07-17-2016, 07:38 PM
It feels as if you have dedicated an inordinate quantity of time toward freskAbenet and luxuriusUncertainty. Having a good banter with Paul could suffice, but you do not particularly feel motivated to do such a thing. They are all fine people, that is unmistakable, but current conversation partners have felt... limited. This is probably due to a lack of diversity, a complete failure to experiment and stretch your own boundaries. Even if your friends are quite easy to chat with, you do not want to appear desperate when really all you are right now is bored. No, you instead decide to proceed to pull up the account of someone you have not spoken with in a while. Perhaps they have the change of pace you require.
[spoiler]LE: "Good day to you, violetConfusion. Are you well?"
LE: "That is good to hear."
LE: "Anything particularly exciting occur recently?"
LE: "Excellent, it seems another member has obtained a copy of SBURB as well."
LE: "The roster just keeps growing."
LE: "As of now, I can safely assure you that Ahmed, Finn, Frisk and Paul have all attained their own copies of SBURB."
LE: "And the both of us, of course."
LE: "There may be others, but as of now these are the only owners of the game that I can recall."
LE: "Seeing as you are essentially the equivalent of Zeus in regards to setting the law, I presume you will be stern with your server?"
LE: "Indeed, rules are to laws as criminals are to theories."
LE: "Theories explain why rules work. Criminals, especially their actions, detail why rules work and are set in place."
LE: "Hold on one moment, someone is contacting me from an anonymous chumhandle."[/spoiler]
When your sight has been grabbed by PesterOmni flashing on the taskbar, you realize that violetConfusion had not said anything. You proceed to click on the icon. ...This is certainly quite disturbing. Some fellow titled "ectoBiologist" has decided to pester you. How coincidental this is, when considering a previous terrible joke regarding stalking. This particular shade of blue used for their font is somewhat similar to that of LU, albeit darker in tone. It seems someone prefers a custom hexadecimal number to the defaults. As of today, you have been experimenting a tad to find something suitable to your specific shade of orange. Having found a suitable color to use, you proceed to save #FFA500 for your font before speaking with the stranger.
[spoiler]EB: hi paige![/spoiler]
Well that escalated quickly.
[spoiler]LE: "Hello there, anonymous person. Yes, my name is Paige."
LE: "Would you mind providing your own name so as to stop this from feeling like an example of stalking?"[/spoiler]
Oh, so he's not a stalker. He's just insane.
[spoiler]LE: "I find that rather hard to believe, considering this is the Omniverse of all places."
LE: "Interesting."
LE: "You have already played SBURB?"
LE: "If that is the case, would you mind elucidating on your methods for success? General tips and tricks, basic walkthroughs and the likes."
LE: "Apologies for the promptly asking such a selfish question despite having just met you, but preparation is important."
LE: "That sounds feasible."
LE: "If your time scenario is true, then I presume you will not recognize me in my future."
LE: "Despite the fact that the predestination paradox is confusing in its mere existence, as well as the fact that it hardly seems believable."
LE: "But then again, who am I to dictate what is or is not logical in regards to time travel or otherwise bending the laws of time?"
LE: "This Karkat fellow does not seem to be the brightest of individuals in that regard."
LE: "Communication must have been impossible when one knows what the other has not yet spoken of.
LE: "Similar to this conversation, actually."
LE: "Indeed. A wise decision."
LE: "Or rather, the only decision that is not particularly terrible."
LE: "Yes. Anything you can give me would be wonderful."
LE: "Anything high in detail could work, but simpler advice will also be helpful for those who can't slog through an entire hyperwebster like I can."
LE: "That would be correct, yes."
LE: "Interesting. Perhaps I should examine my scientific artifacts as potential candidates for alchemization."
LE: "Please go on, if you will."
LE: "Well, I certainly do not have any of those at the moment. Something to keep in mind, mayhaps."
LE: "The way you phrase this makes SBURB sound much more in-depth than what I have been told."
LE: "Which basically sums up to "The Sims" in real life."
LE: "Is there more than meets the eye to this game?"
LE: "Space player? This is getting quite convoluted."
LE: "What on earth is a space player?"
LE: "I apologize, that pun was never intentional."
LE: "These aspects and classes seem like intriguing concepts."
LE: "Should I grab a cape first?"[/spoiler]
Upon further reflection, you recall those clouds on the SBURB website with symbols amongst them, and one of which you vaguely remember was blue with the appearance of wind. Perhaps these "aspects" are related to those? It was a stretch, but being wrong would just lead to progression after all.
[spoiler]LE: "Hold on a second. Do these aspects have symbols?"
LE: "I remember seeing some symbols on the SBURB website amongst some clouds."
LE: "One of which looked like my rug."
