Sack Boogies

>Bycicle helmet, bycicle safety equipment and a bycicle.
>Also any type of lantern is always good.
>Say about your friendship about 39, or how you did meet him!

go all out. body armor, riot shield, unicycle

>Bycicle helmet, bycicle safety equipment and a bycicle.
>Also any type of lantern is always good.
>Say about your friendship about 39, or how you did meet him!

>Standard issue bicycle armor
>Standard issue floodlite
>Extra boogie sack or two

go all out. body armor, riot shield, unicycle

>Bicycle helmet, bicycle safety equipment and a bicycle.
>Also any type of lantern is always good.

You quickly throw on your standard body armor, a helmet with some built-in lanterns, and grab your hands-free aerial cyclotron. You might not need the cycle, but when it comes to escort jobs you like to have enough mobility to scout around or fall back as necessary to keep the principal safe.



Not for the first time, you wish you had a spare Boogie Sack or two. The idea of losing your Boogie Sack and having all your Sack Boogies turn against you has been a recurring nightmare of yours ever since the instructors warned you about the possibility. But at least your sack has some integrated microsteel cables so you can safely wear it on your back.

>Say about your friendship about 39, or how you did meet him!

As you head down the path toward the Discount Home, you can't help thinking about 39, aka Dingo.

Being about the same age, you've been acquaintances throughout the grueling years of Sack Boogie subjugation training. The kid always stood out in class because they were always so optimistic about becoming a Sack Master someday, while the attitudes of the other students (yourself included) generally consisted of various shades of resignation and resentment. After all, it's not like any of you were there by choice.



Of course, 39 also stood out because the kid refused to wear any clothing besides a hat (and occasionally a cape). Sort of makes you wonder what kind of family life they have at the Discount Home.

Speaking of which, you arrive at the garage of the Consolidated Corrugation Authority's Discount Home for At Risk Youth.



The garage door is open and it looks like the CCA's intervillage crawler is all prepped to go.

You hop off the cycle and step into the garage. Mr. and Mrs. Consolidated Corrugation is there, as well as that creepy guy who laughs outside your window in the middle of the night.

Mr/s CC: "ALIAS DENNIS, YOUR PROMPT ASSISTANCE IS GRATIFYING."

"Yeah, sure. What do I need to know?"



Mr/s CC: "PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: ENSURE SAFE TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY OF THE PRINCIPAL PATIENT TO VATLANDING HOSPITAL. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: ENSURE ALIAS FARTBUTTSMAN REMAINS WITH CONVOY. TERTIARY OBJECTIVE: PROVIDE THOROUGH VERBAL REPORT UPON COMPLETION OR FAILURE OF ANY AND EVERY MISSION OBJECTIVE."

You pause to consider whether you have any questions or concerns, or if there's anything you want to do before shipping out.

is the convoy just us? what's wrong with them, looks fine to me

When is completion of SECONDARY OBJECTIVE?

do we need to report completion of TERTIARY OBJECTIVE

Scope out the transport and figure out where everyone and everyboogie should be tactically positioned

Why the high payment? What is the deal?

is the convoy just us? what's wrong with them, looks fine to me

"Hold up," you say. "Is Fartbuttsman the injured party?"



Mr/s CC: "NEGATIVE. PRINCIPAL PATIENT IS ALIAS RUSTY-BINGO-CADUCEUS. STATUS: COMATOSE, ONBOARD INTERVILLAGE CRAWLER, SECURE."

So there's somebody else already onboard.

When is completion of SECONDARY OBJECTIVE?

"Okay, so why's Fartbuttsman coming along? How long does he need to stay with us?"



Mr/s CC: "ALIAS FARTBUTTSMAN IS EXPECTED AT VATLANDING HOSPITAL FOR ROUTINE ELECTROTHERAPY MAINTENANCE. FARTBUTTSMAN TREATMENT REGIMEN IS NOT URGENT, BUT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE REQUIRES THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT A HALF LOAD OF CARGO OR MINIMUM OF TWO PASSENGERS FOR A JOURNEY OF THIS DISTANCE."

do we need to report completion of TERTIARY OBJECTIVE

"Do I really need to give you a thorough report about giving you a report?"



