Trauma

[ES]
hello?
[GS]
hello
[ES]
hey
[GS]
you wanted to chat with me?
[ES]
I don't think we've talked before
[GS]
we have not
I do remember your handle from the memo however
[ES]
oh?
what did I say?
the memo seems
hazy at best for me
[GS]
Gone
same
i dont remember much
So, did you get nearly fried by a meteor as well?
[ES]
yeah
it was pretty close
[GS]
huh.
me as well.
hold on, descibe outdoors for me.
[ES]
um
big plain fields, yellow clouds, machines
(is this correct [cg] ?)
yeah
[GS]
huh.
[ES]
how's outside for you?
[GS]
mine is different.
very dark, trees bent at strange angles, thorn bushes with single roses above them, and in the sky above that, a sphere of light
but the trees are still alive
[ES]
what
[GS]
yea
[ES]
of all the outsides I've heard described
[GS]
quite aliena
[ES]
yours is the strangest
[GS]
ah
so others have different areas as well?
[ES]
and that includes the girl surrounded by walking narwhals
yeah, everyone's different
[GS]
huh
[ES]
as far as I know
[GS]
Ive never trusted sea creatures
always knew they were up to something.
[ES]
really?
[GS]
yea.
I hated aquariums.
got bit by a fish at one.
long story.
[ES]
huh
* [CG] has connected to this private chat
[ES]
uh oh
[GS]
oh no
[ES]
how
[CG]
ALRIGHT
SO BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP
[GS]
what
[CG]
I HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY
[ES]
*scream
[CG]
AND BY THINGS I MEAN INSTRUCTOINS
INTRUCTIONS?
IN TO THE TRUCK SIONS
FUCK YOU
WHERE WAS IT
I*
[ES]
you
[GS]
where being snarky
[ES]
were about to give some instructions
[CG]
OH YEAH SO SINCE YOUR SERVER IS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL
ES
[GS]
what
[CG]
AND SINCE GS WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THE DEAD BITCH IN IN THE FIRST PLACE
YOU TWO ARE NOW PARTNERS
[GS]
oh
well then
[ES]
that
solves
so many problems
[GS]
nothing?
[ES]
I hope
well it's the fact that I'm lost out in the middle of nowhere
I was hoping a server player would be able to help me home
[GS]
so, "cool guy" how did she die, then.
[CG]
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ALL THE WAY OUT THERE?
IS THAT THE..
WAIT HOLD ON
[ES]
the what
also I know how she died
she
meteor
[GS]
oh
I guess i was supposed to connect to her
[ES]
.....
[GS]
but it never connected
[CG]
AND THAT'S ONE LESS PERSON THAT I NEVER HAVE TO TALK TO AGAIN
SO I SAY CONGRATS ARE IN ORERD
ODER
ORDERERERERER******
FC,
[ES]
...
[GS]
we should probably do something in her honor
even if this douchehat doesnt care
[ES]
yeah
................
I know what I'm going to do
[GS]
do we even know her name?
[ES]
Sami
[GS]
ah
Ill figure out something
I dont know yet though.
[CG]
MY JOB HERE IS DONE
YOU TWO ARE CONNECTED NOW
DO STUFF I GUESS
[ES]
bye
please leave
[GS]
bye, douche
* [CG] has disconnected from this private chat
[GS]
ugh
good riddance
[ES]
jesus fuck
that guy
ugh
[GS]
"cool" my asinum
[ES]
mm
[GS]
soooo igeuss im your server now
[ES]
yes
* [CG] has connected to this private chat
[ES]
FUCK YOU
[CG]
FUCK YOU I AM THE COOLEST OF DUDES
[GS]
oh no
FUCK OFFF
[CG]
MY COOLNESS ATTRIBUTE IGNORES ALL OF REALITY
AND NO ONE CAN HOPE TO OUTMATCH IT
[GS]
this guy.
such an ego.
[ES]
PISS OFF YOU FUCKING PENISHEAD
please
[CG]
OH DAMN THAT WAS AN INSULT THAT REALLY HURT ME
[ES]
just
[CG]
SARCASM IS FUN
[ES]
leave
[GS]
leave you goddamn ass
[CG]
CAN'T HANDLE THE COOL
[GS]
I can.
* [CG] has disconnected from this private chat
[GS]
good.
[ES]
so.......
argh
This Guy
I Swear
[GS]
yea
[ES]
One Day
...........
anyway
[GS]
If i meet him, i call dibs on removing his hand.
one of them
anyway
[ES]
I'm lost
I need help to find my way back to my house
[GS]
yup
figured
[ES]
can you connect right now?
