[Scratchstuck] Flynn: Enter

[20:46]  * haughtyArtemis [HA] began pestering gloriousGunsmoke [GG]
[20:46] <haughtyArtemis> Do you have the game yet?
[20:46] <gloriousGunsmoke> Yeah, it's installed.
[20:46] <haughtyArtemis> Good.  Run the client file.
[20:46] <gloriousGunsmoke> Alright
[20:46]  * gloriousGunsmoke runs the client file.
[20:47] <haughtyArtemis> Don't panic too much, but this is time-sensitive, so do hurry.
[20:47] <gloriousGunsmoke> Cool loading screen
[20:47]  * haughtyArtemis runs the server file
[20:47] <Waste_of_Ken> 'Please enter a handle!'
[20:47]  * haughtyArtemis types in gloriousGunsmoke, but hesitates before pressing Enter
[20:47] <Waste_of_Ken> Same vague nonsense as before. Fortunately, you know the system now.
[20:48] <haughtyArtemis> Pro tip.  This is going to show me a live feed of wherever you are.  Is that alright?
[20:48] <gloriousGunsmoke> Uhh... okay
[20:48] <gloriousGunsmoke> Yeah that's fine
[20:48] <haughtyArtemis> Alright then.
[20:48]  * haughtyArtemis hits Enter.
[20:49] <haughtyArtemis> Basically, the way the game works is like this.  Two players connect - one client and one server - and then the server is able to see the client's environment.  Think of it like real life Sims.
[20:49] <Waste_of_Ken> The client file asks you if you want to accept haughtyArtemis as a server!
[20:50] <gloriousGunsmoke> Okay- sure thing.
[20:50] <haughtyArtemis> There are a few machines you need to navigate your way around, like puzzle boxes in a sense, and you're on a time limit to do it.
[20:50]  * gloriousGunsmoke hits accept.
[20:50] <gloriousGunsmoke> Alright....
[20:50] <haughtyArtemis> I'm telling you this because soon enough you'll need to relay the same thing to Hanna.  Now - do you have any large open spaces I can set these machines down in?
[20:50] <Waste_of_Ken> The client file crashes, and Rosalind sees a young man sitting in his bedroom.
[20:51]  * gloriousGunsmoke looks around...
[20:51] <gloriousGunsmoke> Sure... just anywhere that's not my desk I guess
[20:52] <haughtyArtemis> The entire house works, but alright.
[20:52] <gloriousGunsmoke> I mean yeah
[20:52]  * haughtyArtemis tries to cram all the machines into Flynn's room.
[20:52] <Waste_of_Ken> Roll your sleight of hand!
[20:53] <haughtyArtemis> !Roll 1d20+4
[20:53] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+4) [10+4] : {14}
[20:53] <Waste_of_Ken> You manage to fit two machines in his room. Choose these two machines.
[20:53] <haughtyArtemis> Lathe and Alchemiter.
[20:54] <haughtyArtemis> Lathe along the wall beside his desk, alchemiter in front of his shelf.
[20:54] <Waste_of_Ken> They are deployed, and Flynn has to youth roll away from what used to be his bed.
[20:54] <Waste_of_Ken> Is this going to be a theme?
[20:54] <haughtyArtemis> Or I guess on the bed.  That works too
[20:55] <gloriousGunsmoke> Sims and time-limit puzzle-boxes, gotc
[20:55] <haughtyArtemis> Don't start yet.  There's one more that you have to start the sequence with, but there's no room for it.
[20:55]  * gloriousGunsmoke turns around and notices two full-sized machines appear in his room http://i.imgur.com/IZlpx1L.png
[20:55] <Waste_of_Ken> Suddenly a problem occurs.
[20:55] <Waste_of_Ken> A knocking on Flynn's door!
[20:56] <Waste_of_Ken> A WILD PARENT APPEARS
[20:56] <gloriousGunsmoke> "DAD!"
[21:01] <Ken> "Son." He says calmly, revolver smoking from recent use. "Someone tried to steal our star wars tapes."
[21:02] <haughtyArtemis> Ooh, nice gun.
