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 You guys just made the son of our father's murderer our BFF. D! King Butt killed our father. We'll kill his son. This is something that distantly resembles justice.
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FoxTerrier posted:Just throwing this out there...but F voters: When we're caught sneaking out with Danal, it's going to look like we're untrustworthy at worst and irresponsible/reckless at best. People are going to want to know why the kings son is sneaking off in the middle of the night, and they're not going to blame the 5 year old. Us getting into trouble along with Danal is better for our relationship with Danal. At least at 11 years old it appears to the adults that we were being childish, but Danal will like us more if we get in trouble alongside him than squealing on him.
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Not A. This is a terrible idea and we know better.
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J Shake our head, and pile two things on top of each other. Any two things that come to hand-- a rock and a leaf, a fuzzy-monster turd and a piece of bark, anything. If nothing comes to hand, just scoop up some dirt and shape it into a little hill. Point at the awesome-cool tower of two things and say "Baitel!" Then, a foot or so away, pile another tower of any two things. Point at our second tower and say "Zelpah!" Continue piling things on Zelpah. Build Zelpah higher! Ours will be the highest, rockingest Zelpah ever! Better than the real Zelpah, because ours has more moss we scooped off the forest floor! WOW I SURE HOPE DANAL DOESN'T BUILD BAITEL HIGHER THAN ZELPAH! Motion for him to join in. It is too late for spear tag, but it's never too late to play Legos! Tudhalias fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Jun 4, 2013 22:56
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Zybourne Clock posted:Partly because fake dad beat us whenever we shirked our duties, partly because we simply didn't know any better. To the best of our knowledge, before we met our saviors, everyone in our village prayed to Asherah and we were destined to become the next priest. Fake dad decided our future for us, and it's not like we had any say in the matter. We worshiped Asherah and accepted our future because it was expected of us. Think about, for a forum anecdote, how many economically poor or otherwise disadvantaged people will stick fanatically to the Republican party, or how many homosexual people end up self-hating and adhering rigorously to church doctrines. And then note that a fanatical religious upbringing is exactly what we've had. Changing religion or deciding that Asherah shouldn't be worshipped is one thing. Doing so immediately, without the slightest reservation, as a little traumatized child, is kind of absurd. Many people come to realize that their ideals and their life-situations don't match up, and reevaluate their beliefs, but it rarely happens quickly, quietly, or easily.
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Jun 4, 2013 23:14
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A is for Adventure. A is for Audacity. A is for Awesome.
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Jun 4, 2013 23:17
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I'm ultimately in favour of dropping ashera eventually, but even I agree we can't just drop it right away. At this point we should be feeling confused and conflicted, and unsure of what to believe.
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Theglavwen posted:Think about, for a forum anecdote, how many economically poor or otherwise disadvantaged people will stick fanatically to the Republican party, or how many homosexual people end up self-hating and adhering rigorously to church doctrines. And then note that a fanatical religious upbringing is exactly what we've had. For what it's worth, a kid could just as easily decide to just do what everyone else is doing around him, because that is what they're doing and they don't want to get in trouble. That's if you need an in-character justification for this; Enkidel didn't want to get in trouble, so Enkidel prayed to El.
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Jun 4, 2013 23:21
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Lets save the risk-aversion for the CYOA about a basket weaver, A.
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Jun 4, 2013 23:25
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cool the boring option is winning again what a surprise. A because D has no shot in hell.
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 I was hoping to one day kill the King in front of his son for true vengeance, but this will do.
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SerSpook posted:For what it's worth, a kid could just as easily decide to just do what everyone else is doing around him, because that is what they're doing and they don't want to get in trouble. That's if you need an in-character justification for this; Enkidel didn't want to get in trouble, so Enkidel prayed to El. I could get behind that reasoning. If Og/Enkidel is going with these guys because he's trying to keep his head down and not make waves around the guys who just lopped his dad's head off I buy it. I can even get behind Og/Enkidel making friends with the kid because god knows he'll need someone to relate to when he's alone among all these weird foreigners, and a kid is his best shot. If Og/Enkidel is going with these guys because he thinks they're all totally cool and screw everything he's learned up until now, then he's acting really abnormally.
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Jun 4, 2013 23:41
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Jun 4, 2013 23:42
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Not A. Something will go wrong, we'll get blamed for it because we're older than Danal and should have known better.
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G, wake Barkof. Let's be sensible grown-ups.
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"Trip" over someone while yelling "Owwwww." Take care not to land on something sharp and bronze.
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June04[18:09::20]Tuesday <Diog> He is a physical constant, the speed being: One sojenus falling per sojenus, squared. Just dropping in to say you might see Sojenus pop up on Ohyo's CYOA some time this year. I am not making a guarantee.
