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==> Schoolfeeding: Commence

-- CURRENT blackoutEtude [BE] RIGHT NOW opened memo INFODUMP --

since I can't believe that most of you
still don't even know who your teammates are
(except for maybe the humans but come on that's easy)
I think it's pretty safe to assume most of you also haven't been doing much to figure out how this game works
and why some of you suck so bad at it
although really
there's no helping it in some cases
fair warning, this is long as shit because I've ~actually~ been looking shit up about this game
so buckle in kiddos
time to kick this steam-powered information locomotive into proverbial gear

alright, let's start off easy
most of your consorts call you something, or say something about you that's supposed to give you a hint as to who you are
it's all over Derse and Prospit too
if you look at their headlines close enough
so, titles have two parts-

TITLE PART 1: CLASSES

the first part of most 'titles', a class dictates how you use your powers
far as I've been able to pick up
there are twelve basic classes and two master classes, as follows
though I wasn't able to get anything but names for some of them

rogue- usually a female class, 'steals' whatever their aspect is for the use of teammates
thief- also usually female, 'steals' their aspect from anyone and everyone for their own use
heir- ???
maid- ???
page- ???
knight- hardcore fucks who use their aspects to suck less, generally
seer- use their aspect to 'see' outcomes and possibilities, depending on their aspect
mage- ???
sylph- ???
witch- generally a female class, also hardcore fucks who manipulate their surroundings via their aspect
bard (mine)- usually a male class (the fuck♫) literally all I got was that this class does what the fuck it wants when the fuck it wants and how the fuck it wants, no lie
prince- invites destruction via their aspect (which was weirdly specific), also pretty hardcore I guess

master classes are muse (generally female only) and lord (generally male only), but the dudes were pretty quiet on that front
movin' on♪

TITLE PART 2: ASPECTS

second part of your title, there's only twelve of these
so I guess they just combo these up with classes at random to try and avoid doubles
whatever the case, the twelve aspects are-

time- one of two necessary for a successful session, pretty much what it says on the tin
time players manipulate time, either to help themselves or help their team
space- second aspect necessary for a successful session, space players also do pretty much what's obvious, and also have the joy of breeding duties
so yeah, whoever our spacey jerk is
better be taking care of those frogs on your planet
breath- WINDY THINGS it's actually pretty cool some of the stuff that breath players can do with the whole 'be the wind' thing or whatever
light- luck
like, that's literally it
~luck~
void- ??? seriously I got nothing no one seems to know how the fuck it actually works
heart- something about souls and shit, so there's any heart players
try not to go all Fatal Konflict on us, okay troll Shang Tsung♫
life- again, pretty much what it says on the tin- do the lifey thing, fuckfaces
blood- ??? I don't even know but it just SOUNDS cool
mind- thoughts and decisions, although how it works depends on class, I guess
rage- berserkers or stopping people from being batshit off the handle, depends on class
doom- ??? again, literally no clue
hope (mine)- idk hope lasers or some shit I seriously got the worst fucking combo in existence

of course, all aspects and classes are related
paired up, kinda I guess
but the only ones I know for sure are the classes

rogue-thief
bard-prince
seer-sylph
witch-mage
page-knight
maid-heir
muse-lord

far as I can figure aspect-wise, it's probably something like
space-time
mind-rage
life-blood
void-light
hope-doom
and I guess breath-heart even though that makes no sense
but whatever
moving on to more important things-

FRAYMOTIFS

big fucking attacks based on your aspect, pretty much
also combo attacks with other aspects, if you're lucky
they're sold in village shops according to my consorts
but they're all expensive as fuck
and the combinations seem pretty specific depending who you are
both players gotta own the fraymotif before they can use it though
so don't waste your boondollars on anything that isn't gonna be useful

ECHELADDER

essentially♫
all your fucking levels
there's about 30 total and that's before you even hit something else
pretty much decides how hard you hit, how many hits you can take and how hard a hit you can take
pretty sure there's an exponential pattern to it
don't really care though, I'm near the top of mine, I'm pretty sure

PLANET QUESTS

all that stupid shit your consorts are making you do♫
yeah, that's kind of important, some way or another, when it comes to fixing your planet
not all planet quests can be finished completely just by fetch quests and crap though
which brings us to

==> PLANET SUBQUEST: DENIZENS

boss monsters, sometimes optional, sometimes not
all depends on your planet and your quest and whether or not you take the choice instead of killin' 'em outright
generally, if you can't finish your planet quests by doing the stuff your consorts ask you to
then your denizen's got something to do with it
and they're probably not gonna make it easy on ya
not recommended for the weak, faint of heart, or otherwise useless until...

