==> Phylus: Freak Out.

[mapmaking]

Well, you DID IT. You finally left the comfort of your HIVE, armed with your favorite BRANCH and equipped with your new GOGGLETOP, those snazzy new hands-free eyewear computing devices you thought up. You admit that you haven't really made much in the way of alchemization, but this is one thing you enjoy.

You manage to get through the FIRST GATE and now you're...somewhere? Somewhere with NO FERNS which you think is dumb. You don't even have a map. There's no GATE in sight, and all you can see are the weird little LIZARDS that flop around on your planet and some IMPS, those stupid things.

Wait, no gate?

You're....stuck.

You're STUCK?! Wait, what!! You didn't sign up for this!

-- CURRENT careeringCartographer [CC] RIGHT NOW opened memo ahhhhhhhh. --

help--x
HELP--x!
Im losT--x!!
oh no ThIs Is scary help I canT geT back To my hIve and There are so many Imps Im goIng to dIe--x!!!!!
I NEVER WANTED TO PLAY THIS GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE--x
why--x
why dId I decIde To play--x?
I could have jusT dIed a paInless deaTh by meTeor wITh my hIvemaTes and Then I could have gone wherever you go when you dIe--x...
no sTop donT come near me--x!
I have a branch--x!

Comments

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh oh oh oh!
The sm4ll ones might... be e4sy, but just... trick the big ones!
If you st4y s4fe... you c4n run between... their legs, you c4n!
Sometimes they even topple... over behind you, wh4m!
They're not very sm4rt... so you c4n trick... them e4sily, I think.
Do something they wouldn't... expect you to do, yes!
You could m4ke two... run into e4chother, too.
But th4t re4lly only... works for the bigger... ones, it does, m4ybe.
Br4nch the sm4ller ones!

[mapmaking]

you know--x
ThaT Is a really smarT sTraTegy--x
you have a loT of good Ideas--x!

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh um, re4lly, Phylus?
If you s4y so!
I just know I... don't w4nt to die!
4nd I know I... don't w4nt 4nyone else... to die either, no.
So don't die, ok4y?

[mapmaking]

I wonT I promIse--x
I donT really wanT To dIe eITher--x
I mean If I dId I could jusT lay down and leT The Imps Trample me or someThIng--x
buT I canT--x

[apiarycryptonaut]

Ok4y, yes, th4t's good!
You 4bsolutely won't die!
4nd you'll m4ke sure... the imps 4ren't b4d.
By be4ting them up!
Or um, I hope?
The imps 4re me4nies.

[mapmaking]

Im goIng To beaT Them up for sure--x!
sTupId--x
They ruIned my map of alTernIa--x

And for that, they must PAY.

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh no oh no... oh no oh no!
M4ybe you c4n repl4ce... it 4g4in l4ter, yes?
But first, yes, win!
Be4t them 4ll up!
Go, Phylus, yes, y4y!

[mapmaking]

Im goIng To replace IT afTer Theyre all gone and learn They canT come back--x!

[apiarycryptonaut]

Yes, y4y, show those... imps who's the boss!
You're the boss, Phylus!
The boss of imps!

[mapmaking]

maybe I could make a fence--x
To keep Them all ouT--x
an elecTrIc fence--x?

[apiarycryptonaut]

Wow, m4ybe, I think!
I wonder if they... would drop electrified grist?
4fter touching the electric... fence, I think, m4ybe?
Th4t would be interesting!

[mapmaking]

ThaTs kInd of a cool ThIng To ThInk abouT--x
Ill Try IT and leT you know ok--x?

[apiarycryptonaut]

Ok4y, Phylus, yes, y4y!
Th4t sounds good, yes!