Fully merged with Starter Adventure

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Tony Bark 2025-04-27 17:15:17 -04:00
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:: StoryTitle
Crimson Hunter
:: StoryInit
(set: $bond to 50)
(set: $inventory to (a:))
(set: $thrusters to "stable")
(set: $commStatus to "open")
(set: $callsign to "Crimson Hunter")
(set: $partner to "Patchwork")
:: StoryData
{
@ -20,29 +12,75 @@ Crimson Hunter
}
:: Header [header] {"position":"450,350","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[''Starter Adventure'' |
[[Settings->Settings]]]
:: BarrelLaunch {"position":"275,75","size":"100,100"}
You punch a barrel roll straight into launch, laughing as *Strider V* spirals out from the Skyloft like a bottle rocket.
:: Return {"position":"575,350","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(link-goto:
"Return", (history:)'s last)]
> {Patchwork}: "Seriously?! They're gonna **see you from orbit,** $player!"
The Skiff's stabilizers whine — but you land clean, riding momentum straight into open air.
[[Boost toward the mission marker.->MissionStart]]
:: Settings {"position":"450,500","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[=
Name: (input-box:2bind $player,"X",1,"Max")
Location: (dropdown: bind $location, "Sunset Arms", "TPaw HQ")
Class: (dropdown: bind $class, "DJ", "Programmer")
:: CleanLaunch {"position":"600,250","size":"100,100"}
You ease the throttle up smoothly, letting the Skiff slide off the Skyloft lip like a stone skipping water.
(display:"Return")
Zack hums approval through the line.
> {Patchwork}: "Finally. A **professional criminal.** Mom would be so proud."
Clouds part under you like gates. The sky is yours.
[[Head toward the mission marker.->MissionStart]]
:: Header [header] {"position":"75,425","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[''Crimson Hunter | [[Settings->Settings]] ]
:: LiftOffWild {"position":"600,100","size":"100,100"}
You slam the throttle without even looking.
The Skiff lurches forward like a furious catapult. Somewhere, Zack yelps into the comms.
> {Patchwork}: "WHAT THE HELL MAX—!"
You grin feral, blood singing. *Now* you're awake.
[[Steer hard toward the mission marker.->MissionStart]]
:: Main Menu {"position":"325,350","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[=
## [[Play->Start]]
:: Start
:: MissionStart {"position":"425,150","size":"100,100"}
Ahead, the coordinates Zack sent shimmer against the endless clouds — a salvage beacon pulsing weakly atop a broken drift.
Job's simple:
- Retrieve whatever's left.
- Dont die.
- Optional: look cooler than anyone else ever has while doing it.
The Sky calls. You answer.
[[Approach the salvage drift.->Main Menu]]
:: Return {"position":"75,150","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(link-goto:
"Return", (history:)'s last)]
:: Settings {"position":"200,475","size":"100,100"}
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[=
Name: (input-box:2bind $player,"X",1,"Max")
(display:"Return")
:: Start {"position":"450,325","size":"100,100"}
Your cockpit hums like a sleeping dragon.
Through the cracked canopy of *Strider V*, a soft red mist curls off the Skylofts edge. Somewhere deep in the chassis, warning lights flicker half-heartedly, like theyre as tired as you are.
@ -56,50 +94,18 @@ Your knuckles ache against the worn controls. Another job. Another gamble. Anoth
[[Mutter and stretch lazily.->WakeupLazy]]
[[Groan dramatically into the comms.->WakeupGroan]]
:: WakeupGrin
You crack a grin so wide it probably pings off every cheap sensor in a ten-meter radius.
> {You}: "Relax, Patchwork. *Crimson Hunter's* always ready to fly."
:: StoryInit {"position":"75,275","size":"100,100"}
(set: $bond to 50)
(set: $inventory to (a:))
(set: $thrusters to "stable")
(set: $commStatus to "open")
(set: $callsign to "Crimson Hunter")
(set: $partner to "Patchwork")
(set: $player to "Max")
A beat of static. Then Zacks voice, drier than desert toast:
> {Patchwork}: "Sure, ace. Tell that to your **left booster**, which by the way, is crying for mercy."
The Skiff shudders under you — an old, familiar tremble, like a dog itching for the chase.
[[Check systems manually.->SystemsCheck]]
[[Punch it and hope for the best.->LiftOffWild]]
:: WakeupLazy
You stretch slow, deliberate, bones cracking like popcorn.
$player Caseys guide to being technically alive: minimal effort, maximum cool.
