tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21283530920818036092024-03-13T14:59:42.129-04:00Worlds of GOALA blog following the writing and tabletop roleplaying game pursuits of author/game master Douglas Miller.Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-90649678719407448982023-02-06T17:00:00.001-05:002023-02-06T17:00:00.169-05:002023 Quest Calendar 17: Escape! (2 days)<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Starday, Hydronis 4-Moonsday, Hydronis 6</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The tunnel that Brokvar and I took led to a hall of glowing eggs. We tried to sneak past them, but still ended up causing some of them to hatch. Brokvar guarded our escape as we made our way out of the tunnel and re-emerged on the surface of the comet.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We made our way back to the safety lines which we began crossing to get back to the ship. As we were crossing, Brokvar's line snapped and he began to drift away. I grabbed the safety line to pull him back, but it hurt tugging on my arm. Once I pulled him in, we secured him to my suit and kept going across the tethered line to the ship. His body made movement difficult, and I felt exhausted by the time I made it back to the airlock.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-03.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-03.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sundial Games:</b> </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>2023 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>Character Sheet:</b> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-13892761206978945812023-02-03T06:15:00.002-05:002023-02-06T12:27:14.739-05:002023 Quest Calendar 16: Exploring the Caves<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpXZT6DXGw6qqxm1fPmfHzTOaAakCDPYSFRyyAxTJweB9KV9SbiWih2Tpu6luFpjsJXcGvdQJAqQuWAoBF7hh1n39tmsClfY2pleCV7NNek4C1GgCJs4pGCyxYJqCO64Eg3WpRj_-WY7BhbEb18gnKqxCAnt0kVwc73lC_yzjbF6Be1VZwnyK5CDc/s640/cave-4701500_640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpXZT6DXGw6qqxm1fPmfHzTOaAakCDPYSFRyyAxTJweB9KV9SbiWih2Tpu6luFpjsJXcGvdQJAqQuWAoBF7hh1n39tmsClfY2pleCV7NNek4C1GgCJs4pGCyxYJqCO64Eg3WpRj_-WY7BhbEb18gnKqxCAnt0kVwc73lC_yzjbF6Be1VZwnyK5CDc/s320/cave-4701500_640.png" width="320" /></a></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Fruitsday, Hydronis 3</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brokvar and I kept exploring the cave that we had fallen into, hoping that we could find some way to escape. It was a complex of tunnels that branched and connected, and I am anxious about the possibility of us being stuck down here forever.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjF90eO2NYdu67Mvk7EcvVTCQ690RWGBBMptKmack87tA5iTAyI2RYrGH7hKiFjXvBEmJdN2Vt9ZJLKjfIg5ymc2T87EYpOPTL76NJgYz_FyE6cMRwAtbuPSgk3FMvB5Bw5OhFzf6IF0Fd6HqT2lM9R6ztHRaFzzsOQ6uJlIo00bBeiWJgpm8Pt-a/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit4%20screenshot.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjF90eO2NYdu67Mvk7EcvVTCQ690RWGBBMptKmack87tA5iTAyI2RYrGH7hKiFjXvBEmJdN2Vt9ZJLKjfIg5ymc2T87EYpOPTL76NJgYz_FyE6cMRwAtbuPSgk3FMvB5Bw5OhFzf6IF0Fd6HqT2lM9R6ztHRaFzzsOQ6uJlIo00bBeiWJgpm8Pt-a/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit4%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Ready to get back to <br />the ship.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We came upon a chamber with more of the fish aliens. I tried to sneak past them, but I accidentally tripped and they were awoken. They tried to attack, but through my dumb luck (or Brokvar's good shooting), we were able to make it past the creatures once more unscathed.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From here the path diverged in two directions, but I took the larger one that looked like it had been more well traveled, hoping that if it was tunnel the fish aliens used, it might lead back out to the surface. This path lead to a chamber where we saw numerous bones piled around of various species. My stomach churned as I thought about how this was probably where the fish aliens ate other captured space travelers. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From here the path diverged again, and I took the path on the left hand side, as it seemed lighter and seemed to open up more as it went.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-02.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-02.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-06.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-06.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sundial Games:</b> </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>2023 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>Character Sheet:</b> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-77873544514141810072023-02-02T06:07:00.003-05:002023-02-03T06:15:55.205-05:002023 Quest Calendar 15: Alien Ambush<h2 style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4S8x3QH_FC4Yazo6YpyM3fk3NslovsjH5t8GnV5nSTlSYWfwIkF_hh-ROtGSlhyOvcPDK0aD_qP8ICCrPYFD2VYqUBsqGopAs4gGflOmItgLHZpoQfZWgHH-Ud_dIwFJDkaTRNgElB6-JCT68gVvdnPcTi940clQNExeVd7aOWDfB5W0EI6RYI0W/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit2%20screenshot.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4S8x3QH_FC4Yazo6YpyM3fk3NslovsjH5t8GnV5nSTlSYWfwIkF_hh-ROtGSlhyOvcPDK0aD_qP8ICCrPYFD2VYqUBsqGopAs4gGflOmItgLHZpoQfZWgHH-Ud_dIwFJDkaTRNgElB6-JCT68gVvdnPcTi940clQNExeVd7aOWDfB5W0EI6RYI0W/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit2%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Frustrated</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Thornsday, Hydronis 2</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brokvar and I were attacked by more of those alien creatures like the ones I'd encountered when I first arrived on the comet. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Based on my deduction from the rocks that this comet was actually real and not just built for the experience, I deduced that these creatures must live underground in the comet. This was, as opposed to my previous thought that they were animatronics.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Surely, one would think that the tourist company had at least done a scan of the comet to make sure there were no life signs on it before <span><a name='more'></a></span>deciding to use it as a prop set piece. But apparently not. Or the fish aliens don't show up on scans. Whatever.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">With a combination of dumb luck and Brokvar's help, I managed to survive the attack unscathed. At least unscathed physically. Emotionally, I was feeling increasingly wounded by the tourist company's clear disregard for the safety of their passengers.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-01.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-01.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-03.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-03.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sundial Games:</b> </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>2023 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>Character Sheet:</b> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-34620898181205877482023-02-01T06:17:00.005-05:002023-02-02T06:08:22.490-05:002023 Quest Calendar 14: The Fall<p></p><h2><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Windsday, Hydronis 1</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3tBcxiw1NOSkzQxbJROtlg_h3KWMQKq6M2x-Ui6xt-GTR1QOHmZPHJz9xYu7viLy9IgvKEm-dBR7IJUlwfwvIpgzg_XOvj5oPfbUCziEkZwL99XIZ0beRSr8XVobqeujVuu9pYf5Iv3s4SmHiFK3OlGAbfe9aQ3zFBUMRzxVP74gxK61VHIU9R3X/s640/cracks-2099531_640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3tBcxiw1NOSkzQxbJROtlg_h3KWMQKq6M2x-Ui6xt-GTR1QOHmZPHJz9xYu7viLy9IgvKEm-dBR7IJUlwfwvIpgzg_XOvj5oPfbUCziEkZwL99XIZ0beRSr8XVobqeujVuu9pYf5Iv3s4SmHiFK3OlGAbfe9aQ3zFBUMRzxVP74gxK61VHIU9R3X/s320/cracks-2099531_640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brokvar and I began to head back across the comet to the ship when an earthquake shook the ground beneath us. We tried to take off running, but the ground still collapsed into some sort of cave chamber below. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">As I was falling, I tried to twist in the air so that I'd land on the ground softly, but I was hardly able to prepare myself enough and my legs buckled underneath me as I hit the ground.<br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4S8x3QH_FC4Yazo6YpyM3fk3NslovsjH5t8GnV5nSTlSYWfwIkF_hh-ROtGSlhyOvcPDK0aD_qP8ICCrPYFD2VYqUBsqGopAs4gGflOmItgLHZpoQfZWgHH-Ud_dIwFJDkaTRNgElB6-JCT68gVvdnPcTi940clQNExeVd7aOWDfB5W0EI6RYI0W/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit2%20screenshot.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4S8x3QH_FC4Yazo6YpyM3fk3NslovsjH5t8GnV5nSTlSYWfwIkF_hh-ROtGSlhyOvcPDK0aD_qP8ICCrPYFD2VYqUBsqGopAs4gGflOmItgLHZpoQfZWgHH-Ud_dIwFJDkaTRNgElB6-JCT68gVvdnPcTi940clQNExeVd7aOWDfB5W0EI6RYI0W/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit2%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Upset, Injured, and<br />ready to rest back on the ship.</td></tr></tbody></table>That didn't seem very safe at all for a tourist experience! I looked up and couldn't see any sort of automated or mechanical structure working the entry into the cave. Besides that, the rocks that had fallen with me and Brokvar seemed to <span><a name='more'></a></span>legitimately have broken, so it wasn't a trick they'd be able to pull more than once without a lot more rock. Besides that, Brokvar seemed legitimately shaken up.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Had the collapse been real instead of a part of the experience? The fact that there was a cave down here of stone, and that the top layer of the comet wasn't just a façade, gives me pause. Is this a real comet, and not just a set they made up and had full control of?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">That seems like a very unsound path for a tourist company.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-31.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-31.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-02.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-02.