In which Zach enters

* YG[N00bFlesh] is now known as Yanniy_Grehij
<yzabtech> ==START==
<Yanniy_Grehij> I'm standing in my room, and decide to head outside, then back inside through the front door.
<yzabtech> ((what's theos esperchum handle))
<yzabtech> HOLY CRAP IT'S COLD--
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((I dunno))
<yzabtech> oh, nevermind
<yzabtech> You're back in your house now. Wimp.
<yzabtech> What do?
<Yanniy_Grehij> "Brrr... It's frigging cold outside."
<Yanniy_Grehij> "Mom, do we have any funking warm clothes?"
<Yanniy_Grehij> "And maybe an actual axe for firewood?"
<yzabtech> ((do you even have a mom))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((I should have))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((It's in my description))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((It's just not specified who she is))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((and she's dead probably))
<yzabtech> ((i thought ezra left))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Then momi is ded))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Also, after Jonahh died, mom was the only one to take care of her))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((But anyways))
<yzabtech> You realize you don't have a mom anymore.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Wait, didn't mom need to go to the store to buy some food?
<yzabtech> Yeah, 5 years ago.
<Yanniy_Grehij> "SHIIIIIIIII...PPUDEN? Crud that's a bad replacement."
<Yanniy_Grehij> You're pretty sure she was here yesterday
<Yanniy_Grehij> Either way, I don't think mom could survive armageddon
<yzabtech> Weeb.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I guess I can explore her bedroom, and see what I can find?
<yzabtech> Creepy, but sure, why not.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I open the closest closet, the one which used to belong to mom.
<Yanniy_Grehij> (In the bedroom)
<Yanniy_Grehij> In it there're a bunch of coats, which should help, considering anything's better than a hoodie.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I put on the fluffy pink one, since it looks totes adorbs.
* IK (uid77318@id-77318.tooting.irccloud.com) has joined
* IK is now known as shiningGreatsword
<shiningGreatsword> k im here
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Nice))
<shiningGreatsword> do i know yanniy
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((You should not atm))
<shiningGreatsword> kk
<shiningGreatsword> ready to start
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Our dads knew each other, but we've never met))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Also, we were already busy))
<shiningGreatsword> ((oh shit my bad))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((But yzab seems preoccupied at the moment))
<yzabtech> ((yeah sorry))
<yzabtech> ((i'm back))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((ok))
<shiningGreatsword> ((ready to start if ready))
<yzabtech> Yanniy's too busy trying on clothes to save Theo from the apocalypse.
<Yanniy_Grehij> My phone buzzes, indicating a message.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I look at my phone.
<yzabtech> Final connection established.
<yzabtech> [NF -> SG] Confirm?
<Yanniy_Grehij> I click the yes button. Must be part of this stupid doomsday program.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Might as well message this SG guy.
<yzabtech> You now see a young man in his bedroom.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Hiya!
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Ah, hello!
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Are you meant to be my server player?
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: I guess?
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Tbh, I don't know shins about this server client dealio.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: But yeah, let me check out the interface first.
<yzabtech> ((brb i'm switching to phone))
<Yanniy_Grehij> I check the server interface
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((ok))
* yzabtech_ (~yzabtech@pool-108-41-36-239.nycmny.fios.verizon.net) has joined
* yzabtech_ is now known as yzabtech[DM]
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Oh shit, I forgot my quirk last line))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Oh well))
<Yanniy_Grehij> I check the server interface
<yzabtech[DM]> You see a young man in his bedroom, with a bar at the top.
<yzabtech[DM]> It has multiple dropdown menus
<yzabtech[DM]> including one with three machines and a punched captchalogue card.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Oh hey, that looks familiar
<shiningGreatsword> The man is sitting at his computer patiently.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I go to that dropdown menu and select the first machine.
<yzabtech[DM]> Wait, he's not a man yet.
<Yanniy_Grehij> That man is no man! He's a woman!
<yzabtech[DM]> He didn't get his mind broken and sort-of rebuilt through a supernatural doomsday game.
<shiningGreatsword> He's like 16-17 and looks older
<yzabtech[DM]> Yet.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Wait no, just a really tiny guy.
<yzabtech[DM]> He is but a boy.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Anyways, back to the first machine.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: I'm g69nna dr69p s69me machines in y69ur r6969m. D69n't be alarmed.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I drag the first machine on to a spot that seems free.
<shiningGreatsword> ((lmao what the fuck id that quirk))
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Very well.
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((It's the yinyang symbol represented in numbers
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Totally not a sex position))
<shiningGreatsword> ((aight lmao))
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Oh my.
