Act 7
Act 7 DikiyobaThe thing gives the Spiderwebbers a lesson in possessives...
Scene 1: Announcements Forum
Scene 1: Announcements Forum DikiyobaThe forum is almost completely cleaned up, and many of the Spiderwebbers are starting to goof off. Thuryl and Erika Maroonmark are exchanging puns. Dintiradan is plotting his evil comeback. He sniggers as he jots an idea down.
Dintiradan: its ingenous! teribl speling iz a grat way 2 tak over teh wolrd!
GoldenKing, Nick Ringer, and Mysterious Man are still drinking. GoldenKing is watching the forum entrance to make sure Alorael doesn't enter. Nick Ringer drops an empty bottle and picks up a new one.
Mysterious Man: That's your third one... how many are you going to drink?
Nick Ringer: Just enough to make playing Geneforge really fun.
Order Mage decides that it is too quiet and clears his throat.
Order Mage: You know who the greatest person in the world is? Hitl...
Order Mage, sensing some hidden danger, stops speaking and looks up. Jumpin' Salmon is sitting on a ledge near the top of the forum. He has the sniper rifle aimed directly at Order Mage.
Order Mage: ...Jumpin' Salmon. Yes, Jumpin' Salmon is the greatest person in the world.
Wise Man looks up at Jumpin' Salmon.
Wise Man: No way! How did you get Alorael's sniper rifle?
Jumpin' Salmon: I was the first one to ask for it.
Wise Man: Can I just hold it?
Jumpin' Salmon: Sure, if you can get up here.
Wise Man: How did you get up there?
Jumpin' Salmon: I jumped.
Wise Man: I should have guessed.
Wise Man begins climbing up to the ledge. Arancaytar, having finished the blueprints for the new moderator board, is adding many new features to the stats. MagmaDragoon walks over to Nick Ringer.
Nick Ringer: Hey, Magma. What do you want?
MagmaDragoon: I want to go to the Geneforge Forum to check on something. Will you come with me?
Nick Ringer: Sure thing!
Nick Ringer staggers upright. MagmaDragoon looks confused.
MagmaDragoon: No, I don't want the thing to appear. That's why I want you to come with me.
GoldenKing: teh geneforce fourm hmm canisters adn skribbane taht wood b fun
MagmaDragoon, Nick Ringer, and GoldenKing exit. Thralni and Snafta are discussing whether or not the chicken gods can fly.
Snafta: They're chickens. Chickens can't fly.
Thalni: but there almighty gods they cann due hatever theey wan incuding flying witch they would do becaus flyinng s cool.
Snafta: But their chickens! Thralni, your... your... you are making me mess up two! Er, too.
Thralni: sory
Ephesos, Slartucker, Nicothodes, Fatman, Student of Trinity, and Dikiyoba enter. Ephesos and Dikiyoba continue into the Tech Support Forum. The other Spiderwebbers crowd around Slartucker, Fatman, and Nicothodes.
Spring: Did you see the thing?
Fatman: yes
Spring: What did it look like?
Slartucker shakes his head.
Slartucker: I can't even begin to describe it.
Wise Man finally reaches the ledge and sits down next to Jumpin' Salmon.
Wise Man: Okay, let me see the rifle.
Jumpin' Salmon gives the rifle to Wise Man. Down below, the conversation about the thing continues.
Dareva: The thing isn't the ghost of the ur-noob, is it?
Ben4808: No, it doesn't sound like the ur-noob at all.
Archmage Alex: Did the thing look like this?
Archmage Alex holds up a cartoon of a creature with many, many tentacles.
Slartucker: No, it didn't look anything like that.
Archmage Alex: How about this?
Archmage Alex holds up a cartoon of red eyes staring out of the shadows.
Slartucker: The thing is not Arctic Wolf!
Archmage Alex: How about this?
Archmage Alex holds up a picture of a zombie muffin.
Slartucker: No, that's not it either.
Archmage Alex: Then I'm all out of cartoons and the thing isn't among them!
Lord Llama: ur al wierd
Jumpin' Salmon: Okay, that's it!
Jumpin' Salmon grabs the sniper rifle back from Wise Man and aims it at Lord Llama. Before he can fire, however, Arancaytar steps forward, right in front of Lord Llama.
Jumpin' Salmon: Dam it!
Arancaytar: Now that the Announcements Forum is cleaned up, we should...
Ben4808: Go to the RWG Forum and spam?