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sundial Games:</b> </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>2023 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>Character Sheet:</b> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-29733948514683734572023-01-31T05:40:00.003-05:002023-02-01T06:18:18.501-05:002023 Quest Calendar 13: Putting on the Brakes<h2 style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDtMEttKS08zOJlXnIYowfEZhS2CSyb2BOJQ9JIFJgCcB4hYMII-HQlL3XuaN1IXMLM24GjG5uYF_v9hFGzHfAtwR8OM8-LhFQLKolVYBl148rdYce2HZJEXfY8YU55Vh9thibxBsFf1jpogMPRu2bc_IwulF0AqVgRpo1pKwESd5A7Tdwh1wx_IU/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit4%20screenshot%20(1).png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDtMEttKS08zOJlXnIYowfEZhS2CSyb2BOJQ9JIFJgCcB4hYMII-HQlL3XuaN1IXMLM24GjG5uYF_v9hFGzHfAtwR8OM8-LhFQLKolVYBl148rdYce2HZJEXfY8YU55Vh9thibxBsFf1jpogMPRu2bc_IwulF0AqVgRpo1pKwESd5A7Tdwh1wx_IU/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit4%20screenshot%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Today I am Feeling: </b>Excited and Energized </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Truceday, Nebulis 31</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reaching the far side of the comet, Brokvar and I began to set up the equipment we'd been sent out to set up. He asked me what I knew about astrophysics. I laughed, but he kept staring at me, so I guess it wasn't supposed to be a joke.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I looked at the "brakes" that we had, and I figured out that they are pretty much just rockets that push against the way the comet is otherwise going to stop it and/or to have it go the way we want it to go. I told Brokvar this and then we worked together to guide and build the brake. I got so excited about the progress that <span><a name='more'></a></span>we were making that as we moved from building the hardware, I just went right into configuring the equipment and getting it to connect to our ship, the Karnak.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I realized I'd taken over, I was worried that Brokvar would be upset about me doing everything, but when I looked back at him, he told me that I'd gotten the equipment connected in record time, and that he was impressed with my skill. He probably says that to everyone who goes through the experience, but it still felt good all the same.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-30.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-30.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-01.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/02/Quest-Calendar-2023-02-01.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sundial Games:</b> </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>2023 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>Character Sheet:</b> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-18546735101878817202023-01-30T05:34:00.008-05:002023-02-03T06:04:16.655-05:002023 Quest Calendar 12: The Long Dark of the Comet<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Orbitron;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilS8x4Ip8FEVeGazOs5Wk67BiRtTzdLWIzNvoe6GTeoVkrsBbnftP79Z4H2wv-tyFtqn1JIoXL49nRyTHL-3A6FMyz5mCuN3NQ2kBGukC2lFlQlKcF57BgGapCMQ8poKceMcloTygFAq-Fe-cq8Sg5a5KBI3GEzBonmAgEWElo3cY3zK4kPJaU-D9D/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit4%20screenshot.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilS8x4Ip8FEVeGazOs5Wk67BiRtTzdLWIzNvoe6GTeoVkrsBbnftP79Z4H2wv-tyFtqn1JIoXL49nRyTHL-3A6FMyz5mCuN3NQ2kBGukC2lFlQlKcF57BgGapCMQ8poKceMcloTygFAq-Fe-cq8Sg5a5KBI3GEzBonmAgEWElo3cY3zK4kPJaU-D9D/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit4%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Today I am feeling:</b> Tired and Worn Out <br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Moonsday, Nebulis 30</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brokvar finally made it across to the comet, just happening to land after I'd dealt with the animatronic alien attack. I'm sure it was just a coincidence. Brokvar told me we had to put the equipment down on the other side of the comet. I thought this was no problem, but boy was I wrong.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I couldn't tell from the entry to the anti-grav room, but the comet set was massive. It took hours, maybe even days, to get to the other side. I had to use two space rations for fear of survival! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brokvar had asked me if I'd wanted to take the path through the mountain or the valley. I chose the valley. I'm not sure if it was any faster or not. We did see another alien creature. This one was rock like and made hissing noises at us. I used what little I knew of working with animals to try to calm it, and then it ran off away from us somewhere. I counted that as a win.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> <span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-28.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-28.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-31.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-31.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sundial Games:</b> </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>2023 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><b>Character Sheet:</b> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-79345875997540114622023-01-28T06:17:00.009-05:002023-01-31T05:26:39.073-05:002023 Quest Calendar 11: Uhm...what?<h2 style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFTGT7gBodyevCEoVA7RspKmRuZmCVj3vrUB5X5owyisB0IBrn2ofeEF88M-BqT83Z_NvIvye692S9VBbl0VVfOMvv5MppWAF6Q2ARrM7ER1489yJmyXgyKprOMo1dQx5cdUBs5ZBhnWzHbNsgYIuj306CA8AeHoN42K3pEmCbiQuz8f8K4sM4Tfw/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit3%20screenshot.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFTGT7gBodyevCEoVA7RspKmRuZmCVj3vrUB5X5owyisB0IBrn2ofeEF88M-BqT83Z_NvIvye692S9VBbl0VVfOMvv5MppWAF6Q2ARrM7ER1489yJmyXgyKprOMo1dQx5cdUBs5ZBhnWzHbNsgYIuj306CA8AeHoN42K3pEmCbiQuz8f8K4sM4Tfw/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit3%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Relieved</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Starday, Nebulis 28/Sunsday, Nebulis 29</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monsters! Alien space fish monsters! I guess the way the story goes, they're supposed to be inhabiting the comet that we took? Either way, three of these things came at me with their razor sharp teeth. Brokvar hadn't yet made his way across to the comet, so I was on my own facing them.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Terror filled me. The fear was so real that I almost started to think the "immersive experience" wasn't a tourist trip at all.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I want to say that I don't know how I survived the assault of the creatures unscathed, but the truth is <span><a name='more'></a></span>I'm sure that the "creatures" are actually just very convincing animatronics and that they were programmed to fail and never be a real threat.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Either way, through running, dodging, tripping on the ground in several places, and throwing wild punches at random, I managed to scare off one of the creatures, punch out another, and the third ended up injuring itself as it tried to get to me. I made it out completely unscathed. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those things look like creatures I'd studied that have venomous bites, so it sure is good that these were fake animatronics.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All I can do is let out a deep sigh and be glad that this is all fake and that I'm not actually in a dangerous situation. And the apparently dangerous one has passed.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-27.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-27.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-30.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-30.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-71098417635201512572023-01-27T11:30:00.003-05:002023-01-31T05:25:46.031-05:002023 Quest Calendar 10: Ouch!<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Orbitron;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLQPazZ6bPZU7zVhk_I2APWzsLW3tLBncyxk3XME4Qi_xn_SGrAJ9B8ETPKgX6mCjd0wRrL3wqvep3x71qyJPwpMFEnf60qYHjkhtwizw5gKlQaaVHW7EVuwN76IQ7sWkrjahJbpEKS0VspV4WDoJkfM_NlHBZABp4qyxW-VyufJCtejLWarQRn8R/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit2%20screenshot.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLQPazZ6bPZU7zVhk_I2APWzsLW3tLBncyxk3XME4Qi_xn_SGrAJ9B8ETPKgX6mCjd0wRrL3wqvep3x71qyJPwpMFEnf60qYHjkhtwizw5gKlQaaVHW7EVuwN76IQ7sWkrjahJbpEKS0VspV4WDoJkfM_NlHBZABp4qyxW-VyufJCtejLWarQRn8R/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit2%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Angry</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Fruitsday, Nebulis 27<br /></span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What the hell is going on? Brokvar went through the airlock out into "space." I'm hoping it's just a big anti-grav room that's painted to look like space, but it is really convincing. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It would have been really cool and inspiring and all those other adjectives, except for the fact that I was immediately off balance and sick. I'm sure lots of people get space sick, so I can't really fault the tour company for that. But I asked to go back and Brokvar insisted I keep going, stressing the importance of the mission.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The mission? It's just a fake experience. If one of your customers isn't having a good time, you let them go. That's just good business sense.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">As I was climbing across the rope toward the comet, the supplies slipped out of my hand. I reached out to grab them, but in my dizzy and nauseous state, I ended up letting go of the rope to the comet. My safety cord caught me and kept me from going off into space (or falling to the far down ground of the anti-grav chamber.) But it catching me HURT. A lot. I almost threw up in my helmet (I know that Brokvar had joked that Ascel had thrown up in his (which might be the same one as mine) previously, but I never thought it was a real risk. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I feel like all I ever did since getting on this cruise was get hurt. I am tired of it. Next spaceport we get to, I'm going to try to get off this ship and find other transportation. Hopefully they'll refund my ticket. They better, or I'll pursue legal action against them. That'll teach them to have such an unsafe and painful trip.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although...I guess I should look back at the paperwork and make sure I didn't sign any sort of waiver before I start trying to go for legal action.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-26.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-26.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-28.