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[Dagfinn]

Luke Wilson

chumHandle - backwardsPatient


Typing Quirk - Luke uses his B's as D anb D's as B.


Dreamer - Prospit


God Tier - Knight of Light


Guardian- Older Brother


Strife Specibus -


Interests -


-Video games


-Coding games


-His blog (dlog)


-Fixing electronics


-Reading


-Writing guides for games


Room appearance -

Theo Maykes

Hero Mode

Clothes are different as it's at a different time when he's changed his clothes to more battle-worthy clothing.​

chumHandle - incompetentCanis (Canis being the first part of Canis Lupus, the latin name for the grey wolf. That might be more relevant late on depending on how prototyping goes.)

Typing Quirk - Absolutely perfect grammar, punctuation and spelling. Only lets it drop when he's joking around.

Dreamer - Derse​

God Tier - Thief of Space


Guardian - Father, who works all day and the majority of the night downstairs.


Strife Specibus - Art kind


Interests -


-Reading


-Drawing/painting


-Being alone


-Talking to his friends


-Wolves


-Sleep


Room appearance -


-Books everywhere


-Single desk with a laptop set up. Hooked up to two additional monitors


-Television


-Double bed


-Wolf plush found on the dressing table


-Small in size


-Large window showing the view of a street outside, with autumnal trees lining the road


-Autumnal leaves all over the room


-Easel and brushes in one corner of the room. A half finished painting sits there


Additional information: He tends to stay up late and wake up late. Often stays up all night. He lives above a book shop on a busy street in London, England. It's a small bookshop, and as such his living space is small (hence the Thief of Space bit).

Sylv Bleven

chumHandle - harmonicHaystack


Typing Quirk - She types in almost perfect grammar but uses ? ? as punctuation?


Dreamer - Derse


God Tier - Seer of time


Strife Specibus - Frying Pan


Guardian- Mia

Interests -


-Cooking


-Cats


-Knitting


-Taking care of animals (namely cats)


-Music

-Listening to


-Creating (on computer)

-Gardening


-Cats


Room appearance -

Kali Thaeber

Hero Mode

chumHandle - uncannyHoot


Typing Quirk - ignores all capitals, but uses perfect grammar, spelling and punctuation.


Dreamer - Prospit


God Tier - Maid of Void


Strife Specibus -


Guardian - Mother, who she rarely sees due to the location of her bedroom and her job.


Interests -


-Owls


-Videogames


-Not drinking wine


-Owls again


-Medieval history


-Cooking


-Not having to do anything


Room Appearance -


-Large, one wall lined with wine casks


-Number of empty bottle along this wall


-One door


-No windows


-Laptop connected to a television mounted to a wall


-Double bed, with a keyboard and mouse lying on it


-Small bookshelf


-Screwed-up pieces of paper with various scribbled words on them


-Owls everywhere-models, soft toys, etc


Additional information: Kali lives on a vineyard, which her mother runs. While her mother is busy with work, Kali watches over wine caskets and often observers the process of brewing wine, even though she severely dislikes the taste.

 

[Dagfinn]

A young man stands alone in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 6th of April, 2015, is this young man's birthday. Although it was thirteen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name!


What will the name of this young man be?


> Enter Name


[Douch McBagwad]


NOPE. There is no way he will respond to an insulting name with such a low level of creativity put into it. With poor spelling as well. Wasn't that first word supposed to be spelled with an "e" at the end...?


===> Try Again


[Luke Wilson]


That's much better, that will be a well suited name for this fine man.


> Examine Room


Your name is Luke, as was previously mentioned today is your birthday. Your bedroom is exactly the way as it has always been! Nothing has changed at all since yesterday, the day before, or even the day before that. Just because you have had a very important birthday does not mean things will magically change. Magic isn't real.


Your room reflects your limited interests. You have a passion for video games. You like to program computers and you are very good at it. You try to fix all the electronics you break, but often do not have the patience to fix with the mechanics of machinery. Much rather telling it what to do, through coding.


You also like to bird watch sometimes.


What will you do?


> Luke: Go play on your arcade machine


Your arcade machine is broken!


You didn't have the patience to fix it. It looks like the machine has a broken power cord and no matter where you plug the arcade machine it will not work.


