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sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47426: Sep 2nd 2021 at 11:34:02 PM

Oh dear. This gold may be generated from some sorta magic or power if his reaction is any indication.

"I mean, most people can't find enough gold to make a living, yet alone pave roads with it. I'm just curious as to how he can get so much gold. What natural resources are there on this planet? I'd guess that gold is a common one?"

Yup. Good enough. I need to rule out any other possibilities. Maybe gold is just common for them... or it's from a power... or is magical in nature...

Xabbynip09 Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys from America Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: I know
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#47427: Sep 2nd 2021 at 11:40:55 PM

Huh, that's interesting for Mr. Owlcity past. Xabby was actually in her ponder state after she heard about Rufus. However, she stop pondering when Briya is may or may not making it a bit worse, unintentionally. She then gives a slight nudge on Briya to be quiet in a polite way for now. What Briya means on that is where did the gold came from? From the mines or trades? If not, then what kind of food does the place have thanks to Mr. Owlcity?

Edited by Xabbynip09 on Sep 2nd 2021 at 2:48:45 PM

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sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47428: Sep 2nd 2021 at 11:53:32 PM

Oh ok time to shut up now. Good thing I'm good at understanding gestures and subtle notions.

So she does even more gesturing which seems to mean "But I swear there's no normal way to get THIS much gold... and now she's doing over the top gestures. Not one word is said the entire time when she's gesturing.

Translation(?) of gestures: But but but there's SO much gold. There's no way to get this much, yet alone make structures out of it with normal gold. Surely there must be some magic or tricks or powers involved... There's more to him than the public knows! THERE IS NO WAY SOMEONE CAN GET THIS MUCH GOLD NORMALLY!

The last gesture seems to be her using a bit of magic. Her hands glowed red for a few seconds before going back to normal.

Translation?: There has to be magic or some powers involved for the gold!

Edited by sci300768 on Sep 2nd 2021 at 11:54:46 AM

Xabbynip09 Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys from America Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: I know
Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys
#47429: Sep 3rd 2021 at 12:08:14 AM

Shit, at this rate, we'll never be trusted if this keeps up. She needs to act AND fast, otherwise it's "game over (yeah)" for them! Ah, sorry about her, she can be a bit of a...niche, but she means well. So, if you excuse me, I'm going to talk to her for a moment in her second language. She then looks at Briya and does some of her gestures as well.

That is true, but there's a chance of it being on this planet. If not, it could be either magic or human sacrifices if this is a fantasy setting. Considering he's a 'trader', what if he stole the gold FROM any planets that has them. This could explain why there's too many gold in this place, cause he's stealing the gold and we could use the stolen gold to get the economy back into good news. Xabby reasoning for the stealing seems to be right. After all, what else you could you get gold if the gold came from another PLANET! However, it's best if we don't mention that from all of the Mr. Owlcity supporters, they could throw us into jail for that matter. Plus, it looks like the roof isn't gold though, so it may be best if we ask him that. Then, she looks back at the person she was asking. Sorry if we took too long, but there's something in my mind; Why the roof isn't made in gold?

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sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47430: Sep 3rd 2021 at 12:17:39 AM

And cue even MORE over the top gesturing...

Translation of gesturing: I agree with that logic. I will let you handle the talking and questioning. And yes, gesturing IS my second language. And I did not get any details about the trading, which makes me wonder HOW he did the trades in the first place. How else would he convince others that worthless junk was worth trading for rare artifacts?! I think there's more to his charisma than it seems! Maybe some sorta power or magic at work? Or he stole the gold...

I feel like we might be able to turn his supporters against him once we get enough hard proof like a recording we could play for the public to hear. And given that the roofs are not made of gold, I think this is actual physical gold. Gold IS heavy after all! If the gold is stolen, taking the gold away from him would fix the economy alright. But the better question is HOW? That's later though! I now think that Owlcity is tricking his own supporters in some way...

She has not said a single word. Seems like she became mute for now.

Edited by sci300768 on Sep 3rd 2021 at 12:21:32 PM

SmilyTrope112 The ViDuck from The Quack Seas Since: Aug, 2020
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#47431: Sep 3rd 2021 at 12:27:30 AM

Tilly, who's just watching while drinking her coffee, just decides to let the others deal with their own mess. She's not getting involved at all.

TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
God forbid women do anything
#47432: Sep 3rd 2021 at 12:56:35 AM

The person stands there confusedly watching Xabby and Briya gesture to each other.

