Main      Site Guide    

RinkChat

Archives: Haunted Partay

8/28/03

This started because I found myself in a room with about ten other people, all of which were idle. Randy was the only one who wasn't grayed out from idleness, and he was three minutes away from that. So I figured that if people were going to act like furniture, they should be treated like furniture.

Sam: You guys are all being quiet losers.
Sam: Partay in the hizzouse.
Sam: Don't trip over the DEAD BODIES.
Ria: Sorry, Sam.
Sam: Ria!
Sam: This rules! Now we've got TWO people at the partay!
* Ria is no longer dead.
Sam: I think I have a spare keg of root beer behind that flyingcats over there.
flyingcats: SAM
Sam: AAAHH!!
flyingcats: "THAT" flyingcats?
Sam: Freaking scare me when I'm reaching for the keg of root beer, why don't you?
flyingcats: Sorry, d00d.
Randy: I'm still here El Guapo!
Sam: AAAAHH!!
Sam: The furniture is freaking coming alive on me, man.
flyingcats: That's what you get for making furniture out of dead Rinkies.
flyingcats: Sheesh.
Sam: Anyway, how do you guys like that Henry tapestry on the wall over there?
Sam: It looks a lot like him, I think. Plays music sometimes.
Sam: Asks around for lyricists.
Sam: It's like having Henry here.
Randy: It's very nice, but it looks like it could use a good beating to get the dirt out.
Sam: Yeah, it's looking a little gray, but what are you gonna do? They can only make these things so authentic.
Sam: That gremlinn over there. You'd never guess. Copy. It's a total backup module of the gremlinn supercomputer.
* Henry flutters.
Sam: I made gremlinn with built-in redun--AAAAAAAAAHHHH
Sam: The breeze just blew all the dust off that Henry.
Sam: Wow, it looks real shiny black now.
beaverprince3 has entered.
beaverprince3: Hello
Sam: Hey beaver. Pull up a Djinn.
Sam: Have a seat.
* Henry is one of those tapestries that looks like it's looking at you no matter where you are in the room.
Sam: Can I interest youAAAAAHHH.
Sam: That tapestry is freaking freaking me out, man.
Sam: Anyway, beaver, can I interest you in a glass of Rabbitlord?
Sam: This is vintage 2003.
Sam: Perfect imitation of the original 19...8...something model.
beaverprince3: Oooh. From the north part of the vineyard?
* Henry is also one of those tapestries that looks like a smile or a frown, depending which way you look at it.
Sam: Hey flyingcats, you like thatAAAAHHH
Sam: Ahem.
flyingcats: Yes, I do.
Sam: Hey flyingcats, you like that futon you got? It's real Wormwood.
flyingcats: Well, Sam, lemme tell ya. It's kind of lumpy.
Sam: I think they export that stuff from Canada or something.
beaverprince3: This Djinn is quite comfortable. A bit overstuffed, but comfortable.
Sam: Djinn was always all full of himself.
Ria: Henry can be an old hag or a young belle.
* Henry is not one of those old hag tapestries, though.
Sam: Is it just me or is that Henry tapestry awfully commanding of attention?
Sam: It's like, whoa, you can't be in the room without paying attention to it.
Sam: It's a real eyecatcher.
beaverprince3: A bit too flashy for my tastes.
* Henry is also one of those tapestries that has "No, I don't agree, Sam" written on the bottom of it.
Sam: You know, funny thing about that tapestry...it's like, whoa, if you concentrate real hard, it's like you can hear it talking to you.
Sam: Maybe it's just me, I mean, I don't wanna get all hocusy pocusy on you guys, man.
beaverprince3: Whoa. Just like those talking windows I saw on TV.
* Henry sways.
Sam: Hey flyingcats, shut that Rivikah over there, would you? There's a huge draft.
* flyingcats shuts the Rivikah with a clatter.
Athaleon has entered.
Sam: Ah, my new furniture arrived.
Sam: Let's see, here's the instructions -- they send instructions with everything these days -- "Place in room. Allow ten minutes to set."
Sam: Yeah ok, that'll work. Randy, help me move this Athaleon over...hmmm, I think it would look kinda nice next to the gremlinn.
Randy: Sam: Don't look now, but I think someone is trying to take that Wormwood.
Sam: Randy: Naw, man! Crap! Not my pressure treated wormwood futon!
* Henry refracts light.
Sam: AAAAAHH
Sam: Freaking rainbows.
Sam: How'd they get a tapestry to refract freaking light, man?
beaverprince3: See ya later.
* Henry is just that good.
Sam: Oh, later dude! Awesome partay, maAAAAAAHH.
* beaverprince3 finishes goblet of Rabbitlord and steps quietly out the Rivikah.
beaverprince3 has left.
* Sam shakes his head.
Sam: I must be sleep-deprived or something.
Sam: Excuse me for a moment, guys, I gotta go use the famous.
* Randy sets the Djinn for 8:30.
Djinn has left.
Sam: So, I'm back guyAAAAAH
Djinn has entered.
Djinn has entered.
Sam: THE FREAKING CLOCK IS MOVING.
* Henry gradually floats upward into a horizontal position.
Sam: AAAAAAH
Sam: THE FREAKING TAPESTRY IS MOVING.
Ria: Dude, Sam. You need to quit buying furniture from creepy old people in seemingly abandoned houses.
* Henry leaks blood.
Sam: THIS FREAKING PLACE IS HAUNTED.
Sam: THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE...AND...THERE...ARE TWO DJINNS!
Sam: I swear I only bought one of these freaking clocks.
* Henry gives birth.
Sam: !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ria: ....
flyingcats: Wow.
Randy: Dude, if this gets any weirder, I am out of here.
Ria: I just don't give roses to baby-bearing tapestries, sorry.
HenryBaby has entered.
flyingcats: OHMY
* Sam whimpers in shock.
Sam: I'm freaking out of here, man.
* Henry gives birth to canaries.
gremlinn: DEAD ONES
Sam: Everybody out of the hizzAAAAAAH
Sam has left.