> Luke: Remove broken cord from arcade machine





You removed the broken cord for the machine. Captchaloguing the cord in your USB sylladex. You received the new sylladex in advanced for your birthday. The sylladex can easily take in and put out items at will. The thing that makes it special is that is records the codes for all the objects it is used to store. Whether or not the item is still being stored. You don't know what the codes are for. But you still find it rather nifty. Maybe you can make a use for it later.


It is suggested that you equip the cord to your strife specibus.





> Luke: Assign Strife Specibus





It seems like a rather silly weapon. But you probably won't need to use it anyway. This just helps clear out space in your sylladex cards. Unforchantly you only have 4. You will have to see about retrieving more later. Maybe when you leave to find a new power cord you can also obtain more cards.





> Luke: Check Pesterchum


It is suggested that you check your pesterchum. An online chat client you use to talk with your close friends. You are surprised you have not gotten any alerts from them today. You should be showering in happy birthday messages!


You open up your pesterchum client to see who is online.

 

[vibrantsystem]

A somewhat young-ish young man stands in his room, looking out the window at the street below. Watching the autumnal trees swaying in the breeze is relaxing, even if they will soon be gone, as this young man is yet to discover. But first, he needs a name. What is his name to be?


> Enter Name


[sneering Paint-Sniffer]





Well that's just rather rude. While yes, the boy does have an interest in art, it doesn't mean that he's going to respond to being called a "paint sniffer." He's not entirely sure what the term even means.


===> Try Again





[Theo Maykes]





Maykes? Maykes what? Problems? Issues? Art? No matter. It's a somewhat formal name for this scruffy-looking fellow.





> Examine Room


Your name is Theo Maykes, as we've established. Today is no different from any other day for you, and as such, you have resorted to staring out of your window for something to do. You aren't feeling motivated to do anything to today. It's awful. The painting you had been working on is unfinished, the paints are dried up. You could easily go and buy more. Money really isn't a problem for you and your father. Living above a successful book shop does that. People want old, valuable books, your father sells them for a hefty-but fair-price, and everyone's happy. Speaking of books, you suppose you could try reading one. Or maybe just go to your computer instead. You might be able to play a game or something with one of your many three friends who you like to talk to on occasion. That might be fun. And now that you think about, it, it's one of your friend's birthday's today.


What will you now do?


>Theo: Look for something to do


You already established what you were going to do, didn't you? Of course! You were going to go and talk to one of your friends. Or more than one. Who know's who's on and who's not?





>Theo: Go to computer, and clear paintbrush from the keyboard





You make your way over to your desk, which isn't a very long trip. Your room isn't exactly the largest, and you don't mind. Now that you're at your desk, you can't really use the computer. The keyboard is covered in clutter. Or a single paintbrush. Either or. It's not really a problem.


To clear the paintbrush, you captchalogue it in your dictionary modus. It's really quite useful, and you've had it for years. All you have to do is present it with an object, and the modus sorts it by name, storing the object much like a dictionary. You can also add more "pages" in the form of sylladex cards. Which you've done. You're now up to six hundred of the things, and you doubt you'll ever run out of space. Ever.





>Theo: Flick through modus





You feel this isn't the best idea, but you go ahead anyway, flicking through...and finding nothing of value at all. A rather new-looking book, entitled "The Art of Art" by someone you don't really care about. You also find a packet of salted cashews. From several years back. Delightful.





>Theo: Stop playing around - talk to someone!





You decide to do just that. It's not like finding packets of old cashews is much fun anyway. Clutching the computer's mouse, you open up your online instant-messaging service, Pesterchum. Your chumHandle, as it's known as, is incompetentCanis. You're not entirely sure about the incompetent part, but the Canis part sure makes sense.


Deciding to talk to someone, you have a look to see who's actually online. It turns out one of your friends, Luke, or backwardsPatient is. And it's his birthday today too! What luck!

Spoiler

-- incompetentCanis [iC] began pestering backwardsPatient [bP] --





IC: Hey.


IC: Um, sorry about not wishing you a happy birthday sooner.


IC: Ignoring that, have you got anything new and exciting?


BP: Hey!


BP: Bon't worry adout the Dirthbay wishes, detter now than never right?


