#Idk
rough cobalt
pastel vale
yE
orchid halo
( 🍿 )
fluid mauve
Dollars!
gaunt jetty
Cents.
pastel vale
I wanna see if I can introduce this boi at some point
He's a military iterator
That's about it
fluid mauve
We all completed forgot to show what our OCs look like lmao
pastel vale
The name is really cool tho, I recommend you look up the meaning oc his name
Uhhhh
Sec
gaunt jetty
The one i'm with right now be like:
pastel vale
Uhh sec
fluid mauve
Heres HOM
gaunt jetty
Literally 1984.
Seems like this was a pacific night...At least this one...From you all, Kurtis is still asleep, yet something seems different around him while he's slept.
He's emitting some sort of aura similar as an echo...But full pitch black.
HOM is trying to play tetris on his Iterator puppet
pastel vale
(Original version of UNT, and then the new puppet)
wakes up
wazzu
ugj
I am not used to shutting down like that
what was that noise?
fluid mauve
HOM:Beats me, I've been busy trying to play games on this thing.
pastel vale
What is it?
gaunt jetty
The black aura starts moving around.
HOM:Ah yes, NIGHTMARES.
pastel vale
What is a nightmare??
gaunt jetty
Kurtis body is still in ground...Doesn't seem to be breathing...This aura seem to be tied to him.
HOM:Bad visions that happen that a livling creature experiences while they're sleep.
pastel vale
(oh btw, this is the friend or atleast it is until I can come up with a better name)
gaunt jetty
Your spear is teleported away from your hand, you heard it falling somewhat nearby of you.
(Its the Assistant!)
pastel vale
(Its the Assistant!)
(YES)
meager radish
woah a new thread
fluid mauve
*the assistant starts wawaing loudly*
HOM:Uh, note to self, don't touch that...
pastel vale
woah a new thread
(it's do)
steps back
whatthehellwhatthehell
I know this thing probably has a tragic backstory but I think we should probably get away
picks up a rock and throws it at Kurtis
fluid mauve
HOM:UUHHMMM, BUDDY, WAKE UUUUUUPP...
gaunt jetty
You heard a metallic thump on him, as if you hit something that you're not seeing on his body.
curses
meager radish
im sorry but after reading this entire thread I still don't understand just what is happening
pastel vale
im sorry but after reading this entire thread I still don't understand just what...
(You'll have to go back into #stories-discussion and read there)
meager radish
oh dang there's a lot here. lemme read it rq
pastel vale
picks up The Assistant and backs away a good bit
pastel vale
oh dang there's a lot here. lemme read it rq
(You can join if you want too)
gaunt jetty
That aura slowly vanishes...Kurtis starts to wake up, stretching and yawning.
can you point me to the top of the convo?
pastel vale
can you point me to the top of the convo?
(just go to where I join, I don't actually know where this convo started)
fluid mauve
```
That aura slowly vanishes...Kurtis starts to wake up, stretching and yawning...
HOM:So uh... you wanna explain what you did there?
gaunt jetty
(I can resume it a bit.)
fluid mauve
can you point me to the top of the convo?
I can show ya
pastel vale
```
That aura slowly vanishes...Kurtis starts to wake up, stretching and yawning...
both me and the assistant just watch with fear in eyes
fluid mauve
gaunt jetty
I can show ya
(Oh, go on then.)
Kurtis: Looks around, dizzy from the recent awakening.
...Umm, hey...Excuse me? What do...You mean?
fluid mauve
Kurtis: *Looks around, dizzy from the recent awakening.*
...Umm, hey...Excuse m...
HOM:You had some kind of protective black aura, don't ask me how we found out its protective.
pastel vale
You seriously have no idea what just happened?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Nods in agreement.
Yeah i don't...I was dreaming of something though...Suddenly someone threw me a spear on it.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks around.
...I guess i was having flashbacks of my former district...
Sigh.
Nothing much memorable though.
fluid mauve
HOM:Strange, I'll note this. HOM:So, where do we go from here?
meager radish
<@920399937815060562>
https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/31371991...
quickly read through it all.
pastel vale
quickly read through it all.
(do you want to join?)
pastel vale
`HOM:Strange, I'll note this.
HOM:So, where do we go from here?`
East.
Anything but west.
If I am correct, there is a mountain and an old drill just northeast
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I have no idea where i am...I...Never wandered outside of Winter Islands.
Looks away.
I'm lost.
meager radish
(do you want to join?)
I'm not sure that I can do that right now
pastel vale
I'm not sure that I can do that right now
(k)
fluid mauve
Kurtis: ...I have no idea where i am...I...Never wandered outside of Winter Isla...
HOM:I got an internal map if that helps.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Yawning.
...Its better than nothing at least.
pastel vale
BROADCAST OPENED
UNT
UNT: I belive it is working.
give me a sec, I think I know who to call
fluid mauve
HOM:Confirmed
gaunt jetty
Trinity of Judgment immediatelly joins this Broadcast.
TOJ: He's back.
Kurtis: Thinking.
...Broadcast?
pastel vale
It's how iterators communicate.
fervent rivet
`Processing Frame is online.
PF: Another invitation? Really?`
pastel vale
(i might be slow, im attempting a gd demon rn)
gaunt jetty
TOJ: I know this guy right there...I created him.
UNT- Listen, we need somewhere to hole up and you're the only other iterator that I know.
pastel vale
```
TOJ: I know this guy right there...I created him.
```
UNT- Wha...?
UNT- Frame, I can help you get past the taboos. My code was designed without them, and I have a special router that should be able to transfer my code to you.
fervent rivet
PF: Hm, Silent Hour in Time also states a way to get to the Void Sea. Not quite sure who to confide trust in.
gaunt jetty
TOJ: Yes...I created the Slugcats...The other Iterators copied the design in their ways...But the base of all is Kurtis.
UNT- The void sea- ugh
UNT- That place is nothing but trouble.
fervent rivet
(If you have heard PF’s story, then Silent Hour is NOT to be trusted.)
pastel vale
```
TOJ: Yes...I created the Slugcats...The other Iterators copied the design in...
UNT- Excuse me, what?
fervent rivet
PF: If one can get to the void sea, they can escape the cycle.
fluid mauve
`PF: Hm, Silent Hour in Time also states a way to get to the Void Sea. Not quite...
HOM:Great, first torrential rain and now a silent hour?
pastel vale
`PF: If one can get to the void sea, they can escape the cycle.`
UNT- And then what?
gaunt jetty
TOJ: Ask him about the Void Sea...He explored it.
PF: I.. am not sure. The ancients aren’t able to tell us what lies beyond ascension.
pastel vale
UNT- I never played into the theories when I was first activated, and I won't know. There is very little reason I should even belive of it's existence.
UNT- then it matters not.
UNT- The enterance has been destroyed.```PF: Correct. I would rather not say her acronym, out of respect. I may not know her too well, but I’m not going to be rude to someone who wants to help.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks at UNT and HOM.
...Wait a second...Can one of you check something for me?
pastel vale
Sure- what is it?
fluid mauve
Kurtis: *Looks at UNT and HOM.*
...Wait a second...Can one of you check somethi...
HOM: Mhm?
fervent rivet
PF; Anyway, why was I called here?
pastel vale
UNT- We need a place to hole up, and I can repay you.
UNT- All we need are some coordinates.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks away, pressing his forehead.
Slowly, some black metallic armor starts phasing out of a invisible state...There is a lot of attachments on it...And a Rifle.
