Another Late Update -- Again
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crossover_chickTime management has not been a skill this week -- I suppose I could blame it on the period. . . Anyway, the round-up --
Work – Another quiet day that was full mostly of obituaries and duplicates and taking people out of a certain parish for reasons. *shrug* I’ll take it.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with the Oxventure “Ship Happens!” After some further rambling on the nature of the “bride” in “red and dread,” Johnny rolled a natural 1 on the next constitution check for the Lads, meaning they were all blackout drunk at this point. The gang held a quick conference on what they’d learned – namely, the Lads were searching for something at the bottom of the ocean, for religious reasons, and whatever's going on with the bride – and then decided to go through the Lads' stuff (pockets and whatnot) to see what they had on them. Corazon discovered the chest of gold; Dob and Prudence found bits of deer antler wrapped in rope made from sea kelp (Dob naturally licked his, which Johnny was like “why”), and Merilwen and Egbert, who both rolled natural 20s, found a map showing a LOT of failed “stag dos” for the Lads, suggesting they have tried to make this journey many, many times. Also, the chest of gold turned out to be a chest of nothing, meaning Corazon was all for yeeting the unconscious Lads off his boat. Everyone convinced him to keep going with the voyage because they were involved in the mystery (and also because Karaoke Night), and so the Lads were dragged back to their quarters to sleep. Dob ATTEMPTED to tie himself to the prow to look for the Sea Sauron and communicate with it, but a natural 1 meant he got as far as securing himself and just passed out. XD Aw, Dob. . .
Fortunately, it was a quiet night, and they made it to the next morning without incident. Johnny at this point admitted he thought they’d be farther along with the quest, so Dob took it upon himself to speed things up a bit by declaring Karaoke Night started at 6 AM. XD The hungover Lads were ushered onto the deck, where Prudence warmed everyone up (at Egbert’s suggestion) with some Barry White, using Thaumaturgy to make her voice deeper. XD Dob then had the Lads suggest a song, and they suggested the one where you just periodically yell “Tequila!” Dob immediately suggested a game where, on the second shout, everyone yells something they’re looking for. The others joined in – Corazon with the money he was promised, Egbert with "atonement" (naturally), Prudence with “ultimate power,” Merilwen with “all the animals.” And so it was that when the turn passed to the Lads, one of them just blurted out “imprisoned god.” XD
Naturally, the gang was a bit concerned about this revelation, though they kept up the party atmosphere. Prudence recalled Egbert had the “Zone of Truth” spell, so they quickly framed stepping into it as a party game where no matter what the Lads did (catch or not catch a flipped coaster thing), they had to step into the Zone of Truth. (Dob’s constant refrain during this bit: “did I not explain the rules?”) The opportunity was taken to question a Lad, who admitted that yes, they were trying to free an imprisoned god; they’ve been making many journeys for this purpose, to no avail; he couldn’t say the actual name of the god because he’d die (the others conceded this was fair); and the crews who took them on the previous journeys are all fine and very wealthy. Corazon brought up the empty chest, and after some confusion, the Lads revealed they had the money ON them, which put him back on their side. XD Since the Lads didn’t seem innately hostile, and the imprisoned god MIGHT not be a boss fight, the gang decided to at least get them to their destination and complete their itinerary. The Lads were hustled downstairs to get some sleep after Interrogation Karaoke (well, except the one who dove off the boat to fetch a t-shirt Egbert fired out of a cannon and didn’t come back – I don’t know if it was Dob or Corazon who regretfully noted losing his share of the money, but I know it was Dob who said that it was at least where he wanted it – in the sea), and in the interest of time, Dob skipped forward to the next day –
For pirate training! Corazon was only too happy to take center stage and started going on about stretches, hair care, eyepatches, and the like. The Lads proceeded to summon a fish-man to fight him for as yet unknown reasons. XD Though, despite rolling low on the initiative (and Dob getting a bad result on his attempt to calm the fish man), Corazon held his own – the fish-man missed with his spear, and his bite attack only did half-damage because of Uncanny Dodge (Johnny was annoyed XD). And then Corazon slashed it with his rapier AND did a sneak-attack, hitting it for eleven points of damage and some decent gore. The Lads told the fish-man he could sod off once he’d been hit, which he promptly did. Left it with Prudence (who used one of her tomes to understand the summoning) telling the others the Lads were responsible for the fish-man – we’ll see how they take it, and how the adventure wraps up, tomorrow!
2. Continue editing Chapter 4 of “Londerland Bloodlines: Santa Monica’s Vale Of Tears”: Check – Carson has confirmed that poor McGee is nothing more than a lump of meat now, and that he’s lost his trigger finger, meaning he’s no longer fit for bounty work. Ouch. Alice has left him to “clean up” the crime scene with Mercurio so they can keep either her or Mercurio from going to jail, ready to report back to Kilpatrick before doing “Slashterpiece.” *shakehead* You see why this chapter is taking me so freakin’ long.
