User:Alinnisawest/DF Characters

Outside the Vault
You stand at the end of a long, dark corridor. You've fought off dragons with your bare hands, escaped dwarves and thieves and unicorns, rescued a princess or two, and even accomplished the impossible- killing a grue. And here you are, standing outside the Vault. Beyond the solid steel door in front of you, there is treasure untold, gold and jewels beyond imagining, pearls and diamonds and rubies just waiting for you to come and pick them up.

Now if only you'd brought a hacksaw.

>inventory

You are carrying a brass lantern, an elvish sword of great antiquity, a handful of carrots, a burlap sack (containing three hard-boiled eggs, a candle, two matches, and a deck of cards), a skeleton key, and a marshmallow roasting stick. Oh, and a hammer. But no hacksaw. You'll have to think of another way.

>plugh

As you ponder your dilemma, your mind chances upon a different way. Forget the hacksaw! Use magic! With a feverish tone, you quickly sort through every magic word you've ever learned. Float! Fudge! Xyzzy! Plover! Until at last you come upon the most magical of all magic words. You quietly pronounce it (although how you say THAT, I dunno) and the door smoothly slides open. Step inside, weary wanderer. Step inside and take your prize.

The Vault
You gaze around you in awe at the magnificent treasures. A ten-foot statue, made from solid gold, leans in one corner, adorned with a pearl necklace of unimaginable worth. Gold and silver coins carpet the floor, and a brass-bound trunk overflows with rubies at your feet. Diamonds spill from a tear in a sack near the wall. Rings of every hue are carefully sorted into neat bins across the room. The shimmering reflection of all the gold and gems threatens to blind you.

And in the centre of the room, you spy a small object. It's not very large, just a tiny rectangle, about half an inch wide by two and a half inches long. It looks vaguely like a userbox.

> examine object

As you bend down closer to the object, you find that behold! It is a userbox! Stretch out your hand, adventurer, and take the userbox for your own...

Of course, to maintain the secrecy of the vault, you discover that to attain your prize, you must replace "!!!!" with "Centenarydiamond", thus providing them with their magnificent prize.

Ah yes, and as you stoop to pick up your treasure, you notice a small, shabby notebook tossed in one corner. It looks decidedly out of place amongst the magnificent treasures, you think, as you stoop to pick it up. You open the cover and see...

The Notebook
...a list of names, detailing all of the brilliant people who have made their way to this vault. Kindly sign with # message ~, with a short message, of course, in the spot labeled "message". And do remember to completely erase the edit summary and replace it with some convincing, benign summary like "a small contribution" or "my thoughts". Thank ye mightily.

> write in notebook

And behold, you do.


 * 1) Why, for the love of all things shiny, am I signing my own secret page? So I, in my endless self-centeredness, can have the pleasure of seeing my name be number one. Enjoy. Alinnisawest (talk) 16:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)