BP: Dy that I assume you mean qresents? I received a new USD Sylladex. Dut, I have yet to check the mail.


IC: Mail?


IC: What for exactly?


IC: Another present?


BP: Yes! At least, I think so. HH said that she sent me something.


BP: Dut was vague adout it. I'm not sure if she has sent it or not.


BP: Qlus I get a coqy of SDURD today, or I shoulb.


BP: Not many have written adout it yet, so I'll de the first to truly rate the game.


BP: Are you going to qlay it?


IC: SDURD?


IC: Oh right. Sburb. I really wish you'd type differently anyway.


IC: Your teachers must experience hell when it comes to reading your work.


IC: But I'm not getting a copy, no.


IC: Although UH said she'd send me a copy. She's already got hers apparently.


IC: Hasn't played it though. Wants people she actually knows. Or kind of knows.


BD: I coulbn't qossidly tyqe any bifferently!


BD: Not with my CRIQQLING DYSLEXIA. :B


BD: Madye I coulb degin qicking sqecific worbs holbing the letters that aqqear to annoy you so.


BD: :B


BD: UU has a coqy alreaby?


BD: I'll have to ask her to qlay with me if I get my coqy tobay.


BD: Wait


BD: You bon't want to qlay?


IC: I didn't mean to be rude at all.


IC: And yes, she does. She got it yesterday.


IC: I didn't know that wine maids got mail faster than tech nerds.


IC: The more you know, right?


IC: As for wanting to play it, I don't know. I mean, I will, but nobody really knows much about it, do they?


BD: I bibn't think you were meaning to de rube.


BD: I was merely qulling your leg. :B


BD: Well I think the game will be a lot of fun!


BD: Even if we bon't know much adout it.


BD: I wonber if HH will qlay too.


BD: She boesn't qlay a lot of games.


IC: I'm sure she will. She wouldn't want to disappoint us.


IC: Hey, um, UH is contacting me.


IC: You know how she gets. Talk later, okay?


IC: Hopefully we'll have the game at that point.


IC: Bye!


-- incompetentCanis [iC] ceased pestering backwardsPatient [bP] --

 

[Dagfinn]

> Theo: Be the other boy


You are the other boy again.


It appears as if no one else is online. So you decided to see about checking your mail. You are hoping that you can retrieve the mail and return to your room without a confrontation with your older brother. He would certainly made an ordeal over the fact of your birthday. You do not have the time or the patience for his shenanigans.


> Luke: Leave you room


You leave you room to be bombarded by guns. Boy did your bro keep a lot of guns in the house. You never understood why he liked them so much. You knew he knew how to use them, but he hardly ever did. Almost none of them were ever even loaded. You knew how to shoot a gun, although you prefer more nonviolent ways to solve your problems.


It is suggested you allocate a gun to your strife specibus.


>Luke: Allocate Gun to Strife Specibus


You are unable to do so as you only have one strife specibus card, and you do not know how to deequip cord kind. Oh well, you don't think you'll need any guns later anyway.


It is suggested you go outside to check your mailbox.


>Luke: Go outside


You go outside to find your mailbox, that red flappy thing madinger was up. You wonder what that red flappy thing madinger was called.


> Luke: Stop thinking about that red flappy thing madinger and get the mail


You get the mail. It looks like you got the copies to SBURB! And another birthday present. You store away the sweet loot into your sylladex and quickly head inside. Pushing your way through the house clutter and making it to your room.

 

[vibrantsystem]

>Luke: Be Theo again





You quickly retreat to the safety of Theo, escaping the house clutter of Luke's home.

Spoiler

-- uncannyHoot [uH] began pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --


UH: hey you there at all?


UH: theo?


UH: are you there?





-- uncannyHoot [uH] ceased pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --


With nothing else to do anymore, and UH seemingly gone from the internet again, you look around your room once again, before your eyes settle on a soft, wolf plush sitting on your bedside table. Good memories, that thing has tied to it. Warm, soft, you used to hold it close to you at all times when you were a child.





>Theo: Stop reminiscing and check Pesterchum!





You decide that you should stop thinking over your past and memories associated with it. You've got far more pressing matters. Such as Pesterchum, which is currently going off to get your attention. And in specific, UH, who seems to have returned to her computer. Fantastic. You hope she's got the game copy for you. If she doesn't, then, you've got problems.






