Machinations
You step through the shimmering portal, and find yourself in a room hardly bigger than a closet. You explore for a little while (a very little while[sic], and find no exits. One one of the walls, however, you find what seems to be some kind of vending machine. It's got a slot, and it's got a button.
Insert card into slot |
Inserting 115/142:
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (115 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: BEBU SOM TAFU."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (142 holes) |
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (142 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: TAFU SOM BEBU."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (115 holes) |
Inserting 97/216:
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (97 holes)
213You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: TAGA SOM HO."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (216 holes) |
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (216 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: HO SOM TAGA."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (97 holes) |
Inserting 88/129:
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (88 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: LALA SOM SOM."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (129 holes) |
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (129 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: SOM SOM LALA."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (88 holes) |
Inserting 182/213:
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (213 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: FUKRO SOM ANKRO."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (182 holes) |
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (182 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: ANKRO SOM FUKRO."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (213 holes) |
Inserting 165/176:
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: FUAN SOM KUZ."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (176 holes) |
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (176 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: KUZ SOM FUAN."
A new card emerges from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes) |
104 is its own group:
- After inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (104 holes)
You insert the card into the machine. There's some humming, some glowing, and then some more humming. Then a voice emerges from the machine: "HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: PAGA SOM NIZEVECHO."
Some new cards emerge from the slot.
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (97 holes) |
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (115 holes) |
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (129 holes) |
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes) |
![]() | You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (213 holes) |
Press the button |
You press the button, and a beam shoots down from the ceiling, vaporizing you. Luckily, the vapors that were once you are reconstituted in short order, just outside the portal in your campsite.
Occurs at A Shimmering Portal.
Notes
- Cards can be exchanged indefinitely. This adventure only ends when the button is pressed.
- This encounter does not use an adventure, it does however use up a charge at the Portal.
- A Shimmering Portal has a base Combat Frequency of 100%. Thus, this adventure will not occur without increasing the rate of non-combat adventures.
- The text in this adventure is translated as follows:
- HOCHOFUNO FUZAKLA FUCHANOKCHA: INSTRUCTION EXCHANGE INITIALIZING
- BEBU SOM TAFU: ATTACK TO TARGET
- TAGA SOM HO: REPAIR TO SELF
- SOM SOM LALA: BUFF TO FLOOR
- FUKRO SOM ANKRO: MODIFY TO DRONE
- FUAN SOM KUZ: BUILD TO WALL
- TAFU SOM BEBU: TARGET TO ATTACK
- HO SOM TAGA: SELF TO REPAIR
- LALA SOM SOM: FLOOR TO BUFF
- ANKRO SOM FUKRO: DRONE TO MODIFY
- KUZ SOM FUAN: WALL TO BUILD
- PAGA SOM NIZEVECHO: SPHERE TO MULTIPLE
Quick Reference | |
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Holes | Commands |
115 <=> 142 | Command ATTACK <=> Command TARGET |
97 <=> 216 | Command REPAIR <=> Object SELF |
88 <=> 129 | Object FLOOR <=> Command BUFF |
182 <=> 213 | Object DRONE <=> Command MODIFY |
165 <=> 176 | Command BUILD <=> Object WALL |