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AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

We'll spring all traps that need to be sprung.

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Omnicrom
Aug 3, 2007
Snorlax Afficionado


Jupiter because the 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.

rudecyrus
Nov 6, 2009

fuck you trolls

Darthemed posted:

Get Juped!

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Last time we were at the Carnival of Horrors, we got a prize from the Guess Your Weight on Mars game (albeit not a very useful one). Maybe we'll find that camera we've been looking for at a similar game?

quote:

You dash through the tin spaceship into the Guess Your Weight on Jupiter booth. The booth’s walls and roof are made of old-time computers with buttons and dials. A hairless alien with orange skin smiles at you from behind a control panel. “Welcome, Earthlings,” it says.

“Look at that awesome makeup,” Floyd says to you and Patty. “Or do you think it’s a mask?”

“I-I don’t know,” you stutter. Here at the Carnival of Horrors, it could easily be a real alien.

You peer around Patty toward the entrance to the booth. At least none of the carnival people are following you.

The alien recites what sounds like a memorized speech. “Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It has many moons.”

The computer screens lining the walls flash pictures of the planet Jupiter.

“Jupiter is much, much larger than the planet Earth,” the alien continues. “That means there is more than twice as much gravity.”

quote:

You remember a booth like this the last time you were trapped at the carnival. But then you had to guess your weight on Mars.

Things are always changing at the Carnival of Horrors.

“Who will go first?” the alien asks.

“I will,” you volunteer.

“Good!” The alien smiles, showing sharp purple teeth sprouting from bright-green gums.

“That doesn’t look like a mask to me,” Patty whispers.

“Walk through to the weighing room.” The alien points one of its seven orange fingers toward a metal door between the blinking computers. You notice heavy locks on it.

All of a sudden, you’re not so eager to go.

“Hey,” you pipe up. “That wouldn’t be some kind of spaceship to Jupiter, would it?” You know how crazy this carnival can be.

The alien makes a sound that might be a laugh. “Oh, no. It’s not a spaceship at all.”

For all you know, the alien is lying through its purple teeth – but whatever is in that room can’t be any worse than the mob that’s looking for you on the midway.

Taking a deep breath, you walk through the door.

quote:

“Wow!” you exclaim, stepping into the weighing room. It’s huge! Much bigger than the booth looked from outside.

The vast room is dark, except for the glowing silver disk set into the floor. You cross the enormous space and step on it.

A faint mist rises all around you. A computer-like voice says, “Measured. Guess your weight.”

Okay. Find out what you weigh, down to the half-ounce. Now, multiply that by 2.19. This is Figure A. Next, measure your height – in centimeters – and divide that by 3.6. This is Figure B. Multiply Figure B by Figure A. Carry the six... add it to – wait, no – divide by two... then multiply it by the number of jumping jacks you can do in ten minutes...

Hey! This is supposed to be a fun book!

What’s with the math lesson?

There is a less technical method you can use:

Guess.

If you guess that you weigh about two and one-half times more on Jupiter than on Earth, turn to PAGE 58.

If you guess that you weigh about two and one-half times less, turn to PAGE 43.


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.

Jadecore
Mar 10, 2018

They say money can't buy happiness, but it sure does help.
I actually remember a sequence about these sorts of scales from the first couple chapters of High Wizardry by Diane Duane. Now that's some nostalgia.

And it also helps me remember how differing gravity works! We weigh more.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
The Young Wizards books are really good. I bought all the e-books back when the author was having her big 'help me pay rent' sale.

That's kind of beside the point, which is that we'd weigh more

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

I have no idea how gravity works and thus we weigh less

rudecyrus
Nov 6, 2009

fuck you trolls

chitoryu12 posted:

I have no idea how gravity works and thus we weigh less

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
I loved those Diane Duane books, sad to hear that she's been having rough times.

Anyway, I weigh more on Jupiter, despite my mass remaining the same, ain't physics a hoot

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
This was a while ago and she earned enough to get out of the mess basically overnight, so there's that. :unsmith:

...unless something else has happened, which I sincerely hope isn't the case.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

We be much heavier. Now comes whether or not the right answer will get us killed.

Omnicrom
Aug 3, 2007
Snorlax Afficionado


Gravity is a cruel mistress, so We weigh more

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Yeah, this isn't exactly a difficult puzzle. I'd be surprised if anyone in this book's target audience didn't understand that more gravity makes things heavier.

quote:

“Close enough, Earthling,” says a computer voice.

You step off the silver disk. “You – you mean I win?” you sputter.

“Yes,” the voice answers grumpily. “Now go.”

You laugh. If a computer could make faces, this one would definitely be scowling, you think.

You leave the weighing room, feeling relieved. Patty and Floyd rush over to you.

“How did it go?” Patty asks.