LE: "I could potentially decipher these symbols for what they are at some point."
LE: "If I ever get the time to do so, that is."
LE: "Not the spirograph, though it was quite mesmerizing."
LE: "I mean symbols atop a background that had specific colors amongst them. The one that was identical to my rug was a gear with two shades of red for the color scheme, for example."
LE: "Those are the forms of symbols that I am referring to."
LE: "So that is evidence toward me potentially being a time player."
LE: "Figures."
LE: "Then again, it could just be coincidence rapping on my doorway curtain. Anything else?"
LE: "Probably, yes. T'was a pleasure to banter with you, John. Ta ta."
LE: *bows formally on the way out the door*[/spoiler]
Time. You have had more than enough of it to get to know the term. It acted as a record which you could pull out at any time you chose. The power of altering time in such a way that you could always go back and start anew, completely shielded from typical time travelling tropes like paradoxes. The power to bring about a better timeline, or save a good outcome so you could completely ruin the past however you want and return without a scratch. The power to relive any moment over and over and over and over again until you grew tired of it, if ever. The ability to revert time was one that you intended to use for empathetic and proper purposes. However, this wielding of time as a tool was too great then, and you still do not feel as if you can handle it once again. Hopefully this was simply a coincidence and nothing more.
You wake up from your dejection to realize that you still had VC's tab open. Closing tabs and completely disconnecting from people on hold simply seems like a waste of time. Why some people completely disconnect is baffling to you, so much energy could be saved by just keeping it up yet out of the focus. Nonetheless, you open up your chat window with VC and continue your discussion.
[spoiler]LE: "Alright, I am back. Apparently some John character decided to pretend he came from the future to talk to me."
LE "He did give me some details about SBURB, however, if you would care to listen."
LE: "You have heard of the game's aspects that are akin to 'the Sims' correct?"
LE: "Apparently, we are to place some 'artefacts' that are presumably free that are necessary to enter an area known as the medium."
LE: "I am also informed that the game is much more akin to a role-playing game than it may appear to be at first."
LE: "There is an alchemy system that involves merging attributes of multiple items into unique combinations. One of which John said included a portable, hands-free computer."
LE: "This one is a tad confusing, to be frank."
LE: "One important detail that should not be overlooked is prototyping of something called a 'kernel sprite.'"
LE: "It will be recieved from one of the various artefacts."
LE: "From what I gather, you can merge it with an item from your surroundings. This is necessary before alchemizing some pre-punched card, though he mentioned that out of nowhere."
LE: "If not performed, SBURB may fail to work properly, though how that occurs I am not certain."
LE: "Apparently, a primary candidate for prototyping would be something that has passed away, like a familiar or pet as the sprite will act as your guide throughout the journey."
LE: "Also, the game may have something to do with the apocolypse, but escaping to the medium will prevent our demise from occuring at the hands of whatever event SBURB has in store."
LE: "Trivial details, you know."
LE: "There are also classes and aspects, but I shall refrain from mentioning them any farther."
LE: "Both because I hardly know much about them, and because I have probably droned on far to long about the game."
LE: "That was precisely my reaction."
LE: "I am not sure quite how much we can trust of this character, though his mannerisms were nice and he did not seem to be of ill intent."
LE: "At the very least, I figure I aught to ask if you will act as the leader for our merry little band of adventurers?"
LE: "Well obviously freskAbenet. She seems bold enough to tell people what the do."
LE: *displays sign with flashing SARCASM written on it
LE: "Text makes interpreting sarcasm difficult."
LE: "At least face to face, it is possible to enunciate and display a sarcastic tone."
LE: "freskAbenet certainly is shy, though. I do not want to risk banter in an unintentionally offensive manner regarding her, however, so I shall leave it at that.
LE: "Well, now seems like a good time to begin scouring the tangles of the internet for guides to SBURB."
LE: "I bid you adieu. Until we meet again."
LE: *walks out casually from the chatroom[/spoiler]
The PesterOmni tab is closed, officially disconnecting from VC. It seems your font here is unchanged because the window is still open, but that was patched once the conversation ended. Upon self reflection, you realize that you had lied. Chatting amongst each other directly would not be better at emphasizing sarcasm in your regards, particularly when one considers that your boyish voice would still be somewhat monotone in such a situation. Perhaps that is simply the nature of having seen everything that has been offered to you thus far. This is not acting class, however, and you said you would be surfing the net to uncover more SBURBan details.
You pull up a web browser and type "SBURB walkthroughs" into Google. Despite the first few links appearing rather promising, they end up quite useless as the people who wrote them appear... incompetent, to say the least. Beyond that, none of the other links were at all relevant. Further inputs, including "SBURB guides", "SBURB tips" and other related searches resulted in the same unhelpful trash. You could go back and ask that John fellow more about it, but his time foolery still got you worried somehow. Insane as he was, he insisted upon the fact that he was from the future. Perhaps you should talk to him? Or would it be wiser to continue this effort despite the current rate of failure? What to do, what to do...
