(07-04-2017, 08:14 AM)Lordlyhour Wrote: »>Blue, to match your Nudity Obscurers and Light Devouring Look Orbs Garments and Eyes

(07-04-2017, 10:05 AM)typeandkey Wrote: »>The blue door seems like a lucky choice. I'm sure some culture out there says blue is lucky.

(07-04-2017, 11:28 AM)NotABear Wrote: »" ＲＥＡＬＩＧＮＩＮＧ ＵＮＩＴ ＰＡＲＡＭＥＴＥＲＳ : Ｔｈｉｓ ｕｎｉｔ ａｇｒｅｅｓ ｔｏ ｌｅｎｄ ｙｏｕ ｉｔ'ｓ 'ＳＴＲＥＮＧＴＨ' ａｎｄ 'ＷＩＬＬ'. Ａｌｓｏ ｔｈｉｓ ｕｎｉｔ ｓｅｅｓ ｎｏ ｒｅａｓｏｎ ｎｏｔ ｔｏ ａｇｒｅｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｄｄｌｅ Ｄｏｏｒ. Ｕｎｔｉｌ ｆｕｒｔｈｅｒ ｉｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ ｉｓ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｄ, ａｌｌ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｄｏｏｒｓ ｍａｙ ａｓ ｗｅｌｌ ｂｅ ｔｈｅ ｓａｍｅ ｃｏｌｏｒ ｔｏ ｕｓ. "

(07-04-2017, 06:36 PM)Kaynato Wrote: »"Blue shall be the door of choosing. To that place we deposit ourselves."

(07-04-2017, 08:25 PM)The Walrus Wrote: »>Eeny, meeny, miny, mame,
Catch a door by the frame.
If it's wrong, you've us to blame!
My guide says to pick the very best one,
so go through Y...O...Blue!

(07-04-2017, 09:02 PM)Arcanuse Wrote: »Off to a good start, we all actually agree on something.

Blue is a nice color.

Aubrey is delighted to hear you all cooperating.

AUBREY
"I think so, too."

(07-04-2017, 11:36 PM)Myeth Wrote: »>But-But red is a nice colour! It's red, like red! And also your hair! Red is thr colour of cool kids, all cool kids choose the clour red!

AUBREY
"All the same, majority wins."
"Red IS a nice colour, though."



She approaches the blue door.

(07-04-2017, 11:28 AM)NotABear Wrote: »"Ｄｏ ｙｏｕ ｒｅｑｕｉｒｅ ａ ｔｏｋｅｎ ｂａｄｇｅ ｆｒｏｍ ｕｓ ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ｕｓｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｐｏｗｅｒ?"

AUBREY
"I don't think so..."

A moment's pause.

AUBREY
"But why don't you try making me one?"
"Something small and simple, to test if
you're capable of... WILLing things into
existence."

(07-05-2017, 04:55 AM)Arcanuse Wrote: »>A badge eh?

>since it's the first, nothing terribly complicated.

SpoilerShow

Or

>As for a power, eh. It locks and unlocks doors.

(07-05-2017, 05:57 AM)NotABear Wrote: »

SpoilerShow

" Ｈｅｒｅ ｉｓ ｏｕｒ ｂａｄｇｅ ｍａｎｉｆｅｓｔ.

Ｔｈｅ ｐｉｐｓ ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｆｉｌｌｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｕｓｅｌｅｓｓ, ｐｏｗｅｒｌｅｓｓ ｄｉａｍｏｎｄ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｉｎｓｉｓｔｓ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｆｉｌｌ ｔｈｅ ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇｓ ｙｏｕｒｓｅｌｆ. Ｗｅ ｈｏｐｅ ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ａｎ ｉｎｃｏｎｖｅｎｉｅｎｃｅ.

Ｆｏｒ ｎｏｗ, ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｕｓｅ ｔｈｉｓ ｔｏ ｓｃａｎ ｏｂｊｅｃｔｓ. Ｗｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅ ｈｅｌｐｆｕｌ ｓｕｇｇｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ. "

You created the Council's Favour!
Your conflicting intentions produce an item from both designs.



COUNCIL'S FAVOUR (Equipment)
This colorful badge unseals areas normally unavailable to visitors.
By filling the pips with CORES, one can add to or alter its functions.
Perhaps other things can fit in the pips, too...?