[21:02]  * gloriousGunsmoke runs over to him and gives him a hug.
[21:03] <Ken> Flynn's father does a confused gesture at nothing and everything.
[21:03] <gloriousGunsmoke> "I was worried. You know about the meteors?"
[21:04] <Ken> "..Yes." Flynn's father seems to remember that meteors exist, which is funny, considering him and Sarah were the ones who made the game in the first place.
[21:04] <Ken> "Speaking of meteors, you need to play that game."
[21:05] <gloriousGunsmoke> "Yeah I know. Rosalind was helping me. I didn't believe any of it... until those two giant things just appeared in my room."
[21:05]  * gloriousGunsmoke points to the mentioned things.
[21:06] <gloriousGunsmoke> "If this is all true... yeah I'll play it."
[21:06] <haughtyArtemis> ((Am I hearing any of this?))
[21:06] <Ken> "What are you doing talking to me? Lets not be killed."
[21:07]  * gloriousGunsmoke returns to his computer, having to shimmy with the little room left from the machines."
[21:07] <gloriousGunsmoke> Okay Rosalind... what do I do next?
[21:07] <haughtyArtemis> You find me an open space to put the machine you start on.
[21:07] <haughtyArtemis> A hallway, for instance.
[21:08] <haughtyArtemis> Somewhere close by.
[21:08] <gloriousGunsmoke> Yeah sure.... there's more room upstairs
[21:08] <gloriousGunsmoke> In the kitchen and living room
[21:09]  * haughtyArtemis messes around with buttons until she works out how to move the viewport, and then puts the cruxtruder into the living room.
[21:09] <haughtyArtemis> Living room.  Go fast.
[21:09] <Ken> It plops down, and then is instantly hit by a meteor that barrels through the ceiling.
[21:10]  * gloriousGunsmoke runs up to witness this as it happens
[21:10] <Ken> It pops open and shoots out several colored dowels and a kernelsprite.
[21:10] <haughtyArtemis> ... That's new.
[21:11] <Ken> The dowels are blue and so is the Kernelsprite.
[21:11] <Ken> It vibrates at you in interest.
[21:11]  * gloriousGunsmoke whips out his smartphone to continue communicating with Rosalind away from his computer.
[21:11] <Ken> The timer is set to a whole three minutes.
[21:11] <gloriousGunsmoke> What do I do with these?
[21:12] <haughtyArtemis> Take one of the dowels down to the lathe.  That's the long tall machine.
[21:12] <gloriousGunsmoke> Got it
[21:12]  * haughtyArtemis puts the punched card on his desk.
[21:12] <haughtyArtemis> Grab the punchcard, slot them both in, and fire it up.
[21:13]  * gloriousGunsmoke takes a single dowel to the lathe
[21:13] <Ken> Dad Westwood stands in the corner, watching with a scheming set of eyes.
[21:14] <gloriousGunsmoke> Punchcard? where?
[21:14] <haughtyArtemis> On your desk.
[21:14] <gloriousGunsmoke> Okay
[21:14]  * gloriousGunsmoke grabs the punchcard and slots in
[21:15] <gloriousGunsmoke> What's next?
[21:15] <haughtyArtemis> Activate the lathe to shape the dowel.
[21:15] <Ken> A huge shake happens as a meteor strikes not far away.
[21:15] <Ken> Roll acrobatics.
[21:16] <gloriousGunsmoke> !roll d20+2
[21:16] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [19+2] : {21}
[21:16] <Ken> You do a sick youth roll and land right in front of the lathe, better off than you were when you tripped.
[21:16] <gloriousGunsmoke> Okay... activating...
[21:17]  * gloriousGunsmoke looks for the first button he sees and presses it
[21:17] <Ken> You turn on the lathe, making a rope designed dowel.
[21:17] <haughtyArtemis> Now put that on top of the last machine.
[21:17]  * gloriousGunsmoke grabs the rope.
[21:18]  * gloriousGunsmoke places the rope on the Alchemiter
[21:18] <Ken> Another meteor, far off this time. Dad Westwood continues to stand in the corner.
