Thus far you have made the following discoveries from last time
>You reanimate things by giving them your time
>You cannot take back time you have given
>You must touch that which you wish to reanimate
>Nonphysical warmth is associated with the amount of frozen-time locked within something
>Timless liquids behave almost like solids.
>You can dig through, and even consume timeless water.
>Thrown timeless things will glide to a halt while reanimated things will behave as they should

Areas you have discovered
>Forested river area with waterfall
Here you have a reanimated fish.
>Sunken City
Here you discovered Jorunn and the little girl, as well as the shadow things.

Your latest actions,
>You found a man and little girl holding hands frozen in time in the flood city. You seperated them
and destroyed the man's hand in the process, causing it to decay into a fine silvery sand. Mysterious shadow things went to devour it and you fled back to the waterfall with the little girl where you reanimated her, finding that it took little of your "time" to do so. The girl is very confused and distraught.

Last Entry

You make very sure to look as serious as possible here, even letting your glasses slide down you nose a little. "It's very dangerous back there. Are you sure you want to go back? Jorunn tried very hard to make sure you could get away."

The girl nods emphatically as she stands up, failing to notice what she's standing on. "I don't want to leave him!"

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6613937/

this is the previous thread

oh nice going guys, we're about to scar a little for life

NICE FUCKING JOB

we are one stylish bastard

so how'd we bust up reality?

>>6626002
our future self did it

Whelp. No helping it. PUNCH EVERYTHING.

And rescue the dude, I guess.

here's the image for flooded city

>>6626107
any ideas on how to rescue Jorunn though?

He seems throughly fucked

image used for the waterfall and river area

>>6626141
Yeah, methinks he's gone.
>>6625873
I say we take her back to Jorunn and say he died in a valiant effort to save her life

>>6626196
Also, bring the fish with us to distract the shadow thingies

At first I thought this might be a cool homebrew in the making. Then I read past the OP and saw a quest thread.

I was dissapoint.

>>6626196

You begin to long walk back to flooded city, the girl following behind as you walk along the waters surface, occasionally sniffling and mumbling Jorunn's name. You note that she never once bothers to ask about how she's walking on water or why everything is silent and still during the journey.

Finally you reach the transition to the flooded city and the girl begins to look bewildered. She begins to cry again, "I'm in a nightmare! A nightmare!" Before you can say anything she notices the figure, Jorunn, standing motionless at the dock off in the distance and darts off screaming out his name.

You on the other hand notice something is different this time, there is a far larger shadow thing this time, a wispy blob of inky purple and black with gaseous tendrils wrapped around the hand you had broken. This new thing of darkness is about the size of a dog.

>>6626290
I'm using a quest thread to explain how it works interactively

originally i wanted it to be a homebrew setting but /tg/ sort of decided to make it a quest thread so i just went with it

>>6626316
God dammit they're getting bigger.

Grab girl to keep her from getting attacked, try and avoid shadow things and make way through city

>>6626336
goddammit /tg/, why must you ruin all homebrew. Killed before it even got started, R.I.P.

>>6626336
Actually, this makes a lot of sense. This way whoever wishes to use the brew can get a working understanding of how things are in the setting. More reference makes for easier application

>>6626345
meh, gives me more time to think about it and lets me see what people want to do

hopefully if it turns out large enough I'll be able to spin it back into a playable setting

>>6626352
>>6626361
Somehow I can't see things developing from quest to homebrew. Especially since things that start as a homebrew have plenty of difficulty getting finished.

But good luck to you in any case.

>>6626381
well from the looks of it the OP is using everything that happens as means to illustrate how the world works

which means that the bigger shadow thing is probably new lesson of somesort

>>6626316
So hey, let's hide in a fucking building or something.

yeah grab girl and dash into a building

>>6626345
Shut up dude no one is interested in your bitching

The moment your mind registers the larger shadow thing, you instantly dash forward and grab the girl before barreling into a nearby doorway, out of the shadows supposed line of sight.

"What are you doing!" the girl cries out as she flails about in your grasp, "I want to see Jorunn! He's rigght there! JORUUUNNNN!"

>>6626436
Who pissed in your coffee? Grow some thicker skin.

>>6626471
No, it's a trap. Didn't you see that THING on his arm? I've seen what it did to his hand, and I can guarantee it'll do the same to us. Do you know anything at all about whatever the hell that is?

>>6626471
"Child, Jorunn is... No longer himself. He... gave his life to that thing so that you might live. I know you want to see him, but if we don't leave, that shadow may do to us what it did to Jorunn, and then his sacrifice would be in vain. Do you want to sully his memory like that?"

>>6626471
Yeah.... no. I don't think we would enjoy getting turned into SAND. We're going to find another way to get that thing off of him.

>>6626605
I think Jorunn's a lost cause. I think it would cost us way too much of our time reserves to get the old man kickin' again

>>6626651
I'm not worried about Jorunn, little girl can cry all over his corpse when we get that thing off him. I want to put a leash on that thing; TIME DEVOURING SHADOW DOG AT MY COMMAND, FUCK YEAR!

You motion for the girl to hush and lower your sun glasses from your face, "Child, Jorunn is... No longer himself. He... gave his life to that thing so that you might live. I know you want to see him, but if we don't leave, that shadow may do to us what it did to Jorunn, and then his sacrifice would be in vain. Do you want to sully his memory like that?" No sooner do you finish speaking than you hear a loud crash and the sound of something shattering on the ground.

