[OPEN] ==> Nikkal: Deliberate.
You're not entirely sure what you should do.

It took you a LONG TIME, but you did it - you finally found your SECOND GATE. You'd actually seen it quite some time ago, but it had been hovering over a rather large plateau, and it had taken you a while to climb it. You'd been flanked by a small gathering of your CONSORTS the entire time, and as you drew closer to the GATE, they'd began to chirp excitedly: "the WITCH did it! the WITCH did it!"
And now you're here. You'd found out during your travels on LOSAS that your SECOND GATE would take you to your SERVER PLAYER'S HIVE. And while part of you is quite EXCITED to go through it because that means you'd get to see Bharal, another part of you is very CONFLICTED. Because you'd said that as soon as you were able to, you would go retrieve your MATESPRIT. And if you went through the GATE now, there's no telling how long it would take for you to find Komesh. Of course, since you're his SERVER PLAYER, you know that his SECOND GATE would lead him to YOUR HIVE.
You stare up at the GATE as you debate with yourself. Your CONSORTS hop alongside you, chirping wildly in encouragement, but your thoughts are drowning them out. You could easily launch yourself through the gate with your MOON SHOES, but the question is... do you really want to right now?
You more or less have two options:
a) Go through the GATE and meet up with Bharal, and reconnect with Komesh later,
or b) return to your HIVE, wait for Komesh to arrive there, and then go through your SECOND GATE together.
You haven't really spoken with either of them in quite some time. Maybe it would be better to discuss your options before deciding on anything.
-- barefootGibbous [BG] has signed on. --

It took you a LONG TIME, but you did it - you finally found your SECOND GATE. You'd actually seen it quite some time ago, but it had been hovering over a rather large plateau, and it had taken you a while to climb it. You'd been flanked by a small gathering of your CONSORTS the entire time, and as you drew closer to the GATE, they'd began to chirp excitedly: "the WITCH did it! the WITCH did it!"
And now you're here. You'd found out during your travels on LOSAS that your SECOND GATE would take you to your SERVER PLAYER'S HIVE. And while part of you is quite EXCITED to go through it because that means you'd get to see Bharal, another part of you is very CONFLICTED. Because you'd said that as soon as you were able to, you would go retrieve your MATESPRIT. And if you went through the GATE now, there's no telling how long it would take for you to find Komesh. Of course, since you're his SERVER PLAYER, you know that his SECOND GATE would lead him to YOUR HIVE.
You stare up at the GATE as you debate with yourself. Your CONSORTS hop alongside you, chirping wildly in encouragement, but your thoughts are drowning them out. You could easily launch yourself through the gate with your MOON SHOES, but the question is... do you really want to right now?
You more or less have two options:
a) Go through the GATE and meet up with Bharal, and reconnect with Komesh later,
or b) return to your HIVE, wait for Komesh to arrive there, and then go through your SECOND GATE together.
You haven't really spoken with either of them in quite some time. Maybe it would be better to discuss your options before deciding on anything.
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It's not that you're WORRIED, hell no. She's just one of the more tolerable trolls playing this game along with you. Somehow you don't find the QUIRK insufferable at all!
Nikkal! ~~CS
How are you faring? ~~CS
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ummm
nikniks doing ok she guesses
she found hew second gate
she doesnt know if she wants to go fwough it yet dough
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Head start or not, NIKKAL of all trolls got to her SECOND GATE before you've even reached your FIRST GATE?
Second? ~~CS
Good show! ~~CS
What exactly is stopping you, then? ~~CS
Particularly nasty boss you need help with? ~~CS
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niknik doesnt fink dewe awe any bosses awound owo
shes just waiting to heaw fwom somebunny fiwst
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An excellent plan! ~~CS
~We're~ still not entirely sure where some of these gates will lead ~us~ and all. ~~CS
~I~ mean, there is a suspected pattern, sure, but whether or not the game feels like playing along, well... ~~CS
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nikniks a wittwe wowwied about whewe hew second gate goes
hew consowts said its supposed to go to bhabhas pwanet
but
be said dat one of hew gates went wite to hew denizen
so if nikniks second gate goes dewe instead den she doesnt know whatww happen
so shes waiting on hew cwient to come fwough to hew pwanet so we can go fwough de gate togeda
cus two heads awe betta den one wite
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A prudent decision! ~~CS
~I~ am both surprised and impressed... ~~CS
~I'm~ about to head through a gate, myself, though ~I'm~ fairly confident that it seems in normal working order. ~~CS
Is there anything obviously odd about your next gate? ~~CS
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hew fiwst gate was totawwy nowmaw
so hew second one mite be too
she doesnt know
she doesnt know what bhabhas pwanet is wike eida
cus she hasnt been abwe to ask him
so she has no idea what shes getting into yet
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He's still playing, yes? ~~CS
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Well, it's probably more like...
niknik hopes so
You can't bear the thought of possibly losing another one of your friends. You're just going to hope that Bharal's been busy on his own planet.
shes been expwowing hew pwanet so she hasnt been on dat much
so shes pwobabwy just missed bhabha is aww
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If it's so excellent that he can't even spare a minute from exploring, how scary could it really be? ~~CS
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it couwd be weawwy dangewous and he mite be huwt
but niknik doesnt wanna fink about dat
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Or he just hasn't messaged you first? ~~CS
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cus shes been expwowing hew pwanet too
and twying to bweak aww of de cwystaws and stuff
its hawd wowk uwu
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Some part of a quest from your consorts, ~I~ assume? ~~CS
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deywe weawwy dangewous fow de consowts cus dey wive in wata
and witening comes and hits de cwystaws and de consowts get huwt
so niknik has to bweak dem aww
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Has the lightning ever struck any imps? ~~CS
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niknik doesnt fink it weaves gwist behind if it does dough
cus she hasnt seen any woose gwist awound ?w?
so she doesnt know fow suwe
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~I~ was hoping ~we~ could set up some sort of mob grinder... ~~CS
Ah well. ~~CS
So your consorts are safe for the moment, then? ~~CS
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niknik hasnt bwoken aww of de cwystaws yet
but shes got a big gwoup of consowts wif hew wite now
heeheehee
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What opinion do your consorts have on staying versus moving on? ~~CS
Game constructs should at least have some idea of how to pace player progression. ~~CS
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niknik finks dey want hew to move on
cus when she got to hew gate den dey got weawwy happy
and when she decided to wait den dey got sad
so niknik shouwd go fwough de gate but
she wants to tawk to komkom fiwst cus niknik pwomised she wouwd come and get him as soon as she couwd
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~I~ still think ~we~ should all be traveling in groups anyhow. ~~CS
Too many players have simply "vanished". ~~CS
In a party system ~we~ can at least get a report first. ~~CS
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shes wost way too many fwiends in dis game ;w;
so itww be much much safa if evewybunny can stick togeda
heehee
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Just checking in and all that. ~~CS
~I've~ got ~my~ own adventures to be worrying about! ~~CS
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