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Advance Australia Fair [Old World of Darkness]

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[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.
 
[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.
 
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[X] Try the girl on the couch. She seems to be napping, but this is important. Like it or not she's the most familiar-looking person around right now, and might be your best chance at getting some answers. Maybe she's in the same boat as you? Similar, at least?
 
[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.

While I am biased towards waking dreamers(it's funny because mages), let's talk to the tattoo man. Hopefully without being too much of an interrupt.
 
[X] Try the girl on the couch. She seems to be napping, but this is important. Like it or not she's the most familiar-looking person around right now, and might be your best chance at getting some answers. Maybe she's in the same boat as you? Similar, at least?
 
ZerbanDaGreat said:
You trip. You fall. The ground rushes up to meet you. Your brain rattles in your skull. Your bones shudder. You sprawl on the cold tiles. Bleeding. Weak. Lying sprawled on your side, a fallen ragdoll. You crane your neck, look back. Men in black suits, advancing in a loose line. Coming for you. Of course they are. Of course they wouldn't let you go. Their hands are in their pockets, in their blazers. You're going back in the box. And you're never, ever, getting out. Even now the tears don't come. You just squeeze your eyes shut and gently lower your head to the ground. Wait.

"Where the fuck'd he go?"

"I don't know, he was here just- never mind, he'll be back. We just have to keep a lookout, wait for more orders."

"Shit, we knew he was capable of Reality Deviance like this."

"We didn't have time to get specialized equipment, either! Now stow the complaints and keep looking!"
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Looks like we jumped into the SPIRIT REALM.

ZerbanDaGreat said:
There's a boy standing in front of the railing. Small, can't be more than ten or maybe twelve. A grey hoodie like yours, jeans like yours, faded and worn and washed too many times. Wearing thin. But he's wearing something underneath. Dark grey gloves with ashen-white undersides vanishing up under his sleeves, dark grey boots or socks or something in-between. Half-rigid, half-fabric. And his face is completely hidden by a gas mask. Heavy black rubber, circular filters, eyepieces that shine as if opaque. Looming from within the hood. You only know it's a boy because he speaks to you.
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Greyscale colours, check. Gas mask aesthetic, check. Brings us to what is probably an Etherite base, check. From all that, I'm guessing his paradigm is psychic powers. Also, he's a kid, early Awakenings mess you up, and psychics are known for mental instability, so he probably has some minor issues in that department.

Given that he put us to sleep earlier, he most likely has dots in Life or Mind, as Time can't do that. So he's probably reading our surface thoughts.
 
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shenron said:
That'll be confirmed if the other half of the team is a a cowboy, a man missing two limbs and a gall missing half her clothes. :V
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Can't promise you any of that but there's good money on there being enough homoeroticism to put Master Miller to shame, seeing as everyone's voting for the shirtless manly man option.

Arcus2611 said:
From all that, I'm guessing his paradigm is psychic powers.
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To be fair and more of a point of curiosity since he's clearly not Union iirc the NWO can do that too? Or that might just be, like, fanon sloshing together again. Though it makes some sense, the NWO has the whole Cold War MKULTRA mind-control weirdness and government psychic scanning and that's well after the Etherites would've left. Plus it fits their sorta weird-ass Metal Gear aesthetic
 
TenfoldShields said:
Can't promise you any of that but there's good money on there being enough homoeroticism to put Master Miller to shame, seeing as everyone's voting for the shirtless manly man option.
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Don't act like that doesn't make you happy. :V

[X] Try the girl on the couch. She seems to be napping, but this is important. Like it or not she's the most familiar-looking person around right now, and might be your best chance at getting some answers. Maybe she's in the same boat as you? Similar, at least?
 
[X] Try the girl on the couch. She seems to be napping, but this is important. Like it or not she's the most familiar-looking person around right now, and might be your best chance at getting some answers. Maybe she's in the sameboat as you? Similar, at least?
 