Arancaytar: No, we should...
Spring: We are not going to go clean up the Avernum 4 Forum. We've been working ever since we've been revived. That's not what these message boards are about. I say we go hang out in the general forum instead!
Ben4808: That would work well too.
Spring exits. All the other Spiderwebbers spend a moment thinking about the suggestion and then follow, even Arancaytar. Only Jumpin' Salmon and Wise Man are left.
Wise Man: So, how do we get down?
Jumpin' Salmon: The same way you got up.
Jumpin' Salmon jumps down. Wise Man starts to climb down.
Wise Man: Watch out for the thing. If it gets me now, I'm in trouble.
Jumpin' Salmon: I'm watching for it.
Wise Man: Good.
Wise Man concentrates on searching for his next handhold. The thing crawls out of a corner.
Jumpin' Salmon: I see the thing!
Jumpin' Salmon aims the rifle at the thing and fires. The bullet passes right through it.
Jumpin' Salmon: What? Nothing should be able to stand against Alorael's sniper rifle!
The thing: Hvgf!
Jumpin' Salmon falls over unconscious. Wise Man slips and falls. Fortunately, he is low enough that he isn't hurt by the fall.
The thing: Knbctr!
Wise Man loses consciousness as well. After a short time, both Jumpin' Salmon and Wise Man wake up. The thing is nowhere to be seen. Jumpin' Salmon picks up the sniper rifle.
Jumpin' Salmon: so wat hapened too u
Wise Man: 7|-|12 12 20 14|\/|3.
Jumpin' Salmon: no kiding oh wel
Jumpin' Salmon and Wise Man exit.
Dintiradan: its ingenous! teribl speling iz a grat way 2 tak over teh wolrd!
GoldenKing, Nick Ringer, and Mysterious Man are still drinking. GoldenKing is watching the forum entrance to make sure Alorael doesn't enter. Nick Ringer drops an empty bottle and picks up a new one.
Mysterious Man: That's your third one... how many are you going to drink?
Nick Ringer: Just enough to make playing Geneforge really fun.
Order Mage decides that it is too quiet and clears his throat.
Order Mage: You know who the greatest person in the world is? Hitl...
Order Mage, sensing some hidden danger, stops speaking and looks up. Jumpin' Salmon is sitting on a ledge near the top of the forum. He has the sniper rifle aimed directly at Order Mage.
Order Mage: ...Jumpin' Salmon. Yes, Jumpin' Salmon is the greatest person in the world.
Wise Man looks up at Jumpin' Salmon.
Wise Man: No way! How did you get Alorael's sniper rifle?
Jumpin' Salmon: I was the first one to ask for it.
Wise Man: Can I just hold it?
Jumpin' Salmon: Sure, if you can get up here.
Wise Man: How did you get up there?
Jumpin' Salmon: I jumped.
Wise Man: I should have guessed.
Wise Man begins climbing up to the ledge. Arancaytar, having finished the blueprints for the new moderator board, is adding many new features to the stats. MagmaDragoon walks over to Nick Ringer.
Nick Ringer: Hey, Magma. What do you want?
MagmaDragoon: I want to go to the Geneforge Forum to check on something. Will you come with me?
Nick Ringer: Sure thing!
Nick Ringer staggers upright. MagmaDragoon looks confused.
MagmaDragoon: No, I don't want the thing to appear. That's why I want you to come with me.
GoldenKing: teh geneforce fourm hmm canisters adn skribbane taht wood b fun
MagmaDragoon, Nick Ringer, and GoldenKing exit. Thralni and Snafta are discussing whether or not the chicken gods can fly.
Snafta: They're chickens. Chickens can't fly.
Thalni: but there almighty gods they cann due hatever theey wan incuding flying witch they would do becaus flyinng s cool.
Snafta: But their chickens! Thralni, your... your... you are making me mess up two! Er, too.
Thralni: sory
Ephesos, Slartucker, Nicothodes, Fatman, Student of Trinity, and Dikiyoba enter. Ephesos and Dikiyoba continue into the Tech Support Forum. The other Spiderwebbers crowd around Slartucker, Fatman, and Nicothodes.
Spring: Did you see the thing?
Fatman: yes
Spring: What did it look like?
Slartucker shakes his head.
Slartucker: I can't even begin to describe it.
Wise Man finally reaches the ledge and sits down next to Jumpin' Salmon.
Wise Man: Okay, let me see the rifle.
