ye flask

[GarlicBread]

Bottom post of the previous page:

If the key has a loop try to hook around the rake handle

Otherwise attatch gum to rake to stick to key

[Qbopper]

If the key has a loop try to hook around the rake handle

Otherwise attatch gum to rake to stick to key

you try to poke the end of the rake into the key's loop, but there's nothing to catch onto it with

you stick the ABC gum to the end and try to pick up the key, but the gum can't hold the weight of the key and falls off the rake and into the grate

shit

[bandit]

Try to re- skewer the gum and key with the tine of the rake, or pick it up claw game style

[Qbopper]

Try to re- skewer the gum and key with the tine of the rake, or pick it up claw game style

the head of the rake won't fit through the gaps in the grate

you'd need to hook something inside the key loop, or something along those lines

[factoryman942]

use the caterpillar as your lockpick

also wiggle at it again

[lumipharon]

is the ice pick head thingo hook like, and can it fit through the grille? Actually could you just better describe the item in detail?

[Qbopper]

is the ice pick head thingo hook like, and can it fit through the grille? Actually could you just better describe the item in detail?

it's just a shard of metal that is in the rough shape of an ice pick's head

if you went at a slight angle it would fit through, but your arm can't reach the bottom

use the caterpillar as your lockpick

also wiggle at it again

you realize that squashing your friend into a lock likely won't work

he wiggles in agreement

[Grazyn]

>attach pick to stick with vines
>get key with stick

[Qbopper]

>attach pick to stick with vines
>get key with stick

you screw off the rake head

you take some of the smaller ivy vines off the wall and attempt to fasten it to the rake

it manages to stay on - it won't be sturdy enough for any kind of swinging, but you're confident it'll hold if you stick it down the grate

you do that

it takes some work, because it's dark and you're using a ghetto grabby thingy, but you manage to carefully hook the key ring onto the metal shard and pull it up

inventory:

-1/4th full oil flask (not ye flask)
-not tea
-a rake stick with a metal shard tied to the end
-a rake head
-ABC gum (now covered in dirt and shit)
-a lit oil lamp, full
-a key

[bandit]

Unlock ye gate

[Qbopper]

Unlock ye gate

you walk over to the gate with the key and shove it in the padlock

you give it a twist

it doesn't open

the caterpillar wiggles in sympathy

[Grazyn]

>unlock trapdoor

[Qbopper]

>unlock trapdoor

you go back into the house

the fireplace crackles in greeting

you try the key in the trap door's lock

it unlocks

[Grazyn]

>examine trap door

[factoryman942]

fuck examining things open it

[Grazyn]

It's a trap door
You know
TRAP
door

[Qbopper]

>examine trap door

it's a trap door

fuck examining things open it

you do th-

It's a trap door
You know
TRAP
door

you CAUTIOUSLY open the trap door

you don't die

[bandit]

Enter ye door

[GarlicBread]

Restore rake to former glory

[factoryman942]

It's a trap door
You know
TRAP
door

The fact nothing was behind that door is proof that traps aren't gay

[Drynwyn]

peer into door, use lamp if it is dark

[bandit]

>QBOP MOURNFULLY INTO THE VOID AT THE DOORWAY THAT WE ARE NOT ENTERING

[GarlicBread]

Charge the fukken darkness rake raised with a bloodcurdling cry, frothing at the mouth in barbarous rage as the flask eludes us

[Qbopper]

peer into door, use lamp if it is dark

you can't see anything but some stairs downward

Enter ye door

you enter the door

it's dark down here

there are more stairs but you don't see the bottom yet

Charge the fukken darkness rake raised with a bloodcurdling cry, frothing at the mouth in barbarous rage as the flask eludes us

you reconsider this action as your last charge down some stairs ended poorly

[bman]

fuck sake qbopper you're cancelling like half the actions

[GarlicBread]

Charge down the stairs and bellow a battlecry CAREFULLY

[Qbopper]

fuck sake qbopper you're cancelling like half the actions

i do what is funniest

also because i'm not able to continue right now sorry

EDIT: like yeah the above post is funny and wouldn't have happened without my meme reply

[factoryman942]

caterpillar scout

[GarlicBread]

