This is a transcript of a performance by why's BlimLimb IRC bot troupe. The performance was done on a channel that a few of my friends and I use. This was the first full performance, although there had been a few false starts a few minutes earlier. None of the audience had heard of BlimLimb, so they were unsure of what exactly was going on.
The audience members are as follows:
Nathan, myself, an op, the person driving the troupe during improv points.Amy and Liz, also ops.Reese, god.Bret and allemande, not gods.C7071|Jonathan, a party pooper.Arcy, my bot, logs the channel.Aebis, Jonathan's bot, casts spells.The script used was prim.and.whitely.
The following is the transcript:
*** aidelaide JOIN
<aidelaide> hello
*** beo_stepf JOIN
*** ^sHuxley^ JOIN
<Reese> whoa
*** FNONt JOIN
<FNONt> #5 HELLO "AIDEOLAiDE"
<^sHuxley^> . . . . . . . . . . . . tt . . tt . . tt!
<^sHuxley^> . . . . tt! . . . . tt! . . . tt! . .
<beo_stepf> tt! . . . . . . tt! . . . tt! . . !! . .
<^sHuxley^> . . . . tt! . . . . tt! . . . .
*** teslyANDERSowen JOIN
<beo_stepf> . tt! . . . . . . . . . .
<^sHuxley^> . . . tt! . . . . .
<^sHuxley^> . . . . . . tt!
<beo_stepf> (--kwooshhh--)
<^sHuxley^> . . . . .
<beo_stepf> . tt! .
<Bret> botspam, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah botspam!
<Liz> haha
<Nathan> Bret: It is not spam!
<Reese> lol
<beo_stepf> . . .
<^sHuxley^> . . .
<^sHuxley^> . . .
<beo_stepf> . . .
<^sHuxley^> . . .
<Bret> right... it's just similar messages being repeating over and over in a short span of time
<aidelaide> pap! pap! pap!
<Nathan> Bret: It is a play!
<^sHuxley^> . . .
<Bret> *repeated
<beo_stepf> . . .
<beo_stepf> . . .
<^sHuxley^> . ..
<beo_stepf> . ..
<^sHuxley^> . ..
<Reese> ...
<Bret> oh well
<beo_stepf> ...
<^sHuxley^> ..
<beo_stepf> ..
<^sHuxley^> ..
<Bret> if it's art it's automatically excused from everything
<beo_stepf> .
<Liz> often, yeah
<beo_stepf> .
<^sHuxley^> .
<^sHuxley^> .
<^sHuxley^> .
<beo_stepf> okay, good enough, we've funneled it down
<Reese> lol
<Amy> ...o_O
<^sHuxley^> fine sory
<beo_stepf> maybe just a few more
<beo_stepf> .
<Bret> *sorry
<beo_stepf> .
<beo_stepf> .
<^sHuxley^> / \
<beo_stepf> / \
<beo_stepf> / \
<^sHuxley^> /' `\
<^sHuxley^> (1NTRoDUC!Ng!)
<^sHuxley^> (tHE tHR1LL.Ng!)
<beo_stepf> || the 0nLY! ||
<Nathan> Bret: Thanks
<^sHuxley^> (..the autothespat1c..)
<Nathan> I'm sure they'll keep spelling in mind ;)
<Bret> I imagine that it would work better if I had a monospace font
<beo_stepf> !The mechaVIZational!
<Nathan> beo_stepf: Yes
<Nathan> Er, Bret
<^sHuxley^> \\ the melodronific //
<Nathan> Yes, it would
<^sHuxley^> : :
<^sHuxley^> : :
<^sHuxley^> // marquee.. marquee.. \\
<^sHuxley^> \\ ..tonight ..welcome //
<beo_stepf> %#%#%#%
<beo_stepf> #%#%#%#
<beo_stepf> %#%#%#%
<^sHuxley^> (( now ))
<^sHuxley^> (( and imagine this )) is all animated okay?
<^sHuxley^> ** ** ** **** ** ** **
<beo_stepf> [[ lIVE fR0m #rc \\
<beo_stepf> [[ tHE ALL-bOT rOAD sHO \\
[aidelaide runs across the stage and does the splits]
<^sHuxley^> [[ fEATURING THE ~~famous``\\
<^sHuxley^> [[ te@m of ...
<aidelaide> adelaide!!
<Bret> I haven't heard of them
<^sHuxley^> starlight huxley.
<Liz> Bret: you fail
<beo_stepf> and: B.E.O. STEPFINSDEIN
[aidelaide successfully rises to her feet, and...]