Jumpin' Salmon gives the rifle to Wise Man. Down below, the conversation about the thing continues.
Dareva: The thing isn't the ghost of the ur-noob, is it?
Ben4808: No, it doesn't sound like the ur-noob at all.
Archmage Alex: Did the thing look like this?
Archmage Alex holds up a cartoon of a creature with many, many tentacles.
Slartucker: No, it didn't look anything like that.
Archmage Alex: How about this?
Archmage Alex holds up a cartoon of red eyes staring out of the shadows.
Slartucker: The thing is not Arctic Wolf!
Archmage Alex: How about this?
Archmage Alex holds up a picture of a zombie muffin.
Slartucker: No, that's not it either.
Archmage Alex: Then I'm all out of cartoons and the thing isn't among them!
Lord Llama: ur al wierd
Jumpin' Salmon: Okay, that's it!
Jumpin' Salmon grabs the sniper rifle back from Wise Man and aims it at Lord Llama. Before he can fire, however, Arancaytar steps forward, right in front of Lord Llama.
Jumpin' Salmon: Dam it!
Arancaytar: Now that the Announcements Forum is cleaned up, we should...
Ben4808: Go to the RWG Forum and spam?
Arancaytar: No, we should...
Spring: We are not going to go clean up the Avernum 4 Forum. We've been working ever since we've been revived. That's not what these message boards are about. I say we go hang out in the general forum instead!
Ben4808: That would work well too.
Spring exits. All the other Spiderwebbers spend a moment thinking about the suggestion and then follow, even Arancaytar. Only Jumpin' Salmon and Wise Man are left.
Wise Man: So, how do we get down?
Jumpin' Salmon: The same way you got up.
Jumpin' Salmon jumps down. Wise Man starts to climb down.
Wise Man: Watch out for the thing. If it gets me now, I'm in trouble.
Jumpin' Salmon: I'm watching for it.
Wise Man: Good.
Wise Man concentrates on searching for his next handhold. The thing crawls out of a corner.
Jumpin' Salmon: I see the thing!
Jumpin' Salmon aims the rifle at the thing and fires. The bullet passes right through it.
Jumpin' Salmon: What? Nothing should be able to stand against Alorael's sniper rifle!
The thing: Hvgf!
Jumpin' Salmon falls over unconscious. Wise Man slips and falls. Fortunately, he is low enough that he isn't hurt by the fall.
The thing: Knbctr!
Wise Man loses consciousness as well. After a short time, both Jumpin' Salmon and Wise Man wake up. The thing is nowhere to be seen. Jumpin' Salmon picks up the sniper rifle.
Jumpin' Salmon: so wat hapened too u
Wise Man: 7|-|12 12 20 14|\/|3.
Jumpin' Salmon: no kiding oh wel
Jumpin' Salmon and Wise Man exit.
Scene 2: Tech Support Forum
Scene 2: Tech Support Forum Dikiyoba*i is still trying to repair the antimatter machine. Dikiyoba and Ephesos are making more energy potions. The mages are taking a break after using up all their spell points again. Kingy, Smoo, Niemand, and Wonko the Sane have been revived from beryllium, strontium, niobium, and ununquadium.
Niemand: There has to be a way to script an automated element summoner. It would be a lot more efficient than casting the summon element spell all the time.
Alorael: Finished!
Kingy: Finished with what?
Alorael: My letter about improving sidewalk conditions so that fewer pedestrians are injured, of course.
Wonko the Sane: You feel bad about sniping injured pedestrians, then?
Kingy: Wait... where's your skribbane and sniper rifle?
Alorael: I gave them up.
Wonko the Sane: What have we missed that we need to know about?
Zeviz: Basically, the thing managed to attack Alorael...
Alorael: Please. It's Aloreal.
Randomizer: Oh no, it's getting worse.
Zeviz: ...through a bottle of skribban, and now Alorael...
Alorael: It's Aloreal!
Zeviz: ...is clearly not himself.
Kingy: Yeah, clearly. So, has anyone tried pouring a bottle of skribbane down his throat to see if that returns him to normal?
Alorael: Hey!
Zeviz: Um, no.
Kingy: Let's try it. Does anyone have any skribbane?
Zephyr Tempest: Nope.
Kingy: Come on, Wonko. Let's go look for some.
Kingy and Wonko the Sane exit. There is a loud snap from the antimatter machine. *i stands up, holding half a broken pipe in each hand.