[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.

boy haha how about that union eh?
 
[X] Try the girl on the couch. She seems to be napping, but this is important. Like it or not she's the most familiar-looking person around right now, and might be your best chance at getting some answers. Maybe she's in the same boat as you? Similar, at least?
As a little brother by several seconds, we are contractually obligated to vote for the most annoying option.
 
[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.
 
[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.

Howdy partner
 
TenfoldShields said:
Yeah but the whole "these are not the droids you're looking for" he pulled on the probably-Black Suits and the way he just sorta compelled Meghanada to sleep both imply that something fucky's going on. Mixed in with the way that he's a. not really talking like a regular kid, b. the way he's sealed off from the whole world via some kind of envirosuit, and it seems to hint at something mental. Be it telepathy or futuresight or whatever.
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Otoh that is standart mind 3 stuff that he did there.
And Psychic powers are prett normal for some etherites/shadow ministery, and especially orphans.
He could also be using time 2 to know what we will say if he has a semi permanet future sight effect and not just mind 3, mindreading.
 
[X] Try the girl on the couch. She seems to be napping, but this is important. Like it or not she's the most familiar-looking person around right now, and might be your best chance at getting some answers. Maybe she's in the same boat as you? Similar, at least?
 
[X] Try the boy in the gas mask again. Sure he doesn't seem to want to be bothered with questions about where you are and what you're doing, but maybe at least you can find out a little more about him? He certainly cuts a strange figure.

Psychic seems like an okay sort - realized that he's not good for introduction, told us so, reassured that soon someone better equipped for infodump will come along. I like him.
I'd like more to not speak to anyone yet, but I don't see the option. Talky options: interrupting training is kind of rude, psychic has made clear that he's not up to talking and waking up people without urgency is downright sacrilegious.
So runner seems like least damaging option from set of "let's interrupt people from doing their thing even though we know we'll be told wtf is going on soon".
EDIT: Changed my mind because I realized swole guy was doing some sort of non-stop cardio. He shouldn't have breath to spare on talking. Should annoy psychic a bit more instead.

Also, how hard is it typically to screw over Technocratic Geofront infosec? Because so far it seems Ichiban is bullshit.
 
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[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.
 
[X] Try the guy working out. He's got the same tattoo as you, so that's a conversation-starter at least. Maybe he knows what's going on. And, more importantly, is wiling to tell you.
 
Not going to lie, kind of (Read: 200%) salty step out won, mainly because it felt like people were doing it deliberately for "Muh Drahmah", when it's a fucking zerban quest, we're going to get drama whatever we do.

If this kind of attitude of choosing options we know are going to bite us emotionally continues, I'm going to blow a fucking gasket. It's like the decision in Hollow Fake where people were seriously considering eating Taiga because "We must accept the fact that we are a Monster" (Which we managed to do without devolving into 100% Actual Cannibal Tamiko Kurosawa)

There's choosing emotional decisions, and then theres what it feels like we've been doing so far: The vote to deliberately hurt Lakshmis feelings (Which I am 90% certain Will, along with this, contribute to even more suffering), And then this one right here. We're going to have plenty of shit piled onto us whatever we choose, lets not add to it because we feel like it.

...Yeah, I need to go and work off the salt badly right now, see you guys later.
 
The3rdCorinthian said:
If this kind of attitude of choosing options we know are going to bite us emotionally continues, I'm going to blow a fucking gasket. .
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People can choose whatever they want dude.

I mean I voted for the option because I think it might be interesting down the track yes, but also because why wouldn't he try and see his sister if he could!
 
Sucal said:
People can choose whatever they want dude.

I mean I voted for the option because I think it might be interesting down the track yes, but also because why wouldn't he try and see his sister if he could!
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I'm not saying they can't.

Still doesn't mean I can't help but feel it was kind of dumb.

As I said, I'm very salty over this, so I am liable to say things that may not actually apply to the people who voted. I apologise if I offended anyone.
 
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