Carmen & Maddox go through Carmen's first gate

from the events of the day
<ProcyonDM> You successfully do that
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well see tomorrow how the lizard peeps in that village be feelin!!!"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Carmen_Chapman> "P sure we nailed that circus shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cuz it was aaaawwwwwwwwwesome!"
<Maddox> "I was stressed the whole time, but it worked out!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well duh u were working p hard up there!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U were 'most good of an announcer dude as me!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman elbows MaddoX jokingly
<Carmen_Chapman> "U were p awesome up there just gotta relaX a bit"
* Carmen_Chapman smiles
<Maddox> "Thanks."
* Maddox yawns
* Maddox gives a thumbs up
<Maddox> "I think I'll make use of the floor again."
<Carmen_Chapman> "The floor???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dude"
<Maddox> "Carpet's pretty nice."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres like a couch right there."
* Maddox looks at the couch.
* Carmen_Chapman realizes the junk all over the couch
<Maddox> "Oh yeah."
* Carmen_Chapman hops over to clear it off
<Maddox> "Thanks."
* Carmen_Chapman finishes
* Maddox_ sleeps on the couch
* Carmen_Chapman hops upstairs to her room
* Carmen_Chapman spends a bunch of time working on removing makeup, trimming her nails, showering, taking some pills, getting changed, etc
* Carmen_Chapman eventually heads to bed
* Maddox_ wakes up the next morning
* Carmen_Chapman sleeps like a rock and is still asleep
* Maddox goes to the bathroom and cleans himself up a bit, taking a shower, etc.
* Maddox then gets dressed again and goes outside, checking for hostiles nearby (~200 yrds from house)
<ProcyonDM> None are nearby
* Maddox heads back inside and checks the fridge for food
<Carmen_Chapman> There's a bunch of random things, most either really cheap or kind of fancy.
<Carmen_Chapman> There's some stuff like steaks, prosciutto, and some caviar.
* Maddox begins procedurally taking each thing out of the fridge, captchaloging it, recording the crafting code, then placing back in the fridge
<Carmen_Chapman> But also things like lunchables, cheap yogurt, and lunchmeat
<Carmen_Chapman> It's really disorganized.
* Maddox finishes organizing the fridge and recording all codes on his laptop about 1.5 hours later.
* Carmen_Chapman maXe a loud *thud* on the ground as she falls out of bed
* Maddox then goes and crafts himself a lunchable and some yogurt for a few build grist (Assumed. Unless you want to charge me for this.)
* Maddox sits in the kitchen, eating brunch
* Carmen_Chapman fumbles around in her room to get her glasses, and groggily trudges downstairs
* Carmen_Chapman maXe her way into the kitchen looking very sleepy, hair a total mess hanging in front of her face
<Carmen_Chapman> "....sup"
* Maddox sees carmens hair and laughs a bit.
* Carmen_Chapman doesn't even register the laughter, shuffling over the refrigerator to grab some yogurt
* Carmen_Chapman opens a container and just pours it into her mouth to eat it
* Carmen_Chapman finishes the yogurt, chucking the empty container in the general direction of the trash can
* Maddox_ telekinetically places it in the trashcan
* Carmen_Chapman goes over to the sink, turning it on ice cold and putting her face under the stream
* Carmen_Chapman washes her face a bit to wake up
* Carmen_Chapman stands back up, face dripping wet, but more awake
* Carmen_Chapman grabs some orange juice, pours a big glass and takes some pills
* Carmen_Chapman holds out the OJ to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "U want some?"
<Maddox_> "Sure."
* Maddox_ takes a drink.
* Carmen_Chapman brushes her hair out of her face before plopping down on her chair
<Carmen_Chapman> "So......."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya wanna do today?"
<Maddox_> "Well, we have a few options."
<Maddox_> "One is to go through your second portal back to my land, and check on my Dad."
<Maddox_> "He should be fine, he was armed and such when I left, but I want to check on him."
<Carmen_Chapman> "My house isnt like.... tall or anythin though"
<Maddox_> "Game program thingy."
<Carmen_Chapman> "....thats all?"
<Maddox_> "Well, we could go even higher."
<Maddox_> "And face even scarier monsters and such."
<Carmen_Chapman> "dang"
<Maddox_> "Get some more cool stuff with the stuff they drop."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I thought makin my house taller was gonna be super hard n shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "forgot it was just on the computer"
* Carmen_Chapman laughs a bit
<Maddox_> "Yeah."
