Nightwatcher Boon/Bane (Game)

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Granted.

Instead of the truth, people are now scared of you.

I wish for the Nightwatcher to do my history project for me to the best of her abilities.

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

On 5/10/2021 at 3:37 PM, Szeth_Pancakes said:

I wish for the Nightwatcher to do my history project for me to the best of her abilities.

Granted.

Knowing nothing about Terran history, the Nightwatcher is forced to base her understanding of human history solely on the contents of your pockets, in which you have a snickers bar wrapper, 47 cents in change (US currency), and a receipt from Starbucks detailing the purchase of a birthday cake pop and a grande carmel machiatto.

Needless to say, being light on information she opts to create a diorama for you, wherein President Lincoln and president Eisenhower are shown rowing a canoe made from a snickers bar with oars shaped like cake pops down a carmel macchiato river, while George Washington waves to them from the shore. The production value is top notch, you get an A+ for the sheer technical prowess displayed in the construction of the miniature animatronic presidents and the manner in which the macchiato river is recirculated to create a gorgeous waterfall and a perpetually flowing river. Oh yeah, for some reason, both Eisenhower and Lincoln are wearing coonskin caps and are singing Frere Jacques. 

Spoiler

 

I wish that in the cosmic struggle between order and chaos, that enthalpy was winning instead of entropy. 

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Ok, that one deserves an upvote.

Yes, that would be very cool. Unfortunately, the change wouldn’t be noticeable in my lifetime, but, like, the heat death of the universe still keeps me up at night.

TPBM just woke up.

Edited May 15, 2021 by Szeth_Pancakes

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

11 hours ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Ok, that one deserves an upvote.

Yes, that would be very cool. Unfortunately, the change wouldn’t be noticeable in my lifetime, but, like, the heat death of the universe still keeps me up at night.

TPBM just woke up.

Psst, this is the Boon and Bane thread.

[Bejarden he/him]

11 hours ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Ok, that one deserves an upvote.

Yes, that would be very cool. Unfortunately, the change wouldn’t be noticeable in my lifetime, but, like, the heat death of the universe still keeps me up at night.

TPBM just woke up.

Yah....

Common mistake happens all the time so I’ll just give you a bane

”You will mix up two threads”

See now it wasn’t your fault

I wish for tomorrow to be longer than an average Sunday 

[Knight of Iron she/they]

10 hours ago, Bejardin1250 said:

I wish for tomorrow to be longer than an average Sunday 

You are forbidden from eating tomorrow, thus extending the length of the Sunday dramatically.

I wish I had the ability to play any song on the piano.

[Honorless he/him]

24 minutes ago, Knight of Iron said:

I wish I had the ability to play any song on the piano.

Granted, your piano now has an mp3 player

I wish for the ability to replicate objects with a thought

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

On 5/16/2021 at 7:14 AM, Honorless said:

Granted, your piano now has an mp3 player

I wish for the ability to replicate objects with a thought

Granted! 

Your bane is that you are now a 3rd tier super hero, nicknamed Dr. Xerox.

No cushy chair at the Justice League for you, no special quarters in Avengers tower, not even a room at the X-men complex. Just a duplex in Des Moines that you share with Kid Stretch, and Captain Flasbulb. 

Every great power is by necessity limited, the constraint on your power is that you have to eat a volume of food equal in mass to the object you copy (sorry, no copying the Eiffel tower) and your copies all come out monochromatic gray. But the upside to that is that if you don't mind eating gray food, you can eat pretty much any food you can think of in perpetuity (the inputs equal the outputs which become the inputs, etc, etc) 

I wish that I could create a working jetpack, that is safe and easily controllable, out of common household materials. 

[Kelsier'sGodComplex she/her]

Granted, it's safe for you, but not for anyone else. Anyone you fly by is immediately burned by the flames coming out the back of it. 

 

I wish that WoK would magically appear in my backpack (I'm at school rn) because I forgot it and am now super bored. 

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Granted! But it is a ciphered copy, and you have to decipher it to read it.

I wish for mac'n'cheese.

[Quivil]

Granted! But if you eat it you'll die.  And also it's invisible, intangible, and permeable to flour.

