The Consequences [Concluded]

[GeneralHankerchief]

You awaken to find yourself in a pitch-black area. You have no idea of your surroundings, how you got there, or, most disturbingly, who you are. What do you do?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Continue drinking. Use the emergency flask if necessary.

CR

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Do not panic. Remain calm. It is probably Saturday morning, and if so, the situation is under control. At least, it will be in a matter of hours, once the spinning stops. Under no circumstances move, excepting for tea, in which case it is appropriate to grope around in the dark for a kettle.

EDIT: Alternately, you may use the small chip implanted in your arm to locate your Geneva bank account, and from there spend three movies evading the CIA with extreme cunning and resourcefulness.

[GeneralHankerchief]

After some pondering, you realize that it's not a Saturday morning, or a day after a holiday. Your head is not throbbing, so you're probably not hung over. Your memory loss has most likely come by other circumstances.

The item "Emergency flask" is not in your inventory.

The item "Jason Bourne chip" is not in your inventory.

[Crazed Rabbit]

No emergency flask?!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Do an emergency check for a regular flask. Use if found. Also, rummage around in pockets/clothing to find out what items I/we/the hive mind do possess. Check for wounds as well.

Deduce if we're still drunk, and that's why we aren't hungover yet.

CR

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

More or less any morning is alright. If kettle is in inventory, make tea. If not, find water.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Your inventory is empty. ("Inventory" includes pockets and the like as well.)

You cannot do a line test because it is pitch black. However, you are able to recite the alphabet backwards successfully. It appears that you are perfectly sober.

You attempt to find water, but cannot as it is pitch-black.

***From now on, only one set of commands will be accepted before I respond. In order to differentiate to me what those commands are, only italicized posts will be treated as commands.***

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Walk around premises and try to formulate an image of the area based on what I bump into.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You take two steps in one direction and feel something impeding the lower part of your body's progress, but not your upper body's; a desk, possibly? Moving in the other direction you bump into a wall. It becomes apparent that you are inside a somewhat bare room.

[seireikhaan]

Feel around the desk to see if there are any drawers that can be opened. Search for emergency flask.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Yell loudly, and listen for a response.

CR

[GeneralHankerchief]

You feel around the desk to see what you can find. You are able to make out objects both on top the desk and inside its drawers, however, you don't pick any of them up since you don't know what exactly they are in this so-far dark room.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Yell loudly, and listen for a response.

CR

gah

[GeneralHankerchief]

"Is there anyone that can hear me?" you yell. Staying absolutely still, you can detect no sign of a disturbance. Looks like you're alone.

The room is still dark. You might want to try and do something about that.

(Note: I'm going to bed now so don't expect a response for the next several hours.)

[pevergreen]

Feel around wall for light switch and/or cord attached to a light

[A Very Super Market]

Attempt to use echolocation to find your way around the room. Being clicking your tongue madly, and flapping your arms wildly like a bat.

[Beskar]

Use Eagle Vision to read the ritual cultist writing on the wall.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Bump around the walls to find door.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You feel around for a lightswitch. Success! You turn it on, and after about a minute your eyes adjust to their new surroundings.

You find yourself in a small, mostly-empty room. Nothing adorns the walls save for a door on the other side. The previous object you felt does, in fact, turn out to be a desk. On it, you see a wallet and what appears to be a portable mp3 player. The desk also has three drawers.

[Beskar]

Check the Wallet to see what is inside.

Check MP3 player has music/file on it and listen to that.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You examine the wallet. Much to your chagrin, there is no identification of any kind. However, there is $200 USD in cash.

Oddly, the mp3 player has only one song: "Rosetta Stoned" by Tool, with a note to any would-be listener that, were you to listen closely to the lyrics or look them up, they contain several instances of foul language. You listen to the 11-minute song and try to make sense of it.

[Myrddraal]

Check the drawers

[GeneralHankerchief]

You open the first drawer. It is empty.

You open the second drawer. It contains a single slip of paper, with the word "Croatoan" written on it in pen.

You open the third drawer. It contains an empty backpack, perfect for holding any number of items.

You are about done in this room. It is time to take what you wish (if anything) and continue forth.

[Thermal]

Take the backpack & slip of paper, then check to see if there are any windows in the room

[GeneralHankerchief]

The item "Backpack" has been added to your inventory.

The item "Croatoan paper" has been added to your inventory.

The mp3 player and wallet remain on the desk.

There are no windows in the room.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Put the mp3 player and wallet in the backpack, put on the backpack, and go out the door.

CR

[Jolt]

Before going out the door, do some physical exercises to make sure you are in physical top shape.

[Beskar]

Before going out the door, do some physical exercises to make sure you are in physical top shape.

Waste of energy. It is like fasting before being starved to death.

[GeneralHankerchief]

The item "mp3 player" has been added to your inventory.

The item "wallet" has been added to your inventory.

You exit the room you woke up in to find yourself in a small hallway with some stairs leading up. Seeing as the room you were in is the only room connected to the hallway, you decide to go up the stairs. Upon going up, you see what is obviously the first floor of a house. You wonder if it's yours. You see a kitchen, a sitting room, a dining room, and a couple of doors that lead to bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as the front door. There are no other sets of stairs. Hmm, looks like you're in a rancher.

[Beskar]

Search Kitchen for edible Food and Drink.

Search Kitchen for some sort of weapons/tools. (Knife, and things like Screwdrivers which might come in handy)

Equip weapon and loot any tools and loot any food/drinks which you are able to use.

[Beefy187]

Take your shirt off and examine your self.
Make sure no one did a creepy scientific experiment on you.

[Beskar]

Take your shirt off and examine your self.
Make sure no one did a creepy scientific experiment on you.



:2thumbsup::laugh4:

[GeneralHankerchief]

You enter the kitchen and open the fridge and pantry, searching for some food and drink. You toss a few bottles of water, a loaf of bread, and a box of Cheez-its into your backpack.

The items "3 bottles of water", "bread", and "Cheez-its" have been added to your inventory.

You start rifling around for some weapons - knives, etc. when suddenly one of the bedroom doors bursts open. A man in his 50s, large, balding, and wearing only a wifebeater and a pair of boxer shorts is staring at you, and he looks angry. You also notice he is holding a shotgun.

"You got three seconds to get out of my house before I blow your head open!!!" he yells.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Put your hands in the air and try and appear as nonthreatening as possible. Calmly say you have no idea how you got here and that you are very sorry if you have intruded on this mans home apologize a few more times and ask if he knows how you got here, while saying that if he doesn't you will leave as soon as he shows you the door. Also state you seem to be suffering from amnesia, and would love to know where you are.