* Maddox_ pulls up his laptop on Carmen's house
* Maddox_ checks Carmen's current build grist.
<Carmen_Chapman> 484
<Maddox_> ((So gates are 100 for first, 200 for second?))
<TornSkippito_> "I forgot you haven't used your first one yet either. We could go there instead."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where does it like.... go?"
<TornSkippito_> "First one? Mine took me somewhere else on my planet. Second one took me to the next planet."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh so like who knows where it goes?"
<TornSkippito_> "Yeah. For the first one, anyway."
<TornSkippito_> "We tested the second one before, remember?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ooooooh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "That sounds so Xiting!!!"
<Maddox> "Should I build up to there, then?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dooooo it!"
<Maddox> "It will cost like 100 of your grist."
<Maddox> "Got it."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Pshhhh got tonsa that shit"
* Maddox spends a few minutes building the house up a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> ((what does it look like?))
<Maddox> ((Mostly copy/pasted second floor, so its not exposed to the elements))
<ProcyonDM> Works for me
<Maddox> "There we go."
* Maddox Alt-tabs to Frederick's house
<Maddox> "I should probably see if Fred needs building as well.
* Maddox_ checks Frederick's grist levels, but finds none
<Maddox_> "Weird, he doesn't have grist."
* Maddox_ closes his laptop, captchaloguing it again.
<Maddox_> "Well, done."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cool!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman runs upstairs to see what all the thumping she heard while MaddoX was building resulted in
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is soooooo weird!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like"
* Maddox_ follows, grabbing a few lunchable copies at the crafting place
<Carmen_Chapman> "My houses never had more floors!!!"
<Maddox_> "Yeah. I just copy/pasted and removed the toilet and stuff."
<Maddox_> "I don't know if plumbing usually works or not, and thought it would be better safe than sorry."
<Maddox_> "/me keeps going up until he gets to the gate
* Carmen_Chapman runs around checking out all the floors in awe
* Carmen_Chapman eventually gets up to the top where the gate is too
<ProcyonDM> The floors are disappointingly repetitive
<Maddox> "I just realized."
<Maddox> "Lets say you lose your phone somehwere."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah?"
<Carmen_Chapman> <Maddox> "I just realized."
<Carmen_Chapman> <Maddox> "Lets say you lose your phone somehwere."
<Carmen_Chapman> <Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah?"
<Maddox_> "Now you're thinking, which couch did I check? 2, 4, or 3?"
<Maddox_> "Just a thought."
<Maddox_> "Hide and seek would also be super weird."
<Maddox_> "Anyway. You ready to go?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "If I lose my phone....."
* Carmen_Chapman switches out her glasses for a red tinted pair with some electronics on the sides
<Carmen_Chapman> "....then I got these!!!!"
* Maddox_ laughs
* Carmen_Chapman puts on a flashy ta-da pose
<Maddox_> "Crafting really does change things."
<Carmen_Chapman> "They make everything all colory n shit though"
* Carmen_Chapman taXe them off and puts on her normal glasses
<Carmen_Chapman> "I cant leave the house lookin like shit!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who fuckin knows whats over there!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What if its like.... the queen o that goldy place"
<Maddox_> "That would be weird if this is the same planet is that."
<Maddox_> "But yeah, go do what you need to do."
* Carmen_Chapman runs downstairs and fixes her hair, puts on her new Rave Lipstick, changes into her plaid shirt, and grabs her things
* Carmen_Chapman leaps back up the stairs
<Carmen_Chapman> "There!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya think of my new lipstick???"
<Carmen_Chapman> It continuously changes between bright colors of the rainbow
* Maddox_ blinks a few times.
<Carmen_Chapman> Its borderline trippy
<Maddox_> "What? I... wow."
<Maddox_> "That's actually impressive."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got other cool shit to show you....."
<Carmen_Chapman> "....but theyre secrets!!!!"
<Maddox> "You should see about combining that with a flashlight. I'm sure the monsters would not like getting their retinas destroyed."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Duuuuuuude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats a fuckin awesome idea!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I made some stuff before with my flashlight but that sounds SWEEEEEET"
<Maddox> "Or maybe a laser pointer."
<Maddox> "Something like that."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im probs gonna forget but whatevs we can do it later"
* Maddox looks back up.
<Maddox> "Yeah. Lets go!"
