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[Dermonster]

Sirius eyes peered over the room. finding nothing, he walked outside and observed the hills.

Take a sip, walk out onto the deck and peer over my personal, albeit small telescope array. Even decommissioned scopes needed places to go and hey, they weren't using them.

He flipped the bird to the general area of the plateau and hoped the guy who did the voodoo could see it. With a sigh, he headed back to his room. Best try contacting someone on the list...

Open People.txt

[Ochita]

Three skills your character would be AVERAGE at: Persuasion, Tactics, Farming
Two skills your character would be FAIR at: Literature, Logic-ing
Two ASPECTS or defining traits of your character: Know-it-all, Protege of Ben Yahtzee Croshaw (Also known as pretty damned cynical)

>Examine cube.

Ochita, it said ANDREW, not JOHNATHAN. ARRRRGGHHHH ANGRYFAEC

Unless it was a mistake.

I think It was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oh no everything is going to come apart into the void and all is lost and all that oh noooooooo. I'll fix it in a moment.

[ShoesandHats]

I think It was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oh no everything is going to come apart into the void and all is lost and all that oh noooooooo. I'll fix it in a moment.

Three skills your character would be AVERAGE at: Persuasion, Tactics, Farming
Two skills your character would be FAIR at: Literature, Logic-ing
Two ASPECTS or defining traits of your character: Know-it-all, Protege of Ben Yahtzee Croshaw (Also known as pretty damned cynical)

It was a mistake, no cube for you

It was a mistake. It was indeed for you.

EDIT: Also, people gotta get on Pesterchum. Or else a gorilla will come and shove a clown into your mouth.

[Ochita]

So it was a mistake on your part then?
Because I think I got things right looking over them.

EDIT: D:

[freeformschooler]

Open People.txt

The People.txt file contains the following words and letters.

logicalReasonality: I don't know? Hahaha. I think I forgot to send out a reading on him.
testingBeta: Do not under any circumstances connect to, currently fixing!
pseudoSkeptic: Not getting a reading here. Hasn't been flagged, though, so probably fine.
darkeningDork: Reading sent, unresponsive. Probably fine to connect to.
prettyPugilist: Reading in progress! May want to hold off just in case.

[Blade Master Model 42]

>Penny: Try to see what you can do now that the game is installed.

[Dermonster]

(These are all real pesterlog names right? Nobody is online.)

[ShoesandHats]

(These are all real pesterlog names right? Nobody is online.)

Yes, and that's strange, because I am very clearly on.

[Blade Master Model 42]

(These are all real pesterlog names right? Nobody is online.)

Poppycock. I'm on.

[Dermonster]

(These are all real pesterlog names right? Nobody is online.)

Yes, and that's strange, because I am very clearly on.

(I Might have spelled you wrong.)

[Dermonster]

Armed with his drink, Sirius looked down the list of names. Bringing up pesterchum, he double clicked on the only one not rapidly flickering in and out of view.

