Second_Prototype's Space Adventure (CYOA)
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So lately I've been watching stuff like Space Dandy and Ace Discovery. After seeing Crazr running his survival CYOA I think I'd like to try my hand at one of these things too.
The Rules:
This is a freeform choose your own adventure game. After each story post users can post what they feel would be an appropriate course of action for the main character. There are no multiple choices or hard and fast rules about what the character can or cannot do save this one: I am the story teller and the final moderator of what happens next.(So it's basically a stripped down RP where I'm the GM.)
Having said all that here are some guidelines:
Generally priority will be given to the action posted by the User that replies immediately after the story post. If this User is the same one as that replied first to the last story post then I’ll move on to the next person’s suggested action. (Give other people a turn.)
Whenever possible I will try to incorporate all the actions posted into the next story post provided doing so would make sense. (So don’t be discouraged if you don’t get the first post.)
Anyway here is the set up:
Recently the Pan Galactic Space Economy crashed because some idiot stuck his dick in the Hyper-Main Frame that regulated all trade in the known universe. You lost your job and having had no luck finding a new one you decide to take a huge risk and become a Space Adventurer.
You are… Come to think of it who the fuck are you? I think it’s very important that you answer that question seeing that the first step to becoming a Space Adventurer is registering with the Pan Galactic Space Government’s Space Department of Space Exploration.
PGSGSDSE Official Space Adventurer Space Registration Form:
The Rules:
This is a freeform choose your own adventure game. After each story post users can post what they feel would be an appropriate course of action for the main character. There are no multiple choices or hard and fast rules about what the character can or cannot do save this one: I am the story teller and the final moderator of what happens next.(So it's basically a stripped down RP where I'm the GM.)
Having said all that here are some guidelines:
Generally priority will be given to the action posted by the User that replies immediately after the story post. If this User is the same one as that replied first to the last story post then I’ll move on to the next person’s suggested action. (Give other people a turn.)
Whenever possible I will try to incorporate all the actions posted into the next story post provided doing so would make sense. (So don’t be discouraged if you don’t get the first post.)
Anyway here is the set up:
Recently the Pan Galactic Space Economy crashed because some idiot stuck his dick in the Hyper-Main Frame that regulated all trade in the known universe. You lost your job and having had no luck finding a new one you decide to take a huge risk and become a Space Adventurer.
You are… Come to think of it who the fuck are you? I think it’s very important that you answer that question seeing that the first step to becoming a Space Adventurer is registering with the Pan Galactic Space Government’s Space Department of Space Exploration.
PGSGSDSE Official Space Adventurer Space Registration Form:
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Name: Xenith Landers
Race: Human (with cybernetic implants)
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Appearance:
- Blue eyes which gleam red at will due to his implant
- Sideburns and no beards or mustache
- No clear sign of abs nor fat; a slim body
- Black hair
- a posture full of confidence
- pale skin
- Long slash scar on the back of his waist
- Looks? Let's say 7/10
Height: 185 cm/ 6ft 1in
Weight: 143 lbs/ 65 kg
Previous Occupation: Space Ship Engineer
Criminal Record: Three high-profile hacking records from his teenage years. One accusation of rape; later proved innocent.
Race: Human (with cybernetic implants)
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Appearance:
- Blue eyes which gleam red at will due to his implant
- Sideburns and no beards or mustache
- No clear sign of abs nor fat; a slim body
- Black hair
- a posture full of confidence
- pale skin
- Long slash scar on the back of his waist
- Looks? Let's say 7/10
Height: 185 cm/ 6ft 1in
Weight: 143 lbs/ 65 kg
Previous Occupation: Space Ship Engineer
Criminal Record: Three high-profile hacking records from his teenage years. One accusation of rape; later proved innocent.
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You submit your registration form to the robot clerk at the PGSGSDSE office.
"Thank you for your registration sir." It says in a humourless monotone."As part of the registration process you will have to complete the Space Adventurer training program in a simulated environment."
A small drone pops out of the ceiling and leads you to a room full of simulation pods. A rather bored looking human attendant walks up and directs you to lie on a couch.
"Okay, since you've already got a neural link I'm just gonna jack you in to the simulation."
