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[CYOA] Gearwind

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:27 pm
by Olothontor

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Some things are best left alone
To rot and mold over in dreams 
Far too old to be known

Yet many seek more lost wisdom
Midst the steam and the smoke
Than is healthy to country and kingdom

Persistent, persuasive, and cunning
These are the traits that make a man young
Yet what could it be
that makes a machine?
Your name is Sylus Gearwind. You are a well-antiquated early Victorian biological experiment designed to replicate the essence of man with the workings of machinery. You are a clockwork cyborg.

You make our home in the sewers, midst the grime and the muck. The city above, as far as you're aware, is named Chicago. You know little of this place teaming with noise above your head; only the sewers are familiar ground, and here is where you spend your days. Never eating, never sleeping, merely... waiting. Waiting for what, you do not know.

But today, you think you've waited long enough. Something in the back of your mechanical brain began ticking again... something sinister. You are uncertain how to describe the feeling, but you know that something is going to happen, and soon. You must stop it.

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You are currently using your hands. Beneath your right hand, in your wrist, is a compartment that holds an original Stubmann pistolette with 6 shots.

You have sat for too long. Now is the time to act.

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:42 pm
by doodstormer
> KICK CHAIR for NO REASON AT ALL

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:47 pm
by solvess
explore further down.

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:10 pm
by Olothontor
You turn around and apply a well-placed roundhouse kick to that damned chair. It definitely had it coming.

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You then march down the hallway, as smugly as your cyborg facial manipulators will allow.

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What's this? Ah, you remember this. Your trusty rapier. It seems in fine condition after... how many years? Ah, unimportant. No matter.

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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:23 pm
by aoffan23
Pick up rapier, then realize that waterfalls are making you have to wee.

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:49 pm
by SnakeMittens
aoffan23 wrote:Pick up rapier, then realize that waterfalls are making you have to wee, without a bladder.
Fix'd

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:52 pm
by RagnarokRose
>Name Rapier EXCALIBER and proclaim yourself THE CHOSEN ONE.

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:57 pm
by solvess
Then continue down path.

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:46 pm
by RunsWithLegos
make sure the pipes are not filled with man eating plants.

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:39 pm
by Lt. Krus
Take rapier and explore.

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:32 am
by Olothontor
It feels good to have Amilia back in your hands. Ah, that's right! You used to call her Amilia. An odd name for a sword, but fitting for one so beautifully designed and balanced. Much like an old friend you remember...

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Or maybe you don't remember. Bah, it's unimportant. For now, that feeling is growing stronger, a sinister vibe bubbling up your spine in an unsettling fashion. You must end this.

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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:00 am
by solvess
climb rope.

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:06 pm
by doodstormer
Go back and CLIMB THROUGH PIPE. A chain just hanging there has got to be a trap!

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:04 pm
by Olothontor
I know this seems like a dick move, but I've changed my mind. This CYOA is now dead.

However, I have a new webcomic mini-series on the way based on the collective artworks of Arne Niklas Janssen that might prove to be a much better waste of time.

Sorry to all of you who cared. The promise is something better is usually enough to assuage you, but not always.

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:12 pm
by SnakeMittens
:no: