Game: Invisible Friend (Sign up for Round 53)

[Jairus]

Hear ye, hear ye, Invisible Friend!

I speak to ye now, in the hopes that ye shalt hear my queries to you!

Shalt I continue to speak in this horrid butchered Olde Englishe, or should I speaketh in a normal tone?
What light though yonder window breaks?
Do you bit your thumb at me?
What is a man?
Tis been a while since I played a round, shall we have fun, my friend I cannot see?
Actually, I'll stop, for fear that the Boxy Bobby will come in here and go "'Ello 'ello 'ello! What's all this then?"

[Gabi]

Wow, people were up late last night!

You don't have to worry, llearch.

OK, I'm going to start off with an unusual question this time. Dear IF, what do you think about daylight savings?

And what do you think about life in general? (No, '42' is not the answer to that question).

What are you wearing right now?

Everyone else has asked at least 6 questions. I'm asking only 4, but they require a more descriptive answer. Which do you prefer to answer, and why?

[Noone]

Dear Mr, Miss, or Mrs. Invisible...

Which of the three above(Mr, Miss, Mrs.) should I say? I don't like having the 'or' in there.

Goblins or Kobolds?

If you could ask me one question and I had to answer, what would you ask?

Do you follow politics?

Do you get angry easily?

[Jer-oh-me]

Dear Invisible Friend,

... Okay...

Anyway, good day to you, I'd like to start by first inquiring as to your preference on Pizza toppings.

Secondly, I'm interested in if you like to bicycle.

Thirdly, did you watch the Super Bowl back in February, if you don't know what I'm talking about tell me that.

Fourthly, have you played this game with me before?

Fifthly and Finally, what is your favorite colour?

[VSMIT]

Dear Invisible Friend,
Have you turned off your mind?
Relaxed?
Floated downstream?
Have you talked about the space between us all?
Are you one of them?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Ye gods. And I thought this would be a quiet, easy session. :-/

Oh, well. Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Apologies that this is a bit late - I had a job interview this morning, and the nanny has taken the afternoon off, so things are a bit odd...

Dear invisible friend

I'm going to try some somewhat entertaining questions to start off the round
- In the event of the zombie appocalypse, on the scale of member of the undead legion to ruler of the new world order, where would you rank yourself, and why?
- If you were to be placed into a movie, which movie world would you wish to live in, and why?
- If you could be any animal (not human) what would you want to be, and why?
- Lastly, in a few years, would you be terrified to find out that i was the doctor treating you following some minor to mid-level injury that forced you to go to the hospital?

Dear Friend Who Can Be Seen,

Okay, sure, go ahead.
- Hm... probably just a slightly-upgraded undead legion commander. I'm not that impressive, but I'd be one of the zombies ordering the rest to kill all the Notdeads.
- Star Wars. Kickass gadgets, awesome universe, strange aliens\205 even if I didn't have force powers, it'd still be cool.
- No clue. Never really given much thought out of wondering briefly what it would be like.
- Well, unless you were a doctor, then yes, I would be terrified. But I'd be nervous anyway, since hospitals do that to me.

Hear ye, hear ye, Invisible Friend!

I speak to ye now, in the hopes that ye shalt hear my queries to you!

- Shalt I continue to speak in this horrid butchered Olde Englishe, or should I speaketh in a normal tone?
- What light though yonder window breaks?
- Do you bit your thumb at me?
- What is a man?
- Tis been a while since I played a round, shall we have fun, my friend I cannot see?
Actually, I'll stop, for fear that the Boxy Bobby will come in here and go "'Ello 'ello 'ello! What's all this then?"

- Whatever suits you best. I'm going to speak plain English either way.
- A little bit of sunlight.
- What?
- It is normally an adult male human being, but the word is often applied by extension to the whole human race, and in some forms of literature to non-humans as well. So there you have a long and apparently detailed definition which does not, in fact, define anything.
- I'm having fun already.
- The Bobby? I think "The Boxy" has a better ring to it.

Dear Mr, Miss, or Mrs. Invisible...

