[OPEN] ===> Nikkal: Check on meteors.

[starstorm]

Hurriedly, you ditch your conversation with Bharal to go and see if the meteors you'd seen before have drawn any closer. You scurry out onto the balcony of your HIVE, fully prepared to retrieve your ASTRONOMOSCOPE - but you realize almost immediately that it's not needed.

The forest surrounding your hive's plateau is on fire. The blue trees are completely going up in flames, and the scent of burnt wood is stinging your sniffnode. The meteors are now visible to the naked eye from your viewpoint; still, you think that there may be quite some time left...

...until a meteor crashes down right in the middle of the plateau, much too close for comfort. Your LUSUS, who has been peacefully resting on the bottom level of your HIVE, is shaken from her slumber and promptly gets up to go inspect it. As you watch the giant hopbeast emerge from her shelter, the full realization of the danger you're in comes down on you.

You're scared. You know what you have to do, but you're still scared. In any case, you'll be reporting back to Bharal now. You quickly make your way back inside and return to your HUSKTOP.

um
wewp
a meteow just cwashed down neaw nikniks hive
and de neawby fowest is on fiwe
so maybe we shouwd twy and get dis wunning now huh

Your hands shaking with anticipation, you double-click the scrib.exe program again.



Surprisingly, the game doesn't crash this time.

oh
oh OwO
niknik finks its wowking now
can bhabha twy and wun it yet

Comments

[appleful]

report for status!!!!!

[starstorm]

hi wicwic ^w^
nikniks wowking on getting into de game
she finks
she has it wunning but nofings weawwy happening yet
dewe awe meteows dough
one came pwetty cwose to nikniks hive

[appleful]

so you haven't started yet
WHAT ALREADY SO CLOSE
do you think you still have time
when i talked with mandya meteors were hitting somewhere near her home too
but we still talked for some time

[starstorm]

uuummmm niknik finks dewes stiww time
she doesnt know how wong its gonna take to get in
nikniks wusus wiww pwotect hew if anyfing happens dough
so shes gonna be ok

[appleful]

of course you're gonna be okay!!!!!
at the very end i'm still there and your other friends
at least one of us can rescue you in the last minutes if things get too hot
is that game you play alone or do you team up with someone

[starstorm]

yep niknik knows ;w;
sheww be totawwy fine afta she gets into de game and den shes gonna hewp save evewybunny ewse
but uummmm niknik has to team up wif somebunny
bhabhas hewping hew get into de game
she stiww doesnt know what dat means but she wiww when he finishes instawwing it

[appleful]

of course
i'm cheering for you over here!!!!!
who's bhabha

[starstorm]

bhabha is bharal
hes nikniks sewva pwaya
so she guesses hes gotta do stuff when he gets de game wunning
weww find out and den niknik can teww wicwic mowe

[appleful]

hm i haven't seen him around yet
what's sewva
that'd be cool if you could tell me more about it later

[starstorm]

uuummmm de sewva pwaya
and niknik is de cwient pwaya
server and client

If you're going to use this weird game terminology, then you might as well spell it properly. You want people to understand, don't you?

niknik wiww teww wicwic whateva she knows when she finds out mowe

[appleful]

sounds kinda like our game
guess those terms get popular now
oh by the way have you talked with komesh yet
i haven't caught him online for a while

[starstorm]

oh oh uuummm
yep niknik did
he seems safe fow now
he wants to hewp but doesnt know how
but its ok cus wewe gonna save him wite

[appleful]

that's good to hear!!!!!
of course we do
we'll save everyone who can't save themselves
i hope you don't have to wait too long for actually starting this thing
i'm excited what it's about
aside from teleporting i guess

[starstorm]

ummmmmmmmmmm
niknik doesnt know
but it has a pwetty woading scween
dats aww she knows about it yet actuawwy

[appleful]

hopefully the rest has good graphics too
i wouldn't want to play an ugly game
even if it has teleporting in it
do you actually know where you gonna be send to

[starstorm]

nope
just somewhewe safe appawentwy
niknik tawked to chwyschwys and she said she got in and was safe
so dats a good fing

[appleful]

who's chywschwys
that's a mouthful to say
oh good
so we can keep talking even if you got teleported right

[starstorm]

chwysi
heehee

Your nickname for Chrysi is almost as long as her full name. This does not occur to you.

yep yep we suwe can
we can keep tawking even afta evewybunny ewse gets saved too
cus we can make de awmy den

[appleful]

chrysi maybe
but chwyschwys seems harder to say than her real name
we're already making the amry!!!!!
I RECRUITED SOME PEOPLE ALREADY
OH LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THEM
now we have ria and ira
they're the generals of art and science
and there's komesh and cheriour
i couldn't rope more in yet
but i'm working on it

[starstorm]

oooohhhhh niknik has met wiwi
shes weawwy nice ^w^
niknik wiww twy and get some oda peopwe in when she gets in de game
shes kinda distwacted wite now

[appleful]

yes she really is
and really fun to hang around with!!!!!
oh of course
you concentrate on the game first before you do stuff for our thing
i've got enough freetime so i'm working hard for it

[starstorm]

heeheehee yep yep
actuawwy nikniks sewva pwaya is weady now so shed betta go
but niknik wiww come back as soon as she can ok

[appleful]

ok
go forth and bring victory home

[starstorm]

ok ^w^
niknik wiww do hew best