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LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going...

I think it's time to bail.

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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Stop the boat!

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012



Jump!

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Abandon log!

quote:

“Out! Quick! Or we’re sliced and diced!” you scream.

Patty and Cousin Floyd unsnap their seat belts and leap to their feet. The log-boat begins to rock wildly.

Just before you jump out of the boat, you remember something.

The life preservers!

You reach under the seat. You grab a couple of life preservers. Then you scramble over the side.

You hold the life preservers and push one in Floyd’s direction. “Here,” you gasp as you tread water. You’re having trouble keeping your head above the water.

quote:

You kick harder, trying desperately to keep from going under. This is so weird, you think. I’m usually a good swimmer.

And what’s with this life preserver? you wonder. It feels very heavy. Instead of helping you float, the life preserver seems to be dragging you down.

You bring it up to your face. You peer closely at it. Why is the orange coating chipping away?

Because it’s metal underneath! You’re using a life preserver made of lead.

And you know what that means.

You’re sunk!

THE END

Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Empty

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Overwhelmed and strangled by an army of baby squid.
Sent back in time by the Dino-Ride and eaten by a T-rex.
Blown up by a robot after Floyd triggered its self-destruct function.
Repeatedly struck by lightning after failing the Hand-Eye Challenge.
Rode the Slug Subway and got melted by slug slime.
Eaten alive by hundreds of living, carnivorous hot dogs.
Sucked into the Letter-Go game and buried in a pile of letters.
Consumed by a purple tornado after losing the racing game.
:siren:Drowned on the Log Zoom ride thanks to a fake life preserver.:siren:

Achievements
Squid Wrestling Lightweight Champion: Defeated 225 pounds' worth of baby squid.
Dying is Easy, Consistency is Hard: Encountered a total of 250 bad endings.
Squid Wrestling Heavyweight Champion: Defeated a 225-pound giant squid.
Our Lucky Day: "Lost" the Lucky Day game and got thrown out of the Carnival of Horrors.

Our options posted:

  • Stay on the Dino-Ride.
  • Turn left at the first junction.
  • Leave the castle and head back down to the rides.
  • Don't listen to Ernie.
  • Don't play the racing game.
  • Break free from the giant squid.
  • Try to stop the boat.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
I want to break free

Omnicrom
Aug 3, 2007
Snorlax Afficionado


Natural 20 on an Escape Artist Check

Eat that Squid :colbert:

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Bust outta that squid!

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Ah, lead life preservers. A common problem.......?

Get on the dino

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

:goleft:

LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
Oh geez, I'm suddenly remembering that fake life preserver part. Complete bullshit (like most of the deaths in this series).

Let's go back and break free from that squid.

LuffyVeggies fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Nov 26, 2019

PumpkinBat
Oct 22, 2012
Really? We didn't notice the life preservers were really dense and heavy?

Break free from squid.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

I was gonna suggest turn left but screw it! Shame the squid for a hat-trick of squid-like cheevos.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Unfortunately, breaking free from the squid isn't going to get us another achievement...

quote:

“Don’t give up! We’ve got to get free!” you yell to Patty and Floyd. The three of you struggle even harder.

You pull, pinch, and bite the tentacle that holds you. It loses its grip! You squirm loose and swim toward the stands.

The squid lashes a tentacle at you. You splash out of its reach. It releases Patty and Floyd as it strains to reach you.

“Hurry!” you cry. “To the stands!”

Patty and Floyd swim after you. You reach shallow water near the seats. The squid seems to have given up.

“Find an exit!” you tell Patty and Floyd. But the audience is clapping so loudly, your friends can barely hear you.

You’ve never heard such thunderous applause. You kind of like it. You take a bow.

The audience grows even louder. You gaze into the crowd. And gasp.

The audience – it’s not human! The seats are filled with rows of grinning octopuses! No wonder the applause is so loud. Each octopus is clapping with all eight of its tentacles.

You’re so shocked, you fall back into the water.

Instantly the waiting squid grabs you. As it drags you underwater, you think, Oh well, that’s show business!