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Even I think option D is a bit far out there this time. In any case, Danals probably way stronger than he looks if his fathers a favored of El. This would be the choice that would lead us to KingChopping. Although this could arguably end up almost as bad if it gets interpreted the wrong way ie; First night at camp, we steal weapons/and lead the kings son to running away into the unknown cannibal forest (what kid in their right mind wants to go play games in the middle of the night after a long hard day of getting their world turned upside down?) Although in saying that, going back to sleep is boring, A for  Also; Eagerly awaiting the skeletons in Els worship closet that show he isn't quite the paragon of justice and mercy everyone seems to think he is. alpaca diseases fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Jun 5, 2013 |
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Theglavwen posted:Changing religion or deciding that Asherah shouldn't be worshipped is one thing. Doing so immediately, without the slightest reservation, as a little traumatized child, is kind of absurd. Many people come to realize that their ideals and their life-situations don't match up, and reevaluate their beliefs, but it rarely happens quickly, quietly, or easily. I agree, this indeed how things would work out in the real world. But you shouldn't forget that Jalitha foretold we would be saved by El and his angels, and that Tudiya appeared before us as a literal deus ex machina. Such magic doesn't exist in the real world, so we really don't have a frame of reference to say which reaction is the right one. A sudden change of religion fits the narrative just as well as retaining our old religion does.
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Jun 5, 2013 00:20
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XOXO posted:
Slake my bloodthirst before it it mashed under the logical heels of adulthood.
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Well drat, we're traitors. Couldn't even go with an insincere prayer to El, could we? Ah well, I tried. Given our options, I vore Adventure time! ..So we can save Donal's rear end and impress upon him the might of Asherah. This is an irresponsible idea, but then, we *are* irresponsible. He's six, we're Let's show this kid how we do things back home - only without the cannibalism part.
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Jun 5, 2013 01:06
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Voting C
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C. I think this is a terrible plan, but the kid seems to be set on it, so we should at least make sure he doesn't get eaten without us.
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Mr. Wednesday posted:
Voting for the above.
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Schizotek posted:A is for Adventure. This. We're in the age of legends. Let's live like it.
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Mr. Wednesday posted:
I like this. Voting wake barkoff, but try to do it in a way that doesn't make our new friend feel betrayed. Act like we want him in the game or something.
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Look at all of these people who are so terrified of something bad happening that they will vote for the safe and boring option every time. You all need a lesson from Big Teddy R.Teddy Roosevelt posted:Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. J, as a variation on A where we pretend to be Asherah, hunting to satisfy his great hunger.
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Zybourne Clock posted:I agree, this indeed how things would work out in the real world. But you shouldn't forget that Jalitha foretold we would be saved by El and his angels, and that Tudiya appeared before us as a literal deus ex machina. Such magic doesn't exist in the real world, so we really don't have a frame of reference to say which reaction is the right one. A sudden change of religion fits the narrative just as well as retaining our old religion does. It's fair enough, I don't mean to come off as though I think it's absolutely unforgivable or anything. I think it's the 'wrong' choice, as in, not as good as the alternative, for a variety of reasons, but it can work perfectly feasibly. I'm not sure that it fits 'just as well', but seeing as the character is, ultimately, a product of the votes, I'm perfectly happy to adopt/make up some justification for why the character's acting the way he is, and continue to vote in keeping with the 'new' character. It's just that some justifications take a lot more work than others.
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D We don't have lightning bolts but let's see how many spears in the chest Danal can take. It's time to embrace Ashera. Stop licking the boots of El and Co.
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SerSpook posted:If we spent time with Pagam I'd have been all over C, but we have lovely forest skills. I'm still mad about everyone else putting Pagam last.
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SerSpook posted:Assuming that Shushem told the truth is kind of silly on this topic, considering the reveals we've had regarding parentage. He had every reason to lie about our birth, and no one had any real incentive to tell us anything considering everyone feared him. Jalitha, on the other hand, has seemingly told the truth about most everything. There are other indications beyond her word about the cannibalism, about her being our mother, and the truth of the big villages has been confirmed. I'm not assuming shushem told the truth about anything in this instance, that was one of the info dumps that came from general knowledge of the village rather than from asking Dad. Diogines, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I went back to the relevant post and believe that my interpretation is correct.
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A is for Adventure time!
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Random Idiot posted:Look at all of these people who are so terrified of something bad happening that they will vote for the safe and boring option every time. You all need a lesson from Big Teddy R. Would Big Teddy R risk a six-year-old's life for fun?  If we're going to be heroic, let's do it without endangering innocent lives.
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C. Such a terrible plan, I love terrible plans.
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