ZETA/XI 2.

A B Y S S A L  ~~8~~  O D D I T Y
PLAY GAME / ACHIEVEMENTS / MODULES / MUSIC / SOLIDUS / CREDITS / QUIT
>PLAY GAME
>SOLIDUS
[OUTPUT: Are you sure you wish to delve into PROJECT SOLIDUS once more?]
>If that's how we can talk to Malpeiyc, yes.
Erelye - Today at 11:47 AM
[Conceptualizing Astral Tower...]
[Constructing War Prism...]
[Hiring Guccifer 2.0...]
[Welcome to the high-security information database of Grayhold Citadel, Facet 1. Would you like to proceed? Y/N.]
>Y
SPECIFICATIONS / PROGRESS / DATABASE / CREDIT TRANSLATOR / ИОУЦОС / EXIT
>ИОУЦОС
[FOMALHAUT-class credentials required to proceed. Please enter password.]
>what re the two passwords we have.
[σερυαντετερναλ | emeraldχtsavorite.]
> emeraldχtsavorite
[Driving Charoite insane...]
[Giving Blue White's credentials...]
[Obscuring spacetime...]
[*Man, oh man! Look who it is. I expected a call soon enough.*]
>Hey.
>Notice anything different?
[*Everything's gray. It dulls my lesser aperionic senses, like I said earlier.*]
>Eh, there's color if you know where to look.
>But anyway, I need your help.
[*I know you do! I can read upwards, you know.*]
>((are we IC here?))
[*There is no IC, Meatsack Number Three! Just me, and all of you.*]
>also hello malpieyc
>ah nice
>can I call you Malpi?
[*No. Go fuck yourself.*]
>No.
[*Now, what is it you need help with, as if I don't already know?*]
>So, we got a Polaroid. And there's a word we can write with it in English.
>I've gotten some hints but I want to hear it from you.
[*You can't write words with a camera.*]
[*With a Pen, maybe.*]
>GODDAMNIT.
>Yeah. That's what I meant.
>(We also got a Polaroid though. I think it was from you.)
[*So, you want the hidden word, so you can use it to sync up with Vardiveig's last 'birthday present' from me? Or however you say it.*]
>Sure.
>Arcadia.
>GODDAMNIT I WAS GOING TO GUESS THAT
>HAHAHA
[*You're a riot, greenman.*]
>I know.
>So... When we write Arcadia... What will it do?
[*It'll either drop you into the nearest АЕСТХЕТИА store, or give you Scorched Gem Syndrome, likely.*]
>Where's crystal with the translator when you need them...
[*Aesthetia.*]
>Huh. Thanks. So... Does the fact that you did a favor for me mean I have to do a favor for you?
[*I'm fake, you're real. I'm not in much of a position to make you do things for me.*]
[*Everyone knows this is going to massively increase entropy, and that's the main goal of anyone with a brain.*]
>But of course.
>Thanks for the help, Malpeiyc.
>Watch out for the Godhead, will ya?
[*Oh, it's no big deal, and the Godhead's even more fake than I am.*]
> >_>
[*Well, I'm off to go make a... housecall. Do come again soon, and write that word down as soon as possible. Within the temporal week.*]
>Got it.
[*You can't see it, but I'm giving you thumbs up right now. See you.*]
[CALL ENDED.]
SPECIFICATIONS / PROGRESS / DATABASE / CREDIT TRANSLATOR (3) / ИОУЦОС / EXIT
>EXIT
PLAY GAME / ACHIEVEMENTS / MODULES / MUSIC / SOLIDUS / CREDITS / QUIT
>MODULES
[ http://pastebin.com/mzsTTrD8 ]
>PLAY GAME, I guess?
[Loading...]
[Loading...]
[Game loaded. Please enter command.]
>Take stone slab.
[OUTPUT: You take the entire rune.]
>Anything else in the room?
[OUTPUT: The table it was sitting on.]
TwinBuilder - Today at 12:06 PM
Examine table.
[OUTPUT: It's an ornate oak table, sizable, and likely heavy. The spot where the slab was atop moments ago is covered in carvings, most prominently a messy counterclockwise spiral.]
>Hm. Investigate other carvings.
[OUTPUT: There's an image of an eyeball with an x through it, a bloodstained tentacle, and a glittering cosmic teardrop.]
