--)- get out

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>Glacis: Be the victor.

The CORUNDUM OGRE drops a pretty good amount of grist, and  upon collecting it, you take a few steps up your ECHELADDER from MIFFED MULLIGRUB to ICY AGELAST. Your grist cache size increases, and you are awarded the amazing sum of 500 BOONDOLLARS!  Actually you have no idea what the exchange on the colorful coins is, but 500 sounds like a pretty decent amount to you. You've been steadily climbing this echeladder thing ever since you started this game, pretty much exclusively by killing imps. The fake-looking monopoly money you've been getting from leveling up hasn't come in handy yet, and you don't feel noticeably stronger at the moment.  ==> With that done, you decide it's about time you went through that portal. Your serve finally gave you the means to get up there, and you made sure that your client will be able to reach it when her time comes. You begin to ascend the stairs, and quickly realize that this is going to be absolute ass. They are just wide enough for you to walk on, but with no margin of error for foot placement -- apparently, railings were too much to ask for. Also, as you observed earlier, the concept of 'landings' seems to have escaped your client. The stairs continue up until a certain point, and then drop off into space, flanked by another staircase continuing in the opposite direction, and so and so forth until the portal. Halfway to your goal, your PORTATOP informs you that someone is pestering you. Oh no. It's him again.

-- bombasticBrave [BB] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 16:14 --

BB: Glacis! Glacis! Ignore him. That's the ticket. Just pretend he isn't there. BB: Glacis come onnnn He's not going to quit, You decide to answer him, but you keep you eyes locked on your feet to prevent yourself from falling off the stairs. >Glacis: Answer Hank with extreme caution.

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>Glacis: Engage enemy in staredown.

It looks like the thing making noise outside your respiteblock wasn't imps, but an ogre. You didn't expect ogres to be able to make it up to the second floor, but you suppose that's what you get for not paying attention to them for a while.

This is probably as good a time as any to try out your new weapon. >Glacis: Lay the hurt on.

You give the ogre a SENSELESS BEATING.

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>Glacis: Check on Carada.

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] began pestering fatalisticFortune [FF] at 13:16 --

DT: --)- hey

DT: --)- have you been working on collecting grist

FF: Hey tHere.

FF: Yes but ! only seem to be gett!ng one or two type so far. Hopefully tHat'll work?

DT: --)- hopefully

DT: --)- I don' know if we need the rest of the machines or not actually

DT: --)- at the very least you can probably get to the portal without me putting any more of them down

DT: --)- but I've been meaning to look into that grist sharing thing that the demon brought up

FF: OH yeaH you've bu!lt my H!ve way up! THanks !'ll cHeck !t out.

FF: OH yes ! was go!ng to ask you too

FF: you l!ve !n tHe tundra, r!gHt?

FF: Or l!ved, ! suppose.

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- why

FF: Can you send me tHe codes for some of your clotH!ng? !'m freez!ng my ass off !s wHy.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- you too huh

FF: (Yes ! d!d get tHe !dea from And!.)

DT: --)- alright

DT: --)- in the future though, remember, you can always take off clothes

DT: --)- but you can' make more clothes from nothing

DT: --)- so better to dress warm than dress too light, right

DT: --)- all of you need to work more on your survival skills

FF: Well ! never really Had to do any surv!val tH!ngs before tHe area ! l!ked was qu!te warm.

FF: But !'ll keep tHat !n m!nd and wear a wHole lot?

DT: --)- don' wear so much that you can' move though

FF: OH no was And! talk!ng to you

DT: --)- huh

DT: --)- about what

FF: WHat

DT: --)- what what

FF: UH

FF: No don't worry about !t ! jumped to conclus!ons.

DT: --)- is there something I should know about

FF: ! don't know !t's not tHat b!g a deal just earl!er ! was wear!ng too many layers maybe

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- layers aren' a bad idea but better to have a few that are well insulated than fifteen tanktops or something right

DT: --)- otherwise it's just unnecessary bulk

FF: HaHa yes exactly! Before ! was just wear!ng a lot of tsH!rts and !'m not sure !t was all tHat pract!cal.

DT: --)- were they the shirts you duplicated

FF: YeaH.

DT: --)- at least you were trying to put them to some use I guess

DT: --)- anyway what do you want

DT: --)- a coat

FF: Yes ! tH!nk a coat would be Helpful!

FF: ! don't really know wHat else wHat else do you Have

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- long sleeved shirts

DT: --)- some boots

FF: Hmm my sHoes now keep gett!ng snow !n tHem but ! don't know How Helpful snow boots would be e!tHer?

FF: OH well !t's wortH a sHot r!gHt

DT: --)- if you had other materials you could make your own clothes with some of this fur I have, but just sending you the clothing code would be faster

DT: --)- well, whatever

DT: --)- I'll just send you whatever I got

FF: !s tHere not a game-related way to make !tems l!ke clotHes? TH!s stuff seems so !mpract!cal.

FF: But tHanks.

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- I guess you could combine items one at a time with other items until you had some sort of clothing

DT: --)- but who the fuck has time for that

DT: --)- alright here's a coat code

FF: Comb!ne !tems?

DT: --)- 5ThyUioP

DT: --)- shit

DT: --)- did I forget to tell you

DT: --)- I did didn' I

FF: !'m not sure maybe?

DT: --)- alright I can' remember

DT: --)- but anyway

DT: --)- you take two punched cards and put them in the totem lathe so that they're overlapping

DT: --)- then alchemize it, and you're done

DT: --)- combined items

DT: --)- try it out before you leave this place

FF: OH !s !t tHat s!mple?

DT: --)- yeah

FF: YeaH !'ll probably try a few tH!ngs.

DT: --)- I have no fucking idea how bobi thought of it

DT: --)- but there you go

FF: Can you comb!ne more tHan two !tens?

DT: --)- dunno

DT: --)- I doubt it

DT: --)- you could combine two and then combine it with another item

DT: --)- I guess

FF: Ok cool !'ll try and make use of tH!s.

DT: --)- do that

DT: --)- so boots right

FF: Maybe ! can get myself a better weapon tHe monsters are gett!ng tougHer

FF: OH yes! THankyou.

DT: --)- 6!ewTgKl

FF: AlcHem!s!ng tH!s sH!t now.

DT: --)- they're literally what I had on me so they might not be your size, I don' know

DT: --)- better big than nothing, right

FF: AH yes !t's a l!ttle b!g on me but ! can probably just stuff some socks at tHe end of tHese boots?

DT: --)- great

FF: And tHe coat's f!ne tHanks a lot ! feel a lot less l!kely to freeze to deatH.

DT: --)- damn straight

DT: --)- I wouldn' have given you the code for it if it was shitty

FF: How !s your quest!ng go!ng anyway are you mak!ng progress and stuff?

DT: --)- not yet

DT: --)- I haven' gone through the portal yet

FF: OH good glad !'m not totally beH!nd!

DT: --)- you might actually be ahead of some people

FF: So we'll all be go!ng tHrougH tHese portal tH!ngs around tHe same t!me?

DT: --)- I think that's the plan

DT: --)- with any luck we won' end up dead

DT: --)- last time I spoke to her bobi was getting ready to head out though

DT: --)- I wonder if she made it through already or if she's still working on it

FF: OH yes ! sHould cHeck up on Her! We were gon!g to talk after we cHecked out our lands but ! guess ! forgot wHat w!tH all tHe otHer people.

DT: --)- there's definitely been no shortage of shit happening let me you that

DT: --)- but hey

DT: --)- I had a question for you

DT: --)- you know that cartoon that you were watching earlier

DT: --)- what was it

FF: WH!cH one

DT: --)- there's more than one

FF: UH. Well !n all fa!rness botH were watcHed for tHe purpose of foster!ng fr!endsH!ps?

FF: Sort of.

DT: --)- alright well

DT: --)- is there one about humans

FF: Human H!gH you mean.

DT: --)- maybe with something to do about their 'mythology'

DT: --)- human what

FF: Have you been talk!ng to Se!mos

FF: Because ! wasn't even tHat ser!ous wHen ! asked H!m to watcH !t ok ! d!dn't expect H!m to follow tHrougH???

DT: --)- I was just mildly curious

DT: --)- because he told me he watched a

DT: --)- documentary

FF: Do you want tHe l!nk to ep!sode 1

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- sure

FF:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F59Qkq512WY

DT: --)- what

DT: --)- what am I watching

FF: !t's a webtoon based on a popular doll francH!se about Humans and tHe!r H!lar!ous H!gH scHool ant!cs.

DT: --)- why is this human being suddenly assaulted by the rest of her peers

DT: --)- did she commit some human faux pas

DT: --)- why doesn' she punch that smug little shit in the face

FF: Wa!t are you watcH!ng !t too

DT: --)- obviously she is too submissive for her own good

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- no

DT: --)- I've seen enough

FF: SHe really wants to be l!ked and f!nd Her fr!ends duH! At Human H!gH ScHool fr!endsH!ps are cons!dered

FF: H!gHly !mportant.

FF: Apparently, anyway.

DT: --)- are they

DT: --)- 'did I say something stupid'

DT: --)- yes

DT: --)- 'do I bore you with my problems'

DT: --)- yes

FF: You're st!ll watcH!ng.

DT: --)- this song's rhetorical questions are probably

DT: --)- I'm not watching

DT: --)- I just didn' close the tab yet

FF: Ok.

FF: WHo's your favour!te Human so far

DT: --)- I don' have a favorite human

DT: --)- cry harder human

DT: --)- you should have stitched your foot on tighter

DT: --)- all she did was dance a little and now she's upset

FF: OH good !'m glad you don't l!ke Frank!e e!tHer.

FF: THougH to be fa!r ! tH!nk sHe just seems annoy!ng because sHe's tHe des!gnated ma!n cHaracter.

DT: --)- this girl seems to have many 'worst days of her life'

FF: Espec!ally cons!der!ng sHe's only 16 days old apparently?

FF: HaHaHa !n H!nds!gHt tH!s sHow !s so m!s!nformed about Humans.

DT: --)- there are probably lots more in her future

DT: --)- but yeah

DT: --)- none of them look anything like actual humans

DT: --)- I guess I've only seen one but still

DT: --)- what happened

FF: Well to be fa!r we Had no !dea wHat Humans looked l!ke wHen tH!s was made.

DT: --)- there's another song playing

DT: --)- looks like she fucked up again

FF: Se!mos enjoyed tHe emo song segments.

FF: WH!cH was H!lar!ous.

DT: --)- you mean

DT: --)- her legitimately liked them

DT: --)- *he

FF: He was all "! l!ke tH!s song".

DT: --)- hahahaha

FF: ! know r!gHt.

DT: --)- oh I see

DT: --)- so she stepped into someone's quadrant and broke them up

DT: --)- although they're not calling it that

DT: --)- what the fuck is this show even

FF: Well tHe sHow does Have quadrants tHe Humans just use stup!d words for tH!ngs !n HH.

FF: THougH !t turns out Humans don't Have quadrants !n real l!fe? D!d you Hear about tHat.

DT: --)- no I haven' bothered asking

DT: --)- what do they have

FF: Just pla!n matespr!tsH!p, from wHat ! gatHer?

FF: THey Have some otHer types of close relat!onsH!p but tHey're not cons!dered romant!c.

FF: ! tHougHt !t was pretty !nterest!ng! !f !ncred!bly we!rd.

DT: --)- that's weird

FF: YeaH.

DT: --)- but it's irrelevant to us right

FF: HaHaHaHa probably!

DT: --)- has seimos been watching this frequently then

FF: ! tH!nk so! HaHa.

DT: --)- he was lying through his teeth about this

DT: --)- I distinctly asked him if it was a cartoon

DT: --)- and he denied it

DT: --)- claimed it was a 'documentary'

FF: Sounds l!ke !t to be Honest but

FF: you watcHed !t too now so

FF: wHat does tHat mean?

DT: --)- I was just watching to confirm my suspicions

FF: HaHa.

FF: Ok.

DT: --)- I'm serious

FF: WHy was watcH!ng tHe wHole tH!ng necessary.

DT: --)- I was waiting to see if the content would become less vapid

DT: --)- it didn'

FF: THe content !n season two !s a lot less vap!d to be Honest but

FF: ! won't subject you to !t

DT: --)- good

DT: --)- so seimos

DT: --)- I trust he hasn' been pulling any stupid bullshit right

FF: YeaH. H!m.

FF: Has He !nformed you you're !n tHe runn!ng for "mo!ra!l cand!date"? HaHaHa.

FF: Because He tells me !t's go!ng to Have to be e!tHer you or me or He'll probably snap and Hurt people?

DT: --)- oh so he's out in the open about it

FF: WH!cH sounds k!nd of l!lke m!ss!ng tHe po!nt to me but yeaH.

DT: --)- wait I'm in the running

DT: --)- what the shit is that about

DT: --)- all we do is get on each others nerves

FF: YeaH tHe guy Has no subtlety wHatsoever.

FF: ! dunno He m!gHt Have cHanged H!s m!nd s!nce tHen ! suppose?

FF: But R!z!ee !s out of tHe runn!ng on account of be!ng a nervous wrek, and tHe demons !s

FF: well

DT: --)- the demon

FF: a deamon !nHab!t!ng tHe body of a 5 sweeper.

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- maybe clonegriel can step in and save either of us having to do this stupid shit

DT: --)- or, you know

DT: --)- maybe not

FF: ! guess tHere's always Lonam!??

DT: --)- right, because the heiress would make a great moirail

DT: --)- does crazy cancel out crazy

DT: --)- to be fair seimos is a lot less fucking nuts than some of the other indigo bloods I've talked to

FF: ! don't exactly talk to !nd!go bloods on a regular bas!s.

DT: --)- didn' figure you would

DT: --)- I mean he's still a shithead

FF: He's marg!nally more tolerable tHan ! expected, but only marg!nally.

DT: --)- but he's not eating trolls alive, catch my drift

DT: --)- and he at least seems to understand that he can' kill everyone

DT: --)- for shits and giggles

FF: YeaH tHere's tHat.

DT: --)- so I guess we should be thankful that he wants to win and not just to try and murder everyone

FF: He Hasn't actually tHreatened to k!ll anyone so far? And seem to not want to.

DT: --)- yeah exactly

FF: Even !f H!s mot!ves are pretty sH!tty.

FF: *sH!ttee

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- *shiTTee

DT: --)- obnoxious ass quirk

DT: --)- but yeah I don' really know what he's hoping to get out of this at endgame

DT: --)- assuming we even win

DT: --)- maybe he just wants something really predictably cliche like 'to rule the universe'

FF: Wow tHat's a lame goal.

FF: not to ment!on sort of d!ff!cult !n tHe long run? L!ke How do you assert control over an ENT!RE UN!VERSE.

DT: --)- well like I said I don' know if that's what he wants but yeah

DT: --)- it's a pretty fucking stupid idea

DT: --)- but I guess for the short term at least

DT: --)- he might be right about the moirail thing

FF: !s tHere anytH!ng you want out of tH!s

DT: --)- who me

DT: --)- I want to live

FF: YeaH !f tHat's not too personal a quest!on ! don't know !'m k!nd of cur!ous about wHat people are Hop!ng to acH!eve

DT: --)- which I guess I could do here, but this land isn' much to my liking

DT: --)- might as well play the game until I end up somewhere less shitty

FF: OH r!gHt yeaH tHat's a pretty s!mple and reasonable goal.

DT: --)- about the only one that I'm pretty sure everyone shares

DT: --)- what about you

FF: But yes you m!gHt be r!gHt about Se!mos as mucH as ! Hate to adm!t !t.

FF: Well ! want to l!ve too obv!ously but

FF: ! don't know ! l!ke tHe !dea of bu!ld!ng a new un!verse ! tH!nk we could make sometH!ng really great !n tHeory? But we'll see.

FF: As far as Se!mos goes ! don't know !f ! want to mo!ra!l for H!m because He's k!nd of a Huge assHole but !'ll try and stay at least relat!vely open to tHe !dea ! guess. UgH.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- I don' know about the new universe thing myself

DT: --)- especially since we have 'royalty' in tow

DT: --)- my guess is that she's going to want to build exactly the same fucking thing as before

DT: --)- maybe something even worse, who knows

DT: --)- but who would want to give up their title, right

FF: :/ ! Hope not.

FF: Maybe sHe can be conv!nced otHerw!se?

DT: --)- maybe

FF: Or even tr!cked let's face !t sHe doesn't seem very br!gHt

DT: --)- I haven' tried talking to her but she sounds like an idiot

DT: --)- but as far as the seimos thing goes

DT: --)- just do what you can within reason

FF: ! don't tH!nk sHe poses tHat Huge of a tHreat, anyway. SHe seems more !nterested !n be!ng an !dol and be!ng adored tHan actually Hold!ng any power? But wHo knows.

FF: YeaH ok !'m not go!ng to jump !nto any crappy relat!onsH!p w!tH H!m but !'ll keep an eye out ! guess.

DT: --)- did he ever mention what happened to his past moirails to you

FF: WHat He actually Has past exper!ence?

DT: --)- apparently

FF: ! f!nd tHat really Hard to bel!eve but ok.

DT: --)- however shitty and misguided it may have been

DT: --)- *shiTTee

FF: WHat Happened you're mak!ng !t sound pretty om!nous.

DT: --)- you should ask him if he's had any experience yourself

DT: --)- and don' use my name when you ask

DT: --)- seriously

FF: Do ! Have to? He'll probably tH!nk !'m mak!ng an advance.

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- damn that's true

DT: --)- ah fuck why the hell shouldn' I tell you

DT: --)- he culled them apparently

FF: OH.

DT: --)- don' know how many, but probably more than one

DT: --)- the more you know

FF: Gods.

FF: R!gHt, okay. W!ll uH, def!n!tely be keep!ng tHat !n m!nd.