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-28.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-10809206451534656362023-01-26T08:20:00.004-05:002023-01-27T09:23:13.587-05:002023 Quest Calendar 9: Spacesuits and Anxiety<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Orbitron;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgml8PIiPoZwIMDrv1ExmqtCOElkW64tlFmRNqLGNmzmrniBf1nQeeIIZhfWM1bkh9xgca8_SEqYS7m-DSBRCGcPJIrC7lCGFWHqdswSf9uQplUBYFrZRrjcRxEPYXJAjP4p3LVbHXPZ2M_T2qRuL4hvdLDks8MIxpk3e4pwnrdSdAWcA_UDAp7km/s768/Harvel%20Space%20Suit%20screenshot.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgml8PIiPoZwIMDrv1ExmqtCOElkW64tlFmRNqLGNmzmrniBf1nQeeIIZhfWM1bkh9xgca8_SEqYS7m-DSBRCGcPJIrC7lCGFWHqdswSf9uQplUBYFrZRrjcRxEPYXJAjP4p3LVbHXPZ2M_T2qRuL4hvdLDks8MIxpk3e4pwnrdSdAWcA_UDAp7km/s320/Harvel%20Space%20Suit%20screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Afraid<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Thornsday, Nebulis 26</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">I'm a bit worried about this one. The way the experience goes, apparently I'm supposed to go outside the ship, to the comet, with Brokvar, to place some equipment on the comet. This has to be a joke, right? There's no way any sort of self-respecting cruise company is going to risk putting their customers on a space walk. There's way too much that could go wrong with that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, there's not really a comet, right? They wouldn't have been able to plan an immersive experience around the idea of a comet that may or may not be there when the plans are made. Alright, so, two possibilities. The first and more risky possibility is that the "comet" was already on board the ship and that they just let it out for this part of the adventure. But that still involves customers like me going out into space. The second, hopefully more likely situation is <span><a name='more'></a></span>that the ship has an anti-grav room in it where they're simulating space and have a fake comet in there.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I tried to socialize with Brokvar and SD-113 as we got ready for the space walk. SD-113 was focused on checking our space suits, so he didn't talk much. Brokvar spoke some about how scary space was and how he was glad to have someone else with him. This did little to settle my concerns, but I mentally assured myself that it's just part of the experience and that Brokvar is just acting.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having no experience with space suits prior, I asked Brokvar for help, which he provided with the remark that if he helps me now, maybe I'll help him later. I hope I can. Or that the character I'm playing can help the character he's playing. Yeah, that.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">And with that we grabbed some gear and got ready to set out to space. I just keep hoping that it's fake space and not real space.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-25.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-25.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-27.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-27.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-49211081610241936932023-01-25T05:45:00.004-05:002023-01-26T08:21:40.478-05:002023 Quest Calendar 8: Comet Catchers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIvizYRPnHT8lOWl9gO1DfXdqdcsFikAZCDvRRpKbmnMs1TRzFwYFNax7224xcFTedDLPeadNW1Frd5EvkejAAqqz6KiMyIamxe4ywPPyq4NxAu-qWNkDF6ymXWe50okiWNYPs6W4BLoBpTLACi-WeCOhPnyskBL9WaVOtt8CX6cYU35E4HMCuw8K/s640/meteor-2153507_640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="640" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIvizYRPnHT8lOWl9gO1DfXdqdcsFikAZCDvRRpKbmnMs1TRzFwYFNax7224xcFTedDLPeadNW1Frd5EvkejAAqqz6KiMyIamxe4ywPPyq4NxAu-qWNkDF6ymXWe50okiWNYPs6W4BLoBpTLACi-WeCOhPnyskBL9WaVOtt8CX6cYU35E4HMCuw8K/w400-h220/meteor-2153507_640.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><h2><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Windsday, Nebulis 25</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We closed in on the comet and prepared the ships weapon systems to launch grappling hooks at it. Naylee let me man the guns, presumably because I'm the passenger who is paying for the experience and this is part of the experience. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although, it makes me wonder where all the other passengers are. Maybe meeting the crew is on a rotation thing and so other people are meeting other crew members that i've already met or have yet to meet. Or maybe we're going to pick up new passengers at our next stop. I don't know, I just figured the halls would be more crowded. I also figured the halls would be larger to better accommodate crowds of tourists, so I guess I was wrong on both accounts.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regardless, the comet catching mini-game like experience was pretty fun! I got to fly the ship in close to the comet.<span><a name='more'></a></span> I wasn't particularly good at this, but it was neat to get to work the controls. I fired the first grappling hook at the comet, and I could <br />feel the ship jerked forward suddenly. I think it's not just the windows on the bridge that are part of the experience, I think the whole room is like a motion simulator in order to give that feel.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Naylee said that with the ship jerking like that it would have taken some damage, but that the shield probably absorbed it.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CovywESfs176a4d20jvMc6a9U32Z33hhZ5QlRTpAAKOW61e03TsJT9UzzooNhKX12cQiQoDsVgjOLX2zNKtLJYJvr9xR4UhujT3cAFrGf50afnwGqiLEGqh5gT2F_0vQ4LCJtj4Ixvg7rrroZC3NSMqbw_AVt5XSsYqxy6AJFjatzNcIT_EA3cML/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(4).png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CovywESfs176a4d20jvMc6a9U32Z33hhZ5QlRTpAAKOW61e03TsJT9UzzooNhKX12cQiQoDsVgjOLX2zNKtLJYJvr9xR4UhujT3cAFrGf50afnwGqiLEGqh5gT2F_0vQ4LCJtj4Ixvg7rrroZC3NSMqbw_AVt5XSsYqxy6AJFjatzNcIT_EA3cML/s320/Harvel-portrait%20(4).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am Feeling: </b>Happy<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I fired the second grappling hook. It latched onto the comet, but we suffered a greater impact than the first time. Naylee informed me that the weapons had been slightly damaged from this, but that they should be okay for now and the hooks should still hold the comet. I wonder if the damage to the weapons would be accounted for in future parts of the experience. How fun! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I know it took a little while, but I'm really starting to enjoy and get into this experience. I've still got some safety concerns, but at least I'm having more fun.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-24.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-24.html<span></span></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry:</span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-26.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-26.html</a></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-75069359432564872792023-01-24T05:47:00.004-05:002023-01-25T05:46:09.519-05:002023 Quest Calendar 7: Flying the Karnak<h2 style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hNHr1sNTuleBRpxpYRfUFfiU3Bw8yUXQoLmlhC-zm3aypCivg_KeyLNKroB-RrQw07mYDxZtP0RcaFs1M83Wc6wogZSao7Wnnw-zDtNuMlxtHAnUw4AdyOAgg3vBfVVn_cu8rWhSkekbteVGetSXh-hoz1fIncm1HcP9gI_S748ZlM6GHW_FVjQ9/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(5).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hNHr1sNTuleBRpxpYRfUFfiU3Bw8yUXQoLmlhC-zm3aypCivg_KeyLNKroB-RrQw07mYDxZtP0RcaFs1M83Wc6wogZSao7Wnnw-zDtNuMlxtHAnUw4AdyOAgg3vBfVVn_cu8rWhSkekbteVGetSXh-hoz1fIncm1HcP9gI_S748ZlM6GHW_FVjQ9/s320/Harvel-portrait%20(5).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today I am Feeling: Pretty good! I didn't get hurt,<br />and I'm starting to actually enjoy myself. Maybe<br />this "immersive experience" will be okay afterall.</td></tr></tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Truceday, Nebulis 24<br /></span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I finally met the ship's pilot, Naylee. I had, of course, seen Naylee briefly the at dinner the previous day, but now I met her for real. She is a member of the frosk species, a pink-skinned species that is decended from amphibians. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of all the members of the ship I've interacted with so far, Naylee is by far the friendliest and the most welcoming. She said that she could use a good co-pilot and asked me to take over flying to our mission.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh, yeah, our "mission," apparently, is to<span><a name='more'></a></span> catch a comet so that a nearby station can benefit from its ice and water. Seems pretty low stakes for an interactive experience, but at least trying to catch a comet should be exciting. I wonder if the "windows" of the Karnak that I was looking out of were actually screens displaying whatever was needed for the adventure. It is possible that this isn't even a real bridge at all, and that there is really a completely different bridge with a real pilot (and that Naylee is just an actor for the experience). Or, possibly, the windows are augmented reality displays, so most of what was seen out of them is genuine, but then things like the comet can be projected on the windows and appear as though it's really there.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I felt like I did a really good job plotting a course to the comet based on the data that Naylee provided. However, I did a much worse job at navigating the course to the comet. I got us completely lost in an unknown part of space. Naylee assured me that it was okay and that flying the ship isn't easy, and then she took over piloting.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21_01458522112.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21_01458522112.html</a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-25.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-25.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-51965607346806684042023-01-23T06:08:00.004-05:002023-01-24T05:49:16.996-05:002023 Quest Calendar 6: The Cooking?<h2><span style="font-family: Orbitron;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyM-f_PAUPMUjz5U4mNQdIvMU-oyiG7PBldIJ7wGTNQG-NSbIcA-RC5rDaygQNahmjSEDvgEA1QiVJWxhxUez9nZyB2N6kxhwAYsUPMtaNDFr5dFeM4dEBzWy7ItJwKisot645IiVPYnMVXcG0bRzRgIpz6zdgLZh36Jhm2YKEbvB0OCakas0Qe1C/s640/cook-3810434_640.