==> 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

[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

[artful_transgressor]

the one recuperacoon iVe eVer had
and its a guy being pissed at me cause i insulted his branch

[soundtricks]

yeah well
shit happens

[artful_transgressor]

always does

[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

[mapmaking]

well fIne--x!

-- careeringCartographer [CC] banned themself from responding to the memo. --

[soundtricks]

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

[mapmaking]

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

[artful_transgressor]

THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO

[soundtricks]

dude just stop responding to him, seriously
like really, you're not going t' win this one with rants trust me

[artful_transgressor]

clearly
the only way to win is not to play
i neVer should haVe eVen tried to talk to him in the first place

[soundtricks]

probably not
but hey, no use now
so just
I dunno, leave it or something

[artful_transgressor]

i fucking did
hes the one who strutted into my memo to bitch about branch-related shit in my general direction
thats what im talking about
how big does your grudge goddamn haVe to BE to just bring up a single unintentional insult out of the blue in a totally unrelated memo like oVer a week later
and im perfectly willing to giVe him up as a lost cause but is he going to keep fucking dogging me anyway
cause it doesnt actually seem like he needs any actual fuel for his hate engines here

[soundtricks]

look just
let me handle it, yeah♫
if anyone understands bitching because of reasons like his, it's me

==> Lyndis: Say the stupid thing.

[artful_transgressor]

neVer expected to need you to mediate shit between me and anyone
fuck i didnt think youd eVer play a mediating role period
but sure go to town

but uh just to clarify
neither you or him thinks this is some kinda ashen thing right
cause he just irritates and confuses me
theres no hate on my end here

[soundtricks]

don't flatter yourself
Phylus is more or less harmless for all that he's a jerk
and I don't normally, but that's usually because ~I'm~ usually the one bein' kept from doing stupid shit
so


besides, I doubt he actually hates you
he probably just wants t' punch you in the face a bit
I seriously doubt he's the first t' want to

[artful_transgressor]

hey iVe just neVer had anyone so pissed at me for something so globeflippingly retarded
much less for this LONG
so i gotta wonder if hes nursing this grudge for a reason beyond 'this guy implied better weapons than branches exist HOW DARE HE'

so yeah hes not by any stretch the first person to be this pissed at me
i just usually
earn it
fuck i mean this isnt eVen the first time iVe said something that was accidentally way more outta line than i eVer planned on being
but again hes the first guy to get this pissed over something obViously unintentional
i mean lets be real here
hes getting more on my case than KALFOUR
and you fucking know kalfours reasons for hating me so its hard for me not to go 'one of these things is not proportional to the others'