==> 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

[mapmaking]

Im TryIng I promIse--x
perrIx buIlT lITTle walls around them and made a pen or someThIng--x
The ThIng you puT your moobeasTs In--x?

Im goIng To fIghT Them--x.
I ThInk I have To--x
To geT beTTer--x





I ThInk someTImes my Team mIghT be beTTer off wIThouT me--x.

[soundtricks]

well, at least you're making the fucking effort
and yeah the hell if I know what those are called
but at least he's being useful

and yeah
if you don't, they'll just keep gettin' stronger kiddo
until they'll just take you out if you don't do it first
and I think you and I both know what your jerk 'siblings' would say to that, right♫




yeah well, join the club

[mapmaking]

I donT keep any Ill have To ask hIm--x
he can be useful--x
I ThInk he lIkes To be a hero--x
If he leT me dIe IT wouldnT be very heroIc--x

my sIblIngs would probably Throw me To The ground If I goT kIlled--x.




buT youre a fIghTer--x
I ThInk you know whaT youre doIng more Than any of us--x...

[soundtricks]

well, it sure beats his being an enormous prick like the rest of his caste
for now, at least
but you let me know if he starts fucking up

to say the least, I mean no offense but
the like to fuck with you, but they don't take too well to anyone else doing it, yeah♫





so what♫
it's no use if no one wants to listen to me because I'm not ~nice~ to them

[mapmaking]

well ok yeah he--x

You quickly remember that this is a MEMO and that he can READ IT. Oops.

well yeah--x
They know ThaT whaT Theyre doIng Is goIng to make me beTTer--x
I mean I was always The weak one of all of us--x

I wanT To lIsTen--x...

[soundtricks]

Mmm, maybe not weak
just kind of a wimp- I mean didn't the littlest of you carry a chainsaw or something like that♫
but whatever
not really the point right now, I guess



yeah♫
so what, do you want a medal for it or something, or will helping you not die be enough♫

[mapmaking]

I ThInk so--x
you know I was never really sure how many Tools he kepT on hImself when he was wanderIng around--x

helpIng you noT dIe defInITely--x

[soundtricks]

that kid was probably a walking army knife to be honest
always did kind of like him
he grew decent fruit

And being that fruit is one of your favorite things, it put the kid in pretty high estimation. Though really, the abundance of power tools also helped.


good
now
first thing you're going to need to do is make better weapons until you can find their specibi
but for that, you'll need grist, and for that, you're gonna need t' kill the smaller imps
preferably a lot of 'em

[mapmaking]

I ThoughT he grew The besT fruIT--x
I mean compared To all The oTher Trolls--x

uh--x
okay--x
I can do ThaT Theyre preTTy easy To demolIsh--x

[soundtricks]

well
ain't too many trolls growing fruit anyway
but they were pretty good, yeah


I'll see if I can't figure out some weapons for you to alchemize with your branch in the meantime

[mapmaking]

you would do ThaT--x?

[soundtricks]

sure, why not♫
it's not like I need to make any newer weapons for myself right now

[mapmaking]

oh rIghT--x
youve goT Those ulTImaTe weapons--x?

[soundtricks]

well, I don't even really need them yet
you've seen me hit shit, dude
you know how that usually goes down

[mapmaking]

I know--x!
buT I ThInk you could probably Try Them ouT--x
IT wouldnT hurT rIghT--x?

[soundtricks]

oh, I've tried them
I just don't really need 'em