Ok, so I was HenryBaby. Let's not read a lot into this. Anyway, I figured this was a good place to end this, so I broke character for a moment, but there was still some life left in this.

Sam has entered.
Sam: There's just no graceful way to get back in here and stay in character.
Sam: grem: That freaking RULED.
Sam: Ok, so I *am* still in character. Freaking freak.
Randy: LOL!
* Henry is missing.
Sam: SOMEONE STOLE THE TAPESTRY WHILE I WAS GONE!
flyingcats: You're crazy, Mr. Stoddard.
Sam: We've got a whodunnit now.
Sam: Was it...the futon? Was it...the armchair?
Sam: Perhaps it was the flyingcats or the famous.
Sam: MAYBE...the tapestry stole ITSELF.
* Henry's wall space has been neatly supplanted by a post-it note.
Sam: Oh, sweet, my new Athaleon has almost set.
* Sam reads the post-it note.
* Henry's post-it note reads: "Gone fishing. --Henry"
Sam: Oh, great. That's great. It's good the thing took a little time off. I mean, tapestries hang on the wall like that all the time...every day...gotta be a little tiring, I would think.
* Henry's post-it note is neatly placed atop another post-it note.
* Athaleon flows.
Sam: AAAAAHH
Djinn has left.
Sam: Oh, freaking crap! flyingcats, get that freaking Athaleon. We closed the window, it got too hot in he--AAAAAH
Djinn has entered.
Sam: While I'm reading this other note here, somebody sit on that damn clock.
* Sam reads the other post-it note.
* Henry's second post-it note reads: "FOR BRAINS. --Henry"
Sam: ...
flyingcats: Sounds like a grem-influence.
Ria: This is just scary.
Sam: Hey guys, come over here a minute.
Sam: Not you, Djinn.
* Henry's post-it notes go over there.
Sam: Wait--wha--come back here!
* Athaleon sets.
Sam: Ah, my new bidet has set!
Sam: Close the stupid window again so the post-its stop blowing around!
Rivikah is back.
Sam: AAAAAHH
Sam: THE...I FORGET WHAT IT IS...JUST...MOVED.
Sam: Wait, never mind.
Sam: It didn't move. It just came back. And it was already here!
Sam: So it's ok, man.
Sam: Nothing weird happening there.
* Henry's post-it notes pick up pens and start rewriting themselves.
* Athaleon has set, in a half-melted form.
Sam: I always wanted a half-melted bidet and self-writing post-its.
Rivikah: um...um...
Sam: AAAAAAAAAHHH
Rivikah: I go away to watch an inane movie and look what happens....um...whatever it is.
Djinn has left.
Sam: The freaking...Rivikah scared the clock away again.
* Randy drank a little to much Rabbitlord.
Djinn has entered.
Ria: Sam's really jumpy tonight, y'notice?
famous is back.
Sam: Is it justmAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
* Henry hangs in the exit doorway.
Rivikah: ...Sam?
Sam: Ria, please put that famous back by the Athaleon where they belong. They should really go in the bathroom anywHOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?
Sam: THAT PIECE OF FURNITURE I FORGOT WHAT IT IS SPOKE TO ME, I SWEAR IT DID.
Rivikah: ...I guessed.
Sam: YOU GUESSED?
Sam: THAT MUST MEAN YOU HAVE A BRAIN.
Rivikah: yes.
Sam: I KNOW A HENRY TAPESTRY THAT IS LOOKING FOR YOU.
Sam: GO OVER...TO WHERE IT IS.
Sam: MAKE IT STOP WRITING ME POST-ITS, MAN.
Rivikah: I think I won't. It sounds terrifying.
Sam: PLEEEEEEEEASE.
* Henry revolves slowly.
Rivikah: you could try confiscating its posglands.
Rivikah: um...
Rivikah: post-its
* Ria can make the Henry tapestry stop being all freaky, she bets.
* Henry is also one of those tapestries with eyes on both sides.
Ria: Okey.
Ria: No roses for freaky Henries.
Sam: Yeah, threaten it!!
* Henry stares at Ria.
Saiph has entered.
Sam: Wait, what am I saying?? IT'S A TAPE--AHHHHHH
Sam: A FREAKING SAFE JUST WALKED IN HERE.
Djinn has left.
