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  1. [7:39 PM] 12yz12ab: ==START==
  2. [7:40 PM] 12yz12ab: Lysander, Lukas, and Kervad hop through the third gate, meeting Marcus on the other side. A green streak of lightning flashes through the dark sky, pretty close to you four, what looks like half a mile to a mile away.(edited)
  3. [8:01 PM] Strat: "Marcus," Rapture steps forward, "we've been told you can help us?"
  4. [8:09 PM] Blobfish: "With what?"
  5. [8:11 PM] Strat: "Frogs."
  6. [8:40 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad Shrugs.
  7.  
  8. "On the advice of a sprite, apparently;"(edited)
  9. [9:13 PM] Strat: "Honestly, we have no idea why"
  10. [9:14 PM] Blobfish: "I'm sorry, but all of the advice I could have given I said in Lukas' memo."
  11. [9:44 PM] Silverleaf: "found out more than that since then"
  12. [9:44 PM] Silverleaf: "my sprite placed some machines down then said we should go find you"
  13. [9:45 PM] Blobfish: "Um... Alright."
  14. [9:45 PM] Blobfish: "Well, here I am."
  15. [9:49 PM] Silverleaf: "cool"
  16. [9:49 PM] Silverleaf: "...no idea what to do now"
  17. [9:50 PM] 12yz12ab: Another green lightning strike, a similar distance away.
  18. [9:50 PM] Strat: "... Perhaps getting indoors would be a good start"
  19. [9:51 PM] 12yz12ab: There is no indoors.
  20. [9:51 PM] 12yz12ab: You feel watched.
  21. [9:52 PM] Blobfish: "I know where the return node is."
  22. [9:59 PM] Silverleaf: "might be a good idea"
  23. [9:59 PM] Silverleaf: "this place is weird"
  24. [10:05 PM] Blobfish: "Yep." Marcus says simply.
  25. [10:05 PM] Blobfish: Marcus begins leading the group to where he and Kervad took the return node back home.
  26. [10:07 PM] 12yz12ab: You see the return node in front of you. Maybe it's a good idea to go home. You walk towards the node and--
  27. [10:07 PM] 12yz12ab: A green flash of lightning strikes from the sky, shattering the node. You hear a cackle of laughter.
  28. [10:08 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad squints in flat annoyance.
  29. [10:08 PM] 12yz12ab: "There are at least forty-nine of those on your land."
  30. [10:09 PM] 12yz12ab: A familiar voice rings through the hills.
  31. [10:09 PM] 12yz12ab: Familiar to everyone.
  32. [10:09 PM] 12yz12ab: It almost sounds like Marcus.
  33. [10:10 PM] Blobfish: "I really wanted to do this alone."
  34. [10:10 PM] 12yz12ab: "I want to see my friends again."
  35. [10:11 PM] Blobfish: "Then maybe you should stop murdering them."
  36. [10:11 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas freezes
  37. [10:11 PM] Blobfish: Marcus sighs.
  38. [10:11 PM] Strat: Rapture raises a hand over her mouth and leans over to Kervad. "Backstory?"
  39. [10:11 PM] Blobfish: "I'm sorry."
  40. [10:12 PM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith approaches the group of four.
  41. [10:12 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad mumbles back, "Probably. Saw a shapeshifter near here earlier."
  42. [10:12 PM] Blobfish: "Wasn't him."
  43. [10:13 PM] 12yz12ab: Marcus knows who he is. The other three see another Marcus, this one in a black cloak with a bright green outfit under it. He wears a feathered mask Lukas recognizes.
  44. [10:14 PM] Silverleaf: "fuckfuckfuckfuck"
  45. [10:14 PM] Silverleaf: "shitshitshitshitshitshitshit"
  46. [10:14 PM] 12yz12ab: "How wonderful it is to see you again!"
  47. [10:14 PM] Blobfish: Marcus steps in between the offshoot and his friends.
  48. [10:15 PM] Blobfish: "Not again."
  49. [10:15 PM] Strat: Lysander abandons the visage of Rapture and, under illusory cloak, takes Lukas's hand.
  50. [10:16 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas' breathing is shuttered as he freezes, only moving to squeeze Lysander's hand as he stairs at the mask Marcuswraith wears
  51. [10:16 PM] 12yz12ab: "Lysander, Lukas, you don't have to leave!"
  52. [10:17 PM] 12yz12ab: "...I assume that was Lysander."
  53. [10:17 PM] 12yz12ab: "Rapture, correct?"
  54. [10:18 PM] Strat: "Sandra," the illusion answers.
  55. [10:19 PM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith pauses to think.
  56. [10:19 PM] 12yz12ab: "Hmm."
  57. [10:19 PM] 12yz12ab: "No matter, this should be the point in the timeline I'm looking for."
  58. [10:19 PM] 12yz12ab: "I believe we can accomplish very similar goals."
  59. [10:20 PM] Blobfish: "You believe wrong."
  60. [10:20 PM] 12yz12ab: "The artifacts?"
  61. [10:22 PM] Blobfish: "I don't know what he's talking about, but if any of you do, don't listen to him."
  62. [10:22 PM] Silverleaf: "no."
  63. [10:22 PM] Blobfish: "This guy killed another Lukas."
  64. [10:23 PM] Strat: "I already wasn't listening" Rapture admits, transforming into Dante.
  65. Lysander squeezes Lukas's hand back.
  66. [10:24 PM] 12yz12ab: "Did Phrody's magic grandpa not tell you about them?"
  67. [10:24 PM] Silverleaf: "go away"
  68. [10:26 PM] Blobfish: "Nobody's going to work with whatever messed up goal you have in mind."
  69. [10:27 PM] Strat: "Yeah, kinda just... leave"
  70. [10:27 PM] Strat: "We're busy trying to not be here"
  71. [10:28 PM] Blobfish: "I wanted to talk to you again, but I wanted to do it alone."
  72. [10:28 PM] 12yz12ab: "We're all trying to not be here."
  73. [10:28 PM] Strat: "Then you, sir, are *staggeringly* bad at it"
  74. [10:28 PM] Blobfish: "Well, then maybe you shouldn't have murdered your ride."
  75. [10:28 PM] 12yz12ab: "Isn't this game cruel?"
  76. [10:29 PM] Silverleaf: "fuck off"
  77. [10:30 PM] 12yz12ab: "How rude!"
  78. [10:32 PM] 12yz12ab: "I have dealt with many inconsistent guides over the course of my own journey."
  79. [10:32 PM] 12yz12ab: "But I can make things perfect."
  80. [10:32 PM] Blobfish: "No you can't."
  81. [10:32 PM] Blobfish: "You and I both know that."
  82. [10:33 PM] 12yz12ab: "Oh, I can, and my method will involve the very artifacts Phrody's grandfather told us about."
  83. [10:34 PM] Silverleaf: "absolutely not"
  84. [10:34 PM] 12yz12ab: "In fact, that's the moment I realized we were all doomed from the start: his crown he holds so dear didn't exist in our timeline."
  85. [10:34 PM] Blobfish: "So what's your plan?"
  86. [10:34 PM] Blobfish: "To take it and bring it back?"
  87. [10:35 PM] Blobfish: "You kind of murdered the only person who would have willingly helped you get back."
  88. [10:35 PM] Strat: "Ugh, hate when that happens"
  89. [10:35 PM] 12yz12ab: "There's no 'back' to go to."
