mapping party mapping party

[rebells]

Who: a bunch of less-than-upstanding nerd boys
Where: along this route
When: Day 8, or thereabouts
Open/Closed: closed to mapping party; pm rebells if your character would have icly asked to come!

[So you may have gotten a telepathic message a few days ago about an expedition to map the coastline . . . or maybe you were invited along by a friend. Whatever the reason, it's bright and early this morning, and it's time to set out!

Characters would have gotten a further telepathic message from Jay with a date and time to meet outside the shacks. They'll be heading east along the "shore," tracking the coast, and then heading directly back towards base camp . . . who knows what they'll find along the way?]

Comments

[rebells]

. . . ah.

Additive, then.

[parodeity]

So...human centipede style.

[windeity]

Gross. [He's staring at the frog tower in distain though.] That's not what happened with other stuff though. Remember the stars? [A metal spoon and a yellow star post-it created yellow metal stars.] What are we defining as additive though?

[rebells]

The opposite of what averaging would get you? Needing identifiable components of both individual items in the final product?

[He frowns.]

I don't know. What else have you fused so far?

[parodeity]

I like you. [ TO JAY. LMAO. ] Also he's fused lots of things. It isn't always additive; I'd say the doreos were more the laws of averagin'.

[windeity]

[He's just making a face at both of them? Math is stupid, Dave why are you like this, Jay let him live, etc etc. Still, he's pondering on that for a minute.]

Someone, though I will not say who, wanted me to fuse cheesy tortilla chips and chocolate cream-filled cookies together, and those fused in two different ways. Otherwise uh...we made that lamp I told you about, a paper crane with some sparkles and some color-changing yarn, this spinning carousel thing with metal stars attached because I fused a paper star and a metal spoon, and a knife with a Chinese fingertrap but that was sort of demented and gave us an extra blade.

[rebells]

[Jay just smiiiiles. I don't know why you're making a face, John. I certainly didn't do anything.]

You fused the same items and got two different results? What were they?

[parodeity]

One was a dorito-flavored creme with two chocolate cookies surroundin' it and the other was a creme-flavored creme with doritos surroundin' it.

[windeity]

[SIGH.]

They were both pretty disgusting, too. So that part was the same even if it showed up in two different forms.

[rebells]

. . . maybe it's more like choosing between one of multiple possibilities, then.

[parodeity]

Were you thinkin' anything different when you made the two different types, for that matter? Maybe intent does have somethin' to do with it.

[windeity]

I think I was trying to decide which of the possibilities would taste less weird. And then both possibilities showed up, so maybe? It's never happened like that before so maybe it has to be something that only has a set amount of circumstances. I don't know what you would call that.

[rebells]

Did you have multiple copies of the cookies and--doritos? That might also have something to do with it.

[parodeity]

We did. Like, a full pack of cookies and a full bag of chips, but he did 'em one at a time?

[windeity]

Yeah, and they were from the same pack and everything that Dave drew so I cannot think of what might have changed outside of being surprised it turned out the opposite of what I originally wanted the first time.

[rebells]

It might be helpful to conduct repeated experiments. To try and fuse the same objects over and over again, or something of that nature.

[parodeity]

As long as Johnny boy wouldn't get bored doin' that - but hey, trial and error?

[ he's mostly teasing. ]

I think the more we all practice the better shit'll be in the long run, for sure.

[windeity]

I guess that's something to try, but maybe with something that isn't stupid snack food. If it really is partially based on having limited possibilities it's better to know now. But I'm not sure it applies to the frogs, so we can probably do that later.

[rebells]

Shall we get back to exploring, then? We're getting closer to camp, I think.

[parodeity]

Sure, sounds fine to me. We're nearly in the home stretch, then...and get to tell everyone about our dumb adventures.

[windeity]

Yeah, that's a good plan. Let's get going then.