For what reason? We still have our 100 bucks so it can't be robbery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolt
And didn't we start at the second floor of the house?
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For what reason? We still have our 100 bucks so it can't be robbery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolt
And didn't we start at the second floor of the house?
I second the police idea.... we dont know anything, so nothing is assumed lol we should just act like we would if it happened to us in real life lol...
Who said GH made a evil game lol.
Just my two cents - I think at this point we would qualify as someone with dissociative identity disorder, based upon how we been struggling to come to one line of thought, and I am not talking about from our perspective so much as everyone elses' within the game.
The quickest and surest way to make sure that everything gets done is to elect one of us to italicize after discussion. If we want to proceed with any solidity, we need to establish rules, and one should be if you are not the Elected "Executor" of this group consciousness' will, you do not attempt to force an action upon all of us. Those doing so will be shunned by the rest of us.
Thus, in the spirit of my own rule, I Vote: Mithrandir as this games executor, considering he usually is the most level headed out of us so far and has come up with ingenious ways that won't cause everyone to scream in panic and flee from us.
Mithrandir: 1 (YLC)
Very level headed ~;pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
I disagree with the idea of a set leader. We can have leaders certainly, but leaders in the 'first among equals' sense. Meaning they have ideas but don't act on them without the consent of the group.
A better system imo would be to have an order italicized only with 3 or more people approving. Although I'm sort of being hypocritical since I just did something without any input from anybody else... not like we had anything but time anyway for now and more info can only let us make a better decision.
That was the idea of "Executor". We essentially hold him in the office based upon the consent of the group as a whole, and at anytime he can be removed. He presents his idea, we vote on it - we get X number of votes, he gets to put his action through.Quote:
Originally Posted by CCRunner
Sorry if I wasn't clear.
You are in downtown Phoenix. There are lots of tall, office buildings, most of which haven't shut down for the day despite the psychological experiment being over. Some of these buildings have cafes and eating establishments located inside them to provide for their workers. Standalone restaurants and diners, however, are rare here given the high value of land in this part of the city. You will have to go a few blocks outside the city to get anything aside from office buildings.
To the west is the road back to Surprise. The city goes very quickly from city to outskirts to road.
To the south is the industrial section of Phoenix. Warehouses and some open spaces are more common here.
To the east is more city, and eventually residences and suburbs.
To the north lies the more uptown part of the city, where you will get more individual shops and areas.
Wait, what? Please tell me this is a Freudian Slip.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Not at all. It basically means that even though the experiment has ended for the day, the normal workday has not yet finished and thus people are still active.
Find coffee shop and order a cup of coffee. Sit down and enjoy your beverage, God knows you deserve it.
I vote we just take a nap until tomorrow's experiment :shrug:
Doesn't seem to be much stuff for us to do otherwise
Before you look for a coffee shop, you need to pick a direction first.
No alcohol or anything which prevents us functioning on clear head if we are in public.
If we are alone, alcohol might be a good idea for a experiment on our self. Maybe one or two of us will be silenced.
Head north to find coffee shop
Yes, but your implying that those running the experiment would be running the town, or that the town as a whole is part of the experiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
That is a rather big implication you have yet to outright deny.
He was just saying that the experiment ended before the normal end of the work day, remember, we are only getting info on what the character can see.
That is a rather odd way to put it though. It would have been easier and clearer to say "There are lots of tall, office buildings, most of which haven't shut down for the day.", which simply indicates that the work day has not ended. Why implicate the experiment at all?Quote:
Originally Posted by miotas
Because that's not how I write.
And yes, there is absolutely no connection.
:sweatdrop: Apologies if I offended, I was just investigating, not critiquing.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Don't worry, no offense taken. :yes:
Going to bed now, expect an update as soon as I wake up tomorrow.
COFFEEEEEEEEEEEEE :angry:
I think having one person with the italic power is against the spirit of the game, but I agree that it would be good if we all waited for one or more people (depending on the importance of the order) to agree before we italicise it.
I'm keen for reporting to the police.
I'm still keen for investigating the psychological experiment, perhaps with the hope that we could chat to a psychologist who could help us out. Perhaps a better idea would be to get the number of a psychologist from a phone book and call them from a phone box, that eliminates all danger that the experiment could involve.
I sort of agree with tye more group mentality, perhaps we can each vote on a plan to execute, not a person to plan. or at least require a margin of 3 or 4 aye's before going through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrddraal
Another psychologist would be a smart idea, but can we find one.
Why wouldn't we find a police station?
We're supposed to act "normal"...
Yes we woke up in someone elses house, but we took nothing eventually, he took something from us.
So he'll won't press charges -> no need to fear the police.