  90. [10:35 PM] 12yz12ab: "Do you know what happens to a doomed timeline?"
  91. [10:36 PM] 12yz12ab: "You get to watch it disintegrate before your very eyes."
  92. [10:36 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad watches the conversation unfold, his eyes betraying slight confusion and curiosity.
  93. [10:39 PM] 12yz12ab: "It's all fun and games until you realized you were doomed to die from the start."
  94. [10:40 PM] Blobfish: "Right, because it was so fun before then."
  95. [10:40 PM] 12yz12ab: "You find out the crown doesn't exist, you find out your father is being controlled by a cube to turn iguanas into monsters, and then you find a mask."
  96. [10:40 PM] 12yz12ab: "A mask that offers you hope."
  97. [10:40 PM] Silverleaf: "fuck that mask"
  98. [10:40 PM] Silverleaf: "and fuck you for taking it"
  99. [10:40 PM] Blobfish: "And the cube for everything."
  100. [10:40 PM] 12yz12ab: "Do you really think he's gone?"
  101. [10:41 PM] Blobfish: "Who? The cube, or Dad?"
  102. [10:41 PM] 12yz12ab: "The cube!"
  103. [10:41 PM] Blobfish: "Then no."
  104. [10:41 PM] Blobfish: "I know he's here."
  105. [10:41 PM] Blobfish: "Waiting and watching my little mind try to make sense of all of this."
  106. [10:42 PM] 12yz12ab: "Our dad tried to warn us. 'Evil has many faces.'"
  107. [10:42 PM] 12yz12ab: "It turns out evil has six."
  108. [10:42 PM] 12yz12ab: "Six faces."
  109. [10:42 PM] Blobfish: "Then you should have given up on Dad a long time ago."
  110. [10:43 PM] 12yz12ab: "Give up?"
  111. [10:43 PM] 12yz12ab: "I want to see him again."
  112. [10:43 PM] Blobfish: "And therein lies the difference."
  113. [10:43 PM] 12yz12ab: "I wish just as much as you that this game never happened."
  114. [10:44 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad finally gives in.
  115. "Some context for this situation would be appreciated;"
  116. [10:44 PM] Blobfish: "This is Marcus."
  117. [10:44 PM] Blobfish: "He's from a doomed timeline."
  118. [10:44 PM] Strat: "Shh, just admire the monologue"
  119. [10:45 PM] Blobfish: "He abused his Lukas' teleportation to take him here, and then murdered him in cold blood."
  120. [10:45 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "An alternate Lukas?"(edited)
  121. [10:45 PM] Blobfish: "Yep."
  122. [10:46 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Interesting - we're quite replaceable then; I don't think I like that;"(edited)
  123. [10:46 PM] Blobfish: "No, don't worry, because everything from any other timeline is imperfect."
  124. [10:46 PM] Blobfish: "Which means he's totally justified in murdering them."
  125. [10:47 PM] Blobfish: "Because they mean absolutely nothing, just like him."
  126. [10:47 PM] Strat: "Meant something to them"
  127. [10:47 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas nods
  128. [10:47 PM] Blobfish: "Brought that up already."
  129. [10:47 PM] Silverleaf: Barely
  130. [10:48 PM] Blobfish: "Answer is that they don't matter to the timeline."
  131. [10:48 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I was unaware that any of us did;"
  132. [10:49 PM] Blobfish: "Everyone matters to themselves. The difference is who can act on it and who can't."
  133. [10:49 PM] Blobfish: "His words, not mine."
  134. [10:49 PM] Strat: "That"
  135. [10:49 PM] Strat: "Is incredibly cliche"
  136. [10:50 PM] Blobfish: "He does that a lot."
  137. [10:51 PM] Strat: Foster gives the false Marcus a curious look.
  138. [10:51 PM] Strat: "You seriously believe this?"
  139. [10:52 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I don't see why any of us wouldn't; It is in line with every other development so far;"
  140. [10:52 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Though the future interacting with the past does mean there may be multiple of the council of the overmind floating around... this could be a serious issue;"
  141. [10:54 PM] Blobfish: "Because the murderer standing in front of us wasn't."
  142. [10:57 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I don't think he is, in comparison;"(edited)
  143. [10:57 PM] 12yz12ab: "Exactly."
  144. [10:57 PM] 12yz12ab: "However, the Council point is wrong."
  145. [10:57 PM] 12yz12ab: "Have you ever heard of the concept of a juju?"
  146. [10:57 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "No;"
  147. [10:57 PM] 12yz12ab: "A juju is an object or person, usually an object, that can only exist in one timeline at a time."
  148. [10:58 PM] 12yz12ab: "The artifacts are jujus. That's how we knew we were doomed."
  149. [10:58 PM] Blobfish: Marcus visibly tenses up at the mention of jujus.
  150. [10:58 PM] 12yz12ab: "The Council exists outside the timeline, overseeing all of them at the same time."
  151. [10:59 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Well, that is better than I had expected;"
  152. [10:59 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "We are less likely to get noticed;"
  153. [10:59 PM] Silverleaf: "not really"
  154. [11:00 PM] 12yz12ab: "That's where you're wrong."
  155. [11:00 PM] 12yz12ab: "There's one timeline, one set of events, that actually matters: the alpha timeline. The council is interested in that most."
  156. [11:01 PM] 12yz12ab: "The reason they so heavily interfere in our session is because the alpha timeline broke, and they want it fixed and us dead."
  157. [11:01 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Wonderful;"
  158. [11:01 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "How did future us avoid the issue?"
  159. [11:03 PM] 12yz12ab: "What issue? The doomed timeline?"
  160. [11:03 PM] 12yz12ab: ((brb))
  161. [11:05 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "The council inexplicably wanting us dead along with our timeline"
  162. [11:08 PM] Silverleaf: "whole bunch of things trying to make us dead"
  163. [11:08 PM] Silverleaf: "and that mask is one of them"
  164. [11:09 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas squeezes harder as he talks
  165. [11:09 PM] Blobfish: "Can we all agree to stop having pleasant conversations with the version of me that murders his friends for fun and go back to trying to be somewhere that isn't here?"
  166. [11:10 PM] Strat: "Full support"
  167. [11:10 PM] Silverleaf: "yep"
  168. [11:10 PM] Silverleaf: "please"
  169. [11:13 PM] Strat: Lysander clasps Lukas's hand between both of his own, and starts gently pulling him away. The direction doesn't matter, just... away.
  170. [11:15 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas hesitates, but he allows himself to be pulled
  171. [11:15 PM] Silverleaf: Away is good
  172. [11:18 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad, facing marcuswraith, asks "Why did you kill the other Lukas?"
  173. [11:23 PM] Blobfish: "Because he was imperfect, and didn't have a use to him anymore."
  174. [11:31 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "He is you, but he probably has a better explanation"
  175.  
  176. "...unless that is all future you needs to kill someone."
  177. [11:32 PM] Strat: "Careful there, Curve," Dante warns. "Dangerous thought process"
  178. [11:33 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad nods.
  179. [11:36 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas freezes
  180. [11:37 PM] Strat: Lysander keeps gently pulling him along.
  181. [11:40 PM] Silverleaf: No he's too worried about this now
  182. [11:40 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas looks at him
  183. [11:40 PM] Strat: He shakes his head. Don't listen. Just walk.
  184. [11:43 PM] Blobfish: "He doesn't."
  185. [11:43 PM] Blobfish: "I asked him this exact question."