[21:18] <gloriousGunsmoke> The big platform looking thing right?
[21:18] <haughtyArtemis> Right.
[21:19]  * haughtyArtemis goes to check the timer.
[21:19] <Ken> A minute and thirty seconds remain, if Rosalind cares to look at the cruxtruder.
[21:19] <Ken> Wow.
[21:19]  * haughtyArtemis does in fact care to look.
[21:20] <Ken> Flynn nothing happens!
[21:20] <gloriousGunsmoke> Is... something supposed to happen?
[21:20] <haughtyArtemis> It should be, yeah.
[21:21] <Ken> Things continue to not happen.
[21:21]  * gloriousGunsmoke begins to panic
[21:21] <gloriousGunsmoke> Did we miss something?
[21:21] <haughtyArtemis> There was nothing to miss.  The weird dowel, carving it, and then dealing with Anna throwing stuff everywhere and putting it onto the machine.
[21:22] <Ken> Nothing was missed.
[21:22] <Ken> Rosalind is sure of this.
[21:22] <Ken> Things continue to not happen!!
[21:22] <Ken> One minute remains.
[21:22] <haughtyArtemis> Your Dad designed this game.  Ask him why it's not working.
[21:23]  * gloriousGunsmoke begins to scream with his hands on head
[21:23] <gloriousGunsmoke> "Dad!"
[21:23] <gloriousGunsmoke> "We did everything right, what's going on?"
[21:23] <Ken> "Yes Son?"
[21:23] <gloriousGunsmoke> "You designed this right?"
[21:23] <gloriousGunsmoke> "!?"
[21:23] <Ken> "Use the force."
[21:23] <gloriousGunsmoke> "..."
[21:23] <Ken> "USE THE FORCE."
[21:23] <Ken> 45 seconds.
[21:24]  * gloriousGunsmoke turns to the rope
[21:24]  * gloriousGunsmoke puts his left hand on his head and right hand extended
[21:24]  * gloriousGunsmoke begins thinking force thoughts for his like
[21:24] <Ken> Oh the Kernelsprite decides to be relevant again.
[21:24]  * gloriousGunsmoke and makes wooshing noises
[21:24] <Ken> It shakes in panic, needing something.
[21:24] <gloriousGunsmoke> "WOOOOOSH"
[21:24] <haughtyArtemis> ... The orb.
[21:25] <Ken> Roll your force skill.
[21:25] <gloriousGunsmoke> (Is it downstairs with us?"
[21:25] <haughtyArtemis> Flynn, you need to whack the orb with something.
[21:25] <haughtyArtemis> I think.
[21:25] <gloriousGunsmoke> (Is the sprite downstairs?)
[21:25] <Ken> Yezs.
[21:25] <gloriousGunsmoke> !roll d20
[21:25] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [13] : {13}
[21:26]  * gloriousGunsmoke grabs the only thing in the room that he can reach not destroyed by the machines
[21:26] <Ken> Almost unbelievably, that seems to have done something! The machine starts to light up but it doesn't have enough power!
[21:26] <Ken> CONTINUE USING THE FORCE
[21:26] <Ken> 30 seconds
[21:26] <gloriousGunsmoke> "WOOOOOOOOOSH"
[21:26] <gloriousGunsmoke> !roll d20
[21:26] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [8] : {8}
[21:27] <gloriousGunsmoke> (I'll get the sprite as soon as I'm done forcing this active I imagine)
[21:27] <Ken> You fail to believe hard enough. The force sputters out. You have a feeling if you don't do this right then ALL WILL BE LOST.
[21:27] <haughtyArtemis> Flynn.  What are you doing.
[21:27]  * gloriousGunsmoke closes his eyes and concentrates
[21:27] <gloriousGunsmoke> !roll d20
[21:27] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [1] : {1}
[21:29] <Ken> You basically fall over, and Dad Westwood shakes his head at you in stern fatherly disapproval.
[21:29] <Ken> A crash rings out through the house, a poster shooting through one floor, and then another.
[21:29] <gloriousGunsmoke> (Am I still conscious?)
[21:30] <Ken> With 13 seconds left on the bell, it crashes into the kernel sprite and morphs into something ridiculous.
