comment: |- {{{ Indiana Jones-alike Wants to get stuff to put in a museum outside reality, then destroy where it came from so that the museum is canonical Wants to get cool PwoR relics and then blow it up behind them, in addition to wanting to destroy Earth }}} * Plays are for resources * Personal build-a-museum plot * Question: "What is the value of a truth known only by one?" ** Assumes that truths known by none are worthless. ** Answer1: "If there are none that don't know it, it's worth everything." ** Answer2: "Just below a secret known by none." ** Collect secrets name: Professor Jones player: Crystal Pan gender: f stuff: | [[Actors]], [[Excrucians]], [[Reflexes]], [[History]], [[IndianaFalse1]], [[DisplayCaseKey]], [[Archaeologist]] contacts: | \Tara{A Buddhist pirate who wants to end the world to free all sentient beings from suffering, or something like that. That works for you!} \UnicornLover{A strange kid who seems fascinated with your stories. Always enthusiastic when you talk about how reality needs to go.} \MrsSchiff{In charge of these actors you've been infiltrating.} \InkCatherly{A new arrival who calls \them{}self an explorer. Has a very different style than you do.} body: |- \cenquote{"Small world, Dr. Jones."\\ "Too small for two of us."\\ "This is the second time I've had to reclaim my property from you."\\ "That belongs in a museum!"\\ "So do you."}{Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade} Snakes. You hate snakes. And Nazis. Nazis are the worst -- you're glad you got rid of them. Scorpions are pretty bad too. And the bats. And the snakes, but you already mentioned them. Generally, when you get down to it, pretty much every living thing sucks in its own way. Or maybe it's just reality itself that sucks... ... although occasionally people do produce a few cool things. Some of those might be worth keeping when you finally destroy everyone. So, you go to old ruins and archaeological digs to recover the few pieces that are worth protecting. Of course, you need a place to keep all the stuff. You can't blow up the Earth if you keep all you stuff there. So, you put everything in a museum -- a museum that exists outside of all time and space. And once you finish filling it up, **BOOM**, and watch the value of the artifacts skyrocket. In the meantime, while waiting for a prime opportunity to enact your plan, you had to do something with your life. That something ended up being "Archaeology Professor." You kind of like teaching (it's nice to impart knowledge unto the next generation about what things created by various ancient societies are cool and why), but you have to keep your guard up all the time. You would get in so much trouble with the university if you started ranting at your students on why they and every other human being on the planet is actively ruining all the cool things that you just want to preserve and why they should all cease to be! Of course, you're not perfect. One day, the head of your department overheard you muttering to yourself about how those idiots who wouldn't let you put the Euphronios Krater in a higher security vault at its museum deserved to die in a purifying fire... That was a tricky situation to diffuse. You managed to not get into trouble that time, but sure enough, a couple years later, you really got into trouble. You were lecturing your Intro To Archaeology class about the importance of proper preservation, away from human interference, of ancient artifacts, when a few misguided idiotic students questioned your basic tenets about protecting the cool things. You lost your temper (justifiably so!) and went into a rage at the stupid first-years. They decided you should try a mandatory "sabbatical" from the university for a few years with non-optional anger management classes. They do not rule your life! You rebelled and took off in search of ways of destroying the world for good. You even found some other people who think like you do to help you with your mission! Unfortunately, you and your companions have taken a detour. While you all were looking for the final components to destroy the world, some enemies caught scent of your trail. They followed you to a tower off the coast of California. Inside were actors putting on shows, so you had no choice but to blend in. Unfortunately, some of these fellow actors were also your enemies, but you didn't know who. Things were tense for a while, but you were almost there. You'd found the Vault of Forbidden Truths, which you knew must have the secrets you were looking for. Secrets powerful enough to end the world. You'd just answered the riddle to open it, even! And then the Ragged Things came, snatched up the tower, and brought you all to the Place Without Recourse. Typical. When you got here, the Place's ruler, Ii Ma, leaned down to you and whispered into your ear: **"What is the value of a truth known only to one?"** Of course, being in the Place Without Recourse gives you new and interesting possibilities. There are plenty of places that aren't and artifacts that aren't. However, there are ways of turning Isn'ts into Ises. Right now is one such opportunity. The Place Without Recourse's master -- the horrid bulk that is Ii Ma -- lies dying, and its reality is up for grabs. As you put on shows, their themes will be converted into a piece of reality. When those pieces of reality are placed into certain configurations, ancient sites will spring into existence, filled with artifacts that were never made. You can gather all the artifacts of a civilization without creating that civilization itself. No muss, no fuss. It's brilliant. Perhaps there will even be other powerful secrets here, other Answers you can use... Then, once you've snatched up everything interesting, you can blow everything up, including the Place Without Recourse... == Note == You have a \DisplayCase that you can put Treasures in. It's not completely secure, but it's pretty good. And it's the only way you can take more than one Treasure with you. It has room for up to 4 Treasures. You can put a Treasure in or take one out whenever you want, though you can still only be actively holding one Treasure at a time. It's too heavy to move around easily, but if you leave you'll be able to take it with you to your museum. == Goals == * Work with the \Excrucians to gather the Inconvenient Truths and end reality. * Help put on Shows to open interesting locations. * Explore ruins and recover Treasures, and put the best in your display case. (Like everyone else, you can only carry one Treasure at a time, but you'll be able to take any Treasures in your display case with you.) * Collect any other interesting or useful Answers you can find. username: badgedesc: |- <> A Smug, Rugged-looking \Human number: <> castinghint: | Your character is \name, an actor newly arrived in the Place without Recourse. You are an archaeologist, and you style yourself after Indiana Jones. The Place without Recourse has amazing artifacts that you intend to put in a museum beyond time and space, and once you're done with that, you'll increase the rarity and value of your findings by blowing everything up behind you. Costuming:\\ Think Indiana Jones. The fedora is key. Suggested reading:\\ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones wrapup: <> CR: <> password: <> claimedby: Eddy status: draft answers: | [[IndianaAnswer1]], [[IndianaAnswer2]] email: crysp