-- uncannyHoot [uH] began pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --


UH: hi theo!


IC: You're here now!


IC: Fantastic!


UH: i know, it's great!


UH: but really, what held you up?


UH: i could see you were online and everything.


IC: I was talking to Luke sorry.


IC: About you, funnily enough.


UH: was it about the game?


UH: luke's getting it today, isn't he?


IC: I think he's gone to get it. I dunno.


IC: Are you still going to send me a copy?


IC: I hope you are. Luke would be upset if you didn't.


IC: He was panicking that HH wouldn't want to join in.


IC: He's rather invested in this whole thing already.


UH: really?


UH: that's a bit quick.


UH: and weird.


UH: hold on, i've got the game here.


UH: i've pulled the files off from the disk and put them into a document for you.


UH: i'll send it through in a second.


-- uncannyHoot [uH] sent the files SBURB CLIENT.ZIP and SBURB SERVER.ZIP --


IC: Why are there two things?


IC: I thought there'd only one.


UH: i guess you thought wrong then, didn't you?


UH: also, on the subject of hh, i don't think she's going to play, but that's just me.


UH: don't tell her though. or luke. that'd make him upset. probably.


IC: Sure.


IC: I'll download the files, but I'm going to go and get something to eat.


UH: okay then!


UH: bye!


-- uncannyHoot [uH] ceased pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --


>Theo: Download those files!





You do exactly that! However, it looks like they'll take a while to complete. No matter. Games can wait. Food can't. Especially not when you're hungry. Hungry as wolf, one might say. Or you might say actually. Nobody else would.





>Theo: Leave room in search of food





Walking over to the door, you pull it open, revealing the tight hallway outside. It's almost ridiculous how tight of a fit it is. You think it's a miracle the door can even swing open.


Looking around, you decide to make your way to the kitchen, plodding down the hallway. The kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms are on the upper floor of your house, and you have to be quiet during the day as to not make too much noise and disturb the customers downstairs. Your father doesn't like it when you make a lot of noise.


You reach the kitchen, and look around for something to eat.

 

[Dagfinn]

> Stop trying to get something to eat and be the other boy...


> Again


You are now the other boy.


Oh it looks like these beta's are going to take quit a long time to download. In the mean time you should tell yours friends you have started to download the beta's.

Spoiler

-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering uncannyHoot [uH] --





BP: Hey UH!


UH: oh hi bp.


UH: nice to see you're here.


UH: what are you currently up to?


BP: Currently? Talking to you


BP: :B


BP: I'm bownloabing my Client anb Server coqies of SDURD


UH: ha ha hilarious


UH: but oh yeah, sburb.


UH: i sent a copy over to theo.


UH: you got your code, i'm guessing?


BP: Cobe? Yes I think so...


BP: So how bo you want to set uq our system, I think I see how we can set uq a sort of chain with the Server anb Client qlayers. Dut who is going to start the game first?


BP: Bib you have any ibeas, or are we just jumqing right in?


UH: that would probably be the best.


UH: establishing an order that is.


UH: maybe you help hh start playing and then once she's set up see if you can get her to connect to you?


UH: we could make this a team thing uh and ic v.s bp and hh?


BP: If we have teams, boes that mean the two teammates will serve as doth the Client anb Server player for one another?


BP: That boes sounb like fun :B


BP: Qlaying against you two sounbs almost too easy though!


BP: You're going to neeb luck for this.


UH: oh honey.


UH: i think you're the one who needs luck.


UH: ic can be vicious sometimes. like a wolf, funnily enough.


UH: i'll get in contact with you once ic is done doing whatever he's doing.


UH: maybe get in contact with hh?


UH: anyway, ciao.


UH: i need to make preparations.


UH: in my wine cellar.


UH: bye again.





-- uncannyHoot [uH] ceased pestering backwardsPatient [bP] --





-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering harmonicHaystack [HH] --


HH: ♫♪♫♪♫♪Happy birthday♫♪♫♪♫♪


HH: Sorry I didn't get to you sooner♪


HH: I have been busy♫ What are you up to♬


BP: Oh! Yes, I was only just adout to qester you.


BP: I have deen dusy as well, I almost forgot adout my dirthbay.


