[ahem, i've noticed that we've stopped reading each other's posts. lets try and follow what other people have already decreed now. poo, i'm looking at you..plus, i'm far away from pink cloud now, oy, come on, dont ruin this if with silly, inane, nonsensical posts!]
The Gathering has gained so much speed that it's become difficult to keep up with what's going on in your own plotline. Keeping up with the various other plotlines is out of the question at this point, unless someone had superhuman reading skills and endless patience.back at the hotel, pogopunk relaxed on a recliner eating a gelato de resort. luna walked in and started tittering at him. "hee hee, you know only women like those..*giggle*"
Case in point: pogopunk hasn't read Major Asshole's post immediately preceding. Not that it would likely change his point of view if he had.
"grrumph! i've had a hard day, and these taste good!" he said irritably. "bah, get out!" and with that he through his gelato at luna, although she had already left and hit his door room.
He meant room door. Perhaps he's a little lysdexic. Also, if you're enjoying the gelato so much, why the hell would you throw it at someone?sighing, pogopunk sat around, not knowing what was next. he was tired of battling, and wished f4xl24911 or whatever and lavos would disappear.
Obviously his AC is just a mechanism for him to complain about the Gathering's devolving into Every Other IF Thread, But More So. I have my doubts this will change Falcon24's mind.after all, this was supposed to be relaxing, but he hadnt done any relaxing the entire time. he started to pray for the safety of his battle-weary allies, and hoped they would bring back peace. forgetting all about the current eagleland woes, pogo got up and went to chris' room to discuss a fun new sm.net event.
But this is an important thing to understand if you're going to post in IF: you can get away with a lot of griping and complaining if you pretend it's in character.
Chris is starting to get staked out, with Major Asshole going to his rock and pogopunk going to his room. And is pogopunk really leaving Luna behind here? What is wrong with this kid?
Post #618, by Chris
(People, it almost seems that the original IF ended about the time everyone went into the inner island, way back in the first topic.
Thanks, Chris! We're glad you posted for the first time in like 150 posts to point out something we all already know.Now, I don't mind having some adventure, but we're in a new story now. Now, we're off to save the world against Lavos and whatever Sanctuary Guardians may remain, not to mention Falcon. When I get around to writing about this, I'll probably write a totally different fanfic based on the first part of the story.
Also, Chris is obviously responding to pogopunk's complaints here, but Chris is doing it wrong; to wit, he's doing it out of character, in parentheses. Perhaps he thought as an Administrator he was empowered to do that, but it's still bad IF form.
I'm not even sure what that last sentence means. Does he mean he intends to try to compile the party/dance section of the thread (which ended nearly 400 posts ago) into a fanfic? If so, he never pulled that off.That said and done, let's continue, it's still a really good story...)
No... it really isn't. I'm not sure how you, the reader, are feeling at this point, but this story has been quite dull the last 100 posts.(Oh, and, if anyone goes looking for my character, Chris is still sitting on his rock on the beach. He probably won't leave until many people return or a truly desperate situation appears.
Major Asshole is already there. You're a tad on the predictable side. I would assume by "anyone" Chris has Juliana in mind, at least much more so than Major Asshole.I'll continue reading the IF, but until above conditions are met, I probably won't be posting in it for a while. Anyone who wants to join me on my rock, we'll find something to do there, I'm sure.)
Did you catch his conditions somewhere in the above post? I can't find them. Now I'm thinking maybe that confusing comment above meant he isn't interested in saving the world and may jump back in later to try to organize another party. But I think it seeps through in his writing here that he knows no one is going to even look in his direction, much less follow his lead.
Post #619, by Luna
Luna relaxed on a sun chair out on the beach. Nothing bad, nothing good was happening.
Didn't take her long to get over pogopunk."Ahhh... Relaxation... just the way to have a good vacation..." Luna smiled to herself. "Hey! That rhymes, AGAIN! I'm good at rhyming things..."
Anybody want a peanut?and with that, Luna flipped over and fell asleep.
"Moles, bad.... Zzzzzzz..."
Haha. Luna left little ambiguity in her theme in this post: I am bored as hell.
I fear that the Gathering as we've known it is, at this point, pretty much over. There are another 1,100 posts or so left, but the Gathering is in the process now of reorganizing into a save-the-world epic with Falcon and Tengu driving the car.
Post #620, by Falcon24
(wheeee...it's fun to be the bad guy. Ok, where was I? Oh yeah.)
Yes it is, yes it is. It's fun because it brings you a lot of attention; you tend to appear in a lot of other people's posts. guruzeth was the first to figure this out in a thread called Yet Another Interactive Story that predated the Gathering by eight months or so. And as I mentioned once before, Falcon24 bore/bears many similarities to guruzeth.Falcon walked through the halls of the deserted hotel. "Awww dang! Where are they? There has to be SOMEONE here..." Suddenly Falcon spotted pogopunk and Luna. "Excellent...they won't knoe it's me because of my disguise...and since Lavos has weakened the Earth, if I destroyed the Sanctuaries NOW, there won't be any hope of those do-gooders gaining all the melodies and defeating Lavos. Now, if only there was a way to collect that 9th melody...."