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyM-f_PAUPMUjz5U4mNQdIvMU-oyiG7PBldIJ7wGTNQG-NSbIcA-RC5rDaygQNahmjSEDvgEA1QiVJWxhxUez9nZyB2N6kxhwAYsUPMtaNDFr5dFeM4dEBzWy7ItJwKisot645IiVPYnMVXcG0bRzRgIpz6zdgLZh36Jhm2YKEbvB0OCakas0Qe1C/s320/cook-3810434_640.png" width="320" /></a></div>Moonsday, Nebulis 23</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Today, I met Ascel, a Husqel man (identifiable by his blue-grey skin and the ridges on the top of his head.) It sounds like Ascel tries to a little of everything on board the ship. He does things that have no one else to fill the roll, like cooking and finances, but he also helps the others as a 2ndary on their positions as well.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">It sounds like Ascel and SD-113 don't exactly get along. SD-113 doesn't like<span><a name='more'></a></span> Ascel trying to help with maintenance (which is a trait that I saw when I went and introduced myself to the droid,) but SD-113 isn't qualified to work on the ship's voidspark engine. Ascel expressed a hope that Captain Cayliss would hire competent mechanic soon, and that he hopes I might be able to help with this.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Personally, I don't want to provoke the wrath of SD-113, so I'm not inclined to step on his toes (figuratively speaking.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br />Ascel asked for my help in cooking, noting that the various species on the ship had varying dietary needs and that I would need to make something that could be consumed and enjoyed by everyone. </span></span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was an area I felt particularly prepared for. I'd read up on the various cuisines of different alien species in preparation for the trip. I was excited to try anything that my human taste buds and digestive system could survive. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPi04SwUr_1atDakqMFdQLImhafs7cUQ0aI5XLJvqok0odTe8e8GODNuttb0Niz063XkibeVRUdBzT8huDriJR5vlh6hT2lma3gBYVnP98rNTb469qmSm_rn_1ZlcdmQUHhWKeT__T04HV41HzRrPmDu0WKc9Y18dNmULzuA8BXUx-gKU-q3Xaljq/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(12).png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPi04SwUr_1atDakqMFdQLImhafs7cUQ0aI5XLJvqok0odTe8e8GODNuttb0Niz063XkibeVRUdBzT8huDriJR5vlh6hT2lma3gBYVnP98rNTb469qmSm_rn_1ZlcdmQUHhWKeT__T04HV41HzRrPmDu0WKc9Y18dNmULzuA8BXUx-gKU-q3Xaljq/s320/Harvel-portrait%20(12).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am Feeling:</b> Proud of Myself<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Ascel asked me to help wrangle the live food into the pot. This was an area I was, admittedly, less prepared for. In my experience cooking, I generally had more stationary ingredients. I ended up getting bit and stung by a strange bug-creature. It hurt a lot, and again I wondered about what sort of safety regulations this interactive experience was supposed to be under. A lesser person would have pursued legal action the first time getting hurt, and this was my third!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regardless, once we got the ingredients together and started cooking, it went really well! Ascel was impressed with how far I was able to make the ingredients stretch, stating that we would have good leftovers from the meal for a long time. The rest of the crew were all super happy with the food as well, giving clear signs that they actually enjoyed the meal and that their compliments were genuine.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Except, of course, for SD-113, who was electronic and does not eat normal biological food.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21.html" style="font-weight: normal;">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21.html</a><br /><br />Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-24.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-24.html</a></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-91295823784448925652023-01-21T07:34:00.002-05:002023-01-23T06:09:24.010-05:002023 Quest Calendar 5: Engineering<h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUYNQMCQeNZROQuFrta8hM33hk4MSoSbEG95yC4gIVPJ7-LKUitpnEthGnxV2K6z5w5wsZw_Anj0mL51J6Wn-3JzJMz1OdX9No18fYC2VamnIwevqXSMdY6qxJ5t87ORmJpdtm2hB_QGWVw7CxNNJoz_PxdEMkOrI7sJVZkpM9xRSWm_YJaKROfwE/s640/atm-146307_640.png" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUYNQMCQeNZROQuFrta8hM33hk4MSoSbEG95yC4gIVPJ7-LKUitpnEthGnxV2K6z5w5wsZw_Anj0mL51J6Wn-3JzJMz1OdX9No18fYC2VamnIwevqXSMdY6qxJ5t87ORmJpdtm2hB_QGWVw7CxNNJoz_PxdEMkOrI7sJVZkpM9xRSWm_YJaKROfwE/s320/atm-146307_640.png" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Starday, Nebulis 21/Sunsday, Nebulis 22</span></h2><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Today, I met the ship's engineer, SD-113, a robot. SD-113 acted (no doubt was programmed to act) frustrated that Captain Cayliss had sent me to aid him. I wonder if, in his programming, he has awareness that he is an actor playing a role, or if they programmed him to believe this is all real.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">SD-113 was working to repair a terminal. He said that if the captain wished it, he would let me try to help, starting with the wiring. I looked at the wiring and had no idea what to do with any of it. I was hoping that, as part of the experience, there was no real right or wrong way to do it and that I would just get a pat on the back for getting it right no matter what I did.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man, was I wrong about that! I put one wire in the wrong place and was shocked BAD. I imagine it's just supposed to be a mild buzz to let the person going through the experience know that they solved the puzzle incorrectly, but it just HURT so much. I can't imagine how <span><a name='more'></a></span>much a kid going through this cruise thing would scream and cry if they got hit with that much pain. They really need to turn their settings down on that thing. I'll try to log a note to put it in the survey at the end of the cruise. I should probably also mention how painful the shots from those training bots were.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyway, after I failed the puzzle, SD-113 stepped in and solved it for me. Maybe he, too, realized that the setting was too high. Either way, once power was restored to the terminal, the screen requested a passcode and displayed a simple math equation.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzKGUolXCIAsmhcU8Qrw7fpE_z1Aji0BU3_XWm--c08QwSMI1FhraRP4h1Y5_H5a9xqWktbD8AAavnuF8wwsmXR0wI1963-AN4ELEvQug6puv46TTJfCVWykok4i15W8pJDR-wr9N74P7PO9-zL0A4XVX_Xmv9DxmGyV7N9umzBZ_rt29AAhfYPAB/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(9).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzKGUolXCIAsmhcU8Qrw7fpE_z1Aji0BU3_XWm--c08QwSMI1FhraRP4h1Y5_H5a9xqWktbD8AAavnuF8wwsmXR0wI1963-AN4ELEvQug6puv46TTJfCVWykok4i15W8pJDR-wr9N74P7PO9-zL0A4XVX_Xmv9DxmGyV7N9umzBZ_rt29AAhfYPAB/s320/Harvel-portrait%20(9).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Today I am Feeling:</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Honestly? A little</span><br style="font-family: arial;" /><span style="font-family: arial;">frustrated that I have now been hurt</span><br style="font-family: arial;" /><span style="font-family: arial;">twice on this experience that's supposed</span><br style="font-family: arial;" /><span style="font-family: arial;">to be </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a restful vacation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the sort of thing that breaks my immersion in the experience. No real ship would use a math problem as a pass code, too many people would be able to solve it. But I guess the experience does need to have some sort of minigames for its participants, and it has to be something that anyone could feasibly do, even if that does make it unrealistic.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once I had access to the terminal through typing in the code, there was another<br /> minigame activity to reprogram the console. I must have been in the zone from solving that math equation, because I was able to do this with ease even though programming isn't normally my thing. SD-113 acted both impressed and annoyed at how well I was able to accomplish this task. I have to hand it to his programmers, that combination of contrary emotions being displayed at the same time is hard for a lot of human...erm...sentient biological...actors to portray well, but he really pulled it off.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He assured me of his ability to do his job (and frustration that the captain was sending people like me to try to aid him) perfectly well without help, and he sent me on my way.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-20.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-20.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21_01458522112.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21_01458522112.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-42661236079189972102023-01-20T05:42:00.004-05:002023-01-21T07:35:10.362-05:002023 Quest Calendar 4: Target Practice (And I'm the Target!?)<p><br /></p><h2><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIx1-EfhHmDIKev8IloXJD3-EywrWbKrwI6rAkPebEgUu7ABjESvXO5ZHSLxjYAmgxry2jQQXVBvfZZA6vA2MCxXNR6IDRYP8bpN3nc6nTFekNleX1VEtHahTlJCcf0ouxDhGRaUDafpWZcNmCvUb-01HWjI57z_0MpWl07QlsEqmZSgpcjMxjOSGg/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(11).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIx1-EfhHmDIKev8IloXJD3-EywrWbKrwI6rAkPebEgUu7ABjESvXO5ZHSLxjYAmgxry2jQQXVBvfZZA6vA2MCxXNR6IDRYP8bpN3nc6nTFekNleX1VEtHahTlJCcf0ouxDhGRaUDafpWZcNmCvUb-01HWjI57z_0MpWl07QlsEqmZSgpcjMxjOSGg/s320/Harvel-portrait%20(11).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am feeling: Surprised and injured</b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Fruitsday, Nebulis 20</span></h2><h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">I met the first mate, a Gunnbaar man with green skin and spikes on his head who stood a foot or two taller than me. He introduced himself as Brokvar and asked for my assistance in the training room. I thought he just wanted my help calibrating a machine or something (a puzzle or mini-game that was supposed to be an engaging part of the interactive experience.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">No. He took me into a room full of targets and of training combat bots. He tossed me into the middle of the room and then turned the bots on! He said that he wanted to test my combat abilities to see how useful I would be in the field. I tried to protest that I didn't have a weapon, but this apparently did not matter to Mr. Brokvar. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Lasers began firing in all directions. I dropped to the ground as I noticed<span><a name='more'></a></span> a beam headed toward me. The beam struck one of the other bots and sent it spiraling. Another drone was flying toward me and I could see its laser charging up. I didn't have time to get out of the way of the blast, but I remembered something I had read about combat drones. I began trying to pull myself onto a large metal barrier that had a target on it. The laser fired just as I got to the top. I'd been hoping to drop to the other side, but instead I slipped and fell back to the ground where I had started. Still, the beam went over my head and the drone, hoping to continue to pursue me and being unable to course correct in time, crashed into the barrier. I rolled out of the way to avoid it crushing me. It turned out that another bot, this one on wheels, had been approaching me and the one that had hit the barrier fell and disabled this one. There was one more bot, another drone, flying around trying to get a good shot at me. I waited until the last second and hopped over another (albeit shorter) barrier. The drone ended up crashing into the barrier like the first one, but it seemed able to shake off the impact and fired a bolt at me. I couldn't dodge fast enough and the laser hit me in the arm. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">And it hurt! A lot! I don't know what kind of waivers I signed, but I felt like I could have been seriously injured in that combat simulation! Hopefully future fights, if there were to be any, would go better. </span></span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-weight: 400;">I wonder if the experience has any sort of pretend laser guns that I could pick up so that I could actually shoot back next time.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Either way, after I got hit, Brokvar stopped the simulation and said that I did good. He said that the crew didn't get into fights all the time, but that "times are crazy now and you never know."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18_0513811102.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18_0513811102.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Next Entry: </span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendary-2023-01-21.html</a></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-82516322655955423262023-01-19T06:08:00.035-05:002023-01-20T05:43:26.914-05:002023 Calendar 3: Work?<h2><span style="font-family: Orbitron;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbOQAMg0dRXOyqqB2Rbdi1bbYgNu7ThA3K-FE_7EHUGo_pjsUBeFcf25wDJ-lbpBNWQL6k1ZrrS8OLDTRQE1SpUdi5Lp-2XIKbDfxCr0pziK8MTdZCGq3wfKEczYS3VkxEz-wvlPM4fJrYbUxjoFeeuOcaXXgGJrxFZsu85K7-hjvRD6suMTn7Z8C/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(8).png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbOQAMg0dRXOyqqB2Rbdi1bbYgNu7ThA3K-FE_7EHUGo_pjsUBeFcf25wDJ-lbpBNWQL6k1ZrrS8OLDTRQE1SpUdi5Lp-2XIKbDfxCr0pziK8MTdZCGq3wfKEczYS3VkxEz-wvlPM4fJrYbUxjoFeeuOcaXXgGJrxFZsu85K7-hjvRD6suMTn7Z8C/s320/Harvel-portrait%20(8).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today I am feeling: Anxious that this<br />"experience" might get in the way of<br />my enjoying my cruise.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Thornsday, Nebulis 19</span></h2><h2><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Today, Captain Cayless told me that we, the crew of the Karnak, had been hired for a mission, and that my skills would be useful for it. This must be the first location on the cruise and the first part of the interactive experience. While I think it'll be fun to play at being an adventurer, I do hope that they still have planned in time for me to see the sights and landmarks at our first planet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Captain Cayless also said that I should meet with others on the ship and try to help them with their duties. I realize that this is mostly a "meet the cast before the exciting bit starts" part of the experience, but I'm hoping that<span><a name='more'></a></span> I'm not actually expected to be doing much work in helping them. Immersive experience or not, I am on vacation, after all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Previous Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Next Entry</span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">: <a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-20.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-20.html</a></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Anybody;" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-25123773514450580072023-01-18T17:30:00.007-05:002023-01-19T07:13:52.630-05:002023 Quest Calendar 2: All Aboard<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBdoTt0CR3NnjdIb3ghgt1rnVp5FZkno-fXJwhXoER7Z0r0OB3EpqykVgt1ccv-AHxyuVLHKw1zo1wyt1emniNB60FLnG5LVi0xBO0UKeZSCKCC2i49k7jR97bmMFIVJykYKP9VNRL6Pjm0xNJ6DetSJICSjOhosQufUx26WA6grFGj_A8kyWvJcZ/s768/Harvel-portrait%20(13).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBdoTt0CR3NnjdIb3ghgt1rnVp5FZkno-fXJwhXoER7Z0r0OB3EpqykVgt1ccv-AHxyuVLHKw1zo1wyt1emniNB60FLnG5LVi0xBO0UKeZSCKCC2i49k7jR97bmMFIVJykYKP9VNRL6Pjm0xNJ6DetSJICSjOhosQufUx26WA6grFGj_A8kyWvJcZ/w320-h320/Harvel-portrait%20(13).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am feeling: Excited but nervous</b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Windsday, Nebulis 18</span></h1><p></p><h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Apparently the cruise I signed up for is one of those 'immersive live-action interactive experience' type deals. You know, where everyone wears costumes and you're supposed to pretend to be a part of the story. I did a murder mystery dinner thing once, but that was like a few hours. This is an extended cruise! Seems almost crazy that they'd plan one of these to go on this long. But I'm not complaining.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">I don't remember scheduling one of these themed cruises when I signed on, but apparently that's what it was. Maybe that was just in the fine print. You'd think it would have been a bigger part of the advertising.</span></div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">I dunno. It's exciting, but also seems like it could be kind of weird and tiring over time. Hopefully they have some time for resting out of character and stuff.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">I will say, this experience is very convincing! It seems like we're supposed to be part of the crew of a for-hire mercenary/smuggler type ship called the Karnak. The place seems pretty cramped, I'm sure for realism purposes. And the dirt, rust, and grime seems so incredibly realistic! But I'm sure it's all just painted on and completely hygienic! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">I was personally welcomed onto the ship today by the captain, Captain Cayless. She gave the impression of being strict and commanding, but also said things like "we have fun here" to put potential customers like myself at ease. After all, if the situation was too harsh or realistic, it wouldn't be a fun piece of entertainment.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">She ended her spiel by asking me to tell her about myself, so I made up a story about being an ace pilot and a crack shot with a laser pistol. Seems like a fun character to play.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">It'll be interesting to see how things play out!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Previous/First Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-17.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Next Entry: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18_0513811102.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18_0513811102.html</a></span></span></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a></span></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-21351801256279948252023-01-17T17:07:00.003-05:002023-01-19T07:13:20.485-05:002023 Quest Calendar 1: Introducing Harvel<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6y8mKqNakaXdQ_5_5ApYgO5_7FEExsuFN_8cth-mJOhdAnkf20-DckDBMQyR4Hl7aYjjLK0Lk2pKbedGuk3RaMqDg0CPRB3oBaUjhThRp9vTSQCecI1vw63bG1JLMKmv4HAFw79d6Qd7sXRHtBXF1ZnGra6MOZKmejXQGB33qyq-A-GfH-t-VXfmq/s768/Harvel-portrait.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6y8mKqNakaXdQ_5_5ApYgO5_7FEExsuFN_8cth-mJOhdAnkf20-DckDBMQyR4Hl7aYjjLK0Lk2pKbedGuk3RaMqDg0CPRB3oBaUjhThRp9vTSQCecI1vw63bG1JLMKmv4HAFw79d6Qd7sXRHtBXF1ZnGra6MOZKmejXQGB33qyq-A-GfH-t-VXfmq/s320/Harvel-portrait.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Orbitron;">Truceday, Nebulis 17</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Arrived today at the spaceport. I'm excited to set off on this new adventure! I know that some people have frowned on me taking a year off after school to travel the galaxy, but they weren't invited anyway!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">A year long space cruise seems like just the thing to take my mind off of things. Prepaid and all-inclusive, I should be good to go! If, for some reason, I do need to make some extra credits, I'm sure that there are some odd jobs the crew will need done around the ship.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Now I just need to <i>find</i> the ship. It's supposed to be the Kartick or something. I lost my boarding papers, but<span><a name='more'></a></span> I'm sure they've got my name on file. Should be able to just scan my omniwatch and prove who I am. But this spaceport is so big, and it flies out public and private flights. I am just struggling to figure out where I'm going. Hopefully I can get my act together before the ship leaves tomorrow!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Next Entry:</span><span style="font-family: Anybody; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2023/01/Quest-Calendar-2023-01-18.html</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u style="font-family: Orbitron; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Links</u></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">Sundial Games: </span><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/">https://www.sundialgames.