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ironnikki
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 		Sounds good, Urthstripe. I'd rather not run into any hostile ghosties by myself, if I can help it, haha.
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FractalP
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 		My turn:
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Unsure what to do during the sudden onslaught of ghosts appearing, I close my eyes and think for a moment. Miss Sepsis seems quite nice, but Mrs Swelter is offering a valuable item... decisions, decisions...


Making up my mind, I not my head an open my eyes, turning to look Mrs Swelter right in the eyes. "I don't know why you would ask me to do such a thing. I'm not the kind of person to kill someone, alive or otherwise, without good cause, and even then I'd hesitate." Pausing for a deep breath, I continue, "I cannot do as you ask. However, I would appreciate knowing why you ask this of me, as I'm sure you have a good reason...


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Mrs. Swelter's saggy eyes narrow for a moment, and then they begin to glow yellow. For a moment you pause, thinking that it is the most evil looking expression you have ever seen.

But then she comes at you. Her massive hands spread open as she lumbers forward, fixated on your throat. "You will do bake her!" she bellows as you duck out of the way. It's a good thing you're faster than she is. Ghost or none, she is clearly quite strong.

A kitchen chair catches Mrs. Swelter's large foot, and she stumbles. You dash over to the sink.

Taking advantage of Mrs. Swelter's distraction, Miss Sepsis scrambles out of the oven and leaps between the two of you. Sepsis is a skinny young woman – too skinny. Her legs barely look sturdy enough to hold her own weight, and the effect is eerie. You are certain Mrs. Swelter will take her down in a second.

"Go!" Miss Sepsis whispers, and she kicks you with her tiny foot.

You fall backward – directly into the oven. The door closes instantly, and it will not reopen, not matter how hard you push.

On the floor you see three items: a baking pan, a small axe, and a life bead. You may take only one item per turn.


Did noooooot expect this. Getting trapped in an oven is actually a recurring nightmare of mine. I'm thinking of axing my way out of the oven, then grabbing the life bead next turn. Any suggesterinos?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:52 am
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urthstripe
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 		I asked to define the word "Ghost".

Here's what happened:

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You speak the word "Ghost" and then look around apprehensively. What will happen?

"Ghost," a tiny voice responds. You look down at the dictionary. There, on the page, stands the itty, bitty ghost of a professor.

"Ghost," he goes on, "is a noun. One, A transparent and permanent resident of Transition Village, either evil or otherwise. Two, A transparent and temporary resident of Transition Village, either evil or otherwise. Three, The secret password to open one location in Transition Village. Four, The secret password to summon a dangerous beast in Transition Village. 'I met a ghost in Transition Village the other day.' 'Remember to say "ghost" when you enter the correct place in Transition Village, but never, ever, ever say it if you are the wrong place.'"

The ghost vanishes, and you are left alone with the dictionary.


I guess you're allowed to speak it when you want the definition, too. Anyway, I think I'm going to go investigate the stone sliding sound. Wish me luck!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:03 am
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Merago
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Due to high interest, your name has been placed on a waiting list to enter Transition Village. Expect to arrive in a location as soon as one becomes available. Thank you for your beautiful poetry. The Governor was quite pleased and has spent the entire day in high spirits. We hope to see you soon. In the meantime, feel free to communicate with the village through our newspaper.


As expected, I'm on the waiting list too for now. Still following along avidly though.

FractalP, I wonder if an axe will do much against a heavy oven door, but I can't think of anything else that will help. The lifebead is useless without 2 others and the baking pan, well, you could always do a Bugs Bunny and hop in and start merrily basting yourself for them...
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diszaster
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Though it is months past the date to give up on New Year's resolutions (January 2), you feel an overwhelming sense of duty to take the luxury vehicle for a spin, thus using… whatever it runs on… properly. The Governor thanks you.

There are no roads here, and you enjoy the odd sensation of rumbling over dead grass in the cool, stale air of Transition Village.

Your purple crayon rides in the passenger seat, and you head north from the well until you reach an old gate. Behind it is a graveyard with two headstones. Beyond the graveyard is a mansion.

You turn west. The well is several yards away at your left, and in front of you is a house. You turn left. There is another house. You turn left again, and there is another, and another just beyond that one. It's as if these houses form an eerie grin, with the tombstones as blank eyes.

You pass the well, again on your left, and you see another structure not very far east of it, in front of the eerie grin – is that a church?

