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Post by icon on Apr 30, 2012 19:44:00 GMT -5
>Icon: Read Memo.You were already doing that, genius! Nonetheless, you keep looking over the MEMO, glancing at comments people make as they START PLAYING THE GAME. Your copies of Sburb are still loading... you swear, sometimes your COMPUTER takes absolute ages to load things. You continue to read the comments in the memo. It seems like people are planning on setting up TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS? That's pretty cool. Teams are cool. You'll probably just LET EVERYONE ELSE CHOOSE THEIR TEAMMATES first and then join WHICHEVER TEAM IS LEFT. It'll take that much time to get your discs installed, anyways. ...Geez these discs take a while to load. You might as well try to CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM or something while you wait. >Icon: Clean up your room.You start to pick up some items and put them away, as well as putting a few things in your SYLLADEX. Your Sylladex has enough space for any number of items which you would want to put inside, but these items are locked inside your Inventory until you make a suitably cheesy awful regarding the subject of what you wish to remove.
The only problem with this is that once the pun is made, any items in the modus relating to the pun are ejected at a high velocity. You've learned to avoid storing heavy and/or sharp objects in there whenever possible.
It's incredibly inconvenient and highly dangerous. Not that we would expect anything else from a sylladex. >Icon: Get those discs loaded, already!You're trying, dangit! This computer takes absolute ages. One of these days you're going to find a better way about getting things to load. In the meantime you might as well write up a quick notice on the memo. IC: I'm... still waiting for my game to load IC: All things considered it'll probably take a while, so IC: If you guys want to get all your teams sorted while I get this all set up IC: Go right ahead with that... IC: I guess IC: I can join wherever you guys need me to go
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Post by Lizzie on Apr 30, 2012 20:33:56 GMT -5
> Eliza: Respond to memoGC: Ooh, yay. <3 GC: So what's going on? >Eliza: Throw disks in as well.Your stupid LAPTOP starts to whir as you put one disk in to download/install. > Eliza: Captchale... Captchalu... Captchala...? Oh, whatever, put some stuff in your Sylladex.You throw some stupid stuff from your floor into your SYLLADEX, which has the best MODUS ever... You can store as much as you'd like, with no particular order. In order to open your sylladex, you must first dance around and sing the backpack song from Dora the Explorer. Literally. exampleWhen you do open your sylladex, it'll show seven random items, and you have to pick the one most helpful. It might take a few tries to get what you want, but hey, at least you look like an idiot while dancing around and singing a song! > Eliza: DemonstrateOh, no, you couldn't do that right now! You're still waiting for SBURB to load on your LAPTOP.
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Post by Naga on May 1, 2012 6:51:48 GMT -5
> Shade: Stare at the screen.
What else would you be doing this entire time? Something useful? Ha!
> Shade: Follow suit and clean house.
First off, you refuse to clean the ENTIRE house; it's not your issue to deal with. Perhaps just your ROOM. And secondly, you can't clean until you find your MOUSE - you've been using LAPPY'S terrible track pad this entire time.
> Shade: Youth-Roll out of room.
Pssh. Right, as if.
You peak out your door way, thankfully noticing no one. You LEAP out from your room and into the near by computer room, which houses the OTHER computer of this home. Carefully observing the scene before you, you see that YOUR MOUSE is been most heinously hooked up the the other computer.
Activating SNEAK, you crouch under the desk the almost ancient computer sits on, and carefully pull out the mouse's usb cable. You would stick it in your SYLLADEX, but you can't until you hook the mouse back up into YOUR computer.
