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kolixela
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FractalP wrote:
@kolixela: I think Turducken has a horseshoe on the wall of his house. Maybe you could steal it? Very Happy


^_^ Just wasn't sure how I should react to the ghost Razz

I'll see what he says

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Lairosiel
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Unlike so many others who are new to the village, you take a deep breath and find that you love the stale air around you. To you, this is a comforting place… ghosts and all.



With a quick look around, you decide to open the dresser. The top drawer is stuck, so you open the middle one. It has several pairs of moth-eaten pants inside. Whoever wore them had something to be desired in a sense of fashion. You close that drawer and open the bottom one. Inside are three items: a big key, a small key, and a lifebead.



You may take only one item per turn.


life bead ftw hehe
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kolixela
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 		[quote="kolixela"]
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You decide to give only general glances at each area of the room, not choosing to examine one place carefully. The wicker chair makes you happiest, and you linger there for a few moments, enjoying the memories it brings you.



When you are done getting your bearings, you head to the kitchen table to sit down and think.



What have you learned? You have learned the layout of the room pretty well, and that is good.



What have you found? Well, that's hard to say, as you didn't give any one place your time. It seems there were a few items hidden around the room, but maybe you overlooked them?



"Can you mend this?"



You look up. A man is standing at the door. No – not a man. The ghost of a man. He is holding a horseshoe.



"It's gone all crooked," he tells you.


And now for my response for those of you following along!

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A slight look of surprise flashes across my face, quickly replaced by a light smile, "Mend it?" I say, looking at the item in the ghost's hands, a horseshoe. Thinking to the two hooks on the wall I take a few moments to examine the horseshoe closer.

"That is a nice horseshoe you have there, a fine piece of craftsmanship. I'd be happy to look at it for you." I pause for a moment, looking around the room a little, "I apologize, I don't have my tools with me here. I would need a little while to examine the horseshoe further; if you wish to leave it with me I will do what I can for you. Can you show me exactly what needs fixed?" Standing up from the table I smile at the ghost 'Seems friendly enough, wonder why the warning on the door, I'll have to see where this leads me'


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negativeview
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 		Silly gmail marked my update email as spam. I'll have to add a rule to not do that. I'm on the waiting list, too. Sad

I got a museum named after me??! AWESOME SAUCE!

I'm keeping track also of what goes where. I had a map last game and it didn't really come in handy. Will try to locate it though to give us a head-start. For instance, I know there was a well somewhere last game, maybe we can pinpoint where dis is exactly.

Interesting that you all have purposes, but they aren't spelled out. There's a lot of attention given to paintings and hooks on walls. There's a house with hooks without items, and a house with painting places and no paintings. Do we have to return the items, perhaps?

For new people:
lifebeads are awesome, you want them
if the other games are any indication, the ghosts aren't all dangerous. they're like people, each one is different.

Edit: TV2 wiki: http://tv2.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page May be starting one for TV3 w/ a link to the image-based.
Edit 2: Whew! http://tv3.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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FractalP
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 		My turn:
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Rubbing my head in pain and ignoring the strange smell, I lean down and glance at the oven in disbelief. There's a ghost in the oven. There's a ghost in the oven. I thought ghosts were supposed to be underneath beds or in attics, not ovens. How… bizarre, yet totally appropriate.

"Uhm… sure, I - uh, I mean, I just…" I pause and take a deep breath, steadying myself. "Sorry, you caught me off guard. Sure, it's been a while since I've cooked anything, but I'll do what I can to help. Who - I mean, what are you trying to bake, Ms… oh, sorry, I didn't catch your name…


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"Sepsis," she tells you from inside the oven. "I'm Merit Sepsis. Oh, please don't tell anyone about this. I can't believe I'm having such a difficult time. In fact, I'm normally quite good at my job, you see, but…" she lowers her head in apparent shame. "It's been such a long time since I've needed to bake a pie."

To your left, the front door slams. Someone has just entered the house! It is the ghost of an enormous woman with more skin than there is wood on the walls. Though she's transparent, she lumbers toward you menacingly. "Close the oven," she mumbles.

The ghost of Miss Sepsis turns her head. "What is that, Mrs. Swelter?"

But the ghost of Mrs. Swelter is looking at you. "Close the oven and set it to bake her to oblivion. I will give you something valuable."

Miss Sepsis heard that, and she looks at you with wide, terrified eyes. "No," she says. "Please don't listen to her."


