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[flabort]

You are a group of friends. OK, some are more enemies than friends, but one thing holds your group together more than anything else:
When you met online, you discovered you all share the same birthday. Today happens to be all seven of your thirteenth birthdays. And the day of the long awaited arival of the SWURB Beta.

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One girl is standing in her ROOM, idly waiting for her friends to contact her. Her BACK CORNER houses her BED, which has been strewn with STREAMERS. More STREAMERS can be found on her BOOKSHELVES, on her BATTLEGROUND TABLE, and her COMPUTER DESK. Her SWIVEL CHAIR managed to avoid the STREAMER MASSACRE, but she isn't sitting on it because it's uncomfortable. A good many HORROR NOVELS are removed from her shelves and tossed about the room to repel her LEGAL GUARDIAN.

She can hear her LEGAL GUARDIAN knocking on her DOOR, saying something about the MAIL.

Her Pesterchum handle is DERMONSTER, and it is her birthday.

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Another girl sits cross-legged on her BALCONY, overlooking the city outside. Behind her is her ROOM, which contains her many INTERESTS. Her SIS is probably nearby, waiting to pull some form of BIRTHDAY PRANK. She is waiting peacefully for her friends to contact her on her TABLET, to her left. To her right is her HAND-CARVED FLUTE, made by her SIS.

She spies the mailman walking into her APARTMENT BUILDING.

Her Pesterchum handle is TIRUIN, and it is her birthday.

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A boy reigns over his COURTROOM of POTTED PLANTS, judging each CASE as it comes up. Mr. FERN, you claim that PRESIDENT DAISY stole your prize painting? But PRESIDENT DAISY is the president, she couldn't possibly commit any crimes! He finds the accused INNOCENT, and sentences the PERSECUTOR to three years for TREASON. That done, he hops down off his JUDGE'S STAND to get to his COMPUTER, where he is going to chat with his friends on their BIRTHDAYS. On the way, he pockets his bribe from PRESIDENT DAISY, nods at THE PRESIDENTS on his wall, and picks up a BOXED PRESENT left by his MOTHER.

His MOTHER can be heard in the DEN from here, wrapping more PRESENTS.

His Pesterchum handle is JACK A T, and it is his birthday.

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A boy is playing OUTDATED GAMES in his room. He'd rather be playing NEW OBSCURE GAMES, but no games of his taste have come out recently. The new BETA being released sounds fun, though. In luie of a couch, he sits on a DISPLAY SHELVE on the handles of some of his PIKES. His HALBERDS are over there, SPEARS over on that shelf, JAVELINS are stored behind the TELEVISION, and OTHER POLE-ARMS THAT HE FORGETS THE NAMES OF are located on other display racks. He has several SHELVES and DRAWER-ED DEVICES in his room. Even his BED has DRAWERS in it.

His FATHER is playing right beside him, but is scratching his head profusely over the confusing game.

His Pesterchum handle is ARCVASTI, and it is his birthday.

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Another boy is lying in his BEANBAG CHAIR, reading a fairly long novel. His ROOM has several BEANBAG CHAIRS of several sizes lying about; his BED is even a BEANBAG FORT, held up with MORE BEANBAGS. He adjusts his HALF GALLON HAT as he gets to the suspenseful part, and keeps reading. His computer bleeps at him about some VIRUS, but he'll clean that up LATER.

The HEAT OUTSIDE wafts through his window, and he can hear the magma of the volcano out there BUBBLE. He finds the sound soothing.

His Pesterchum handle is ELEPHANT PARADE, and it is his birthday.

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A girl who shouldn't have been in charge of her own COMPANY directs her underlings indirectly from her COMPUTER, influencing the VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY directly. When a DESIGNER brings up a CONFLICT, she angrily lets him know EXACTLY what she WANTS, and it's HIS PROBLEM if he can't fix it.

Her computer then shuts down suddenly, and she gets up to calm down. She can hear her PET outside, stalking wild KANGAROOS again.

Her Pesterchum handle is THE FROGGY NINJA, and it is her birthday.