>Take a picture with the Polaroid.
[OUTPUT: You do so. When the photo prints out, the empty space between the lines of the spiral is lined with what appears to read "A BURNING HAND THROUGH GALACTIC STONE, A PRISMATIC GOD FOR ALL TO FEAR."]
>Leave the room. This shit is two spoopy four me.
[OUTPUT: Hah. You are now in the main room.]
>Examine main room just so I can remember what it looks like/what's in it.
[OUTPUT: There's a warp pad in the center of the room, which you used to arrive here, a spiral staircase into the computer room downstairs in a corner, and a pair of staircases for each wall. You have visited every single one, save for the one across from the rune room.]
[OUTPUT: Columns line the walls.]
>Return to the amulet that compelled us to wear it.
>Investigate said room and the amulet.
[OUTPUT: You pull the box containing it out of your inventory.]
>(Was it an amulet?) Oh. Okay, we have it in our inventory.
>Unbox it, snap a photo with the Polaroid, then put the bunny amulet back in the box.(edited)
[OUTPUT: The photo prints out. You cannot actually see the amulet, as it is covered with the phrase "DSBDSBDSBDSDBDSBDBSDBDSDBDSBDSDBDSBDSDBDSDBDSBDSDB" repeating over and over again in a mass of text.]
>...ok then.
>Go to the pair of staircases not yet seen.
[OUTPUT: The two of you ascend. The next room is entirely empty, save for some red carpet leading to a massive triangular door on the far wall, with a hand symbol atop it.]
>walk to the triangular door
>expect to be murdered
[OUTPUT: You walk over to the triangular door. Nothing happens, and you are not murdered.]
>open it, or have cyan open it for you
[OUTPUT: You place you hand on the symbol, and the door slides down. The room behind it is a monolithic vaulted chamber, with precipices and platforms all over.]
>Examine objects of interest in vaulted chamber.
[OUTPUT: There's a gigantic glass prism in the center of the room with a lamp attached to it, just floating there.]
>Examine prism.
[OUTPUT: You peer into the prism. Odd multicolored lights appear to be flickering within it, and it's floating in a most peculiar way.]
>Can we put it in the inventory?
[OUTPUT: You attempt to do so, but fail, as if some sort of otherworldly force were stopping you from doing so.]
>examine exits in vault chamber.
[OUTPUT: There is one other exit, on the far end of the room, utterly inaccessible without jumping. It has no hand symbol upon it.]
>see why it's inaccessible without jumping
>I don't feel like falling into bottomless pits
[OUTPUT: No platforms connect to it. It is simply a door in the wall, with no way to get to it, or open it.]
>exit the vault chamber using the door you entered from
[OUTPUT: You walk back into the main room.]
>Walk back down the staircases/
[OUTPUT: You already have.]
>Use the warp pad to warp out.
[OUTPUT: You walk over to the warp pad, only to find it is no longer glittering. It is once more dull, and useless.]
>Oh boy.
>Can't we use water wings?
>well gorilla
[OUTPUT: You can use your wings, certainly. As long as you don't leave Cyan behind.]
>Can we carry Cyan and use water wings, or would that be too strenuous?
[OUTPUT: Perhaps. It is uncertain.]
>Hm... Should we risk it?
>Observe how much HP we have.]
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 7/15 HP.
Cyan Amaranthine: 5/10 HP.]
>No.
>Go down to the computer room, maintaining caution.
[OUTPUT: Walking into the computer room, you note that the remaining computers have all shut down, leaving the holotables as the only functional devices in the room.]
>Examine holotables.
[OUTPUT: As they did earlier, they project a number of pale dots surrounding a massive blinking red dot over a map of the mountain range you were in, prior to utilizing the warp pad.]
>What's the red dot for?
[OUTPUT: You can't *quite* tell.]
>I bet it's some representation of the Lapis Philosophorum, given they were described as being 'frozen' on that thingy before.
>Replace the psioglass wire and attach it to our computer
>how do you do the translation thing, anyway?
[OUTPUT: You attach the psioglass wiring to your computer. You then hear a fizzling noise coming from it.]
>WHY... ew.
>themysteryofgravityfalls.com
>usually atbash or caesar is sufficient
>oh, it was just abash.
>didn't realize that.
