==> Lyndis: Be productive.

[artful_transgressor]

Well, it took awhile, but once you stopped FLIPPING BULGES and distracting yourself from your WEIRD TIME SHIT with a lot of GRIST GRINDING and ALCHEMIZING WAY TOO MUCH STUFF, you finally started actually BEING PRODUCTIVE. The grinding allowed you to GAIN SOME LEVELS, which as far as you can tell is just a DUMB NICKNAME SYSTEM that gives you periodic infusions of BOONDOLLARS, but you assume it will be useful at some point. (What kind of game doesn't require you to get ALL THE LEVELS? But REAL LIFE doesn't have ABILITIES measured in NUMERIC STATISTICS that are increased upon LEVEL UP, so you're not actually sure how this is helping you.) More to the point, YOUR SERVER PLAYER has had enough grist to build up your CLIFF to the FIRST GATE - which was EASIER THAN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, since, you know, cliffs tend to be NATURALLY HIGH TO START WITH.

You went through it A LITTLE WHILE AGO, which accomplished NOTHING OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE except getting you kind of LOST. It's just as well there are plenty of CAVES on your planet, and also that you ALWAYS CAPTCHALOGUE YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS before you go anywhere; you haven't left ANYTHING back at your CAVE except, well, MEMORIES OF A SENTIMENTAL NATURE you would NEVER ADMIT to having. You're pretty sure you can ACTUALLY SEE THE FIRST GATE way off in the distance whenever you are AT THE TOP OF ANOTHER CLIFF, since there is A HUGE AND EASILY VISIBLE STRUCTURE leading up to it; part of you wants to head RIGHT BACK THERE, but as of yet you HAVEN'T GIVEN INTO THE TEMPTATION. You swore you were going to PROGRESS in this game, dammit, you can't just go RUNNING HOME LIKE A HIVESICK WIGGLER.

That, and you CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE IT ANYMORE, thanks to a bunch of FUCKING INEXPLICABLE STATIC that seems to be LOCALIZED TO YOU; no matter where you go, your FIELD OF VISION seems to cut off into A BUNCH OF SHITTY STATIC WHITE NOISE about THIRTY FEET AWAY in every direction. It is SO FUCKING ANNOYING and it honestly makes wandering around KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE AND DANGEROUS.

You are currently holed up in ANOTHER CAVE; it beats FRYING under your planet's godforsaken SUN(the light of which is COMPLETELY UNAFFECTED BY THE STATIC, dammit). It isn't as fierce as the sun on ALTERNIA, at least in that it doesn't CAUSE YOU ACTUAL BODILY HARM to be out in it, but it's still FUCKING UNPLEASANT. No wonder your quest involves BRINGING SOME GODDAMN SHADE in ways you are still COMPLETELY UNCLEAR ON. From what you've gathered, you're supposed to DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUN ITSELF - but that's COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. How the fuck could you do something like that?

But you're getting DISTRACTED. You've got a PURPOSE right now, as much because you're not sure HOW TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PLANET QUEST and whether or not you should be working toward your SECOND GATE or STAYING PUT to meet up with other players as because THIS IS IMPORTANT SHIT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAILED DOWN A LONG TIME AGO.

To that end, you OPEN A MEMO.

-- artfulTransgressor [AT] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board so done with playing blind. --

AT: alright so
AT: dunno how many of you actually open your sponge clots when cs is talking
AT: i wouldnt really blame you if you just sort of let that shit wash oVer you without bothering to process any of it
AT: but belieVe it or not he actually had something important to say about sequences a memo or two back
AT: specifically that all our planets may be connected through our gates
AT: probably just through our own indiVidual sessions but honestly who the fuck knows at this point
AT: but he also said that despite working out there is a sequence
AT: he has no fucking idea what the sequence is
AT: or eVen who is in what session
AT: and you know who else doesnt know
AT: me
AT: i kinda wonder if ANYBODY fucking knows
AT: this memo is to remedy that shit right now
AT: so
AT: lets get this shit sorted out
AT: i want you
AT: no matter who the fuck you are eVen if weVe neVer talked
AT: or eVen if you cannot fucking stand me
AT: put your hands down kids
AT: to sound off here
AT: i want you to giVe your name
AT: along with who your serVer and client players are
AT: i dont care if your serVer and client haVe already spoken up by the way
AT: you damn well sound off anyway
AT: this is as much to get people straight as sequences
AT: and it gets eVeryone checking in
AT: if we get eVeryone to do this then we should be able to figure out the sequences
AT: along with how many sessions weVe got here
AT: and once weVe got the sequences and sessions straight maybe we can come up with some kinda plan
AT: ill eVen set up a format
AT: its gonna be serVer - you - client
AT: so in my case kaprao - lyn - zirreh
AT: as far as i know the three of us are all part of the original session phaest started
AT: were gonna call that the alpha session for claritys sake
AT: i know theres another troll session that sorta squeezed in
AT: well call that beta
AT: and so on down the line if theres more i honestly dont know at this point
AT: theres a human session as well i know that much
AT: theyre just gonna be the human session
AT: if theres more than one of their sessions too i guess well figure out names
AT: but does eVeryone get the idea of what were trying to figure out here
AT: good
AT: now sound off

Comments

[mapmaking]

Ugh this guy. After an encouraging speech by Avispa, you finally respond. But only because he's actually asking for information.

my formaTIon Is--x
perrIx - phylus - durIan--x
also jusT so you know my branchkInd Is workIng ouT greaT so--x
fuck your pasT self I made IT work and Im acTually noT enTIrely afraId of kIllIng ThIngs now--x!!

