Nightwatcher Boon/Bane (Game)

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

3 hours ago, Honorless said:

I wish for the power of (controlled) retrocognition or postcognition

"Ummm, granted" the Nightwatcher says while scratching her head with a wispy green tendril of mist.

"To clarify the power of your new boon, you can now think about something after it has happened. Because I kinda feel sorry for you, I threw in a couple of freebie boons too because, why not? You can now also walk on your feet, and you can use your hands to grasp and manipulate objects."

As the NightWatcher's luminous head pulls back into the thick growth of the jungle, a smile plays across her alien features and she says, "Oh, by the way, you can use your postcognition to ponder this-the direction of your alimentary system has been reversed, but now that I've said it you already know this."

I wish that I could travel to Enceladus and explore the oceans beneath the shell of ice in the southern polar region, and check for signs of alien life where the geothermal plumes shoot out.

[Honorless he/him]

1 hour ago, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

"Ummm, granted" the Nightwatcher says while scratching her head with a wispy green tendril of mist.

"To clarify the power of your new boon, you can now think about something after it has happened. Because I kinda feel sorry for you, I threw in a couple of freebie boons too because, why not? You can now also walk on your feet, and you can use your hands to grasp and manipulate objects."

As the NightWatcher's luminous head pulls back into the thick growth of the jungle, a smile plays across her alien features and she says, "Oh, by the way, you can use your postcognition to ponder this-the direction of your alimentary system has been reversed, but now that I've said it you already know this."

I wish that I could travel to Enceladus and explore the oceans beneath the shell of ice in the southern polar region, and check for signs of alien life where the geothermal plumes shoot out.

You were wary at first, the Nightwatcher is a very capricious spren after all. She must've twisted your words somehow. There were moments you were very scared, afraid that you'll simply die in transit, in space. But it did not come to pass. You thought you might simply be stranded on Enceladus, but it did not come to pass. She provided you with a ship, instruments and knowledge to do what you came to do, with no caviats that you could find. So you wondered, on Enceladus, watching a different sky, marvelling at the beauty of the universe. This boon, you thought, is worth any curse.

You wonder wryly, while on your way back to Earth if you'll never reach Earth. Such would be well within the Nightwatcher's mocking nature. Perhaps you'll die, without ever making it back. Safe passage back was not part of the wish, after all, not technically.

Or if you'll become a homage to Tantalus, with space twisting around you so that you never reach the planet you call home. Stuck, with the Earth in sight but out of reach. You shiver at the very thought.

Perhaps, aliens will attack your ship, or maybe aliens had attacked and conquered Earth while you were away. Or, a part of your mind whispered, maybe you'll find that Earth is just gone, vanished.

You heaved with relief at the sight of the blue marble. You landed safely. You look around the empty patch of land that you had picked for landing. You could not believe it, where is the trickery? The curse to go along with the boon?

The shuttle doors opened with a pneumatic hiss. You smiled. Then the spaceship exploded.

Nightwatcher! You cursed. Wait, how are you still alive, not even scratched? Was that explosion meant to kill you? You huffed, the stupid spren had missed. Whatever, you've got science-y stories to tell! It didn't matter to you that you might have a long way to walk before you manage to find civilization. Journey before destination, you smirked.

Was that the best the Nightwatcher could do? Take back the ship and with it the devices where you had recorded your findings. It was sad though, all that work, all that knowledge just lost at her whim. You thought back to your time on that alien world, gazing up at the sky, the stars, at Saturn. Then with absolutely no surprise, you realized that you could not understand the measurements you had taken or the experiments you had conducted. The knowledge she had given you was just... gone. You stopped, enraged but unsurprised. Foolish Nightwatcher! You suddenly broke into laughter. That was it, she took back what she gave. I don't mind, you thought, I only wanted to see, to experience, to have that unique perspective. Knowledge was, although objectively the better reason to go, but for you personally? To see mighty Saturn, in person... you had no regrets.

You smirked, you had won the game.

 

There, first time Nightwatcher didn't screw someone over. I wish for dandelion fluffs.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

4 hours ago, Honorless said:

You were wary at first, the Nightwatcher is a very capricious spren after all. She must've twisted your words somehow. There were moments you were very scared, afraid that you'll simply die in transit, in space. But it did not come to pass. You thought you might simply be stranded on Enceladus, but it did not come to pass. She provided you with a ship, instruments and knowledge to do what you came to do, with no caviats that you could find. So you wondered, on Enceladus, watching a different sky, marvelling at the beauty of the universe. This boon, you thought, is worth any curse.