> {You}: "Mmrph. Five more minutes. Tell the sky pirates to hold, will ya?"
Zack exhales loud enough to blow out the comm mic.
> {Patchwork}: "Yeah, I'll just *reschedule* reality. Get moving, Hunter."
The Skiff's dash blinks a soft yellow — not urgent, but not *great* either.
[[Check systems manually.->SystemsCheck]]
[[Punch it and hope for the best.->LiftOffWild]]
:: WakeupGroan
You press your forehead to the controls and groan, long and theatrical.
> {You}: "Consider me dead. Tell my fan club."
Zack snorts.
> {Patchwork}: "Cool. I'll write a eulogy. 'Here lies Crimson Hunter. Taken too soon. Self-inflicted cause of death: **Chronic dumbassery.**'"
Outside, the Skyloft's early light fractures across the clouds — gold and blood-red.
[[Check systems manually.->SystemsCheck]]
[[Punch it and hope for the best.->LiftOffWild]]
:: SystemsCheck
:: SystemsCheck {"position":"775,100","size":"100,100"}
You sweep your fingers across the cracked holopanel, coaxing a grudging status feed from *Strider V*.
- Thrusters: Stable-ish.
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[[Launch clean and professional.->CleanLaunch]]
[[Launch with a barrel roll, style first.->BarrelLaunch]]
:: LiftOffWild
You slam the throttle without even looking.
The Skiff lurches forward like a furious catapult. Somewhere, Zack yelps into the comms.
:: WakeupGrin {"position":"925,150","size":"100,100"}
You crack a grin so wide it probably pings off every cheap sensor in a ten-meter radius.
> {Patchwork}: "WHAT THE HELL MAX—!"
> {You}: "Relax, Patchwork. *Crimson Hunter's* always ready to fly."
You grin feral, blood singing. *Now* you're awake.
A beat of static. Then Zacks voice, drier than desert toast:
[[Steer hard toward the mission marker.->MissionStart]]
> {Patchwork}: "Sure, ace. Tell that to your **left booster**, which by the way, is crying for mercy."
:: CleanLaunch
You ease the throttle up smoothly, letting the Skiff slide off the Skyloft lip like a stone skipping water.
The Skiff shudders under you — an old, familiar tremble, like a dog itching for the chase.
Zack hums approval through the line.
[[Check systems manually.->SystemsCheck]]
[[Punch it and hope for the best.->LiftOffWild]]
> {Patchwork}: "Finally. A **professional criminal.** Mom would be so proud."
Clouds part under you like gates. The sky is yours.
:: WakeupGroan {"position":"775,225","size":"100,100"}
You press your forehead to the controls and groan, long and theatrical.
[[Head toward the mission marker.->MissionStart]]
> {You}: "Consider me dead. Tell my fan club."
:: BarrelLaunch
You punch a barrel roll straight into launch, laughing as *Strider V* spirals out from the Skyloft like a bottle rocket.
Zack snorts.
> {Patchwork}: "Seriously?! They're gonna **see you from orbit,** $player!"
> {Patchwork}: "Cool. I'll write a eulogy. 'Here lies Crimson Hunter. Taken too soon. Self-inflicted cause of death: **Chronic dumbassery.**'"
The Skiff's stabilizers whine — but you land clean, riding momentum straight into open air.
Outside, the Skyloft's early light fractures across the clouds — gold and blood-red.
[[Boost toward the mission marker.->MissionStart]]
[[Check systems manually.->SystemsCheck]]
[[Punch it and hope for the best.->LiftOffWild]]
:: MissionStart
Ahead, the coordinates Zack sent shimmer against the endless clouds — a salvage beacon pulsing weakly atop a broken drift.
Job's simple:
- Retrieve whatever's left.
- Dont die.
- Optional: look cooler than anyone else ever has while doing it.
:: WakeupLazy {"position":"700,375","size":"100,100"}
You stretch slow, deliberate, bones cracking like popcorn.
$player Caseys guide to being technically alive: minimal effort, maximum cool.
The Sky calls. You answer.
> {You}: "Mmrph. Five more minutes. Tell the sky pirates to hold, will ya?"
[[Approach the salvage drift.->DriftApproach]]
Zack exhales loud enough to blow out the comm mic.
> {Patchwork}: "Yeah, I'll just *reschedule* reality. Get moving, Hunter."
The Skiff's dash blinks a soft yellow — not urgent, but not *great* either.
[[Check systems manually.->SystemsCheck]]
[[Punch it and hope for the best.->LiftOffWild]]