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demon_pachabel rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 11 (1-20)
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 Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:27 am
Shehk shrugged. "Well, for all we know there is a button in one of these jackdammned things and we will end up needing to pull all of them off of the shelves." she asserted to Sammy, taking another book from the shelf and tossing it over her shoulder without too much thought about it.
However, she had a feeling them making a PILE of books they could set on fire was less of a fire hazard than that Toby wanted to do. Then again.. "If we spend too much time seeing if these courting-habit books hold anything in them, we'll be here forever.If we get nothing too soon, we'll reevaluate our course of action."
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:01 pm
Normally, the first nay-say would've quietly ended Toby's suggested crusade-- and for a short while, that seemed to be the case. Sammy had expressed an immediate concern that seemed valid-- but was the floor really so flammable? The space wasn't carpeted in shag rugs or anything, and it felt fairly hard and non-porous beneath her hooves... Though she remained quiet, continuing to idle there beside her stiff-spined scareon companion, the cogs of thought were indeed still turning, and turning quickly, at that. Watching, listening, thinking. Perhaps, beneath the surface guise of valid wariness, it was simply a lack of trust in the new presence of this seemingly "old" dynamic.
She waited like a proper gent for some minutes while the others busied themselves tearing through shelves, and only when that produced no results did she finally resolve herself. Checking to make sure the bandage around her tail plume was indeed quite secure (there could be no hair exposed, less she lose it), Toby withdrew her own sealed water bottle from her supply bag, cracked the lid, and went to work. She made sure to get the ACE bandage appropriately damp (as well as moisten up a good foot past that on her tail stalk), then splashed a bit on each ankle-tuft, and finally, sprinkled a sparing, U shaped ring immediately in front of the fireplace itself-- the opening of said U facing it.
"Iris." It was the only thing she said, and softly, Iris himself needing no further prompt to stand up and back up three steps before replanting himself to watch with interest. Half-filled water bottle still in hand, the little unicorn girl took in a last, steadying breath, and--
CRUNCH
... Or maybe it was more like a CRUNCH and a WHUMP combined as she brought her tail claw down hard on a moderately sized log, digging it into a smoldering groove and giving it one well-controlled tug to pull it from the hearth's core, just enough to single out and get at properly.
Not a split second later she promptly raised a hoof and brought it down hard. And again. And again. Jack forbid it didn't work she could just douse the thing with her leftovers, but it appeared that Toby Lockwood had every intention of trampling the entire log into nothing but a little pile of charcoal.
Granted, her hooves weren't completely sense-dead, but of the five man band, she was clearly the most qualified for this kind of... uh. Special call to action.
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:06 pm
Fire? Thoroughly destroyed. Any little smoldering embers are easily stomped out, so thorough were Toby's fire extinguishing skillz. The tile in the back is now completely visible, readable, and accessible!
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:15 pm
Shehk had reneged to Toby's stomping-out of things, but had stayed back from the mess. She'd at least been able to supply things like...water...so she felt like she'd made an attempt to help somehow, but still she'd ended up feeling rather useless next to the Falsicorn, but it seemed that the ghoul had managed up rather well, grinning widely when the fire went out just as easily as Toby had implied it would had.
Shehk nearly jumped on her.
"Damn, ghoul! We shoulda trusted you to do this sooner! So much easier than looking through books!" the Pricolici grinned, rustling Toby's hair a bit. "I feel bad for thinking you'd set us all on fire, good goin'!" she beamed. It looked like they could stop seeking relationship advice from the guru, though... Shehk felt it necessary for some reason to put one of the books in her bag in case it would have use later on in the entire fiasco.
"I get a feeling I might want this in case we need it later." she noted, before crouching to look through the fireplace at the back of it. Huuuuh....
"...Mmmm... I think I've seen these kinda puzzles before. I'm not too great at them though..." she noted, biting her lower lip. They always took forever and she'd mess up somewhere or another. "How about you guys?"Shehk's Bag for Sosi's use! 3 sealed bottles of water
One First Aid Kit
---- Packed with adhesive bandages, gauze, 2 ACE Bandages, prepackaged alcohol swabs, medical sutures, an eye patch, splints, and 'How to not kill someone while fixing them' instructions. Oddly, no painkillers. She gave a similar one to both Sammy and Toby.