* Maddox closes his eyes and covers them, trying to avoid the massive white flash, and steps into the portal
* Carmen_Chapman stands amazed that MaddoX just disappered
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats like...... FUCKIN MAGIC!!!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> :OOOOOO
* Carmen_Chapman leaps into the gate Xitedly
<ProcyonDM> So y'all hopped into the portal on her world yes
<Carmen_Chapman> but will mostly be out of large quantities of things once the second gate is built up to
<Carmen_Chapman> Yeah, Alex.
<Maddox> Yeah.
<ProcyonDM> Te land of beat and spectacles right?
<Maddox> ye
<Carmen_Chapman> The first gate though, not the second gate to Maddox's land.
<ProcyonDM> Yeah I got it
<ProcyonDM> This gate should technically have gone to the good stuff of your land so
<ProcyonDM> Well just ignore that
<Maddox> The good stuff of your land?
<Maddox> Its just world gate 1, no?
<ProcyonDM> Yeah that's how first gates work
<ProcyonDM> 0th takes you to house but nothing else
<Maddox> 0th?
<ProcyonDM> Yeah entering
<Maddox> Oh, well, that's not really completely confirmed.
<Carmen_Chapman> ?
<Carmen_Chapman> I'm not sure I follow
<Maddox> Jade was teleported into a contentinet, and wasn't on an Island post-entry
<Maddox> Rose seems to have had other things nearby as well
<Maddox> It was really just john I think.
<ProcyonDM> I've been doing that the entire time
<Carmen_Chapman> Oh I see.
<Maddox> oh lol
<Carmen_Chapman> Dave may have had a harder time going anywhere pre-first gate, but it's not reall specified.
<Carmen_Chapman> He just went through because he had unreal air
<Maddox> Yeah, Its basically DM discression
<Carmen_Chapman> *really
<Carmen_Chapman> Rose clearly wasn't too isolated since her mom left
<Carmen_Chapman> So yeah, it just depends I guess.
<Maddox> Jake seems to have had places to explore around him as well, but we don't really see destinations too often for alpha kids
<Maddox> anyway, point made. No land start is optional.
<ProcyonDM> Alright well
<ProcyonDM> Fun stuff here either way
* Maddox gives thumbs up to DM through fourth wall
<ProcyonDM> You land in a small ditch
* Maddox moves quickly so he isn't landed on by Carmen
<ProcyonDM> Large enough that tou can't see over the side so pretty big actually
* Carmen_Chapman doesn't come through for a little bit as she was transifXed by MaddoX's disappearance, then leaps through
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoooooa."
<ProcyonDM> The dirt is kind of grey-clear for some reason
<Carmen_Chapman> "What the hell?"
<ProcyonDM> The best continues
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where the fuck are we???"
<Carmen_Chapman> ((clear as in see-through?))
<Maddox> "I really don't know."
<ProcyonDM> No just... Light but not white
* Maddox starts climbing the side of the ditch, trying to see where they are.
* Carmen_Chapman tries jumping out
<ProcyonDM> You're in the middle of a large field of the gray dirt
* Carmen_Chapman looX around, amazed by being in a totally different place
* Maddox looks around the field, instantly looking out for threats, not wanting to let his guard down like he did with ember
<ProcyonDM> There's a forest about a mile west
<ProcyonDM> All the other directions are fields.
<Maddox> "Dirt in all directions? Weird."
<Carmen_Chapman> "This field is soooooo big!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> ((is the beat still here?))
<ProcyonDM> To the northeast there are some crop fields
<ProcyonDM> There's still the best
<ProcyonDM> Beat
<Carmen_Chapman> "Beats still here though!!!"
<Maddox> "Yeah. That's... interesting."
* Carmen_Chapman bounces a little in time with the beat
<ProcyonDM> There are ko immediate threats you can see
<Carmen_Chapman> "That a fuckton of dirt!"
<Carmen_Chapman> *Thats
<Maddox> "So, we go to the forest or farm?"
* Carmen_Chapman points over towards the farm
<Carmen_Chapman> "U think thats a farm?"
<Maddox> "Well, there's a bunch of crops over there."
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX kinda like it"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oooh!!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got an idea!!!"
