Carmen & Maddox talk denizens

<Maddox> In any case, is the sick denizen still with us?
<ProcyonA> Yep
<Carmen_Chapman> "AHH!"
* Carmen_Chapman jumps in surprise at being teleported
* Maddox also flinches in surprise
<Maddox> "Amazing! Your power is still that strong, even in your state."
<ProcyonA> The snake falls off Carmen's shoulders.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I didnt know that was gonna happen!"
* Maddox catches it telekinetically.
<ProcyonA> It doesnot move much
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh no!"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree
<ProcyonA> Carmen, you lean over to check out the snake and realize your back is all sliced up
<ProcyonA> the spines must have jabbed oyu at some point
* Carmen_Chapman pulls off a leaf (thankfully it's a leaf) to decaptchalogue her Healing Gel Antivenoms
* Carmen_Chapman winces
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck!"
* Carmen_Chapman waves over to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yo check my back out"
<Carmen_Chapman> "How bad is it?"
* Maddox checks on Carmen's back
* Carmen_Chapman kneels down neXt to the snake
* Carmen_Chapman opens one of the bottles of healing gel
* Carmen_Chapman pours the contents onto the spined snake's wounds
<ProcyonA> YOU do so, but only a bit of it sinks in
<Maddox> What is the state of Carmen's back?
* Carmen_Chapman tries rubbing some of the Xtra around to the wounds to try and help it absorb
<ProcyonA> Its got some long slashes down it, shallow, but bleeding quite  abit
<Maddox> "You're pretty scratched up and bleeding. You got any bandages?"
* Maddox applies pressure to the wounds telekinetically for full coverage, at least for now.
<ProcyonA> It looks like there arent mayn physical wounds to heal
* Carmen_Chapman pulls another leaf off of her captchalogue tree to get her first aid kit
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno whats left in there but theres somethin"
* Carmen_Chapman hands it to MaddoX
<Maddox> "Sure."
* Carmen_Chapman turns back to the snake
<Maddox> Concerned about both Carmen and the Denizen, I patch up Carmen's back to the best of my ability.
<Carmen_Chapman> "What happened? Like... who even are u???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "S that gel helpin?"
<ProcyonA> It doesnt respond, or move much for that matter.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shit"
<Maddox> "Crap."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is it even bad this fuckin snake thing is dyin?"
<Maddox> "I don't know!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Kinda looked scary for a bit there"
* Maddox nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "It kinda wanted my help though...?"
<Maddox> "I... have a really stupid thing I want to try."
<Maddox> I approach the snake, and attempt to captchalogue it.
<ProcyonA> Why does everyone always try to captchalogue things
<Maddox> Because Maddox realizes just how broken crafting is, and who knows what properties this snake has. Also it might keep him in stasis
<ProcyonA> i cant remeber can you generally captchalogue underlings?
<Carmen_Chapman> John does it to consorts
<Maddox> You can captcha consorts if they are willing, but if something can hardly move and is about to be a corpse, does it become an item temporarily?
<Maddox> Best case, it captcha, can be used in crafting, and is kept in stasis for if it is ever needed :P
<ProcyonA> Ill allow it
<Maddox> Worst case I can't captcha it
<Maddox> sweet.
* Maddox takes a picture of the code, not sure how stable this is.
<Maddox> "Wow, that worked!"
<ProcyonA> the code is garbled and incredibly difficult to read
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhh"
<Maddox> "Woah, this code is weird."
* Maddox takes multiple high-resolution pictures of it anyway, just in case.
<Maddox> "I'm pretty sure things that are captchalogued don't spoil... so maybe it is still alive?"
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "U get what it was sayin back there?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im kinda confused"
<Maddox> "Not at all. I think it was directly related to this game, however."
<Maddox> "Do you think there's a plot or something?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "At all????"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uuuuuugh"
* Maddox shrugs back
<Carmen_Chapman> "This shits too cryptic for me"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It was like... yellin at me for a bit"
<Maddox> "It's honestly really confusing."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then it fell over n got all tiny"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then it was goin on bout an enemy that left it"
<Maddox> "If you call screeching like that yelling."