I wish for a kindle that has all the cosmere books and will get all the cosmere books that aren't out yet when they come out.

[Kelsier'sGodComplex she/her]

Granted but it's in Gaelic and you can't change it. 

 

I wish for a tub of frosting to go with my lunch.

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Granted. However, you have to eat all of it

I wish for the Nightwatcher to give me upvotes.

[+Doomstick he/him]

Granted, @the Nightwatcher, you are called.

your bane is that your left shoe is always wet

 

I wish that people would remember that the nightwatcher does not twist the words of the boon, but grants it as desired and applies a random bane, generally unrelated to the boon.

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Granted...

Starting at the post after this one.

I wish that it was summer break.

 

[The Technovore he/him]

10 hours ago, Doomstick said:

Granted, @the Nightwatcher, you are called.

your bane is that your left shoe is always wet

 

I wish that people would remember that the nightwatcher does not twist the words of the boon, but grants it as desired and applies a random bane, generally unrelated to the boon.

Bruh, so much yes on this. I've always been a little bit bothered that the Nightwatcher in this thread is basically a stereotypical genie.

 

49 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Granted...

Starting at the post after this one.

I wish that it was summer break.

 

Granted! Your bane is that you now have an insatiable desire to work, be working, be accomplishing things, and/or sweating, and will have one for the rest of your life.

My wish is for communism to completely disappear from everyone's minds and the general realm of human thought forever. 

[Kelsier'sGodComplex she/her]

Granted, it's replaced with Socialism 

 

I wish for a perfect score in Rifle Team

[Bejarden he/him]

Granted 

But unfortunately you are plagued by hunger pains for the rest of the day

I wish for a 100% on my history test

[+Ark1002]

Granted. Your bane is that you lose your arms.

I wish for the ability to healthily eat whatever I want

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Granted! Now, every job you get will pay you minimum wage and nothing more.

I wish to be able to read comprehensively ten times faster than I can now.

 

 

[Procrastination she/her]

Granted! But you can only read one book for the rest of your life.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

9 hours ago, rosharian_cat said:

Granted! But you can only read one book for the rest of your life.

what do you wish?

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

On 5/22/2021 at 7:04 PM, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

what do you wish?

Since it's been awhile, I'll wish for @rosharian_cat.

They wish for World peace, somehow involving cats. 

Granted! 

The peace train that Cat Stevens sung about in the 70's, is in fact a real thing. It's an intergalactic space train staffed by hyper intelligent kittens who are all dressed in super adorable conductor caps, button down vests, and pen striped trousers. The earth is visited by this train, and humanity, upon seeing the cute antics of the train kitties, is forever changed. Seared forever from the collective pysche are the instinct for cruelty, the drive for revenge, and the fanning of passions from the sparks of petty jealousies. Instead, people the world over are rendered docile and content, and spend their lives making the world a heaven on earth for cats, kittens and their fellow man. Your bane is that you have two peg legs, but they are spring mounted pogo sticks, so once you get the hang of using them you excel at basketball. 

I wish I could make a moment stretch into a near eternity. 

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

12 minutes ago, Hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

Since it's been awhile, I'll wish for @rosharian_cat.

They wish for World peace, somehow involving cats. 

Granted! 

The peace train that Cat Stevens sung about in the 70's, is in fact a real thing. It's an intergalactic space train staffed by hyper intelligent kittens who are all dressed in super adorable conductor caps, button down vests, and pen striped trousers. The earth is visited by this train, and humanity, upon seeing the cute antics of the train kitties, is forever changed. Seared forever from the collective pysche are the instinct for cruelty, the drive for revenge, and the fanning of passions from the sparks of petty jealousies. Instead, people the world over are rendered docile and content, and spend their lives making the world a heaven on earth for cats, kittens and their fellow man. Your bane is that you have two peg legs, but they are spring mounted pogo sticks, so once you get the hang of using them you excel at basketball. 

I wish I could make a moment stretch into a near eternity. 

your boon is that the moment will in the seventies.

I wish I could own all books

[The Technovore he/him]

Granted! You are now missing your cartilage in your right elbow.

I wish for @Thaidakar the Ghostblood's elbow-cartilage on my desk as a memento of this occasion.