THE END

Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Empty

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Overwhelmed and strangled by an army of baby squid.
Sent back in time by the Dino-Ride and eaten by a T-rex.
Blown up by a robot after Floyd triggered its self-destruct function.
Repeatedly struck by lightning after failing the Hand-Eye Challenge.
Rode the Slug Subway and got melted by slug slime.
Eaten alive by hundreds of living, carnivorous hot dogs.
Sucked into the Letter-Go game and buried in a pile of letters.
Consumed by a purple tornado after losing the racing game.
Drowned on the Log Zoom ride thanks to a fake life preserver.
:siren:Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.:siren:

Achievements
Squid Wrestling Lightweight Champion: Defeated 225 pounds' worth of baby squid.
Dying is Easy, Consistency is Hard: Encountered a total of 250 bad endings.
Squid Wrestling Heavyweight Champion: Defeated a 225-pound giant squid.
Our Lucky Day: "Lost" the Lucky Day game and got thrown out of the Carnival of Horrors.

Our options posted:

  • Stay on the Dino-Ride.
  • Turn left at the first junction.
  • Leave the castle and head back down to the rides.
  • Don't listen to Ernie.
  • Don't play the racing game.
  • Try to stop the boat.

PlasticAutomaton
Nov 12, 2016

Artoria Pendonut


Let's just not do the racing game.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
I'm getting kinda burned out on this carnival. :negative:

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

PlasticAutomaton posted:

Let's just not do the racing game.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Let's get Cretaceous!

PumpkinBat
Oct 22, 2012
Stay on the Dino-ride!

Might as well clear out some of the side-quests before we go on with the main plot.

Omnicrom
Aug 3, 2007
Snorlax Afficionado


PlasticAutomaton posted:

Let's just not do the racing game.

I vote this except my vote is in bold.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Stay on the dinosaur

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Blueberry Pancakes posted:

I'm getting kinda burned out on this carnival. :negative:

Part of that's probably my fault for making things drag on so long. I got a new job recently and I've been way busier than I used to be, so my update schedule's been slipping.

Anyway, it's a tie between not playing the racing game and staying on the Dino-Ride, so the next vote takes it!

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Ride that dino.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Let's ride this Dino-Ride to the end!

quote:

“Let’s not risk it,” you decide. “We’re safer in the ride.”

“Even if we are going backwards,” Floyd adds.

You peer out the Escape Hatch. Oh, no! Your giant creature is careening into the path of another mechanical dinosaur!

The Tyrannosaurus rex nearly does a back flip when it crashes into the mechanical triceratops. And you almost go sailing out the open hatch!

“Now I see why they have those safety belts,” you croak, clinging to the door frame.

The crash must have damaged the Dino-Ride. Your Tyrannosaurus rex is still lurching around, but much more slowly. Sparks flicker up through the machinery behind the hatch.

Smoke begins to rise too.

“We have to bail out!” you yell. “Now!”

...And just like that, we're done. This takes us to the choice between the Roller Ghoster and Log Zoom, same as if we'd jumped off the Right Away Railroad on dry land and skipped over the squid-wrestling section entirely.

Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Empty

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Overwhelmed and strangled by an army of baby squid.
Sent back in time by the Dino-Ride and eaten by a T-rex.
Blown up by a robot after Floyd triggered its self-destruct function.
Repeatedly struck by lightning after failing the Hand-Eye Challenge.
Rode the Slug Subway and got melted by slug slime.
Eaten alive by hundreds of living, carnivorous hot dogs.
Sucked into the Letter-Go game and buried in a pile of letters.
Consumed by a purple tornado after losing the racing game.
Drowned on the Log Zoom ride thanks to a fake life preserver.
Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.

Achievements
Squid Wrestling Lightweight Champion: Defeated 225 pounds' worth of baby squid.
Dying is Easy, Consistency is Hard: Encountered a total of 250 bad endings.
Squid Wrestling Heavyweight Champion: Defeated a 225-pound giant squid.
Our Lucky Day: "Lost" the Lucky Day game and got thrown out of the Carnival of Horrors.

Our options posted:

  • Turn left at the first junction.
  • Leave the castle and head back down to the rides.
  • Don't listen to Ernie.
  • Don't play the racing game.
  • Try to stop the boat.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Ignore Ernie!

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Uhhh.... No racing for me.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Darthemed posted:

Ignore Ernie!

PumpkinBat
Oct 22, 2012
Ignore Ernie...for now.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
What? Who's Ernie?

I was for sure the dino would lead to a goal end. How disappoint.

LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
I like turning left.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Well, Ernie did kind of screw us over by pointing us away from Lucky Day. We can probably get on just fine without his advice!

quote:

“Hold on,” you burst out. “Do you think we’re stupid? I remember the last time we were here. You and your creepy pals chased us all over the place! Why should I trust you now?”

“Big Al ordered us to chase you,” Ernie argues. “We had no choice.”

“Then he could make you trick us again,” you reply.

