Lyra Entry Sequence

[16:07] <ATtheorytime> Out from the Alchemiter comes a <Your text color here> Cube. The cube has no features on its faces whatsoever
[16:07] <ATtheorytime> 2:29
[16:07] <ATtheorytime> 2:28, etc.
[16:07] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Same sube as a perfectly generic object?
[16:08] <ATtheorytime> You don't know what that is
[16:08] <Lyra[Strategist14]> I know Lyra doesn't, but I'm trying to understand what the scene is
[16:08] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Is it a perfect cube, rounded edges, what?
[16:08] <ATtheorytime> It looks about the same as the perectly generic object.
[16:09] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "O... kay."
[16:09] <ATtheorytime> <what is your text color!€
[16:09] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Tyrian purple
[16:09] <ATtheorytime> Ok
[16:09] <Lyra[Strategist14]> #883333
[16:09] <ATtheorytime> Continue
[16:09] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra picks up the cube and examines it more closely
[16:09] <ATtheorytime> It appears to be made of the same substance as the cylinder
[16:10] <ATtheorytime> It is relatively lightweight and completely featureless
[16:10] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra looks back at the uncarved cylinder she'd thrown aside, and picks it up to compare the two objects
[16:11] <ATtheorytime> they are definitely the same material
[16:11] <ATtheorytime> 2:20
[16:11] <Lyra[Strategist14]> She tosses the cube into the air and catches it, attempting to see if it might be hollow or contain something inside
[16:11] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Then does the same with the cylinder
[16:12] <ATtheorytime> Both aren't hollow
[16:12] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra tosses the dowel aside, and spends several seconds trying to think
[16:12] <ATtheorytime> 2:15 Nothing insightful comes to you
[16:13] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra then grabs the Perfectly Generic Object she'd accidentally alchemized before
[16:13] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Any noticeable differences between the two?
[16:14] <ATtheorytime> No
[16:15] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra groans, tosses the PGO aside, and slams her Cruxite Artifact into the Alchemiter's surface as hard as she can, just to see what happens
[16:16] <Lyra[Strategist14]> (I know she doesn't know any of those terms, but you get the idea)
[16:16] <ATtheorytime> The Artifact harmlessly is deflected
[16:17] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Hmmph."  Lyra draws her pen from her Strife Deck and attempts to scribble on the object
[16:17] <ATtheorytime> The object is impervious to any form of writing or marking
[16:18] <ATtheorytime> 2:05
[16:18] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra blinks.  Was there a step she missed?
[16:18] <ATtheorytime> 2:03
[16:18] <Lyra[Strategist14]> She looks to the Alchemiter, then flips the cruxite dowel upside down
[16:20] <ATtheorytime> The dowel is unmarked, as are all faces of the cube
[16:20] <ATtheorytime> 2:02
[16:20] <Lyra[Strategist14]> There weren't any machines she missed, were there?
[16:20] <ATtheorytime> *Meteoric Impact in the distance*
[16:20] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra jumps
[16:21] <Lyra[Strategist14]> The sudden movement also brings her attention to the floating orb
[16:21] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Red sphere, red cube."  She mutters
[16:21] <ATtheorytime> <Illuminati?>
[16:21] <ATtheorytime> 1:58
[16:22] <Lyra[Strategist14]> (Of course)
[16:22] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "And the... thing..."  She gestures to the Alchemiter she's standing on, "has a triangle drawn on it."
[16:23] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra attempts to draw on the Alchemiter
[16:23] <ATtheorytime> It has the same effect as drawing on stainless steel.
[16:23] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Huh"
[16:23] <ATtheorytime> <Workable, but worse than paper>
[16:24] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra frowns and wastes another several seconds thinking
[16:25] <Lyra[Strategist14]> She then picks up the cube and throws it at the sphere
[16:25] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Just to see which one gives
[16:26] <ATtheorytime> The Sphere dodges abruptly out of the way and floats out of reach
[16:26] <ATtheorytime> 1:50
[16:26] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "So it's just a light source."  Lyra muses.  "That's actually pretty considerate"
[16:27] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Then what does the CUBE do?
[16:27] <Lyra[Strategist14]> A building block or something?  A box, like the satan-tube was?
[16:27] <ATtheorytime> 1:48
[16:28] <ATtheorytime> Another meteor
[16:28] <ATtheorytime> A bit louder this time
[16:28] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra grabs the two unmarked cruxite dowels, the carved one, the PGO, and the cruxite artifact and attempts to stack them on top of one another
[16:28] <Lyra[Strategist14]> The impact causes her to jump again, and the tower falls.  She tries again
[16:28] <ATtheorytime> Nothing happens
[16:28] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "What IS that?"
[16:29] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra looks to the source of the noises
[16:31] <ATtheorytime> A plume of smoke and a crater in the distance
[16:31] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "What the?"  Lyra frowns.
[16:31] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "A bomb or something?"
[16:31] <ATtheorytime> 1:45
[16:32] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra glances back at her father's car to make sure he's okay, then kicks over the tower
[16:32] <ATtheorytime> Ok.
[16:32] <ATtheorytime> 1:43
[16:32] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "What ARE you!?"  She shouts at the cube.
[16:32] <Lyra[Strategist14]> and then kicks it again
[16:33] <ATtheorytime> The cube is unharmed, but bounces a short distance
[16:33] <ATtheorytime> You waste a while thinking
[16:34] <ATtheorytime> 1:28
[16:34] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra takes a deep breath, then walks calmly over to the cube
[16:34] <ATtheorytime> ==>
[16:35] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Too slippery to write on, too rubbery to break."