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[09:11] -- starboundLogicbomb [SL] began pestering psuedoSkeptic [PS] at 21:11 -- [09:11] PS: Yes?
[09:11] SL: Right, I've got a bottle of wine, a breach in the laws of reality and no fucks to give.
[09:11] PS: Well then.
[09:12] SL: I have questions and you are on the list of people who may or may not give me a virus and or answers
[09:12] SL: First off, do you know anyone who goes by the title fuck i forgot the title
[09:12] SL: technologicalMastermind
[09:12] PS: Hm...
[09:12] PS: Let me see.
[09:13] PS: Nope.
[09:13] SL: Okay
[09:13] SL: Second question
[09:13] SL: Do you know anything about something called SUBURB
[09:13] PS: Yes, in fact.
[09:14] SL: Guess he was telling the truth, in part at least
[09:14] PS: It's a game in beta that I am playing at this very moment.
[09:14] SL: Do you know if any developments in matter teleportation have been made then because this shit just appeared on my table out of nowhere
[09:14] SL: so it is a game?
[09:14] PS: Yep.
[09:14] PS: Also, what the fuck?
[09:15] SL: Who the hell uses teleportation for a ga- I don't care all of a sudden
[09:15] PS: Okay, what's this about teleportation?
[09:16] SL: The guy I asked you about told me that I won a free pass to a beta test, made a comment about how he could see into my house and then poof there's envelopes on the table
[09:16] SL: then he sent me a list of names
[09:16] SL: Of which you were one
[09:16] PS: Well, that's almost certainly not true.
[09:17] PS: Mostly because that shit isn't remotely possible.
[09:17] SL: That's what I thought but when slapping myself in the face doesn't work
[09:17] SL: you either find out its true or you're in a coma
[09:18] SL: I'm leaning toward 'I fell off my balcony and am now bleeding to death in some sort of haze' at the moment
[09:18] SL: We're getting away from the point here
[09:18] PS: Okay.
[09:18] PS: And what's this about a list of people?
[09:18] SL: Fact is, however I got them, I have these two envelopes with SUBURB on them
[09:19] SL: We've got logicalReasonality testingBeta you darkeningDork and prettyPugilist
[09:19] PS: That's...
[09:19] SL: plus comments about whatever the hell
[09:19] PS: Strange.
[09:19] PS: I know all of those people.
[09:19] SL: They weren't online
[09:19] SL: hmm
[09:20] SL: Do any of them know about that guy?
[09:20] PS: Not that I know of.
[09:20] SL: strange
[09:20] SL: How did you come across this 'game'?
[09:20] PS: I'm a little concerned about the fact that some guy I don't know has me on a list.
[09:21] PS: Also, I signed up for beta testing.
[09:21] SL: I;m more concerned that some madman has teleportation technology and is using it on viral marketing
[09:21] SL: and stalking
[09:22] SL: Either way, what even is this game, do you know? This is the first I've heard of it
[09:22] PS: From what I've seen so far, it's a multiplayer version of The Sims with an indecipherable GUI.
[09:22] SL: Doesn't seem too ominous
[09:22] SL: did you run a virus scan
[09:23] PS: Well, seeing as I signed up for it and it came in the mail, no.
[09:23] SL: okay okay
[09:24] SL: Not entirely sure what to do now
[09:24] SL: theres five of you?
[09:24] PS: Five of who?
[09:24] SL: there were five names
[09:24] PS: You talk like we're part of some organization or something.
[09:25] SL: orginization of people who have this game
[09:25] SL: and might be planning on playing together
[09:25] SL: You were all on the list and you know all of them so I assumed
[09:26] PS: Yeah, we're friends.
[09:26] SL: Hmm
[09:26] SL: Do you need a sixth?
[09:26] PS: Well, it wouldn't hurt, I suppose.
[09:27] SL: I need to figure out who this guy is, you see.
[09:27] PS: Just tell me one thing.
[09:27] SL: One thing.
[09:27] PS: Did it say anything about us, or was it just a list?
[09:27] PS: You can understand why I'm a bit concerned.
[09:28] SL: Nothing that either one of us can probably understand
[09:28] SL: recommendations on who to 'connect' to mainly
[09:28] SL: which I assume is some sort of game server thing
[09:29] PS: Hm...
[09:29] PS: I suppose he's just giving you someone to connect to, in case you don't have any friends.
[09:30] SL: That does not explain the teleportation and stalking
[09:30] SL: also Hey!
[09:30] PS: One of those things is a blatant lie, and the other I'm legitamately concerned about.
[09:30] SL: He told me my house looked nice.
[09:31] SL: I live on top of a plateau
[09:31] PS: Excuse me?
[09:31] SL: I live on top of a plateau
[09:31] PS: That sounds like a hell of a commute.
[09:31] SL: There's an elevator
[09:31] SL: and it's not too far away from the array station
[09:32] SL: What?
[09:32] SL: Its nice up here.
[09:32] SL: Do you even know how many stars I can see at night?
[09:32] SL: All of them.
[09:34] SL: Either way I definately should have seen him if he was up here
[09:34] SL: or she
[09:34] SL: I guess he could have used the mesa over that way but thats a ways off
[09:35] SL: *Cough*
[09:36] PS: Well, it's not impossible that he saw you through your webcam.
[09:36] SL: That implies a webcam
[09:36] SL: Ugh, I'm just going in circles
[09:37] SL: Look, this connecting thing needs another person I assume?
[09:37] PS: Yep.
[09:37] SL: Can I connect to you?
[09:37] PS: But you'll have to install both discs.
[09:37] PS: Also, no.
[09:37] PS: I'm already connected to someone else.
[09:37] SL: ah
[09:37] SL: Can you connect to me then?
[09:38] SL: or am I getting the terminology mixed up
[09:38] PS: I think so.
[09:38] SL: It would be appreciated.
[09:39] SL: Man, I went through half the damn bottle
[09:39] PS: I'm no expert on these things, but when you're the one connecting to someone else, you're the client and the other guy is the server.
[09:39] SL: oh so it's a loop structure then?
[09:39] PS: As far as I can tell.
[09:39] SL: odd way to design it but who am I to argue with crazy people
[09:40] SL: I'll see about the discs. ANyone in particular I should, uh... be the server to?
[09:40] PS: Eh, I don't know.
[09:40] PS: Ask them.
[09:40] SL: Will do
[09:40] SL: Thanks for your time
[09:40] PS: No problem.
[09:41] PS: Not like I have much else to do anyways.
[09:41] SL: You will soon, apparently
[09:41] SL: I'll just see myself out
[09:41] SL: goodbye
[09:41] PS: Yeah.
[09:41] PS: Bye.
[09:41] -- starboundLogicbomb [SL] ceased pestering psuedoSkeptic [PS] at 21:41 --

He sat back in his chair and tapped his hand on the table. With a determination, he opened the envelope and inserted one of the discs.

[freeformschooler]

He sat back in his chair and tapped his hand on the table. With a determination, he opened the envelope and inserted one of the discs.

After a few minutes of waiting, the screens goes black with a green spirograph slowly spinning around the middle. Below it is the text "Awaiting server/client connection..."

[Dermonster]

Sirius waited a minute or so, before deciding that now would not be the time to get blitzed. He went downstairs to put the bottle back. "Better check on Gaca anyway." he said brightly, said parakeet being the only other living thing up on his mountain home.

To the living room parakeet!

[freeformschooler]

>Penny: Try to see what you can do now that the game is installed.

The screen still says "Waiting for client connection." Just as you consider messing around with it some more, though, a giant THING materializes from nowhere and lands right next to you, luckily leaving your bedroom unharmed:

Sirius waited a minute or so, before deciding that now would not be the time to get blitzed. He went downstairs to put the bottle back. "Better check on Gaca anyway." he said brightly, said parakeet being the only other living thing up on his mountain home.

To the living room parakeet!

(? +0 vs. ?) Gaca certainly SEEMS to be in working order. However, something looks off about her when she turns to look at you and goes, "GRAWK!"

[Dermonster]

"Something wrong, girl?"

Replenish bird food/water, attempt diagnostics.