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- hey, I'm not trying to scare you or anything

DT: --)- but as long as he's serious about this moirail kick

DT: --)- you should probably know

DT: --)- but like I was saying before, he seems serious about wanting to win and do it without leaving a trail of physical and/or emotional wreckage behind him

DT: --)- so I guess that's a plus

FF: Yes tHat's true! ! apprec!ate tHe warn!ng However tH!s mess goes.

DT: --)- yeah don' sweat it

FF: Rem!nder you m!gHt st!ll be !n tHe runn!ng tHougH.

FF: HaHaHaHaHaHa.

DT: --)- thanks for reminding me you little shit

DT: --)- if it comes down to it, I'd at least be harder for him to kill I guess

DT: --)- I don' really want to test that theory though

DT: --)- especially since he has stupid ass mechanical arms and shit

FF: Does He

FF: Fuck!ng Hell.

DT: --)- he does indeed

DT: --)- prosthetics

DT: --)- like a tool

FF: OH r!gHt ! see.

DT: --)- because apparently his own two regular arms weren' good enough

FF: D!d sometH!ng Happen to H!s ar-

DT: --)- nope

FF: Wow ok tHen tHat's. Really somtH!ng.

DT: --)- as far as I know he just got new ones to replace the old

FF: Y!kes.

DT: --)- don' quote me on that, I didn' ask for his life story

DT: --)- but yeah

DT: --)- he was telling me I should have gotten them too

FF: WHy would you get tHem tHougH wHats event tHe po!nt

DT: --)- although I have no fucking clue why I'd need them, unless I had a sudden pressing urge to become part tin can

DT: --)- I guess they're more durable than regular arms, who even gives a shit

FF: HaHaHa.

DT: --)- point is

FF: Aren't H!gHbloods super strong ANYWAY.

DT: --)- imagine not being able to feel anything

DT: --)- like you touch something and you can' even feel it on your fingers

DT: --)- how fucked up is that

DT: --)- and yeah

DT: --)- but I guess you can always be 'stronger'

DT: --)- even if you're really just buying your 'strength'

FF: YeaH tHat actually sounds pretty sad to me?

FF: Not be!ng able to feel at all.

FF: ! mean aren't Hands tHe most sens!t!ve tH!ng for feel!ng tH!ngs or wHatever

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- fingers and toes

DT: --)- that's why it hurts so bad when you smash them up

FF: ! don't know ! guess !t's H!s cHo!ce. Even !f !t's a really stup!d one.

DT: --)- but also why you can tell the difference between subtle textures and shit

DT: --)- but yeah I guess

DT: --)- I mean I'm not about to tell him to take his shitty arms off

DT: --)- if that's even possible

FF: D!d He Have to l!ke, cut off H!s real ones?

DT: --)- yeah probably

FF: Or are tHey robot arms l!ke armor add!t!ons

DT: --)- I would guess the former but maybe there's still some nervous system under there

DT: --)- I'm not too familiar with prosthetics

DT: --)- not many practicioners where I lived

FF: YeaH !'m Hardly an expert beyond crap ! see on tv.

FF: WH!cH probably doesn't really count.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- like 'criminal legislacerator investigation unit' or whatever that show was called

DT: --)- where they 'enhance' all the images and shit that they get from cameras

DT: --)- even though you can' just pull more resolution out of your ass like that

DT: --)- and if you blew up the photographs all that would happen is that you would get a blurry piece of shit

FF: Yes tHat sort of tH!ng ! tH!nk tHere were cr!m!nals !n !t w!tH robot arms a few t!mes.

FF: To be fa!r ! don't watcH a lot of l!ve act!on stuff.

DT: --)- neither do I

DT: --)- I owned a tv but I never fucking used it anyway

DT: --)- I mean you can get the same shit on the internet right

FF: ! mean tHe actors were all 90% H!gHbloods and no offence ! just found tHat offputt!ng usually.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- did you want more lowblood representation

FF: And yeaH! THe !nternet was great ! d!dn't even own a TV.

FF: Yes actually !t would Have been n!ce l!ke ! just tH!nk

FF: H!gHbloods play!ng lowblooded cHaracters was k!nd of dumb.

FF: L!ke !f you want lowblood cHaracters br!ng !n some actual lowblooded actors ! don't know tH!s probably sounds l!ke a stup!d compla!n but !t was wHy ! usually went for cartoons !nstead.,

DT: --)- I hear it's tough for them to get a break in showbiz

DT: --)- which I don' get, personally

DT: --)- most of everything on tv is garbage anyway

FF: YeaH and tHe ones you do get were always so typecast!

DT: --)- ha

FF: But yeaH a lot of !t was crappy for otHer reasons.

DT: --)- you mean 'lowblood farmer A'

DT: --)- and 'unnamed cavalreaper B'

FF: YeaH.

FF: Also all tHe lowblood CR!M!NALS.

DT: --)- pretty boring shit I'll admit

FF: L!ke as !f tHose are even mucH of a tH!ng?

DT: --)- I don' know

DT: --)- you're not talking to someone familiar with cities

DT: --)- so as far as I know lowbloods could be burning each other in the streets and I would have no fucking clue

DT: --)- but cities seem like shitholes anyway so it doesn' really bother me that I'm not familiar with them

FF: Well !t was pretty peaceful to be Honest!

FF: But !'d Have ratHer l!ved furtHer away from one ! d!dn't really l!ke be!ng arround otHer people mucH

DT: --)- all those fucking trolls

DT: --)- crammed into little units

DT: --)- creeps me right the fuck out

DT: --)- but I guess I'm in the minority there, so whatever

DT: --)- honestly I'm going to miss the tundra but what can you do right

FF: V!s!t And!s land ! guess?

FF: Probably not qu!te tHe same.

DT: --)- probably not

FF: !s your l!ve melt!ng or anytH!ng

DT: --)- not yet

DT: --)- it's too thick to start melting right away but I guess eventually it'll start to go

DT: --)- and then whoever comes here will have nothing by seimos' shitty stairs to work with

DT: --)- *nothing but

FF: HaHa.

DT: --)- haha

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- you do realize you might have to come here right

FF: Well not HaHa about your House melt!ng obv!ously

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- you mean the shitty stairs

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- it was seriously the laziest fucking thing

DT: --)- I mean at least it was fast but goddamn

FF: YeaH ! was laugH!ng at tHe sta!rs not tHe poor person wHo Has to v!s!t.

DT: --)- not even proper landings really, just stairs

FF: WH!cH m!gHt be me?

DT: --)- could be, who knows

DT: --)- depending on where the portals go

FF: !t seems l!kely cons!der!ng your my server, but wHo knows?

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- anyway

FF: Man, meet!ng people !n person. THat'll be we!rd.

DT: --)- tell me about it

FF: OH yeaH tundra guy.

DT: --)- but look, I gotta go 

DT: --)- sorry, imps

FF: OH r!gHt fa!r enougH!

DT: --)- talk to you later if we get through the portals alright

FF: Let me know wHere tHe portal goes.

DT: --)- good luck

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] ceased pestering fatalisticFortune [FF] at 16:16 --

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>Glacis: Remove headset.

You turned the headset off shortly into the conversation because you couldn't be bothered to keep speaking all of your responses. You're still not sure this thing is worth a spot in your deck, but you decide to add it in anyway in the event that you can't use your phone or husktop. You had to withdraw the FUR at the same time as the TUSK, so with the addition of the headset, you have two cards left. Better put them to good use. 

>Glacis: Combine PHONE && HUSKTOP. You obtain the PORTATOP, a portable device that gives you the functionality of your husktop at the cost of a smaller screen to work with. You can use SGRUB from this thing though, which is helpful. You wonder why you didn't do this first -- it's the most obvious choice for alchemization.  >Glacis: Alchemize FLYING MACHINE. This is another item you're not sure you want to spend grist on, but it might come in handy eventually...

You obtain the FLYING MACHINE. Holy fuck. Was Bobi serious with this? ==> The sum total of your exploits is a new weapon, several new technological items of dubious quality, and a flying machine of even more uncertain origins. You decide to call it quits for now and get in contact with your client again. >Glacis: Check on Carada.

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>Glacis: Answer nelumboLoom.

-- nelumboLoom [NL] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 12:03 --

NL: oh, hello there.

NL: i don't think we've talked.

DT: --)- we haven'

DT: --)- you must be one of the other humans

DT: --)- are you 'elsu'

NL: and i would assume you're a troll.

NL: no, my name is lars.

NL: pleasure to meet you.

DT: --)- huh

DT: --)- I haven' heard anything about you as far as I know

DT: --)- what a surprise

DT: --)- these people gossip more than a sewing circle

NL: i'm not surprised. i am not exactly extraordinary or interesting compared to the other fellows in this game.

NL: and to be honest i have been far too busy fighting to really 'gossip'.

NL: the monsters on my land seem endless.

DT: --)- same here

NL: i hope my weapon holds out.

DT: --)- what's your weapon

NL: a bamboo staff.

NL: nothing too impressive, but it had served the purpose of sparring back in the temple.

DT: --)- you mean just a piece of wood basically

NL: not so much on the hard skull helms of some of these things.

NL: yes.

DT: --)- better find something else before it breaks

DT: --)- better yet, alchemize it with something

NL: there aren't really anything on my land i can substitute, though.

NL: i wish there is a way to obtain sturdy metal that isn't rusting, like the ones here.

DT: --)- wait do you know about the alchemiter yet

NL: the contraption that made our cruxite?

NL: what of it?

DT: --)- man your server and client really aren' giving any shits are they

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- you can use the alchemiter to duplicate items

DT: --)- and combine two items together

NL: first of, i would like to say that my server and client are great people and they have done a lot to help me.

NL: i have simply been too boggled down with survival to really talk to them.

NL: the fault is mine, not theirs.

NL: secondly.

NL: combine what, now?

NL: pray tell, how would one go about working the machine if i were to try and combine some staffs together?

DT: --)- great people huh

NL: indeed!

NL: surely you have talked with seimos and riziee?

DT: --)- HA

NL: hm?

DT: --)- seimos

DT: --)- great person

DT: --)- yeah

NL: isn't he?

NL: granted, he is a bit rushed at times but i suppose that's reasonable for the current times.

NL: he's always so informative.

NL: and not at all shy to share his knowledge!

NL: such a great guy.

DT: --)- alright so you and andi are tied for 'most clueless about sarcasm'

NL: you know, at first i was uncertain how to approach you trolls, but now i realize you are all great people and there wasn't anything to fear.

NL: sarcasm.

NL: that's the thing with irony, right?

DT: --)- forget it

NL: if you're sure.

DT: --)- I literally don' have the energy right now

DT: --)- let me ask you this

NL: oh gosh, have i interrupted  upon your rest?

DT: --)- has your server put down the punch designix yet

NL: oh, i saw that in the menu when i was talking with andi.

NL: but no, i'm afraid i haven't been able to ask riziee about it yet.

NL: is it related to the alchemiter?

DT: --)- yeah it is

DT: --)- without it you're stuck with your shitty wooden pole

DT: --)- tough break

NL: ooh, i need to talk with riziee, then.

NL: thank you kindly for telling me this!

NL: may i have your name?

DT: --)- names right

DT: --)- I'm glacis

NL: thank you for your kindness, glacis.

NL: would you please tell me how the new punching machine is supposed to work?

NL: i have never really handled such complex machines until now.

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- you put captchalogue cards in it, and it punches holes in them

DT: --)- then you feed them into the totem lathe like you did with your first punched card

NL: like... the old style computers?

DT: --)- and it makes a totem that you can put on the alchemiter

DT: --)- and yeah, something like that

NL: hmm... interesting.

DT: --)- and then alchemiter can duplicate the items

DT: --)- but if you overlap two punched cards

DT: --)- it makes a unique totem

DT: --)- that combines the properties of the items

NL: how many holes can you punch in a card, though?

NL: it seems like there would be a finite number of items possible.

DT: --)- there probably is

DT: --)- I don' know though, I've only done a few tests

DT: --)- there's also some sort of system where you can combine items two different ways

NL: that sounds like a possibly fun experiment to try already.

DT: --)- if there was more time, maybe

NL: so if we can duplicate items, what about trading?

DT: --)- but this all depends on your server giving you the tools

DT: --)- which sucks bulge

NL: can we call someone where the card holes are punched?

NL: and have them duplicate it on their end, perhaps?

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- well the cards have codes right

NL: they do?

DT: --)- if you give the codes to another player

DT: --)- they can make the items you have

DT: --)- and yeah

DT: --)- check the back

NL: hum.

NL: give me just a moment.

NL: my sylladex is rather time consuming.

NL: oh.

NL: well, well!

NL: i never really noticed that before.

DT: --)- yeah I don' know

DT: --)- I never really bothered checking

DT: --)- but once you punch a card, you can' get the item back out

DT: --)- just to clarify

DT: --)- so only punch things that you're going to use in alchemy

NL: so would 0061AD0z be a potato?

DT: --)- no way to unpunch them after all

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- what

NL: i picked up my card with a potato stored inside.

NL: that was the numbers and letters behind the image.

DT: --)- then yeah I guess

DT: --)- I'm not going to waste grist on that shit to test your code

NL: aha!

DT: --)- but if you read it correctly then sure

NL: so that's what the grists are for.

DT: --)- you mean you didn' know that either

DT: --)- alright you're really behind

DT: --)- but if your server isn' total ass you should at least be able to get the machines running next time you talk to her

DT: --)- the grist is like money, you spend it on the objects and shit

DT: --)- as far as I can tell the server's and client's grist is pooled

NL: wait, if a server's and a client's grists are pooled, what about the client's client, and the server's server?

NL: also, the only thing i knew about grists was that the build grist was used in building and modifying the client's environment.

NL: hence i've been building a series of stairs from seimos's ground hivefloor up to his first gate.

NL: as has riziee with my first gate.

NL: well, she's been stacking walls because that's cheaper.

NL: and i don't really need stairs.

DT: --)- good for you

DT: --)- but like I said

DT: --)- not sure

DT: --)- fuzzy on the details myself, it's not like there's a manual for this stuff

NL: there's only the scripture, true.

NL: and it's only vague at best.

NL: but i thought the gates lead somewhere, considering the potato never returned.

NL: i figured i should try going through it once i'm better supplied.

DT: --)- did you put a potato through the portal

NL: yes, it was light and easy to launch off.

NL: also because i have a lot of potatoes here.

NL: missing one or two wouldn't hurt.

DT: --)- shouldn' throw away food like that, even if it's a disgusting tuberous thing like a potato

NL: but what if i had thrown a rock and the gate connected to another player's gate overhead?

NL: i wouldn't want to cause someone to die of a falling rock.

DT: --)- why did you throw anything into it from below to begin with

DT: --)- you could have just waited until you got closer and then dropped something else in

DT: --)- like a leaf or a stick or something

DT: --)- anyway last time I checked you could still brain someone with a potato

NL: well, i had thrown the potato earlier when there wasn't any mentioning of what the circular things are yet.

NL: then i realized they were portals.

NL: the idea of having to build up didn't really occur to me until that point.

NL: and another thought, the potato was very small. it was just a tiny white thing, it wouldn't hurt anyone.

NL: i hoped.

NL: in retrospect i suppose it was rather reckless of me to have gone on with that plan.

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- at least you had the presence of mind to check what would happen before throwing yourself in there

NL: but anything lighter and i wouldn't have been able to hit hard enough to send flying from the ground.

DT: --)- yeah, yeah

DT: --)- like I said

DT: --)- you at least seem to be able to make plans

DT: --)- so kudos for not attempting to throw yourself out of windows and/or wasting time by doing other useless shit

NL: you are too kind.

NL: i'm sure no one would actually do that, right?

NL: throwing themselves out windows, i mean.

NL: though i suppose if we can combine items, can't we just make flying machines?

NL: a uh, hoverboard or something.

NL: or perhaps there is another reason the building should take place.

NL: hm.

NL: i suppose the answers would come out once the first gate has beem conquered.

DT: --)- as for the first question

DT: --)- yes, apparently

DT: --)- someone has been told to jump out of a window, and he was actually considering it

DT: --)- your 'elsu'

NL: i have yet to talk with this individual, i'm afraid.

DT: --)- I don' know if he went through with it but I seriously fucking doubt he's going to be much use for the rest of the game

DT: --)- especially if he's dead

DT: --)- so hopefully he didn' die

NL: wasn't there another dead player?

NL: pieces of conversation has led me into thinking that 'agriel' has died and is somehow demon possessed now?

NL: i was told to steer clear from them, though.

DT: --)- agriel is dead apparently, yeah

DT: --)- there's a 'demon' or something controlling his body

DT: --)- I don' really know if that's the right term but who even gives a fuck at this point

DT: --)- long story short there might be a way to bring agriel back

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- some other agriel

NL: how is his dream body?

DT: --)- clonegriel

DT: --)- his what

NL: have you slept yet?

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- are you talking about the purple city

NL: oh, you're a derse dreamer as well?

NL: yes, that is one of the moons.

NL: ther other one is prospit, it orbits skaia, the blue star above our heads.

DT: --)- derse

NL: i don't know what agriel looks like so i wouldn't be able to see if he's on derse, though.

NL: that's the purple one.

NL: with the little black carapaces?

NL: and the, uh, things... in the sky.

NL: i couldn't see anything, but something was there.

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- you mean agriel is there too

DT: --)- oh is that how we're supposed to get him back

NL: no idea, i am clueless on this subject.

NL: but that would make sense, right?

NL: why else is there a second body to complicate things?

DT: --)- dunno

DT: --)- there were other towers on derse

DT: --)- like the one I woke up in

DT: --)- I'm guessing that might be where clonegriel is

NL: one for each prince and princess, i believe.

DT: --)- maybe next time I'll go slap him around

NL: if you know what he looks like, i suppose?