Saiph: Yes I did and it was a booger getting up those stairs.
Djinn has entered.
Sam: SAFE, CATCH THE CLOCK ON YOUR WAY I--NEVER MIND
* Ria has a @-`-,--`,--`-,---- waiting right here.
* Henry stares at Ria.
Sam: A talking safe. A talking safe. Well why the freaking hell not? Safe, meet the window. Window, meet the safe. You two and the tapestry over there should get along real well. You two can talk, and he can write post-its.
Ria: Maybe I should feed this here @-`-,--`,--`-,---- to my dog.
* Henry stares at Ria.
* Sam should really purchase a paperweight for that damn clock.
Ria: Ooooops. No more rose.
* Henry >:-|s at Ria.
Ria: Well, maybe if the tapestry starts acting like a NORMAL Henry, I might have another rose for it.
Sam: Ria/flyingcats: I don't freaking know about freaking you guys, but I'm freaking getting freaking out of here.
Sam is away.
Rivikah: Sam. Be calm
Sam is back.
Sam: I DON'T THINK I CAN BE CALM WHEN IT'S A FREAKING WINDOW TELLING ME TO BE CALM.
Sam: YOU'RE A WINDOW. A WINDOW!
Sam: FIRST YOU STAY OPEN AND BLOW THE HENRY AROUND, AND THEN YOU SHUT AND MELT THE ATHALEON, AND THEN YOU OPEN AND BLOW THE POST-ITS AROUND, AND THEN YOU TELL ME TO BE CALM!
Sam is away.
Djinn has left.
Djinn has entered.
* Henry falls on the floor.
* Ria has seen no evidence of normal Henry-ness.
* Henry falls on the floor all the time.
Ria: I need better evidence than that. Tapestries can fall to the floor quite easily, you know.
* Henry neatly duplicates itself.
Djinn has left.
Djinn has entered.
Djinn has left.
Henry has left.
Henry has entered.
Henry: Hey. Did I miss anything?
Sam: Oh, hey Henry.
Sam: I don't think so.
Djinn has entered.
Sam: Don't mind the clock.
Djinn has left.
Sam: Have a seat. Pull up a flyingcats.
* Sam snickers quietly.
Henry: No, thanks, I brought a Henry.
Sam: Oh, you might want to go try opening up that Rivikah.
* Sam snickers some more.
Rivikah: This Rivikah will not appreciate that.
* Henry pulls up the Henry to the bar.
* Henry opens the Henry's front compartment.
Henry: Hmm. Seems I left my Henry at home. All I've got is two Henries and a Henry.
Henry: Oh, Ria, I have a Henry for you. It says, "Thank you for the Henry. I enjoyed the Henry very much. Where did you find it? I could not find it anywhere in this darn Henry. --Henry."
Ria: I think I'm withholding that rose.
Rivikah: Do you have anything besides Henries?
Henry: Well, I have a Henry.
famous: I have no teeth.

It beats me what on earth famous was talking about, or why she broke a humongous idle time with a line like that, but hey, I can roll with it.

Sam: It's a good thing. Toilets with teeth would be bad.
famous: toll-et
flyingcats: SAMUEL DON'T YOU GO PASSING ME OFF AS A CHAIR NOW
Sam: Hey, you'd rather be a toilet or a bidet?
flyingcats: NO.
flyingcats: I think famous should be the toll-et.
Sam: famous IS the toll-et. Haven't you been paying attention?
famous: Yes. With no teeth
flyingcats: Oh.
flyingcats: OHMY.
Rivikah: ...
flyingcats: Oh, yeah, I see with no --- yeah.

Rewinding a bit, in case you hadn't guessed, Djinn was only an unwitting part of this. At the time this happened, RinkChat had an anomaly known as the revolving door, which happens when the browser of an idle user in streaming mode stops refreshing the user list frame; consequently, that user will wind up timing out of the room, re-entering, and so on until the user physically leaves and re-enters or is kicked. I did end up kicking him, then memoing him to explain, and he didn't find out any of this had happened until later.

Sam: That was fun, but it got pretty scary weird there.
famous: You're pretty scary weird.

Back to the RinkChat Archives.