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Oh Lord. I'd like to take a moment to point out I thought this was a Bad Idea to begin with. But now that we're here, I just want to post a reminder: Diogines posted:
I'm not sure what the right thing to do here is. But whatever we do, don't gently caress with the trees.
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N. "Melachim! I have strayed down a path I had not meant to take and am now lost. Please guide me back to myself. My friend is scared and desperately needs my guidance right now."
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Nov 12, 2013 23:46
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A, but if it looks like we're going to end up killing Snarls then backtrack to our own body and go find Ishamal.
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Nov 12, 2013 23:51
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Well. N: I want to climb up, but not immediately over. I just want to see what's on the other side of the tree-wall.
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FoxTerrier posted:Oh Lord. I'd like to take a moment to point out I thought this was a Bad Idea to begin with.
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Nov 13, 2013 00:01
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FFFFFF Eat the citrusy fruit from which Ishamal "fruity drinks" are probably made!!! When asked if eating the fruit was breaking the Code we were told, of course not, that is what they are for. Edit: we seem to be back in the Enki body able to see a smoky version of the Snarls body? Give the fruit to both bodies. Sogol fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 00:06
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Urgh...OK. After careful consideration there doesn't seem to be a good move here. We know 'Jorah,' whoever he is, can exist in planes outside our own. So let's bank on that fact that's where we're at and try contacting him.  + Also, when we get out of this, we need to stop doing stupid poo poo that imperils Snarls. And give him ALL the steak. ALL of it. --- JT Jag posted:I am, like, 99% sure that injury in this context means cutting it down or something, not just picking the fruit. Probably, but if this Someone Important's personal orchard, I don't want to risk anything. Even climbing and potentially messing up the bark seems like a bad idea just now. That's just me tho. EDIT Just btw here's a link to the voting icons, since it hasn't been posted in awhile: http://imgur.com/a/2q3kU FoxTerrier fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 00:08
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N, Enkidel is as he imagines himself to be, so Enkidel should imagine himself to be a bird and fly over the trees!
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Nov 13, 2013 00:18
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JT Jag posted:I am, like, 99% sure that injury in this context means cutting it down or something, not just picking the fruit. Harvesting fruit, pulling a leaf or even trimming branches are fine. Cutting one down or burning one down or otherwise harming one is seen as a crime both against El and against future generations. Planting trees, especially fruit trees is seen as a semi-virtuous act.
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Nov 13, 2013 00:26
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N: D with a side of I. We're not in Kansas anymore, and considering there's nobody nearby who we can question about this place I think it's time for some experimentation. If we're in some deeper part of Enkidel's subconscious rather than some sort of extradimensional plane, we might have some control over our surroundings. I vote we try to manifest things simply by thinking about them (e.g. our club, our bow, a sixth finger on each hand). If we can, we should experiment further and see what else we can do here. And if we fail, we try to get out of here. Somehow. I do think we're in Enkidel's subconscious right now, and I base this on that line of trees we see. Ishamal gave us that fruity drink, which he says guards our mind from kings and Mighty Men. The wall of oranges is a metaphoric representation of the barrier Ishamal erected, and our waking mind is on the other side. Zybourne Clock fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 00:26
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Eat the fruit! And take some with us if we can to plant in the nearby wilderness on our Aron trip (supposing we get back).
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Nov 13, 2013 00:31
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H + I Call out for Snarls. Visualize a clear path to Snarls. Not his body, but his soul.
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Nov 13, 2013 00:46
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Zybourne Clock posted:N: A with a side of I I agree, but not sure we should be messing around right now with Snarls in such a state. We should probably go back to our body for now, but we should practice this skill!
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Nov 13, 2013 00:51
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Sogol posted:Eat the fruit!
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Nov 13, 2013 00:53
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I wonder if we can weaponize this ability somehow. Perhaps one day we'll be able to take over the bodies of powerful beasts and manipulate them to do our bidding... I do like Sogol's interpretation of the wall of trees. If calling for help fails, then we should call out to Snarls and push our way through the trees if possible to get back inside our own mind.
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Nov 13, 2013 00:54
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Welp we accidentally did a thing and now Ishamal's fruity drink is rearing its ugly head. Snarls didn't seem to have any issue with reading info from us, though... I have nothing better than try to contact Snarls through the trees. Try to get him to go into his body.
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dyzzy posted:Welp we accidentally did a thing and now Ishamal's fruity drink is rearing its ugly head. Snarls didn't seem to have any issue with reading info from us, though... This.
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Nov 13, 2013 01:10
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F. + think/call out to Snarls. I want to climb the trees and see if there is a way over, so I might as well eat some fruit. Ishamal's mental fruit probably tastes great. Question: Can we see the top of the trees, or do they just disappear in the fog?
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Nov 13, 2013 01:26
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This whole thing seems to have gone a path I did not expect. I voted to try and see into Snarls' mind or thoughts, not physically try to mind meld to take direct control of his nose. Snarls never needed to touch us to know what we were saying in the moment to our girlfriend, not sure why we went overboard on our attempt. I am not sure where we are. I like the explanation of the fruity barrier of our mind but maybe it is still a reflection of the real world with the spirit world blended in. Question: how does Snarls' body look? Like it is sleeping? Standing? Or how we believe we left it as we attempted to swap back? You guys are probably right about the Ishmael fruit barrier, but Snarls found a way to get in moments ago when we swapped and he had been reading our thoughts, something we suspect even Tudia was unable to do. Maybe we should call out the Snarls' consciousness and ask how he got 'in' there.