* Maddox looks at carmen, listening
* Carmen_Chapman puts on her Pearl Tinted VR Glasses
* Carmen_Chapman looX over at the farm for any colors
* Carmen_Chapman does the same for the forest
<ProcyonDM> The forest has small flecks of light, animals I guess, and the farm has several larger ones
<ProcyonDM> From so far you can't tell if they're friendly
<Maddox> "What are those glasses?"
* Carmen_Chapman swaps back to her normal glasses, holding the VR ones out for MaddoX to look at
* Maddox puts the VR glasses on
<Carmen_Chapman> "The lenses are p strong so Idk if u wanna put em on"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre kinda like those heat night visiony goggles?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idk what theyre called theyre the things spies use all the time!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hot shit like people n stoves n stuff turns bright red n colors n shit"
<Maddox> "/me sees a bunch of colors in the blur
* Maddox takes them back off
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX like theres some stuff over by the farm!"
<Maddox> "That's really cool! How did you make them?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhh lemme try n remember"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I obvs used my glasses"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It was a pink ball or somethin I nabbed from the pyramid"
* Maddox blinks
<Maddox> "nice."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what it is but it looked cool so I made glasses out of it!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then I miXed my phone into it to make these!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Now I dont have to worry bout losin my phone!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Xept all my sweet pics on my phone dont wanna lose those"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres a bunch a random tiny red ones over in the forest like animals or some shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres some bigger ones over by the farms Idk what they are!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go see?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "They looked p big to me!"
<Maddox> "Sounds good!"
* Maddox starts heading over the fields of dirt towards the farm
* Carmen_Chapman leaps after him
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its so weird not havin Myke"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hes sooooo nice!"
<Maddox> "Yeah. Getting him to the portal would be hard though."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeeeeeah"
<Carmen_Chapman> "P much no fuckin way Im lettin a buffalo in my cabin!!!"
* Maddox nods
<ProcyonDM> You reach the field, and see what's growing
<ProcyonDM> Wait would either of you recognize corn growing
<ProcyonDM> Did you miss that
<Carmen_Chapman> Oh you mean what corn plants look like before they're mature?
<Maddox_> Yeah, missed something.
<Carmen_Chapman> Carmen is from Minnesota and they grow corn there, so she might recognize it
<ProcyonDM> It looks normal on the outside.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is that.... corn?"
<Maddox_> "Yeah, looks like it."
* Maddox_ looks for a way through the maize
<ProcyonDM> You guys just going to continue?
<Maddox_> sounds good?
<Carmen_Chapman> If the corn is in the distance still, yeah.
* Carmen_Chapman puts on her Pearl Tinted Glasses again as they get closer to see if she can see the red things better now
<ProcyonDM> You see the objects clearer
<ProcyonDM> One seems to be a lizard, another seems to be an ogre, off in the distance
<Carmen_Chapman> "I see a lizard n.... one of those big monster things?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cant really tell"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its a big thingy!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wanna go check it out?"
<Maddox> "Yeah. Big monsters and lizards are a bad combination for the lizard."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go!"
* Carmen_Chapman heads briskly over towards the field
<Carmen_Chapman> <Maddox> "Yeah. Big monsters and lizards are a bad combination for the lizard."
<Carmen_Chapman> <Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go!"
<Carmen_Chapman> * Carmen_Chapman heads briskly over towards the field
<ProcyonDM> You pass through the field and out of it
* Maddox_ folows Carmen, ready to fight.
<ProcyonDM> There is a small log cabin
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oooh a cabin!"
* Carmen_Chapman looX around for the lizard she saw earlier, putting the glasses back on
<ProcyonDM> The ogre is definitely inside the house, As is the lizard
* Maddox attempts to peek through a window quietly.
<ProcyonDM> You can't, there are heavy wood shutters
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre both inside"
<Maddox> "Dang. Do we rush in, or you think the lizard has it?"
* Carmen_Chapman looX back through the glasses to see what the two shapes seem to be doing
<Maddox> crap, meant to put that in a verifaction box lol
<ProcyonDM> They're just sitting, neither making aggressive movements
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX like theyre just like.... sittin there"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno"
* Carmen_Chapman heads around to the door
<Carmen_Chapman> "Do we just like... knock?"
<Maddox> "I guess?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U wanna sneak in?
<Maddox> "If they aren't fighting that might be a bad idea..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Okie Im chill with that"
* Carmen_Chapman gives a couple solid raps on the door with her knuckles
<ProcyonDM> The dude gets up and starts walking to the door.