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – the one and only Subs video plus two bonus videos, as you might expect for a Thursday where I started a bit late –
A) First up was another new OXBox list – “7 Hardest Secret Levels Only the Best Players Could Beat!” Games with secret levels so punishing, it’s best to leave them alone. Unless you really LIKE precision platforming to grannies playing guitar on flying coffins in Rayman Origins. Or traversing the frozen wastes in a whiteout storm while evil reindeer try to gore you in Dark Souls II. Or chaining double and wall jumps to avoid a fuckton of spikes and sawblades on the Path of Pain in Hollow Knight. Yeah, no thanks, I’ll stick to unpacking boxes and killing raiders, please! Yikes – why would anyone put themselves through that? (Well, okay, in the case of Cave Story, it’s so you can fight the true final boss and get the true ending, but other than that. . .)
B) And then second was Call Me Kevin and Internet Cafe Simulator 2 – yes, someone made a SEQUEL to the original awful indie game. O.o It is just as awful, as you might guess. XD Kevin attempted to make first Starbooks (where he spent all his money on ombre walls and other accouterments, and was unable to actually buy a computer and complete the tutorial), and then Starbacks, which was the real money-maker! One payday of 58 big ones! After he freed the customers from getting stuck in the small gap between his table and the one for the pay-to-play computer. Which was of a brand specifically called “Old Computer.” And caught on fire once. XD Didn’t stop some enterprising thieves from stealing the keyboard and the tower, though! The NPCs, though, are the real selling point of this game – just in this playthrough, we had Shrek Trump, an adult Teletubby, a Squid Game bomber (with C-4 explicitly strapped to his chest), Vin Diesel in a “Family” shirt, and a cop that seemed strangely intent on searching Kevin’s character for drugs. (Kevin was not sure the man was really a cop.) Anyway, Kevin’s business ended up failing after he blew all his money on blackjack and then got attacked by a ghost (aka the glitchy shade of a customer who tried to run without paying). Not a good end for Starbacks, to be sure! But then again, I’m not sure a good end was POSSIBLE here. . .
C) And then, just because it showed up in my Recommendeds and I was curious – “The Smiler - No Limits 2 Download,” someone’s recreation of The Smiler rollercoaster in a virtual theme park builder. It’s really good, complete with the screens! :D I am duly impressed.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – got a start on this a bit early, as Valice Multiverse had a decent amount going on. Five ask replies (one JUST came in), one thread reply, all in the bag.
At least productivity remains high! Just need to get through one more weekday. . .hopefully it goes all right. Night all!
Work – Another quiet day that was full mostly of obituaries and duplicates and taking people out of a certain parish for reasons. *shrug* I’ll take it.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with the Oxventure “Ship Happens!” After some further rambling on the nature of the “bride” in “red and dread,” Johnny rolled a natural 1 on the next constitution check for the Lads, meaning they were all blackout drunk at this point. The gang held a quick conference on what they’d learned – namely, the Lads were searching for something at the bottom of the ocean, for religious reasons, and whatever's going on with the bride – and then decided to go through the Lads' stuff (pockets and whatnot) to see what they had on them. Corazon discovered the chest of gold; Dob and Prudence found bits of deer antler wrapped in rope made from sea kelp (Dob naturally licked his, which Johnny was like “why”), and Merilwen and Egbert, who both rolled natural 20s, found a map showing a LOT of failed “stag dos” for the Lads, suggesting they have tried to make this journey many, many times. Also, the chest of gold turned out to be a chest of nothing, meaning Corazon was all for yeeting the unconscious Lads off his boat. Everyone convinced him to keep going with the voyage because they were involved in the mystery (and also because Karaoke Night), and so the Lads were dragged back to their quarters to sleep. Dob ATTEMPTED to tie himself to the prow to look for the Sea Sauron and communicate with it, but a natural 1 meant he got as far as securing himself and just passed out. XD Aw, Dob. . .
