Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Mar 5th, 2010 >

Sorceror

You succeed in locking the door.
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@: "Whew! That was close. I think I'll just rest here for a bit."

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I: "Knock knock"

@: "Who's there?"

I: "The Amulet."

@: "The Amulet who?"

In which direction?             
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I: "The Amulet of Yendor!"

@: "Oh awesome!"

d: "ah ... Dudley ..."

The mind flayer's tentacles suck
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@: "HOLY FUZBUCKLE!"

d: "AAAAH!"

Your brain is eaten! --more--   
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@: "Goodbye, cruel RNG!"

d: "Farewell, my master!"

The mind flayer looks rather ill
The mind flayer dies!           
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@: "Wait, what?"

d: "... I don't want to hang out with you any more."

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YASS: Yet Another Stupid Survival

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13 Comments

#1	Sorceror	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:08:21
Yes, the mind flayer's tentacles most certainly do suck.
#2	Quint	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:49:24
E for not one but two (thanks to Sorceror's comment) nice pieces of humor.
#3	xCheckPoint	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:02:43
Hasn't this been done before? -> "http://alt.org/nethack/dudley/?329"
#4	Sorceror	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:41:17
NO! MINE IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL! Sersiously though, I had a feeling that it had been done before, but I couldn't be bothered searching for it. I feel mine does have some fresh takes: 1) Demonstration that Dudley is an idiot (falling for a knock-knock joke) 2) Dogley's rather sudden change in loyalty when he realises that Dudley doesn't know why the mind flayer dies (also note, in my version, this is not Dudley killing the mind flayer, but more like the mind flayer inadvertently commits suicide) 3) The footnote: "Yet another stupid survival" is in fact a reference to Dudley surviving because he's stupid. I think I may do a sequel to this, actually ... Last edited: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:42:13
#5	ajbRad	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 14:22:49
I'm going to try to work the word "Fuzbuckle" into a sentence today.
#6	Dav	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:11:06
It's been done before and done better. M.
#7	NobodySpecial	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:44:51
I'd say this is better than #329.
#8	Orl	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:33:12
Dav's comment shows that whether your arguments are good or poor, whether you believe strongly in the joke or not, whether you insist much or less, the reader decides. And I as reader decide a P. ... [/drama] joking, G Last edited: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:09:43
#9	Sorceror	Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:11:55
Dav will no doubt rate my sequel P. NobodySpecial: thank you. Orl: whether you know the difference between a castrated male sheep [wether], the ambient temperature and barometric pressure [weather], and a word used to introduce alternative possibilities [whether] or not, the Phantom Tollbooth is an awesome book. Last edited: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:15:03
#10	Quint	Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:33:34
I liked it more too.
#11	NobodySpecial	Sat, 6 Mar 2010 22:43:59
…the Phantom Tollbooth is an awesome book. I concur.
#12	mijae	Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:55:32
The mind flayer joke might be old, but I really like the image of Dudley standing by a door doing a knock-knock joke.
#13	DrSunglass	Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:25:09
Candygram!

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