<ProcyonDM> The ogre looks agitated
* Carmen_Chapman waits
<ProcyonDM> He opens it.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hi!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman waves, looking at whoever opened the door
<ProcyonDM> He's a scarred lizard, with a scythe in his hand precautiously
<ProcyonDM> He relaxes when he sees you aren't aggressive
<ProcyonDM> "Nice glasses."
<Maddox> "So... you alright here?"
<ProcyonA> He looks at his hands comically.
<ProcyonA> In a monotone he says, "I think so."
<Maddox> "..."
* Maddox looks at carmen, not knowing what to do here
<Carmen_Chapman> "S that sposed to mean dude?"
<ProcyonA> "I am not unhealthy."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur like carryin a scythe n shit round ur house!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thought u were gonna like attack us or somethin when u opened the door!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats up with that???"
<ProcyonA> "I like to be prepared."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I met a buncha other lizard peeps n ur the only one who did that"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatchu gotta be prepared for then out here?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Other peeps seem chill with their circuses n shit"
* Maddox then says in a quieter voice, "You meet a friendly ogre or something?"
<ProcyonA> "I dont live by the circuses. The inhabitants of the farms are more pugnacious."
<ProcyonA> "Hardly. He'd gut me given the chance."
<Maddox> "You want help with him, or you having him help with all the farming?"
* Carmen_Chapman wrinkles her nose in annoyance at "pugnacious"
* Carmen_Chapman whispers
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats he even fuckin doin here anyways?"
<ProcyonA> "He pulls the plow."
* Carmen_Chapman laughs a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "SuX to be him!"
<ProcyonA> He doesnt respond.
<Maddox> "Genius. Sorry to bother you."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where like... is this place?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We kinda traveled here n Im kinda lost!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I live kinda near Lizard Bob Ross n a lizard dude with an eyepatch u know where thats at?"
<ProcyonA> "This is the second section."
<Carmen_Chapman> "The fuX that sposed to mean?"
<ProcyonA> "Every land has-"
<ProcyonA> "ask your sprite."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaaa?"
* Maddox just blinks a few times, and steps behind carmen
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whos that?"
<ProcyonA> "who did you throw into the orb."
<Carmen_Chapman> "What the hell u talkin bout???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Orb???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I didnt throw anyone into any orbs!!!"
* Maddox eyes widen.
<ProcyonA> "Any dead animals? Lost pets, guardians?"
<Maddox> "Oh wait! That thing last week when the game started."
<Carmen_Chapman> "There was that fuckin green flashy fuckin seizure ball I chucked some drugs at..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "It was the fuckin worst!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It went away Idk where the hell it is now"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its just been putting drugs everywhere though!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It sure as hell didnt talk either"
<Maddox_> "Did Orea mention something about that..."
<ProcyonA> "You threw drugs into the sprite." It shoudl be a question but his monotone made it sound like a statement.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhh yeah thats what I said!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I chucked a buncha stuff at it to make it go away!!!"
<ProcyonA> "thjat was foolish."
<ProcyonA> "what about you."
<Maddox_> "Mine contains a log, and only a log. I think it can accept something else as well... but it vanished after that and I haven't seen it in about six days."
* Carmen_Chapman turns around and looX at MaddoX
* Carmen_Chapman laughs
<Carmen_Chapman> "I didnt hear bout that!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats fuckin hilarious!!!"
<Maddox_> "Treaturous spies anyway."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Spies?"
<Maddox> "The enemies take on traits of anything we throw in there I think.
<Maddox> Frederick was stupid enough to throw in an ANIME BATTLE MECH."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well duh course they do that!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "My drug ball has just been goin all over the place givin everyone drugs!!!"
<Maddox> ((For the record, the mech in question cannot fly.))
<Maddox> "I'm perfectly glad I only put in a log.
<Carmen_Chapman> "U sayin all ur enemies are logs???"
<Maddox> "
<Maddox> "No, I met all kinds of enemies.
<Maddox> "But seriously. Screw this game."
<Maddox> "I just want to get to a point where we're all safe again."
<Maddox> "...even if it's too late to rebuild."
<ProcyonA> He continues to look at you.
<ProcyonA> "then you gotta win."
<Carmen_Chapman> "How the fuck do u win???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just like... not die?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is it like onea those survival things?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ooooh!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is it like Oregon Trail???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We can be all like Xplorers n shit!"
