Symphony no. 6

FAU: Some basic principles:
FAU: [Stop] means let me talk. [Start] means suggest things or talk. Not that that should be a huge issue with this crowd.
CPB: gotcha
FAU: I'll be logging this using my Pesterchum app, but if anyone else happens to have logs, those would be useful in case of disaster.
FAU: Now, is everyone who is here ready to begin?
CURRENT universallyCognizant [CUC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CUC: Aye.
CPB: I'm ready. But something to note, I probably won't be submitting commands. I'm just in the background.
CUC: (It'd be great for you to submit commands though, Pope!)
CCL: i am here
FAU: Excellent. Let's get started.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: Drifting along, on a far-off cloud. You feel at peace, shrouded in your blanket of subconscious. As if ensconsed in a pleasant dream.
FAU: You aren't sure what wakes you up, but it happens all the same. A frightening realization.
FAU: Who are you?
FAU: You need to remember your name.
FAU: You...
FAU: You don't...
FAU: ...
FAU: A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, 2009, is this young man's birthday. Though it was thirteen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name!
FAU: What will the name of this young man be?
FAU: [Start]
CCL: > SMELLY SH- uhhhhhhhhh, ECKOSS
CUC: > JOHN EGBERT
CURRENT paradoxDragon1 [CPD] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CPD: Parallox Hargishi
FAU: [Stop]
CPD: > Parallox Harigishi
FAU: > SMELLY SH- uhhhhhhhhh, ECKOSS
FAU: Try again, smartass!
FAU: > Parallox Hargishi
FAU: Now, that is a badass sounding name. Unfortunately, you remember your name being a little more mundane than that. Something like... it's on the tip of your tongue...
FAU: > JOHN EGBERT
FAU: Your name is JOHN. As was previously mentioned it is your BIRTHDAY. A number of CAKES are scattered about your room. You have a variety of INTERESTS. You have a passion for REALLY TERRIBLE MOVIES. You like to program computers but you are NOT VERY GOOD AT IT. You have a fondness for PARANORMAL LORE, and are an aspiring AMATEUR MAGICIAN. You also like to play GAMES sometimes.
FAU: What will you do?
FAU: [Start]
CUC: > Quickly retrieve arms from chest.
CCL: > Retrieve skeleton from closet.
CURRENT apocalypticTerminator [CAT] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAT: > Quickly retrieve legs from cake
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Quickly retrieve arms from chest.
FAU: Your ARMS are in your MAGIC CHEST, and so you quickly retrieve them for future use. HUMAN ARMS obtained.
FAU: > Retrieve skeleton from closet.
FAU: You are almost sure that there are no SKELETONS in your CLOSET. If there were, however, you would need to be better armed to even consider confronting one!
FAU: > Quickly retrieve legs from cake.
FAU: You pry your LEGS free of the sticky CAKE they had been embedded up until this point. You briefly wonder why your DAD decided to leave a cake at the foot of your bed.
FAU: [Start]
CURRENT gregariousTorchbearer [CGT] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CGT: > Break Fourth Wall
CUC: > Contemplate clowns.
CCL: > Look out the window.
CPD: > wait how did you get to the chest without moving from the bed
CAT: > Decide to go on computer. But don't actually go on computer.
CURRENT arcticArchiver [CAA] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAA: > Look under the bed
CURRENT transcribedGuardian [CTG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CTG: > Do you have posters on your wall? Examine one if so.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Break Fourth Wall
FAU: You briefly consider shattering the FOURTH WALL, the fenestrated barrier that protects your UNIVERSE from outside incursions. However, it immediately occurs to you that you have misplaced your HAMMER. You will need to find it to get anything done around here.
FAU: > Contemplate clowns.
FAU: Ah, CLOWNS. What a majestic career path. Clowns are truly some of the most impressive individuals you have ever laid eyes on. Their PRANKSTER'S GAMBIT is OFF THE CHARTS, and their ability to produce joy in the hearts of children is an inspiration to prospective comedians everywhere.
FAU: God, you love clowns.
FAU: > Look out the window.
FAU: Your dad's CAR is currently not in the driveway, as he is out purchasing even more baking supplies. You are sure he will return eventually. You hope the SBURB BETA arrives before he does.
FAU: > wait how did you get to the chest without moving from the bed
FAU: You quietly retract your arms back into their sockets. No one will ever know.
