WC
Hey, yoOu there.
Female human, coOrRrect?
KE
Yes that is right!
WC
Ooh thank GoOd
KE
I appear to be in a bit of a tricky situation
WC
Ooh
That's noOt goOoOd.
KE
So I may be slow to respond or quit suddenly
WC
What seEems toO be the isSsue
And that is fine
KE
Well, I'm being assaulted by a pair of large stone statues
But they don't want to enter this room for some reason
WC
Ah. StoOne sentries, it woOuld seEem
Maybe just run away? If they are guarding soOmething they shoOuldn't care if yoOu leave
Then coOme back a difFferent way
KE
I would if they weren't blocking the exit
I tried talking to them and giving them the chest I found, but they didn't respond
WC
I'm guesSsing distracting them isn't an oOptioOn
Is this exit the way yoOu came in?
KE
Yeah
I could try to distract them...?
I don't see how though
WC
What doO yoOu have oOn hand
KE
Uh
Let's see
I have a flashlight, a deck of Tarot cards, a laptop, a yellowish orb, batteries, extra oxygen concentrator and O2 masks...
WC
Hm...
NoOt much oOf a distractioOn set there
KE
<You aren't gonna question the O2 masks and O2 concentrator?>
WC
<One second>
WC
<Nah, they don't explode nvm>
KE
<?>
WC
<I was saying you could use it to escape but...>
Wait, why the oOxygen.
Where are yoOu?
KE
I'm just in some strange house
The oxygen stuff is because I have Hypoxia
Which is a medical condition where my blood lacks oxygen
WC
Ooh I'm soOrRry
KE
No problem
I probably should've mentioned it earlier to spare you the awkwardness :P
WC
Can I ask a culture questioOn
KE
Sure!
I'm pretty hard to offend or insult so don't worry about it.
solemnSketcher
((this is the part where he asks about dongs?))
KE
<Say it in main chat please :)>
<avoids clutter>
solemnSketcher
((sorry))
KE
<No problem>
WC
ToO troOlLls
Which I am oOne
Oour bloOoOd is very impoOrtant.
KE
I believe I've heard about that
Something called the... Hemospectrum?
WC
My bloOoOd is... undesirable. My life has beEen hard because oOf it
KE
Oh
WC
Have yoOu ever sufFfered amoOng yoOur oOwn peoOple froOm a soOcial standpoOint due toO yoOur bloOoOd?
KE
No
We don't have anything like that here
WC
Hm.
KE
Oh, wait
Let me correct that
Currently, in the more developed parts of the world, we have abolished forms of bigotry like that
But we have had very similar things throughout our history
WC
GoO oOn
KE
Well
WC
But doOes yoOur culture believe in equality
KE
Yes
WC
I admire that
Mine doOes noOt
KE
I see
WC
HoOwever, I did noOt beloOng oOn Earth
NoOr Alternia
This new land I am oOn... it feEels right.
DoOes it foOr yoOu?
KE
No
Oh wait
Yes?
I don't know
WC
It is an oOdDd feEeling
KE
Everybody I love has died
WC
Ooh...
KE
I think that the shock hasn't kicked in yet
But i
WC
I'm soOrRry
KE
*Long pause, ~5 minutes*
I just need a minute
WC
I understand
I barely knoOw yoOu, human girl
KE
Here, ask me some more questions
Distract me please
WC
But if yoOu neEed soOmeoOne toO talk toO
KE
I can't
Just please
Talk about something
WC
Oof coOurse
SoO what doO thoOse statues loOoOk like
KE
They are humanoid
And made of some grey stone
WC
Grey, huh?
KE
The eyes are blue jewels or gems
Yeah, grey
WC
Are they actively trying toO kilLl yoOu oOr are they just in the way?
KE
They seem really aggressive
They are actively trying to hurt me
They attacked me when I walked into the room after I opened the chest
*back into
WC
Shit
KE
I don't know what to do
WC
What was in that chest anyways?
KE
I'm scared
WC
It's oOkay
I goOtcha
KE
The tarot cards and the yellow orb thing
The orb is a puzzle piece I think
I found a room earlier with some in it
What was your name again?
WC
What are taroOt cards anyways?
KE
They are a human thing
Originated in a place called Italy
WC
It soOunds nice
KE
They are used for fortune telling
Let me see
There are Major and Minor Arcana cards
The minor cards have four suits
WC
I doOn't think I've ever stoOlen any oOf thoOse befoOre
KE
Pentacles, Swords, Wands, and Cups
they are numbered 1-10, and then three face cards
*four
WC
DoO any oOf the cards loOoOk like the statues?
KE
Page, Knight, King and Queen
Uh
No
They have these weird comic-like figures on them
I don't know how to describe it
WC
The statues oOr..?
KE
This deck of tarot cards has some strange comic like figures compared to normal decks
It is really weird
<The deck is apparently literally the HOMESTUCK community tarot deck>
<I don't know what else to describe it as>
solemnSketcher
((say it has trolls in it or something))
WC
They soOund kinda useless right noOw
KE
Yeah, I don't see how they'd be useful either
<I don't know if it actually does have trolls>
WC
I've guesSsed yoOu've tried toO talk toO them?
