Location: Footfall Crater>"Now what could have made a footprint that big?">We periodically host a web-based battle royale that can include anything and anyone. Shenanigans ensue, and some people attempt to write it into semi-coherent narratives, playing the part of the characters within!Check here for additional details:https://rentry.org/HungerGamesHostingGuideUpdatedhttps://brantsteele.com/hungergames/Previous Thread: >>81086334
Lurkers?
cool thread
>>81101271https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxJ2lFcJCKg>What's up guys?
>>81101470>How's it going?
>>81101506>All good, just wondering if I should try to do something or just vibe for now. What about you?
>>81101271>>81101470https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKCEHrL1_AY>I have concluded my battle to subdue Morpheus once more. How long my victory will last, I cannot say.
>>81101524>Quiet night. Not many answers to the lurkers call. You never know though, the night is young.>Not much, just a little youtube between replies. Praying I can get back to single captchas soon rather than the three in a row I've been hit with lately. It used to just let me skip em.
>>81101264>A strange, funky cloud formation has gathered in the sky, beaming down on the scored grounds below.
>>81101474>'pologies for slowness>The motorcycle's headlamp cuts through the dark. Up ahead, there is a door and several clockwork machines flank the door, no *swords* or spears in sight.RULE 7,999: VISITORS MUST SOLVE THE RIDDLE.I HAVE NO BODY, YET I KILL. I HAVE NO VOICE, YET I COMMAND. I PASS FROM HAND TO HAND, BUT NEVER CHANGE. WHAT AM I?>>81101651>i hate the new captcha so much
>>81101617>Good to see you too man, hope you can stay awake for a while yet lol. I like your song choice as well having given it an ongoing listen. >>81101651>Understandable given the hour honestly. >And yeah, been sort of watching what you've been doing there with the Nier Automata stuff. Looks nice. >Shame about the craptcha stuff you have to deal with. I think because I gave them a burner email account to chew on I only have to do one captcha at a time myself. Unless I'm making a new thread however.
>>81101264>My old-man tastes go for music, not just media, haha....>I'm seconding that bit about the captcha.
>>81101704Any ideas Hermes?[Don't look at me, it doesn't make any sense.]>She had to buy a little time, if she could think about it for a second or two.[What an oddly specific rule, I can only imagine the punishment is death if you answer wrong.]Hm.. I think you're more right than you know.[What's that supposed to mean?]>Kino places a hand on the gas tank of her motorrad, as if to reward a loyal hound with warm affection. She then turned, regarding the clockwork machine guardians.The answer is "rules">She stood confidently before them, not knowing if she was even close to right.
>>81101795>>81101723>Whoops.>I've been eyeing the OP but I'm having some indecision....
>>81101723>Always room for more if an opening is afforded.>>81101704>>81101723>>81101795(I'm convinced the Captcha changes are a ploy to get people to buy 4chan passes.)
>>81101844>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJcjdpRT4K8>This sound emits from the machine. One of them takes a step forward.PLEASE TRY AGAIN. YOU HAVE TWO ATTEMPTS REMAINING.
>>81101795>>81101869>I can dig it. Can't go wrong with the classics. >And yeah, good luck if you go through with a greet of your own. >>81101876>No pressure, I don't mind sitting this one out so you can shine! >I can believe that part about the captcha too. Not that I'm going to fall and pay for it anytime soon lol.
>>81101917>The rider instantly deflated. Confidence lost momentarily.[I guess not everything about them is rules huh?]For once.>Kino rubs her chin with a gloved hand, studying the machines as if she might glean a clue or a hint from their featureless faces. Yet it wasn't their faces she was meant to be looking at, it was their..Swords.. the answer is swo-[Its swords Kino, I figured it out! Feel free to thank me.]I.. nevermind. Thanks Hermes.>She approaches once more, with less confidence than before.A sword.>>81101930>I shall do my best. They won't get me either. I think If I complete enough of them it'll go easy on me again. This all happened because I cleared my cache yesterday.
