#lingeringfondness

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LF ==> Climb

QL: well, wax is pretty soft. if you got a torch you could melt some hand-holds into the side

LF: Hm...

QL: or if you had a pick lying around, that'd do it.

QL: but i doubt anyone just has a pickaxe lying around.

LF: ...

QL: ...do you?

LF: I found a sharp thingy by th3 off3rings...

QL: sharp thingy?

QL: i'm gonna need a bit more description than that >.>

LF: Um...

LF: It's... Um... Pointy... M3tallic and... sharp...

QL: okay, we'll run with that. does it have a handle? is the blade curved?

LF: It's curv3d... But...

LF: It do3sn't hav3 a handl3...

QL: weird.

LF: ...

LF: Lik3... It cam3 off of a b33tl3 lik3 critt3r...

QL: huh.

LF: ... I'm just going to climb th3 candl3...

QL: alright.

QL: good luck btw.

LF: Thank you!

QL: no problem :) see ya later

LF: You'r3 l3aving...?

QL: oh! sorry XD i thought you'd want to concentrate while climbing up :0

LF: Oh...

LF: ...

LF: By3... I'll b3 back in a bit...

QL: alright :o

QL: should i leave this window open for when you reach the top, or would this be my cue to go?

-- lingeringFondness [LF] is now an idle chum! --

LF: Back

QL: at the top?

LF: Yup!

QL: sweet.

QL: i just thought of something

LF: Hm?

QL: how quick do you think this candle will burn?

LF: What do you m3an?

QL: getting down could be a challenge if it melts faster than you can climb.

LF: Ah...

LF: ...

LF: I don't know...

QL: did you light it yet?

LF: I think I'll b3 fin3...

QL: hopefully.

LF: I didn't light it y3t...

QL: alright.

LF: ... I'll grappl3 down...

QL: ah, that'd work.

LF: I'm lighting it...

QL: :o

LF: Ow!

LF: Gosh...

QL: hot?

LF: No... I start3d grappling down and...

QL: owch.

LF: Th3 hot flam3 r3l3as3d th3 hook thing from th3 candl3...

QL: oof, you alright?

LF: Y3ah... I should b3 fin3...

QL: alright.

QL: how's the rest of your group getting along?

LF: Th3y hav3n't 3nt3r3d y3t...

QL: hm.

LF: CL should b3 3nt3ring soon...

QL: oh cool.

LF: Wow! Th3 door is op3ning!

QL: oh, for the shrine thing?

LF: Y3ah!

QL: cool :o

LF: ...

LF: I'm taking my h3ads3t off for a bit to 3xplor3...

QL: kk :o

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LF ==> Get Help

QL help3d m3 with th3 cod3! "Light The Fire" Is what it said!

-- lingeringFondness [LF] began pestering quietListener [QL] at 17:49 --

LF: Hi...

QL: hey :o

LF: h... How ar3 you...?

QL: good, you?

LF: I'm good...

QL: this is your first time pestering me, did something happen in the session?

LF: Sorta...

QL: ???

LF: I can't d3cod3 som3thing...

QL: the heiroglyphs?

LF: Y3ah...

QL: hmm.

LF: Do you think you could h3lp...?

QL: the letters are greek in that book you found, but i've never seen anything like the heiroglyphs.

QL: they look sorta like broken letters, but i can't think of what they might spell.

QL: hmm

QL: maybe runes?

LF: Oh

LF: Th3y sp3ll out...

QL: they match some runes.

LF: fhlpr rpt ahot

QL: fhlpr rpt ahot. well, that makes no sense. but the greek symbols may produce the key

LF: Th3y may...

LF: xi b3ta alpha, som3on3 told m3...

QL: yeah.

QL: except in greek it's alpha, beta, then xi.

LF: Hm... Do you think th3 ord3r is important...?

QL: maybe.

QL: i have one idea, but i doubt that it'd work. you ever read the da vinci code?

LF: No...

LF: oh... http://msparp.com/chat/loyaltybound

QL: sorry, i was just checking if there was anyone else there XD

LF: Hm...?

LF: What do you m3an...?

QL: well you mentioned people helping over pesterchum, correct?

QL: i was checking if any were in the msparp chat thing.

LF: Oh...

QL: hm. i'm afraid this months been a bit hectic, on saturday though i won't be quite so busy.