- Which of the three above(Mr, Miss, Mrs.) should I say? I don't like having the 'or' in there.
- Goblins or Kobolds?
- If you could ask me one question and I had to answer, what would you ask?
- Do you follow politics?
- Do you get angry easily?

Dear visible friend

- How about you just call me IF, mmkay?
- Kobolds.
- Are all your best friends metal heads?
- They make my head hurt and my heart feel weak.
- You'd have to ask others, as I can't tell you when they think I'm angry.

Dear Invisible Friend,

... Okay...

- Anyway, good day to you, I'd like to start by first inquiring as to your preference on Pizza toppings.
- Secondly, I'm interested in if you like to bicycle.
- Thirdly, did you watch the Super Bowl back in February, if you don't know what I'm talking about tell me that.
- Fourthly, have you played this game with me before?
- Fifthly and Finally, what is your favorite colour?

- I prefer mine plain.
- I used to ride a little, but I don't anymore.
- No, I didn't watch it. I'm not really into sports.
- No.
- Blue, no wait, Yelloooowww!!! aaaaAAAhhhh!

dear invisible friend

- how are you feeling this round?
- are you the invisible man?
- are you a canine of some sort?
- the box has power is this a sign of armageddon?
- who is iron man?
- no really i don't know the actor that played him in the latest move
- do you think you'll have fun this round?
- did you enjoy last round?
- my i have this dance?

dear visible friend

- i am feeling fine thanks
- nope i am visible to myself and others
- nope
- no
- tony stark
- robert downey jr
- yes
- yes
- no

- OK, I'm going to start off with an unusual question this time. Dear IF, what do you think about daylight savings?
- And what do you think about life in general? (No, '42' is not the answer to that question).
- What are you wearing right now?
- Everyone else has asked at least 6 questions. I'm asking only 4, but they require a more descriptive answer. Which do you prefer to answer, and why?

Dear G,
- I think it's an unnecessary part of life and should either be abolished or put in place year-round.  The time change throws off too many people.  If farmers need that extra hour, they can get up earlier.
- Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts.  Why should I be concerned?
- Isn't that an odd question to be asking someone you've probably never met?
- Either way is fine.  Sometimes I prefer answering questions that require thought, because they can be a double-edged sword if used correctly and answered incorrectly.  Hopefully I will answer them in such a way that I do not reveal myself to early on.

Dear Invisible Friend,
- Have you turned off your mind?
- Relaxed?
- Floated downstream?
- Have you talked about the space between us all?
- Are you one of them?

Dear visible friend,

- What?!, i didn't think it could be turned off... if you see me, please let me know where the switch is
- For the moment i am quite relaxed, thank you
- well, there was this one time...
- are you one of them?

[Gabi]

Hmm. Apparently one IF is imitating his/her VF's writing style, another IF has trouble with politics, another is being wordy and the others are playing dodgeball or something. Can I make a set of questions out of this situation? Of course I can!

So, dear Invisible Friend, what are your thoughts about...

-Writing and writing styles?
-Politics?
-Words?
-Dodgeball?

[Lisky]

hmm... interesting...

Dear IF,

do you like to bake or cook?

Do you have any hobbies that are interesting or different that you'd like to talk about?

do you have any pets?

do you drive, walk, or use public transportation?

finally, on a scale of 1 to here *waves hand at about head level* how confident are you that your going to remain undetected?

[VSMIT]

Dear Invisible Friend,
Do you make it bad?
Can you begin to feel better?
When you feel the pain, do you refrain?
Are you a fool who plays it cool?
Do you make your world a little colder?

BTW, Gabi, whose IF was who in your list?

[Noone]

Dear Invisible Friend:

Do you have qualms about lying?

If I asked you any political or economic questions, what would you do?

If someone angers or upsets you, do you tend to make it clear?

Do you have a tendency to be wary of authority?

If you were granted the abilities of an exceptionally skilled hacker for a day, what would you do?

[Jer-oh-me]

Dear Invisible Friend,

Have you ever smoked, ever, even just once to see what it was like?

Same question concerning alcohol.

