Anastasia: Enter

[22:15]  * Anastasia_Locke runs Sburb
[22:16] <Kazuma_Raigeki> I examine my screen, waiting patiently for the camera thing Aurora had to appear.
[22:16] <Jaczac> After a few minutes of annoying waiting.
[22:17] <Jaczac> You see the camera appear on your screen, coming from seemingly nowhere in her room.
[22:17] <originProtagonist> Oh, I see you now!
[22:17] <bouncebackEschaton> So what exactly is this game?
[22:18] <originProtagonist> Also, I can hear you when you talk, I think, so you don't need to type back to me.
[22:18] <bouncebackEschaton> What am I doing?
[22:18] <Anastasia_Locke> "Really?"
[22:18] <originProtagonist> Yep!
[22:18] <Anastasia_Locke> "Haha, cool!"
[22:18] <originProtagonist> Aurora could hear me, and I can hear you!
[22:18] <Anastasia_Locke> "Alright!  What now, server?"
[22:18] <originProtagonist> Ok, so, the tutorial for the game just drops you right in without any explanation.
[22:19] <originProtagonist> Luckily, the player knew exactly what to do, and told me how to do it, they probably looked up a strategy guide, or something.
[22:19] <Anastasia_Locke> "Okay..."
[22:19] <originProtagonist> Anyways, I'm going to place three machine things, and a captchalogue card with holes in it.
[22:19] <originProtagonist> The machines are pretty big, so where do you want me to put them?
[22:20] <Anastasia_Locke> "Let me just push this chair aside and you can out them all in the middle of the living room."
[22:20] <originProtagonist> Ok!
[22:21]  * Anastasia_Locke drags the armchair to the wall next to the TV
[22:21] <Kazuma_Raigeki> I place the Cruxtruder, Totem Lathe and Alchemiter relatively close to one another, but still making it easy to navigate.
[22:22]  * Anastasia_Locke whistles
[22:22] <Anastasia_Locke> "Pretty cool."
[22:22] <originProtagonist> Told you they were big.
[22:22] <originProtagonist> Alright, now, you need this captchalogue card with holes in it.
[22:22] <Kazuma_Raigeki> I place the card on the floor at Ana's feet.
[22:22]  * Anastasia_Locke picks it up
[22:23] <jaczac|DM> You notice the Cruxtruder looks... openable.
[22:23] <originProtagonist> You should put that in the Lathe.
[22:23] <Anastasia_Locke> "You got it!"
[22:23]  * Anastasia_Locke puts the card into the lathe
[22:23] <originProtagonist> Now, Lefen was pretty insistent that no one would be able to just turn the wheely thingy and open it.
[22:24] <originProtagonist> So what Aurora did, was she just picked up something big and dropped it on it!
[22:24] <Anastasia_Locke> "Alright..."
[22:24] <originProtagonist> Do you have any heavy object that you don't mind possibly breaking?
[22:24] <Anastasia_Locke> "Hmm..."
[22:25] <Anastasia_Locke> "Does it have to be heavy, or is high-force good enough?"
[22:25] <originProtagonist> I don't see why high force couldn't work, let's try it!
[22:26]  * Anastasia_Locke decaptchas her police baton and thwacks the top
[22:26] <jaczac|DM> It glances off, but moves the thing a tiny bit.
[22:27]  * Anastasia_Locke narrows her eyes
[22:27] <originProtagonist> Awww.
[22:27] <Anastasia_Locke> "This thing its going to open."
[22:27] <Anastasia_Locke> "One more try."
[22:28] <originProtagonist> Yeah! We'll make it work!
[22:29] <Anastasia_Locke> "... Wait.  It's stuck CLOSED?"
[22:29] <originProtagonist> Yeah.
[22:29]  * Anastasia_Locke grabs the baton in both hands and readies for an underarm swing
[22:30]  * Anastasia_Locke casts Pushing Strike 1.
[22:30] <Anastasia_Locke> 5 foot knockback
[22:31] <jaczac|DM> You hit the underside of one of the crossbars in the circle handle thing and it swings all the way open, blasting a yellow cylinder and emitting a yellow pulsing orb into the air.
[22:31] <Anastasia_Locke> "WOO!"
[22:31] <jaczac|DM> roll 1d20
[22:31] <`DICE> jaczac|DM rolled 1d20 [ 1d20=19 ]{19}
[22:31] <originProtagonist> YEAH!
[22:31] <originProtagonist> THAT WAS AWESOME!
[22:31] <jaczac|DM> the dice slams into the roof and leaves a small hole.
[22:32] <jaczac|DM> A timer begins ticking.
[22:32] <Anastasia_Locke> "WOOHOO!"
[22:32] <originProtagonist> WAY TO GO, ANA!
[22:32] <jaczac|DM> it appears to be set to three minutes and 20 seconds
[22:32] <jaczac|DM> it starts ticking
[22:32] <Anastasia_Locke> "WHO NEEDS TO DROP CHAIRS ON THINGS!?"
[22:33] <originProtagonist> CHAIRS ARE FOR WIMPS
[22:33]  * Anastasia_Locke notices the countdown
[22:33] <Anastasia_Locke> "What's next?"
[22:33] <originProtagonist> Oh yeah, there's a time limit.
[22:33] <Anastasia_Locke> "Better hurry up then!  What's the next step?"