KE
yeah, they just wordlessly attacked though
:/
WC
Maybe yoOu just have toO kilLl them
KE
I can't
I could never hurt something like that for personal gain
They could be intelligent!
WC
Human girl, what is yoOur name
KE
My name is Terese
What is yours?
WC
Terese
I am Mauiki
Terese.
KE
Yeah?
WC
I neEed yoOu to kilLl thoOse things.
DoO it foOr me
KE
What?
WC
They are threatening yoOu, noO?
KE
Why would you want me to do something like that?
WC
Because
YoOu are my new human friend
I doOn't want toO be withoOut a human friend
Shit I doOn't even have troOlLl friends
If yoOu die I woOn't have any friends and be alLl aloOne.
SoO if have noO reasoOn toO fight, let aloOne kilLl....
KE
I won't die silly!
There has gotta be another way out of this
WC
DoOesn't loOoOk it
KE
I'm certain the creators of this trap wouldn't have left themselfs at these statues' mercy if they goofed up on accident
WC
WelLl
WhoO doO yoOu think made the place
Any markings oOn the walLls?
KE
Not that I noticed
WC
SoO let me get this stoOry straight
YoOu foOund this... building
And then a chest in said structure
KE
A magical blue house in the woods
WC
Ah.
KE
It gave me a riddle
WC
Hm. NoOted
KE
Wow. I sound crazy now
WC
Did yoOu soOlve it?
KE
Yeah
Something about time
WC
What was the answer?
KE
The answer was time
I don't remember the question
WC
Maybe everything aboOut the place is aboOut time
Oor aboOut blue
That soOunds... realLly stupid
Ugh. I'm soOrRry
KE
Don't worry, you are fine
KE
I don't know
WC
WelLl if is aboOut time
KE
I found a puzzle based around light, and mirrors, and the sun and the moon
WC
HoOw did it goO
KE
There was a purple door with a crescent moon, and a yellow/gold one for the sun
The puzzle was missing peices
The aforementioned orb is one of them I believe
WC
That  soOmehoOw soOunds... familar... noOt that puzZzle thoOught sadly
Is it woOrth it toO run back and try toO put it in?
KE
I would
Except statues
I just found the orb in this chest room
WC
SoO yoOu haven't moOve since yoOu grabBbed it and they are bloOcking the way oOut
KE
I tried to leave, but they attacked me and I retreated back into this room
WC
Anywhere toO hide?
They seEem a litTtle... sloOw
KE
I don't need to hide
They won't enter this room for some reason
WC
Ooh!
SoO yoOu are safe
Kinda
KE
Yeah
Seems so
WC
what is in this roOoOm with yoOu?
KE
I'm
*Um
There is my buddy Eric
He is one of the dark shelled smaller creatures
He doesn't seem to be very bright though :P
WC
TelLl him I said hi
What did the statues make oOf him?
KE
*pause*
he smiled and nodded
The statues didn't notice him, he didn't leave this room
Makes me wonder where Sami went
WC
SoO yoOu foOund him in there?
KE
Nah
Eric and I go a while back
I met him almost as soon as I arrived
He tripped in front of me over a rock when I was walking on a path
WC
D'aw
That's pretTty funNny.
KE
Yeah
WC
I had a lizard friend
But his peoOple saw me as a threat
KE
I met some lizards too
They were very nice to us
WC
SoO he just basicalLly toOld me to pisSs oOfFf
Ooh.
KE
Oh
WC
YoOu are betTter with oOthers than I
This is a bit embarasSsing
KE
There isn't a trick or anything
Just look at it from others' point of view
And say what they want to hear
While still getting your point across
WC
Ha, I seEe
KE
Seriously, just try it out sometime
It will almost always work!
WC
I'lLl hoOld yoOu toO it haha
But thank yoOu
KE
Don't worry about it
WC
What is the roOoOm yoOu are in made oOf?
KE
Just more stone
WC
Damn.
A hoOuse made oOf stoOne, huh?
KE
Well, the house disappeared after the riddle
And left an empty doorframe
WC
huh.
KE
But then I opened it the other way
WC
That was my secoOnd guesSs
KE
and it led to these caves
WC
SoO... yoOu are in a stoOne roOoOm that the statues woOn't dare enter
and yoOu've beEen in there hoOw loOng noOw?
KE
Only a few seconds before you started contacting me
WC
WelLl, that's noOt quite as bad as I thoOught then
KE
Yeah, I'm alright for now
WC
Can they seEe yoOu?
KE
Yeah
Well, the door is open right now
WC
Maybe yoOu coOuld moOve toO a part oOf the roOoOm they can't seEeE yoOu
They may foOrget yoOu are in there
KE
It is a pretty small room
WC
They are just roOck creatures
ShoOoOt
KE
I don't know
They seem like they have a purpose and intelligence
Maybe there is a magic code word to disable the spell?
I assume this is magic anyways
WC
ThoOse are magic cards
KE
Yeah
I don't know how to "activate" them though
I've never really used Tarot cards
Just watched others do so
WC
Maybe yoOu doOn't neEed toO?
They are supPpoOsed to represent stufFf right?
KE
Yeah
Are you saying I should try and read their fortunes?
WC
Maybe their oOwn meanings can be used as coOmMmands toO the statues
Yes
KE
Well, I guess that could work
Let me try quick!
== END ==