One of the Three pumpkin pills
Squirrel Jerky. Lots and lots of Squirrel Jerky.
An Extra set of clothing
Deodorant x2 (she knows someone will forget it)
Lysol
Pine-scented soap
Shampoo
Book on Human Courting from the First Room Sosiqui I've updated Shehk's bags to it's current contents for your reference! smile
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:36 pm
Wandering around Sammy poked at a few more books frowning in thought, "Like a cheesy movie, hide the button in a book or behind it just to troll us around." She was still thumbing through book after book when something thumped and cracked behind her. Spinning about she watched as the last of the fire was stomped out blinking slowly.
"Toby, remind me of this moment any time I don't trust you're ideas you lovely lovely ghoul." Skipping over she gave the monster a quick hug before spinning her way over towards the fireplac with a thump as she dropped to her knees for a better look.
"....a puzzle? Books now a puzzle." She sighed slowly, "Well at least no ones tried to bash our heads in so I guess in a strange but boring way this is the nicest field trip we've ever had?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:56 pm
When the fire crackled desperately under her weight with the first go, she was only encouraged to trample more-- and oh, trample she did. For such a pleasant, quiet, and all around benign little figure, she sure did make quick work of pulverizing the whole jackdamn fireplace, not even catching a moment to brush soot from her hooves before she was (nearly) blindsided by Shehk. Oh, this was-- this was excitement! Positivity! She'd made an intelligent choice after all and clearly the other ghoul approved of it.
Though it wasn't quite so boisterous, Toby did split an amicable smile in turn, her bandaged and still-slightly-sooty tail swaying in what could've been a small wag. Sammy's delightfully lovely hug only furthered her visible cheer, and it was all the faliscorn could do to keep herself composed in light of most assuredly proving her worth among new friends, nodding to the little quip, but refraining from undue commentary.
Better still, she wasn't quite done yet.
"... Actually..." It was a small voice she spoke up with, but she didn't falter. In fact, she just retained her little smile as she bit the finger of one glove to pull it off and tucked it neatly in her pocket. "If I could take a look..."
She trailed off to crouch down in front of the fl-- ... okay, there weren't any more flames, but she crouched in the black-dusted aftermath of her own destruction and studied the tile with great interest. Now that she could see clearly (and her eye picked up every detail in high definition), it was most definitely the sort of substitution puzzle she'd first suspected, and a fairly simple one at that. As Iris crept up curiously behind her to see what Master was up to, without even thinking on it much, she used her free hand to dip in the soot, her her index finger black, and begin drawing. A slightly misshapen bat here, an odd squash-like thing there. She wasn't the best when it came to 2D art, but it seemed adequate, and!...
ACHOO! went a scareon sneeze at the absolute worst possible moment. Apparently Iris had breathed in the charcoal a bit too heavily, poor thing, and before Toby could recoil to spare herself, a cloud of black dust obscured her sight and OH GOD HER EYE JACKDAMN THAT HURT OW OW OOOOOW. Her horn snapped shut and she grabbed it for a moment out of reflex only to realize that, wait, no, this was very poor timing and she just had to act normal, put the hand down and pretend everything was all fine.
If nothing else, Iris seemed to realize the folly instantly and had already slid himself to under her hand to secure as she got to her feet, but oh. Yeah. This was officially going to suck and she was just going to pretend nothing was wrong and she'd grab her bag and wipe whatever charcoal had gotten on her and everything was going to be fine.