<shiningGreatsword> I look at the machine.
<yzabtech[DM]> ((oh yanniy's just saying what she wants to do to theo))
<yzabtech[DM]> ((too bad theo knows dorothy better than yanniy if ya know what i mean))
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: I think y69u might wanna clear s69me space, these machines are fudging huge.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Also, I read the names of the machines. Now I know how they are called.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Cool.
<shiningGreatsword> SG: If you insist.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Anyways, I drag the Totem lathe on to another free spot.
<shiningGreatsword> I move my furniture to the corners of the room.
* yzabtech_ (~yzabtech@2600:1017:b402:caff:452d:5c3b:c9a2:5196) has joined
<yzabtech_> ((darn it phone internet))
<yzabtech_> ((what did i miss))
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: 69h, d69n't try t69 bl69ck any d6969rs 69r wind69ws, I made that mistake earlier.
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((I read the names of the machines and plonked down the totem lathe))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((And Theo moved his shit))
<yzabtech_> ((did anybody laugh at my pun))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((I didn't even notice a pun, it's like 1 am, I'm too tired for puns))
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* yzabtech_ is now known as yzabtech[DM]
<shiningGreatsword> SG: I'm sorry, daggers?
<yzabtech[DM]> First machine is placed down.
<yzabtech[DM]> It has a wheel on the side, and a lid on the top.
<yzabtech[DM]> Also a small screen that's blank.
<Yanniy_Grehij> N69, I mean keep any exits clear, y69u idi69t arsenaltrumpet
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Imagine an NF before that))
<yzabtech[DM]> ((whoops nevermind))
<yzabtech[DM]> The DM is an idiot.
<yzabtech[DM]> The first machine is actually oblong.
<yzabtech[DM]> It has a strange laser-needle-thing, and a slot on the side.
<shiningGreatsword> SG: I apologize, your typing quirk is difficult to read. And seemingly rather inappropriate.
<yzabtech[DM]> Also a place to hold in a cylindrical object.
<shiningGreatsword> ((you can just tell me what machine it is lmao))
<shiningGreatsword> ((ive doen this before))
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: It's a Yin-Yang symb69l! Every69ne I kn69w said the same darn thing!
<shiningGreatsword> SG: If you insist.
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Next machine? How many are there to be placed?
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: 3 in t69tal
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Excellentz
<shiningGreatsword> Excellent.*
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: I placed the alchemiter, 69nly the t69tem lathe and the cruxtruder are missing.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I place the Cruxtruder.
<shiningGreatsword> SG: And now for the... Lathe, I assume?
<Yanniy_Grehij> And I place the lathe too.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: I think the alchemiter is actually the last part 69f the chain.
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Ah. So what do I use first?
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: The cruxtruder. Y69u might want s69mething heavy hitting.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: But after it is 69pened a c69untd69wn starts.
<shiningGreatsword> SG: To turn a handle? I think not.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: A c69untd69wn until the w69rld g69es t69 shingles
<shiningGreatsword> SG: In that case, would you be so kind as to walk me through the rest of the process?
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Sure
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Y69u 69pen the cruxtruder, take a cylinder fr69m it, and put it in the t69tem lathe, t69gether with the card I'm ab69ut t69 give y69u.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Then it d69es lasery stuff, and the lasered cylinder g69es in the Alchemiter, which d69es s69mething?
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: F69r me it spawned a pen, but it might be player-specific
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Also where is yzab))
<yzabtech[DM]> ((watching))
<yzabtech[DM]> ((waiting))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((k))
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: G69t all that?
<shiningGreatsword> SG: Yes.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I drop the card, the final piece of the puzzle
<shiningGreatsword> I get up and turn the handle with brute strength.
<yzabtech[DM]> Roll strength.
<shiningGreatsword> !roll 1d20+3
<Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [6+3] : {9}
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=19 ] | {22}
<shiningGreatsword> nottyche said it first
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((Ok which dice do we follow?))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((I guess first come first served?))
<shiningGreatsword> ((nottyche, spoke first))
<yzabtech[DM]> tyche spoke first for me
<shiningGreatsword> oh lmao
<shiningGreatsword> should i reroll?