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Our last girl in the group of friends is exploring her NEIGHBOORHOOD, trying to PHOTOGRAPH the rare and illusive PINK TIGER MOTH. However, before she can find it, she sees a DELIVERY TRUCK rolling towards her house, and she heads home. Once home, she is greeted by a large CRATE in her living room, where suits of ARMOR like the one she's wearing are on display, holding various weapons of war (Except for Pole-arms).

The CRATE seems to be taller than her, and has warning signs about the contents being FRAGILE and VULNERABLE TO MAGNETS.

Her Pesterchum handle is NAV, and it is her birthday.

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What are these friend's names, and what will they do next?

[Dermonster]

This young battle masters name is Marie Ragna! And she will not stand for this chair. Who put this here? This is clearly not her lovely plush armchair. There will be a reckoning!

Seek out the proper chair. Plans cannot be made nor executed without a comfy Plush chair of Schemes.

[Jack A T]

The name of this good friend is Simon Nikolovski.

Brilliantly mock the ridiculous trial by making an editorial cartoon about it, in which all major figures in the trial except Mr. Fern are represented by kangaroos labelled with their names!

[The Froggy Ninja]

Heather Schmidt. Check up on my the current three games in Project Infrastructure (In which three {soon to be more} mmo games are being produced {a RPG, a shopkeeper, and a crafting game} and linked to the same servers to eliminate the need for NPCs and the discontinuity of quests.) Also ponder why literally all my friends share my birthday.

[Elephant Parade]

(Name generator time!)
Delroy Quigly. That computer thinks it can get Delroy, King of Laziness to do work, huh? He refuses to fix that virus, unless it's lethal enough that putting it off would require him to buy a new one. He decides to mess around on his computer after finishing the current book.

[Dermonster]

Aww, we're not doing the 'all names first and last have to be x letters long' thing

[NAV]

Michaela Anturon
Take pictures of the box, then open it!

[flabort]

Aww, we're not doing the 'all names first and last have to be x letters long' thing

((The special meanings of lengths of names apply in a different way here))

((Also, since you're not all in the same location, I guess turns can happen somewhat asynchronously))

(Dermonster) -===> Seek out PROPER CHAIR. PLANS cannot be MADE or EXECUTED without a comfy PLUSH CHAIR OF SCHEMES.
Your SWIVEL CHAIR is unacceptable! You throw it out the WINDOW onto a PILE of SWIVEL CHAIRS. Your LEGAL GUARDIAN must have put this here. You look around, and find your PLUSH CHAIR OF SCHEMES in your CLOSET, which was ALWAYS THERE. What do you mean, that's where your BOOKSHELF was? It was clearly a CLOSET the WHOLE TIME.


(Jack A T) -===> Brilliantly MOCK the trial by making an EDITORIAL CARTOON about it in which all characters except MR. FERN are KANGAROOS labeled with their names!
You sketch a BRILLIANT EDITORIAL CARTOON about your very own trial. The KANGAROOS are tearing MR. FERN apart, literally! Even the judge has a paw in punishing MR. FERN. Once done, you hang the BRILLIANT EDITORIAL CARTOON up on your wall next to some OTHER EDITORIAL CARTOONS.

(The Froggy Ninja) -===> Check on the CURRENT STATUS of PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE. PONDER why all your friends share your BIRTHDAY.
You get your COMPUTER running again after a bit, and check on the status of the DEVELOPERS. They keep trimming away FEATURES in order to make the games more LIGHTWEIGHT. Something about SERVER LOAD. Meanwhile the MODELERS seem to be neglecting the SHOPKEEPING game and the CRAFTING GAME in favor of the RPG. It seems they FORGOT that they were working on THREE GAMES again.
You take a break when your computer shuts down again, and PONDER your friends. Knowing six other people born on the same day is a little odd, but it's how you met.

(Elephant Parade) -===> Mess around on the COMPUTER after finishing your BOOK
Obviously the COMPUTER can wait. You need to finish this last CHAPTER.
...
And done.
You hop off your BEANBAG CHAIR and onto your LARGER BEANBAG CHAIR that sits in front of your COMPUTER. You guess you haven't PESTERED your friends in some time, so why not do that?

