Cael's entry into the Land of Ruin and Monochromia

[19:10] <Cael> "Aww yes, this is going to be sweet."
[19:10] <Cael> I slide the disk into the computer and run it.
[19:10] <Thalia> "Yes it is! I'm installing it now!" Thalia puts the disc into her computer
[19:11] <Samstrel> Your screen becomes black, with a small loading bar at the bottom, for both Cael and Thalia.
[19:12] <Thalia> "The bar only increased my hype!"
[19:12] <Cael> "Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy."
[19:12] <Thalia> "Were making this happen in the same of the jpeg face of Hella Jeff!!"
[19:13] <Cael> ((Is it http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002037 that loading screen))
[19:14] <Samstrel> ((not quite, but basically now it is))
[19:15] <Cael> ((All right.))
[19:15] <Cael> "So, uh... what happens now?"
[19:15] <Samstrel> Thalia's screen becomes black, and Cael's loads a screen with a house.
[19:15] <Samstrel> ((the one you posted lol))
[19:15] <Thalia> "My screen went black...anything on yours?"
[19:16] <Cael> ((What's going on))
[19:16] <Cael> ((I'll just roll with it))
[19:16] <Cael> "Uh yeah, there's a house."
[19:17] <Cael> Do I recognise it?
[19:17] <Thalia> "Oh. Like a normal house? Anything else?"
[19:17] <Samstrel> As you wait for it to load, you see a logo pop up.
[19:17] <Samstrel> ((http://static.tumblr.com/68a7b61bc95ff779ae29d88a9f16439b/s23i6ry/29Pnhf7yu/tumblr_static_d52isx7x2dk4wg80wkco00cww.png))
[19:18] <Cael> ((That link gave me an error))
[19:18] <Thalia> [[It's jsut our sburb logo]]
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[19:18] <Samstrel> ((yeah))
[19:18] <Cael> ((Ok))
[19:19] <Samstrel> The logo fades away, and Cael, your screen becomes black.
[19:20] <Samstrel> Thalia, a menu on a screen of a boy in his room pops up.
[19:20] <Cael> "Uh, my screen's black now."
[19:20] <Thalia> "Hmmmm...? Hey a boy is on my screen! He looks like you! "
[19:20] <Cael> "He looks like me?"
[19:20] <Cael> "Is he wearing my scarf?"
[19:20] <Thalia> "Yeah! Cyan scarf...room with dice..."
[19:21] <Samstrel> ((does thalia know what cael's room looks like?))
[19:21] <Cael> I flail my arms.
[19:21] <Thalia> [[Yeah]]
[19:21] <Cael> ((Yeah, she does.))
[19:21] <Samstrel> ((cool))
[19:21] <Thalia> "Hey he's flailing his arms! hehe." Thalia looks at the menus
[19:21] <Cael> "Oh, shit."
[19:21] <Samstrel> Thalia, you see a menu with many things, but four most important things.
[19:22] <Cael> "Ok, so, that's me."
[19:22] <Cael> "Like, that's not a game character."
[19:22] <Cael> "It's really me."
[19:22] <Cael> "That's freaky."
[19:22] <Samstrel> As you hover over them, you see a small card called a CAPTCHALOGUE CARD.
[19:22] <Thalia> ":D This is...the best game already"
[19:22] <Cael> I speak out loud this time:
[19:22] <Cael> "Hello? Can you hear me?"
[19:23] <Thalia> Thalia tilts her head and grabs the CAPTCHALOGUE CARD and drags it over onto Cael's desk
[19:23] <Samstrel> You also see three machines, called the TOTEM LATHE, CRUXTRUDER, and ALCHEMITER.
[19:23] <Thalia> "There's things! Seems like they are free items..."
[19:23] <Cael> Did Thalia hear me speak?
[19:23] <Samstrel> Thalia cannot hear anything from your end.
[19:24] <Cael> Ok.
[19:24] <Cael> "Oh, what's this?"
[19:24] <Cael> I pick up the captchalogue card and inspect it.