[GS]
uhh, im not at my computer.
nevermind
I have it on me
[ES]
you are?
awesome
[GS]
somehow
dont remeber taking it.
oh well
[ES]
huh
* [GS] opens the computer
[ES]
can you connect to me?
[GS]
yes!
I can see you
wait, I never did ask your name
[ES]
the name's Zion
you?
* [ES] waves
[GS]
Balthazar.
ypu, I can see you
[ES]
fantastic
[GS]
hmmmm
let me see if can find your house
* [GS] zooms out a lot.
[CG]
Hold the fucking phone
Gs
Sburb can only view the house
[GS]
(oh right)
[CG]
and the player only if they are at the house
[GS]
(edit that out)
[CG]
okay
* [GS] opens the computer
[ES]
can you connect to me?
[GS]
yes
I can see your house
[ES]
hm
[GS]
nice place.
[ES]
it's a small cabin
has the skaianet logo all over the place
[GS]
very quaint.
[ES]
not much there really, save for cans of food an hunting trophies
[GS]
I saw those.
[ES]
hm
did you see jackalopesprite anywhere?
* [GS] looks
[GS]
yup.
I can see the wierd floaty thing.
[ES]
what is he up to?
[GS]
just.
floatin.
[ES]
go figure
can you like
contact him in anyway
?
[GS]
I do not think so
[CG]
The jackalopesprite continues to ignore you, he is eating a carrot
[GS]
other than maybe throw things at it
it is eating a carrot though
[ES]
I don't care
I need it
[GS]
so there is that
[ES]
take the carrot
* [GS] attempts to take the carrot away
[CG]
Jackalopesprite jumps back like 15 feet at this perceived ghost
[GS]
heh
i think i scared him
[ES]
what happened?
[GS]
he jumped
[ES]
hm
doesn't the game come with some sort of building tool?
[GS]
yes
[ES]
try writing in the ground
something like
go 2 zion
[CG]
You have no marker tool
[ES]
(write with miniature walls or something)
(or drag something across the grass
* [GS] drags the carrot like a writing utensil
* [GS] writes "go to zion"
[CG]
You write "go to zion" in what?
[GS]
(just mimic writing it)
[ES]
(why not in the dirt?)
[CG]
Jackalopesprite does not understand the air writing, and is completely freaked out by his meal floating
← [GS] has quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client)
ⓘ [CG] is now known as [GS]
[GS]
ES stands in the clearing by herself for a good long while
The chat is empty, he must be attempting something with the sprite
* [ES] sits down
[ES]
I look in the air after the spiral gate thing Stammers talked about
[GS]
You cannot see it from how far away you are
[ES]
"maybe..."
I return to the tall mountain, painful as it is
perhaps I can get a better view from there
I also snap a picture of my questbed while I'm at it.
[GS]
You are quite far away, you can't see shit beyond the black clouds
[ES]
"I kind of don't want to go down into the machinery again"
[GS]
GS espers you again
[ES]
"...but I don't know what else I can do"
[GS]
So okay
i wrote out the message
and he left
[ES]
awesome
thank you so much
[GS]
... still not sure if he got the message though
[ES]
well, it's better than nothing
I mean
at least he's doing something
I'll talk to you later
my phone is starting to run low on battery
[GS]
okay
[ES]
and I'd like to save it for an emergency
bye
* [GS] has disconnected from the chat
ⓘ [GS] is now known as Wabit
ⓘ [ES] is now known as Zion
Zion
I look after jackalopesprite on the horizon
then lean against my questbed, relaxing
trying to get the images out of my head
and to forget what I have in my sylladex
Wabit
You lose track of time, and when you come to there is a floating thing near you.
It is not quite sure what to make of this situation.
Zion
(do I heal anything?)
Wabit
(it was a minor heal)
Zion
(hp?)
Wabit
(like four)
Zion
(also I fell asleep earlier and had the nightmare)
Wabit
(same thing)
Zion
(another four?)
Wabit
(mm)
Zion
That floating thing.
Is it jackalopesprite?
Wabit
Yes.
Zion
"hello"
"I did what you asked me to"
Wabit
"...."
Zion
"he won't doom us all anymore"
Zion
"happy?"
Wabit
"Everyone will be happy when they are not killed violently, I think."
Zion
"not sure"
"I'm not happy, for one"
Wabit
He doesn't respond to that
Zion
"..."
"what is this place?"
"it's obviously important"
Wabit
"You are not really supposed to be here yet."
Zion
"what do you mean yet?"
Wabit
"This place will become important later, or perhaps never at all"
Zion
"what is it's purpose?"
Wabit
"I cannot tell you."
Zion
"he said"
"that it would change me forever"
"was he correct?"
Wabit
"Yes."
Zion
"................"
Wabit
Jackalope sprite is wholey uncomfortable with this line of questioning
Zion
"what is the meaning of this?"
