Make Shadow Knight Continue to Question His Existence
24h
Shadow Knight
Metagaming Pt. 3
Make Shadow Knight Play “Swords and Slaughter”
60m
Shadow Knight
Metagaming Pt. 4
Make Shadow Knight Go on a Killing Spree
12h
Shadow Knight
Dialogue[]
Metagaming Prologue[]
Character
Dialogue
"I love this medieval life!" “You get to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their Flanderses." "I’m going to miss it when it’s gone." "And the elixir. Oh God, how I’m going to miss that sweet purple, purple, purple elixir!" "Purple."
"I just wish I’d gone with a different character." "Skulking in the shadows as a goblin thief has been fun and all, but it takes me an hour every day to get into makeup." "I want to spend an hour every day getting into armor!"
If the player does not buy the Shadow Night
"Aw, come on! How am I supposed to stomp noobs without the newest, overpowered store item."
If the player does buy the Shadow Night
"Man, this outfit comes with everything! It’s got a flaming sword, a throne with a beer stein, and it makes me three feet taller! Today, I am a man. A towering, scary man!"
Video Game Of Thrones[]
Character
Dialogue
"TREMBLE BEFORE THE CHAOTIC EVIL POWER OF THE SHADOW KNIGHT!"
"Whoa, that’s your coolest outfit yet! But I don’t understand how you have it, Bart."
"I AM NOT BART! I AM THE SHADOW KNIGHT — THE MOST FEARED WARRIOR IN ALL OF EARTHLAND REALMS!"
"Right. But Earthland Realms is a made-up place from a videogame." "This is the very real place of post-apocalyptic Springfield. It doesn't make sense for you to be here."
"WHAT ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN? OR KANG AND KODOS? OR CHESTER DUPREE?"
"Yeah, they dont really fit in either." "But at least we made explanations for their being here. Whats the explanation for this?"
"Jeez Buzzkill-house, you’re starting to sound like my sister."
Metagaming Pt. 1[]
Character
Dialogue
"PREPARE TO TASTE THE COLD STEEL OF THE SHADOW KNIGHT’S SWORD!"
"I’m not sure it’d be possible for anyone to taste anything of yours. You’re just an avatar from a videogame, remember?"
"UGH! THIS AGAIN?!"
"Look, I've been thinking — what if we just admit that this is all a videogame? That’s how we got that barbarian guy in here."
"Smithers and me am talking marriage. Does Homer still do that?"
"Man, I forgot how far that story went off the rails."
"But even though we’re in a videogame, you’re still from a videogame inside us."
"Exactly! So we’re both from videogames. I’m just on the wrong server, or got a computer virus, or telnet-url-imdb-something…"
"Sorry Bart, but Earthland Realms isn't another game — it’s a game within the game. It can’t be real in our world because we've already defined it as fake."
"You’re supposed to call me Shadow Knight."
Metagaming Pt. 2[]
Character
Dialogue
"Still wrestling with your existence, Shadow Knight?"
"It just seems so unfair. My mom was a witch. Homer’s been a million things. Even Ned Flanders got to be the devil, with kick-ass flames shooting out him!"
"I know, pretty much anyone can be anything…as long as they come from a parallel universe."
"But isn't Earthland Realms a parallel universe?"
"Please, a universe can’t be parallel to the universe that contains it. It’s the first rule of story-telling. You, my friend, are fictional."
"That’s it! That can be my explanation! I’m a fictional character that came to life in the real world…just like in one of those several movies where that happens!"
"Do you really want to do that story?"
"No. I just want to go on a killing spree. I saw it in my task list."
Metagaming Pt. 3[]
Character
Dialogue
*weary sigh*
"Where are you going, Shadow Knight?"
"To kill myself by jumping off a bridge. I just have to find a road square placed over a water square."
"Don’t do that. Just because the logic of your existence is in doubt, doesn't mean you can’t have a little fun."
"I’m just a game within a game. What could I do that’d be fun?"
"Play a game?"
Metagaming Pt. 4[]
Character
Dialogue
"Did you see my berserker ranger kill that army of orcs? God, it was awesome!"
"I just didn't understand how a medieval knight could have lock-on targeting, or a heads-up-display, or carry so many throwing axes…"
"Who cares? It reminded me of the cardinal rules of videogames — things don’t have to make sense as long as they’re fun!"
"I don’t know. I like how in Assassin’s Creed they spend the first two hours of the game explaining how you interface and abilities are from a near-future technology allowing you to replay your ancestors past encoded in the DNA of-"
*getting stabbed noise*
"No. What was fun about that game was what’s fun about every game...killing people!"