LF: I s33...

LF: Do you think you can d3cod3 th3 hi3roglyphs...?

QL: well, the heiroglyphs have been translated, it's the language/code behind it that needs working on.

LF: Oh...

QL: it's like we got the rosetta stone but some douche snapped it in half :T

LF: ...

LF: IT, som3on3 h3lping us, said it might b3 a k3yword shift...

QL: sorry, minds wandering a bit.

QL: a caesar cipher?

LF: ...?

QL: another term for keyword shift

LF: I s33...

LF: Do you think you can solv3 it...?

QL: i honestly don't know, but i'll give it a try...

LF: Th... Thank you...

QL: times like this i wish i had software to do it for me ^^"

LF: Ah...

LF: I think...

LF: Do you think you could us3 this...?

LF: http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/caesar-keyed.php

LF: QL?

QL: still here

LF: oh

LF: ...

QL: just looking at the book and symbols and what not.

LF: ah...

QL: i haven't managed to get anything coherent though :T

LF: Mayb3...

LF: you could try xib3taalpha...?

LF: That was th3 ord3r th3y w3r3 in...

QL: i figured ahot would be it, since it was in red.

QL: Light the fire

LF: Light Th3 Fir3...?

LF: Oh!

QL: yeah. think i've seen that somewhere before ._.

LF: Th3r3's a larg3 candl3 right outsid3 th3 cav3!

QL: there's a cave?

LF: Y3ah...

QL: and...a candle. that didn't seem suspicious :?

LF: What do you m3an...?

QL: like, how big is this candle?

LF: Hm...

QL: is it just normal size, or house sized?

LF: It's lik3...

LF: HUG3 0.0

QL: omg.

QL: to be fair, i'm guessing you had other things on your mind than setting the mood :p

QL: ie the hieroglyphs.

QL: bleh, can't believe it was that simple.

LF: Y3ah...

QL: although that explains the red.

LF: Yup!

LF: You know...

LF: Th3 cav3 kind of looks lik3 a shrin3...

QL: what sorta shrine?

LF: Lik3... lots of stuff around th3 big door thingy... Food and stuff...

LF: Now that I think of it... I hav3n't s33n any d3niz3ns y3t...

QL: i'd suggest staying away for now.

QL: just in case you know, the denizens in there.

LF: Why...? I 3xplor3d 3v3rywh3r3 3ls3 though...

QL: hmm. i dunno, try approaching unarmed? denizens usually don't initiate the conflict.

LF: I don't hav3 anything...

QL: oh, good, you're set then!

LF: Okay!

QL: (maybe get an offering just in case.)

LF: Now...

LF: I hav3 to g3t to th3 top of that candl3 0.0

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CL, LF ==> Converse please!

-- computationalLikeness [CL] began pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 21:47 --

CL: Greet1ngs.

LF: Hi CL...

CL: 1 d0n't supp0se y0u've managed t0 0bta1n y0ur c0py 0f the game 1 sent y0u.

CL: Understandable, g1ven y0ur facult1es.

LF: I did... So how do3s it work?

LF: I m3an... I r3ad that on3 girls tutorial... but I still don't g3t it...

CL: T0 my understand1ng, y0u s1mply need gather mater1als and slay 0pp0nents wh1le 1 d0 the systemat1c w0rk.

LF: Isn't th3r3 som3thing w3 n33d to do in th3 start...?

CL: 1 bel1eve y0u need t0 launch the game, h0wever 1 had assumed that y0u d1d.

CL: 1 then need t0 c0nnect t0 y0u, at wh1ch p01nt the game pr0per can beg1n.

LF: Okay... No on3 3ls3 has don3 it y3t... Should w3 g3t th3m in soon...?

CL: 1 w0uld bel1eve s0, unless y0u w1sh t0 create a tw0-pers0n sess10n wh1ch w0uld be alm0st ent1rely d00med t0 fa1lure.

LF: Uh... Y3ah... I figur3d that...

LF: Ar3 you going to t3ll th3m...? Or should I?

CL: Y0u seem t0 be the 0ne m0st acqua1nted w1th the l0t, 1 gather y0u 0ught t0 be the 0ne t0 c0ntact them. 1f they have techn1cal quest10ns y0u may as well d1rect them t0 me.