The Council's Favour shimmers into existence in front of Aubrey. She immediately adds it to her Inventory.

AUBREY
"I can't... no, I can believe that worked."
"I'm just surprised that I didn't think of it 10
years ago!"

AUBREY
"Thank you, Council. I have a feeling I'm going to need this."

Aubrey's quiet for a second. Then:

AUBREY
"Unless there's anything pressing you want to say, I think we should go."
"I don't want to be here any longer than I have to—no offense."

(07-05-2017, 09:39 AM)Arcanuse Wrote: »Interesting. Well, unless the other members of the council have something they wish to ask, off we go.

(07-05-2017, 09:42 AM)Lordlyhour Wrote: »The Council Desires to know you a little better, so as to ease your Assimilation into our Mind Mass Become Friends

What Who is it that you seek here and How dare you intrude upon our realm How is it you know so much about this place

(07-05-2017, 10:21 AM)NotABear Wrote: »" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ Ｍｅｍｂｅｒ Ｌｏｒｄｌｙｈｏｕｒ, Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｌｉｋｅ ｔｏ ｒｅｍｉｎｄ ｙｏｕ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ Ｉｎ-Ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｂｅｌｏｎｇｓ ｔｏ ａｌｌ ｍｅｍｂｅｒ/ｓ/-ｒａｃｅｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ａｓ ｐｅｒ ｔｈｅ Ａｒｍｉｓｔｉｃｅ. Ａｌｓｏ ｔｈａｔ ｏｕｒ ｄｕｔｙ ｉｓ ｔｏ Ｇｕｉｄｅ ｔｈｅ Ｖｉｓｉｔｏｒｓ.) "

Aubrey senses a little hostility. She appears uneasy.

AUBREY
"... Later."

(07-05-2017, 10:21 AM)NotABear Wrote: »" Ｖｉｓｉｔｏｒ Ａｕｂｒｅｙ, Ｔｈｅ Ｃｅｎｔｒａｌ Ｄｏｏｒ ａｗａｉｔｓ. Ｃａｌｌ ｗｈｅｎ ｙｏｕ ｎｅｅｄ Ｇｕｉｄａｎｃｅ. "

AUBREY
"Thank you."

(07-05-2017, 11:45 AM)wiltingMyosotis Wrote: »Oh, perhaps you can explain to us how this works on the way there, to wherever that door leads? Goodness, what a strange place.

Could you talk to us mentally, so you would not disturb the ones around you? Or do you think we can create a small communication device?

The Walrus Wrote:Are there any limitations or dangers to beware of with this ability to WILL stuff into existence? Such power rarely comes without a cost, in my experience.

AUBREY
"I don't think we should create things unnecessarily."
"I don't know what the consequences are yet, but I'm
sure they exist—even for you."

(07-05-2017, 07:40 PM)typeandkey Wrote: »>Knock on the blue door before you open it. Remember etiquette no matter the situation.

(07-05-2017, 08:11 PM)Kaynato Wrote: »Remember to greet anyone we meet!

AUBREY
"It doesn't matter."
"Where I'm going, you don't get chummy with the locals."

That said, Aubrey heads into the portal with a running start.



==>

Aubrey takes stock of her surroundings.
She has no idea where she is, nor why the world crackles with static, but it bothers her.
It bothers her immensely.



AUBREY
"...The floor is newspaper."
"This is not where I wanted to be."

AUBREY
"Do you think this is a safe place to
talk? Something about the white noise...
I feel like we're being
watched, even though that's probably
not true."

(07-06-2017, 12:35 AM)Arcanuse Wrote: »>Well, It's been a while since we've seen the outside world, but I don't think the floor was newspaper...

>Right then. Could you inspect that blurry gate/fence over there? I don't see anything else to do here.

AUBREY
"I remember these."
"It's a one-way gate. From this side, you
can't leave, but someone else can come in."

AUBREY
"That's not suspicious at all."

(07-06-2017, 12:44 AM)Lordlyhour Wrote: »I Would Recommend Staying and Reveling in the Glorious Auditory Fuzz Escarpering in a --->wise direction A Feeling of being watched bodes well ill. Perhaps the Symbol of the Council's Unrelenting disdain Favour Might prove useful in unbarring the Blurred gate?"

