QUESTION MARK begins his quest in re-awakening GLADSTONE. QUESTION MARK conducts a poke in the way he understands best. QUESTION MARK stabs CUTLET into the side of GLADSTONE. GLADSTONE - [xxxxxx] GLADSTONE status > GRIEF > BLEED Perhaps that was not the greatest of ideas! QUESTION MARK attempts to wrench QUEEN VICTORIA'S DAGUERREOTYPE RECREATION from GLADSTONE's INVENTORY, but it appears to not change its position, oddly enough. Something must be manually keeping it within GLADSTONE's INVENTORY. QUESTION MARK pats GLADSTONE on the back. Spoiler: Mono-log It's okay, Gladstone! It's okay! Spoiler: Mono-log I need to tell you something, Gladstone! Something when you awaken! I need to tell you something, Gladstone! I murdered Mackenzie Bowell, Gladstone! I murdered him, Gladstone! The same way I poked you! --- Meanwhile, in a vast landscape crafted of dreams; -------- ---Db--- -------] -------- -------- ---g---- ---[]--- GLADSTONE meets the shadowed silhouette of an old friend, standing within a room he has not seen for years. And he feels a rather sharp pain in his side. GLADSTONE - [xxxxxx] <SCENE CHANGE - GLADSTONE. QUESTION MARK is currently barred from commands.>
----[]----- ----------- ----------- [---------- ----------- ----------] ----------- -----?g---- -----[]---- THE PARTY backtracks to the previous room to be certain that all items have been collected. --[]-- --?g-- ------ -b---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Spoiler: Conversation Log What- w-what is that? ... Is that- no, no! No, it can't be! GLADSTONE quickly runs over to the remains of the BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL. --[]-- --?--- ------ -bg--- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Spoiler: Mono-log Dear god! God, dear god! This really is you! You were here all this time! Why, why did you end up like this? Why!? Why? Why... It appears GLADSTONE has temporarily been frozen in place from sheer grief and disbelief. GLADSTONE status > GRIEF QUESTION MARK attempts to stab GLADSTONE, however it appears that he decides to reconsider considering that his CUTLET holds a blunt end and the name of his future victim holds a "stone" within itself. GLADSTONE is sadly frozen in place. QUESTION MARK begins rummaging through GLADSTONE's INVENTORY. INVENTORY [p] - POKE BALL [p] - POKE BALL [P] - PISTOL [q] - QUEEN VICTORIA'S DAGUERREOTYPE RECREATION QUESTION MARK retrieves the POKE BALLS from GLADSTONE's INVENTORY. ITEM RECEIVED > POKE BALL [x2] INVENTORY [k] - CUTLET [p] - POKE BALL [p] - POKE BALL QUESTION MARK attempts to use the DANCE command. The DANCE command can only be used once before visiting a DANCE RECHARGING STATION! QUESTION MARK decides to refrain from his excessive troubadour shenanigans, instead attempting to fall upon finding a way to bring GLADSTONE back to reality.
Gah, I see. Quite hopefully your teachers next year or afterwards may be more respectful?
Pennsylvania is a rather interesting state. I have always wished to visit Philadelphia.
Ah, anime. I must view that more - sadly I have held little time to do so. Contrary to perceptions of my vernacular, I am in fact hailing from...
Gah, I see. Quite hopefully their moods shall improve as such quite soon - or have they always been in such a manner?
[video=youtube;dAxqSFRTmDc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxqSFRTmDc[/video]
I shall nominate GlossaryManager for Best Admin.
There shall be no pain, only dreams.
Spoiler: Conversation Log Hello sir, I but a humble question mark, interrupted on the way to the inner part of the home which belongs to my close acquaintance, one Canada D. What? by a sudden teleportation into the bowling alley-esque area. What? ... By god! Question Marks can speak like sensible people, then! Why didn't you say this earlier? ... Still acting mute, I see? You certainly aren't the only one whose been stuck here for a while. Bah, I should most likely turn around so you can see who exactly I am. Spoiler: Identity of g The name's Gladstone. William Ewart Gladstone. Spoiler: Conversation Log I suppose I'll have to join you on your little adventure. You seem to be a man-er, punctuation mark, that knows where he's going. Hopefully. Maybe I'll tell you a little about my own story on the way to where-ever. ... Bah, go ahead and be mute! GLADSTONE has joined QUESTION MARK's party! COMMANDS - g > A command only for GLADSTONE ? > A command only for QUESTION MARK Commands without the denoting prefix will be interpreted as commands for ALL PARTY MEMBERS. [video=youtube;VapNvCXbRJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VapNvCXbRJg[/video] You have unlocked ALL DOORS IN THIS ROOM AND ADJACENT ROOMS! The MYSTERIOUS KEY has been renamed "CUTLET".
