Finiem: Enter

silverleaf2431> ===BEGIN===
<Finiem_Deuann> Huh. That was weird.
<Finiem_Deuann> What can I see on the screen now?
<silverleaf2431> You see only white right now
<Finiem_Deuann> Hm.
<Finiem_Deuann> Can I run the client program now?
<silverleaf2431> However, you can now minimize the screen
<silverleaf2431> Yep
<Finiem_Deuann> You minimize the screen and run client.
<silverleaf2431> You get a small screen that says "Awaiting Connection..."
<possessoryOccultism> -=-=-=-
<possessoryOccultism> Breaking off from my distraction of chatting to these individuals, I check on the application I just ran.
<silverleaf2431> There are now two things you can run
<silverleaf2431> The Server and the Client files
<silverleaf2431> Which one would you like to run?
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<possessoryOccultism> I run the server file first.
<silverleaf2431> It prompts you to enter a handle
<possessoryOccultism> "Well, hey, we have a slew of handles right here. What do you think, Arch?"
<possessoryOccultism> <asfhsdkfhsdkflhsadglkjshdpg⊙sa;dgjjbs>
<possessoryOccultism> "Still frustrated? Alright, I guess I'm running an RNG on this thing."
<possessoryOccultism> "Eenie meenie miney mo, catch a tiger by the toe, if he hollers, let him go, eenie meenie miney mo.
<possessoryOccultism> "...The narcissist? Sure, whatever."
<silverleaf2431> You land on "divineCataclysm"
<possessoryOccultism> I type divineCataclysm in the box.
<silverleaf2431> Finiem gets a prompt!
<silverleaf2431> "possessoryOccultism would like to be your server!"
<silverleaf2431> "Accept? Y/N"
<Finiem_Deuann> Y
<silverleaf2431> The text box closes out, and Isa is greeted by a new screen
<silverleaf2431> He can now see a troll girl and a human girl with a bandage in a room, with the troll interacting with a computer
<silverleaf2431>  There is also a UI around the top edge of the screen, giving you several options
<possessoryOccultism> I engage in private conversation with DC.
* possessoryOccultism [PO] began pestering divineCatacylsm [DC]
<possessoryOccultism> Well, hey, look at you!
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: I take it y-[]u're l-[]-[]king int-[] my r-[]-[]m right n-[]w?
<possessoryOccultism> PO: Ooh, how did you know?
<possessoryOccultism> PO: Unless you ran the exe file too?
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: That I did.
<possessoryOccultism> PO: Well, you're awfully perceptive. So what are we supposed to do with this?
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<Finiem_Deuann> DC: G-[] t-[] Phernalia Registry and place d-[]wn s-[]me machines
<possessoryOccultism> I click the Phernalia Registry to see what's in store.
<silverleaf2431> There are a whole bunch of machines, most of which you can't afford
<silverleaf2431> However, there are three machines that are free and a free captchalogue card
<possessoryOccultism> I place down all of those, trying as much as possible to conserve space.
<silverleaf2431> You manage to fit all three machines into the romo
<silverleaf2431> room
<Finiem_Deuann> Finiem glances back to see the machines being placed
<silverleaf2431> Finiem recognizes them from watching Valera do her thing, and as such they do not require descriptions
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: -[]kay, g-[]-[]d
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: I was w-[]rried ab-[]ut y-[]ur c-[]mpetency
<Finiem_Deuann> What's Amelia's reaction?
<silverleaf2431> Amelia looks extremely confused as to how this is all happening
<silverleaf2431> She is currently perched on your bed, so as to evoid being squished
<Finiem_Deuann> "D-]
<Finiem_Deuann> whops
<Finiem_Deuann> "D-[]n't w-[]rry ab-[]ut this. I g-[]t it."
<Finiem_Deuann> You go over to the wheel and attempt to yank it open.
