Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 22, 2019 15:03:17 GMT
SAY I need some token item from you good sir, to prove my valour and enable my quest of righteousness HOLD out hand "I guess you did help me, here you can have this." he says before handing you a snazzy looking silver yo-yo.
Item added: Shiny yo-yo (+1 point)
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 22, 2019 15:43:36 GMT
The church of Prowl talk to each other in Hexidecimal. You mean the Technochurch, not Church of Prowl, right? This guy is just well read and educated it seems. But it seems revealing allegiance to the Church of Prowl is done in secret; everyone we've met on our side so far has been very guarded about it. This chap seems to think revealing his faith is safer done in a language that obviously isn't used by the Starscreamites. Desecrated shrines, secret badges and tied up boatmen suggests openly proclaiming faith to Prowl is dangerous. And the fact the boatman is saying things are dangerous for people like him.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 22, 2019 15:46:26 GMT
SAY, "I understand, chum. Tell me, what would it cost for you to drop me at the Spaceport?"
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 22, 2019 15:53:46 GMT
The fact the Spaceport is a connected location here, but it isn't from the busy road, tells us this is the way we're going eventually. I thought we might need to steal the bike to get to the spaceport, but I think this chap will drop us there provided the condition of him doing that is met.
Which further makes me wonder if the hacking device will allow us to control the bike making the distraction we need for the bounty hunter. There's a chain beginning to form here. Unusual for one object to have multiple uses, but when we're done with objects Stom usually discards them but we still have the device.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 22, 2019 16:07:57 GMT
EXAMINE yoyo
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 22, 2019 16:24:43 GMT
It's just a yo-yo, it is pleasantly shiny though!
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 22, 2019 17:24:23 GMT
SAY, "I understand, chum. Tell me, what would it cost for you to drop me at the Spaceport?"
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 23, 2019 6:02:19 GMT
SAY, "I understand, chum. Tell me, what would it cost for you to drop me at the Spaceport?" "Come now, come now. It's not a question of cost, it's about trust. I need something to show me you're not the sort to tie me up and, well, as you don't seem from around here, I need a local to vouch for you."
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by blueshift on Feb 23, 2019 8:05:25 GMT
SAY, "I understand, chum. Tell me, what would it cost for you to drop me at the Spaceport?" "Come now, come now. It's not a question of cost, it's about trust. I need something to show me you're not the sort to tie me up and, well, as you don't seem from around here, I need a local to vouch for you."
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250 Wow what a jerk SAY look mate you know I am trustworthy because I untied you and saved your boat. I could have easily kicked you in the face, taken your wallet and stolen your boat but I did not.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 23, 2019 9:27:43 GMT
SAY look mate you know I am trustworthy because I untied you and saved your boat. I could have easily kicked you in the face, taken your wallet and stolen your boat but I did not. "It could be a cunning ruse on your part! You understand me being a little paranoid, I'm sorry. Just find me something to prove you're trustworthy and find someone that can vouch for you and I'll be happy to take you."
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by blueshift on Feb 23, 2019 10:04:28 GMT
SAY look mate you know I am trustworthy because I untied you and saved your boat. I could have easily kicked you in the face, taken your wallet and stolen your boat but I did not. "It could be a cunning ruse on your part! You understand me being a little paranoid, I'm sorry. Just find me something to prove you're trustworthy and find someone that can vouch for you and I'll be happy to take you."
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250 HOLD UP yo-yo SAY this is proof, it is a token from a helpless man I rescued. Ask the boatsman for proof of my valour
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Post by Stomski on Feb 23, 2019 10:44:09 GMT
HOLD UP yo-yo SAY this is proof, it is a token from a helpless man I rescued. Ask the boatsman for proof of my valour "It could be a cunning ruse on your part! You understand me being a little paranoid, I'm sorry. Just find me something to prove you're trustworthy and find someone that can vouch for you and I'll be happy to take you."
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 11:03:58 GMT
Hmm. Sounds like we need Mr K with us. Perhaps we need to escape with him to the moon from the spaceport. Proving we're trustworthy? Some kind of symbol, emblem? Let's just try this to discount it:
SAY, "I'll find someone to vouch for me, but does this prove I'm trustworthy?" SHOW Mexican Prowl.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 23, 2019 11:57:31 GMT
Hmm. Sounds like we need Mr K with us. Perhaps we need to escape with him to the moon from the spaceport. Proving we're trustworthy? Some kind of symbol, emblem? Let's just try this to discount it: SAY, "I'll find someone to vouch for me, but does this prove I'm trustworthy?" SHOW Mexican Prowl. The door guard is our friend, we can bring him
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 12:05:39 GMT
Which one? I don't think either will leave their posts; they're both doing jobs. Getting them away would be another job in itself.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 23, 2019 12:20:37 GMT
SAY, "I'll find someone to vouch for me, but does this prove I'm trustworthy?" SHOW Mexican Prowl. He nods in approval before holding his thumb and index finger up to his forehead in a V shape whilst grabbing his crotch with his free hand and pelvic thrusting on his tip toes MJ style.
