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RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-18-2014
(05-17-2014, 02:25 AM)ICantGiveCredit Wrote: ».nap.
Yes, that's right! Clearly you have amazing powers that only operate in your dreams. With the aid of these abilities, you'll easily be able to rescue that dumb kid and save the timeline!
You fall asleep in the middle of an evil dictator's palace and it's not long before you're discovered by guards and dragged before the Loather, and then woken up with a splash of cold water to be interrogated.
This was obviously your plan all along and it's working perfectly.
Anyways, the Loather wants to know who you are, to which you reply...
(05-17-2014, 03:32 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »cat scratch fever
...that you are Cat Scratch Fever, on a mission to, uh, you definitely remember it and it wasn't saving a dumb kid from an inescapable deathtrap to stop him from crying a masterpiece that would rewrite the universe, it was, um, telling the Loather what a perfect and benevolent leader she is and only an in-person visit could properly convey the sentiment.
The Loather is skeptical. She asks you to demonstrate, and if you don't accurately compliment her perfection and benevolence she's going to toss you in an inescapable deathtrap.
So what are you going to do now?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-18-2014
accurately compliment her perfection and benevolence
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-19-2014
(05-18-2014, 01:10 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »accurately compliment her perfection and benevolence
You do that. You do that with all your heart and it is very beautiful and moving and totally honest and not a desperate attempt to avoid being thrown in a deathtrap.
It doesn't work. Luckily, because of Loather's cost-effective spending habits (she is most certainly not cheap and you would never dare to suggest such a thing), they only have one inescapable deathtrap and it's the one the dumb kid you're trying to rescue/stop is already in. So your plan was a total success! You're right where you need to be!
Except for the small detail that you don't know how to get this kid to stop crying his masterpiece or how to get either of you out of this deathtrap. But you should be able to work something out.
So what are you going to do?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-19-2014
a better question is what AREN'T you going to do?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-20-2014
(05-19-2014, 05:12 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »a better question is what AREN'T you going to do?
Well, your plan is that you aren't going to die, you aren't going to let this dumb kid die, and you aren't going to let the universe be rewritten. (Rewritten again? You aren't actually sure at this point) That's about as much as you figured out.
You also aren't going to learn to play the guitar, recite the entire text of Paradise Lost from memory on live television, kiss the girl of your dreams, or start an international crime spree. Nor are you going to invent a new kind of toothpaste, capture a dragon alive, invade Canada, or come up with an actual effective plan for escaping this inescapable deathtrap.
Wait. Dang. That last one could be trouble. You're kind of stuck here now, you suppose.
Meanwhile, the dumb kid is staring at you expectantly like he wants you to say something. He's pointing at the weird symbols his tears produced, something about a name? What, does the dumb kid want a name? Well, you may as well give him one, if only so he'll stop bothering you.
So what's that name going to---
The singularity of complexity Wrote:You will not interfere.
Who said that? Why did it sound like an ominous voice in your head and why do you have a really strong feeling like you should listen to it?
The singularity of complexity Wrote:You will not question me.
This is getting creepy. What are you going to...
The singularity of complexity Wrote:You will perish here, interloper.
Okay, you DEFINITELY don't want to do that even though you find it very hard to resist this ominous voice. You feel like you've got one chance to do something before the voice retaliates, so you'd better make it count.
So what will it be?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-20-2014
petition before the parliament of singularities of complexities of zoostuck 2
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ICan'tGiveCredit - 05-20-2014
punch your voice in the face
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-21-2014
(05-20-2014, 03:18 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »petition before the parliament of singularities of complexities of zoostuck 2
Somewhere in the depths of your mind you get an idea. You immediately call for an emergency session of the parliament of singularities of complexity, and due to the incredibly complex rules of Singularity Parliament, they are obligated to honor this request because it came from someone who has no idea that singularities of complexity even exist.
All of a sudden an entire parliament of singularities is hanging around in the cell, and one particularly big one has been dragged along and doesn't look happy... well, singularities don't actually have facial expressions but you get the distinct feeling it's upset about being there and if your petition doesn't go well, it's going to retaliate.