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">2023 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/2023">https://www.sundialgames.com/2023</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Anybody;">Character Sheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD3TLLBGO3uOpqRKtj8uOk3Tyy6lhXaDgDIUqT-hjQ0/edit?usp=sharing </a></span></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-78876291179292265422022-02-15T05:30:00.002-05:002022-02-15T08:46:19.608-05:00Quest Calendar 14: The Festival (5 Days)<div style="text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNwAO7_jN77DOksptRxxVVj3WKw9HvfczDFIJS5TOBnN_LDTCYZD6vpxmVQJMjME9n0bbklhRnXiR8aV6beK-S-Gu_rtDHpmacTxR1ESzq9-RiGH5K3N7UgDlyQ4qEL3FTEzSY-peEF-sYJCioMHzYUM6Jvxz01CxZTbG4j9bIEdQZrVD9DKBdy029=s640" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNwAO7_jN77DOksptRxxVVj3WKw9HvfczDFIJS5TOBnN_LDTCYZD6vpxmVQJMjME9n0bbklhRnXiR8aV6beK-S-Gu_rtDHpmacTxR1ESzq9-RiGH5K3N7UgDlyQ4qEL3FTEzSY-peEF-sYJCioMHzYUM6Jvxz01CxZTbG4j9bIEdQZrVD9DKBdy029=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Because a lot of the days are various parts of the same event, I've been considering moving to posting about multiple days at a time anyway. However, I know that the more days I put into one post, the less roleplaying and thought I put into the posts, so I'm not entirely sure what to do. We'll see what happens!</i></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"> Thornsday, Deadprairie 10</h2><div>I approached the festival and was asked for the 3 gold fee. Knowing this would deplete my funds, I used what little charm I had to talk the guards down to a fee of 1 gold for the entry. I graciously thanked them and made my way into the festival. (Total 2 gold)</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Fruitsday, Deadprairie 11</h2><div>As I walked into the festival, I was immediately met by countless booths of games and activities. I smiled. I was a sucker for a good bet.</div><div><br /></div><div>First I tried my hands at a game of hide and seek, paying 1 gold for the opportunity (1 gold). Unfortunately, the children were much better at both hiding and seeking than I was. I next tried to find something more within my skillset and found a lock picking challenge. Excited to use my new lockpick set, I paid the 1 gold fee for this as well (0 gold). Unfortunately, even with the bending of probability, I was unable to get the lock open. From here, I found a bull riding contest. I didn't feel like I would be much of a bull rider, but I was frustrated with my losses and eager to try to get back the money I had lost. I paid 1 gold to ride the bull (-1 gold)*, and I succeeded at this with flying colors, earning 3 gold. I walked away from the games having broken even with 2 gold left in my pocket.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>*When I played this day, I thought I had 2 gold more than I actually should have. I think I forgot to deduct the cost of my stay at the inn from the total on my sheet.</i></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Starday 12/Sunsday 13, Deadprairie</h2><div>As I wandered the festival, I saw a small boy sobbing and looking around franticly. No one else seemed to be paying the child any mind, which was frustrating to me. I knelt down to the boy's level.</div><div><br /></div><div>"What's wrong, lad?" I asked.</div><div><br /></div><div>"My mommy...and daddy..." he cried. "I don't know where they went."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Let's see if we can't find them, shall we?" I asked, wiping his tears with my sleeve.</div><div><br /></div><div>He nodded and I raised the boy up upon my shoulders. He laughed with enjoyment as he looked over the heads of the crowd for his parents. Something about the action felt familiar. Familiar and bittersweet. I recalled my drive to save the lost children in the forest as well. I felt defensive of them. Was this just a goodness in me, or did it relate to my past? Perhaps I had had a child, and something had happened to them. This thought raised a certain sadness in me that seemed to attest to its potential truthfulness. I also considered that I may have been an abandoned child when I was younger. This also seemed to have an emotional truth to it. Was it one of these that caused the drive? Both? Neither? I did not know.</div><div><br /></div><div>Eventually we found the boy's parents. The father was justifying alcoholism by participating in a contest for drinking. The mother was with another group of ladies gossiping about townsfolk and about out of town visitors they had seen. I did not want to leave the child with either of these parents, but I knew there was nothing else I could do. He would likely be emotionally scarred by their faults as he grew up, but traveling with me would be more dangerous for him and likely lead to a shorter life altogether. Resigned, I brought him back to his mother.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Moonsday, Deadprairie 14</h2><div>I came across a strongman game where someone would swing a hammer and hit a lever to try to get a ball to strike a bell at the top of a tower. I watched for some time and realized that there was a magical effect the man operating the game was performing, making the game particularly difficult for those who seemed arrogant or bragging.</div><div><br /></div><div>Putting on the meekest appearance I could I approached.</div><div><br /></div><div>"If I might, I would like to try," I said. "I'm sure that I'm not strong enough, but I don't know. I guess I want to try anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div>The man took my 1 gold and handed me the mallet. I could sense probability against me, so I used my own magic touch to tip things in my favor. In the end, I walked away having earned 5 more gold (6 gold total).</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Truceday, Deadprairie 15</h2><div>There was a whisper from behind some tents.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Hey, Tychon," a voice said. "Come over here."</div><div><br /></div><div>Who was this, and how did they know the name I had given myself? I moved around the tent to investigate. Here I was awaited by a shady looking figure wearing a long green cloak and a wide brimmed black hat. The hat concealed most of his face except for his broad smile and angular chin.</div><div><br /></div><div>"You want some easy coins? Come play this game," he said, gesturing towards a series of three cups upon the table. I smiled. Three card monte. A shell game. One of the oldest cons in the book. I was confident that I could out-match this huckster.</div><div><br /></div><div>Playing a couple rounds of the game, I found myself up eight coins. I was waiting for him to pull the turn, upping the cost and making the game theoretically impossible. But it didn't happen. Instead, I felt a weakening magical force overcome me. A fatigue seemed to flood my body. Using my own magical capacities I pushed off the effect, but when I looked around again, the man had vanished, his table, cups, and orb with him. (14 gold total)</div><div><br /></div><div>Who had this magical conman been? How had he known my name? Given his skillset and what I knew of my skills and dispositions, he seemed like someone who I might have run into before. Had he been a previous companion or ally? Or perhaps he had been a previous enemy? Regardless, he was a danger. A metaphorical dagger. I knew that I needed to keep my eyes open for him and be prepared to play my own game against this sly con.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-09.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-09.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div><b>Sundial Games:</b><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div><b>2022 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><b>Tychon Level 2 Character Sheet: </b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-1852921177075371892022-02-09T16:30:00.006-05:002022-02-15T08:46:42.166-05:00Quest Calendar 13: Gold (2 Days)<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDaqx9itzPngxArfp0R3DpDYoQcNHzEQtVYl01B5U_x9W-HCbniaQ3jhm5WRD5wUQPprzBy-ktQZri2QxXVrS-bIRT2ItqaSs02JDatTHHSbrIDnwB-fcfyw-mkhCx3EVwDSkhCKEqrs52f8rGqnF5WctMQ0K5rFM-zw5i1NBHJFHoGGVgPovrlcKu=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDaqx9itzPngxArfp0R3DpDYoQcNHzEQtVYl01B5U_x9W-HCbniaQ3jhm5WRD5wUQPprzBy-ktQZri2QxXVrS-bIRT2ItqaSs02JDatTHHSbrIDnwB-fcfyw-mkhCx3EVwDSkhCKEqrs52f8rGqnF5WctMQ0K5rFM-zw5i1NBHJFHoGGVgPovrlcKu=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Truceday, Deadprairie 8</h2><div>Waking well rested and still having some days to the festival, I decided to put myself to work and to pick up some more gold coins. I checked out the job board the previous day and took on several jobs in pursuit of funds.</div><div><br /></div><div>I worked as a guard at the city entrance. This was tedious, but increased my funding by 5 gold. I helped to set up for the festival, which was quite tiring, but which also provided me with 5 gold. By the time that I got to the third task, helping to sell festival tickets, I was exhausted and it negatively impacted my work performance. I only ended up making 2 gold from this task. (Total 18 gold)</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Windsday, Deadprairie 9</h2><div>With more coin in my pocket now, I went to the market to see if there was anything worth letting go of some of these newly earned funds. The two things that stood out to me were lockpick tools and a set that included map and compass. Each cost fifteen gold, so I could not afford them both. On the one hand, I felt I would be better at picking locks, should the need arise, than I would be at traveling. So, in this way, the map and compass would give me a greater advantage where I was lacking. And it was more foreseeable that I would want to travel than it was that I would want to pick a lock.</div><div><br /></div><div>And yet, I ended up purchasing the lockpick tools. I couldn't resist them. What did this mean about me? Was I some sort of thief, that I would be drawn to such things? Thievery didn't seem a huge jump from gambling, so it didn't seem like something that would surprise me. But it wasn't something I wanted to have be true of me. (Total 3 gold)</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-07.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-07.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-15.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-15.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div><b>Sundial Games:</b><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div><b>2022 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><b>Tychon Level 2 Character Sheet: </b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div></div><div><br /></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-18441749734517548012022-02-07T06:00:00.067-05:002022-02-15T07:53:36.117-05:00Quest Calendar 12: Graycliff (2 days)<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM5sWMz86qZtrqCg4C4rn1FDfdM8f2AWySyn2EC62G8oorh6FzegRWNVkumlGZDJlT2YVnCVxN2E4Q-RyqSzO_6fmk0yxqL2_W2eTBc5gZyTOrZ67dVSOcNPjQ59Cym-f2BVscpYU7HiVDhjAqbXgUhG6vEVYh934uy5Ff6GdLYGvRfUgDkmtzzrit=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="640" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM5sWMz86qZtrqCg4C4rn1FDfdM8f2AWySyn2EC62G8oorh6FzegRWNVkumlGZDJlT2YVnCVxN2E4Q-RyqSzO_6fmk0yxqL2_W2eTBc5gZyTOrZ67dVSOcNPjQ59Cym-f2BVscpYU7HiVDhjAqbXgUhG6vEVYh934uy5Ff6GdLYGvRfUgDkmtzzrit=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Starday 5/Sunsday 6, Deadprairie</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Finally having arrived in Graycliff, I decide to walk around the city to get my bearings and search for anything that might be familiar. Everywhere I looked I could see banners and posters proclaiming the festival and its festivities. It looked like the festival was going to open in a couple days, and that it would cost 3 gold to participate.