FAU: > Decide to go on computer. But don't actually go on computer.
FAU: You decide to access your COMPUTER. But not now. Maybe later.
FAU: > Look under the bed.
FAU: It is too dark to see under the bed. You will need some type of LIGHT SOURCE to investigate further.
FAU: > Do you have posters on your wall? Examine one if so.
FAU: You examine your treasured GHOSTBUSTERS II poster. Truly, one of the greatest films ever made. Bill Murray's performance made you bawl your eyes out the first time you watched it.
FAU: You especially like the part where they bust the ghosts.
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > Unmisplace your hammer.
CURRENT armageddonsConductor [CAC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAC: >Move window over to bed to shine light underneath it
CAA: > Examine contents of magic chest
CPD: > clean up the cake mess in your room
CGT: > Retrieve Secret Prisoner Hammer from within cake
CCL: > Make sure WINDOW is plugged in, and not in OIL PAINTING mode, as windows tend to do.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Unmisplace your hammer.
FAU: Unfortunately, your hammer is currently locked away in your dad's HAMMER SAFE! He confiscated it after the HAMMER INCIDENT two years ago.
FAU: >Move window over to bed to shine light underneath it
FAU: You pick up the WINDOW and move it over to your bed. Unfortunately, your window is on BATTERY SAVER MODE, and so is not bright enough to illuminate the space under your bed. You could always turn up the brightness, but the battery life on this thing isn't what it used to be.
FAU: > Examine contents of magic chest
FAU: You have already retrieved the arms from the chest, and so you find only magic. Magic is fake as shit.
FAU: > clean up the cake mess in your room
CAT ceased responding to memo.
CPD ceased responding to memo.
CAC ceased responding to memo.
FAU: You don't have a garbage bin on hand, so you devour the cake off the ground. Don't want to leave a mess.
FAU: > Retrieve Secret Prisoner Hammer from within cake
FAU: Your dad's hammer vault is a different cake, dunkass! He wouldn't leave such valuable objects laying around in your room.
FAU: > Make sure WINDOW is plugged in, and not in OIL PAINTING mode, as windows tend to do.
FAU: Your window is battery powered. You do make sure to toggle off OIL PAINTING mode, though.
FAU: [Start]
CURRENT armageddonsConductor [CAC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAC: >Turn up window brightness for just long enough to locate any useful items beneath your bed and retrieve them.
CURRENT apocalypticTerminator [CAT] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAT: > Messily go through all cakes to find the hammer vault.
CAA: > Defecate into chest. The fakeness of the output will cancel out the magic being fake, and make something real appear.
CCL: > Check the other WINDOW SETTINGS. Does it have the VAULTBREAKER DLC?
CGT: > Recall your house's rooms and arrangement thereof.
CURRENT paradoxDragon1 [CPD] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CPD: > head outside your room
CTG: > Head outside your room and towards the Hammer Safe.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: >Turn up window brightness for just long enough to locate any useful items beneath your bed and retrieve them.
FAU: You consider turning up the brightness for just long enough to locate any items beneath your bed. You decide against it, however. Getting in and out of there might take hours, and the window would die a lot sooner.
FAU: > Defecate into chest. The fakeness of the output will cancel out the magic being fake, and make something real appear.
FAU: You defecate into your magic chest. Predictably, nothing happens, because magic is kiddy garbage. Maybe if it were a CLOWN CHEST instead.
FAU: > Check the other WINDOW SETTINGS. Does it have the VAULTBREAKER DLC?
FAU: Your window only has two settings: OIL PAINTING and CAVERNOUS VOID. Both are set to "off."
FAU: > Recall your house's rooms and arrangement thereof.
FAU: You are currently standing in your BEDROOM. Beyond that is a hallway that connects to a BATHROOM and your DAD'S ROOM, to which you are forbidden entry. Downstairs is a LIVING ROOM, as well as a KITCHEN.
FAU: > Messily go through all cakes to find the hammer vault.
FAU: > head outside your room
FAU: > Head outside your room and towards the Hammer Safe.
FAU: You decide to get this show on the road, dammit! You head out to the hallway, which overlooks a staircase leading down. You are sure that the hammer safe is in your dad's room.
FAU: [Start]
CGT: > Go downstairs and examine LIVING ROOM for useful objects
CTG: > Solemnly swear that if there is a point in the future where you are able to practice alchemy, you will combine a clownish artifact and your chest into a clown chest.