Er...the gold comes from where gold usually comes from! You can't walk two kilomiles without stepping over a massive slab of it in the ground...I take it you two aren't from here, is that not the case on your planet?

As for why the roofs aren't made of gold...I must say that never occurred to me. It sounds like a cracking good idea!

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Xabbynip09 Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys from America Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: I know
Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys
#47433: Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:04:13 AM

So, he don't know where the gold came from after all. More importantly, they don't know why the roof isn't gold; I feel like the roof not being gold is connected to Mr. Owlcity in some way. Xabby does have a logical reason for that one. If everything is made from gold, then why the roof isn't being made in gold. Plus, you can't lie to him that you don't live here; the whole gold situation just scream it. Yeah, we're not from here as we tend to visit planet to planet for tourism. From our planet, we get gold from mining, which is working by digging with shovels and mining by pickaxe. Sure, it's tiring, but getting the gold is worth it. Enough gold talk, you mind telling us how Mr. Owlcity does his trades and has anyone went doing trades with him?

Edited by Xabbynip09 on Sep 3rd 2021 at 5:09:09 AM

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sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47434: Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:17:23 AM

She positions herself so that Xabby can see her gesturing. Then she continues doing the over the top gesturing as usual...

Gesturing translation: This confirms what I thought based off his reaction. His followers don't know where the gold is from. And given the lack of reasoning given to them for the roofs not being gold... Xabby I think we may be dealing with a cult like group or an outright cult. Hear me out on why I think this!

They practically worship him like a god. This on its own is not so bad. Most beings however don't faint as their first reaction. Why would Owlcity hide info from his followers? And the lack of info... You know how cults work right? The leaders hide and lie away to their followers... just like what I'm seeing here. Why would he hide the logical reasoning for roofs not being made of gold? From what I'm guessing, gold is just TOO HEAVY to be used as a roof material! Why hide logical facts and reasoning from his followers? This is very suspicious. Lets see what he says about the methods and means of trading. That's going to be useful info. I don't like Owlcity. He's hiding something bad. And maybe we might have to kill him... which I'm willing to do if it comes to that.

Edited by sci300768 on Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:18:50 AM

Xabbynip09 Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys from America Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: I know
Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys
#47435: Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:41:22 AM

Xabby looks at Briya with the look of "Please don't kill him, we can kill him if it's the last resort we have to do. Plus, once we're done getting information from him regardless if he knows or not, you can speak, but I'll let you know when you can." She would rather put Mr. Owlcity in jail than kill him. If this is really is a cult, then it's best to find the others, or else they'll be part of the cult via hypnotize or something like that in the lines. Besides, why the hell did he faint as soon she said their leader's name. If it's the case of being hypnotize, then it spells bad news. Then Xabby realize something; the news earlier says that Mr. Owlcity has everyone calling him the 'savior of Tropesburg' and that proves that Mr. Owlcity not only has a cult, but also a hypnotize situation. Excuse me for a moment sir. She then gesture to Briya. Briya, I just realize something. The news from earlier has everyone calling the savior of Tropesburg and not only that, you might onto something with the cult part, so everyone has been hypnotize and have Mr.Owlcity being worshiped like a god. It's no wonder why everyone clamming him, they all been hypnotize some way and that's something! Besides, as soon we ask him about Owlcity, he faints when I said Mr. Owlcity. We got to know how his trades method works. If it's just stealing from other planets, then it's not just a robbery, it's a space robbery! She then stops gesturing. I finished talking to her, so, how Mr. Owlcity does his trading and have someone to go with for trading part.

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K-Fuzzy-A obviously fuzzy known Otherwise (as) from a luscious 16-bit environment Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
obviously fuzzy known Otherwise (as)
#47436: Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:49:00 AM

"But how are we supposed to stop someone so powerful? ...and why?"

Edited by K-Fuzzy-A on Sep 3rd 2021 at 10:51:57 AM

Well I guess I'm back.
sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47437: Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:52:14 AM

Cue gesturing.

Gesture translation: The fainting that must be some sorta hypnosis, magic, or whatever it is at work... Also killing Owlcity is NOT my first solution! A space robbery... that's not good news. But the cult is even worse. Clamming up his followers... keep talking and asking about the trade stuff. I think it's for the best that I pretend that I don't speak in the short term. No one but us understands gesturing. It's a language barrier! I think we need to act like tourists. That's our best way of getting info at this point. It's true anyways... And there must be a way to undo his hypnosis or whatever his means is. Finding out what that is sounds like a good thing to look for later. At this rate, a space robbery is the least of our concerns.

