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My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Dyxanije - 2009-06-09
[x] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
Give into your desires.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Beaner - 2009-06-09
[X] Ignore your desires, fetch the camera and head over to Stan's.
do it, no balls
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - JoeTang - 2009-06-09
[X] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
You clearly want us to, since this is the second time you've mentioned it, so I'm assuming there's something interesting to be found!
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - FelixTM - 2009-06-09
JoeTang Wrote:[X] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
You clearly want us to, since this is the second time you've mentioned it, so I'm assuming there's something interesting to be found!
Now now, I'm not trying to drive the story in any direction. I just list off plausible options for the situations. Previous decisions have lead to this point. What if you guys had chosen to hit the burglar with the metal bat? Dad's mysterious item would never have been stolen. You'd know who the guy was. Think how different the story would be right now. Felix would have no (or little) reason to be curious about what's inside his Dad's room because nothing would have been stolen and Chad wouldn't have acted so oddly that one night.
I'll admit that's the one decision that really surprised me from you guys. I didn't necessarily think you'd wanna beat him with the bat, but I didn't think you'd go the passive road. Was interesting.
I will also admit I am disappoint Fuzzbuns was denied in favor of another passive choice. f3
Who knows what lies around every corner?! I surely don't! I make this up as I go! lol
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Zaotsu - 2009-06-09
HOW COULD YOU PEOPLE DENY FUZZBUNS. HOW.
Quote:[] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
[x] Ignore your desires, fetch the camera and head over to Stan's.
[] Forget it all and let your dad worry about returning it.
Seeing a douchenut sounds very interesting.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Salguod - 2009-06-09
I knew he should've yelled "Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"!
Anyway
[] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
Might as well. And he's listening to these voices in his head, so it seems that he'd probably listen to his pang of curiosity too.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - FelixTM - 2009-06-09
Salguod Wrote:I knew he should've yelled "Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"!
Anyway
[] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
Might as well. And he's listening to these voices in his head, so it seems that he'd probably listen to his pang of curiosity too.
His "gift" in a way "forces" him to do what the majority of the voices are telling him to do. It can even radically change the person Felix normally is. Let's say an option "Make a move on Melanie" appears because the voices continually drive him to get close to Mel. Felix has spent most of his life trying to brush her off and make fun of Mel, not get romantic with her. Lately his voices have changed, though (they became you guys). He'd do it because that is what the voices desire. Felix is aware of this and will sometimes acknowledge his loathing of the "gift" (should I just call it a curse? lol). That said, Felix still has a mind of his own too. His personal interests remain central to him and often cause him much confusion and grief when they come in conflict with the voices. Regardless, he is always eventually shaped by the voices. If they continue to make him go one direction, his own personality will shape into that.
Does that make sense? I've tried including that in numerous entries and I plan to build it much more, as your interaction grows. I think it's a fun device to play with.
I'd also like to add that, while your guy's decision to hide behind the bed surprised me, it wasn't at all a "bad" choice. It just radically changed the direction the story could have gone. In fact, it actually gave me an interesting plot to develop. There is no bad choice in this until you end up dead or are so far gone that I just have to force a backtrack.
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3 voices wanting to explore the room
3 voices wanting to head over to Stan's
Go go.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Mark - 2009-06-09
[X] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
Snoopan Gaems.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Scaeva - 2009-06-09
[x] Forget it all and let your dad worry about returning it.
Just get back to the computer. It's a douchenut after all, so why bring him his stuff? And it's your dads friend.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Kortestanov - 2009-06-09
[X] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - SlayerZach - 2009-06-09
[x] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
It's too late to return the camera now.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - FelixTM - 2009-06-09
Entry 12. June 8, 2009.
[x] Take this opportunity to snoop around in your dad's room.
"Well, I am late already anyway. I might as well look around in here for a while. Maybe I can find something else weird about Dad. It's obvious he's hiding secrets from me. Stan can wait."
