ParaSnared (Worm/Homestuck Semi-Quest)

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[X] Replace the BURNT OUT LIGHTS to earn brownie points with FATHER.

This is definitely a GOOD IDEA, but it would take some doing. You'd need to get a LIGHT BULB, as well as a more stable means of elevation than PLANTING POTS.

[X]==> Make sure your dad is actually gone before leaving.

You cautiously peek outside, keeping an ear out. You are just barely able to catch the BACK DOOR close. It looks like your FATHER has given up on finding you outside.

[X] Hook a branch and swing around a bit just because you can now.

It's worth getting a bit of practice in! The BACKYARD has a TREE that is much more sturdy than the small one in your FRONT YARD.

The first swing misses the BRANCH, but the second one successfully wraps around it, the CLAW at the end managing to catch the rope. You ive it a tug to confirm it's stability, then climb up the tree.

Phew! That was a nice workout.

While you're up here, you take a look at your GRAPPLING HOOK. Your parents got this for you when you were rather young, so its end has a set of 3 BLUNTED CLAWS, rather than a 4-PRONG HOOK. They were worried you might POKE YOUR EYES OUT if you had one with hooks.

Still, you kinda like this design for it. True, it may be inferior as a GRAPPLING HOOK, but if you need it to be a WEAPON, it'll be a lot more straightforward to use.

...That doesn't mean you don't want a 4-PRONG HOOK, though.

[X] Check mailbox

Well, enough youthful frolicking. You should probably check the mail. Who knows, there might be a chance your father left the BETA in there. You carefully climb down the TREE, and take the SIDE GATE out to the FRONT YARD, and check the mailbox.

As you thought, the mailbox is empty. Your father has beaten you to the metaphorical punch.

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The streets are devoid of life. Sounds of honking, rain, and a distant cape battle flow through the neighborhood, mixing into a listless drone. A familiar scent brushes against you, the smokey scent that dour fates use to keep themselves entertained while waiting to make themselves apparent.

It is your fourteenth birthday and as with all thirteen preceding it, something feels missing from your life. The game fate has stolen away from you is perhaps only its latest gambit, and as fate is wont to do, it has decided that today, a day that should be spent in mirth, every occasion of joy will be overcast by sorrow. For that is the game that fate plays upon you. You seem almost doomed to lose all that is dear to you, leaving only tainted memories behind. It is a game with only a loser – you.

You know that it's going to be a long, long day.


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[X] [Taylor] Curse your inevitable DOOM.

As you are bemoaning your bad luck, a car drives by, splashing you with RAINWATER.

Worst. Luck. Ever. At least the FROSTING washed off, but… ugh.

[X] [Taylor] Consider finding a DOCTOR.

You have to wonder if there's some sort of DOCTOR who could help you with this issue. Probably not, but it couldn't hurt, right?

[X] Prepare to face Paternal Figure in pursuit of assorted birthday gifts.

Well, you know that you'll have to face your FATHER sometime soon. Stacking your SYLLADEX would probably be a good idea. At the very least you could have something that isn't the ALEXANDRIA ACTION FIGURE at the top. That's definitely something to consider, at the very least.

[X] Look through front windows to check for Paternal Figures and games

And RECON is also important! You check through the windows and look for your FATHER. Sure enough, you're able to spot movement in the KITCHEN. Looks like he's given up on finding you. You've won this altercation with him, at least.

He doesn't notice you, thankfully. You decide to keep it that way and sneak back to the BACKYARD.

[X] ==> STACK SOIL BAGS FOR FUTURE ELEVATION

You'll need a STABLE form of elevation to change the light bulb. Stacking SOIL BAGS is not stable. Besides, you don't have nearly enough to get the height you need. Better to get a STEPLADDER from the GARAGE or something.

[x] ==> CONTEMPLATE WHERE TO FIND A LIGHT BULB

Well, that would most likely be in the BASEMENT somewhere. You didn't get a good chance to thoroughly search it earlier, but there should be some other stuff in there as well.

[X] ==> SINCE YOU'RE KINDA STUMPED RIGHT NOW, CHECK THE OTHER TWO GIFTS IN THE LIVING ROOM! ARE THEY OKAY FOR YOU TO OPEN?

Since you'd be headed in that direction anyway, you decide to stop by the LIVING ROOM. Now that you aren't trying so hard to get your GRAPPLING HOOK back, you're able to appreciate more of what's here, like your FLUTE CASE in the corner, the TIGER PAINTING hanging right outside the door to your MOM'S STUDY, the TV on the far wall, and above it on the shelf, the SACRED URN containing your MOTHER'S ASHES.

You pull your eyes away from those, though. You have some presents to open! Thankfully both of them are simply WRAPPED UP, so you don't have to deal with any PESKY TAPE.

First, TC's gift. You tear off the WRAPPING and open the box.

It's a GIANT PLUSH TIGER MOTH. Decent quality, but not quite along the lines of what Parian would make. It looks more like he bought it on sale or something.

Very detailed, but a bit too cutesy for your tastes. Still, you can't really complain. It's very nice of him to think of you like this.

After setting the GIANT PLUSH TIGER MOTH on the sofa, you turn to CT's gift. It's much smaller, but it's also INCREDIBLY HEAVY for its size, whick piques your curiosity. You remove the WRAPPING with fervour.

It's… the ENTOMOLOGY ENCYCLOPEDIA V12! Wow… CT really came through for you on this one! This has to be the most comprehensive entymology book you've ever seen!

You have the perfect space for this in your bookshelf upstairs!

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