NL: though i'm not sure how well would a dead player respond to being slapped.

NL: aha, perhaps you have to kiss the princess.

DT: --)- well, he was the only greenblood we have

NL: though that would be rather intrusive and rude.

NL: greenblood.

NL: see, seimos mentioned something about the hemospectrum as well.

DT: --)- I'll just look at his shoes since we're color coded I guess

NL: but he failed to explain it to be before his nap.

NL: what exactly is it?

NL: if you don't mind explaining?

DT: --)- oh no don' make me do this shit now

DT: --)- red at the bottom, fuschia at the top

DT: --)- caste system

DT: --)- that's all

NL: fuschia...?

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- the heiress' blood color

DT: --)- maybe you spoke with her, maybe not

NL: i suppose not.

DT: --)- she's 'royalty', although now she has only five fucking subjects

NL: of the trolls, it has only been you, seimos, and riziee so far.

NL: i really need to 'chat' more...

DT: --)- as long as you do your job I think the chatting can wait

NL: right, i'll keep the first gate as my priority, then.

NL: also, do you think there is a way we can help riziee?

NL: agriel was her server, apparently.

NL: she has zero progress in building her home and making items as a result.

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- fuck

DT: --)- ah no wonder she has no grist at all

DT: --)- he can' even help her kill the imps

NL: she has a little bit, from the monsters that attack her home.

NL: so she told me.

NL: i'll gladly share my grists with her, if there is a way.

NL: i have a nearly endless stream of those here, after all.

DT: --)- there might be a way

NL: can't even really get a toilet break without having to threaten the smaller ones at bay.

DT: --)- I don' know for sure yet

DT: --)- but for now, yeah

DT: --)- I told her to hide from anything that she thinks is too much for her to handle

DT: --)- but that can' keep going on forever

DT: --)- hopefully if the gate goes to someone else's land, they can go save her ass

NL: that would be good.

NL: i have a feeling monsters will get stronger as we progress, like in real videogames.

NL: and considering the strength of one ogre, i suppose we will need to team up with other players as more monsters show up.

NL: even i, myself, am not certain i can survive if there are... say, three ogres.

NL: i hope i didn't jinx anything.

DT: --)- bang on some wood

DT: --)- or your bamboo pole

NL: ahaha, my staff.

NL: how convenient.

DT: --)- but yeah I don' know

NL: about?

DT: --)- maybe if she didn' put put a fucking umbrella in her strife deck she wouldn' be in so much trouble

NL: what's wrong with umbrellas?

DT: --)- as weapons

DT: --)- everything, probably

DT: --)- they'd break faster than your wooden pole to begin with

NL: unless, she merged it with iron.

NL: or heck, what if she merged it with a sword?

NL: oh, speaking of iron.

NL: would you happen to have sturdy, non-rusty metal at your disposal that i could perhaps have the code of?

NL: for some reason metal rusts really easily on my land.

NL: it's too humid.

DT: --)- metal

DT: --)- might have some scrap lying around

DT: --)- give me a second

DT: --)- as long as I'm already pulling all my shit out, why not

DT: --)- it's just the one stop glacis shop over here

NL: you are a very helpful fellow, aren't you?

NL: it would appear many people already rely on you!

NL: how admirable.

NL: please don't hesitate if you need a code for anything i might have.

DT: --)- if I'm 'helpful', it's only because I know that the people I'm giving these codes too won' waste them on fucking stupid shit

NL: helpful as well as a good judge of character, you really do seem very dependable.

NL: i already feel somewhat more encouraged knowing we have a capable chap like yourself with us.

DT: --)- what are you, some kind of spin doctor

DT: --)- well, whatever

DT: --)- I have a few pieces of metal

DT: --)- they're not very big and I have no fucking idea how much use they'll be without the punch designix

DT: --)- but here

NL: what is a spin doctor?

DT: --)- re!Y0gHJ

DT: --)- is the code

NL: thank you!

NL: i shall ask riziee to kindly deply the punch designix as soon as i can get a hold of her.

NL: i hope she is faring well against her enemies.

NL: i wonder if i can talk to 'agriel' and ask him to deply the machine for riziee as well.

DT: --)- that might work

DT: --)- but then again

DT: --)- it might not

DT: --)- I'm pretty sure he's got his own agenda as far as the gran scheme of thing goes, but for now at least he seems to want to stop people from dying

DT: --)- so, you know

DT: --)- helping the rustblood would be in his best interest

NL: it would be worth a shot, i guess.

NL: riziee seems too frightened of the demon to really talk to him about it, i think.

NL: are trolls afraid of demons?

NL: i never knew they were even an actual thing in other cultures.

NL: after all, there was the saying that demons are brought upon us by the fear in our hearts.

DT: --)- I don' believe in demons

DT: --)- or didn'

DT: --)- don'

DT: --)- I don' really know

DT: --)- at the very least I don' think he's any species I know of

DT: --)- but I'm not frightened of him

DT: --)- I'm cautious, but not frightened

NL: i don't think i'm particularly afraid either, considering i can't see it?

NL: it might be a different story once i can.

NL: that's how demons work, right?

DT: --)- are you kidding

DT: --)- things that you can see are ten times better than things that you can'

DT: --)- at least you can try to fight them

NL: i suppose the imagination does do it's worst at times.

NL: hmm, i think i'll go have a talk with riziee and the demon possessed agriel after this.

NL: i spy more monsters coming closer.

NL: i suppose i need to 'wallop' them now.

DT: --)- wallop

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- but anyway yeah

DT: --)- you go do your thing kid

DT: --)- get the punch designix working asap

NL: i was under the impression that was the more interesting word for attacking them.

NL: i really am not used to talking to so many people like this.

NL: i apologize if i made you uncomfortable with my word choices.

DT: --)- you and half of the other players

NL: the grand design sure has a way to go about things.

DT: --)- so don' sweat it

DT: --)- and yeah

NL: thank you for your metal code.

NL: i'll end this conversation as such.

DT: --)- later

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] ceased pestering nelumboLoom [NL] at 13:54 --

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>Glacis: Alchemize.

Now that you've managed duplication, you're reasonably sure that you can handle combination. You spend some time gathering a number of useful items that might come in handy for this endeavor, and get to work. First on your agenda is something that you've been meaning to try ever since you picked it up. >Glacis: Combine RUGGED TUSK && PICKAXE.

You obtain THE "TOOTH HURTY P.M." BATTLEPICK. It's a little heavier than what you're used to, so it might take a little practice before you get used to it. Still, it's pretty damn cool looking. A sudden chill up your spine alerts you to the gaze of your sprite. For whatever reason, he seems to be keeping quite about you alchemizing his tusk, so decide to quickly put the weapon back in your strife deck before he decides to make a fuss. >Glacis: Combine PHONE && INTROLLOGIC HEADSET.

You sometimes used this headset when you played online games, but quickly decided you preferred the mystique of being the voiceless guy. Also, you sometimes have a hard time pronouncing "t's, and you'll be damned if you let anyone bring that up again. The combination makes a functional hands free device to take and make calls. Too bad you don't have anyone's number. This thing is, in retrospect, kind of useless to you. >Glacis: Combine HUSKTOP TEXT-TO-SPEECH SOFTWARE && PHONE HEADSET. Now this is closer to what you wanted. The headset accepts voice commands, so you can access your trollian app. You take a seat at your husktop and decide to contact yourself with the headset.  GLACIS: --)- troll dauntlessTracker That seems to have worked. A chat window opened up. GLACIS: --)- hey what's up DT: --)- hey catsup TALKING HEADSET: --)- hey catsup  Close enough. You'll have to talk loudly and clearly for this thing to work properly.  TALKING HEADSET: -- nelumboLoom [NL] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 12:03 -- TALKING HEADSET: oh, hello there. >Glacis: Answer nelumboLoom.

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>Glacis: Answer Andi for the billionth time today.

-- incisiveMiscreant [IM] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 12:05 --

IM: I may require a bit of assistance, if you are willing to give it.

DT: --)- what kind of assistance

IM: I lack necessary equipment to traverse my world. As you lived in a similar terrain, I would hope that you could pass on codes for equipment.

DT: --)- oh right

DT: --)- your land is snowy or something you said

DT: --)- what do you want, then

IM: Well, I think the most pressing concern would to prevent frostbite while being able to move. Do you have anything that may assist me in that matter?

DT: --)- so you need clothes basically

IM: Insulated clothes. Or something to alchemize to make insulated clothes.

DT: --)- right well I have more than enough fur so that's not an issue

DT: --)- wait can you make clothes

DT: --)- like if I gave you fur

DT: --)- could you make clothes out of it

DT: --)- do you have other materials to alchemize

IM: I believe I can alchemize the fur with clothes and that should be sufficient, depending on which option I choose.

DT: --)- alright fair enough

DT: --)- hang on let me check the code

IM: Alright.

DT: --)- sFREn16Y

DT: --)- is what it says, I think

DT: --)- that's fur, by the way

DT: --)- in case I didn' make that clear

IM: You were perfectly clear, thank you.

IM: You wouldn't happen to have items which may be useful in climbing? Or at least, er, help prevent falling?

DT: --)- pickaxe, remember

DT: --)- that should be more than good enough

DT: --)- don' have any rope handy though, so hopefully you can get some from someone else

DT: --)- one second while I check the code

IM: Alright.

DT: --)- 56tUIoo8

IM: Thank you.

DT: --)- you might want to make two, one for each hand

IM: Oh, that's a good idea.

DT: --)- most of mine are

DT: --)- what else do you need

IM: That's presumptious, but I have no reason to disagree with you yet.

IM: Hm, give me one moment to check.

DT: --)- ha

IM: I think for the moment I am set. Thank you.

IM: Er, one small request. You never speak of this to the boy.

DT: --)- you mean the girl

DT: --)- bobi

IM: Shush.

IM: But yes.

DT: --)- no need to be all pouty just because you were wrong that time

IM: I'm not "pouty".

DT: --)- remember, I have the strange and mysterious ability to interpret feelings in words

DT: --)- and right now you're not feeling ':3', you're feeling pouty

DT: --)- ha

IM: I am not pouty, I am focused.

DT: --)- focused on preventing further embarrassment, I'm guessing

DT: --)- that's what I thought

IM: So has your server been useful yet?

DT: --)- nice change of subject

DT: --)- very natural

DT: --)- but I'll humor you

IM: I'm going to choose to ignore the sarcasm.

DT: --)- oh you caught it that time

DT: --)- wriggler steps, andi

DT: --)- or no

DT: --)- fetus steps

DT: --)- wait

IM: Baby steps.

DT: --)- infant steps

IM: Close enough.

IM: Really, do you think it is a good idea to learn figurative speech from me though?

DT: --)- probably not

DT: --)- although bobi did give me a chart on human biology

IM: A chart?

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- she put in some pictures

IM: ...er...

DT: --)- do you want to see

DT: --)- well

IM: Not particularly, no.

IM: I mean, I understand human biology.

IM: So I don't really need to see anything.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- if I remember correctly you were squeamish about biology

IM: You remember incorrectly.

DT: --)- really

DT: --)- you couldn' explain what a scrotum was

IM: I didn't want to.

IM: Because, er, biology is not my field.

DT: --)- and you're telling me that biology is bobi's field

IM: Apparently everything is his field.

IM: Hers*

IM: Dammmit.

DT: --)- is that a note of jealousy I detect

DT: --)- iit's true, bobi is extremely competent

IM: I am not jealous.

IM: Though yes, she keeps reminding me of her perfect competence.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- does she now

IM: You seem amused by this.

DT: --)- mildly

IM: Fair enough.

DT: --)- but anyway, it looks like you might be in luck

IM: How so?

DT: --)- I think bobi will be able to get her flying device working

IM: I don't see how that benefits me.

DT: --)- well, you won' have to use your grist to build shit up to the portal

DT: --)- so there you go

DT: --)- and if it works

DT: --)- it might be more cost efficient to make your own flying machine instead of building a bunch of shitty stairs like my server

DT: --)- oh excuse me

DT: --)- shiTTee

IM: So you will be requesting the code for this flying device?

DT: --)- nah

IM: Oh, I see.

DT: --)- you can talk to bobi if you want more info

IM: Er, it is not necessary.

DT: --)- stubborn kid

IM: I am not stubborn.

IM: I am just preoccupied with the creation of items.

IM: And exploring my land.

IM: Flying is not necessary yet.

DT: --)- alright, just make sure you don' get left in the dust without a way to reach the gate

IM: Well, luckily there is not much dust on my land.

IM: I have made an amusing comment. My land has snow, no dust, thus I cannot be left behind.

DT: --)- you almost had a joke

DT: --)- until you explained it

IM: Oh.

DT: --)- do you want another gold star or should I just assume you'll tell me to shove it up my ass

IM: The latter.

DT: --)- I'll save it then

IM: You have had another good idea.

DT: --)- I'm on a roll

IM: Just don't roll off a cliff.

IM: I should stop that, huh?

DT: --)- stop what

IM: Attempting to make a joke.

DT: --)- was that a joke

IM: ...

IM: no.

DT: --)- nice save

IM: Sarcasm?

DT: --)- you decide

IM: Is that sarcasm? Because as the receiver of it the decision isn't mine.

DT: --)- you can construe it however you want

IM: But it doesn't work that way!

-- incisiveMiscreant [IM] is now an idle chum! --

DT: --)- oh yes it does

-- incisiveMiscreant [IM] is now an idle chum! --

IM: Does this apply to the phrase "messing with" someone?

DT: --)- I guess you could say that

IM: Oh.

IM: Well.

IM: Stop it.

DT: --)- haha

IM: Glacie.

DT: --)- andie

IM: My name is pronounced the same even with the "e" added.

IM: Your name takes on a different sound, which can make it sound "cute" though.

IM: Thus your response was ineffective!

DT: --)- so what would be a preferable alternative

DT: --)- ando

IM: If you want, I can share the name my peers would call me in a taunting manner.

IM: However this information would not be free.

DT: --)- and what would you have me give you

DT: --)- I've already done you several favors

IM: I'll send you some chocolate strawberries for those.

DT: --)- sweets and fruit

DT: --)- for valuable tools

DT: --)- that's a shitty trade

IM: Sweets and fruits that would make the gods jealous.

IM: It is shitty, chocolate strawberries are highly valuable.

DT: --)- gold is also valuable

DT: --)- it isn' edible, though

IM: And I doubt you could buy it with anything.

DT: --)- and as far as I'm concerned neither are your chocolate strawberries

IM: Blasphemy!

IM: Well, more for me then.

IM: I wish to use an emoticon to convey happiness, but I don't know one.

DT: --)- you can duplicate them as much as you like anyway

DT: --)- they're not valuable as long as that's possible

IM: Chocolate strawberries are always valuable.

DT: --)- no

IM: Shush you little blasphemer.

DT: --)- nah

IM: Well anyways, to be fair if you do require any tools from me, I can provide.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- I have everything I need now

DT: --)- but your willingness to cooperate is duly noted

DT: --)- princess

IM: I refuse to allow you, too, to refer to me by that name.

IM: It is bad enough with Bobi. Also, I'm not royalty.

DT: --)- I won' call you princess if you don' call me glacie

IM: Oh come on, I can only let Bobi do it.

IM: Besides, I don't use Glacie frequently.

DT: --)- I wasn' aware that you were 'letting' bobi do anything

DT: --)- she seems like the sort to do whatever she wants anyway

IM: Fair point, but still, I do not object to her use of princess very often.

DT: --)- ah

IM: So it is still a tolerance.

DT: --)- ha

IM: That is amusing?

DT: --)- it's nothing

IM: Er, okay.

IM: I think.

IM: Oh!

IM: Sarcasm.

IM: Of course.

DT: --)- and so the cycle repeats

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- well, I'm out

DT: --)- I need to get back to alchemizing

IM: Well, alright then.

DT: --)- good luck with

DT: --)- your stuff

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- later

IM: Thanks. Bye.

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] ceased pestering incisiveMiscreant [IM] at 14:38 --

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>Glacis: Contemplate new item.

You have obtained the FLYING MACHINE code. You decide to hold onto it -- it might come in handy when you use the punch designix to start creating and combining things. Still, you'd rather not use it except as a last resort. It didn't sound like Bobi was one hundred percent certain in its structural integrity. And who could blame her? It's built on and old bird skeleton and probably held together with spit and prayers.

==> You decide to get rid of the SKELETAL WINGS now that you no longer need them, and re-captchalogue your MEAT. Sadly, this puts you back at where you were before, with an odd number of captchalogued cards in your deck. Oh well. You'll sort it out later.

You head back to your respiteblock to try and figure out the new machine. It looks intimidating, but Bobi didn't seem to have much trouble with it. If a human can figure it out, surely you can as well. You start looking around for something expendable to try and punch, and eventually settle on a CHUNK OF ICE from your shattered ice sculpture. You captchalogue the ice, and then place it in the punch designix. It whirs while it punches out the holes, and returns to you a PUNCHED CARD. >Glacis: Place punched card and totem in totem lathe. You receive a unique CARVED TOTEM. >Glacis: Place totem on alchemiter. Sure enough, you have created a new chunk of ice identical to the first. Duplication seems to work, as you thought it would. You are about to start messing with item combinations when you receive an incoming message. >Glacis: Answer Andi for the billionth time today.

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>Glacis: Send codes.

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] began pestering mintNewtons [MN] at 12:51 --

DT: --)- hey

DT: --)- I have that code you wanted

DT: --)- well, codes, I guess

DT: --)- one for each wing

MN: fuck yes.

MN: lay them on me and well get to being productive again.

MN: let me just

DT: --)- great

MN: will myself to pause

MN: chihayas

MN: beautiful solo

MN: this is very difficult to me.

DT: --)- you mean the anime girl again

DT: --)- alright whatever here come the codes

MN: yes the anime girl.

