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Phantom Thief Quest [Dropped]

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[X] SCREAM INCOHERENTLY



fuck it lets get on this train for now.

with three votes now we will soon grow to become the only true option.
 
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I will lend my voice to your cause, good sirs. It may be incoherent, but it is loud. :salute:

[X] SCREAM INCOHERENTLY
 
Yeeeeeeeah, so scream incoherently isn't so funny when people are actually voting for it, and youkai-eating was explicitly stated as an option that can't be taken, which certain people have decided to ignore presumably in the name of being fucking stupid, so I'm taking that to meant 'asking questions' is still winning. Can't be bothered to update tonight.
 
Zen said:
Yeeeeeeeah, so scream incoherently isn't so funny when people are actually voting for it, and youkai-eating was explicitly stated as an option that can't be taken, which certain people have decided to ignore presumably in the name of being fucking stupid, so I'm taking that to meant 'asking questions' is still winning. Can't be bothered to update tonight.
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Doing the joke option has kind of become tradition, even if we didn't know they were jokes at first.
 
Zen said:
Yeeeeeeeah, so scream incoherently isn't so funny when people are actually voting for it, and youkai-eating was explicitly stated as an option that can't be taken, which certain people have decided to ignore presumably in the name of being fucking stupid, so I'm taking that to meant 'asking questions' is still winning. Can't be bothered to update tonight.
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Honestly, I don't think the option was stupid. It isn't like we are actually doing it, we are just asking what if we did. Can we still ask along with the other questions?

Also, people just like to be contrary. If you hadn't written the option and crossed it out, it likely wouldn't have come up.
 
Zen said:
Yeeeeeeeah, so scream incoherently isn't so funny when people are actually voting for it,
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I think it was when you mentioned having the option available at every chose as well as the idea of the Screaming Phantom Thief that made people think it was not a joke option...
 
Also, I don't get how screaming doesn't work?

I mean, we are still in our first encounter with a magical talking item. It's likely that what stopped us from freaking out at first was shock, and now that some time has gone by the shock has worn off making us freak out.

It seems perfectly logical and IC to me.

Like, how is it a joke option?
 
Thozmp said:
I think it was when you mentioned having the option available at every chose as well as the idea of the Screaming Phantom Thief that made people think it was not a joke option...
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It was an in-joke specifically directed at King Arthur's previous vote, and I don't know why anyone thought screaming incoherently during THIS update, when you're clearly okay with a talking brush, would be anything but nonsense. The Screaming Phantom Thief was also a joke, and how anyone could fail to see that, I have no idea. In any case, I think I'm going to stop doing joke options in future, they're just a pain.

King Arthur said:
Also, I don't get how screaming doesn't work?

I mean, we are still in our first encounter with a magical talking item. It's likely that what stopped us from freaking out at first was shock, and now that some time has gone by the shock has worn off making us freak out.

It seems perfectly logical and IC to me.

Like, how is it a joke option?
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I was going to write up a reply about how no-one suggested you're in shock or that you might have a delayed effect or that you might have previously thought you were dreaming, but frankly I can't be bothered. My quests always turn into unsatisfying, illogical bullshit with inconsistent characterisation anyway, so it doesn't really matter. I'm just going to take a break.
 
I haven't been following your work for long (Powers Quest) but I've picked up from the story/comments that your stuff usually turns into crack.

What I'd suggest is to cross out/don't give joke options. Why? People are going to chose the one they find funny and others are going to go along with that.

This quest didn't start with the most serious setting, as we're playing as a 13 years old person whose gender is unknown. Then we got a talking brush. Nothing indicated that this was supposed to be serious, so people treated it as a crack quest.

We currently have no personality to work with, which means none of these are out of character too much. Stop allowing jokes for a while and we might manage to stay IC later.
 
Zen said:
I was going to write up a reply about how no-one suggested you're in shock or that you might have a delayed effect or that you might have previously thought you were dreaming, but frankly I can't be bothered. My quests always turn into unsatisfying, illogical bullshit with inconsistent characterisation anyway, so it doesn't really matter. I'm just going to take a break.
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Honestly I find it quite illogical for a 13 year old kid to go into shock about this whole "magic is real" thing. They watch enough cartoons for this to be a non issue for a child
 
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    You may be young, but you're not stupid, and this seems like the sort of situation you don't wanna just jump into blindly. "Just what can you do?"

    The brush beams up at you, mouthlessly. It's weirdly non-disturbing. "Depends how much spiritual energy I've absorbed, kid! If you're talkin' just about meself, I can teleport a li'l bit, speak mentally ta people I've contracted with, nullify some curses - not much, y'know. As for what I can give you, well, that still depends on how much energy I've absorbed - but right from the beginning? A little enchantment, maybe some illusion or transformation, who knows? Depends how the contract goes, and how ya wanna develop it!"

    Hmm. Sounds like it can go a variety of ways. "And what about training," you ask, eyes narrowed in thought. "On the job, or what?"

    "Eeehh, you don't gotta jump in the deep end right away," it shrugs. "Can't sense nothin' that's gonna start hatching for... maybe a month yet? So plen'y a time to train up, if ya want. Plus ya got me ta advise ya, an' I've been training up generations like this, kiddo! So whadd'ya say?"

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    Even if it takes months between updates, we're not finishing this conversation until we have all of our answers!

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