The Tides of Chaos- Roleplay

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Cassie tilts her head. "Huh. I dunno why, but I thought you meant a person."

"How far is it?" says Henry.

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“About 30 miles, I think”

 

[phibglib]

"My car's parked a short distance outside of town," says Henry. "Hopefully, whatever's going on has an epicenter located here, so it doesn't affect what's going on outside."

 

[phibglib]

"Cassie, you stay here in case anything else happens, or you can find more info," says Henry.

Cassie does a salute. "I won't let you down, bro!"

 

[phibglib]

"One more thing," says Henry. "John, can you tell me anything you know that might be relevant to this situation? Anything that might make you a target?"

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“A target? I… don’t understand. I cast a spell and it backfired.”

 

[phibglib]

Henry facepalms. "Yes. I know. The issue is why you were showing signs of mind control. It's possible that it wasn't a deliberate act, but we're considering multiple hypotheses here."

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“Ok… but why would someone mind control me? There’s a high chance their spell could backfire. I don’t know anyone who would be willing to risk that to light me on fire. Are you sure I was hypnotized?”
(With a 20? Yes she is POSITIVE)

 

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Cassie nods vigorously. "A hundred percent, buddy!"

"And we don't know why someone would mind control you," says Henry. "That's literally what I was trying to find out by asking you that question."

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“Well, I don’t have any info for you.”

 

[phibglib]

"We can talk more on the way," says Henry. "For instance, you can tell me more about your life, and maybe I'll see something you don't right now?"

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“Ok. Where’s the car?”

 

[phibglib]

"Western edge of town," says Henry. "Can you walk?"

(It'd be the opposite side from the mountain on the map I drew.)

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“Alright, let’s go.”

 

[phibglib]

Henry nods, and looks back to Cassie. "You know my usual warning about stupid or crazy things, blah blah blah."

"And you know my usual answer!" says Cassie, referring to "I make no promises!"

 

[phibglib]

And so they start heading out.

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“So, my life is pretty simple. I get up, make food, go to my job- or at least, I used to… anyways, I live alone, I don’t know many people, so I really don’t think there’s anyone that would have done this”
(man idk how to character build AHHGG)

 

[phibglib]

(If you want, I can use ChatGPT as a DM for this part, or I can just use it to feed you ideas.)

 

[BenjaminTD6]

I’ll see what advice u can give ig. I already have lore for why the chaos is happening, so that isn’t changing

 

[phibglib]

"What's your job?" says Henry.

(CGPT seems to suggest "carpenter" for this.)

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“I’m a carpenter. Or, was. Now, without magic, I don’t really know how to do my job. I’ve heard of these anamig tools, like hammers, but idk how to use em”

 

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"Hopefully, we'll get to the bottom of this, and that won't be necessary," says Henry. "But don't get me wrong, it's good to have as many tools in our arsenal as we can, including both magic and anamig stuff. So, what was your childhood like?"

(CGPT makes up a backstory where his dad was a healer, his mom worked on enchanting tools for construction. They both said magic was a gift.)

 

[BenjaminTD6]

“My dad was a construction worker, he built about half of this town, including the hospital. And my mother worked at the hospital for years. That place gave both of them their livelihood… and now it’s gone”

 

[phibglib]

"I'm sorry to hear that," says Henry. "Magic's pretty important to my own parents' lives also. My dad defends the world from interdimensional threats and my mom's a snapcaster."

(I'm using "snapcaster" as the magical equivalent of a photographer.)

 

[phibglib]

"Also," says Henry, "I myself am a magical theorist. That's why I came here."