MN: but now i actually have her anime in my possession.

DT: --)- tYIo84RW for the right wing

DT: --)- yufT76hL for the left

MN: right got it.

MN: i guess i should combine these two first huh.

DT: --)- yeah I guess

DT: --)- hopefully this works

MN: so much double triple and on top of that shit combining.

MN: i dont have any high hopes but if it does i will be pleasantly surprised.

MN: considering it means that my legs wont be burned to shit and we wont have to bother with this building shit.

MN: alright the two combined to basically make half a dead bird but i think ive got this.

MN: at least that was a logical progression.

DT: --)- I would have given you the whole skeleton but I don' see how that would have helped

MN: yeah lmao not sure how a whole dead bird is going to assist me.

MN: but wait ok im going to prototype this with a picture of a bird.

MN: apparently that works sometimes and maybe i can get some workable feathers from it.

DT: --)- hopefully

DT: --)- I think I have a feather or two in my hive but I doubt you want to make this shit one at a time

DT: --)- by the way if you need any other supplies

MN: lmao yeah id rather avoid that.

MN: and not so far.

MN: that actually worked by the way holy shit we are

DT: --)- alright good

MN: on a roll.

DT: --)- did it

MN: now

MN: moment of truth

MN: half the back of a freshly killed bird

MN: wings and all

MN: and a flying machine.

DT: --)- can' wait

MN: well.

MN: im

MN: 100% sure that they are only working because i believe in them

MN: in that they cant possibly be TOTAL pieces of shit

DT: --)- what are you, pupa pan

MN: and it might have taken me 10 seconds to lift a foot off the ground

MN: but the work.

MN: *htye

MN: they

DT: --)- clap your hands if you think you can fly

MN: clap your hands if you BELIEVE.

DT: --)- how did it go

MN: i do believe in faries

DT: --)- right

MN: i do

MN: i do.

MN: but uh i got to the top of my house and then glided off.

MN: they work.

MN: they are CLUNKY.

DT: --)- can you control it

MN: yeah.

DT: --)- that's something

MN: i have an apparatus that links to it that you can hold

MN: that has different buttons and a controller.

MN: also if you lean the right way it does what it has to.

MN: i dont know if its completely necessary because im not sure if this fucking piece of junk works on any level

MN: that isnt completely fucking fabricated.

MN: but im not exactly complaining.

MN: it will take a while and i mean a WHILE to climb up the gates

MN: because its not rocket based.

MN: but hopefully the portals dont go that high, right?  lmao.

DT: --)- hopefully

DT: --)- it's hard to gauge how far away they are from down here

MN: ill say.

MN: but ill get some scouting done when im able.

MN: do you want the code to this miserable piece of shit.

MN: ill give it to you but not incompetent fuckers for now i want to make sure that its safe.

MN: so dont spread it around if you get it.

MN: B\

DT: --)- yeah, why not

DT: --)- might come in handy, right

MN: maybe.

DT: --)- although I hope you don' take offense if I don' fly it off the roof for shits and giggles

MN: if flying at 15 mph is something you need in your life.

MN: lmao no thats fine.

MN: use it wisely and please dont fucking spread it.

MN: i literally trust no one else with this shit.

MN: and i dont want people getting hurt.

MN: B\

DT: --)- fair enough

MN: fall from 60 feet from the ground?  its game over and now ive got TWO corpses to kiss.

MN: anyway, code is  !oic82!s

DT: --)- cool

MN: like i said they look like shit but they fold into the backpack

MN: reasonably well.

DT: --)- hey, I'm not complaining

MN: and just strap it on TIGHT when you want to use it.

DT: --)- but you might want to uh

DT: --)- keep an eye on andi

MN: are you giving her the code.

DT: --)- no

DT: --)- I didn' give anything to her

MN: then why would i look at her at all.

MN: shes pissed at me.

MN: again.

DT: --)- oh really

MN: (lol.)

DT: --)- then that's alright

MN: yeah apparently im "insufferable."

DT: --)- really

MN: she asked a very prying personal question and i answered her, and then she acted like i was the asshole.  B\

MN: and then she wonders why shes the princess in this outfit.

MN: but whatever.

MN: but really what did she tell you that shes going to do something fucking stupid.

DT: --)- the princess

DT: --)- that's not the first word that would come to mind

DT: --)- but no she didn' say that

DT: --)- she just asked if I was going to ask you for the flying machine code

DT: --)- and I said 'no' because technically, you offered

DT: --)- so yeah

MN: fair enough.

MN: but come on shes a prissy, spoiled little shit about things who doesnt take critisim.  ie:  a princess.

MN: idk it works for me.

MN: but why should i watch her she probably wont talk to me again for at LEAST 20 minutes.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- I mentioned your human biology chart to her

DT: --)- she was less than thrilled

DT: --)- I'll never understand her embarrassment about these things

MN: what did you show her.

MN: please tell me that you did i think she could use it.

MN: (hahaha.)

MN: ok that was uncalled for.

MN: but yeah me either.  B\

MN: but like i said thats kind of a human thing.

MN: very embarrassed about anything that relates to sex.

MN: or too proud.

MN: people just have no idea what they want from sex.

MN: but yeah andis a litle prude.

DT: --)- I didn' show it to her, no

DT: --)- maybe some other time

DT: --)- when she doesn' expect it

MN: lmao.

MN: shed get a kick out of it.

MN: its my magnum opus.

MN: spread that shit till its dry, bud.

DT: --)- of course

DT: --)- the opportunities are endless

MN: someones trying to talk to you about something you dont want to talk about?

MN: sex chart.

MN: bored?

MN: sex chart.

MN: have to talk to lonami?

MN: sex chart.

MN: literally endless.

MN: would stun em enough to shut em all up, at least.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- now there's a thought

DT: --)- I wonder how the demon would react to it

MN: ooooh.

MN: best not try that one.

DT: --)- he seemed pretty fucking upset about just having to put his face on someone else's

MN: theres fooling around and then theres playing with fire.

MN: now

MN: if someone stupid was to

MN: show it to the demon.

MN: well that would also be shitty too because i think the demon hates incompetence more than i do

MN: which is saying a lot.

MN: soososo.

MN: but i didnt notice that about him.

MN: then again im usually pretty tame in that regard, lmao.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- you really think it would piss him off that much

DT: --)- well, how should I know, I only talked to him once

DT: --)- but it seemed like he was more the type to just not give a shit

MN: i have no idea but id rather not take chances with some kind of ancient demon.

DT: --)- and maybe call us MORTALS disgusting

MN: who is currently possessing a child.

MN: B\

DT: --)- a child

MN: i dont want to be in the same boat that andis in.

MN: all about the ss i suck shit and monsters hate me.

MN: no thanks.

MN: yeah apparently iirc his host is

MN: pretty young.

MN: dont remember how young tho.

DT: --)- that's fucking great

MN: but at any rate i bet the demon doesnt actually give any fucks but you know id rather be safe than sorry.

MN: especially when id be relying on one of you fuckos to give me the kiss of life.

MN: B\

DT: --)- so is that how this works then

DT: --)- this kiss thing applies to everyone

MN: i assume so??  why wouldnt it continue to apply.

DT: --)- no idea

MN: i mean this is a game and games usually work on their own sets of rules.

DT: --)- I guess so

MN: what works once works for similar instances.

MN: unless you glitched it.

MN: B\

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- well

MN: but i dont think we did.

DT: --)- we already had one 'glitch', didn' we

DT: --)- or something along those lines

DT: --)- apparently the reason agriel died in the first place is because he couldn' break his cruxite artifact

DT: --)- even with the help of the demon

DT: --)- assuming that they're both not just fucktards

DT: --)- that sounds like a pretty big bug to me

MN: well wouldnt the meteor have crushed the artifact?  is that why hes in.

MN: maybe he just didnt figure out the proper way to get rid of it.

DT: --)- I don' know

DT: --)- maybe

MN: i dont think its always so obvious.

MN: i mean i had to drink mine and i doubt it would have worked any other way.

MN: maybe its not a glitch maybe agriels just a dumbass.

MN: or ok ill be nice

MN: doesnt work well under pressure.

DT: --)- could be

DT: --)- let's actually hope that he's a fucktard

DT: --)- and that the game isn' messing up

MN: lmao right.

MN: and come on

MN: given our fucking track record

MN: he is probably just retarded.

DT: --)- that seems likely

DT: --)- by the way

DT: --)- have you been asleep yet

MN: no.

MN: i dont sleep much.

DT: --)- don' blame you

DT: --)- it hardly seems like the time

DT: --)- but there's some weird shit going on with dreams apparently

DT: --)- I think it's a part of the game

MN: thats just me in general i dont have time for it.

DT: --)- and not just some mass hallucination

MN: i average around 3 hours but huh.

MN: but a game in the fucking dreams?  B\

DT: --)- yeah I don' know how to explain it it's pretty fucking weird

MN: that sounds pointless and very stupid.

MN: and like im wasting time.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- do what you want

MN: it better just be some trivial minigame that doesnt hinder plot progression at all.

DT: --)- I can' figure out what it's there for yet

MN: im sure ill get there eventually.

DT: --)- I've only been there once anyway

DT: --)- but yeah

MN: its not even close to dark on my planet.

DT: --)- keep an eye out

MN: land.

MN: whatever.

MN: and youve slept already?  B\

MN: shit is it late and i didnt know it or.

DT: --)- I can' tell

DT: --)- I don' know if this land has a night or a day or if it's just always this way

MN: the sun moves here but its very slow.

MN: or rather

DT: --)- but after that talk about the slime I figured I had better try to get a few hours of solid shut eye

MN: i dont know how to explain it.

DT: --)- don' want to lose my edge

MN: pshhh.

DT: --)- but yeah, all the lands seem to have their own weird

MN: 3 cups of coffee in an hour or so and ill be good to go.

DT: --)- uh

MN: gotta keep this steam going.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- if you say so

MN: i dont actually have time to sleep, considering kiddo over there is dying as we speak.

DT: --)- there is that I guess

DT: --)- hey how were you actually planning to get to him again

MN: once those pure virgin lips are sullied by my fish ones ill pass out somewhere quietly.

DT: --)- we don' actually know where the portals go

DT: --)- right

MN: no but im going to see if they reach others lands.

MN: if they dont well

DT: --)- shouldn' we just say that whoever finds corpse first has to kiss it

MN: ill ask around and see if there are any leads.

MN: well no shit.

MN: if someone else reaches the kid first they are free

MN: to mack on him

MN: all they want.

DT: --)- great

DT: --)- let's hope it's you

MN: lmao.

MN: im gunning for it.

DT: --)- since you've already made the necessary preparations

MN: always wanted to be the first human

DT: --)- to sully those pure virgin lips

MN: to find an alien lifeform

MN: and kiss it.

DT: --)- good news, then

DT: --)- you'll not only get to kiss an alien

DT: --)- you'll get to kiss his eldritch host

DT: --)- two for one bargain

MN: f u c k.

MN: y e s .

MN: the other humans dont even know what theyre missing.

MN: demons, kids, trolls.

MN: three for one.

MN: im living on the fucking edge.

DT: --)- large and in charge

DT: --)- you get knocked down

DT: --)- but you get up again

MN: all the time.

MN: and this is like my reward

MN: for being so fucking great and competent.

DT: --)- ha

MN: species firsts coming my way.

MN: ok seriously it sounds fucking gross but the fact remains that i doubt literally any one of you pansy asses could even look at his charred body, much less kiss it.

DT: --)- please

MN: you volunteering there bud.

DT: --)- I skin animals for breakfast

DT: --)- I could easily do it

DT: --)- I don' want to

DT: --)- but I could

MN: but kissing.

MN: come on.

MN: there is a big

MN: fucking difference

MN: between seeing gore and beating the SHIT out of someone

MN: and kissing someone.

MN: full

MN: on the lips.

DT: --)- alright but look

DT: --)- it's not like you have to fucking tongue the corpse right

MN: idk man i d k .

DT: --)- you can just mash your face on his and get a second of lip contact

MN: i hope not.

DT: --)- right

MN: I MEANT THAT TO THE TONGUE SHIT NOT THE CHASTE ONE.

MN: FOR THE RECORD.

MN: but i assume it has to be a DECENT kiss.

DT: --)- 'decent' kiss

MN: i mean im not gonna treat the kid like hes my partner or some shit.

MN: but this aint gonna be the kiss you give your old aunt who smells like cats at thanksgiving, either.

MN: ...

MN: did you understand a word of that.

DT: --)- I assume aunt is another part of your human 'family' unit that I've heard about

DT: --)- thanksgiving I don' have a fucking clue

MN: yes remember uncle.

DT: --)- yeah

MN: thats the female version.

DT: --)- alright

DT: --)- is the female grunkle a graunt

MN: and thanksgiving is some bullshit holiday where everyone gathers to celebrate how invaders of a country made friends with the natives and shared dinner with them.

MN: before killing them all.

MN: brutally.

DT: --)- sounds pleasant

MN: and you have to pretend that you like the taste of turkey and enjoy football for like 5 hours.

MN: its hell.

DT: --)- you keep introducing new words here

DT: --)- should I start using more troll slang

MN: is it football.

MN: no sorry.

MN: i thought football was a universal constant of shit.

MN: or was it turkey.

DT: --)- I'm not exactly up to date on all of the trends to begin with

MN: right sorry gomen.

DT: --)- gomen

MN: SHIT.

MN: that

MN: also means sorry.

MN: that means the most sorry sorry you can ever utter.

MN: its worth like 3 grovels.

DT: --)- huh

DT: --)- that's a powerful sorry

MN: its supremely powerful.

DT: --)- I doubt I'll need to use it but I'll remember it for later

MN: like if it was to put it into words

MN: itd be like saying

MN: i fucked up.  i really fukec up.  i just.  i fucked up.  sorry.  im fucked.  i fucked up so bad.  fuck.

MN: its a powerful word.

MN: anyway.

DT: --)- alright

MN: a turkey is this fatass bird thats ugly and has an ugly voice

MN: and it tastes fucking disgusting but people LOOOVE that shit on thanksgiving.

DT: --)- they eat meat that tastes disgusting

MN: juicy, dry, stuffed with its own innards, gutted; it literally does not matter because its all gross.

DT: --)- or is it just that you think it tastes disgusting

MN: i think that its disgusting but trust me

DT: --)- meat is meat bobi

MN: my opinion?  pretty spot on with fucking turkey.

MN: no, meat is not meat.

DT: --)- meat is meat

MN: you telling me there isnt a difference

DT: --)- if it isn' meat what is it

MN: between some nasty ass looking bug crawfish

MN: and a steak.

DT: --)- of course there is

DT: --)- but it's all worth eating

MN: youre definitely wrong about that.

DT: --)- ha

MN: you could not PAY me to put a BUG in my mouth.

MN: i dont care if you call it a "fish" that is a BUG and its GROSS.

DT: --)- crawfish aren' bugs

MN: theyre DISGUSTING though.

DT: --)- although I don' eat a lot of them myself

MN:  http://www.myspanishwells.com/PH0T0S/Lori_N/Live%20Crawfish.jpg

MN: that.

MN: near me.

DT: --)- delicious

MN: i would kill it if it invaded my space but i would not put that in my stomach.

MN: not delicious.

MN: it eats ocean trash that is nasty.

DT: --)- I'm not sure about humans but let me tell you

DT: --)- there are fucktons of trolls that eat only trash

DT: --)- sweets

DT: --)- junk food

MN: sweets are delicious.

DT: --)- I'd rather eat a million crawfish

MN: you are so crazy glacis.

MN: how about this.

DT: --)- than eat a single 'twinkie'

MN: ok twinkies are gross.

MN: and i dont think they entirely leave the body.

DT: --)- they're made of entirely unnatural substances

MN: but science is fucking beautiful i love what weve done.

MN: yes isnt it fantastic.

MN: we have made a food

MN: out of things

MN: we were never meant to smell

MN: much less put into our systems.

MN: science is fucking beautiful.

DT: --)- it's ingenious in an fucking retarded way, I'll give you that much

DT: --)- make edible material out of totally inedible crap

MN: right.

MN: literal trash.

MN: what has man/trollkind done.

MN: science, glacis, science.

DT: --)- I guess 'twinkies' are a constant

DT: --)- go figure

MN: lmao.

DT: --)- of all the things that would exist in two separate galaxies

MN: what else would weirdos everywhere flock to

DT: --)- it had to be the foodstuff that not even bacteria will touch

MN: as their favorite treat

MN: if not for twinkies?

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- you have a point

MN: me tho i prefer stuff with mint in it.

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- as in your handle

MN: which i GUESS is natural.

MN: yeah.

MN: my handle is many levels deep.

MN: one of the few things

MN: 15 year old me (7 sweep old me) did right.

DT: --)- is it like troll newton

DT: --)- the scientist

MN: yes.

MN: and

MN: my rabbit mint.

MN: and

MN: fig newtons.

MN: thats four for 2 words.

MN: come on thats impressive.

DT: --)- that's not bad

MN: yours is pretty obvious tho right just the tracking hunter angle.

DT: --)- that's about it

DT: --)- I didn' think of any puns or anything

DT: --)- not that I think I need them

MN: yeah youre probably a little too serious minded for them.

MN: little me was a fucking TOOL though so that was totally her gig.

MN: i got off lucky with mintNewtons.

MN: i could have been something really fucking horrible thats not even funny like

MN: trololoLololo.

MN: what would that be??  ask 15 year old me.

MN: jfc she sucked.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- think of it this way, you could have put an xD in there

MN: oooooof.

MN: i dont think i was ever THAT bad.

MN: and if i was

MN: lets not talk about it.

DT: --)- dodged a bullet there, bobi

MN: dont i know it.

MN: i could be dead literally right now and id have to rely on someone to kiss me awake.

