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 Music: Pressure Cooking Krysmphoenix posted:
Here are their updates, condensed into a single post: The Prologue Read it before you read my updates, or you might be a bit confused. I'll be using the same characters the last thread picked out. The protagonist, Destiny, a budding writer:  Her girlfriend, Isabel:   The thread is still audience-participatory. You'll be voting on some of the important and not-so-important choices our heroine will have to make. Don't screw up!
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Dec 30, 2014 04:28
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DAY 1, PART 1 Music: Dreamin'    Here we are in our apartment, one year after that eventful party. Things have changed quite a bit since then. For starters, we're sleeping in a single bed, and Isabel is nowhere to be seen. We hear a knocking at the door, but we don't exactly jump out of bed to answer it. Somebody slides an envelope under the door.   In this system there can be no right or wrong.  We finally manage to drag ourselves out of bed.   :  poo poo! Looks like my Peeble Sleep Monitor got reset. I gotta get to sleep when this thing tells me to! I was half way to earning my One Month Circadian Master Sleep-chievement. Let me just cycle through the modes and reset this thing.   Day 1. The dawn of a new era, at least for our sleep schedule. : There we go, all set! They say the longest journey starts with a single step.  Home sweet home. Hey, we've got a dart set! Not everybody can say that. Let's have a look around. Examining the dirty laundry on the floor: : Dirty clothes are the least of my concern right now.Checking out our dresser: : I've been wearing the same clothes since college. Why change now?We've got a bookshelf, too: : A bunch of old dusty books I'll never read.This place seems a bit depressing so far. But all is not lost.   If this keeps up, we'll have no trouble paying this month's rent. Let's see how well-stocked our fridge is. : Nice! I've still got some of those Pizza Pouches left!  : Cooking Directions: Place in microwave for 2 minutes. Let cool for 30 seconds. Sure beats eating them frozen!Lastly, let's check out the poster we have hanging on the wall.  I've gotten posters for different indie games in other playthroughs. Maybe it's affected by your actions in the prologue, or maybe it's randomly generated. Well, we've put it off long enough. Let's check our mail.   : It's always something, isn't it? : Well, at least I've got a job for today.  After grabbing our stuff, we head out the door.  Now that we've left our apartment, let's check out the pause screen.  Seems like Isabel isn't gone from our mind, wherever she is.  At last, we can finally save. Some interesting stats there, though I'm not sure what all of them mean. As you can see, our financial situation is pretty dire. Let's check out our inventory.  The journal pages are all blank, at least for now.  What kind of a name is Darkeff, anyway?  Before we go to work, let's do a little voyeurism.  In the apartment next door, sex.  In the next apartment over, weed. Seems like everyone on this floor is having a good time except for poor Destiny. And maybe that old lady over there. She's been poking around over there for quite a while now.  Music: Another Date at the Hardware Store : Excuse me, Mrs. Tewilager! : Oh, pardon me Destiny, am I in your way? I got so distracted looking through my purse for my little calendar. : I know exactly what you mean, there's never enough time to do everything you want to. Heck, I don't even have enough time to pay my rent these days. I seriously think I'm done for this time.: Where's your... roommate?: Things uh... Didn't work out... It's just me now...: That's a real shame, you're such a good kid. Tell you what, if you need some money, why don't you come by my place later today? I'm hosting a little get-together tonight and the place needs to be spotless. : Thank you for the offer, I can use all the help I can get.: Well, you know where to find me. Just come by any time today. Don't wait too long though or I'll get it all done by myself! Have a good day, Destiny. She goes into her apartment, and we take the elevator down. We'll have to keep her offer in mind for later.  Sure is dark down here. : Cheap rear end landlord! That light's been a problem for months. : I might be able to slip out of here undetected.Right, let's see if we can Solid Snake our way out of here.  Apparently not. Hopefully Destiny knows her CQC... Music: Gas Leak   : You really think I wouldn't notice you just because the lights are off?! I had that "Clap on, Clap off" thing installed last week! :  You're in a lot of trouble, punk! You're a whole month late on your rent and I'm not in the business of sheltering deadbeats. Are you going to pay me what you owe or am I going to have to toss your rear end out to the curb?  : I just need some time. I've been waiting on a cheque from my publisher. As soon as it arrives, I can pay you! : Look, the cheque's going to be here soon. It's got to be here soon. Just give me until when the mail's been delivered, okay?: I don't care how many tricks you gotta turn out to pay. You're out of time, hood rat! Pay me $500 by the end of the day or you can consider yourself officially homeless. In fact, you know what? Hand over your key right now! You can get it back from me when you pay your bills! This guy's dialogue varies slightly depending on your race and gender. Yeah, he's a dick.  : I know you've got it in your pockets!  Time for you guys to make a choice. All our previous dialogue choices for today didn't really matter. Mrs. Tewilager would have offered us the job no matter what, and none of our excuses would have placated the landlord. This choice does have an effect. Do we hand over our key, or do we make a run for it? red mammoth fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 04:29
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My bet is if we run for it we can kiss our apartment and everything in it goodbye even if we manage to get $500 somehow by the end of the day. Give him the key.
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Dec 30, 2014 04:50
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Run. Dude has legal hoops to jump through before he can do poo poo.
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Dec 30, 2014 05:07
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Thanks for starting this up again. As I told Red Mammoth, I made the terrible choice of starting an LP right as my schoolwork picked up unexpectedly. Still, I really like this game and can't wait to see what poo poo you goons make happen in here. And since I'm not running it, I can vote too! I'll mostly vote for the opposite of 
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Dec 30, 2014 05:09
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Give him the key. He sort of does have a point and why would you want to run? He knows where you live anyway.
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Dec 30, 2014 20:40
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Give key to jerk is probably wiser. Let's try not to go spiralling into irreversible tragedy this early in...
DumbRodent fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 21:38
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Run away! In the opening the framing story is that two people are being held up with a gun while the guy tells this story. Does it ever go back to that?
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Dec 30, 2014 23:52
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Good to see this coming back again! I say give him the key.We've looted our apartment and there isn't going to be money magically showing up in there.
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Dec 31, 2014 00:27
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We've clearly been dodging him for a month already, so why would it suddenly hurt to Run away!?
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Dec 31, 2014 07:19
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All right, the votes are tied 4 - 4. Next vote is the deciding one.
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Dec 31, 2014 19:01
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Give him the key.
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