“I won,” you tell them. “Now let’s get out of here.”

You peek between the fins of the fake rocket ship.

More good news! The crowd is gone!

“We lost them!” Patty exclaims.

The three of you set off down the midway.

Hmmm, you think, I’ve won all the games I’ve played so far. How many more do I have to win to get us out of here?

If you've won enough games to challenge Big Al, turn to PAGE 137.

If not, keep playing by turning to PAGE 53.


Unfortunately, while we've technically won more than three games already, we only have one win under our belt in this particular timeline. Besides, we're still missing that camera, so we wouldn't be able to challenge Big Al even if we had enough wins.

quote:

“We won some games,” you remind Patty and Floyd, “but we haven’t escaped yet.“ And time is running out, you add silently.

You notice a large flashing sign up ahead. It looks like a giant letter “Q.”

“Let’s try that one,” you suggest.

The three of you wander closer. This game is called Q Quest. You watch a man in a Civil War uniform play the game.

The player peers at a board. On it, different symbols form the letter “Q.” A woman sits beside the board, blindfolded by a hood.

“Pick a number between six and sixteen,” the woman instructs the soldier.

“Got it,” the soldier declares.

“Now, count that many spaces along the Q. Start at the tail and go clockwise. Then count back again counterclockwise, but keep going around the Q, not back down the tail. If I guess the symbol you land on, I win.”

You watch the soldier count fourteen symbols, then count back.



quote:

“I will now point to the symbol you landed on,” the blindfolded woman declares. She removes her hood.

You gasp. She has three eyes.

She reaches out her long, thin hand and taps a symbol:



“How did you know?” the Civil War soldier demands.

“I know all,” the woman answers. “Including the fact that you lose!”

Before the soldier can reply – he explodes!

The smoke clears. The soldier has vanished.

And the woman is now staring straight at you.

With all three eyes.

“Would you like to play the game?” she asks. “Do you feel lucky?”

You glance at Patty and Floyd. They both shrug.

Time is running out. Decide!

If you want to play Q Quest, turn to PAGE 23.

If you decide to forget the games and head for the rides, turn to PAGE 122.


In case it isn't obvious, Q Quest is rigged to hell and back. As long as the number you pick is greater than the number of symbols in the tail, you'll always land on the same symbol. But since refusing to play just boots us over to the start of the ride path...

quote:

“I am feeling lucky,” you reply. After all, you’ve come through the last few games pretty well. And if the soldier just lost, maybe the odds are in your favor.

The three-eyed woman can’t win every game, can she?

The woman presses a button, and a new Q appears. She pulls on her hood.

Pick a number between eight and fourteen. Then, starting at the smiley face, count up the tail and clockwise along the Q. Then count backwards (counterclockwise) around the circle, the way the soldier did. Right before he blew up.



quote:

The three-eyed woman removes her blindfold. You hold your breath. Will she guess the symbol you landed on?

Her finger reaches out and touches...



That’s where you landed!

Oh, no! Are you going to explode like the soldier?

You squinch up your eyes and clench your fists, waiting for the big bang. But nothing happens. Except that suddenly, you feel lighter. And a little chilly. “Guess they missed,” you mutter.

Patty opens her eyes – and screams!

“What?” Floyd peaks between his fingers. And faints!

“What’s wrong?” you demand. You glance down at yourself.

Your arms and legs – they’re just bones! Your hands rush to your face. Bony fingertips click against your skull.

You’re a skeleton!

Now you understand. The symbols determine your fate. The soldier landed on a bomb, and he blew up.

“No fair!” you cry. This wasn’t a game of skill, it was a game of skull – and crossbones!

Don’t feel too bad. At least you’ll be a big hit on Halloween!

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.
Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.
:siren:Skeletonized after losing a rigged carnival game.: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:

  • Turn left at the first junction.
  • Leave the castle and head back down to the rides.
  • Don't play the racing game.
  • Try to stop the boat.
  • Dash behind the game booths.
  • Cut through The Sand Trap.
  • Fail to guess our weight on Jupiter.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

We’re going to Jupiter

Chronische
Aug 7, 2012

Can this be counted as a win? Becoming a skeleton is rad as hell.

Omnicrom
Aug 3, 2007
Snorlax Afficionado


Cut through the sand trap

Maugrim
Feb 16, 2011

I eat your face
Jupiter is made of gas so we'd be lighter

LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
Everyone knows that Jupiter is big. And because it's big, that means if we were on Jupiter, we'd be smaller. Smaller things weigh less.

I dare you to find fault in my logic!

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Sand trap it is.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



LuffyVeggies posted:

Everyone knows that Jupiter is big. And because it's big, that means if we were on Jupiter, we'd be smaller. Smaller things weigh less.

I dare you to find fault in my logic!