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Post by Celestial on May 1, 2012 14:55:26 GMT -5
> Celestial: Respond to HunterDC: I have no idea. It might be later in the game. DC: That said, if you see somebody fightable, fight them. xD DC: I'll place your Alchemiter and Cruxtruder in the living room. Hopefully this won't be too inconvenient. DC: There's also a pre-punched card. Put that in, see what happens. DC: That should be all the stuff for now, unless I've missed something. DC: And that happens way too often. > Place Alchemiter, Cruxtruder and Pre-Punched CardYou have to move some furniture around, breaking a few things in the process and piling up some things on top of each other but you finally make enough room and place te items. Maybe it would have been better to put the Totem Lathe next to the other stuff but it's too late and there isn't enough room anyway. These things are HUGE. The card lies besides them, sweet and innocent. As sweet and innocent as an inanimate object can be. > Write down what you've placed in Hunter's houseRight, so it was Totem Lathe, Alchemiter, Cruxtruder and a card which gives...something. You grab a piece of paper from your desk and proceed to try and take out a pen from your CAPTCHALOGUE. Every single item, save the first and the last, has to relate to the ones surrounding it somehow. All the items scroll by very quickly and you have to try and grab the one you want. Current Captchalogue: Ok, let's see now...blackberries, Cthulhu, seashells, Cthulhu again and AHA! you got a pen. Alas, all the pens and pencils scatter across your room. You'll captchalogue them later, better write things down before you forget. > Write downYou write yourself a note. Usually these don't work (you can never find your previous notes) but you do it in the vain hope that maybe you can get a Memento thing going here. You also write down a reminder to captchalogue any stuff that you might want/need before your server gets to work on your room. But you have to deal with your client first. Speaking of your client, he looks very fetching in that fedora. Now that everything is placed, you need to figure out what to do with all this stuff. You have a sneaking suspicion that it will involve a lot of clicking around until stuff happens. And whatever that card will give you. All you can do is wait and see, unless you dislike the wallpaper in the house. Which you don't really. It's perfectly decent wallpaper.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2012 15:20:59 GMT -5
> Hunter's Dog: Begin barking stupidly.You cannot issue commands to Hunter's dog! Only to Hunter! > Fine. Hunter: Take notice of barking dog.Your dog, STELLA, seems to be barking randomly again. You run out to the living room to see what's the matter and holy crap big metal things. This must be the other stuff Celestial put here, and you have no idea how any of it works. > Hunter: Use your MANGRIT to spin the wheel of the Cruxtruder!Sadly, your non-existent mangrit is not enough to spin the wheel of the thingy you just said! > Hunter: Use your powerful weapon to open the lid!You throw your fedora Cruxtruder-ward! ...It bounces off pathetically. You seriously are rethinking your choice of weapon. > Hunter: Respond to Celestial.HF: uh HF: Anything you can do to help me break this open?
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Post by Celestial on May 1, 2012 15:55:58 GMT -5
> Celestial: Respond to HunterDC: *giggle* Yeah, ok, hang on. DC: Just in case, you better stand back. > Celestial: Try to turn the wheelAlas, your control skills are not fine enough to turn the wheel. So you decide to go for something less elegant. You pick up the heaviest bit of furniture that is currently lying around in the room, which is the couch. You lift it to the ceiling and then bring it down upon the cruxtruder like the wrath of the divine version of Joe Pesci. As soon as you strike the Cruxtruder, you lift up the couch just a little bit to observe what happens. Should be something good.
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Post by Terra on May 1, 2012 16:49:53 GMT -5
> Terra: Respond to memo.MW: Okay, Elcie! MW: Sounds good to me. I’ll start up the client software. It seems that Elcie is OCCUPIED in some way, so you decide to wait for her. But first, you have to actually install the client program. > Terra: Install the client program.You go into the folder of the files you ripped from the CD using some long and complicated process you found on the Internet. You click on the little SBURB logo, and a little window comes up, which says: SBURB version 0.0.1
© SKAIANET SYSTEMS INCORPORATED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
SBURB client is running.
Waiting for server to establish connection... Well. You suppose that all there is left to do is wait. > Terra: Occupy yourself.You are already occupying yourself! There is some fierce protestation going on in you. YOU ARE THE 99%. Actually, you are 100% of yourself. Which makes that other 1% with all the wealth even more infuriating. > Terra: Do homework.You think this is an excellent idea. After all, you have finals coming up, which are clearly very important, much more so than this silly game. Your finals could have an enormous effect on the rest of your life. They could create or destroy you, or possibly both simultaneously. Entirely unlike this game, of course. You open your sylladex. You have the APPLES TO APPLES MODUS (V1), which means you have to choose an adjective (incidentally, in V2, the adjective choice was made completely random (which strikes you as not being any kind of upgrade at all (so it’s probably a good thing you decided not to upgrade (geez, this is a lot of nested parentheses (can we stop now (yeah, okay (good, thanks))))))). The modus then presents you with seven choices that are, according to the advertisements, supposed to fit the adjective, but it often does not work out that way at all. Sometimes you think the modus is trying to be IRONIC, but that’s silly. It’s a fetch modus. Fetch modi cannot be ironic. That’s ridiculous. > Terra: Pick an adjective.COSMOPOLITAN (sophisticated, urbane, well-informed) DELIGHTFUL (pleasing, enjoyable, charming) TOUCHY-FEELY (affectionate, tactile, huggy) BORING (dull, tedious, monotonous) EXCITING (thrilling, breathtaking, arousing)
For some reason, these adjective choices have no rhyme or reason to their listing. They’re not in alphabetical order or anything. And the order’s different every time you look. It’s weird. You choose BORING. A small part of you dies inside as you choose it, but there isn’t a more suitable choice that you can see immediately. Besides, homework really is a little bit boring sometimes. The fetch modus soon presents you with seven cards from your captchalogue deck. JOURNAL OF ASSORTED WRITINGS NOTEBOOK FOR ACTING CLASS PLASTIC BAG OF FIREWORKS BOX OF KLEENEX TRAIN SCHEDULE BUS SCHEDULE PENCILS You are offended. How dare it call your writing boring?! However, you have to pick one, so you choose the pencils. Of course, you do have to wonder why you have that bag of fireworks captchalogued. You should return those at some point. But you've sort of lost your motivation to do homework. Ah, how easily that can happen. > Terra: Check memo.It seems that Elcie still has not responded. > Terra: Pester Elcie.You figure that you’ll probably need to get the conversation off the memo, anyway, so you’re not bothering everyone. -mysteriousWintertide [MW] began pestering irregularAnalyst [IA]-
MW: Hey, Elcie! MW: I think the client’s done installing... MW: I think. MW: So, ready when you are!