* Carmen_Chapman looX at MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "U gotta promise me u wont get cholera or anythin dude!"
* Maddox half nods, but watches the lizard here.
<ProcyonA> "there will be some withering of challenges, but there are objectives to face as well."
<ProcyonA> weathering
<ProcyonA> lol
<Maddox> "Where did you learn all this?"
<ProcyonA> He doesnt answer.
<Maddox> "Thanks away. Sorry to bother you."
* Maddox moves to leave the house's entryway.
<ProcyonA> "wait."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where u goin???"
<Maddox> "I feel like we're bothering him."
<Carmen_Chapman> "He was just gonna tell us how to win!"
* Maddox turns back around anyway
<ProcyonA> "No, I cant tell you that."
<ProcyonA> "youll have to learn that on your own."
<ProcyonA> "But it is dangerous in this area."
<Maddox> "Monsters?"
<ProcyonA> "Yes."
<Carmen_Chapman> "What bout winnin though???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U just said a buncha stuff that doesnt make sense!"
<ProcyonA> "You want to know about winning?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats the sprite shit!?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What the fuX aXually goin on here!?!"
* Carmen_Chapman starts getting pretty worked up
<ProcyonA> "The srpite knows all im about to tell you. ask it when you arent satisfied with my answers."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Were just goin round doin fun shit like whatevs"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But our friends are dying!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like... how long til we just die too???"
<ProcyonA> "Its hard to tell."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont wanna be a useless mess anymore!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Everythings just so confusing!!"
* Maddox says nothing
<Carmen_Chapman> "Peeps keep tellin us we got stuff to do n how its all important n shit"
<ProcyonA> "It is."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im just gonna mess it up though!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "MaddoXs s gonna try n fix it cuz hes awesome"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno...."
<Maddox> "I don't know if we can mess it up more than by having so many deaths though."
<Maddox> "Especially when we have no clue what is going on."
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its a lotta pressure to do some fuckin magical important suff when everyones dyin I got no fuckin clue whats goin on Xept were here on a sweet planet of circuses n shit!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont even care whats goin on that much...."
<ProcyonA> "You two alone can not succeed, but there are others still."
* Maddox looks at the lizard funny.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Probs not gonna understand it anyways I just dont want more peeps to die cuz a me!!!"
<Maddox> "You know this? Is there some kind of internet we don't know about?"
* Maddox just rubs his forehead and sits down against the outside of the house.
<ProcyonA> "No internet, but there are other planets with other people."
<Maddox> "Assumption then. Good to know."
* Maddox continues to sit, rubbing his head, but then stands back up after a bit.
<ProcyonA> "I belive there are 3 others left, but i am not in contact with any source"
<ProcyonA> "This knowlege is simply inside of me."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats... kinda weird!"
* Maddox nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "U like a fortune teller or some shit then?"
* Carmen_Chapman jumps in realization
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ooh!"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree and taXe out the crystal ball from earlier
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can u like see shit in this or somethin???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I.. found it somewheres"
<ProcyonA> He holds up a hand to say "no" and replies, "Im not a fortune teller."
<ProcyonA> "I am smply imbued with the information."
* Maddox mumbles something about game mechanics
<Maddox> "Well, thanks."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
* Carmen_Chapman piX up the pile of crap that fell out of the captchalogue tree, recaptchaloguing it
* Maddox waves goodbye (I think we're good here?))
<ProcyonA> He gives you a weak wave.
<ProcyonA> "Stay on the path."
<Carmen_Chapman> "What path?"
* Maddox waits for the door to shut, then looks around for a path.
<ProcyonA> He points aroudn the back of his house. A path, slightly elevated fromt he corn like a road, starts from behind his house
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ooooh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go Xploring!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "See u lizard dude!"
* Maddox follows Carmen, thinking.
* Carmen_Chapman hops outside in time with the rhythm and heads over towards the path
<ProcyonA> "Goodbye."
<Maddox> Once we're a ways down the path,
<Maddox_>  "He said there were three others.
<Maddox_> <Maddox> I'm guessing Orea and the two other trolls I don't really know."
<Maddox_> "I checked Frederick's grist this morning. It's still zero."
* Maddox_ stays on the lookout for monsters.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Which two?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres more than two dude"
* Maddox_ thinks for a bit
<Maddox_> "Well, we came here with seven or eight people, right?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idk what anya of them are up to anyways..."