Police has information we need and is supposed to help us. Nothing yet indicates that this world we are in is a whole lot different than the one we are living in (except I'm sorta famous with old ladies for my passion for camels).
So, I vote : find the police, explain and if they'll wont help us whatsoever, get arrested for something very minor so they HAVE to look us up in the system.
Remember, I am the only one so far who has actually done something really good for us so far (making friends with the old lady)... :eyebrows:
You make your way uptown and eventually find yourself a coffee shop. It looks comfy enough; a decent place to kill an hour or two. Coffee is $1. Would you like a cup?
Yes, ask the waitress where the nearest police station is and head that way. Once there, explain your situtation to the police and ask for help. If they'll wont help you despite your politest efforts, do a minor thing to get arrested and thrown in jail for a maximum of one night so they'll have to find out who you are in the system.
Also buy a coffee first, and then ask what Mithrandir said.
That was the yes part of my post ~:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
We should try to raise enough cash to get to Las Vegas.
Start by selling the I-Pod, then move on to burglary, mugging, and other crime as necessary.
I'm having trouble seeing how this world is any different to the real world.Quote:
Nothing yet indicates that this world we are in is a whole lot different than the one we are living in (except I'm sorta famous with old ladies for my passion for camels).
If we did have some sort of criminal record, getting arrested for one day would result in our arrest for years...
A risk Im willing to take lol.
I was just making sure, Camel Master Mithrandir.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
Well, if we had a criminal record, we deserve to be in jail anyway :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
So, now we have 4 people agreeing to talk to the cops. Let's do it :2thumbsup:
Borrrring. XIII never needed no police.
Red XIII ?
If we elect a leader to tell GH what we're doing, that will kill the game.
Regardless, I was going to post something along the lines of what Gandalf said, except it'd end in chatting up the waitress. We gotta kill a day somehow!
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Yes, ask the waitress where the nearest police station is and head that way. Once there, explain your situtation to the police and ask for help. If they'll wont help you despite your politest efforts, do a minor thing to get arrested and thrown in jail for a maximum of one night so they'll have to find out who you are in the system.
Its already been ordered... lol and in case you dont know... GH doesnt care what we say he takes the first order... period. lol
I don't think GH wants it to end so inglouriously either. I suppose that if we start doing ridiculous things, he'll just defuse it by saying "The abortion clinic is nowhere to be seen", or "Your attempts to imitate a baboon fail miserably, and the crowd claps politely at your decent rendition of "Carmen""
Yep... Like he did with the baby carriage, but he still followed that order... So yeah... We are already going to police station, once he gets back online and does the write up.
You enjoy your cup of coffee.
$1.00 has been removed from your inventory.
After finishing your drink, you ask the waitress about the nearest police station, and she points you in the direction of three blocks north and one block west. You thank her and head to the station.
At the station, you are taken care of by one Officer Purvis, a friendly-looking black man in his 40s. He seems moderately frustrated that you have no ID or memory, but still tries his best to help out. "You say you woke up in a house in Surprise with no idea how you got there?" You nod. "Well, the best thing I can do is get in contact with their PD and see if they can pass along some information. In the meantime, you're free to take a seat and grab a cup of coffee."
You take a seat, cringing over the fact that you had to pay for coffee not 15 minutes ago. Officer Purvis is busy contacting the Surprise Police.
See not that bad so far haha.
I bet we are a serial killer. :laugh4::laugh4: and this is going to get us thrown in jailQuote:
Originally Posted by Stildawn
Lets get our self cuffed. Just incase we go on Jason Bourne style rampage which will get us in even more trouble.
I think if we were a bad criminal I believe police stations share information on stuff like that, so if they dont know who we are already then I bet we are only something minor if at all.
Nah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
We're boned. :shame:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Why? It was only a dollar.
It would seem you are right about that, seeing as GH conveniently wrote the write up so that the part about committing a small crime was left out.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
Can we ask the officer if he is a good cop or a corrupt one?
I can play Carmen on Tuba :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
The city of Suprise is just...to full of win...I cannot stop laughing...the "Surprise Police"...
*falls down dead from asphyxiation*
I can see it now...
A man is walking down an alley, with the intention of hawking some stuff he just nabbed from the old Johnson place... when suddenly, two men with guns jump out of the shadows!
"SURPRISE! It's the police! Put your hands up!"
The man runs in the direction from whence he, came, when another jumps in front of him.
"Surprise! Hands up!"
He runs into the nearest building, and right when he enters the door a big guy hits him in the head with a 2x4.
"Surprise, [preemptive edit - GH]!"
I was thinking in a more MPish direction, but okay.