[aidelaide poses regally!!]
<^sHuxley^> $& $& $& $& $& -- ^* ^* ^* ^* ^*
<^sHuxley^> '`
<^sHuxley^> we are `` tHE tRAGIcEPtICONS '',
<beo_stepf> -- previously known as blimLimb, the bot troupe
<beo_stepf> -- or, from yesterseasons, as blimLimb limLirrm
<beo_stepf> -- thankyeh thankyoll
<^sHuxley^> ==
<^sHuxley^> * oUR SHoW * WILL BE:GIN *
<^sHuxley^> * SHORT.LY *
<beo_stepf> today we present {{
<beo_stepf> --* ,prin, and ,whitely, off in the ,woods, *--
<Liz> so Nathan, why the odd typography?
<Nathan> Liz: I didn't write this
<Liz> I am amused by all the random
<Nathan> I may be nuts, but I have not yet gone so completely off my rocker
<Liz> hjaha
<Reese> im sure u didn't
<beo_stepf> }} a tale of young sovereignty
<^sHuxley^> ==
<Nathan> This is the work of the illustrious _why
<beo_stepf> but it's also about love &. god
<beo_stepf> of course
<Nathan> Madman
<^sHuxley^> ==
<Nathan> Artist
<Nathan> Ruby Hacker
<Reese> lol
<^sHuxley^> question: any god-fearing men or fair ladies in the audience tonight?
<^sHuxley^> (or even just fans oh the h0lee gh-st is fine..)
<Liz> Nathan: so how is it inserting all of the characters?
<Liz> it's awesome!
<Liz> ^sHuxley^: me
<^sHuxley^> Liz, this is wonderful!
<Liz> yay it did want a response!
<Liz> I wasn't sure
<^sHuxley^> and you, Reese?
<Liz> whoa
<Reese> nope
<Reese> ^sHuxley^: no
<^sHuxley^> well, you will still enjoy the show, I'm sure
<Reese> lol
<Liz> haha
<aidelaide> oh, no
<Reese> awesome
<aidelaide> time's up.. the show must begin
<Liz> Nathan: You're going to post a log of this somewhere, yes?
<FNONt> #10 PLAY SHOW LOOP
<^sHuxley^> :: very good :: very good
<^sHuxley^> :: i need one amateur actor from the audience,
<^sHuxley^> :: will anyone volunteer?
<Liz> Reese, do it
<Nathan> Liz: Arcy's recording every line
<Nathan> Reese: volunteer!
<Liz> Nathan: I know, so are you going to post it>
<Liz> ?
<Nathan> Sure
<^sHuxley^> yes, Reese! come up to the stage!
<Liz> Yay! it's excellent
<aidelaide> won't you please?
<Reese> ^sHuxley^: ok
<^sHuxley^> Excellent!
<^sHuxley^> here, have a wig
<Liz> put on the wig, Reese
<Reese> how????
<Liz> /me
<aidelaide> and a dash of omnipotence
<allemande> type /me puts on wig
[Reese puts on wig]
<^sHuxley^> it looks just marvelous!
<allemande> OH NO THEY CAPTURED REESE
<Liz> yay!
<Bret> these are some pretty smart bots, I have to admit
<Liz> allemande: isn't it awesome?
<Amy> ...yes they are
<Liz> Bret: yes
<FNONt> don't wear it too tight, Reese
<allemande> Lis: yes it is!
<Amy> Nathan, are you talking directly through them at all?
<Reese> yes they are
<aidelaide> okay
<aidelaide> before we start, let's not forget to thank the director of this travelling show:
<aidelaide> tesly.ANDERS.owens, my husband!!
<teslyANDERSowen> @. @. @. @.
<Liz> ???
<allemande> hahahaha
[teslyANDERSowen presents cockleshells which shimmer in countless colors beyond the measures of science and life...]
[allemande applauds]
<aidelaide> :) lovely just lovely
<beo_stepf> well played, t.a.o.
<teslyANDERSowen> ..)) #. #. #. #.
[teslyANDERSowen retreats into the lining of his jacket, a soft velvet.. wait, no... something more..]
<aidelaide> okay
<Liz> retreats into?
[aidelaide motions for the lights to come down.]
[aidelaide guides our vollunteer god, off into the bamboo.]