You barely have time to give your consent before the attendant jams a plug into the back of your skull and your entire consciousness gets sucked into virtual reality.
What follows is a series of patronizing tests where you are instructed to look around, walk, jump, run, crouch and otherwise do trivial things that any sentient being without severe brain damage would already be extremely proficient at.
The testers even install this AI in your head called ARFS (Augmentated Reality Filter System.) Apparently it highlights things of note in the surrounding environment like this. It also loads relevant entries from the Space Encyclopedia of Known Space into your cranial buffer. The testers tell you not to rely on it too much though as it can't always catch everything and it's possible for someone to hack into it and really fuck with your perceptions.
Finally the patronizing tests end and you find yourself wearing a space suit in a dank cave with slimy walls. A voice in your ear says:
"Okay Mr. Landers we're just gonna run you through a scenario you might find yourself in while space adventuring. There are no right answers to this test so please do whatever you think is best."
Looking around you a shaft of light coming from a hole in the cave roof approximately 10 meters up. Around you there are three tunnel entrances. One seems to go deeper underground, one goes to the side and another seems to go upward toward the surface.
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"Thank you for your registration sir." It says in a humourless monotone."As part of the registration process you will have to complete the Space Adventurer training program in a simulated environment."
A small drone pops out of the ceiling and leads you to a room full of simulation pods. A rather bored looking human attendant walks up and directs you to lie on a couch.
"Okay, since you've already got a neural link I'm just gonna jack you in to the simulation."
You barely have time to give your consent before the attendant jams a plug into the back of your skull and your entire consciousness gets sucked into virtual reality.
What follows is a series of patronizing tests where you are instructed to look around, walk, jump, run, crouch and otherwise do trivial things that any sentient being without severe brain damage would already be extremely proficient at.
The testers even install this AI in your head called ARFS (Augmentated Reality Filter System.) Apparently it highlights things of note in the surrounding environment like this. It also loads relevant entries from the Space Encyclopedia of Known Space into your cranial buffer. The testers tell you not to rely on it too much though as it can't always catch everything and it's possible for someone to hack into it and really fuck with your perceptions.
Finally the patronizing tests end and you find yourself wearing a space suit in a dank cave with slimy walls. A voice in your ear says:
"Okay Mr. Landers we're just gonna run you through a scenario you might find yourself in while space adventuring. There are no right answers to this test so please do whatever you think is best."
Looking around you a shaft of light coming from a hole in the cave roof approximately 10 meters up. Around you there are three tunnel entrances. One seems to go deeper underground, one goes to the side and another seems to go upward toward the surface.
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With Landers' suit alerting him of movement below, he figured what waited there wasn't human. So he decided to go to the entrance to the side.
He also figured turning on the Smarmy Comments for some fun. He could just turn it off if he got annoyed, he thought.
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((Well if no one else wants to play I guess I'll just run this for you Hiveminers until someone else joins in or this whole thing dies. You can just write your actions.))
You enter the tunnel that goes neither up or down. Initially everything gets darker as you move away from the hole in the cave roof. For a while you have to navigate purely by flashlight. Eventually you come to a large chamber that despite having no apparent light source is bathed in a dim glow. The walls and floor seem to be covered in a dark lacquer finish.
The chamber itself is ringed by a set of alcoves that are currently shrouded in shadow. The floor in the middle of the chamber is covered by a series of upright poles. The poles themselves seem to be capped with either a flat wide head or a curved pointy one. The chamber itself seems to have no obvious exits besides the way you came.
[Man I've watched enough sci-fi thrillers to know where this is going. Whatever you do just assume that everything in this place is gonna try and kill you or drive you insane.]
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You enter the tunnel that goes neither up or down. Initially everything gets darker as you move away from the hole in the cave roof. For a while you have to navigate purely by flashlight. Eventually you come to a large chamber that despite having no apparent light source is bathed in a dim glow. The walls and floor seem to be covered in a dark lacquer finish.
The chamber itself is ringed by a set of alcoves that are currently shrouded in shadow. The floor in the middle of the chamber is covered by a series of upright poles. The poles themselves seem to be capped with either a flat wide head or a curved pointy one. The chamber itself seems to have no obvious exits besides the way you came.