>>Paige: Make a decision already!
[spoiler]LE: "Good day to you, violetConfusion. Are you well?"
LE: "That is good to hear."
LE: "Anything particularly exciting occur recently?"
LE: "Excellent, it seems another member has obtained a copy of SBURB as well."
LE: "The roster just keeps growing."
LE: "As of now, I can safely assure you that Ahmed, Finn, Frisk and Paul have all attained their own copies of SBURB."
LE: "And the both of us, of course."
LE: "There may be others, but as of now these are the only owners of the game that I can recall."
LE: "Seeing as you are essentially the equivalent of Zeus in regards to setting the law, I presume you will be stern with your server?"
LE: "Indeed, rules are to laws as criminals are to theories."
LE: "Theories explain why rules work. Criminals, especially their actions, detail why rules work and are set in place."
LE: "Hold on one moment, someone is contacting me from an anonymous chumhandle."[/spoiler]
When your sight has been grabbed by PesterOmni flashing on the taskbar, you realize that violetConfusion had not said anything. You proceed to click on the icon. ...This is certainly quite disturbing. Some fellow titled "ectoBiologist" has decided to pester you. How coincidental this is, when considering a previous terrible joke regarding stalking. This particular shade of blue used for their font is somewhat similar to that of LU, albeit darker in tone. It seems someone prefers a custom hexadecimal number to the defaults. As of today, you have been experimenting a tad to find something suitable to your specific shade of orange. Having found a suitable color to use, you proceed to save #FFA500 for your font before speaking with the stranger.
[spoiler]EB: hi paige![/spoiler]
Well that escalated quickly.
[spoiler]LE: "Hello there, anonymous person. Yes, my name is Paige."
LE: "Would you mind providing your own name so as to stop this from feeling like an example of stalking?"[/spoiler]
Oh, so he's not a stalker. He's just insane.
[spoiler]LE: "I find that rather hard to believe, considering this is the Omniverse of all places."
LE: "Interesting."
LE: "You have already played SBURB?"
LE: "If that is the case, would you mind elucidating on your methods for success? General tips and tricks, basic walkthroughs and the likes."
LE: "Apologies for the promptly asking such a selfish question despite having just met you, but preparation is important."
LE: "That sounds feasible."
LE: "If your time scenario is true, then I presume you will not recognize me in my future."
LE: "Despite the fact that the predestination paradox is confusing in its mere existence, as well as the fact that it hardly seems believable."
LE: "But then again, who am I to dictate what is or is not logical in regards to time travel or otherwise bending the laws of time?"
LE: "This Karkat fellow does not seem to be the brightest of individuals in that regard."
LE: "Communication must have been impossible when one knows what the other has not yet spoken of.
LE: "Similar to this conversation, actually."
LE: "Indeed. A wise decision."
LE: "Or rather, the only decision that is not particularly terrible."
LE: "Yes. Anything you can give me would be wonderful."
LE: "Anything high in detail could work, but simpler advice will also be helpful for those who can't slog through an entire hyperwebster like I can."
LE: "That would be correct, yes."
LE: "Interesting. Perhaps I should examine my scientific artifacts as potential candidates for alchemization."
LE: "Please go on, if you will."
LE: "Well, I certainly do not have any of those at the moment. Something to keep in mind, mayhaps."
LE: "The way you phrase this makes SBURB sound much more in-depth than what I have been told."
LE: "Which basically sums up to "The Sims" in real life."
LE: "Is there more than meets the eye to this game?"
LE: "Space player? This is getting quite convoluted."
LE: "What on earth is a space player?"
LE: "I apologize, that pun was never intentional."
LE: "These aspects and classes seem like intriguing concepts."
LE: "Should I grab a cape first?"[/spoiler]
Upon further reflection, you recall those clouds on the SBURB website with symbols amongst them, and one of which you vaguely remember was blue with the appearance of wind. Perhaps these "aspects" are related to those? It was a stretch, but being wrong would just lead to progression after all.
[spoiler]LE: "Hold on a second. Do these aspects have symbols?"
LE: "I remember seeing some symbols on the SBURB website amongst some clouds."
LE: "One of which looked like my rug."
LE: "I could potentially decipher these symbols for what they are at some point."
LE: "If I ever get the time to do so, that is."
LE: "Not the spirograph, though it was quite mesmerizing."
LE: "I mean symbols atop a background that had specific colors amongst them. The one that was identical to my rug was a gear with two shades of red for the color scheme, for example."