  186. [11:43 PM] Blobfish: "That was his answer."
  187. [11:43 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas turns to Marcus
  188. [11:43 PM] Silverleaf: Regular Marcus
  189. [11:44 PM] Silverleaf: "can I talk to you about this later?"
  190. [11:44 PM] Blobfish: "Please."
  191. [11:45 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad asks marcuswraith again, more forcefully, "So, are you going to tell me, or not?"
  192. [11:52 PM] 12yz12ab: "Future you? I don't know yet. The versions of you in my timeline are all dead."
  193. [11:53 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ((Ah, there was a second quetion up there as well, more pressing :stuck_out_tongue: ))
  194. [11:53 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ((unless that was an intentional dodge on his part))(edited)
  195. [11:53 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "The second question;"(edited)
  196. [11:53 PM] Blobfish: "I just told you the answer."
  197. [11:55 PM] 12yz12ab: "Because he was imperfect."
  198. [11:56 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "So why haven't you killed yourself yet, by the same token?"
  199. [11:56 PM] Blobfish: "Asked him that too."
  200. [11:56 PM] Blobfish: "It's because he can 'make things perfect.'"
  201. [11:57 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad turns to Marucs.
  202. "Huh. Sounds like future you over here is a jerk, then;"
  203. "Have you tried fighting him yet?"(edited)
  204. [11:58 PM] Blobfish: "He and I both know he can kill me."
  205. [11:58 PM] Blobfish: "The fact that he hasn't yet means he needs something."
  206. [11:58 PM] Blobfish: "When I said that, he left."
  207. [11:58 PM] Strat: "Can you two both start walking? The plan to go be somewhere else only works if everyone does it"
  208. [11:59 PM] Strat: "This is counterproductive"
  209. April 25, 2018
  210. [12:00 AM] Blobfish: Marcus begins walking.
  211. [12:00 AM] Strat: "Good boy. You too, Curve"
  212. [12:00 AM] 12yz12ab: "Marcus, we can make things normal again."
  213. [12:01 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas starts walking too now
  214. [12:01 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Don't cause too much trouble, alright?"
  215. [12:01 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad finally walks off as well
  216. [12:01 AM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith tries to follow.
  217. [12:02 AM] Strat: The illusory Dante moves to intercept, turning physical in the process. "Nope"
  218. [12:03 AM] 12yz12ab: "Don't ruin this!"
  219. [12:03 AM] Strat: "Y'already did that"
  220. [12:03 AM] 12yz12ab: "I'm the one trying to fix things!"
  221. [12:04 AM] Strat: "How?"
  222. [12:05 AM] 12yz12ab: "The artifacts are jujus, and exist in this timeline, and by wearing this mask, I have one. I just need to find the other six, and make sure none of this ever happened."
  223. [12:06 AM] Strat: "And what does that have to do with getting in our way?"
  224. [12:06 AM] Strat: While the dupliclone talks, Lysander-as-Foster gestures between Lukas and Marcus. "Talk"
  225. [12:07 AM] 12yz12ab: "I want to talk, and I was wondering if you could help."
  226. [12:08 AM] Strat: "Doesn't look like it. Bye"
  227. [12:10 AM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith opens his mouth to talk.
  228. [12:11 AM] 12yz12ab: He then closes it, and looks a bit disappointed.
  229. [12:11 AM] Strat: "You've crossed a fence that we aren't okay with. This is on you"
  230. [12:18 AM] 12yz12ab: "Why do you care?"
  231. [12:24 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "...You really should know that;"(edited)
  232. [12:26 AM] 12yz12ab: "No. Why do you care?"
  233. [12:30 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad Frowns.
  234. [12:31 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Just how different was your timeline? It would have to be extremely different if you expect your past self to be fine with you murdering his friend;"
  235. [12:34 AM] 12yz12ab: "He didn't matter."
  236. [12:34 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Even to your past self, on an emotional level?"
  237. [12:36 AM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith briefly looks away.
  238. [12:38 AM] 12yz12ab: "He was doomed anyway. I couldn't have him interfering with the timeline."
  239. [12:39 AM] Blobfish: "Like you're doing now."
  240. [12:40 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas doesn't look
  241. [12:41 AM] 12yz12ab: "But I know how to make things perfect!"
  242. [12:41 AM] Silverleaf: "other me said that too"
  243. [12:42 AM] Silverleaf: "certainly thought he made him perfect"
  244. [12:42 AM] Silverleaf: "fuck..."
  245. [12:43 AM] Blobfish: "Okay, can we all agree to just continue walking away from this freak of time?"
  246. [12:45 AM] Silverleaf: "you know what"
  247. [12:45 AM] Silverleaf: "no"
  248. [12:45 AM] Blobfish: "Please?"
  249. [12:45 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas turns around, facing Marcuswraith, although still clutching his boyfriend's hand
  250. [12:45 AM] Blobfish: "This is incredibly uncomfortable for me."
  251. [12:45 AM] Silverleaf: "its that fucking mask thats telling you that you can isnt it?"
  252. [12:46 AM] Silverleaf: "its lying to you"
  253. [12:46 AM] Silverleaf: "or maybe its right"
  254. [12:46 AM] Silverleaf: "doesnt matter"
  255. [12:47 AM] Silverleaf: "because you killed you friend because of it"
  256. [12:47 AM] Silverleaf: "you left the rest of your friends to suffer and die alone"
  257. [12:47 AM] Silverleaf: "and now youre here because you think you can fix something that you cant"
  258. [12:47 AM] Silverleaf: "its just telling you that you can because it wants you to keep using it"
  259. [12:47 AM] Silverleaf: "its all bullshit"
  260. [12:48 AM] 12yz12ab: "The mask is hope, it has never been wrong!"
  261. [12:48 AM] Silverleaf: "you killed someone because of what it told you"
  262. [12:49 AM] Silverleaf: "someone you probably were at least friends with"
  263. [12:50 AM] Silverleaf: "you killed him and you probably didnt think twice about it because that fucking mask told you that you should"
  264. [12:50 AM] Silverleaf: "that nothing about the person mattered except for how useful he was to you"
  265. [12:50 AM] Silverleaf: "it sounds like hope I bet"
  266. [12:50 AM] Silverleaf: "I'm never going to touch it to find out"(edited)
  267. [12:50 AM] Silverleaf: "but its all bullshit"
  268. [12:50 AM] Silverleaf: "no kind of hope is worth that kind of cost"
  269. [12:51 AM] Silverleaf: "nothing you could want is worth someone else's life"
  270. [12:51 AM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith's response times begins to get just a bit longer.
  271. [12:52 AM] 12yz12ab: "It was a price to pay."
  272. [12:52 AM] Blobfish: "Can we all please just stop talking about what horrible thing I could have been?"
  273. [12:52 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "If you're paying high prices, I'll sell you this glove for a few trillion high-tier grist;"
  274. [12:52 AM] Silverleaf: "and was it worth it?"
  275. [12:53 AM] Silverleaf: "was it fucking worth it to kill your friend for a possibility no one is ever going to help you fufill willingly?"
  276. [12:54 AM] Strat: "... Hey, Marcus?"
  277. [12:54 AM] Blobfish: Marcus just looks down to his feet.
  278. [12:55 AM] Silverleaf: "Marcus?"
  279. [12:55 AM] Blobfish: "What?"
  280. [12:55 AM] Strat: "That's not you"
  281. [12:55 AM] 12yz12ab: "...was it?"