<silverleaf2431> Roll STR
<silverleaf2431> The timer on this one reads 3:12
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20+3
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=18 ] | {21}
<silverleaf2431> It bursts right open
<Finiem_Deuann> Heck yes! You quickly captchalogue all the dowels.
<silverleaf2431> 10 cruxite dowels, as well as the kernelsprite pop out
<Finiem_Deuann> You look around the room. Anything you can throw into the kernel?
<possessoryOccultism> As I watch all this, I smirk.
<possessoryOccultism> "This is interesting. Far more interesting than what we came for."
<silverleaf2431> Amelia dives into the kernelsprite
<Finiem_Deuann> "Hey n-[]!"
<Finiem_Deuann> "St-[]p!"
<silverleaf2431> Her face replaces the spirograph on it as she is absorbed into it
<silverleaf2431> "No! It's okay!"
<silverleaf2431> "I'm fine!"
<Finiem_Deuann> Your face quickly shifts to an expression of EXTREME WORRY.
<Finiem_Deuann> "Are y-[]u sure?"
<silverleaf2431> "Yeah!"
<silverleaf2431> "I'm better than fine now"
<Finiem_Deuann> "Why'd y-[]u jump in?"
<silverleaf2431> "I'm real Finiem!"
<possessoryOccultism> "Let's keep watching and see how it goes. This is key reference material, Arch."
<silverleaf2431> "I can be really real now!"
<possessoryOccultism> <F⊙r what, exactly?>
<Finiem_Deuann> "Did y-[]u kn-[]w that bef-[]re jumping in?"
<silverleaf2431> "I thought it would work, and it did"
<Finiem_Deuann> Worry intensifies
<Finiem_Deuann> "But..."
<Finiem_Deuann> "Y-[]u c-[]uld have died!"
<silverleaf2431> "It's okay, I promise"
<silverleaf2431> "Now you have to enter!"
<Finiem_Deuann> "-[]kay..."
<silverleaf2431> "Or they'll get to you, and I don't want you to get hurt"
<silverleaf2431> "Please..."
<Finiem_Deuann> "Wh-[]?"
<silverleaf2431> "I... can't say"
<silverleaf2431> "I don't know how"
<possessoryOccultism> "You see, Little Miss Fin here knows what she's doing. So just copy it from her and we'll be just fine, I suppose."
<Finiem_Deuann> "-[]kay."
<Finiem_Deuann> "I'll just d-[] what Valera did."
<Finiem_Deuann> What does the timer say?
<possessoryOccultism> <I supp⊙se?>
<possessoryOccultism> "It's assumption, Arch. Get with that program."
<possessoryOccultism> <What pr⊙gram!?>
<possessoryOccultism> "Figure of speech."
<silverleaf2431> The timer reads 2:32
<Finiem_Deuann> You throw the dowel in the lathe, followed by the card.
<silverleaf2431> The machine whirs to life, carving the dowel
<Finiem_Deuann> You take the carved dowel to the Alchemieter.
<Finiem_Deuann> And put it on the platform
<silverleaf2431> It scans the dowel, and a circuit board appears on the larger platform
<Finiem_Deuann> Well, shit.
<Finiem_Deuann> "THIS ISN'T A GL-[]BE!!!"
<Finiem_Deuann> You go examine it, quickly!
<silverleaf2431> The circuit is incomplete, you can tell that much
<Finiem_Deuann> How easy would it be to complete it?
<silverleaf2431> How much do you know about circuity?
<Finiem_Deuann> Jack shit.
<silverleaf2431> Better figure it out fast
<silverleaf2431> 1:30
<Finiem_Deuann> You try to figure it out, attempting to solve all but one bit
<Finiem_Deuann> Engineering?
<silverleaf2431> Roll it
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20-2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-2 --> [ 1d20=15 ] | {13}
<silverleaf2431> You think you get a couple parts right, but a good section stumps you
<Finiem_Deuann> You continue solving all but one bit!