Welp, can't argue with that!

quote:

“Incorrect, wrong, error, mistake, blunder, flawed answer, miscalculation!” the tinny computer voice squawks.

“Okay, okay,” you mumble.

“So that you will always remember the effect of gravity, Earthling, we will show you the difference,” the voice announces.

WHOOSH! Thick mist spurts out of the floor. You glance down. The shining disk you stand on isn’t silver anymore. It glows a gross yellowish-brown – like the pictures of Jupiter you’ve seen. Suddenly, it feels as if someone is sitting on your shoulders.

Actually, it feels as if more than one person is sitting on you.

More like two people. Giants, you figure. And one is holding a baby.

quote:

“Hunhh!” you grunt. The breath whooshes out of you as you crumple to the ground. The circle under you glows brighter. The mist grows thicker.

You feel as if a steamroller is slowly chugging over you. Your bones creak. There’s no way you can push yourself up – your arms and legs weigh too much to move.

The disk beneath you begins to hum.

“This is your correct weight on Jupiter,” the voice declares.

Instead of easing up, the invisible force presses down even harder. It’s crushing you!

Quick! Close this book!

SQUASH!

Too late! You’re flat as a piece of paper. Flat as your little sister’s singing. Flatter then Aunt El’s pancakes!

In nothing flat!

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.
Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.
Skeletonized after losing a rigged carnival game.
:siren:Failed the Guess Your Weight game and got crushed flat in a field of amplified gravity.: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:

  • Turn left at the first junction.
  • Leave the castle and head back down to the rides.
  • Don't play the racing game.
  • Try to stop the boat.
  • Dash behind the game booths.
  • Cut through The Sand Trap.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Cut through the sand trap

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Sand Trap

Omnicrom
Aug 3, 2007
Snorlax Afficionado


Sand Trap

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Trap that sand.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Quick!! Behind the games!!!

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

AnAnonymousIdiot posted:

Quick!! Behind the games!!!

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Cutting through the Sand Trap is one of those decisions that ends exactly how you'd expect.

quote:

“Come on! We can lose them!” you yell. You head for The Sand Trap. Patty and Floyd follow right behind you.

The Sand Trap looks like a golf driving range. A few people in old-fashioned clothes stand along a big red line. They’re knocking golf balls toward targets sticking out of the glittering white sand.

You, Patty, and Floyd dart past them, cutting across the sandy lot.

“Hey! Don’t go in there!” one of them yells.

“You’re ruining the game!” another screams.

“It’s dangerous!” someone shouts.

You ignore them. You figure you have only two dangers to worry about right now: being caught by the mob chasing you, or getting conked on the head by a golf ball!

Cutting across the lot isn’t as easy as you thought it would be. Running through sand is tough. And the farther out you go, the more sand you find yourself scuffing through. You sink deeper and deeper.

The sand is up to your knees.

In fact, it’s past your knees!

quote:

“We’re sinking!” you cry.

“No kidding!” Patty snaps. “Now what do we do?”

You can’t go any farther. The sand is up to your waist.

“This makes no sense,” Floyd exclaims. “Quicksand is wet. This stuff is dry.”

“Nothing makes sense at this crazy carnival!” you wail.

The Sand Trap is living up to its name. You are definitely trapped in the sand!

If only you had noticed the sinking golf balls! You might have made a different choice...

Listen, you’re such a nice kid, you’re going to get a second chance. But you have to keep it quiet. And this time – pay attention!

This boots us right back to the choice we just made, without even giving us a bad ending for our troubles. What a rip-off!

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.
Skeletonized after losing a rigged carnival game.
Failed the Guess Your Weight game and got crushed flat in a field of amplified gravity.

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 play the racing game.
  • Try to stop the boat.
  • Dash behind the game booths.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Hold that boat!!!

Also what cowards, these writers are!

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

We’re not going to race that race. Who do you think we are? We don’t have a name like Speed Racer that would fit someone who races.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Stop
the
boat.

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

AweStriker posted:

We’re not going to race that race. Who do you think we are? We don’t have a name like Speed Racer that would fit someone who races.

Racing the race would put us in the domain of the racers, which we aren't, so we mustn't race the race.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Tied, next vote for stopping the log boat or not playing the racing game takes it!

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Log boat

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Stopping the car worked on the Roller Ghoster in another timeline, so let's try it out here!

quote:

Your log rushes along a concrete channel. The sides veer in to funnel you toward the buzz saw. And they’re already higher than your head. You can’t just jump off!

You have an idea! You reach under the seat and yank out a big orange life preserver. Leaning forward, you stuff it down the side of the boat, between the log and the concrete wall.

It works! The tight fit makes the boat jam in place. It comes to a screeching stop.

You don’t waste time. You and your friends unsnap yourselves and scramble over the top of the concrete wall.

