Game 101 - Trial 2: An Explosive Encounter

[desbearful]

May 8, 2022 16:19:47 GMT -6 Evie The Bat said:

Squeaks pulls out his treasure and begins to read

“I wish to share some information, mostly about our secret query as it may help. It reads as follows

“BANK OPEN?
CHECK THE STARS.
LOOK BEYOND WHAT YOU KNOW. NOT HIDDEN IN TIME AND SPACE.
FIND THE SPARK OF BLUE AMONG TEXT OF BLACK AND WHITE.”

I have no inclination as to what it could mean”

(The blue is in blue text I’m on mobile so it might not translate right)

Shenhe nods at Squeaks.

"Alright, that's quite similar to the clue I recieved in the vents. Though, before we explore that, I will explain what information I recieved former to that."

「Recall, start!」

"During A2, I met up with Richie in the Architect's House. He was examining a few papers, so striked up a conversation with him. He whipped out a fishing rod, and explained that he was attempting to snatch the vault passcode from one of the Shroobs using it. Though, all he found was what appeared to be a nonsensical note."

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"The letters were missing, so I decided that filling the correct ones would give a clearer picture. After thinking it through, the conclusion was..."

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The voice has been getting louder as of late. It tells me to destory, to break everything, to wipe the slate clean and start anew. So I went and randomized the code to the vault and hid it some place where nobody will ever find it. I hear her voice now. The Princess. Her heartbeats inside my head. I can't wait for her next orders.
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"It appears to be in the perspective of a Toad in the process of Princess Shroob's mind control. It did come from an infected Shroob, after all. The most important part though..."

"If you rearrange the first letters, you get 'LOOK'."

"The end result,"

"LOOK TOWARDS THE STARS."

She places her hands on her hips. "Richie and I were quite excited at this new lead, and I decided to check the vents as they were marked with stars on the map. Richie however, had another idea. He suggested that I'd check the vents, and he'd check the stars in the sky. We agreed, and I told him I'd wait for him at Toad Town to discuss our findings. After that, we parted ways."

"During A3, I exited the time portal and made my way downstairs to the Makeshift Kitchen. I grabbed a few herbs from the fridge only so I could munch on them. Then, I grabbed a chair and headed up to the vents."

"I noticed a message inscribed with dust when I entered. It turned out, each vent had a seperate portion of the message. When I combined it together, I got..."

Find me not here, search search elsewhere.

Beyond the reach of space and time.

To a world of text and black and white.

A spark of blue small as it may.

Will shine a light on a new day.

"At A4 I couldn't find Richie, so I decided to wait for him at the Library. Going by the sentences, I presumed 'To a world of text and black and white' meant books, so I scoured the shelves for a spark of blue. Unfortunately, there was nothing of use. I wanted to head into the Endless Staircase, as it had stars on the map as well, but hopped into the time portal instead. I attempted to focus on the portal, but I could only see blue. Not much to look at."

「Recall, end!」


"...And that concludes my intel on the matter. I should also include that Archie T. had a photo of the treasure inside the vault. It reminds me of the star used in E. Gadd's time machine. ...The Cobalt Star must've shattered during the explosion, I remember him mentioning that 'just a single fragment of this interstellar wonder can power a city for a century'. Which could provide useful in the upcoming days, but most importantly; gathering all our fragements and forming it into a Cobalt Star can bring Princess Peach and co. back."

Shenhe turns towards Princess Shroob and requests for Archie T. to show the picture of the fragment.

[peterparker]

May 8, 2022 16:03:37 GMT -6 Jackie :3 (Bloom/Pollen) said:

"Well how about I explain my theory..."

( He stands up tall and mighty, the sun relfects off his gelled hair)

"I think the killer A0 got infected or maybe early A1 but when I met up with them at the toad town portal they were invisable and bumped into me there for infecting me. from there I infect the rest but sometime later the killer went invisable once more, stole a bomb form who knows where and dropped it killing the victim WHO they held a grudge against for killing shy guy... is that right? King Boo"

Byakuya gets ready to refute Frank’s theory.

“All right, do you have any sense that someone bumped into you while invisible? For example, did you feel an unexplained impact while you were walking, and if so, why did you not mention it earlier? Also, how could King Boo have been invisible during A1 if you were just talking to each other?”

[Jackie :3 (Bloom/Pollen)]

May 8, 2022 17:21:24 GMT -6 peterparker said:

May 8, 2022 16:03:37 GMT -6 Jackie :3 (Bloom/Pollen) said:

"Well how about I explain my theory..."

( He stands up tall and mighty, the sun relfects off his gelled hair)

"I think the killer A0 got infected or maybe early A1 but when I met up with them at the toad town portal they were invisable and bumped into me there for infecting me. from there I infect the rest but sometime later the killer went invisable once more, stole a bomb form who knows where and dropped it killing the victim WHO they held a grudge against for killing shy guy... is that right? King Boo"

Byakuya gets ready to refute Frank’s theory.

“All right, do you have any sense that someone bumped into you while invisible? For example, did you feel an unexplained impact while you were walking, and if so, why did you not mention it earlier? Also, how could King Boo have been invisible during A1 if you were just talking to each other?”

(becuase I didn't take note of it until now)
"I didn't see the improtance of it at the time and after I bumped into them i think they went visable again and we talked

[Vaellin the Bard]

"I mean you're right about two things. One is that I wanted Marisa dead. The thing is, I wanted her to suffer. I wanted her life and death to be a long drawn out torture where she never knows when her final moments are. This is too flashy, too quick for what I actually want."