*i: Well, I have to replace that piece now.
*i exits.
Niemand: There has to be a way to script an automated element summoner. It would be a lot more efficient than casting the summon element spell all the time.
Alorael: Finished!
Kingy: Finished with what?
Alorael: My letter about improving sidewalk conditions so that fewer pedestrians are injured, of course.
Wonko the Sane: You feel bad about sniping injured pedestrians, then?
Kingy: Wait... where's your skribbane and sniper rifle?
Alorael: I gave them up.
Wonko the Sane: What have we missed that we need to know about?
Zeviz: Basically, the thing managed to attack Alorael...
Alorael: Please. It's Aloreal.
Randomizer: Oh no, it's getting worse.
Zeviz: ...through a bottle of skribban, and now Alorael...
Alorael: It's Aloreal!
Zeviz: ...is clearly not himself.
Kingy: Yeah, clearly. So, has anyone tried pouring a bottle of skribbane down his throat to see if that returns him to normal?
Alorael: Hey!
Zeviz: Um, no.
Kingy: Let's try it. Does anyone have any skribbane?
Zephyr Tempest: Nope.
Kingy: Come on, Wonko. Let's go look for some.
Kingy and Wonko the Sane exit. There is a loud snap from the antimatter machine. *i stands up, holding half a broken pipe in each hand.
*i: Well, I have to replace that piece now.
*i exits.
Scene 3: Avernum 4 Forum
Scene 3: Avernum 4 Forum DikiyobaNikki, Sir David, Stew Boy, and Tyranicus are still searching the Avernum 4 Forum.
Nikki: Nothing. We've probably been searching for hours and we haven't seen the thing since it attacked Sir David.
Stew Boy: Actually, we didn't see it then, either.
There is a scuttling noise from behind them. Tyranicus whirls around with his bow held ready.
Tyranicus: Who's there?
Filth Finder: It's just me and Garbage Gatherer.
Tyranicus puts his bow away. Sir David holds up his flaming sword in an attempt to get some light on them. The two GIFTC simply scuttle further back into the shadows.
Nikki: What are you doing here?
Garabage Gatherer: We've come to tell you that you won't defeat the thing this way. In fact, if you were to meet the thing now, it would defeat you.
Tyranicus: Are we supposed to do nothing, then?
Filth Finder: No, of course not.
Stew Boy: So, how do we defeat the thing?
Garbage Gatherer: I don't know. I trust that you will find a way, but this isn't it. Well, we've said what we wanted to say. Goodbye and good luck!
Filth Finder and Garbage Gatherer scuttle away.
Tyranicus: That was odd.
Nikki: Yes, very odd.
Sir David: |\|0\/\/ \/\/|-|47?
Stew Boy: Perhaps we should find Drakefyre and the other group and see what they think?
Tyranicus: It can't hurt.
Nikki: But... well, okay, I suppose so.
On the main level, Wonko the Sane and Kingy enter. They practically bump into Infernal666hate.
Infernal666hate: Lock watt eye hovel!
Infernal666hate holds up the newly reforged demonslayer.
Kingy: Wow. You did that yourself?
Infernal666hate: Yet.
Wonko the Sane: Now what are you going to do?
Infernal666hate: Eye doughnut no. Rejoice then Othello, eye surprise.
Wonko the Sane: Have you seen GoldenKing around here? I think he has Alorael's skribbane.
Infernal666hate: Yet. His it then Jeansforce Foreman.
Kingy: Thanks.
Kingy and Wonko the Sane exit into the Geneforge Forum. Infernal666hate exits into the Announcements Forum. A few moments later, Nikki, Tyranicus, Stew Boy, and Sir David climb up to the main level and exit into the Geneforge Series Forum.
Nikki: Nothing. We've probably been searching for hours and we haven't seen the thing since it attacked Sir David.
Stew Boy: Actually, we didn't see it then, either.
There is a scuttling noise from behind them. Tyranicus whirls around with his bow held ready.
Tyranicus: Who's there?
Filth Finder: It's just me and Garbage Gatherer.
Tyranicus puts his bow away. Sir David holds up his flaming sword in an attempt to get some light on them. The two GIFTC simply scuttle further back into the shadows.
Nikki: What are you doing here?
Garabage Gatherer: We've come to tell you that you won't defeat the thing this way. In fact, if you were to meet the thing now, it would defeat you.
Tyranicus: Are we supposed to do nothing, then?