CCL: > Take WINDOW with you, along with any BATTERIES you have. Then VOID ROLL down the stairs.
CAC: > Do your best Kool Aid Man impression and bust through the wall of your Dad's Bedroom
CTG: > Also, examine inventory governance.
CPD: >then go to the Bathroom to look for useful objects
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Go downstairs and examine LIVING ROOM for useful objects
FAU: You head downstairs. After a careful search of the living room, you find several items.
FAU: A BIRTHDAY PRESENT sits unopened at the foot of the couch.
FAU: An URN full of ashes rests on the mantlepiece.
FAU: TWO STUFFED CLOWNS flank the fireplace at either end.
FAU: And an IPHONE 5 is contained between the couch cushions.
FAU: > Solemnly swear that if there is a point in the future where you are able to practice alchemy, you will combine a clownish artifact and your chest into a clown chest.
FAU: A new vow has been forged. You are IRONSWORN, now and forever.
FAU: > Take WINDOW with you, along with any BATTERIES you have. Then VOID ROLL down the stairs.
FAU: You are already at the bottom of the stairs, but you suppose it couldn't hurt. You VOID ROLL up the stairs, retrieve the window, and roll back down again.
FAU: > Also, examine inventory governance.
CAT ceased responding to memo.
FAU: Your inventory is organized into four hundred and thirteen mobius storage strips, each with a carrying capacity of one thousand and twenty six sub-storage ultra-hammerspace memory allocation discs.
FAU: Your inventory currently contains: ARMS, WINDOW, LEGS.
FAU: [Start]
CGT: > If it is your BIRTHDAY, open BIRTHDAY PRESENT and place it in inventory
CAC: > Collect a STUFFED CLOWN. It will be necessary for the creation of the CLOWN CHEST later on.
CTG: > Just sort of... reach in, and... take the iPhone. Contemplate contacting your friends.
CCL: > VOID EXTEND your ARMS into the KITCHEN to retrieve a snack
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > If it is your BIRTHDAY, open BIRTHDAY PRESENT and place it in inventory
FAU: You open the present. It contains only a NOTE, with the phrase, "I am so proud of you" etched in a fatherly handwriting. On the back of the note is the number SIX. The edges of the note appear to be burned.
FAU: Lame.
FAU: > Collect a STUFFED CLOWN. It will be necessary for the creation of the CLOWN CHEST later on.
FAU: You collect TWO STUFFED CLOWNS.
FAU: > Just sort of... reach in, and... take the iPhone. Contemplate contacting your friends.
FAU: You obtained the iPhone 5! It buzzes with activity. Looks like a friend is PESTERING you.
FAU: > VOID EXTEND your ARMS into the KITCHEN to retrieve a snack
FAU: You reach your arms in there and grasp onto the first thing you can find.
FAU: It's...
FAU: more cake.
FAU: You are getting sick of cake.
FAU: [Start]
CPD ceased responding to memo.
CAC ceased responding to memo.
CGT: > Answer friend
CURRENT armageddonsConductor [CAC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAC: > Turn on your window's CAVERNOUS ABYSS mode and toss any and all cake you acquire into it.
CTG: > Contemplate "six."
CCL: > Set WINDOW to CAVERNOUS VOID MODE and TOSS the CAKE In to APPEASE what lies beyond.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Turn on your window's CAVERNOUS ABYSS mode and toss any and all cake you acquire into it.
FAU: > Set WINDOW to CAVERNOUS VOID MODE and TOSS the CAKE In to APPEASE what lies beyond.
FAU: You toggle on the window's CAVERNOUS VOID mode. Serves that cake right.
FAU: You stare into the void.
FAU: You have to remember your name.
FAU: > Contemplate "six."
FAU: Six is... a number greater than five, that's for sure. You're not really sure what it could mean. It's probably not important.
FAU: > Answer friend
FAU: -- turntechGodhead [TG] began pestering ectoBiologist [EB] at 16:13 --
FAU: TG: hey so what sort of insane loot did you rake in today
FAU: [Start]
CAC: > Respond "Six". Give no further explanation.
CTG: EB: as of right now? a lot of cakes.