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Post by Naga on May 1, 2012 20:19:58 GMT -5
> Shade: Plug in mouse.You already di- Ah, now it's gone again. > Shade: Kick Skyrim in annoyance.You would never do that. You do, however, stand up from your LAPPY and look at the map of Skyrim you have laid out on the FLOOR. (( You promise to yourself to finish making your room later, when other people aren't vying for your mouse )) The red tacks are IMPERIAL cities and the blue tacks are STORM CLOAK cities. The yellow one is WHITE RUN. > Shade: Take a nap.Why in the world would you take a nap when there are GAMES to be played? You rationalize that a good REST will enhance your playing experience, and so you take a nap!
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Post by Robyn on May 2, 2012 15:03:17 GMT -5
> Robyn: Clean up room a little for Pete's sake. You don't know who this Pete guy is but he better keep his nose out of your dang business. Although... you suppose it couldn't hurt to go through your closet, maybe pick out a few things to stash into your sylladex. You pretty much have the perfect system going for you there. The Scene It? Modus allows you to store up to 10 items at a time. To retrieve an item, all you have to do is select which card you'd like to snag from your sylladex. You are then presented with a test of your movie trivia knowledge in a completely random fashion-- it seriously spans every movie from every franchise ever, and the questions range from simple true and false numbers to extensive scene displays where you must watch clips and then be on your toes about anything from plot comprehension to cultural significance. If you get the question right, you are rewarded with your item neatly and without hassle. However, an incorrect answer can often yield wild and unpredictable consequences. The Scene It? Modus is not for the weak of heart or the faint of soul. Lucky for you, you're pretty great at this kind of thing! You don't know why the status quo dictates that everyone have a rather unmanageable modus. You rarely ever get a question wrong. > Robyn: Dive into closet! You would, except for doing so would probably land you in a WORLD OF HURT. Your closet is completely covered in junk, to the point where when you try to walk through it, you either fall over or make unpleasant crunching noises as you trample all the objects in your wake. The A&E shows Hoarders has been pestering you to let them film there for months, but you will not have any of it. You are at least waiting until you get a haircut suitable for television. You walk into the closet like a normal person. You pick out a few objects from all the trash: a REMOTE CONTROL, a WIRE HANGER, a LINEN SKIRT, a copy of FROM DUSK TIL DAWN, a BUNDLE OF PIPE CLEANERS, and a HANDY YELLOW TUB. Wow what a bunch of useless waste. Maybe you really are a hoarder. > Robyn: Ignore the psychological implications of this and get back onto the computer. Okay! You shuffle back over to your bed, where your trusty laptop sits, and at the last minute decide to also captchalogue those pretty FANS on your wall. Those things are NICE. > Robyn: Open up memo. CC: oh my god i just about drowned in my wormhole of a closet CC: it is like if someone took a goodwill clothes and used toys section and dumped it all in a vortex, adding a small pinch of essence of robyn on the way down CC: and when i say used toys section i mean used toys section CC: mysterious stains and patches of missing doll hair all up in here CC: when A&E finally does come down here to tape my episode of hoarders i'll lend you guys the DVD CC: anyways CC: oh god CC: ............. CC: oh my gosh ahahaha i thought the sburb CDs might have been in my closet for a second but they're not they're right here! CC: who wants to be my server client whatevers? i'm not picky CC: you'll probably have to talk me through a little of it though, i've never played this before
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 15:37:34 GMT -5
> Hunter: Watch.The couch pops the lid off the Cruxtruder, and a glowing blue sphere shoots out of the top of it. A countdown also begins on the base of the Cruxtruder, starting at 4:27. > Hunter: Turn wheel again.This time you manage to push out one CRUXITE DOWEL. > Hunter: Flail your arms wildly at the developments, then respond to Celestial.HF: Okay so... HF: I have a round thing and another round thing and a countdown and I have no idea what's going on