End gesturing. She continues the act of preferring gesturing.

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Forever a hoopy food
#47438: Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:55:21 AM

(Meanwhile, the Prefects were walking around and taking in the sights while Garfunkel was taking photos.)
"This is more fun than vacuuming the floor!"

"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
aPod-ofSeals That there is a seal. from the biggest planet on Earth Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
That there is a seal.
#47439: Sep 3rd 2021 at 5:30:47 AM

The seals wander back on, having somehow obtained some sushi.

"Hey guys!"

"What was that about..." Harper lowers their voice. "Hypnosis?"

"Do you think these folks have been hypnotized? 'Cause I was thinking this was just a regular ol' personality cult, but I guess they could be hypnotized."

"I mean, for some reason this Owlcity fellow's name makes me think of sleep. Well, more the lack of sleep, but still."

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TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
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#47440: Sep 3rd 2021 at 6:18:32 AM

Well, it's the most curios thing! Mr. Owlcity offers up a random household item, say a toaster, and the offworlder is willing to sell anything for it just because it's made of gold! They must be having some kind of gold shortage on other planets.

They grimace.

Perish the thought. What on earth do they eat for breakfast? Copper?

Oh, my apologies! I didn't mean to imply anything negative about offworlders.

Edited by TropesForever on Sep 3rd 2021 at 11:19:14 PM

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Xabbynip09 Local idiot who is a sucker for cute 2d boys from America Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: I know
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#47441: Sep 3rd 2021 at 6:36:07 AM

Oh no, it's fine really. Xabby then ponder to herself. A item made in gold all because we have a "gold" shortage? No, I'm sure there's other ways to get gold. But, how come Mr. Owlcity states that we eat copper for breakfast? Sure, the economy is in a bad shaped, but our planet has other ways to get food. She then stops pondering. Also, you mind answering on why you said 'perish the thought' and what thought you should perish about? If there's a reason why you won't answer that question, that's fine.

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K-Fuzzy-A obviously fuzzy known Otherwise (as) from a luscious 16-bit environment Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
obviously fuzzy known Otherwise (as)
#47442: Sep 3rd 2021 at 6:46:05 AM

Fuzzy is trying to make sense of this by drawing a plan in his notebook.

"So... if gold = value, Mr Owlcity = weirdo and Mr Owlcity + gold = powerful, then gold must = power. So weirdo + gold = powerful... I think I've got it!"

"Got what?"

"If we're gonna try to stop this guy and restore balance to the universe, then we're gonna have to stockpile on gold. And how do we stockpile on gold?"

"?"

"Like this."

Fuzzy runs off. Peppy just shrugs and follows him.

Edited by K-Fuzzy-A on Sep 3rd 2021 at 2:52:30 PM

Well I guess I'm back.
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#47443: Sep 3rd 2021 at 7:36:36 AM

After wandering off to go on her phone to get a recap on space history, CG runs back to the rest and notices Mr.Owlcity. Although she wasn't there when Bria did all of the gesturing, she had heard about Mr.Owlcity's gold.

"Sorry to interrupt, but when was Mr.Owlcity born? If he's a couple centuries old, he'd might've played a role in the Gold Rush and if I were to speculate even further, perhaps one of the first to get to California and maybe be one of the more successful ones."

CG for short
sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47444: Sep 3rd 2021 at 9:37:28 AM

Just a gold shortage? From stealing the gold... a grimace? To stop his own thoughts... the hypnosis.

So she is yet again in Xabby's view and does more gesturing. Less over the top, but still not subtle.

Gesturing translation: I think they are being hypnotized or whatever it is. He's stopping his own thoughts as you can tell. And if we go with the hypnosis theory, that would explain how worthless items got traded for artifacts... Owlcity is stopping his own followers from thinking about the details. Maybe there's some conditioning that he did to make them STOP thinking too hard about things. Is it just me, or is this hypnosis not all that strong? Right now we don't have time, but maybe later there's another way to undo the hypnosis... Owlcity is definitely giving his followers false info alright. I think the best question to ask is their view on traveling. To restrict them from learning the truth, traveling would be hard to do or is forbidden in some way. If this is what they know about earth... what about the outside world in general?

End gesturing. She goes back to standing next to Xabby.

Edited by sci300768 on Sep 3rd 2021 at 9:38:35 AM

aPod-ofSeals That there is a seal. from the biggest planet on Earth Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
That there is a seal.
#47445: Sep 3rd 2021 at 10:39:05 AM

The Harpers are still whispering.