Filth Finder: No, of course not.
Stew Boy: So, how do we defeat the thing?
Garbage Gatherer: I don't know. I trust that you will find a way, but this isn't it. Well, we've said what we wanted to say. Goodbye and good luck!
Filth Finder and Garbage Gatherer scuttle away.
Tyranicus: That was odd.
Nikki: Yes, very odd.
Sir David: |\|0\/\/ \/\/|-|47?
Stew Boy: Perhaps we should find Drakefyre and the other group and see what they think?
Tyranicus: It can't hurt.
Nikki: But... well, okay, I suppose so.
On the main level, Wonko the Sane and Kingy enter. They practically bump into Infernal666hate.
Infernal666hate: Lock watt eye hovel!
Infernal666hate holds up the newly reforged demonslayer.
Kingy: Wow. You did that yourself?
Infernal666hate: Yet.
Wonko the Sane: Now what are you going to do?
Infernal666hate: Eye doughnut no. Rejoice then Othello, eye surprise.
Wonko the Sane: Have you seen GoldenKing around here? I think he has Alorael's skribbane.
Infernal666hate: Yet. His it then Jeansforce Foreman.
Kingy: Thanks.
Kingy and Wonko the Sane exit into the Geneforge Forum. Infernal666hate exits into the Announcements Forum. A few moments later, Nikki, Tyranicus, Stew Boy, and Sir David climb up to the main level and exit into the Geneforge Series Forum.
Scene 4: Tech Support Forum
Scene 4: Tech Support Forum DikiyobaThe mages are still waiting for the energy potions to be completed. Finally...
Dikiyoba: Dnbvkwqa has completed a few energy potions.
Zephyr Tempest: Great.
Zephyr Tempest drinks a potion and summons some radium. Zorro revives Archmagus Micael.
Archmagus Micael: What are you doing? Can I help?
Zephyr Tempest: Sure!
Zephyr Tempest teaches Archmagus Micael the spell. Ephesos frowns.
Ephesos: Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Zephyr Tempest is teaching Archmagus Micael the summoning spell?
Archmagus Micael: Relax. It's a simple spell. What could go wrong?
Archmagus Micael attempts the spell. A demon is summoned instead of an element.
Archmagus Micael: Oops.
Alorael: Ahhh! A demon!
Alorael hides. Zorro grabs both copies of Galactic Core and hides as well.
Ephesos: I knew something was going to happen. Repel...
The demon shoots a bolt of magical energy at Ephesos. Ephesos is knocked down. He stands back up, looking dumbfounded.
Ephesos: Who am I? Where am I? What is that thing?
Randomizer: It's a mung demon! Spray acid!
As the mung demon is covered in a cloud of acid, it summons a haakai to help it out.
Zephyr Tempest: Not again!
The mung demon dumbfounds Randomizer.
Niemand: I wonder how fast I can create a script that will automatically kill demons.
The haakai casts forcecage on Niemand. Archmagus Micael dodges a dumbfounding ray.
Archmagus Micael: Ice lances!
Zephyr Tempest: Ice lances! Help us, Zeviz! Ice..
Zephyr Tempest is hit by a dumbfounding ray. The mung demon finally succumbs to the combination of cold and acid.
Zeviz: I would, but I don't have any spell points left at all!
Dikiyoba grabs an energy potion and runs toward Zeviz. The haakai casts forcecage on Dikiyoba.
Archmagus Micael: Ice lances! Arghh!
Archmagus Micael is hit by a fireblast spell. He falls to the ground.
Archmagus Micael: Ephesos! Help me! I'm injured!
Ephesos: Who's Ephesos?
Smoo: Sorry, Micael, but Ephesos doesn't even know his name at the moment, let alone a healing spell.
The haakai casts forcecage on Smoo. Infernal666hate enters with the newly repaired demonslayer. The haakai doesn't see her yet. Zeviz distracts the haakai by making a break for the energy potions, allowing Infernal666hate to charge forward and run the haakai through.
Infernal666hate: Dye!
The haakai dies. Niemand, Dikiyoba, and Smoo break free of the forcecages. Zorro and Alorael emerge from hiding.
Zeviz: What can we do for Archmagus Micael?
Zephyr Tempest: Archmagus Micael? Who is he? And who are you?
Dikiyoba: Dbjhvdfya will make a healing potion.
Dikiyoba starts mixing a healing potion.