[Myrddraal]

Risky stuff CDF, you might just have gotten yourself/us/him killed.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Risky stuff CDF, you might just have gotten yourself/us/him killed.

True, but hey, he has a shotgun while us/we/me have nothing :sweatdrop: If you tried to go for a attack then there is a far greater chance of our brains being splattered then wrestling the gun away from him.

For me at least it is no less risky then trying to get the gun and kill this guy, especially when one considers there may be another person (wife) here who could hit us while we were distracted.

[Beskar]

If CDF plan fails and the man is going to fire/shoot at you, use the bagpack as cover and throw a knife (if no knife, anything to at least distract him) with your Jason Bournetm combat skills, trying to surrive as long as possible disarming the man while you use another knife/your fists to pummel him. Preferably disarming/neutralising/not killing him

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

If CDF plan fails and the man is going to fire/shoot at you, use the bagpack as cover and throw a knife with your Jason Bournetm combat skills, trying to surrive as long as possible disarming the man while you use another knife/your fists to pummel him.

when did a knife get found?


Also if I just got everyone killed sorry.... :sweatdrop:

[Beskar]

I edited it, hopefully your plan works anyway.

[Thermal]

I think CDF's plan is better... trying to fend off a man with a shotgun when you have no weapons is virtually impossible. And Beskar's idea of using a backpack for cover, well lets just say thats gotta be a metal backpack to make a good shield. :2thumbsup:

[GeneralHankerchief]

You drop to your knees and throw your hands in the air, calmly explaining your situation to the man with the shotgun. He doesn't appear interested in your excuses, however. "Shut it!" he yells, and whacks you with the butt of his gun. "The heck you think you're trying to pull, going through my stuff in my house and then not getting out when I had my gun pointed at you?! Let's have a look at what you got here."

He rummages through your backpack, paying special attention to the food and drink you nicked. "Well, I'll be having these back," he says, glowering at you the entire time. "As for the rest of this stuff, I don't recognize it, so I guess you can keep it... minus a small fee for breaking and entering into my home and trying to rob me blind."

The items "3 bottles of water", "bread", "Cheez-its", and $100 have been removed from your inventory.

"Now get out of my house and this neighborhood before I shoot you for real."

He quite literally boots you out of his house, and scurry off his modest front lawn and into the street.

******Status update******

Stage completed: House

Inventory:
- Wallet with $100
- Backpack
- mp3 player with "Rosetta Stoned" loaded on it
- Slip of paper with "Croatoan" written on it

Feedback:
This was the opening stage to kind of get you familiarized with the game. Congratulations on making it out of the house alive, however, you need to think more carefully about your actions in the future. Rummaging around for too long was bound to attract attention if somebody else was in the house, and not getting the heck out of Dodge right away once the guy with the shotgun came out was not the best idea. Normally, it probably would have cost you your life, but since this was the first stage, I was a bit more lenient.

Remember, I only accept the first set of orders in italics. Talk it out with the myriad voices in your head first before coming to a decision. It might save you a little more than 100 bucks and basic supplies in the future.

[Beskar]

Guessing "going into the bedroom and making friends with his wife" was a bad idea.

Though, still, why were you in that guys house in the first-place? Wouldn't have heard you/people entering/etc.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Maybe we are some kind of burglar who hit his head? :sweatdrop: I got nothing.


So we were supposed to run away. Ahhhh. Interesting.

Well I did not get us killed at least :sweatdrop:

[Myrddraal]

Well he did say "You got three seconds to get out of my house before I blow your head open!!" Pretty big hint there.

[Myrddraal]

Look around us. What kind of street is it? Any indication of where we are?

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Well he did say "You got three seconds to get out of my house before I blow your head open!!" Pretty big hint there.

Yes, but I assumed bolting would cause him to open fire anyway. You would have to get to the front door open it and get out all before being shot by someone who was not that far away and was probably trigger happy. Did not think it was worth the risk :sweatdrop:

[Crazed Rabbit]

Well he did say "You got three seconds to get out of my house before I blow your head open!!" Pretty big hint there.

Really. CDF, you do not try to explain things to an angry, unkempt man with a gun and a reason to shoot you. You do as he says and get the heck out of there.

I'm thinking we ought to look and see what kind of neighborhood we're in and see if we can see a street sign.

And for crying out loud, don't try to contact the police or attract attention to ourselves. We might be some sort of hardened criminal ... er, or a political prisoner.

CR

[Beefy187]

Actually, I'm not sure if we are allowed to post "outside" info but here it is.

Ok this is what I got from the quick search on the net

Croatoan
-Island apparently which used to exist near North Carolina
-It is also used in the way "gone Croatoan" which means "Returning to wilderness"
-Virus which turns humans to Zombies in drama series "supernatural"
-American Air Craft Carrier Croatan (Miss spelled)
-Miss spell of Croatian, as in the country.

Rosetta Stoned
-Song by tools.
-Didn't listen to the whole thing, but the comment suggest something about UFOs and prophecy. Another comment suggested something along the line of guy waking up with a lost memory, so it might have something to do with this game.

According to bit of psychology stuff I read, people usually lists useless stuff first, and name something important 2nd or 3rd to protect it. If thats true, Rosetta Stoned is the biggest clue we have.

[Thermal]

Nice thought out Beefy. :2thumbsup:

[GeneralHankerchief]

You take in your new surroundings. You are in a residential street, most probably part of a suburb. Identical houses populate the landscape for the most part, although you *think* you can see a downtown area to the east. To the very far north, you think you can make out mountains.

The climate appears to be warm-to-hot and dry. You look up and don't see very many clouds in the sky.

The road you're on runs east to west.

[A Very Super Market]

Being screaming your head off, taking every opportunity to call the residents effeminate and uncultured. Follow up by stripping off your shirt and rubbing up on the first pink flamingo you see.

Not italicised ^^

[Jolt]

Head for downtown. Try to find a bus stop. If you find one check the schedules. If a bus for downtown is inbound, then wait for it and pay for a ticket with the remaining 100$. If not try to hitch a ride.

Once you arrive in downtown, ask for people the direction of the police station. If inquired as to what is the matter, say it is private matter.

[Chaotix]

Oh, I can give the whole story on Croatoan.