>Check the inside of the computer
[OUTPUT: The insides of the computer appear to have melted as well.]
>Disconnect the wire, replace computer parts, and put the computer away
[OUTPUT: You fully repair your computer, and disconnect the wire, putting it away.]
>Smooth.
[OUTPUT: Now what?]
>turn it on.
[OUTPUT: You don't think now is quite the time to be messing around with the computer.]
>Cyan: Power up the pad
[OUTPUT: Perhaps when you get back to the ship.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan fires electricity into the pad, to no avail. Some outside force must be keeping it shut off.]
>Take a picture of the pad with the **Polaroid**
>inventory?
>I want to see if we can climb out.
[OUTPUT: You take a photo of the pad. The word "АЛХАЛЛУС?" is simply written atop the photo.]
>ALHALLUS?
>try writing that on a piece of paper with the Pen.
>"ALHALLUS"
>no idea what that means
[OUTPUT: You do so. The paper promptly folds itself into a paper airplane, and slowly flies to the ground.]
>Throw it.
>it wants us to fly, apparently
>should we take the risk and fly using water wings?
[OUTPUT: You throw the paper airplane. It dives, and nearly hits Cyan in the face, but she dodges out of the way. She looks at you, mildly irritated.]
>so, hrm.
>let's fly?
[OUTPUT: How can you fly when there is nowhere to fly to?]
>FUCK
>Bust a hole in the ceiling?
[OUTPUT: Are you sure you want to do that?]
>No.
>Yes.
>using a cannon, and not directly
[OUTPUT: Are you absolutely certain you want to do this.]
>Is there a window anywhere?
>Don't do it.
[OUTPUT: No.]
>Don't break the ceiling.
>In my experiance, "Are you sure?" means that's a bad idea.
>Maybe it means "Move" instead of "Fly"
>Or fall.
>Throw the paper airplane in multiple locations and see what locations it dives to.
>Wait, have we explored every bit of this place yet?
[OUTPUT: You have cleared out, examined, and photographed every room, except for the room with the floating prism.]
>ah
>Photograph it.
>So, let's check out that room?
>Maybe exploring it will unlock the pad, or otherwise make Malpeiyc inclined to reactivate it.
[OUTPUT: You take a picture of the prism. When it prints out, there is a red circle around a particular bit of the glass object, marked with the words "Yivzp nv."]
>***SHATTER.***
[OUTPUT: You immediately crack that section of the thing. The entry door immediately shuts itself. The prism glows with an unholy light, and pathways of pure hard-light are constructed randomly out of nothing.]
>Surround it with water.
[OUTPUT: Nothing happens.]
>See where the pathways of light lead to.
[OUTPUT: The cracks on the prism are slowly exacerbated the longer you spend time in the room, however.]
[OUTPUT: The pathways lead everywhere and nowhere, and are entirely erratic.]
>Take a picture.
[OUTPUT: The margins of the photo read "Oruv zmw wvzgs zmw olev zmw wvzgs zmw wvzgs zmw wvzgs lm kozmvg Vzigs."]
>Is there a light in the room?
[OUTPUT: The lamp floating around the prism, yes.]
>kek.
>Should we focus light onto the prism?
>Kill the light!
>:P
>Yes.
[OUTPUT: Do you cut the light off?]
>Do as nimble saysd.
>The last time we did that we had to fight a photobehemoth.
>Which is why I asked.
>Oh, fine, why not try focusing more onto it.
[OUTPUT: You focus more light onto the prism. Everything is silent for a few moments.]
>uh oh
>rip
[OUTPUT: Then, the prism shatters entirely, and a glowing object emerges from the center of the ruins. It screeches the word "Aidacra" on repeat constantly.]
>Aidacra?
>Arcadia?
>Arcadia.
>"Open this door for us, please."
>More specifically, Arcadia backwards.
[OUTPUT: Upon your command, the object in the ruins fires a bolt of concentrated light at you.]
>Gah! Dodge!
>dodge like your life depends on it
>BECAUSE IT DOES
>Take a picture after dodging
[OUTPUT: You dodge successfully.]
[OUTPUT: You are assailed by an **Ancient Cardioprism**.]
>Observe.
>Ancient prism heart?
**ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE**
>Ooh boy.
>Observe.
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 7/15 HP.
Cyan Amaranthine: 5/10 HP.