But you don't have much time to think about it before the parliamentarian or speaker or whoever asks you just what proposal you're submitting before them. Right, that's pretty important. What's it going to be?
(05-20-2014, 11:37 AM)ICantGiveCredit Wrote: »punch your voice in the face
That's it! You're going to punch the creepy voice who was ordering you around in the face! That's the bill you submit for consideration.
It turns out that there is very broad support for this bill, because most of the singularities don't like the particular singularity that's been talking to you (oh, that explains it) due to the fact that it's been interfering in their impossibly complex schemes. The bill easily passes, and the singularity is given a face specifically so you can punch it.
You promptly do so and...
Well, it turns out that things get really crazy when you punch a singularity of complexity in the face. You see a whole bunch of seemingly unconnected events flash before your eyes, and when it finally finishes you're somewhere else entirely.
Where are you, exactly?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-21-2014
may 11th, 1998. you're back in high school again
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-22-2014
(05-21-2014, 03:58 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »may 11th, 1998. you're back in high school again
Oh, right, a conveniently placed calendar shows the date. And this is your high school, even though you were only thrust into existence a few moments ago and also even within your own story you were 13 years old in 2014 and shouldn't even be born yet.
Well, it's not like that's the weirdest thing that's happened to you in your brief existence. You might as well roll with it.
Of course, as your existence is relatively new you don't have much familiarity with the adventure as a whole and don't realize that the student population of this high school consists entirely of Zoostuck 2 characters, most of whom also wouldn't be going to high school in 1998. It doesn't strike you as strange at all that your classmates include a skeleton, an evil wizard inhabiting the body of a beakless bird, a horse with rocket thrusters, and an enormous monster from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Nor do you find it at all odd that your gym teacher is Ryan North.
You are now Ryan North. You have no idea what a webcomic is because it's 1998. You're a gym teacher and you're teaching a class.
But you don't actually know what you're going to tell the students to do. So what's it going to be?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-23-2014
A desperate attempt at advancing the plot Wrote:Resolve your plotlines
Oh, that's it. Yeah, you give everyone an assignment to resolve their plotlines. That's totally something you can do in gym class, right?
Actually, you think you had a plotline to resolve, too. Something about solving a bunch of puzzles and making a webcomic even though you don't know what that is because it's only 1998?
Well, for the sake of setting a good example for the kids, you should work on resolving your plotline too! All you have to do is figure out where the puzzles are and what a webcomic is.
Wait, maybe that's one of the puzzles! Okay, you hand out the assignment and start working on this puzzle.
What is a webcomic?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-23-2014
a funny spider
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-24-2014
(05-23-2014, 05:52 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »a funny spider
Oh, of course! That's what it has to be! You need to find a funny spider. Well, first you explain the assignment and send everyone off to resolve their plotlines, then you get to work.
You're so eager to start looking that you completely miss the fact that there are two spiders in your class, one of which is a detective.
You are now one of those spiders and you don't see how you're supposed to do this assignment. Do you even have a plotline to resolve? You were just minding your own business when some dumb kid from the future showed up with a missing memory and you started writing words in your web to communicate with him. Apparently you also managed to severely confuse him in the process. Then some garbage started falling out of a hole in space and time and everything started to make even less sense than it already did.
So how the heck are you supposed to complete this assignment? What kind of a plotline are you even supposed to have?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-24-2014
your name is john and you're standing on the precipice of divorce with your wife, the spider math teacher, because you're never around. you couldn't even make it to the school christmas party in the gymnasium before may 11th because your schedule as an nypd officer keeps you so busy. you're not sure how you're gonna be able to make this right — but luckily, some terrorists are about take over the school and you're the only one who can stop them! it won't be easy though, especially because you just took off all 8 of your shoes
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-25-2014
(05-24-2014, 05:59 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »your name is john and you're standing on the precipice of divorce with your wife, the spider math teacher, because you're never around. you couldn't even make it to the school christmas party in the gymnasium before may 11th because your schedule as an nypd officer keeps you so busy. you're not sure how you're gonna be able to make this right — but luckily, some terrorists are about take over the school and you're the only one who can stop them! it won't be easy though, especially because you just took off all 8 of your shoes
This doesn't sound like your life at all. You're a lady spider, and while you respect lady spiders who are named John and are married to other lady spiders, that doesn't apply to you. Plus you don't wear shoes!