"Where we going, anyway?"

You slam on the breaks and whirl around. There is a man – a grumpy looking man – sitting directly behind you, his transparent arm resting on the side of the car. It's a ghost.

"Why you driving in circles?"


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I make a sound that cannot be captured in the Latin alphabet--something between a whimper and a shriek, wedged between two slices of lightly toasted terror.

When I compose myself, I put the parking break on because I don't want a repeat of that thing I did in Camden, New Jersey, when the raccoon-- Maybe another time.

"I uh... I'm new to town, and I wanted to get an idea of where things were in the Village, and uh... maybe find this Daniel G. Museum I've heard about," I stammer. "Uhm... who are you? You realize you're in the back seat of the Governor's motorcar, right?"


Map updated, but I realize how crappy I am with directions and concepts of space.

p.s. I really did make that sound Wink

edit: @fractal Awww man... the oven? Sad
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:30 pm
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Caseys_Mom
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 		@fractal stay calm, take a small flashlight from your pocket that you remember bringing with you and look for hidden switches, levers, buttons, writing inside, etc. Or just try saying a magic word or command. Maybe try saying ghost?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:53 pm
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shylilembrace
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 		Fractal you should take the pan. you'll want a weapon.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:21 pm
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kolixela
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 		Transition Village's Response

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A bit confused, you wander the room, feeling the air around you for anything that seems unusual. There it is – the invisible welding machine – just next to the bed.



But first you decide to look in the cabinet. You walk over to the kitchen area and open the small door on the wall. There are three items inside: a single match, a life bead, and box of stale cookies. You may take only one item per turn.


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'Hmm, well that's an interesting looking thing, I wonder what it's for' I pick up the life bead, placing it in my pocket.

'I've never used an invisible anything before, might as well give it a whirl now'

I walk over towards the bed and take a few moments to orient myself properly to the invisible welding machine before taking the horseshoe and spiked ball out.

'Straighten the horseshoe and attach the spiked ball, hmm.. Sounds like a weapon of some sort'

Carefully I place the horseshoe over the welding machine hoping to find some way to safely heat the metal to straighten it, after a few minutes exploring the device I begin the process of straightening the horseshoe and attaching the spiked ball to the end, taking great care to make sure the metals mix properly to make the bond of the two pieces permanent.

'Hopefully that should do it, I wonder how long it will be until that ghost shows back up, will have to make sure to ask his name when he does'

The work complete, I walk over to take a seat at the table, taking a moment to relax and ponder what brought me to this place.


PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:37 pm
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urthstripe
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 		I wanted to search for the stone sliding sound, so I leave the library. Now here's where I am:

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Taking your dictionary with you, you turn toward one of the two doors and open it.

When you step outside, you find that you are in a hallway. There is a stairway to your right that leads up. A stairway to your left leads down. Behind you is a wall. In front of you, to your right, are three doors, one after the other, going all the way down the hallway. At the far end of the hallway are more stairs, one set going up (presumably to the same level as the stairs near you), and one set going down (again, presumably to the same level as the stairs near you).


WHAT DO?!?!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:31 pm
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Turducken
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 		This should help with the map Razz


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Deciding that the Farmer's Home is altogether too cramped for you at this time, you head for the door and turn the knob. It's time to step outside.



The sky is bleak, and the air in Transition Village is a little chilly for this time of year, but then, this town doesn't look as though it is subject to the same rules of climate the rest of the world understands.



Standing on the porch of the house you just left, you look around. In front of you is a church. To your left is another house. In the distance to your right appears to be a graveyard, and just beyond that is a large mansion. Not far away a woman sits in a luxurious, convertible motorcar. She appears to be deep in conversation with someone.


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FractalP
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"Nooooo!" I yell, banging on the oven door in vain. I rear back for an an almighty kick that should send the door flying off its hinges. With a yell, I straighten my leg and slam my heel into the oven door... to no apparent effect, except hurting my foot.

I feel around for anything that could help me escape, and notice a small axe, a life bead and a baking pan on the oven floor. "I could take my time collecting all this stuff," I mumble to no-one in particular. "But who knows what could happen out there. Plus, someone might turn the oven on, and I don't want to be a roast Fractal!"