Ancient Cardioprism: 15/15 HP.
NOTES: A pyramidical prism of pure worked glass, with a light attached directly to it. An entire rainbow is flowing out of the other end. This very device was the last-ditch attempt to summon forth defense against the great Lapis Philosophorum. ZHGRTNZGRHN: 0/4.]
>Astigmatism.
>Well shit.
>If we're too slow then probable vision screw.
>ASSAULT?
>Azure: Water slam it. Cyan: Burst its light.
[OUTPUT: The two of you strike the cardioprism twice. Shaped light forms around it to lessen the blasts as they arrive.]
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
[OUTPUT: The prism fires a minuscule particle of light at you. What a deadly strike.]
**YOUR TURN.**
**ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE**
>Azure: 6/15 HP
>Cyan: 5/10
>Observe
>Cardioprism: 9/15
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 6/15 HP.
Cyan Amaranthine: 5/10 HP.
Ancient Cardioprism: 12/15 HP.
NOTES: A pyramidical prism of pure worked glass, with a light attached directly to it. An entire rainbow is flowing out of the other end. This very device was the last-ditch attempt to summon forth defense against the great Lapis Philosophorum. ZHGRTNZGRHN: 1/4.]
>we don't need to
>Hrm.
>weapons in inventory, again?
>Shall we break the light it's using?
[OUTPUT: AZURE INV: Water Vial, Mercurial Water Vial, Undulating Water Vial, Welding Equipment, Cthk'aryvt's Blessing/Curse x7, Gem Fragment x3, Ylahrthuian Salt x11, Amalgam Interface, Flipside Elixir, Potion of the Nine, Duopen, Sniper Rifle, Ink Cartridge x2, Gluon Destabilizer x3, Ink Canister x2, Manufactory Key, Fluchwater, Brinewater, Bristewater, Frequency Resonator, Fountain Pen, Handwritten Post-It Note, Autumnal Hand, Verdant Dust, Main Phase Artillery Cannon x3, Gem Shard Pile x19, Ochre Tablet - Vardiveig, Andalusite Bubble, Emissary Amulet, Wailing Stone, Defense System Computer, Medkit x2, Runic Slab: AQ-CELPH.
CYAN INV: δ-ψ-φ-Bioschema, Laser Pointer, Plasma Rifle, Medkit x2, Gluon Destabilizer x4, Limb Destabilizer Cannon.]
>crystal: yes
>cyan uses her lightning thing to break the light
>we create a water drill, and begin to drill straight through it
[OUTPUT: The drill glances off of the cardioprism, and Cyan shatters several hard-light platforms.]
**ENEMY TURN.**
>welp
[OUTPUT: The cardioprism emits a horrific screech of "Aidacra," and proceeds to fire a beam of concentrated energy at both of you.]
[OUTPUT: You are struck with the brunt of it, whereas Cyan gets a small amount of energy to the face.]
**YOUR TURN.**
**ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE**
>Observe
>it may be connectivity problems
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 1/15 HP.
Cyan Amaranthine: 3/10 HP.
Ancient Cardioprism: 11/15 HP.
NOTES: A pyramidical prism of pure worked glass, with a light attached directly to it. An entire rainbow is flowing out of the other end. This very device was the last-ditch attempt to summon forth defense against the great Lapis Philosophorum. ZHGRTNZGRHN: 2/4.]
>I got some on my end.
>and dear fuck
>ABSCOND HARD
>maybe heal first
>we can't run
[OUTPUT: There is nowhere to abscond to, dunkass.]
>Door's shut.
>well damn
>All: Heal
>^
[OUTPUT: You both use a medkit.]
**ENEMY TURN.**
[OUTPUT: AIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRAAIDACRA]
**YOUR TURN.**
**ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE**
>observe
>Next turn is the charge
>it might be the turn after
>still
>Ooh.
>Write "Arcadia" on a piece of paper.
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 12/15 HP. Bleeding from ears.
Cyan Amaranthine: 7/10 HP. Bleeding from ears.
Ancient Cardioprism: 11/15 HP.
NOTES: A pyramidical prism of pure worked glass, with a light attached directly to it. An entire rainbow is flowing out of the other end. This very device was the last-ditch attempt to summon forth defense against the great Lapis Philosophorum. ZHGRTNZGRHN: 3/4.]
>(Free action!)