You just make it ashore as the next log in line slams into your old boat. It hurtles forward. The buzz saw slices the log neatly in two. You gasp as the bright orange life preserver gets caught on the blade, swinging round and round.

“It really was a life preserver,” you tell Patty with a grin.

“Right,” she replies. Then she glances around. “You know, we’re back behind the scenes here, where most people can’t go. Let’s search the place and see what we can find!”

quote:

It’s dark and shadowy inside the sawmill. “Ow!” you mutter after you bang your shins on a large piece of metal.

The sawmill seems to be a junk warehouse for the Carnival of Horrors.

“Hey!” Patty’s excited voice echoes across the room.

You trip and stumble over to where she’s standing.

“I found the door,” she reports.

Groping in the dark, you feel the doorknob.

“There’s some kind of sign attached to the door,” Patty explains. “You can feel it.”

Floyd trips his way to you. “Too bad we can’t read it.”

“Wait!” Patty cries, digging into her pocket. “I have one of those key chains with a built-in flashlight. I hope the battery isn’t dead.” She pulls out her key chain and gives the tiny flashlight a pinch. A dim beam of light shoots out.

The sign on the door reads WAY OUT.

“All right!” you cheer. “We’re history!”

quote:

The little flashlight flickers out. You grope around and grab the knob on the door that’s marked WAY OUT. “We haven’t had much luck on the rides,” you declare. “I’ll give this a try.”

You twist the knob and heave the door open.

Uh-oh. It’s just as dark on the other side. And Patty’s flashlight is all used up!

You take a tiny step forward. A strange force whirls you right through the doorway!

You shiver in the freezing cold surrounding you. You’re floating in darkness, surrounded by diamond-bright pinpoints of light that look like stars.

In fact – they are stars!

And isn’t that a meteor whizzing by? And off in the distance – gulp – Earth!

The door was a way out of the Carnival of Horrors, all right. Way, way out – to the ends of the solar system. And way out of this adventure!

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.
Fell back into the squid wrestling arena and got dragged underwater by a giant squid.
Skeletonized after losing a rigged carnival game.
Failed the Guess Your Weight game and got crushed flat in a field of amplified gravity.
:siren:Went through a magic door that warped us to the edge of the solar system.: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:

  • Turn left at the first junction.
  • Leave the castle and head back down to the rides.
  • Don't play the racing game.
  • Dash behind the game booths.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Leaving the castle seems like an easy trim-out, so let's bounce out of it.

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Turn Left.

LuffyVeggies
Mar 11, 2016
I think it's time that we don't play the racing game.

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

LuffyVeggies posted:

I think it's time that we don't play the racing game.

and if we can't do this well, um, :goleft:

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Not quite sure about that last vote, but I think it's a vote for not playing the racing game!

quote:

No way is Patty bossing you into that killer game. “Forget it,” you tell her. “We need a game we can win! Come on.”

Patty and Floyd follow you down the midway. You spot a booth decorated with blinking dollar signs. A big computer screen flashes different sayings:

YOU BET YOUR LIFE!

NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED!

DOUBLE YOUR MONEY, DOUBLE YOUR FUN!

The little man running the game wears a derby hat and a vest with big gold moneybags on it. He hops around, waving dollar bills.

“I’m Big Buck, test your luck!” he cries.

“How do you play this game?” you ask.

“Easy,” the man tells you. “All you have to do is answer that question.” He jerks his thumb at the computer screen. It now reads:

ARE 1997 DOLLAR BILLS WORTH MORE THAN 1902 DOLLAR BILLS?

“Huh?” you say. “A dollar is a dollar!”

Floyd digs his elbow into your side.

“Play the game,” he murmurs. “You can beat this guy.”

quote:

You gaze up at your cousin. “How do you know we can win?” you demand.

“I collect coins,” Floyd explains. He bobs up and down with excitement. “Money from 1902 is worth a lot more than modern money.”

You watch Big Buck stacking up two big bundles of money. “I don’t know,” you murmur. “He looks really confident to me.” You wonder if there is some kind of trick to the question.

“Trust me!” Floyd sounds totally sure. “I have all these books about money at home. Old paper money is very rare. And anything rare is more valuable. Go on, bet him! Tell him that 1902 dollar bills are worth much more. You’ll win.”

Your cousin’s advice sounds good.

But is he right? Will you win your next game?

If you think Floyd is right, turn to PAGE 56.

If you think Floyd is wrong, turn to PAGE 13.


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.
Skeletonized after losing a rigged carnival game.
Failed the Guess Your Weight game and got crushed flat in a field of amplified gravity.
Went through a magic door that warped us to the edge of the solar system.

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.

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Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Floyd, you dumbass, graduate elementary school before you start betting our lives on math questions.
1997 > 1902, turn to lucky 13.

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