>Which would you say is better? Red or Green?
03:42Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:42
green
>You are Luigi.03:42Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott03:42
let's a go
>And you're pretty sure the little castle at the end of all the stages isn't supposed to tower so high into the sky you can't see where it ends.03:42Snowglobe
>But after you went down the flagpole, it became pretty hard to ignore.03:43Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:43
are we platform luigi or ghostbuster luigi or both
>Even moreso since somehow the full moon is visible behind it despite it always being day in this game.03:43Snowglobe
>Your pixels quiver.
>Mario was telling you about something like this happening to him the other day.
>What should have been a routine level ended up involving things from all these other games and stuff.03:44Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:44
we petter have a poltergust on us
>You kinda wish you had your poltergust...03:45Snowglobe
>As if on cue, a very eight-bit version of E. Gadd stolls in from the right boundary of the screen.
>Huh. You're pretty sure nothing is supposed to be able to cross that line while going left.
>Maybe you can too?
>What do?03:46Snowglobe
>STATUS:03:47Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:48
WHAT IS THE STATUS
>You currently have a super mushroom, 31 coins, and three lives.
(Took me a sec to figure out how to roll a d100)03:48Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:48
okay well talk to that senile old fart
http://imgur.com/gallery/mu5gx IMPORTANT
kek
>What say?03:49Snowglobe
Seriously. What say/ask/whatever?
Long as it's, you know, reasonably in-character.03:52Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:53
porbably something along the lines of "prrabadlabaiblado"
in true M&L style
dosh you know what i mean.
gimme a topic.03:53Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:53
>ask
>tower
>"Oh, hello." you say, putting on your best impression of your best bo.
*bro.
>Not that you have a worst bro. You pretty much just have the one, and he's pretty cool.03:54Snowglobe
>"RUIGI" he says, using that soundbite from his appearance on the GCN.
>Man, how do you know about that? You must be being played on the virtual console or something.03:55Snowglobe
>"Fancy seeing you here, m'boy." is all he says before pausing, as if waiting for your input.
>You decide to ask about the elephant in the room.
>"Doc, what's with this huge, spooky tower the little brown castle turned into?"03:56Snowglobe
>He laughs with another soundbite.
>"My boy, I thought you'd never ask."03:57Snowglobe
StroopStroop03:57
hoohoohoohaha a a
>"I'll get right to the point. That there is *Dracula's castle*. It's what drew me here."03:57Snowglobe
>You can't help showing your yellowbelly at that.
>"D---dracula?!" you shout. It just slipped out, really.
>"Mm-hmm. The one and only dark lord. Or at least...something like him.03:58Snowglobe
>"The readings I've been getting from my lab...they don't line up exactly right with what his castle was like in any castlevania game I have on file.
>You gulp audibly.03:59Snowglobe
>"I think it might be an unreleased one or something...maybe a fangame? Who can say?"
>"Either way, mighty strange that this is here at all, huh?"
>what do04:00Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:05
yo old man gimme some gadgets
i already did the flagpole I gotta go in there
>You try to stammer out a reply, but can't seem to make any coherent words.04:05Snowglobe
>E. Gadd takes over the conversation, in that way he always does.
>"Hmm? Oh, I know. You're just itching to put on the old poltergust and get in there, right? Well, don't worry, I thought I might run into you, and brought the old thing."04:06Snowglobe
>He reaches into a pocket on his coat and pulls out an eight-bit version of the familiar old poltergust.
>Though there is one change...04:07Snowglobe
>"Hmm? Noticing that little pink ball dangling off it like a keychain? Yeah, darndest thing. I found it lying around the lab, but I have no idea how it got there."
>"Either way, a quick scan revealed it had something to do with kirby, and, well, this is a vacuum, so I thought: put 'em together!"04:08Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:08
brb
>He laughs again.04:08Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:09
keek
>"If I'm right, this little baby'll sometimes let you take on the characteristics of things you suck up."04:09Snowglobe
>"And this button here..." he points at a little grey hatch, like the eject button on the old super nintendo consoles.
>"That'll spit up anything you sucked in before."04:10Snowglobe
>"Be careful with that, okay, young feller? Would be a shame to take down a really nasty ghost and accidentally let him right back out."04:11Snowglobe
>"Not sure exactly how it works, to be honest. Sometimes it spits up the last thing you vacuumed, and sometimes it does all kinds of other weird stuff."
>He makes one of those babbling soundbites.
