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GreyGabe · 10-28-2011, 03:57 AM

AgentBlue Wrote:>Step inside one of the administration buildings and see if you can start a new ~~topic~~ building project.

Actually, that can be accomplished from you Console at home. But what would you start a topâ??a building about right now? Eh, you'll give it some thought.

Schazer Wrote:Pinary is obviously with-holding information! Mug him.

You suddenly remember that you dropped your Coffee Mug into your Gallifreyan Satchel after you drank your coffee (you have some problems withâ?¦ hoarding). You heft it once in your hand to get a feel for its weight, before launching it Pinary-ward. It strikes you, as the Coffee Mug reaches the zenith of its arc, that this is an incredibly bad idea and will probably have unpleasant ramifications of some sort.
The weaponized ceramic cup shatters against the back of Pinaryâ??s head. He turns around slowly to regard you in what you assume to be annoyance.

â??What the hell? Who does that?â?

Oh well, might as well tryâ?¦ â??Iâ?¦think youâ??re hiding something?â? you proclaim, halfheartedly.

Pinary shakes his head, reaches one hand straight up, and snaps his finger. He then turns around and continues walking away.
What was that? Was it, likeâ?¦ an â??oh snapâ?? kind of thing, or what? What did thatâ??

A loud screeching comes from the sky above you. Oooooh.

You turn to see a gigantic eagle swooping down towards you.

â??Oh, nuts.â?

The eagle snatches you up in its talons, roughly tearing you from the ground.
Up, up, up you fly, high above Eagle Town and the surrounding plains. It would be exhilarating if it wasnâ??t so goddamn terrifying. The eagle begins to circle and maintain altitude. It looks down at the ground with a serious expression, almost one of intense concentration. You are about to wonder exactly why this might be when the eagle lets go.

Ah, the thrill of freefall. The wind in your hair, the sun on your back, the freedom, the adrenaline rush, the ground rushing towards you at a dead sprint. Youâ??re not able to enjoy it much, though, as itâ??s the last bit that dominates your attention.
â??AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!â? You say, scarcely able to hear yourself over the air rushing past you.

MrGuy Wrote:Roll dice to determine course of action.

Well, you donâ??t have anything to lose.
You shake the dice around in one hand, and let them fly.
Hmm. Maybe you should start paying more attention to the order you do these things in. Oh well, if you survive this descent, youâ??ll know what to do next, anyway.

â?¦

â?¦

Golly, this is taking a really long time. That eagle must have taken you really far up. You take the time to study the world spread out beneath you.
Far to the north, the Foratopian Plains continue to stretch on, dotted here and there with towns and cities. Beyond them lie the Social Kingdoms. Rising off to the west are the Meme Mountains, and beyond them the Sea of Porn. If you end up going that way, youâ??ll have to be careful not to wander into Shock Image Crevice, which is a terrible place, indeed. In fact, you should probably just avoid going past the Foothills of Meme. That way lies madness. In an easterly direction, you see Video Bay. Beyond that awaits the Ocean of Media, and a multitude of islands, such as The Gamelands, Comicstralia, and the Lolchipelago. And finally, in the south, you see the Lands Of Wikia, pretty dangerous territory if you donâ??t know where youâ??re going. Supposedly, if you find your way to the other side, you can find the ancient Search Engine, atop which sits The Google Oracle. And also some other guys, like, the Bing Oracle and the Alta Vista Oracle but theyâ??re not really the big draw. They donâ??t even warrant bold faced names.

...

Seems like you really should have landed by now. You've been falling for a while, now. You check to see how you're progressing.

Oh, hey! You didnâ??t know anyone had a swimming pool around here!
Neat.

*SPLASH*
â?¦

â??Hey! Hey! Are you okay?â?
â??Blub,â? you reply.
â??Where did you even come from? Cool entrance by the way.â?
â??Blub.â?

You are laying on the edge of Godbotâ??s swimming pool, soaking wet from head to foot, which is also about how much of you is in excruciating pain right now. Thatâ??s what happens when you perform the belly flop from hell. Actually, belly flop from heaven might be more appropriate in this case. A bunch of other forumites mill about, staring and muttering to one another. You sit up veeeeerrrrrry slowly, so as not to displace what bones you have that arenâ??t shattered in nine places.

â??Are you sure you should beâ?¦ moving?â?

â??Eee,â? You say. With titanic effort, you pull yourself to your feet, and shamble over to your dice, which lie in the grass a few meters away. Snake eyes! You think that means, â??fall unconscious and stay that way for a while.â? You happily comply.

...

When you wake up, you are lying in your bed, throbbing with pain. There is a note pinned to your chest.
It reads:

Quote:Gabe,
Sorry about that. I didnâ??t mean for him to fly that high. That was a failure in communication on both our parts, and Iâ??m very sorry. Fortunately, you at least landed on something with a little give. Although Woffles, having been directly beneath you when you landed, might not actually agree with me on the â??fortunateâ?? part of that. But I digressâ?¦
I do hope you will forgive me for siccing the eagle on you, and I will endeavor to forgive you for throwing a coffee mug at me. I think we both learned a valuable lesson from this experience.

Sincerely,
Pinary

P.S. Godbot did want to thank you for making his â??Cool Kids Pool Partyâ? a smashing success. Apparently conversation was flagging before you â??crashed the partyâ? (his words, not mine). So we have that.

That was nice. You're glad he's not holding the whole mugging thing against you. With a groan, you get out of bed, your skeleton creaking in a disconcerting manner. Ah, well, you know what they sayâ?¦ any landing you can walk away fromâ?¦

So that was fun. No, wait. That other thing. Terrible. Letâ??s not attack any more Modmins, hmm?

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