Fortunately, it was a quiet night, and they made it to the next morning without incident. Johnny at this point admitted he thought they’d be farther along with the quest, so Dob took it upon himself to speed things up a bit by declaring Karaoke Night started at 6 AM. XD The hungover Lads were ushered onto the deck, where Prudence warmed everyone up (at Egbert’s suggestion) with some Barry White, using Thaumaturgy to make her voice deeper. XD Dob then had the Lads suggest a song, and they suggested the one where you just periodically yell “Tequila!” Dob immediately suggested a game where, on the second shout, everyone yells something they’re looking for. The others joined in – Corazon with the money he was promised, Egbert with "atonement" (naturally), Prudence with “ultimate power,” Merilwen with “all the animals.” And so it was that when the turn passed to the Lads, one of them just blurted out “imprisoned god.” XD
Naturally, the gang was a bit concerned about this revelation, though they kept up the party atmosphere. Prudence recalled Egbert had the “Zone of Truth” spell, so they quickly framed stepping into it as a party game where no matter what the Lads did (catch or not catch a flipped coaster thing), they had to step into the Zone of Truth. (Dob’s constant refrain during this bit: “did I not explain the rules?”) The opportunity was taken to question a Lad, who admitted that yes, they were trying to free an imprisoned god; they’ve been making many journeys for this purpose, to no avail; he couldn’t say the actual name of the god because he’d die (the others conceded this was fair); and the crews who took them on the previous journeys are all fine and very wealthy. Corazon brought up the empty chest, and after some confusion, the Lads revealed they had the money ON them, which put him back on their side. XD Since the Lads didn’t seem innately hostile, and the imprisoned god MIGHT not be a boss fight, the gang decided to at least get them to their destination and complete their itinerary. The Lads were hustled downstairs to get some sleep after Interrogation Karaoke (well, except the one who dove off the boat to fetch a t-shirt Egbert fired out of a cannon and didn’t come back – I don’t know if it was Dob or Corazon who regretfully noted losing his share of the money, but I know it was Dob who said that it was at least where he wanted it – in the sea), and in the interest of time, Dob skipped forward to the next day –
For pirate training! Corazon was only too happy to take center stage and started going on about stretches, hair care, eyepatches, and the like. The Lads proceeded to summon a fish-man to fight him for as yet unknown reasons. XD Though, despite rolling low on the initiative (and Dob getting a bad result on his attempt to calm the fish man), Corazon held his own – the fish-man missed with his spear, and his bite attack only did half-damage because of Uncanny Dodge (Johnny was annoyed XD). And then Corazon slashed it with his rapier AND did a sneak-attack, hitting it for eleven points of damage and some decent gore. The Lads told the fish-man he could sod off once he’d been hit, which he promptly did. Left it with Prudence (who used one of her tomes to understand the summoning) telling the others the Lads were responsible for the fish-man – we’ll see how they take it, and how the adventure wraps up, tomorrow!
2. Continue editing Chapter 4 of “Londerland Bloodlines: Santa Monica’s Vale Of Tears”: Check – Carson has confirmed that poor McGee is nothing more than a lump of meat now, and that he’s lost his trigger finger, meaning he’s no longer fit for bounty work. Ouch. Alice has left him to “clean up” the crime scene with Mercurio so they can keep either her or Mercurio from going to jail, ready to report back to Kilpatrick before doing “Slashterpiece.” *shakehead* You see why this chapter is taking me so freakin’ long.
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – the one and only Subs video plus two bonus videos, as you might expect for a Thursday where I started a bit late –
A) First up was another new OXBox list – “7 Hardest Secret Levels Only the Best Players Could Beat!” Games with secret levels so punishing, it’s best to leave them alone. Unless you really LIKE precision platforming to grannies playing guitar on flying coffins in Rayman Origins. Or traversing the frozen wastes in a whiteout storm while evil reindeer try to gore you in Dark Souls II. Or chaining double and wall jumps to avoid a fuckton of spikes and sawblades on the Path of Pain in Hollow Knight. Yeah, no thanks, I’ll stick to unpacking boxes and killing raiders, please! Yikes – why would anyone put themselves through that? (Well, okay, in the case of Cave Story, it’s so you can fight the true final boss and get the true ending, but other than that. . .)
B) And then second was Call Me Kevin and Internet Cafe Simulator 2 – yes, someone made a SEQUEL to the original awful indie game. O.o It is just as awful, as you might guess. XD Kevin attempted to make first Starbooks (where he spent all his money on ombre walls and other accouterments, and was unable to actually buy a computer and complete the tutorial), and then Starbacks, which was the real money-maker! One payday of 58 big ones! After he freed the customers from getting stuck in the small gap between his table and the one for the pay-to-play computer. Which was of a brand specifically called “Old Computer.” And caught on fire once. XD Didn’t stop some enterprising thieves from stealing the keyboard and the tower, though! The NPCs, though, are the real selling point of this game – just in this playthrough, we had Shrek Trump, an adult Teletubby, a Squid Game bomber (with C-4 explicitly strapped to his chest), Vin Diesel in a “Family” shirt, and a cop that seemed strangely intent on searching Kevin’s character for drugs. (Kevin was not sure the man was really a cop.) Anyway, Kevin’s business ended up failing after he blew all his money on blackjack and then got attacked by a ghost (aka the glitchy shade of a customer who tried to run without paying). Not a good end for Starbacks, to be sure! But then again, I’m not sure a good end was POSSIBLE here. . .
C) And then, just because it showed up in my Recommendeds and I was curious – “The Smiler - No Limits 2 Download,” someone’s recreation of The Smiler rollercoaster in a virtual theme park builder. It’s really good, complete with the screens! :D I am duly impressed.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – got a start on this a bit early, as Valice Multiverse had a decent amount going on. Five ask replies (one JUST came in), one thread reply, all in the bag.
At least productivity remains high! Just need to get through one more weekday. . .hopefully it goes all right. Night all!