Mr/s CC: "... AFFIRMATIVE."

"Understood. No further questions."

Scope out the transport and figure out where everyone and everyboogie should be tactically positioned

You consider what you know about the transport as you climb aboard to check it out.

The intervillage crawler is a double-decker crawler, one of the largest in the village. Usually it's used for cargo runs along the dangerous Murderforest Road.



The lower level is mostly cargo space, with some equipment lockers near the egress hatch.

The upper level is the command deck, with access to the onboard computer systems and a 360 degree view around the vehicle.

You carefully stow your cycle in a locker for now while Farbuttsman wanders into the cargo hold. You cautiously lock the door behind him, then climb the ladder to the upper level.

The primary patient, for whom this whole trip appears to be arranged, is on this floor.



Hey, it's Dingo.

Sigh.
This has to have set some kind of record, getting mauled this bad on their first day?
Probably didn't even get an older boogie hunter to supervise their first fight.

Right, let's get moving. We have a hospital to get this schmuck to.

Edit: Send out a MAGELLICAN to go scout ahead, and check your GRAPEMINE stock's tension. Gotta keep em happy 'till you throw those explosive suckers.

MAGELLICANShow

MAGELLICAN, the WINGED GLOBE Boogie monster.
Nobody knows how it flies when its wings aren't even attached, but everyone knows they split open to reveal a very big mouth full of very sharp teeth. Enjoys biting things.

GRAPEMINEShow

GRAPEMINE, the (DOMESTIC) EXPLOSIVE FRUIT Boogie monster.
Very, very, VERY carefully cultivated/domesticated from the wild GRENAPPLE, the GRAPEMINE is a fragile, sensitive Boogie monster. While safe to handle in soft, quiet, practically zen environments, it will quickly go berserk from even the slightest offense; shortly leading to it's detonation. Comes in both standard explosive and rare entangling vine varieties. Remember to throw them, not hold them.
Edit2: Makes this horrible, awful scream/wail when upset. Wailing that is loud. Loud upsets other GRAPEMINE. One upset GRAPEMINE can detonate the whole bunch, so be careful when handling them.

Send your ANNOISY out, onto the roof of the crawler, so it can do its important, awful job of making sound-shadows to deter a good chunk of Boogies.

(ANNOISY, evolved form of VUVUZECHO)

>Pedal the metal

( Hey, one thing I noticed rn is the fact our trap activated, some sack boogie ate the egg! )

>Pedal the metal

Sigh.
This has to have set some kind of record, getting mauled this bad on their first day?
Probably didn't even get an older boogie hunter to supervise their first fight.

Right, let's get moving. We have a hospital to get this schmuck to.

Poor kid. All that enthusiasm and within hours of getting a starter Sack Boogie, it's off to the hospital for Dingo.

You decide to get this show on the road. You check the onboard computer to be sure all the navigation systems are operating correctly.



You don't have much experience at the helm of a crawler, but it's pretty much supposed to drive itself. Everything seems in order as far as you can tell. The destination coordinates are set for Vatlanding Village and the crawler trundles out of the garage and down the path.



Nothing to do now but prep your defenses before you reach the Murderforest.

Send your ANNOISY out, onto the roof of the crawler, so it can do its important, awful job of making sound-shadows to deter a good chunk of Boogies.

(ANNOISY, evolved form of VUVUZECHO)

You start by climbing up to the roof of the crawler and pulling your large ANNOISY from your Boogie Sack. By far the most advanced Sack Boogie you own, ANNOISY has proven a useful deterrent when it comes to keeping smaller Sack Boogies away.



Before it transformed from a lowly VUVUZECHO, it seemed to attract more enemies than it deterred--you learned that the hard way. You think it has to do with the Boogie's size; it deters anything smaller than itself, but attracts anything larger.

Send out a MAGELLICAN to go scout ahead.