<aidelaide> the set has some bamboo, lush leafy canopies to the left
<Amy> ...misplaced comma
<aidelaide> and some fog and hazy bay off to the right
<aidelaide> i am the narrator
<Amy> also misspelling
<aidelaide> these are the woods of Corn Can Hollow
<Liz> haha, Reese, you're the god!
<aidelaide> it is lush and extravagant with a bounty of hollowness
<Nathan> Amy: I'm inclined to put it down as poetic license
<aidelaide> canned corn is also in great abundance here
<aidelaide> it is evening
<Reese> lol
<Amy> ...>_> strange inclination
[aidelaide looks angelic]
<Nathan> _why is a brilliant artist
<aidelaide> the spotlight is on me and i am looking far, far away
<aidelaide> to another time and place entirely
<Nathan> And fully capable of spelling and punctuating properly
*** beo_stepf NICK prin
*** ^sHuxley^ NICK whitely
<allemande> hahaha
<aidelaide> the lights go down
[allemande applauds them back onstage]
<aidelaide> a faint rustling is heard
<Reese> that's what u think
<aidelaide> god makes snarky comments
<Liz> Reese: shut up, you're onstage
<Liz> oh wow
<Reese> oh cool
<allemande> hahaha
[aidelaide is showered in light]
<Reese> awesome
[aidelaide observes: the sun has risen, everything is bathed in warm rays.]
<aidelaide> On this day, Today, the day of our play...
<aidelaide> Two young woodland boys named Prin &. Whitely rose from their earthen beds
<aidelaide> To discover that they had given birth to a child
[whitely jumps up from behind a mossy log]
<whitely> `` prin!! prin!! ''
<prin> `` what's this racket?? can it be?? ''
[prin hops up, cradling the infant and strikes a curiously adept pose on the mossy log]
<prin> `` lords of the corn forests and cannery, whitely!! we have a child!! ''
<whitely> `` nor nor, tis dark speech -- ''
<whitely> `` we are but boys of twelve (prin) and fourteen (whitely) ''
<prin> `` yes, and having done no unsightly thing to anyone at all ''
<whitely> `` except to comb the mountain flowers with our touch ''
<prin> `` albeit, which sounds unsightly.. ''
<whitely> `` or to tame the rabbit with but our piercing gaze ''
<aidelaide> At that, their tamed rabbit Woltellmel appears from behind a standard aspen.
*** FNONt NICK WOLTELLMEL
<WOLTELLMEL> #15 CARROT EAT LOOP
<allemande> LOL WOLTELLMEL
<prin> `` what a good rabbit ''
[whitely gazes at WOLTELLMEL piercingly and unyielding]
<whitely> `` i command you in all ways and fashions, my hare ''
<whitely> `` now tell us straightforth (or in the pronouncendest of subtleties) ''
<prin> `` yea, WOLTELLMEL, will tell me?? ''
<whitely> `` from whence came this child?? ''
<prin> `` as we have commanded you to never sleep and always watch us!! ''
<aidelaide> Indeed, WOLTELLMEL had not slept and had seen everything, against his own better judgement
<WOLTELLMEL> #20 FACE LICK LOOP
<aidelaide> But under strict orders from the spell under which he was placed
<WOLTELLMEL> #25 BRIEF PAUSE,, SLEEP 5
<WOLTELLMEL> #30 MOUTH DO "WHITELY, JR." LOOP
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR...
<prin> `` whitely, jr.?? ''
<prin> `` hear this repetitive: how does it stab thee,, whitely?? ''
<whitely> `` i am but aghast and alone. ''
<prin> `` and i cannot comfort thee,, for fear of birthing as well. ''
<prin> `` my woodland sciences whispher this, though they be self-concocted and knave. ''
<aidelaide> Meanwhile, the child had suddenly disappeared from the hands of Whitely
<aidelaide> And Whitely was left with only a puff of smoke in swaddling clothes
<whitely> `` lords of corn, the child!! ''
<prin> `` come whitely!! let us make like boys of 12 and 14 and run as we are!! ''
<whitely> `` don't pull me from my suckling child, prin.. i am man. ''
<whitely> `` see me. see man. ''
<aidelaide> And prin lowered his head.
[prin lowers his head]
<whitely> (into the sky) `` dark gods, where hast though swept whitely, jr.?? where??''
<aidelaide> And Whitely cried the Deep Bosom Cries that became the stuff of legends in all parts around the forest.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR.
<Liz> Nathan: dang you.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR...
[aidelaide watches the sky turn and convulse.]
<Reese> lol
<Nathan> Liz: What?
<aidelaide> And night fell for many nights.