"Er, are all of you aware that 'perish the thought' is a normal expression?"

"It means 'what an awful concept.' For instance, if I heard about someone deliberately throwing away 100 tons of fish, I might say, 'Perish the thought!'"

"It doesn't necessarily indicate hypnosis or deliberately stopping one's own thoughts."

"Also, I think these people just... eat gold. That's why they think we eat copper, gold is a food source for them."

"But for sure, let's figure out what they think about traveling. There is something fishy going on, even if there's no hypnosis."

Harper now addresses one of the locals. "Hey, what's your opinion on traveling? Like, interplanetarily? That's a real word, I totally didn't make it up on the spot."

Edited by aPod-ofSeals on Sep 3rd 2021 at 12:45:21 PM

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K-Fuzzy-A obviously fuzzy known Otherwise (as) from a luscious 16-bit environment Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
obviously fuzzy known Otherwise (as)
#47446: Sep 3rd 2021 at 11:05:48 AM

Briefly cut to a montage of Fuzzy acquiring gold through some unusual methods, such as trading for it, begging for it, spray painting some random junk gold, putting some raw gold in a furnace and almost selling Peppy for it. The montage is set to the chorus of Gold by Spandau Ballet. By the end of it, quite a lot of Fuzzy's belongings are suddenly golden.

"Oh man, I never realised how easy it would be to get gold in space! It's almost too easy..."

"You seem kinda weird."

"Oh, sorry, it must be the gold. It's just great isn't it? It's all shiny and valuable and useful and cool and valuable and-"

"Um, why are your pupils gold?"

Well I guess I'm back.
TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
God forbid women do anything
#47447: Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:13:59 PM

Oh yes, I merely said 'perish the thought' to indicate how terrible it would be to live on a planet where gold is so rare you couldn't even pave the streets with it!

As much as he'd like to pretend he's a young man, Mr. Owlcity is an esteemed elder of our community! he's probably between 68 and 70 years of age.

As for traveling interplanetarily, most of us probably do that about once a year for our holiday. Why I visited Omicron Persei 5 last warm season. Good fun, but jolly expensive.

Just then, the tropers may gear a fanfare in the distance.

Presenting...MR. OWLCITY!

The street clears, and an elderly man approaches the tropers. His clothes are quite odd, they appear to almost be made of paper, and he is decked out in various medals and seals that are made of wood

Good day! Are you all the ambassadors from Tropesberg?

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Player 222
#47448: Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:16:13 PM

CG snaps her figures upon being greeted.

"Yeah! Also, do you have a time machine? Just curious!"

She asked that since she wanted to see if her Gold Rush theory still have any merit.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:22:29 AM

CG for short
TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
God forbid women do anything
#47449: Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:18:13 PM

A time machine...I am afraid not. If you would recommend somewhere I can get a good one I'm all ears!

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sci300768 Since: Aug, 2021
#47450: Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:27:07 PM

She notices Owlcity and does some overly simple gestures. First she mimics a handshake while looking at him to indicate a greeting of some sort, then points at Xabby and uses one hand to make a talking motion at the same time. Then she points at herself and does a zipped lip motion indicating her lack of speech.

Gesture translation for OWLCITY AND XABBY: She can explain it best. This is how I (prefer to) communicate. She will do the talking for me.

Then she ensures she's in view of Xabby and does different gestures. To Owlcity, it's a bunch of random nonsense gesturing that seems to hold no clear meaning.

Gesture translation for XABBY: This is your chance to ask Owlcity the right questions. Lets see what he says about his trading and whatever you ask! I will let you handle the talking. I think he will react the wrong way if we ask the wrong questions or he gets suspicious. Jail might be the least of our concerns based off our early theories. I don't want to know what happens if we get hypnotized or worse... letting any of our fellow tropers getting into his grip would be terrible to say the least. But don't tell them what our plan is, you know how insane and stupid some of them can be at times. Get some sorta message to them that if Owlcity gets it, won't cause him to get suspicious. Yet will get them the memo to be careful around him and what they say.

I see seals on his clothing. Maybe those have some sorta use? Magical or for hypnosis. The medals may be magical in nature, but I don't know where he got those from. I think you can ask about the medals safely. His clothing is rather odd, which makes me wonder if it's magical in nature. It seems like his clothing is made of paper or paper like material, which supports my seal theory.

She stops her very long winded gesturing and stands near Xabby.

Edited by sci300768 on Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:33:36 AM


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