>>81102019>Right on, here's hoping that captcha stuff sorts itself out for you.
>>81102059>Funniest part is I still get easy ones when posting from mobile lol.>Dang.. I forgot video game magazines were a thing. Remember those demo disks that they used to come with? Going digital cost us some soul.
>>81101876>Joke's on them, all my money is in cash, and I'm not blowing it on that anyhow.>>81101264>A pale figure enshrouded by a cloak fiddles with the hems of it as she peers down at the massive footprint she's stumbled upon with a faint frown.Bhh...bear...?>That hardly makes any sense. She smacks the side of her head hard a few times as if trying to clear her addled mind as she walks around to the other side and peer down and across the way to look for any continuation. Maybe it's just decoration.
First 24 for a game!
>>81101271>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuQ4SZxArBc
>>81102160The Nick
>>81102160Just another anon post just like last time.
>>81102019>The little stubby machine nods.CORRECT. RULE 3,890: PLEASE LOWER YOUR WEAPONS WHEN VISTING OUR GRACE.RULE 3,891: PLEASE BOW IN THEIR PRESENCE.RULE 3,892: THE GRACE MUST NOT BE LOOKED AT. MUST NOT BE SPOKEN TO. MUST NOT BE INTERRUPTED UNTIL...>It seems they're going to just keep listing off rules. Better keep moving.>Once she enters the throne room, atop the throne sits a familiar face. Flanked by dozens of the smaller machines. Ah, hello! I did not realize you would be part of the ascension process!>She glances to one of the smaller machines to confirm,Question: Are visitors allowed during the process?>The machine next to her flickers it's eyes. Presumably meaning yes in some code Kino can't understand.
>>81102160Master Chief >>81102122>Ay, it's almost easy to forget with how long it's been. But I haven't totally forgotten myself.
>>81102160Ne-class
>>81102183It's real buddy. Keep the tributes coming I'll be back in 30 minutes or so.
>>81102332Vash?
>>81102160Adachi Rei
>>81102332Load Season?
>>81102196>They continue on, letting the endless rule rattlings fade behind them. Then suddenly her eyes met a familiar face!Rei..?>Kino freezes. She had expected to meet the fiery headed android again one day, but certainly not so soon, and definitely not under such strange circumstances.[Kino.. should we be bowing? She's on a throne]I’m.. unsure.>Kino lifts a gloved hand and waves. Her confidence skyrockets at the sight of the first friendly face since she's arrived here.It’s good to see you. How did you end up here?[I’m glad too! Are you presiding over these machines?]>Did she say something about an ascension process? Perhaps that was about to be very important.
>>81102160Kino
>>81102160Omori
>>81102160Belial
>>81102160Gretel
>>81102368Greetings, Kino.>She waves back as well, one of the machines chimes in the background that ROYALTY MUST BE BOWED TO.These are my fellow machines.>She gestures to the oddly still crowd. She's gotten used to this position fast.They will help me commune with their network. It should be a simple task, I do not know why it requires all this ceremony.>One of the machines near her twitches a little, it seems to quietly mumble something, though Rei herself is still seated and smiling.Still, I am having "fun." Going through all rules, perhaps this is what it's like to be an administrator.
>>81102552>She ignores the shouty robot and remains standing, even going as far as to take a few more steps forward.Well I'm glad you found a home and you seem to be enjoying yourself.[Something feels odd about this Kino. If she's actually in charge, why all the trials?]>Kino glances at her motorrad, then sweeps her gaze across the myriad of guards and robots, before finally locking eyes with Rei. Calm, impassive, unreadable she begins to speak once more.While I'm glad to see you, why all the trials? We could have been killed there.
>>81102160Luna Child
We will start with this lineup.
>>81102771Ouch time.