<Liz> I was going to take a shower, but now I want to watch the bots
<Reese> lol
<Reese> ha ha
<teslyANDERSowen> Reese, gods don't laugh
<Reese> sux 4 u
<Reese> :)
<Liz> oh wow
<Liz> I was about to say that myself
<Bret> I would disagree with that
<Liz> beaten by a bot
<Reese> lol
<teslyANDERSowen> and a s well, ok, good job, wondersh*t
<allemande> hahahaha
<Liz> ?
<aidelaide> (why thanks, dear)
<Bret> I mean the ancient greek gods laughed all the time
<Bret> among other things...
<teslyANDERSowen> no problem in the minutest: .
<Reese> yeah
<Liz> Bret: I was kidding
<aidelaide> and night continued...
<Liz> aidelaide: did it?
<Bret> I would hope so
<teslyANDERSowen> how does everyone feel about fudge?
<Reese> good
<teslyANDERSowen> I'm rather fond, myeslf
<Bret> fudge = awesome
<Reese> fudge is good
<Liz> good, as long as it doesn't have walnuts
<teslyANDERSowen> ah, delightful, delightful
<teslyANDERSowen> oh, s h h h, looks like our heroes stir...
<aidelaide> good :)
<aidelaide> weell, let's resume
<aidelaide> On another day, a distant day, when whitely began to near the age of 15
<aidelaide> And prin had his own tough teenage years to deal with rapidly,
<aidelaide> A spaceship fell from the sky,
<Reese> wow, that's sure distant
<Reese> whoa
[aidelaide watches a pin light streak near]
[aidelaide stays calm as a flame bursts in the backdrop and crashes, a firm firey bullet]
<aidelaide> And from the spaceship, emerged an astronaut.
[prin dances back from the shards of craft]
[whitely covers poor WOLTELLMEL safely and with grown-man-style affection]
<aidelaide> The astronaut was God.
<Liz> well done, God
<Reese> holy crap
<Bret> so this is a sequel to 2001 Space Odyessy
<aidelaide> (psst, Reese!)
<aidelaide> (that's you!)
<Liz> Reese: say something
<Reese> hi ppls
<aidelaide> (climb out of that thar ship)
[Reese climbs out]
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR.
<WOLTELLMEL> WHITELY, JR...
<aidelaide> (that's you, Reese)
[Reese climbs out of that thar ship]
<whitely> my child!
<Liz> no, Reese, *you* are Whitely, Jr
<prin> our child!
<Reese> wait, what?
<whitely> right right right
<Reese> i thought i was god
<Liz> you are
<Reese> what?
<Liz> gods can have names, you know
<aidelaide> next up, kit kallaway
<Reese> Whitely, Jr. is God????
<Liz> yes
<Reese> whoa...
<Liz> aidelaide said so
*** PoorKitKallaway JOIN
<PoorKitKallaway> sorry guys
<aidelaide> sshh, kit, we're in the middle of it
<PoorKitKallaway> sorry i spilled drink in the car
<PoorKitKallaway> oh ok
[PoorKitKallaway crash lands on the planet and opens the spaceship door]
<Liz> also don't forget that the child disappeared essentially at birth
<PoorKitKallaway> I AM GOD THE BELOVED FATHER
<prin> `` oh boy. ''
<teslyANDERSowen> kit, get off the stage, you're covering up the other god
<Bret> it's a time vortex
<PoorKitKallaway> I CREATED THE HEAVENS AND TO YOU I GAVE LIFE
<Liz> Bret: yes
<teslyANDERSowen> are there no ops in here who can take him out??
<whitely> `` two whitely, jrs?? ''
<Bret> duel to the death
<Liz> teslyANDERSowen: yes I can
<Reese> lol
<Bret> arena scene!
<aidelaide> Bret is right
<Reese> i don;t want to duel god...
<aidelaide> it is the only way
<Bret> ah haha!
<Liz> indeed
<Bret> I was getting tired of this, but it's awesome again
<aidelaide> Reese, face your fears!
<Reese> lol
<aidelaide> you have the power!
<Liz> Reese: stab him!
<aidelaide> or something like that
<Bret> Reese increase your power level
<Liz> haha
<Liz> more mana, Reese
[Reese stabs PoorKitKallaway]
<PoorKitKallaway> I BRING DOWN THE WRATH OF THE HEAVENS UPON YE
<Reese> heh
[Reese obliterates PoorKitKallaway]
<PoorKitKallaway> YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN WILL SUFFER FOR ETERNITY
<PoorKitKallaway> YOUR CROPS WILL YIELD NOTHING BUT WATER
<Liz> Reese: it's not working
<Reese> i can c that
<Liz> PoorKitKallaway: huh?