"I-- ... I think that should do it." YEP. In more ways than one. "It... should be right, at least." Toby's Bag ALSO UPDATED 1 bottle of water, half empty
1 sealed bottle of apple juice
1 pair of stiff metal tweezers
1 complete set of spare clothing
1 bag of meat flavored dry biscuit/jerky treats
1 quad set of minipet sock-booties (for injury-potential terrain)
1 small pouch of hygienics (toothbrush, bar soap, deodorant powder)
1 bottle of generic pain medication
1 first aid kit (courtesy of Shehk, ACE bandage is still currently worn and usable, if slightly sooty/damp)
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:43 am
The puzzle glows brightly, heat searing the symbols Toby had drawn into the tile... and then melting them away, the entire back of the fireplace oozing into a molten ceramic puddle. Beyond it a doorway is visible...(( CONGRATULATIONS! Your group has successfully completed the challenge! Please wait while I prepare your next room. In the meantime, your group is cleared to go visit your Hub! OR you can remain here for a little bit and fight some Boos if you'd prefer. The choice is entirely yours! If you want to summon and fight Boos then your next puzzle will not go up until all battles are complete and all party members have exited. The Hub is an ORP setting where your group can interact with other groups and Boos. There is a strict no fighting rule in place. Before you post there, though, please post an EXIT post here by putting ((Exiting!)) at the top or bottom of your posts. Then in the hub, please write ((ENTERING!)) if you are entering that area. When your next challenge is ready and your character is in the hub, please make an exiting post there, and entering post here. I will quote-summon all of you to return here once the puzzle is ready; the puzzle WILL NOT be posted until all group members have arrived. You may not journey to the Hub in the middle of a puzzle; only after completing a challenge. If you have any questions, please ask them here in the questions thread. ))
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:11 pm
(( Lol, Shehk's FEAR ability isn't approved yet so no battles here! I might not post in the hub either, I'd prefer to not..have to, but I will post an 'exitting the room' thing instead. )) It seemed conveniently enough, Shehk hadn't noticed Iris's accident in getting Toby's eye blinded. In fact, she'd probably not notice the ghoul having a bit of a stumbling episode as long as Toby was able to play it off convincingly. Then again, Shehk was looking through the fireplace at the door that had been behind the game of Sudoku.
The pricolici patted Toby's shoulder, nodding a bit.
"Alright, guys. We better get moving or else everybody is going to leave us in their dust~" She laughed a bit, stepping carefully into the fireplace and ducking her head underneath it's low mantle to step into the doorway. "I'll see you guys on the other side and if me doing this somehow obliterates me, I loved you all. Yes, even you Altair. Shut up and deal with it." she grinned, prodding a tease at her group before placing one hand on each side of the door and pulling herself into the dark expanse beyond it...[Shehk has exited the room]
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:16 pm
"Toby; you are Jacks Gift to this group I swear it on my un beating heart you are going to end up saving us from eternal doom at this rate." With the secret door revealed Sammy stood up again dusting soot from her pants before scooting closer. "Well Shehk if it obliterates you let it be known you will be mourned and missed by all of us. Even Altair. If he doesn't I'll be sure to bring him by to visit you in the healing ward."
With that she gave Toby another pat on the shoulder before scooting her way through to the other side.
[SAMMY EXIT]
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:06 pm
Jack's gift to the group? Now, that was perhaps a little much for simple puzzle solving skills, but all the same, Toby forced that same smile of hers to linger-- if only because it helped cover the internal panic. Her horn was throbbing miserably, her head creaked with sudden migraine, and amidst the ever-present tingle of electric Human World air she felt more edgy and frantic than she could bear. All that kept her steady was a cool metal bar she clutched with white-knuckled fingers, attached to the only set of eyes she had left at her disposal.
Fifteen minutes. It would only take that long for her pits to readjust now, right? Oh how the word only felt like some taunting mockery over her head, something she would've swatted at and shooed away if she had the power to see it-- but no matter. Surely, that time would pass, and surely she would be fine.
Or so that was what she'd tell herself until Fate could prove otherwise.
With a last deep breath to steel her resolve, the little unicorn girl gave Iris a ginger pat on the head, straightened her back, adjusted her bag, and stepped toward the freshly melted doorway where she recalled it.
It couldn't be that bad, right?...
[Toby has exited the room as well!]
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Interesting Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:53 pm
Nuk blinked as in a few moments the fire was out and the puzzle solved, one eyebrow quirked a bit. Alright, well that was fun... Shoving his hands into his pockets, the skinwalker followed silently behind the others, looking over his shoulder at the demon at the last second, snickering.
"C'mon cockbreath."
