[title]Task 2 - A Hybrid Future[/title]
Alright, is everyone quite finished? Oh, I see you’ve all taken to magic and science. That’s not quite what I expected. Oh my word. A tie. Well this is the worst… I mean, how did you even manage. Oh dear. This won’t end well.
The Story
[spoiler]Rhewin and teams assemble back in the throne room. The King, Lord Veahan, and Lord Szijak are waiting. Both Lords have smug looks on their faces, each looking as if he was sure his team had beaten the other. The King has no expression.
[color=indigo]“Rhewin,”[/color] he bellows, [color=indigo]“bring forward the winning team. To them I give my blessing, to their leader I give the honor of being my highest advisor. The future of my kingdom rests in their hands.”[/color]
Rhewin inches forward nervously wringing his hands.
[color=blue]“Yes, well, you see, I would like to do that, but you see, so many of them like magic and science, and then there was this whole thing about what healing a wound really meant, an-“[/color]
[color=indigo]“Silence!”[/color] the King’s voice echoes through the chamber. [color=indigo]“Are all Lords of Time this incompetent? Which team has won?”[/color]
[color=blue]“Ah, yes.” [/color]Rhewin clears his throat. [color=blue]“The teams have, uh, tied.”[/color]
The King’s eyes widen with rage.
[color=indigo]“WHAT?!”[/color]
[color=blue]
“Yes, well if you let me explain-“[/color]
[color=indigo]“When you came to me months ago convincing me that I should pick between magic and science, I thought that a Time Lord would know best! Instead, you’ve had my two most trusted advisors at each other’s throats for your little game, and for nothing! No more! I hereby declare magic and science to be equals once again! Clearly it is Time that is the enemy!" [/color]
[color=indigo]"My Lords, destroy the interlopers!”[/color]
[color=blue]“Run!”[/color]
Rhewin barely manages to avoid the first few blasts of magic and explosions of science and leads the teams back to the TARDIS.
As he closes the door, a flurry of bullets (much too advanced for their time) pound at the ship’s sides. Just before the TARDIS can take off, one last blast of magic sends it spinning through space and time.
Rhewin manages to get the TARDIS back under control and performs an emergency landing. However, not before a small explosion comes from the console, ending the landing with a hard thud.
[color=blue]“Oh dear,”[/color] Rhewin murmurs, [color=blue]“this will take some time to fix.”[/color]
The LC participants shuffle around, partly interested in what comes next, but mostly bored and ready to start the next task. Rhewin rounds on them.
[color=blue]“And you lot! What do you think you’re doing? A tie? I’ve never seen such an incredible bunch!” [/color]Rhewin sighs. [color=blue]“Well, we were going to go to Minstaria, the planet of the Universe’s Most Comfortable Couch for a relaxing week by the Fountains of Diamond, but according to the console, we’re somewhere in the year 2929. I suppose you want tasks, eh? I don’t know, go find someone who needs help, I’m busy.[/color]
Rhewin prints out a list of groups in the area that are advertising the need for new members, not really paying attention to what groups are actually looking. Rhewin didn’t notice that the TARDIS had picked up and happily printed more than one group that was a bit… dubious. Either way, the mix of magic and science in the world was obvious, no doubt thanks to the tie from almost 2000 years before.
The list reads:
[color=blue]“There, that should work, eh? And um… I don’t know, explore a bit. Try some future food or something while I work out the rest of this now-doomed LC. The TARDIS will provide you with a points break down and the Team Advantages. Which is basically an Everyone Advantage. Congratulations, you have nullified the advantage.”[/color][/spoiler]
You’re in the future now, and nothing much to do except explore around and find a new team. I’ll explain what to expect in these new teams further below since they’re less straight forward than before.
Yet again, none of these tasks actually have to be completed in the year 2929.
The Tasks
Eat food not found on Earth: It’s the future! They’ve gotta have some kind of crazy new dish out there. Eat something that isn’t real food in our world. It can be anything from an actual food product that doesn’t exist to a rubber tire to… well, whatever really. Let’s just hope it tastes well. [color=green]+10 pts[/color]
Speak to an alien: Again, pretty much whatever will work. I don’t care if they’re from another planet or another dimension. I don’t mind if you meet them on Earth. Pretty much the only thing I won’t count is a terrestrial alien (i.e. someone from another country). That would just be boring. [color=green]+15 pts[/color]
Visit a space ship/space station/space colony: This one’s pretty cut and dry. I don’t care what type of ship or what part of the ship. It’s even fine if it’s a current shuttle or a theoretical space ship from the 1800s. If you have a hard time getting to space, try going to a colony on another planet instead. [color=green]+20 pts[/color]
The Teams
PM me your choice for one of the teams below. I won’t be as strict on the balance this time except to say that each team must have at least 4 members. Again, I may need to move you around, so feel free to give me a second choice as well. If there’s a team you absolutely do not want to be on, let me know also. [color=red]You have 48 hours to pick a team, but if everyone responds sooner, I’ll post the tasks sooner, giving you more time to do the tasks.[/color]
[ND]The Cyborg Team: Not quite man, not quite machine. You enhance your body with technology that can do all sorts of things. It could be an eye implant that gives you a HUD, or rocket feet, or a finger that turns into a toothbrush. The Cyborg Team will have tasks focused on technology in dreams as well as enhancing their own dream body.[/ND]
[HI]The Smuggler Team: Smugglers aren’t necessarily bad guys. They’re just willing to do whatever it takes to make their score. You have to be cunning, sneaky, and a tad bit ruthless. The Smuggler Team will focus on infiltration, possible theft, and beating the other two teams at all costs.[/HI]
[FA]The Space Knight Team: OK, ok. I’ll admit it. Space Knights are totally the Jedi of Dreams. You use your mystical dream powers, the last remnants of magic in this world, to alter the world, bend the wills of others, and, if needed, defend yourself using everyone’s favorite scifi weapon, the laser sword. The Space Knight Team will focus on using dream powers as well as duels with their friends and rivals.[/FA]
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[color=red]Magic[/color] [color=blue]and [/color][color=green]Science[/color] [color=blue]Advantage Tasks[/color][/size]
Each former team gets to completely create their own task. The only catch is that the science team must do something related to science and use the keyword “crisis.” The Magic Team must do something related to magic and use the keyword “cage.”
This is another team task and can be completed either alone for [color=green]40 pts[/color] or with a partner for another [color=green]40 pts[/color]. In this particular task, since both teams have one, you can only do your team’s task.
I will PM you all a workspace you can use to discuss, but you don’t have to do it. You should get those PMs in the next hour.
And another LD by deduction. I hope this keeps up. 
. Anyways, this dude didn’t look like a professional barber or anything, and the outcome probably wouldn’t be good, but I knew that it was just a LD so I let him do it.
. (Someone used ESP cards on me one time and well against the odds I got the whole lot wrong. It turned out nearly every single card I guessed was the card after the one I was supposed to guess).
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