I might have some...Iterator headgear...Or a prototype of one.
fluid mauve
HOM:I gotta get a grip before I have some kind of SUPER STROKE from seeing things after... what 40,000 cycles?
fervent rivet
PF: …coordinates. Hm, alright. Coordinates for where? And there are a few shelters in and near my structure.
pastel vale
`PF: …coordinates. Hm, alright. Coordinates for where? And there are a few shelt...
UNT- In. I believe there will be a lot of good things coming from sharing our research.
gaunt jetty
TOJ: Kurtis is not a regular bio-engineered being...I made him from the Void Fluid itself.
UNT- You, made Kurtis?
fervent rivet
PF: …I don’t understand who this Kurtis you speak of is. However, my structure should be shortly ahead. Do you see a brown and blue overseer? Follow it.
(Random overseer)
pastel vale
UNT- Gotcha. Moving to there
UNT HAS LEFT BROADCAST
Alright gang, time for a road trip
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: He removes two antennaes from his helmet, handing these over to UNT.
See if these things work...Well, where we're going?
pastel vale
Kurtis: *He removes two antennaes from his helmet, handing these over to UNT.*
...
Heading to a nearby iterator. There are a lot of things to sort out here.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Certainly there is...About these antennae, just see if it can receive and transmit broadcasts.
pastel vale
Oh, I already can transmit them without.
hands to HOM
however, can I see that ranged weapon of sorts?
gaunt jetty
TOJ: I see it.
(PF still in the Broadcast unless if it closed.)
fluid mauve
HOM:Man I would do some unspeakable things for a burger right now...
fervent rivet
(Yea, they’re still in the broadcast)
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks away.
...Umm...Sure.
fervent rivet
PF: We lack the ability to eat.
fluid mauve
`PF: We lack the ability to eat.`
HOM:I miss being able to eat...
pastel vale
Kurtis: *Looks away.*
...Umm...Sure.
Mother of- you really did well.
gaunt jetty
TOJ: I cannot leave my location, but i can see things through my Overseers.
shoots a suprisingly accurate shot at a nearby tree before handing the weapon back
You'd better keep that handy, its pretty good
the assistant hops onto my shoulder
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks down.
...Honestly i did not create this...
I modified it though...This weapon is a reminder of the first Ancient i killed.
pastel vale
Kurtis: *Looks down.*
...Honestly i did not create this...
I modified it thoug...
O-oh.
fervent rivet
PF: Deal with it, ancient. I honestly wish I had a consumable vent sometimes to see if water actually has a taste.
fluid mauve
HOM:I gotta find a cool weapon of my own...
HOM looks at their hands
HOM:Cool...
fluid mauve
`PF: Deal with it, ancient. I honestly wish I had a consumable vent sometimes to...
HOM:It does.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Stretching.
I could craft some for you two later...Lets go.
fervent rivet
PF: Ah. Good to know.
pastel vale
(time jump?)
gaunt jetty
(Sure.)
pastel vale
(we reach PFs can by nightfall)
enters can and heads to whatever you call the room the puppet is in i forgor
fluid mauve
the can
fluid mauve
HOM tumbles into the can
pastel vale
Aaaaand thats the Ancient.
fluid mauve
HOM:[Various Vulgaritys]
fervent rivet
PF: Well, welcome…. And you as well.
Frame doesn’t seem pleased with the ancient.
PF: Now then, what other help did you need?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks around the can.
...This place is way smaller than i saw from the first Iterator i have met here..
fervent rivet
PF: Hm?
Frame takes a good look at the blueprint.
pastel vale
(The blueprint appears to be of a chemical superweapon, built to destroy a specific version of the rot. It is covered with notes and annotations and appears to have been worked on on and off for many cycles)
Truth is- I never really finished working on my purpose.
And it was only recently when I woke up did I shake from my naiveness and realize that I need help to do this.
fervent rivet
PF: …neither have any of us. We’re all in the same boat, and I have no knowledge on rot. To study it, I’d have to witness it, and I cannot do that to myself or another Iterator.
pastel vale
I have. I have whitnessed it destroy a few iterators, along with the city.
What you see is an early prototype. It was tested once, and destroyed a whole region and created a massive chasm and crater into what used to be a subterranian complex.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...What is this Rot?
pastel vale
Your worst nightmare, the mistakes of many, and cancer.
fervent rivet
PF: So a superweapon. The skin parasites would have fun digging to the void sea with this.
They directly insult the ancients.
pastel vale
Oh, and frame- you might want to have a convo with this creature
pastel vale
`PF: So a superweapon. The skin parasites would have fun digging to the void sea...
It's only goal was to destroy the rot, and nothing else. I now realize that it should have had peramaters.
To my knowledge, at the bottom of that cavern used to be an enterance to the void sea.
fervent rivet
PF: Hm.. Well; what do you have to say?
They glare down at the others.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks away.
...Please do not go to the Void Sea.
pastel vale
I know you might not like us but we're the rabble you've got.
I can help with your issue with the taboo, and share the blueprint for the autonomous puppet
Oh, and lastly-
water tastes like sh(wawa)t.
fluid mauve
HOM:The water HERE does.
HOM:Water tastes like a liquid air cause, well, thats what it is.
pastel vale
that makes no sense.
fervent rivet
water tastes like sh(wawa)t.
PF: …excuse me? I apologize for placing myself at an estuary. Honestly, you ancients have done nothing but plague and insult us.
Frame seems to be sarcastic.
pastel vale
`PF: …excuse me? I apologize for placing myself at an estuary. Honestly, you anc...
I agree, but this person clearly isn't one of those people.
You see,
he has [adhd/autism].
fervent rivet
PF: Apparently there’s more problems to his head than that if he wanted to hide in a puppet.
fluid mauve
HOM:I didn't wanna die! What so wrong about not wanting to die?
pastel vale
Ya get judged.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I have autism as well...Through just a spectrum.
Looks up.
pastel vale
I think im done here for now, if you need anything holler
fervent rivet
`HOM:I didn't wanna die! What so wrong about not wanting to die?`
PF; If you were in MY position, you’d change your mind.
Silent Hour in Time sends Frame a message.
PF: ..Another update on the program, I see.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Ey...Don't go to the Void Sea...None of you should.
Looks away.
...Things down that place are far worse than the issues here at surface...
Shivering.
Why...Why do all want to keep exploring it anyway?
fluid mauve
Kurtis: Ey...Don't go to the Void Sea...None of you should.
*Looks away.*
...T...
HOM:Guess my kind is a restless one...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...There is nothing worth going there.
This place...Is the nest of a enormous creature.
Looks down.
pastel vale
reappears
and also-
you'll need my help if you want to actually go there
just sayiingggg byeeee
poofs
fluid mauve
HOM:Cool...
fervent rivet
PF: There’s not really a need to, after all. In this short time, Silent Hour in Time has begun creating a program which could be a viable solution. She has multiple of these.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Can i see that blueprint they have shown you?
fluid mauve
(Phone is gonna die, time to NPC mode)
fervent rivet
PF: I asked her for it as well. She states she doesn’t want to leak to others except me in fear that someone will find the solution and take credit.
pastel vale
(why dont we say that something mysterious suddenly happens to you?)
fervent rivet
(It’s an administration hack, PF doesn’t realize)
pastel vale
returns
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks around, concerned.
...Is this serious?
This planet is wrecked into pieces...
And they care about being credited?
pastel vale
so whats the plan?
pastel vale
Kurtis: *Looks around, concerned.*
...Is this serious?