MAGELLICANShow

MAGELLICAN, the WINGED GLOBE Boogie monster.
Nobody knows how it flies when its wings aren't even attached, but everyone knows they split open to reveal a very big mouth full of very sharp teeth. Enjoys biting things.

You also pull out your MAGELLICAN and let it perch on your arm. You'll have it scout ahead when you're closer to the Murderforest. ANNOISY can be quiet until then too.

For now, you sit in relative peace and admire the view of the forested valley and distant mountains as the crawler makes its way toward Vatlanding.



That shady forest is infested with the most terrifying and deadly Boogies known to the world, but you've been through it before, and you've got a sackful of GRAPEMINES prepped for anything that wants to tangle.

You're ready to confront any crazy circumstance this journey could throw your way.

---

You are now Crazy Uncle Fartbuttsman and you've been locked in a cargo hold. This is just like an adventure puzzle! How exciting!

>Open boxes
>Ramble madly and tell us about your story

>Open boxes
>Ramble madly and tell us about your story

Ramble about your story? Okay, you can try, but it's pretty simple, really.



You see, there's a conspiracy spoiling the youth and keeping secret knowledge from EVERYBODY.

The government's in on it, the mayor is in on it, the scientists are in on it, and you're pretty sure the original founders were--

EGGS!



EGGS EGGS ALWAYS THE EGGS

--The original founders were in on it too. We never left earth, there could never be another earth, the very idea of sending digital representations of human personalities into space by radio wave and having robots build humans on another planet is inherently absurd.

And nobody can see, nobody wants to see, what it took you so long to discover, but which now is so obvious that even a child should--

WHY, HELLO THERE!



This, this right here, this is what you've been trying to tell people.

They didn't believe you. They say you're crazy! But you'll show them who's crazy... you'll show everybody!

No matter what they say, the evidence is incontrovertible! You could never doubt the truth.



Boogie Sacks ARE funny to look at! Haha!

>Use acid snake to escape and put it back in the sack after use
>Go see your... grandson? Yeah, something like that, check a bit of his status.
>Check equipment lockers and be quiet.
>Nice theories, when you did start making them or came with that ideia?

No need to go riffling through a soon-to-be dead kid's stuff, just disumbrificate out of this situation like you normally do

>Eat the wasp, choke, die

>Climb in the box. Close the box. It is safe in the box. Box.

SpoilerShow

Bar the colors not being a blue/green, that MAGELLICAN is a perfect match to what I'd imagined it would look like. A very good flying chomper, 10/10.

No need to go riffling through a soon-to-be dead kid's stuff, just disumbrificate out of this situation like you normally do

That's the ticket! Disenfumbricationism! Of course, you need a Boogie Sack for that...



Ahh... that's better!



Now what?

Go for a nice stroll along this path through the forest.

>Hey, your eyes are better... Actually everything about you is better, your mind is ok now?

>So how come the sack bogies are so friedly to you and not, y'know drilling and splatering you with acid ?

Go for a nice stroll along this path through the forest.

We'll head out for a stroll. What a lovely day!



A gentle breeze blows, the air is filled with calming sound of the wind in the leaves, interspersed with the raucous cries of CLOCKATIELS.

There's a big red ANNOISY making a ruckus nearby, but within a few minutes we've walked far enough away that its honking is drowned out by the ambient noise of the forest.

>Hey, your eyes are better... Actually everything about you is better, your mind is ok now?

Our eyes are better? Well, we do feel better in the shadows, don't we? Sometimes we just have a tough time communicating in the light.



This place is more comfortable and friendly. We don't even need to communicate because everybody is already kind of on the same wavelength.

>So how come the sack bogies are so friedly to you and not, y'know drilling and splatering you with acid ?

Now that's a silly question. Why would you ask us something like that?



Haha, can you imagine anybody being afraid of these friendly critters?

>Pet the antebarder or.. yeah, you know what must have a nice petting season.
>Adopt a few Clockatiels and get to your big adventure to escape from the cargo hold!