MN: because of

MN: past me.

MN: B\

MN: dying from her stupidity.

DT: --)- ha

MN: christ im thinking about this i dont even want to this is awful.

DT: --)- got a checkered past huh

DT: --)- tends to happen if you used the internet a lot as a wriggler

DT: --)- or child I suppose

MN: more like dark and without redemption at all.

MN: yeah i guess.

MN: im sure ill be embarrassed about 17 year old me in 3 years too so its whatever.

MN: assuming im alive in 3 years.

MN: which, well.

MN: lets just hope lmao.

DT: --)- so like 1 and some sweeps right

DT: --)- that's a ways away

DT: --)- let's hope we make a new universe by then or whatever the fuck it is we're supposed to be doing

MN: yeah who the fuck knows.

MN: honestly id just be impressed if no one was dead for GOOD by then.

MN: and andi says im impossible to impress.

MN: wait shit no thats right that IS impossible.

MN: silly me.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- not sure why she's bothering with trying to impress anyone

DT: --)- but as long as shit gets done

DT: --)- who am I to complain

DT: --)- anyway I guess I should get going

DT: --)- gotta alchemize more shit and stuff

MN: sure sure.

DT: --)- and maybe try going through that portal

MN: tell me how the wings work if you try using them.

DT: --)- will do

MN: be careful out there.

MN: etc etc.

DT: --)- yeah

MN: maybe ill bug andi some more.

MN: i bet shes cooled down.

DT: --)- don' get yourself killed with the flying machine

DT: --)- and probably

MN: i wont lmao.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- later, bobi

MN: and if i do

MN: ill make someone else kiss my corpse.

MN: see you glacis.

DT: --)- great

DT: --)- bye

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] ceased pestering mintNewtons [MN] at 16:27 --

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>Glacis: Grind teeth.

You do a bit of damage control for your temper after your server cuts you off. Losing your cool is a sign of weakness, and you sure as hell lost it there. You can't remember the last time you used CAPSLOCK. In the future, you want to avoid a similar scenario at all costs. The violent, rampaging highblood stereotype just isn't your thing -- it's beneath you. Or so you like to tell yourself. ==> While you're busy with your teeth grinding, you come to a sudden realization that you've been forgetting something. The WING CODES that you were supposed to get for Bobi. Damn. >Glacis: Go hunting for bones. You decide to search some storage rooms for your SPARE PARTS. You've collected so many bits and baubles from animals that you've ended up with more than you know what to do with. Some of them you can make into TOOLS, others you keep as reference for your ice sculptures, and some you save simply because they interest you. You spend some time rummaging around before you come across something that might fit the bill. The wings are still connected to the skeleton, though, so you take some time carefully sawing them off. When you're finished with your work, you're left with TWO (2) SKELETAL WINGS. You attempt to captchalogue both of them, but you don't have enough space in your deck. Fuck, you hate it when that happens. You decide to get rid of your TWO (2) PIECES OF MEAT in exchange for the skeletal wings. >Glacis: Send codes.

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>Glacis: Begrudgingly answer asshat fungus douche.

-- vehementPundit [VP] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 18:42 --

VP: ____[] Hey.

VP: ____[] I'm supposed To do some server sTuff for you, aren'T I.

DT: --)- where the fuck have you been

VP: ____[] Sorry.

VP: ____[] I was... dealing wiTh people.

DT: --)- huh

VP: ____[] OTher players.

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- everyone's been doing the whole 'getting to know you' dance I guess

VP: ____[] Ugh This braT is so annoying...

DT: --)- which brat

VP: ____[] None of your business.

DT: --)- that's fine

DT: --)- I don' care

DT: --)- so put down the punch designix

VP: ____[] Jeez This place is so cramped.

VP: ____[] There.

VP: ____[] WhaT is This Thing anyway.

DT: --)- you mean you don' know already

DT: --)- you must have been dealing with the people that didn' know jack fucking shit about the machines

VP: ____[] Didn'T explain iT To me yeT.

VP: ____[] I'm a liTTle preoccupied righT now.

DT: --)- the punch designix makes items out of punched captchalogue cards

DT: --)- well, no

DT: --)- fuck

DT: --)- it punches captchalogue cards

DT: --)- and then you use them with the totem lathe and alchemiter to duplicate new items

VP: ____[] I see.

DT: --)- but

DT: --)- you can also combine items apparently

VP: ____[] ThaT's cool.

DT: --)- if you overlap two punched cards, they combine the properties of the items

DT: --)- there was some other bullshit about || and && combinations I don' fucking know

DT: --)- probably not too important right now

VP: ____[] Probably.

DT: --)- alright are you listening

VP: ____[] Oh righT, I'm supposed To build up your house.

DT: --)- what are you even doing

VP: ____[] I am.

DT: --)- no seriously

VP: ____[] Things.

DT: --)- what

VP: ____[] I Told you ThaT iT's none of your business.

DT: --)- it is my fucking business

VP: ____[] IT isn'T.

DT: --)- you're my server right

DT: --)- I'd rather know what you're up to so I can at least plan for your moments of complete and utter indifference towards this hive-building project

VP: ____[] I'm sTill doing your Things.

VP: ____[] So iT's none of your business.

DT: --)- you completely dropped off the radar until literally just now

VP: ____[] I am lisTening by The way.

VP: ____[] Aren'T you glad ThaT I'm being so much more relaxed.

DT: --)- what is so fucking important

VP: ____[] No I goT your Thing abouT The punch designix.

VP: ____[] WhaT else did you wanT me To say.

VP: ____[] "Yes I goT iT you dipshiT"?

DT: --)- no I mean

VP: ____[] Anyway are you alrighT wiTh sTairs.

DT: --)- other players have been in regular contact with their servers

DT: --)- and

DT: --)- fuck

DT: --)- whatever

VP: ____[] Oh.

DT: --)- forget it

DT: --)- just build the stairs

VP: ____[] I was asleep for a while.

VP: ____[] ThaT was producTive, Though.

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- did you have the dream too

VP: ____[] Yes.

VP: ____[] ... Ended up on a place called ProspiT.

VP: ____[] IT's golden.

VP: ____[] Can'T explain iT righT now Though.

VP: ____[] Anyway, your sTairs are righT Ther.

VP: ____[] *There.

DT: --)- I'm so fucking sick of stairs

VP: ____[] I Told you abouT Them.

VP: ____[] And you said okay.

DT: --)- no you

DT: --)- holy shit never mind

DT: --)- just

VP: ____[] I said "Are you okay wiTh sTairs" and you said "jusT build The sTairs."

DT: --)- do you see the stairs in my hive

VP: ____[] WhaT abouT Them.

DT: --)- do you see why I would be sick of the stairs

DT: --)- up and down

VP: ____[] Deal wiTh iT.

DT: --)- every time I want to leave

DT: --)- floor after floor

DT: --)- I was trying to make conversation you douche

DT: --)- I wasn' actually asking you to put in a fucking escalator

VP: ____[] Oh.

VP: ____[] Oh I already waTched...

VP: ____[] Hm.

VP: ____[] Anyway whaT else did you expecT me To puT.

DT: --)- fucking stop right there

DT: --)- what are you doing

DT: --)- what

DT: --)- are

DT: --)- you

DT: --)- doing

VP: ____[] THINGS THAT DON'T CONCERN YOU YOU SHITHEAD.

DT: --)- YES THEY DO

DT: --)- YOU'RE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION

VP: ____[] I AM.

DT: --)- YOU'RE FUCKING TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING TOTALLY UNRELATED

VP: ____[] WHAT AM I NOT ALLOWED TO MULTITASK??

DT: --)- what were you watching

VP: ____[] WaTching ouT for someThing on my planeT.

DT: --)- no

VP: ____[] QuesT. Once again: None of your business.

DT: --)- that's a shitty lie and you know it

DT: --)- you 'already watched'

DT: --)- what did you already watch

VP: ____[] ThaT's a shiTTee aTTiTude you have and you know iT.

DT: --)- you arren' by any chance

VP: ____[] IT doesn'T have anyThing To do wiTh you.

DT: --)- watching a fucking tv show

DT: --)- are you

VP: ____[] Of course noT why The fuck would I do ThaT.

DT: --)- because it seems to BE A COMMON FUCKING PRACTICE WITH MY CLIENT

DT: --)- SO WHY WOULDN'T MY SERVER DO IT TOO

DT: --)- HELL, WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE JUST SIT DOWN

DT: --)- AND WATCH FUCKINT TV

DT: --)- INSTEAD OF DOING THEIR JOBS

VP: ____[] I AM NOT WATCHING A TV SHOW!!!

DT: --)- WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING THEN

VP: ____[] NONE. OF. YOUR. BUSINESS.

VP: ____[] BESIDES HOW THE FUCK WOULD I WATCH TV IF THE WORLD'S FUCKING GONE.

DT: --)- YOU TELL ME

DT: --)- HOW DO WE GET AN INTERNET CONNECTION

DT: --)- IF THE WORLD'S FUCKING GONE

VP: ____[] HOW DO I KNOW?!

VP: ____[] ANYWAY.

VP: ____[] YOUR.

VP: ____[] STAIRS.

VP: ____[] ARE.

VP: ____[] RIGHT.

VP: ____[] THERE.

VP: ____[] I'VE ALREADY DONE WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

VP: ____[] WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM ME YOU DIPSHIT.

DT: --)- nothing

VP: ____[] Okay.

DT: --)- fuck off and go back to half-assing your job

VP: ____[] I am NOT half-assing my job.

DT: --)- yes

DT: --)- you are

DT: --)- and here I thought you were serious about 'winning'

VP: ____[] I am Trying To SORT OUT SOMETHING HERE YOU ASSHAT.

DT: --)- wasn' that your whole shtick

DT: --)- 'I WANNA WIN'

DT: --)- like fucking hell you do

VP: ____[] I am.

VP: ____[] You wouldn'T undersTand.

VP: ____[] Hell I'm even FOLLOWING YOUR ADVICE.

VP: ____[] IT's funny isn'T iT.

VP: ____[] You're angry aT me for someThing I ended up doing BECAUSE OF YOUR ADVICE.

DT: --)- what

DT: --)- what advice

VP: ____[] You probably don'T remember.

VP: ____[] Too bad.

DT: --)- fuck you I'm going to check the log

VP: ____[] NoT This log.

DT: --)- I mean the other log

DT: --)- the only other log in existence

VP: ____[] Ha.

DT: --)- fck

DT: --)- you don' mean

DT: --)- the moirail thing

DT: --)- do you

VP: ____[] Well, I don'T know!

DT: --)- that's the only thing even remotely resembling advice

DT: --)- that I gave to you

DT: --)- oh gods

DT: --)- what did you do

VP: ____[] Ha ha ha ha...

DT: --)- you didn'

DT: --)- coerce a human into something did you

DT: --)- please tell me

DT: --)- it isn' a human

VP: ____[] Of course iT isn'T a human you shiT.

DT: --)- thank fucking gods

DT: --)- but then

VP: ____[] I'm noT ThaT sTupid.

DT: --)- I never said you were stupid

DT: --)- but then who

VP: ____[] I've only Talked To Three Trolls so far.

VP: ____[] ...

VP: ____[] Does ThaT noT give you a clue.

VP: ____[] Jesus fuck I ThoughT you were smarTer Than ThaT.

DT: --)- sorry for not immediately jumping to answer your question

DT: --)- now the shoe is on the other foot isn' it

VP: ____[] WhaT.

DT: --)- never mind

DT: --)- it's obviously not me

DT: --)- who else did you talk to

DT: --)- sponge girl

DT: --)- sponge girl

VP: ____[] Umbrella.

DT: --)- I TOLD YOU TO TRY SPONGE GIRL

DT: --)- YOU WENT FOR IT DIDN'T YOU

VP: ____[] I DID NOT.

DT: --)- you fucking id

DT: --)- did

VP: ____[] AT leasT noT in The way ThaT you're Thinking.

DT: --)- did you make pale advances

VP: ____[] WhaT are pale advances.

DT: --)- did you try and convince her to be your moirail you ass

VP: ____[] No.

VP: ____[] Things are differenT in This game, I know.

VP: ____[] You can'T jusT go up and make someone be your moirail.

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- so you're not forcing anyone then

VP: ____[] Nope.

DT: --)- that's

DT: --)- unexpected

VP: ____[] Oh...

DT: --)- (jebal)

VP: ____[] MOUSSE ))

DT: --)- (CARRY ON)

DT: --)- oh what

VP: ____[] NoThing.

VP: ____[] Anyway yes I am noT forcing anyone.

DT: --)- ah fuck you're doing something else again aren' you

VP: ____[] I've been doing "someThing else" This whole Time.

DT: --)- sponge girl

DT: --)- how is that going

VP: ____[] How is whaT going.

DT: --)- like I fucking said before

DT: --)- I told you to try and go have a mutually beneficial moiralleigance with sponge girl

DT: --)- even though it was mostly facetious

VP: ____[] Oh.

VP: ____[] Okay waiT a momenT.

DT: --)- did you or did you not make an attempt

VP: ____[] I need To pay aTTenTion.

VP: ____[] Or I'll die.

DT: --)- what

DT: --)- what the fuck is going on

VP: ____[] AlrighT I'm done.

VP: ____[] Anyway.

VP: ____[] WhaT do you mean by aTTempT.

VP: ____[] I hope you remember ThaT I have no idea abouT whaT The fuck pale advances are.

DT: --)- holy shit

DT: --)- did you talk about your feelings

DT: --)- or try

VP: ____[] No I jusT goT To know her a liTTle.

VP: ____[] ... AlThough.

VP: ____[] Hey.

VP: ____[] How old are you.

DT: --)- the middle of my 7th sweep, why

VP: ____[] Okay good.

VP: ____[] Sponge girl is 6 sweeps.

DT: --)- and how old are you

DT: --)- 6

VP: ____[] I'm 7 you dipshiT.

DT: --)- oh

DT: --)- OH

DT: --)- ha

VP: ____[] Yeah I Think you geT iT.

VP: ____[] Oh hold on again.

DT: --)- oh god fucking damnit

DT: --)- can you just finish whatever bullshit you're doing

DT: --)- really

VP: ____[] WaiT... I missed someThing...

VP: ____[] DammiT.

VP: ____[] How will I do This now.

VP: ____[] Okay, fine. I'll sTop wiTh This for you.

DT: --)- I'm on to you

DT: --)- I am so fucking on to you right now

VP: ____[] WhaT.

DT: --)- you 'got to know her'

DT: --)- what did you talk about

VP: ____[] Her, obviously?

DT: --)- her what

DT: --)- like her interests maybe

VP: ____[] You don'T say.

DT: --)- haha

DT: --)- ha

VP: ____[] WhaT.

VP: ____[] Oh you mean you haven'T goT iT.

DT: --)- I know

VP: ____[] I ThoughT you goT iT so much earlier.

VP: ____[] Wow.

DT: --)- you're watching cartoons

VP: ____[] No I'm noT.

DT: --)- you're watching

DT: --)- cartoons

VP: ____[] This isn'T a carToon.

DT: --)- cartoons

DT: --)- she called it a cartoon

VP: ____[] THIS IS NOT A FUCKING CARTOON.

DT: --)- it's a cartoon

VP: ____[] IT'S NOT A CARTOON.

DT: --)- cartoon

DT: --)- did you go back to watching your CARTOON

VP: ____[] No.

VP: ____[] I did.

VP: ____[] NoT.

VP: ____[] IT ISN'T A CARTOON ANYWAY.

DT: --)- I can wait until you finish your CARTOON

DT: --)- what is it then

VP: ____[] IT's.

VP: ____[] A.

VP: ____[] DocumenTary.

DT: --)- oh really

DT: --)- what's it about

VP: ____[] Humans.

VP: ____[] Though mosT of iT is acTually incorrecT.

VP: ____[] Humans are a shiTload less cooler Than They are in The documenTary.

DT: --)- where would a troll get a documentary on humans

DT: --)- like really

DT: --)- a species that no one has seen or heard from in billions of sweeps

DT: --)- it's fucking fiction

DT: --)- it's a cartoon I fucking know it

VP: ____[] No.

VP: ____[] IT's based on humans.

VP: ____[] Though probably This is Their "myThology" or someThing.

DT: --)- then you won' mind if I watch

DT: --)- right

VP: ____[] I don'T Think you'd wanT To waTch iT.

VP: ____[] Don'T.

DT: --)- I do

VP: ____[] This is beTween sponge girl and me.

DT: --)- I want to see what's so interesting that it's been occupying all your free time

VP: ____[] Don'T.

VP: ____[] Mess wiTh iT.

VP: ____[] No.

DT: --)- yes

VP: ____[] If you waTch iT, and sponge girl finds ouT, how is The moirail Thing ever going To work ouT?

VP: ____[] She mighT as well Talk To YOU abouT iT raTher Than me.

VP: ____[] So don'T waTch iT.

DT: --)- trust me

VP: ____[] Don'T you dare fucking waTching iT.

VP: ____[] *WaTch.

VP: ____[] God.

DT: --)- I don' want to talk to sponge girl about her shitty cartoons

VP: ____[] Don'T.

VP: ____[] WaTch.

VP: ____[] IT.

DT: --)- come and stop me you douche

DT: --)- oh wait

DT: --)- you can'

VP: ____[] YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF THE SHOW DO YOU.

DT: --)- I'll ask

DT: --)- she'll tell me

VP: ____[] NO.

DT: --)- there's no fucking way she won'

DT: --)- yes

VP: ____[] NO.

DT: --)- yes

VP: ____[] NO.

DT: --)- you can' prevent me from doing this

VP: ____[] EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IT.

DT: --)- there is literally no way

VP: ____[] She's going To bring iT up for SURE.

VP: ____[] Don'T wreck my PLANS!