(last, but certainly not least)

GOD TIER

this is it boys and girls
the big leagues
don't get much better than that
control of your aspect as dictated by your class
functional immortality
I mean you can still die, but you'll pop right back to life
unless your death was 'just' or 'heroic'
which of course means if you wanna stay alive, none of that martyr shit
unless you WANT to stay dead, in which case by all fucking means
only thing is that you can only get it by dying on your quest cocoon as far as I know
so for most of you♫
probably not happening unless it's by accident
it's supposed to be pretty fucking sweet though, so if some of you want to take the chance at ~not sucking~ for a change
then hey
here's your chance

that's pretty much all I got for now
knock yourselves out trying to add more
or figuring out your titles if you haven't yet
though I'm pretty sure I know most of Beta's

now, I've got a denizen to try and find, because mine sure as fuck isn't on my planet
so
responses to come at an as of yet undetermined time

and before some of you even start♫
just
fucking
DON'T

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It's a good thing that trollian has a timeline management option, since BE's memo falls firmly in the category of "raising as many questions as it answers." And it really does answer a lot of questions.

( ...goodness. this is all... a great deal to take in... :o )
( thank you for assembling it, even if i was not...initially available to benefit from your work. )
( it seems your research has been incredibly extensive... though it raises a number of questions as well. ...but of course that isn't your fault! )
( i... also seem to be a "spacey jerk." a maid, to be precise, since that is what my consorts have been calling me... )
( and yet... ds is also a space player...? even though such a thing should not be possible...? )*
( and, like ds i am a bit at a loss as to...what, exactly... i'm meant to do with all these frogs... )
( ...breed them? )
( i mean... i could certainly do that; it's not so different from my lusii research... but without some clear goal a breeding program can't get very far... )
( oh, i'm sorry, i'm rambling... i can't really expect you to answer every single question. i guess that would be a little...embarrassing, even, if you had to do all the work for me... )
( so i hope i haven't bothered you...too terribly much... )

*ooc: I can't remember if separate sessions are general public knowledge or if that was before Pherae's time; hopefully I didn't just fuck this up.

yeah, you keep saying that
guess we'll just have to see, won't we♫

somehow I'm not even a little bit surprised
whatever
don't bother reading it then
it's your ass if you wind up needing to know something

you're not
thank fucking god

well, at least ~some~ of you jerks appreciate it
honestly, you'd think I didn't actually do any work to figure all this out with the way some of these fucks are so flippant
like fucking seriously, I don't see any of THEM bringin' forth any useful info

well, better you than pretty much everyone else in our session
because let's face it
the rest of these losers would wind up killing the frogs horribly somehow
and space is fucking complicated
'cause it's one of the ones most affected by class
most I can tell ya is that it's got somethin' t' do with where in space somethin' is and how much space it takes up

far as breedin' duties go
it's the frogs
you gotta breed 'em all together somehow in order to make this thing called the 'Genesis Frog'
it's a big part of winnin' the game
so don't fuck about with it, alright♫
shit's serious

yeah I mean mine are pretty fuckin' helpful
but I'm gathering that not everyone's are
and apparently some don't even have any
probably another glitch in the fucking game
who the fuck knows♫
maybe they're fixable though
or somethin', at least

sorry..

oh, you're rIght, they mIght just do thAt thIng
hopefully they're not gonnA be lIterAl zombIes though thAt'd be gross

yeah well, better do it quick
cause there's probably more left to figure out

You try very hard not to lose your cool at what you feel is another condescending jerk- after the seadweller, you are in no mood for stupid.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be your day.

ok first off
there's three sessions total as of right now
my team
your team
and the humans
so don't feel too special there moonshine, there's two other spacey jerks who are ~supposed~ to be playing
whether or not they'll survive though, hell that's anybody's guess

far as breeding duties, you breed the frogs together to create a Genesis Frog
which is a Pretty Big Deal
so I'm sure your team would appreciate if you didn't let them get murdered or eaten
because if you're missing the wrong frog
there go your odds of creating a proper Genesis Frog
whoops

and shit of course you bother me
~everyone~ bothers me
it's just a matter of how much and how much I'm in a mood to take

for research purposes, I'm gonna answer both the questions you're probably gonna ask about this conversation and my tolerance:
> a lot
> not really in the mood for stupid shit

your lot really needs to start paying a-fuckin'-ttention to shit
I mean seriously
seeing trolls askin' shit what's already been answered is starting to make me not want to bother answering anything at all

bit late for that
not that it's your fault anyway
the ass that gave me this game didn't mention anything about that

yeah zombies probably ain't what you want to deal with
probably a good thing to keep your flesh intact and all

I'm not sure Anyone knew
It's not lIke I even knew thAt the gAme would trAnsport us somewhere else to begIn wIth

precIsely, there's enough thIngs AlreAdy out there tryIng to get A pIece of me
no need to Add AnythIng thAt tAkes It lIterAlly

Well, so much for not making a nuisance of yourself. You're not really sure exactly what you did to deserve this reaction. Maybe it can't be helped, with all the catch-up you have to do. Still, you're rather hurt to be thought of as just one more source of apparently "stupid shit," or inattentive; there are plenty of things you don't like about yourself, but you're still pretty confident that those don't apply.