(NAV) -===> Take PICTURES of the BOX, then open it!
There's a BOX too? Looking around, you don't see a BOX. Just this CRATE. Which you proceed to take PICTURES of, then shove a SWORD borrowed from a KNIGHT between a couple BOARDS. It comes open EASY with a little PRYING, and inside is a NEW COMPUTER. After you accidentally CUT THROUGH your last COMPUTER, you ordered this TOP OF THE LINE new computer.

[The Froggy Ninja]

This is unacceptable! Use my backup computer to allocate resources from secondary projects to both getting more server space and more manpower on the modeling.

[Tiruin]

((Dohoho anagram of my real name, go lacking creativity! -_-))

Another girl sits cross-legged on her BALCONY, overlooking the city outside. Behind her is her ROOM, which contains her many INTERESTS. Her SIS is probably nearby, waiting to pull some form of BIRTHDAY PRANK. She is waiting peacefully for her friends to contact her on her TABLET, to her left. To her right is her HAND-CARVED FLUTE, made by her SIS.

She spies the mailman walking into her APARTMENT BUILDING.

Her Pesterchum handle is TIRUIN, and it is her birthday.

This friend is named Jess Baith Taupo.

Cautiously check on the mailman. Bring Tablet and flute along...with the latter to look busy.

[Dermonster]

Bah, to sabotage my place of operations. Today is far too important to be messing around. Clearly this is the work of (LEGAL GUARDIAN)! I wonder what events (Genderpronoun) has planned this day- did (Pronoun) say mail?

Get out the door. Mail's here!

[flabort]

(The Froggy Ninja) -===> Use BACKUP COMPUTER to allocate RESOURCES from SECONDARY PROJECTS to both getting more SERVER SPACE and more MANPOWER on the MODELING
Obviously you get out your LAPTOP and connect to the INTERNET from that. You realize, however, that taking RESOURCES from PROJECT ANTICOMPETITOR would hurt your COMPANY, so you take them from PROJECT RETRO PLATFORMER. You may be always taking RESOURCES from that PROJECT, but you always find more RESOURCES there to take. You offer plans for a MULTICORE SERVER with EXPANDABLE RAID, so that FEATURES can be NOT CUT.
Taking MANPOWER and moving it to MODELING seems like a risky choice. You had HANDPICKED the MODELERS because of their FAVORED ART STYLE, and adding more MANPOWER might change the ART STYLE. However, you find some CLOSE MATCHES and move them over, while REMINDING the MODELERS to work on the OTHER TWO parts of the PROJECT.

(Tiruin) -===> Cautiously CHECK ON the MAILMAN. Bring TABLET and FLUTE along, with the LATTER to LOOK BUSY.
You CAPTCHALOG your TABLET and PICK UP your FLUTE, then go through your ROOM, carefully not disturbing any HOME PHARMACIES you have set up, not bumping into any PAINTING EASELS, and not knocking over any BOOKS ON WELL BEING. You exit into the SHARED LIVING ROOM you and your SIS share, only to find a large DEPICTION of you as a GEEZER. You choose to ignore the obvious BIRTHDAY PRANK, and continue out into the HALLWAY, then down to the FOYER. The MAILMAN is there, with a PARCEL addressed to your SIS, and a LETTER addressed to YOU. He waves you down, RECOGNIZING you.

(Dermonster) -===> Get out the DOOR. MAIL's here!
You open your DOOR, to face your LEGAL GUARDIAN. She is holding a STREAMER GUN, and fires STREAMERS onto you. They DRAPE onto your SHOULDERS and across your FACE. She is also holding a LETTER addressed to YOU, though, so you take the LETTER and CLOSE THE DOOR.
The LETTER contains the BETA KEYS for SWURB! Yes. Now you can download the BETA and unlock it!

[Elephant Parade]

Use computer. Lurk on forum. Open Pesterchum, since six birthdays is enough reason to bother talking with people. Barely.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Request a written report on the progress so far as well as copies of all files comleated or being worked on for Project Infrastructure. Open Pesterchum.

[Tiruin]

Jess waved back at the mailman with a smile--partly due to realizing her sister's joke in a good way rather than the silliness she depicted her as (which was quite good, actually).

Acquire material goods from mailman. Reciprocate with thankful verbal gestures and wish him a nice day (and go along with any other things that need to be done like signing a signature).

Go back to room and call sister. Bring both parcel and letter.