DT: --)- oh put a fucking cork in it

VP: ____[] Looks like you've learnT anoTher way To say "shuT up", huh?

VP: ____[] BUT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT.

DT: --)- if she's really interested in you, I'm not going to mess things up by asking her for the name of her stupid show

DT: --)- she won' give a shit

VP: ____[] So you won'T ask her.

DT: --)- I will

VP: ____[] Dude To her.

DT: --)- dude to her

VP: ____[] She will Talk To you abouT iT anyway.

DT: --)- what the shit does that mean

VP: ____[] I was going To say someThing buT I decide To phrase iT differenTly you dipshiT.

DT: --)- I'll change the subject

VP: ____[] No.

VP: ____[] Don'T you dare even ask her.

DT: --)- she's scared shitless of me anyway, or at the very least she doesn' like me

DT: --)- yes

DT: --)- I will

DT: --)- look, you're fucking done

DT: --)- just admit

DT: --)- that you've been watching her cartoons

VP: ____[] Fine I've been waTching one of her SHOWS buT iT ISN'T A CARTOON.

DT: --)- then

DT: --)- what is it

VP: ____[] Didn'T I say so earlier.

DT: --)- YOU DIDN'T FUCKING ADMIT ANYTHING

DT: --)- WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED

VP: ____[] MAYBE I ADMITTED IT A LONG TIME AGO BUT YOU DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT?!

DT: --)- JUST GIVE ME THE NAME

VP: ____[] NO

DT: --)- THEN I'LL GET IT FROM SPONGE GIRL

VP: ____[] NO

DT: --)- THEN TELL ME THE NAME

VP: ____[] NO

VP: ____[] WHY DO YOU NEED TO WATCH IT?!

DT: --)- I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE WHOLE THING

DT: --)- I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM

VP: ____[] CONFIRM WHAT

DT: --)- THAT IT'S A CARTOON

VP: ____[] WHAT IS A CARTOON TO YOU.

DT: --)- AN ANIMATED TV SHOW, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AIMED AT TWEENS AND WRIGGLERS

VP: ____[] IT IS NOT AIMED AT TWEENS AND WRIGGLERS.

DT: --)- so you admit that it's animated

VP: ____[] So WHAT.

VP: ____[] Have you heard of a film called WOLF GRUBS?

VP: ____[] ThaT obviously isn'T aimed Towards TWEENS AND WRIGGLERS buT iT's fucking ANIMATED!

DT: --)- you know what

DT: --)- I have enough information to just fucking trollgle this show

DT: --)- I don' even need you any more

DT: --)- if I just search for 'human animated cartoon' I can guarantee you I'll find it

VP: ____[] Some shows are deceiving.

DT: --)- or

DT: --)- I could just cut the bullshit

DT: --)- and get it directly from the source

DT: --)- in fact I think that's the best course of action

VP: ____[] Fuck okay IT IS A CARTOON SHOW BUT I AM WATCHING IT FOR HER.

DT: --)- ha

VP: ____[] I don'T see whaT The problem wiTh waTching a carToon show is Though.

DT: --)- I never said there was a problem with the cartoon show

DT: --)- you made it into a problem

VP: ____[] Ugh.

DT: --)- but it's good

DT: --)- that you're actually trying to empathize

DT: --)- with the sponge girl

VP: ____[] Uh.

VP: ____[] WhaT.

VP: ____[] I guess so?

VP: ____[] BuT... whaT.

DT: --)- what

VP: ____[] Never mind.

VP: ____[] I'm done wiTh you.

VP: ____[] I've done whaT I had To do.

VP: ____[] So leave me alone for a while.

VP: ____[] Bye.

-- vehementPundit [VP] ceased pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 21:04 --

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>Glacis: Stop talking before you embarrass yourself.

Things were getting awkward there for a second. You weren't really trying to compliment Andi specifically, you just meant it in a general sense, or... something. Whatever. It doesn't matter what she thought you meant to say, as long as it doesn't ever come up again in conversation.

>Glacis: Look at contacts. Yup. Those are your CONTACTS alright. What about them? >Glacis: Do a double take. You do a stupidly cartoonish double take for reasons that you don't quite understand. It did help you to realize that your server is online, however. About fucking time. You are about to send him a message when he sends one of his own. You are put off by the fact that you didn't get a good chance to chew him out before he beat you to the punch, but you begrudgingly answer him anyway. >Glacis: Begrudgingly answer asshat fungus douche.

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>Glacis: Answer Andi.

-- incisiveMiscreant [IM] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 17:22 --

IM: I, er, appear to have misinformed you on something.

IM: The blame definitely does not lie with me, though.

IM: Just to make that clear.

DT: --)- misinformed me

DT: --)- about what

IM: Well, Bobi is not male, actually.

IM: He did not correct me, in my defense.

IM: She.

IM: Fuck.

DT: --)- oh that

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- well it's pretty inconsequential isn' it

DT: --)- I mean I was kind of surprised that you couldn' tell a male apart from a female

DT: --)- of your own species

DT: --)- but hey

DT: --)- not really important to the game

IM: I am perfectly capable of doing so!

DT: --)- oh really

DT: --)- didn' seem like you had bobi figured out

IM: Well she looks like a boy.

IM: And she did not correct me!

DT: --)- she looks like a female to me

IM: That's because you have context! That can influence your perception.

DT: --)- I'll grant you that much

DT: --)- but still

DT: --)- surely somebody must have called her a female besides me

IM: Er.

IM: Maybe one.

IM: Or two.

DT: --)- ha

IM: Oh shut up.

DT: --)- you tried

DT: --)- gold star for effort

IM: Don't be condescending, Glacie.

IM: I'll shove that star up your ass.

DT: --)- don' call me glacie andie

IM: Think of it as a term of endearment.

DT: --)- think of my condescencion as endearment too, then

IM: Condescension is not endearing, though.

DT: --)- neither is a condescending nickname

DT: --)- do you see where I'm going with this

IM: Oh fine, I won't call you Glacie.

IM: As much.

DT: --)- glad to hear it

IM: Did the boy explain to you the process of creating items?

DT: --)- are you still calling her a man

DT: --)- just to be difficult

IM: A little.

DT: --)- just checking

DT: --)- but yeah she did

IM: Alright, good.

IM: Have you had success with your server?

DT: --)- none whatsoever

DT: --)- if he wasn' a highblood I'd assume he's dead

DT: --)- but he's probably just being a dick

DT: --)- or more likely, he forgot that he even has a client to work with

IM: I believe this would be an appropriate situation to say "that sucks".

DT: --)- basically

DT: --)- what about you

IM: I have been experimenting with the creation of items in search of patterns and formulas.

IM: However some items require more grist than I currently possess.

IM: It is a bit of a frustrating process.

IM: Carada has been quite helpful, though.

DT: --)- oh, has she

IM: Yes. She has been assisting me with imp slaying, so I can gather grist more effeciently.

IM: My house is a wreck, though.

IM: I suppose that is unimportant.

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- if you talk to her again before I do

DT: --)- give her a friendly reminder that she's supposed to be collecting her own grist so that I can build her hive up

IM: I will do that.

DT: --)- and not fucking watching CARTOONS

IM: What?

DT: --)- gods I'm sick of the both of them

DT: --)- last time we spoke

IM: Both?

DT: --)- her and asshat

IM: What?

DT: --)- my server and my client

DT: --)- I'm sick of both of them

DT: --)- are you following me

IM: Oh, yes, now I am.

IM: I was not aware she was watching cartoons.

IM: That does explain the lessening of the noise in my house though. I figured she had just found more constructive ways of being rid of imps.

DT: --)- she was sitting at her husktop for a while and I was trying to be patient and give her space

DT: --)- and it turns out she was just fucking goofing off for ten minutes

DT: --)- the least she could do is warn me if she's going to not do any work

DT: --)- that way I could go get my own shit done instead of sitting around twiddling my thumbs

IM: The next time I speak to her, I will request that she be more productive.

DT: --)- ahhh fuck it, don' bother

DT: --)- I'd rather just tell her myself

DT: --)- don' want to go through a third party and make things more complicated

IM: Very well then.

DT: --)- but good on for not being totally useless as a server

IM: Yes, at least she has been partially productive.

DT: --)- fair enough

IM: May I ask, who else have you been in contact with?

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- I don' think I've talked to anyone new since I last heard from you

DT: --)- bobi, you, carada

DT: --)- the demon

DT: --)- hank

DT: --)- that's about it

DT: --)- the rustblood that one time

DT: --)- which reminds me, I cut her off pretty quickly last time

IM: That probably scared her.

IM: Or made her think she did something wrong.

DT: --)- huh

DT: --)- maybe

IM: I think I have spoken with all of our comrades, unless there are others who are not in my contacts.

DT: --)- really

DT: --)- that's some accomplishment

DT: --)- I hope there are at least a few others that don' have their heads up their nooks

IM: Well.

IM: No.

DT: --)- fuck

IM: The heiress is possibly the least competent of us all.

IM: My head still hurts, actually.

DT: --)- I expected that

DT: --)- but what about the other humans

DT: --)- there are still more right

IM: To be fair, one other human - the Rita human - seems intelligent, but also highly uncooperative.

IM: The other human, Elsu.

IM: Actually.

IM: Uh. I don't know if he's okay.

DT: --)- oh gods that's right

DT: --)- the 'stoner'

DT: --)- I have low expectations for both him and the heriess

IM: Well, yes. There's that.

DT: --)- at the very least, though, the heiress might be

IM: He was also trapped in his house.

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- hardy

DT: --)- but what

DT: --)- what do you mean trapped

IM: Oh, right, highbloods are difficult to kill. That is fortunate. Or perhaps not.

IM: I do not know the whole story, to be honest.

IM: So I suggested he leave through a window.

DT: --)- a window

IM: Yes.

DT: --)- what floor is this window on

IM: The attic.

DT: --)- holy shit are you insane

DT: --)- wait how tall is his hive

DT: --)- house, whatever

IM: Roughly a forty foot drop. It is high enough to injure but not kill.

DT: --)- we can' afford injuries right now

DT: --)- if he ends up not being able to move, what then

DT: --)- why didn' his server just bust a hole in his wall or something

DT: --)- has everyone literally just hit their heads and forgotten how to come up with any reasonable ideas

IM: The worst he could achieve is a sprained or broken ankle.

IM: Those are minor injuries at best.

DT: --)- he's impaired, isn' he

DT: --)- 'stoned'

IM: Oh.

IM: Right.

IM: Unless he hits his head he should be alright though.

IM: He can't fuck up THAT badly.

IM: Unless he dives.

IM: Fuck, please tell me he didn't try to dive out the window.

DT: --)- tell me andi

DT: --)- how well do you know this elsu

DT: --)- can you be absolutely sure

IM: I spoke to him for about fifteen minutes.

DT: --)- that he wouldn' jump out the window

DT: --)- headfirst

DT: --)- so, no

IM: Okay you have to admit though.

IM: If someone jumps out a window.

IM: FROM THE ATTIC.

IM: Head first.

IM: They won't survive the game.

DT: --)- that's a reasonable point but still

IM: And I informed him to bend his knees upon landing to lessen the blow and he said he knew that.

DT: --)- gods

IM: So there is some hope.

DT: --)- bobi was concerned about this elsu kid

DT: --)- if he's hurt because of this

DT: --)- and if she knows that you put him up to it

DT: --)- it's going to cause some problems

DT: --)- I can tell you that right fucking now

IM: Trust me, I was aware.

DT: --)- alright

IM: Especially since I am the one responsible for breaking the news to her.

IM: I'll. er. Make her a chihaya or something.

DT: --)- yeah I'm sure that conversation would go over well

IM: I am not well versed in sarcasm, but I can definitely tell that was it.

DT: --)- you're getting better at this

DT: --)- but yeah

IM: I was not aware that slang and figurative speech would be useful.

IM: I dislike it immensely.

DT: --)- do you

DT: --)- you'll get used to it

DT: --)- hell just count yourself lucky that we seem to speak mostly the same language

IM: That is a valid point.

DT: --)- I still have no idea what's even going on with that bullshit

DT: --)- like are we being translated somehow

IM: Perhaps there is a conversion in our systems.

DT: --)- or do we just have the same words and shit

DT: --)- maybe

IM: If we meet face to face, it is possible we will not understand each other.

DT: --)- another thing to file under 'possibly relevant but not right now' stuff

DT: --)- and yeah who knows

IM: Yes. Though after the game I would very much like to research it.

IM: Oh wait. Destroyed planets.

IM: Never mind.

DT: --)- tough break

IM: Yes, it is. I'm sure there will be many other things to inquire about though.

DT: --)- probably more than we would like

DT: --)- hey

IM: Yes?

DT: --)- speaking of cryptic bullshit

DT: --)- have you tried sleeping yet

IM: The pink text human suggested I do that a while ago, too. Why?

DT: --)- it was just a question

DT: --)- I'm not suggesting anything

DT: --)- it's just that weird shit happened when I did

IM: Weird shit such as what?

DT: --)- like I dreamt about stuff

DT: --)- really vividly

DT: --)- I was in some sort of purple city

DT: --)- and normally I'd say that this is some unrelated 'I'm too tired to think straight' shit

DT: --)- but I'm not kidding when I say it was vivid

DT: --)- it was like I was actually there

IM: I see. Well if I fall asleep, I will let you know if I experience strange or vivid dreams, too.

IM: I suppose I should, soon. However there is quite a bit to do, especially now that I have learned this alchemy process.

IM: Actually, it is kind of fun.

IM: Though not quite as fun as calling you "Glacie".

DT: --)- haha

DT: --)- ha

IM: Is that sarcastic laughter?

DT: --)- figure it out on your own, brainiac

IM: It would help if you used the irony mark.

IM: Or noted the use of sarcasm.

IM: Or just...confirmed my question.

IM: It'll bug me...

DT: --)- you'll never learn if you do it that way

DT: --)- oh is that your weakness

IM: What.

IM: No.

IM: I don't have weaknesses.

IM: WEll, I do.

IM: But that is not one of them.

DT: --)- ha

IM: Shut up.

IM: At the very least I know one weakness of yours, Glacie.

DT: --)- excuse me

IM: I wish to use the ":3" emoticon to convey mischief.

IM: But.

IM: That's dumb.

DT: --)- I could feel the mischief

IM: Oh, good.

IM: I am getting better at this, then.

DT: --)- unlike some people, I'm capable of detecting feeling in words

IM: I didn't think it would be useful!

DT: --)- even if that feeling is ":3"

IM: The ":3" is not a feeling.

IM: It is a way to convey a feeling.

IM: I think I should use "duh" in this situation.

DT: --)- if the :3 conveys the feeling, it's pretty much the same thing as the feeling

DT: --)- explain the difference

IM: Very well. Give me a moment to type it up.

DT: --)- here we fucking go AGAIN

DT: --)- everyone needs to learn how to just be concise

DT: --)- and to the point

DT: --)- to the point andi

DT: --)- oh fuck you're already typing aren' you

IM: A feeling is based purely on emotion, which is often created by a release (or lack there of) in the brain (well, for humans, I assume troll anatomy is at least similar). To convey a feeling - which is typically an expression - is thus, different. After all, people are able to convey false feelings by manipulating their expressions.

IM: And oh my gods you are so impatient. I had to properly phrase it so that it would be clear.

DT: --)- you think I'm going to read that

DT: --)- I can' even be assed to read half of bobi's walls of text sometimes

IM: You requested an explanation, didn't you?

IM: I can separate it into one message at a time if that would be easier for you.

DT: --)- I read it and now I've just proceeded to forget everything that you just wrote

DT: --)- but I'm sure it was fascinating

IM: Not particularly.

IM: It should be pretty common knowledge.

DT: --)- hey andi

DT: --)- I notice you didn' bother to ask if that was sarcasm

IM: Yes?

DT: --)- hint

DT: --)- (it was)

IM: Oh.

IM: Dammit right when I thought I was getting good at that.

DT: --)- you can have another gold star if it makes you feel better

IM: Only if I can shove that one up your ass, too.

IM: Glacie.

DT: --)- you seem awfully interested in my ass

IM: What.

IM: No.

IM: Stop that.

DT: --)- hahaha

IM: Shut up you poop head.

DT: --)- poop head

DT: --)- come on, what happened to scrotum monkey

IM: Well, okay, how about nipple slime?

DT: --)- that's not bad

IM: I do try to save my better insults.

DT: --)- ha

IM: Er. Sarcasm?

DT: --)- no

IM: Okay, good.

DT: --)- that one was genuine

IM: I don't even understand how people notice sarcasm.

IM: Especially in text.

IM: Is there a secret?

IM: Did I miss a meeting?

DT: --)- have you talked with many people before

DT: --)- online or otherwise

IM: Before entering the game?

DT: --)- before the game

IM: Well, there were my peers at the school I attended for a few years, but I found that keeping my interactions with the majority to a minimum to be beneficial.

DT: --)- oh, right

DT: --)- 'school'

DT: --)- I heard about that from bobi too

DT: --)- sounded like a shitty place

IM: Yes, it was horrid. I cannot believe I was the one who desired to attend.

IM: It always smelled like sweat and old pizza.

IM: I don't know why it smelled like pizza. They hardly ever served it in the cafeteria.

DT: --)- I was under the impression that is was supposed to teach you humans 'survival skills' of some sort

DT: --)- maybe in the same way that our wriggler trials work

DT: --)- although I'm guessing the weak aren' culled

IM: No, but they are subjected to humiliation and torments by their stronger peers.

IM: This is referred to as "bullying".

DT: --)- as expected

DT: --)- were you 'bullied', then

DT: --)- or were you strong enough to be capable of 'bullying'

IM: I, er, was bullied, though it was not always for being weak. Which I am not, might I add. My mother has trained me quite well in being able to hold my own.