This planet is wrecked ...
What do you mean?
fervent rivet
PF: We have minds, you know. We can feel offense.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Of something that should be benefiting the others?
...That doesn't make much sense.
Looks away.
fervent rivet
PF: I’m rather desperate at this point. I’m sick of this mortal plane.
Another message. It’s the link.
PF: Hm, already done. She’s rather a quick worker.
pastel vale
What is it?
fervent rivet
PF: The completed program. It may not be 100% the solution, she says alongside the message, but it’s worth a try.
pastel vale
Hm. Sure- I'll watch
fervent rivet
PF: Looks like this has a bit of a wait time to load. I’ll need the room empty so I can concentrate.
pastel vale
Ight
fervent rivet
Anyone is free to check the contents of the link, since PF is a dumb fuck who doesn’t know how to.
pastel vale
secretly leaves the assistant hiding in the wall
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...What are you all doing here...
He crawls away of the room.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks around, confused...Then starts meditating, trying to take self-notes of what is going on around.
pastel vale
You good?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Not much.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...We will find that out soon or later being here...No need to guess.
fervent rivet
There’s casually a brown and blue overseer overlooking the rest of the structure.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...There's something you have to know.
pastel vale
Hmm?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...When i came back to this planet...Everything was sank into the Void Sea.
Suddenly...I saw the same enormous creature i've mentioned earlier swimming around it.
Then some minutes later...This place was just in this state that we see now.
pastel vale
I might want to peek into PFs room, I left something in there
pastel vale
Kurtis: ...When i came back to this planet...Everything was sank into the Void S...
Wh, what-?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...It was some sort of worm in that void...
That thing seem to be devouring this place...
And who knows for how long, considering they appearently looped this world to some past state.
pastel vale
Thats, scary
gestures to the room @fervent rivet is it
I am going to go in there.
drops in
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Follows.
...Did you left your Assistant here? I noticed his disappearance.
fervent rivet
PF looks at the person inside the room.
PF: Still fairly busy.
pastel vale
Kurtis: *Follows.*
...Did you left your Assistant here? I noticed his disappear...
He's uhh- working on his own stuff.
I think HOM went with im as well.
Im going to rest and take a nap.
lays down and closes eyes
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Well...I'm...Exploring the zone.
Crawls away of the location.
fervent rivet
After several minutes, one of the Overseers in the area begins severely glitching out.
fluid mauve
HOM:Uh... What is that thing doing?
pastel vale
Jus a overseer...-
fervent rivet
The overseer just dies without warning.
fluid mauve
HOM:Oh...Thats just...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis is not anywhere close, so he's not seeing this, busy on his own exploration.
Frame’s voice can be heard.
PF: ..if you’re still in my structure, I advise you to leave. The structure could become dangdangdangdangerous during the remainder of the process.
fervent rivet
Ok//
pastel vale
(Ight, im on)
this gd level really changes the scene
I CANT SPAM CLICK FAST ENOUGH
MY NEW LOGITECH KEEPS FAILING ME
y e p
my phone is an android and gd is supported there
Hm
I might hop onto something else
my steam library-
wdym?
oo
same
except i have no idea how to code
ive come up with some epic stuff tho-
agred
meager radish
Ooh tell me about it
fervent rivet
The structure shakes lightly.
fluid mauve
HOM:Please don't tell me thats the rain...
fervent rivet
Some of the gravity has shut off.
fluid mauve
HOM:Cool, its rain that DISSABLES ELECTRONICS.
fervent rivet
PF: It’s Notnotnotnotnot-
seems as if they’re glitching out
PF: GET OUT!!
fluid mauve
(@gaunt jetty @pastel vale were back online)
HOM:SAY LESS!
Hom scales the wall like a goat towards the ceiling pipe
gaunt jetty
Kurtis notices the distant noises of the structure trembling...He is returning to the spot.
Kurtis: ...What in the world is happening now..
fluid mauve
HOM:NO TIME TO EXPLAIN, JUST [GTFO]
fervent rivet
On the outside of the entire structure, things seem fine. It’s still holding up steady like normal. However, the overseers outside are spazzing out or dying.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks around.
...No...I have to know what is going on.
...You can go if you want...But i'm not.
He decides to go to PF.
fluid mauve
HOM:Okay, cool, its some kind of...hijack???
fervent rivet
Inside the chamber, Frame is in the ground, seemingly writhing in pain. Their room is red.
fluid mauve
HOM has started a broadcast with PF
HOM:You good!?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Slowly approaches Frame, a bit worried.
...Ummm...What did you do to yourself?
fervent rivet
PF: ..that was a mistake..
fluid mauve
HOM:You Alright in there?
fervent rivet
PF: ..I think there’s something wrong with my structure. The inspectors might’ve attacked the program.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I'm going to inspect around your can.
fluid mauve
`PF: ..I think there’s something wrong with my structure. The inspectors might’v...
HOM:Can you run a diagnostic?
fervent rivet
PF: I can try.. diagnostic.. run.
It lists several things added. Everything seems alright.. except for memory confluxes, where the new program was added to. The situation there is set to critical.
PF: …I can’t lift my head.. what does it say?
fluid mauve
HOM:Something about memory confluxes to a new program, seems to have caused something critical?
fervent rivet
PF: Please check on it.. my sensors are messed up.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis crawls away of the Iterator can, starting to crawl between any gaps to check the internal conditions of the structure.
Bro just hears pained robot noises//
pastel vale
(I'm back)
pastel vale
Heads into the can
Frame, what the hell is going on??
fluid mauve
HOM:Hey, Kurt, check Frame's programing, something is going wrong.
fervent rivet
Frame is physically unable to answer you, still writhing in pain on the ground.
fervent rivet
(Pf is genderless. They can’t decide on one lmao)
fluid mauve
HOM tumbles in, once again
gaunt jetty
HOM gets no response since Kurtis is not listening the Broadcast and is not close enough.
HOM, I know you aren't going to like this but I need your puppet
I am going to try something dangerous, it might work
From what I'm seeing this appears to be some kind of malware or admin hack but I can't decyfer without going into her system
fervent rivet
PF: …get.. program out.
fluid mauve
HOM:What the- NO! This puppet is the only thing keeping me alive, what the hell are you planning!?
pastel vale
I also need some kind of memory core, something to back up my system
pastel vale
`HOM:What the- NO! This puppet is the only thing keeping me alive, what the hell...
Something hanus, but unless you can find another puppet then I'll need yours
the ambassador appears with a small memory core
creates backup of my mind in the core
Just try and keep this safe, I'm going to try and enter her system. I've worked on purging hacks before, so I should be able to manage this
fluid mauve
HOM:Uh, okay cool...
gaunt jetty
Gunshots was heard around this structure.
connects myself to PF before shutting down and entering their system
fluid mauve
HOM:ARE YOU F[guh]CKING KIDDING ME!?
pastel vale
(I have no idea how to rp the inside of an iterators system, I mean I have a vague idea but I mean we could just make up some mindscape crap or something)
fervent rivet
Frame’s still writhing.
Probably a bunch of memory shit, with red strands coming from the new program//
gaunt jetty
Kurtis come back to where HOM was.
Kurtis: ...The Inspectors went havoc.
fluid mauve
HOM:...Who's "The Inspector"?
fervent rivet
PF: …dark blue creatures.. protect neurons..
fluid mauve
HOM:No harm to us, right?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...They act as guards of their structures protecting their mind...