The girl's had calmed down from you talking, but the crash startled her and she quickly bolts out of your grasp while your attention is on the noise. You quickly move to follow after her out of the doorway you were hiding in.

Jorunn is no longer standing there, rather he's now fallen to the ground and shattered into several distinct chunks, the silvery white sand you had seen before spilled across the wooden planks and flowing down to the surface of the water. You see the dog sized shadow thing holding a withered leg aloft with its inky tendrils, almost in triumph while the several dozen of the tiny shadow things glide around the shattered body feasting on it. The girl screams in horror as she runs toward her fallen friend.

>>6626740
Once again, grab girl. Haul ass through city, don't stop running until our legs terminate in bloody stumps at the ankles

OH FUUUCK RUN RUN RUN RUN!

>>6626740
Dammit, why is this bitch so suicidal? Well now we HAVE to save her, because even if we leave her to be eaten by those things, it'll just make a larger shadow creature THAT WILL CHASE US.

>>6626799
I dunno, we don't have any proof that the little ones before became the bigger one since there still plenty of little ones around

Also, what if she can't see them?

>>6626799

>>6626816
Even if that is the case, THOSE THINGS EAT TIME. Guess who has the most time in them right now... That's right, HER. And when they are done eating her, guess who's next on the menu...

>>6626859
good point

still which way do we run? Into the buildings or back up river?

>>6626874
I say through the city. We know what's up the river, so let's at least take advantage of running our asses off and check out the city

If people convert to time when they die, we should find other frozen people, kill them, then eat the sand. We can gain more time this way and possibly become more powerful ourselves.

The girl is the first sacrifice. We must climb the endless staircase of power! More, always more!

>>6626904
If that's true we probably don't need to cook fish, just bite them out of the air.

I add my vote to run away from the dog thing and away from the waterfall, see where we end up.

>>6626904
Good idea, but let's see if we can't:
A: get rid of the shadow things
B: use them

>>6626904
The girl will be our apprentice, and when she is older, our lover (surely we can accelerate the process somehow). She will create children for us to sacrifice for more time. I want to be a monstrous time-lord.

For some reason, this song seems to fit well with this universe.

Searching
-Joe Satriani

>>6626740
Use your crazy time powers to fight the shadow creatures.

>>6626964
Direct path to BAD END

>>6626964

I wish we knew how the combat system in this game worked. If indeed there is any potential for combat. (If there isn't, then this makes this setting pretty boring, since it'll just be exploran and runnan.

You curse yourself for letting her slip out of your grasp, but grit your teeth and sprint after her. As you catch up to her you reach and arm down to grab hold of her to hoist her up and you hold her tightly over your shoulder. Taking your momentum into account, you bound over the boat in front of you and leap up onto the flagstone flooring ahead, being sure to keep a good distance from the shadow things, which as you pass by recoil from your presence. You take no time to dart forward into the arched passage way ahead of you, leaving the shattered body of Jorunn behind you for the shadow things.

You run for what seems like minutes into the winding arched corridors, sometimes emerging through balconies, overlooks, and flooded junctions with docks much like the ones you came from before you come to an a junction that has an odd red light pouring out of one of the doorways.

>>6626990
I have plans to introduce combat applications of your "time"

>>6626964
>[COMMAND]: /use/ -time- on -time eating creatures-
>Creatures have /eaten/ all of your -time-, you are /dead/
>New Game: /Y/ /N/?

>>6626999
Huh. Maybe next time we see the things we'll have to confront them. what with the recoiling and all.

Peek through door, try to be inconspicuous/unnoticed

>>6627012
oh hey I forgot about those!

>>6626999
Calm the girl down by telling her that you will be her new friend. You two can be friends forever. YOU HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD!

>>6626964
We should experiment with this if we can get a single small one. Not when there's a bunch of them AND a large dog shadow. We can use their lack of experience with other moving things to our advantage. (They were shocked when we threw that bug and just ran past, so)

>>6626999
Good, now, what the hell is our name? Or her name for that matter.

>>6626999
Let's head towards that red light, not like anything bad can happen.

>>6627045
Ooo, yes. We should ask the girl her name and introduce ourselves as well, then do
>>6627029

the time you give cant be taken back but can you take time that never was yours?

Look into the red light. LOOK, don't just walk into it.

You can't remember you're own name.

You haven't asked the girl for her name.

>>6627101
as long as you didnt' give it, you can take it

>>6627170
Jesus fuck shit.

Ok, ask girl her name and then inspect red light by peeking around the door frame

>>6627170
well this looks bad for business

>>6627170
I see our lair. Fuck yes. Ask girl for name.

>>6627170
Do all the formalities, ask the girl her name, blah blah blah.

Those blue things look like they have time. Check them out.

Such a badass thread...

Ask girl her name, where she came from, etc. Try to find out what happened here before reality broke.

You place the girl down and move toward the red light. You peek your head out of the door frame, gazing of the burning ruins and ash swept steel skeletons of the buildings. 'Whatever was here probably didn't loose much when it fell from reality' you think to yourself. You look to your more immediate surroundings and see that the building the door way is part is relatively better condition but still bad off and heavily damage. You notice a few lone wispy shadow things aimlessly drifting across the expanse.

You turn back toward the girl and offer a sympathetic smile to her. "I never asked you for your name."

She looks up from she was sitting, still shocked from the ordeal and crying softly, "I'm Alete..."