LF: Ah... Okay... I'll do that...

LF: Okay... I hav3 th3 program running...

CL: 1 shall be c0nnect1ng t0 y0u presently.

CL: 1've c0nnected.

LF: Oh good!

CL: Y0u l00k pedestr1an.

LF: ...

LF: You alr3ady know what I look lik3...

CL: 1 supp0se that's a g00d th1ng, g1ven that y0u are st1ll al1ve.

CL: There 1s a v1ew1ng mechan1sm bu1lt 1nt0 th1s pr0gram.

CL: 1t all0ws me t0 have a sem1-0mn1sc1ent v1ew 0f y0ur ab0de.

LF: ...

CL: 1 was referenc1ng y0ur att1re, by the way.

LF: That's kind of cr33py... 0.0

CL: 1 prefer t0 th1nk 0f 1t as a tact1cal advantage, all0w1ng me t0 g1ve y0u real-t1me 1nf0rmat10n 0n y0ur surr0und1ngs that y0u w0uld 0therw1se be unable t0 c0llect.

LF: W3ll, okay... I'd hop3 that th3 bathroom is c3nsor3d...

CL: As such, 1've created a number 0f analyt1cal pr0grams t0 pr0v1de me w1th feeds 0n certa1n 1nf0rmat10n.

LF: R3ally? You can do that?

CL: And n0, n0ne 0f the areas are cens0red, that w0uld defeat the purp0se 0f 0mn1sc1ence.

LF: ... W3ll th3n... L3ts start alr3ady...

CL: 1 can 1ndeed create pr0grams. 1 cann0t man1pulate the game 1tself but 1 can c0llect and analyze the data 1t 0utputs.

CL: There are a few 1tems 1 need t0 depl0y.

LF: Okay, what do I do with th3m?

CL: 1've depl0yed what appears t0 be called a "cruxtruder", wh1ch t0 my understand1ng requ1res 0pen1ng.

LF: Okay!

CL: There 1s als0 an alchem1ter wh1ch w1ll pr0v1de y0u w1th means t0 surv1ve.

CL: Y0u must use the T0tem Lathe 1 have just depl0yed t0 carve a crux1te d0wel fr0m the cruxtruder.

LF: Okay 0.0

CL: N0w, take the carved d0wel 0ver t0 the Alchem1ter and actually 0pen the cruxtruder.

CL: 0nce y0u have 0pened sa1d cruxtruder, a wh1t1sh 0rb sh0uld emerge sem1-tr1umphantly.

LF: Wow! That looks so cool!

LF: Can I touch it?

CL: 1 rec0mmend y0u 1gn0re 1ts v1ct0r10us act10ns and s1mply thr0w s0meth1ng 0f 1nterest 1nt0 1t.

CL: 1 rec0mmend y0u n0t pr0t0type 1t w1th y0urself.

CL: That w0uld m0st l1kely d00m 0ur sess10n.

LF: Uh... How about this... stuff3d animal of you?

LF: Or any of th3 oth3rs that I hav3?

CL: Preferably the 0ne 0f me, alth0ugh 1'm n0t sure h0w well a stuffed an1mal c0uld emulate my d1rect10n as a gu1de.

LF: I s33...

LF: okay!

LF: In you go!

CL: Y0u kn0w, 1 l00k h1de0us 1n that blue ph0sph0rescent c0l0r.

CL: 1t's unbec0m1ng 0f me, and badly butchers my excess1vely 1ncred1ble cerulean c0l0r scheme f0r chat.

LF: >< Wow...

CL: N0w, take that crux1te d0wel and make an 1tem w1th the Alchem1ter.

CL: 0nce y0u d0 the 0bv10us act10n w1th the 1tem, y0u w1ll enter the "med1um" and w1ll be safe fr0m any mete0rs headed y0ur way.

LF: ok...

CL: F0r 1nstance, y0u w0uld c0nsume an apple, 0r spray perfume, etc..

CL: 1 adv1se haste, that mete0r 1s start1ng t0 be awfully 1nt1m1dat1ng.

CL: N0w that 1 see y0u are 1n the med1um, 1 w1ll answer 0ne 0f these m1screant1c del1nquents.

CL: 1 b1d thee farewell, LF.

-- computationalLikeness [CL] ceased pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 22:09 --