You Are About 10 Seconds Away From Execution By Firing Squad

DEATHS 83-84

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>Cast one of those illusion spells where it creates many illusion copies of yourself.

You decide to attempt a spell for a tactical advantage.



Success! This is bound to confuse that squid!



While the illusions create a diversion, you just need to strike!



But wait. Are you really you, or are you an illusion?



Indeed, the phrase "I think, therefore I am," is well-known, and could aptly be used to answer the above question. For if you are thinking currently, then you are truly existing, and thus, not an illusion. However, it should be known how to define 'thinking,' for perhaps you, as an illusion, could be deceived into thinking that you are thinking. What is thought, really? And how can one be considered to be truly thinking? If a brain in a jar is stimulated to believe that it is a brain in a jar, does it truly know that it is a brain in a jar? Is that true knowledge? Similarly, is your thought simply just simulated thought? A way for you to have autonomous movement separate from the original, real you? Or perhaps, if an illusion does indeed have separate thoughts, it can be considered to be a separate self, and thus, earns the title of something existing. But then one would think that such an illusion would at least have the knowledge, somewhere in the back of its mind, of being a simple off-shoot of an original. No, if an illusion indeed have the power of thought and autonomous movement, then surely it is because it is a copy of the original, and thus has a copy of the original's memories. Therefore, thus, in conclusion--



In your last moments, you are struck by a realization: it isn't really a good idea to stop and wax philosophical while a giant squid has something like thirty guns pointed at you.

BAD END
Reloading from last save...

Get an even BIGGER mount.

So, Lincoln's changing mounts, eh? Two can play at that game!







"You think you can scare me with that?"







The battle continues in this vein for a while.



Eventually you and Lincoln seem to settle on your mounts, if only because it's getting very difficult to actually find anything bigger.



Although, gravity starts doing weird things when you're dealing with creatures of this size...










Uh-oh. That's probably not good.



And you just made the sun go supernova, nice job. Naturally, you don't survive the ensuing explosion.

BAD END
Reloading from last save...

> Oh, what the fuck. Just try shooting a lot of confetti in its eyes and see if you can't blind it.

You kind of remember something about a confetti spell somehow, so you cast it at the squid.



Wow. That's a lot of confetti. You hope that did something.



...Well, the confetti does seem to be throwing off its aim, but it has a lot of guns to possibly hit you with.



And, uh, it looks like one of its tentacles is flailing in your direction. Better move fast.

Summon the cheat code dealy to try and slice off a tentacle or two!

In desperation, you try one of the few tricks that you know works.



Success!



And the gun-tentacle has landed in the water...



And now it's firing on the squid! That's a lucky break.



...And it seems pretty upset. You, um, might want to do something, and fast.

> Wave the baton around like a conductor's wand and just see what happens.

In desperation, you wave the slug magician's arm around wildly and pretty much hope for the best.





...That was less helpful than you might have hoped.



But it seems to be calming the beast? That might help you somehow...



Or it could just make the squid hysterical and dangerous.







This is getting rather ridiculous.









You have no idea what just happened.





Lincoln has been slain.





Ugh. Well, somehow you survived that. Where'd you end up, though?



...Oh. This could be a problem.

What are you going to do now?