Man walks in and is greeted by a surprise party, which are then immediately tackled by police in funny outfits from various nooks and crannies, and are arrested on the grounds that they were "doing it wrong", was what was kind of going through my head. Suprise Police = Grammar Police. Just the absurdity of the notion...
You'd be surprised as to what they really do.
The pause in the write up is GH giving us an opportunity to do something else.
How's this for a potential precautionary order (if you approve I'll italicise).
"Tell the officer you're dying for a smoke and step outside the building. If nothing happens in a few minutes, cautiously go back in to where we left the officer. If the officer comes out to get us in a friendly manner (i.e. not about to arrest us) pad our pockets as if looking for something and shrug and say 'I can't find my smokes'."
This is so that, in the case that The Surprise Police might tell him to arrest us, we can make a dash for it. If they don't, we haven't lost anything.
I like it. Just be sure to add the "run like hell" part if he does try to arrest us
Yep I agreed with that .... Post it... But yeah add the run like hell bit...
Tell the officer we're dying for a smoke and step outside the building. If nothing happens in a few minutes, cautiously go back in to where we left the officer. If the officer comes out to get us in a friendly manner (i.e. not about to arrest us) pad our pockets as if looking for something and shrug and say 'I can't find my smokes'.
If he tries to arrest us, run like hell.
Should I use the 1st person singular, 1st person plural, or 2nd person when writing these?
1st person plural makes the most sense/is easisest imo. Plus it's what we have been doing so if GH had a problem with it he'd have said something by now :shrug:
Maybe instead of a smoke we could've gotten some air, but whatever tomatoes tomatoes.
Because we can't not find our air.
I like how we gone to talking to the police to save the day, to running away as fast as possible with imaginary cigs.
I think we should go to a mental asylem and admit ourselves.
That's what happens when about 30 people are all controlling 1 person.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
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Originally Posted by Double A
We can stand there, wait a minute or two then go back in, and if he comes out we're still standing there breathing..
I don't understand why we need to "not find" something as a cover when we could've just aid "NEED AIR" and went to breathe.
But i'm just nitpicking now.
After reading ATPG's write up in his game, it seems like SysTech is from the Resident Evil universe. Someone else can figure it out, I'm gonna go to bed.
Catching some air isn't a very good reason to leave the cop who's helping us out. Needing a smoke is somehow more socially excusable because it's clear we are addicted and need a smoke.
What I'm trying to say is; if someone stands on a balcony in the pouring rain people think that someone is a freak. If someone stands on a balcony in the pouring rain sucking on a cigarette people don't give a second glance.
Citing the need to smoke, you excuse yourself from the station for several minutes. No officer comes to get you, so you cautiously make your way back in and resume your seat. Several more minutes pass. Eventually, Officer Purvis walks up to you.
"Sorry, friend," he says, "but Surprise PD is reporting nothing out of the ordinary. I'll tell you what I can do, though. If you want to, we can take your fingerprints and check to see if there are any matches in the database. Maybe that'll give you some answers."
Do it... Do it... If we were really wanted they would have got us by now.
We should do the fingerprint scan, but be ready to bolt if we see any sort of damning evidence... I have a feeling we might get taken into custody if something illicit is revealed about our identity.
Very guided by GH, this could be his opportunity to show us what we really are and I get the feeling it won't be positive. :juggle:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Well we came here looking for answers, for better or for worse I believe things will work out, at least for now ;P
I say we do it :bow:
As long as we get back in time for the experiment!
Go to the nearest convenience store and buy a pack of menthol cigarettes and a lighter. Smoke while walking back to the police station to check on results of fingerprint scan.
Dude you forgot to mention actually doing the scan lol.... Can that please be added in GH?
He sort of implies it at the end... hope that counts
You agree to getting fingerprinted, with Officer Purvis assuring some results in about 20-30 minutes. In the meantime, he directs you to a convenience store two blocks away to where you can buy cigarettes and a lighter. You make your way there, and purchase the objects without incident.
$20 has been subtracted from your inventory.
The items "pack of cigarettes" and "lighter" have been added to your inventory.
Lighting up your first cig on the way back, you start coughing like mad, but still manage to suck it all the way down. You're about to start your second when Officer Purvis calls you in, saying the database check for matches is done.
Stand up as if to greet the officer. Put one of your hand in the pocket where your lighter is. Quickly check the exits first and the surrounding, if there is anything out of the ordinary. Do this before you listen to the result.
We're obviously not a smoker.
This might be the part where we'll turn into Jason Bourne. A schizophrenic one, but one nonetheless.
I think it'd be best for society if we turn out to be guilty, we let ourselves get arrested with a fair trial.
Who knows what attrocities we commited...
I agree. If we are to die, we die by trial and justice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
Worst we can do is running for our life and getting gunned down.