[Man I've watched enough sci-fi thrillers to know where this is going. Whatever you do just assume that everything in this place is gonna try and kill you or drive you insane.]
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Xenon
FAKKU Writer
You guys just have to give it time. More people will jump on eventually.
Switch Universal Translator to On. That should come in handy.
Switch Universal Translator to On. That should come in handy.
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You approach one of the alcoves. Your suit's flash light illuminates some kind of alien curled up in a fetal position. It's hard to make out the full details but the alien seems to have an insectiod carapace covering a its back and arms as well as a large abdomen tucked between it's legs.
Reacting to the light it begins to stir.
[Way to disturb the locals. Lets hope this race are morning people. And before you ask I have no idea what this species is, I'm not finding any references in the encyclopedia.]
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Reacting to the light it begins to stir.
[Way to disturb the locals. Lets hope this race are morning people. And before you ask I have no idea what this species is, I'm not finding any references in the encyclopedia.]
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Turn off my light.
Equip the mechadendrite as a sort of self-defense weapon and hide it on my back.
Then say to the alien in a calm manner: "Hello! I come in peace! I seek the way out, good sir."
Maybe the universal translator can help
Equip the mechadendrite as a sort of self-defense weapon and hide it on my back.
Then say to the alien in a calm manner: "Hello! I come in peace! I seek the way out, good sir."
Maybe the universal translator can help
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After turning off the light your ocular implants kick in to compensate for the low light. It's not quite as good as having a light on but you still manage to see the alien in the shadows. Your mechadendrite is currently mounted in your right glove. It is retracted and thus concealed.
If your light didn't wake the alien up your voice certainly did. The alien uncurls itself and stands upright. Upon seeing you it seems startled and shrinks back into the alcove making a chittering noise. A few moments later it steps forward out of the shadows.
Now that the alien is standing upright you get a good look at it. Strangely the alien looks somewhat...feminine. It's head is covered in a mop of short hair and it's face looks more or less human save for a pair of antennae protruding from the temples and a pair of small mandibles concealed within the cheeks. The nose is slightly smaller than a human's and the eyes are large and completely black, having no obvious iris or whites.
The front of the alien doesn't seem to have much in the way of carapace and the main thorax is actually kinda curvy, tapering at the waist, with a slight bulge in the chest area and a smaller second pair of arms just below the main set.
Despite being confronted by, what to it would be a strange being the alien shows a certain bold curiosity and walks straight up to you and running it's hands over your suit. All the while it continues to make a chittering noise. After a few seconds it begins to take a special interest in your helmet seals.
[Ah crap, okay forget what I said. Now assume everything wants to try and kill you, drive you insane or rape you.]
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If your light didn't wake the alien up your voice certainly did. The alien uncurls itself and stands upright. Upon seeing you it seems startled and shrinks back into the alcove making a chittering noise. A few moments later it steps forward out of the shadows.
Now that the alien is standing upright you get a good look at it. Strangely the alien looks somewhat...feminine. It's head is covered in a mop of short hair and it's face looks more or less human save for a pair of antennae protruding from the temples and a pair of small mandibles concealed within the cheeks. The nose is slightly smaller than a human's and the eyes are large and completely black, having no obvious iris or whites.
The front of the alien doesn't seem to have much in the way of carapace and the main thorax is actually kinda curvy, tapering at the waist, with a slight bulge in the chest area and a smaller second pair of arms just below the main set.
Despite being confronted by, what to it would be a strange being the alien shows a certain bold curiosity and walks straight up to you and running it's hands over your suit. All the while it continues to make a chittering noise. After a few seconds it begins to take a special interest in your helmet seals.
[Ah crap, okay forget what I said. Now assume everything wants to try and kill you, drive you insane or rape you.]
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The alien seems to ignore you and with surprising dexterity undoes your helmet seal and takes it off, holding it with her second set of arms. She leans in close and stares at your face. Her antennae brush against your skin which tickles a bit.
Out of the corner of your eye you see similar aliens emerging from the alcoves.
[Of course she can't understand you dumbass! If the translator doesn't recognise the language it will try to decipher it over time, until that happens you won't understand them and they won't understand you. Just see if you can keep them talking. Or you know...run!]