  282. [12:55 AM] 12yz12ab: "It will be worth it."
  283. [12:56 AM] Silverleaf: "and it wont be as long as you dont let it"
  284. [12:57 AM] 12yz12ab: "It will be!"
  285. [12:57 AM] Silverleaf: "it wont"
  286. [12:57 AM] Silverleaf: "because you know what?"
  287. [12:57 AM] Silverleaf: "as soon as the mask stops telling you that you wont be able to believe it anymore"
  288. [12:58 AM] Silverleaf: "because its not"
  289. [12:58 AM] Silverleaf: "and it wont be"
  290. [12:58 AM] Silverleaf: "not with what that thing convinced you was okay to do for the greater good or whatever"
  291. [12:58 AM] Blobfish: "I want to not be here."
  292. [12:58 AM] Blobfish: "This is too much."
  293. [12:59 AM] Silverleaf: "yeah"
  294. [12:59 AM] Silverleaf: "lets go"
  295. [12:59 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad puts a hand on Marcuswraith's shoulder, but then shakes his head and walks back to the others.
  296. [12:59 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas looks over to Lysander, still holding his hand
  297. [1:00 AM] Strat: Lysander is staring into the distance, mind racing.
  298. [1:01 AM] Silverleaf: "Lys?"
  299. [1:01 AM] Silverleaf: "were going"
  300. [1:01 AM] Strat: He blinks. "Right. Right, yeah"
  301. [1:01 AM] Strat: A wave of his hand throws an opaque stone wall between the mask and his friends, and he goes with them.
  302. [1:02 AM] 12yz12ab: Before you throw up the wall, you see Marcuswraith trying to follow, but stopping this time.
  303. [1:04 AM] Strat: He ignores him, speaking to his friends again. "S'over. We're good. Everyone's in one piece"
  304. [1:05 AM] Blobfish: Marcus doesn't say anything. He keeps his head down, mouth closed, and arms rigid by his side.
  305. [1:06 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Let's go;"
  306. [1:06 AM] Blobfish: Marcus nods, and begins walking a bit faster away from where they were.
  307. [1:07 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad follows, eyes distant.
  308. [1:07 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas looks over at Marcus
  309. [1:07 AM] Silverleaf: "talk later?"
  310. [1:07 AM] Blobfish: He nods.
  311. [1:09 AM] Silverleaf: "then lets head out of here"
  312. [1:11 AM] 12yz12ab: Marcuswraith is nowhere to be found, whichever direction you're walking in.(edited)
  313. [1:12 AM] Strat: Away. Just... away.
  314. [1:12 AM] Strat: That said
  315. [1:13 AM] Strat: After they've gone far enough, Lysander conjures an illusion behind him and has it go back to the wall.
  316. [1:14 AM] Strat: Akinyi crosses her arms and tells the air "LOD&D. Akinyi Seydah. Find me and ask for Night's treatment. It doesn't have to be this way"
  317. [1:15 AM] Strat: She discorporates, and Lysander puts the mask out of his mind.
  318. [1:23 AM] Silverleaf: “yeah”
  319. [1:24 AM] 12yz12ab: ((i gotta go to sleep))
  320. [1:24 AM] Silverleaf: “but... where to now?”
  321. [1:24 AM] Strat: "Another return node. Home"
  322. [1:24 AM] 12yz12ab: ((or just lie down. my phone's still a brick sadly))
  323. [1:24 AM] Blobfish: Marcus nods.
  324. [1:25 AM] Blobfish: "I don't know where, though."
  325. [1:26 AM] Strat: Lysander - Coryn - releases Lukas's hand long enough to transform himself into a roughly-humanoid dragon and fly up for long enough to find one. He descends and points them in the right direction.
  326. [1:30 AM] Silverleaf: Once he’s back, Lukas takes his hand again
  327. [1:30 AM] Silverleaf: “then lets head back”
  328. [1:31 AM] Strat: "Mm"
  329. [1:33 AM] Blobfish: Assuming nothing stops them, safe to say everyone heads home?
  330. [1:37 AM] 12yz12ab: ((if you want to yeah))
  331. [1:37 AM] 12yz12ab: ((i'm busy and also tired))
  332. [1:40 AM] Silverleaf: ((Sure let’s go))
  333. [1:46 AM] Silverleaf: They all return back to Marcus’ house, through the node
  334. [1:46 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Trying to change the subject for all their sakes, Kervad asks, "So, frogs, was it?"
  335. [11:00 AM] Silverleaf: “Yeah. Frogs”
  336. [11:10 AM] Strat: "Frogs" Lysander-as-Nexus agrees. He decaptchalogues Sahuagin the frog to demonstrate.
  337. [11:20 AM] Silverleaf: “yeah like that”
  338. [11:20 AM] Silverleaf: “thank you Lys”
  339. [11:26 AM] Strat: "An honour to be of service"
  340. [1:20 PM] Silverleaf: Very subtly, Lukas sidesteps over to Lysander, pressing up against him
  341. [1:21 PM] Silverleaf: So subtly
  342. [3:50 PM] Strat: Equally subtly, or maybe only a little bit less considering, well, Lysander, he stops holding his hand and moves his hand to wrap around his boyfriend's back in a rough approximation of maybe a third of a hug. Maximum subtle.
  343. [4:04 PM] Silverleaf: So very subtle. No one will notice
  344. [4:05 PM] Silverleaf: Especially as Lukas moves to maaaybe half hug him back
  345. [4:40 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad doesn't respond to these extremely subtle developments, waiting for Marcus to regain his wits and change topic to frogs.
  346. [5:19 PM] Blobfish: Marcus just kind of sits there, reflecting on what just happened.
  347. [5:22 PM] Strat: "... Is anyone here familiar with the concept of a schelling fence?"
  348. [5:24 PM] Blobfish: Marcus shakes his head.
  349. [5:24 PM] Strat: Firewall looks at Kervad.
  350. [5:25 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I am not familiar with this concept;"
  351. [5:26 PM] Strat: "S'a way to make sure you don't ever turn into... that. Madness is a slippery slope, that's what it's famous for"
  352. [5:26 PM] Strat: "How do you avoid falling down a slope in real life? Y'put a fence on it"
  353. [5:26 PM] Strat: "You take that one last step, and you block it off"
  354. [5:27 PM] Blobfish: "How do I set up the fence?" Marcus finally says.
  355. [5:33 PM] Strat: Firewall smiles. This is good. "You establish the path to the situation you want to avoid, and you trace along it. Find one step a few paces into that path, and you swear to yourself that you will never, ever, *ever* cross that line. If you cross that line, you may as well be gone. For me, my fence is to hurt someone I love. If I willingly do that, it means I'm throwing away any hope of redemption that I might have, and I'm as bad as the monsters I'm afraid of becoming. Which is why it's so very incredibly impossibly important to me that I will never ever allow myself to do it. That's a fence"
  356. [5:33 PM] Strat: "Lukas. What's one of your fences?"
  357. [5:35 PM] Silverleaf: "using that mask for any reason"
  358. [5:36 PM] Silverleaf: "I had... a similar experience with a version of myself who had it"
  359. [5:36 PM] Silverleaf: "so I promised myself I would never do that"
  360. [5:37 PM] Strat: He nods. "Doesn't matter what the reason is. If he puts on that mask, it's game over. Fence broken, the slippery slope turns into a freefall, and suddenly it's not our Lukas who's sitting here anymore"
  361. [5:38 PM] Strat: "Now you" He looks from Marcus to Kervad. "Both of you"
  362. [5:38 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "That is an interesting question; I don't know where I could slip to;"
  363. [5:39 PM] Strat: "S'an easy default. The monster who doesn't care about how many people he has to kill to get what he wants"
  364. [5:40 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "So, the upper class of alternian society?"
