@0xabad1dea very Dwarf Fortress
"See, the Staircase of the Monarchs!"
"So if you make it to the top it proves you're the rightful heir?"
"No, no. But we gave it a name that makes it sound like that to filter out the stupid and those vulnerable to peer pressure. And it's pretty."
@[email protected] @[email protected] arrrgh. That would have made a vastly superior punch line and I missed it. tips hat
@0xabad1dea yeah, i'm not sure if this is actually a step up
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That staircase is like something from an anxiety dream.
@0xabad1dea I find myself misquoting Ned Ryerson from Groondjog Day - “watch out for that bottom step! It’s a doozy!” But clearly better. Maybe it’s my vertigo speaking. Too easy to imagine Lego me skipping merrily down, miscounting and falling to a bricky disassembly.