Supposedly, when Sir Walter Raleigh first decided to establish a British colony in North America, under Elizabeth's jurisdiction, he set one up on an island off of N. Carolina called Roanoke. He left the settlers there to go back to England and ship in some supplies, but political tensions with Spain kept him from sailing again for at least a few years. When he finally returned five or six years later, they found the island deserted, and the only clue they could find was a message that said "Croatoan". Supposedly, and this is where it gets really uncertain, any of the survivors of the Roanoke colony left for the mainland and joined the Croatoan Indian tribe.

That said, I am unsure how that clue will help any of us. Perhaps that and the Tool song lyrics have something in common? The amnesia part is obvious, but maybe there's something else in the conspiracies...

As for what to do, I think our little amnesiac should head downtown, yes. It will undoubtedly have something important, because otheriwse it wouldn't exist. Such is the way of these games.

[rhawn]

You guys should head east and see if you can find a bar or gentleman's club.

[Subotan]

Find Problem Sleuth, Ace Dick and Pickle Inspector, and together go on an MS Paint Adventure to defeat the Mobster Kingpin (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4)

[GeneralHankerchief]

A reminder that there haven't been any italicized orders yet.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Head east and try to find a bar or gentleman's club.

[Jolt]

Head for downtown. Try to find a bus stop. If you find one check the schedules. If a bus for downtown is inbound, then wait for it and pay for a ticket with the remaining 100$. If not try to hitch a ride.

Once you arrive in downtown, ask for people the direction of the police station. If inquired as to what is the matter, say it is private matter.

Head for downtown. Try to find a bus stop. If you find one check the schedules. If a bus for downtown is inbound, then wait for it and pay for a ticket with the remaining 100$. If not try to hitch a ride.

Once you arrive in downtown, ask for people the direction of the police station. If inquired as to what is the matter, say it is private matter.

[Splitpersonality]

Pointless chat inside for Subotan:

Find Problem Sleuth, Ace Dick and Pickle Inspector, and together go on an MS Paint Adventure to defeat the Mobster Kingpin (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4)


Fall in a more hard-boiled fashion.

:laugh4: I love that site.


Hi guys, adding my brain here. I'm a fan of tool but I don't have anything to say about Rosetta Stoned, no more than you guys have figured out thusfar at least. I'll keep wracking my brain :D

[Winston Hughes]

Speculation: Perhaps last night we tried to recreate the conditions in the song. The description of the climate and the mountains in the north would fit with Nevada (north of Area 51), and the loss of memory might be attributed to our having consumed a heroic quantity of hallucinogenic drugs.

[Beskar]

Jolt just got us killed.

[Beefy187]

We should be careful about making contacts with others.

Like someone pointed out before, our boy could be a die hard criminal.. or something alot worse.

Firstly, lets check if we are proper handsome human being.

[Subotan]

Fall in a more hard-boiled fashion.

I love that site.
Me too, although I don't like the latest story. Sepulchritude FTW
It's obvious we will have to go out on a quest to find out why we were locked up there, Oldboy-style. No police are going to help us, or be of any use.

[Jolt]

Jolt just got us killed.

For someone with amnesia it is seldom a good idea to drift away without any idea of where we are going.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You head east, to the downtown area. It takes you slightly under two hours to walk there, and by the end of it you are parched. Luckily for you, there is a bar in the downtown area, seemingly waiting for your arrival. You enter the bar and plop down on a stool. Aside from you and the bartender, there are two other barflies present. Neither of them seems to be paying attention to you.

[Thermal]

Go into the bars bathroom, where you expect to find a mirror, check how you look. :laugh4:

[GeneralHankerchief]

You get up from your stool and are about to enter the bathroom, when the bartender stops you. "Restrooms are for paying customers only," he says in a neutral voice.

[Thermal]

'What's the cheapest you sell?'

[GeneralHankerchief]

"Miller 64," the bartender replies. "Only 64 calories, the lightest of the light beers. $2.00 per glass." You notice the other barflies in the room now watching you curiously.

[seireikhaan]

Uh, guys? Something to have considered: We don't have any ID. I say we leave the bar and do something more productive, like the grocery and get some actual food and drink.

[Splitpersonality]

Me too, although I don't like the latest story. Sepulchritude FTW


I kinda like the home stuck, I liked jailbreak too, and the bard adventures, despite it being confusing as :daisy: I even got my suggestion in the latest one, when John falls into his dad's room "Do a triple somersault ending in a double backflip to a roundabout, stick the landing" :laugh4:

I plan on buying the "Pose as a team" shirt sometime soon for the heck of it.


We're getting curious looks, possibly regarding the manliness of our drink, but perhaps someone recognizes us. We may be in for a bar fight, I vote we get the heck out of the bar and find somewhere else with a mirror, rather than getting the :daisy: kicked out of us. It's a downtown area, there have to be other places with bathrooms and/or mirrors...

If we absolutely must do this in the bar, we should buy a better quality beer, nothing light, nothing un-american, possibly Budweiser, straight up. This is to quell the possibility of a fight over our character's choice of alcohol, nothing more or less :bow:

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Order the cheapest whiskey available.

[Subotan]

Uh, guys? Something to have considered: We don't have any ID. I say we leave the bar and do something more productive, like the grocery and get some actual food and drink.
If he has offered us a beer, we're old enough to buy it.


I want to get the Sleuth Diplomacy T-shirt :yes:.

We're getting curious looks, possibly regarding the manliness of our drink, but perhaps someone recognizes us. We may be in for a bar fight, I vote we get the heck out of the bar and find somewhere else with a mirror, rather than getting the :daisy: kicked out of us. It's a downtown area, there have to be other places with bathrooms and/or mirrors...

If we absolutely must do this in the bar, we should buy a better quality beer, nothing light, nothing un-american, possibly Budweiser, straight up. This is to quell the possibility of a fight over our character's choice of alcohol, nothing more or less :bow:
Running out will only cause panic.


Order the cheapest whiskey available.
This.

Wrinkle your nose, and say "Oy Vey, not that cheap. Give me a measure of your cheapest whiskey"

And yes, we are Jewish.

[GeneralHankerchief]

The bartender pours you a glass of his cheapest whiskey. The barflies are still looking at you curiously, although not as much as before you ordered.

$7 has been removed from your inventory.

[Subotan]

Down it in one, and ask for a refill

[GeneralHankerchief]

You chug your whiskey.

[Splitpersonality]

Ask the bartender if you are allowed to use the bathroom now, if he answers yes, walk towards the bathrooms.

