Cyrill's Entry

tenebrousGuerilla> Toby grabs his Sburb box and takes out the package marked "S".  He slips the disc inside into his laptop and, while it's spinning up, starts typing.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: hey so yes i do have it you are right i am installing the server thing now
<genousEnrichment> ge: ooh, neato
<genousEnrichment> ge: before we start, how have ya been, you adorable lil' edgelord?
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: i am intact there were definitely a ... series of events that occurred today trying to get these disks I really hope the game is worth it
<Quiz[DM]> On Toby's screen, the installation takes practically no time at all. A black box pops up. SBURB Server v. 1.00  On the line below it reads: Awaiting Client Connection....
<genousEnrichment> ge: well, It's probably gonna be "worth it" in one way or another, whether you like it or not
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: does it really let me mess with your house
<genousEnrichment> ge: it does
<genousEnrichment> ge: I just played this game with Mark earlier today
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: good i will make improvements
<genousEnrichment> ge: I've already made space for the devices you'll be given to place down in my house, so make your improvements elsewhere, ok?
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: they will be subtle you may not even notice them but your life will be better
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: ok
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: do you like unicorns
<genousEnrichment> ge: Unicorns are alright, I suppose
<genousEnrichment> I open the SBURB client program and make sure I'm connected
<genousEnrichment> ge: tell me when you finish connecting so I can get started right away, okay?
<Quiz[DM]> Toby's screen flashes suddenly. "Connecting automatically to available Client." It goes blank, and then appears a room. There is a girl sitting in the middle of it, tapping away on a laptop. All of the furniture seems to have been moved out of the way, leaving a large, open center.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: oh hey i see a room
<genousEnrichment> ge: oh, good!
<genousEnrichment> ge: we can get started then
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby experimentally clicks and drags on some of the furniture.
<Quiz[DM]> There are numerous furnishings! Why not pick something specific.
<genousEnrichment> ge: just place the large machines in the menu down in the open space, okay?
<genousEnrichment> ge:I'm on a time limit, which I forgot to tell you
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: oh, okay, that makes more sense i was wondering what the challenge was  in just redecorating someones house
<Quiz[DM]> Since we were not being specific after all, Cyrill would notice some of that furniture so neatly tucked against walls sliding back into the middle of the room.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: um let me see cruxtruder sounds industrial are you sure you dont want that outside
<genousEnrichment> ge: nah, that thing should fit in the space I made
<genousEnrichment> I turn around to check and see the furniture out of place
<genousEnrichment> huh
<genousEnrichment> okay, then, I get back up and slide the misplaced furniture back into place
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: well okay but just be careful of like venting gasses or something i'll just put it here
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby drops the cruxtruder into the room and starts dragging it around until he finds somewhere it fits neatly against a wall.
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill finds that the last piece of furniture can't be slid back into place. Because there is now a Cruxtruder in the way.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: what happens if we dont finish this before the deadline
<genousEnrichment> ge: meteors
<genousEnrichment> ge: lots of meteors
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: cool
<genousEnrichment> well, then, I move the last piece of furniture to the other corner of the room
<genousEnrichment> ge: it's not as cool as you'd think
<genousEnrichment> ge: it's GAME OVER by meteors
<Quiz[DM]> Everything seems in order, a ring of couches and shit and one big white piece of obnoxious machinery. Nothing out of the ordinary.
<genousEnrichment> ge: couldja place down the other machines now? Make sure they're neatly placed, too
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: that is still cool in a giant explosions kind of way i mean there are worse ways to die
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: right okay just playing with buttons there are a lot
<genousEnrichment> while Toby plays with buttons, I go and turn the wheel on the cruxtruder
<Quiz[DM]> There are a lot of buttons indeed, enough that I can't remember the fuck about all of them. There's Aetherium and shit like that.
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby starts placing the rest of the machines down, making a nice grid with a small walkable area between them
<Quiz[DM]> Oh wait here we go. Move, Revise, Deploy (the menu Toby is on now), Phernalia Registry, Grist Cache, Atheneum, and Alchemize. Most of those don't seem very important.
<tenebrousGuerilla> He also starts clicking through the other things, probably ending up adding a whole lot of unnecessary windows to the room.
<genousEnrichment> While Toby plays with his menus, I get to work and begin turning the wheel on the cruxtruder
<Quiz[DM]> The wheel only turns a fraction of an inch. It sounds like it's hitting something.
<genousEnrichment> wait wut?
<Quiz[DM]> Toby's screen is full of windows indeed. Most of them are blank.