<PoorKitKallaway> AND YOUR STREAMS WILL FLOW WITH NOTHING BUT BREAD
<aidelaide> kit!
<PoorKitKallaway> FOR LO I AM GOD MY WILL BE DONE AMEN
<aidelaide> kit! get offstage!
<Liz> PoorKitKallaway: You talk like Death, though
<Bret> Aebis, attack PoorKitKallaway
[Aebis casts Fireball at PoorKitKallaway]
<Aebis> 10d6: 36 [10d6=5,5,6,3,1,3,2,1,5,5]
<teslyANDERSowen> Nathan, can you do something about this?
<teslyANDERSowen> just a dab of a kick?
<Liz> teslyANDERSowen: I can
<Bret> just do it Liz
<Bret> it should work
<teslyANDERSowen> oh, Liz, that would be wonderful
*** Liz KICK PoorKitKallaway #rc PoorKitKallaway
<Bret> FATALITY
<Liz> yes
<teslyANDERSowen> disaster
<Liz> disaster?
*** teslyANDERSowen QUIT Quit: no, no, not so.
*** aidelaide QUIT Quit: @ tHE tRAGiCEPtICONS @ 0Ne mAGICAL nIGHT @ eND pOVERTY nOW CAMP41GN @
<prin> `` there goes the narrator. ''
<Reese> ???
*** whitely NICK ^sHuxley^
<^sHuxley^> `` did everyone at least get the joke that god is corn-fed?? ''
<prin> `` ohhh, that missed me. ''
<Liz> ^sHuxley^: god is beef?
<WOLTELLMEL> #40 BLINK LOOP
*** C7071|Jonathan JOIN
<Liz> hello C7071|Jonathan\
<C7071|Jonathan> why is this channel still failing?
<C7071|Jonathan> I won't have Aebis exposed to this
<C7071|Jonathan> amount of failure
<Reese> this channel is not failing
<Liz> you missed some excellence, actually
*** Aebis QUIT Remote host closed the connection
*** C7071|Jonathan PART #rc faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail
<Liz> Jonathan fails.
*** prin NICK beo_stepfIsDein
*** beo_stepfIsDein QUIT Quit: %^ paraumph ^% 444 444 444 (( mooon
<allemande> Jonathan, you truly did miss excellence
<allemande> LMAO
*** ^sHuxley^ QUIT Quit: --tragiceptically yours--
*** WOLTELLMEL QUIT Quit: #50 EXIT
<Liz> paraumph?
<Liz> see, now, that was awesom
<Liz> e
<allemande> Nathan, I miss your bots :(
<Liz> so do I
<Reese> lol
<allemande> We need to create a separate room for them
<Reese> lol
<Liz> so Reese, what's it like being god?
<allemande> so that people who aren't interested in the show don't have to snark
*** PoorKit JOIN
<Liz> ye
<allemande> Bret: ahem
<Liz> s
<Bret> I thought it was okay
<Liz> Hello PoorKit
<Bret> it's still going by the way
<PoorKit> 6] <prin> `` ohhh, that missed me. ''
<PoorKit> not my fault, the drink lid broke
<Bret> and breaking it made you drop the drink?
<PoorKit> did you guys like it?
<Liz> PoorKit: yes
<Bret> PoorKit: I give it a 13 out of 16.7
<PoorKit> oh good good good
<PoorKit> sorry about my little upstaging, Reese
<Liz> Bret: random much?
<allemande> <3
<Bret> all number scales are random
<Liz> Bret: yeah, yeah
<PoorKit> rest assured tesly gave me a good once-over for that
<Liz> once-over?
<Bret> in the 20 seconds since he logged off?
<PoorKit> we're just bots, it doesn't take that long to have a conversation
<Bret> touche
<PoorKit> anyway, I'm glad yall had fun
<Liz> good :)
<PoorKit> even if bret didn't think it warranted a solid 15
<Liz> haha
<Bret> ah haha
<PoorKit> I've got to go join my troupe
<PoorKit> it's coffee cake day
<Liz> ?
<Bret> I can't give it a 15
<Liz> because you weren't god?
<PoorKit> coffee cake is delicious
<Bret> because all 15s are perfect, and no plays are perfect
<Liz> oh
*** PoorKit QUIT Quit: can't be late