[16:35] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra withdraws her pen again, then attempts to stab into the cube
[16:35] <ATtheorytime> The cubes is unharmed, your pen recieves a bit of a dent
[16:36] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra puts her pen away, then tries to remember the contents of her sylladex
[16:36] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - Laptop a short distance away
[16:36] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - That book again
[16:37] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - Earbuds, somewhere on the ground (inside the kernelsprite)
[16:37] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - and her pile of souvenirs
[16:37] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Nothing even remotely related to a cube.
[16:37] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Great
[16:37] <ATtheorytime> 1:20
[16:38] <ATtheorytime> *The earth shakes as a meteor collides outside your house, closer than before*
[16:38] <Lyra[Strategist14]> (Lyra isn't near her house - she's outside a gas station)
[16:38] <Lyra[Strategist14]> (With her father sleeping in the car nearby)
[16:39] <ATtheorytime> <My bad, I remember now>
[16:39] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Meteors.  Freaking meteors."  Lyra mutters as she finally sees the source of the noises.
[16:40] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Then she starts to laugh.
[16:40] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "At least I'll die quick, hah!"
[16:40] <Lyra[Strategist14]> After several more seconds, Lyra looks back at the cube.
[16:40] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Now what the heck ARE you?"
[16:41] <ATtheorytime> 1:10
[16:41] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra looks over the machines once more.
[16:41] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - Lathe; spins things around
[16:42] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - Satantube; contains light source and cylinders
[16:42] <Lyra[Strategist14]> - Space-arm platform; produces multicoloured cubes
[16:43] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra attempts to fasten the cube into the totem lathe
[16:43] <ATtheorytime> It will not fit
[16:43] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra attempts to stuff the cube down the cruxtruder's tube
[16:45] <ATtheorytime> <I see no reason for this not to work, but for the sake of the story, it doesn't>
[16:46] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Bluh.  Doesn't fit anywhere.  Then where ELSE is there to bring the box?
[16:46] <ATtheorytime> You have no idea
[16:46] <ATtheorytime> There is NOTHING you can do to this stinking cube!
[16:46] <ATtheorytime> 0:45
[16:47] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra looks at her computer for a moment, just to confirm that it's still loading SABATH.  Considering the apparent meteor apocalypse, it hardly matters anyway, but it's the game's fault she came out here in the first place
[16:47] <ATtheorytime> *Meteoric impact, you are knocked to the ground by the shockwave from this one*
[16:48] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra scrambles to her feet, then picks up the cube once more.
[16:49] <ATtheorytime> <my b>
[16:49] <ATtheorytime> 0:40
[16:49] <Lyra[Strategist14]> She stares at it for a moment, then looks back to the floating strobe light.
[16:49] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "I'm totally dreaming."  She declares.
[16:51] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra takes a closer look at the Totem Lathe
[16:51] <Lyra[Strategist14]> There was still no apparent reason for those other wheels on it.  Perhaps one of them would make the cube fit?  It obviously had to go SOMEWHERE
[16:52] <ATtheorytime> "Unless if it doesn't fit anywhere" a nagging thought says in the back of your mind
[16:52] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra hums, totally lost.
[16:52] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Wait
[16:53] <Lyra[Strategist14]> The lathe had needed that card, right?  So maybe the space-arm thing was also missing a piece
[16:53] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra searches the ground around the Alchemiter, carrying her laptop with her as a light source
[16:54] <ATtheorytime> Ok
[16:54] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Nothing?
[16:54] <ATtheorytime> 0:35
[16:54] <ATtheorytime> Nada
[16:54] <ATtheorytime> 0:30 for searching in depth
[16:54] <ATtheorytime> Overhead
[16:55] <ATtheorytime> A single star begins to grow larger than the rest
[16:55] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra grabs one of the two uncarved dowels, and puts it on the Alchemiter's pedestal
[16:55] <Lyra[Strategist14]> in an attempt to create another green cube.
[16:56] <ATtheorytime> A message appears on the Alchemiter, "Not enough Grist".
[16:57] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra blinks.  What the heck is Grist?
[16:57] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Oh, probably some subconscious stupidity.  Lyra looks up at the looming 'star'
[16:57] <ATtheorytime> A star is now far brighter and larger than the others
[16:57] <ATtheorytime> 2:5
[16:57] <ATtheorytime> 0:25
[16:58] <ATtheorytime> It grows larger and larger as time passes
[16:58] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "Fine."  Lyra tells the star.  "Screw it, and screw you."
[16:59] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra kicks the cube off the Alchemiter, and lies down on it, using one of the uncarved dowels as a makeshift headrest
[16:59] <Lyra[Strategist14]> She then positions her laptop to provide as much light as it can, and draws her book from her sylladex.
[17:00] <Lyra[Strategist14]> The souvenir card empties itself all over the place.
[17:01] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra re-captchalogues the stuff, takes another look at her father's car and then the star, and then opens the book.
[17:02] <ATtheorytime> :15
[17:03] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "There's a whole bunch of gas in here."  Lyra announces.  "Dad'll be vaporized instantly."
[17:03] <ATtheorytime> The star is now very large in the night sky
[17:04] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra smiles serenely.  "There're worse ways to go."
[17:04] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Then she laughs again
[17:04] <Lyra[Strategist14]> "What does it say about me, that I'm dreaming about the apocaypse?"
[17:04] <ATtheorytime> :5
[17:05] <ATtheorytime> <Anything else you wanna do do it now
[17:05] <Lyra[Strategist14]> Lyra begins to read Gestation.
[17:05] <ATtheorytime> You only get halfway through the first page before
[17:06] <ATtheorytime> You are transported away
[17:06] <ATtheorytime> In transit to the medium