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Nov 13, 2013 01:28
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Diogines posted:
So Johnny Appleseed would be some kind of saint in this society?
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Nov 13, 2013 01:57
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F. Climb and eat a citrus fruit.
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Oh, boy, this just keeps getting better and better. OK, here's my plan. N: Knock on the trees and say that we are Enkidel, the rightful owner of the mind and body beyond, and we'd quite like to come home, please. N: If that doesn't work, try to walk straight through the trees and hope they recognize the boss. Don't try to push through or damage the trees in any way, just act as if the trees aren't there and that the path ahead is clear. Stop if/when we bump our nose and fall back on our rear end. J: If that too should fail, call out to Snarls, and ask him if he knows a way through this barrier. If, as I suspect, he doesn't know diddly, calmly tell him to follow our instructions, and try to get him to replicate the thoughts and actions that led to us falling into Snarls to begin with. While we're at this, pray to El for guidance. L+M: Should this also fail, try contacting Uncle Jorah, less because I think it'll help and more because I can't see the harm and it might be interesting to see what happens. A: Should all of the above fail and if Snarls can't be contacted, fall back to Snarl's body and repeat the steps mentioned in J, praying to dear El above that this isn't going to result in BOTH of us having our minds stuck in one doggy body. Also, I don't know if I can do this right now, but I strongly recommend AGAINST eating the fruit and would vote against it if possible. These trees, real or spiritual, apparently form a mental barrier of some kind, and I'm worried about the effects of our spirit self eating the fruit of something designed to stick up walls in minds. I also recommend against trying to visualize changes to our spirit self. It seems likely that our spirit self represents, to a degree, our innate view of who we are and what we should look like, and loving with that could lead to some potentially ugly consequences. Let's not go fooling around too much right now and just focus on getting back, we can conduct more experiments later once we've figured out how to safely enter and leave this realm. Edit: JT Jag posted:Enkidu Guards The Stead. And we have a winner! Tomn fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Whatever we do, I think we should try to look for Snarls mind in here too and guide it back to his body- if we just return to our body by waking up or whatever, without helping him return to his, we might end up shunting his mind/soul to limbo or something. N - Look/call for Snarls, climbing trees and walking around as need be. Think about Tudiyas kitchen and any other happy doggie thoughts that Mind-Snarls might be attracted to
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Nov 13, 2013 02:41
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Tomn posted:Oh, boy, this just keeps getting better and better. OK, here's my plan. Eat the fruit first. But if that fails then I vote Tomns plan
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Nov 13, 2013 03:26
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By all means let's eat the fruit in Paradise Lost...what could possibly go wrong? vvv (I do think eating the fruit isn't wise, but mostly I'm just making a joke here.  Dang y'all are serious tonight.)
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Nov 13, 2013 03:38
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FoxTerrier posted:By all means let's eat the fruit in Paradise Lost...what could possibly go wrong? Ain't no rule against it. El don't want us eating this fruit he can hang up a sign or something.
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Nov 13, 2013 03:43
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Throw the fruits at Snarls. Then rub some over yourself and eat them.
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Sojenus posted:Throw the fruits at Snarls. Then rub some over yourself and eat them. You might be enjoying that fruit a little too much.
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WhiteOutMouse posted:Question: how does Snarls' body look? Like it is sleeping? Standing? Or how we believe we left it as we attempted to swap back? It is shrouded in fog and in a standing position.
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:You might be enjoying that fruit a little too much. When you're eternally falling, anything to break up the monotony deserves special treatment.
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:You might be enjoying that fruit a little too much. I'd like to see you look those fruits right in the eye and turn them down!
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Nov 13, 2013 04:24
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Voting we eat some fruit whilst calling out to anyone who might be within calling distance.
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Nov 13, 2013 04:29
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What does our religion say the soul looks like? Edit:Ugh my bad, didn't read that carefully. GloriousDemon fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 05:22
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We look like Enkidel.
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If the forest of oranges is indeed the liminal state between the unconscious and waking mind, the Enkidel we control right now probably is real-world Enkidel's homonculus. Eating a mind-orange likely doesn't have any averse effects; at worst it will raise an orange tree-barrier in the mind of the homonculus, so that the homonculus' homonculus is protected against homonculus-king and homonculus-Mighty Man mind-reading powers.
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GloriousDemon posted:What does our religion say the soul looks like? According to the men of Zepath, the soul looks is a semi transparent figure which looks like the person.
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the_steve posted:H + I I vote for this, with the addition of it if works, guide the soul back to the body.
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Diogines posted:According to the men of Zepath, the soul looks is a semi transparent figure which looks like the person. Do the women of Zepath think differently?
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Women are quasi-property in Zepath, who cares what they think? Voting is closed.
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drat, I just realized something else we could have told Danal - "Be patient, brother. You will have many adventures in your time - indeed, you will have many, many more adventures than I ever will. For you are of the blood of Labaras, and I am not, and that means that you will live far, far longer than I will. When I am old and grey and useless, you will still be young and strong and bold, and when I am still and cold in the ground, you will still be having adventures. So be patient, Danal - your time will come. And in the meantime I must seize what chances I can, and make the most of my briefer existence." Oh well, too late now!
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