Welcome! Mwhaha! I mean, Hi! Before we begin, we have a few questions for you. K What is your name? Heinrich von Zauer III What is your quest? To seek... wait, that's not right. To build.... stuff! Go on. That's... about it. To build stuff. Oh! And to take over the world. * Baron is now known as Heinrich What is your favorite color? ... Promise you won't laugh? No, no we won't laugh. ......... pink. Which is a very manly color, I assure you. Just ask Dan Hibiki. * Zegon nods. Okay. Are you ready? Ready to start skillchain! Er... Ready. (You have just earned the first Make the GM Snerk Award. ;p) Here we go, then. ( XD ) XD [May 13, 2005.] [When you went to bed last night, everything was normal. Familiar. Now, for whatever reason, you've woken up, and while the room is dark, you get the distinct impression that something's wrong.] [ACenGame 2, Intro Session 2 Start!] * Heinrich sits up in bed. He's wearing teddybear pajamas and a nightcap, but it's too dark to see 'em. He claps his hands to turn on the lights.] ( Ignore that bracket. Habit. ) (You, sir, are not the GM here. ^_~) [The lights do not turn on. Uh-oh.] * Heinrich blinks. He tries again. [It is still dark.] * Heinrich frowns. He assumes the lights are broken, so he whistles to turn on the auxiliaries.] ( >.< ) [Still nothing.] * Heinrich sighs and gets out of bed. "Olga, honey, something seems to be wrong with the lights. I'm going to check the generator. And the backup generator. And maybe the waterwheel, too." [She doesn't answer. Also, the room is still dark.] Olga? [You know, now that you think about it, you were the only person in that bed.] * Heinrich is a little confused by that thought, as he doesn't normally sleep on his own. [It is a little confusing, isn't it?] * Heinrich would nod but he's not holding a conversation with the GM. Instead, he feels around for his homemade flashlight.] ( >.< ) (Where do you normally keep the flashlight?) ( Probably on the dresser. ) (Okay.) [Your hands bump into several things, but eventually you hit the dresser and fumble around until you grab the flashlight.] * Heinrich turns it on. [You shine it around the room and catch glimpses of pink. Lots of pink. Admittedly, this might not be different from what you're used to, but the furniture that you can see seems unfamiliar.] ( He's probably more used to stone grey. Castle XD ) (Then you are definitely wondering what's up. ;p) * Heinrich frowns. He looks for the lamp on the dresser. [There is a lamp on the dresser. It appears to be a pink lamp with a pink shade.] * Heinrich tries to turn it on. It *should* have turned on from the clapping, but it didn't.] ( >.< ) ( I GM too much! ) (S'okay.) (You won't be bracketing in the actual game. I think. ;p) [You are definitely *not* where you were when you went to sleep. (more)] (Sure he will. ^^) * Heinrich isn't to pleased with that. He looks for a door or his equipment... or both! (Ahem.) (I was not finished with the description. ;p) ( Oh. Ehehehe... ) (Because some of it will be explained. ;p) [The room is pink. The room is very pink. The wallpaper is pink. The bedspread is pink. The bedframe is pink. There are pink chairs and a pink table and a television on a pink stand. And pink curtains covering what you'd assume are large picture windows.] [There is a pink door leading to what is probably the bathroom.] [In short, you are in a very pink hotel room.] (Proceed!) * Heinrich looks for the rest of the junk and a telephone. ( Rest of my junk :P ) [There is a pink telephone on the dresser. There's also a tall pink wardrobe agains one wall.] (against) * Heinrich calls the lobby! * Heinrich also looks for the name of the hotel. Probably something about that near the phone. [Well, you try. You can push the buttons, and they make nice beeping noises, but the call doesn't seem to go through. And there's no name of the hotel near or on the phone.] * Heinrich gives up. He checks the wardrobe. [The wardrobe is nice and big. Inside are several of your tuxedos, your cane, and also a lot of your gear.] * Heinrich gets dressed. He looks snappy. He could be a vampire! ( Now the $64-million question: Can I turn the TV into a GPS? :P ) [Except for lack of pointy teeth and the fact that you reflect in mirrors, sure.] [The television set is bolted down. Big, heavy bolts. So first you'd have to have something you could use to