Glitchy Explanations for Odd Phenomena
This is a thread to point out some of the weird happenings in Ur and try to find explanations for them. Perhaps the explanations may find their way into the game one day? Who knows! Of course, your explanations shouldn't be entirely down-to-Urth—that's no fun. Be creative!
I'll start:
Where do the containers come from when you blend down or shake up a drink? From what realm do the dishes arrive when you make a meal? Why does that nifty bottle come out of nowhere when you shine the moon? It is quite the mystery, but the mystery may now be unmystified with the discovery of a special stone.
The Container's Stone, a large, smooth, and hollow rock that contains an infinite realm of containers. Created by the Container—a Glitchen obsessed with making sure everything had a neat place in their home—is responsible for this item, and for this obsessive organizer, Storage Display Boxes simply weren't enough!
The Container's Stone is a mystical item that sends one of its many containers contained within its containment to Glitchen when they need something to be contained, plopping these items right into their containers. Some containers are closed, some are open. Sometimes a nice and open plate is all that is needed, and sometimes one must go so far as to use a cup or bowl. Regardless of the cause, the Container's Stone sends out dishes and saucers and glasses and bottles alike to make sure that all things that need containment are, indeed, contained!
I'll start:
Where do the containers come from when you blend down or shake up a drink? From what realm do the dishes arrive when you make a meal? Why does that nifty bottle come out of nowhere when you shine the moon? It is quite the mystery, but the mystery may now be unmystified with the discovery of a special stone.
The Container's Stone, a large, smooth, and hollow rock that contains an infinite realm of containers. Created by the Container—a Glitchen obsessed with making sure everything had a neat place in their home—is responsible for this item, and for this obsessive organizer, Storage Display Boxes simply weren't enough!
The Container's Stone is a mystical item that sends one of its many containers contained within its containment to Glitchen when they need something to be contained, plopping these items right into their containers. Some containers are closed, some are open. Sometimes a nice and open plate is all that is needed, and sometimes one must go so far as to use a cup or bowl. Regardless of the cause, the Container's Stone sends out dishes and saucers and glasses and bottles alike to make sure that all things that need containment are, indeed, contained!
Comments
Up to now, I suppose I'd always just presumed those items to be provided as items of accommodation in the giants dreaming. You know, much like we urthlings will dream experiences that require abit of imaginative "accommodation" that challenge the normal laws of nature in order to be plausible during dreaming. Like just about everything else in the game.
I like your idea better. :^)
Also, anyone who's reading this thread that doesn't have any explanations or ideas... Mention a phenomenon you'd like to see some Glitchy explanations for! I'll do my best to create something, and I'm sure many other Glitchen around here will do the same.
* Like in most games, inventories can hold a lot. What if Eleven had a reason?
* Where do Magic Rocks come from?
* Where do Quests come from?
Hmmm. I dunno, it kind of feels to me that it should be more ambiguous whether the Giants can directly interact with the world at all.
"Why gnomes? Who made No-no powder? Are we using it the right way?"
Gnomes were an ancient race that once populated Ur. In their development, they discovered many scientific arts, developing a powder called No-No Powder that, to them, was a panacea. However, they were so excited about this new development that it was overmade, and after a few overdosed and suffered a terrible fate, the legal battle that resulted from it wiped out their entire civilization as it escalated from lawyers arguing to bureaucracy going straight into war mode. The war was so terrible that it caused an upset that resulting in a blast of imaginary energy. While most creatures were unaffected, all of the gnomes turned to lawn ornaments... except for those who were in the bureaucratic battle. They became bureaucrocs.
They went to the other giants to solicit some assistance, but no one could help them until they visited Zille deep in the caverns of Grumbla, creating sparkly nodes in Pollokoo. Zille reminded Mab they had had a debate at the party and Mab said that she could grow better rocks than Zille. The pumpkin was the result - not properly a vegetable at all, but a rock. See, it can be mined with a pickaxe!
Ever since then, pumpkins can be mined or grown any time but can only be properly broken into during Zille's month, and star in her celebration.