<Maddox> "I'm surprised my eardrums didn't burst again!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wha????"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It wasnt screechin at all!"
* Maddox looks very confused
<Carmen_Chapman> "Was like this big boomin voice"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like in those movies where theres a big dude in his lair or somethin"
<Maddox> "Wait, so not only were you not running into an invisible wall, but it didn't sound like screeching to you?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It sounded like screeching to u????"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U didnt hear a single fuckin thing it said???"
<Maddox> "It didn't say anything!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Means I gotta remember all the shit it said"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I was hopin ud be payin attention to all that shit!"
<Maddox> "I was on the floor in a fetal position until it shrunk."
<Carmen_Chapman> "That suX"
* Maddox rubs his nose where it ran into the wall
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhh k then lemme try n remember"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So it was yellin bout it bein time for me to make somethin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then it shrunk n fell over"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats when it was like talkin bout enemies n stuff that left it"
<Maddox> "Weird."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Said somethin bout me also knowin what its like to be betrayed by them or somethin???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Things started gettin all miXed round then"
<Maddox> "Huh. Yeah, I didn't hear any of that. Maybe only trolls can understand them for some reason?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It was sayin somethin bout its strength connected to stuff n how it wanted to leave"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It wanted some help n told me to touch u so I did"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then it poofed us here n fell on the floor"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got no idea what the fuX goin round here"
<Maddox> "Weird."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats that bout bein betrayed?"
<Maddox> "Maybe we should ask my log fork thing?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "How m I sposed to know who its talkin bout??? Theres too many peeps thatve betrayed me!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oooh!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Good idea!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wheres Bambimom????"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shes probs like high as balls right now"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wait"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Isnt ur dad sposed to be here somewhere too?"
* Carmen_Chapman gets up off the floor and starts walking around the house, looking for either of them
<ProcyonA> His dad is asleep in one of the rooms, on a couch
<ProcyonA> Bambimom is lurking in one of the higher staircases
* Maddox whispers "We probably should wake my dad."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Imma go find Bambimom u wanna get ur dad?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Meet back in the living room?"
<Maddox> "I'll just follow you"
<Maddox> "He needs his sleep."
<Maddox> "Also I don't want to have to say bye again."
* Maddox makes a :/ face
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
* Carmen_Chapman heads upstairs to get Bambimomsprite
* Maddox goes to the living room and waits
<ProcyonA> you dont try to wake him up or anything?
<Maddox> I don't.
<ProcyonA> Ok well I was thinking he was out like for the night
<ProcyonA> so he doesnt wake up for a while
<ProcyonA> Bambimom is laying on the ground with a blank expression
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yo?"
<ProcyonA> "Hello."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U.... okay?"
<ProcyonA> "Yes."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I need some help."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im... kinda on my own here n I dont know what to do."
<ProcyonA> "With regards to Maddox or Echidna?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhh... not MaddoX? I think?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whos Echidna?"
<ProcyonA> "Denizen, mother of monsters. The Spined One. The snake in your living room."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah that one"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno whats goin on!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So much stuff s happenin n I dont know what any of it means its so confusing!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Peeps keep actin like Im sposed to know whats goin on n Xpectin me to do stuff"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This shit seems like... super important but I dunno the fuX goin on!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "MaddoX cant hear anythin the snake says... the land is like shakin to pieces"
<ProcyonA> "Denizen's cries can only be heard by their player."
<Carmen_Chapman> "What if everythin gets ripped to pieces n buried like that circus?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What am I sposed to do?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What if tons a peeps die cuz a me???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im.... kinda scared."
<ProcyonA> "SUch is the responsibility of a player."
<ProcyonA> "You must forge your own path."
<Carmen_Chapman> "But I dunno what that path is!"