<genousEnrichment> I investigate to see what's preventing the wheel from turning
<Quiz[DM]> It might be the lid on top of the Cruxtruder.
<genousEnrichment> that thing, huh
<Quiz[DM]> Yes, that thing.
<genousEnrichment> I attempt to pry it open
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill: Roll strength.
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=3 ] | {5}
<Quiz[DM]> It doesn't budge.
<genousEnrichment> I try once more to pry the damn thing open
<Quiz[DM]> Sure, try again.
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {12}
<Quiz[DM]> It still doesn't move an inch.
<Quiz[DM]> Toby can't really see what's going on with all that shit open.
<genousEnrichment> *huff, well, let's see, I leave the room and go get a shovel from my parents' gardening closet
<Quiz[DM]> All of the windows close suddenly on Toby's screen as the camera gets forcibly moved along with Cyrill.
<genousEnrichment> Once reaching the closet, I open and search for a shovel
<Quiz[DM]> Ok, roll perception
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=1 ] | {3}
<genousEnrichment> wrong mod
<Quiz[DM]> Wow there's a lot of shit in here. (I can do math).
<Quiz[DM]> You see a rake, and a hoe, and lots of other stupid shit, but no shovel. At least not immediately.
<Quiz[DM]> Minutes pass before you're able to locate it.
<Quiz[DM]> A rumble sounds off in the distance.
<genousEnrichment> ohshit.exe
<genousEnrichment> with the shovel in hand I dash back to my room and attempt to pry the lid open
<Quiz[DM]> Roll strength.
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {14}
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby watches with interest.  He clicks on a random chair and has it shadow her through the house, only moving when she isn't looking.
<Quiz[DM]> Just kidding it doesn't matter. That shit's locked down with fucking magic or something. You might need some help with this one.
<genousEnrichment> ge: hey Toby, can you help me open this damn lid?
<genousEnrichment> ge: Mark had to do the same thing, and I helped him open it with something heavy
<genousEnrichment> ge: can you look for something heavy?
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: something heavy okay let me see
<genousEnrichment> ge: there's a pre-punched card that you can place, too
<genousEnrichment> remember that
<Quiz[DM]> Toby's camera is still zoomed in and centered on Cyrill. Hard to see much around her.
<Quiz[DM]> Perhaps those controls in the corner might help.
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby attempts to zoom out or unlock the camera.  He clicks around a bit.
<genousEnrichment> I search around the house for something heavy to expedite the process
<Quiz[DM]> Sure it's easy enough to free up the camera. Someone was just being tedious to be an asshole.
<tenebrousGuerilla> He clicks on a couch and flings it at the cruxtruder.
<Quiz[DM]> Toby now has a better image of the entire living room.
<Quiz[DM]> Toby: Roll dex.
<tenebrousGuerilla> !roll 1d20+3
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=8 ] | {11}
<Quiz[DM]> Good enough! It collides with the Cruxtruder and kinda bounces off of it at a strange angle. The lid pops open and out zooms a very bright sprite. Neon yellow in color. The little screen on the Cruxtruder lights up.
<Quiz[DM]> It reads 00:00 and it's flashing.
<genousEnrichment> oh goodie
<genousEnrichment> ohshit.exe x2
<Quiz[DM]> (er, kernelsprite)
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill:
<Quiz[DM]> Roll perception
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20 +1
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=1 ] | {1}
<Quiz[DM]> Continue.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: huh i guess that's the crux it trudes
<genousEnrichment> I run into my brother's room and throw one of his BIONICLE action figures, of the fire BIONICLE, into the sprite
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill: roll dex
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+3
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {19}
<Quiz[DM]> There's a flash, and there floats a Bionicle head (for now). It's still flashing a bit, but that's to be expected for now.
<genousEnrichment> okay, with that done, I run to the living room, grab a cruxite thingy, and run into my room to start carving
<genousEnrichment> ge: Toby, can ya place down the pre-punched card now?
<Quiz[DM]> No need to run off, everything seems put down into the living room. Right in a nice little grid pattern.
<Quiz[DM]> Like a well organized Terran base, though without the asshole supply depot choke points.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: okay sure this started weird and is only getting weird was that a bionicle thing
<genousEnrichment> ge: yes
<Quiz[DM]> There's another, louder rumble. The house shakes a little bit.
<genousEnrichment> ge: it's pretty cool, I think, and it was the first thing I found
<genousEnrichment> ge: okay, not now
<tenebrousGuerilla> He drops the prepunched card down next to her
<Quiz[DM]> The timer is still flashing.