CCL: /color #00FFFF EB: You have to remember your name
CCL: > <color=#00FFFF> EB: You have to remember your name
CUC: EB: You have to remember your name
CUC: There
CUC: got it for you
CCL: thanky
CURRENT paradoxDragon1 [CPD] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CPD: > remember your name
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > remember your name
FAU: Your name's John, numbnuts!
FAU: EB: Six
FAU: EB: as of right now? a lot of cakes.
FAU: EB: You have to remember your name
FAU: TG: uhh dude you okay?
FAU: TG: i mean i understand the reaction to oversaturated birthday foods but you dont normally talk like this
FAU: [Start]
CGT: > Yeah, dude, totally fine. Just going a bit stir-crazy, I guess. You could say I'm ... homestuck.
CCL: > EB: the window battery is running out tho
CPD: > talk about the SBURB BETA
CTG: > anyway. you still ready to play sburb?
CAC: >Realize that as long as there's more than one person trying to give commands at once that conversation is probably a pointless endeavour. Enter the kitchen while lamenting your inability to hold a coherent conversation.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: EB: Yeah, dude, totally fine. Just going a bit stir-crazy, I guess. You could say I'm ... homestuck.
FAU: EB: the window battery is running out tho
CPB ceased responding to memo.
FAU: TG: ok somethings up im talking to tt about this
FAU: EB: anyway. you still ready to play sburb?
FAU: Looks like he isn't responding.
FAU: Come to think of it, something does feel off about today. You couldn't place it, though. Maybe the humidity?
FAU: >Realize that as long as there's more than one person trying to give commands at once that conversation is probably a pointless endeavour. Enter the kitchen while lamenting your inability to hold a coherent conversation.
FAU: You don't really know what that means, but you enter the kitchen anyway. It's empty, although that will soon stop being the case as soon as your dad gets back from the store. He must be doing some serious shopping.
CGT ceased responding to memo.
FAU: [Start]
CAC: >Wait, wasn't the downstairs supposed to include a STUDY as well? If it still does, go check that out instead.
CTG: > Investigate for more fatherly notes and the numbers they contain.
CCL: > Ponder the SINGING on the FATHERLY NOTE.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: >Wait, wasn't the downstairs supposed to include a STUDY as well? If it still does, go check that out instead.
FAU: STUDY? You don't remember there being a study in your house. In fact, you are 99% sure that there has never been a study, nor will there ever be one in a house of this description. The idea is, frankly, ludicrous.
FAU: > Investigate for more fatherly notes and the numbers they contain.
FAU: You pick up the FATHERLY NOTE sitting on the kitchen sink, which no doubt has been there all along. "You are a wonderful s̸͕̪̰̹̫̤͚̦̣͒̂̋̽̉ò̷͎͙͖͖̺̍̊͊̅̈̈́͗͋͒͘n̷̫̘̭̯̻̹̦͖̖͍͚͆̇̓͗͜, J̵̻̲̣̯̙͈̇̃͑̌̑̎͑̎̓̌͗̏̅̂̀̿̇͒̔̋̉̐̿͗͂̈́̎͘͝ó̷̧̨̳͍̪͙͔͍͈̦͚̟̼̦̙͈͉̗͎̗̺̼̯͖̅̓̿́̅͊́̕h̵̛̛̝̞̹͙̝̝͕͖̩̣̬͔̩͙̭̣̬̥̳̱̱̹͖̥̤̹̗͓̰̅͒͊̎̌͌́̇́̑̏̋͊̏̅̈̉͊͐̈́͆̓͑̂̀̀͆̂͑̅͒͌̄͐́͘̚͘̚͜͝ṉ̶̛̹̜̘̹̈́̀̉̊͌̐͐̓̀̿̉̈́́̈́̀̓͂̅̊̀̒̈́͂͐̌̑̆̀̓͒̐͐̔͂̅͝͠. I will always be there for you."
FAU: There doesn't appear to be a number on this one.
FAU: > Ponder the SINGING on the FATHERLY NOTE.
CCL ceased responding to memo.
FAU: The first note you collected is burnt at the edges. You are not sure why anyone would do such a thing, much less any respectable father figure.
FAU: [Start]
CAC: > Take fridge, use it as a battering ram to enter father's bedroom.
CTG: > After you have done this, look under the fridge for another note.
CURRENT concealedLocation [CCL] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CCL: > Prepare WINDOW incase there is another VOID under the fridge.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Take fridge, use it as a battering ram to enter father's bedroom.