Guys... I was going to say "Walk into the mens room" but we honestly don't know if we're male or female at this point, guessing wrong could get us in trouble... or did GH mention we were male/female?

[Seon]

by the way what is the name of this city?

[Subotan]

We have to ask to use the toilet?


by the way what is the name of this city?
Dunno. For simplicity's sake, let's call it Pigville.

[Splitpersonality]

We have to ask to use the toilet?

I'd rather not walk to the bathroom and have the bartender tell me that I still need to buy more drinks or something, this consolidates that to save energy.

[GeneralHankerchief]

The bartender raises one eyebrow at your request, but says "yes". You exit your seat and walk into the men's room.

[Andres]

Look in the mirror to see how we look (male/female, young/old, color of eyes/hair etc etc).

[GeneralHankerchief]

You take a good look at yourself in the mirror. You look very hot and dusty, appropriate for someone who just took a 2-hour walk in a dry climate. You're wearing a faded blue button-down shirt. You have short brown hair and hazelnut eyes, and a very short stubble growing on your face. You look to be in your late 20s.

[Splitpersonality]

Open up your shirt and examine your body, checking for cuts, scratches, bruises, anything out of the ordinary.

[Subotan]

EDIT: Scratch that, I didn't realise that it mentioned he had stubble on his face

[GeneralHankerchief]

You open your shirt. Aside the wound on your head sustained from the butt of the shotgun, your body is for the most part unmarked. However, there is a black ring tattoo on the back of your left shoulder.

[Splitpersonality]

I doubt we need to examine ourselves from the waist down, or does anyone think we have the need to?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Find a grocery store and get some water and basic, cheap, food supplies. Fresh produce and some bread. Butter or margarine too, depending which is cheaper. Drink some of the water and have a bit to eat after the purchase.

We don't want to dehydrate after two hours in the sun, and we have no idea when our last proper drink was.

[Myrddraal]

Does the ring tattoo go around the arm, or is it a tattoo of a ring?

EDIT: keep an eye out for street signs wherever we go

[GeneralHankerchief]

Does the ring tattoo go around the arm, or is it a tattoo of a ring?

It is a tattoo of a ring. Basically a plain back circle.

[Splitpersonality]

Back of the shoulder, so I doubt it goes around. Possibly just a black circle on the shoulder.

edit: GH beat me to it.

[Subotan]

I doubt we need to examine ourselves from the waist down, or does anyone think we have the need to?
GH mentioned we have stubble



We don't want to dehydrate after two hours in the sun, and we have no idea when our last proper drink was.

Yes we do, it was your whiskey.

It's interesting we're all attempting to take better care of ourselves than I would in than I would.

[woad&fangs]

We should really find a bus stop after the grocery store. It will tell us where we are and provide an easy means of transportation to wherever we need to go.

[Beefy187]

It seems like we don't have a language problem.

We're starting to get some curious looks. I say we get out of the bar soon as possible.

Get some basic supplies, look for street signs etc then we look for somewhere we can rest safely I say.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You exit the restroom and the bar, with the bartender giving you a dirty look. You take a few steps outside when you realize that you don't know where a grocery store is.

The street you're on at present runs north to south.

[Splitpersonality]

GH mentioned we have stubble

By waist i meant inside of our pants and stuff, and our legs.

GH do we have any need to urinate? Might as well take care of it while we are here.

I think we should be guarded while exiting the bathroom, we got some odd looks and now we might be facing a group of organized people, I'm not saying they will attack us, but we should be prepared in case they do.

I think we should also splash some water on our face and take a drink, we do not want to get dehydrated, and there is nothing in our stomach on with that whiskey, I'd rather not throw up in the bar, unless it's in the toilet right now.

Look down, check that you are wearing pants. If you are, proceed to walk north, looking for a bus stop along your walk.

Thought i'd get that out of the way before we go anywhere or get arrested. Could be the source of our odd looks.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Split, just to make sure, were those orders accounting for my most recent post?

[Splitpersonality]

Yes, we are now outside for that order. As you said.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Yes we do, it was your whiskey.

Useless for the purpose of hydration.

[Beskar]

We should have asked the Bartender where the nearest city was and what direction before Split got excited about the write-up possibility of him unzipping his flies,

[Splitpersonality]

We should have asked the Bartender where the nearest city was and what direction before Split got excited about the write-up possibility of him unzipping his flies,

If we can take care of a bodily need in an area designed to take care of said need, I don't see the problem in that. I"m not asking GH to be graphic about it or anything, just if he has to go, go. :l

[GeneralHankerchief]

You are, in fact, wearing pants. You do not need to urinate.

You walk for a little over a block and come to a bus stop. The sign has a purple logo that says "Valley Metro". There is one person already there, a woman in her late 50s. She looks at you for a second and nods, her gaze shifting back to the road.

[Beefy187]

Start talking to the old lady. Start with the weather, then claim that you are new around here. And ask her where the best place is to shop for clothes, furniture and groceries

This should give us some clues about where the biggest city is

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Start talking to the old lady. Start with the weather, then claim that you are new around here. And ask her where the best place is to shop for clothes, furniture and groceries

This should give us some clues about where the biggest city is



Or severely creep her out and make her pull out her mace :laugh4:

[Beefy187]

If we are in a country where a gentle old lady randomly start attacking you with Mace in the midlle of a casual conversation...We never had a chance of survival:sweatdrop:

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Why furniture? :inquisitive:

Valley Metro means we could be in Phoenix, Arizona; Roanoke, Virginia; or Brisbane, Australia. I think Roanoke is most likely given the slip of paper.

[Beefy187]

Why furniture? :inquisitive:

Valley Metro means we could be in Phoenix, Arizona; Roanoke, Virginia; or Brisbane, Australia. I think Roanoke is most likely given the slip of paper.

If theres a place which got all those, it must be a pretty big city... or at least a decent size shopping mall.
I wasn't planning to buy them all.

[pevergreen]

I hope its Brisbane. :2thumbsup:

Cause then we could catch the bus to my house!

[GeneralHankerchief]

You comment on the weather to the woman, following it up with the fact that you're new around here. She chuckles. "I could tell, hun," she says. "Otherwise you'd be pretty used to this by now." You ask her where the best place is to get clothes, furniture, and groceries.

"Well, Prasada's not done yet, so there's really not a one-stop shopping area. Two blocks south of here is an Albertson's, that'll get you what you need, food-wise. As for clothing, take your pick around here, there's plenty of stores. Not sure about furniture though."

[rhawn]

What do you think she means by "used to this by now". Is there some eerie Dark City phenomena going on?