So maybe you couldn't cut your ire out ENTIRELY. Well, you tried!

[artful_transgressor]

are you legitimately still pissed off that i suggested there might be a better weapon than branches out there
like i piss people off for a lot of reasons
sometimes intentionally
but this is the dumbest thing anyones eVer been mad at me for bar none
especially since you were flipping bulges panicking about how you were gonna die at the time so trying to find you a better method of self defense was me actiVely trying to help you
i was so concerned with the question of keeping you alive that i failed to recognize the deep-seated flushed feelings between you and your branch
if you seriously wanna keep holding a grudge oVer that then go the fuck ahead i guess

[soundtricks]

yeah you really
really
shouldn't have made fun of the branch

[artful_transgressor]

i didnt make fun of it
i thought he literally grabbed it as like a weapon of desperation
so i suggested he find something better so he could protect himself better
and holy fuck hes been acting like i punched his lusus eVer since

i mean fuck im used to people being pissed at me but usually for reasons that actually make SENSE

[soundtricks]

well whatever you did, you still shouldn't have
it's kind of a Thing
s' complicated

[artful_transgressor]

ugh
this kind of shit makes me seriously reconsider my resolution to try and help people in this game
not enough to stop cause its still actually necessary to my own surViVal
but enough to be pissed that this is something i haVe to fucking do

[soundtricks]

hey man
I didn't make the rules about the branch
I'd say take it up with the troll who did but
well
you know

[artful_transgressor]

rule one of the game is you dont talk about the branch
rule two of the game is you dont talk about the branch

anyway i was just bitching
not suggesting it was somehow your fault
if anything you and i seem to haVe similar reactions to how much of a massiVe pain in the nook it is trying to help people

[soundtricks]

wasn't saying you were
but I mean it about the branch
just
don't

[artful_transgressor]

unfortunately i apparently already did
so now what
i haVe time powers but for bullshit reasons i cant actually use them to go back into the past and undo dumb shit iVe done
eVen if there was absolutely no way at the time to realize it was actually dumb shit and could only possibly be remedied with retroactiVe perspectiVe

[soundtricks]

just don't bring it up again
or apologize, whichever

[artful_transgressor]

iVe done both of these things
hes still pissed

[soundtricks]

guess you've gotta deal with him being pissed then
I mean no way you could have known, obviously but
welp
you refilled your recuperacoon
gotta lie in it

[mapmaking]

Thanks--x
you dIdnT have To sTIck up for me--x

[artful_transgressor]

especially since no one is picking on you

[mapmaking]

shuT up--x

[artful_transgressor]

this is my memo yknow

[soundtricks]

not a big deal I guess
not like I did much anyway

[mapmaking]

well you dId more Than I dId--x...

[mapmaking]

The branch Is ImporTanT okay--x?
I mean you donT even know The half of IT--x
ITs goT a loT of sIgnIfIcance--x
ITs The only ThIng Ive goT lefT--x.

[artful_transgressor]

how the hell was i supposed to know that
and why are you pissed at me for not haVing been magically aware of it

[mapmaking]

because youre jusT noT supposed To run around InsulTIng people you really donT geT IT do you--x?

[artful_transgressor]

except it WASNT AN INSULT
or rather it was an insult so contextual that i could only haVe known it was gonna insult you if i knew how important the branch was to you before i said it
which weVe established is not a thing that i could haVe possibly known
you seem to be the one not getting it here
honestly by this point youVe insulted me way more than iVe insulted you
and unlike anything i did to piss you off
youre being completely goddamn unreasonable and unhelpful out of actiVe spite
cause i know how to be a complete asshole
belieVe me hardly anyones better at it
and eVen i dont bitch people out this hard for this little
especially if it was something accidental they did while trying to help me stay breathing

but you know what
fuck it
fine
go ahead and hate me
youre obViously goddamn set on it for reasons i cannot eVen begin to comprehend
but do it fucking quietly
i dont need these snide 'i still hate you' post-its
or you acting like im some lawnring bully whos kicking sand in your face when you start bitching at me out of nowhere when id been going along minding my own fucking business
and only start arguing with you when you slap your shitty hate reminders on my forehead
and then my part of the argument almost solely consists of 'IT WAS AN ACCIDENT OH MY FUCKING GOD'
i dunno where the FUCK you deVeloped your concept of people being assholes
especially when you grew up on ALTERNIA
but i dont care if youVe spent all your sweeps in a rainbow pillow factory before you were gently unpackaged for this game
eVen by those stunted troll sensibilities not a goddamn thing iVe done to you has been half as pointlessly and deliberately dickish as youre managing to be with this idiot grudge
so you know what
you go ahead and wax black for me or whateVer youre doing
youre obViously eternally committed to it
but stop slapping it all oVer the memos cause im sick of looking at it
ill make a public fucking announcement of your hatred for me if youll promise to neVer mention it again once youre satisfied eVeryone who could possibly need to be informed knows it
since your primary concern seems to be that people are under-informed on this graVe issue so it should be brought up whereVer possible

[mapmaking]

Wow what.

whoa whoa Im noT waxIng black--x!
look I jusT have a loT of buIlT up anger abouT people shITTIng on The branch ThaTs all--x
ITs preTTy serIous I wIsh people would sTop makIng fun of IT okay--x
Ive upgraded my branch and ITs really greaT now--x

==> Durian: Defend branchkind.

[defensivealchemist]

what5 thi5
have you 6een in5ulting the 6ranch