[OUTPUT: You write the word "Arcadia" down on a piece of paper. You then feel a peculiar burning sensation on your forearm, just beneath your elbow. The photos in your inventory suddenly feel as if they have a great metaphysical weight to them.]
>Is checking the photos a free action?
[OUTPUT: Yes.]
>Check them.
>This is going to end terribly, isn't it?
[OUTPUT: Which one do you check first?]
>Also, is there a table in the room?
[OUTPUT: No tables in this room.]
>The one of the prism.
>The one that we took of the unbroken prism.
[OUTPUT: You observe the photo of the unbroken prism, with the hints to shatter it. The picture itself seems to have a peculiar aura about it. Do you examine further?]
>Yes.
>examine further.
[OUTPUT: You examine the photo further, and almost subconsciously raise your right hand. There is a flash of light.]
[OUTPUT: Next thing you know, you're holding **The Polaroid**, and it is printing out the picture. The prism is unbroken, and the door is open.]
>that was unsettling
>Whoa.
>one of the ciphers earlier said something about time reversal
> Return downstairs, and see if the holo-pad is working again.
[OUTPUT: You head back. The pad is still defunct.]
>check HP.
>Time reverse to our picture of the pad
[OUTPUT: Your health is the same. Cyan's, however, is at five. She is entirely confused at why you're overreacting to having just taken a picture.]
[OUTPUT: Are you sure you wish to examine your picture of the defunct warp pad?
>Oh, it's broken in the picture. No.
>so, this allows us to jump through time?
[OUTPUT: Cyan speaks up. "Uh, why are you acting so strange all of a sudden? You just took that photo, and started freaking out?"]
>Notify Cyan of the timewarp.
[OUTPUT: "...Whoa. That's... that's something else. Wow."]
>Check the desk for old photos.
[OUTPUT: There are no old photos on the desk in the room you got the camera.]
>Search the photos for the cipher about the prismatic god and time stopping.
[OUTPUT: "Broken glass hearts, prismatic lies, and frozen time. Former two burning, latter remaining."?]
>Yeah.
>Yep.
[OUTPUT: You pull out the photo of the prism room, reading "Yilpvm tozhh svzigh, kirhnzgrx orvh, zmw uilavm grnv. Ulinvi gdl yfimrmt, ozggvi ivnzrmrmt."]
>Take another picture of the prism.
[OUTPUT: You take another picture of the floating prism. The large thing is instead coated with the word "aidacra" over and over again.]
>Take the cipher literally and burn a photo.
[OUTPUT: Which photo?]
>The newest one.
[OUTPUT: You take out the lighter you got from the same box as the camera, and ignite the photo. Nothing in particular occurs.]
[OUTPUT: Aside from Cyan looking at you curiously, that is.]
>Is there a mirror anywhere?
[OUTPUT: No. You've hated mirrors since you were a child. They're just... unsettling, you suppose. Like a prison.]
>Attach the Psioglass wire to a random piece of junk.
[OUTPUT: You attach some psioglass wiring to the Handwritten Post-It Note.]
>Nothing happens?
[OUTPUT: No.
>What does the note say?
[OUTPUT: Handwritten Post-It Note: A pink post-it with a handwritten Drenovian scrawl upon it, in maroon ink. It reads "МУЛВРИ." Your gem translates this as 'You're welcome.' A mysterious rune is emblazoned upon the note beneath the word, as well, one you know quite well, now.]
>Hrm.
>Maybe we should write the thing that was written on the photo of the pad, on the pad itself?
>okay
[OUTPUT: Do you write ALHALLUS on the warp pad? If so, with regular ink, or the **Pen**?]
>The Pen.
[OUTPUT: You inscribe the word 'ALHALLUS' onto the warp pad with the **Fountain Pen**.]
[OUTPUT: Everything is quiet for a moment, until the word begins to spread. It repeats itself over the warp pad over and over again, until it is a mass of magetear ink, and begins to spill onto the floor itself. All light in the room is extinguished, save for a maroon glow from the pad itself. You feel a strange pressure on your skull, akin to a migraine. What now?]
>Well, that was smart.
>Attempt to use the pad.
[OUTPUT: You take a step toward the pad, and your head practically explodes into sudden pain, excruciating enough to make you stop your advance, if only for a moment. The warp pad bursts into maroon flame. You hear every door in the area close in unison.]
