HIRUNE: Make some plans.

[austereastronomer]

-- CURRENT austereAstronomer [AA] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board Team planning, welcome to new players --

AA: If you're reading this memo, that means you have been invited to play a game called "Scrib."
AA: I will warn you right now that there is a great deal of inherent danger in proceeding with this path.
AA: You will almost certainly need to fight for your life immediately.
AA: But unlike meteors, the challenges this game presents can be fought and overcome.
AA: If you think you are not up to it, this is a good time to back out. Once you enter the game, there is no turning back.
AA: But if you still want to play, we're going to need to do some planning.
AA: Who do we have on board?

Comments

[defensivealchemist]

...
if you dreamed on another planet you would con5ider your5elf 6e even more weird
5o
>- dreaming on another planet make5 a per5on more weird
and i dreamed on another planet
fo11ow your own conjecture

[mapmaking]

well maybe I didnT really--x
ThInk ThaT Through To ITs conclusIon--x...

[defensivealchemist]

apparently not
=:T
i11 a55ume you rea11y didnt
de5cri6e how you mea5ure weirdne55

[mapmaking]

I guess whaT devIaTes from normal Troll behavIor--x
I am preTTy weIrd To sTarT wITh--x.
ITs noT really an assumpTIon so much as a facT aT ThIs poInT--x.

[defensivealchemist]

you 5ound 5ure
do you walk in the daylight and eat only plant5 and hug 5tranger5 lu5ii?
a11 of that would make you undenia6ly 5trange

[austereastronomer]

Off-hand...
There are a handful of devices you can select from the menu.
You'll want to deploy somewhere in my hive; all the players need a set.
I've started clearing space for them, so you should have less trouble.
Let's see, what else...

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh, um, ok4y, yes!
Right now, I think?
Would th4t work best?

After all, you did just install the packages and are now staring at the server program. It's... well, you don't fully understand it, but you do see the devices. You also see Hirune.

I think I see... you, m4ybe, so I... think th4t's good, yes.
I think it's working!

[mapmaking]

only The fIrsT one and only someTImes--x.

Honestly, you hate it more than the rest of your hivemates, who are all closer to jadeblood than you are. But if you want to eat in your hive you've got to get up and around pretty early. Fights for the best parts of the wild beasts are common and tough.

why would you wanT To do any of The oThers--x?

[defensivealchemist]

You were right!

ma5ochi5m po55i6ly
i knew an olive6lood who did the hugging thing
5he got pretty torn up from lu5ii who attacked her

[mapmaking]

ThaT Is crazy--x!
lusII arenT some sorT of Tame beasT Theyre meanT To be dangerous--x.

[austereastronomer]

Good, ah... yes, it looks like we're connected, yes.
I cleared out some floor space—
Unfortunately my living space is smaller than I'd like for these purposes, but you should also be able to place more flooring in the same way you place the devices.

Building over the top will block your beloved view of the sky, but then again the view isn't quite as interesting as survival. You can always rebuild your observatory later.

[apiarycryptonaut]

You stare at the various devices in the program as well as the various options and commands that the server setup has at its disposal. Interesting. It looks like you, well, could do just about anything around Hirune's hive with this.

However, you're on a mission! First, she mentioned flooring. You're not sure where the most convenient place would be to add some more floor, but you're sure to make a few additions and changes in fours... and surprisingly you don't block the view of the sky! You didn't even know there was a worry about that.

You deploy the CRUXTRUDER, TOTEM LATHE, and ALCHEMITER in three very convenient locations where Hirune has cleared space for them and where you've added some flooring space. You wish you could deploy a fourth device, but it seems there's only those three for now.

Ok4y, um, devices 4nd... flooring now, I think.
Is th4t good, m4ybe?

[defensivealchemist]

that5 exactly what i wa5 getting at
crazy and 5trange happen5
they u5ua11y die from it though
in hilariou5 way5

Your copy of the Troll Darwin Awards is tattered from the many times you've read through it, giggling at the peculiar ways that your peers died.

[mapmaking]

Ive never ThoughT abouT IT lIke That--x.
I jusT donT wanT To be one of Those people--x.

[defensivealchemist]

i dont 5ee how you could 6e
almo5t every conte5tant for the darwin award5 i5 under >- meteor5 -<
and we11 ju5t make memo5 when people die
there5 no need for u5 to make a production a6out pu6li5hing it

[mapmaking]

yeah--x
a memo--x....

[defensivealchemist]

may6e i11 make a 6ook later
it would fi11 the time if i get 6ored
i dont know
what wa5 your favorite winner

[mapmaking]

probably The Troll who blew up hIs hIve TryIng To make grubloaf--x
Im noT greaT aT IT buT how do you blow up your hIve lIke ThaT--x?

i saw that mysterious magenta text ;)

[defensivealchemist]

ye5 that one i5 cla55ic =:D
pro6a6ly 6y having the 5hoddie5t wiring ever
have you heard of the one who got ki11ed 6y a cactu5

[austereastronomer]

I think it should be, for now. Next step, then...

You walk over to the CRUXTRUDER and proceed to KICK OFF THE LID. Your KERNELSPRITE emerges, and you presently ignore it, as it is currently emitting precisely nothing that you can understand yet. You'll prototype it later—you have your materials ready for that. Time to get some cruxite.

You extrude ONE (1) CRUXITE DOWEL. The COUNTDOWN TIMER begins.

Dowel acquired. Do you have the pre-punched card deployable? I believe that's next.

backtags goooo

[austereastronomer]

...well, I suppose that is true.
If it's called a game, then certainly there must be a way to win it.
Hopefully even at this juncture.
Personally, though, I think the situation is bad enough already.

[callouslystalwart]

Well that was surprising. You weren't expecting Hirune to agree with anything you said.

Bad previously, you mean. ~~CS
It's gotten much brighter thanks to ~myself~ and ~our~ other new recruits, now! ~~CS

[austereastronomer]

Having to agree with ANYTHING HE SAYS grates on your nerves like nails on a DARK-COLORED CHALK-WRITING SURFACE. But to argue against something solely out of spite would be... SILLY.

But... augh.

Yes, well.
Hopefully all of this will go as planned, but we absolutely shouldn't get complacent now.
Even with better numbers, we'll have a lot of challenges ahead of us.

[callouslystalwart]

Complacent? ~~CS
Far from it! ~~CS
~I'm~ excited as can be! ~~CS
Don't hesitate to call if the challenges get too great for you, though, Hirune... ~~CS

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh, pre-punched c4rd?

You take a moment to stop and look through the various menus. After only a moment, you find the PRE-PUNCHED CARD that Hirune mentioned and you immediately DEPLOY it and it settles to the ground at Hirune's feet. That was easy!

Oh, there it is!
Th4t w4s e4sy to... find, it w4s, yes!
So you c4n use... th4t, yes, I think?