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Post by Draco on May 2, 2012 17:30:10 GMT -5
>Draco: I thought I said to stop spinningYou reluctantly stop spinning. >Draco: Check gameYou stare at the screen, a screen on it remains blank. The game may be busted, but who knows at the moment. >Draco: Clean up some moreYou look down at the ground and stare at all the extention cords and other cords laying all over the floor. You go to pick some up. >Cords added to STRIFE DECKWait, what? Not again! You never really understood the CAPTCHALOGUE or the STRIFE DECK. You once picked up your shoe to put it on, and it was automatically added to the STRIFE DECK. You couldn't get it out for a week. And now you're stuck with cords. Extention cords. CORDKIND. You picked up a sword earlier, and it didn't get added! >Draco: Get rid of Cordkind, it's stupid.You try but fail. You guess you're going to be Ghost Rider with cords. And at least it cleaned up your room a bit more. >Draco: Cosplay!You walk over to the costumes and CAPTCHALOGUE them. What? Did you really think you had the time to dress up? Maybe you can use them later for something, so you put them away. In no real order; Can of Pepsi Pile of Anime DVDs Cheap Ninja Sword XBOX 360 Soul Reaper Costume Wandering Monk Costume Ninja Costume Dark Link Costume Ice Wizard Costume >Draco: Check computer againYou sit down and stare at the computer a bit more, still the same. You poke around at it and find out you never actually connected with anyone. Maybe you need to actually talk to someone about a server and cliant. That may help. >Pester Icon
dizzyDraco [DD] began pestering iconicCreativity[IC]
DD: Yo. Want to team up in this game? I promise not to imprison you in your house. XD >Pester HunterdizzyDraco [DD] began pestering hobbledehoyFreezer [HF]
DD: Yo. DD: Hello? DD: Is this a bad time? DD: Well, I'll just leave this message so you can get back to it whenever, no real rush. DD: I've been thinking I need a server player in this game, so if you're still free why don't we team up XD
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Post by Tam on May 2, 2012 20:30:35 GMT -5
> Tamia: Make unpleasant discovery.[/u] There... there sure seem to be a lot of people talking about their CDs, like in the plural multiple more-than-one-single-disc sense, don't there? You glance between the installation screen currently running in the background of Pesterchum and the one, lone, definitely-not-more-than-single empty envelope sitting next to you on your bed. You then notice the text on the installation screen. What the heck. So the CD you installed was just the server disc, and from the sounds of it, your experience with this awesome new game will be pretty limited unless you load up the client one as well. Who even splits a game up into two discs, I mean really. UC: okay so i think i forgot the client copy with the rest of the mail, but one way or another i can still be someone's server if they want me to UC: gonna go check for the client first though, brb
You could always take your laptop with you, you suppose, but that would be kind of lame and anyway the battery probably wouldn't last you more than a few minutes if you unplugged it. You captchalogue your IPHONE, though — you can't play the game on it, but you can at least keep tabs on your Pesterchum. It's nice to know your trusty SWISS ARMY KNIFE modus places such a high priority on your ability to actually keep in touch with your friends. You're going to have one heck of a time convincing it you need your phone more than your hairbrush or a hunk of volcanic glass when the time comes. It's probably right about the marbles, though. Those could be pretty useful right now, especially if you end up having to deal with any... er... family members on your way to the kitchen table. You move the BAG OF MARBLES to your strife deck, where it automatically merges with your faithful SLINGSHOTKIND abstratus. Ammo can be pretty hard to come by when you're indoors, after all. > Tamia: Sneak downstairs.[/u] Pffft, as if. Sneaking is for wussy ninjas. Instead, you walk out of your room with your head held high and a slight swagger in your stride, as if daring the world to AAAAAAAAAAARRRGHWHATTHEHELLBRONOTONTHESTAIRS > Tamia: Strife![/u] You can't, because your BRO is sitting on your arms.