>NOPE
[OUTPUT: The inscriptions of 'ALHALLUS' continue to advance outwards, covering the floor.]
>Oh crap, it's Mal.
>Grab Cyan, take to the air!
>We don't want that stuff to touch us.
[OUTPUT: You turn around, only to find nobody is there.]
>...
>Call out into the darkness.
[OUTPUT: What do you say?]
>"Help me!", if you can even manage that.
[OUTPUT: You desperately call out for help into the darkness.]
[OUTPUT: A familiar voice calls back in response.]
[OUTPUT: "*ИОЕРТ ВУЛ, АЗУРЕ АМАРАНТХИНЕ. ИОПЕИЫЦ ЛАПИС. ХАХ. ИОЕРТ ВУЛ. ИОЦТХКИЛИТ, ЕQ ИОВАРДИ.*"]
>so, we're being mocked.
>or something.
[OUTPUT: Now what?]
>FLY
>Do we know what any of those words mean?
>I know that EQ means and.
[OUTPUT: You summon your wings, and attempt to take flight. A tendril of maroon flame grabs up from the remnants of the pad, and grabs you. The pressure in your head grows exponentially. You find yourself screaming.]
[OUTPUT: "Azure? Azure. A. Azure! Wake up, please."]
>Find out who is saying that.
[OUTPUT: You blink groggily, and note that you are somehow on the floor of the central room. Cyan is crouching over you, shaking your shoulder. There is no fire, or words spreading. You feel a sting from your nostrils. Your nose is bleeding.]
>check HP
[OUTPUT: Nothing appears to have changed in that department.]
[OUTPUT: "What happened? You wrote that word on the pad, and just passed out."]
>"I saw the doors shut, and then ALHALLUS began to creep up to me."
>"I called for help and then I heard somebody familiar call out in Drenovian. I think they were mocking me."
[OUTPUT: Are you sure that's what you want to say?]
>Yes, but I'd like confirmation from the others first.
>Sure, why not
[OUTPUT: Cyan frowns. "This shit is all cursed, isn't it. The warp pad started up again when you started to wake up, though. Are you sure you're okay?"]
>Use the warp pad.
[OUTPUT: You exit the area, leaving without seeing what's behind the locked door in the floating prism room. Will you head straight back to the ship?]
>There was a locked door?
[OUTPUT: The door in the wall, yes.]
>Will we be able to return if we go to the ship?
[OUTPUT: There's technically nothing stopping you from flying back, so yes.]
>Go to the ship.
[OUTPUT: You return to the ship. Topaz and Charoite are still there, and report no suspicious activity.
>Use the defence computer
[OUTPUT: You activate the defense computer once more.]
[OUTPUT: It brings up a map, and three hollow circles in various locations upon it.]
>Do any of the locations seem similar to the holotables?
[OUTPUT: The lower right portion of the map is precisely the same as those upon the holotables.]
[OUTPUT: The map appears to detail two large continents.]
[OUTPUT: One circle on top left one, the other two on the lower one.]
>Is the hollow circle on the same location as the red dot?
[OUTPUT: No. Slightly above where it would have been.]
>What happens if I try to type something?
[OUTPUT: Nothing. But your cursor is working just fine.]
>Click a hollow circle.
[OUTPUT: You click the circle on the top left continent. Words appear in a popup, reading "ХИ ИРХВИЦО. ЕРТТ?"]
[OUTPUT: XI.]
>ah
>What are the options?
[OUTPUT: 'ЕРТТ' and 'ЫЕУС.']
>Ask the others if they know what it means.
[OUTPUT: No dice.]
>Write it with the **Pen**.
[OUTPUT: You write both words. The paper proceeds to flash in hue between red and green until it bursts into flames, and disintegrates.]
>Write EPTT.
[OUTPUT: The paper turns red.]
>And ЫЕУС?
[OUTPUT: Green.]
>Write ХИ ИРХВИЦО.
[OUTPUT: The paper folds itself into what could be loosely construed as a single armor plate.]
>So it's asking if I want to defend that location...
>whoa nomble
>Click the hollow circle above where the dots were.
>you are using the pen to loosely translate drenovian
>G E N I U S
>:O
[OUTPUT: The next popup has the same options, but reads 'ЗЕТА-ДИАП ЕРТТ. ГЕИ, МАИВ ИОС МЕЗРИИ.']
