[OPEN] ===> Kalfour: Return

[bizango]

Return from where? Well you have been watching the sky for some time now, though why you would do such a thing for so long has somehow managed to slip your mind. That’s alright though. You have been enjoying yourself at least! The fires starting up at the very edge of the horizon are quite pretty against the evening sky.

However, they’ve started creeping closer now, as have the meteors and it’s finally starting to make you nervous. You have to make sure your moirail survives, and from what everyone’s been saying, that won’t happen until she’s playing the game. Which means you have to start soon too. You take another long look at the sky, and then slip down from the roof and in through your respiteblock window. It takes you a minute to find your husktop in the dark and as it turns on, you descend the stairs and settle on the step just outside your door. Hopefully everyone has started the game alright so far! You haven't been doing a very good job keeping track. Whoops!

restlessMediumhas signed on.

restlessMedium [RM] has started pestering meticulousPedicure [MP].

mp~
are yOu ready tO play the game yet~~

Comments

[bizango]

...lawd

merze+ y*ure making +his m*re difficu|+ +hen i+ needs +* be

[footkind]

BUt Its dAnGeRoUs oUtsIde

[bizango]

i+|| be m*re danger*us if y*u ge+ crushed by me+e*rs

[footkind]

UM
YeAH I GUess so BUt stIll
Is tHeRe AnYWAY not to leAVe MY HIVe

[bizango]

y*ure g*ing +* have +* leave y*ur hive *nce y*u s+ar+ playing merze+

[footkind]

I KnoW
I KnoW
BUt oUtsIde Is dAnGeRoUs Its A BAd BAd plACe

[bizango]

yes - bu+ y*u can hand|e i+
i kn*w y*u can

[footkind]

HoW do YoU KnoW tHAt

[bizango]

y*u w*u|dn+ have been picked if y*u c*u|dn+

[footkind]

do YoU ReAllY tHInK so

[bizango]

yes - i rea||y +hink s*
y*u sh*u|d be m*re c*nfiden+ merze+

[footkind]

eVeRYone sAYs tHAt BUt I dont KnoW IF I CAn

[bizango]

y*u|| |earn - jus+ give i+ +ime

[footkind]

UM
UM
oK I WIll tRY I GUess

This not-Kalfour is strangely comforting. You will have to thank him when you remember how to properly etiquette.

[bizango]

+ha+ s*unds |ike a g**d p|an +* me
d* y*u +hink y*ure ready +* p|ay n*w

[footkind]

UHH
UHH
I GUess so oK
Ill tRY to Go UpstAIRs noW

[bizango]

*kay - +ha+ s*unds g**d
d* y*u kn*w why s*me *f +hese +hings i can bui|d are free and s*me aren+

[footkind]

UHH
I tHInK Its to Help YoU stARt BUt not so tHAt YoU CAn CHeAt I GUess

[bizango]

hm

You decide to click on the first in the series of FREE MACHINES, bringing it up on the screen. Damn, this thing is huge. You try the other two and they are both equally as unwieldy. You really wish you KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING HERE.

You get the feeling Kalfour must have left instructions for himself somewhere on his husktop, but the thought of trying to find anything on this violently colorful monstrosity makes you balk. Hopefully he returns soon. You are not sure how much longer you can stumble blindly through this!

a|| +he free +hings are rea||y big merze+
are y*u im g*ing +* be ab|e +* fi+ +hem in y*ur hive - assuming i can see in+* i+ a+ a|| i mean

[footkind]

UM
I HAVe lots oF RooMs IF YoU WAnt

Which are, unfortunately, almost entirely separate from one another and connected only by a single spiralling staircase.

[bizango]

a|righ+ - +ha+ wi|| w*rk

...well that would work, but all of a sudden your hand twitches very much against your will, and you click, dropping the CRUXTRUDER just outside Merzet's rock.

*h

Well then. That was not ACCORDING TO PLAN. You suppose it has been long enough, and you are, after all, no longer the most qualified person for this job. It was fun while it lasted anyway.

s*rry merze+ - i +hink i pu+ *ne *f +hese machines *u+side
als* - im g*ing +* have +* |eave qui+e s**n

[footkind]

WHeRe ARe YoU GoInG????

Oh no no no, the one person who actually seemed sane!

[bizango]

d*n+ w*rry merze+ - im n*+ g*ing far
ka|f*ur is c*ming back - and he|| kn*w be++er wha+ +* d* n*w +hen i d*

[footkind]

UHH
UHH
oK tHAnKs WHoeVeR YoU ARe
UM BUt
IM GoInG to tRY And Go UpstAIRs so GIMMe A seC

[bizango]

*kay - g**d |uck merze+
make sure y*u +ake y*ur husk+*p s* we can s+i|| +a|k

You will attempt to stay until he's gotten onto the surface at least!