The Sundered Epoch
- Thread starter Dexexe1234
- Start date
- Original Art Quest Fantasy
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- Tags
- original
OffBrandANON
eldritch horror, pink flamingo
- Location
- California, USA
- Pronouns
- She/Her/They/Them
[X] Ponder upon the terror of stairs.
[X] Re-examine your irrational hatred of stairs. What have stairs ever done to you, huh?
[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Re-examine your irrational hatred of stairs. What have stairs ever done to you, huh?
[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Do I want to support a silly option, or an option that might enable interesting character work?
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[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal is juggling would make you more useful.
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[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal is juggling would make you more useful.
- Location
- America
Time for me to think about this.
Ok, So the protagonist, Toree Carsser, here has partial amnesia but knows what the Pile of Rejects is. The Pile of Rejects looks like a (presumably magic) incinerator full of dinged up armless 'drones'.
I call them drones because that's what they look like to me, but Toree calls them rejects, and refers to them as bodies, And the body next to the door as Dead. Also, they notably have something that looks like blood on them. However, they do appear to be mechanical, as when Toree cuts the first one in half, you don't see Bone, blood, and guts like you'd expect of an armored opponent, the insides appear mechanical too. The only character that looked 'human' like Toree was presumably in a flashback. However...Toree's hand...it might be a glove or it may be mechanical, as the flavor text for the first slash suggest that she's already lost fingers for making mistakes. And that puts the Rejects in a different perspective, as, if the rejects were taught under the policy of "Make mistakes, get parts replaced", them being near fully mechanical puts the Reject name in context, thus being thrown down there is presumably to 'recycle' the parts via melting them down.
And then there is the Gods. Notably, Toree does find her ignorance of the where she is on the Epoch surprising because she is aware of the Epoch, in a debrief from what she said. So, it might be that she forgot the cultural stuff surrounding Gods and Swords hanging from Wire Rope Tori Gates (they are wires, and one of the wires in the scene where she exits clock faces room looks to be torn and have a 'blade' spilling out, which is interesting). Or that that culture is just specific to this section of ship, thus she forgot it alongside the briefing. However, when the ship has supply pipes for swords, and the Incinerator has swords that look to be a part of how the incinerator function, that makes the sword thing seem much more important. Less 'this specific culture worships swords' and more 'Everybody has a religion that explains the sun'.
Given the Clock guy, this might still be a Epoch specific thing, it's just that Time travel is involved and either what got her thrown in the pile or the time travel process itself messed with her memories.
And then there is the Dulandel, he wants Toree to kill a Dragon. He offers himself in exchange from what I understand. They says they are one, but this probably isn't literal given...well, if they are one, it's more like 1.5 or something because otherwise Toree would have that 'dragon sense', the menu would acknowledge Dulandel as the same person and wouldn't necessarily describe it as fused, it would probably just add some 'Dulandel' theming I suppose...also wouldn't be talking. But that would just make Toree's mental problem even more confusing, having two different memory sets to flash back to, and one of them being an entire clan at the same time. Also, Dulandel is dragon themed. That may be because their 'ambition' is to slay a dragon thus affecting their appearance, but the skill suggests taking on dragon traits, or at least taking inspiration from them. Thus it may be this specific Dragon they have a problem with, but otherwise would admire certain dragons...or it may be a 'know your enemies' type deal.
Also...His clan is dead from what he's saying, he supposedly followed Toree because she passed through where he was...when he's a spirit, something that has died. He, himself, is proof that Toree did die down in that incinerator and I'm not sure that it's quite sunk in for Toree yet.
Ok, So the protagonist, Toree Carsser, here has partial amnesia but knows what the Pile of Rejects is. The Pile of Rejects looks like a (presumably magic) incinerator full of dinged up armless 'drones'.
I call them drones because that's what they look like to me, but Toree calls them rejects, and refers to them as bodies, And the body next to the door as Dead. Also, they notably have something that looks like blood on them. However, they do appear to be mechanical, as when Toree cuts the first one in half, you don't see Bone, blood, and guts like you'd expect of an armored opponent, the insides appear mechanical too. The only character that looked 'human' like Toree was presumably in a flashback. However...Toree's hand...it might be a glove or it may be mechanical, as the flavor text for the first slash suggest that she's already lost fingers for making mistakes. And that puts the Rejects in a different perspective, as, if the rejects were taught under the policy of "Make mistakes, get parts replaced", them being near fully mechanical puts the Reject name in context, thus being thrown down there is presumably to 'recycle' the parts via melting them down.
And then there is the Gods. Notably, Toree does find her ignorance of the where she is on the Epoch surprising because she is aware of the Epoch, in a debrief from what she said. So, it might be that she forgot the cultural stuff surrounding Gods and Swords hanging from Wire Rope Tori Gates (they are wires, and one of the wires in the scene where she exits clock faces room looks to be torn and have a 'blade' spilling out, which is interesting). Or that that culture is just specific to this section of ship, thus she forgot it alongside the briefing. However, when the ship has supply pipes for swords, and the Incinerator has swords that look to be a part of how the incinerator function, that makes the sword thing seem much more important. Less 'this specific culture worships swords' and more 'Everybody has a religion that explains the sun'.