<ProcyonA> "There lies the challenge/"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Only fuckin thing Ive been doin is just 'following my heart' like tonsa peeps round here keep sayin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "N thats probs just gonna be a disaster!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "S what got Adrian killed... s probs why everyone hates me"
* Carmen_Chapman sits down on the ground
<Carmen_Chapman> "I wish mom was here......"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shed know what to do"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got any advice then?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats this Echidna shit about n who is she?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U said only her player can hear her? Whaddas that mean?"
<ProcyonA> "Denizens are the final bosses of each land. You must defeat it to take its grist hoard to complete THE ULTIMATE ALCHEMY"
<ProcyonA> "Each player has a denizen. Only they can... under..."
<ProcyonA> The deer blinks a few times.
* Carmen_Chapman pats her sprites head lightly
<ProcyonA> It doesnt respond but relaxes a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "So Echnidas my denizen then?"
<ProcyonA> "Not yours..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "What?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whos then?"
<ProcyonA> "Everything is broken."
<ProcyonA> "its the other ones, same with the frogs"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So shes not sposed to be but shit got rekt?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whos is she then? Kinda looX somethin else already fought her."
<ProcyonA> "She is echidna"
<ProcyonA> "But you should have another..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "If Ive got another then whys she here? Is she someone elses or somethin?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX like somethin else already fought her. She said somethin bout them bein an enemy n betrayal!"
<ProcyonA> "Shes someone elses who is gone."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "It was Adrian wasnt it"
<ProcyonA> "It does not matter now"
<Carmen_Chapman> "He was.... my fault"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I broke all this didnt I?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im why this whole thing is fucked up!!!"
<ProcyonA> "No"
<ProcyonA> "It was them"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whos them?"
<ProcyonA> "The ones who are gone"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya mean???"
<ProcyonA> "some of them... faded away..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just poof? Gone?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who are u talkin bout???"
<ProcyonA> "Yes..."
<ProcyonA> "I do not know. THey are gone."
<Carmen_Chapman> "So Echidna s not mine cuz shes someone elses n then they poofed after fightin her n now shes here?"
<ProcyonA> "Yes."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whys she here then???"
<ProcyonA> "She is vital.:
<Carmen_Chapman> "All she did was yell at me tho!"
<ProcyonA> "And frogs"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shes got somethin to do with that fuckin frog pile orgy???"
<ProcyonA> "Yes."
<Carmen_Chapman> "K well I dont wanna deal with frog seX right now"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can we just like... keep her safe n do that fucked up mess later?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She said her strength is tied to some shit whats that mean"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She gonna die or somethin?"
<ProcyonA> "Maybe"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well whats that sposed to mean?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatd she mean when she was talkin bout bein tied to stuff n the beat?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She made it sound like her bein alive was connected to a buncha stuff!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uuuuughhh my head hurts!"
<ProcyonDM_> "Her life will or will not end... by your hand"
<Carmen_Chapman> "MY HAND????"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She said shes like... tied to the beat or somethin."
<Carmen_Chapman> "That sounds like kinda a big fuckin deal!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what that means though"
<ProcyonDM_> "Discover for yourself. I can provide you some answers, but not all.
* Carmen_Chapman sighs
<ProcyonDM_> It puts its head back down on the ground and closes its eyes gently
<Carmen_Chapman> "Why would I kill her though?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U said shes kinda important"
<ProcyonDM_> No response
<Carmen_Chapman> "Bambimom?"
