Philosophy decided to wander off, see if there were any NP Cs to harass or vendors to run into. He didn't have much gold, though - if he had any. He heard the Japanese servers had some weird glitches and ARG-related crap, maybe he'd find something fun here as well...
Was Jack Mackerel. | i rite gudDr B would find his HP to be at 95/115, and his SP to be at 110/130 (regeneration over time). His inventory would be full of the usual bits and pieces most newbies had, including all of the following: 2 Health Drinks, 2 Mage's Souls, 1 Antidote, 1 Smelling salt, 1 Restorative, 1 Ressurection Slab, 1Fairy's Orb, and 1 Pixie Wire.
Philosophy wouldn't find any NPC's to harass, although he might come across a very disgruntled looking twinblade character, cursing silently as she looked over the bridge. Otherwise, the vendors were open for business as usual, and the message boards were still open for reading.
As Kaine tried opening the treasure chest, there was a small "clink" sound effect before a prompt came up. <BOOBY TRAP TRIGGERED! MONSTER SUMMONED!> Before awarding Kaine one pixie wire. There then was a soft chiming, and the chest disappeared as what was summoned was... another chest. Except this one had teeth from the front of it, an eye where the keyhole would be, and two extending arms from the side.
Pokedy Poke-pokeAs he delved into the cave, it would slowly open up, revealing a large underwater lake and a small suspension bridge crossing it. There was a soft chiming noise coming from beneath the water, and across the bridge was the battered and bruised body of our skin-colored angel. It got up and "stared" for a moment... before something leaped out of the water and took it out in one strike, before heading back into the bright-blue depths.
Pokedy Poke-pokeThe twinblade (as well as a few NPC's) would eye RICE's antics for a few moments, wondering why he screamed RED SALMON of all things. The twinblade eventually just turned off her chat panel, and then decided to log out. Colnar, having just logged in, might have caught the end of RICE's antics.
Pokedy Poke-poke...from three hours ago?
Colnar walks up to ωRICE.
"Really, now? You're that bored?"
"...could you meet me here in about two hours? I have to go."
Colnar has logged out.
edited 22nd Apr '11 5:47:25 PM by AweStriker
"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. ""Ouch?" 'Doc' commented as he saw the monster get taken out in one hit. While it was possible that the monster was already wounded, it seemed a fair warning that he should avoid trying to explore the water at the moment.
So he instead focused on crossing over the bridge, doing his best to keep careful attention of anything that might leap up and try to attack him as he went.
As Colnar (assumingly) approached the chaos gate, the basic prompt struck out asking for the three keywords he wished to use.
Dr.B waited for a few moments, the water rippling softly as the lone dark spot grew bigger and bigger. The ripples surged forward as a small impression began to surge, the shadow becoming more defined before the toothy creature was shooting out of the water and into the air. It nearly scrapped the cavern ceiling, and as it began it's slow descent something would become certain. It was going to land on the suspension bridge, whether Dr. B was right there or not.
Pokedy Poke-poke"Hmm..."
"...err, that doesn't make much grammatical sense, but it'll have to do. Opaque... Automatic... I cannot."
That has to be the most bizarre keyword ever, including GU having Passing as both a 1st word and a 2nd word.
What kind of area will it be...
edited 22nd Apr '11 8:45:49 PM by AweStriker
"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "The prompt rose, offering the following world...
- <<Level: 12>>
- <<Primary element: earth>>
- <<Secondary element: thunder>>
- <<Pv P: Off>>
- <<Xarea=Finite>>
- <<Yarea=Infinite>>
- <<Miasma Spring: on>>
- <<Dungeon: On, setting 3>>
SETTINGS OK? Y/N
Pokedy Poke-pokeDr B reached the other side with due ease, but the damage was like a train wreck. The monster slowly camp down onto the bridge, and it wrapped around him like a wire as the creature struggled to undo it. If there ever were a time to get a shot off, now would be it.
A new prompt opened up, filling up for the new keywords...
- <<Level: 5>>
- <<Primary element: wind>>
- <<Secondary element: earth>>
- <<Pv P: Off>>
- <<Xarea=Infinite>>
- <<Yarea=Infinite>>
- <<Miasma Spring: on>>
- <<Dungeon: On, setting 2>>
SETTINGS OK? Y/N
Kaine would find that as he swung the blade, the creature swung it's arms out to try and grab the sword between it's hands. It was a shaky grab, but gave just enough time for a knife to shoot out from it's mouth and sink into Kaine's stomach. Then the hands slipped, and Kaine's blade fell with great fury on to the monster, which leaped back for a moment. (KAINE HP - 17 poison +7 an action, Monster HP - 28)
Pokedy Poke-poke"Heh." 'Doc' thought to himself as he saw the monster get stuck in its attempt to attack him.
"HYAH!"
Trying to use the metal of the bridge and the monsters distracted attention to his advantage, Dr. B tried to climb up so he could get to the monsters head, at which point he had every intention of stabbing it in the face.
Kaine found his slash this time caught in between the monster's "lid and body" so to speak, as it bit down on his blade, the monster itself was dragged along the ground a small distance with the impact, but refused to let go. It''s hands tried striking out against Kaine, but were too short for the distance he was at (Kaine -7 poison, Monster -19 HP)
The creature thrashed around violently as Dr. B tried climbing up the remains of the bridge. Water was splashed everywhere, and Dr.B would be soaked himself in it (not for damage, just cosmetic effects). He did manage to reach the top, but right then the monster broke free from the bridge's grasp. The aim as straight as it could be, Dr B's stab came into the fish-things head, a wild and guttural cry coming from it... before it tried diving, with Dr. B still on top. (MONSTER HP -13)
The prompt refreshed for Colnar, this time with these new keywords...
- <<Level: 5>>
- <<Primary element: wind>>
- <<Secondary element: wind>>
- <<Pv P: ON>>
- <<Xarea=Infinite>>
- <<Yarea=Finite>>
- <<Miasma Spring: off>>
- <<Dungeon: On, setting 3>>
SETTINGS OK? Y/N
edited 23rd Apr '11 9:39:43 AM by romanmyth
Pokedy Poke-poke

Before going into the cave, Dr. B decided to check his inventory and compare it to how much HP and SP to see what kind of state he was in and whether it would be worth healing up before going inside. It took a few minutes to figure out how to access either, but he managed to find them before too long.