Cyrill Does Plot

@DM
-START-
Roll athletics
genousEnrichment
!roll 1d20+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=7 ] | {9}
@DM
You pull away some fo the debris but can't manage the larger stuff. However, what you were able to move was enough. You find yourself staring at your mother, still mostly buried, and not moving.
genousEnrichment
"Mom? no, no, no, no, no......!"
I take a step back, reeling from shock
"No, no, no, no, why did this happen?"
tears start flowing down my cheeks as I look at her laying there, lifeless. I spent my whole life with her, I loved her like no one else.....
@DM
Didn't Mark say something involving dead people and sprites?
genousEnrichment
did he? maybe I can still do something
I get up and look for my sprite
@DM
As if on cue, your sprite floats up the stairs behind you.
genousEnrichment
I try to beckon it over
@DM
It floats over to you lazily.
genousEnrichment
"maybe you can help me, lil' buddy"
I attempt to move my mother's corpse to the sprite
I feel overwhelmed by sadness every time I look at her...
@DM
Roll strength
genousEnrichment
!roll 1d20+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=13 ] | {15}
@DM
You successfully pull her out from the debris. She's already getting cold.
genousEnrichment
I can't help but continue to cry as I hold her in my arms. She encouraged and supported me my entire life... How could she just die like this? It's unfair...
~sniff~
I gotta try this, if nothing else
she always told me to keep a level head
@DM
The Bionicle sprite floats there in front of you.
genousEnrichment
I lift my mother's body into the sprite
@DM
You hold her up a bit and there's a flash. When your vision clears you see your mother there, floating in front of you, looking rather robotic. "Oh, hello dear."
genousEnrichment
it worked! I'm overcome with relief and joy just as quickly as my sadness fades away
"Mom! It worked!"
"I brought you back!"
I run over and try to hug her
@DM
She hugs you happily. "This is an interesting turn of events. I'm awfully shiny now, aren't I?"
genousEnrichment
wiping away some tears, I remark, "yea, shinier than a button"
"I love you so much, mom"
@DM
"I love you too, dear." She carefully wipes your face, "I'm glad that I get to help you in this endeavor now."
genousEnrichment
"But how did you know so much about this whole bizarre series of events? and why were you here?"
@DM
"You see, I knew from a dear friend and coworker of mine that Sburb would eventually exist. Your father and I also understood that you were destined to play it, and we had agreed to leave you in your very capable hands. We knew you'd be able to do this since the day we found you." She pats your hand, "But I just couldn't bare to leave you all alone
 to face whatever was coming."
genousEnrichment
"I dunno what to make of this, honestly..... I'm glad you're here, but also, what's this about, quote-on-quote "finding me"?"
"and who was your co-worker and how'd they know about the game?"
@DM
"I can't tell you much about my coworker, these things were told to me in confidence and I will not betray their trust even if they are likely dead now." She shakes her head, "Your father and I found you in a crater when you were a tiny thing."
genousEnrichment
"hmmmmmmm....." I just shrug my shoulders. "Eh...? I suppose that's quite the revelation, but it's not like it affected anything leading up to this point in time, outside of everything that's happened so far, so that at least gives me a cool origin story"
@DM
She hums in agreement
genousEnrichment
"also, what's this about my destiny? I never cared nor probably will care about grandiose concepts like that, but what makes it so relevant and important all of a sudden?"
@DM
"You and your friends are going to save our universe. Or, at least, what's left of it."
genousEnrichment
"wait, what?"
genousEnrichment
"It was obvious this game was pretty bizarre, beyond even the levels of clowns-running-amok-in-the-city-streets bizarre, but that's just beyond even my understanding of the word "bizarre"
genousEnrichment
"also, what am I supposed to do to accomplish that end-goal and how?"
@DM
"You need to make it through each of your gates as you grow stronger. Do not skip them. Listen to the consorts of your planet and talk to your friends regularly. You may become more powerful than you've ever imagined if you play your cards right." She glows a bit brighter, "If you and your friends survive, you may become true gods."
genousEnrichment
"huh. sounds like the kinda tagline that woulda been used to advertise this game."
"So how would it even be in the realm of possibility to become a god in the first place?"
"pardon me, a ~true god~"
@DM
"You need to go to your land and complete the quests there so that you may grow."
genousEnrichment
"makes sense; typical RPG affairs and all. You didn't mention anything specific about the god stuff, though. Also, what exactly are ~my~consorts? are they just gonna be a bunch of people with quests and stuff?"
"given that consorts are just subservient people and/or serfs and stuff"
@DM
"I'm sorry, these are things you'll have to see for yourself. I can't be more specific."
genousEnrichment
"why can't you be specific?"
@DM
"Due to the nature of the being I am now. I'm a game construct, meant to guide you, but because of that I am not able to tell you everything. It's still, technically, a game and you can't find out everything at the start."
genousEnrichment
"huh, that's annoying, but it's understandable"
"but that brings me to my - hopefully- last question for now: Why is our basement locked?"
@DM
"I couldn't say, I didn't lock it."
genousEnrichment
"Really? I have a feeling whoever locked it took the key with them, so would you mind helping me break the door down? or maybe you're intangible enough to float through the walls?"
"If that's possible, could you just go to the other side and unlock it?"
@DM
"I suppose I could."
genousEnrichment
"thanks, and please do"
@DM
Momsprite floats down the stairs, leading you back towards the basement before floating through the door.
genousEnrichment
I follow closely behind and wait a few feet in front of the door
@DM
There's a few moments of silence, some muffled talking, and then momsprite floats back out of the door. "I wouldn't go in there."
genousEnrichment
"I know I heard something akin to talking, so would you mind telling me why and/or what's behind that door?
@DM
"It would be better if I didn't." She floats away.
genousEnrichment
hopefully, before she's out of earshot, I say, "when might I be able to enter the basement safely?"
@DM
"I would wait until you find the door open!"
genousEnrichment
huh. Mother knows best, and she spent plenty of time  throughout my life proving that statement to be very true, so I'll listen to her judgment
genousEnrichment
I head back upstairs and decide to go outside, since I've had my fill of Q-&-A for now
might as well get to know this dreary place I'll be calling home
@DM
i think this is enough, we'll pick back up in play by post