<ProcyonDM_> No response
<Carmen_Chapman> "U all right?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shit"
* Carmen_Chapman stands up, summoning her sylladex tree
* Carmen_Chapman rifles through the leaves looking for something to help, but finding nothing, sighs and puts it away
* Carmen_Chapman pats Bambimomsprite's head
<Carmen_Chapman> "Rest up"
* Carmen_Chapman heads back downstairs
* Carmen_Chapman heads downstairs to the kitchen to grab some trail miX to snack on before heading outside
* Carmen_Chapman walX around outside, trying to relaX in the warm light a bit after all the recent pressure and shenanigans
* Carmen_Chapman shaXe her head vigorously in frustration after a bit, feelin unsuccessful in trying to calm down
* Carmen_Chapman looX around for something to distract her
* Carmen_Chapman spots the electronics and defense stuff on the outside of the house
* Carmen_Chapman goes to inspect them to see what MaddoX's dad was able to do
<ProcyonDM_> Unfortunately since it's advanced military grade electronics, he couldn't do much
<ProcyonDM_> He attached some wires and taped some stuff up, but it's clear he just gave up on a couple of them
<ProcyonDM_> A few actually look active
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs, not aXually sure how the equipment worX, but a bit cheered up by the fact that something seems to be working
* Carmen_Chapman realizes shes absent-mindedly bouncing to the beat again, reminding her of the earthquake from earlier
* Carmen_Chapman doesn't want her house to get earthquaked, so decides to go hit up that lizard guy who knows things about stuff
* Carmen_Chapman taXe a couple deep breaths before hopping back inside
* Maddox sits up, having laid down a bit while waiting.
* Carmen_Chapman closes the door behind her, stopping to just sort of stand by the door
* Carmen_Chapman sighs
<Maddox> "Seems like we're closer to figuring out what this is all about."
* Maddox stretches, and smiles a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "Really?"
<Maddox> "I mean, we know that planets have giant monsters that nead to be bargained with or killed or something"
<Maddox> "And that there are actual objectives, rather than just random monsters."
<Maddox> "Even if the tutorial is the worst thing ever written."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs, quietly walking over the couch before plopping down
<Carmen_Chapman> "I guess"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its kinda.... a lot though tbh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I should probs tell u what Bambimom said upstairs"
* Maddox nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im kinda... scared"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well..."
* Carmen_Chapman backpedals
<Carmen_Chapman> "K Im not scared cuz thatd be silly"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im just like kinda confused"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah that"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Anyways..."
<Maddox> "That sounds about right, given piles of frogs, yelling monster snakes, and monsters."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Heres what she told me"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Imma try n keep it all straight, Im probs gonna forget some shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres these things called denizens, n like each players got one"
<Carmen_Chapman> "N theyre the only ones who can understand em"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The denizens are like a final boss or something that you get a shitton of grist from if u kill em"
<Maddox> "The snake was one?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She said somethin bout some fancy alchemy but I guess u could make a ton a shit with that much grist!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Snakes names Echidna"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shes like the momma of monsters or somethin"
<Maddox> "Huh."
<Maddox> "Didn't drop any grist though."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shes not dead"
<Maddox> "Good point."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Heres where I got REALLY confused"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So like I can understand her"
<Carmen_Chapman> "N she said ur only sposed to understand em if theyre ur denizen"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But like... shes not mine?"
<Maddox> "That is weird."
<Carmen_Chapman> "But when we were in the lair thing I could understand her"
<Carmen_Chapman> "N she said she was tied to the beat of the land n that lizard guy said I was sposed to find my denizen there!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cording to Bambimom shes someone elses denizen"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Someone..... gone"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im p sure its Adrian even though Bambimom said its not"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She said they broke them game n shits all fucked up now"
<Maddox> "There are two other people that it could be as well..."
<Maddox> "I wouldn't count fred out."
* Maddox grimaces
<Carmen_Chapman> "They tried to fight Echinda but just like injured her a bunch n left n then they poofed"
<Maddox> "That's weird."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cuz shits fucked up thats why Echidnas here somehow"
<Carmen_Chapman> "..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I still think its Adrian tho"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like he was kinda nasty n shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But its also my fault..... he, u know"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This s gotta be like punishment or somethin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Why me? Why here?"
<Maddox> "I don't know."
<Carmen_Chapman> "All this shits on me know cuz its my fault the games broken"
* Maddox says nothing.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im the reason its broke so I gotta deal with it n try n fiX it"
<Maddox> "I'm here to help."
<Carmen_Chapman> "...thanX"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I think I get what she was sayin now bout the knight shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Echidna n Bambimom keep talkin like Im sposed to know everythin n what to do n shit but I dunno fuckin anythin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She said Id have a knight to help me n I guess thats u"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres no way Im gonna be able to do this on my own without fuckin everything up worse..."
