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'Follow me,' Kim Lee says. 'We will find the U-TY. But remember, if we say the wrong thing, they will store us forever, like eggs in a carton.'

Your new friend leads you through a series of long, twisting corridors. Sometimes you pass through walls that dissolve at her touch and then form again behind you. Suddenly, the U-TY masters are before you - three spheres no larger than basketballs! They hover in the air, glowing like pink and violet clouds above the setting sun.

What will they do? What will they ask? At first, nothing happens. You want to speak, but you dare not. Are you being hypnotized by the glowing pulsing lights? For a moment you wonder whether you are still alive, or whether you have entered an after-life of another universe...



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The voices, rich as a chord played on an organ, sound in your brain.

WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU. WE CAN PREDICT EVERYTHING YOU WILL EVER DO, EVER SAY, FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

On hearing these words you are filled with anger and fear. You try to think of something that would truly surprise them.

If you cry, 'PUT ME BACK ON EARTH!' turn to page 75.
If you throw back your head and laugh, turn to page 76.
If you say two lines from a nursery rhyme, thinking that they could never predict what you would say that, turn to page 79.

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As your laughter echoes through the chamber, the U-TY seem to expand and vibrate. A chorus of voices fills the room.

WE, THE U-TY, WHO ARE ALL-POWERFUL AND ALL-KNOWING, HAVE ORBITED YOUR EARTH LIKE A SILENT EYE. WE HAVE SEEN ALL, AND KNOW ALL. ONE THING ONLY WE DO NOT KNOW. WHAT MAKES EARTH PEOPLE LAUGH?

Hearing this, you cannot help but laugh again. A moment ago you were frightened by the awesome presence of the U-TY. Yet now these all-powerful creatures are begging you for the answer to a simple question.

Kim Lee steps forward. 'Now, I remember the saying of the Chinese philosopher, Sung Chi - "If we could not laugh, we could not bear to cry; if we could not cry, we could not bear to live."'

'Do you hear the truth, U-TY?' you say loudly, and you repeat Kim Lee's words.

Nothing happens. All is silent. You start to speak again, but Kim Lee touches your arm. 'Wait,' she whispers.

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THE U-TY NEED NOT LAUGH.
THE U-TY NEED NOT CRY.

'Then you are not alive!' you shout the words without thinking.

'NOT ALIVE!' Kim Lee adds her voice to yours.

The U-TY quiver like huge, phosphorescent jellyfish, and their glowing lights brighten, then fade. The rounded walls begin to glow more and more brightly while the air is filled with music of wild winds blowing through organ pipes - rising and falling - then fading as the lights of the U-TY flicker out.

Kim Lee and you look at each other in the dim light. 'With all their vast knowledge, they were only dead souls,' says Kim Lee. 'When they realized that they were not really living, they lost their energy. Since that was all they were made of, they ceased to exist!'

'What will happen to us now?' you ask.

'We must learn to control this UFO. I know how to operate the invisibility screens. Shall I make the ships visible to Earth? That may be our only hope of being rescued.'

If you say yes, turn to page 80.
If you say no, turn to page 83.

Character Sheet posted:

Kills: 3 levitating luminous orb-being-things

anakha posted:

at aliens getting killed via existentialism.

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'No, it's too risky. We'd better stay invisible, at least until we can learn how to fly this ship,' you say.

'Yes,' Kim Lee replies. 'I understand the main controls, but I'm not sure I can safely steer our course.'

The two of you study the dozens of strange instruments. 'This ship is automated,' Kim Lee explains. 'You need only feed the computer a general idea of what you want. For instance, the panel is gravity sensitive. It will cause us to approach the nearest object that has a strong gravitational pull.'

'That would be Earth. That's the way we can land!' For the first time you have some hope of returning home safely.

Kim Lee moves her hand along the oblong panel of floating light. A moment later you feel the ship slowly accelerating, and you hear the hum of unseen power. The UFO is descending. The acceleration increases. Your body is pressed against the wall. The force increases still more. It's more than you can bear. You're losing consciousness!

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Slowly, you awaken. The terrible pressure of the acceleration is gone. The chamber is brightly lit. The air smells fresh and sweet, like a newly mown meadow in spring. Real sunlight and cool air stream through an opening at the end of the chamber. Kim Lee is already standing there, looking out. She turns and beckons. You spring to your feet, and stumble from the force of gravity.

From the opening, you look down at a cornfield about thirty feet beneath you. This incredible machine from a distant planet has obeyed your command. It has taken you through a hundred thousand miles of space. Now it hovers silently only thirty feet in the air. Its great computers seem to know everything - except that, maybe, thirty feet is too far for you to jump.

'Look!' Kim Lee is pointing to the far edge of the field. You had already noticed a herd of cows grazing in the adjoining pasture, but now a man and a boy are running toward you. They stop about fifty feet away, afraid to come closer. Then a small pickup truck lurches over the rise. A man and a woman get out and stare at the sight before them.

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'What should we do now?' asks Kim Lee.

But you are lost in thought. You're only dimly aware of her question, and of the men, women, and children, and barking dogs now assembling at the edge of the field. You barely hear the police siren in the distance.

You are thinking how strange it is that the all-powerful U-TY masters have evaporated like a mist in the morning sun. And that, when a ship from outer space finally lands, you are on it.

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For the next hour, you and Kim Lee sit at the doorway of your spacecraft, looking out over the field, watching the crowds gathering, the police roping off a football-field-sized area around you, a police helicopter landing, then army helicopters, TV crews and trucks, fire engines, then army trucks. Finally, even a tank!