FAU: The FRIDGE is an excellent implement to force your way into your father's bedroom. You lug it up the stairs and swing it at the door. The security lasers are deactivated. You may now enter.
FAU: > After you have done this, look under the fridge for another note.
FAU: You find another note under the fridge. How thoughtful of your father to prepare a note for this exact circumstance!
CAA ceased responding to memo.
FAU: The note reads, "The note reads, "The note reads, "The note reads, 627265616b207468652077616c6c206e756d62657220736978"""
FAU: the note is empty.
FAU: > Prepare WINDOW incase there is another VOID under the fridge.
FAU: You take up your calling as the WINDOW WARRIOR. You are ready for anything. Even fatherly disappointment.
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > Retrieve the fridge and break one of the walls in your house.
CAC: > Check to see if any of the walls are numbered. If not, enter your dad's bedroom
CCL: > Examine KITCHEN SINK. The lack of kitchen sinks has caused many a CAVERNOUS VOID
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Retrieve the fridge and break one of the walls in your house.
FAU: Spurred on by a sudden violent urge, you smash open the WALL next to you with the fridge. Now the ALL-DEVOURING SUN can shine its baleful rays into your home. Nice job, fucknuts!
FAU: > Check to see if any of the walls are numbered. If not, enter your dad's bedroom
FAU: None of the walls around you appear to be numbered, but you can't be sure. You'd have to check every wall in the house to know that much! You cautiously take your first steps into your dad's bedroom.
FAU: It's... normal.
FAU: It looks like it belongs to an average businessman.
FAU: Which, of course, is exactly what you expected, because your dad is...
FAU: You clutch your head. Something doesn't feel right.
FAU: Shouldn't you be surprised? But... at what?
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > Examine resevoir of thoughtful fatherly artifacts in the room.
CAC: >Ignore lack of mental breakdown. Search for hammer safe, that's all we need.
CCL: > Place CAVERNOUS VOID WINDOW on the wall. Stick your head in to calm yourself down
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Examine resevoir of thoughtful fatherly artifacts in the room.
FAU: There are so many thoughtful fatherly artifacts in the room. Pipes, hats, fatherly balls to play games of catch with...
FAU: It fills you with rage.
FAU: He is such a disappointment.
FAU: Couldn't even make it out of clown elementary school, much less clown college.
FAU: You'll show him. You'll show them all.
FAU: >Ignore lack of mental breakdown. Search for hammer safe, that's all we need.
FAU: The hammer safe sits securely embedded into the floor. You're not sure how to open it, but it can't be too hard.
FAU: > Place CAVERNOUS VOID WINDOW on the wall. Stick your head in to calm yourself down
FAU: The cavernous void always knows how to cheer you up! TRANQUILITY maxed out.
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > Reach into hammer safe and grab hammer.
CAC: > Place CAVERNOUS VOID WINDOW down over the top of the hammer safe, then turn off CAVERNOUS VOID mode. Place WINDOW against wall, and turn CAVERNOUS VOID mode back on.
CCL: > Do Piono's thiing.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Reach into hammer safe and grab hammer.
FAU: You can't reach into the hammer safe while the HAMMER SAFE SECURITY PROTOCOLS are enabled! You'd lose one of your HUMAN ARMS trying to do that.
FAU: > Place CAVERNOUS VOID WINDOW down over the top of the hammer safe, then turn off CAVERNOUS VOID mode. Place WINDOW against wall, and turn CAVERNOUS VOID mode back on.
FAU: You attempt to remove the hammer safe cover with a little window trickery. However, the cover is not ABSTRACTED enough to enter the cavernous void!
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > Investigate the security protocols, of course. Hack into the mainframe and turn them off if you have to.
CCL: > Headbutt the window, releasing enough VOID to abstractfify the cover.
CAC: > Apply percussive maintenance. Which is to say: hit it with the fridge. That's solved most of our problems so far.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Apply percussive maintenance. Which is to say: hit it with the fridge. That's solved most of our problems so far.
FAU: The fridge has been incinerated by the sun's deadly rays. It is no longer usable.
FAU: > Headbutt the window, releasing enough VOID to abstractfify the cover.
FAU: The window does not break. You need a HAMMER to break a FENESTRATED WALL, even a minor one such as this!
FAU: > Investigate the security protocols, of course. Hack into the mainframe and turn them off if you have to.