<Maddox> "Maybe. That sounds a bit dramatic."
<Maddox> "I don't even have a horse!"
<Maddox> "I guess I could ride around on Mike"
* Maddox smiles mischievously
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its Myke"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Get it right"
<Maddox> "Sorry, sorry."
* Carmen_Chapman stiX out her tongue
<Carmen_Chapman> ((even though they both sound the same verbally lol))
<Maddox> "but hey! We're getting a whole lot stronger. Even though that means just getting beat up more."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I thought I was gonna be a queen or somethin n have a knight to order around n help me but theres nothin helpin me out here Xcept u n parently Im not a queen"
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Guess ur right"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This whole fuckin game is dramatic gotta get used to it"
* Maddox nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "Somethin else though..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U still got Echidna in ur sylladeXywhatever?"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Maddox> "It turned into a really thick book."
<Maddox> "The code is really weird. can't even read it."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Parently shes gonna die or not die cuz a me"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shes sposed to be real important n shit n shes got stuff to do with the fuckin frog orgy so I dunno why Id kill her"
<Maddox> "She's just a part of the game though."
<Maddox> "I think."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Probs die cuz a somethin stupid n me not knowin whats goin on"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya mean?"
<Maddox> "And if you're supposed to kill her anyway, maybe it's not so bad?"
<Maddox> "Though this feels really weird."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Am I sposed to kill her?"
<Maddox> "Don't you get a lot of grist if you do?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Bambimom said shes vital or somethin n thats why shes here in the first place"
<Maddox> "Huh."
<Carmen_Chapman> "She also said her strength or some shits tied to the beat a this place"
<Carmen_Chapman> "When I was rescuin her she said the beat was fallin apart"
<Maddox> "That's not good."
<Maddox> "Do you think we have to find your actual denizen or something then?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats why the land was fuckin shakin to pieces at that fair"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno!!!"
<Maddox> "Maybe they are causing it, or you can talk to them, or something."
<Carmen_Chapman> "None of this maXe any fuckin sense!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "My head hurts so bad...."
* Carmen_Chapman puts her head in her hands
<Carmen_Chapman> "I cant keep track of all of this fuckin stuff"
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> "You think we should get going again?"
<Maddox> "We could go ask my sprite for information."
<Maddox> "I mean, it's a fork, but at least it isn't high?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "That would be nice"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I kinda need to take a break from thinkin"
<Maddox> "Sounds like a plan then."
* Maddox stands up abruptly, and gives Carmen a hug.
* Carmen_Chapman sits back up, rubbing circles around her temples
* Carmen_Chapman stops, caught off guard by the hug
* Carmen_Chapman smiles
<Maddox> "I thought for a bit while you were gone, and realized I need to be a bit more positive."
<Maddox> "Maybe it will make things just a little better?"
<Maddox> "I don't know. Worth a shot."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sounds good t me"
<Carmen_Chapman> "How u feel like maXe a big difference in whatchu do"
* Maddox smiles, and lets go.
<Maddox> "ready?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I kinda liked it more when all I had to do was fuckin 'follow my heart' like that old lady said"
* Maddox checks on his weapons briefly.
<Carmen_Chapman> "That was so much easier!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman sighs, checking her pockets
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out a little pillbox and stands up
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah lets go"
* Maddox heads over to the second portal
* Carmen_Chapman pops it open, taking out a couple pills and swallowing them before closing it and returning the box to her pocket
* Carmen_Chapman follows MaddoX
* Maddox hops into the gate to his land.
* Maddox stops after going through, waiting for Carmen to arrive.
* Carmen_Chapman arrives
* Maddox goes downstairs to find LogForkSprite
* Maddox says to Carmen, "Wow, we weren't so great with our sprite choices, were we."
<Carmen_Chapman> ((oh also, music I found that reminded me of Maddox's land))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9LefF7mxow))
<ProcyonA> its chilling in the sink
<ProcyonA> casually
<Maddox> "Hey."