[Splitpersonality]

The albertson's confirms that we are likely in or 250 miles around Phoenix Arizona, check their store finder if you don't believe me.

[rhawn]

On second thought, maybe she just means the weather.

[Beefy187]

Yea its probably the weather. According to the past write up, its hot-dry climate with no clouds.

Not many people would talk about weather when its sunny and less would talk about how talk it is especially if they live there.. :sweatdrop:

Anyway Split confirmed that where we are. Now we just need to solve who we are and what we were doing here.

Lets start shooting theories.

[Myrddraal]

Pfff... I say we head for the city centre. It seems natural enough to head that way, perhaps we'll bump into a clue.

We could keep our eyes out for cops, if we see a lone cop, try just walking past him whilst giving him a clear view of our face. If he recognises us, we know we're wanted and with one cop we have a more than fair chance of getting away if need be.

[Splitpersonality]

I second Myrddaal's idea for the police. City center seems like a good idea, maybe the police could even help us...

[Myrddraal]

One person seconding sounds good enough for me:

Try to work out if the bus heads into the city centre, ask the old lady if necessary. If it is, take the bus, if not walk. Keep eyes out for cops.

What to do if we see a lone cop: Walk towards him from in front without getting too close. If the cop reacts negatively (which includes reaching for his radio) get out of there (back alleys if possible). If the cop doesn't react, walk past.

EDIT (if allowed) to include what split said below:
If he reaches to talk to us I don't think we should book it so fast, but we should be cautious. If he reaches to tell us something, like maybe "Have you seen etc etc" without grabbing cuffs or radio we should stay and hear him out.

What to do if we see a group of cops or a squad car: discretely move away

[Splitpersonality]

If he reaches to talk to us I don't think we should book it so fast, but we should be cautious. If he reaches to tell us something, like maybe "Have you seen etc etc" without grabbing cuffs or radio we should stay and hear him out. It might be suspicious to a cop looking at us, saying "hello" and we run lol

[Myrddraal]

I can see it coming already; a one liner from GH saying "You don't see any cops"

[GeneralHankerchief]

The woman looks at you oddly. "Hun, this *is* the city center. Welcome to downtown Surprise."

(OOC: Sorry, this is my way of asking for a clarification. I've spent the last twenty minutes trying to find a difference between "city center" and "downtown", to no avail.)

[miotas]

Apologise, blaming it on the heat, and ask if she knows how to get to Croatoan.

[GeneralHankerchief]

"Croatoan? I've never heard of anything like that in my life." She starts to look at you oddly.

[Andres]

Look around to see if there is anybody else near. If there's no one in sight, watch the old lady aggressively and ask with a firm voice to tell you exactly where you are, where the bus is going to, which day it is and what time it is.

If there are people nearby, just stay calm and wait for the bus to arrive.

EDIT: how about we beat the old lady up and steal her belongings for the next step?

[rhawn]

Beating up old ladies is never a good idea.

note:
The Croatoan are a group of islander Iroquois indians that lived near the famed Lost Roanoke colony.


Rosetta Stoned is a song about someone that was either abducted by aliens or imagined them while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs and believes that he was chosen to deliver a message to humanity but cannot remember what the message is.

[Subotan]

Beating up old ladies is never a good idea.

Unless they have a gun.

[Andres]

Beating up old ladies is never a good idea.


Yeah, but being evil is much more fun :devil:

[Splitpersonality]

I don't think we need to berate this old woman... if we're nicer to her perhaps she could be of more help to us...

[Subotan]

Beating up old ladies is never a good idea.

note:
The Croatoan are a group of islander Iroquois indians that lived near the famed Lost Roanoke colony.


Rosetta Stoned is a song about someone that was either abducted by aliens or imagined them while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs and believes that he was chosen to deliver a message to humanity but cannot remember what the message is.
Hmm, intersting info. Are we an abductee?

Wave at the sky frantically, in order to get an alien's attention.


I don't think we need to berate this old woman... if we're nicer to her perhaps she could be of more help to us...
Is she more useful to us alive or dead?

[Jolt]

Quite honestly I have no idea why you think we have to stay away from the police.

Walking around downtown with no idea where to go doesn't seem like a really good idea.

Regardless, Thank the old lady for her help and proceed to go buy some food and drinks for starters.

[Beskar]

Well, for a start, you transpassed and committed burgary... and that is the stuff we know about.

[Mithrandir]

Ask the old lady what her favorite animal is, if she says camel, hand her your money, if she says something different, explain to her why camels are such magnificent creatures.

[Splitpersonality]

Is she more useful to us alive or dead?


Probably alive...

[Beskar]

Well, a few things we should do.

- Not attract too much attention by doing crazy things.
- Not attract too much attention.
- Keep a low profile.
- Act casual and smooth.

As for our name, I recommend John Smith.

Thought inside head: "I have decided to name myself 'John Smith' temporary. I introduce myself to others as 'John' in polite conversation."

[Thermal]

Plus anyone could witness you killing her from any direction, you can't have your eyes everywhere at once, in the city center at a bus stop, of all places killing someone is bound to have repercussions. Plus there is very little point in it. Her inventory probably consists of granny pants & some antique lipstick.

Mithandir's casual attitude to making us lose all our money is alarming also. :laugh4:

[Mithrandir]

Mithandir's casual attitude to making us lose all our money is alarming also. :laugh4:

It's not casual. It's a good way to strike a conversation. Try it in a bar with a girl sometime.
I'd really like to Ask what the old lady's favorite animal is and when she says "camel" to give her all of my money. If she picks another animal, I'll tell her about the glorious attributes of this magnificent creature until she's convinced.

[GeneralHankerchief]

As it is a busy area, several people walk by the bus stop. The two of you are joined by a man wearing business clothing, but before you can make a decision to talk to him or not, the bus arrives.

Fare is $2.00. Do you want to pay?

[Subotan]

Try and negotiate for a student fare.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Sorry, no dice. Seeing as you don't have an ID of any kind, yet alone a student ID.

[Mithrandir]

Ask if the old lady likes camels.If she says yes, pay for her fare as well. If she says no, explain to her why camels are such magnificent creatures.

[Thermal]

Ask if the old lady likes camels.If she says yes, pay for her fare as well. If she says no, explain to her why camels are such magnificent creatures.

Better idea :yes:

[Subotan]

We still haven't paid yet
Pay the full $2, then sit as far away from everyone else as possible, preferably in a window seat, or the top deck of the bus, if it has one.