FAU: It takes a few minutes, but you quickly determine that the security system runs on STACK-QUEUE-CODE-ATH-BINARY-CARET, which is an easy enough subobject for you to undecompile. I'm in</c, you whisper as the device falls apart in your hands.
FAU: The hammer is before you.
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > At long last. Acquire hammer.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > At long last. Acquire hammer.
FAU: You HAVE the hammer.
FAU: ...Why did you need it, again?
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > You. You said that you needed the hammer to get anything done around here.
CTG: > ...Break Fourth Wall with hammer??
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > You. You said that you needed the hammer to get anything done around here.
FAU: > ...Break Fourth Wall with hammer??
FAU: The FOURTH WALL. Of course! You wanted to break the Fourth Wall so you could...
FAU: You could...''
FAU: Well, you're in too deep now.
FAU: You return to your bedroom, in order to locate its Fourth Wall.
FAU: Scrawled across three familiar walls are a set of scribblings much less familiar to you.
FAU: And standing at the back is a fenestrated wall.
FAU: It looks like you could fall forever through it.
FAU: [Start]
CCL: > Break it. Remember.
CPD: > read scribblings
CAC: > SWING BATTER BATTER SWAAAAAAANY
CAC: SWANG* FRCIK
CTG: > Contemplate horrors beyond fourth wall.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Contemplate horrors beyond fourth wall.
FAU: It can't be all that bad, can it? Just... an endless expanse. Like the cavernous void in your window, but *bigger*.
FAU: But as you gaze into the Fourth Wall, you know that what lies on the other side is something else entirely.
FAU: Something full of life.
FAU: You're not sure if that's a good thing.
FAU: > read scribblings
FAU: "Dumb kid." "MORON." "listen to me." "wake up." "you have to remember your name."
FAU: You have to remember your name.
FAU: Your name... is John Egbert.
FAU: Isn't it?
FAU: > Break it. Remember.
FAU: You raise the hammer, more nervous than you remember yourself ever being.
FAU: The glass is reinforced, but it still looks so easy.
FAU: Like walking through water.
FAU: You slam the hammer down with all your might.
FAU: Glass shatters.
FAU: Nothingness howls.
FAU: You're standing on the edge of an abyss now.
FAU: You feel like you could fall in at any moment. Into a world of endless possibilities.
FAU: But you still don't remember your name.
FAU: What is your name?
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > ...Six?
CAC: > What's in a name, really?
CCL: > Void.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > ...Six?
FAU: Six is a number. But you suppose it could also be a name.
FAU: You try to remember.
FAU: You hurl yourself into the Void and try to remember.
FAU: An emaciated girl with gray hair and deep, red eyes stares into your very soul.
FAU: Her body looks like it might fall apart at any minute. Yet she still smiles comfortingly at you.
FAU: "Oh, come on. I can't just keep calling you No. 6 all the time."
FAU: "I'm Aegra. What's yours?"
FAU: > What's in a name, really?
FAU: You don't know.
FAU: Everyone else has one, but you can't remember yours.
FAU: > Void.
FAU: Void. The word is intimately familiar to you.
FAU: It surrounds you. It engulfs you.
FAU: You do not know if you came from this void, but it seems like somewhere you've been before.
FAU: You're glad to be back. To have some small comfort, at least.
FAU: [Again?]
CTG: > Is that our cue? If so... Try "Again."
CTG: As a name, that is.
FAU: ((that is your cue yeah))
CPD: > Void, Nobody, Nothing ??
CUC: > Remember...
CAC: ((All I have to offer is a crudpost so I'm gonna just wait))
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Is that our cue? If so... Try "Again."
FAU: Again. Again again again again again.
FAU: You are not Again. But you feel a certain kinship with the word.
FAU: > Void, Nobody, Nothing
FAU: You are nothing. That is no name, of course, but your current state can hardly be described in any other way.
FAU: A nameless entity at one with the Void.
FAU: > Remember...
FAU: "Aegra..." you murmur.
FAU: "Do you know why the snow is white, Aegra?"
FAU: "Because it's forgotten what color it's supposed to be."
FAU: You turn. A handsome man wreathed in shadow stands at the edge of a precipice.
FAU: "Thank you, Aegra, darling. Now, would you please leave number six and I alone?"
FAU: [Start]
CCL: > Make like your memories and scram.
