(Day 1) ==> Ceroti: Open Memo

[catenarypyre]

-- catenaryPyre [CP] has opened the memo "GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE NOW." --

CP: ☥he good news ☥hus far is ☥ha☥ we've begun ☥he game as scheduled and Bea☥ix is safe.
CP: However, ☥he res☥ of us being safe is deba☥able a☥ bes☥ and I need all of you ☥o look ou☥side righ☥ now and check on ☥he sky.
CP: I☥ seems ☥here's more ☥o ☥his game ☥han any of us could have possibly an☥icipa☥ed. As we speak, ☥here are me☥eors raining down on our plane☥.
CP: When we s☥ar☥ed, we se☥ off a coun☥down and ☥he lower i☥ go☥ ☥he closer a me☥eor go☥ ☥o Bea☥ix's hive.
CP: As we speak, ☥he fields around my own hive have already been se☥ in flames from a me☥eor s☥rike a few miles ou☥.
CP: None of us are safe from ☥his even if we s☥op now, our only hope is ☥o con☥inue on and ge☥ each o☥her inside ☥he game as soon as possible.
CP: Yes. "Inside" is wha☥ I jus☥ ☥yped.
CP: Bea☥ix's hive is no longer where i☥ s☥ood. I☥ was ☥ranspor☥ed ☥o ano☥her loca☥ion ☥hanks ☥o a game cons☥ruc☥, and ☥herefore saved her from ☥he impending impac☥.
CP: Everyone should be ge☥☥ing your asses in gear and be readying ☥o s☥ar☥ downloading ☥he clien☥ and server files.
CP: I've made a chain lis☥ of server ☥o clien☥ players ☥o keep ☥his easier on everyone and as of righ☥ now I don'☥ wan☥ ☥o hear a single god damned complain☥ from any of you abou☥ ☥he way i☥'s se☥ up.
CP: We don'☥ have ☥ime ☥o be picky righ☥ now, ☥his is life or dea☥h for all of us and we have ☥o ge☥ ☥he fuck ou☥ of here before i☥'s ☥oo la☥e.
CP: If you don'☥ have ☥he ☥rollian handle of your server/clien☥, ge☥ i☥. I☥'s no☥ ☥ha☥ hard, we were all dragged in☥o ☥his ☥oge☥her. If you can'☥ find ou☥, ask Adelle.
CP: Here's how i☥'s going ☥o go, Server --> Clien☥, no complain☥s:
CP: Kanabo --> Myself, Papyaa --> Kanabo, Ciphoz --> Papyaa, Averil --> Ciphoz, Li☥hos --> Averil, Prome☥ --> Li☥hos, Sciaph --> Prome☥, Lyn --> Sciaph, Adelle --> Lyn, Menkar --> Adelle and finally Bea☥ix --> Menkar
CP: Ge☥ in con☥ac☥ wi☥h each o☥her, ge☥ a move on.
CP: We don'☥ have any ☥ime ☥o was☥e.

((OOC: This is an open memo for the trolls, meaning anyone can reply to anyone on it.))

Comments

[amoroustide]

~}{) fucking great~
~}{) too bad i cant mess them up now~ itll be added to my thing§ to do after §urviving thi§ §hit li§t~
~}{) no one §u§pected anything while preparing?

[catenarypyre]

We had very li☥☥le informa☥ion ☥o go off of ini☥ially, and by ☥he ☥ime I had no☥iced some☥hing amiss, ☥he me☥eors were already coming.
Do wha☥ you wan☥ once we're safe inside ☥he game, bu☥ don'☥ forge☥ ☥ha☥ we ARE s☥ill playing ☥he game even when we're ou☥ of immedia☥e danger.
This isn'☥ over un☥il i☥'s over, whenever ☥ha☥ may be.
This is ony ☥he beginning.

[amoroustide]

~}{) big applau§e for everyone involved~
~}{) §ound§ like murderou§ fun for everyone~
~}{) i hope i mi§read~ you werent telling me what to do~ right?

[catenarypyre]

You're pretty positive your chest and throat have never felt as tight as they are reading those words. In any other situation, you would be more careful. You would be polite and respectful as is your place. But the flames are getting closer to your hive, you can't find your lusus and you're stressed over making sure everyone gets in the game alive.

You consider it a temporary lapse in sanity.

Yes, as a ma☥☥er of fac☥ I am.
I apologize, bu☥ as of righ☥ now I know more abou☥ wha☥ we need ☥o do wi☥h ☥his game ☥han you do.
If you have ☥he informa☥ion ☥hen I would gladly lis☥en ☥o you, however ☥ha☥'s no☥ ☥he case a☥ ☥he momen☥.
Don'☥ mis☥ake, I have no wish ☥o be a leader.
I jus☥ wan☥ ☥o ge☥ everyone ☥hrough ☥his alive.

