The Grene Knyght wrote:[Title]At The Summits Of Insanity
[Debate]A recent scientific expedition to a polar region went mysteriously awry, leaving several scientists from @@CAPITAL@@ university dead. With the source of the incident still shrouded in mystery, the expedition’s lone survivor is petitioning you to halt all such voyages.
[Option]“Though my warning may be in vain, I am forced into speech because men of science refuse to heed my warning,” rants pale faced survivor Dr. M.B. Craftlove, who holds degrees in both mathematics and folklore. “What we discovered locked away under the ice is unspeakable. The evidence was there all along, in the drawings of the mad artist, Richard Pluckman, in the archaic rites of obscure Tasmanian tribes, in the dread tome Lexinomicon. But we, in our hubris, failed to recognize it. And now my colleagues are dead. Mountains under the ice. Gargantuan cities of geometry most bizarre. Strange writings not of this earth. And something worse. @@LEADER@@, there is something dreaming under the ice, and another expedition to the region could wake it. I beg you, respect the unknowable. We must be prepared.”
[Result]@@Name@@ prepares for the world's end whenever someone slips on a banana peel
[Option]“I have a theory,” states your Minister for Rational Thought, @@RANDOMNAME@@ “Melting ice leaked methane, which was then inhaled by the scientists, and, with their brains short on oxygen, they all went mad and killed each other, leaving this brain-addled man the only survivor. What this fiasco shows is that we need more environmental regulation in order to halt climate change, if we’re to save what polar climate we have left. In the meantime, all polar voyages should be halted. They only contribute to the problem anyway.”
[Result]All school field trips are cancelled in the wake of a ban on scientific expeditions
[Option]“You can’t do that!” cries Professor @@RANDOMNAME@@, a scientist wearing a labcoat over @@HIS@@ parka. “We still have so much to learn, and there’s no replacement for first hand experimentation. We must establish a permanent polar research base, and boost funding across the board for scientific expeditions. Besides, if there’s any truth to Dr Craftlove’s claims, they must be investigated, not shut away."
[Result]Scientists on expeditions often experience disturbing dreams
[Option]“Ia! Ia! Maxthlhu Barrtaghn.” chants mysterious cultist Keziah Whatley, gifting you a bas-relief of a strangely @@ANIMAL@@-like humanoid “We must embrace our new masters, and usher in a new era. Beneath the ice and beyond this plane lies their ancient city, and from there we must call them from their dreams, to rule over this universe forevermore.”
[Result]Bemused foreign diplomats enjoying watching the people revere long dead Maxtopian Pharaohs[Title]At The Summits Of Insanity
[Debate]A recent arctic scientific expedition went mysteriously awry, leaving several scientists from @@City@@ university dead. With the source of the incident still shrouded in mystery, the expedition’s lone survivor is petitioning you to halt all voyages to the arctic.
[Option]“Though my warning may be in vain, I am forced into speech because men of science refuse to heed my warning.” Rants pale faced survivor Dr M.B. Craftlove, who holds degrees in both mathematics and folklore. “What we discovered locked away under the ice is unspeakable. The evidence was there all along, in the drawings of the mad artist, Richard Pluckman, in the archaic rites of obscure Tasmanian tribes, in the dread tome Lexinomicon. But we, in our hubris, failed to recognise it. And now my colleagues are dead. Mountains under the ice. Gargantuan cities of geometry most bizarre. Strange writings not of this earth. And something worse. @@Leader@@, there is something dreaming under the ice, and another expedition to the arctic could wake it. I beg you, respect the unknowable. We must be prepared.”
[Result]@@Name@@ is preparing for the world’s end
[Option]“I have a theory” states your minister for rational thought, @@randomname@@ “Melting ice leaked methane, which was then inhaled by the scientists, and, with their brains short on oxygen, they all went mad and killed each other, leaving this brain-addled man the only survivor. What this fiasco shows is that we need more environmental regulation in order to halt global warming, if we’re to save what arctic climate we have left. In the meantime, all arctic voyages should be halted. They only contribute to the problem anyway”
[Result]Voyages to the antarctic are banned as environmental activists kick up a stink
[Option]“You can’t do that!” cries Professor @@randomname@@, a scientist, wearing a labcoat over @@his@@ parka, “We still have so much to learn, and there’s no replacement for first hand experimentation. We must establish a permanent arctic research base, and boost funding across the board for scientific expeditions. Besides, if there’s any truth to Dr Craftlove’s claims, they must be investigated, not shut away.
[Result]Universities lack qualified lecturers as @@name@@’s scientists embark on scientific voyages around the world
[Option]“Ia! Ia! Maxthlhu Barrtaghn” chants mysterious cultist Keziah Whatley, gifting you a bas-relief of a strangely @@animal@@-like humanoid “We must embrace our new masters, and usher in a new era. Beneath the ice and beyond this plane lies their ancient city, and from there we must call them from their dreams, to rule over this universe forevermore.”
[Result]Violetests are outraged as a new and equally bizarre religion rises to prominence
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