Zeviz: I suppose we just have to wait for the dumbfounding effect to wear off. Unless anyone has an unshackling crystal?
Ephesos: Unshackling crystal? What's that?
Dikiyoba hands a healing potion to Archmagus Micael. He drinks it and stands up.
Archmagus Micael: Thank you!
Ephesos: Wait... I think I know who I am again.
Zorro: Good. You can cast unshackle mind on the dumbfounded mages and we can get back to reviving Spiderwebbers again. I want to be able to play Galactic Core, not just revive people with it.
Dikiyoba: Dnbvkwqa has completed a few energy potions.
Zephyr Tempest: Great.
Zephyr Tempest drinks a potion and summons some radium. Zorro revives Archmagus Micael.
Archmagus Micael: What are you doing? Can I help?
Zephyr Tempest: Sure!
Zephyr Tempest teaches Archmagus Micael the spell. Ephesos frowns.
Ephesos: Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Zephyr Tempest is teaching Archmagus Micael the summoning spell?
Archmagus Micael: Relax. It's a simple spell. What could go wrong?
Archmagus Micael attempts the spell. A demon is summoned instead of an element.
Archmagus Micael: Oops.
Alorael: Ahhh! A demon!
Alorael hides. Zorro grabs both copies of Galactic Core and hides as well.
Ephesos: I knew something was going to happen. Repel...
The demon shoots a bolt of magical energy at Ephesos. Ephesos is knocked down. He stands back up, looking dumbfounded.
Ephesos: Who am I? Where am I? What is that thing?
Randomizer: It's a mung demon! Spray acid!
As the mung demon is covered in a cloud of acid, it summons a haakai to help it out.
Zephyr Tempest: Not again!
The mung demon dumbfounds Randomizer.
Niemand: I wonder how fast I can create a script that will automatically kill demons.
The haakai casts forcecage on Niemand. Archmagus Micael dodges a dumbfounding ray.
Archmagus Micael: Ice lances!
Zephyr Tempest: Ice lances! Help us, Zeviz! Ice..
Zephyr Tempest is hit by a dumbfounding ray. The mung demon finally succumbs to the combination of cold and acid.
Zeviz: I would, but I don't have any spell points left at all!
Dikiyoba grabs an energy potion and runs toward Zeviz. The haakai casts forcecage on Dikiyoba.
Archmagus Micael: Ice lances! Arghh!
Archmagus Micael is hit by a fireblast spell. He falls to the ground.
Archmagus Micael: Ephesos! Help me! I'm injured!
Ephesos: Who's Ephesos?
Smoo: Sorry, Micael, but Ephesos doesn't even know his name at the moment, let alone a healing spell.
The haakai casts forcecage on Smoo. Infernal666hate enters with the newly repaired demonslayer. The haakai doesn't see her yet. Zeviz distracts the haakai by making a break for the energy potions, allowing Infernal666hate to charge forward and run the haakai through.
Infernal666hate: Dye!
The haakai dies. Niemand, Dikiyoba, and Smoo break free of the forcecages. Zorro and Alorael emerge from hiding.
Zeviz: What can we do for Archmagus Micael?
Zephyr Tempest: Archmagus Micael? Who is he? And who are you?
Dikiyoba: Dbjhvdfya will make a healing potion.
Dikiyoba starts mixing a healing potion.
Zeviz: I suppose we just have to wait for the dumbfounding effect to wear off. Unless anyone has an unshackling crystal?
Ephesos: Unshackling crystal? What's that?
Dikiyoba hands a healing potion to Archmagus Micael. He drinks it and stands up.
Archmagus Micael: Thank you!
Ephesos: Wait... I think I know who I am again.
Zorro: Good. You can cast unshackle mind on the dumbfounded mages and we can get back to reviving Spiderwebbers again. I want to be able to play Galactic Core, not just revive people with it.
Scene 5: Geneforge Series Forum
Scene 5: Geneforge Series Forum DikiyobaMagmaDragoon, Nick Ringer, and GoldenKing enter. GoldenKing wanders off to find a canister. Nick Ringer leans on an obelisk.
Nick Ringer: So, whadya you want me to do?
MagmaDragoon: Just stay there and watch out for the thing.
Nick Ringer: Gotcha.
Nick Ringer opens his fourth beer as he scans the forum. MagmaDragoon checks to make sure that Nick Ringer isn't watching him. Then he pulls out a key and unlocks a small chest. He sighs when he sees all the coins inside.