>>6627359
I'm... sorry. I wanted to help him too, but I can't fight those things, not yet. Tell me, do you remember anything before me waking you up?

>>6627359
Ask her if she recognizes any of this, and if so get as much info as possible.

If not, see what you can do about climbing down and investigating the blue orbs.

>>6627359
Crouch so as to get eye-to-eye with her and offer her a hug, after a few minutes, this
>>6627417

>>6627359
Introduce us as Tom Blanche. Start experimenting on the small shadow things, see if we can kill them, or eat them.

You crouch down and offer Alete a hug and your sympathies as you try your best to explain whats going on. She nods along, not entirely sure she understands but then again, you can't honestly say you do either. After a few minutes have passed and she seems to have calmned down a bit, you ask her if she remembers anything prior to waking up, anything important. Alete shakes her head no and everything seems to be nothing out of the ordinary for her prior to you reanimating her. You venture to guess that Jorunn might have been one of the forsaken as opposed to someone who commited paradox like yourself (or future self as the case may be).

>>6627484
im going to guess our real name is important, I'd rather just be straight up with the fact we don't know it

>>6627542
Well that was fruitless.

"I know you just lost Jorunn, but it's dangerous out there. Would you like to come with me until we can figure out what is going on?"

Regardless of response, head down and investigate blue orbs

>>6627561
we do have a freebie left so we could find out

>>6627566
I'd rather use it on something more important. Besides, with all of us at the wheel, we can be whoever the hell we want us to be

OP YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL US WHAT WE ARE THINKING. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LET US FIGURE THAT OUT ON OUR OWN.

>>6627608
CONSIDER IT ANOTHER FREEBIE~

>>6627608
What, you've never had a GM drop hints like that?

>>6627608
OP has been dropping hints that Jorunn was like us all along

>>6627608
I disagree completely, inner retrospective is one of the best ways to convey subtle revelations in a play-by-post, especially one with such a minimal cast.

Time is the most important thing in this world. We can give it... but what can Alete do? I say we experiment.

>>6627629
>>6627632
>>6627645
>>6627646

Lol.

I still think we need to find a way to increase our own reserves of time. We've animated some stuff already, which means we've depleted ourself. We should look into ways to absorb time, probably by finding frozen people, killing them and consuming the dust like we saw the dark things do.

>>6627676
I say that after we investigate the blue orbs, we capture one of the shadow things and attempt to suck out its time

Explain to the girl that objects that are warm to the touch have "time" in them. Tell her that you're like Johnny Appleseed, you roam across the country reanimating stuff, trying to make everything right.

Tell her to go off and find the warmest thing she can find and bring you to it. Then eat it.

You stand back up and straighten your tie. "I know you just lost Jorunn, but it's dangerous out there. Would you like to come with me until we can figure out what is going on?" You reach your hand down to Alete, who ponders for a moment for tentatively reaching out and grabbing it, letting you pull her up. "I'm going to out there and investigate those blue stones. Do you want to come with me or stay in here?"

Alete thinks for a moment before softly replying, "I'll go with you... I can't see the shadows. You can see them so I don't want to be alone."

You nod and walk off with the small girl trailing close behind you. You carefuly walk down one of the craters to the bluish orb in the center, marveling at the beauty of the teal fire wreathing its surface. When you reach the bottom you notice a tiny shadow thing quickly scamper away out of the crater.

>>6627689
As I said, eat one of the shadowy things that are in this area.

>>6627755
Ignore the shadow for the moment. Touch orb, gauge temperature

>>6627755
Try to absorb the blue fire.

>>6627771

You reach out and touch the teal fire, finding that it gives to your touch much like cushion or a sponge. Upon touching it you feel a faint sliver of time's heat in it. Alete notices that you are doing and follows after you and begins poking at the fire herself, her face brightening ever so slightly as she pokes and prods and the flames.

"Why isn't it hot?" Alete asks.

>>6627755
*gasp*
So only paradox sinners can see the shadow-things... Very interesting...

So are they our antitheses, feeding off of time while we supply it? Are they reality trying to fix itself, by consuming what destroyed it? Are they death; the end of time, and we can see it because of our recent divorce from the universe? This is very interesting. I do NOT want this question answered via freebee.

>>6627829

I WOULDNT ANSWER THAT ANYWAY~

>>6627819
try to absorb what little time is inside.

>>6627819
We have no idea, for one, it lived. Try to break the thing open and eat.

>>6627819
Try absorbing some of the fire. Not too much though, just some. Tell Alete you're not really sure and ask if it feels even a little warm

Haven't had this much fun on /tg/ in a while...

Steal the fire's time.

>>6627859
This
And after, see if we can't lift the stone or move it.

>>6627859

You focus your mind on taking the warmth of the fire's time into yourself. Nothing happens for a few moments but you eventually feel the warmth bleed into your hand and see the patch of teal fire you were touching simply evaporate into stringy clouds of mercurial smoke. You feel like your just a drop fuller or just marginally larger, but however you describe it can be summed up by simply saying you feel like you are more.

Absorb all the time. Tell the girl that time management is dangerous and should be left to you.

>>6627913
I don't think she has time abilities though

and its not like we need to give her any time since it seems that once we start something it will keep on going (unless something stops it i'd guess)

rolled 83 = 83

Hey, OP, It's nice to see more people this time around. However, there isn't enough yelling. We need to yell at the fire. Also, let's check out some buildings. I want to see what's in them.

