[satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the depths, yet again]

  • From: Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 08:08:57 +0100

8 bit games graphics are very popular with the kids these days.

r

> On 3 Sep 2014, at 00:15, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> these are hacked iPhone pictures of printouts of Claris Works documents with 
> maps originally drawn on a Newton and imported into my Powerbook Duo shortly 
> after i left Insignia...
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> so vintage, yes
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> gah - there it is!
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> looks like it's of a certain vintage that one...
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> :)
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> I like the sound of the 'shivery passage' - anyone for that one?
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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
> <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 
> Sent: 
> Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
> depths, yet again]
> 
> everyone stunned by the first mattlebat in a while?
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> holding ...
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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
> <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 
> Sent: 
> Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
> depths, yet again]
> 
> swamp follows the crabsters out of the tunnel. they turn left as one, and go 
> charging up the tunnel at full bore for about 50m or so, before taking a 
> rapid left turn into a dead end cave littered with crabster shells. the live 
> ones vanish into a small hole in the wall ahead.
> 
> swamp manages to stamp some stragglers and declares the battle won, but the 
> war still going.
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> backtracking, he discovers another tunnel offshoot, sloping downward a 
> little. something about the air in this tunnel gives him a little shiver.
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> hold on, mattlebat coming through...
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> arfa takes off in pursuit of the cast of crablets. a few seconds after his 
> torch fades off to the left there is the distinctive sound of chitin cracking.
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> search of the cave reveals nothing at all beyond scorpion man detritus. if he 
> lived here, he owned nothing.
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> so that didn't work...
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> search the cave with the dead scorp-man in it for clues - troll footprints 
> and the like
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> tracking?
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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
> <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 
> Sent: 
> Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
> depths, yet again]
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> what is the exact thing you're trying to assume?
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> do I have a 'sense troll' skill?
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> if not, I'll take a guess using mapmaking
> 
> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
> <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 
> Sent: 
> Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
> depths, yet again]
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> well since you volunteered that Hadarim was in the caves, the assumption was 
> that the trolls might be here too... somewhere
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> so we are looking for the remains to two dead trolls - or we are to find them 
> in jail somewhere ...
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> and we chose to explore some caves for some reason...
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> Lets gather moss
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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
> <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 
> Sent: 
> Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
> depths, yet again]
> 
> :-)
> 
> all hail the mighty Stan!
> 
> ok so... tl;dr... Humph took some dark root beer up to the grogge shoppe, and 
> was imprisoned when someone sensed chaos on it. the party went up there to 
> argue his case, and mostly succeeded thanks to their Mapmaking skills. the 
> deal with the trolls is that they will release him on receipt of quality 
> information as to the fate of two trolls who were accompanying Hadarim the 
> Lhankor Mhy priest from Crabtown back to Alone.
> 
> (Hadarim was originally imprisoned with you when SW started, and mysteriously 
> died shortly thereafter in the tunnel before the fight with Karvik.)
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> ring any bells? thought not.
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Stanworship
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> :)
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> From: Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rog@xxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: 
> Subject: [satanworship] Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
> depths, yet again]
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>> So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 years to 
>> wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove he is innocent of 
>> the chaos beer I think?
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> I flippantly said something about moss earlier but wasn’t there something 
> about moss used to flavour the beer? Should we scrape some off then head back?
> 
> I’ve tried dredging the Stanworship archives but it’s about 90% trying to 
> debug Pete’s mail and then most of the the rest is kittens dressed as Cuthulu.
> 
> r
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>> On 2 Sep 2014, at 17:51, Pete (Redacted sender "tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx>" for DMARC) 
>> <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>> cat sized then?
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>> or cow sized
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>> I'd suggest cow sized for a herd
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>> ...
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>> So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 years to 
>> wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove he is innocent of 
>> the chaos beer I think?
>> 
>> close?
>> 
>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
>> <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 
>> Sent: 
>> Subject: [satanworship] Re: descent into the depths, yet again
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>> they *are* larger, so they're a herd
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>> if they were *even* larger, they'd be a club-sized gig
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>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:rog@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> And if they were larger?
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>> r
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>>> On 2 Sep 2014, at 15:54, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx 
>>> <mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>>> if they were smaller, they'd be a swarm
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>>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Pete Ford <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> Do insects come in herds then?
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>>> On September 1, 2014, at 4:18PM, Jason Proctor wrote:
>>> 
>>> the second left turn goes round a sharp right-hand corner and gradually 
>>> starts to slope downward. as you carefully proceed, the air becomes drier, 
>>> and the stench of ripe chaos fruit begins to give way to another, much 
>>> fainter but no less putrid aroma - rotting flesh.
>>> 
>>> fortunately the party's ace Mapmaking skills confirm that the smell is 
>>> faint because it's distant in time rather than space, and shouldn't get 
>>> much worse. these skills also allow Chump, Splut, and Arfa to assume that 
>>> the cave at the bottom of this slope is the site of the defeat of the 
>>> scorpion man guard during the original incursion.
>>> 
>>> after some discussion you decide to proceed slowly. beyond the torches, the 
>>> blackness is total. beyond heavy breathing and the occasional forced fart 
>>> from Chump to lighten things up, the silence is similarly absolute. after a 
>>> few minutes of cautiously edging down the passage, the floor levels out.
>>> 
>>> eventually the torches illuminate the crushed and splintered body of a 
>>> scorpion man in the small cave at the foot of the passage. his chest has 
>>> been caved in by a succession of blows from a blunt instrument, and he is 
>>> missing several legs. the expression on the remains of his face is one of 
>>> anger and frustration.
>>> 
>>> as the torch grows nearer, a herd of smallish shiny multi-legged insects 
>>> rapidly abandons the corpse.
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