(Exit~)
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:51 am
The new room... is cold. What looks like a large, iced-over pond dominates the center of the room. Fortunately, there is an obvious way over in the form of a winding and narrow pathway, but the pathway has no guardrails or anything like that. Highly inconvenient, given that it looks like everything BUT the pathway is a thin sheen of ice that will probably break the second someone steps on it! The room also has a strange, tinny sort of music playing. Kind of like cheap honky-tonk carnival music, but not entirely... and there's a distant sound of barking dogs, though those who can actually speak dog quickly realize the sounds are meaningless, not actually canine tongue. As the students enter, a trumpet blows, the sound weird and squawking. "Welcome, welcome, to the 43rd Weekly Haunted Dog Races!" a voice blares, crackling like it's over a bad PA system. A banner simultaneously unfurls over the pathway. 43rd Weekly Haunted Dog Race
Canids Only, Please!.... What.  Quote: The OOC:Welcome to THE DOG RACES! Only canines can pass... which means that three of you can participate in the following game.. - Shehk can participate but she has to be in her natural form! - Nuk can participate but he has to shift into his wolf form! - Toby's Seeing-Eye-Scareon can participate, and must be guided by Toby with voice commands. For Nuk, Shehk, and Toby:Please roll 1d8 with each of your posts. This represents how fast you're going. Add onto your number. ie, if you roll a 6, then you're on spot six. Next roll you get a 4. You are now on spot 10 (6+4=10). With every roll you hear a strange distant cheering, as if a crowd is watching you race?! The ice is pretty damn slippery, though, and it's very difficult for two pups to stay on the same square. If you land on or go past someone else, you will bump them off the track. Let's say... You roll a 5. Your buddy rolls a 6. YOU are knocked off the track! You fall into the cold water and take -1 HP damage. You climb back onto the track 2 squares back from where you began! When you bump someone, please QUOTE them. It'll make figuring out who bumped who and when! To get off the track, you must reach the very end and roll onto or passed the number with an exclamation point at the very end. Once all 3 canines have reached the other side, quote me - something will happen to enable the remaining students to cross. As for Altair and Sammy:- Sammy can assist her friends that fall off the ice! While she cannot walk on the track, being undead she CAN break through the ice and walk under the water and ice alongside the track. Thus, Sammy can save a friend from crashing through the ice (which negates the fall entirely, including damage/having to move two squares back). She can do this THREE TIMES. Coordinate your RP to do this - it is not automatic and must be RPed out! Sammy can also cross to the other side this way, if she wants, though it won't really affect the puzzle at all. - Altair can also assist by using his tentacle ability to steady friends before they fall - like Sammy, except he has to stay on the side of the track. For this reason, Altair can only catch people within two squares of the bottom of the pond! So if you fall off squares 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, or 16? Altair can catch. Like Sammy, he can catch THREE TIMES. Coordinate your RP to do this - it is not automatic and must be RPed out!
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:52 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:41 pm
Stepping through to the next room, Shehk immediately stopped in her tracks, shivering and pulling her jacket around her. Cold. It hit her like a truck would an unsuspecting squirrel and frankly she handled it horribly. She rubbed her hands against her arms ineffectively and her flesh immediately started to pale in color - which was saying something when she was already the color of death. The glow in her eyes flickered in response to her sudden 'Do not want' of emotion about the room. Her ears drooped and she shivered, her tail curling around her legs pathetically. Oh, it was cold. It was so cold.
Why couldn't they have stayed in the previous room? That one had been so nice and ********..." she swore, her breath coming out in a puff that wasn't fog for a change. It was like that cursed Christmas town. Cold and miserable. However, her ears seemed to perk up immediately, her expression becoming alert as she shuffled into the room further, trying to pick at the sound further. "What is even....?" Her lips tightened and after a moment she realized that what she was hearing was meaningless. At least they weren't trying to insult her mother or something.
She would immediately gravitate towards another party member - preferably a warm one - to try leeching heat from them.
"I already hate this room."
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:47 pm
"A NEW CHALLENGER APPEARS! Please welcome our first contestant! Check out her excellent lines! Good breeding, this one!"
The voice issues from the ceiling, and again sounds like it's coming over a really crappy PA system. It's also kind of creepy. The distant crowd roars in vague approval... you think?
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