[amoroustide]

~}{) incoming death give§ you gut§~ intere§ting~
~}{) who §aid ill jump at your word§? becau§e you have the knowledge?
~}{) you make me laugh~
~}{) ill play along if im in the mood~
~}{) dont care if §ome of you die~

[quintessentialtenure]

§Mr. Ciphoz?§
§I will thank you kindly if you participate promptly.§
§I§
§That is§
§I will die if you fail to act, Mr. Ciphoz.§
§Please, enter 'the mood' soon.§
§I beseech you.§

You pause, and deliberate, and then add a little more.

§Also, please do not put words in my moirail's mouth.§
§He is simply trying his best to preserve our species.§

[amoroustide]

~}{) in any other §ituation id care more about him being your moirail~
~}{) gotta admit it§ §mart you stepped~
~}{) didnt put word§ in hi§ mouth~ hi§ word§ and action§ §peak plenty~
~}{) never §aid i wont participate~ but im not following order§ of any troll who come§ along~

[quintessentialtenure]

§I needed to step in.§
§Cero has been conditioned by sweeps collaborative of FLARPing.§
§He is the purrbeast herder, so to speak.§
§We have rarely worked in a rigid hierarchy in such conditions, mostly due to Mr. Pteroi's initial urgings.§
§He will be contrite once the initial panic dies down, I assure you.§
§Then please, do not consider them orders, but offers of guidance from one of the trolls more informed of Game matters.§

§...§
§Mr. Ciphoz, ple§
§Please make haste.§
§I§
§There is a fire from a comet that dinged my mountain.§
§I don't§
§I don't want to imagine what may happen to§
§To you or Miss Menkar, whilst in the water.§

[amoroustide]

~}{) like i told adelle~ he cant be the §marte§t~ paired me up with capica~
~}{) telling you im not putting up with anyone who trie§ bo§§ing me around~
~}{) if he trie§ that during the whole game~ i wont care if he§ your moirail at all~

You don't feel like actually giving in, but thinking about Kanabo dying so soon makes you feel a bit bad. Just a bit.

~}{) cant do much right now~ not my turn~ right?
~}{) got other thing§ to worry about~
~}{) dont die in the meantime~

[quintessentialtenure]

§I would not dream of asking you to, Mr. Ciphoz.§
§And as for the situation with Miss Capica...§
§I suppose I am partially to blame.§
§I never exactly spoke of you to him.§
§Well.§
§No, that's not exactly true, I mean of course I have talked§
§That, is, not about your relationship with other trolls.§
§...this is all coming out very strangely, I apologize.§
§My usual composure eludes me at the moment.§

By which you mean, of course, that this is not appropriate subject matter given just how much danger you're all in. But of course, you just had to act like a fumbling idiot and give off the impression of infatuation at such a critical juncture. Of course you did.

The validity of said impression is not up for discussion at the moment.

[amoroustide]

~}{) throw your re§traint over board~ everyone el§e doe§ §o too~
~}{) tell me what you fucking want to tell me~
~}{) go§§iped about me to him~ who care§?
~}{) or §top talking and try to get into §afety for the time~

[quintessentialtenure]

§No.§
§I am not sure I want to tell you.§
§In fact I believe it may be a case of misconstrued signals and overly-wishful thi§

You break away from that train of thought as an unearthly howl splits the air. For about half a second you are thankful, considering it stopped you from rambling on about hypothetical infatuations to the possible target of said delicate emotions, which is just not a good idea at all, in this situation. Or maybe ever.

§Hell and damnation.§
§I think my lusus is on fire.§
§How did she even get outs§
§UGH§
§Forgive me, I must dunk her in the stream and drag her back to the safety of the hive promptly.§
§Don't you dare die, Tyorik!§

You will surely agonize over the cheeky wording of that hastily typed out goodbye later on, but for now you have a Cougarmom to un-immoliate and a moirail to get off this planet.

[amoroustide]

You'd lie if you say you're not curious what they talked about, but it's not that important. It's not hard to imagine what kind of nature a discussion about you has. Kanabo's little outbreak makes you laugh a little. She wouldn't say that normally and it's actually refreshing right now. Even though you just complained about being bossed around.

~}{) yeah~ how could i now? after you telling me to~
~}{) take care~

Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[elegantsyringa]

...Siiiiigh.

Yes, right, it's your job to talk to him. Not that you wouldn't have spoken to him regardless. You have enough of a headache that you decide to go speak to him in a private window.