DT: --)- huh

DT: --)- I don' know if I really get this 'bullying'

IM: It's very stupid.

DT: --)- it sounds like it

DT: --)- what's the point

IM: My mother explained part of the psychology behind it.

DT: --)- you don' even cull the victim

DT: --)- and take their belongings

IM: Well, sometimes belongings are stolen.

IM: Often for the purpose of destroying them.

DT: --)- what sort of bullshit is that

IM: It typically leads to a situation meant to humiliate the victim.

DT: --)- to what end though

DT: --)- subjugation I guess but

DT: --)- subjugation for what purpose really

DT: --)- humans

IM: My mother explained that the bullies often had some very strong insecurities which cause them to inflict pain onto others, thus in reallity a bully is the weak one.

IM: I cannot confirm this though, as I did not find observing them to be important.

DT: --)- it's true that physical strength isn' everything

DT: --)- mental weakness is still weakness

IM: Yes, I agree with those statements.

DT: --)- but it's true, I can' see how observing them would have been of any use to you

IM: Neither can I. Although it does make me less sufficient in answering your inquiries, I suppose.

DT: --)- don' worry about it

DT: --)- it sounds like a pointless endeavor

IM: It really is.

DT: --)- so I'm not particularly interested in it

IM: That is understandable.

DT: --)- so you chose to avoid interaction with anyone before this game

IM: As much as I could, yes.

DT: --)- can' say I blame you

IM: What about you, though?

IM: You are more well versed in social interaction, so I assume you experienced it previously. At least more than I had.

DT: --)- I lived out in the middle of nowehere

DT: --)- but I liked it that way

DT: --)- I guess most of my interaction was from the internet, go figure

IM: Living away from people does sound enjoyable. Are you sentimental about the lost of your internet peers though?

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- I haven' thought about it much

DT: --)- I've been busy

DT: --)- I guess some of them weren' all bad

IM: Ah, I see. Apologies if I caused discomfort.

DT: --)- no

DT: --)- don' worry about it

IM: Alright then.

DT: --)- and you

DT: --)- I'm guessing you didn' have many attachments

IM: Attachments could be potential weaknesses. So, no.

IM: But dammit, the kittens.

DT: --)- ah

DT: --)- you mean animals

IM: Yes.

DT: --)- yeah it sucks that they're gone

IM: Well, I'm kind of glad that there aren't bugs any more.

DT: --)- there were no insects where I lived

DT: --)- too cold

DT: --)- but I get the feeling they wouldn' have been useful to me anyways

DT: --)- no bones to carve, no fur

IM: They're part of the ecosystem. Besides that, pests.

IM: It must have been nice to live some place where it is cold enough to be rid of them.

IM: Well, most people I interacted with disliked the cold, but they were pansies.

DT: --)- the tundra was the best fucking place to live

DT: --)- the air was always clean, and the cold always keeps you alert

IM: Shut up. You lived in a tundra?

DT: --)- my whole life

IM: I think this is a situation in which I can effectively use the term "cool".

IM: Maybe "awesome", to avoid the pun.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- so you know what puns are at least

DT: --)- but yeah

DT: --)- it was pretty fucking cool if I do say so myself

IM: I'm a bit jealous. I mean, my home was not bad, per se, but I would have loved to live on a tundra.

DT: --)- I dunno, champ

DT: --)- it wasn' easy to live there when I was starting out

DT: --)- if humans are as weak as you say you probably would have died

IM: Hm, I suppose that's true.

DT: --)- who knows though

DT: --)- like I said

DT: --)- there's more than one kind of strength

IM: I agree with that statement, yes.

DT: --)- if you have a good head on your shoulders, hell

DT: --)- who knows what's possible

IM: Of course my head is good.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- just work on your sarcasm detector

DT: --)- and you'll be all set

IM: Oh, er, thank you.

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- you're welcome

IM: Well, er, anyways. Is there anything else you would like do discuss?

DT: --)- not really I guess

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- nohing specific anyway

IM: Er, alright then.

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- I guess I'll go try and do some stuff

IM: I think I will do the same.

DT: --)- alright

DT: --)- later andi

IM: Bye.

-- incisiveMiscreant [IM] ceased pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 20:27 --

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>Glacis: Wake up again.

You wake up again. And there goes some sopor slime, right in your eye. Yuck. ==> As you're getting out of your recuperacoon, it occurs to you that you probably don't need to use it any more. Well, in all likelihood, anyway. If sleeping automatically takes you to the purple planet, then you won't be able to have nightmares any more. You suppose that makes things easier on you in the long run, but you're a creature of habit. You'll miss the slime in a weird way, even if you don't really have any use for it any more. But then again, almost slipping on it as you're putting your clothes back on makes you reconsider. ==> You decide to check your PHONE to see how long you were sleeping. It's been a few hours since you got in. TUSKDADSPRITE: look who's back. GLACIS: --)- hey GLACIS: --)- didn' miss anything exciting, I take it TUSKDADSPRITE: nothing whatsoeverR. GLACIS: --)- figured GLACIS: --)- did you know about that purple planet TUSKDADSPRITE: it makes little differRENCE NOW. you have alrREADY BEEN THERRE, HAVE YOU NOT. GLACIS: --)- yeah GLACIS: --)- wouldn' kill you to at least mention this shit TUSKDADSPRITE: of courRSE IT WOULDN'T. I am dead.  You aren't really surprised by this. He was always stubborn and refused to coddle you. In a way, you're grateful to him for teaching you independence -- but right now his attitude isn't making this any easier on you. As you finish putting your boots back on, both your phone and husktop alert you to an incoming message. >Glacis: Answer Andi.

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>Glacis: Dream.

Or are you actually waking up?

This is starting to get a little too abstract for your tastes. >Glacis: Examine surroundings. You seem to have woken up in YOUR RESPITEBLOCK -- only it isn't quite the same. It seems to be a very good replica, at the least. Your belongings are all still here, as are the machines that your server put down. However, your door is gone -- a window sits in its place. Looking outside, you note that you are both extremely high up (in a tower, by the looks of it), and also surrounded by unfamiliar buildings. >Glacis: Examine self. You're wearing a dumb set of MAGENTA PAJAMAS. This really isn't your color. The only explanation for this turn of events is that you're DREAMING. Not the bloodthirsty, terrifying nightmares that you usually get when you fall asleep outside of sopor, but simply dreaming. Great. Well, if this is a dream, you should probably be able to do things that you wouldn't normally be able to do in real life. Let's try it out. >Glacis: Attempt to fly. With no difficulty at all, you realize that you can hover and glide about. Looks pretty asinine, in your opinion, but it seems like it's the only way to effectively move about this place. You don't see any other means of getting down from this tower. Your room seems to hold nothing of interest to you, so you decide to make your way outside. >Glacis: Explore Derse.

You leave the tower through the door-window, and notice that there are a number of OTHER TOWERS scattered around the purple city. They're pretty distinct in size and shape, and there aren't very many of them. Your guess is that there are other players in there -- if what the demon thing told you was accurate, then it could be that Agriel's replacement body is in one of them. Still, you'd rather not run into anyone in person right now. You've had quite enough of your teammates for now, and you're rather enjoying the peaceful feeling of being completely and totally alone here. ...Well, not quite. ==> There are tons of little black carapaced creatures walking around on the streets below. There are few white ones in the mix, too, but they seem greatly outnumbered. Quite the crowd has formed to come and stare at you, for whatever unfathomable reason. The attention is making you uncomfortable, so you decide to leave quickly before any more of them take notice.  >Glacis: Wander around. You spend some time hovering around the city, but not venturing too far from your own tower lest you lose your way. The citizens of this planet seem content to mind their own business for the most part, and all seems peaceful. You haven't spotted any trolls or humans -- you suppose that you'd have to be asleep at the same time to run into each other. You're positive that this is somehow important to the game, but you can't quite figure out how or why. If the whole kissing-the-corpse debacle works out, then it must mean that these dream bodies are just disposable extras in case somebody screws up. But is that really it? What's the purpose of there being a whole planet, then? And what about the carapace creatures? ==> After some time, you decide that you've had your fill of this place. The purple is starting to wear on your eyes. You head back to your tower, and try hard to fall asleep again. After some restless tossing and turning, you drift off again. Hopefully in the future, you'll have better control over this.

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>Glacis: Nap.

Your discussion of sopor with Bobi just reminded you of how tired you are. It's been a while since you've last slept -- probably more than a day now, although it's difficult to tell, since the sun doesn't seem to be going down. Your server still isn't online, and your client looks like she's busy collecting grist. Just a bit more than a few winks and you'll be ready to go again. It occurs to you that the imps might try to attack while you're out of it, but you dismiss the idea quickly. The tiny ones are more mischievous than they are dangerous, and unlikely to knock down the door. The big tusked ones don't seem to have made their way to second floor; maybe they're not inclined to climbing your stairs.

GLACIS: --)- alright I'm gonna get some quick shuteye GLACIS: --)- you can just hang out or whatever TUSKDADSPRITE: don't laze about forR ANY LONGERR THAN YOU MUST. TUSKDADSPRITE: therRE'S WORRK TO BE DONE. GLACIS: --)- you're dead, not my fault you don' need to sleep GLACIS: --)- also would it kill you to put that stupid cube thing down GLACIS: --)- why are you still holding onto it

TUSKDADSPRITE: RRRRRRRRR GLACIS: --)- forget I asked TUSKDADSPRITE: RRRRRRRRR GLACIS: --)- see you in a bit

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>Glacis: Answer Bobi.

-- mintNewtons [MN] began pestering dauntlessTracker [DT] at 13:16 --

MN: glacis you got a second.

MN: youre a hunter right.

DT: --)- yes to the first, yes to the second

DT: --)- why

MN: do you

MN: by chance

MN: keep any parts

MN: of the animals you kill.

DT: --)- sure

DT: --)- not like mounted heads

DT: --)- but bones and shit

MN: that might work.

MN: do you

MN: by total chance

MN: have any bird or bat wings

MN: just

MN: laying around.

MN: you know.

==>

Bird or bat wings. Huh. It's kind of a rarity for you to catch flying beasts, since they don't often come close enough for you to bash their skulls in with your PICKAXE. Still, in all your years of hunting, you managed to nab at least a few -- finding their bones might be a challenge, but they're definitely around somewhere.

DT: --)- you mean like with the feathers on

MN: chillin out relaxing feeling all cool.

MN: either or.

MN: im not picky i just ned the bone structure and design.

MN: *ned

MN: *ned

MN: *ned

MN: *neede

MN: *nende

MN: *ndned

MN: (nDed

DT: --)- I get it

MN: *need

DT: --)- you can stop now

MN: no you dont understand.

MN: you might get it but i have to correct it.  B\

MN: im not going to not fix my mistakes.

MN: but anyway do you got the goods.

DT: --)- I'm pretty sure I've got at least one specimen

MN: hell fucking yes.

DT: --)- do they need to be a certain size

MN: uh probably not but the bigger the better.

MN: whatever you got is going to be ok though.

MN: i just need it for the alchemy shit.

DT: --)- you're going to duplicate some bones

DT: --)- why

MN: not duplicate.

DT: --)- what

MN: that was the second thing i wanted to mention.

MN: you can make new objects by combining unrelated objects.

DT: --)- seriously ==> Now that sounds like some good shit. You've got a ton of items in your hive that might prove useful on their own, but combining them might make what you've got even better. 

MN: so what im going to do is combine these bird wings

MN: with a flying machine

MN: in the hopes that i get something that can allow me to fly.  B\

MN: yeah seriously.

DT: --)- oh that's right

MN: theres two ways to do it.

DT: --)- andi said you wouldn' let her build shit for you

DT: --)- what's that all about

MN: ok first of all i dont trust her

MN: with my house.

MN: pure and simple there.

MN: but also.

MN: im not sure how these gates work.

MN: or portals.

MN: or whatever theyre called.

MN: what if what happens is that you can only go to the land next in the series to yours.

MN: so id be going to andis.

MN: but andi doesnt have her house built up properly.

MN: so i cant move on to the rest.

MN: its needless.

MN: wastes time.

MN: and i dont want to take the risk.

DT: --)- fair enough

DT: --)- right, because otherwise you might fall and kill yourself

MN: what, with the wings or without people building their shit properly.

MN: because if its with the wings ill be fucking careful.

DT: --)- with the house building, not the flying machine

MN: yeah thats true.

DT: --)- although that seems like a possibility too

MN: like i dont??  know where??  itll drop me off??

MN: better to be safe than sorry.

MN: and i trust myself more than others in this regard.

MN: no offense.

DT: --)- well if and when you get through

DT: --)- tell other people where you end up

MN: i will.

DT: --)- good

MN: ill keep you guys updated.

DT: --)- that's all anyone can ask

MN: this isnt a solo game and the sooner we know the secrets the beter.

MN: *beter

MN: *bebter

MN: (bebrt

DT: --)- better

MN: *bebrhr

MN: thanks.

DT: --)- got it

DT: --)- but what were you saying about the combining items

MN: right that.

MN: theres two ways to do it.

MN: you can overlap the cards so that when theyre punched, theyre overlayed.

MN: which makes the || function, i think.

DT: --)- alright

MN: or you can just both codes in on the same card.

MN: which makes the && function.

MN: i dont really know the difference but the items you get

MN: are radically different.

DT: --)- I can just what both cards

DT: --)- ' you can just both codes'

MN: fuck sorry.

MN: mind went

MN: faster than my fingers.

MN: you can just input the codes from both cards.

DT: --)- alright

MN: methodically and seperately.

MN: like double imprint it.

MN: anyway.

DT: --)- is this like that coding shit

DT: --)- it kind of reminds me of something

MN: for instance, a flying machine || chihaya combo makes a flying machine with chihayas face on it.

DT: --)- like the if (x = y || x = z ){ yadda yadda

MN: but a flying machine && chihaya makes a chihaya figurine with wings.

DT: --)- a what figurine

MN: a chihaya.

MN: shes a shitty stupid anime girl dont worry about her too much.

MN: i own like 5 of her.

MN: well.

MN: maybe more like

MN: 15 now.

DT: --)- been duping them I take it

MN: and combining them with other things.

MN: theyre pretty cheap so its worth it.

DT: --)- yeah

MN: been experimenting a lot with this shit.

MN: but what i think im going to do is

DT: --)- I haven' yet because my shitty server hasn' put down the punch designix yet

MN: combine the bird wings with the flying machine.

DT: --)- will that work

MN: and then combine that with the flying apparatus.

MN: rather, the thing i use to strap it to myself.

MN: im not sure yet.

MN: but its worth a shot.

MN: and i DONT want to resort to using rockets.

MN: ill incinerate myself.

DT: --)- but how would I get the bones to you

DT: --)- do I just give you the code

MN: just give me the code, yeah.

MN: i can make my own.

DT: --)- alright that works

MN: but really your server STILL hasnt gotten in contact with you over this shit?

MN: B\

DT: --)- no

MN: whose your faggot again.

DT: --)- not since I got in

DT: --)- seimos

MN: wait

MN: shit

MN: ELSU.

MN: I HAVENT TALKED TO ELSU

DT: --)- what

MN: FUCK.

MN: i

DT: --)- your client

DT: --)- I take it

MN: yes.

MN: godDAMNIT.

MN: i hope the littler stoners ok.

MN: *little

MN: got it.

DT: --)- I don' think I've spoken to him

MN: but he didnt seem like he was in any danger.

MN: fucking.

MN: that means

MN: one of two

MN: fucking things:

MN: 1.  he is hurt and im being a shitty fucking person rn.

MN: 2.  he is stoned and im right to have fucked off from him for now.

DT: --)- stoned

MN: stoned.

MN: right.

MN: trolls.

MN: uh.

MN: do you guys have drugs

MN: perchance.

MN: B\

DT: --)- yeah

DT: --)- not readily available where I live though

MN: well like how many drugs do you have.

MN: do you know.

MN: or are they all just

MN: medicinal.

DT: --)- I think there are some that trolls use for pleasure at the cost of impaired judgment

DT: --)- is that what we're talking about

MN: yes exactly that.

DT: --)- perfect

MN: being stoned is the term used for

MN: being under the influence of a specific drug

MN: that makes you calm, hungry and very, very stupid.

MN: and elsu loves the shit.

DT: --)- huh

MN: fuck i think hes ok i mean lonami was talking about him and he semed alright.

MN: *semed

MN: *seme

MN: *smemed

MN: *seemed

DT: --)- it's not all that common as far as I know, but apparently some idiots eat sopor slime on occasion

DT: --)- sounds vaguely the same

MN: sopor?  B\

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- humans

MN: why the fuck would you touch slime.

MN: let alone put it in  your fucking body.

DT: --)- it's a substance that we sleep in

MN: you

MN: sleep in

MN: slime.

DT: --)- if we don'

DT: --)- we get vivid nightmares, hallucinations

DT: --)- I guess it's possible to live like that but who the fuck would want to

DT: --)- so it's slime or bust

MN: still though isnt that a pain in the ass to wash off.

MN: why the fuck did your species evolve to have vivid nightmares

DT: --)- yeah it can be

MN: unless it slept in slime.

DT: --)- and who the fuck knows

MN: like seriously that seems counterproductive.  B\

DT: --)- it does

MN: what happens if you dont sleep though do you guys NEED it or just like it.

DT: --)- like I said

DT: --)- as far as I know you can live without it

DT: --)- but who knows how much it would fuck you up

MN: but itd be fucking stupid yeah.

DT: --)- if you kept doing it repeatedly

MN: well i assume you guys have a good supply, right.

MN: no ones low on the not-crazy slime.

DT: --)- if everyone still has their recuperacoons, yeah

DT: --)- I haven' tried sleeping yet myself

DT: --)- not for long, anyway

MN: huh.

MN: well i guess we can always make more if we run low.

DT: --)- yeah

MN: gods bless this alchemy shit.

