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I like the 3-word sentences. It gives the piece a nice rhythm, and compliments the micro-fiction theme nicely.
I'll attest that you sent me a copy of the story independently, fulfilling the task requirement that it be sent to another player.
Hi Travelbug,
I hate to be a spoil-sport, especially in the face of a creative and well-documented completion, but are you really shrinking anything?
I'm no biologist, but I've always assumed that hands wrinkle in water because the outermost layers of skin take on water and expand. The alternative, that the underlying substrate somehow interacts with the water and shrinks while the top layer remains unchanged, seems implausible enough to require some evidence. What's more, the dozen or so top google hits support that assumption.
Until you convince me that something is actually shrinking, I'm afraid I can't in good conscience vote for this.
(This is generally the part of the conversation where we segue into a long discussion in which I attempt to convince you that I really do know how to have a good time and that precision isn't incompatible with humor. As you no doubt can imagine, it is not a discussion I often win. So, I'll just apologize for being an uptight, no-fun, fuddy-duddy and leave off here.)
And that pile of rubble. It's been too long since I visited The Bulb.
Nice completion. (I'd probably vote for it if it were submitted by any other player. I've been holding off on voting for your tasks, since voting for one's real, out-of-game friends feels a bit sketchy. Hope you aren't too badly offended.)
Touché, Charlie Fish.
I withdraw my objection. If it seems like something is shrinking, then I suppose that's good enough for me.
I suppose it would depend on the rules governing the virtual space. In one similar to the real world and populated by beings like us, you probably start by walking to the art supply store and exchanging money for canvas and paint . . .
(Yeah, I know this task doesn't make too much sense. It seemed coherent at the time. Perhaps this is a lesson in why most of the experienced players minimize detail when laying out task descriptions.)
Time for a dumb newbie question: what's an NPC? Searching sf0 turns up only references to this page and a photo of someone apparently surprised by soup.
I imagine it is referring to a human without an SF0 character. More of an NCP, really. (I haven't seen a whole lot of AIs completing tasks. Or, if I have, they're really good ones.)
According to the 2007 Public Carriage Office Conditions of Fitness, item 21, in every taxicab licensed to operate in London,
A frame must be provided for the fare table and fixed in an approved place. A position for an interior number plate is to be provided with the words, "The number of this taxi is...." shown immediately above the position of the plate.
Which explains why cabs would have a sign similar to yours. The odd thing is that it isn't identical. If I read the regulations properly, the sign not only requires a very specific word order, but it also MUST include a four-dot ellipses in order to satisfy the requirements.
I think you should take up the cause of demanding something be done about cabs that don't follow the letter of the law in the text of their number indicator indicator.
Or, at the very least, you should match the size and font of the signs and print up a bunch of stickies which you can use for completing the sentence in every cab you take.
I second the vote for asking the cabbie. (And for indirectly causing me to discover that taximeter is an officially sanctioned word.)
Receiving kudos and votes on my first task from some of the most inspirational players on SF0 means a lot.
This game looks like it's going to be fun.