HH: ♫♪Oh no♫♪


HH: You mustn't forget your birthday♯ It should be unforgettable♪ Especially this birthday♯


BP: What is so sqecially adout this dirthbay?


BP: :B


HH: It is just special I know it♪


HH: Did you get your presents in the mail yet♬


BP: Oh! I'm sorry, I haven't oqeneb anything uq yet.


BP: Exceqt for SDURD!


BP: Sqeaking of which, you're going to qlay with me right?


HH: Oh well♭♭♭


BP: Awe, HH!


HH: ♭


HH: It's not that I don't want to♯


HH: I just can't♯


HH: I don't have the game and I'm not sure when I can get one♪


BP: :B


BP: UH sent a file of the SDURD games to IC


BP: I bon't see why I can't bo the same.


BP: Dut first it seems like I'll have to finish bownloabing my game.


HH: Well I suppose that works♯


HH: Hold on a sec I'm being bothered♫


HH: I'll be back♪





-- harmonicHaystack [HH] ceased pestering backwardsPatient [bP] --


>Luke: Check SBURB download


You see that SBURB is downloading as slow as possible.


>Luke: Groan dramatically


You groan dramatically, as expected nothing happens. You will just have to wait for the download.

 

[vibrantsystem]

>Luke: Stop groaning dramatically and be someone new





You're now someone completely new. A female in fact. In a dark room. What's she doing down there? Why is she surrounded by wine barrels? What is going on here? What's her name?





>Enter name





This girl looks like she isn't in the mood for ridiculous antics. Maybe just give her her name?





[Kali Thaeber]





What a delightful name for a little wine maid.





>Examine surroundings





Your name is Kali Thaeber, and you are not currently in your room. In fact, you are in...in your room? Well, it certainly doesn't look like a room. One wall is lined with wine caskets, but all over the place are owls. Models, soft toys, drawings. They're everywhere. Your interests are quite varied, and they'd have to be. You don't get out much. Instead, you stay indoors a lot. For someone who doesn't get out much, you have a lot on your mind, and you often write it down on bits of paper and then screw it up and throw it on the floor. You like to think of it as removing it from your mind. when you, are in fact, not.


One thing you do enjoy doing though is playing video games. With friends, or all alone, it doesn't really matter. They give you something to do and something to take your mind off things, which is always a delight.


What will you do now?





> Review conversations you've had this morning





Of course! You've just had two! One with IC and one with BP. Not HH today yet though. You imagine she's rather busy.

Spoiler

-- uncannyHoot [uH] began pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --


UH: hi theo!


IC: You're here now!


IC: Fantastic!


UH: i know, it's great!


UH: but really, what held you up?


UH: i could see you were online and everything.


IC: I was talking to Luke sorry.


IC: About you, funnily enough.


UH: was it about the game?


UH: luke's getting it today, isn't he?


IC: I think he's gone to get it. I dunno.


IC: Are you still going to send me a copy?


IC: I hope you are. Luke would be upset if you didn't.


IC: He was panicking that HH wouldn't want to join in.


IC: He's rather invested in this whole thing already.


UH: really?


UH: that's a bit quick.


UH: and weird.


UH: hold on, i've got the game here.


UH: i've pulled the files off from the disk and put them into a document for you.


UH: i'll send it through in a second.


-- uncannyHoot [uH] sent the files SBURB CLIENT.ZIP and SBURB SERVER.ZIP --


IC: Why are there two things?


IC: I thought there'd only one.


UH: i guess you thought wrong then, didn't you?


UH: also, on the subject of hh, i don't think she's going to play, but that's just me.


UH: don't tell her though. or luke. that'd make him upset. probably.


IC: Sure.


IC: I'll download the files, but I'm going to go and get something to eat.


UH: okay then!


UH: bye!


-- uncannyHoot [uH] ceased pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --









-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering uncannyHoot [uH] --


BP: Hey UH!


UH: oh hi bp.


UH: nice to see you're here.


UH: what are you currently up to?


BP: Currently? Talking to you


BP: :B


BP: I'm bownloabing my Client anb Server coqies of SDURD


UH: ha ha hilarious


UH: but oh yeah, sburb.


UH: i sent a copy over to theo.


UH: you got your code, i'm guessing?