Seem like they are destroying the Iterator neuron cells...And anything else around.
fervent rivet
PF: Not.. right..
fluid mauve
HOM:So something altered the Inspectors code to attack the neurons?
pastel vale
(is it possible to duel in code?)
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...This is not normal activity...This Iterator probably is being hacked.
fervent rivet
(Good ending: they manage to help Processing Frame)
pastel vale
(so do we just say I manage to purge the malware?)
fervent rivet
(Sure ig)
pastel vale
*(without getting myself infected with a small part of it that stays dormant until way later in the rp and then becomes a major plotline that Involves a lot of funkiness)
wakes up
unplugs self
That was- an experience.
fluid mauve
(We used the NAS.)
(Nice Ass Sandwich)
pastel vale
(We used the NAS.)
(Nice Ass Sandwich)
(Y u m)
fervent rivet
(We used the NAS.)
(Nice Ass Sandwich)
These would be Frame’s favorite food//
fluid mauve
These would be Frame’s favorite food//
("One NAS, please!")
fervent rivet
The structure has stopped shaking, and the chamber returns to its normal pale blue. Processing Frame slowly looks up, able to raise into the air again.
PF: ..thank you..
pastel vale
It's fine- it's the least I could do to keep this place from collapsing.
Although I'll bet it's probably irreparable damaged
HOM, you get to keep your puppet.
I had an idea- but I don't think we'll have to utilize it yet
fluid mauve
HOM:Thank fu[n]k...
fervent rivet
PF: My inspectors.. I have contact with them again. They’ve stopped, but I’ve lost an estimate of about 17 neurons.
pastel vale
That isn't go-
freezes for a moment
I need water.
leaves can and heads for a nearby stream
fervent rivet
PF: ..I’ll need some time alone to catch myself up and remanage my structure after what happened in this.. particularly weird event.
fluid mauve
HOM:I want a sandwich...
pastel vale
drinks a liver-damaging amount of water
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks around.
...Well...I think i...Should head going.
Sigh.
...And you all should get ready for what is going to unfold here soon or later.
fluid mauve
*drinks a liver-damaging amount of water*
HOM:DAMN...
pastel vale
(where's Kurtis right now? I'm outside the can)
pastel vale
`HOM:DAMN...`
Water- it's what keeps this thing functional
gaunt jetty
(With HOM, same spot i suppose.)
fluid mauve
Water- it's what keeps this thing functional
HOM:We need to find you a jug for your need for water.
pastel vale
comes back
pastel vale
`HOM:We need to find you a jug for your need for water.`
Yea
I know a decent place where we can find basically any supplies we want-
But it's really treacherous.
And traumatic.
fluid mauve
HOM:I can escapade there if you need me to.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis is leaving this location.
Its the city just west. I know of a spot that we could enter in and avoid the rot.
fervent rivet
PF: Good luck in your journey, ..and thank you. I’ll confront Silent Hour in Time about this immediately.
pastel vale
```
Kurtis is leaving this location.
```
notices and runs up to Kurtis
Kurtis- we need you.
pastel vale
`PF: Good luck in your journey, ..and thank you. I’ll confront Silent Hour in Ti...
Alright- just be careful
the assistant hops on my shoulder
fervent rivet
PF: I have more than enough experience gained this cycle to know.
fluid mauve
(Tomatoes have alot of water!)
pastel vale
(Tomatoes have alot of water!)
(
)
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks at UNT.
...How so?
pastel vale
That rifle- I'm guessing you've trained with it and spears aren't the best thing for fighting rot.
The current plan is to head to the old city. Across the chasm and wasteland and through an enterance I found through the wall.
We'll have to hide in a lot of crevasses from DLLs cut I think it's manageable.
This buddy gestures to the assistant pulled it off once
(same)
fluid mauve
(Same)
pastel vale
(I have to go shopping, should take a lil bit so I'll ping when I'm back)
fluid mauve
(Should we just say that HOM went on his mission for supplies?)
(Imma be online but not here)
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Thinking, then sighs, saddened.
...Right.
pastel vale
(back)
pastel vale
(Should we just say that HOM went on his mission for supplies?)
(so do we just say that we braved the wasteland? I do have something interesting cooked up if we want to visit the crater/crevice >:)
fluid mauve
(Idk)
fluid mauve
(HOM found a water cooler)
pastel vale
(UNT gets a really cool cape, a canteen, and an ornate spear)
Guys, check out this convenience store!
Hey, HOM, can you read this?
hands hom what appears to be an old book
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Walks closer to UNT with a pile of 8 books.
...What is it?
pastel vale
I dunno- All I can read are pearls but almost all of them have faded by now
slithering sound can be heard from outside
fluid mauve
*hands hom what appears to be an old book*
HOM:The cover is hard to read, but I hope that the inside is still intact.
pastel vale
A relic from a lost past-
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Kinda hard...I tried to fetch the most here, but nearly everything is dusty.
pastel vale
the slithering intensifies as a shadow begins to appear over the front of the store
pastel vale
Kurtis: ...Kinda hard...I tried to fetch the most here, but nearly everything is...
It has been- what? A million cycles?
fluid mauve
HOM:This is a children's book, it has pictures.
pastel vale
What of?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Tilts head.
...Million?...I'm not sure how right your time perception is..
pastel vale
Kurtis: *Tilts head.*
...Million?...I'm not sure how right your time perception...
It's not great.
pastel vale
Interesting
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Give that to your assistant...I could try to teach them later.
Points ahead.
Also, is this a Daddy Long Legs?
pastel vale
Suddenly, a DLL appears at the front of the store
Sh
MOTHER OF FU
throws the non-ornate spear at it
fluid mauve
HOM tosses a big book at it with surprising force
pastel vale
WE NEED TO GET OUT!
gaunt jetty
Kurtis eyes start to glow up...After a second, he looks to the opposite direction, then the Daddy Long Legs disappear of sight.
Kurtis: ...Its not a wise idea to fight them without knowing our perimeter well.
fluid mauve
HOM B-lines in the opposite direction of the DLL
pastel vale
```
Kurtis eyes start to glow up...After a second, he looks to the opposite dire...
What-?
I say we head out the back door- fast
fluid mauve
HOM Rams through the back door
pastel vale
follows
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks at you, smiling.
...Heh...Yeah we should go...Just remember to walk quiet.
fluid mauve
HOM:The sewer is infested with lizards and turtles, and the shorline is a deathwish.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks down.
...I could check both zones and see where is better.
Being able to teleport stuff comes to be handy.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Nods in agreement.
...Since i ever visited the Void Sea and came back from there.
pastel vale
...Can you teleport us?
fluid mauve
HOM:Last time I checked, teleportation is kinda dangerous, then again the last time I checked was 40,000 cycles ago...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...A few times...Then i have to take a break before doing that again.
He teleports HOM a few meters away of where he is.
...And weirdly, it is always to the opposite direction i am looking at.
fluid mauve
HOM is flabbergasted
pastel vale
I think theres some apartments nearby- do we want to try resting there?
fluid mauve
Hom:Yea, I bet they have king sized beds!
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I feel weird being here to be honest...
Looks around.
But okay.
fluid mauve
HOM:Top floor has to be luxury.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Sigh.
...I don't really mind of the state...
As long it is safe, it works.
pastel vale
Guess we are going to have to go up a lot of staris...
the assistant hops down and looks through the stairwell, before looking back at me
Sorry bud, but I am not carrying you that many steps high.
fluid mauve
HOM:Do the elevators not work?
pastel vale
There isn't any power, so no.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks at you...Then he looks at the assistant.