'Are they going to shoot at us?' asks Kim Lee.

'They are afraid of aliens,' you answer, 'but I don't think they'll shoot us. I hope they'll bring a ladder and let us down. Everyone will watch it on TV. Scientists will question us and study this ship so that Earth people can build one like it.'

Kim Lee listens intently as you talk. Then she says, 'I'm eager to see Earth again and see my country, but I'll miss this ship, because for 475 years its been my home!'

'Will you miss the U-TY masters?' you ask.

Kim Lee shakes her head. 'The U-TY had no more intelligence - no more soul - than slimy, gray snails.'

'But they built this miraculous spaceship,' you say.

'It is miraculous,' she replies, 'like a beautiful sea shell left by a slimy, gray snail.'

The End.

Tally Sheet posted:

Endings
Amnesia...but at least we got the Title Drop?
Let's run this poo poo into the ground!

The_White_Crane posted:

Let's mix it up and go on a space adventure: Agree to help the U-TY.

Also, an odd place to ask this but I don't have PMs: the old Falcon LP lost all its images to the Great Fire of Waffleimages. I did consider trying to repair it so it could go up on the archive, but I don't have my scans of the books any more, and they seem to have vanished from the 'net. I don't suppose you still have them, Ratatozsk?
It seems a shame for that one to be forgotten. "Had we hosted the images somewhere else instead, we might have encountered something like this..."

Dong Quixote posted:

So this must be the best ending right? Kill the alien scum and capture their ship to advance humanity?

Ratatozsk posted:

I do have the books, PM me or email me at username at gmail and I can get them to you. Unfortunately, I don't have the other images from the LP saved anywhere, which may limit how well it translates to the archive. There were many different headshots used (granted, most were just Falcon in different stupid hats), but I'd like to think there is some humor in seeing CAIN or Eddie with a photoshopped beard/mustache appearing when Falcon encounters the Skynet dystopia reality.

The_White_Crane posted:

Sent you an email from my username at hotmail.com.

Thanks very much! Don't know how long it'll take me to reassemble it all, but I'm going through a verrry slow period at work lately. I re-read the entire Way of the Tiger LP.
Did you know they recently re-issued the books, and wrote an official book 7, Redeemer?

Ratatozsk posted:

Anyone remember if Waffleimages allowed you to edit images in the process of uploading them?

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'I will help you find the way to Ultima,' you say.

YOU WANT TO HELP US. THAT IS GOOD. NOW YOU WILL GO TO THE CHAMBER OF EARTH PEOPLE.

You are pulled - as if by an invisibile magnet - through a long curving passageway that leads to an enormous room. At least a dozen people are there - seated in sleek chairs or on floor cushions. You see a sailor, a woman wearing a gown with stripes of different colors, a man dressed as a samurai warrior, and a beautiful olive-skinned woman whose dark hair flows over her shoulders and reaches her waist.

The samurai warrior walks over to you and bows. 'Welcome to the Chamber of Earth People. Like you, we are all captives of the U-TY masters.'

'How long have you been here?'

'Six hundred years - since the time of Yoshimitsu, Shogun of Japan. In that time I've learned a great deal about the universe and about Earth - including your language.'

'You don't grow old here?'

'No. The U-TY masters have kept us at the age we were when we were captured.'

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You look around. Some of the people are reading; others are watchign a video machine. A girl about your age is playing the flute. It sounds beautiful, and you wonder if she has been practicing for hundreds of years.

Next you notice an old man with long white hair and twinkling blue eyes. His face has a serene expression, and you imagine that he must be very wise.

A girl with long black hair, and a blond boy sit in another corner. Their legs are crossed and their...



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...arms are folded in front of them. They both seem to be in trances, but as you look at them, the girl smiles, as if she had been expecting you. 'I'm Kim Lee,' she says.

If you talk to the wise-looking old man, turn to page 37.
If you talk to Kim Lee, turn to page 117.

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'Pardon me, sir,' you say to the old man. 'Can you tell me about the U-TY masters - who they are, and what they will do with us?'

For a moment, the old man seems lost in thought. Then, looking you in the eye, he lays a wrinkled hand on your shoulder. 'You came to the right person. My name is Angus. I was the first human captured by the U-TY - aliens advanced so far beyond Earth people that they were made of energy instead of matter. That was almost 1200 years ago - the same year the Vikings invaded Scotland. I can tell you what you want to know. But knowledge does not always bring happiness. I think you should wait before asking me. We have lots of time.'

If you decide to wait, turn to page 61.
If you ask the old man to tell you everything now, turn to page 64.

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'You're right. We do have lots of time. I will wait.' You turn to look at the others in the room, and your eyes meet those of a boy about your age. He motions you over.

'See that wall,' he says. 'I have heard that there is a way to open it and that behind it lies the Chamber of the Argoni - captives from a planet of the star Denebola. If we could learn how to get to the Argoni, maybe they could help us escape!'

You tap against the wall. Nothing happens. You kick it as hard as you can. Suddenly it dissolves before you eyes. A long, curving passageway lies before you. The boy starts through it.

You follow cautiously. Looking back you see that the wall has formed again behind you. You continue on through the passageway. The light grows brighter. Now you can see clearly. The room is crowded with huge, hairy creatures that look like great purple-headed spiders.

'Help!' The boy screams and turns toward you. In a flash one of the monsters springs forward. To your horror, it swallows the boy in one gulp! You scream and turn to run, but you are its next victim.

The End.

Tally Sheet posted:

Endings
Amnesia...but at least we got the Title Drop?
Let's run this poo poo into the ground!
A many-eyed, many legged spidery purple people eater