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Out of the corner of your eye you see similar aliens emerging from the alcoves.
[Of course she can't understand you dumbass! If the translator doesn't recognise the language it will try to decipher it over time, until that happens you won't understand them and they won't understand you. Just see if you can keep them talking. Or you know...run!]
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take out my left hand and offer the alien girl a packet of space jelly beans while saying: "Food?".
Also hold my breath for the time being since there's an unknown compound in the air.
Also hold my breath for the time being since there's an unknown compound in the air.
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Noticing the packet of space jelly beans the alien takes it but doesn't seem to understand what to do with it. To help her along you open the packet and eat one of the beans yourself while saying "food".
The alien gets the idea and tries some of the beans herself. Apparently she likes the taste because she quickly scoffs down the entire packet and starts chittering excitedly. Her fellow aliens are gathering around you now clearly excited by your presence. Some examine you briefly before pulling some of the upright poles out of the ground and leaving the chamber. Still more clamor around you. As far as you can tell the aliens all look the same.
Your attempt to hold your breath doesn't last long. Eventually you give up and start gasping for air. Fortunately whatever unknown compound is in the air doesn't seem to have any effect on you... so far. The translator is beginning to assign probable meanings to the alien speech and while you can't understand much they seem to be talking about food, males and some kind of mother/leader.
Meanwhile the alien still has your helmet.
[Aaand you let her take your helmet off. I know she looks kinda hot in an entomological sort of way but you really need to establish better boundaries.]
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The alien gets the idea and tries some of the beans herself. Apparently she likes the taste because she quickly scoffs down the entire packet and starts chittering excitedly. Her fellow aliens are gathering around you now clearly excited by your presence. Some examine you briefly before pulling some of the upright poles out of the ground and leaving the chamber. Still more clamor around you. As far as you can tell the aliens all look the same.
Your attempt to hold your breath doesn't last long. Eventually you give up and start gasping for air. Fortunately whatever unknown compound is in the air doesn't seem to have any effect on you... so far. The translator is beginning to assign probable meanings to the alien speech and while you can't understand much they seem to be talking about food, males and some kind of mother/leader.
Meanwhile the alien still has your helmet.
[Aaand you let her take your helmet off. I know she looks kinda hot in an entomological sort of way but you really need to establish better boundaries.]
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Name: Zane Antion
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Appearance: Green hair in a fauhawk, light skin, blue tattoos on left arm connecting to the entirety of the left of his body.
Height(In SolarMetricUnits): 6'1
Weight (In SolarMetricUnits,assuming Earth Standard Gravity): 162
Previous Occupation: Bounty Hunter
Criminal Record: Imprisoned for the murder of a government official on a distant planet; later released due to lack of evidence.
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Appearance: Green hair in a fauhawk, light skin, blue tattoos on left arm connecting to the entirety of the left of his body.
Height(In SolarMetricUnits): 6'1
Weight (In SolarMetricUnits,assuming Earth Standard Gravity): 162
Previous Occupation: Bounty Hunter
Criminal Record: Imprisoned for the murder of a government official on a distant planet; later released due to lack of evidence.
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Damn. I'm surrounded.
Well then.
Walk closer slowly to the alien girl until our faces are just half a feet apart from each other. Maintain eye contact while doing so.
Then after, that say while pointing a finger at myself: "I'm Xenith. Friend. Friend."
Well then.
Walk closer slowly to the alien girl until our faces are just half a feet apart from each other. Maintain eye contact while doing so.
Then after, that say while pointing a finger at myself: "I'm Xenith. Friend. Friend."
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((@ Harakigora this is a "Choose your own adventure" where everyone controls the actions of a single character. Hiveminers has already created the character. I might be persuaded to do a full blown RP where everyone has their own characters if more people show interest.))
The translator is starting to get a better handle on the alien language but it's not quite perfect yet.
You lean close to the alien and point at yourself saying "I'm Xenith. Friend. Friend." The alien cocks it's head to the side and says something along the lines of "hunger? food? You?... OK!". Suddenly she grabs your head and pulls you into what can only be described as a big sloppy kiss, what's worse is that her mandibles dig into your cheeks. Then she pukes in your mouth. The vomit tastes strange and vaguely sweet.