...
He looks down, teleporting your assistant upwards, then himself.
Whoa- what?
fluid mauve
HOM:There's our elevator!
gaunt jetty
He speaks with them in private.
Kurtis: ...Is that guy often like this?
pastel vale
Assistant- Wawa?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I mean...He is your creator, right?
pastel vale
The assistant shakes their head
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Huh...Still...
Sigh.
...I find these two a bit problematic.
pastel vale
Kurtis: ...Huh...Still...
*Sigh.*
...I find these two a bit problematic.
Assistant- Waawa
pastel vale
`HOM:WOOOHOOO!`
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVING ORGANS
DOES NOT MAKE YOU BETTER THAN ME
fluid mauve
HOM:I JUST MADE A LITTERAL HAND CANNON!
pastel vale
WELL
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Sigh.
...I hope they don't just stay like this...
Otherwise i may be leaving...I still have my stuff to do here.
pastel vale
I- I COULDVE PROBABLY SYNTHEZIED A BLUEPRINT
comes in
Hey guys, you good with staying here?
fluid mauve
HOM:WHO NEEDS BLUE PRINTS WHEN YOU CAN BE A FORCE A NATURE!-
Glass breaking
HOM:Oohhh... Silent Hour In Time...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Well...Lets go back to them.
He crawls to the lower floors, following the Iterators shouting around.
fluid mauve
HOM:That was just a window, don't worry!
pastel vale
Alright, Im going to reserve a bed for me and the assistant and try to rest, ight?
fluid mauve
HOM walks into the apartment
HOM:I hope the beds aren't concrete...
pastel vale
Mine are comfy!
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Hey...Umm, just had a talk with your assistant in private...Don't worry, they're fine.
pastel vale
Ah- its fine. They can be chatty at time
fluid mauve
HOM lies down
HOM:Ah... thats great...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I'll keep looking around...
See if this place is really empty.
fluid mauve
HOM:If you find dirt, its probably just composted food.
pastel vale
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...That thing stinks, so i hope i don't find it.
He starts crawling to the upper floors.
pastel vale
Later in the night...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Yawning.
...Ugg...This place is just getting weirder every new day.
Pokes HOM.
...Hey...Wake up.
fluid mauve
HOM:...myea?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: We are not safe in this area...I checked from the rooftop.
fluid mauve
HOM:What did you find...?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Oddly, a lot of Birds with metallic attachments around...
I got some up here...Seems like they are flagged with some mark with a name...Miro and something.
fluid mauve
HOM:Spies...?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Looks more like an army.
fluid mauve
HOM:...Okay, we have two options, one we kill, two we run.
pastel vale
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
pastel vale
mmm-what
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...We're not safe here.
pastel vale
Whats- DLLs again?
grabs spear and wakes up the assistant
We can take them, right?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...No...Its an army...Some sort of birds flagged to be from someone named as Miro...Some are armed with weapons.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...And we have thousands of them below...
Some flying around up here too.
pastel vale
Flying?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I got the weapons of some i killed...But these seem rather unstable in their current conditions.
pastel vale
Alright, so we escape then?
fluid mauve
HOM:where do we escape to though?
pastel vale
The basement?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Could be a temporary spot to think better.
pastel vale
Then lets go!
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I bet is quite noisy down here...They're messing around.
He crawls downstairs.
fluid mauve
HOM:They'll leave us alone if they know whats good for them.
pastel vale
They probably don't though-
fluid mauve
HOM:Then the rain will do our work for us.
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...They seem rather too much mechanical, i'm not sure if they are really going to fear something.
fluid mauve
HOM:We fight.
gaunt jetty
Some explosion is heard below...Then a serial of explosions start to shake this structure.
Kurtis: ...Yes...Problem is...I'm not sure i will be able to transport all us there in time.
pastel vale
Leave me here and come back for me later.
Trust me
puts down the assistant
I can shut myself down so they'll think im just some useless junk
fluid mauve
HOM:I'm pretty sure they know what an iterator looks like.
pastel vale
They're dumb birds, how could they tell that a random deactivated puppet is actually an iterator?
Iterators are supposed to be locked up in their cans
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...If you say so...I just hope they don't collapse this building.
fluid mauve
HOM:Okay, stay safe, UNT. HOM: Kurt, do your thing.
pastel vale
shuts down in a corner
gaunt jetty
He nods...He starts teleporting the Assistant away into another building...Seems like a council hall...Then he come back to HOM.
Kurtis: ...Out of charges...Gotta wait a bit.
While it, more explosions...But in the upper floors of this apartment.
HOM is trying to steady their breathing
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Shivering a bit.
...I wonder if they're fighting something to be like that..
About 2 minutes of waiting...He teleports HOM to the Council hall...However he miscalculated his position to it this time and end up teleporting into a open window, while HOM goes just as normal to the Council Room.
Kurtis: Aaa crap-
fluid mauve
HOM:...Kurt? HOM:KURT!?
gaunt jetty
He hangs over into another window of two floors below.
Kurtis: ...I'm fine! I...Not really jeez..
fluid mauve
HOM:You gonna be okay, Kurt!?
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Well, my arms hurt a bit...But i can deal with this...I'll be up there soon.
fluid mauve
HOM:Okay! Be safe, Kurt!
gaunt jetty
While this...The other structure floors start to collapse...At least the ones from above.
(uh oh)
gaunt jetty
Doesn't take too long until the explosions from earlier below this structure makes the whole building collapse.
(uh oh)
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Oh...Thats...Well, i should check later.
Looks down...Shaking his head, then teleports inside the Council building.
pastel vale
The assistant watches in horror as it collapses
gaunt jetty
About more 6 minutes...The destruction around this city finally stops...And then the birds start to leave the location.
The Assistant begins to cry
the assistant begins to try and find a way down the building
gaunt jetty
The doors around seem to be all opened...Some broken even.
Seems like this zone was already hansacked and visited by the locals, as there is signals of vandalism and bones here and there.
the assistant comes up to Kurtis and begins begging, trying to signal you to go to the rubble
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks at him...Nodding in agreement, and petting its head a bit.
...I'll see if he's still intact.
pastel vale
the ambassador sits down and watches with grief as you teleport away
gaunt jetty
Oddly enough...UNT is reactivated even before he gets there...Someone else is also buried around this rubble.
What-
I cant see!
HElp!
I try to dig myself out of the rubble but it is almost impossible
gaunt jetty
You hear some robotical voice.
?: ...Yes, the structure has fallen on us.
gaunt jetty
?: ...Worry not, i protected you with my body...I'm just staying quiet to make sure these birds are gone.
pastel vale
W-what?
gaunt jetty
?: ...Miro's personal army was here.
pastel vale
The birds?
gaunt jetty
?: ...That was just a borderline of the main horde.
?: This guy is...Trying to develop something new...And more dangerous.
?: ...Its terrorism around these places furies me.
gaunt jetty
?: Miro is a remnant of the Ancients.
Possibly the only one i heard of.
About me...I'm Warden...A administrator of the Broadcast Networks.
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...Okay...If you wonder where you are...Inside me.
You hear concrete noises bashing into some metallic shell.
Wh-what??!
gaunt jetty
Warden: Sometimes i transport messengers to where they should be.
Warden: ...Here we go, we're out...Oh, someone is coming...Hold on.
pastel vale
Messengers??
Who-
gaunt jetty
You hear Kurtis voice.
Kurtis: ...Arston?
Warden: ...Oh...Hi Kurtis?
pastel vale
KURTIS!