[Mithrandir]

We still haven't paid yet
Pay the full $2, then sit as far away from everyone else as possible, preferably in a window seat, or the top deck of the bus, if it has one.

Aww common, if we pay for the old lady, she'll join us in the bus and we've already got something to talk about to break the ice...
Then we can get further info from her.

Ask if the old lady likes camels.If she says yes, pay for her fare as well. If she says no, explain to her why camels are such magnificent creatures and after that get on the bus anyway.

[Subotan]

Everybody is acting too conventional. It's hardly testing GH's imagination.

[Seon]

oooooh I know. This is all a dream! Or a simulation of some sort. Therefore, if we do something that is completely unthinkable for the brain, than we shall be able to snap out of it!

Strangle myself.
[/joke]

Anyways. Do we even know where this bus takes us?

[Beskar]

Everybody is acting too conventional. It's hardly testing GH's imagination.

Says Mr. Sit in the corner interacting with no one on a bus to nowhere.

[Thermal]

Everybody is acting too conventional. It's hardly testing GH's imagination.

Because sitting on an isolated part of the bus and dropping the only company you have is being really imaginative.


P.S: Beskar touched on this, I just added :grin:

[Subotan]

Double decker buses are not conventional in Arizona

[Thermal]

Double decker buses are not conventional in Arizona

He didn't say it was double decker, I think we should inspect who is on the bus before we go on it...

[GeneralHankerchief]

"Why yes, as a matter of fact I do like camels," the woman said. "My family went on a trip to Egypt when I was a little girl and I've been fascinated with them ever since. I remember going back a few years ago and oddly enough, there was this Dutch man who had an even greater interest in them than me... almost romantically, in fact. It was very disturbing."

You pay her fare as well as yours and the two of you make your way to the seats.

$4 has been subtracted from your inventory.

******Status update******

Stage completed: My First Town

Inventory:
- Wallet with $89
- Backpack
- mp3 player with "Rosetta Stoned" loaded on it
- Slip of paper with "Croatoan" written on it

Feedback:
You've made some progress. You now know what you look like, and where you are (Surprise, Arizona). You've even made a friend very late in the stage, after a bit of a rough start. You successfully avoided major trouble in the bar, although you came close twice. First was ordering your drink; the barflies would not have taken kindly to an outsider coming in, trying to use the bathroom, and then ordering the cheapest and lightest beer available, Miller 64. Second was your behavior with the bartender - you forgot to tip him. Had you gone back into the bar and asked for directions after you left, you would have been accosted and beaten.

You're now on your way to... well, you're still not sure exactly where you're on your way to, but at least you're going somewhere. The bus is air-conditioned, so you're just about recovered from your two-hour walk in the heat from earlier. However, your finances could be doing better.

[Subotan]

Peer out the window and make faces at the drivers in their cars

[Beskar]

I think it would have got worse if Split got our character naked and the barkeep walked in wondering what was taking so long.

[Mithrandir]

Ask the old lady her name, where the bus is going and somewhat explain your situation and ask if she could help you out in some way.

[Splitpersonality]

I think it would have got worse if Split got our character naked and the barkeep walked in wondering what was taking so long.


Look man, stop ragging on me, I'm thinking outside of the box here. If we had some sort of tracking chip embedded in our thigh/nether regions, and we find this out when we die because it's a bomb on our junk, you'll say "Oh why didn't we listen to split" :l

[rhawn]

Upon further review I think we should check if there is a snuke in our snitch.

[Beskar]

Look man, stop ragging on me, I'm thinking outside of the box here. If we had some sort of tracking chip embedded in our thigh/nether regions, and we find this out when we die because it's a bomb on our junk, you'll say "Oh why didn't we listen to split" :l

I know, I apologise. I mean my comments in a good-natured humorous way. Have to be honest though, if the bar-keep walked in on us like that...

[GeneralHankerchief]

The bus goes by one stop. You amuse yourself by making faces at the cars passing by. In one of the cars is a little girl who makes a face back at you. You are proud of yourself.

[Centurion1]

flip off small girl, that will show her up. observe all the other passengers on the bus

[GeneralHankerchief]

The girl in question's car has already driven by.

[Myrddraal]

I think we should aim for the making friends method. The old lady seems harmless, perhaps we should try to make friends with her and come clean about our true situation.

[A Very Super Market]

And what is our true situation? Didn't we just wake up in a house that wasn't our own?

And lose our memory

[Centurion1]

ask old lady how long she has lived in the city

[pevergreen]

ask old lady how long she has lived in the city

and then ask if she'd like to get lucky tonight. When she looks at us in disgust, mime throwing dice and playing cards.

[Beefy187]

and then ask if she'd like to get lucky tonight. When she looks at us in disgust, mime throwing dice and playing cards.

And if she doesn't look us in disgust? :beam:

[Double A]

Coatoan?

Use my knowledge of North Carolinian geography to get even more lost.

[GeneralHankerchief]

"I've lived in Surprise for about 15, 16 years now," she says. "There seem to be more people here every day, yourself included."

[Double A]

Ask her why the place is called Surprise.

And make sure it isn't that stupid excuse-for-all-those-motivational-posters kind of surprise.

[CCRunner]

Start calling teh old lady "grandma". Affectionately :beam:

[GeneralHankerchief]

During your conversation with the woman, another stop goes by.

"Well," she says, "I think the town's founder named it after where he used to live: Surprise, Nebraska. Don't ask me how *that* town got its name, though."

[miotas]

He he, I read this wrong:


The woman looks at you oddly. "Hun, this *is* the city center. Welcome to downtown Surprise."

[Double A]

She's lying! I can tell it!

I CAST FLARE!

[pevergreen]

During your conversation with the woman, another stop goes by.

"Well," she says, "I think the town's founder named it after where he used to live: Surprise, Nebraska. Don't ask me how *that* town got its name, though."

Ask if she'd like to get lucky tonight. When she looks at us in disgust, mime throwing dice and playing cards. If she doesn't look in disgust, and asks us back to her place, go with her.

If all goes well, we'll get free food, water and a place to sleep. Then we can steal and leave!

[Double A]

You know she's an old chick, right?

[pevergreen]

Oh yeah. Thats why I'm expecting the disgusted look.

[Double A]

Ah.

Well, hop to it then! http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/popcorn.gif

[Mithrandir]

Oh yeah. Thats why I'm expecting the disgusted look.

You got mine...

[pevergreen]

You got mine...

If we ge the nasty started, camels will be involved in a good sense.