BP: Cobe? Yes I think so...


BP: So how bo you want to set uq our system, I think I see how we can set uq a sort of chain with the Server anb Client qlayers. Dut who is going to start the game first?


BP: Bib you have any ibeas, or are we just jumqing right in?


UH: that would probably be the best.


UH: establishing an order that is.


UH: maybe you help hh start playing and then once she's set up see if you can get her to connect to you?


UH: we could make this a team thing uh and ic v.s bp and hh?


BP: If we have teams, boes that mean the two teammates will serve as doth the Client anb Server player for one another?


BP: That boes sounb like fun :B


BP: Qlaying against you two sounbs almost too easy though!


BP: You're going to neeb luck for this.


UH: oh honey.


UH: i think you're the one who needs luck.


UH: ic can be vicious sometimes. like a wolf, funnily enough.


UH: i'll get in contact with you once ic is done doing whatever he's doing.


UH: maybe get in contact with hh?


UH: anyway, ciao.


UH: i need to make preparations.


UH: in my wine cellar.


UH: bye again.


-- uncannyHoot [uH] ceased pestering backwardsPatient [bP] --





>Wait for IC to return





You go and sit down, before flicking letting out a small sigh. You know you're going to have fun at some point today with all your friends in a competitive game, but for now, you're waiting for a pathetic little bookworm to return to his computer.





>Kali: Be IC





You are now IC, or Theo again, and you've just returned from the kitchen with a bowl of pretzels to eat following your previous announcement to UH. You're hoping she's still there.





>Theo: Talk to UH





You sit down at your desk, before leafing through your modus and retrieving the bowl. You open up PesterChum to chat with UH, only to find the internet's out again! Thankfully though, your betas have downloaded and are safe and sound! No connections issues during downloads for you!





>Theo: Forget the pretzels, you've got your internet to fix!





You pick yourself up and bumble out of the room once again, but not before booting up both the client and server for SBURB. Whether this was a wise choice or not you're not sure. You've got fixing the internet on your mind.

 

[Dagfinn]

>Theo: Turn into Luke and continue to groan


Luke manages to groan for ten minutes straight. Why did you do that? That accomplishes exactly zero anything, nothings, nothing at all. You wasted so much time that it looks like SBURB finally finished downloading. Boy, that did finish faster than you expected.


>Luke: Do something productive now


Predictively you don't do something productive, and instead do something incredibly stupid and time wasting.


Douch McBagwad picks up one of his plethora of broken iPhones and throws them against the walls to see how many more cracks in the screens. You had originally planned to fix these, but unable to see what is actually on the screen they are now completely useless.


>Douch: Stop throwing phones and return to pesterchum


After 15 minutes of useless shenanigans you finally return to your computer and message IC.

Spoiler

-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --






BP: Hey! IC


BP: Bib you get the SDURD DETA yet?


BP: Mine finisheb bownloabing


BP: ...


BP: 15 minutes ago


It seems as if IC is offline, you will just have to get back to UH.





-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering uncannyHoot [uH] --


BP: SDURD finisheb bownloabing


BP: :B


BP: IC isn't answering, what is he boing?


UH: he isn't?


UH: he came online for about a second, then went again.


UH: i guess his internet's playing up


UH: be happy.


UH: you probably get a head start.


BP: Well I coulb


BP: If HH hab the game


BP: Which she boesn't yet...


BP: OH YEAH, I was suqqose to senb it to her


BP: :B


BP: We'll try anb not get too far aheab, your hanby caq is alreaby large!


>Luke: Stop trash talking and send the SBURB BETA already!





-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering harmonicHaystack [HH] --


BP: I can finally senb you these.


-- backwardsPatient [bP] sent the files SBURB CLIENT.ZIP and SBURB SERVER.ZIP --


BP:


HH: Oh♯


HH: Thank you I will get on this right away♯

 

[vibrantsystem]

>Luke: Be Theo as he makes his way to his internet router





As Theo once again, you make your way out of your room, and along the hallway, before encountering the stairs. You've never liked the stairs in your house. They're too tight, and easy to fall down. You eye the stairs with unease.