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | Lakeside | Connected Locations (2/2): | City plaza, Spaceport | Uninvestigated POI: | 0 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 23, 2019 13:33:56 GMT
The door guard is our friend, we can bring him Only if we can deliver the sherbet we promised him. Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 13:35:49 GMT
Ooookay. So we now have a secret prowl move to perform. Henceforth for simplicity this pelvic thrust v forehead move will be known as... The Fairlady.
Actually, did we do that before somewhere?
Or was that just me?
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 13:39:12 GMT
I suspect we're done here for now. Let's go back to the plaza and check the POI/location state of play.
GO plaza.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 23, 2019 14:10:56 GMT
Ooookay. So we now have a secret prowl move to perform. Henceforth for simplicity this pelvic thrust v forehead move will be known as... The Fairlady. Actually, did we do that before somewhere? Or was that just me? 2.16
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 14:28:20 GMT
Uh-huh. I might have known Blueshift would be involved.
There's a heck of a lot to remember in this section now. I hope we don't fall foul of that. I'm trying to note it all on my map, but I'd forgotten stuff like the hexidecimal before it reappeared.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 14:34:53 GMT
Also, SAVE
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 14:39:48 GMT
I think there is a path here, but I can't see how the items we've picked up fit it. My current train of thought:
Use the hacking device to control the bike in the plaza (which has an alarm on it we need to think about) Send it down the busy road This distracts the bounty hunter who follows it This leaves us space to perform in the square with the balls We gain cash for our juggling We buy food in the fast food outlet We give that to the IT Technician to gain entry to the IT room We add our name to the entry list We go round the front and ask the doorman to refresh his list (do we need to prove who we are? use Enrique's card again?) We gain access to the Mindsports tournament We find Mr K in there. We go back to the lake and Mr K vouches for us We head off to the spaceport.
This plan doesn't use the bar, which has three POI in it, so that must be needed somehow. Maybe Mr K is drunk in the bar and we need to sober him up and get him to take part in the mind sports tournament.
I'm sure that isn't quite right or complete, but it does fit together all the currently unsolved problems we have.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 23, 2019 15:11:39 GMT
Use the hacking device to control the bike in the plaza (which has an alarm on it we need to think about) Send it down the busy road This distracts the bounty hunter who follows it This leaves us space to perform in the square with the balls We gain cash for our juggling We buy food in the fast food outlet We give that to the IT Technician to gain entry to the IT room We add our name to the entry list We go round the front and ask the doorman to refresh his list (do we need to prove who we are? use Enrique's card again?) We gain access to the Mindsports tournament We find Mr K in there. We go back to the lake and Mr K vouches for us We head off to the spaceport. Righto, then. Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 15:52:32 GMT
Might be totally wrong, and there'll be a lot more to it than that. It'd be odd for a start if the hacking device works for the same purpose twice.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 23, 2019 16:37:09 GMT
Might be totally wrong, and there'll be a lot more to it than that. It'd be odd for a start if the hacking device works for the same purpose twice. Yeah, but it was never intended to be used for the boat. That was improvised when Stom went for the boatman-moored-up gag. Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 16:59:38 GMT
That bit really confused me. I'm still not sure what was originally intended and what wasn't. But I suppose if the boatman being tied up only came out of your pun then he'd have been able to rescue the boat himself. And the original description did say the boat was moored. I have to admit I was surprised when this hacking device controlled the boat. It didn't seem a natural fit. More like it can help us disable the alarm on the bike and then fly it down the road. Or into a wall. Or into Blueshift.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Feb 23, 2019 21:16:58 GMT
You return to the plaza.
New location: City plazaError: SAVE command no longer supported, game saves automatically on each command set.
Inventory: | Key card, note, Black Mexican Prowl, poncho, sombrero, hacking device, McDowell's toy, juggling balls, shiny yo-yo | Cash: | SP0, PT0 | Wearing: | Transformers pants, green uniform | Location: | City plaza | Connected Locations (8/9): | McDowell's, The Multichurch, conference centre, The ARKade, bar, Road to Spaceport, conference centre rear, lakeside | Uninvestigated POI: | 4 |
Current Score: 71/250
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 23, 2019 21:32:33 GMT
SAVE command no longer used, game saves automatically on each command set. Good, good. Just keeping an eye on the index. So from the info here, the last connected location is the Dark Alley, which is certain death. All accounted for. Of the four POI remaining, one is the alley and another might be the bar depending on how Stom decided to settle that bit. Definitely at least two more to find. My next suggestion would be to try the hacking device on the bike to see what happens. Anyone want to do anything else?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 23, 2019 21:56:49 GMT
My next suggestion would be to try the hacking device on the bike to see what happens. Anyone want to do anything else? No, I definitely think you should do that. It's bound to succeed. *hides behind Blueshift* Martin
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