Go around absorbing all the blue fire you can.

>>6627909
Ask Alete if she can feel any warmth from the fire at all. If yes, ask her to try and absorb the stuff. If no, chase after shadow thingy

>>6627909
Catch a small shadow and eat it. Seriously, we don't know how long it will take before that shadow dog catches up! Best now to experiment on if we even CAN fight those things.

Try to summon blue fire.

"Alete, can you feel any warmth from the fire at all?"

Alete shakes her head no as she keeps prodding at it, almost succeeding in pulling a piece off from the looks of it. "Do you?"

"Yes, a tiny bit..." you say as you wave your hand through the fire, absorbing it as you go. You smirk as you watch the silvery smoke waft up into the air and dissipate. After exhausting the supply of fire on the blue stone and finding the you feel no warmth from the stone itself, you set about looking for anything else of interest, especially looking for any of the runty little shadow things but you fail to find any, just larger ones leisurely skimming around the ground in the distance.

>>6628009
How big is larger? As compared to us, what size are they?

Can we use the rock as a weapon? If we can't take the time from the shadow creatures, I'd much prefer we had a weapon.

rolled 91 = 91

>>6628009
Buildings, mother fucker, we must check them. They could have a treasure trove of goodies- I mean people.

>>6628024
Good idea, pick up that rock and squish a shadow. Or get anything to beat them up with, see what works.

>>6628016

You have thus far encoutered two different sizes of shadow things.

The tiny size that you first found on Jorunn. These are only about the size of your hand.

The larger sized one that broke Jorunn and that are currently wandering about in the distance in the Ruined City Area. These are about the size of a medium sized dog.

>>6628065
Ahahahahahahaha...
HOLY SHIT NO.
WE'RE NOT GOING NEAR THOSE LARGER SHADOWS.

>>6628065
Yep. Grab a rock, bash the fucker and try and eat its time. Make sure Alete keeps out of trouble while we're at it

>>6628038
the little shadow ran the fuck away from us

so far they all seem pretty scared of us

rolled 31 = 31

>>6628077
>>6628075
>>6628038
>>6628080

After we deal with the shadows can we check out the buildings?

>>6628095
I see no problems with this course of action. Whether or not we'll be in shape to explore anything remains to be seen

>>6628034
agreed

investigating buildings for stuff seems like a good idea


also observation: fire seems to be the only matter that has time in it thus far, even if its just a little bit

>>6628080
They might SEEM like they're afraid, but I know that the second we give chase, we're gonna get fucking ambushed by MILLIONS of these fucks.

rolled 40 = 40

>>6628116
Fuck, what if they're like cranium rats?

>>6628095
these shadows seem like they are good ways off, lets not fuck with them till we have a real weapon

>>6628128
Actually, checking the buildings out may give us enough time for the little shadows to return. If we camp one of the buildings, we may have one of the hand sized ones wander by and then we can get that little fucker instead

>>6628124

>>6628111
Fire, and anything living like fishes and people.

Eat small shadows.
thisisyou.jpg
Become Lord Beyond Time.

ITT bashan ghosts with rocks

TRY TO SUMMON BLUE FIRE OP. We need some sort of real weapon.

>>6628206
We took the fire's time, not the fire itself.
>>6628065
Go search buildings for anything suitable for a weapon. Then, camp area and wait for small shadows to return

After fiddling with the rock for a bit and a few failed attempts to pick it up, you decide that you should probably get out of the open in case one of the larger shadows decides to come your way. "Alete, we're going to go look in the buildings." Alete nods and holds the small piece of fire she tore off firmly as she follows after you.

You approach a the wreckage of a large building that from your best guess, was some sort of shopping center before what ever disaster befell this place. Not taking any more time than you have to, you step shove aside the charred and twisted door and enter the building.

Alete tugs on your coat, "What is this place?"

"It was a... shopping center I think." You point to the numerous ruined facades of what used to be store fronts, though off in the distance you see one that doesn't appear to be ruined.

rolled 16 = 16

>>6628234
Well, we already look bad ass, but what about the girl? She needs to look bad ass to play the part of bad ass's assistant.

OP's pic looks like Offdensen. Which fits perfectly with the AWESOME that just happened.

>>6628234
Cautiously approach the intact store and find out what it is. Along the way, search for anything that could be used as a weapon, poles, pipes, knives, etc.

>>6628234
>Alete nods and holds the small piece of fire she tore off firmly as she follows after you.
Alete is awesome. Portable light?

Probably not much in this war worn place, check for anything that could be a time-donor.

>>6628275
Oh yeah, see if you can get Alete some bad ass clothing.

rolled 17 = 17

>>6628290
Actually, we don't need light to see. That was brought up in the original topic, but OP forgot to mention it.

>>6628234
I'VE GOT AN IDEA!
After we're done exploran buildings, find as many of those rocks as we can, have Alete cover herself (and us possibly) in the teal flames. We get time and she gets protection.

>>6628290
theres no light here
>This a land devoid of light, yet your eyes still see

though i wonder if there are time powers for that?

>>6628310

There are but you lack the important thing you need to use them

>>6628309
Eh, the fire won't do much in way of protection. It's just kinda like, existing, without all the burnin' and stuff.
>>6628234
Also, along the way, search for any mini-shadows. If we find any, consume them

>non-ruined part of ruined apocalyptic shopping center

I SMELL A REALITY TRANSITION

>>6628302
I know we don't need light, but still, the mental image is cool.