<genousEnrichment> ge: punched card, please
<genousEnrichment> ge: thx
<genousEnrichment> I grab the card and cruxite thingy and insert both into the Totem Lathe
<genousEnrichment> once in their positions, I pul the lever
<Quiz[DM]> Hey.
<Quiz[DM]> Oh. Hm. Yes.
<Quiz[DM]> Instantly, a wavy thingy appears.
<Quiz[DM]> Or.
<Quiz[DM]> You know what I mean.
<genousEnrichment> okay, then, next step
<Quiz[DM]> THING.
<Quiz[DM]> CARVED.
<genousEnrichment> I take the carved thingy and insert it onto the alchemiter's slot
<genousEnrichment> and I hit the button/pull the lever to alchemize
<Quiz[DM]> And you're rewarded by this effort with...
<Quiz[DM]> A set of scales. They look simple enough. Like standard old scales used in ages past. They're big, however. They take up the entire span of the alchemizer. One side is weighted down by a large.. rock of sorts, the pan itself resting on the platform. The other is empty, and is suspended in the air.
<genousEnrichment> okay, simple enough
<Quiz[DM]> The timer suddenly comes to life. 8:08. It starts ticking.
<genousEnrichment> ge: hey Toby, can ya please get some furniture and drop it on the empty scale?
<genousEnrichment> meanwhile, I try getting on the scale and examining it
<Quiz[DM]> Getting on it how?
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby had already started picking something up.  Luckily, there is a mysterious chair that has been following her around the house, which Toby now drags onto the scale.
<genousEnrichment> I see the chair floating onto the scale, and I stop attempting to climb for a moment
<Quiz[DM]> The chair easily sets down on the large pan. But nothing really happens. It's only a chair after all.
<genousEnrichment> okay, then
<Quiz[DM]> The rumbling is growing constant.
<Quiz[DM]> 7:00
<genousEnrichment> I attempt to climb up the alchemiter and onto the scale to examine it
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill's now standing next to the chair. Still doesn't budge. But it's a normal scale. The pans suspended by chains and ... well it would look like brass, but you know it's made out of sickeningly yellow cruxite.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: guess we need something heavier
<genousEnrichment> okay, then, I jump off and look for stuff to put on the scale
<genousEnrichment> ge: yea, we'll need something heavier
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill: roll acrobatics
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+4
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=18 ] | {22}
<genousEnrichment> ge: try to keep the scale balanced, okay? I think that's the aim of the puzzle
<Quiz[DM]> The house suddenly shudders as a loud crash sounds from outside. Far away, but close enough that you had to keep your balance.
<genousEnrichment> ohshit.exe x3
<Quiz[DM]> 6:00
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby scrolls outside of the house looking for things, then tries to find the source of the crash
<genousEnrichment> ge: Toby, please focus on the scales, if possible
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill can't really know what Toby is seeing on his screen, he can only assume.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: looking for a rock
<Quiz[DM]> She fuck
<Quiz[DM]> whatever
<genousEnrichment> ge: I go to the gardening closet and look for something suitably heavy to place on the scales
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby experiments to see if he can copy-paste things in the environment
<Quiz[DM]> Roll perception again.
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+1
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=6 ] | {7}
<Quiz[DM]> Toby finds he can, but it costs build grist. Cyrill has 20.
<Quiz[DM]> It takes Cyrill more time to search through, but she finds buried in the back a heavy old iron mower, the old motorless kind.
<genousEnrichment> okay, this thing might suffice
<Quiz[DM]> The house is starting to shake more frequently. Searching cost a lot of time.
<Quiz[DM]> 4:30
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby goes looking for a suitable sized rock in the garden.
<genousEnrichment> I place the iron mower on the scales
<Quiz[DM]> The heavy rock lifts off the base... just a few inches
<Quiz[DM]> Toby: perception
<tenebrousGuerilla> (Ideally Toby wants to find a meteor but that is just because huge flaming rocks are cool)
<tenebrousGuerilla> !roll 1d20-1
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-1 --> [ 1d20=2 ] | {1}
<Quiz[DM]> (Toby might have to wait until the timer is <1:00)
<Quiz[DM]> The garden is kept immaculate. Weeded and rock free.
<tenebrousGuerilla> Do they have a car?
<Quiz[DM]> Yes. There does happen to be a car in the driveway.
<genousEnrichment> I'm still trying to place the iron mower on the scales
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill yes you have done that.
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby clicks and drags that back to the scales.  Possibly through several walls.