[19:24] <Thalia> "CAPTCHALOGUE CARD. Like the ones we use for our artifact retrieving modui"
[19:25] <Thalia> "There's other stuff too. Hold on..." Thalia looks at other things she can do before deploying the other things
[19:25] <Cael> Ok, that sounds important. Better not captchalogue it.
[19:27] <Samstrel> You can move, deploy, and many other things that are irrelevant at the time being.
[19:28] <Thalia> "Hmmm..." Thalia grabs the TOTEM LATHE and looks for a spot in Cael's room to deply it
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[19:28] <Cael> The room's relatively big, but it's also crammed with stuff in it.
[19:28] <Cael> There are many other rooms but the biggest open space is the courtyard in the center.
[19:28] <Cael> Of the castle, that is.
[19:28] <Thalia> "Cael your going d2 have d2 go elsewhere! I need space d4 this stuff!"
[19:29] <Cael> "What stuff? You're placing stuff down?"
[19:29] <Thalia> "Yup! Big stuff!"
[19:29] <Cael> "Ok, just place it in the courtyard."
[19:29] <Cael> "I don't think my dad will mind."
[19:29] <Thalia> Thalia zooms out and moves her camera to the courtyard "Okay dokey." Deploying a TOTEM LATHE in the courtyard
[19:29] <Cael> "This is so cool though! I didn't know this was some sort of virtual reality game!"
[19:30] <Thalia> "Same! I wanna play next!"
[19:30] <Cael> I grab my phone and head out. As I pass my dad's office I yell, "Hey dad! I'm gonna go out to the courtyard to play a game!"
[19:31] <Thalia> Thalia than grabs the ALCHEMITER and CRUXTRUDER and deploys them inside the courtyard "Okay I deployed everything!! The stuff looks super cool. Take a look!"
[19:32] <Thalia> Thalia sent Coolstuffscreenshot.png
[19:32] <Samstrel> ((lol))
[19:32] <Cael> "Oh, cool! And yup, that's definitely my house."
[19:32] <Cael> I head over to the machines and look them over.
[19:32] <Cael> "So... what now?
[19:32] <Thalia> "Get down d2 the courtyard than!! I'll see what else I can do!"
[19:33] <Thalia> Thalia moves her cursor to a random statue in the courtyard and attempts to move it
[19:33] <Cael> ((i'm in the courtyard))
[19:33] <Cael> "Whoah, whoah, whoah!"
[19:33] <Samstrel> You are able.
[19:33] <Cael> "Don't move that!"
[19:34] <Thalia> "I'll put it back don't worry! I just wanted to see what I could do!" Thalia places it back
[19:34] <Cael> "Ok, good. Sorry for getting mad at you."
[19:34] <Cael> "Do you have any ideas?"
[19:34] <Thalia> "It's okay."
[19:35] <Thalia> "Ummm...well they were starting items so they must do something"
[19:35] <Thalia> "See if your card goes anywhere"
[19:35] <Cael> "Ok, let me see..."
[19:35] <Cael> Do I have to make a check?
[19:35] <Thalia> "& that big thing in the middle has a wheel thingy, try interacting with that too!"
[19:36] <Cael> I go to the wheel and turn it.
[19:36] <Samstrel> ((no check))
[19:36] <Samstrel> ((oh wait))
[19:36] <Samstrel> STR check
[19:37] <Cael> 9 to turn the wheel.
[19:37] <Samstrel> So close, but no cigar.
[19:37] <Samstrel> Try again.
[19:37] <quizzaciouslyDubious> ((there is a dicebot in here))
[19:37] <Thalia> "Something wrong?"
[19:37] <Cael> !roll 1d20-1
[19:37] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-1 --> [ 1d20=20 ] | {19}
[19:37] <Cael> ((THanks for reminding me. I got a 6 with my irl dice.))
[19:38] <Samstrel> You turn the wheel with all of your might, and end up popping the lid off the top.
[19:38] <Samstrel> As you do so, a cylinder pops out.
[19:38] <Thalia> "Nice work Cael!! What's inside??"
[19:39] <Samstrel> A few seconds later, an orb comes floating in.
[19:39] <Cael> "Well, a cylinder pops out."