>>6628325
OH SHIT CLASS SKILLZ

i want Us and Alete holding the blue flame drawn for many internets

rolled 79 = 79

>>6628356
I vote that we have us be the Time Lord class. Ablility to manipulate the flow of time.

>>6628353
Yes, it is.

>>6628343
....this sounds like a terribly bad idea.

We should probably approach the non-ruined section, but not enter it. The shadow things might be leaving it as some kind of trap for anything still able to move here.

>>6628353
Wandering about with the cuffs of our pants and jacket sleeves swathed in teal flames does sound totally bitchin'

>>6628377
Shit, I forgot our penchant of eating things. I meant consume their time

Go to the non-ruined store. Is there any other path available? >.<

>>6628379
Exactly. And we need to eat more, literally. I wonder, does Alete or we grow hungry, being alive?

rolled 30 = 30

>>6628414
It's been like 4 non existing hours so far. I'm not sure if we NEED to take care of our biological functions. I think we can, but we don't need to.

Eat the fire. Literally. Put it in your mouth.

So if we couldn't lift the rock, could we restore time to something in the mall, like.. I dunno, an iron pipe, or something, and then use it?

You and Alete carefully navigate over the wreckage of the building toward the non-ruined section. Compared to the rusty reds and drab browns and grays of the area you are in now, the place ahead seems to glisten with tantalizing golds and soft whites. You finally get close enough to peer through the obstructing wreckage to peer into the pristine background.

As you and Alete star into the new area, you hear a voice emanate from within it, "Aww shi- where the fu am I now?"

>>6628450
Remain silent, tell Alete to be quiet. Try and peer into shop without being seen to see who's in there.

Also, listening to this song whilst reading this thread = awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6KilO_AiZU

OH GOD SOMEONE ELSE!

rolled 22 = 22

>>6628448
We're able to move timeless things.

>>6628450
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF- another person! Shit just got real. Investigate this shit, but pick up the nearest thing to serve as an improve weapon.

>>6628450
And dammit, do we have any weapons nearby or what?

>>6628450
Oh snap nigger, time's frozen! What ya gonna do now?

I vote for staying out of sight. NO attacking yet, no violence. We can backstab him/her when we befriend him/her anyway.

>>6628450
>Aww shi

It's a nigger! Find a weapon and confront him.

>>6628498
....how do you know if WE'RE not a nigger, dumbshit?

>>6628513
Because we're white, dumbass

>>6628513
See OP pic. That is us. We're style incarnate, and the bad guys, like this person. Alete is innocent.

rolled 91 = 91

>>6628461
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qasnp026MY

Superior.

>>6628513
>>6628523
We're Time Lords and above race, dumb butts.

"Alete, I need you to be real quiet," you say as you glance over the wreckage to yours ide, spying a length of piping the would make for a nice club.

"Nm" Alete mutters as she nods, quietly trying to find somewhere to hide.

You carefully look into the pristine mall, eying your surroundings for where the voice came from as you peek your head out. You realize something when you look over this place... you realize you recognize this place.

"Aaanyone 'eer?" the voice calls out again snapping your attention back.

rolled 5 = 5

>>6628542
+2 to defense for home turf. Also, does the voice sound familiar?

Clearly the nigger is an innocent as he has no idea what the hell is going on. We could have either another travelling companion, which would make the story a lot better, as it won't just be 1 character and anon.

On the other hand, we could drain him for time.

I say we do the latter. He'd probably just waste it all waiting for welfare checks.

>>6628559
I think we would have been told as so if we did

>>6628542
DO NOT ATTACK! Just observe.

Grab the pipe and quietly continue observing the black guy.

>>6628542
Continue observing the mall area in an attempt to find our "friend" whilst racking our brains for where we've seen this place

>>6628592
Also, grab pipe

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
Your face to face
With the Man Who Sold the world

>>6628537
Hmm. Tasty, and delectable to the ears, but not as epic as befits our abilities, appearance or location I think

Keep watching. Say nothing. If a long period of time goes without hearing anything, pick up a rock and throw it as far as you can, to draw the new person into attention without letting him know where you are.

rolled 69 = 69

>>6628636
Well, this setting is kind of numbing. I mean, everything feels kind of dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPOGJvhAII

Is this what you envision?

>>6628628
...Only if we get to speak in David Bowie's voice.

You step out into the mall, letting a part of your mind wander why this place feels so damn familiar to you while also trying to watch for the source of the voice.

"Fukkin storms get me lost evry time..."

You hear the voice again, though this time, you can pinpoint the direction to the floor above you. You quicky hide behind a bench, clenching the pipe in your. You wait a moment before you peek out to see the source.

>>6628677
Sounds like this guy knows about stuff around here.
DO NOT TRUST. Continue observation until we see what we're dealing with

>>6628677
On the one hand, teaming up with him would be awesome. On the other, he looks like he could kick our asses, and like he knows more about this place than us. Maybe try to sneak up on him while he's busy being pissed off and whack him in the head with a pipe? See if we can interrogate him later.

>>6628666
To be honest, I prefer your original suggestion over this newest one. Let's stick with that

rolled 45 = 45

>>6628703
: D

>>6628701
>>6628692
Let's be brazen this time. I mean, fuck, look at the way we dress. Let's go straight up to him and start being chatty.

STORMS?

Storms imply things moving! Things need time to move! WHERE DID THE TIME COME FROM?