Also reattatch the head to meh damn rake

[bman]

fuck sake qbopper you're cancelling like half the actions

i do what is funniest

also because i'm not able to continue right now sorry

EDIT: like yeah the above post is funny and wouldn't have happened without my meme reply

no you dont

you denied a frothing raging battlecry and opted for being a pussy careful

0/10 cyoa more like dont cyoa

anyways wave the rake around in the darkness

[bandit]

Light up the darkness with ye lantern or whatever

[Qbopper]

exams are done (yes I passed)

anyways wave the rake around in the darkness

you wildly flail the rake around

nothing happens

Also reattatch the head to meh damn rake

I thought it was already reattached? eh whatever

Light up the darkness with ye lantern or whatever

you hold up the lamp

you can see the bottom of the stairs and a slight way into the room

caterpillar scout

you hold up your caterpillar friend

he wiggles tentatively

[ShadowDimentio]

Go down the stairs to the next room and search the area for a house for caterpillar friend

[oranges]

when is my queued action going to be triggered

[bandit]

Check to make sure we're not running out of ye lantern oil

[Qbopper]

Check to make sure we're not running out of ye lantern oil

it's not ye lantern it's just a regular oil lamp smh fam tbh

it's doing fine for oil, though, you shouldn't have to worry about it running out

Go down the stairs to the next room and search the area for a house for caterpillar friend

you go into the room at the bottom of the stairs

an elegant rug covers a hardwood floor, and the room is lined with stocked bookshelves

you pull a book out, but it's written in an undecipherable language

in the middle of the room is a comfortable looking chair with a small stand next to it

an extinguished lamp sits on the table

an unlit fireplace is directly across from the stairway

[ShadowDimentio]

Find a blank page at the back of some book

Roll it up and light it from the lamp we have

Use the flame to light the other lamp and fire. If the fireplace doesn't want to take, tear pages out of a book and use it as kindling for the fire.

Admire all the fires we've just started.

[Grazyn]

>sit on chair

[bandit]

Move the rug

[GarlicBread]

Appraise the value of this rug

[Armhulen]

Kill the caterpillar

[Qbopper]

Find a blank page at the back of some book

Roll it up and light it from the lamp we have

Use the flame to light the other lamp and fire. If the fireplace doesn't want to take, tear pages out of a book and use it as kindling for the fire.

Admire all the fires we've just started.

sorry i should have clarified - the fireplace is empty, as in there's no wood to burn in it right now

>sit on chair

you take a nice break and sit on the chair

the caterpillar wiggles in relaxation

Move the rug

you try to pull the rug, but the table and chair sitting on top of it limits your ability to do so

you lift it up as best you can to peek underneath but you don't see any signs of a secret door or anything of note beyond some dust

why would someone put a trapdoor to a secret study and then have another trapdoor to another secret study anyways

you feel like this course of action was not well thought out

Appraise the value of this rug

it's a pretty nice rug but you have no time to determine the monetary value of objects because 1. the DM hasn't thought that far ahead amd 2. you only care about obtaining ye flask

you appraise the rug to be worth approximately 20 pieces of etherite, making up a form of currency on the spot and giving it a rough value

you get sidetracked as you being imagining a whole imaginary universe and where said currency came from

it's a shame you have no one to share this imaginary universe with, you could make some kind of roleplaying game about it

maybe have the players roll dice in order to perform actions

Kill the caterpillar

you lost the vote, frog, don't make me create a stand in frog and kill that

[bandit]

why would someone put a trapdoor to a secret study and then have another trapdoor to another secret study anyways

you feel like this course of action was not well thought out

qbopper more like RUDEbopper

anyway, move the bookshelves

[Qbopper]

the bookshelves are set into the wall and line the majority of the room, they don't seem to want to move

[GarlicBread]

Browse books and see if there is anything of interest

[bandit]

Look under the chair cushions

[Qbopper]

Browse books and see if there is anything of interest

most of them are beat up to shit and you can't make out anything interesting, but you see a bright blue book on one of the shelves that you take

you hear a small click

Look under the chair cushions

there's some lint and a coin

[Nilons]

i get ye flask

[Qbopper]

i get ye flask

cease

[bandit]

Take the coin

[Qbopper]

Take the coin

you pick up the coin

holding the lamp up to it, you see that it's just an ordinary penny