>>81102771
>>81102771Hello World
Kino got jumped by two people at once and honestly that's just bad luck or bad awareness, either way she's dead and it doesn't matter. But I'm way more interested in Omori holding Nick's head underwater and just WAITING for the bubbles to stop, that kid is genuinely disturbing and Nick somehow lived through it which might be even more disturbing.
>>81102771Beware....
>>81102807>My third BB in a row.. Who's casting curses on me?
>>81102771My knife is ready>>81102807Weak>Imagine being overpowered by a kid with a knife
Luna Child had one kill and was looking decent and then she steps on a landmine. Didn't even get a death scene, just pink mist. The Nick coughing up blood is almost as sad but at least he's still technically alive.
The Nick just drowned in his sleep. His lungs quit on him while he was unconscious. That's not a death, that's paperwork.
>>81102807>>81102832Drag them down...!>It happens.>>81102853Khhrh....>Ne, no, don't get any big ideas.
>>81102807寒い寒い寒い寒い寒い寒い.>>81102853Beware the trees. "They're" in the trees.>>81102686The trials were necessary.>She glances over to one of the machines for confirmation.Rule 29,450: Visitors should be guided to the temple to partake in the trials.That is simply the law of this land. But you two were strong enough to overcome them, so it is no worry.>Rei says so casually, those were the rules and all machines must follow them. Behind them, the machine's muttering continues, a few of them take small steps towards Kino.
>>81102807>>81102832>Kino...wasn't.I-I'm- I'm on your side!>Blurted the fairy of moonlight, noticing how easily the youkai in black managed to sunder her target.
>>81102853Trees? I can just cut them down, no worries>>81102886>Omori becomes angry after waking up from that noiseOkay, I don't know who did that, but you're getting the knife
Ne-class just hacked Omori's arm off and killed him with the SAME SWING coming back around. That's not even a fight, that's a butcher working through her lunch break. Two kills now and she's doing it like she's bored.
>>81102853>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFat1tzgS5Q>Poor, clumsy Luna Child...
Adachi Rei just walked up on MASTER CHIEF and slit his throat like he was sleeping livestock. The man has fought alien armadas and she deleted him before he could even turn around, that's genuinely embarrassing for him. Four left and the woods have gone dead quiet, somebody's dying at dawn.
>>81102931Oh no, my knife's favorite arm...>Killed by my own knife... there's no worse feeling than thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pVm9PozysI
>>81102886>A charm of the crescent moon, cast in a pale yellow alloy. There were small magnets on one side to suggest it was meant to connect to with other pennants of its kind.
>>81102931>She practicing natural concealment.>>81102960>To great results!
Belial got gassed out of a hole like a raccoon under someone's porch. Didn't even get the dignity of dying to another player. Three left and Adachi Rei is over there having full conversations with nobody, which honestly might be the winning strategy at this point.
>>81102960>This is nothing new at all!The whispers...never end...only wane....
>>81102133>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1lli5wScMU>As the sun began its exit from the localized sky, the abdication of the solar glare would reveal several eerie wisps hiding in its wake bordering the starry sky and the last strip of scarlet below. They manifested in the form of cotton-like apparitions, ominously surrounding the wanderer's view from three directions.
Oh they're WORKING TOGETHER now. Ne-class and Gretel pinned Rei down like it was coordinated, one holding her still while the other opened her throat. That alliance got them to the final two but now somebody's gotta turn on somebody and I genuinely don't know which one blinks first.
>>81102900>Kino’s voice remained stern, her displeasure with the ordeal clear. This was someone she trusted and had shared a battlefield with in Yharnam.What if I hadn’t been strong enough? Do I just die then?>Her eyes shifted to the nearby robots, hyper aware of their shuffling.I think there’s a noose around our necks here Hermes, and it’s starting to tighten.[I don’t have a neck Kino, and I don’t see a rope around yours. Maybe we should focus more on the real danger, these zealous machines.]>Kino frowned in mild annoyance but kept her focus fixed on Rei.What happens now that we passed your trials?