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Post by Celestial on May 3, 2012 17:46:06 GMT -5
> Celestial: Respond to HunterDC: Don't ask me, I have about as much of an idea as you do. DC: But in the immortal words of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Don't Panic. DC: Let's think about this. All the stuff I placed in your house must have some purpose. DC: So assuming the Cruxtruder spits out...whatever that is. DC: Then the Totem Lathe and Alchemiter and Pre-Punched card must do something to do with the dowel. DC: My gut is telling me that the Totem Lathe is our next step. > Celestial: Listen to gutYou pick up the Cruxite and lift it all the way up to Hunter's room. Looking over the Totem Lathe, you notice a small slot. The exact size and shape for a card. A pre-punched card. You pick that up and bring it up too. Let's wait for Hunter before you do anything. > Celestial: Notice oddityIt just occurred to you that you have no memory of ever installing the Sburb programs, even though the program is running on your computer. You can't even remember where you put the CDs either. You have installed it earlier, obviously. But that memory has been eaten by the unexplained amnesia, along with at least half of your life. > Celestial: Quickly recover from somberness before you go deeperNo time to indulge in self-pity, your client needs you!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 20:05:51 GMT -5
> Hunter: Follow your flying stuff!You read what Celestial has to say and... Hey! Your Cruxite Dowel and Pre-Punched Card are floating away! You chase them back to your room, and you're chased back to your room by your kernelsprite. > Hunter: Carve dowel in the Totem Lathe, using the pre-punched card.You see why Celestial moved the stuff now, they both fit in the lathe. After a moment, a laser carves the dowel into the CRUXITE TOTEM. > Hunter: Respond to kernelsprite.Unfortunately, you have no idea what the floating glowy ball of science is saying. You really just want to chuck something at it. > Hunter: Throw pencil sharpener at the kernelsprite.You pick up your MONSTER PENCIL SHARPENER from your bookshelf. It's a purple thing that burps when you're finished sharpening it. It's completely ridiculous. You hurl your ridiculousness at the kernelsprite! It begins glowing brightly, and suddenly the monster appears in the center of the circle. > Hunter: Respond to Celestial.HF: I... HF: I would explain my situation but you can see it You also notice that DRACO has been pestering you. Maybe you have time to respond- > Hunter: Deal with barking dog.You grab your totem and head out to the living room to see what your dog is barking at now and holy crap when did DAD get here. He seems to be very curious why there are big pieces of machinery in the living room, and why there's a countdown on one of them, and why furniture is rearranged. You manage to construct incredibly poor LIES. Your DAD decides to go to the kitchen for a smoke, giving you the chance to fiddle with the Alchemiter. > [S???] Hunter: Place the totem! Time is almost running out!You don't have the skills to make an animation! So you ask people to just pretend. Sburban Countdown is playing in the background as you see HUNTER'S DAD stand in the middle of the kitchen lighting a cigarette, then looking up to see the meteor close out the window. It cuts to the living room, where Hunter is throwing the totem down, and a light blue snowman appears on the Alchemiter after the totem is scanned, with a darker blue carrot in Hunter's hand. Hunter throws his fedora to the snowman's head, then slamming the carrot nose into the snowman. Everything fades out to white right before the meteor hits. > ==>That is not the correct number of dashes and equal signs but you can't remember exactly how many people are still playing. Regardless, the house is growing incredibly dark. Your kernelsprite also split, leaving a floating ghostly monster thing. You have no idea what's going on, but the very least, now might be a good time to check in with people. > Hunter: Respond to Celestial.HF: So I'm not entirely sure what's going on, as usual. HF: ...Do you have any idea where the heck I even am? > Hunter: Respond to Draco.HF: uh HF: Sure, I'll be your server player, but... HF: A bit busy at the moment trying to survive being a client player
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Post by Draco on May 4, 2012 3:09:56 GMT -5
>Respond to HunterdizzyDraco [DD] began pestering hobbledehoyFreezer [HF]
DD: Ok, cool. Like I said no rush. It's not like it's the end of the world or anything. DD: ....I just heard something, I'll be right back. >Inspect loud noiseYou step outside to see what looks like a burning building not to far from your home. Looking into the sky you notice some falling objects, meteors. Something is coming directly at you! >Dodge!YOUTH ROLL!!! You roll out of the way just in time before getting hit by a... Large wheel of cheese? You shrug it off for the time and head back inside... Return to pestering HunterdizzyDraco [DD] began pestering hobbledehoyFreezer [HF]
DD: Yeah, remember how I said it wasn't the end of the world? DD: It's the end of the world.
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