Well, going by apocalypse tropes this new guy is either going to take us to a survivor camp where we will attempt to fit in but will ultimately either leave or bring about the destruction thereof, or he's a raider and will attempt to rob/rape/enslave us.

Either way avoid.

>>6628717
Eh, Time powers and whatnot. I say we reveal ourselves, but maybe not be quite as cavalier as this anon has suggested

>>6628717

I like this, we're awesome and he needs to know that

>>6628732
From us. I'm going to hazard a guess that when our reality joined the nonreality it caused some ripples.

You stay hidden behind the bench as you listen to the man gripe as he wanders about.

"Fukken 'el, 'is puts me way be`ind skedule... I 'ad 'at fissure too, cuntin' storm went and snapped it. Piss to 'e shades, need ta get back to familiar turf. If i could find me 'ose blue rocks i'd be home bound."

>>6628677
This man could be the Mordred to our Randall Flagg, approach with confidence and caution.

rolled 44 = 44

>>6628820
This man is obviously a sailor from the way he talks. So, he's obviously a friend. Approach and discuss weather.

>>6628677
PARTNER! Team up, raise hell.

>>6628820
Interesting, he uses the teal fire for navigation, or perhaps as energy to power some sort of transportation device. What's he looking for anyway?

blue rocks

we just came from an area with blue rocks

we have bartering chips

>>6628820
Step out from hiding spot, casually swinging pipe over shoulder as we do so.
"Heard you need ta find some blue rocks? Maybe you tell me what the fuck's goin' on 'round here, and I can get you to some, yeah?"

>>6628677
We can't just sneak around and run away the whole quest. We'll miss all the action.

Sneak behind him and tell him not to turn around. Claim to have a gun and demand he tell us who he is and what he's doing.

has anyone archived this yet on suptg?

>>6628853
This, do this OP. We're style.

You listen to the man continue to gripe as he rummages about through some of the shops which still feel increasing familiar to you. Because he's so loud, it makes it quite easy for you to sneak up on him as he enters a small coffee shop.

You place the pipe over your shoulder and make yourself known ""Heard you need ta find some blue rocks? Maybe you tell me what the fuck's goin' on 'round here, and I can get you to some, yeah?"

The man turns around and looks surprised at you. "Well if 'at idn't 'e best news I'd 'eard all day. Been wonderin 'is pissin place for ever now! Seven shards now and no'in cuntin' famliar. So who are you? I'm Rachev ov Rust Forest."

OH THANK GOD HE'S FRIENDLY

>>6628994
So, do we come up with a name or feed him a bullshit line like, "My name ain't important."?

>>6628994
NATURAL 20 CHARISMA CHECK HELL YEAH! So, we have a name yet? Or just go with Thomas/Tom Blanche?

>>6628872
Just did

>>6629022
we don't know our name

though I'm betting its important

rolled 61 = 61

>>6628994
"Dmitri/Thomas of the Ether. Give me a while and I'll get them to you."

What question are we going to ask?

>>6628872
>>6629030
Random suptg question, does it automatically update itself or is it a single snapshot?

>>6629051

single snapshot

>>6629022
Well, we should probably give the same name we gave Alete. Also, might want to have her stay out of sight a bit longer, even if he does seem friendly. If he realizes that we somehow gave her more time, we don't know how he'd take it. There might be something bad about that we don't know yet.

>>6629018
I vote for "My name isn't important." Then maybe find out how he got here?

"I'm new around here, and am wondering just what exactly is going on around here. Mind giving me the basics? Clue me in a bit and I'd be glad to lead you to the blue rocks."

>>6629037
Dmitri is fucking awesome and should be reserved for our real name

>>6629056
Then presumably we shouldn't archive until the thread is done.

>>6629037
We can't actually move the stones.
"Dimitri Stiller of the Ether"?

And yes, what shall we ask? I figure we could ask him some stuff as we show him to where the stones are, such as how did you get here, why do you need the stones to get to where you're going, what can you tell me about the shadows?

>>6629081
you can just tell it to archive again and it will update

>>6629057
We didn't give Alete our name I think. I'm against using something as "My name is not important" since it doesn't show trust from our side. Even a fake name is better than that. Hell, we don't lose anything since we don't know our real name anyway.

Tom Blanche I say.

>>6629051
>>6629056
sup/tg/ updates every couple of hours.

>>6629099
I think remaining unnamed could be to our benefit, what with the ever common tropes of names being power.

Besides, he didn't ask our name. We can avoid the question until he directly asks it of us.

>>6629099
True. We need to come up with something so we don't come off as arrogant assholes

Name's Carl Oscuros,
I come from the timeless river.
What can I do you for, Friend?

Archiver here, I'm going to bed so if suptg needs to be updated make sure someone does it; I want to read this thread tomorrow.

>>6629144
And in case anyone is confused:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro

>>6629129
He freely gave us his name, so the nice thing to do would be to give him a name, or plain tell him we don't remember ours. This kind of thing might be more common than we thought.

>>6629099
Also, ask him about where here is, how shit works since he seems to know more. If he starts asking if we really know where those blue flamed rocks are, have Alete come with her little teal ember.

>>6629156
Admitting we don't know anything could be perceived as a sign of weakness. I'm against telling him we have amnesia, but all for a pseudonym

You grin, glad that Rachev is friendly toward you despite is somewhat sinister looking appearance. "I'm Tom Blanche. I'm new around here, and am wondering just what exactly is going on around here. Mind giving me the basics? Clue me in a bit and I'd be glad to lead you to the blue rocks."