You wonder wryly, while on your way back to Earth if you'll never reach Earth. Such would be well within the Nightwatcher's mocking nature. Perhaps you'll die, without ever making it back. Safe passage back was not part of the wish, after all, not technically.

Or if you'll become a homage to Tantalus, with space twisting around you so that you never reach the planet you call home. Stuck, with the Earth in sight but out of reach. You shiver at the very thought.

Perhaps, aliens will attack your ship, or maybe aliens had attacked and conquered Earth while you were away. Or, a part of your mind whispered, maybe you'll find that Earth is just gone, vanished.

You heaved with relief at the sight of the blue marble. You landed safely. You look around the empty patch of land that you had picked for landing. You could not believe it, where is the trickery? The curse to go along with the boon?

The shuttle doors opened with a pneumatic hiss. You smiled. Then the spaceship exploded.

Nightwatcher! You cursed. Wait, how are you still alive, not even scratched? Was that explosion meant to kill you? You huffed, the stupid spren had missed. Whatever, you've got science-y stories to tell! It didn't matter to you that you might have a long way to walk before you manage to find civilization. Journey before destination, you smirked.

Was that the best the Nightwatcher could do? Take back the ship and with it the devices where you had recorded your findings. It was sad though, all that work, all that knowledge just lost at her whim. You thought back to your time on that alien world, gazing up at the sky, the stars, at Saturn. Then with absolutely no surprise, you realized that you could not understand the measurements you had taken or the experiments you had conducted. The knowledge she had given you was just... gone. You stopped, enraged but unsurprised. Foolish Nightwatcher! You suddenly broke into laughter. That was it, she took back what she gave. I don't mind, you thought, I only wanted to see, to experience, to have that unique perspective. Knowledge was, although objectively the better reason to go, but for you personally? To see mighty Saturn, in person... you had no regrets.

You smirked, you had won the game.

 

There, first time Nightwatcher didn't screw someone over. I wish for dandelion fluffs.

Holy cow. That was some awesome writing. Can you just be elevated permanently to the rank of Nightwatcher?

[AonEne he/him]

Just now, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Holy cow. That was some awesome writing. Can you just be elevated permanently to the rank of Nightwatcher?

This guy, @hoiditthroughthegrapevine, and Zath. They're the Nightwatchers forever.  

[+Doomstick he/him]

“oops, didn’t mean to accidentally balefire  moash again, but that gateway did appear there” *catches fluted back rod*

[Honorless he/him]

1 hour ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Holy cow. That was some awesome writing. Can you just be elevated permanently to the rank of Nightwatcher?

Thank you @Truthless of Shinovar! But are you sure? If you scroll back you'll see that I have also cursed people horribly, including stuffing AonEne into alt. dimensions twice! (and those were the nice curses)

Edited October 8, 2019 by Honorless

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

Aww shcucks, thanks @AonEne, your boon for being so kind is that every where you step flowers will bloom. Your bane is that people get quite annoyed with you at school/work/in the subway/in church, but your life is truly beautiful. (You are also a damnation fine Nightwatcher, by the way).

Totally agree with you about @Zath, he does some amazing Nightwatching, and @Honorless that bane with eyes inside my body was super harsh, well played, well played.

Since there isn't currently a wish afoot, I'll go ahead and make one:

I wish people would read Zath's Time Boots boon/bane post, it's a classic!

Or if you would prefer to grant a more traditional wish, I wish that you could buy guacamole that could be dispensed out of a can, kind of like Easy cheese.

[Honorless he/him]

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@Honorless that bane with eyes inside my body was super harsh, well played, well played

Thank you, @hoiditthroughthegrapevine, I aim to inspire

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There, first time Nightwatcher didn't screw someone over. I wish for dandelion fluffs.

Don't skip over my own wish! 

[AonEne he/him]

6 hours ago, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

Aww shcucks, thanks @AonEne, your boon for being so kind is that every where you step flowers will bloom. Your bane is that people get quite annoyed with you at school/work/in the subway/in church, but your life is truly beautiful. (You are also a damnation fine Nightwatcher, by the way). 