[Oh my... dude get a room, preferably one I'm not in.]
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The translator is starting to get a better handle on the alien language but it's not quite perfect yet.
You lean close to the alien and point at yourself saying "I'm Xenith. Friend. Friend." The alien cocks it's head to the side and says something along the lines of "hunger? food? You?... OK!". Suddenly she grabs your head and pulls you into what can only be described as a big sloppy kiss, what's worse is that her mandibles dig into your cheeks. Then she pukes in your mouth. The vomit tastes strange and vaguely sweet.
[Oh my... dude get a room, preferably one I'm not in.]
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She said "Food?" That doesn't sound good.
It's finally time for some action. I've tried being friendly then she pukes on me.
Grab the back of her head with the mechadendrite to pull back her head while attempting to vomit her puke
Then turn my ocular implants to full blast to blind her (Is it already at full blast? If it is, then just use the flashlight as an alternative.)
It's finally time for some action. I've tried being friendly then she pukes on me.
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Grab the back of her head with the mechadendrite to pull back her head while attempting to vomit her puke
Then turn my ocular implants to full blast to blind her (Is it already at full blast? If it is, then just use the flashlight as an alternative.)
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((I'll be online for another 4-5 hours so sure.))
Your eyes glow especially red but otherwise nothing happens. While your occular implants allow you to see in low light and scan certain objects they are no flashlights and they certainly aren't lasers. Your flashlight is attached to your helmet so turning it on simply casts a beam of light out from the alien's second set of armpits.
The mechadendrite whips out from your glove and pulls the alien's head back, painfully disengaging her mouth from yours. Her mandibles leave deep gouges in your cheeks.
You stagger backwards coughing up the alien puke. The rest of the aliens seem quite agitated by this turn of events. Some of them back away while others act more defensively, taking poles from the middle of the chamber and waving them at you as if to fend you off.
The alien who took your helmet shrinks back away from you, clutching it to her chest.
The translator has deciphered the alien language as best as it can. The verbal component is very simplistic,it would seem that the aliens communicate mainly through body language and another method that the translator has not been able to figure out. As far as the translator can tell most of what they're saying is something along the lines of:
"It doesn't like our food!"
"Is it hostile?"
"It hurt our sister!"
"Call a warrior!"
[I have no idea what the hell is going on but I don't think you want to be here if they bring in a warrior.]
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Your eyes glow especially red but otherwise nothing happens. While your occular implants allow you to see in low light and scan certain objects they are no flashlights and they certainly aren't lasers. Your flashlight is attached to your helmet so turning it on simply casts a beam of light out from the alien's second set of armpits.
The mechadendrite whips out from your glove and pulls the alien's head back, painfully disengaging her mouth from yours. Her mandibles leave deep gouges in your cheeks.
You stagger backwards coughing up the alien puke. The rest of the aliens seem quite agitated by this turn of events. Some of them back away while others act more defensively, taking poles from the middle of the chamber and waving them at you as if to fend you off.
The alien who took your helmet shrinks back away from you, clutching it to her chest.
The translator has deciphered the alien language as best as it can. The verbal component is very simplistic,it would seem that the aliens communicate mainly through body language and another method that the translator has not been able to figure out. As far as the translator can tell most of what they're saying is something along the lines of:
"It doesn't like our food!"
"Is it hostile?"
"It hurt our sister!"
"Call a warrior!"
[I have no idea what the hell is going on but I don't think you want to be here if they bring in a warrior.]
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Oh. I thought I was the food she was referring to. Curses!
Grab her head again using the mechadendrite and kiss her like she kissed me.
While we're doing it like the french, I guide her as we walk slowly to the least alien-populated area in the chamber.
By kiss, I mean kiss really passionately while caressing her body with my hands.
Also, turn my eyes back to blue and the flashlight on the helmet she's holding.
(What a turn of events)
Grab her head again using the mechadendrite and kiss her like she kissed me.
While we're doing it like the french, I guide her as we walk slowly to the least alien-populated area in the chamber.
By kiss, I mean kiss really passionately while caressing her body with my hands.
Also, turn my eyes back to blue and the flashlight on the helmet she's holding.
(What a turn of events)