Jikan Enters

<theDM> -==START==-
<creativeCharacter> Susan starts up the application that has mysteriously manifested itself upon her desktop.
<creativeCharacter> CC: Okay Jikan! I'm starting it up!
<theDM> It asks you to input a handle.
<Jikan> KT: Jikan thanks Susan.
<theDM> (( creativeCharacter ? ))
<creativeCharacter> CC:Oh, no problem!
<creativeCharacter> CC: Now what do I do?
<Jikan> KT: Jikan does not the remember.
<Jikan> KT: Put down the machines he think.
<theDM> The place to enter a handle starts blinking
<creativeCharacter> I enter kageTsumaki into the prompt.
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<theDM> Jikan sees this message: "SERVER CONNECTION ATTEMPT DETECTED FROM creativeCharacter. ACCEPT?"
<Jikan> Jikan clicks the yes.
<theDM> The game closes out on your computer, and Susan sees a new screen.
<theDM> She sees a boy standing in his room, along with a menu along the top of the screen.
<theDM> In the menu, you see several options: move the camera around, commands labeled "move," "revise," "deploy," and a few other tabs
<creativeCharacter> I click deploy
<theDM> You open the deploy tab. There are four large machines labeled "Cruxtruder" "Alchemiter" "Totem Lathe" and "Punch Designix," and a punched captchalogue card.
<theDM> The Cruxtruder is a bulky, square machine with a tube on top. The Totem Lathe is a long, thin machine. And the Alchemiter is another large, square machine, but it has a tall tube on one of the corners instead of the middle.
<theDM> All except the Punch Designix are free.
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<creativeCharacter> I try clicking and dragging one of the machines in the menu.
<theDM> You pick the Cruxtruder, dragging it out of the menu and into the boy's room.
<theDM> Jikan sees a giant machine looming above his head.
<Jikan> He dodge rolls out of the way
<theDM> Roll Acrobatics
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<Jikan> dice?
<theDM> no dice, roll yourself and let me know the results
<theDM> dicebot is not on right now
<Jikan> 20
<Jikan> Not a natural.
<theDM> You dodge out of the room, leaving enough space for Susan to put the massive machine down right in the middle
<creativeCharacter> CC: I try putting down the other two.
<theDM> There isn't enough room in the bedroom right now for the other two
<theDM> You'll need to either move some stuff or find another room
<Jikan> What did she drop, the cruxtruder?
<Jikan> I go back in and turn it's wheel.
<creativeCharacter> CC: Hey! Do you have anywhere else I can put this stuff?
<theDM> lets say yes
<theDM> Roll STR
<Jikan> Total:15
<Jikan> KT: Yes, outside next to shed.
<Jikan> KT: Plenty space.
<theDM> The wheel turns most of the way around, but doesn't quite open.
<Jikan> Jikan gives it another go.
<Jikan> 20,-1
<Jikan> Total:19
<Jikan> THE CRIT.
<theDM> The top bursts open in a flash of light, launching like twenty dark grey cylinders out of the tube, along with a flashing orb of the same color.
<Jikan> Nice!
<Jikan> Now what did he have to do next? Jikan forget.
<theDM> The orb starts flashing at you.
<Jikan> Jikan shrugs and waves back at it.
<Jikan> KT: Friend, did you place the machines?
<Jikan> creativecharacter lol.
<creativeCharacter> CC: I can't find any space
<creativeCharacter> CC: Do you have any other rooms?
<theDM> You find a room that looks kind of like it's used for sparring.
<theDM> There is space for both of the machines in here.
<Jikan> KT: I told friend.
<Jikan> KT: Outside next to shed.
<creativeCharacter> CC: Okay then!
<creativeCharacter> I place the stuff outside by the shed.
<creativeCharacter> CC: Okay it should be out there now
<Jikan> KT: Jikan is the pleased.
<theDM> The orb starts flashing wildly, and Jikan hears several crashes along with two more thunks.
<Jikan> What is that noise? No matter. Jikan goes to the back of the dojo where he can exit to the back.. yard..
<Jikan> Oh, that is right.
<Jikan> There is no entrance to the backyard.
<Jikan> He will have to climb over the dojo.
<creativeCharacter> CC: There's something else here too :?
<creativeCharacter> CC: Like a card
<Jikan> Suddenly, this didn't seem like the best idea.
<creativeCharacter> CC: Should I drop that too?
<Jikan> KT: Jikan thinks that is used, yes.
<Jikan> KT: Jikan was not paying much attention.
<creativeCharacter> CC: Got it!
<Jikan> Jikan heads outside so that he can climb over the dojo to get to the shed.
<creativeCharacter> I drop the card on top of the other machines
<theDM> Roll Acrobatics to climb that dojo
<Jikan> 6,+4
<Jikan> Total:10
<theDM> You just manage to get onto the top of the dojo, then jump down to the other machines.
<theDM> Your orb flies over and starts flashing at a place to put a cylinder and a thin rectangle on the long machine
<Jikan> Jikan nods, remembering this part.
<Jikan> He goes to grab the cylinder that of COURSE he brought.. with...
<Jikan> Oh, Jikan did not bring a cylinder.