>The one that sounds like 'yammu yammu'.04:12Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:12
yabo yabo
>"Well, that's about the size of it. Here, put it on and get going. There's probably a princess from another game trapped in there or somesuch."04:12Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:12
yabo
>You do so, cause were you really not going to?
>"I'll set up shop somewhere nearby. Come back out and see me if you need a rest or supplies, or just want a nice chat."
>what do?04:13Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:14
enter
>You walk up to the imposing structure...04:14Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:15
press circle for the hug prof QTE
>...but not before giving your most trusted ally, besides your bro, a quick hug to show your appreciation.
>"Why, I didn't know you cared, young fella!"
>he makes that laugh soundbite, then hugs you back.04:15Snowglobe
>It's a pretty cozy moment.04:16Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:16
wah hah hah hah hah
JargonScottJargonScott04:16
inb4 someone draws that
>"Now come on, time's a-wastin'!"
>You approach the tower again.04:16Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:17
you do it, jarg
>You notice it's still got a little of your home game mixed into it.
>Mostly cause it's got three doors on the ground floor, just like the castles at the end of every third level do."04:17Snowglobe
one moment...04:18Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:18
i'm gonna request bara E. Gadd from sharks
kek04:18Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:18
kee
>Obnoxious, bouncy music can be heard from the leftmost door.04:20Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:20
>wearing nothing but the poltergust
keee
>The rightmost door has a big, blue snailshell sitting motionless in the corner.04:20Snowglobe
>The middle door appears plain but feels more...serious?
>Hm. What do?04:21Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:21
look at snail shell
>The snail shell is about half your size - bigger than any snail you've ever seen.04:21Snowglobe
>It's also got a really thick outline, and kind of a crude shape, like it's from some kind of hand-drawn game.04:22Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:22
suck it up
>It's also almost entirely empty. A quick tap with your foot reveals it contains a little, bright green pebble, and nothing else.04:22Snowglobe
>What do?04:23Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:23
enter center door
in luigi's mansion fashion
complete with flashlight and "h-hello?"
JargonScottJargonScott04:24
suck up shell and pebble
K.
>You turn on the poltergust. Might as well use this thing right away, right?
>The pebble is sucked up first. Lighter.
>...It just kinda chimes and disappears when it touches you. You now have 32 coins.04:25Snowglobe
>The shell on the other hand pops into the poltergust like any random prop.
>...Nothing else seems to happen. Huh.
>Oh well, Gadd said it would *sometimes* let you take on the properties of things it sucked up.04:26Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:27
PULL THE KIRBYCHAIN
>You do this.
>It does nothing.
>It is just a keychain.
>It's sole ability has been fully integrated into the poltergust.04:27Snowglobe
>Seeing nothing else interesting out here, you decide to walk into the center door.04:28Snowglobe
>You pass through a dark hallway, quivering, trying and failing not to.04:29Snowglobe
>Your teeth chatter, but you do manage to avoid shouting in fear or anything...
>And after a bit of walking, you come upon a little more light, cast by a simple candle on the wall.
>And suddenly, things get a little more...GBA-esque.
>You are now 16-bit.04:30Snowglobe
>Surrounded on every side by depressing grey brickwork, you notice the path ahead is lined with these wall-candles, and...
>is that a...
>did a....
>DID A ZOMBIE JUST RISE UP OUT OF THE GROUND
>AHHHH IT DID
>AHHHHH THERE'S TWO OF THEM04:31Snowglobe
>AND THEY'RE SLOWLY SHUFFLING THIS WAY
>OH NO WHAT DO04:32Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:33
blow shell at them
>Your hands are shaking as if you're doing some kind of old-timey dance, but you manage to fumble your way to the poltergust's eject buton.
*button.04:33Snowglobe
>Aiming the nozzle at the monsters, you press it, and the shell comes flying out forcefully.
>It....blasts right through both of them, and leaving a big, cartoonish hole in both their chests.
*leaves04:34Snowglobe
>Their sprites vanish, accompanied by a little flame sprite.
>You think that's just their death animation.
>Well, 'death'.04:36Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:36
ha gotem
>Interestingly, one of them drops a cloth shirt that it wasn't actually wearing.04:36Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:37
EQUIP
>The other drops what looks like a small knife.
>What do?04:37Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:37
EQUIP
elaborate04:37Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:37
suck up knife
StroopStroop04:37
equip shirt
and wield knife
no wait suck it up
also press a to shout "maaariooo!"
>You put on the shirt.
>A little textbox appears reading 'cloth tunic', and your sweet green shirt just kinda...vanishes?