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I saw a shop selling various potions, including antidotes to remove poison or health potions to restore one who has been injured. Each cost 4 gold pieces. Feeling the 9 gold that I had in my pouch, I was hesitant to purchase any potions, knowing that I would need funds for a place to stay as well as for entry to the festival, if that was something I chose to attend.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As I walked an alleyway, a beggar approached me. He was haggard and appeared as though he were suffering an illness. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Please!" he called out, his voice rasping with each syllable. "If you have anything to spare..."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I gave him a slight smile as I flicked a coin in his direction. "May your luck improve."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Thank you!" he called out as I continued on my way. I didn't have much in the way coin myself, but I had more than the beggar did and I felt that with my abilities I was more likely to be able to stay on my feet than the man. I did genuinely hope that his luck would improve. I felt I knew something about how a streak of bad luck could ruin someone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Had I suffered such a streak before? Perhaps even in this very city I had been a beggar like him. Perhaps I knew someone else who had experienced that. Either way, it felt increasingly close to my heart as I considered it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I continued on my way and I saw a local job board where citizens and the guard would post tasks they needed performed. This could be a way for me to make some coin, but I was too tired to peruse it at this viewing. I decided to look for a place to sleep.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Moonsday, Deadprairie 7</h2><div>I found an inn called the Shiny Servant. The staff there seemed friendly, and I was able to purchase a night of rest there for 2 gold (down to 6 total). It was nice to finally get a chance to be at peace. I knew I would sleep soundly this night.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-04.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-04.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-09.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-09.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div><b>Sundial Games:</b><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div><b>2022 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><b>Tychon Level 2 Character Sheet: </b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-51922508896655858192022-02-04T06:25:00.002-05:002022-02-07T08:07:01.269-05:00Quest Calendar 11: Journey and Destination (2 Days)<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHOIHNacHA1scHtHsxOV-_sZnoHWAUEezJJdWHE0bv2AoOKW8DCBTMsD4paM-Ytbn6-61ur2mybep6aGtMEWLUJxUjCmrXwaphsD5Mu9XJOqrYdgIML7yWokqmIgfO4eIxPUeo3FpweP2QVFkGfO3z_P35gqz85n7bixRw27xadq40PmWHWejgFJ-M=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHOIHNacHA1scHtHsxOV-_sZnoHWAUEezJJdWHE0bv2AoOKW8DCBTMsD4paM-Ytbn6-61ur2mybep6aGtMEWLUJxUjCmrXwaphsD5Mu9XJOqrYdgIML7yWokqmIgfO4eIxPUeo3FpweP2QVFkGfO3z_P35gqz85n7bixRw27xadq40PmWHWejgFJ-M=s320" width="176" /></a></div>Thornsday, Deadprairie 3</h2><div>As we traveled, we came to a place where two roads diverged. One path was clearly more used and worn than the other. The mother of the family that I was traveling with explained to me that the worn path was the main road while the other was a shortcut. She said that they had been planning on taking the main road as the path would be clear and as there would be safety because of crowds and other travelers along the road. However, the shortcut could be faster and get us to better lodgings than the wagon with more speed. Since I was traveling with them, the mother acknowledged that I could potentially guard them on the shorter path, and she asked my opinion on what we should do moving forward.</div><div><br /></div><div>I liked our odds at taking the shortcut. It was known that there was a shortcut here, so even if it was somewhat more perilous than the main road, others had succeeded at it before.</div><div><br /></div><div>Taking the shortcut proved to be a boon. With all the extra time that we had from the shorter path, we even had the opportunity to break and hunt for food. Not only did this mean we did not have to consume rations, but it also allowed me to tuck some of the extra food away for if I might need it in the future.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Fruitsday, Deadprairie 4</h2><div>At last, we came upon the gates of Greycliff. Two angry-looking guards were processing the crowd as they came through. As we drew near enough to hear, I heard the guards demanding a three gold weapons tax from someone ahead of us in the line. I scowled at that, knowing that the tax should have been two gold. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was surprised by the knowledge, but also hopeful. If I knew what the weapon tax to Greycliff was, then it was likely that I had been here before. If I had been here, then I might be able to find someone who had answers about my past. Regardless, just being in a familiar area might trigger some of my memories to return.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Let me handle this," I told the family as we approached the guards.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Three gold for anyone carrying weapons," one of the guards demanded.</div><div><br /></div><div>"What do you think you are trying to pull here?" I asked of the guard, drawing up near to him and speaking quietly. I knew that if I brought the rest of the crowd to anger, it would cause the guards to react poorly to me. "I know that the tax is only supposed to be two gold. I suggest that if you don't want the mayor to find out about your extra charge, you let me and my company through without paying the tax."</div><div><br /></div><div>"You'll pay just like anyone else," the guard said. "Two gold per person carrying weapons."</div><div><br /></div><div>I sighed at not being able to talk them down to letting us through for free, but at least I knew we wouldn't be paying extra. Returning to the family, I told them that I had managed to get us a discount on the entry tax, making my efforts seem more like an accomplishment than they really had been. The family was appreciative of this as we moved through the gate, me paying my 2 gold as I went. Back down to nine.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had lied to the family. It hadn't made much difference, but there had been no reason to do so. Still, it had seemed natural. Was that the sort of person I was? A liar? Perhaps Greycliff would hold the answers.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-02.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-02.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-07.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2022-02-07.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div><b>Sundial Games:</b><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div><b>2022 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div><b>Tychon Level 2 Character Sheet: </b></div></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-7816233135691532472022-02-02T05:30:00.007-05:002022-02-04T06:25:48.401-05:00Quest Calendar 10: Escape or Tragedy (4 days)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRZBK613ko5otE23a5GMsl8HK8SN_UG5gq7UzuQZ-Tf9HfgfvVMEiBOU1ht96w9-5TELZxT59RIgnRt8wiIQIG026f28DVqlLrbznHYpydeu-bInv3m7zee_gwd5vhwfDaOdADL8JZlTywVJOoT3uKVi9gg4TYNBtEmmZ7mZUdFXPGkzvop6zI7mKh=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="455" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRZBK613ko5otE23a5GMsl8HK8SN_UG5gq7UzuQZ-Tf9HfgfvVMEiBOU1ht96w9-5TELZxT59RIgnRt8wiIQIG026f28DVqlLrbznHYpydeu-bInv3m7zee_gwd5vhwfDaOdADL8JZlTywVJOoT3uKVi9gg4TYNBtEmmZ7mZUdFXPGkzvop6zI7mKh=s320" width="228" /></a></div><br />Who would have thought it would be after getting back from vacation that it would get harder to keep up with these posts?<p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Starday 29/Sunsday 30, Winterwary</h2><div>As I tried to take the children and go, I turned to find two hideous beings blocking our escape. Hags. Perhaps they had been human witches once, twisted by dark magics into horrific beings. Regardless, as they began casting spells, I stepped in front of the children and summoned my cards. Knowing that this could be a difficult struggle, I dug deep into my arcane reserves, giving my battle ability a boost for the whole battle.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first one slung a spell at me, but I absorbed its energy unaffected. I threw a card right into the hag and it fell over dead. The second followed much the same pattern.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had been prepared for a much more difficult struggle, but I wasn't going to complain about a straightforward success. As we went to leave the room, I found two gold coins upon the ground.</div><div><br /></div><div>As I led the children through the maze back to the well, I couldn't help but consider the hags, twisted and warped by their magics. I had access to some sort of arcane energy, even if I did not understand it. Could my use of the manipulation magics become a dependency? If it did, would it become an addiction? Would it turn me into a monster like them? What was the probability of that?</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Moonsday, Winterwary 31</h2><div>We came to the well, rope stretching down to us. I remembered how difficult getting down the well had been, and I knew that the children would need help. I was able to get the girl up without difficulty. With the boy, I saw myself slipping and getting rope burn, but with a shift of golden-yellow light, I tipped the odds in my favor and was able to get him up safely.