  365. [5:40 PM] Strat: "Sure"
  366. [5:42 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Hm."
  367. [5:42 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad ponders the question for a bit.
  368. [5:44 PM] Strat: "And Marcus?"
  369. [5:47 PM] Blobfish: "Can I take yours and Lukas'?"
  370. [5:47 PM] Blobfish: "You guys are the only friends I've ever had, I'm not going to let myself hurt any of you."
  371. [5:47 PM] Blobfish: "And I want nothing to do with that mask, or anyone who touches it."
  372. [5:48 PM] Strat: "You absolutely can"
  373. [5:48 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "What does the mask even do?"
  374. [5:48 PM] Silverleaf: "from what I can tell?"
  375. [5:49 PM] Silverleaf: "tells you that it can give you whatever you want most if you listen to it"
  376. [5:55 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad frowns, eyes distant.
  377. [5:56 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Serious consideration of killing one of you, without being attacked first."
  378. [5:57 PM] Strat: "Good. That's good, these are good fences. Curve's actually already taken the next step in the process, in fact"
  379. [5:59 PM] Strat: "Sometimes a situation will arise when you should cross the fence. You're under attack by one of us, or I'm being told by that person to do something that I know will hurt them. That type of caveat is a gate in the fence, and that's something that lets you cross it *temporarily*, without having to break the fence down and start freewheeling down the slope. You cross through the gate, then go back through and shut it again as soon as you can"
  380. [6:01 PM] Strat: " "If I cross this point, I'm doomed" still applies, but that doesn't mean being forced to cross it a single time makes you irredeemable"(edited)
  381. [6:03 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "That makes sense."
  382. April 26, 2018
  383. [12:02 PM] Silverleaf: "it helps. especially if theres something big you really dont want to fall into"
  384. [1:10 PM] Strat: "Exactly"
  385. [1:11 PM] Strat: Lysander shifts just a bit closer to Lukas. Subtly, of course. "Now, both of you. Another fence. Another slope that you could fall down, and another waypoint to stop yourselves at. Do it again"
  386. [1:15 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Hm...."(edited)
  387. [1:17 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Actually killing any of you, provoked or not;"
  388. [1:18 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad mutters something under his breath about exceptions and strange predicaments.
  389. [1:21 PM] Strat: "That's a start. I didn't quite mean a worse version of the same fence, though"
  390. [1:22 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Ah, you mean another slide, entirely;"
  391. [1:22 PM] Strat: "Right"
  392. [1:23 PM] Strat: "There's value in having multiple fences along the same slope, but it's important to cover all the slopes with at least one fence, first"
  393. [1:25 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "It is difficult to think of slopes I may find myself down;"
  394. [1:25 PM] Strat: "It always is"
  395. [1:26 PM] Strat: "Try"
  396. [1:29 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Other than killing friends or innocents, I can only think of things so destructive as to fundamentally break reality - which kind of falls into the first category;"(edited)
  397. [1:30 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Perhaps I could fence some kind of philosophy, but what if that changes? That may not be bad, necessarily...;"
  398. [1:33 PM] Strat: "Lots of options"
  399. [1:33 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Ah, I know;"
  400. [1:33 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I will not burn down someone's place of living;"
  401. [1:34 PM] Strat: He blinks. "Specific"
  402. [1:36 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "True; Perhaps then, I will not recklessly or intentionally destroy another's place of living, unprovoked;"
  403. [1:38 PM] Strat: "Specific isn't inherently bad. If you think arson would start you down a bad path, then that's up to you"
  404. [1:38 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "It's more the principle of the matter, I would think;"
  405. [1:38 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Flooding or exploding would effectively result in the same thing;"(edited)
  406. [1:38 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad shrugs
  407. [1:39 PM] Strat: "Whatever you think is most important"
  408. [1:47 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I will go with that as my second, then;"
  409. [2:01 PM] Strat: "And Marcus?"
  410. [2:03 PM] Blobfish: Marcus thinks for a few seconds.
  411. [2:03 PM] Blobfish: "I'm going to say trusting this game."
  412. [2:04 PM] Blobfish: "This game has been nothing but confusion and changing its mind and messing with my mind. It's taunted me about my dad so many times that I don't feel like he's a real person anymore."
  413. [2:04 PM] Blobfish: "I can't trust this game. If I do, something bad has happened to me."
  414. [2:07 PM] Strat: "Good. That's good. Remember that. These fences are our lifelines to who we are, and when dealing with someone or something that can overwrite your personality like that mask, or some of my NPCs, you need to be ready to fight to keep being yourself"
  415. [2:12 PM] Strat: "Unless anyone has some secret psychic powers, this is the best we've got"
  416. [2:13 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad waits a few beats.
  417. "...define psychic?"(edited)
  418. [2:14 PM] Strat: "Capable of fighting that mask on a level playing field"
  419. [2:15 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "That's an unknown, so probably not;"
  420. [2:16 PM] Strat: "Then we stick to the mundane. Whatever powers we *do* have are, realistically, no match for it"
  421. [3:13 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "So, what is our plan? I've been slowly progressing in this game... though the direction to do so is vague;"
  422. [5:37 PM] Strat: "Haven't a clue"
  423. April 27, 2018
  424. [6:02 PM] Silverleaf: “sounds like no one has any idea”
  425. [6:20 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad nods.(edited)
  426. [6:20 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Progression isn't very clear;"(edited)
  427. [6:33 PM] Silverleaf: “nope”
  428. [10:29 PM] Strat: "Or we're all idiots"
  429. [10:38 PM] Silverleaf: “maybe that too”
  430. [10:39 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Or at least uninformed; This really should have come with an instruction manual;"
  431. [10:39 PM] Silverleaf: “too easy”
  432. [10:48 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Probably;"
  433. [10:50 PM] Blobfish: "That's what sprites were supposed to be."
  434. [10:50 PM] Blobfish: "Mine's just... Not particularly useful."
  435. [10:56 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I also had to gather most of my notes from other sources;"
  436. [11:01 PM] Strat: "You guys have notes?"
  437. [11:01 PM] Blobfish: "I've got a couple"
  438. [11:20 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad nods
  439. [11:24 PM] Silverleaf: “mind if we take a look?”
  440. [11:35 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "...I don't have my computer here;"
  441. April 29, 2018
  442. [6:02 PM] 12yz12ab: ((if you guys want to continue on reddit i can pastebin this in a bit))
  443. [6:02 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ((We can continue here, it's just moving real slow for whatever reason))
  444. [6:22 PM] Silverleaf: “go grab it?”
  445. [6:22 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Uh, alright;"
  446. [6:23 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad goes through the door, heading for the Gate Two telepad room, and warping to his land.
  447. [6:23 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ((Brief moment of Kervad-not-being here, if anyone else wants to talk))
  448. [7:04 PM] Strat: "Marcus?"
  449. [9:13 PM] Blobfish: Marcus seems to get a bit defensive.
  450. "I've got my notes memorized, so I can tell you anything you want to know, but I'd rather keep the actual book to myself, if that's okay."