LE: "Those are the forms of symbols that I am referring to."
LE: "So that is evidence toward me potentially being a time player."
LE: "Figures."
LE: "Then again, it could just be coincidence rapping on my doorway curtain. Anything else?"
LE: "Probably, yes. T'was a pleasure to banter with you, John. Ta ta."
LE: *bows formally on the way out the door*[/spoiler]
Time. You have had more than enough of it to get to know the term. It acted as a record which you could pull out at any time you chose. The power of altering time in such a way that you could always go back and start anew, completely shielded from typical time travelling tropes like paradoxes. The power to bring about a better timeline, or save a good outcome so you could completely ruin the past however you want and return without a scratch. The power to relive any moment over and over and over and over again until you grew tired of it, if ever. The ability to revert time was one that you intended to use for empathetic and proper purposes. However, this wielding of time as a tool was too great then, and you still do not feel as if you can handle it once again. Hopefully this was simply a coincidence and nothing more.
You wake up from your dejection to realize that you still had VC's tab open. Closing tabs and completely disconnecting from people on hold simply seems like a waste of time. Why some people completely disconnect is baffling to you, so much energy could be saved by just keeping it up yet out of the focus. Nonetheless, you open up your chat window with VC and continue your discussion.
[spoiler]LE: "Alright, I am back. Apparently some John character decided to pretend he came from the future to talk to me."
LE "He did give me some details about SBURB, however, if you would care to listen."
LE: "You have heard of the game's aspects that are akin to 'the Sims' correct?"
LE: "Apparently, we are to place some 'artefacts' that are presumably free that are necessary to enter an area known as the medium."
LE: "I am also informed that the game is much more akin to a role-playing game than it may appear to be at first."
LE: "There is an alchemy system that involves merging attributes of multiple items into unique combinations. One of which John said included a portable, hands-free computer."
LE: "This one is a tad confusing, to be frank."
LE: "One important detail that should not be overlooked is prototyping of something called a 'kernel sprite.'"
LE: "It will be recieved from one of the various artefacts."
LE: "From what I gather, you can merge it with an item from your surroundings. This is necessary before alchemizing some pre-punched card, though he mentioned that out of nowhere."
LE: "If not performed, SBURB may fail to work properly, though how that occurs I am not certain."
LE: "Apparently, a primary candidate for prototyping would be something that has passed away, like a familiar or pet as the sprite will act as your guide throughout the journey."
LE: "Also, the game may have something to do with the apocolypse, but escaping to the medium will prevent our demise from occuring at the hands of whatever event SBURB has in store."
LE: "Trivial details, you know."
LE: "There are also classes and aspects, but I shall refrain from mentioning them any farther."
LE: "Both because I hardly know much about them, and because I have probably droned on far to long about the game."
LE: "That was precisely my reaction."
LE: "I am not sure quite how much we can trust of this character, though his mannerisms were nice and he did not seem to be of ill intent."
LE: "At the very least, I figure I aught to ask if you will act as the leader for our merry little band of adventurers?"
LE: "Well obviously freskAbenet. She seems bold enough to tell people what the do."
LE: *displays sign with flashing SARCASM written on it
LE: "Text makes interpreting sarcasm difficult."
LE: "At least face to face, it is possible to enunciate and display a sarcastic tone."
LE: "freskAbenet certainly is shy, though. I do not want to risk banter in an unintentionally offensive manner regarding her, however, so I shall leave it at that.
LE: "Well, now seems like a good time to begin scouring the tangles of the internet for guides to SBURB."
LE: "I bid you adieu. Until we meet again."
LE: *walks out casually from the chatroom[/spoiler]
The PesterOmni tab is closed, officially disconnecting from VC. It seems your font here is unchanged because the window is still open, but that was patched once the conversation ended. Upon self reflection, you realize that you had lied. Chatting amongst each other directly would not be better at emphasizing sarcasm in your regards, particularly when one considers that your boyish voice would still be somewhat monotone in such a situation. Perhaps that is simply the nature of having seen everything that has been offered to you thus far. This is not acting class, however, and you said you would be surfing the net to uncover more SBURBan details.
You pull up a web browser and type "SBURB walkthroughs" into Google. Despite the first few links appearing rather promising, they end up quite useless as the people who wrote them appear... incompetent, to say the least. Beyond that, none of the other links were at all relevant. Further inputs, including "SBURB guides", "SBURB tips" and other related searches resulted in the same unhelpful trash. You could go back and ask that John fellow more about it, but his time foolery still got you worried somehow. Insane as he was, he insisted upon the fact that he was from the future. Perhaps you should talk to him? Or would it be wiser to continue this effort despite the current rate of failure? What to do, what to do...
>>Paige: Make a decision already!
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