HELP!!
fluid mauve
HOM:UNT, DO YOU READ ME?!
pastel vale
UNT: Yes, where are you?!
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Umm...Arston did you...
Warden: He's fine...I just thought you was some sort of foe.
You start to hear metallic engines opening...Then you see the light from outside from a hole.
What-?
fluid mauve
HOM:I'm right above the rubble, do you see the light!?
pastel vale
UNT: Yeah- should I go to it?
fluid mauve
HOM:GO! NOW!
pastel vale
I sprint out through the light
gaunt jetty
You left this dark spot...Then you see some sort of big white body above you.
Warden: ...Seems like i gave birth.
Kurtis: ...Ummm-
Warden: Chuckling.
pastel vale
Wh-what?
gaunt jetty
After you get a better angle...
You see a huge white metallic slugcat (Like, 5 meters tall, yet staying in 4 feet) with red eyes and black pupils remembering a lizard looking at you while sit, in a neutral position and expression.
His gaze is totally affixated on you, ignoring everything else in the terrain, not as a predator, but as if they wasn't used to be much threatened.
He doesn't seem to have a Mark of Communication, but sometimes there is holograms appearing around them, as if he has mental control of some neural gadget around him.
Warden: ...Hello.
Kurtis: Looks around.
...Don't worry...Arston is good.
fluid mauve
HOM:Right here.
HOM is holding the Assist like a baby
pastel vale
Thank god-
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...I made up to save them...
Almost screwed up and nearly died after a miscalculated teleport.
Warden: ...Damn man...Careful with that.
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...Technically i'm a protector of you Iterators.
gaunt jetty
Warden: I can't be everywhere, i am still being just one.
Besides...With you all so occupied into your personal researches, most of your structures has collapsed to a point i couldn't communicate any of you unless if i was close enough.
pastel vale
Wow.
gaunt jetty
Warden: Looks at HOM.
...You're new.
Pops up a hologram, scanning him.
pastel vale
It's my own design- well, sort of.
The idea was pioneered by a military iterator, the venator. He's sort of a legend from what I can hear despite no records of anybody actually seeing him. His "idea" wound up here, it this city where the local iterator group worked on it, but they could never produce the extra rarefaction cell needed to make the process work. My can (and myself) was partially build by iterators via overseers and something else, I can't remember. I utitlized an extra rarefraction cell to get this puppet to work. I added in a few touches of my own- of course.
I only needed it because the rot was slowly creeping up into my can.
Speaking of the rot, what part of the city are we in? I don't see any here.
gaunt jetty
Warden: Somewhat close of the Stormspire...This is still Newborn Woods though, Oakfield City.
Winter Islands is probably the only place where the rot didn't reach.
Kurtis: Widens eyes.
...Our homeland is close of here?
pastel vale
Oakfild city? Homeland? Newborn Woods? Winter Islands?
Wha- where are we?
HOM, do you know?
fluid mauve
HOM:I'm was busy watching something over there
HOM points at mothing
HOM:The lizards!
gaunt jetty
Warden: Looks to where HOM was looking.
What?
fluid mauve
(We can pause)
pastel vale
I'll probably be on for a few more hours (its 3:58 for me rn) so yeah
pastel vale
Miltion, you on atm?
(do we think we can try and unpause the rp?)
(@fluid mauve ?)
fluid mauve
(I almost passed out ngl
)
pastel vale
(I almost passed out ngl<:hunterglee:1127586414217941003>)
(
)
pastel vale
(not my meme)
https://youtu.be/SwFq4w0-Mms?si=dmcNv9UOP23MszjG
(I jumped from the notif and now I have fettuccine Alfredo on my pants)
(new pants acquired)
fluid mauve
(Hint)
gaunt jetty
(Oh yea, Warden.)
pastel vale
(Oh yea, Warden.)
(holeee that's epic)
fluid mauve
(Lets continue!)
fluid mauve
(Turkey sandwich wweeeerrrrrrr)
pastel vale
So uh- waht now?
fluid mauve
HOM: Don't we head east?
pastel vale
I guess- I am unsure of our current location but let's try,
picks up the assistant
It would be useful to find a new cape and spear.
gaunt jetty
Warden: From where did you two came off from what i could gather of your activity data was from west.
Downpour district is there...We're currently at North.
pastel vale
Uh- you- you all lead. I need some time to think.
gaunt jetty
Warden: Right at East it should have a Colony, which is still nameless.
Most of its inhabitants are Slugcats.
pastel vale
A slugcat colony?
Interesting,
gaunt jetty
Warden: Not an ideal place though...There is a lot of Rot there...This location used to have Ancients Villages.
fluid mauve
HOM:Hate to say I remember the villages here.
HOM:There was a children's clinic here somewhere.
pastel vale
(something i just made)
fluid mauve
`HOM:There was a children's clinic here somewhere.`
HOM:A food court somewhere near the center...
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...I see you have the Ancient features...You must be another one.
What happened to you be stuck in this doll though?
fluid mauve
HOM:Long story...
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...Well, i'll figure that out later...
Umm...We all might should keep going North until reach Winter Islands.
Its literally the safest spot in this planet.
Kurtis: Looks at Warden.
...Is...Rain still there?
fluid mauve
HOM:Thats a good question. I second Kurt.
gaunt jetty
Warden: Chuckling.
I don't think he is meaning the heavy rain HOM.
...This guy is married with someone named as Rain.
fluid mauve
Warden: *Chuckling.*
I don't think he is meaning the heavy rain HOM.
...This g...
HOM:Ooooohhhh!
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: Looks away, blushing a bit in embarassment.
...Y-Yea...
Warden: ...It makes sense he would be searching for her...Kurtis was like, 100 Years away of this planet.
pastel vale
mumbles
Its so iteresting to see that other cultures have come to exist~
gaunt jetty
Warden: Literally...Rain was postponed to be a ruler in wait...
Now that nearly all the Ancients are gone...She assume that role here.
Though...Well...I'm not sure how to explain this for any of you.
pastel vale
Wait- theres a village full of ancients?
fluid mauve
Wait- theres a village full of ancients?
HOM:There WAS a village full of ancients, now its just a ghost town.
gaunt jetty
Warden: So far, only HOM and Miro are the only Ancients left.
fluid mauve
HOM:Who's Miro?
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...An terrorist from what i know so far...
He never leaves the South part of his world, where he uses a Iterator to control these creatures he has spreaded around.
Sometimes he makes coordinated attacks at random structures...I'm not sure why though.
fluid mauve
HOM:Old habits die hard huh?
pastel vale
Warden: ...An terrorist from what i know so far...
He never leaves the South pa...
Wait, what is the name of the iterator?
gaunt jetty
Warden: Final Frontier...Seems like he has a lot of alibis around that place too.
pastel vale
phew, okay.
gaunt jetty
Warden: May i know why?
fluid mauve
HOM:Who are you talking too?
pastel vale
Warden: May i know why?
Just, wondering.
gaunt jetty
Warden: With UNT...Please say it...It is part of my work here.
pastel vale
I-I don't know if I can.
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...I'll run a forced diagnosis then.
I got a feeling that you're being restricted...Now by who..
fluid mauve
HOM gently holds you in place
HOM:Its okay...Its all gonna be okay...
fluid mauve
HOM:Why are you avoiding this?
fluid mauve
HOM gets on your level and holds you against them
HOM:Its okay...Be still...
gaunt jetty
Warden: ...Kurtis get your fingers ready...You can hack back right?
Kurtis: Nods in agreement.