It might apply to your descendant the detective, you've got no idea what his deal is. From your perspective he hasn't been born yet, even though he's sitting right over there.
You decide to go over your skillset in hopes of finding some sort of clue to what your plotline might be. Basically, you're extremely intelligent and you can write words in your webs.
You decide to use your intelligence to work out what you were doing. You kind of remember that dumb kid from the future thinking he was a dumb kid from your time with a friend who was a slave who he was going to free. You guess your plotline could have been to use your intelligence and wordweaving skills to help the dumb kid out, but since the slave friend never actually appeared you don't think he's at this high school.
Still, until you can work out another plotline to resolve, this is the best option you've got. So how are you going to free some slave who lived over a century in the past?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-25-2014
emancipate & proclamate
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ICan'tGiveCredit - 05-25-2014
turn into Rave lincoln, Abe lincoln's crazy, drug-addled hippie son that no one knew about
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-26-2014
(05-25-2014, 04:35 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »emancipate & proclamate
Oh, of course. The Emancipation Proclamation! As long as the slave friend was alive when it went into effect, you've got a resolution.
Unfortunately, you'd need some way to actually check. Record keeping for slaves wasn't exactly a high priority. If only you had some way to return...
(05-25-2014, 05:35 PM)ICantGiveCredit Wrote: »turn into Rave lincoln, Abe lincoln's crazy, drug-addled hippie son that no one knew about
Oh. Right, you can project your consciousness through time into another body. It's not exactly a pleasant experience, but you don't see another way to get the information you need.
You concentrate and find yourself inhabiting the body of Abraham Lincoln's secret illegitimate child. Now you just have to find out the status of a specific slave in one state and then make sure the timeline stays on track.
Although it's really hard to hold your concentration, what kind of stuff is this kid even on?
Oh well, you shouldn't need to stay for too long. What are you going to do to find out the information you need?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-26-2014
go to the library of congress. you have to steal the declaration of independence
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-27-2014
(05-26-2014, 03:50 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »go to the library of congress. you have to steal the declaration of independence
What would you even do with the Declaration of Independence? You're already a perfectly independent spider with incredible mental powers. You don't need more independence.
That said, if you're going to find any records related to slaves, the Library of Congress is the one place they might be. You make your way over there while drawing as little attention to this body as possible, which isn't easy with how this idiot's dressed.
When you arrive, you find that there are rows upon rows of files. You're pretty sure you can't hold your control over this body long enough to read through them all, so you'd better pick a good starting point and find what you're looking for fast.
So where are you going to start?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-27-2014
dial s for slavery
RE: Zoostuck 2 - Dragon Fogel - 05-28-2014
(05-27-2014, 02:25 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »dial s for slavery
Dial? Telephones don't exist yet! You know that because you have no idea what a telephone is.
Still, this place is alphabetized, so you head over to the S section. Which is still pretty big! A lot of words start with S, after all. And it seems like nobody thought it was worth putting up a sign saying where Sl starts, so you're going to have to look through these archives on your own.
It takes nearly ten minutes before you find the Slaves section, and they're separated by state. And there's about 35 states at this point in time! What's more, thanks to the difficulty of keeping hold of this drug-addled mind, you can't remember what state this was happening in in the first place.
So what state are you going to check first?
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-28-2014
your state of mind
RE: Zoostuck 2 - AgentBlue - 05-28-2014
Find an alphabet peasant to do it for you
RE: Zoostuck 2 - ICan'tGiveCredit - 05-28-2014
find the phone book