DT: --)- no kidding

MN: but alright so dont let anyone eat it and make sure people sleep in it.

DT: --)- that's about the size of it

DT: --)- but everyone should already know those things

DT: --)- oh and I guess it goes without saying but

DT: --)- if you go to someone else's land and find some, don' touch or eat it

DT: --)- who knows if humans can stand the stuff or not

MN: yeah im not a piece of shit stoner so ill keep away.

DT: --)- good

MN: im not interested in using myself as a test rat for troll shit.

MN: and you guys probably shouldnt touch elsus weed or all the brandy and jack daniels my grunkle stored away.

MN: etc etc.

MN: hell no one should be touching this shit.

MN: we need to be at our mental prime here.

MN: B\

DT: --)- yeah seriously

DT: --)- I don' think we have any sopor addicts but nevertheless

MN: especially if were supposed to do this complicated alchemy shit.

MN: and solve these lands.

MN: and figure ourselves out or whatever the fuck.

DT: --)- we don' have time to be goofing off and eating 'jack daniels'

DT: --)- or drinking

DT: --)- or smoking

DT: --)- or whatever you do with it

MN: you drink jack daniels.

DT: --)- okay

MN: its this brand of

MN: mildly expensive whisky.

MN: it tastes ok and it goes down easy, or so says my grunkle.

MN: i dont have time to drink though, so i cant give you an first hand account.

DT: --)- that's fine

DT: --)- we don' need another impaired player running around

MN: youre telling me.

DT: --)- but are you sure your client can handle himself

DT: --)- has he been killing imps

MN: between the people who are impaired through drugs and the people who are impaired through their own incompetence.

MN: and honestly i dont know i feel really bad about this shit.

MN: ill talk to him next chance i get.  B\

MN: i assume hes ok bc

MN: once again

MN: he survived lonami.

DT: --)- there's that name again

DT: --)- I'm not looking forward to that conversation

MN: shes pretty miserable.

MN: she thinks shes an idol

MN: and uses these

MN: horrible

MN: horrible faces.

MN: let me find some for you

MN: ☆～（ゝ。∂）

MN: (´∩｀。)

DT: --)- not another one

DT: --)- oh gods

MN: 【・ヘ・?】

MN: and

MN: the worst of them:

MN: ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

MN: help me gods.

MN: ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

MN: ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

MN: ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

DT: --)- holy shit

MN: ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

MN: look at that piece of shit.

DT: --)- why are there stars coming out of it

MN: i have no fucking clue.

MN: apparently

DT: --)- what's all this extraneous bullshit

MN: that and the wink are her favorites.

MN: i dont understand her

MN: she really sucks try and get out of talking with her for as long as you can.

MN: i hate to say that about a teammate but i literally do not have the patience.

DT: --)- I don' blame you

DT: --)- if my hunch is right

DT: --)- and I this point, I don' see any way I could be wrong

DT: --)- she's the heiress

MN: yeah she said as much.

MN: she also said she prototyped her mom and a record album.

DT: --)- which means she was basically guaranteed from the start to be an annoying piece of shit

MN: and that shes telling her mom on me because i was mean to her.

MN: B\

DT: --)- oh

MN: waaah waaah cry more faggot.

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- her mom is the leviathan ==> Well, there's another possible future casualty in the making. Bobi's a human, so you suppose that you can't hold her totally accountable for not knowing what the leviathan is or what it's capable of. Still, the sooner everyone stops trying to get themselves fucked over by monsters, the better.

MN: glacis.

MN: you are not--

MN: god

MN: fucking

MN: damnit.

DT: --)- what

MN: wow just wow.

DT: --)- what

MN: go me like seriously.

DT: --)- I'm not what

MN: being very reassuring right now.

MN: was what i was going to say

DT: --)- just letting you know

MN: yeah christ.

MN: well what can her mom do.

MN: shes dead and a sprite.

MN: B\

DT: --)- I don' know but I wouldn' push your luck

DT: --)- at least not until you know for sure

DT: --)- that it can' kill you

MN: whelp.

MN: and the dumbass mentioned how she wished i was dying so.

MN: whelp.

MN: \o/

MN: looks like im boned.

DT: --)- some of you seem to have a strange knack for pissing off monsters

MN: i bequeath all my possessions unto you, other competent player.

DT: --)- you and andi should start a club

MN: "faggot buttmunches who piss off monsters."

MN: only with me i havent

MN: necessarily

MN: killed myself yet.

MN: i could still win this.

MN: if i.

DT: --)- andi isn' dead or anything yet, is she

MN: gulps audibly.

MN: apologize.

DT: --)- last time I talked to her she was still alive

DT: --)- but I don' blame you for not wanting to kiss ass though

MN: no shes fine.

DT: --)- ah

DT: --)- alright

MN: were not on speaking terms for this hour though.

MN: maybe the next one.

DT: --)- ha

MN: i pissed her off it was totally my fault but lmao it was sooo fucking worth it.

DT: --)- well, whatever

DT: --)- royalty is easy to piss off

MN: i meant andi.

DT: --)- oh andi

MN: the heiress like.

MN: apparently she still wants to

MN: be my friend.

MN: B\

MN: so.

DT: --)- well

DT: --)- there you go

DT: --)- although if you ask me this friend bullshit is wearing a little thin already

MN: yeah im asking if shes told on me yet.

MN: and how do you mean.

MN: WAIT.

MN: FUCK.

DT: --)- I mean

DT: --)- what

MN: cant believe i did that.

DT: --)- what

MN: talked to you with my shitty blue text.

MN: sorry about that.

MN: but what about the friend shit.

DT: --)- ah fuck don' even worry about it

DT: --)- if I highlight part of the text, it keeps highlighting even as new messages come in

MN: you should just remind me to switch.

DT: --)- so next time don' bother changing your color

DT: --)- nah this is less of a pain in the ass

MN: but nah you shouldnt have to feel obligated to change it.  B\

MN: it literally takes two clicks on my part.

DT: --)- I don' even have to change it though

DT: --)- I literally just highlight once

DT: --)- and that's all

DT: --)- apparently it can work like that

MN: well if you say so.

MN: idk man i just dont want to make this shitty for you.  B\

MN: but.

MN: as you were saying.

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- I was just saying that I don' see why some of these players are trying to force everyone into some sort of friend pact already

DT: --)- we just fell, to be totally honest, ass backwards into this fucking game

MN: isnt that the fucking truth.

DT: --)- and making friends should be pretty low on the fucking totem wouldn' you say

DT: --)- as long as everyone pulls their weight

DT: --)- that's all that we need

MN: i mean we should share information with each other and try not to be huge assholes to one another.

MN: but forcing friendship

MN: is literally the stupidest shit you can pull.

MN: you cant make someone be your fucking friend.

MN: B\

DT: --)- tell me about it

DT: --)- that was hank's end of the bet

DT: --)- that I would have to 'be his pal' if he won

MN: besides no offense but i dont necessarily want to be friends with any of you.

MN: if it happens it happens but we have other shit to do.

DT: --)- as if friendship is some fucking material thing that I can just hand over to him

DT: --)- and yeah that works perfectly fine for me

MN: as long as were faking civil behavior 20% of the time and no one is at another persons throat

MN: who the fuck cares.

MN: also for your information apparently chihaya (what i call heiress) didnt tell her mom on me and hasnt thought about it for a while, but she wants to tell her mom on andi.

DT: --)- I'm glad that there are people who are on the same page at least

MN: i just.

MN: that girl.

MN: B\

MN: tell me about it.

DT: --)- how many eldritch beings can she attract in one day

MN: like can i go a fucking conversation with some of these dipshits without

MN: "WE WILL BE FRIENDS ONE DAY, BOBI!!!"

MN: no, fuck off.

MN: i dont know you.

MN: and who knows.

MN: shes very talented at being incompetent

MN: let me tell you that much.

DT: --)- she seems alright

DT: --)- she gave me the stupidest fucking nickname

DT: --)- although I guess that came from my server too

DT: --)- as most of the bullshit in this game so far is wont to do

DT: --)- but yeah it'd be even more alright if she could stop pissing off things that probably rip her in half without breaking a sweat

MN: lmao.

MN: i wouldnt mind her so much if shed just admit to the fact that shes a little shit sometimes.  B\

MN: like she does not

MN: take the blame

MN: for anything.

MN: if she doesnt understand something, its my fault for saying it.

DT: --)- I haven' had to be her partner so

DT: --)- yeah

MN: if she fucks something up, its the programs fault.

MN: if she cant remain on civil terms with a demon, its because shes "not a kiss ass."

MN: like it just gets to a level of supreme irritation.

MN: B\

MN: its like.

MN: even i could break her spine if i wanted to.

DT: --)- really

MN: sure.

DT: --)- is she weaker than other members of your species

MN: no, im just stronger than other members of my species.

MN:  /flex

MN: i dont actually know how strong she is but im a trained fighter so.

DT: --)- interesting

DT: --)- I'll admit I'm curious to see what humans can do

DT: --)- or what they look like

DT: --)- andi gave me the impression that they're physically fragile

MN: you want a picture of me?

MN: i can give that much. \ o /

DT: --)- really

MN: sure.

DT: --)- alright by me

MN: and it depends on the person.

MN: some people are weak pieces of shit

DT: --)- I suppose in that regard our species are the same

MN: others can lift 800 pounds.

DT: --)- I wonder if our rustbloods are comparable to your weak pieces of shit

MN: some people could not win a game of bloody knuckles if you gave them gloves to protect their feeble fists

MN: others could kill you with one punch.

MN: but yeah maybe.

DT: --)- so humans seem at the very least, to be highly variable in strength

MN: extremely.

MN: anyway hold on a sec there.

DT: --)- sure

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DT: --)- ah

DT: --)- hm ==> You already talked to Andi about what humans looked like, so you had a vague idea of what to expect. Still, you're a little surprised to find that you look pretty damn CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. Well, obviously there are some differences. But slap some face paint on, stick a fake pair of horns on, get some colored contacts, and it would be pretty easy for them to pass as trolls. Through photos, that is. You're pretty confident that you could easily best them in strength any day.

DT: --)- humans aren' too dissimilar from trolls, as it turns out

DT: --)- well, maybe aside from coloration

DT: --)- and the horns and teeth

DT: --)- and eyes

MN: yeah carada showed me her pic and thats all i could

MN: distingush as well.

MN: B\

DT: --)- go figure

MN: its weird that were so fucking similar.

DT: --)- I already knew you were bipedal and had hair but nevertheless

DT: --)- even our skulls seem to be roughly the same shape

MN: right?  its fucking weird.

DT: --)- but our life cycles are completely different

MN: down to how our noses look all fucked up and literally not like any other animals.

DT: --)- that doesn' make any sense

MN: B\

MN: yeah youre insects and were mammals.

MN: the fuck is up with that.

DT: --)- I don' know

DT: --)- I'm filing this under strange, possibly relevant bullshit

DT: --)- that probably isn' important right now

MN: maybe when we have more time we can

MN: investigate it further.

DT: --)- yeah

MN: but rn all we should focus is on not dying.

MN: and getting that stupid kid up and running again.

MN: right i was supposed to ask people.

MN: do you want to kiss him?

MN: no?

MN: ok good done.

DT: --)- thank you for answering for me

DT: --)- anyway I don' know if anyone actually wants to kiss him do they

DT: --)- I know you volunteered but

DT: --)- that's a different situation entirely

MN: yeah its more like i dont mind looking at horrible gory bodies and im sure id

MN: be ok with kissing one.

MN: if it was to save his life.

MN: or revive him or whatever.  B\

MN: and im sure all of you are busy with your

MN: dangerous lands

MN: that could actually kill you.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- you have a point

MN: while i just sit around talking to fucking chickens.

DT: --)- I don' mind bodies myself really but, well

DT: --)- let's just say that I'd rather not stick my face close to some possessed burnt up corpse

DT: --)- and hope for the best

MN: i cant say i can blame you.

MN: but whatever im not usually fussed by shit like that.

MN: i grew up in the bronx.

MN: im a big girl.

MN: i dont cry.

MN: lmao.

MN: gunshots at night?  what the fuck ever.

DT: --)- so you are a female

MN: yeah?

MN: didnt i tell you that

MN: before.

MN: B\

DT: --)- you did I think

DT: --)- andi was convinced

DT: --)- that you weren', though

MN: ok.

MN: that is because

MN: andi is fucking stupid.

DT: --)- shouldn' humans at least be able to tell apart their own sexes

MN: you would think, wouldnt you.

MN: but no, andi just proves herself to be an incompetent piece of shit

MN: once again.

DT: --)- she's agreeable, at least

DT: --)- most of the time

DT: --)- to me

DT: --)- except for the nickname bullshit

MN: not to me but.

MN: youre allowed to like people that i dont i mean what the fuck ever.  B\

MN: i mean

MN: i dont think shes horrible.

MN: and i dont want her hurt.

DT: --)- I don' particularly like her

MN: but shes just

MN: so

MN: stupid.

DT: --)- I just think she's got a rung up on some of the other players

MN: well YEAH but.

MN: that is literally saying nothing.

DT: --)- you have a point there

DT: --)- she's just about tied with the demon

MN: i like the demon more but the demon was kinda funny so.

MN: its whatever.

MN: shes my teammate and i want the best for her but jfc.  B\

MN: andi.

MN: i mean you saw the picture do i really look like a dude.

MN: i thought my perm was doing a good job of making me look like a chick for ONCE.

DT: --)- you look like a female as far as I can tell

MN: stupid andi.

DT: --)- then again I was operation on that assumption to begin with so I might be biased

MN: B\

MN: yeah i guess so.

MN: idk i didnt think my gender was such a big deal but i dont need the entire group

MN: changing my fucking pronouns

DT: --)- it could be because you don' seem to have much of a chest

MN: constantly.

MN: B]

DT: --)- or is that common for humans

MN: ...

MN: *B\

MN: well no i dont but i also wear baggy shirts and that kills

MN: the little bing-bongs

MN: i actually do have.

DT: --)- bing bongs

DT: --)- alright

MN: im actually a B cup.

MN: its a very, very serious word for boobs.

DT: --)- why do all of these serious words seem to rhyme

DT: --)- or

DT: --)- alliterate

MN: dont ask me

MN: ask the extremely gangster people

MN: who constructed them.

DT: --)- huh

DT: --)- alright then

MN: dont even bring them up to other humans though they wouldnt get it.

MN: because none of them are as

MN: well-versed in slang

MN: as i am.

MN: also theyre

MN: extremely dirty

MN: so if they did know them

MN: theyd be incredibly offended.

DT: --)- really

MN: yes.

DT: --)- interesting

DT: --)- I don' suppose there's any chance that you're just making up vocabulary to try and pull my leg are you

MN: nope.

DT: --)- fair enough

MN: i use these words pretty often on my own.

MN: you can ask the other trolls if you want.

DT: --)- you're risking other trolls using your incredibly offensive words, you know

DT: --)- perhaps to other humans even

DT: --)- or aren' you concerned about that

MN: im hoping that they have the good sense to keep it between trolls and me.

MN: i mean i did tell you that novices like you

MN: should stick with

MN: pussy and cock.

MN: didnt i.

MN: also for bing-bongs you might want to go with

MN: tits.

DT: --)- right

DT: --)- strange that humans and trolls both have 'tits'

DT: --)- they must function differently

MN: how do yours function.

MN: i assume not at all

MN: considering

MN: insects.

DT: --)- they're secondary sex characteristics for identification of females and apparently produce some hormones unique to their sex

DT: --)- how do human 'tits' function

MN: they jiggle and bounce and are fun to play with and if you rub the nipples youll make the girl moan.

MN: also theyre used to produce milk or some shit.

MN: to feed the babies.

DT: --)- uh

DT: --)- alright

MN: thats their primary focus i think.

DT: --)- feeding grubs

DT: --)- okay

MN: no infants.

DT: --)- right, right I forgot

MN: thats what we call them at least.

DT: --)- feeding fetuses

MN: they look like

MN: not fetuses.

DT: --)- what

MN: thats what you call them when theyre in the womb.

DT: --)- one of you called them fetuses

MN: when theyre out, theyre infants or babies.

DT: --)- huh

MN: wait let me

MN: draw you a guide.

MN:  http://i.imgur.com/kZZjoK5.png

MN: there.

MN: any questions.

MN: im open to em.

DT: --)- wow

DT: --)- look at all these extremely technical terms

DT: --)- I can just feel the knowledge flooding in

MN: shut up i was making it accessible.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- it's cool

DT: --)- I like it

DT: --)- maybe I'll save it and share it with some of my species

MN: next time someone asks me how our reproduction works.

MN: telling you.

MN: it could come in handy.

DT: --)- hell, this is probably the most trolls have known about human biology in eons

DT: --)- this shit is going in a textbook bobi

MN: i hope so.

DT: --)- I hope you realize that

MN: better not cut out my comment about her bing-bongs.

MN: that shit is important.

DT: --)- who would I be to cut out the bing bong comment

MN: only a moron would.

DT: --)- obviously

MN: theyre there for science.

DT: --)- ha

DT: --)- alright I gotta split

MN: oh right shit

MN: i did just

DT: --)- I should talk to my stupid server if he's around

MN: come to you out of fucking nowhere.

MN: yeah

MN: i should do the same.

DT: --)- yeah

MN: you get him to give you your shit.

MN: B\

MN: then maybe we could get somewhere.

DT: --)- if he drags his ass online

DT: --)- but yeah

MN: we can only pray.

DT: --)- I'll send you the codes later

MN: yeah dont sweat it

MN: i should

MN: see if theres another way

MN: and if  not ill go kill some imps.

DT: --)- right

MN: later, glacis.

DT: --)- later

-- dauntlessTracker [DT] ceased pestering mintNewtons [MN] at 15:28 --