MagmaDragoon: Ah! My precious treasure is still safe.
MagmaDragoon quickly closes the chest, relocks it, and tucks the key back into his pocket. Nick Ringer tosses aside the empty bottle.
Nick Ringer: Ya know what Geneforge needs?
MagmaDragoon: No. What?
Nick Ringer: Male agents. In fact, I think I'll become the first one.
Nick Ringer points at MagmaDragoon.
Nick Ringer: Daze! You're dazed! Heehee. You can't do anything to me now!
MagmaDragoon looks bewildered.
MagmaDragoon: What do you mean?
Nick Ringer: Exactly! You can't catch me... I'm an agent! Whee!
Nick Ringer runs tipsily around the forum.
Nick Ringer: Daze again! Nothing can touch me! Haha.
MagmaDragoon: What's wrong with you?
Nick Ringer: Nothing. I'm...
Nick Ringer smashes headfirst into the obelisk, knocking himself out.
MagmaDragoon: Oh no. Now the thing could get me.
The thing: Hvct!
MagmaDragoon turns and sees the thing. He pulls out a sword.
MagmaDragoon: You aren't going to get me!
MagmaDragoon charges toward the thing.
The thing: Bvtr!
MagmaDragoon stumbles over the corpse of a noob and falls to the ground. The thing knocks him unconscious before he can rise. GoldenKing doesn't notice any of this. Instead, he carefully breaks off the top of a canister. He pours a skribbane potion into the charged essence and watches the two liquids swirl together.
GoldenKing: aura of flams adn skribbane wat a good combinaton
GoldenKing plunges his hand into the essence and cackles madly.
GoldenKing: mor powr hahaha!
Kingy and Wonko the Sane enter at the same time that MagmaDragoon sits up.
MagmaDragoon: The where's thing? Are and you here what doing?
Wonko the Sane: Looking for GoldenKing. Have you seen him? And are you all right?
MagmaDragoon: There he's over. I'm and fine.
MagmaDragoon points towards GoldenKing. Wonko the Sane and Kingy walk over to him.
GoldenKing: hay! wat r u doing hear go away!
Kingy: Could we get a bottle of skribbane?
GoldenKing: no! its my skribbane! mine!
Wonko the Sane edges towards the bag of skribbane while Kingy keeps GoldenKing distracted.
Kingy: But we only want one bottle. You can keep the rest. And we need the skribbane for a good cause.
GoldenKing: no caus is beter than mine
Wonko the Sane takes a bottle of skribbane out of the bag without alerting GoldenKing and starts to back away.
Kingy: Look, we just want one freaking bottle to help Alorael...
GoldenKing: aloreal! aloreal! how dar u help aloreal! lets see... flams... no thats not it... flems... no thats not it either...
Kingy: Do you mean flames?
GoldenKing: yes thats rite... aura of flames!
Wonko the Sane and Kingy are both hit by the flames that erupt around GoldenKing. Badly burned, Kingy collapses. Wonko the Sane was a little further from GoldenKing, so he staggers back, scorched but not too injured.
Wonko the Sane: Are you absolutely out of your mind!?
MagmaDragoon picks up his sword and jumps up.
MagmaDragoon: Hey! That you do can't!
GoldenKing: Its my skribbane! adn my canisters! mine! al mine!
Suddenly, GoldenKing stops yelling and starts coughing. Wonko the Sane grabs Kingy and drags him away from GoldenKing and towards a healing pool. Nick Ringer sits up, rubbing his head.
Nick Ringer: wats hapening
GoldenKing stops coughing abruptly. There is a strange gleam in his eyes.
GoldenKing: Wrzvtpx! Yrtgh mjqe!
Wonko the Sane: GoldenKing's been completely possessed by the thing!
GoldenKing turns and sweeps out of the forum and into the Blades of Avernum Forum. Wonko the Sane manages to pull Kingy next to the healing pool. After a few moments, Kingy is completely healed.
MagmaDragoon: Do now do what we?
Wonko the Sane: Rejoin the others. They need to know what happened to GoldenKing. Besides, I have a bottle of skribbane now. Perhaps that will be enough to return Alorael to normal.
Wonko the Sane, Kingy, MagmaDragoon, and Nick Ringer exit.
Nick Ringer: So, whadya you want me to do?
MagmaDragoon: Just stay there and watch out for the thing.
Nick Ringer: Gotcha.