I would think Falcon24 knows full well that Tengu is going to tell him, in so many words, to go f--- himself, and then the kiddies will follow suit. I think he's just doing his evil villain thing.Falcon approached Luna and pogopunk, disguised by the power of Lavos. "Hi! My name is F4xl0r. I just arrived here and I heard some things about melodies. Maybe you guys know something?" Meanwhile, Falcon thought to himself. ~These fools will be perfect. Only the pure of heart can touch the 9th melody, and if they capture it for me I can destroy it!"
Again, obviously he is divulging his supposed plan knowing it will, sooner or later, be dashed. Obviously this is not the real plan, assuming (this is not a safe assumption) there is one.Elsewhere, Lavos continued to feed off the Earth. =+"It had been long since I fed off a planet, and fortunately my servant Falcon has supplied me with enough energy to utilize new techniques..."+= Lavos mused. The consumer of worlds focused its energy, and began to regenerate its outer shell.
Post #621, by Gauntlet Wizard
Siris was hopelessly lost. He just decided to teleport back to Eagleland Island. As he arrived on the beach, he promptly saw one single person sitting on a rock. It was Chris.
"Hi there," Siris said. "Are you as confused as I am?"
Chris looked up and answered...
(I don't really feel comfortable filling in other character's words, so...)
Haha. I don't know if Gauntlet knew what he was doing there, but I love the chances of asking Chris if he's confused resulting in high comedy.
Post #622, by PSIOsman
In front of Alan were two portals. One had an image of a warm, sunny beach being slammed by monstrous waves. The other showed stars, stars never before seen by any human.
"Hmm. I think that one with the killer waves is mine and that other one is yours." Said Alan.
"Quite. It seems that the Magicant you enter is decided by your own mind... Alan, you go through yours. We will meet at the Sea of Eden," replied Osman.
PSIOsman's last post was the previous night. Likely he has tired of waiting for SaturnAl to post, and is now forging ahead without him. This is actually a pretty skillful play, putting SaturnAl's AC in a spot where, if SaturnAl never posts again, the AC can safely be forgotten forever, but if SaturnAl does show up, he can effortlessly get his AC caught back up."Are you sure? I don't think I want to continue..." (SaturnAl, this is your chance to leave the IF temporarily, if you want. Or, you can stay in it!)
Yeah. So there's little doubt as to what PSIOsman's up to."If you enter into your Magicant, I'm sure you can find a way to leave. If you leave, wait for us by the rock at the hotel.
There's a 98.63 percent chance the remainder of this post may be safely ignored for the rest of your life.
With that, Osman and Alan jumped into their separate portals.
None of that is really how Magicant works, but I guess it IS Osman's Magicant.Osman felt that the forces of good were weakening.
He journeyed across the face of the strange planet, meeting creatures of his imagination and people of his past. He managed to reach the white tentacle and transported himself to the Sea of Eden. He encountered a horribly mutated Kraken, that spewed acid and toxic breath. However, it was quite easy to defeat.
Once again, that is exactly how you handle random battles: skip right past them. Everyone knows you are invincible, which automatically renders all battles boring.Something in the Sea of Eden was augmenting his Scimitar's power. When he reached the pedestal in the center of the Sea, a familiar person stood there...
"Hi, Osman!"
PSIOsman gasped!
The person said: "You will not stop Falcon. I must destroy you now."
The person drew a Diamond Scimitar...
PSIOsman entered a battle with Osman's Nightmare!
[This message has been edited by PSIOsman (edited 04-25-2000).]
Post #623, by Carbon Dog
NO! not falcon? , i mean NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This guy has never posted in the Gathering before, and I haven't the slightest idea what in the hell that was about.
Post #624, by SuperSpeedy/Mankey Boy
~~back with Dave's & Pikachu's group~~
"We've gotta stop Lavos!" said Dave. "But I'm just a boy with no powers! How can I stop an evil entity?"
Just then, Poryhedron fused into David! Once fused, Poryhedron uploaded powers that his AC, OmegaSpeedy, had!
- Dave became OmegaSpeedy!
- Poryhedron left OS's body!
Poryhedron lifted Pikachu on his(Poryhedron's) back, and both OS and Poryhedron flew out after Lavos.
Um, yeah... I guess. Whatever gets you excited, kiddo.
Post #625, by Pikachu3164
All of a sudden, Wierd Being from Space appeared!
It used PSI Cryogenically Freeze on Pikachu!
Pikachu was cryogenically frozen!
Wierd Being from Space retreated1
Yep, this is my way of saying I'm out of this IF until this becomes a normal vacation story again. It's just gotten to wierd again. SuperSpeedy, if you still want my Sound Stone, you can have it.
If things become like they did when the story started again, I'll come back.
It loses all its effect if you have to explain it, 3164.
So this is the second official announcement (I'm not counting Chris's as official) that I'm leaving this stupid thread forever. Like Anthadd, 3164 will stay away for all of about ten posts. All he really needs is for one of the other kiddies (likely SuperSpeedy or Mog116) to give him a pat on the back and say "aw, I care about you!"
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