You could always try to BACKPEDDLE.

( i joined this game a bit later than some, so... between that and some trouble i was having that... kept me absent, it seems i've missed out on a lot... )
( so i really did appreciate you writing this... )

That seems like KIND OF A BIG DEAL about the three different simultaneous sessions. Won't that mess up important things like... well, some kind of GENESIS, apparently? Presumably a GENESIS FROG is generating something, right? Why hasn't there been more talk about something so significant? ...Actually, it probably has to do with the fact that it seems a lot of players have been kept busy DYING.

( but i... didn't mean to come here to annoy you, so i'll just... abscond myself from your coiffure. )
( thank you for the additional information about the genesis frog... )
( at some point when it isn't too inconvenient... i would be really interested in trying to replicate your research, and maybe expanding on it... )
( but it seems very clear that this point in the timeline isn't...a good choice. )

Edited 2013-05-30 15:56 (UTC)

how could you not know♫
pretty sure that would have been obvious what with the whole
saving us from planet-destroying meteors thing

well, there's that and
you know
aren't zombie bites infectious or something♫

welcome to half your team
you guys replaced the dead half of that session pretty quick
though being absent and not paying attention seem t' be collective specialties
but hey
~somebody's~ got to do it

If you were a nicer troll, you'd be concerned that she seems to be so put out by your response. Then again, if you were a nicer troll, you'd be cullbait, so you really don't see an issue with your response. You do, however, also don't get half of what she's saying.

abscond yourself from my what♫♪
is that an insult or something♫
because if it is, you should try being more obvious
so I can ban you like I did the fishbitch

( no, no, it isn't an insult... i just meant that i would get out of your way... )
( you know, as soon as we finished... whatever this conversation is. )
( ..."not very successful" being, apparently, the most prominent thing that it is. )

We'll see it come... true, we will, yes!
4nd th4t will be... very good, 4bsolutely, R

You literally snatch your hand away from the keys before finishing that sentence.

Zur4he... I'll be c4reful, yes!
If I pl4n to... not be in trouble... I won't get in... trouble, I won't, no!

ria and ira?
iVe been talking to ria a lot
probably more than any of the other humans
which makes sense since she and i literally haVe the same title
helps us work our shit out a little faster

i dont think we can afford ANYONE dying
all our sessions seem connected in weird ways
which is why i think were able to communicate with each other at all
i dunno if we can actually affect each others sessions in any concrete way but info is pretty important all by itself
so us being able to talk is probably significant
plus since beta flat out hitched a ride on alpha in some obscure way
that suggests it eVen more
so no i dont think anyone dying in other sessions would help ours any
i wouldnt eVen lay caegars on it not actiVely HURTING our session
frankly if i thought beta or the humans dying was gonna help us in alpha any i wouldnt be all up in your grill trying to push the whole teamwork message down your protein chute
or at least not as much
cause what you do and what happens to your session wouldnt matter to me as much

hey if the branch is hugely significant fine
i could eVen see him going 'whoa hey dont bash the branch its important'
and then id have gone 'hey whateVer'
and that couldVe been that
instead he mentions it has some kinda significance to him WAY after the fact
and nurses this massiVe inexplicable grudge oVer me not knowing the branch was that important to him DESPITE HIM TAKING FOREVER TO TELL ME SO
and acts like i pissed in the eye of his lusus for giVing him what seemed like perfectly sound surViVal adVice at the time
literally the only thing wrong with it was not taking whateVer emotional significance the branch has into account
which is not something i could possibly haVe known without being psychic
and frankly that isnt how my psionics function
so you tell me how it makes sense for him to be pissed at me for accidentally insulting something i couldnt haVe possibly known was important while trying to help him
especially to the EXTENT hes pissed
itd be one thing if he was momentarily pissed and then chilled once id backed off the branch
but were talking a lasting grudge he brings up eVery time he says two words to me
where he acts like i was intentionally being an asshole to him
if you know the guy talk sense into him

sorry
didnt mean to bring up the whole subject of
yknow
whoeVer youVe already lost
i just meant theres gotta be people in the sessions you like
you get along with aVispa dont you
and apparently you know that phylus guy decently
and you liked bharal enough to do that weird defensive thing when kappy tried talking to him
so thats at least three people you might not want dead
or upset oVer people THEY like dying
do you see where im going with this

iVe tried
half the time i try to make her think about anything though
she just goes 'this is too hard and complicated'
and she kinda waVes off whateVer iVe been saying
although in my last memo she was better about it than she has been
but fuck some of the things iVe had to explain to her
i had to explain METAPHORS to her

yeah
odds are im gonna need it
but i cant just stay on this planet foreVer
eVen if itd probably be safer
its not gonna get us anywhere

hey i zaid id read al of it later
and i mean
i think that if i get kiled
probably it wont be bekauze i didnt read zomething

hahaha if i waz youd al be fukced
but then youd have to keep me alive
oh man thatd be funy