>Theo: Go down the stairs. Be in charge of your future





You cautiously begin to rapidly make your way down the stairs. However, you trip up and kick your foot on an old nail that was sticking up near the wall. Your father had been meaning to fix that, but he's not the best at remembering such things. It often makes you wonder what he does actually remember. Regardless, you fall over, hitting your head on the stairs and landing at the bottom in a sad heap, unconscious.


>Theo: Wake





You wake up, pulling your sleepy eyes open. There is something odd about your room. And about your clothing. For one thing, you distinctly remember leaving your bedroom before you took a fall. Another thing that seems rather off is the purple colouration, even in your clothing. It seems similar to what you were wearing before you took the fall, but it's purple now.


>Theo: Explore room





Your room seems to be just as it normally is, minus the weird purple everywhere. In fact, if you look out of the window, it seems the whole place is purple. All made of purple rock. Or something purple. You really aren't sure. There's one thing that's not normal though.





>Theo: Examine not-normal thing





You turn around only to see an entire wall has been covered with messy scribbles! It looks an awful lot like your handwriting, if you had written it in some kind of yellow, glowing chalk. You walk closer to the wall, looking at the scribbles.


"GROWLGROWLGROWLGROWLGROWL"





Growl? You don't understand the context behind that. It makes no sense. All you know is that a number of different animals growl. Dogs spring to mind. You're not sure why that's there, or how it got there, but you are sure of is that you just heard something move behind you.


>Theo: Turn around





You slowly turn around, no longer facing the wall. Standing behind you is a...person of about your height. Except it's not really a person. It's a creature with a shiny black shall and piercing white eyes. In his hand appears to be a knife. He thrusts it forward, straight into your purple clothing. You let out a cry of pain, and slump to the ground.

 

[Dagfinn]

>Stop Being The Boy And Start Being The Girl That Has Yet To Be Introduced


You are now the girl that has yet to be introduced. We should introduce her now. Since she has been yet to be introduced. The girl that is, the girl that has been yet to be introduced.


>Just Do It Already!


[sylv Bleven]


Was that really so hard?


>Sylv: Look Around Room


Your room is rather bland. You never took much interest in decorating it, rather your personalities and thoughts manifest themselves best on your computer desktop screen. Though in your empty, yet messily kepmt room is cans, cans and cats, cats, cats and cans. This is what you seem to own the most. The cats... Well you don't own the cats. They just kind of come and go from the house. They like the food and belly rubs. As for the cans, you prefer not to leave your room to eat. Lowering the risk of running into something strange in your house.


>Sylv: Look At PesterChat


You just did! In fact your friend BP sent you some downloads. A SBURB game, server and client. Or something of the ilk. You weren't entirely sure why, but you weren't too excited to play. A slightly tense sort of music play over slowly in your head. Much like when you creep around your house, hoping to avoid the things that lie within.


But all your friends were going to play! It had been a long time since you all played together. For the sake of fun you'll just have to calm down.


>Sylv: Download SBURB


You already clicked the button duff. It looks like only five or so minutes until it will be downloaded.


>Sylv: Pet A Cat


You pet a cat. He is very soft.

 

[vibrantsystem]

>Slyv: Be Theo and wake up





You stop being the weird cat-obsessed girl. Instead, you are Theo, and you are now lying down on your bed. Your bedroom door is closed, and the strange purple look to everything seems to have gone. Meanwhile, your toe is now covered in a bandage, and your PesterChum appears to have recieved a message from someone.





>Theo: Go and answer your chum





You pull yourself up from your bed, and make your way over to your computer. However, you toe cries out in pain as you apply pressure to it simply by walking. This isn't going to work for very long.


With a sigh of relief, you manage to drop yourself into your desk chair, before using your good foot to propel yourself closer to your desk. You want to be as close as you can be without having your nose pushed right up against the screen. Which you don't particularly like. You'd know, you've tried it.





>Theo: Notice your chum is gone





That's a slight annoyance. Oh well, no problems. It looks like UH was kind enough to leave a large set of messages for you to read when you arrived.

Spoiler

-- uncannyHoot [uH] began pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --





UH: hey theo?


UH: you there?


UH: your internet is back.


UH: it's telling me you downloaded the game already.


UH: has something happened theo?


UH: you're not responding.


-- uncannyHoot [uH] ceased pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --





IC: Kali? You there?