[Mithrandir]

Ask the old lady her name, where the bus is going and somewhat explain your situation and ask if she could help you out in some way.

[Subotan]

Explain the situation? That would just freak her out.

[Myrddraal]

Perhaps we could require one supporting post to bring an order into effect. I'm not so keen on asking her if she'd like to get lucky... :p

EDIT: Do we even know where we're going? Asking the lady might freak her out, but if possible:

Glance at our ticket to see if it gives the name of the route.

Keep an eye out for street signs as we drive along

If I can't add these orders, could whoever posts the next set please add them to your own as they don't interfere with the main actions.

EDIT: Can I ask which direction the bus is travelling in?

[Centurion1]

ask somewhere good toi eat is.......


give us an idea of out location

[GeneralHankerchief]

You ask the lady if she'd like to get lucky tonight. She gives you the disgusted look, as expected. Your miming the "dice and cards" routine does nothing to smooth things over, as she says "there's nothing like that around here." She gets up and moves her seat. You are now quite alone on the bus and half the people are giving you dirty looks. The other half aren't paying attention.

[Myrddraal]

Gah!

Glance at our ticket to see if it gives the name of the route.

Keep an eye out for street signs as we drive along

[Thermal]

Pevergreen! :stare: To think I used to worship you as pevermauve was it? :laugh4:

umm people I'm sure GH only responds to the first italic order, so if theres already one then not much point in posting another.

[Andres]

Gah! Myrddraal was faster.

[Myrddraal]

My order should take a faction of a second in game time.

Post your order anyway Andres, so we can discuss.

[Beskar]

Congratulations on losing our only friend.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You look on you ticket to see that you're on the Grand Avenue Limited. This route will take you all the way into downtown Phoenix. Looking at street signs confirms that you are on Grand Avenue. It will take a while to get to Phoenix, though. It is your call if you want to stay on the route for the entire time or get off sooner.

In her haste to vacate her previous seat, the woman formerly sitting next to you left her newspaper on her seat.

[Csargo]

Look through the newspaper

[A Very Super Market]

We've been rather socially unacceptable for a while now.

[pevergreen]

Hey, it was worth a shot.

Can you honestly say that it wasn't worth it?

[Thermal]

Hey, it was worth a shot.

Can you honestly say that it wasn't worth it?

Yes.

And if you really only wanted her for her supplies asking her if she wants to get lucky isn't the best way to get to them. :inquisitive:

[pevergreen]

I had a backup plan!

:stare:

[GeneralHankerchief]

You pick up the newspaper and begin reading through it. You will only have time to fully read through two sections before the bus arrives in Phoenix. The sections are:
- Frontpage (national/world)
- Local
- Business
- Sports
- Entertainment
- Classifieds

Which two sections do you want to read?

[Seon]

Read the Frontpage, Local, and Classified sections of the newspaper

[GeneralHankerchief]

That's three sections, Speedreader.

[Beskar]

Local and Classified.

(also take the paper with you when you get off.)

[Splitpersonality]

Read the frontpage, and local

We don't need a job.... not yet at least.

We can always read the paper after we get off the bus too...

[CCRunner]

I'm thinking local and classifieds. Note the lack of italics.

[Beefy187]

We left a ever lasting memory on half the people on the bus, so I suggest getting off the bus soon as possible. Avoid all those who knows us.

Also lets check if we are getting tailed by someone.

[Splitpersonality]

Might I inquire as to why you think we need to read the classifieds?

[Seon]

because if you have not noticed our finances are a bit limited.

[Beskar]

Also, everyone knows that secret and coded messages are hidden in the classified section. I bet there is even a classified which goes along the lines of "Did you just wake up with no memory, abandoned, with a piece of letter saying the 'Croataon'? Then we want you to call us now!"

[Splitpersonality]

I think before worrying about working or getting a job we should figure out what time period we're in.

We still only know we're approaching Phoenix, Arazona, and that we are very good at creeping everyone out we come into contact with...

EDIT

Also, if we look at the locals maybe we'll see a "Local man kidnapped, not heard from in months, suspect is accused kidnapper and/or murderer" etc etc, who knows.

[Myrddraal]

Local is definately a good idea. Classified? I'm not sure, I would have gone with front page myself.


I think we're being a bit italic trigger happy in general. I think it would be a good idea (for significant decisions) to propose a plan and wait for a least one person to agree before italicising it.

[Stildawn]

Lol we could just go down a dodgy alley, get a fake id made and pick up a new life and get a job, friends, get married have kids etc lol.... Completely not what GH would think we would do haha....

We dont know we are dodgy, so we could just get on with our life lol.

[Beefy187]

Lol we could just go down a dodgy alley, get a fake id made and pick up a new life and get a job, friends, get married have kids etc lol.... Completely not what GH would think we would do haha....

We dont know we are dodgy, so we could just get on with our life lol.

Then suddenly we get kidnapped, some one will do a creepy scientific experiment on our boy and that will ruin our happily ever after scenario.

Also it will leave me unsatisfied because there is Croatoan and Rosetta Stoned clue left unsolved

[Stildawn]

But we could eventually buy a house???!!! lol

[Beefy187]

But we could eventually buy a house???!!! lol

Work our way towards American dream :clown:
Not something guy with amnesia who started off in a randoms house would do.

[Seon]

No, what would REALLY happen is that we would be kidnapped, given drugs that produce amnesia, and thrown into a box filled with traps and moving roomns.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You flip through the local pages. There's something in there about the city's budget, the inauguration of local politicians, and a full-page advertisement congratulating the Cardinals on their second straight division championship.

You browse through the Classifieds section. Most jobs are listing specific qualifications, which you ignore since you're not quite sure what exactly your qualifications are. However, one group is looking for volunteers to do a psychological experiment on. $50 for a three hour experiment, and it's located right in downtown Phoenix.

The bus stops at downtown Phoenix. Do you want to get off?

[Seon]

Get off. Remember to pay the driver if we hadn't already and also take that darn newspaper with you

Hows about that for an action? :p

[CCRunner]

Can we please get a discussion on this one before giving orders?

Edit: now that that's said, my thoughts. I say get off, take the paper and do the experiment.

[Beefy187]

Actually. Do you think it would be a good idea to go back to where we started off?

We don't have to enter the house. Just look around it. Check how we ended up in there.
EDIT: I also say get off. Take the paper and do the experiment.

Maybe we'll get a hyponosis.

[Csargo]

Discuss what?

