Well, that other one was cool, but seems we’ve grown tired of it- so here we are, on a hot, burning desert planet… this theme came from the bwrarg topic, “desert Survival” so the story begins…
You wake up with a nasty headache, you can’t see anything, only a bright white, but a few seconds later, the haze clears up, and you notice it is quite hot- You see cracks in the earth, with fire coming out of it- you stand up, and see the same thing for miles, you notice something next to you- a laptop… you have a flashback: sound effects pssssshhh FWUHF*/sound effects* everything gets pale, flashes black, and then you are suddenly in a science testing facility, you are behind bullet proof glass with some other scientists, you are controlling a robot, that is typing on a laptop, a gray one, with silver on the top (Blender is engraved in it) the robot short circuits))))–*** you cut out of the flashback–
You are unsure of the laptop, but decide to take it with you anyway…
You check your pockets:
562 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
The notes talk about “faint, rooney, deftones, minerva”
You faze back into the flashback-
“no don’t worry- I’ll take this upon myself” “no you shouldn’t! it’s too dangerous” “well what do I have to lose” “your life”
You are back on the firey planet again…
You think of some possible things to do
A. Chew some bubble gum, and think of something else this is regular bubble gum
B.Sit there a while
C.Explore about
D.Open the laptop
You stand up and begin to walk around, carrying the laptop beneath one arm. The world is barren except for a huge tree on the horizon, scorched from limb to limb. As you approach it, you hear a crackling noise. When you arrive at the tree, you find a Geiger counter lying on the ground, crackling to itself as it picks up background radiation. As you pick it up, its detection field passes over the dead tree. The counter reacts so violently it sounds as if it is screaming. The tree apparently has a high degree of radiation.
As you stop to think, a fireball falls from the sky several miles away. Even from your distance it looks huge.
You now have:
562 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
1 geiger counter
Examining the tree further, you notice that it’s limbs, although scorched, still have buds on them. The buds are green, except for a rounded red-violet tip. You notice a small stream of liquid pouring down the side of the plateau that you’re currently on. While patting your coat pockets, you find an unused disposable camera.
You now have:
562 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
1 geiger counter
1 Disposable Camera (36 Exposures Left)
Options:
A.Chew some bubble gum
B.Sit there a while
C.Explore about
D.Open the laptop
E.Take A Photograph
F.Examine Buds
If you choose E, please provide a link to the rendering/artwork that’s supposed to be the photograph.
I’m going to choose E. and F. but spitting out a render isn’t that easy, so I’ll get it to you guys of how I think the tree and all look, in a few days-
I have it exactly in my head, so it shouldn’t be that hard…
sorry that I didn’t add the buds quite yet, but they are small, and our player is distracted by that big ol firey thingy!
After taking the snapshots, you see if you can get a better view of the explosion… but there isn’t one-
You phase back into another flashback-
“Gordon, get out of there!” The laptop begins to glow bright, you see white sparks coming out of it, you try to run, but you’ve frozen solid- And fall to the floor, in a heap of pain you passed out
You leave the flashback-
You reach into your leather jacket, and pull out an I.D.
Gordon Shaffel
32
Exp-r-m–t 562
The rest of it is dust…
Inventory:
561 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
1 geiger counter
1 Disposable Camera (35 Exposures Left)
Edit: oh yeah, your choices
A.Open the laptop
B.CHeck out that tree
C.Head Toward the crash site (about 4-5 miles away)
D.
E. Sit there
Going back to the crash site, you hallucinate about monsters that might be there, including little facehugger-esque things, huge tentacles, and scariest of all, guards and scientists who’ll follow you around and help you. However, you soon realize that you were just playing “Half-Life,” and immediately think, “Gordon Freeman. Good name… can’t wait for the sequel, though I should finish the first game first.” You soon try to remember where you can get a strategy guide, but realizing that would lead this adventure off-topic, you:
A. Keep playing “Half-Life” (which is in the laptop’s super-huge memory)
B. Sit there and wait
C. Make a huge “Help me” sign with the bubble gum
D. Chew on some bubble gum and look like a grim reaper while blowing bubbles
E. Go online and look for porn
F. Punch your CubeFan doll (aka a Rubik’s Cube)
G. Eat the tree
H. Do something non-humorous
I. Do something sillier than CubeFan’s contradictory statements
J. Start hosting a site
K. Look around
L. Look at your feet
M. Strip
N. Grow
O. Fight with yourself, Tyler Durden-style
P. Expose the exposures
Q. Use the camera on your thumb
R. Shrink
S. Save a web page
T. Log off
U. Say your ABC’s
V. Take a pee
W. Gawk at the big list of stupid things for you to do
X. Make a “To Do” list
Y. Dig yourself a grave
Z. Stop writing stupid options (I personally choose this one)
You decide to chew some gum. It seems rather hard, and before you can get it soft enough to blow a bubble, a fireball shoots across the sky. Luckily, you manage to snap a picture of it.
You’re in a meeting room surrounded bny other scientists. There is talk of a powerful device that has unknown powers. You are holding a sheet of paper that says:
Project Faint
The objective of this project is to…
The flashback ends.
Inventory:
561 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
1 geiger counter
1 Disposable Camera (34 Exposures Left)
1 ID Tag
Options:
A.Chew some more bubble gum
B.Sit there a while
C.Explore about
D.Continue Using the Laptop
E.Examine Odd Stream of Liquid
F.Leave Plateau
actually, you decide to mess around more on your laptop instead of checking out the stream… You start playing half life some more- after about 2 hours you start feeling hungry, and really need to eat something
inventory: same
Options:
A.Sit der and do nothin
B.Eat a leaf
C.Drink out of the black oily looking stream
D.Check out the stream
but then you notice a test tube lying next to you… and your laptop has a slot for it-
E. Use the test tube for the leaf and the stream
could you post the .blend file up on the web? I’d like to know how you got your particles like that…
You close down the game and pick up the test tube. You notice that the tube still has something in it. As you lift it, the geiger counter crackles uneasily. Not worried yet, you push the tube into the laptop’s socket. A window appears reading “TubeScan 3.0: Scanning specimen”. Just then you have another flashback.