We11, if I come acro55 any u5efu1 informa7ion, I wi11 be 5ure 7o 5hare i7 wi7h you;
7hough, given how 7hing5 are going curren71y, I have doub75 7ha7 I wi11 di5cover any new informa7ion before you do;

We11, 1e7 u5 no7 make any a55ump7ion5 a5 7o 7he 5afe7y of any7hing on my p1ane7;
A7 1ea57, if wha7 I have 5een 5o far i5 any7hing 7o go on;
Bu7 I wi11 do my be57 7o keep a5 many a5 po55ib1e a1ive;
And hmm;
I7 cer7ain1y 5eem5 comp1ica7ed;
I 5uppo5e I wi11 have 7o find ou7 more abou7 how Mage5 work;
Bu7 7hank you for 5haring 7he know1edge you have managed 7o ga7her!;
I very much apprecia7e 7he he1p;

O-Oh;
Oh, 7ha7 i5 a re1ief;
I do no7 know much abou7 frog5 nor 7he breeding 7hereof;
Bu7 I much prefer 7ha7 7o any of 7he a17erna7ive5;
And oh;
7ha7 impor7an7?;
I wi11 be 5ure 7o 7rea7 7he ma77er wi7h 7he u7mo57 care, 7hen;

Mine 5eem 7o be fa11ing more 7oward5 "unhe1pfu1" a7 7he momen7;
7hey 5eem 1oa7he 7o 5pend 7ime near me for 5ome rea5on;
A5 5oon a5 I approach, 7hey begin wa1king away, bu7 very 51ow1y;
A5 if 7hey were opera7ing a7 a grea71y reduced 5peed;
7hey a15o 5eem 7o be behaving ra7her erra7ica11y in genera1;
Perhap5 I 5hou1d be more per5i57en7 in a77emp7ing conver5a7ion;

nobody told us thAt
At leAst not me
I thought It would just be A gAme
I dIdn't even know there'd be meteors untIl the fIrst ones stArted comIng down

they Are but I'm not sure how thIs would trAnslAte Into gAme logIc

You decide it's probably in your best interests not to ask about the end of that sentence.

alright, alright, I get it
geez, just don't give yourself a cardiac attack over it

but you don't have t' godtier if y' don't want to
you know that, right♫

or it might be because you did
like maybe wandering into your Denizen chamber and getting killed because you didn't know it was a Bad Idea

yeah no fuck
I'd call the session a loss right then and there

wow
man it seems like a lot of the suckers playing didn't get told a lot
welp
looks like you've only got whoever invited you to blame

who even knows
I mean I'd make a suggestion but this game makes negative sense already
so it probably wouldn't work out the way I think

oh
is that all♫
fuck some of you brats are super-fucking sensitive
honestly has no one realized I'm essentially like this ~all the time~♫
not really personal, midblood
don't get your netherdressings in a knot over it, yeah♫

You're really relieved Zurahe didn't notice your near slip-up there. You're not going to make the mistake of saying "Rara" again.

Oh, um, huh, wh4t?
But why wouldn't I... w4nt to if it... m4kes me stronger, m4ybe?
I don't underst4nd, Zur4he.

You read to the "warning" and decide to take a peak to scroll down. Once you get to the end, you really don't want to scroll back up. The headlines make it seem like it's important, but reading through all this yellow would require you to concentrate on a lot of text. Ugh.

why are there no pictures!!!!!
you shuold've made it into a comic
easy diagrams are fine too

( ...oh. )

Well, that's a relief. Probably. There are times when you think that, maybe, just maybe, isolating yourself with an out-of-the-way forest hive and a diurnal lifestyle was not the best way to have any idea whatsoever how to interact with other trolls.

...Yes, that theory might have some weight.

( i suppose i really should have realized that... )
( though, admittedly...i never really got to know you very well, before all this started. so i imagine that...as we get more used to one another...i'll have fewer problems. )
( does that mean that...you might be willing to talk more about your research? )
( i was being honest, when i said that i was interested in it... )

I'm not sure I'd hAve belIeved It even If I'd been told thAt
by the wAy the plAnet Is goIng to get wIped out by meteors soon
And nobody else hAs notIced
on thAt note here hAve A vIdeogAme It's the only wAy to escApe It

so yes I Agree It mAkes precIous lIttle sense
even As fAr As physIcs go
but I suppose I'll just roll wIth It As thIngs crop up

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