<yzabtech[DM]> kick one of the dice
<yzabtech[DM]> wait
<yzabtech[DM]> i can do that
* yzabtech[DM] is now known as Twelve
<shiningGreatsword> k
* Twelve is now known as yzabtech_
<yzabtech_> no i can't
<shiningGreatsword> rip
<shiningGreatsword> one of you can
<yzabtech_> only on my computer
<shiningGreatsword> ok in that cae
<yzabtech_> i'm on my phone since i'm out
<shiningGreatsword> henceforth we use tyche
<shiningGreatsword> normal tyche
<yzabtech_> alright
<shiningGreatsword> !roll1d20+3
<Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [8] : {8}
<NOTTyche[Dice]> Error: Invalid Expression
<shiningGreatsword> 11
<shiningGreatsword> ((didnt add my mod lmao
<yzabtech_> You barely manage to get turn the wheel and get the machine open.
<yzabtech_> to turn*
<shiningGreatsword> I take the cruxite and put it on the lathe, then plug the card in.
<yzabtech_> A glowing orb pops out, along with a dowel--
<yzabtech_> Enthusiastic, I see.
<shiningGreatsword> I take the tooth Father gave to me all those years ago after Lizzy died and put it in the orb.
<yzabtech_> I'll get to meet you soon enough, Theodore. We'll see if your enthusiasm keeps up.
<shiningGreatsword> ((whos speaking))
<shiningGreatsword> I flinch
<shiningGreatsword> "Hello?"
<yzabtech_> The orb now has the image of a dragon inside.
<shiningGreatsword> ((is Zach still alive))
<yzabtech_> ((idk, is he?))
<shiningGreatsword> ((shrug, probably))
<yzabtech_> Oh, there's nobody here.
<shiningGreatsword> Elizabeth.
<yzabtech_> Just your own thoughts.
<shiningGreatsword> "Lizzy! It's been so long."
<yzabtech_> The orb makes some dragon noises.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I quickly check the timer on Theo's cruxtruder
<yzabtech_> Lizard?
<yzabtech_> I'm not sure.
<shiningGreatsword> Dragon.
<yzabtech_> One minute, and thirty seconds.
<shiningGreatsword> I next put the carved dowel on the alchemiter.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Y69, y69u've 69nly g69t a minute, s69 st69p talking t69 rand69m v69ices in y69ur head and f69cus 69n n69t dying
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Please
<shiningGreatsword> Then activate the alchemitrr.
<yzabtech_> It works. You see a...is that a d10?
<shiningGreatsword> I pick it up and look at it?
<shiningGreatsword> A dice?
<yzabtech_> There are no numbers.
<yzabtech_> The clock ticks down.
<shiningGreatsword> Shrug. I roll it.
<yzabtech_> What's the point of rolling when there are no numbers?
<yzabtech_> Twenty seconds.
<shiningGreatsword> I do it anyway.
<shiningGreatsword> It's a die, thats the point.
<yzabtech_> Nope, nothing.
<yzabtech_> Fifteen seconds.
<shiningGreatsword> Fuck! I stomp it.
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Try excessive f69rce!
<yzabtech_> How dare you attempt to bring harm upon my visage, mortal!
<yzabtech_> The countdown hits zero, and the decahedron sends a sharp pain through your leg, bringing you to your knees.
<yzabtech_> It rises infront of you, growing before becoming transparent and disappearing. There is nothing but the void around you.
<yzabtech_> Yanniy's screen cuts out.
<yzabtech_> It's time I reveal myself to you, Theodore.
* yzabtech_ is now known as AhuraMazda
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Hey, are y69u there?
<shiningGreatsword> "Uh..."
<Yanniy_Grehij> NF: Hell69?
<AhuraMazda> Rise.
<shiningGreatsword> I stand.
<shiningGreatsword> Instinctively.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Oh jeez.
<AhuraMazda> Your instincts are merely a product of your environment along with your genetic coding.
<AhuraMazda> Polybius has done a wonderful job creating it, I must say.
<shiningGreatsword> I say nothing. What is happening to me.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I uncaptchalogue the book of the void
<Yanniy_Grehij> !roll 1d20
<Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [6] : {6}
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=7 ] | {7}
<Yanniy_Grehij> !roll 1d12
<Tyche[Dice]> (1d12) [2] : {2}
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d12 --> [ 1d12=10 ] | {10}
<Yanniy_Grehij> The book takes 2 damage!
<AhuraMazda> The Book of the Void has 24+3i HP.
<Yanniy_Grehij> I read the Book of the Void to see if I can learn something about SG's situation
<AhuraMazda> The number seems to change to other numbers any one in a while
<AhuraMazda> It's not dying anytime soon.
<AhuraMazda> You flip to a random page, and see images of 6 geometric figures.
* Theodore (~zacharyho@99.198.212.141) has joined
<Yanniy_Grehij> I look at the geometric figures
<AhuraMazda> ((1 sec))
<AhuraMazda> ((test))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((test for what?))