[19:39] <Cael> "And this weird... orb thing?"
[19:39] <Cael> ((It's cyan, right?))
[19:39] <Thalia> "Huh...It's really flashy"
[19:39] <Samstrel> It floats around you.
[19:39] <Samstrel> ((yes))
[19:40] <Thalia> "Considering this is probably the tutorial...I bet it's helpful!"
[19:40] <Cael> "I'll get back to you, orby thingy."
[19:41] <Cael> Take the cylinder, and place it on the alchemiter's cylindrical spot.
[19:41] <Cael> "It seems like it should go here."
[19:41] <Thalia> "Oh! Yay! See what it does! Is there a button?"
[19:41] <Cael> I check for a button.
[19:42] <Samstrel> Nothing happens.
[19:42] <Samstrel> And there is no button.
[19:42] <Cael> "Ok, so this doesn't seem to be the place."
[19:42] <Samstrel> ((remember the order of the machines))
[19:42] <Cael> "Hmm..."
[19:42] <Thalia> "Try the last machine!"
[19:42] <Cael> ((I know I'm just roleplaying Cael's thought process))
[19:42] <Samstrel> Thalia, you see a timer pop onto your screen.
[19:42] <Thalia> [[Same here for Thalia]]
[19:42] <Samstrel> 2:00
[19:42] <Thalia> "CAEL."
[19:42] <Thalia> "CAEL!!"
[19:43] <Samstrel> ((okay just wanted to make sure))
[19:43] <Cael> "What?"
[19:43] <Thalia> "timer!"
[19:43] <Thalia> "TIMER!!"
[19:43] <Cael> "Timer?"
[19:43] <Cael> "What's it at?"
[19:43] <quizzaciouslyDubious> ((a plain dowel is supposed to create a perfectly generic object, right?))
[19:43] <Thalia> "Umm 2:00!"
[19:43] <Thalia> "Get moving!!"
[19:43] <Cael> "Ok! Tell me when it updates!"
[19:43] <Samstrel> ((it hasn't gotten carved, youll see))
[19:43] <Thalia> "It's ticking down right now!"
[19:43] <Samstrel> 1:50
[19:44] <Cael> I grab the totem and look around.
[19:44] <Cael> I realize that it could actually go into the totem lathe.
[19:44] <Samstrel> There is one machine you havent used.
[19:44] <Thalia> "The last machine, the TOTEM LATHE! Use it!"
[19:44] <Cael> I place it into the totem lathe's slot.
[19:44] <Cael> "Uh, I did that. Now what?"
[19:44] <Samstrel> There is a slot that is empty on the machine.
[19:44] <Thalia> "Um...check for a button & anything d2 put your card in"
[19:45] <Cael> I find the card slot and insert it.
[19:45] <Samstrel> The machine begins to make noises and carves the dowel.
[19:45] <Thalia> "Probably goes in the ALCHEMITER now"
[19:45] <Cael> "All right! Now does it go on the other machine?"
[19:45] <Samstrel> 1:20
[19:45] <Cael> I place it back onto the cylindrical spot.
[19:45] <Thalia> "Mhm I think so!"
[19:46] <Cael> "What time are we at now?"
[19:46] <Samstrel> ((you guys are going too fast))
[19:46] <Cael> ((Fak))
[19:46] <Thalia> [oh. my bad]
[19:46] <Samstrel> Before you do so, you see the shape that the dowel is carved into.
[19:46] <Samstrel> It is very square and geometric.
[19:46] <Cael> Uh... huh.
[19:46] <Cael> I turn the dowel over in my hands.
[19:47] <Samstrel> And has things carved out inside.
[19:47] <Cael> What are they?
[19:47] <Thalia> "It's like a dice."
[19:47] <Cael> "Oh, yeah, it kinda is."
[19:47] <Cael> Do I notice anything like numbers or patterns that could indicate it's some sort of dice?
[19:49] <Samstrel> No, it has many layers and does not indicate any sort of normal pattern.
[19:49] <Samstrel> It's something you don't recognize.
[19:49] <Cael> Ok.
[19:49] <Cael> "Thalia, what's the countdown at now?"