Wow, thank you  *picks a violet and gives it to you* 

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WAIT, I CAN NOW PULL A SUNDEW AND GIVE MY GIRLFRIEND FLOWERS ALL THE TIME. YAY WINGS OF FIRE 

@Blessing of Potency FLOWERS *grabs fistfuls of flowers and rains them on your head* 

[Lunar Blessing she/her]

5 hours ago, AonEne said:

Wow, thank you  *picks a violet and gives it to you* 

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WAIT, I CAN NOW PULL A SUNDEW AND GIVE MY GIRLFRIEND FLOWERS ALL THE TIME. YAY WINGS OF FIRE 

@Blessing of Potency FLOWERS *grabs fistfuls of flowers and rains them on your head* 

I was hesitant to look at why I’d been mentioned on this thread. Now however I’m very happy I looked. *catches one of the flowers and puts it in my hair*

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

 

6 hours ago, AonEne said:

 

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WAIT, I CAN NOW PULL A SUNDEW AND GIVE MY GIRLFRIEND FLOWERS ALL THE TIME. YAY WINGS OF FIRE 

@Blessing of Potency FLOWERS *grabs fistfuls of flowers and rains them on your head* 

 

49 minutes ago, Blessing of Potency said:

was hesitant to look at why I’d been mentioned on this thread. Now however I’m very happy I looked. *catches one of the flowers and puts it in my hair*

Awww, that's so sweet!

Edited October 9, 2019 by hoiditthroughthegrapevine

[CadCom he/him]

On 10/8/2019 at 4:19 AM, Honorless said:

I wish for dandelion fluffs.

Granted. However, these fluff are used, therefore, they cannot grant additional wishes.

I wish for a genie's lamp, with a willing and understanding genie inside. 

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

9 hours ago, CadCom said:

Granted. However, these fluff are used, therefore, they cannot grant additional wishes.

I wish for a genie's lamp, with a willing and understanding genie inside. 

Granted, you get Will Smith. Your curse is that though the genie is willing and understanding, he lacks the ability to grant wishes of any sort. On the bright side, you’ve got Will Smith as a constant companion!!

I wish for some croissants. Glazed croissants, that is.  

[+Doomstick he/him]

they have pottery glaze on them

i wish for the ability to play the third movement of Beethoven's fifth

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

1 hour ago, The Last Post said:

they have pottery glaze on them

i wish for the ability to play the third movement of Beethoven's fifth

Yes!! Finally, my food pottery art set is finally complete!! Do you know how long I’ve waited for this day!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Oh, and granted, it sounds so beautiful that you only dare play it once; if you try to play it again, you might mess up, so you decide to leave the song as a memory inside your head.

I wish for some stuff.

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

13 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

I wish for some stuff.

The Nightwatcher shakes her head and tsk tsks you.

"Do you not realize the gravity of the situation? Do you not comprehend that by bending knee before me as a beggar before a feast you make your life my plaything, and for what, some stuff?"

The Nightwatcher begins pacing, her trailing tendrils animatedly drumming in either a fit of pique or extreme agitation.

"Some stuff-that could be a moldy apple and a used coffee filter, or two packets of sugar, or a handful of dirt, a rusty tin can and some stinking fish guts. Or even worse it could be 3 Reshi islands that I make appear right over your head!"

"What I am I to do with you? Quit slouching, and look at me when I'm talking to you!"

Having had quite enough of the NightWatcher's patronizing tirade you say "Hey, I didn't ask for a lecture I just asked for some stuff."

The Nightwatcher turns her frosty glare on you and hisses "Fine, enjoy your dog's dinner of a wish"

In your hand appears a manky, dirty oversized lollipop that has obviously been dropped on the forest floor. On your head is a pointed dunce cap that says "Dumb as a Chull", and your final boon from the Nightwatcher is a piece of paper affixed to your rear end that says "Please kind sir or madam, kick me ever so hard".

Your bane is that you can't drop the lollipop until you've eaten it. You can't take off the dunce cap until you've graduated Magna Cum Laude from an accredited institution of higher learning. And the sign shall remain on your backside for eternity (even when you go to the great beyond).