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Truceday, Deadprairie 1</h2><div>I returned the children back to their parents. They asked how they could repay me, but I made no such demand upon them. They told me that they were going to Graycliff for the Festival and Tournament of Lords, and asked me to go with them. I am uncertain as to if it was an offer of kindness from them or a request for aid and protection from me. Regardless, I looked around to find Seth and saw no trace of him. He must have continued on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Without my previous companion, I accepted the offer of the kind family to ride in their wagon. Perhaps it would be restful. Perhaps, in that rest, I would have time to reflect on my journey, possibly even regaining some of my memory. I could only hope.</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Windsday, Deadprairie 2</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">Imbolc, Foundation of the Realm of the Bearded Beard</h4><div>As I traveled with the family, I considered the events that had transpired since I had awoken. In successfully rescuing the children from the hags, I had undergone many trials. I was happy to have them all behind me now, but I felt that they had helped me to grow. I now had a better sense of my probability manipulation powers, being able to use them at will instead of just on instinct. I still had no idea where the power came from or how I was able to perform it, but I was growing in my understanding of its application.</div><div><br /></div><div>With that understanding, I felt that I had a deeper mastery of my powers allowing me greater use of them. A "level up" of power, one might even say.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-28.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-28.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure:</b> <a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-04.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-04.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div><b>Sundial Games:</b><a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div><b>2022 Quest Calendar:</b> <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tychon Level 1 Character Sheet: </b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tychon Level 2 Character Sheet: </b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNbVZMgjPdhiaMVJe9lzhS-O5cLWnH4ewnic9q0ZZWs/edit?usp=sharing</a></div></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-49089330689557174752022-01-28T05:45:00.002-05:002022-02-01T15:31:01.466-05:00Quest Calendar 9: End of the Cave<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrRqroVB5Tv7f6XbF0w9GPovINY-21Hat1Wq8NBcUb9C3HvOiZIrVQ1un2VBW84eWWpfBrXODwsfSFWMIe9wU07wmPicXj17DSJln_oKAGVvEVDnJzFyYhOxPIbAGQbcfCtHalwsM090NHx0O_ualBrJch-C0oIJI7QwXLuitbx4ZMT3YdFlu4iDBl=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="640" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrRqroVB5Tv7f6XbF0w9GPovINY-21Hat1Wq8NBcUb9C3HvOiZIrVQ1un2VBW84eWWpfBrXODwsfSFWMIe9wU07wmPicXj17DSJln_oKAGVvEVDnJzFyYhOxPIbAGQbcfCtHalwsM090NHx0O_ualBrJch-C0oIJI7QwXLuitbx4ZMT3YdFlu4iDBl=w200-h163" width="200" /></a></div>Fruitsday, Winterwary 28</h2><div>My path through the maze-like tunnels brought me to an open living space. This seemed to be the homiest of the rooms that I'd encountered in this underground space. Someone lived here, or was at least camped out here. Someone who was more sentient than just a monster. Perhaps those beasts had been the pets of whomever it was that lived here.</div><div><br /></div><div>In this room, I finally discovered what had happened to the children. <span><a name='more'></a></span>They were tied up in the room, their faces twisted in fear and need. I quickly summoned one of my magical attack cards and used it to cut through the ropes that were keeping the children bound. I knew that we would need to move quickly. If someone had left these children here, then that someone would be back, probably sooner than later. I wanted to avoid coming face to face with them, at least while the children were still around.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that, well, odds were likely that I'd have more than a few words for such an individual, and that he, she, or they wouldn't be around to kidnap more kids in the future.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-27.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-27.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-02.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/02/Quest-Calendar-2021-02-02.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div>Sundial Games:<a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div>2022 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Tychon Level 1 Character Sheet: </div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?</a><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing">usp=sharing</a> </div></div></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-17226622530106966742022-01-27T14:14:00.002-05:002022-01-28T05:46:05.215-05:00Quest Calendar 8: Below the Well (2 days)<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1hNa1ng3iWF-JNQ9bnY89DMRqqwW9tFQ-_A7fsQggghITCsMCnIxzDwEuf_uMotLhFxOlCj74Jv0xUM1tTaEZD7rLqSngknSHeobmMUCKQJU12Z8NfmzxsVUCqvt3DnENtdbmynbGmTBZ0QS76I3FhPi3HMPPUyF_wEfggaqGpu57JPc0ckpnSOsa=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1hNa1ng3iWF-JNQ9bnY89DMRqqwW9tFQ-_A7fsQggghITCsMCnIxzDwEuf_uMotLhFxOlCj74Jv0xUM1tTaEZD7rLqSngknSHeobmMUCKQJU12Z8NfmzxsVUCqvt3DnENtdbmynbGmTBZ0QS76I3FhPi3HMPPUyF_wEfggaqGpu57JPc0ckpnSOsa=s320" width="214" /></a></div>Windsday, Winterwary 26</h2><p>As I emerged from the well down below, I was met by a glowing eyed creature that struck at me. I threw two magical cards at it. The first seemed as though it would miss, but j used my power to edge probability in my facor and the card hit the creature square in the face. The second card glanced off its side, seeming not to hurt it.</p><p>The beast sunk a tooth into me, drawing blood. I was able to shake the creature off and send it running.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Thornsday, Winterwary 27</h2><p>Continuing into the dark caves, I found<span></span></p><a name='more'></a> it to be like a maze of passages.<p></p><p>I came upon a room filled with the remains of deceased creatures. Perhaps previous meals of the creature I had fought. Perhaps victims of something worse.</p><p>I next moved into a room where a strange liquid boiled in a cauldron. I don't know what it was, but something compelled me to taste the liquid. As I raised it to my lips, I could already feel it sapping my strength. </p><p>The next chamber I entered was home to a creature like the one I had fought at the bottom of the well. It was asleep, and I crept past it quietly. </p><p>I came to a fourth chamber filled with various odds and ends and more unseemly remains. Among the deleterious I found an antidote potion, which I kept in case I encountered poison in my journey. I did not know if I was the sort of person who would have a higher chance of encountering poison.</p><p>Based on what I had experienced so far I was already learning more about the sort of person I was. I had accepted the call to help find the children without question. Did I care for helping children, or helping people in general? Despite setbacks like crossing the dark woods and facing wolves I had kept going. I had delved down into the well almost without a second thought. I was someone who was willing to take large risks. Was that because I was someone who would gamble with my own fate, or was it because I was someone with a sense that the odds were in my favor?</p><p>My ability to make my chances better with magic seemed to lean towards the later, but the ability didn't keep me from all harm. Am I a hero? I rolled the word around in my mind and found it not to my liking. But who else would have gone through all this trouble to find some missing children?</p><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-24.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-24.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-28.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-28.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div>Sundial Games:<a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div>2022 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Tychon Level 1 Character Sheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128353092081803609.post-72894686590759540132022-01-25T06:37:00.002-05:002022-01-27T14:14:38.126-05:00Quest Calendar 7: The Well<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz0MwwKNGumWeTSGow1zebz-sj_2HIdf8Dv5limqUnJf_lXx21pyIYYNqDITF2tvTV246klfRp3EgkpV01LcTrXxxFbat5KsGTFuIXjUq_Pu93rGdo9EMt8Ywr-k3d34bvOxBbPLT4VFqzzoJmtVN67f2E2k0xTLSfRyQRFpro8K9cgxuujCeMcR4j=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz0MwwKNGumWeTSGow1zebz-sj_2HIdf8Dv5limqUnJf_lXx21pyIYYNqDITF2tvTV246klfRp3EgkpV01LcTrXxxFbat5KsGTFuIXjUq_Pu93rGdo9EMt8Ywr-k3d34bvOxBbPLT4VFqzzoJmtVN67f2E2k0xTLSfRyQRFpro8K9cgxuujCeMcR4j=s320" width="279" /></a></div>Truceday, Winterwary 25</h2><div>With no other way forward, I took a closer look at the well. It appeared that there was a rope that I could use to climb down, and so I did so, while bracing myself against the walls of the well with my legs and slowly, carefully, descending. I found the odds low that the kids would have tried to use the rope to get down. But I could still hope.</div><div><br /></div><div>We would see what would await at the bottom. I could only hope that the kids were alright, despite having every reason to believe they weren't.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div><div><b>First Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-18.html</a></div><div><b>Previous Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-24.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-24.html</a></div><div><b>Next Adventure: </b><a href="https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-27.html">https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2022/01/Quest-Calendar-2022-01-27.html</a></div><div><h2>Links</h2><div>Sundial Games:<a href="https://www.sundialgames.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.sundialgames.com/</a> </div><div>2022 Quest Calendar: <a href="https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders">https://2022-quest-calendar.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Tychon Level 1 Character Sheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C2nIvHENXIqy961IsjqV4LIaskEu6hLtIXZb5O8XFJU/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div></div></div>Worlds of GOALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706676735940205220noreply@blogger.com0