Space Opera - The Drip Chronicles

Originally posted on MSPA by RedMage.

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> Imagine a more BADASS song for the appropriate situation.

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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Attempt to deactivate flames without any regard for the laws of gravity.

You successfully deactivate both ROCKET SHOES and maintain a loose grip on your SPACE SUIT thanks to your SKINCLENCH FACTOR of 2.5.


You have lost the FLYING Action Trait and acquired the FALLING Action Trait Hangover.
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> Imagine a more BADASS song for the appropriate situation.

As your FALLING Action Trait Hangover comes to a welcome end in a BARBARIC FRUIT STAND, you are having trouble thinking of more appropriate music. Fortunately, the Benny Hill Theme seems to have stopped playing from your SPACE SUIT's speakers.

Originally posted on MSPA by MultiFunctional.

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> Abscond with some fruit.

Originally posted on MSPA by Warden Notes.

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>Retrieve arms from bottom of fruit stand.

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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>Retrieve arms from bottom of fruit stand.

You are a Drip, and Drips have no arms, relying instead on abilities such as SKINCLENCH and LEVERKINESIS.
But even armless, you have no desire to be unarmed; you retrieve your trusty SPACE SUIT from among the UNIDENTIFIED FRUITS.

> Abscond with some fruit.

Clearly these SAVAGES are planning on sacrificing these most-likely-priceless fruits to their arcane gods in some grotesque and bloody ritual.

You grab the largest UNIDENTIFIED FRUIT and abscond toward an alleyway.

You appear to be in a sort of PRIMITIVE SETTLEMENT. Given the direction and distance of your flight here, this is probably a different tribe altogether from that PRIMITIVE VILLAGE you first saw in the distance from your crash site.

Originally posted on MSPA by MultiFunctional.

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> Scrutinise the fruit carefully, then bite into it.

Originally posted on MSPA by Archduke_Ferdinand.

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>Look around, attempting to get a bearing on your surroundings.

Originally posted on MSPA by RedMage.

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> Enter a motherly state and panic in worrying about Nigel's wellbeing.

Originally posted on MSPA by Muke.

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>Go back and steal more UNIDENTIFIED FRUITS.

Originally posted on MSPA by Warden Notes.

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> Put on SPACE SUIT, knowing that if you activate ROCKET BOOTS, you won't gain the BLINDED Action Trait.

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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>Look around, attempting to get a bearing on your surroundings.

You seem to be in a filthy alleyway of the PRIMITIVE SETTLEMENT.

You can see a HIDEOUS SPACE BUG on the ground and what looks like a PRIMITIVE ALTAR overflowing with filth against one wall. A CRUDE BARRIER separates you from a primitive trail on the other end of the alleyway.

> Scrutinise the fruit carefully, then bite into it.

Now that you are sure your surroundings bear no immediate threat, you examine the UNIDENTIFIED FRUIT with your XENOBOTANY skill.

SUCCESS! The fruit appears to be a hybrid derivative of the Terran ORANGE, though obviously modified to somehow survive on this wretched, hostile world. How that FRUIT-MONGERING SAVAGE obtained access to Terran fruit is a mystery. Perhaps he salvaged it from the wreckage of a space freighter... there could be other CIVILIZED PEOPLE surviving on this world! You hope that the SAVAGES have not eaten them.

...then bite into it.

You are a Drip, and, unlike the famous Kirby, you have no mouth. You obtain nourishment only through mild aero-static friction generation and other techno-babble that would take a scientist to explain.

> Enter a motherly state and panic in worrying about Nigel's wellbeing.

You are mildly concerned about your friend Nigel.

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No longer within the FRIENDSHIP BLOSSOM's Empathy Radius, Nigel has become a FERAL NIGEL and been disbanded from the party.

> Put on SPACE SUIT, knowing that if you activate ROCKET BOOTS, you won't gain the BLINDED Action Trait.

You have a novel idea: wearing the SPACE SUIT. For the first time since crashing on this hostile planet, you don your trusty and familiar protective SPACE SUIT.

Your SKINCLENCH FACTOR is reduced by 0.5 due to the layer of FLEXIKEVLAR FABRIC for an effective rating of 2.

Originally posted on MSPA by RedMage.

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> Readers: Make infinite dig-dug references.

> Observe the SPACE BUG and enlist it into the PARTY.

Originally posted on MSPA by Odinod.

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Nigel> BLOOM another FRIENDSHIP BLOSSOM. Please!

Originally posted on MSPA by Muke.

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>Rub fruit in your eyes in attempt to consume it.

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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> Readers: Make infinite dig-dug references.

> Observe the SPACE BUG and enlist it into the PARTY.

You observe the HIDEOUS SPACE BUG closely.

You aren't able to determine much about its nature, but you decide to try to enlist it anyway.
You quickly prepare your HUG ANALOGUE: PLAYFUL FOOTSIE.

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EPIC FUMBLE!!

You have slain the HIDEOUS SPACE BUG.

Originally posted on MSPA by Muke.

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Put the DEAD HIDEOUS SPACE BUG into your inventory.

Originally posted on MSPA by Warden Notes.

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> Carve HELMET out of DEAD HIDEOUS SPACE BUG.

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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Put the DEAD HIDEOUS SPACE BUG into your inventory.

You pick up the slain HIDEOUS SPACE BUG and place it in the pocket of your SPACE SUIT.

> Carve HELMET out of DEAD HIDEOUS SPACE BUG.

As long as you have the corpse of this otherworldly monstrosity, you figure you should try to make some armor out of its carapace.
Maybe it's ACID RESISTANT; you hate ACID.

With your equipped ORANGE, you attempt to carve the DEAD HIDEOUS SPACE BUG into something useful.

You have little success.

Originally posted on MSPA by MultiFunctional.

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> MARVEL at fancy character sheet.

> Search through TRASH.

Originally posted on MSPA by Warden Notes.

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> Wonder why your SPACE SUIT has POCKETS.

Originally posted on MSPA by CabbageHat.

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> Scale chain-link fence

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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> Scale chain-link fence

You think lustfully upon the untold riches that surely lie beyond that CRUDE BARRIER.


However, you think you'd better wait for your SPACE SUIT's ROCKET SHOES to cool down before attempting to "climb" anything.

> Search through TRASH.

You are curious as to why the BARBARIC SAVAGES of this planet would fill this PRIMITIVE ALTAR with filth. You decide to examine its contents more closely, in case they are hiding something valuable.

You are thankful that you are wearing your SPACE SUIT; this is quite disgusting. It's almost as if this PRIMITIVE ALTAR is being treated as little more than a WASTE RECEPTACLE. Perhaps there was a religious revolution recently.

Are you sure you want to dig through the filth? Y/N

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> MARVEL at fancy character sheet.

You should have seen the hand drawn one; it was terrible. :8oops:

Originally posted on MSPA by Sytakan.

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>Yes, dig through the trash. If nothing usefull is found, empty it and wield it accordingly. Or use it as some fancy HEADGEAR

Originally posted on MSPA by Warden Notes.

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> No. Why dig when you can overturn the TRASH CAN.

Originally posted on MSPA by Genesis Monk.

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See if you can use your ROCKET BOOTS to burn away the filth without damaging the altar. Anything left is clearly fireproof and therefore sure to be of infinite use.