I close my hand around the axe handle, wondering why there's an axe in the oven. "Wow, Merit certainly wasn't kidding when she said she couldn't remember how to bake." Steadying myself, I make a dumb joke centered around the phrase "and my axe" and begin wailing on the oven door...


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Claustrophobia sets in, and you grab the closest weapon you can find. There has to be a way out of this oven, end of conversation.

Though you aren't able to get a full swing, you do manage to crack the glass of the door. That's something. You try again. You scream as you do it, hoping that will lend to power to your blow.

Outside, you see the blurry images of Merit Sepsis and Mrs. Swelter in battle. Miss Sepsis is not doing well. If only you could get outside…

"What in blazes are you doing?"

You turn. There couldn't possibly be another person in here.

But there is. And, you realize suddenly, there is an entire room behind you. There is a ghost sitting in an armchair three steps down from you in what looks like a well kept lounge. The man is a ghost.

Claustrophobia fading, you put the axe at your side and squeeze your way into the lounge.

"Were you trying to destroy the oven, my friend?"

You look around you. This doesn't make any sense.

The ghost goes on. "That's no way to be a nice guest. Miss Sepsis was going to bake some pie for our pie eating contest, you know."

From outside comes a loud crash, and the lounge shakes as if in an earthquake. The ghost stands up from his chair. "Is that Mrs. Swelter? Well, why didn't you say so before? Go back out there! You'll find a switch at the door to the oven, just on the bottom right corner. It'll open the door back up. Have your axe ready. I'm right behind you."


Hehe, so you guys seemed to have a point. I was going to break out and hope that pie is like kryptonite to Mrs Swelter, or would somehow give Ms Sepsis superpowers. If I take the life bead now, does that mean we'd have enough in total to revive one person?

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Nessa
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 		I've been on the waiting list. Never been in any of the TV games, although I lurked through PT, so I might make a faux pas... But I got an email tonight!

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You are in a brown room, standing on a thin rug. In front of you is a wooden door. To your left is an old rocking chair. To your right is a kitchen table large enough for two, with two small chairs at either end. On the right wall are a sink and one cabinet. On the back wall are a gas oven and a horseshoe hanging on a hook. On the left wall are a twin-sized bed, a nightstand with a burnt-out candle, and a wooden dresser.

You notice that the wooden door is covered in numbers.

Welcome to Transition Village! This is the abandoned Farmer's House. You have a purpose here; try to figure out what it is. There are ghosts, so stay on guard. If you see other travelers along the way, be sure to say hello! Any changes you make to the town are permanent until someone else changes them, so please be considerate... and careful.


This is Turducken's house, though. So, maybe because he left the building it opened a "spot" for me? Unless there's two identical Farmer's Houses. Anyhow, I didn't want to start out by looking under the rug again, so I took the horseshoe off the wall and looked into the cabinet over the sink.

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FractalP
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 		Shocked

So another spot opens up when we leave our house? Man, I'll try and skidaddle as quick as I can, after Armchair Ghost and I try to fight off Mrs Swelter.

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urthstripe
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 		Yes, that's how it has worked for every TV game, once a player leaves a house, it opens up a spot for another player.
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diszaster
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 		Hi Turducken haha

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After making your fright both audible and edible, you remind yourself to park the car, lest we all have a repeat of the time with the raccoon. And we don't want that.

You explain yourself to the intruder and ask, as politely as possible, what he is doing in Governor's car.

"Yeah, I know it's his," the ghost replies without the slightest tone of reverence for the vehicle or its owner. "Look, can you drop me at the museum? I was trying to get a ride, but you just took off in the completely other direction. I might as well walk at this rate." He rolls his eyes and then looks away, as if he's waiting for you to drive on.

A little way ahead of you something happens. Someone opens a door to one of the houses and comes out onto the porch. You see each other in the distance.


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I catch the other traveler's eye, I hope, and wave my hand really high. "Heya... you there, wanna a lift... uhm, friend? We're going to the Daniel G. Ghost Museum." I make that face that girls make to their wing(wo)men the date is going south and they need an exit strategy. I wonder if this person will get it.

I pick up the purple crayon from the passenger's seat to make room for the person on the porch.

In an effort to stall while the person on the porch makes a decision, I turn around to the grumpy old man-ghost in the backseat and ask, "So uh, what's your name?"

I flash my most winning smile at the grumpy old ghost-man.


edit: oof, I'm just waking up: Welcome, Nessa! Wink
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