IC: I've got the game. It's been running in standby for a while. I


IC: I haven't started playing though.








>Theo: Notice your internet is back online





Oh right! That's something you should have probably noticed earlier, as opposed to being informed that it was back up by someone who lives on the other side of the world. Or it might as well do. You only really know your street, and the few surrounding it. You're not the most adventurous type, although that may be due to the lack of space you had to deal with while growing up.





>Theo: Wait to begin





You patiently wait, sitting in your chair. You can't wait to try and win against HH and BP. You and UH. The best.

 

[Dagfinn]

> Theo: Become Luke


> Luke: Stop waiting and do something productive

Spoiler

-- backwardsPatient [bP] began pestering harmonicHaystack [HH] --


BP: Hey, are the things finisheb?


HH: Yes♯


BP: Great! I'll de the the server, anb you'll be the client.


BP: For now, I think we can bo a doudle connection of sorts.


BP: I want to iron out the starting rules anb how to's defore we belve that beeq


HH: Wow♯ Get to see your serious side when we play games♪


BP: Games are serious!


BP: XB


BP: Here, I'm connecting to you know.


BP: Woah, this is your house huh?


BP: It's tall :B


HH: Yes♯ Very tall♫


BP: Well, I'm going to try and uh... Deploy these game constructs given to me.


BP: Mind if I move stuff around?


HH: ...


HH: Just don't touch my bedroom okay♪


BP: Can do!


HH: I can deploy a few things too♫


HH: Should I wait, or♪


BP: Well, it looks like things cost


BP: It's called grist


HH: So we should save it♫


BP: Yeah


BP: Give me a minute


>Luke: Deploy Cruxtruder


These machines are odd looking, without a guide to go by it is rather hard to figure what they could be used for. For now you find it best to keep all of the machines near one another. In games you like to keep things organized, even if your room doesn't always reflect that.





HH: Why is the floor shaking♪


HH: ...


HH: Hello♫


>Luke: Deploy... Everything, all the things


You deploy all of the things that you are capable of Alchemiter, Cruxtruder, Totem Lathe. These are all very queer names, at least you think so.











BP: I deployed some things


BP: Go down a few floors


BP: We need to figure what these machines do


HH: Okay♯


HH: On it♪

 

[vibrantsystem]

Luke: Cease being yourself and be Theo again


You are now Theo again, waiting around for UH (the best) to get back to you. And here she is! Right now! Talking to you. You can't wait. You're ready to play. You've got no idea if BP and HH are playing already, but you and UH are going to start straight away. Knowing BP, he'd probably want to start as soon as he could. At least, that's how you view him.


Theo: Talk to UH


You answer you chum with haste.

Spoiler

-- uncannyHoot [uH] began pestering incompetentCanis [iC] --


UH: hey i'm back. sorry about that.


IC: It's fine. We should get started soon. I think BP is already playing. And HH too.


UH: oh really now?


IC: Indeed really now. Surprising, I know.


UH: fine then. we shall start too. I hope you're right about this tough.


UH *though. uuuuuurgh i hate it when i misspell things.


IC: I do too. Anyway, my game's running. Want to connect?


UH: wait, how long has it been running for?


IC: About half an hour maybe?


UH: what? really?


UH: we'd better start quickly then.


IC: Why? So Luke and Sylv don't get a headstart?


UH: yep!


UH: i've got a tutorial here, and it says i can move objects around in the room of my partner.


IC: What? How's that possible?


UH: we'll have to see?


Kali: Connect and deploy


You connect to Theo's game fairly easily. The main screen for connecting to other players only has one other listing on it, and give the location and what you know about Sylv, you guess it's her. Which means team HHBP has already started. However, once you connect, you're greated to a cramped room, and a rather dissatisfied looking teenage boy. What's his deal


Whatever his deal is, it's not a concern for you. You figure this is Theo, given by the description he had given you in the past as to what he looked like. You're looking forward to moving some of the stuff around here. That is, if the tutorial's to be believed. Which you're thinking is about right, given the fact that you're looking into your friend's room without any cameras. Technology has really advanced!


Regardless, you take a quick tour through the various menus, before finding a couple of objects mentioned in the guide. With haste, you throw down a large, tank-object. There! Perfect fit!