Lucidstuck:swap!AU fanadventure (1)

well then how about

>alice: let raziel pick up the soul so he gets stronger before entering Derrick's room and confronting wathever might be in there

I agree, upvote, or whatever positive things i can say with that.

> Alice: let Raziel pick up the soul so he gets stronger before entering Derrick's room and confronting wathever might be in there.



You remove the thread, as it serves no purpose now.

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Alice: No sense dallying.
Alice: Razzie, you take it.

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This soul is worth 8 points! Raziel has leveled up!

There is 3 excess points saved.

Raziel (Level 4)

vit: 80 + 5
Int: 18 + 3
Dex: 49 + 4
Str: 18 + 3

Raziel has gained the Cat Nap attribute! Raziel's fluffy exterior makes for a comfy bed! Sleeping on or near Raziel can heal Alice as well as Raziel.

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DT: Nice!
Alice: Anything new?
DT: I think Raziel just got extra comfy.
DT: So much that if you or him are wounded, resting on him will heal you both!
Alice: Cuddling cats so I don't die... I really am living the dream.
DT: ...You are pretty hard to please, aren't you, Master...? =w=;;

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As expected, the door is unlocked. You enter your brother's old room.

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DT: It's... empty.
Alice: ...
DT: What now?

>alice: look out the window, to view what the outside looks like, then look in the closet

> Alice: After looking in the closet and out the window, check the whole room for anything that might signify what/who broke the string, including the ceiling in case theres a cliche monster up there.

> Alice: After looking in the closet and out the window, check the whole room for anything that might signify what/who broke the string, including the ceiling in case there’s a cliche monster up there.



You look in the closet. Nothing but some old shirts from Gramps he usually uses when he bothers to mow the lawn and your brother's old cardboard box fort.

When his insomnia wore down to sleep, he used to crawl in here with the plushy your mother made for him. It's old and a waste of space, but you never could bring yourself to take it down.

You want your brother to know this is still his room and he can and should return to it whenever he wishes it.


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You check the rest of the room.


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Ceiling looks particularly monster free.


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Everything looks as it should.


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You inspect the window last. DT joins you in peering outside.

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Alice: It's funny how even dim light like this looks so bright when it's this dark inside.
DT: That's how it usually is when your eyes get used to darkness.
Alice: No sign of Big Friend.
Alice: Not sure if that's good or bad.
DT: As long as he's not inside, I'd say it's great!
Alice: What's that?

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DT: Interesting!
DT: Some lanky guys seem to be chasing someone across the bridge.
DT: Haha, look at them go. ewe
Alice: Why do monsters attack each other?
Alice: I get why they'd attack me, but there doesn’t seem to be any gain from fighting each other.
Alice: Other than thinning out competition, maybe.
DT: ...Being a monster isn't pleasant. It changes you.
Alice: How?
DT: Some have it better but think of it as... Boiling down someone to their most base characteristics.
Alice: That's not too bad, if the person is nice.
DT: Yes, but no one is nice all the time.
DT: The way I see it... Sometimes monsters will act out of fear, sometimes they just want to be in control, or convince themselves or other's they're top dog.
DT: Sometimes they want something someone else has.
DT: Sometimes they are just bored!
Alice: ... Is it only people that are like that that show up here?
DT: Errr... It's true that this land tends to attract a *certain* kind of beings but-
DT: It's more like...
DT: Being a monster makes it easy to think like that, you know?
Alice: ...

>alice: examine the doll on derrick's bed

with this command im hoping alice will elaborate on the dolls story, if she made it herself, or if it belongs to derrick

>alice: examine the doll on derrick's bed

Seconded ^

>Alice: Go inside the box fort to see if whatever broke the string hid in there.

>Alice: Go inside the box fort to see if whatever broke the string hid in there.

Again, seconded.

> Alice: examine the doll on Derrick's bed.



There's not much to examine- this is just a doll you made recently. Not bad for your second ever try. You've gotten good at this, the stuffing and proportions more evenly distributed, the stitching small, even and tidy.

You should be proud, but you are not. It feels like a mockery now.

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DT: Cheer up, Master.
DT: I’m sure your next doll will be even better!
Alice: …
DT: Orrr… not. >w>;;

You put it back down. You don't want to take it with you.

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Alice: I’ll be back in a moment.
DT: Ok!

> Alice: Go inside the box fort to see if whatever broke the string hid in there.



You enter your brother's old fort. Even all emptied out it's a bit cramped, but it feels nice. There's not a lot of room for anything to happen here, which may be why it felt safe. Just barely enough of it for you and your thoughts, and maybe a plushy for company.

