I just realized that I made a big mistake in my last post, under Random's first command. I'm going to fix it now, and I'll write the next post tomorrow.
edited 27th Nov '16 9:28:42 PM by DrNoPuma
Very good kitty>CAPTURE IT
Carl leaps forward with his bunny feet and grabs the leech.
>Surround it, weapons ready, and since the boo indicates some level of sapience, demand to know what it is doing here.
>Eat it.
>After interrogating it or attempting to, if it doesn't give us a good reason not to.
Carl and his friends surround the leech, and Carl threatens to eat it if it doesn't tell them what it's doing here. The leech is surprised, but then nods and starts talking.
...in nightmare-leech-ese. It lets out a series of incomprehensible hisses and snarls, until it realizes that Carl and his friends can't understand what it's saying. It sighs, then starts drawing in the dirt with its tail.
It draws two circles. It labels one "Bad Land", and one "Sweet Land". It draws a line in between the two, which it labels "river".
Then it draws Carl, Bruno, and Grim with angry faces, beating up the leeches.
Then it draws some leeches going along the "river" line, from Bad Land to Sweet Land.
Finally, it writes the word "Food" with a no symbol on it.
edited 28th Nov '16 8:28:54 AM by DrNoPuma
Very good kitty>Ask Captain Rust if there is predation in Sweet Land, or if it is only herbivores. If there is predation, let the leech go. Nightmare predators have as much right to eat as Sweet creatures. But if not, kill it to protect the cute animals.
edited 28th Nov '16 11:24:00 AM by ZeroL
My new plan is so secret that even I cannot understand its full scope!>Ask Captain Rust if there is predation in Sweet Land, or if it is only herbivores. If there is predation, let the leech go. Nightmare predators have as much right to eat as Sweet creatures. But if not, kill it to protect the cute animals.
Carl asks Captain Rust about this.
"Yes, there is. Queen Oneira created animals like this specifically because she wanted the dream worlds to be more like the human world."
Carl decides to let the leech go. He gently scoops it up and puts it back in the river. It turns around and looks at Carl, seemingly smiling, before diving under the syrup.
Fortunately, the bridge is still intact, so our heroes walk across, without any trouble this time. They keep walking through the forest.
Eventually, the path splits in two again. One path leads out of the forest, and the other continues through it.
"We're getting close! The left path goes through a small town. I know you want to avoid meeting sweet creatures, but I've never taken the right path before, and I don't know anyone who has. Who knows what could be in there?"
"Either way, I'm fairly confident that both paths will take us in the direction we need to go."
Choose a path.
edited 28th Nov '16 5:15:12 PM by DrNoPuma
Very good kitty>Before we cross, ask what will happen if we become a sweet land creature. Will we be put into the wild or will we be put into a sort of reservation?
>And left.
Long live the New Bev.>Before we cross, ask what will happen if we become a sweet land creature. Will we be put into the wild or will we be put into a sort of reservation?
Carl asks Captain Rust.
"Oh no, nothing like that will happen! See, even though you'll technically be an animal, you'll still be just as sentient as you are now. The same way that Sliss here looks like a centipede, but is capable of human things. No, I don't think a human could turn into an actual animal here. I guess if an animal from your world got stuck here, then it could happen, but... we've got more important things to worry about."
"Long story short, if you do fully transform, you'll only look like an animal. You're not going to lose your human sentience."
>Left
>RIGHT
>And left.
>Left.
Our heroes decide to go left, into the town. They need a change of scenery, right?
They see plenty of sweet creatures going about their business. When the sweet creatures see the nightmare creatures, they are clearly disturbed, and start whispering and muttering. Nobody outright insults the nightmare creatures, but the sweet creatures all stay far away from them.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go", says Captain Rust, but the nightmare creatures are all a bit shocked and disheartened.
edited 28th Nov '16 5:43:19 PM by DrNoPuma
Very good kitty>Wait wait, are we talking full on rabbit? Or like an anthropomorphic rabbit man?
Long live the New Bev.>Wait wait, are we talking full on rabbit? Or like an anthropomorphic rabbit man?
I mean a Funny Animal. So... somewhere in between.
>Let's stop and cheer them up a bit, improve their opinions of the Nightmares. If it helps, point to your own rabbit...features.
Carl decides to stop and maybe teach these sweet creatures that his friends aren't as bad as they look. He asks them to come out, and a few do. He points to his rabbit ears and legs (and makes sure that he hasn't transformed further. He has not, yet) and tells the sweet creatures that he is possibly turning into one of them, and he is friends with the nightmare creatures, so why can't they be too?
>Have Grimaldi, Sliss, and Bruno perform a comedy circus act!
Carl suggests that Grimaldi, Sliss, and Bruno do a circus act to cheer everyone up. Grimaldi brightens up instantly.
"A circus act? YES! I can do that! I can do anything!" He starts doing a series of backflips before finally landing with a handstand.
"That'sss a good idea, but, uh, I have no idea how to do anything ccccccircus-related." "Why don't we try balancing?"
"OOH! YES!" Grimaldi runs over and jumps onto Bruno's shoulders. He then reaches down, grabs Sliss, and lifts him onto his own shoulders.
"Woahwoahwoah! ...Hey, thisss isn't half bad!"
One sweet creature asks to try it too, and Sliss stretches down to pick him up. Before long, many other sweet creatures join in on the circus acts. Everyone is laughing and having fun... except Captain Rust, who is looking stressed.
"Come on... come on already. We really don't have time for this..." he says under his breath.
edited 28th Nov '16 7:21:51 PM by DrNoPuma
Very good kitty>"Rust, start having fun, or I will make extremely forced references for the rest of this journey."
Long live the New Bev.>"Rust, start having fun, or I will make extremely forced references for the rest of this journey."
"Oh, really? Like what?"
>Explain to Captain Rust that befriending the locals is always extremely important, and could lead to acquiring useful information, and at very least improve the reputations of our nightmare creatures
Carl gives Captain Rust this advice. He sighs. "I guess you're right. Still, I'd really rather keep moving..."
>Attempt to appease him by asking for news out of Gingerbread Town while we entertain.
Carl suggests talking about what's happening at Gingerbread Town.
"Well, I haven't heard anything since we left, obviously. But we have our crystal orbs - we can contact the queen and ask her."
Very good kittyOh. :I
>Make the most forced Undertale reference Carl can imagine.
Carl tells Captain Rust that if he doesn't have fun, he's gonna have a bad time.
But Captain Rust is still uneasy. Should they call Queen Oneira? Ask the townspeople? Something else?
Very good kitty>"Start having fun, or I'll SEND YOU TO HELL."
edited 29th Nov '16 1:43:01 PM by BaconZorp
Long live the New Bev.

>Surround it, weapons ready, and since the boo indicates some level of sapience, demand to know what it is doing here.
My new plan is so secret that even I cannot understand its full scope!