<Maddox> "You, me, Ember, Orea, Frederick, Adrian, and two others?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Adrian...."
* Carmen_Chapman swallows
<Maddox> "Oh wait, that's eight..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "yeah"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres three others though"
<Maddox> "We've already lost a few, so we are down to probably You, me, Orea, and two others."
<Maddox> "It's probably not fred..."
<Maddox> "And its not... those first two."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre p weird but I remember the peeps in my troll club!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres Mirkan n Mobius n Estval"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Mirkan n Mobius are the blue ones"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Estval is the purple kid"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idk what theyre up to theyre p weird so I dont talk to them too much!!!"
<Maddox> "Oh yeah! Three others."
<Maddox> "So two of those. No way Orea bit it."
<Maddox_> "I think I talked to Mobius once. He was interesting."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hes a jerk to u guys!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It maXe me so mad sometimes!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hes like... totally racist."
<Maddox_> "... not that it really matters anymore."
<Maddox_> "If I'm right, my dad and I are the last living humans."
<Maddox_> "... and that kind of sucks."
* Carmen_Chapman puts her arm around MaddoX's neck/shoulders and pats his shoulder comfortingly
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just dont think bout that right now"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Maddox> "We got monsters to look out for and stuff to figure out."
<Carmen_Chapman> "We got other stuff n u cant do anythin bout it now anyways"
* Maddox nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "But yeah it suX"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Were gonna do somethin bout it though!"
<ProcyonA> Theres a burst of flame in the corn stalks, as if on cue.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I just know i-- THE FUCK???"
* Carmen_Chapman jumps in surprise
<Carmen_Chapman> "What made that???"
* Carmen_Chapman looX around to see if the field is on fire now
<ProcyonA> Theres some rustlgin but no smoldering
* Maddox looks around for a clearing anywhere nearby in the corn
<ProcyonA> Nope. its dense for another mile~
<ProcyonA> cool cool
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is that one of those fire monster lizard things u think???"
<Maddox> "It might be. We should probably take it out."
<Carmen_Chapman> "We can get more of that sweeeeet loot!"
* Maddox nods, looking around for where this monster might be.
* Carmen_Chapman points
<Carmen_Chapman> "The fire came from somewhere over there?"
<Maddox> "So we go that direction then?"
* Maddox pulls out an axesaber, but keeps it off.
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 2#1d20+1 perception w advantage
<Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+1) [3+1] : {4} (1d20+1) [1+1] : {2}
<ProcyonA> You see jack shit agsinst all odds
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno...?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I thought it was over that way?"
<Maddox> !roll 1d20+3
<Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [18+3] : {21}
* Carmen_Chapman switches to the VR glasses
* Carmen_Chapman looX around
<Maddox> ^ that was perception
<ProcyonA> You see a lot of red hot things where the fire was. you dont know if thats more fire, or if there is some kind of enemy.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Over there!!!!"
<ProcyonA> Other signatures flash but go away quickly.
<Maddox> "Lets go!"
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out her chainsaw and runs through the corn in that direction
* Maddox starts running that direction
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres a buncha weird stuff that keeps comin in n then poofing!"
<ProcyonA> Did you take the glasses off or
<Maddox> I rolled 21 on perception
<Carmen_Chapman> No
<ProcyonA> bro you cant see through a fuckton of corn
<Maddox> Who said anything about seeing? I'm not deaf. :P
<ProcyonA> true true
<Carmen_Chapman> He's just following Carmen, right?
<ProcyonA> there is a bit of rustling all around you
<Maddox> but yeah, mostly following carmen.
<Carmen_Chapman> If there's rustling all around us, does that mean that we were approaching the heat signatures?
<ProcyonA> some of it is the wind though
<Carmen_Chapman> As we get closer, Carmen is approaching the nearest red thing
<ProcyonA> You approach the fire, but then you see 2 other sitgnatures just behind the fire!
<ProcyonA> They were lying in wait for you to approach the fire.
* Maddox continues moving, not knowing any of this.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I found two thingies!"
<Maddox> "Any idea what they are?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Some kinda monsters waiting for us behind the fire"
* Carmen_Chapman tries to size them up based on how big the red signatures are
* Maddox clears the area around the fire with his axesaber, trying to make a small clearing. The corn would probably be burned anyway. Corn is moved telekinetically outside the clearing as he cuts it.
* Carmen_Chapman revs up her new chainsaw and continues to approach the two heat signatures