[19:49] <Thalia> Thalia checks the counterdown
[19:49] <Samstrel> 1:00
[19:50] <Thalia> "d1 minute"
[19:50] <Cael> "Ok."
[19:50] <Cael> I shake the dowel.
[19:50] <Samstrel> No noise is made.
[19:50] <Cael> I knock on it with my fist.
[19:50] <Thalia> Thalia tries to poke the orb thing
[19:53] <Samstrel> It is like a rock, it doesnt make a whole lot of noise.
[19:53] <Samstrel> It wont let you poke the orb.
[19:53] <Samstrel> :45
[19:53] <Cael> "Countdown?"
[19:53] <Thalia> "d45 seconds."
[19:53] <Cael> "Ok, got it."
[19:54] <Cael> I put the dowel onto the alchemiter.
[19:54] <Thalia> "Should I do something about this orb thingy?"
[19:54] <Samstrel> The machine begins to make noise.
[19:54] <Samstrel> The orb moves to get your attention.
[19:55] <Cael> "What, orb?"
[19:55] <Cael> "Thalia do you know what this orb wants?"
[19:55] <Thalia> "Uuumm...attention?"
[19:56] <Thalia> "I dunno, maybe a sign of friendship!"
[19:56] <Samstrel> :30
[19:56] <Cael> "Maybe it wants food?"
[19:56] <Cael> "I dunno."
[19:56] <Samstrel> The ALCHEMITER pops out an object.
[19:56] <Cael> "Oh, looks like the machine made something."
[19:56] <Samstrel> It is a cyan sword.
[19:56] <Thalia> "Sure. Want me d2 grab something?"
[19:57] <Samstrel> It has changed it's texture to plastic. Like a child's toy.
[19:57] <Cael> The sword?
[19:58] <Samstrel> :25
[19:58] <Cael> I grab the sword and swing it around.
[19:58] <Cael> "Is this what I'm supposed to do?"
[19:58] <Samstrel> Not much happens.
[19:58] <Samstrel> The orb still wants something.
[19:58] <Cael> "Do you want... this?"
[19:58] <Thalia> Thalia moves her cursor and grabs one of the Knight Armors around the house, dragging it to the courtyard "I got a present d4 the orb! :D "
[19:59] <Cael> I point the sword at it.
[19:59] <Samstrel> It moves away slightly.
[19:59] <Cael> "Oh, ok. I guess it doesn't want that. Maybe it wants the knight armor?"
[19:59] <Thalia> Thalia attempts to surprise it by throwing the knight armor at it
[19:59] <Cael> "I dunno, it's worth a shot."
[19:59] <Thalia> "Alloz-ze!"
[19:59] <Samstrel> It absorbs it, but still waits around for something else. Like it's hungry.
[20:00] <Samstrel> :20
[20:00] <Thalia> "...huh"
[20:00] <Thalia> "Cael! Do something with that sword, quickly!"
[20:00] <Thalia> "d20 seconds!"
[20:00] <Cael> "The sword? Ok!"
[20:00] <Cael> "I think there's some leftover pizza in the fridge if it's hungry!"
[20:00] <Thalia> "OKAY!"
[20:01] <Samstrel> ((oh god hahaha))
[20:01] <Thalia> Thalia grabs the leftover pizza from the fridge and brings it over, tossing it at the orb
[20:01] <Thalia> [[Best sprite]]
[20:01] <Thalia> [[Pizzaknight]]
[20:02] <Cael> I swing the sword around like a madman.
[20:02] <Cael> "Do something!"
[20:02] <Samstrel> It absorbs it, and disappears.
[20:02] <Samstrel> :10
[20:02] <Thalia> "Hit something with the sword Cael!"
[20:02] <Samstrel> :9
[20:02] <Samstrel> :8
[20:03] <Samstrel> :7
[20:03] <Samstrel> :6
[20:03] <Cael> I run to a tree in the courtyard.
[20:03] <Thalia> "Roll the dice of fate & HIT SOMETHING!!"
[20:03] <Cael> And I smack it with the sword.