Mountain Dew or Coffee?

[Jairus]

Dear Invisible Friend,

I'll speak normal, because otherwise I sound silly.
Do you play video games? If so, what's your favorite?
What's your favorite movie?
Have you ever watched Mythbusters?
What's the weather like where you are?
Iron Man or The Dark Knight?
What's your favorite book?
Coffee or tea?
Coke or Pepsi?
What do you like on your pizza?
Am I asking you too many questions?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Dear IF,

- do you like to bake or cook?
- Do you have any hobbies that are interesting or different that you'd like to talk about?
- do you have any pets?
- do you drive, walk, or use public transportation?
- finally, on a scale of 1 to here *waves hand at about head level* how confident are you that your going to remain undetected?

Dear VF,

- I like to cook, but I don't have much time for it.
- Yes. But I shall exercise self-control, and not bore you with them.
- Not my own pets, but my folks have pets.
- All of the above.
- How about 3?

So, dear Invisible Friend, what are your thoughts about...

- Writing and writing styles?
- Politics?
- Words?
- Dodgeball?

Dear Gabi,

- I think that everyone writes the same way, but people's perceptions of what is written can be vastly different form person to person.
- Stupid and unnecessary.
- See previous.
- Fun game, but Nationball is better.

Dear Invisible Friend:

- Do you have qualms about lying?
- If I asked you any political or economic questions, what would you do?
- If someone angers or upsets you, do you tend to make it clear?
- Do you have a tendency to be wary of authority?
- If you were granted the abilities of an exceptionally skilled hacker for a day, what would you do?

Dear Visible Friend

- The truth is paramount but withholding information is within the rules.
- I case my dice for a saving throw.
- I won't mince words but I may spare your feeling when teller you how wrong you've done me.
- What proof do you have of any higher authority?
- You have no proof that I don't already possess  these skills. Or do you?

[Gabi]

So you find words stupid and unnecessary, yet you use them a lot? Why is that so?
What's Nationball? I'd never heard about it before.
Did you know that your latest set of answers didn't make much sense to me? Are you by any chance trying to get back at me for something I did before?

Let's try something different.
What do you think about roleplaying games? Have you played any? If so, what is/was it like? If not, why not?

[e_voyager]

Dear invisible friend

it seems that this round is off to a lively start.

have you played this game often?
have you ever hosted?
would you tell me if you had?
is it true that all around the world it's the same song?
do you like movies?
why am i both here and there yet in neither place?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Dear Invisible Friend,

- Do you make it bad?
- Can you begin to feel better?
- When you feel the pain, do you refrain?
- Are you a fool who plays it cool?
- Do you make your world a little colder?

Dear Visible Friend

- I do make it bad
- I didn't think i was even feeling down to begin with...
- Never... why would i hold back?
- I am a fool who plays it cool, but what about you?
- I tend to think i make the world a little warmer... you know, giving off body heat and the like

Dear Invisible Friend,

- Have you ever smoked, ever, even just once to see what it was like?
- Same question concerning alcohol.
- Mountain Dew or Coffee?

- No, I have never smoked, and I don't like it when other people smoke around me either. It really gets me angry, especially if I happen to have to be in the path of their smoke.
- I've never drank alcohol, and I never will.
- I don't drink either, I try not to intake too much caffeine. I'll grab a pepsi if I really need it, but I try not to drink too much of that either.

Dear invisible friend

it seems that this round is off to a lively start.

- have you played this game often?
- have you ever hosted?
- would you tell me if you had?
- is it true that all around the world it's the same song?
- do you like movies?
- why am i both here and there yet in neither place?

Dear visible friend

yes it does.

- yes
- yes
- just did
- do not know
- yes
- does not compute

So you find words stupid and unnecessary, yet you use them a lot? Why is that so?
What's Nationball? I'd never heard about it before.
Did you know that your latest set of answers didn't make much sense to me? Are you by any chance trying to get back at me for something I did before?

Let's try something different.
What do you think about roleplaying games? Have you played any? If so, what is/was it like? If not, why not?

It just seems to work out that way.