Oh man, it's kinda tempting. Valuable things are always pretty awesome, but Ms Sepsis is so nice...

Interesting fact: the P in FractalP actually stands for Pie, which is either a coincidence or I have stalkers.

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ifihadahifi
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 		My apologies in advance for the long post, but here is my last day's worth of activity:

From Transition Village
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You take a deep breath and realize that this musty old place has become a home-away-from-home. It is good to be back.

Passing the kitchen table and empty chairs, you walk to the cabinet on the wall and open it up. Inside there is only one item: a small, white box with a white ribbon on top. You take it.

"What's that?"

You spin around to see who spoke. Now sitting at the table – you are sure there was no one there before – is a pleasant-faced old ghost with spectacles.

"I say," the ghost repeats, "what's that you found?"

You look at the box in your hand. It is addressed to you with a card that reads, "Congratulations!"


My Response
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With a bit of excitement and apprehension I manage to speak a few words to the ghost.

"I could be mistaken, but it almost appears to be a wedding gift to me. Of course it could be something else all together. But I was just married two weeks ago, just prior to coming back to Transition Village."

Torn between the thrill of mystery and the potential agony of an epic fail, I stare at the box for a bit trying to decide what course of action I should take. Looking at the ghost in the room, I take a deep breath, and make my choice.

"Here goes something..."

I will open the box!


From Transition Village
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Excitement wins, and you choose to open the box. The ribbon slides off into your hands. You lift the white, wooden top up, and there it is.

A white boutonnière made of dandelions. It is surely a wedding present.

Happily, you pick it up and pin it to your shirt.

"Best wishes to the both of you," the old ghost says. He stands up and extends his hand for you to shake.

However, when you reach back to shake his transparent hand, the ghost recoils. His glance darts immediately to the arrangement on your chest, and then he vanishes altogether.

You are alone in the room. You have one boutonnière.


So I may have flowers that ward off certain ghosts. Or I may be way off. I am checking the wooden dresser for my next move.

@FractalP - As an amusing side note (a bit off topic too), along with about 2000 other possibilities, Merit Sepsis is an anagram for Mistress Pie. Personalization and creativity is what makes these PMs my favorites.

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kolixela
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 		Today's Message from Transition Village

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The ghost seems pleased by your response, judging by his toothy grin. "Thanks, but I don't know about horseshoes," he tells you. "You can keep it a little while, until I need it." Then he takes a step closer. The air around him is cold and gives you a chill.



He points with a transparent finger at what you have in your hands. "See this part here? It should be straight so's I can hold it right." He indicates the curve in the shoe. "The round part I got in my pocket. You want it, too?"



With a sweeping gesture, he plunges a large hand into the back of his pants and pulls out a steel, spiked ball. He drops it on the table. "You know how to use the invisible welding machine, right? I'll be back to check on things in a few days. Thanks so much."



The ghost vanishes.



You are alone in the room. You have a horseshoe and a steel, spiked ball.


My Response

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'A horseshoe.. and a spiked ball...' I examine the horseshoe and spiked steel ball closely for any oddities or markings

'And an Invisible welding machine? Well I guess that ghost did just conjure a steel ball out of thin air.'

I take the steel ball, carefully, and horseshoe in my hands, weighing the heft of them 'I wonder what he wants with this.. seems rather odd. I didn't even get his name... I will have to ask if I see him again' With that decided I turn and look across the room, wondering if there might be space for an invisible welding machine in here. I walk around the area a bit to see if I might be able to detect an invisible device or hidden area before going over to the cabinet on the right wall. With a moment of trepidation I open the cabinet and peer inside

'Maybe I can find something of use in here..'



I believe I was just asked to make a rather rudimentary bludgeoning device? Razz

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ironnikki
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 		Well, I've been preparing to move out over the past few days, so I haven't been keeping up with this, but looks like I got back just in time to play!

First email:
Quote:
You are in a small, dark room, standing on a cold, wooden floor. In
front of you is a thin door. To your left is an old dresser and another thin
door. To your right is a tiny bed. There is a closet at the back wall.




You notice that the thin door in front of you is covered in numbers.



The binary translates to:
Quote:
Welcome to Transition Village! This is the Servant's Quarters of the
Governor's mansion. 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.