Felix begins looking through his dad's room quite thoroughly: under the bed, in the closet, his dresser, desk, nightstand...and even knocking the floorboards hoping for some cliche storage. It's not until Felix notices a small locked box in the top of his closet that he finds anything remotely suspicious. "I've wasted this much time looking. I guess I'll try getting this open before giving up," Felix says, almost disappointed. Luckily, Felix had come across various keys while digging around in the room. He gathers them up and begins trying each one on the small box. The fifth and final key slides in and turns perfectly. "Holy... I didn't think that would actually work," Felix laughs. Inside the box is a small video tape and a note which reads:
"June 27. Speedy Sam's. 10 AM.
Alone."
"What the...hell. Hey, I could play this tape in Stan's video camera. Good thing I didn't take it back yet," Felix's investigative mind begins racing.
[] Play the mysterious video tape.
[] Drop this before it goes too far and put the things you found back.
[] Call Melanie over and see what she thinks.
What are the voices inside Felix's head telling him to do?
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Herbert Jablonski - 2009-06-09
[x] Play the mysterious video tape.
It's too late to turn back now. JUST DO IT!
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - SlayerZach - 2009-06-09
[x] Play the mysterious video tape.
Dun dun dun...
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - JoeTang - 2009-06-09
[X] Play the mysterious video tape.
Callin' it here, a tape of Felix's conception.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Zaotsu - 2009-06-09
Quote:[x] Play the mysterious video tape.
[] Drop this before it goes too far and put the things you found back.
[] Call Melanie over and see what she thinks.
Might as well go all out.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Scaeva - 2009-06-09
[x] Play the mysterious video tape.
You thought about it anyways, so why not do it?
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - FelixTM - 2009-06-09
Entry 13. June 8, 2009.
[x] Play the mysterious video tape.
"Yeah, I can't turn back now. I am curious... Goodness. I hope it isn't my conception. God. Why would that be in here anyway... Oh, whatever. Time to do this."
Felix inserts the tape into the video camera and starts it up. The screen remains black. "Eh? All that for this...?" Felix asks tremendously disappointed. "Oh wait, I forgot to check the batteries." Sure enough, the camera's batteries have been removed. He goes downstairs and then into their basement. He digs around in their supply room and manages to find some batteries that will work. On his way back up, he runs past Fuzzbuns. "Sorry girl, I just don't have the time!" Back inside his father's room, Felix puts the batteries in the camera and starts the video. Felix watches...
The video starts outside the Legard residence. It seems to be close to the house, but Felix can't make out where exactly. The video remains still while seemingly pointing at nothing, just the ground and side of the house. Suddenly, the recorder must start running because the video becomes very shaky and wild. Felix notices they cross the street over to their other neighbors before stopping again. This time the video is clearly recording the Legard's residence from afar. Felix gasps, "Oh...OH GOD!" as the video shows Felix running out of his house and rounding the corner. "This video was taken yesterday morning!!" The video becomes shaky and wild again as the recorder runs around the neighbor's house and circles around back to the Legard residence. "No...oh god, the recorder of this video must be the guy who broke into our house! He was watching and saw me leave the door open!" The video steadies again as the recorder walks into the Legard house. Audio can be heard as the recorder walks through the house and eventually up the stairs:
"Inside the house. Going far smoother than envisioned. Boy left house open and completely unmonitored. Heading to Chad's room. Outside bedroom. Entering without problem."
The video goes black as the recorder enters Felix's dad's room. "No way... What kind of messed up crap in this... What is going on?" Moments later, the video resumes and the recorder is in a dark, unrecognizable room. More audio can be made out:
"Complete success. Boy somehow gave chase to me from bedroom. Was careless. Managed escape. Retrieved personal diary of Chad Legard."
The video ends. "Dad kept a diary? That's what was stolen? SERIOUSLY?" Felix almost finds it funny. "I wonder why Dad would keep this from me... At least this explains why he believed me so easily and probably why he was home early too." Felix, stunned and more confused than ever, stands there, lost...
[] Call Melanie and tell her about all of this.
[] Put the stuff back and try to finish this day in peace.
[] Rewatch the video and try finding clues.
[] Put the stuff back and return Stan's camera.
What are the voices inside Felix's head telling him to do?
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Herbert Jablonski - 2009-06-09
[x] Rewatch the video and try finding clues.
We're going to have to watch that again.
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My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Dusk - 2009-06-09
[X] Put the stuff back and return Stan's camera.
Don't want to get caught snooping.