  451. [9:14 PM] Strat: "Sure, sure" He raises his hands. "Maybe save it until Curve gets back. Should pool what we know"
  452. [9:15 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ~5 minutes later, Kervad walks back into the room, pulling a complete desktop computer out of his sylladex, and setting it up.
  453. [9:34 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): He then boots it up, pulling up his document editor.
  454. [9:34 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Didn't feel like figuring out a good way to transfer this to another device, so used the sylladex;"
  455. [9:35 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Not like it weighs anything in there anyway;"
  456. [9:35 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "...and you might find some of these notes a bit harsh;"
  457. [9:35 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad pulls up https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JakxxYvfy8FnycmhA_AauE3b3_bPKcOrxy_c6h96PVQ/edit#
  458. Google Docs
  459. Kervad's Notes on SABRX
  460. Having found out that this SABRX “game” I have started with others is still ongoing, I decided that I should attempt to keep up to date on what exactly is going on; It appears the foundational rules of living are shifting, so keeping up with ...
  461.  
  462. [9:44 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Any information I could add here would be appreciated;"
  463. [10:49 PM] Strat: ""Adept in combat"?" Kairos raises an eyebrow.
  464. [10:49 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I believe you were fighting a powerful robot when I first found you in-game;"(edited)
  465. [10:51 PM] Strat: "Dimitri has never once thrown a punch. "Powerful" is a bit of an exaggeration"
  466. [10:51 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "You seemed to be doing well;"
  467. [10:51 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Your illusions are quite amazing;"
  468. [10:52 PM] Strat: He waves a dismissive hand.
  469. [10:55 PM] Silverleaf: "ultimate goal is to make a universe"
  470. [10:55 PM] Silverleaf: "with frogs"
  471. [10:56 PM] Silverleaf: "also some people appear on Prospit instead of Derse"
  472. [10:56 PM] Silverleaf: "at least I assume theyre different places"
  473. [10:57 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad makes some edits
  474. [10:58 PM] Silverleaf: "also Poly made a whole bunch of species"
  475. [10:59 PM] Silverleaf: "squids birds humans trolls plants"
  476. [10:59 PM] Silverleaf: "a few others I cant remember"
  477. [11:02 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Thanks; Information on them is useful, I think;"
  478. [11:59 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I'll have to spend more time updating it later;"
  479. April 30, 2018
  480. [12:01 AM] Silverleaf: “you have good notes so far”
  481. [12:01 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Thank you; This game is too confusing to go without records;"
  482. May 2, 2018
  483. [2:08 PM] Strat: Nuri looks from one person in the room to the next, gauging everyone's current general emotional states.
  484. [2:09 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad is mildly bored, but less than he was before pulling his notes out.
  485. [3:49 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas is a bit more stressed than he was a moment ago, typing at his phone occasionally
  486. [6:06 PM] Strat: He gives Lukas a curious nudge.
  487. [8:04 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas blinks, then shows him his phone. A conversation with Phrody about the mask
  488. [8:38 PM] Blobfish: Marcus is a mix of defensive, nervous, and very slightly angry.
  489. [9:09 PM] Strat: He flashes Lukas a small, sympathetic frown, then abruptly stands up.
  490. "I'll be level; I don't know enough about anything to even begin putting notes together. While you three do that, Marcus: Is there any chance you have, I dunno, some sort of video game somewhere in this house that I could try and use to forget the past hour or two?"
  491. [9:11 PM] Blobfish: Marcus seems to lighten up, just a little bit.
  492. "Yeah, yeah that sounds like a good idea."
  493. [9:12 PM] Blobfish: "I don't have too many multiplayer games - like I said, you guys are the only friends I've had - but I've got a couple."
  494. [9:12 PM] Blobfish: "They're all in my room, but I can bring them out here for a little bit more room?"
  495. [9:31 PM] Strat: "Oh, multiplayer. I suppose it's not fair if only I'm permitted to shirk my duties of figuring out this game. If you could bring those out, that would be lovely"
  496. [9:47 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I haven't played most games before, but that could be fun;"
  497. May 3, 2018
  498. [11:01 PM] Blobfish: Marcus brings out the games, decaptchalogues his small TV, and hands everyone a controller.
  499. [11:03 PM] Strat: Lysander sits back down, making himself comfortable leaning against Lukas.
  500. "So what're we playing?"
  501. [11:03 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad shuts down his computer and puts it away before coming over to join.
  502. [11:14 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas leans back against Lysander, looking at Marcus
  503. [11:28 PM] Blobfish: Marcus takes a look through his game cases for a few seconds.
  504. [11:28 PM] Blobfish: "Mario Kart?"
  505. [11:30 PM] Strat: "Sure"
  506. [11:30 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Haven't played before;"
  507. [11:30 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad looks down at his controller.
  508. [11:30 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "What are the controls?"
  509. [11:35 PM] Blobfish: "Pretty much just hold A, and use the stick to turn. Then X or Y to use items."
  510. [11:35 PM] Silverleaf: “lets do it”
  511. [11:36 PM] Strat: "S'there any chance you have one more controller?"
  512. [11:38 PM] Blobfish: Marcus plugs in an adapter, then a fifth controller (which he duplicates using alchemy), and hands it to Lysander.
  513. [11:39 PM] Strat: Garrison gives his old controller to Sahuagin, his frog wife.
  514. "Perfect"
  515. [11:39 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas snorts at that
  516. [11:41 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad shakes his head in mock dissappointment
  517. [11:45 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Responding to Marcus, he says, "Alright;"
  518. [11:47 PM] Blobfish: "Oh, also L and R to drift. And if you ever need to go in reverse, hold B, but you probably won't need to."
  519. [11:47 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad looks over the controller, confirming the position of these buttons.
  520. [11:47 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): He nods.
  521. [11:47 PM] Strat: Garrison gets a twinkle in his eye at that last bit.
  522. [11:48 PM] Silverleaf: “sounds good”
  523. May 4, 2018
  524. [6:13 PM] Silverleaf: “anything else we need to know?”
  525. May 5, 2018
  526. [12:44 AM] Blobfish: "No, that's just about it."
  527. [12:44 AM] Blobfish: "Ready to play?"
  528. [12:45 AM] Strat: "Eeyup"
  529. [1:06 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad nods.
  530. [8:09 AM] Silverleaf: “sure”
  531. [12:03 PM] Blobfish: "Alright then."
  532. [12:03 PM] Blobfish: Marcus starts up a grand prix, and goes to the character select screen.
  533. [12:03 PM] Blobfish: He picks Mario.
  534. [12:04 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad picks Luigi, the next one over.
  535. [12:19 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas picks Waluigi
  536. [3:21 PM] Strat: Uh... Yoshi.
  537. [3:23 PM] 12yz12ab: All four of you are placed at the starting line of the game. The light on the screen goes from red, to yellow....
  538. [4:49 PM] Silverleaf: And?
  539. [4:50 PM] Strat: No that's it the game froze
  540. [4:50 PM] 12yz12ab: AND THE RACE BEGINS
  541. [4:50 PM] 12yz12ab: First stretch, powerup blocks straight ahead, any specific maneuvers before then?
  542. [4:50 PM] Strat: Lysander immediately does a U-turn and starts going backwards.
  543. [4:51 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad spins out before the race starts, but still immediately passes Lysander.
  544. [4:51 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Aren't we supposed to go around this way?"
