As much as it breaks my heart, Tremulous "Scrolls" Tosscobble has met his end. Scrappers don't die of old age, they die of curiosity and messing with gadgets they shouldn't mess with (scrapcidents happen). Trem was no different, so you could say he died happily.
Thank you to the awesome Scrapper crew. Irith, Pipes, Kisses, Tools, Coins, Booker, Rods, Buttons, Chandera. We had so many great RP moments, and you guys brimmed with creativity. Sorry to leave you guys behind, I'm bummed about it, but the great thing about EFU is you take the consequences for shit decisions. Somebody take the reigns. Folks out there interested in Scrapping, now's a great time to come in and shape the association.
Thanks LiAlH4 for the awesome sequence that ended Trem. It was a nail-biter, and beautifully written. I can't believe you DMs can do that stuff on the fly. Thanks Sterntease for the prelude. Thanks Jayde and Mira for making us an official association with a bad-ass HQ (which might no longer exist) and for the Sojourner opportunities. Thanks Nuke Cat for the great Scrapper Swap and the plot we were progressing on - you know the one. Thanks Caster for the other Scrapper Swap, all the spicing and the non-scrapper-related questlines you got me involved in. And the awesome text-rich loot. Thanks Howland for enhancing the machine content, and for giving love to my fellow Scrappers who deserved it.
And thanks to my Sojourner and Lower peeps, you guys were awesome. Jarik and Trem's friendship was especially fun to RP. I loves me some Lower, I doubt I'll be away for long, but I do have a PC or two to finish up.
[hide=Background]Tremulous was born in Sanctuary, but his mother took him and fled into the machine at the time the Appetite attacked Sanctuary-That-Was. Him and his mum eventually became part of the community that formed Bartertown. Not long after, his mother died in a scrapcident. An elderly Hin arcanist that had also fled into the machine could tell that Tremulous had a well-hidden intellect despite his big mouth and poor situational awareness, and began to train him in his own school of Illusion.
Scrolls learned quickly and read all books that fell into his path, as few as they were. Under his master's tutelage, he developed an obsession with arcane symbols, and started a collection of arcanograms that eventually grew to an impressive size. As he read, his curiosity of the Machine and it's workings with respect to Magic grew, and when the call was made for volunteers to participate in the trial of the machine, he eagerly submitted his name.
He got teamed up with a fellow loud-mouth hot-head by the name of Perigo Pipes, and survived the trial, gaining some amount of fame in Scrapper circles and crippling the Spellguard's ability to gas Lower. Tasting success, the two struck out on their own eager to explore every facet of the machine and amass enough fame to bed any lady they desired - Trem, unbeknowest to himself, was horrible with women. At the Pissing Crone, they met Irith, and began a journey that was sure to get them a drink on Brandobaris' tab in the afterlife.
Trem's body was disintegrated at the age of twenty.[/hide]
Here are some screenshots. I have quite a few, but most of them aren't of great quality. Enjoy.
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Trem's trusty Cobbletosser, furnished by Nuclear Catastrophe:
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Trem's awards for completing the Trial of the Machine, compliments of Sterntease:
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Hawt text-description-heavy Ibrandul loot by Caster:
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[hide=Scroll's scroll collection (minus his three best)]
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[hide="The Trial of the Machine"]
The gang's all here
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Down with the gas distributor
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The after-party
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[hide="Pipes and Trem trash-talking Quarregg"]
(http://i.imgur.com/dSnwsER.png)
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[hide="Pipes outs Bob; What a dick"]
(http://i.imgur.com/FSp9gHh.png)
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[hide="Sending Hijinks"]
The Ballad of Prince Tibby
(http://i.imgur.com/g3tUz8V.png)
Sialoorta's Song
(http://i.imgur.com/ZRtOiCy.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/T5WfFcp.png)
Pissed off over Irith
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[hide="Jarik's Rescue by Two Intrepid Scrappers"]
I know, a terrible screenshot that doesn't really portray what's going on.
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[hide="Stibby the Younger Spreads the Plague for Vedma"]
The DMs slapped my pee-pee for this one, but this screenshot always makes me laugh.
(http://i.imgur.com/ti1QJjb.png)
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[hide="Trem and Pipes get into Fisticuffs AGAIN"]
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[hide="Our Intreped Scrapper Trick Quarregg AGAIN"]
The only way to get Quarregg to scrap is to tell him it's a spiritual quest
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[hide="Coins and Scrolls make Tools an Official Scrapper"]
(http://i.imgur.com/qhIIrXB.png)
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[hide="Disaster Strikes Bartertown"]
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[hide="Goodbye, Magnetic Mangler"]
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[hide="Coins puts on a Scrapper Swap"]
(http://i.imgur.com/lzjYjoo.png)
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[hide="A Toast to Pipes"]
(http://i.imgur.com/02trqol.png)
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[hide="Tools and Scrolls looking like Total Scrapping Badasses in the Crone"]
(http://i.imgur.com/JllptF0.png)
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[hide="Lower Unites against the Drow"]
(http://i.imgur.com/BKchx56.png)
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[hide="Scrapping is Hard Work, Rest Up"]
(http://i.imgur.com/XSqN5Lu.png)
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[hide="Double the Pleasure"]
(http://i.imgur.com/RrvwnVy.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/kzVPQtz.png)
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[hide="The Hazards of Interplanar Travel"]
(http://i.imgur.com/yfXnMac.png)
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[hide="I don't know about them Greylings..."]