CTG: > What? No. Stay. This is your best chance to find out who you are.
CUC: > Learn who you are.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Make like your memories and scram.
FAU: The sight of the man intimidates you for a moment. You turn, preparing to run. Before you do, he calmly reaches his hand out.
FAU: "Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you, darling."
FAU: You decide that taking his hand would be a little weird for you right now, but you decide to hear him out, at least.
FAU: "Who am I? Who are you? Why did that girl save me?"
FAU: The man smiles a winning smile, his shadow curling around him like a liquid. The dark form only serves to exaggerate his shining eyes and bright teeth. You're not sure what to make of it quite yet.
FAU: "One question at a time, please. I perform best on my own schedule."
FAU: He does a frivolous mock bow.
FAU: "Who are you? Well, you seemed quite sure of that only hours ago, dear, and I'm afraid that's where the trouble lies!"
FAU: "No. 5 managed to apprehend you before you did any real harm to yourself or others."
FAU: You frown. "Harm? But, what would I..."
FAU: "You had taken the form of a monstrous villain. Quite the spectacle! I dare say I was in awe of your talents. But, sadly, that power was accompanied by a great danger, as is often the case. You were lucky we had been keeping an eye on you, or else things might have gone far differently!"
FAU: You cough up a wad of black slime, and the man grins and inclines his head, as if indicating his point.
FAU: "So... I'm a villain? That you rescued?"
FAU: "Nothing of the sort, darling! Well, not anymore. That's the thing about you! You can be whatever and whoever you want."
FAU: You stare at your hands, only just now noticing the pale, almost translucent quality they carry.
FAU: You look like a ghost.
FAU: You...
FAU: "You reflect things, as best we can tell."
FAU: Reflector, huh?
FAU: [Start (anywhere else you'd like to take the questioning?)]
CTG: > Ask why you're number 'six,' and who numbers five through one are, exactly.
CTG: > Otherwise, ponder the name "Reflector."
CPD ceased responding to memo.
CAC ceased responding to memo.
CAA ceased responding to memo.
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > Ask why you're number 'six,' and who numbers five through one are, exactly.
FAU: "Why am I number six? Who are the other five?"
CCL ceased responding to memo.
CURRENT TheFriendBringer [CTT] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CTT: Hello?
CURRENT aimlessAscendant [CAA] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAA: Test
CTT: Serp?
CTT: Is this the right one?
FAU: (avoid talking until I say [start] btw. also hi!)
FAU: The man snaps his fingers, and shadow pools from his hands. It forms into six silhouettes.
FAU: The first one, you recognize as the man before you. A shadowy "1" is embedded in the smoky form of his elaborate greatcoat.
FAU: Members two through four are all figures you don't recognize: an elf woman, a tusked man of a species you don't recognize, and a figure too shadowy for you to make out.
FAU: Number five is the girl you just met, Aegra.
FAU: And, of course, number six is the spitting image of you. A blank, androgynous, ghostly figure with eyes that sparkle in all the colors of the rainbow.
FAU: "Reflector. Scion. Warlock. Thaumaturge. Metallurgist."
FAU: "Conductor."
FAU: [Start]
CTG: > "Conductor, huh? What... what are you conducting?"
CTT: (do we do player character introduceds now?)
CTT: (*Introductions.)
CURRENT armageddonsConductor [CAC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAC: (This isn't like an RP)
CAC: (It's a text adventure)
CTT: (oooooh.)
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > "Conductor, huh? What... what are you conducting?"
FAU: "The Seventh Symphony. My name for our little group." The Conductor pulls a baton from one of his sleeves and does a dramatic flourish.
FAU: "But I'm sure you're wondering what our grand plan is, eh? I certainly would in your place!"
FAU: He turns his head, and for a moment, his eyes look profoundly sad.
FAU: "The Second Cataclysm. The Shattering of the Narrative."
FAU: "Freedom for all of us."
FAU: [Start]
CTT: > "Wouldnt that lead to, well, complete abd total chaos?"
CTG: > Contemplate Conflict. Inquire about its Agents. Does Conductor know of any? Is the Symphony allied with any?
CURRENT paradoxDragon1 [CPD] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CPD: >contemplate Narrative, inquire about its Servants. Do they know any ??
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: > "Wouldnt that lead to, well, complete abd total chaos?"