"The second thing is that you're right that I can go invisible. The thing is with this is that when I'm invisible, I cannot see anything else. I have to cover my eyes to do this as you know. I also go through things, so I would not have been able to touch either Frank or Richie while invisible. Otherwise, why not just kill while invisible? A knife in the back while everyone is looking. I even told Frank this when we met up. Wonder why he didn't mention it."

[mao]

E. Moji looks rather confused. He's not really following what's happening due to the whole language barrier thing, but he still wants to be somewhat useful. He decides to use Top Secret Emoji Divination Method to help his friends figure this out.

"Adult speaker eyes flying witch night.

0 clock girl bacon eat.

1 clock book eyes feet wet vomiting.

2 clock fishcake ghost running shopping bags.

3 clock shopping bags running ghost fishcake stadium.

4 clock ninja stadium angry shell running cactus boomerang.

5 clock angry shell bomb bomb explosion boomerang cactus."

Hope that helps.

[Vaellin the Bard]

"Of course I started my night in the glorious clothing shop. I was looking for some garments for my royal visage but nothing stood out. The place was kind of in ruin. I made my way towards the portal after that and encounter Frank where he told me about the bank heist. I explained my powers to him at this moment and then recommended a couple of great assistants--Kokichi and Squeaks--then set out to look for them. Except I found someone else of importance immediately after. Going through the portal I saw Alice and she saw me." Boo chuckles at this and then gestures forward grandly. "I proceeded to chase her! Past Speaker Adult or E. Moji whichever is his name. I got as far as courtyard B, then I chased her towards the Koopaseum. I could not enter at that time, though. There were too many eyes and my vengeance was not powerful to bring me into such a spectacle. Especially since Alice was making quite the scene. I covered my eyes and ran away. Since I lost track of her I decided to look for my minion. I went to the trading post because I knew there would be people there and asked if they'd seen my minion. They had not, so I instead headed back towards Toad Town to see if the bank heist had gone off. I got as far as the portal."

The King hums in consideration. "And as a reminder, I cannot see nor touch anything when I'm invisible. If you'll recall, during the first night my minion presented an amazing statue for me but when that mean Shenhe decided to attack me with a stare I covered my eyes, thus losing my gift."

[Peregrine]

May 9, 2022 7:36:09 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

"I went to the trading post because I knew there would be people there and asked if they'd seen my minion."

Keziah stamps her cane and points a crooked finger at King Boo.


"If I were you, I wouldn't tell blatant lies. Yoshi 'n I were at the Trading Post at the start of the night, and I happened to go back to ask them Mousey folk a few questions after the murder. According to them, we were the only ones who went through the Trading Post tonight."

"So—what're you hiding, King?"

[Jackie :3 (Bloom/Pollen)]

"I guess I should share what I found..."

(HE thinks)

"I investigated courtyard A and the crime scene... for the crime scene there was purple stains... don't know what from and the scene reeks of cheese and gun powder"

(he pinches his nose)

"But courtyard A... a vent was open... and a step ladder was near by... I couldn't crawl in the vent though"

[Peregrine]

"Hmph. Guess there really must be somethin' connectin' the Endless Staircase and the Gritzy Desert then. No one coulda gotten one of the varmint's cheese bombs before the third hour, except... what blew it up?"

"Accordin' to the varmint himself, only he or fire can blow up his bombs. From what he said earlier, it sounds like he never intended for that bomb to blow up—so what gives?"


Yoshi suddenly turns his head and wags his tail, and Keziah remembers the proprietor of this Cgrove is still alive. She shouts,


"Ey! Colin! You see what made this place go boom the first time 'round!? What happened?"

[crazynuto]

May 9, 2022 12:41:10 GMT -6 Peregrine said:

"Hmph. Guess there really must be somethin' connectin' the Endless Staircase and the Gritzy Desert then. No one coulda gotten one of the varmint's cheese bombs before the third hour, except... what blew it up?"

"Accordin' to the varmint himself, only he or fire can blow up his bombs. From what he said earlier, it sounds like he never intended for that bomb to blow up—so what gives?"


Yoshi suddenly turns his head and wags his tail, and Keziah remembers the proprietor of this Cgrove is still alive. She shouts,


"Ey! Colin! You see what made this place go boom the first time 'round!? What happened?"

Colin crawls amongst the cacti, covering them with his tears. Or he would if he could cry, but skeleton have no tear ducts.


CEASE CHATTERING CONSTABLES! 

COLIN CRAVED CACTI COMPANIONSHIP. CRAZY CORNEA CEARING CRAYBEAM CAME CUICKLY. beCAME COMBUSTION CARRIED CKYWORD.

He gestures with his head, pointing towards the East.

COULDN'T CREATE CACTI, CREATE COMBUSTION. COLIN...CAD CENOUGH!!

[Peregrine]

"A CRaybeam? Why, those are only theoretical! But..."


She recalls her brief time researching the dreaded Cataclysm Raybeam. Impractical and unwieldy, far too dangerous to attempt constructing, with unfeasible energy requirements. If power sources like the Cobalt Star truly existed, though...


"...If the Shroobs have a whole Mothership, then it ain't outta the question. Sounds like those shroobs saw somethin' fall from a new Time Portal and wasted no time blastin' it—and the surrounding area!"