[CCRunner]

What we're going to do of course. Maybe discussion wasn't the best word...consensus?

[Splitpersonality]

Psychological experiment


for $50


does no one else find this fishy? Perhaps this is even how we ended up where we were... :l

[Csargo]

We should get off the bus, take newspaper, and do the experiment.

[Seon]

1. Paying the bus fee and tipping the driver
2. Taking the news paper
3. Leaving the bus (Yes. You can do 1 without doing this one if you want to be known as the Bus Idiot)
4. Doing the scientific experiment which may result in amnesia and you being thrown into a house where a guy with a shotgun comes out and threaten you.

[Beefy187]

Hypnosis could bring back lost memories. If they are psychologists, they might know how to do it.

[Crazed Rabbit]

We've already paid the fare, and we don't tip bus drivers in the USA.

Let's get off the bus with the newspaper and everything else, but let's not head to do the experiment straight off. We don't have to rush, and considering what state we're in, let's not.

CR

[Csargo]

So we are all in agreement then?

[Chaotix]

Or... this psychological experiment might have the other extreme. Who knows, maybe it will cause our character to remember something he forgot.

EDIT: Beefy beat me to it.

[Splitpersonality]

Okay, I concede. We'll do the experiment, but if we end up losing ;P

[Chaotix]

Then we can start over at the last checkpoint. :clown:

[Splitpersonality]

Touché

On a semi-related note. GH would you be okay with other people hosting similar games? With of course independent stories, this sounds like a fun game to host :D

[GeneralHankerchief]

Touché

On a semi-related note. GH would you be okay with other people hosting similar games? With of course independent stories, this sounds like a fun game to host :D

Yeah, by all means. :yes:

-edit- And also, who says you start back at checkpoints?

[Chaotix]

Yeah, by all means. :yes:

-edit- And also, who says you start back at checkpoints?

Ahahah... so you have something different in mind? That should be interesting...

It's definitely realistic to put us right back at the very beginning. That way, we might have a completely different kind of game, and that could be just as fun as persisting and playing through to the end.

[Myrddraal]

I think everybody agrees with getting off the bus. I believe we already paid the fee, why pay twice?

Get off the bus, read the bus stop, look for street signs, take everything (including the paper) with us.

I think we should check out the address given for the psychological experiment, without commiting to doing it yet.

My personal oppinion is that we shouldn't do the experiment. However we might be able to chat to the psychologists about the amnesia. There is of course the danger that it might have been some involvement with this experiment that got us into our current situation...

I also think we should skim read all headlines in the newspaper before anything else.

EDIT: our estimated journey so far:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=33.638775,-112.429104&daddr=Downtown+Surprise+to:Grand+Ave+to:Downtown+Phoenix&geocode=%3BFYIpAQIdYO5N-SlFsHlc-hcrhzGyLeVMIAjRAw%3BFXoC_wEdABBR-Q%3BFblh_gEdy-JR-SnLeaFQ7RIrhzGsG0o1-MdpjA&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&via=2&dirflg=w&sll=33.634774,-112.405586&sspn=0.066173,0.110378&ie=UTF8&ll=33.541395,-112.241135&spn=0.264979,0.703125&z=11

[Stildawn]

Could we get an update on how much money we have etc....

Also do we have life stats? Like food, sleep energy etc?

[GeneralHankerchief]

As you are getting off the bus, the woman from before (who is not getting off) coughs. "Excuse me," she says in an acid tone, "but I believe that is my newspaper you are holding." Outmaneuvered, you give it back to her and exit the bus.

You are now on 7th Ave. and Grant St. You see a newspaper stand that is selling the same paper you just lost for $1.00.

[Stildawn]

Could we get an update on how much money we have etc....

Also do we have life stats? Like food, sleep energy etc?


Um this lol.

[Myrddraal]

I think it's a bit more abstract than that. This isn't a computer game :smile:

[miotas]

Buy the paper, and ask the shop owner for directions to the address mentioned in the experiment ad.

[rhawn]

And pick up a pack of smokes and a book of matches. How did we get this far without a cigarette anyway?

[Beefy187]

Smoking kills:smash:
We don't want to die just yet do we?

[miotas]

We could use the cigs as a weapon if they are so effective at killing.

[rhawn]

If we don't get a cigarette we just might kill the next person we see. We're on edge, even if we can't remember anything else, we can remember the smooth taste of Newports, we aren't ready to quit yet.

You want to win the game right? Remember: quitters never win and winners never quit.

[A Very Super Market]

Agh, stop being so selfish!

It's a bit odd how we're making so many enemies if it's the modern day (The Arizona Cardinals are the Western division champions twice in a row for the first time). We don't even look particularily menacing.

[Beefy187]

I'm enjoying our little split personality :laugh4:
I say we make Split our leader

[Thermal]

NO SMOKING


:inquisitive:

[Splitpersonality]

Please no smoking, or if we have to smoke at least pick something better than Newports for chrissakes. Yeck, I've had to deal with the smell of Newports for almost my entire life from all my family... ick...

Vote me your leader, or was that just a joke? :P

[GeneralHankerchief]

It's actually not a newspaper stand, but rather one of those boxes the papers are in where you insert money and then get to open them.

$1 has been removed from your inventory.
The item "Newspaper" has been added to your inventory.

[Beskar]

Would be interesting if it turned into a ground-hog day.

[A Very Super Market]

Hooray for mental illness! I'm pretty sure we may have one, but we simply don't realize it. Actually, all this discussion might be seen as some agitated mumbling on our part. Maybe that's why no one likes us. It's because there are too many "us"es

[CCRunner]

Is everyone agreed that we check out the experiment?

[Splitpersonality]

This would be funny, if our guy was actually crazy, and we were all his mental personalities arguing.

I say since we have time, we give the front page, and classifieds a thorough looking through, rather than the cursory glance we did on the bus.

[Stildawn]

Yep Seconded...

Sit down at a near by city bench..... Read the paper from front to back thoroughly

[A Very Super Market]

No! You forgot to to mention your desire to graciously offer your seat to more needy pedestrians!

[Stildawn]

Screw them lol this is the inner city lol.

[CCRunner]

[i]Find the bus to CCRunner's house, give him all our money and become his eternal slave. Pick up some Fritos with onion dip on the way though[i]

(mistake is on purpose)

[Splitpersonality]

*Coughcoughcough*Check out my game ;P*coughcoughcough* (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=2409246#post2409246)

I think we should be polite, but not to a fault. Hopefully we can read the paper pretty fast...