Wabit
and pulls out another carrot
* Zion points at jester face
Zion
"what is it"
Wabit
He nibbles on the carrot in fake ignorance
Zion
"tell me"
Wabit
He nibbles so hard that the carrot is completely gone before he can even taste it and becomes sad
Zion
"Tell Me Now"
"please"
Wabit
"Fine."
"It's a questbed."
Zion
"a questbed?"
Wabit
"Yes."
Zion
"what is the point of it?"
Wabit
He takes out another carrot, and you can tell that pulling the information out of this guy is going to be tough
Zion
"why can't you tell me?"
Wabit
"It goes against the programming." Is all he can say. He had sat there really thinking about why he could not and can only come up with that answer, Now Jackalopesprite seems confused
Zion
"...."
"fine. I won't ask about the questbed anymore"
"but what is the symbol on it?"
"does it mean questbed or what"
Wabit
"No, that symbolizes Rage."
Zion
"you make it sound like Rage with capital R"
Wabit
"Rage is a very important word."
Zion
"why?"
"what makes rage so important?"
Wabit
Jackalopesprite thinks you ask too many questions
Zion
"fine"
"maybe later"
"now help me get home"
"you can do that, right?"
Wabit
"Yes." Glad for the subject change, he meanders off in the direction of your house shack thing.
Zion
"fantastic. also"
"do you have a way for me to easily contact you?"
"so I don't end up in this mess again?"
Wabit
For a while he says nothing, thinking things over.
Eventually, he hands you a necklace.
Zion
"what's this?"
Wabit
"You can summon me with this."
Zion
"oh"
"handy"
"thanks"
Wabit
Jackalopesprite continues nibbling on his carrot
* Zion starts walking on back towards the house
Wabit
You meet a couple imps on the way there, but honestly these guys are childs play.
Compared to your father, not many could hope to give you more trouble
Zion
I glare at the imps.
Wabit
Except perhaps that one Red thing
Your intimidate easily spooks them all away
Zion
"hah."
Wabit
Soon enough, the shack comes into view.
Zion
Has anything changed with it?
Wabit
Whereas your fathers headquarters are behind the death hole to the south, The mountain you just came from is to the west.
And besides a giant hole in your wall that reads "go 2 zion"
No
Nothing has changed
Zion
"........."
"well, at least he got the message through"
Zion
before anything, I search the shack for a spade.
There should be tools lying around somewhere.
Wabit
(oh shit lol) So after some searching you are indeed finding some tools that you can use
Your father set this place up with whatever essentials you may have needed.
Zion
I grab a shovel, some ropes, and six sticks of varying sizes.
Then I head outside, shovel in hand.
Hours pass, and three holes starts to take shape in the ground outside.
The sticks and the ropes have been tied together into improvised crosses.
Zion
The horses have silently gathered, like observers.
Zion is covered in dirt and dust from the labor, unaware of her surroundings.
Working in stoic silence.
Finally, she seems satisfied.
She gets out of the third and final hole, and notices her onlookers for the first time.
One of them neighs in the background.
She goes into the cabin, and returns a few minutes later.
In her hand, she's clutching a piece of paper, saying SAMI LERNER.
She drops it in the first hole, and starts to fill it up again.
When it is filled, she uses Able to really hammer one of the crosses into the dirt.
In the second hole, she puts her dad.
A mess of limbs.
Almost unrecognizable.
But it is him.
She starts to fill his grave.
When the second cross has been raised, she puts her mother in the third and final grave.
Three lone crosses, raised in the Land of Order and Frustration.
Zion turns to the first one.
Up until now, silence has echoed through LoOaF.
"I'm so sorry for bringing this unto you."
"It was not my intention.
"It was never my plan."
"But you are gone, and I am here."
"It was not my fault things turned out like this."
"So why do I feel guilty?"
"Sami."
"I'm sorry."
"Good bye."
She turns to the second grave.
"I"
"I"
"I wish you never thought of me, what I have thought of you."
"I"
"I wish you never felt for me, what I have felt for you."
Zion
"What you did, can never be forgiven."
"I just wish."
"That you can forgive me."
"What I have done."
"Can not be undone."
"But I would."
"If I could."
There is still one grave left.
"Mother."
"Zelphina."
"A light."
"In the room."
"It was you, who was standing there."
"Tried, it was true."
"As your glance."
"Met my stare."
"But."
"But your heart."
"Drifted off."
"Like the land, split by sea."
"Believe me."
"I tried to go."
"To follow you."
"To."
"To."
And the Rage screamed.
She screamed.
And Screamed.
And Screamed.
She screamed until her voice cracked, shattered like a mirror.
And then she screamed some more.
The horses panicked, and ran off towards the horizon.