<theDM> Roll Acrobatics
<theDM> And do it again to get back over
<Jikan> 19,+4
<Jikan> Total:23
<theDM> Once you grab the dowel
<Jikan> 7,+4
<Jikan> Total:11
<theDM> You do a sick flip onto the roof and another to jump down, then you run back inside the dojo.
<Jikan> He quickly grabs a dark grey dowel and runs back.
<theDM> You scramble back over the roof again and into the back yard.
<theDM> 4:22
<theDM> Your orb is flashing furiously at you
<Jikan> Oh that reminds Jikan.
<Jikan> He strolls into the Shed, looking for an item in particular.
<Jikan> And yes, there it is.
<Jikan> A statuette of the Moon God Tsukuyomi!
<Jikan> Very important to his religion, Shinto.
<Jikan> He wants one that moves, and so he shoves the statuette into the Orb that is furiously flashing at him.
<theDM> The orb absorbs the statuette, and now has a flat image of said statuette in its center.
<Jikan> Neat. Can it like..
<Jikan> Say stuff?
<theDM> It prattles at you in some language you don't understand.
<theDM> You start to get a headache.
<Jikan> Is it speaking the language of the GODS?
<Jikan> No wonder he does not understand.
<Jikan> Although, if it is speaking Japanese, he understands that language.
<theDM> It is most definitely not speaking Japanese
<Jikan> "Hello Tsukuyomi. It hurts when you speak."
<theDM> It continues to flash at you.
<theDM> It flies over to the Lathe
<Jikan> He bows, impervious to the Apocalypse around him.
<theDM> You hear several more crashes around you.
<Jikan> He takes a look to see what those even are.
<theDM> They're meteors, Jikan.
<theDM> Meteors are raining from the sky,
<Jikan> What? Meteors? When did they start falling?
<Jikan> Jikan is confused.
<theDM> You think you see your master slice one in half on top of a nearby building.
<Jikan> Oh!
<Jikan> THE METEORS.
<Jikan> He goes to the lathe.
<Jikan> Move swiftly and with passion Master, Jikan to the rescue!
<theDM> The orb blocks your path.
<theDM> It starts flashing angrily at you.
<theDM> You think it wants you to keep doing stuff with the machines.
<theDM> 2:34
<Jikan> That is what Jikan meant to do, sorry Tsukuyomi.
<Jikan> The Lathe, right?
<theDM> Yes
<theDM> The thin one.
<Jikan> He does what Arkham did with it, remembering this part.
<theDM> It produces a funnily shaped carved dowel
<Jikan> What next..
<Jikan> He looks at Tsukuyomi for guidance.
<theDM> It flashes near the final large machine.
<Jikan> Jikan sprints with purpose.
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<KT> Jikan sprints with purpose.
<KT> The Meteors will not kill him this day.
<theDM> You make it to the machine. There is a place for you to put the carved dowel
<KT> He slams it down.
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<theDM> It scans the dowel, then produces a single, unlit candle
<theDM> From your internal clock, it feels like there is exactly 1 minute remaining.
<theDM> You see a giant meteor above you.
<Jikan> Unlit candle, like in ceremonies?
<Jikan> How will Jikan light it?
<theDM> A plain, unlit candle, except it's made out of the same stuff the dowel was made of.
<theDM> That's a good question, Jikan.
<Jikan> He searches his pockets desperately for something that will help.
<theDM> You find nothing
<theDM> :45
<Jikan> Jikan makes a noise of discomfort.
<Jikan> He flies into the shed, looking for anything that will help this situation.
<theDM> 0:40
<theDM> You see several tools, but nothing to make a fire with.
<theDM> 0:35
<Jikan> Umm
<Jikan> Umm
<Jikan> Uhh...
<theDM> 0:30
<Jikan> Jikan asks the Goddess of the Moon to light it!
<theDM> Your sprite continues to babble at you in a language you don't understand.
<theDM> It feels more like symbols than words.
<theDM> 0:25
<Jikan> HE ROLLS TO UNDERSTAND GOD
<theDM> Roll Luck
<theDM> Are you holding that candle Jikan?
<Jikan> 20,+0
<Jikan> Total:20
<Jikan> Holy jesus
<theDM> You feel several symbols rushing through your head.
<Jikan> He assumes he's holding the candle, yeah.
<theDM> "Hold the candle," they say.
<theDM> "You will not die," they scream.
<theDM> "You must not die," they shout.
<Jikan> JIKAN WILL NOT DIE!
<Jikan> He breaks the candle.
<theDM> 0:10
<theDM> The candle refuses to break
<theDM> Roll STR
<Jikan> 18,-1
<Jikan> Total:17
<Jikan> NO
<Jikan> NOT A CRIT
<theDM> It bends a little, but does not break.
<theDM> 0:05
<Jikan> JIKAN BREAKS THE CANDLE HARDER>
<theDM> You feel the heat of the approaching meteor
<theDM> 0:04
<theDM> 0:03
<theDM> 0:02
<theDM> 0:01
<theDM> The candle disappears.
<theDM> You hear your master's voice.
<theDM> The world goes white.
<theDM> 0:00
<theDM> -==END==-