>I have been illuminated.
>Write ЗЕТА-ДИАП.
>write ЗЕТА-ДИАП.
>ninja'd
>BREAKING THE SYSTEM
[OUTPUT: The ink spreads out, forming a map of the first area you went into in the sector, which contained the first warp pad.]
>Write  ГЕИ, МАИВ ИОС МЕЗРИИ.
[OUTPUT: The paper is promptly torn into subatomic dust.]
>I think it's asking to nuke the first area.
>What did the computer say when it started up before?
[OUTPUT: Something along the lines of WELCOME TO THE ZETA/XI DEFENSE SYSTEM.]
>Pretty sure the top continent is ZETA/XI.
>Click the last circle.
[OUTPUT: The computer immediately crashes, displaying a 404 error.]
>KEK.
>Turn it back on.
[OUTPUT: You are now back at the original map screen.
>Was the first circle on the top continent?
[OUTPUT: Yes.]
>should we nuke the first area
>The place where we fought the Cardioprism and Cluster?
[OUTPUT: You only fought the Philosophorum Shard in the first area.]
>ah
>Save "ГЕИ, МАИВ ИОС МЕЗРИИ." in case we really need to destroy something.
>should we ask Cyan?
>Sure
[OUTPUT: "I think... we should probably leave it alone until we know exactly what it does."]
>Listen to Cyan and not nuke everything
>Recall the words we heard in the maroon fire.
[OUTPUT: "ИОЕРТ ВУЛ, АЗУРЕ АМАРАНТХИНЕ. ИОПЕИЫЦ ЛАПИС. ХАХ. ИОЕРТ ВУЛ. ИОЦТХКИЛИТ, ЕQ ИОВАРДИ."]
>Write ИОЕРТ ВУЛ, АЗУРЕ
[OUTPUT: The ink reforms itself into a stick figure, and then promptly draws a line through its neck. An arrow points toward the head, labeled 'you.']
>Write ИОПЕИЫЦ ЛАПИС.
[OUTPUT: The ink reforms itself into your name, in your handwriting.]
>write ИОПЕИЫЦ.
[OUTPUT: The ink reforms itself into a brain.]
[OUTPUT: Or, the image of one.]
>Write ИОЕРТ ВУЛ.
[OUTPUT: The ink once more reforms itself into a stick figure, draws a line through its neck, and points an arrow toward the head, labeled 'you.']
>Write ИОЦТХКИЛИТ, ЕQ ИОВАРДИ.
>I assume  ИОЕРТ ВУЛ is probably kill.
[OUTPUT: The ink reforms itself into a picture of an eye, and then a picture of a book.]
>Write АЗУРЕ АМАРАНТХИНЕ.
[OUTPUT: The ink promptly turns maroon, and messily forms the words '"I ship it."']
>Pf
>(Drenovian to Latin script here: http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/russian_conversion.htm)
>Did this pen just ship azure and cyan...
>is that implying that the ink wants us to get married?
>yes it did.
>hah
>Take a picture of the map with the **Polarioid**
[OUTPUT: You don't have a **Polarioid**.]
>Check inventory.
[OUTPUT: You've got **The Polaroid**, but certainly no **Polarioid**.]
>...
>Take a picture of the map with **The Polaroid**
[OUTPUT: You do so. The map in the photo has a gigantic mass red ink obscuring it, labeled with the words "Gsv gizro lu wvzgs, z tivzg hfxxvhh,
Znfhvw ziv gsv zmxrvmg wvzw."]
>Are there any mirrors on this ship, owned by another crewmemeber?
[OUTPUT: No.]
[OUTPUT: There is not a single mirror on the G.S.S. *Exsanguinator*. You have made sure of it.]
>Ask Cyan for suggestions on what to do.
[OUTPUT: "Keep on going. I'm pretty sure the next sector over is Kappa?"]
>Do that.
[OUTPUT: You plot a course for the Kappa Sector.]
[OUTPUT: ETA: twenty-five minutes.]
[OUTPUT: Would you like to save your game?]
>Yes.
>Yes.
[OUTPUT: Game saving in progress. Would you like to quit?]
>Yes.
[OUTPUT: Game saved and quit. Have a nice day.]