I wish that you could buy guacamole that could be dispensed out of a can, kind of like Easy cheese.

Edited October 10, 2019 by hoiditthroughthegrapevine

[Honorless he/him]

On 10/10/2019 at 8:36 PM, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

The Nightwatcher shakes her head and tsk tsks you.

"Do you not realize the gravity of the situation? Do you not comprehend that by bending knee before me as a beggar before a feast you make your life my plaything, and for what, some stuff?"

The Nightwatcher begins pacing, her trailing tendrils animatedly drumming in either a fit of pique or extreme agitation.

"Some stuff-that could be a moldy apple and a used coffee filter, or two packets of sugar, or a handful of dirt, a rusty tin can and some stinking fish guts. Or even worse it could be 3 Reshi islands that I make appear right over your head!"

"What I am I to do with you? Quit slouching, and look at me when I'm talking to you!"

Having had quite enough of the NightWatcher's patronizing tirade you say "Hey, I didn't ask for a lecture I just asked for some stuff."

The Nightwatcher turns her frosty glare on you and hisses "Fine, enjoy your dog's dinner of a wish"

In your hand appears a manky, dirty oversized lollipop that has obviously been dropped on the forest floor. On your head is a pointed dunce cap that says "Dumb as a Chull", and your final boon from the Nightwatcher is a piece of paper affixed to your rear end that says "Please kind sir or madam, kick me ever so hard".

Your bane is that you can't drop the lollipop until you've eaten it. You can't take off the dunce cap until you've graduated Magna Cum Laude from an accredited institution of higher learning. And the sign shall remain on your backside for eternity (even when you go to the great beyond).

I wish that you could buy guacamole that could be dispensed out of a can, kind of like Easy cheese.

Hello again, @hoiditthroughthegrapevine! *smiles ominously*

"Your wish is granted", the Nightwatcher said, "huh, you know that's one of the simplest requests I've gotten"

You tried to reply but the only thing that came out was guacamole. *You* were the guacamole machine!

"You never learn", the Nightwatcher smiled happily. She took out another coin from somewhere among her many hands, passing it along from hand to hand and finally into your hand, alongside the first coin she had slipped in while you were distracted. She got another plate for Cultivation. "Thank you for the meal! This smells delicious!"

I wish for the extinction of mosquitoes

Edited October 11, 2019 by Honorless

[Elend Venture he/him]

"Your wish is granted but your bane...well, your bane..."

I wish to challenge Brightlord Amaram to single combat.

[Lunamor she/her]

1 minute ago, Elend Venture said:

"Your wish is granted but your bane...well, your bane..."

I wish to challenge Brightlord Amaram to single combat.

(Anyone else too scared to click on links like those?)

Granted. He gets two shardblades and you get nothing, though.

I wish for a pair of warm, fuzzy socks.

[AonEne he/him]

3 hours ago, Lunamor said:

(Anyone else too scared to click on links like those?)

I wish for a pair of warm, fuzzy socks.

(It was what would happen if they were removed from the food chain, quora) 

Granted, but you see something else entirely in the mirror. If you know what I mean.  

I pass on having a wish, I can’t think of anything. 

Edited October 12, 2019 by AonEne

[Lunamor she/her]

Just now, AonEne said:

(It was what would happen if they were removed from the food chain, quora) 

Granted, but you see something else entirely in the mirror. If you know what I mean.  

(Thanks!)

YES YOU GOT MY REFERENCE

[AonEne he/him]

Just now, Lunamor said:

(Thanks!)

YES YOU GOT MY REFERENCE

(Anytime!) 

Hehehehehe  

[Lunamor she/her]

I wish to know what I saw in the mirror.

[Honorless he/him]

16 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

I wish to know what I saw in the mirror.

Do you, really? I find the idea of the Erised slightly horrifying. It was potentially the most dangerous thing in the castle, only behind the Philosopher's Stone

If it were to actually exist... looking into it could be the boon and the bane 

[AonEne he/him]

1 hour ago, Honorless said:

Do you, really? I find the idea of the Erised slightly horrifying. It was potentially the most dangerous thing in the castle, only behind the Philosopher's Stone

If it were to actually exist... looking into it could be the boon and the bane 

Why do you think so? Seems to me like it’d depend on the type of person you are.