This game is called "Nationball" where I grew up.

I am dreadfully sorry about that.  I can assure you that I don't harbor any feelings of resentment towards you.

I've played D&D with my friends a couple of times.  It was a lot of fun, probably because the DM was a sadistic bastard.

[Gabi]

Oh! Wow, I thought that was the original version of the game. Thanks for the info, my invisible friend.

Why did only e and myself post questions last time? Didn't the rest of you have anything to ask?

So, you like sadistic DMs? Have you ever tried playing with Azlan? You might like it.

Have you noticed that you typed "to early on" rather than "too early on" in your first set of answers?

[Noone]

Dear invisible friend:

Would you do something highly unethical for monetary gain?

What do you do on your spare time?

How do you generally react if someone insults you? Repeatedly?

Have you ever been in a fist-fight?

Do you like intelligent debates?

[Lisky]

Dear invisible friend,
sorry about not posting yesterday... things got a little crazy here, and when i was thinking about this, i felt i lacked the proper sobriety to try and come up with halfway decent questions...

now that it's all over back to the game

did you go out and do anything crazy yesterday?

do you drink? if so, what is your favorite drink?

if you had your choice of near unlimited wealth (billions of dollars), or eternal youth, which would you take and why? (to specify, eternal youth is to have your age frozen at 24... you are not a god, and you are not immune from death. your aging process has stopped, nothing else)

as a driver, do you prefer manual or automatic?

have you ever driven an exotic/expensive car (over 50,000$ US), if so, what kind?

lastly, do you have feelings of deja vu yet?

[e_voyager]

dear invisible friend

do you wear glasses?
is your fursona a canine of some sort?
what ever happened to jack black?
do you know the lyrics to 15 men?
how many more movies are they going to make about jack sparrow?
did you ever see 'the  Pirates of Penzance'?
is there something odd about a laughing fish?
is is time to rest now?

[Jairus]

Dear Invisible Friend,

Hello?
Are you there?
Is everything alright?
What is your favorite color?

[Jer-oh-me]

Dear Invisible Friend,

What is your favorite adjective?

Do you like around ear headphones?
On ear headphones?
In ear headphones/earbuds?

Do you prefer CDs?
Records/Vinyls?
192 bit rate or lower mp3s?
Hi bit rate mp3s?
Radio?

Do you like Bunk Beds?
Did you when you were a child?
Do you like Water Beds?
Did you when you were a child?
Do you like Hammocks?
Did you when you were a child?

What does my name make you think of, if you think about it?
How about Llearch's?

What food do you think you would never get tired of?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Dear Invisible Friend,

I'll speak normal, because otherwise I sound silly.
Do you play video games? If so, what's your favorite?
What's your favorite movie?
Have you ever watched Mythbusters?
What's the weather like where you are?
Iron Man or The Dark Knight?
What's your favorite book?
Coffee or tea?
Coke or Pepsi?
What do you like on your pizza?
Am I asking you too many questions?

Sorry for the delay, my eyes somehow skipped your questions when I checked.

I'm afraid you've found my weak point. Congratulations. I don't know how to answer half of those questions. (There's some irony in that, actually).

I will answer everything I can.

I sometimes play videogames.
I have watched Mythbusters at least once.
The weather hasn't changed much since last round.
The Dark Knight by a short margin.
Tea.
Neither.
Many things.
The number of questions is not offensively high. I'm sorry that I can't do a better job answering them.

Dear invisible friend:

- Would you do something highly unethical for monetary gain?
- What do you do on your spare time?
- How do you generally react if someone insults you? Repeatedly?
- Have you ever been in a fist-fight?
- Do you like intelligent debates?

Dear Visible Friend

- What would it profit a person to gain the whole world, but lose their soul?
- I try to live during that time.
- Yes, but not immediately.
- I am mortal. Yes?
- It is so hard to find one that stays one, that it's like a marvellous work of art, or perhaps a blooming flower, when you do find one.