Given the Clock guy, this might still be a Epoch specific thing, it's just that Time travel is involved and either what got her thrown in the pile or the time travel process itself messed with her memories.
And then there is the Dulandel, he wants Toree to kill a Dragon. He offers himself in exchange from what I understand. They says they are one, but this probably isn't literal given...well, if they are one, it's more like 1.5 or something because otherwise Toree would have that 'dragon sense', the menu would acknowledge Dulandel as the same person and wouldn't necessarily describe it as fused, it would probably just add some 'Dulandel' theming I suppose...also wouldn't be talking. But that would just make Toree's mental problem even more confusing, having two different memory sets to flash back to, and one of them being an entire clan at the same time. Also, Dulandel is dragon themed. That may be because their 'ambition' is to slay a dragon thus affecting their appearance, but the skill suggests taking on dragon traits, or at least taking inspiration from them. Thus it may be this specific Dragon they have a problem with, but otherwise would admire certain dragons...or it may be a 'know your enemies' type deal.
Also...His clan is dead from what he's saying, he supposedly followed Toree because she passed through where he was...when he's a spirit, something that has died. He, himself, is proof that Toree did die down in that incinerator and I'm not sure that it's quite sunk in for Toree yet.
nmWarden
Webcomic Glutton
- Location
- Texas
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
I would like to see this quest continue. I think, in those moments where you hit your stride, these characters could touch our hearts during high points of the story. You'll inspire excitement and deeper feelings from watching this struggle gain enough momentum to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles.
I would like to see this quest continue. I think, in those moments where you hit your stride, these characters could touch our hearts during high points of the story. You'll inspire excitement and deeper feelings from watching this struggle gain enough momentum to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles.
- Location
- Denmark
hey uh, figured I would inform you about what happened given the sudden return and then nothing:
My PC is basically crapping itself at this point. I don't feel like opening my documents only to have it bluescreen and eat all my progress or corrupt my files, so uh... Another, stupid hiatus everyone! Sorry! So sorry! Like, I am saving up for a new PC as we speak and no I don't need help, I almost have the money, I just gotta, wait out this month basically.
Sorry again, thank you all for your patience, I will get back to this, I just need a PC that isn't currently like, in the process of having its internals break.
My PC is basically crapping itself at this point. I don't feel like opening my documents only to have it bluescreen and eat all my progress or corrupt my files, so uh... Another, stupid hiatus everyone! Sorry! So sorry! Like, I am saving up for a new PC as we speak and no I don't need help, I almost have the money, I just gotta, wait out this month basically.
Sorry again, thank you all for your patience, I will get back to this, I just need a PC that isn't currently like, in the process of having its internals break.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hey, at least it is not a mental health problem. If it is only a computer problem, we can wait.
- Location
- America
Had a thought about the LegRoom.
It's not a designated leg room, it's not a place made to store legs, it's a place that had a Leg Pipe burst and cover half the room with Legs. Presumably, whatever it's purpose is supposed to be is buried in Legs. And that purpose would be aided by having a sword supply nearby...but than again, with how multi-purpose swords seem to be in this universe, having a sword supply could be as ubiquitous as electricity.
EDIT: grammar
It's not a designated leg room, it's not a place made to store legs, it's a place that had a Leg Pipe burst and cover half the room with Legs. Presumably, whatever it's purpose is supposed to be is buried in Legs. And that purpose would be aided by having a sword supply nearby...but than again, with how multi-purpose swords seem to be in this universe, having a sword supply could be as ubiquitous as electricity.
EDIT: grammar
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The Crimson King
It's possible to eat an orange with just teeth.
- Location
- America
Ah, computer troubles. How troublesome. Good luck Dex, we're all ready and waiting.
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
- Location
- Oregon
- Pronouns
- Any/All/Allowed
[X] Toree: GO back to Leg Room
[X] Toree: Take Supply Scabbard and put it into Inventory
I think tripping up our enemies, while it may be a trick that wont always work, is one worth having in the bag, and keeping easy to kick junk on us? Easy strat
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if he's able to drift away from you for scouting
likely a bit too late to contribute to the next update, but curious all the same
[X] Toree: Take Supply Scabbard and put it into Inventory
I think tripping up our enemies, while it may be a trick that wont always work, is one worth having in the bag, and keeping easy to kick junk on us? Easy strat
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if he's able to drift away from you for scouting
likely a bit too late to contribute to the next update, but curious all the same
[X] Toree: GO back to Leg Room
[X] Toree: Take Supply Scabbard and put it into Inventory
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if he's able to drift away from you for scouting
[X] Toree: Take Supply Scabbard and put it into Inventory
[X] Ask Durandal if you are useful.
[X] Ask Durandal if he can make you better at juggling.
[X] Ask Durandal if he's able to drift away from you for scouting