  545. [4:51 PM] 12yz12ab: Lysander in definite 4th place, Kervad in 3rd, Marcus and Lukas competing for 1st
  546. [4:52 PM] Strat: "No, that doesn't seem right"
  547. [4:52 PM] 12yz12ab: You swear you see the Lakitu with the "wrong way" sign facepalm on Lysander's part of the split screen.
  548. [4:53 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad frowns, but follows Lukas and Marcus from a few seconds behind.
  549. [4:55 PM] 12yz12ab: lukas, marcus, unless you two decide to do some fuckery roll 1d6 for powerups
  550. [5:10 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas attempts to grab Lysander’s controller from him
  551. [5:11 PM] Strat: He makes a valiant effort to fend him off.
  552. [5:11 PM] Strat: I got a 3
  553. [5:25 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): 5
  554. [6:31 PM] Silverleaf: 2
  555. [7:54 PM] 12yz12ab: Kervad gets a green shell, Lukas gets a mushroom, and Lysander gets a ghost.(edited)
  556. [7:54 PM] Strat: That was an Athletics check to keep my controller
  557. [7:54 PM] 12yz12ab: ((wow i was wondering how the hell you got a powerup))
  558. [7:55 PM] 12yz12ab: Lysander completely loses control of his controller.
  559. [7:55 PM] 12yz12ab: Lukas now has two controllers.
  560. [7:55 PM] 12yz12ab: The stakes are now raised.
  561. [7:55 PM] 12yz12ab: Lukas falls a bit behind Marcus and Kervad because of his controller-snatching.
  562. [7:56 PM] 12yz12ab: Lysander Yoshi is still sitting slightly behind the finish line facing the wrong way.
  563. [7:57 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad takes the advantage of the other player's infighting, pulling into second, attempting to use his item....
  564.  
  565. ...it goes wide.
  566.  
  567. "Ah, that's what that does;"
  568. [8:01 PM] Strat: Nil gives Lukas a betrayed look.
  569. [8:05 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas beams at him and starts driving Lysander’s controller
  570. [8:06 PM] Strat: He pouts.
  571. [8:07 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas snuggles against him to compensate, doing his best with Lysander’s controller
  572. [8:10 PM] Strat: Lysander carefully sets Sahuagin and her controller aside so that he is free to tackle Lukas and try to get back his controller - or Lukas's, he's not picky.
  573. [8:11 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas raises the controllers out of Lysander’s reach, still trying to drive
  574. [8:21 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad keeps driving, but dryly states, "I don't think you're supposed to wrestle controllers away from other players;"
  575. [8:22 PM] Strat: Marco stops trying to climb Lukas long enough to inform Kervad that "That sort of inside-the-box thinking is why you're going to lose"
  576. [8:32 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas uses this break to actually focus and work on getting Yoshi ahead in the race!
  577. [9:54 PM] Blobfish: Marcus just smiles the entire time this is happening. This is good. This is normal.
  578. [9:55 PM] Blobfish: Also he takes all of the shortcuts. All of them.
  579. [9:58 PM] Blobfish: Also rolls a 1 on the powerup.
  580. [10:33 PM] 12yz12ab: Marcus now has a banana peel in the powerup slot. He also remains consistently in first because of his crazy shortcuts that neither Lysander nor Lukas nor Kervad know.
  581. [10:34 PM] 12yz12ab: Waluigi stops.
  582. [10:35 PM] 12yz12ab: Yoshi is doing a decent job under Lukas's control, althrough Lukas's game of keepaway slips him further into third.
  583. [10:37 PM] 12yz12ab: Hey, it's an improvement from last place.(edited)
  584. [10:39 PM] Strat: Corvus gives up on retrieving his controller, instead attempting to pull Lukas into a bear hug and stop him from seeing the screen.
  585. [10:39 PM] 12yz12ab: Roll Athletics for bear hug.
  586. [10:39 PM] Strat: 11
  587. [10:40 PM] 12yz12ab: @Silverleaf Roll Athletics to resist bear hug.
  588. [10:42 PM] Silverleaf: 17
  589. [10:42 PM] 12yz12ab: Lukas is not sufficiently glomped, and only falls a little behind.
  590. [10:45 PM] 12yz12ab: It doesn't even matter because Mario's still a speedy little fucker doing circles around the race track like it's a goddamn standardized test answer sheet.
  591. [11:11 PM] Strat: Of course it matters. This is all critically important. Maybe even more importantly - how is Sahuagin faring?
  592. [11:18 PM] 12yz12ab: Sahuagin is now in fifth, since both Waluigi and Yoshi have had time in the spotlight.
  593. [11:18 PM] Strat: What a pro
  594. [11:19 PM] Silverleaf: Most important character
  595. [11:21 PM] 12yz12ab: Sahuagin lets out a croak of triumph.
  596. [11:21 PM] Strat: Olhydra stops fighting Lukas long enough to swoon dramatically.
  597. [11:44 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas snorts and starts making waluigi move a bit, but mostly focuses on Yoshi
  598. May 6, 2018
  599. [12:18 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad continues in a healthy second place, occasionally bumping into walls and using whatever items he gets.
  600. [3:12 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas freezes for a second and looks at Lysander
  601. [3:13 PM] Strat: Lysander gives him a smug grin. And also lunges for his controller again.
  602. [3:16 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas reels back and gives him a betrayed look
  603. [3:16 PM] Silverleaf: "no fair!"
  604. [3:18 PM] Strat: "See, that sort of inside-the-box thinking is why you're going to lose"
  605. [3:18 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas gasps in shock
  606. [3:18 PM] Silverleaf: Betrayal!
  607. [4:01 PM] Silverleaf: Aaaand Lukas kisses Lysander directly on the lips
  608. [4:13 PM] Strat: Lysander pulls back with a horrified expression on his face.
  609. [4:20 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad crashes into a wall as he looks over.
  610.  
  611. "Uh, guess my notes need updating;"
  612. [4:53 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas... actually looks upset
  613. [4:56 PM] Silverleaf: Hurt by his reaction
  614. [5:16 PM] Strat: Lysander realizes he screwed up and stops pulling away. "Sorry"
  615. [5:20 PM] Silverleaf: He shakes his head
  616. [5:21 PM] Silverleaf: “s’alright”
  617. [9:55 PM] Strat: "Was tryna make you look stupid, not actually..."
  618. [10:04 PM] Silverleaf: "I know"
  619. [10:05 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Marcus and Kervad complete their first lap and are well into their second when this goes down.
  620. May 7, 2018
  621. [8:51 AM] 12yz12ab: Marcus is probably finishing his third by now.
  622. [5:38 PM] Silverleaf: And everyone else?
  623. [5:43 PM] 12yz12ab: Not as far as Marcus, that's for sure.
  624. [9:23 PM] Strat: "Alright, well" Foster fidgets in his seat a bit.
  625. "Does anyone else have anything they'd like to share with the group?"
  626. [9:27 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Looks like just you two having fun."
  627. [9:27 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad finally finishes the race, twenty seconds after Marcus.
  628. [9:35 PM] Silverleaf: Lukas kinda half-focuses on finishing with Lysander's controller but it's a good bit after Kervad
  629. [9:56 PM] Strat: "Well, I mean... I'm flattered, but... I also have a wife"
  630. [9:56 PM] Strat: "So..."