unbolt it.] * Heinrich likely has an unbolter in his toolbox ( If not, I've got a dismantler! ) [If you feel like going to all the trouble, sure. But you're in a hotel. Might be easier to, y'know, go exploring first.] * Heinrich goes exploring. :P [Well, you're in a very pink hotel room. Doors lead to the bathroom and presumably outside.] * Heinrich checks outside! [You open the door! Which, oddly enough, did not have any fire escape plans or room rates or even a peephole. (more)] [Outside... yep, it's a hotel corridor. You look across and see yourself. The opposite wall is mirrored from the waist up. From the waist down, it's pink.] [Outside... yep, it's a hotel corridor. You look across and see yourself. The opposite wall is mirrored from the waist up. From the waist down, it's pink.] (Rgh.) (Cut one of those out.) [The carpet is a particularly LOUD shade of pink. But it's nice and plush. Very plush.] [If you look up, you'll notice that the ceiling is also mirrored.] [The whole place is lit with a faint, ambient, and yes, slightly pink light.] [Your room number is 507, posted on the door with large gold letters.] (Proceed!) * Heinrich picks a direction and wanders. (Left or right?) Right (Also, give me a hearing roll in #besm.) ( Does spot work for hearing? ) ( Oh, nevermind. It does ^^; ) ( by 3 ) [You hear a bell. It's deep and clear, like what you'd hear in a church.] * Heinrich heads towards it! [You proceed down the corridor. On your left are more mirrors, on your right, more doors.] * Heinrich knocks on a door. [The door knocks back! No, not really.] [Seriously, no one answers.] * Heinrich calls, "Hello?" He tries to open it. [You open it and step into a room that looks remarkably like the room you woke up in. In fact, it *is* the room you woke up in.] * Heinrich blinks and checks the number. [507.] * Heinrich frowns. He rubs his beard in thought. * Heinrich goes over to a mirror and taps it with his cane. (In the room or in the corridor?) ( Corridor ) [The mirror is tapped. It does not move aside to reveal a secret passage.] * Heinrich heads back into the room. He looks it over again, checking for anything he can use. [There are... furnishings. What do you want to use them for?] * Heinrich gets to work on that GPS system with the TV! [You get to work! And in a little while, you've got a lovely GPS receiver.] [And when you turn it on, it can't find satellites. At all. It's like they don't exist.] [On the other hand, if you figure out where the heck you are, you can sell it to Garmin for much money.] * Heinrich keeps that in mind. Doesn't do him much good now, though. He checks the bathroom. [The bathroom is nice and white! With pink towels. And it has the usual: toilet, tub with shower, sink, mirror.] * Heinrich checks for a medicine cabinet. [There is no medecine cabinet here. Some of your toiletries are on the sink.] [Including two-plied toilet paper.] * Heinrich heads back out. He checks for secret passages! (Which way are you going?) ( Checking in the room. ) (Banging on the walls?) ( Yep! ) ( Floor too. If nothing else, he can reconfirm it's not the castle :P ) [Yep, this ain't the castle. However, this may yet be an elaborate practical joke being played upon you. And your search turns up no evidence of secret passages.] * Heinrich heads back outside. He calls, "I say, whoever is in charge here, you've got ten seconds to show yourself!" (Give me a sight and a hearing roll in #besm.) ( Uh... Very no :P ) (But you made the hearing?) ( Yes ) [You step back out into the corridor, and you see someone immediately!] [...it's your reflection in one of the mirrors.] ( OMG! ) (WTFBBQ?) ( No, just OMG for now. ) [On the other hand, you hear voices to your left. You can't make out what they're saying, but you do hear voices.] * Heinrich heads that way, curious. [You travel down the corridor! Doors to your left, mirrors to your right. Do you look at the doors?] * Heinrich glances at one to see if the number is different, but he doesn't slow down. [507.] * Heinrich continues down the hall! [You walk for a bit, and you come to a set of double doors. Yep, they're pink. They have round, mirrored windows in them.] * Heinrich opens them! [Inside you find...] [...something that will be revealed in six days' time! Or maybe it's five, by now.] ( >.> ) [What happens next? You'll find out at ACen!] [Intro End!]