[20:03] <Samstrel> :5
[20:03] <Samstrel> :4
[20:03] <Cael> "Gahhhh!"
[20:03] <Samstrel> :3
[20:03] <Samstrel> :2
[20:03] <Cael> I hit the ground.
[20:03] <Samstrel> :1
[20:03] <Thalia> "Caaaaeell!!"
[20:03] <Cael> "Did I do it?"
[20:03] <Cael> "Is it over?"
[20:03] <Samstrel> As you thrust the sword in the ground, a burst of light explodes from the ground.
[20:03] <Samstrel> You become blinded, and cannot move.
[20:04] <Thalia> "Cael!! The screen went white! Cael?! CAEL!!"
[20:04] <Cael> "Ahh!"
[20:04] <Samstrel> You feel large gusts of wind moving you around, as if you are traveling somewhere.
[20:04] <Cael> "Oh boy, this is weird."
[20:04] <Thalia> Thalia watches the screen, waiting for the light to dim down "Please be okay..."
[20:05] <Samstrel> You feel the ground shake and see meteors demolish everything in sight.
[20:05] <Cael> "OH HOLY FUCK!"
[20:05] <Samstrel> You see your school, every house you've ever known be demolished.
[20:05] <Thalia> What does Thalia see?
[20:05] <Samstrel> You are trapped in a ball of light and feel like there is nothing you can do.
[20:05] <Cael> "Oh, shit."
[20:05] <Cael> "It's the end of the world."
[20:06] <Samstrel> Thalia sees a bright white screen, and hears nothing.
[20:06] <Thalia> [Is Cael still pestering her?]
[20:06] <Samstrel> Everything is on fire.
[20:06] <Samstrel> ((kind of, yes))
[20:06] <Cael> ((He's talking to himself.))
[20:06] <Thalia> [So she's still getting messages]
[20:06] <Thalia> [Oh, okay]
[20:07] <Samstrel> You become blinded once again, once you see the carnage of the place you call home.
[20:07] <Samstrel> You hear a strange call.
[20:07] <Samstrel> "CAEL!!!!"
[20:08] <Samstrel> Your father screams at you.
[20:08] <Samstrel> His voice slowly fades away into silence.
[20:09] <Thalia> Thalia is typing furiously...trying to get anything from her friend...pesterchum hasn't logged him out.
[20:10] <Samstrel> The light slowly subsides.
[20:10] <Samstrel> Thalia begins to see Cael's room, without Cael in it.
[20:10] <Samstrel> Cael, you are in front of your house where you last left... but things are very different now.
[20:10] <Thalia> Thalia's eyes widen, she zooms out, trying to move her camera back to the courtyard "Where are you...ohgodohgod..."
[20:11] <Samstrel> Everything is where it was, from your school to friend's houses but is completely in ruin.
[20:11] <Samstrel> Walls are barely standing, roads are demolished, and lights are hanging on by a thread.
[20:12] <Samstrel> Though the damage is not the first thing you notice.
[20:12] <Thalia> [Wait how is Thalia alive? or...did Cael wrap in time too?]
[20:12] <Samstrel> ((nothing happened to thalia yet, this is just for cael's new land.))
[20:12] <Thalia> [Ooooh]
[20:12] <Samstrel> Everything is... black and white.
[20:13] <Samstrel> You  feel like you were transported into a film from the 1920's.
[20:13] <Cael> ((this is to me?))
[20:13] <Samstrel> Welcome to the Land of Ruin and Monochromia.
[20:13] <Samstrel> ((yes.))
[20:13] <Samstrel> ((this is your land))
[20:13] <Thalia> Thalia messages her friend "Cael...everything is so...Monochrome...are you there?"
[20:14] <Cael> "Uh. I think so?"
[20:14] <Cael> "Why's everything black and white?"
[20:14] <Cael> I look at my hands and body.
[20:14] <Thalia> "Oh thank bahamut! "
[20:15] <Samstrel> ((were going to end here, so cael can explore the land via posts))
[20:15] <Cael> ((no land name?))
[20:15] <quizzaciouslyDubious> ((Land of Ruin and Monochromia is the name))
[20:16] <Cael> ((oh))