Warden starts to run a full data diagnosis on UTN.
pastel vale
suddenly jumps up and attempts to escape
fluid mauve
HOM tackles UTN and pins them to the ground
HOM:Calm down...
HOM puts all of his weight onto you
pastel vale
a black overseer suddenly appears and shoves you off
YOU CANT STOP ME
gets up and kicks you in the face before resuming the escape, jumping into an alleyway
fluid mauve
HOM gets back up
HOM:fine then.
HOM picks up a rock and tosses it at you with such force that it breaks the sound barrier
BANG
gaunt jetty
Warden starts to emit some sort of distorced aura while it...The gravity around is getting heavier.
I just fricking frontflip from the force
suddenly procures a spear and throws it back at HOM with aimbot
gaunt jetty
This aura is making things movements nearby go slower....The spear falls down immediatelly upon throwing.
HOM is in shock
pastel vale
I turn around and dodge around a corner, out of sight
fluid mauve
HOM:No use, just let em go...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis teleports UNT back to this spot, then Warden grabs them.
HOM Hold them in place with all the force they can muster
pastel vale
YOU CANNOT STOP M-E
fluid mauve
HOM:Let it happen...
pastel vale
the black overseer reappears and suddenly launches HOM with a large amount of force
NOOO
gaunt jetty
Warden: Alright Kurtis i got this fellow...Hack it.
Kurtis: Starts poking a hologram.
fluid mauve
HOM tumbles but recovers to grab the overseer and pull its roots
pastel vale
Warden: Alright Kurtis i got this fellow...Hack it.
Kurtis: *Starts poking a ho...
suddenly, the system shuts down completely the moment you acess UNT
pastel vale
*HOM tumbles but recovers to grab the overseer and pull its roots*
you hear a BANG as the overseer blasts you away before blasting Kurtis
fluid mauve
HOM:DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHEN TO QUIT!?
pastel vale
IT'S NOT-
gaunt jetty
The blasts pushes Warden away...Yet Kurtis stays unaffected.
STOP RESISTING-
fluid mauve
HOM places both of his hands on UTN's head in an attempt to soothe them
HOM:You can fight it... just breathe...breathe...
gaunt jetty
Kurtis: ...Fight it back! I can't continue the hacking if you're just letting them take over control!
pastel vale
I CAN'T
fluid mauve
HOM has started to direct message UTN
HOM:Fight it```UNT: You always think there is a way, don't you?
fluid mauve
HOM:This body is not your to take.
pastel vale
UNT: You are flawed. You do not understand.
UNT: It may be, but that will not stop me.
UNT: Besides, you might want to hold onto something.
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Kurtis is knocked out by this forcefield.
A robtic voice takes over
It seems that, due to your efforts, this body may not be as useful to me as I thought.
So why don't you give your friend -one last hug-
fluid mauve
HOM:Forgive me...
HOM grabs the spear that UNT threw before and launches it at them
pastel vale
the spear goes straight into UNT, poking out of his body
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Warden just keeps watching this.
a robotic voice suddenly sounds- RAREFACTION CELL SELF DESTRUCTION CANCELLED
UNT falls to the ground
fluid mauve
HOM starts bawling their eyes out, falling to their knees
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Warden: ...Something about this guy was odd since my first scan during his deactivated state from earlier...Huh.
...A signal of interference from some unknown location...
Must have been someone from the South...Bastards.
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The assistant crawls over the body and begins to cry again
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Warden: Approaches the assistant, curling around him.
...These people has to be seriously stopped.
fluid mauve
HOM:Rest easy... no more suffering for you...
pastel vale
(technically im not fully dead, i just need a new rarefaction cell)
fluid mauve
(HOM does NOT know that
)
pastel vale
(makes cursory glace at damaged systems)
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Warden: ...He might not be dead yet if his data wasn't corrupted or destroyed.
Yet...I'm not even sure if we should him back considering what just happened.
pastel vale
the black overseer reappears
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Warden: ...You again.
pastel vale
the overseer twitches and tilts its iris
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HOM:... You monster...
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the overseer looks at you as if it is smiling
fluid mauve
HOM:...
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Warden: ...Now that guy gonna keep following us...Great.
pastel vale
the overseer disapears
fluid mauve
HOM:STAY GONE...
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Warden: ...No use to fight them.
pastel vale
V: Clever move there, destroying the cell.
V: As for you, Kurtis, I'd recommend keeping an eye out. The guardian has been angered and I would not advise continuing with your actions.
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Warden checks the logs around his holograms in secrecy.
Warden: ...Guardian huh..
fluid mauve
HOM:Reddunt in sanguine
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Warden: Looks at Kurtis.
...We must protect Kurtis at all costs.
fluid mauve
HOM:Kurtis, you've been promoted to V.I.P, congrats...
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Assistant: wawawawawawawawawawawawwawawaawewawawawawawawawa
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Warden: ...Considering what i learned of what he might be...He always have been.
...We should search for Dragon Slayer later.
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HOM:Its north, right?
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Warden: ...She might be anywhere to be honest...
She is not even one of us from the Ancients civilization.
pastel vale
(are you actually gonna leave me to die?)
fluid mauve
(are you actually gonna leave me to die?)
(We have no idea how to save you 
)
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Warden: ...We should find a Rarefaction Cell for this Iterator...Just to keep him alive...We have about 6 days before his data starts self-destroying.
pastel vale
(YeS I DON WANNA DIE)
fluid mauve
Warden: ...We should find a Rarefaction Cell for this Iterator...Just to keep hi...
HOM:I'll carry him like I did before...
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Warden: ...I'll pick up Kurtis.
He moves to Kurtis, openening a cavity in his mechanical torso, putting him inside of it, then closing.
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The assistant holds onto UNT's body as you pick him up, still wrapped up in grief
fluid mauve
Warden: ...I'll pick up Kurtis.
*He moves to Kurtis, openening a cavity in his ...
(litteraly titanfall)
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Warden: Looks at you.
...I find funny we're both Cyborgs.
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HOM: Though your situation seems to be more compressed than mine.
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Warden: Yes...I was Bio-Engineered like this by Trinity Of Judgment.
Its very different from being designed to be something from having to be turned into it...A lot can go wrong.
...Anyways, lets move.
fluid mauve
HOM:I guess while were walking to who-knows-where, you wanted to hear my origins, right?
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Warden: Smiling.
...Yeah we can exchange each other story while it...
I just hope this Slugcat here doesn't get too bothered by all of it.
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The assistant doesn't look up
(i might go afk since my characters are basically in npc mode)
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(Aight.)
Warden: Starts crawling forward.
...Where did you use to live before...All of this?
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Warden: *Smiling.*
...Yeah we can exchange each other story while it...
I just...
HOM: So, the great ascension was happening, and my family wanted me to ascend with them, but I didn't want to since I got too attached to this world. So I hid away in this Iterator puppet, I was forced to sit still so I fell asleep. Turns out that was a bad idea, and two other people confused me with an actual iterator and attached me to a tower. I woke up to my ribs being crushed and my organs being torn apart. I guess they heard me scream and detached me from the tower. They probably didn't wan't a case on manslaughter on their hands, so they threw me away, and they left me dormant for 40,000 cycles.
fluid mauve
Warden: *Starts crawling forward.*
...Where did you use to live before...All of...
HOM:Somewhere West from here, small town, not a lot of people, but great connections with the other cites.
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Warden: Must have been nearby Downpour district then.
Now, 40000 Cycles?
...I think you might have lost your sense of time.