>Either way, you feel marginally more detected.
*protected.04:38Snowglobe
You then turn the poltergust on the knife.
one sec04:39Snowglobe
>As it disappears past the nozzle, you DEFINITELY feel different.
>Your sprite doesn't change or anything, but...you kinda feel like you have a new move?04:40Snowglobe
>It doesn't seem super kid-friendly, but you get the feeling you can now throw a chargeable knife that deals extra hits over time the more it's charged.
>It's a little violent, but you know it could be handy.04:41Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:41
yay
StroopStroop04:42
kirbeeey
>In front of you, the hallway stretches on, though you can see a screen border in the distance, and a platform beneath a hole in the ceiling about halfway down the hall.04:42Snowglobe
>You also can't help but notice the snail shell is still here.04:43Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:43
take snail shell
>Idly, you find yourself wondering if more zombies might rise up from the ground if you linger too long...
(you guys lucked out on that knife drop; rolled a 17 and a 20 for it.)04:43Snowglobe
>You suck the snail shell back up. Nothing happens.
>You feel like, for simplicity's sake, things only give you powers the first time you vacuum them up.
>But hey, handy to have a snail shell.
>Maybe you'll find a cute little snail who needs a home.
>What do?04:44Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:45
lets a go
go up or forward?04:46Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:46
brb
JargonScottJargonScott04:47
foreward
k04:49Snowglobe
>You continue onward, coming to and going past a strangely static screen boundary.
>It's almost more like a...door, really.04:52Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:52
suck it up
WAIT
DO WE HAVE THE STROBSCOPE AND BLACKLIGHT FROM DARK MOON
>On the other side of the door, the path splits into two. An upper path you can't see over, and a lower path with - oh no - BATS hanging in wait.
>What do?04:53Snowglobe
No you do not.04:54Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:55
drat.
JargonScottJargonScott04:55
not bats
StroopStroop04:55
go up
this is a tower innit
>You may not be afraidda no ghosts, but bats are something else, man.
>You jump up to the upper path you can't see anything on.04:56Snowglobe
>Leaping up to the stony platform, you find yourself staring across a flat surface at a funny-looking lady in a dirty nurse's outfit.
>She's kinda...pacing in place. It's weird.04:58Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott04:59
aaaaaa
>What do?04:59Snowglobe
StroopStroop04:59
go for the bats
>You decide this is somehow worse than a small flying rodent, and drop back down to the prior level.
>Continuing on the low path, you swiftly find yourself right next to those horrifying, terrifying bats.05:01Snowglobe
>As if noticing you, the bats take to the air, and begin slowly flying in your direction but...over you.
>Hm.
>You hear water further down this path.
>What do?05:02Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott05:02
give the bats the succ
StroopStroop05:03
yeah suck em up
Everyone knows you can suck bats up
>Your turn your vacuum on the two animals, and they disappear into it without a fuss.05:03Snowglobe
StroopStroop05:03
shame we aint got no strobo
>You suddenly feel marginally less afraid of the dark.05:03Snowglobe
>The sound of water from further down this path is a little clearer.
>What do?05:04Snowglobe
JargonScottJargonScott05:05
go that way
StroopStroop05:07
cower
>You do so, coweringly descending a roughly-hewn stone staircase that brings you further from your initial point of entry.
>Oh hey you're at a crossroads.
>To the left is another door, a little heavier.05:07Snowglobe
>And to the right is a big pool of water and WAAAAAH SOME KIND OF FISHMAN JUST JUMPED OUT AND
>And...fell right back in?
>WAAAAAH ANOTHER ONE
>AND THIS ONE'S WALKING ON A SHORT PLATFORM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL OH NO
>You feel like there's a whole bunch of these green fish guys over there.
>What do?05:08Snowglobe
StroopStroop05:08
take your left's left
StroopStroop05:09
no wait
take what would be left if you came from the fishmen
:^)
?05:10Snowglobe
>You can't do something that complicated. Your game doesn't have three dimensions.05:11Snowglobe
StroopStroop05:12
go check out the fish bros the,
then*
>You decide to do the brave thing and confront the fish-persons.05:14Snowglobe
>Walking up to the edge of their little pool, you notice THERE'S LIKE THIRTY OF THEM
>....And they kinda just bob along in the water, or leap out straight up, dropping them right back down.
>They don't seem to do much else.
>Or notice you.
>Hrm.05:15Snowglobe
>what do?05:17Snowglobe
StroopStroop05:19
suck up the water