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20-2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-2 --> [ 1d20=9 ] | {7}
<Finiem_Deuann> rip
<silverleaf2431> You manage to undo some of the progress you made
<silverleaf2431> :53
<Finiem_Deuann> Shit!
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20-2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-2 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {14}
<silverleaf2431> Slightly more progress this time, but the clock is not on your side
<silverleaf2431> :47
<Finiem_Deuann> Aaaaaa!
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20-2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-2 --> [ 1d20=13 ] | {11}
<Finiem_Deuann> (still all but one bit)
<Finiem_Deuann> (assume that that is the case for all of these)
<silverleaf2431> You solve a tiny bit more
<silverleaf2431> :38
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20-2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-2 --> [ 1d20=5 ] | {3}
<Finiem_Deuann> ;-;
<silverleaf2431> You're ruining it!
<Finiem_Deuann> Okay, new idea.
<silverleaf2431> :23
<Finiem_Deuann> "Hey, if the timer runs -[]ut, d-[] "they" c-[]me?"
<silverleaf2431> "In a way"
<silverleaf2431> "They'll let you in, but they'll take you for themselves"
<Finiem_Deuann> "If I wait past the timer, am I d-[]-[]med?"
<silverleaf2431> "I don't know"
<silverleaf2431> :15
<Finiem_Deuann> "If they take me, s-[]lve the circuit. Get -[]ut alive."
<Finiem_Deuann> You move over to the computer.
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: Hey, Isa
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: I'm g-[]ing t-[] wait past the timer
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: If I die, s-[] be it
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: Tell every-[]ne else what happens
<possessoryOccultism> PO: Well, have fun dying.
<possessoryOccultism> PO: Try not to get burned up if necessary though.
<possessoryOccultism> PO: Countdowns always count down to something ominous, unless implied otherwise.
<silverleaf2431> :10
<silverleaf2431> :09
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: I kn-[]w. Just make sure we kn-[]w what's past this.
<silverleaf2431> :08
<silverleaf2431> :07
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: Kn-[]wledge is p-[]wer, right?
<silverleaf2431> :06
<silverleaf2431> :05
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: Cya, Isa.
<silverleaf2431> :04
<silverleaf2431> :03
<silverleaf2431> :02
<silverleaf2431> :01
<silverleaf2431> :00
<Finiem_Deuann> You ready CHAIN LIGHTNING
<silverleaf2431> Darkness creeps into your room
<Finiem_Deuann> Shit. What kind of darkness?
<Finiem_Deuann> Like, weird unnatural, or like, shadow-like
<silverleaf2431> Tentrils drape down over the walls, spreading over everything they touch
<Finiem_Deuann> You chuck the chest at the darkness.
<Finiem_Deuann> What happens to it?
<silverleaf2431> The darkness grows and grows, absorbing your projectile as you throw it
<silverleaf2431> You cannot see anything beyond the darkness
<Finiem_Deuann> You try to Chain Lightning the Darkness.
<silverleaf2431> It creeps toward you, unyielding
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: Weird darkness, abs-[]rbs everything
<Finiem_Deuann> DC: G-[]t it?
<silverleaf2431> As a tendtril touches your foot, your foot goes numb
<silverleaf2431> Isa does not get it
<Finiem_Deuann> You start to ready a Chain Lightning
<silverleaf2431> He sees nothing
<Finiem_Deuann> Aimed at the circuit board.
<silverleaf2431> He gets no messages
<silverleaf2431> Roll Endurance
<Finiem_Deuann> !roll 1d20+4
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {20}
<silverleaf2431> You manage to stay standing as your legs try to buckle, the darkness creeping further up
<silverleaf2431> Amelia screams
<silverleaf2431> The lightning hits the board
<silverleaf2431> The circuitry explodes in a flash of white light
<silverleaf2431> And your world goes white
<silverleaf2431> ===End===
<possessoryOccultism> ...
<possessoryOccultism> "Well, that was quite a flash, wasn't it?"