When I didn't respond to the first email:
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You look at your hands and see that they are growing transparent. In
fact, your entire body is beginning to disappear! If you make a turn
tomorrow by the required time, perhaps you will re-materialize.


When I still didn't respond:
Quote:
You look at your body and see that it is nearly transparent. If you
make a turn tomorrow by the required time, perhaps you will re-materialize.
If not, you may disappear from Transition Village altogether.


Finally, I got to my email, and frantically sent this in:
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My neurons finally begin firing as I realize that I am beginning to
cease existing. Some quick, though possibly flawed, logic informs me that
interacting with the world around me should help to secure my existence.
Without a thought to what might be lurking unseen, I run to the closet door
and attempt to fling it open.


Whew... sorry for the long post...

Edited to enter line breaks. Sorry about that!
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shylilembrace
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 		Kolixela, he wants you to make him a mace. a stick with a spiked ball on the end of it essentially.
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urthstripe
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 		Ironnikki, I'm in the Library of the Governor's Mansion right now, maybe we should try to meet up or something, I'm thinking of going to explore the stone sliding noise i made by taking out the dictionary.
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Merago
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 		I've been away a while and was missing the place. I thought I'd pop in to News and Rumors and see if there was anything I could follow along with and this was the first thread I opened. Having heard great things about the earlier TVs, I'd love to get in on this one!
Poorly written haiku begging for entry duly sent. Smile
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kolixela
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shylilembrace wrote:
Kolixela, he wants you to make him a mace. a stick with a spiked ball on the end of it essentially.



Yeah, that's more or less what I got out of it Smile

The invisible welding device kinda threw me LOL

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Lairosiel
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Willing to wait for a lifebead, you examine the keys first. If either one has an engraving, you will pick it up.



The larger one does. You take it from the drawer and stand up, trying to see the letters in a better light. W… Maybe an L?



"It's to the well," someone behind you says.



You turn. There is a round, shaggy ghost standing in the center of the house. "That key," he tells you. "It's to the well."



You look back at the engraving. Yes, it does seem to say "WELL."



"But you won't be wanting that unless you're wanting to go down there to get the Lwel," the ghost adds. With a nod of his head, he vanishes. You are alone in the room. You have a key to the well.


the.. WELL! sounds interesting hehe
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 		I had a dream that I got an email from TV that told me that I was next in the list of entrants. Unfortunately it was not precognitive. Still tracking your items in the wiki. I can't wait to see what Lwel is, besides an obvious anagram.
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 		So this is what I've been up to. I may be more or less posting in here. I just have a ton of work and other responsibilities atm. And tbh, writing the responses -and- writing articles for the paper -and- writing for argn is kind of kicking my ass right now.

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Me: "OooOoo!" I say as I eagerly devour the contents of the brochure. I quickly slip it into my now-no-longer-empty reporters fieldbook and declare a small victory for journalism. My eyes turn to the contents of the glove compartment, and...

"AH!" I scream (much like a little girl). And then, very maturely, I pretend to not notice the bloody hand rag, trying to convince myself that it's really not there. Instead, eyes averted, I reach for the notebook....


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Narrator: Intrigued by the announcement of a new museum for Transition Village, you place the brochure into your fieldbook for later perusal. Then, exercising total denial, you reach into the glovebox, around the bloody hand rag that simply Is. Not. There., and you pick up the notebook.

It is small and black and lacking any lines on the pages – this is a sketch book. Attached on the inside is a small, purple crayon.


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Me: Eyes still averted, I close the glove compartment and focus for a moment on the sketchbook and single, purple crayon.

"Hmm... Just purple?" I muse, as I toy with the crayon. A plethora of purple-only objects and things come to mind: grapes, uhm... Grimace...?

Finding this line of inquiry less than overwhelming, I flip through the sketchbook looking for some sign or clue, some writing or doodle.

And then, suddenly realizing that I've left the engine running for some time without going anywhere, and having sworn to save the environment or something in a drunken haze on New Years Eve, I decide to take the Governor's motorcar for a spin.

I try to get some sense of the lay of the land, jotting down the general location of buildings and landmarks in Transition Village, including the sketchy "Ring"-esque well that I've so conveniently forgotten to explore.

Taking a meandering, leisurely route, I set off to find the Daniel G. Museum.

I take in the scenery, letting my hair blow freely in the wind, certain that nothing scary or untoward could possibly happen along the way....


I guess I could write less, but I don't get to write fiction too often. Wink
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