Rachev leans back and laughs a bit. "Course ya new, only a scrub fallin` fresh from 'e tree would give a fake name! Haaahahhaha" He leans on the counter and laughs some more. "Sorry man I did it too way back 'en! 'Ow 'bout 'is, you tell me back to the blue rock apocalypse and fill ya in on your inheritance! Deal?"

>>6629177
I like Rachev. Call over Alete. Hiding anything isn't going to do us any good and we need information to at least get our bearings. Deal.

>>6629177
"Sounds like we have a deal. Fill me in on the details as we go?"

>>6629198
I would say let her stay where she is, but she would probably get attacked by one of the shadow thingies, so go for it

>>6629177
Hm, he knows. Well, no need to respond to that. We certainly don't want to initiate hostilities over the matter.

I think his deal is fair. Agree.

>>6629177
Ask him how he knew I was using a pseudonym. Ask him if Rachev is his real name. Ask him how he knows his name and why we don't know ours.

Also ask him where he's going and if we can follow.

>>6629177
"Sounds good to me, they're this way [start to leave in the correct direction] you can start by telling me how you knew the name was fake."

>>6629236
>Ask him how he knows his name and why we don't know ours.
I disagree on this part. If amnesia is regular, he'll tell us about it. If it's not, we don't want him to know about it.

>>6629241
This, but we should head towards Alete first, we need to pick her up. Introduce her as a friend of ours.

>>6629263
Isn't Alete in the correct direction? I kind of assumed we were leading him out the way we came in.

You pull of a sheepish grin, "Sure thing, just follow me down this way." You guide Rachev down to the floor below.

"First off, you a sinner or a forgotten? Not some'ing ya need to be told 'at it is, ya just know 'en ya get 'ere." Rachev explains as the two of you walk.

"I'm a sinner."

"So ya see 'e 'ose pissen shades 'en. I'm a forgotten. I see fissures, like lookin' at broken glass of reality. Itll piss ya day right cuntin up if ya not careful about it. You should be able to hear fissures 'ough, each one sounds diffrent 'ich makes it a cuntin' bitch. Works like 'at for shades with me." The two of you approach the area with the store front with the wreckage behind it where you Alete peeking out. She ducks back behind the wall when she sees Rachev. "See ya got a innocent with ya, how'd ya manage enough time for that?"

>>6629177
believe not in the heretic. seems too friendly. be wary

>>6629271
Call Alete over, tell him that she seemed to already have a huge amount of time herself, we just sort of tipped her over the edge.

>>6629271
Motion for Alete to join us. "Her friend managed to get her mostly back, I just added the finishing touches. So, about these shades and fissures, what exactly do they do?"

>>6629271
Ask what a fissure is

>>6629271
"I don't know. I think she had enough time in her already. All I did was turn on the ignition. Can you elaborate on fissures?"

>>6629271
Call Alete over, Rachev seems kind enough for now. Tell Rachev she didn't need much time to be rezzed.

>>6629306
This. Might as well be forthright about it, don't think we can lose anything from it.

>>6629306
Imply that there are more of you. If he plans on backstabbing you and stealing your time, he'll be interrested in meeting your friend.

>>6629401
I highly doubt he'll believe us, I mean he saw right through our name.

rolled 42 = 42

>>6629401
>Implying implications

It has begun.

>>6629413
Oh God Dammit don't start that shit here

>>6629412
Yeah, I doubt it'd work out well for us. Besides, posturing and blustering could bite us in the ass if it fails. This guy seems nice - let's try to keep him on our side. Even if he turns out to be an enemy, letting him know we're all talk won't help.

rolled 10 = 10

>>6629422
>Implying that I started it.

Just messin', bro.

>>6629315
>>6629306
>>6629321
These.

It may be safe to assume that if he's here, he's either forsaken by fate or a sinner agaisnt paradox. Caution is the byword.

>>6629439
>Implying I was serious.
Damn, look what you started

"I found her almost topped off..." You say as you duck under some wreckage, "Didn't take but a small push."

"Ah, 'at'd do it, surprised ya didn't just drain 'e girl," he looks down at Alete curiously who quickly moves to hid behind you. "Still company is good 'ere."

"So how'd you know I was using a fake name?"

Rachev grins, "'e name was cold, real names are hot. Cant tell ya know ya own name 'ough."

"That would explain that," you say as you lead him back through the rubble of the ruining shopping center.

"So 'e inheritance, ya need ta find 'e place that's most familiar to ya and 'en ya figure out ya own name. Oh yeah, o'er big 'ing, ya core, dont let anyone take 'e cuintin 'ing. Its 'e spinny 'ing in ya chest."

You look a little confused at the last comment as you lead Rachev out the building, showing him the apocalyptic setting. "Before you go, mind telling me what fissures and shades are?"

Rachec grins, "Fissures are sinkholes 'ere time ga'ers but don't 'ink ya can take it unless ya a forgotten. Just avoid 'em since ya can't see 'em. Shades are fukken piss ass cuntin bitches and 'ats about all I know since i can't see 'em. Any'o I can get to 'e Rust Forest from 'ere. It's south from 'ere through 'e burnt out park."

>>6629451
His accent grows worse as he speaks! Soon he will be nothing but a miserable pile of gibberish!