[21:30] <Ken> Yes.
[21:30]  * gloriousGunsmoke gets up
[21:30]  * gloriousGunsmoke forces with both hands now
[21:30] <Ken> The kernelsprite stops shaking, now with the picture of a poster in it.
[21:30] <gloriousGunsmoke> "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
[21:30] <Ken> ROLL WITH ADVANTAGE.
[21:30] <gloriousGunsmoke> !roll d20
[21:30] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [6] : {6}
[21:30] <gloriousGunsmoke> !roll d20
[21:30] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [6] : {6}
[21:31] <Ken> Good enough. When you finish channeling your collective energies, badly, the machine starts up.
[21:32] <Ken> On the platform you find a syringe of some kind.
[21:32] <Ken> Time ticks down, work your magic Flynn.
[21:32]  * gloriousGunsmoke grabs the syringe without thinking.
[21:32] <gloriousGunsmoke> (Wait, continue to FORCE?)
[21:33] <Ken> Do what you want here.
[21:33] <Ken> Force doesn't seem to be anything but bad.
[21:33] <gloriousGunsmoke> ROSALIND IT'S A SYRINGE, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT?
[21:33] <Ken> 7 seconds.
[21:33] <haughtyArtemis> I have absolutely no idea.
[21:33] <gloriousGunsmoke> "DAD!?"
[21:33] <haughtyArtemis> Shoot it?  Smash it?  Inject it?
[21:33] <Ken> 5 seconds. He shakes his head.
[21:34] <gloriousGunsmoke> "AW FUCK"
[21:34]  * gloriousGunsmoke injects the syringe
[21:34] <haughtyArtemis> And don't die.
[21:34]  * gloriousGunsmoke guessing how to do it based on the movies
[21:34]  * gloriousGunsmoke smashes it on the ground in a fit of rage after it's contents empty into his veins
[21:34] <Ken> With three seconds left on the timer, you stab yourself in the arm and press the thingy majig.
[21:35] <Ken> Everything turns white.
[21:36] <Ken> When your vision clears..
[21:36] <Ken> You are in your room, decidedly not dead.
[21:36] <haughtyArtemis> Good job!
[21:36] <gloriousGunsmoke> Is...
[21:36] <gloriousGunsmoke> Did we
[21:36] <gloriousGunsmoke> do it?
[21:37] <haughtyArtemis> Probably.
[21:37]  * gloriousGunsmoke looks for his Dad.
[21:37] <haughtyArtemis> Unless it failed and the meteors are just about to hit, but that doesn't seem likely.
[21:37] <Ken> He managed to completely vanish in the time it took you to open your eyes.
[21:38] <gloriousGunsmoke> I'm alive I guess. Dad's gone though.
[21:38]  * gloriousGunsmoke goes upstairs to look for him.
[21:38] <gloriousGunsmoke> So I have to do the same thing with Hanna right?
[21:39] <haughtyArtemis> Right.  Try and get it done quickly, since I suspect the time we have is going to be less each time.
[21:39] <gloriousGunsmoke> Hope it goes smoother for her.
[21:39] <Ken> You go upstairs, being immediately blinded by the amount of light coming through the windows.
[21:39]  * gloriousGunsmoke drops his phone in shock to shield his eyes
[21:39] <Ken> Rosalind, you can sort of see outside..
[21:39] <gloriousGunsmoke> "Ah what is that?"
[21:39] <Ken> It's strange.
[21:39]  * gloriousGunsmoke picks up his phone and moves to the closest window.
[21:41]  * gloriousGunsmoke attempts to adjust his eyes to the light and see outside of the window.
[21:42] <Ken> When your eyes adjust, you see an angular plane that has rectangles cropping up here and there. Something resembling ghosts stream around the rectangles, moving on before long. Each holds a candle and has unmoving mouths that unnerve you. Just out of your line of sight, you can see some sort of large tower. It is the brightest thing you have ever seen.
[21:42] <Ken> Welcome, Flynn, to the Land of Saints and Theatre.
[21:43] <Ken> ---FIN---