FAU: The Conductor smiles. "From a certain point of view, I suppose! But chaos is life as it is meant to be lived. Not this ordered prison where the forces above us tell us how we are to live."
FAU: You hesitate. You don't know much about the Narrative or the Conflict, or about anything, really, but you're still not sure why you'd support this. It sounds like a pretty big movement that you've just gotten roped into.
FAU: "Why me, then?"
FAU: "Because you, my dear, are like all of us. You just can't remember. And that, perhaps, is the greatest tragedy."
FAU: "You had a role to play as that rampaging shapeshifting villain who must be stopped. It wasn't your fault. You were just mimicking what you saw. But you would end up a villain anyway, had Aegra not rescued you."
FAU: "We've all lost things to the vicious master that is plot, Reflector."
FAU: You decide to think on it some more.
FAU: > Contemplate Conflict. Inquire about its Agents. Does Conductor know of any? Is the Symphony allied with any?
FAU: The Conductor winks.
FAU: "I'm no Conflict purist myself, but we have a few tricks up our sleeves. All in good time, darling!"
FAU: >contemplate Narrative, inquire about its Servants. Do they know any ??
FAU: The Conductor shakes his head. "We can discuss that situation when we know each other better. I'd hate to debate strategy with you when you haven't even made up your mind, darling!"
FAU: Hmm. Is there anything else you'd like to know?
FAU: [Start]
CTT: "What happens when we're free?"
CTG: > "...What have *you* lost?"
CPD: > remember...
FAU: [Stop]
FAU: "What happens when we're free?"
FAU: The Conductor gestures, his baton flicking toward the vast expanse of world that stretches before you. "Whatever you'd like."
FAU: Whatever you'd... like?
FAU: Your sense of self is greater than it was several minutes ago, but you're still not sure what that is.
FAU: You...
FAU: "Could I... find that out?"
FAU: "Could you help me find that out?"
FAU: The Conductor's eyes twinkle as he smiles a warm smile.
FAU: > "...What have *you* lost?"
FAU: The sadness returns to the Conductor's eyes. He turns to the side.
FAU: "My words alone would do him injustice. But if you want to see..."
FAU: You shake your head. "I don't think that's how it works."
FAU: Smoke fills the Conductor's hand, and he extends it to you once more. "Not by yourself, maybe. Ever tried it with your subject helping?"
FAU: You have no idea, of course, but it's worth a shot.
FAU: You take the Conductor's hand, and cool, somber shadow overtakes you.
FAU: > remember...
FAU: You claw at the wreckage, helplessly. You know you're not strong enough to undo the work your foes have done.
FAU: You peel off your gloves and toss them to the side, frantically digging your bleeding nails into the rock.
FAU: They approach you from behind. Some jeer, while others wear expressions of shock and horror. Guilt, even.
FAU: It doesn't matter to you.
FAU: Nothing matters except for the rubble.
FAU: The rubble that you can't lift.
FAU: Off of a man who's already dead.
CUC ceased responding to memo.
CAA ceased responding to memo.
FAU: You come to.
FAU: Drifting through the Void once more.
FAU: You know now.
FAU: Your name is.
FAU: and you are a REFLECTOR of UNCANNY SKILL.
FAU: ...
FAU: What will you do?
FAU: [Possibly final Start]
CTG: > Join them.
CAC: >Move on.
FAU: > Join them.
FAU: Of course you did. How could you not, after being the Conductor?
FAU: You became them all eventually, of course. You wanted to understand them. Why they fought. Who they fought for.
FAU: And slowly, but surely, you became something. At least, that's what they told you.
FAU: You never thought so. You were just parts of them, stitched together.
FAU: Just a nameless instrument in a symphony impossible to play.
FAU: > Move on.
FAU: You did that, too.
FAU: Both through the Void, and in the figurative sense.
FAU: There were jobs to do, after all.
FAU: Jobs that were leading up to something.
FAU: Something glorious. Something wonderful.
FAU: At least, that's what you thought. Not everyone seemed to agree.
FAU: Someone very relevant to your interests seemed to disagree, in fact.
FAU: But you've already met him.
FAU: All that's left to do... is to step through the door.
FAU: Or window.
FAU: And see if you can create the world he promised you.
CCG ceased responding to memo.
FAU: KHZ WARKZ LNJ TRS UVAYW AF MJVR EO GIFJ
FAU: End of No. 6.