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Your Little Phony Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:07 am
 You are standing in the middle of Phony City in Phonyland.
This boy Flutter is in need of wings - and what gives you wings?
That’s right - Red Bull. Unfortunately, Phonyland’s (un)official
energy drink partner is Monster, and there’s not a Red Bull in sight.
Around you are a group of people with the same task in mind:
You are to find a red bull - perhaps somewhere in this vast themepark,
or even in the lands around it (such as the HyTech building) there
might be a Red Bull to be located. You look at each other and gear
up to answer the all-important question:...Where will the four or five of you go from here?(Do keep in mind that Phonyland is a themepark located in Gaia - and not Equestria!)
ROUND 1 ENDS 11.59PM PST, 29 JAN (TUES) 2013
And finally, the CYOA begins! There will be at least 5 rounds of prompts, though few of you will survive to see out 5 rounds...
Each prompt will allow you 2 days to respond, with the deadline marked clearly in the relevant post.
You may change your response at any point up to the deadline.
We are looking for short responses: a couple of lines up to a brief passage or two if necessary.
An element of RP is encouraged - an engagingly RP'd response may save you from deadly dice at the judges' discretion.
Groups have been implemented, but it is entirely up to you how collaborative you want to be!
All we require is a prompt response from every one of you for as long as you survive in the CYOA - it is up to you if your response is entirely individual
(though of course ICly you know you are with a group of people), a response to another group member's response, or discussed with the group aforehand.
Just make sure you respond by the end of the prompt period, or you will be killed unless you have contacted us with a good reason prior.
If there is no dominant path in the group's responses, we will decide how the group progresses - and indeed, who dies
- by a combination of picking and rolling. Depending on how the CYOA goes, we will either cull you in groups or singly -
if the latter, we may merge survivors at a later stage. It's all very experimental right now, so we'll see!
Just in case: no complaining, please, if you happen to be killed! It's all in the spirit of the game!
Please use the following code to respond:
[b]Group:[/b] [ your group's name here ]
[b]Name:[/b] [ your username ]
[b]Response:[/b] [ response here! You can make things up, just keep the context of Phonyland in mind. ] And here are your groups, fine friends - you have been assembled into the following squadrons based on your answers to our ridiculous application questionnaire: GROUP MONSTROUSGROUP SPARTAGROUP DECAFGROUP BONJOURGROUP SLEAZYGROUP EATSGROUP AFTERMATH
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:07 am
Group: Group Bonjour
Name: peanutbutterpies
Response:
So all we(I) had to do was find a Red Bull? An easy enough task, although somewhat preposterous, given my dislike for energy drinks of any and every type. But I had seen and known enough of them and it couldn't be too hard to find a Red Bull, despite Monster being the only one around the park. See, people are very predictable and whenever something is outlawed, a black market always pops up. Because of course, there's going to be some picky person who hates Monster and there's going to be someone who gets smart and will pick up that they can make money by selling the other! And of course, where best to have this black market than in a sprawling, city like area where back alley deals can be made?
"Hey guys," I piped up to my group, "We should probably head to the city area. There might be a black market for Red Bull and if we play it smart, we can always get one there. Or just bum one off someone who happened to bring one into the park." I hoped that at least one of us were street savvy, if we happened to run into a black market because well, if the deal went wrong I didn't want to become a humanoid version of swiss cheese. While it's delicious, it's also unhelpful in finding that flutter some wings.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:40 am
Group: Decaf
Name: Syrcaid
Response: I certainly am no Lady Amalthea (perhaps a Schmendrick, but...), but here we all were in search of a Red Bull. It could be literally a red bull or a picture of one.
"The vending machines are right out," I recall saying to Byagane319 (or was it Fairymount?), my memory of the first few minutes were cloudy. I'd only been awake for an hour.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:11 am
Group: Bonjour!
Name: Kitty Sprightt
Response: I squinted skeptically in response to PBP's suggestion. "That sounds awfully illegal," I said, peering at her out of the sides of my eyes. "I think it'd be much easier, and considerably less risky, to just leave the park and buy one elsewhere, then bring it back. It should be easy to find at a convenience store, and those are kind of everywhere, 'cause, y'know, that's... convenient." I raised my eyebrows significantly, and waggled them a little for good measure.
"I'll carry it in in my messenger bag -" I shook it to helpfully demonstrate its hefty REALNESS attribute "- it'll be easy, like sneaking dollar store candy and soda into a movie theater, which I do all the time." Safe, logical, easy. A damned fine solution, if I did say so myself. And I did, through my inner monologue. Damn fine.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:48 pm
Group: SPARTA!! {there should be 300 people in this group, no lie)
Name: The Semblance of Unity
Response:
Unit popped her bubblegum loudly and adjusted her glasses. She wondered idly if this flutter had suddenly turned into a unicorn, what with the red bulls and all.
"Hey guys," smack, pop "Don't ya think that the best place would be over there? Working long hours, late nights... you need something" Dramatically, she swung her finger around and pointed to the employees only sign on a nearby door. It really was he best best. Unity smiled cheekily; even if there was no red bull, who knew, maybe there would be a spare set of wings lying around.
Not waiting for a response from her group (she always was an impatient soul, Unity was), she pushed open the silver door. To be truthful, Unity had chosen that door partially because her curiosity couldn't be contained. What was Phonyland like behind the scenes? The metal door clanged ominously shut behind her and she jumped a bit. Unity tugged on the handle and poked her head back out.
