“In any case, once you are fit to travel, we shall take you to the Shri Raktamrittika Mahavihara.”
“And why, pray tell, would we event envisage following you?”
“I’ll let my friend tell you, I am just parroting the little he told me about you all.”
“He knows us?”
“He knows of you. The Yatri, or something to that effect. A prophecy. The world. I do not quite follow it all.”
“Then perhaps we shall simply wait for him.”
Him laughed and clapped as Zed sneezed.
Slade is sad to have lost Mr Jinx, like he once lost his lover to a band of murderers. Adessi suggests they be wary of attack. They see an old man shuffling along not too far away.
Reed weilds his meat skewer at Erben who tells him to calm down. The latter prods Zed who is none too happy about it. Him eats the meat. Erben then explains more about the situation as they wait for Chandragomin.
Zed sneezes.
Reed weilds his meat skewer at Erben who tells him to calm down. The latter prods Zed who is none too happy about it. Him eats the meat. Erben then explains more about the situation as they wait for Chandragomin.
Zed sneezes.
Enemy
Team Status
None.
Team Zed's Dead-Bed
ZED
Health – 3/28
Status - Losing blood, conscious
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – RH ring
REED
Health – 26/26
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – None
Team Jungle Exploration
SLADE
Health – 21/21
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – Mr Jinx (+4 ST) [currently unavailable]
ADESSI
Health – 21/21
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Gloves
Current Weapons – None
Him
HIM
Health – 28/28
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – None
General items - None
ZED
Health – 3/28
Status - Losing blood, conscious
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – RH ring
REED
Health – 26/26
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – None
Team Jungle Exploration
SLADE
Health – 21/21
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – Mr Jinx (+4 ST) [currently unavailable]
ADESSI
Health – 21/21
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Gloves
Current Weapons – None
Him
HIM
Health – 28/28
Status - RAS
Current Armour – Naked
Current Weapons – None
General items - None
Slade Wilson -
Reed -
Him (controlled by SERIOUSLY THOUGH if regular player is unavailable)-
Zed Williams -
John Adessi -
TEMPORARY PLAYERS
Chandragomin (controlled by BumbleBeeCody)
Ludovico Erben (controlled by Berry)
What do you do?
What do you do?
What do you do?
What do you do?
What do you do?
Chandragomin (controlled by BumbleBeeCody)
You will (actually now) arrive partway through the next episode. What do you do? Coordinate via PM.
What do you do? Coordinate via PM.