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: i found a thing
<genousEnrichment> ge: well, no duh
<Quiz[DM]> See, the rock is lifted just a bit. Also there are a bunch of holes in Cyrill's house as a car gets dragged in.
<genousEnrichment> ge: you've also totaled my house
<genousEnrichment> ge: but whatever
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: its okay i can probably fix that
<Quiz[DM]> It's Cyrill's mom's car.
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby places the car on the scales.
<Quiz[DM]> The scale CRASHES to the ground. The rock flies up into the air crashing through the ceiling. You both hear it thudding on the upper floor.
<genousEnrichment> ohshit.exe x4
<Quiz[DM]> 3:00
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: okay so that was too much
<genousEnrichment> ge: definitely
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: maybe if I just use the engine block
<genousEnrichment> ge: put the car back and use the furniture, instead
<genousEnrichment> ge: or the engine block
<Quiz[DM]> The kernelsprite is swirling around the scale, excitedly.
<genousEnrichment> ge: that's a good idea
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill: roll acrobatics again.
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby goes to retrieve the rock and attempt to replace it on the scales
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+4
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=20 ] | {24}
<Quiz[DM]> The house shudders again. You barely manage to keep your balance, yes even with a fucking 20. The noise that crash made is practically deafening.
<Quiz[DM]> 2:00
<genousEnrichment> ohshit.exe x5
<Quiz[DM]> The rock settles back down on the open pan
<genousEnrichment> ge: Toby, I don't have much time, please hurry
<genousEnrichment> all I can do now is watch, I suppose
<Quiz[DM]> It doesn't really move the scales through with a car on the other side.
<genousEnrichment> ge: get the engine block, like you said
<tenebrousGuerilla> Toby removes the car and attempts to extract the engine block and drop that onto the scale instead.
<Quiz[DM]> The sprite flies around Cyrill's head, before zooming off -- back in the direction of the gardening closet.
<genousEnrichment> wait wut?
<Quiz[DM]> You heard me.
<genousEnrichment> I chase the sprite, trusting Toby to manage the scales
<genousEnrichment> get back here you overenergetic little shit!
<Quiz[DM]> The engine block settles nicely on the pan. It lifts off...
<Quiz[DM]> But Cyrill isn't looking, he's watching the kernelsprite zip around the closet.
<Quiz[DM]> Roll perception one more time.
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+1
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=11 ] | {12}
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: well that kinda worked but nothing fancy happened
<genousEnrichment> ge: I trust you to balance the scales. I have to wrangle this damn sprite
<Quiz[DM]> It seems to be swirling around ... the old scythe? You remember you mom liked to use this to cut the long grass around the edges of the guardian. Said it took long enough it gave her time to think.
<Quiz[DM]> The sprite is certainly interested in it.
<genousEnrichment> I would rather not have a scythe absorbed by this thing
<genousEnrichment> I attempt to grab the scythe and keep it away from the sprite
<Quiz[DM]> You hold the scythe. The sprite zips back around you a few times before waiting.
<genousEnrichment> ~no! no scythe for you!
<Quiz[DM]> It might not want it. It's just kinda hovering above you.
<genousEnrichment> I go back into the living room to check the process on the scales
<Quiz[DM]> The scales are in balance. Perfect balance.
<Quiz[DM]> 0:30
<genousEnrichment> what the fuck
<genousEnrichment> what now
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: i did the thing
<genousEnrichment> ge: thanks
<Quiz[DM]> 0:20
<genousEnrichment> ohshitohshitohshit
<Quiz[DM]> The sprite is zipping back around the scales.
<Quiz[DM]> );15
<Quiz[DM]> FUCK
<Quiz[DM]> 0:15
<genousEnrichment> I take the scythe and attempt cutting the chains of the scale
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: if this is like an adventure game you should just rub everything you are holding onto the scales
<Quiz[DM]> It slices through the one side, the pan thuds to the ground.
<Quiz[DM]> );05
<Quiz[DM]> 0:05
<genousEnrichment> SHIT
<Quiz[DM]> 0:04
<Quiz[DM]> 0:03
<tenebrousGuerilla> tg: i mean if its lucasarts that might work if this is sierra you are going to fucking die
<genousEnrichment> I throw the scythe at the scales in a last ditch effort
<Quiz[DM]> 0:02
<Quiz[DM]> roll dex
<genousEnrichment> !roll 1d20+3
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=18 ] | {21}
<Quiz[DM]> 0:01
<Quiz[DM]> The scythe slashes the remaining chains. The pan falls.
<Quiz[DM]> A bright light blinds you.
<Quiz[DM]> Cyrill has entered the Medium.