Kaprao: Recruit some more players.

[flowerwhisperer]

So you have recently learnt that your half your session somehow went and died one way or another and you are all POSSIBLY REALLY BONED now. For some reason a part of you isn't really surprised that it's come down to this, but then again you are already used to bad things happening.

But that is besides the point! You are going to go and try RECRUITING NEW PLAYERS and hopefully avert everyone dying horribly. You have some people in mind, which is to say there are people you'd really rather not die from meteors because they don't deserve it. You just have to...figure out how to explain that it's either a potentially really dangerous game or imminent death by meteor.

Damn.

PS: urm
PS: he||o

Clearly you will not be interrupted in your efforts.

Comments

[appleful]

YOUR FOREST
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW
ARE YOU HURT
ARE YOUR FLOWERS HURT
you mean the meteors
sure just fight them or make them avoid hitting you
easy as pie

[flowerwhisperer]

...i don't think i can fight meteors
for
obvious reasons
i'm okay
uh
my garden is safe
but everything e|se is...
anyway
i am p|aying a game

[appleful]

oh no
you being in this situation makes me sad
what game

[apiarycryptonaut]

Some time has passed since you got the file from Kaprao, but really, what do you even do with it? What's it for? How does it work?

-- apiaryCryptonaut [AC] began pestering passiveSampler [PS] --

K4pr4o! C4n you tell... me more 4bout the... g4me, I know nothing... 4bout it 4t 4ll!

[flowerwhisperer]

oh
urm
the game is kind of an adventure story
you need to have have someone act as a server p|ayer to get you into the game
they will bui|d you a few things you need
and they're responsib|e for bui|ding up your hive so you can progress through the game
uh
when you get in the game wi|| assign you a p|anet
which is has a big quest you'|| have to comp|ete
you getting it so far?

[apiarycryptonaut]

It's 4 g4me where... I h4ve one life... 4nd we work together!
Um. But I'm 4lre4dy... on a pl4net, m4ybe?
4nd how does 4... server pl4yer work, I... don't underst4nd th4t p4rt... 4re they m4nipul4ting me... like 4 g4me, m4ybe????

[defensivealchemist]

You didn't see this revelation coming.

youre right it doe5 5ound pretty crazy
if it wa5nt for that dream place id think you were working on your humor
6ut okay
you need to have exactly twelve people or what
the tran5port wi11 6reak
and i5 thi5 game much like FLARP

[flowerwhisperer]

|ess is fine
we had nine p|ayers before
everything got worse
twe|ve is the most we can have though
and
i'm not sure
i don't F|ARP

You REALLY DO NOT WANT to think of the game as being anything like FLARP. Nope nope nope nope nope --

[flowerwhisperer]

not you
but they can manipu|ate your environment
and
urm
it'|| take you to a different p|anet
pretty much

[flowerwhisperer]

urm
game to rescue peop|e from meteors
and get te|eported to a different universe apparent|y

...Wow you sound like a tool.

[mapmaking]

You are gone for an unreasonable amount of time while trying to find your hivemates. Not good. They're not here. Where did they go?

-- careeringCartographer [CC] is now an idle chum! --

[flowerwhisperer]

...

This is probably not a good sign.

[chroniker]

Oh no!
That's horrible!!
And your home must have been burnt down too, huh? 8(

[flowerwhisperer]

my hive is okay
uh
since it's in a cave and a||
and my |usus' body kind of
shie|ded it a |itt|e

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh. Oh oh oh... Ok4y I think I... h4ve 4 little better... underst4nding of this g4me... K4pr4o, yes, I think!
Do you think they... c4n open doors 4nd... move rubble 4w4y, m4ybe?

[flowerwhisperer]

i guess?
un|ess the door is |ocked or something

[chroniker]

I honestly still don't understand all those words, but the most important thing here is that you're okay.
And your home
Erm.
I mean, hive, is alright as well.
I hope your lusus wasn't hurt?

[flowerwhisperer]

he's
kind of
dead

[apiarycryptonaut]

4ll the doors 4re... locked 4ll the time.
So I h4ve to... unlock them 4ll, yes.

[flowerwhisperer]

what doors are you ta|king about?

[chroniker]

Oh.
Oh, God. I'm so sorry.

[flowerwhisperer]

i'm fine
at |east
he's a sprite now

[apiarycryptonaut]

4ll the doors everywhere... to go up, to... go down, they're everywhere... except on the surf4ce.

[flowerwhisperer]

you mean in your hive?
huh
that
might be a prob|em

[chroniker]

You will remember this moment in a quite ironic way later when you discover your own dad lying underneath a meteor when you get in game and hastily decide to bring him to life the only way you can. At the moment, though, you're just confused.

A sprite?
What, like a ghost?