----[]---?g ----------- ----------- [---------- ----------- ----------] ----------- ----------- -----[]---- QUESTION MARK approaches the corner. It appears that he has come across a rather old man sobbing in the corner. Mustering his greatest skill in the English vocabulary, he decides to let out a quotation to begin the conversational process. "Hasta la vista, baby." Spoiler: Conversation Log Boo hoo h-what? Who's there? ... What is this? Who are you? Why am I speaking to a floating question mark? You aren't Arnold Schwarzenegger! ... Hey! Can't you speak! You spoke only a second ago! No. Speak! No. You're speaking right now! What, a floating question mark who is talking to me! I must be insane! This is what happens when you become a Prime Minister of the British Emp- No. Silence! Shush! Go away! Speak in proper English or I will boot you in the hook faster than Robert Peel can say "free trade"! Do it! Do it this instant! It appears this man wishes for QUESTION MARK to speak in proper English, sans quotes or single affirmatives and negatives. Do choose the text carefully. [TEXTBOX] >_
--[]-- --?--- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ You retrieve your MYSTERIOUS KEY. You shall plan on dubbing it a name quite soon. QUESTION MARK attempts to venture through the door, but he is stopped by the urge to state a meaningless Shakespearean quotation. "To slay, or not to slay, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER BUSTS, Or to take arms against a sea of incompetent CANADIAN FIGUREHEAD REPRESENTATIONS, And by opposing end them?" The quotation fails to be meaningless. QUESTION MARK enters the next room. ----[]----g ----------- ----------- [---------- ----------- ----------] ----------- -----?----- -----[]---- QUESTION MARK appears to have reached a crossroads or junction of some sort - three doors lead to three other rooms. It is to note, however, that the room continues to hold the unique decor of the bowling alley behind it. QUESTION MARK does, however, note something in the corner - something he had previously seen beforehand, a good while prior to these shenanigans.
"If the radiance of a thousand suns..." "Were to burst at once into the sky..." "That would be like the splendor..." "Of the mighty one." --- b - [xxxx] The BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL has perished from the increasingly horrific touch pad MS Paint cutscene drawings! In his home, WHAT? curses his lack of mouse or tablet. QUESTION MARK has now reached LEVEL 2! FRIENDSHIP - 5 DIPLOMACY - 2 IMAGINATION - 3 DANCING - 3 PUNCTUATION - 8 HEALTH - 6 The door is now unblocked.
QUESTION MARK's POWER METER has crossed the LEVEL OF CONSTANTLY STATED AND REPETITIVE INTERNET MEMES! QUESTION MARK begins to feel the power of a thousand radiant Okami references building in his being, ready to be unleashed. --- COMMAND Fight Special Attack 1 - J. Robert Oppenheimer's Avant-Garde Atomic Actualization A Cappella
>ITEM INVENTORY [k] - KEY QUESTION MARK attempts to consume the MYSTERIOUS KEY. QUESTION MARK's FRIENDSHIP stat has increased by one point! FRIENDSHIP - +1 >ITEM INVENTORY [k] - KEY _> THROW QUESTION MARK throws the MYSTERIOUS KEY at the BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL! It does not contact his head, but instead his weak point, hitting such an aforementioned weak point for an associate amount of extensive damage! b - [xxxx] The MYSTERIOUS KEY is now lodged in the BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL! The MYSTERIOUS KEY has relocated itself in a burst of sparkles into the BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL'S eye! b - [xxxx] QUESTION MARK attempts the SKILL of PERSUASION TO BECOME NEUTRAL! QUESTION MARK does not have enough points in the DIPLOMACY stat to successfully do so!
Oh indeed, indeed. Learning is wonderful, and so are the people as well. The boys I find amusing are those I consider the best of friends - though...
BOSS BATTLE 1 BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL b - [xxxx] ? - [xxxxx] COMMAND Fight Item Bowl Run QUESTION MARK jumps forth in an attempt to get behind the BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL and bowl him backward. The BUST OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE BOWELL delivers a crushing attack to QUESTION MARK! ? - [xxxxx]
But it is true. Citing T. S. Eliot would be silly when in reference to April. January is alright - I am a fan of the snow as well. However, our...
