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?
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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?
Continue drinking. Use the emergency flask if necessary.
CR
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.
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.
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
More or less any morning is alright. If kettle is in inventory, make tea. If not, find water.
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.***
Walk around premises and try to formulate an image of the area based on what I bump into.
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.
Feel around the desk to see if there are any drawers that can be opened. Search for emergency flask.
Yell loudly, and listen for a response.
CR
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.
gahQuote:
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
"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.)
Feel around wall for light switch and/or cord attached to a light
Attempt to use echolocation to find your way around the room. Being clicking your tongue madly, and flapping your arms wildly like a bat.
Use Eagle Vision to read the ritual cultist writing on the wall.
Bump around the walls to find door.
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.
Check the Wallet to see what is inside.
Check MP3 player has music/file on it and listen to that.
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.
Check the drawers
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.
Take the backpack & slip of paper, then check to see if there are any windows in the room
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.
Put the mp3 player and wallet in the backpack, put on the backpack, and go out the door.
CR
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolt
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.
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.
Take your shirt off and examine your self.
Make sure no one did a creepy scientific experiment on you.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beefy187
:2thumbsup::laugh4:
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrddraal
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.
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
when did a knife get found?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
Also if I just got everyone killed sorry.... :sweatdrop:
I edited it, hopefully your plan works anyway.
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:
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.
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.
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:
Well he did say "You got three seconds to get out of my house before I blow your head open!!" Pretty big hint there.
Look around us. What kind of street is it? Any indication of where we are?
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrddraal
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrddraal
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
Actually, I'm not sure if we are allowed to post "outside" info but here it is.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Nice thought out Beefy. :2thumbsup:
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.
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 ^^
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.
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.
You guys should head east and see if you can find a bar or gentleman's club.
A reminder that there haven't been any italicized orders yet.
Head east and try to find a bar or gentleman's club.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolt
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.
Pointless chat inside for Subotan:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
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
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.
Jolt just got us killed.
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.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
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.
For someone with amnesia it is seldom a good idea to drift away without any idea of where we are going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
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.
Go into the bars bathroom, where you expect to find a mirror, check how you look. :laugh4:
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.
'What's the cheapest you sell?'
"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.
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.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
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:
Order the cheapest whiskey available.
If he has offered us a beer, we're old enough to buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yaseikhaan
Running out will only cause panic.Quote:
Originally Posted by spL1tp3r50naL1ty
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
Wrinkle your nose, and say "Oy Vey, not that cheap. Give me a measure of your cheapest whiskey"
And yes, we are Jewish.
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.
Down it in one, and ask for a refill
You chug your whiskey.
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?
by the way what is the name of this city?
We have to ask to use the toilet?
Dunno. For simplicity's sake, let's call it Pigville.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seon
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan