There’s a question in this one, for that sweet sweet engagement. Today I’m reading
04/16/09 - "John: Read COLONEL SASSACRE’S DAUNTING TEXT.” (/homestuck/32) to 04/16/09 - “John: Examine GameBro Magazine… (homestuck/41)”
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John is holding a huge book Colonels Sassacre’s Daunting Text of Magical Frivolity and Practical Japery If the Colonel was based on a real person I’m totally unable to find them. The pure Scope of Homestuck has overwhelmed the internet so now they are only a Homestuck related character. I’d like to imagine he was a real and particularly annoying member of some military force known for being a practical joker. Anyway John opts to not take this gigantic tome of wisdom but again takes his arms again.
Reporting back to TurntechGodhand [TG] we learn of another of Johns who we have not yet met who we can assume has the handle tentcleTherapist [TT]. TG feels that TT is “mackin on him hard”, TG is a bit cringe.
TG also gives more of an explanation of how Johns stack _SYLLADEX _ thing works and how to actually arm himself for combat. Using the STRIFE SPECIBUS John decides to spec himself as a hammer user given that he has a hammer for hanging that poster.
We do get a peek at the full STRIFE SPECIBUS and there’s a lot of neat choices on there. I found a more detailed/readable version on the fandom wiki . I think I’d be a ladlekind, serve up some sweet justice soup.
If you’re following along tell me what your strife spec would be and why?
TG informs John that his choice is permanent. But with some inventory space cleared John can now take the gigantic Colonels Sassacre’s Daunting Text into his inventory. Apparently this is necessary to read the book which is a bit weird because he can read other things just fine. Perhaps this is a result of its size and John’s perceived lack of arms.
John also wants to get and read the Game Bro magazine on his desk. I’m not sure if GameBro is meant to represent a specific game magazine but for those not old enough to be functional in those years Game Magazines were a big deal in the 90’s. This was also the time of Nintendo’s “play it loud” campaign and the great Nintendo-Sega Console wars. Things were very “in your face” and “cool”.
So we’ll see what GameBro has to say tomorrow…
Till tomorrow, Keep riding the pumpkin tide.
I feel like a fetch modus would do someone’s personality justice more than a strife specibus tbh. that being said I’d just use an array modus, no fuss, straight and to the point.
Also, what’s your native language? From the way you type/write, I can tell you probably aren’t a native speaker. (Of English, that is.)
I often wondered how the fetch modulus worked. It seems like something that characters need to purchase at a modulus store, maybe the good ones cost more?
I apologize if my writing skills are terrible. English is my first language but I had learning and developmental issues during my childhood. Also, my country has been making all government documentation readability focused. As that affects my job I am relearning how to write and it’s been a lot of unlearning and confusion. Usually I can lean on tools, such as the Hemingway Editor. These help me write things in a readability focused way.
I only have the free versions of these for personal use, but I’ll make more of an effort to use them.
Your English is perfectly fine and readable, don’t worry, I’ve actually liked your commentary so far.
As far as fetch modi (moduses?) go, I think it’s like a more complicated bag or backpack, there are different kinds and they all do the same basic thing (e.g captchalouging objects), but in the case of a modus the process of retrieval is a lot more different.