[22:34] <originProtagonist> Ok, so, you take the cylinder thingy, and you can either place that on the small platform thingy to make a cube thingy, or put it in the spinny thingy.
[22:34] <Anastasia_Locke> "What's the cube do?"
[22:34] <originProtagonist> I haven't found a use yet.
[22:35] <originProtagonist> It just uses up the in game currency, which you start out with 20.
[22:35]  * Anastasia_Locke puts the dowel into the lathe
[22:35] <Anastasia_Locke> "No reason to do that, then."
[22:35] <originProtagonist> Now there should be a button to turn it on, and carve it into a thinner cylinder.
[22:35]  * Anastasia_Locke searches for a button
[22:36] <originProtagonist> Oh yeah, also, that yellow pulsing orb thingy?
[22:36] <originProtagonist> You apparently need to give it something.
[22:36] <Anastasia_Locke> "Like what?"
[22:37] <originProtagonist> The player specifically said "throw," but placing works just fine.
[22:37] <originProtagonist> I dunno, I put that old artifact crystal in there.
[22:37] <originProtagonist> Nothing really happened, except the orb started to look like it.
[22:37] <Anastasia_Locke> "Your crystal, really?"
[22:38] <originProtagonist> Yeah, this seemed like the best time to use the ancient gods' artifact.
[22:38] <Anastasia_Locke> "Huh.  I guess so."
[22:38] <Anastasia_Locke> "I'll use..."
[22:39]  * Anastasia_Locke searches her Sylladex for an appropriately-sentimental object
[22:39] <originProtagonist> I dunno if you get it back though.
[22:39] <originProtagonist> That's why I didn't put in my save data.
[22:39] <originProtagonist> Don't wanna lose that!
[22:39] <Anastasia_Locke> "Hah, I guess not."
[22:40]  * Anastasia_Locke decaptchas the note Uncle Peter left her that morning, and tosses it into the floating orb
[22:40] <Anastasia_Locke> (( http://www.reddit.com/r/RPGStuck_C3/comments/3lv7si/session_8_act_1_update_1/cv9nfl1 ))
[22:41] <Anastasia_Locke> ((That one))
[22:41] <jaczac|DM> `roll dex
[22:41] <Anastasia_Locke> Roll 1d20-1
[22:41] <`DICE> Anastasia_Locke rolled 1d20-1 [ 1d20=6 ]{5}
[22:42] <jaczac|DM> It refuses to take the note. Perhaps something more tangible?
[22:43]  * Anastasia_Locke goes looking through her Sylladex again
[22:44] <Anastasia_Locke> "Ah, why not?"
[22:44]  * Anastasia_Locke decaptchas a book and tosses it in
[22:44] <jaczac|DM> ((what book?))
[22:45] <Anastasia_Locke> ((Ninjas of Love))
[22:46] <jaczac|DM> The sprite accepts the book.
[22:46] <Anastasia_Locke> "Okay.  Now what about this cylinder?"
[22:46] <jaczac|DM> Suddenly it turns into a Ninja with a pink, heart headband on it.
[22:47] <Anastasia_Locke> "Huh.  Cool."
[22:47] <originProtagonist> Cool book!
[22:47] <originProtagonist> Ok, the cylinder thing, now that it's carved, gets put on the smaller platformy thingy.
[22:48]  * Anastasia_Locke does so
[22:48] <originProtagonist> Now you should get a sword in the stone that you need to pull out.
[22:48] <jaczac|DM> A bright light.
[22:48] <jaczac|DM> A pause as the DM scrambles to find his notes.
[22:48] <originProtagonist> Do you feel the dramatic pause too?
[22:49] <Anastasia_Locke> "Yeah."
[22:49] <originProtagonist> Cool.
[22:49] <Anastasia_Locke> "So dramatic."
[22:49] <originProtagonist> Ikr?
[22:49] <jaczac|DM> The light subsides, and you see what appears to be a small box laying on the pedestal.
[22:49] <originProtagonist> Oh...
[22:49] <jaczac|DM> It is rough on one end, and appears to have a inner compartment.
[22:49] <Anastasia_Locke> "That's... not a sword."
[22:49] <originProtagonist> So I guess it's different for everyone?
[22:49]  * Anastasia_Locke tries to open the box
[22:49] <originProtagonist> I dunno, mine made a pink sword.
[22:50] <jaczac|DM> You successfully open the matchbox, revealing a single match.
[22:50] <Anastasia_Locke> "So... ?"
[22:50] <Anastasia_Locke> "Do I light it?"
[22:50] <originProtagonist> I had to pull the sword out, so maybe you need to light it on fire?
[22:50] <originProtagonist> It's worth a shot.
[22:50] <Anastasia_Locke> "Seems easy enough."
[22:51] <jaczac|DM> `roll dex
[22:51] <Anastasia_Locke> Roll 1d20-1
[22:51] <`DICE> Anastasia_Locke rolled 1d20-1 [ 1d20=2 ]{1}
[22:51] <jaczac|DM> about 45 seconds left.
[22:51] <jaczac|DM> You snap the match almost in two.
[22:51] <jaczac|DM> It barely manages to light though.
[22:51] <Anastasia_Locke> "Oh shoot."
[22:52] <jaczac|DM> You enter, the flaming particles of a match disappearing in your hand.