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[hide="The Naming"]
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[hide="Nothing to see here..."]
(http://i.imgur.com/VAUMRfQ.png)
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[hide="Jarik, Barky, Trem and Suze take Time Out for Prayer"]
(http://i.imgur.com/mzE7R4s.png)
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[hide="The End of Scrolls and Madeyes"]
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Just saw you like an hour ago, teleporting away! Should have let us come to our doom as well. XD
Scrolls was awesome, always calling out how dumb Ylid was. It was fun to bring up the stupidest things and see his reaction.
Scrolls was probably the funniest and most lively character of yours that I have ever seen Gracken.
Fucking kudos man, I loved every interaction with Trem.
Tremulous was incredible. A rich, well-characterized PC who managed to make it seem like Lower could be something more than a wretched hive of scum and villainy - and that's a hell of a trick. Can't wait to see the screenshots.
scrapcidents happen
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Memories.
He will be missed. RIP last surviving member of the OG Scrapcrew.
We'll always have Fishing Stories and impersation of Sanctuary's finests. :( RIP Trem.
Despite the little bit of interaction, I will always look fondly back on the meeting they had in the temple. A tense, but hilarious, meeting. Good luck with your next character.
Wow, that blows. Good times with the PC man, scrappers are dropping like flies. :/
my favorite penguin ever. It hurts as if I had lost a PC of mine.
Lower won't be the same without the smarty, cocky little hin.
Goate, I absolutely loved Scrolls, he was so awesome! Please keep it rolling man, awesome character!
He was one of the best features of my occasional trip to lower. I'll miss that lil guy.
Huge hole left in lower with the passing of Mister Tosscobble! Fond memories of the Crones round table! Well played Goate. Look forward to you next.
Gracken :(
I hate waking up to bad news, haha.
I had a blast. Trem was awesome. He made sitting idly in the Crone a delight, and every Chosen hunt or quest a huge fun. In this kind of setting, it's hard to find someone so full of life, humor...and himself.
I'll miss the little guy...Looking forward to be trolled by your next PC as well :D
Emm...I didn't find any of the funnies, I guess I was busy laughing, and there were just so many. So here's what I found
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Low wisdom of one PC + really low wisdom of another PC make equals many interesting things
(http://i.imgur.com/ngVqdFl.jpg)[/hide]
[hide=Screenie 2]
After Jarik's task in the Sacred Cave, which he died in and was brought back, he decided to let Trem know he does indeed values their long term friendship.
(http://i.imgur.com/WfCmLc1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ksAN1uh.jpg)
He'll miss his little partner :([/hide]
Edit: Forgot the most important one!!!
[hide=Screenie 3]
(http://i.imgur.com/6iquUcR.jpg)[/hide]
The face of the Scrapper Co-Op, a reliable character with a rounded personality who I came to rely on with two characters, Trem's death will leave a hole in Lower that won't quickly be replaced. See what happens when you stay with one character?
Too good for this world. Sleep well sweet sweet prince.
Really a fantastic character gracken.
No! No! Shit... :(
Edit: Ugh, I'm so sad now... well, here's a screenshot, might be I have more.
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... thank you for all the fun Gracken. Scrolls was one GREAT tosser!
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Quote[this letter is wrapped around some metal scraps and the whole thing is tied with a lot of wire ...as the lines of the text goes, the paper is more and more warped by the tears and the whole letter is written by a shaky hand]
You damn tossers! How dare you not invite me to toss with that smellfools device? ..I still can’t believe this whole thing. What were you thinking?
……………………………….. shet I would do the very same mates
Booker, the whole time I thought you were the wet blanky as Coins called you. But I could have never been more wrong. In these last days, I finally realized you held those secrets and stuff to actually protect us ...please forgive me.
Scrolls………………...shet mate, wherever you are, lose the coat! You need to find some proper, good girl, not just those come and goes…………and, well.. I didn’t have the chance tell you.. but I wouldn’t anyway. You know what did you mean to me and all the scrappers. Damn I still can’t believe you’re gone.
...you will be missed mates!
So I said what I had to and guess this is the last goodbye.. I know you’re in a better place now mates! Yet wherever you are, just don’t forget to have some spare wire!
your buddy for always, Tools
::[ Unauthorised Dunwarren Sending by Rendirk Stoutheart : This is a euology for two of the best scrappers Dunwarren has ever seen, an` two personal friends of mine... Tremulous Tosscobble an` Madeyes Booker. Trem! You were the finest lady`s hin this dark shithole has ever seen, an` my best friend. Hope you`ve worked yourself into sexual exhaustion, wherever ya are. You tosser. ]::
I guess others had the same idea as well, and I'm all for making Gracken feel bad that his PC died and he left us!
So...yeah
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One of the first scrappers I met on the server. That we eventually went down different paths led to a few tense moments, but he'll be missed. RIP Trem.
Screenshots added.
Aeylwin never got to show him a surface tree. :( Different as our PCs were in philosophy I enjoyed their friendship and bickering about the Machine.
Great PC. Trem injected a lot of life into Lower and the Scrapper movement, and was great comic relief. I really like how he genuinely showed fear in a lot of situations; which you don't often see on EFU where most people will talk shit up until the moment they're dead.
Damnit Goate! Had alot of fun with him with my interactions on card. R.I.P Scrappa!