AUBREY
"Done. Thanks again."

(07-06-2017, 12:58 AM)Dragon Fogel Wrote: »We could always take a look at the newspapers. Who knows, maybe there's some kind of cryptic clue in the articles.

(07-06-2017, 02:57 AM)NotABear Wrote: »" Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌｏｒ Ｄｒａｇｏｎ Ｆｏｇｅｌ ｈａｓ ａ ｇｏｏｄ ｉｄｅａ. Ｒｅｑｕｅｓｔｉｎｇ ＳＷＩＴＣＨ ＣＡＭＥＲＡ ａｎｄ ＩＮＳＰＥＣＴ [Ｎｅｗｓｐａｐｅｒ Ｐｌａｔｆｏｒｍ]. "

Camera switched to POV mode. Request SWITCH CAMERA again to change back.



Aubrey inspects the ground.

AUBREY
"Old-timey advertisements and news clippings."
"Whoever's in charge must like vintage things,
for whatever it matters..."

(07-06-2017, 01:00 AM)typeandkey Wrote: »>Oh, this looks like a good vacation spot. Don't fret. This place is assuredly on the up and up. Just watch out for journalists. They're like piranha in groups.

(07-06-2017, 01:04 AM)wiltingMyosotis Wrote: »> Er, where did you expect to end up? Or where you wanted to be, rather?

AUBREY
"...I don't know. Not exactly."

AUBREY
"When I was little, my best friend and I were brought to the In-Between against our will."
"The 'person' who took us wanted to trap us in their own piece of this world..."
"I escaped with the help of a guide, but my friend—Jackie—she wasn't so lucky."

AUBREY
"So, here I am."

(07-06-2017, 02:57 AM)NotABear Wrote: »" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: . . . Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｗｉｌｌ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ ｒｅｍｉｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｎｄ Ｍａｓｓ ｖｉａ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌｏｒ Ｌｏｒｄｌｙｈｏｕｒ ｔｈａｔ ｉｔ'ｓ ｓｔａｎｃｅ ｒｅｍａｉｎｓ ｔｈｅ ｓａｍｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｊｏｂ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ｉｓ ｔｏ Ｇｕｉｄｅ. Ｗｈｅｎ Ｖｉｓｉｔｏｒ Ａｕｂｒｅｙ'ｓ ｑｕｅｓｔ ｉｓ ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅ, ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｅｌｓｅ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｐｐｅｎｓ ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｃｏｎｃｅｒｎ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ.) "
" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｌｉｋｅ ｔｏ ｐｕｔ ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｔｉｏｎ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｎｄ Ｍａｓｓ, ｂｅｉｎｇ ｏｌｄ, ｉｓ ｕｎｃｏｏｌ. Ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｎｄ Ｍａｓｓ ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｋｎｏｗ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｔｈｅ Ｘ-ＴＲＥＥＭ ＳＰＯＲＴＳ, ｗｅａｒｓ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｈａｔｓ ｆｏｒｗａｒｄｓ, ａｎｄ ｅａｔｓ ｙｏｇｕｒｔ ｆｒｏｍ ａ ｂｏｗｌ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ａ ｔｕｂｅ.) "
" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: . . . Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｈａｓ ａｄｖｉｓｅｄ ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ ｔｏ ａｐｏｌｏｇｉｚｅ, ａｎｄ ｃｌａｒｉｆｙ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ'ｓ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎｓ ｄｏ ｎｏｔ ｒｅｆｌｅｃｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎ ｏｆ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ, ａｎｄ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｉｎｔｅｎｄｓ ｔｏ ｐｕｒｓｕｅ ａ ｐｅａｃｅｆｕｌ ｓｙｍｂｉｏｓｉｓ ｗｉｔｈ ａｌｌ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ｍｅｍｂｅｒｓ.) "

(07-06-2017, 12:44 AM)Lordlyhour Wrote: »(re: The Techmind: Noted and Summarily discarded taken under advisement The True Old Management Will rend you into your constituent parts Is making the changeover more difficult than it needs to be and should be Aided in its inevitable return Ignored The Management Thanks you for your Understanding)

AUBREY
"Is... everything alright up there?"
"I'm sensing some tension..."