Dear invisible friend,
sorry about not posting yesterday... things got a little crazy here, and when i was thinking about this, i felt i lacked the proper sobriety to try and come up with halfway decent questions...

now that it's all over back to the game

- did you go out and do anything crazy yesterday?
- do you drink? if so, what is your favorite drink?
- if you had your choice of near unlimited wealth (billions of dollars), or eternal youth, which would you take and why? (to specify, eternal youth is to have your age frozen at 24... you are not a god, and you are not immune from death. your aging process has stopped, nothing else)
- as a driver, do you prefer manual or automatic?
- have you ever driven an exotic/expensive car (over 50,000$ US), if so, what kind?
- lastly, do you have feelings of deja vu yet?

Dear Friend who I see,
Why would you not have been sober last night?

- No. Again, why? Were we supposed to celebrate something last night?
- Yes. Diet Coke. Unless you're talking about alcohol, and then no, I don't drink. Aside from a little champagne on occasion, and I far prefer that to beer.
- Hm... tricky. I'd say "both," but odds are if I chose eternal youth I'd eventually be found out and subjected to scientific experiments to figure out why my aging had frozen. I guess I'd go for the money... and invest in immortality.
- Can't drive manual, so I'll have to say automatic.
- Nope.
- Yes. No! Yes. No! Yes...

dear invisible friend

do you wear glasses?
is your fursona a canine of some sort?
what ever happened to jack black?
do you know the lyrics to 15 men?
how many more movies are they going to make about jack sparrow?
did you ever see 'the  Pirates of Penzance'?
is there something odd about a laughing fish?
is is time to rest now?

dear visible friend

no
no
what do you mean?
no
seven
only heard of
it is interesting
yes

Dear Invisible Friend,

Hello?
Are you there?
Is everything alright?
What is your favorite color?

Why, hello to you too!
Yes, I am. But where is 'there'?
I don't think there's ever been a time when everything was alright, but I've already submitted my answers to your previous questions, if that's what you're asking.
Silver. Yes! I've done it!

[VSMIT]

Dear Invisible Friend,
Has it been a long, cold, lonely Winter?
Has it been years since it's been here?
Are the smiles returning to peoples' faces?
Is the ice slowly melting?

[Lisky]

Dear invisible friend,

it was St Patrick's Day... and at the #1 party school in the country... well, things got a little rowdy... though not out of hand...

lets go try some questions that come from stereotypical bad guys

do you think the world is over-populated?

is it ok to kill off millions of people, if it means establishing a new world order, and everlasting peace?

is it ok to kill off millions of people because it would be amusing?

do you want to watch the world burn?

if it earns you lots of money, does that make it alright?

[Noone]

Dear Invisible Friend:

Do you panic under stress easily?

What would you do if you were obligated to do something you know you wouldn't be able to fulfill?

Do you get uncomfortable in large crowds?

You mentioned souls, are you religious?

What do you think can change the nature of man?

[Jairus]

Dear Invisible Friend,

What continent do you live on?
Do you actually have a favorite video game?
Care to be more specific about your pizza toppings?
What's your favorite soft drink?
Do you have a favorite TV show?
What is your quest?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Apologies for the delay - I've been out all day working.

Whilst this is an improvement on "not working", it's not paying terribly well, and it's tedious work. And the power supply for my eeepc died...

Anyway, on with the show.

Oh! Wow, I thought that was the original version of the game. Thanks for the info, my invisible friend.

Why did only e and myself post questions last time? Didn't the rest of you have anything to ask?

So, you like sadistic DMs? Have you ever tried playing with Azlan? You might like it.

Have you noticed that you typed "to early on" rather than "too early on" in your first set of answers?

I suppose that either they didn't know what to ask or they were waiting for their old questions to be asked.

I have not.  But then, I doubt that I'm close enough to Azlan to play a game with him.

No, but thank you.  I usually catch stuff like that before I send it. Sorry.

Dear Invisible Friend,

What is your favorite adjective?

Do you like around ear headphones?
On ear headphones?
In ear headphones/earbuds?

Do you prefer CDs?
Records/Vinyls?
192 bit rate or lower mp3s?
Hi bit rate mp3s?
Radio?

Do you like Bunk Beds?
Did you when you were a child?
Do you like Water Beds?
Did you when you were a child?
Do you like Hammocks?
Did you when you were a child?

What does my name make you think of, if you think about it?
How about Llearch's?

What food do you think you would never get tired of?

Badly

No
No
No

I don't really listen to music very much, I do use CDs for computers... but not music CDs, if that is what you're asking.
No
No
No
It broke a while ago.

I don't mind them, but I'm not particularly fond of them.
I didn't mind them, but I'm not particularly fond of them.
No.
No.
I'm not fond of sleeping outside.
Sleeping on the outside back then would probably have gotten me assaulted.

Jeremy. That reminds me, I need to go beat up Mark...
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Pizza

Dear invisible friend,

it was St Patrick's Day... and at the #1 party school in the country... well, things got a little rowdy... though not out of hand...

lets go try some questions that come from stereotypical bad guys

- do you think the world is over-populated?
- is it ok to kill off millions of people, if it means establishing a new world order, and everlasting peace?
- is it ok to kill off millions of people because it would be amusing?
- do you want to watch the world burn?
- if it earns you lots of money, does that make it alright?

Dear Schrödinger's Friend,

Oh, right. Missed that. I don't party much.

- Yes. The solution is voluntary limited breeding and space colonization. Not only will this solve our population problems, but space colonies can also provide almost unlimited energy and will help safeguard us against extinction, in addition to potentially solving most of our other problems.
- Not likely. Why, did you watch the Watchmen recently?
- No. Not at all. Unless you're evil, and then it's okay.
- No, I live here.

And an image:

Dear Invisible Friend:

- Do you panic under stress easily?
- What would you do if you were obligated to do something you know you wouldn't be able to fulfill?
- Do you get uncomfortable in large crowds?
- You mentioned souls, are you religious?
- What do you think can change the nature of man?

Dear Visible Friend,

- Stress is an illusion.
- I would fail but I would fail trying.
- I have very little experience with large crowds.

Do you know about her strength in convictions,
  or how she puts all her faith in religion.
Did we take the time to really discover,
  how little we know about each other.

- Only man can change man's nature.

Dear Invisible Friend,

What continent do you live on?
Do you actually have a favorite video game?
Care to be more specific about your pizza toppings?
What's your favorite soft drink?
Do you have a favorite TV show?
What is your quest?

Believe it or not, it depends on who you ask. There have been some heated arguments on that subject.
OK. I like cheese, onions, basil, corn, spinach, among others. The weirdest pizza I've ever eaten had mozzarella, bananas and cinnamon.
If the definition of a soft drink requires it to have both CO2 and artificial flavoring, I'll go with tonic.
No, I don't. I think you've found the pattern. Or have you?
My life is full of quests. Some are more important than others, some are urgent, some are long term. In the end I think it all boils down to living my life in a satisfying way.

[Gabi]

Ooooh! Image!

Dear IF, is anything on your mind these days?

I'm very far away from Azlan, but I have played a forum D&D 3.5 RPG with him as the DM. He was downright evil.

How do you handle self-criticism? I often have trouble with that.

Now this is for llearch: congrats on getting the job, I hope it gets better soon.

[Jer-oh-me]

Dear Invisible Friend,

PIZZA? If you didn't know by now, you should be aware that I work in a pizza shop part time while I attend university. We have, I believe, the best pizza in town, and also we have, according to a math teacher who's a town native, the least expensive pizza in town. I actually have to try the really weird kinds of pizza we have, because I get tired of my favorite.

Anyhow, what do you like on it? Please be more specific than my previous invisible friend who only answered 'meat'.

Did you live in a rough area as a child?

And why don't you listen to music anymore?

If it were possible to make it, I personally would like Hammock Water Bunk-beds. Though probably no one would like the idea of sleeping below a big sack of water outside. Do you have a preference for bed size then?

I'm drinking a glass of milk as I type this post, do you drink milk at all? Did you when you were a kid?

I meant music CDs by the way, but do you play a lot of computer games then?