"So, you up for it?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:36 pm
Group: Decaf Name: Byagane319 Response: Bya glanced at the flutter, the poor thing! She thought and thought as others gathered around her. How could they give this handsome boy some wings? Hmm...what gave you wings. Oh yeah!! RED BULL! Ha! Bya never touched the stuff, caffiene making her rather wierd to be around, but she knew it would fix this guy right up! She was about to go into the nearest convience store when she saw the blaring red sign. Monster. Dang it! "Guys! We gotta find some Red Bull! But all these places sell Monster," she sighs. Then she begins to think. Caffiene addicts were desperate people. They always needed their buzz and would do anything to get it. And where do you go to get things that aren't sold in regular stores? "I got it! Lets go down the back alleyways of Phony City and find the Caffiene black market! I bet they've got what we need! The trick will be how to get some." "What do you guys think?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:27 pm
Group: THIS IS SPARTA~! ((Haha, nice, Unit. XD))
Name: Kitomyx
Response:
Kit grinned at the bubblegum-chewing Unity, following her gesture as she pointed with emphasis to the sign on a door. Presumably it was a door to the interior of the HyTech building. It didn't take a caffeine-drinker to know what sort of situation called for a Red Bull. At least for humans, anyway; who knew about the Phonies? In any case, it seemed as probable an excuse as any to go sticking their noses into unauthorized, forbidden territory.
"Sounds good to me," he laughed, stretching his arms as he listened for their fellow group members' responses. Just because he had a mind of his own didn't mean he wasn't open to or considerate of others' opinions. "If it's open, that is. Sometimes they lock those things, y'know?" Before he'd finished speaking, however, a metallic clang signaled the closing of a door and Kit looked up to see Unit expectantly peering back out at them. "Heh. Looks like we've got a go-getter on our team." Without another word, he made his way in through the entrance that Unity had so eagerly entered.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:36 pm
Group: DECALF ROLLOUT!
Name: frozen_flames06
Response: "Poor Flutter....WE MUST MAKE HASTE TO THE BACK ALLEYS !!! They would know where this red bull is!" Frozen knew that the most desperate would go to the back alleys, to find the way of the red bull. "We can trade our..........cutie mark temporary tattoos from the gift shop to get the sacred red bull!" For the Flutter, for justice!
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:55 pm
Group: Aftermath
Name: Tygress Dream
Response:
Tygress smiled awkwardly at those in her group. Some of the other groups were already pulling together making suggestions of just where to begin looking. The poor flutter; it was so frustrating that something so basic as a Red Bull could be so hard to come by.
"It would seem like we might have to leave the park to find one, but I can think of one place we might try searching first," she finally ventured. "The Phonies themselves have homes here and many have contact outside. There's a chance somewhere in the Stables somephony will have what we need to give this poor flutter his wings." After all if a Phony could bring in his own car, anything was possible, right?
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:03 pm
Group: Bonjour!
Name: SilverShieldwolf
Response: I look at my other two companions partly in shock and partly amused. If we need to find a Red Bull, well they did have a good idea. Putting away my book, "Both sounds like they could work, but really. Do we have to sneak it in or take it from another? For all we know, it is a picture. That would be easy though."
An energy drink did sounds like a good idea right now, so I joined in with PBP and Corn getting one. "How about going to see if one of those students has an extra one? All that studying makes you want one, just to stay awake all those hours."
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:50 pm
Group: Monstrous
Name: ChezaRain
Response: Wired on the Monster that the park offered, I couldn't hold my ground long enough to be the quiet, background lurker that I was used to being.
"We should check outside the park!"
There was bound to be vending machines in other buildings, right?
And just because the park didn't supply Red Bull, that didn't mean that other buildings didn't!
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:39 pm
Group: Sparta
Name: AislingJuno
Response:
AislingJuno wiggled her nose as she smelled the mouth watering smell of roasting coffee beans. She closed her eyes and sighed in bless-it was simply heavenly. Her desires however couldn’t come first and she stared at the pitiful flutter boy. He weakly flapped his wings but was unable to hover off the ground. His eyes looked weary and he stepped in front of her in a tired fashion. While hesitant to leave ponyland AislingJuno knows the chances of finding red bull is slim. She asks a few shop owners in a polite fashion if they have the drink but ends up empty handed. However a kind shop clerk tells her that her best chance of finding the drink might be at the HyTech building. After all tech minded creatures would need the stamina that a drink like Red bull would bring.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:51 am
Group: Aftermath
Name: elvyralani
Response: Elvy thought for a while. Where would they find red bull? The drink or a real bull. She had never seen a real bull so probably the drink. Her group had suggested the phony stables. "Or maybe that bar, uh, HQ I think it's called."
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:57 am
Group: Bonjour!
Name: Chibi_Kokoro143
Response: Looking at her three companions so far, they have good idea. But the problem is that Red Bull is rare. And it would be difficult to find.
"Black market sounds good. If we have a chance on finding something rare, it is there. Also checking Auction houses as well."
By looking around her she then smiled. "But also a likely place to find one is...at the games. It would be a good prize to win as well."
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:16 am
Group: Decaf
Name: Fairymount
Response: I could smell Oscar gold. Originally intending to simply film a documentary about the antics of Phonyland, I quickly switched gears once the flutter situation was uncovered. I could see it now, The Plight of the Flight-less Flutter. Oh yeah. I'd already whipped out my handy handheld camera in preparation of adventure and glory. Lots of glory....
Fairymount stopped talking to her camera once it became apparent that she could no longer do so subtly. With a manic, yet somehow also sheepish grin, she turned it back out to face the faces of those standing before her.
"I dunno," she replied musingly. "Aren't back alleys usually hella dangerous? Not to mention black markets. Still, if we all go in a group, it should be safe enough. We just have to make sure we're prepared for anything."
Back alleys and Black Markets, oh my! This would be the greatest documentary EVAR.
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