Someone is yelling, “Handle those tubes with care, and remember: DO NOT scan the cryolite with the laptops! Those computers are delicate you know!”
The flashback fades away. You suddenly realize that the laptop is displaying the Blue Screen of Death. You gasp, then the laptop explodes in a shower of sparks.
You are not harmed, but you are somewhat shaken. You begin gathering up your things. You notice that the fire ant seems to be growing.
Inventory:
561 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
1 geiger counter
1 Disposable Camera (34 Exposures Left)
1 ID Tag
No laptop.
After getting over the fact that there is no logical way home anymore, you decide to take a look around. Taking the tube of liquid, you scan the horizon. After 15 minutes, you spot an oasis and start walking toward it. Even though it may be a mirage, it still gives you somthing to do.
When you arrive at the oasis, you find many emerald statues, each one of a different monkey.
You then have yet another flashback:
|-|-|-|
“Remember, each monkey takes a different chemical. If the wrong chemical is matched with the wrong monkey --”
|-|-|-|
You come back to the harsh reality.
Inventory:
561 pieces of bubble gum
3 notes rapped in candy and peanut rappers
1 fire ant in a small plastic box container
1 stale fortune cookie with an S.O.S.
1 geiger counter
1 Disposable Camera (34 Exposures Left)
1 ID Tag
1 Cryolite Tube
You realize this is just horrible… you have no idea where the flashback came from… you have a dicentegrated laptop… and ashes of your id… You decide it isn’t worth staying there… so you head 3 miles back to the tree… you shove your face into the black oily liquid- It tingles a soft pleasent feeling on your face… wow, this tastes like blackberry! refreshing… you notice your reflection in this wonderful liquid, You’re younger! immediately, you shove the ashes of your laptop into the water, POOF! you got it back sorry I have to be so cheasy, but that was a nice laptop!
You continue into your flashback
no, actually your head hurts because you’ve had so many flashbacks [>]
You have the same inventory but with the test tube, and that strange thingy… it’s moving, it’s blue, and it has the transparency of a jelly fish… but it is only a liquid, so not too much worrying goes on about that, you shove it in your pocket
and now you have your laptop
You see a monkey off in the distance–
The choices are up to you
oh yes! make a .blend of the glowing see through liquid inside the test tube! and show us the picture! preferrably bright enough so we can tell what it is
nonono! that isn’t true… you have added plenty enough to the story!**
And the object in the test tube… I think it wasn’t described… remember, the thingy that fried the computer?
anyway, you read your id… but unfortunately the last part is still burnt
(yes I had half life in mind when I made the name) **** Can’t wait for the next half life to come out***)
|ID 249865032—]Project: Faint--------------|
|Gordon Shaffel–]Malekie Cooperative------|
|Age: 32----------]Director of Experiment----|
|Experiment 562-]******************—|
|__________________________________|
You realize that the last part was actually digitally scrambled…
You wonder what significance it could have… you notice that the card doesn’t bend… you try with the full strength in your arms but no luck… you step on it over a sharp rock, no avail… You pick it up, not a scratch… it was obviously made to withstand most anything… and then you realize that it was a digital holograph that made it appear disintegrated… the card itself is thick, as if holding something… but you cannot do anything with it at the current time… so you put it in your pocket
You see the monkey is coming at you now.
The ground beneath him explodes and he flies 30 feet up in the air, and crashes into the earth…
Inventory: same
Options:
A. Go see the monkey
B. Stay there and play half life
C. See if you can make yourself have a mirage of a beautiful woman
D. Well, there is no D
upon reaching the monky, he hands you a red banana and runs off into the distance, vanishing intot he horizon.
You sit down and ponder at this finding. You decide you had better not eat it; things are strange enough anyway. You place it into your backpack, where the fire ant starts to eat it. Suddenly, from your back pack, A giant fire ant explodes, its growth acceleraed by the genetically altered banana!
The ant runs off away from that terrible smell coming out of you know where…
the first thing you do, is jump in the river thingy… and suddenly, your clothes are clean- you eat some of the bananan too…
You suddenly turn pale green and you start to run uncontrollably towards the place where the monkey ran off to. Considering the monkey gave you the bannana, you had no intention of meeting him again. You notice another dead tree on the horizon. If you could just reach a branch…
Drat, I was afraid monkeys would get involved somehow. Can’t we leave goofy stuff out of this for once?
You seem to be losing control of your body. You run uncontrollably to the tree and hit it with all your might. The tree is solid, but it begins to disentegrate. It shifts its shape until it is shaped like a bird. you take a closer look and gasp. The tree is made entirely of dozens of ants, using themselves to create different shapes. The fire-ant bird flaps its wings and lifts off the ground. It reaches a high altitude and combusts into a fiery blossom, then plunges to the ground as a fireball. So that’s where the fireballs came from, you think.
You have regained control of your body again, and you turn around. The monkey is back. He extends his hand and offers you another banana. Thinking quickly this time, you hrul the banana into a fire hole and hit the monkey as hard as you can. His side begins to crumble as dead ants fall from it. As you suspected, the monkey is a creation of the ants. He falls apart into a mass of ants, which then disappear into a hole.
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