Not really a surprise in such a place...
The brutality of the events everywhere might have messed up how most people used to perceive the local reality.
fluid mauve
Warden: Must have been nearby Downpour district then.
Now, 40000 Cycles?
...I ...
HOM: Its a rough estimation.
fluid mauve
Not really a surprise in such a place...
The brutality of the events everywhere...
`HOM: Every ancient weeks before the great ascension was really out of touch with their humanity.'
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Warden: Ah...Fair enough...Yet...
It just have been like...5000 Cycles and a bit more since the discoverance of...This cursed immortality we all have.
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HOM: To that I say, one must imagine Sisyphus happy.
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Warden: ...You're not wrong...Since the boulder has already fell twice...If you get what i mean.
fluid mauve
Warden: ...You're not wrong...Since the boulder has already fell twice...If you ...
HOM: Like I said...
HOM: Now, lets just hope we find a spare rarefaction cell sooner or later...
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Warden: ...In my homeland we will find some of these...
Looks around.
...I still find weird almost nobody remembers of the Void Worm...Weird.
fluid mauve
HOM: That sounds horrifying, and I though rumors of the Echo's were bad enough...
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Warden: ...And this is why we should look for Dragon Slayer after restoring this guy here...She knows what is that thing.
gaunt jetty
Nearly about 5 days later...After crossing a frozen sea...You start to see a few structures attatched together in isolated terrains...That, and a calm snowing breeze flowing around this location.
Warden: ...Finally...We're at my home.
fluid mauve
HOM: What about UTN?
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(fun fact= in the rw lore the reason why most structures built by the ancients are still standing is because they have special microbes in them that automatically repair structures)
(nope, purposed beings)
(ah)
(proceeds to continue dying in calculator)
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Warden: Scans UNT.
...Reaching neural failure in 18 hours.
Might start losing his memories in the next 4 - 6.
pastel vale
(FING DIED ONTO MY KEYBOARD)
fluid mauve
Might start losing his memories in the next 4 - 6.
HOM: No time to waste then, lets look for a rarefaction cell.
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Warden: ...These should be nearby my creator tower...
His zone surrounds the industrial factories.
pastel vale
(lol)
fluid mauve
(Lets bum rush to a rarefaction cell)
pastel vale
The assistant suddenly stands up (theyve been depressed this whole time) and starts walking away, as if they are sensing something
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Warden: ...Just follow me...Moving around here is a mess even with pings.
Warden: ...Ey! Where are you going?
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the assistant turns a corner and disapears
fluid mauve
HOM: Let them go, they're probably still grieving.
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Warden: ...Yeah...We don't need to worry though, this whole environment is safe.
...Its not the same as how it was though.
Sighs, then moves around.
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Warden: Looks back.
Hmm?
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HOM: Is that a message? Or a Rarefaction cell?
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Kurtis teleports outside from Warden while it, checking the local...Feeling a bit nostalgic.
(the best video ever on youtube reccomend it)
https://youtu.be/O79VOoex0mk?si=A5JfN1H0vexP5fA-
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`HOM: Is that a message? Or a Rarefaction cell?`
WAWA! the assistant rolls the orb right up to you. The orb appears to be gray with some kind of blue-colored stripe on it.
fluid mauve
WAWA! *the assistant rolls the orb right up to you. The orb appears to be gray w...
HOM: What is this?
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Warden: Looks at it, then scans.
...Huh...Will do...Kurtis?
Kurtis: Shakes head, then looks at Warden.
...Yes?
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the assistant looks joyful in their find
fluid mauve
HOM: I assume we put it inside UTN?
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Warden: ...Well...Better leave that work for him...Replace that where his broken rarefaction cell is.
Kurtis: Nods in agreement...He grabs the rarefaction cell...Backing away a bit.
...I did not bring any tools...But maybe i can set it without these with my teleporting stuff.
Kurtis: He first teleports the broken cell out...Then does that with the new one to replace it in the chest.
fluid mauve
HOM started broadcasting to UTN
HOM: Am I reaching you?
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UTN: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
fluid mauve
HOM: Hello?
pastel vale
UTN: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Warden: ...Full recovery will take some minutes...After all his body wasn't hydrated all that time.
pastel vale
UTN: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
the assistant leans over UNT's body
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HOM drags UTN to a nearby body of water
HOM looks at the assistant
HOM: You know what to do, right?
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the assistant nods and begins splashing water onto UTN's head
o fGWEQAMVJPO BYT
HOYLS HJIT
GET AWAY0
ITS HERE-
-WHAT THE FU-
GET AWAY FROM ME!!
fluid mauve
HOM: Welcome back?
pastel vale
immediately jumps up and starts stepping away
NO- HES HERE- HE- HE KNOWS
IM NOT SAFE- I-I CANT
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Warden: He who?
fluid mauve
HOM: And we just got you back...
fluid mauve
HOM: HOLD HIM DOWN!
fluid mauve
HOM: Just stay close to us.
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Warden shakes head.
Warden: Whoever V might be...He cannot attack us here.
pastel vale
ho-how do you kno-know?
fluid mauve
ho-how do you kno-know?
HOM: We were directly contacted by them
pastel vale
UNT looks at you in fear
Please...
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Warden: ...Administrator trick...
While i am unable to stop their doings remotely...
I can track their logs in the Broadcast Network, regardless where they might be.
fluid mauve
Did I just die?
HOM: That was death, yup.
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Warden: ...Not quite...But was very much without a heart.
fluid mauve
HOM: The safest place the warden knows.
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Warden: ...Thats Winter Islands...The first Iterator home.
fluid mauve
Thank the ancients.
HOM: You're welcome?
pastel vale
`HOM: You're welcome?`
Yes- uh- thank you.
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Kurtis: Looks around, saddened.
...Seems very different without the Ancients...
Pacific, yet carries something wrong in this quietude.
fluid mauve
HOM: You again?
pastel vale
UNT immediately runs over, grabs the overseer, and starts beating the living daylights out of it
the assistant joins in
Now thats over with, what do we do now?
casually tosses the dead overseer behind UNT
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Warden: ...Trinity of Judgement is still functional.
fluid mauve
HOM: How come you you beat the sh[woosh]t out of it, it dies, but when I try and kill it, it blows me up?
pastel vale
`HOM: How come you you beat the sh[woosh]t out of it, it dies, but when I try an...
I don't f(wawa)ing care
That thing can die.
Maybe it doesn't want to hurt me?
fluid mauve
Warden: ...Trinity of Judgement is still functional.
HOM: Ah, yes, Tears Of Justice.
pastel vale
Warden: ...Trinity of Judgement is still functional.
...Is he here?
fluid mauve
Maybe it doesn't want to hurt me?
HOM: Nope, it was out for blood
gaunt jetty
UNT received a Private Broadcast of someone flagged as TOJ.
TOJ: ...I'm aware of your presence.
TOJ: It has been a while.
UNT: It sure as hell has.
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Warden: ...He just broadcasted UNT privately.
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UNT- I have a uhh- question. Of sorts.
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TOJ: ...Go on.
He also makes HOM and Someone flagged as Wonkies join this broadcast.
UNT- The Venator.```HOM: Venator, latin for hunter.
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TOJ: ...Oh...That guy...Well...A betrayor in general.
TOJ: Just as many of the South...He had some suspiciousness of being an allly of Miro.
TOJ: Most of them are known to be purposed for military ends...Which often ends going badly around that place.
UNT- That little shi injected malware into me- I think something like what happened with PF.