<ProcyonA> the wooden fork vibrates as if struck and it responds in a deep, yet robotic way
<ProcyonA> *hey*
<Maddox> "We have some questions."
* Carmen_Chapman pulls up a chair at the table and sits down heavily
<ProcyonA> *inquire away*
<Maddox> "What is a denizen?"
<ProcyonA> *final boss of the land*
<Maddox> "So we're supposed to kill them?"
<ProcyonA> *you must defeat them*
* Maddox squints slightly, but changes questions.
<Maddox> "Interesting. So we need to find them. Is there a good way of doing that?"
<ProcyonA> *reach the final land and complete the quest*
<Maddox> "good enough I guess."
<Maddox> "And, uh, what's the whole point of the game again?"
<ProcyonA> *to solve the ULTIMATE RIDDLE*
<ProcyonA> the ultimate riddle seems bold somehow
<Maddox> "And that was going so well."
* Maddox shakes his head and turns to Carmen.
<Maddox> "Any other questions you can think of that probably won't end in riddles?"
* Carmen_Chapman looX up suddenly
<Carmen_Chapman> "What?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh sorry"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I was kinda spacing out there"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatd u say?"
<Maddox> "Do you have any questions for the sprite?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats Echinda for?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like whys she important?"
<ProcyonA> *she is a denizen*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Duh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats she got to do with the frogs?"
<ProcyonA> *her player's responsibility is to breed frogs*
<Maddox> "but why?"
<ProcyonA> *to create **the genesis frog** *
<Maddox> "What is that?"
<ProcyonA> *a universe*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhhh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wat?"
<Maddox> "Maybe this is a bug?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats a bug?"
<ProcyonA> no function errors detected*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sounds like a frog to me"
* Maddox just shakes his head.
<Maddox> "I'm not sure if that's actually reason, or if we're just being screwed with."
<ProcyonA> *you are not*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Xplain then"
<ProcyonA> *sprites are not authorized to fully explain*
<ProcyonA> it then makes a "bee whoo" sound
<Carmen_Chapman> "K well u didnt answer my question"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I asked what Echidna has to do with the frogs"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U just fuckin told me what her players sposed to do"
<ProcyonA> *Echidna has no other correlation to the frogs aside from her players*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh"
<Maddox> "That's good to know."
<Carmen_Chapman> "My sprite said shes got somethin to do with em maybe shes just high"
<ProcyonA> *possible*
<Maddox> "Backtracking a bit, so we have to go to the final land to find the denizens?"
<ProcyonA> *denizens reside in the final section of each land*
<Maddox> "So we have to go through more portals?"
<ProcyonA> *yes*
<Maddox> "Hm. Thank you."
<Maddox> "That was surprisingly straightforward of an answer."
<ProcyonA> *you are welcome*
* Maddox turns to Carmen.
<Maddox> "So I guess we gotta get more grist then."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got questions bout ur land MaddoX?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I kinda stole the spotlight for a buncha time on my place"
<Carmen_Chapman> "LOBAS is p dope tho!"
<ProcyonA> im gonna hit the bathroom
<Maddox> "Hm. Let me think..."
<Maddox> "Why is there so little food here, but so many bears that act like food was pretty recently here?"
<ProcyonA> *forced scarcity*
<Maddox> "By who?"
<ProcyonA> *the game*
<Maddox> "Or what?"
<Maddox> "So this game is forcing them to starve?"
<Maddox> "For no reason?"
<ProcyonA> *not for no reason*
<Maddox> "For what reason then?"
<ProcyonA> *information request denied*
<Maddox> "That's stupid."
<Maddox> "Can this at least be fixed? Take them offworld or something?"
<ProcyonA> *the fog must be lifted*
<Maddox> "And that can be done by...."
* Maddox is starting to get a bit fed up
<ProcyonA> *defeat the beast keeping it down*
<Maddox> "Any chance you can tell me where to find that? Or is that also denied?"
* Carmen_Chapman perX up
<Carmen_Chapman> "U mean that fuckin tentacle floodin asshole???"