<AhuraMazda> ((connection))
<AhuraMazda> The page has a tetrahedron, a cube, an octahedron, a decahedron, and a dodecahedron, in a circle around an icosahedron larger than the rest.
<AhuraMazda> It is spread over two pages.
<Yanniy_Grehij> Eh, not really what I'm looking for right now
<AhuraMazda> The pages are labeled " Συμβούλιο του Ωvερμινδ"
<Theodore> ((is anything happening to me or...)
<AhuraMazda> ((sorry theo))
<AhuraMazda> Theo is still located in the void.
<Theodore> ((im just confuse))
<AhuraMazda> He hears a voice.
<AhuraMazda> The voice is me, of course.
<AhuraMazda> Congratulations, Theo. You have successfully completed your first test.
<Theodore> "Good. But where am I? Who are you?"
<AhuraMazda> I am Ahura Mazda, third member of the Council of the Overmind.
<Theodore> "Overmind. That does not sound good, to be honest."
<AhuraMazda> You are temporarily in a space between universes I have constructed.
<Theodore> "Why have you taken me here?"
<AhuraMazda> "To congratulate you, of course."
<AhuraMazda> "And also a warning."
<Theodore> "On what?"
<Theodore> "On both counts."
<AhuraMazda> "It appears you have prior knowledge on the mechanisms of S-B.
<AhuraMazda> "
<AhuraMazda> "Your parents have trained you well."
<Theodore> "Some, yes. Neither of my parents told me much, but I gleaned some from them yes."
<AhuraMazda> "Never before have the sons and daughters of prior players have to have been entered into S-B."
<Theodore> "That is true. How is it relevant."
<AhuraMazda> "You're one of the first."
<AhuraMazda> "This is a warning. Your predecessors have become very proud."
<AhuraMazda> "They have lost their humility, and one has attempted to usurp a member of the Council in her blind rage."
<AhuraMazda> "She has been swiftly dealt with, in a punishment found suitable and fitting."
<Theodore> "Who? None of my aunts or uncles would do such a thing."
<AhuraMazda> "The universe you were born from was created by two others."
<AhuraMazda> "Each with their own respective sets of S-B players."
<AhuraMazda> "Your parents were the ones who came before them."
<AhuraMazda> "Along with ten other players, they created not one, but two universes, due to a spacio-temporal anomaly."
<Theodore> "Yes, I already knew that."
<AhuraMazda> "Your universe, as it came after theirs, is the result of this anomaly."
<AhuraMazda> "We as the Council have made a collective decision that it must be purged."
<AhuraMazda> "Do not become too proud. Retain your humility, or you will suffer the same fate as your universe."
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<AhuraMazda> You see a vision of various places on earth in ruin.
<AhuraMazda> ((wait wat))
<AhuraMazda> ((theo you still there))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((I'm gonna have to leave now, it's already 2am here and dad's knocking on my door))
<Yanniy_Grehij> ((sorry))
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<AhuraMazda> ((tell him you're too busy fucking your body pillow))
<AhuraMazda> ((ok bye))
<AhuraMazda> Theodore
<AhuraMazda> shiningGreatsword
<shiningGreatsword> "I swear not to become proud.
<shiningGreatsword> ((sorry parents got home and forgot for a sec))
<AhuraMazda> "Wonderful."
<shiningGreatsword> "So I am to follow again in the footsteps of my parents."
<AhuraMazda> "I shall take my leave now. Remember to keep your oath, for I know all with the Overmind above me."
<shiningGreatsword> "I will remember."
<AhuraMazda> "Goodbye, Theodore."
<AhuraMazda> The void disappears, and you see your house around you again--
<AhuraMazda> ...oh man, is he gone?
<shiningGreatsword> What the fuck. I look outside.
<AhuraMazda> ((i don't have a land for you yet))
<shiningGreatsword> oh ok
<shiningGreatsword> end irc then?
<AhuraMazda> Do you know how painful it is to be locked away in a pocket dimension?
<shiningGreatsword> ((uh, no))
<AhuraMazda> ((almost))
<shiningGreatsword> Aw man. "Uh, no."
<AhuraMazda> Well, I got locked away so the magic d10 could narrate instead for a bit.
<AhuraMazda> I'm back now. The old narrator. Remember me?
* AhuraMazda is now known as yzabtech[DM]
<shiningGreatsword> Yes. I do.
<yzabtech[DM]> Wonderful. You'll get to know me.
<yzabtech[DM]> Time to take on the world, kid.
<yzabtech[DM]> ==END==