“Yeah,” Patty chimes in. “For all we know, he could have told you to come and talk to us right now.”

For a second, Ernie looks sad. Then he becomes furious. “You should have trusted me,” he growls. “Now you’ll never get out of this place alive!”

quote:

You watch Ernie stomp off. He approaches clusters of carnival people on the midway. Every time he stops and talks, they all stare at you.

You wonder what he’s telling them. “Maybe we should get out of here,” you suggest.

“Yeah,” Floyd agrees. “They look kind of mad at us.”

Trying to act casual, you, Patty, and Floyd stroll down the midway. A low rumble comes from the crowd behind you. Then somebody yells, “Get them! We’ll bring them to Big Al!”

You and your friends pick up speed. The carnival people surge after you.

“Run!” Patty shouts.

“Which way?” Floyd cries.

You glance around frantically. “There are some big games up ahead,” you pant. “We’ll find a place to hide over there.”

“What if these guys catch us first? I say we try to lose them behind the game booths,” Patty argues. She points over at the row of booths with the claw game and the ringtoss.

You look back. The mob is gaining on you!

What do you do?

If you run full speed ahead, turn to PAGE 62.

If you dash behind the booths, turn to PAGE 123.


Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Empty

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Overwhelmed and strangled by an army of baby squid.
Sent back in time by the Dino-Ride and eaten by a T-rex.
Blown up by a robot after Floyd triggered its self-destruct function.
Repeatedly struck by lightning after failing the Hand-Eye Challenge.
Rode the Slug Subway and got melted by slug slime.
Eaten alive by hundreds of living, carnivorous hot dogs.
Sucked into the Letter-Go game and buried in a pile of letters.
Consumed by a purple tornado after losing the racing game.
Drowned on the Log Zoom ride thanks to a fake life preserver.
Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.

Achievements
Squid Wrestling Lightweight Champion: Defeated 225 pounds' worth of baby squid.
Dying is Easy, Consistency is Hard: Encountered a total of 250 bad endings.
Squid Wrestling Heavyweight Champion: Defeated a 225-pound giant squid.
Our Lucky Day: "Lost" the Lucky Day game and got thrown out of the Carnival of Horrors.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
Engage ludicrous speed!

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Hide behind booths, there's no chance of encountering a midway worker there!

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Can we get some appropriate Chase music?

LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
Make like King Arthur and RUN AWAY!

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



AnAnonymousIdiot posted:

Can we get some appropriate Chase music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li5M3dWszBE

quote:

You and your friends dash straight down the midway. But the crowd keeps chasing you.

“They’re catching up,” Floyd gasps.

Desperately, you glance around for some place where you can lose the creatures. You notice some kind of golfing game on one side of the midway. Above it hangs a large sign: THE SAND TRAP.

On the other side of the midway stands a huge, cheesy-looking fake rocket. There’s a door cut into the bottom of it. It’s the entrance to a booth with the sign GUESS YOUR WEIGHT ON JUPITER.

You can break into the golf game and cut across the sand, or you can dart through the spaceship into the Jupiter game. Maybe you could hide in there.

Which will it be?

If you cut through The Sand Trap, turn to PAGE 21.

If you try the booth with the rocket, turn to PAGE 49.


Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Empty

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Overwhelmed and strangled by an army of baby squid.
Sent back in time by the Dino-Ride and eaten by a T-rex.
Blown up by a robot after Floyd triggered its self-destruct function.
Repeatedly struck by lightning after failing the Hand-Eye Challenge.
Rode the Slug Subway and got melted by slug slime.
Eaten alive by hundreds of living, carnivorous hot dogs.
Sucked into the Letter-Go game and buried in a pile of letters.
Consumed by a purple tornado after losing the racing game.
Drowned on the Log Zoom ride thanks to a fake life preserver.
Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.

Achievements
Squid Wrestling Lightweight Champion: Defeated 225 pounds' worth of baby squid.
Dying is Easy, Consistency is Hard: Encountered a total of 250 bad endings.
Squid Wrestling Heavyweight Champion: Defeated a 225-pound giant squid.
Our Lucky Day: "Lost" the Lucky Day game and got thrown out of the Carnival of Horrors.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Blast off!!!

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Get Juped!

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Darthemed posted:

Get Juped!

PlasticAutomaton
Nov 12, 2016

Artoria Pendonut


Sand trap because that guess your weight game is the most obvious "You're going to end up on Jupiter" death trap I have seen in one of these books.

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LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
Imma vote for sand trap because I absolutely love wasting ten strokes trying to get my ball out of there.

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