}!{ This isn't really just a matter of "mood", Tyorik.
}!{ If any of us dies everyone else in the chain is going to die.
}!{ Yourself included, if it comes to that.

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[amoroustide]

~}{) not throwing a tantrum~ if that§ what youre trying to imply~
~}{) you do reali§e what happen§ when these fucking meteor§ up§et my lu§u§?
~}{) the game better get§ u§ into another univer§e~

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[elegantsyringa]

}!{ I know, but you're certainly not making yourself sound much better.
}!{ I'm just saying, Ceroti is the only one who has anything like a plan here, and he generally plans well.
}!{ Speaking as someone who's seen it in action plenty of times.
}!{ You don't even have to listen to him all the time, just right now.
}!{ It is definitely sounding like the game does bring us to another universe entirely, at any rate.

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[amoroustide]

~}{) plan§ well~ my a§§~
~}{) putting me up with Capica~ §marte§t thing~ really~
~}{) hope youre right~ otherwi§e getting off mean§ nothing~
~}{) dunno how loud he§ when he die§~ if he doe§~

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[elegantsyringa]

}!{ That would have been my fault.
}!{ Since I hadn't informed him of the history between you two, and just assumed he wouldn't even think of putting a tyrian with an amber.
}!{ ...Considering what he apparently is, I suppose it would be safe to say it'd be pretty loud.

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[amoroustide]

~}{) and you ju§t told me he§ §mart~
~}{) probably~ he§ capable of killing our race after all~

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[elegantsyringa]

}!{ He probably assumed she'd get along with seadwellers since she lives on an island.
}!{ ...That is very true.
}!{ I'm not sure if we ought to tell any of the others this.

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[amoroustide]

~}{) how cute~
~}{) doe§nt work that way~ if it§ §omeone like you maybe~
~}{) your and §elach are the only one§ know§~ why tell them now?
~}{) theyd panic even more~

Re: Adelle: > Pester the tyrian heir.

[elegantsyringa]

}!{ That's what I meant.
}!{ Hopefully it won't ever become an issue we need to bring up with them.

[artful_transgressor]

hey
all they did was spread the game among US specifically
i dont think they were responsible for its general distribution
and i seriously doubt were the only ones playing
fuck i think eVen the humans were playing something similar

That brings you up short. Are the humans experiencing this, too? You haven't actually talked to any of them tonight...but maybe you should.

But back to business.

so if the meteors were gonna get launched by anyone who played the game
and a lot more people are playing the game than us
(and by the way if its anyones responsibility to fucking police the planet-wide distribution of something like this
i think thatd fall on the emperor
or maybe his heir if the emperor cant be bothered to pay attention to shit planetside)
then wed all haVe been supremely fucked if we didnt eVen haVe the chance to bail the game giVes us
wed just haVe to sit here and wait to be blasted off the face of alternia
so far from handing them their asses
you owe em yours
so sit down and shut the fuck up

Like Cero, you're too terrified to be polite; unlike Cero, you were never that polite to start with so you've quickly been dropped from 'marginally acceptable' to 'internet flaming'. You're also acutely aware that you may well die before ever making it into the game at all, so you may not be considering your future - and how mouthing off to Tyorik might affect it - as much you would otherwise.

[amoroustide]

~}{) dont care about §ome alien§ out there~ dont have anything to do with us~
~}{) cant believe what i read~ trying to put the blame of thi§ di§a§ter on me~
~}{) be happy i didnt play tyrant~ and dictate everything you do~
~}{) it§ not enough to follow order§ after getting off alternia? for all your life~
~}{) im not owning them §hit~ be glad youre all not dead yet~
~}{) couldve let that happen~ any time~ i didnt~ §o you §hut up~

[artful_transgressor]

yeah right
like this is anyones fault
not eVen the fucking emperor has enough psionics who could throw meteors around like this
assuming thatd be something hed want to do in the first place and i haVe no idea why he would
this is way bigger than anything we know alright
but i figured hey if were throwing bullshit logic around
i didnt want you to feel left out

also whats going on with the humans has plenty to do with us
a bunch of aliens establishing contact right before we start playing this game
and theyVe been stuck with the same game weVe got
and theyre playing it at the same time
there is not a chance in hell there aint some connection there and you cannot be stupid enough to think its got no bearing on our situation
so how about instead of looking for people to threaten and yell at you try using your fucking pan and being USEFUL
threatening the people playing the fucking game with you that youre gonna haVe to WORK WITH sure as fuck aint gonna be helpful
if this is your shitty coping mechanism then get another one
cause i dont want YOUR being angrily neurotic to affect MY chances of surViVal
iVe had enough of my shitty life dictated by the dumbshit whims of highbloods
my deaths not gonna be dictated by em too