Nick Ringer opens his fourth beer as he scans the forum. MagmaDragoon checks to make sure that Nick Ringer isn't watching him. Then he pulls out a key and unlocks a small chest. He sighs when he sees all the coins inside.
MagmaDragoon: Ah! My precious treasure is still safe.
MagmaDragoon quickly closes the chest, relocks it, and tucks the key back into his pocket. Nick Ringer tosses aside the empty bottle.
Nick Ringer: Ya know what Geneforge needs?
MagmaDragoon: No. What?
Nick Ringer: Male agents. In fact, I think I'll become the first one.
Nick Ringer points at MagmaDragoon.
Nick Ringer: Daze! You're dazed! Heehee. You can't do anything to me now!
MagmaDragoon looks bewildered.
MagmaDragoon: What do you mean?
Nick Ringer: Exactly! You can't catch me... I'm an agent! Whee!
Nick Ringer runs tipsily around the forum.
Nick Ringer: Daze again! Nothing can touch me! Haha.
MagmaDragoon: What's wrong with you?
Nick Ringer: Nothing. I'm...
Nick Ringer smashes headfirst into the obelisk, knocking himself out.
MagmaDragoon: Oh no. Now the thing could get me.
The thing: Hvct!
MagmaDragoon turns and sees the thing. He pulls out a sword.
MagmaDragoon: You aren't going to get me!
MagmaDragoon charges toward the thing.
The thing: Bvtr!
MagmaDragoon stumbles over the corpse of a noob and falls to the ground. The thing knocks him unconscious before he can rise. GoldenKing doesn't notice any of this. Instead, he carefully breaks off the top of a canister. He pours a skribbane potion into the charged essence and watches the two liquids swirl together.
GoldenKing: aura of flams adn skribbane wat a good combinaton
GoldenKing plunges his hand into the essence and cackles madly.
GoldenKing: mor powr hahaha!
Kingy and Wonko the Sane enter at the same time that MagmaDragoon sits up.
MagmaDragoon: The where's thing? Are and you here what doing?
Wonko the Sane: Looking for GoldenKing. Have you seen him? And are you all right?
MagmaDragoon: There he's over. I'm and fine.
MagmaDragoon points towards GoldenKing. Wonko the Sane and Kingy walk over to him.
GoldenKing: hay! wat r u doing hear go away!
Kingy: Could we get a bottle of skribbane?
GoldenKing: no! its my skribbane! mine!
Wonko the Sane edges towards the bag of skribbane while Kingy keeps GoldenKing distracted.
Kingy: But we only want one bottle. You can keep the rest. And we need the skribbane for a good cause.
GoldenKing: no caus is beter than mine
Wonko the Sane takes a bottle of skribbane out of the bag without alerting GoldenKing and starts to back away.
Kingy: Look, we just want one freaking bottle to help Alorael...
GoldenKing: aloreal! aloreal! how dar u help aloreal! lets see... flams... no thats not it... flems... no thats not it either...
Kingy: Do you mean flames?
GoldenKing: yes thats rite... aura of flames!
Wonko the Sane and Kingy are both hit by the flames that erupt around GoldenKing. Badly burned, Kingy collapses. Wonko the Sane was a little further from GoldenKing, so he staggers back, scorched but not too injured.
Wonko the Sane: Are you absolutely out of your mind!?
MagmaDragoon picks up his sword and jumps up.
MagmaDragoon: Hey! That you do can't!
GoldenKing: Its my skribbane! adn my canisters! mine! al mine!
Suddenly, GoldenKing stops yelling and starts coughing. Wonko the Sane grabs Kingy and drags him away from GoldenKing and towards a healing pool. Nick Ringer sits up, rubbing his head.
Nick Ringer: wats hapening
GoldenKing stops coughing abruptly. There is a strange gleam in his eyes.
GoldenKing: Wrzvtpx! Yrtgh mjqe!
Wonko the Sane: GoldenKing's been completely possessed by the thing!
GoldenKing turns and sweeps out of the forum and into the Blades of Avernum Forum. Wonko the Sane manages to pull Kingy next to the healing pool. After a few moments, Kingy is completely healed.
MagmaDragoon: Do now do what we?
Wonko the Sane: Rejoin the others. They need to know what happened to GoldenKing. Besides, I have a bottle of skribbane now. Perhaps that will be enough to return Alorael to normal.
Wonko the Sane, Kingy, MagmaDragoon, and Nick Ringer exit.