<TornSkippito> "That horrible medusa thing?"
<ProcyonDM_> *yes*
<TornSkippito> "Crap."
<TornSkippito> "So that's the path forward, then."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well Imma nope the fuck outta that"
<TornSkippito> "Yeah.... We need to be able to shoot it from far, far, away.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatta bout MaddoXs deniz-whatever whatevs???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is that Echidna?"
<ProcyonDM_> *no, that is yours*
<ProcyonDM_> *it is now, at least*
<ProcyonDM_> Bee whoop
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah Bambimom said somethin bout her used to bein someone elses"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So MaddoXs got somethin else?"
<TornSkippito> "Just one weird question."
<TornSkippito> "Where does the sixth portal go to?"
<ProcyonDM_> Ok fuck which portal are you talking about
<TornSkippito> Maddox, Carmen, and Ember's Sixth portal.
<TornSkippito> Because The Server of each of their Server is themselves.
<Carmen_Chapman> Wouldn't that mean that those portals go to themselves then?
<TornSkippito> maybe? Not established precedent.
<TornSkippito> no*
<TornSkippito> Maddox didn't see what happened when he floated an arrow through it, so eh.
<Carmen_Chapman> Oh.
<TornSkippito> not a huge deal :P
<Carmen_Chapman> Barring some sort of special case, I don't know where else they would go
<TornSkippito> same
<ProcyonDM_> I guess it goes back to themselves then?
<TornSkippito> sure.
<ProcyonDM_> I'm really rusty in portal stuff
<TornSkippito> it's fine, we can just retcon that out
<TornSkippito> it was a little meta anyway
<ProcyonDM_> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
<TornSkippito> "Is there a faster way to get stronger?"
<TornSkippito> "Other than almost dying over and over?"
<ProcyonDM_> *crafting will allow you to challenge stronger enemies*
<TornSkippito> "Alright. I think that's it then."
<Carmen_Chapman> "My sprite was rantin bout some stuff n she was kinda not makin sense."
<ProcyonDM_> *a bit of advice for the leviathan: look to classical mythology for assistance-8
<ProcyonDM_> **
<TornSkippito> "...I think my education lacks in that area."
<ProcyonDM_> It doesn't respond
<TornSkippito> "...What about ember?"
<ProcyonDM_> *your coplayer has gone.*
<Carmen_Chapman> "...."
<TornSkippito> "...and that's it?"
<ProcyonDM_> *thats it*
<Carmen_Chapman> "So if u die here in the video game ur dead in real life too?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I mean like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is kinda real life too"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck u know what im tryin to say?"
<ProcyonDM_> *i understand*
<ProcyonDM_> *this is real life. There is no other life*
<Carmen_Chapman> "What bout the gold place?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats like a dream in a video game in real life"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It hurts my head...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is that real too?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Kinda weird sharin dreams."
<ProcyonDM_> *that is a real place occupied by your dream selves. If you want to know more, ask anyone there*
<TornSkippito> "Wait, what? That's really weird."
* Carmen_Chapman puts her head in her hands, slouching forwards
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is so confusin....."
<ProcyonDM_> *it is the new normal. Get used to it*
<ProcyonDM_> Bee whoo
<TornSkippito> "Well, I guess we need more grist then.
<TornSkippito> And there's really only one way to get that."
* Carmen_Chapman puts her head up
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yup!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Before we go though..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Bambimom told me a buncha crazy stuff but u havent said anythin to MaddoX bout it"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I wanna know what sweet stuff MaddoXs got!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what it means but she said Im a seer n that Ive gotta figure that shit out"
<Carmen_Chapman> "She also said I gotta knight to help me out n do shit for me n she kinda said thats MaddoX but I dunno shes fuckin high"
<Carmen_Chapman> "S that Maddox?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What does that mean?"
<TornSkippito> "That sounds a bit odd, but maybe it's a class system for this... thing?"