That aside, we should ask for advice on locating our familiar place. Patterns or anything to look for.

rolled 3 = 3

>>6629451
So, we see shades-the shadowthingys- Does that mean we can harvest them for time?

I guess we also have to start looking for a familiar place? Maybe the shopping center will do.

What do you guys think?

>>6629451
"Thank you very much for your information, you've been very helpful. If I ever happen to be around I'll drop by and see if you're around."

After he leaves, go back to the mall and try and remember our name. Afterwards, attempt to drain a small shade.

And with that, I am done for the evening. I leave this to the rest of you excellen/tg/entlemen, but don't let me come back to find BAD END

>>6629478
dude, we were just there

>>6629485
...so we were. Guess I should be getting to bed.

>>6629451
Thank him, watch him do his thing and go back to the shopping mall.

>>6629451
Fuck, that means we can't harvest fissures for MASSIVE TIME CONSUMPTION.

Ask him how we can reach him if we need him. Also ask him what benefit there is to knowing my own name, besides curiosity; and then ask him if there are any names I should watch out for.

I think we're autosaging.

You wave to Rachev as he heads off, "Thank you very much for your information, you've been very helpful. If I ever happen to be around I'll drop by and see if you're around."

"Not a problem! Someone did it for me so I oughta return a favor!" he shouts back.

"So... a familiar place," You whisper as you turn and head back to eerily familiar mall with Alete tagging along.

"What are we doing?" she asks.

You smile, "Figuring out my name, I hope." Alete looks confused but it wouldn't have been the first time.


When you get back to the mall you begin wandering around, aimlessly at first, but shreds of memories begin to form in your mind as you walk. You decide to avoid entering most of the stores and just walk, hoping something sparks your memory.

Alete stops you several times to ask why no one is moving but you remind her the nature of the place quite a few times. Eventually, you come to the food court and a piercing pain shoots through head for a brief second. You fall to your knees and when you recover you find yourself looking at yourself, sitting at a small table sipping a cup of coffee and calmly reading a news paper.

>>6629593
>>6629579
Damnit OP, nobody would reasonably just wave goodbye to a friend with a stupid grin on their face when questions need to be answered.

rolled 22 = 22

>>6629580
We should wrap up the thread soon.

>>6629593
FFFFFFFFFFF-

Calmly watch ourselves and see if this is a lucid memory.

>>6629593
OH SHI-

Well, no need to be impolite. If no one else is around, let's take a seat across from our self and say hello to him, see if he can hear us.

>>6629609
Ah, but we're not reason.

We're style.

>>6629593
So I lied.

Walk over and sit across from us, check chest for a spinny thing

rolled 38 = 38

>>6629623
I like this one better than mine.

>>6629623
Ahahaha, go for it.

CREATE A NEW THREAD, WE ARE AUTO-SAGING

>>6629656
And archive this thread.

rolled 23 = 23

>>6629656
I say that we just come back tomorrow.

Hmmm...

I think I get the shades. They're like... 3.5 zombies. They're powered by dead time. As in, things that have no time. But they cannot digest dead time, unless it's like sand. The small ones can't break much of anything, that's why there's so many, but the bigger ones are only made if the smaller ones 'eat' dead time.

On the flip side, they are probably harmed by 'living time', e.i. the time you weild.

I think.

You stand up and calmly take a seat across from yourself, folding your arms infront of you. "Hello."

Your otherself meticulously folds the paper and puts it down and glares at you. "Look what you did, I go through all the effort to get that job at Gray Ridge, and then the moment you sweet talk your way into the good doctors panties and her time machine, the first thing you do is come back here and cause this. We had restraint at one time! We knew when to listen to people! I know she wasn't the kind of person to not tell you the countless million things that could go wrong when playing with a time machine! When did money become so important that you were willing to risk damning the universe?"

upvote ploz

rolled 96 = 96

>>6629792
Oh god, someone in the last thread called it.

We tried to play the stock market.

Looking forward to tomorrow, OP.

>>6629792
Oh ho ho

>>6629792
"Now let's not go pointing fingers. Who blew up what universe isn't really important. What is important is that we don't remember anything. Fill me in."

Awesome thread, OP. First good quest in a while. Hope to see a homebrew based on it eventually.

rolled 56 = 56

>>6629874
It looks like it's semi-classless with three archetypes, so far.

Forsaken, Sinners and Innocents.

Forsaken can deal with fissures, whatever those things are.

Sinners can deal with the shades.

What do Innocents deal with, though? It seems like they have no reason to be here.

>>6629907
I believe innocents are simply "batteries" for the morally grey.

rolled 59 = 59

>>6629925
If that's true, that'd be a cruel joke.

Broken Reality: "Alright, you really shouldn't be here in this hell hole wasteland, but I'm not going to give you any means to cope."

>>6629950
Well the innocents aren't supposed to be there, or experience any of it.

rolled 3 = 3

>>6629989
You'd think that the world would try to throw some balance at them for that. Maybe not be able to interact with the world, but be able to defend themselves...

>>6629950
That's just it, they're not supposed to be there. Normally they would still be standing motionless, oblivious to what has happened, dead and unconscious, victims of paradox. The forgotten and sinners are the ones who should be here, and they have coping mechanisms. Conscious innocents are aliens.

>>6630051
I was thinking innocents might be a way for sinners to repent

rolled 50 = 50

>>6630132
>>6630051
If we repent, do you think we'll be able to fix reality or at least gain a lot of bonus time?