  631. [10:21 PM] Silverleaf: "oh yeah"
  632. [10:24 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad waits for the race to complete, looking over at Marcus
  633. [10:24 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "It doesn't seem like half of us played; Do you have other games that could be better?"(edited)
  634. May 8, 2018
  635. [12:01 AM] Strat: "Perhaps if a certain *someone* hadn't spent the entire game trying to steal my controller, we wouldn't need to try a new one"
  636. [12:18 AM] Silverleaf: “you were playing bad!
  637. [12:33 AM] Blobfish: Marcus just continues smiling.
  638. [12:33 AM] Blobfish: "Um..."
  639. [12:33 AM] Blobfish: "Maybe Smash Brothers?"
  640. [12:35 AM] Strat: "Why on earth would me being bad at a game concern you?"
  641. [12:38 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "It's less fun if people aren't trying;"
  642. [12:38 AM] Blobfish: "I dunno, I think this is fun."
  643. [12:39 AM] Strat: "That's because I am trying"
  644. [1:33 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "You started by driving the wrong way;"
  645. [1:36 AM] Strat: "I'm bad but I'm trying"
  646. [1:36 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "..."
  647. [1:36 AM] Strat: "Very bad"
  648. [3:35 PM] Silverleaf: "super bad"
  649. May 9, 2018
  650. [2:06 PM] Strat: "Yeah, well"
  651. As Waluigi nears the finish line, Lysander reaches over to pick up his original controller, the one he'd set in front of Sahuagin, and holds down the A button to start driving.
  652. [2:07 PM] 12yz12ab: Forwards or backwards?
  653. [2:07 PM] Strat: A. Forwards.
  654. May 10, 2018
  655. [10:42 AM] Silverleaf: Does he win?
  656. [11:42 AM] 12yz12ab: No, because Marcus already won.
  657. [11:42 AM] 12yz12ab: A while ago.
  658. [11:44 AM] 12yz12ab: Since both Waluigi and Yoshi are stopped on the track, how far Sahuagin gets depends on how long you hold down the A button.
  659. [11:45 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): How did we get five players in? :stuck_out_tongue:
  660. [11:45 AM] 12yz12ab: The magic of 203X 5-player Gamecubes.
  661. [11:45 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): yes.
  662. [11:52 AM] Silverleaf: Waluigi and Yoshi passed the finish line
  663. [11:55 AM] 12yz12ab: Well then.
  664. [11:55 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ...that ends the race.
  665. [11:56 AM] 12yz12ab: 1st place- Marcus
  666. 2nd place- Kervad
  667. 3rd place- Lukas (Lysander's controller)
  668. 4th place- Lukas
  669. 5th place- Lukas (Sahuagin's controller)
  670. [1:41 PM] Blobfish: It was a close race, all members played well.
  671. [1:46 PM] 12yz12ab: Marcus's speed is a minute ahead of everyone else.
  672. [1:50 PM] Silverleaf: “Good game?”
  673. May 13, 2018
  674. [2:34 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "It's decent;"(edited)
  675. [6:41 PM] Silverleaf: “I meant... nevermind”
  676. [7:10 PM] Silverleaf: “whats next Marcus?”
  677. [9:29 PM] Blobfish: “The smash brothers suggestion still stands, if no one had any complaints.”
  678. [9:33 PM] Silverleaf: “sounds good”
  679. [10:17 PM] Strat: "I won't object"
  680. May 14, 2018
  681. [12:51 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "I haven't played that one either, but alright; "
  682. May 15, 2018
  683. [1:56 PM] Blobfish: "Then that's what we'll go with."(edited)
  684. [1:56 PM] Blobfish: Marcus starts up "Super Smash Brothers: Gamecube 2"
  685. May 18, 2018
  686. [2:37 PM] Silverleaf: @12yz12ab
  687. [2:42 PM] 12yz12ab: The game starts up. Characters?
  688. [2:43 PM] 12yz12ab: ((anything from nintendo including waluigi and lanky kong))
  689. [8:59 PM] Strat: Tetris Block
  690. [11:15 PM] Silverleaf: Wah
  691. May 19, 2018
  692. [12:32 AM] Blobfish: Mario
  693. [4:43 PM] 12yz12ab: @Kervad Dossen (Skippito)
  694. [4:50 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad picks Luigi again
  695. [4:50 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "What are the controls for this one?"
  696. [5:31 PM] Blobfish: "A is your normal attacks, B is your specials, X and Y are to jump, L and R are shield, Z is grab, if you hold a direction, your normal attacks and specials do different things, if you're in the air, your normal attacks do different things, if you hold a direction and shield you roll - which makes you untargetable - and after you grab someone, you can hold a direction to throw them."
  697. [5:32 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Uh, got it;"
  698. [5:35 PM] Silverleaf: “alright”
  699. [7:05 PM] Strat: "Sure"
  700. [7:09 PM] 12yz12ab: Start?
  701. [7:16 PM] Silverleaf: Start
  702. [7:19 PM] 12yz12ab: I don't really have a dice system for this so you can all freeform it.
  703. [12:04 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad, spawning near the right, retreats to the right side of the stage and starts pushing buttons to try and figure out exactly how this game, and character, play.
  704. [12:13 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas just runs up to the nearest character and starts button mashing
  705. [12:13 AM] Silverleaf: Strategy be damned
  706. [12:14 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ((Who is the nearest character?))
  707. [12:16 AM] Silverleaf: (I dunno))
  708. [12:16 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): ((We were given liscense to freeform this whole thing. It's improv. Name someone.))
  709. [12:16 AM] Silverleaf: Mario
  710. [12:32 AM] Blobfish: Marcus fights back.
  711. [12:37 AM] Silverleaf: WTH much more competency
  712. [12:37 AM] Silverleaf: Lukas gets his ass kicked
  713. [12:41 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): With Lukas now being thrown across the stage, Kervad accidentally lands a triple neutral-a combo before getting his own butt kicked offstage.
  714. [12:42 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "This game is a bit harder!"
  715. [1:00 AM] Strat: Ishtar gives Sahuagin her controller. Tetris Block, a character banned in tournaments after it once killed a player by inducing an epileptic coma, sits alone off to the side.
  716. [1:02 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Kervad falls off stage to his death, only discovering "Up B" after falling too far down.
  717. [1:02 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "Ugh."
  718. May 22, 2018
  719. [1:04 AM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): Respawning, he then runs over to the left, spamming fireballs at the idle Sahuagin.
  720. [5:13 PM] Strat: Poor Tetris Block.
  721. [5:13 PM] Strat: "Say"
  722. [5:14 PM] Strat: "Do any of you happen to have a coin?"
  723. [5:21 PM] Kervad Dossen (Skippito): "No, nobody really needs money anymore;"
  724. [7:41 PM] Strat: "Nuts"
  725. May 24, 2018
  726. [4:01 PM] 12yz12ab: Lysander gets an Esperchum message im the middle of the game.
  727. [4:02 PM] Strat: He... reads it?
  728. May 25, 2018
  729. [7:54 PM] Silverleaf: @12yz12ab
  730. May 26, 2018
  731. [1:45 PM] 12yz12ab: akinyiSeydah [AS] began pestering mirthfulSavior [MS].
  732. AS: Heir.
  733. AS: I hear your call.
  734. [1:59 PM] Strat: MS: Oh, good, he actually listened
  735. MS: Help him
  736. [2:05 PM] Strat: MS: Think of Lady Victoria when Trismegistus was under attack. Unspeakable evil convincing her that this is the right, the *only*, way to do things, regardless of the consequences. Help him
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