Something Excellent

It is three days into THANKSGIVING BREAK, and a young man sits at his computer. His plans to play a RECENTLY RELEASED VIDEO GAME have been momentarily halted on account of an ALL-TOO-COMMON MEMORY LAPSE.

Whats up?

yes!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!

> Enter name.
> Fetch discs posthaste.

lollllll i love dinnerBlaster. it's such a funny name. stupid, too. which is why it is perfect.

> Examine room.
> Retrieve arms from fruits bowl.
> Look out window.

> Screw it. Play THAT stupid game.

> Raid Fridge.
> Resist distractions and head to your room.

Feengoid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:38 am > Enter name.

Your name is NICK POWELL, thank you very much, and you are 14 years of age as of last week.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:44 am > Look out window.

It's a brisk autumn day. The remaining leaves cling on for dear life, begging not to join their fallen comrades. The wind whisks them away all the same. Kids across America are home from school, making what they can of this week off. If it wasn't for the Steely Dan album echoing from your father's study, you're sure this afternoon would be scored by the dulcet tones of Vince Guaraldi and his trio.

Commander Cello wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:51 am > Screw it. Play THAT stupid game.

Nuh-uh. You've only got so long before dinner, and then you're probably going to get whisked into the living room to watch another CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE with your dad. Also, you suck at half-life. You suck even more than BL, which is impressive, because he is truly terrible.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:44 am > Retrieve arms from fruits bowl.

You root around in the fruits bowl for a minute, and turn up NO ARMS. But you do find a marble! You POCKET it for later. By which you mean you PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:44 am > Examine room.

This is a room you like to call your KITCHEN. You call it that because it is a kitchen. Aside from cooking and dining, this is also the hub of ALL YOUR ONLINE INTERACTIONS. On account of the computer, you see, which is in here because your dad won't let you get a computer in your room. The old man is so stuck in his ways... doesn't he see the web is the future?

> Leave kitchen already.
> Swallow marble.
> Explore fridge.

averageJokester wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:07 am > Raid Fridge.

You have to save your appetite for dinner!

Feengoid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:38 am > Fetch discs posthaste.

You exit into the living room and are immediately assaulted by the smell of TOBACCO AND VARNISH. The fireplace provides some much-needed warmth.

The muffled sounds of Steely Dan emanate even louder from your father's study. He must be hard at work.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:00 pm > Swallow marble.

That was only funny the first three times you did it.

Meatman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:32 pm

That was only funny the first three times you did it.

lol.

> Resist temptation to watch T.V.
> Retrieve Crockett cap.
> Admire big catch.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:29 pm > Admire big catch.

Good old BILLY BASS. Whenever you would get grounded as a tot, you would clamber up on top of the mantle and make him sing the same damn song on a loop until you either got ungrounded or in even more trouble.

...You're pretty sure your dad took out the batteries, because now it just warbles in an unsettling low tone.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:29 pm > Resist temptation to watch T.V.

You do so. Easily. You spent the entire morning watching cartoons and frankly if you hear one more obnoxious sound effect you are going to ralph.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:29 pm > Retrieve Crockett cap.

You equip the CROCKETT CAP to your head. It's as snug a fit as ever! You feel ready to TAKE ON THE FRONTIER. Or at least TAKE ON THE FRONT GARDEN.

> Look for trinkets under tv cabinet.
> Go upstairs.

Feengoid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:45 pm > Look for trinkets under tv cabinet.

No trinkets to be found here! You do find a WARM BLANKET and your PUFFER JACKET, though. Good to keep in mind for later.

Feengoid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:45 pm > Go upstairs.

Pay Clint no mind. You can't let him get a rise out of you. Not again.



At last, room sweet room! It may be a mess, but it's YOUR mess, dammit! This is the one place in the house where you can find solace from your father's COWBOYS. You've got all sorts of stuff up from various stages of your life.

...what were you here for, again?

uggmm... er... i forgot...

>Check out game sphere.
>Examine CD collection.
>Examine drawings.

This rules so far.

> Catalogue closet.

for your game disc, you silly goose!

man, i can’t wait to read more of this.

> Nick: Play with maze ball.
> Nick: Scour disc rack for the game.
> Nick: Behold posters of kino.

you can only receive so many suggestions telling nick to fetch his discs, so i will just be silly with it instead.

> Nick: Ingest contents of lava lamp.
> Nick: Inspect calendar.
> Nick: Leaf through books.
> Nick: Go to bed.

Feengoid wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:09 am >Check out game sphere.

The PERPLEXUS - puzzle of puzzles. Many a day in your youth have been spent fiddling with the intricacies of its maze-like form.

nerdenocity wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:28 pm > Nick: Play with maze ball.

...You would, but you, uh, lost the ball.

Somehow.

nerdenocity wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:28 pm > Nick: Behold posters of kino.

You never even watched star wars, man. This was your dad's old poster, and you just thought it looked super cool.

Ernest Scared Stupid, on the other hand, is a CERTIFIED CLASSIC.

Etch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:03 pm > Catalogue closet.

No monsters here!

nerdenocity wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:28 pm > Nick: Scour disc rack for the game.

IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE I MUST SAY/WHEN I FOUND OUT YESTERDAY

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

Most would hesitate to praise you for your taste in media. As is apparent from the rest of your room, you kind of just take what you can find and usually end up liking it. No game here though, at least not the one you're looking for.

...Did you know that the California Raisins are real? Those raisins really recorded that album. Few know this.

Feengoid wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:09 am >Examine drawings.

You like to pick up a pencil crayon and draw from time to time. Pictured here is the GRUESOME BEHOLDER, the terrifying villain of your roleplaying game. You don't think this drawing is very good, but your dad encourages the activity regardless.

Oh, hey, is that the game?

> Grab game!
> Place marble inside the Perplexus.
> Look under bed, just in case.
> Examine solar system.
> Wear blanket like a robe.

averageJokester wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 5:54 am > Grab game!

feeling you've had about enough dilly-dallying, you grab the game from your desk.

averageJokester wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 5:54 am > Examine solar system.

You've had somewhat of an obsession with the stars since you were just a little tyke. Oftentimes you'll find yourself looking up at the sky, wondering if anything might some day come down to visit you. You think you would do a pretty good job of raising a little E.T.

Deacon Blues wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:12 pm > Nick: Ingest contents of lava lamp.

You have to save your appetite for SUPPER!



A knock at the door startles you out of your hunger-induced stupor.



It's your father. Come take out the kitchen trash, he tells you, it's getting full.



You oblige. You are now back out in the LIVING ROOM. Your father has returned to his study.

> Be the adventurer. Brave the outdoors. (And take out the trash.)

> Locate trash.
> Examine turkey (?) on the stairwell.
> Wear jacket before going out.