It reminds you of when you played with your brother in your shared fort. You miss those days.

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You feel more focused after your little break in your brother's Box Fort. Things may be strange, and you may not have much of an idea of what's going on, but that doesn’t mean you can't find a way to use it to give you an advantage.

You pride yourself in knowing how to turn everything to your favour, so that's what you'll do, same as always. Starting with getting out of this closet and-


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Alice: ...Um.
DT: Hiii~ Master!
Alice: ...Were you just standing right outside the door?
DT: Yes!
Alice: Why?
DT: We are waiting for you, of course! ewe

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Alice: So.
DT: So...
Alice: More cleaning.
DT: Yes!
Alice: Let's go then.
DT: And the doll?
Alice: It doesn’t matter right now.
DT: If you say so...
DT: Where to, then?
Alice: Hm...

>alice: doing some experimentation on your illussion powers might be worthwhile before you head out, you just managed to create a sound only you heard a while ago, try and create a sound dt and raziel could hear, like the sound of your voice saying "testing testing" try and think about it like a sound effect in a play, and dt and raziel are the actors who hear it, with you as the person in charge of the sound effects offstage, if you manage to pull this off with others being able to hear it, you could use this to lure stinky monster around and get him to fight other monsters by throwing your voice around and making it appear to stinky as if its chasing you, when in reality its doing your dirty work for you

>alice: doing some experimentation on your illusion powers might be worthwhile before you head out, you just managed to create a sound only you heard a while ago, try and create a sound dt and raziel could hear, like the sound of your voice saying "testing testing" try and think about it like a sound effect in a play, and dt and raziel are the actors who hear it, with you as the person in charge of the sound effects offstage, if you manage to pull this off with others being able to hear it, you could use this to lure stinky monster around and get him to fight other monsters by throwing your voice around and making it appear to stinky as if its chasing you, when in reality its doing your dirty work for you

Agreed.

>alice: doing some experimentation on your illusion powers might be worthwhile before you head out, you just managed to create a sound only you heard a while ago, try and create a sound DT and Raziel could hear, like the sound of your voice saying "testing testing" try and think about it like a sound effect in a play, and dt and Raziel are the actors who hear it, with you as the person in charge of the sound effects offstage, if you manage to pull this off with others being able to hear it, you could use this to lure stinky monster around and get him to fight other monsters by throwing your voice around and making it appear to stinky as if its chasing you, when in reality its doing your dirty work for you



Might as well try that again while you are all together. You try to picture yourself calling out to your cats.

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Alice: ....
DT: Oh!
DT: Why did you call? We are right here. 'w'?
Alice: Did that work?
DT: You calling us?
Alice: So you heard that?
DT: Heard what?
Alice: So you didn't??
DT: Hear what??
Alice: ...What exactly did you hear?
DT: Nothing.
DT: It just felt like when you try to call us when you are away.
Alice: I was trying to make noise only you two would hear...
DT: With your illusions?
Alice: Yeah.
DT: Hmmm...
DT: Maybe since you were trying to call our attention, you accidentally did that instead of making noise?
DT: Try something else that's not specifically targeted at us.

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You concentrate as hard as you can on a car's alarm, blearing outside. You hear it clear as day, realistically muffled through the window's glass.

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Alice: Well??
DT: ...Sorry Master, I don't hear a thing.
Alice: >_<
Alice: But it works so well for me!
DT: Guess that’s what your illusions do…
DT: Work for you. >w>

It seems you are simply not advanced enough for this kind of illusions. You'll have to try something else.

>Alice: Create a set of keys midair in front of you and have them fall on the ground and jangle. Auditory illusions might work if attached to visual illusions that you already know others can see.

>head to the kitchen, see if there aren't any monsters hiding in there or the pantry, stay alert

>Alice: Create a set of keys midair in front of you and have them fall on the ground and jangle. Auditory illusions might work if attached to visual illusions that you already know others can see.

seconding, that logic might just work

> Alice: Is there anything under his bed? Maybe theres something there that can be of use? Or maybe just a hiding spot?

> Alice: Create a set of keys mid-air in front of you and have them fall on the ground and jangle. Auditory illusions might work if attached to visual illusions that you already know others can see.



You try to create a set of keys mid-air, but find it surprisingly difficult.

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Alice: What the hell...
DT: What now?
Alice: I'm trying to imagine a set of keys floating up but it's not working...
Alice: Now I can't make even simple illusions?
Alice: I could make those so easily before!
DT: Hmmm... Maybe...
Alice: ...'Maybe...'?
DT: Hehehe...I'm guessing on this, but you may be just blocking yourself...?
Alice: How?
DT: Do floating keys make sense to you?
Alice: No.
DT: Then don't make them float, just hold them.

