Bifurcation

[cyanAmpersand]

> Bifurcation.

A young man stands in his room. It just so happens that today, the 22nd of June, is the release date of an unpopular new VIDEO GAME named SBURB.
After the DISAPPOINTING FAILURE of the BETA RELEASE over 3 years ago, in which the game didn't even run, many of your friends have refused to play it with you. It looks like a really interesting concept, and you have a feeling that it was just a minor screw-up from one of the admins at SKAIANET on release of the Beta that led to this massive glitch, so you're still going to play it.
Even if it's the LAST THING YOU DO.

Phew, that went off on a bit of a tangent. What's this young man's name, anyway?

> Enter name.

READ THIS BEFORE POSTING

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Here's how it's gonna work:



The above diagram most likely makes no sense without a little explanation, so here goes:
Initially, there will be one timeline. This will include the character's naming and introduction. After their introduction, the timeline will split (or bifurcate, in a sense which possibly borders on the titular) into an Alpha and a Beta timeline, and suggestions must be preceded with [Alpha] or [Beta]. You can even colour code it if you're really cool.
Here's where it gets a little complicated. But still not very complicated. When an active player (by that I mean a character who will play or is playing Sburb, and is currently receiving commands) dies, that timeline will also 'die'. This basically means that it will end, and will be gone "forever". Let's say that the Beta timeline dies. The Alpha timeline will then bifurcate into an Alpha and a Gamma timeline, and these two will receive separate commands, just like the Alpha and Beta timelines did at the start.

If that made no sense, post something derogatory about how much I suck at explaining things, and I'll try my best to explain it in a different way.

Remember, you don't need [Alpha] and [Beta] prefixes on commands until the timeline bifurcates!

Timeline colours:
ALPHA: #FF0000
BETA: #0000FF
GAMMA: #00FF00
DELTA: #FFD700
EPSILON: #CC00FF
ZETA: #00FFFF
ETA: #FF0080
THETA: #80FF00
IOTA: #107A10
KAPPA: #00FF80
LAMBDA: #FF7F00
MU: #658200
NU: #800000
XI: #8000ff
OMICRON: #000080
PI: #3243F6
RHO: #3B3D58
SIGMA: #FF8080
TAU: #008080
UPSILON: #80FF80
PHI: #8080FF
CHI: #808000
PSI: #FF80FF
OMEGA: #6A006A

Character naming rules:

I will be using the same naming rules as in Homestuck with this adventure. That is, humans have a four-letter first name, and a six- or seven-letter surname. NO OTHER NAMES WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO MATTER HOW BADASS YOUR SUGGESTION IS, I WILL NOT CHOOSE IT UNLESS IT FOLLOWS THAT PATTERN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Also cutscenes:

At some point, there will be cutscenes, bits I have planned out beforehand. These will mainly be flashbacks, and will not be very often, or very long. But I will not accept suggestions for these segments. The commands will be preceded by [C].

OK, NOW YOU CAN POST

Mirror, fanart and sig banner:

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(Thanks, Wacom Guy! And AchillesAndTortoise!)

Fanart!

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By my sister (she doesn't have a forum account):

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She also drew this (in which Rick's hair is a cat):

By Qeztotz:

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Rick looking kind of creepy:


Luna (and various other characters in the background):


And this character who hasn't actually appeared yet:


Another character who hasn't appeared yet:


And another Luna (original sketch by me, tidied up, coloured, and backgrounded by Qeztotz):


Another character who hasn't appeared yet:


Awesome landscape:

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[Jetroid]

>Luke Sander(s)

[Qeztotz]

Dick fridge
Whooo! After all this time you finally start!!!
Yep, blame me, i also suggested that he doesnt do pictures and just describes the picture untill the motherboard is fixed.

[tiresiasArchivist]

Oooh, this looks interesting! How about...

> José Brekton

[crash826]

> Luis Whist
> Rick Calcife
> Jame Irving

[tiresiasArchivist]

why
o why
does noone read spoilers???

I did! ^u^

[HexMix]

> Rick British
> Jeff Smitty

[crash826]

Protip: read the rules!
Four-letter first name, six- or seven-letter surname.

Altered.

[sonic3535]

>Bata Rileece

>Mike Guarda

>Mark Reilly

[TheFinalWraith]

Mike Strong

[Lieutenant Fish]

>Thom Porter

[atomicCascade]

>Cody Barrett

>Dean Collin

>Kris Dallas

[OrangeAipom]

Rick Astley

[tiresiasArchivist]

Rick Astley

Changing mine to this. It fits!

[Naristar]

Jesy Walker

[Sparrowsmith]

Joey McDowel

[cyanAmpersand]

> Enter name.



Yeah. Great. I'm glad I'm not the only one taking this naming ritual seriously.

> Try again.



If you're not gonna take this seriously, I'll name him myself!

> Last chance. Don't blow it, dude.



Well that was an utter debacle. Alright, great, the guy has a name. Finally.

> Examine broom/doom/gloom/zoom/loom/womb/roomba/whom.

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This is so weird that so many people chose Rick, because I asked my sister the other day what she would call him, and she said Rick as well! I guess he just looks like a Rick. It was meant to be.
"Examine room" will be the next command, but it may take longer than it should, because I'm going to try and remake his room from the old version that I still have.

[Jetroid]

>Introduce yourself and show us your room!

[Tam Lin]

The bifurcation: Happen when the player makes the choice between messing around and getting to business as soon as possible

[Qeztotz]

Examine room

[snuffysam]

> Examine broom.
> Examine doom.
> Examine gloom.
> Examine zoom.
> Examine loom.

[tiresiasArchivist]

> Examine womb.

[HexMix]

> Examine room(ba)

[sonic3535]

>Examine whom?
>Axe a manor - ooh, mm.
>X-ray room.
>Destroy room.
>Re-create room.

[crash826]

> Take exam in room.
> Meet your ex, Anna M., in room.