<ProcyonDM_> *right on both counts*
<ProcyonDM_> *maddox is a knight, and there is a class system in this game*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ooooooh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats him bein a knight mean?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "He gonna get some sweet armor n a badass fuckin horse???"
* Carmen_Chapman is suddenly very interested in the conversation
<TornSkippito> "I don't even know how to manage a horse."
<ProcyonDM_> *he will get armor if he sacrifices much*
<ProcyonDM_> *horses are optional*
<TornSkippito> "Sacrifices? Hm. Maybe not."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats bein a seer mean?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Bambimom said thats what I was or somethin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It sounds p boring to me!!!"
<ProcyonDM_> *you use your aspect to understand yourself and others*
<ProcyonDM_> Bee whoop
<Carmen_Chapman> "The fuX that mean???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The hells an aspect?"
<ProcyonDM_> *aspects are the other half of the class system*
<TornSkippito> "and?"
<ProcyonDM_> *if classes are how you weild a weapon, the aspects are the weapons themselves*
<ProcyonDM_> Wield
<TornSkippito> "Huh. How do we make aspects, then?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sooooo.... different peeps got different weapons?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We got chainsaws n aXes already"
<ProcyonDM_> *metaphorical weapons*
<ProcyonDM_> *they are assigned to you based upon your personalities. You already have them*
<Carmen_Chapman> "We have them already?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno bout no weapons or aspeX or anythin!"
<ProcyonDM_> *you will develop them on your own*
<ProcyonDM_> *in time*
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hmph"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatevs"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Figurin shit out for urselves is kinda what peeps keep tellin me"
<TornSkippito> "Well, I guess we go kill monsters now then."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<TornSkippito> "Not that leviathan thing though."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where we headed MaddoX?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno even whats round here"
<TornSkippito> "I think we just go through a portal and see what we can find."
<TornSkippito> "...Maybe the city again."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats up with that city?"
<TornSkippito> "I ran away from it when a giant monster was there a few days ago."
<TornSkippito> Acheron
<TornSkippito> Jamster threw it at me when he was trying to get me to run away
<aberrantArtificer> The monster keeping the fog down was explicitly stated to be that Leviathan we met
<TornSkippito> because he threw 8 ogres at me to do that and I killed them.
<TornSkippito> ^, we're talking about the city monster Maddox ran from though
<aberrantArtificer> Yeah
<aberrantArtificer> I was behind in typing and was responding to your comment about the tentacle monster
<ProcyonA> ok cool
<TornSkippito> oh, got it
<TornSkippito> also worth noting: Jamster was confused at one point and thought Terry was a pre-medium prototype
<TornSkippito> so down there he also threw two imps that could teleport at me
<TornSkippito> and then when he learned it later he said he could explain that away
<TornSkippito> so you technically are allowed to have monsters do that :P
<TornSkippito> not that it wouldn't be evil
<ProcyonA> Nice
<aberrantArtificer> Hahaha
<ProcyonA> and any other descriptions of the city?
<ProcyonA> its just a randomly monster infested city?
<TornSkippito> Multistory, most of the bears there looked at me with fear or anger, like I was failing them
<TornSkippito> There were also four basilisk-riding bears there who were trying to defend the populus
<TornSkippito> Maddox gave them a phone and his number.
<ProcyonA> Got it
<TornSkippito> there were also bridges between buildings in places
<TornSkippito> The path there was through a cave, to an elevator that took a few minutes to go down, through an open gate.
<TornSkippito> so pretty deep underground, and no defined size limits
<ProcyonA> Ok got it
<TornSkippito> cool
<TornSkippito> I think that's it
<ProcyonA> alright
<Carmen_Chapman> "Think its still there???"
<Maddox> "Probably not."
<Maddox> "I mean, if it is, then the city probably isn't..."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "S up to u"
<Maddox> "I think we should go, but carefully."
<Carmen_Chapman> "This s ur whole fuckin planet ur the boss!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets do it then!!!"
* Maddox nods
* Maddox checks his axes, puts them away again, and heads up to the first gate.
<Maddox> "This way!"
* Carmen_Chapman follows