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You imagine your front/back door keys, in its adorable silver hatchet keychain. They appear in the floor as easily as ever before.

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Alice: Now that's more like it.

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You spend a few moments struggling with trying to remember the right weight and texture of the keys, before the whole business becomes tangible enough for you to actually grasp it.

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Alice: Okay... You guys see these, right?
DT: Yep!
Alice: And what do they look like?
DT: Keys.
Alice: Right....
Alice: Here we go!

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You drop the keys. They make a satisfying clatter against the floor.

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Alice: ...
DT: ...
Alice: ...
DT: ...
DT: Sorry, Master-
Alice: Aaaaaaagh!

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Alice: You know what, I'm done.
Alice: This is not working, and we are wasting so much time when Stinky is blind as a bat and I could just throw something to call his attention if I really want him to go anywhere.
DT: ...I wouldn't call trying to master your powers a 'waste of time' but-
DT: Yep, this seems to simply out of your current skill set for now. >w>;
Alice: Let's just go already...

>Alice: It might be a good idea to make an illusory bracelet or something to make thinking/making physical illusions more habitual.

reinstating my last command to go to the kitchen

> Alice: It might be a good idea to make an illusory bracelet or something to make thinking/making physical illusions more habitual.



You consider making an illusory bracelet or belt or something just to stretch those illusion making muscles, but you quickly discard it. While you wouldn't call making an illusion you can actually touch 'easy', it's not something particularly hard once you get the details down in your mind, what's difficult is keeping your attention on the object constantly.

You are pretty sure the illusion would dispel the moment you stopped thinking about it, so you see no point on making the effort.

> Head to the kitchen, see if there aren't any monsters hiding in there or the pantry, stay alert



You already know there's *something* in the pantry, DT told you so not too long ago. What that may be is unknown, but given the information provided it's not friendly and best left alone for now. While you are making your way down there, though, you noticed something quite concerning.

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Alice: ...
DT: ...
Alice: ...
DT: Well.
Alice: Well??

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DT: (Shhh! Stinky’s still around, remember?)
Alice: (The Mark of the Beast!)
DT: (It's still there.)
Alice: (It's not where I left it!)
Alice: (Is it still working??)
DT: (Of course!)
DT: (Master, I told you it cloaks the whole area, it doesn't matter where you put it. It still works, even on the floor.)
Alice: (Yeah, well, someone moved it!)
Alice: (So someone *did* see it!)
DT: (Master, not so loud…!)

>Monsters aren't supposed to be able to see it, so maybe it wasn't a monster that moved it? Maybe you should try to contact your brother...

>Monsters aren't supposed to be able to see it, so maybe it wasn't a monster that moved it? Maybe you should try to contact your brother...

i'd leave out the part about contacting derrick just yet, we can do that after alice wakes up

>proceed into the kitchen

> Monsters aren't supposed to be able to see it, so maybe it wasn't a monster that moved it? Maybe you should try to contact your brother...

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Alice: (...Maybe it wasn’t a monster?)
DT: (Then who? None of us would have, and no monster should have been able to.)
Alice: ...

You consider contacting your brother, but what would be the point? Even if by some miracle he *is* sleeping he wouldn't be here, and you doubt he'd know who knocked the painting over even if he were.

You are not sure why talking to your brother even came to mind right now. You wonder if the thought was yours at all.


> Proceed into the kitchen.

You walk it into the kitchen.

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Alice: That's an ... original way to block the door, Razzie.
DT: I'm sure he did his best!
Alice: It seems to work.
DT: And that's all that matters.

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Guys, just to bring up officially to remember that this relying on what happens in canon Lucidstuck to 'guess' what's going on in Willfordswap will *not* serve you well. These may be the same characters, but this is also an alternate universe, you already know the circumstances are not the same so making assumptions based on canon will only hinder you.

From now on, making a commands that would alert Alice (like trying to convince her to suspect circumstances based on information she has no access or knowledge of) will result in her assuming alien forces are trying to manipulate her and make more difficult/impossible to control her.

The tally for penalties restarts every day. Depending on the command, the penalties carry more or less weight.

If you can convince me there's a reason for Alice to assume the command makes sense, there will be no penalties. You can always just make the command and clarify below it how you’d justify it.

It won't be so bad for other characters, but please do remember Alice has the most self awareness from all characters, so planting ideas that make no sense for her will have repercussions faster.

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>look in the cupboards and the fridge to see if there aren't any small monsters hiding, try and catch them by surprize by cornering them with dt and raz