The GNUrb Session

[Sprak]

The GNUrb Session is an 8 player forapocalypse session, taking its name from the open source SBURB clone GNUrb, which is used by 3 of the players. The session is something of a mix of RP and collaborative Adventure, and is presented as such.



There're glitches, trolls, and a malevolent AI. If you want to read GNUrb, you're in the right place.

This is us:


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So, what's the deal here?
Basically, it's a fan session that started during the forapocalypse RP event (If you're unfamiliar, it was essentially a "what if Sburb was real?" alternate reality game). Since then it's drifted more into a collaborative fan story format, which we kind of like better anyway. Most of the participants aren't regular rp-ers, so it kind of makes sense. It's an account of 8 guys who met on the internet playing their way through the sburban apocalypse as best they can.

You're just ripping off Homestuck
Well, kind of? If it helps, think of it as fanfiction. We're writing one of many stories set in AH's Homestuck multiverse. It's absolutely derivative. It's also postulating and exploring new aspects of how a session might go down. Remember, it's our idea of what might happen. If you're averse to the idea of a fan session, yeah, you might be in the wrong place, but if not, read on, and consider joining up with a fan session yourself, as they can be great fun.

Who are these douchebags?
In short, they're us. While self-insert comes to mind, this whole thing started as part of an alternate reality game. They're probably more "us as we'd like to be seen" than simply "us."

What about the trolls and exiles?
The prismatic cast members are all run by the human they correspond to. The Liminal Composer and Nervine Conductor, on the other hand, are run by the GNUrb music team.

I can't read this, it's long, disorganised, and probably poisonous.
We do our best to keep things presentable now, but to be honest we didn't expect to have readers back when we first started. Consequently the thread is a bit cluttered towards the beginning. We are working on a mirror to tell the story in Adventure format, but since that needs a lot of new art and we're all focusing on the present, it's slow going. In the meantime, you're probably safe ignoring the posts that don't have pictures, and we've added tl;drs to most of the longer pesterlogs to alleviate some of the strain of archive binge.

Anything else?
Yeah, thanks for stopping by our thread! We're really happy for our little project to be entertaining people, and we quite like having visitors, so thanks.

Links:
GNUrb @ MSPA Offboard RP Wiki
A good place to start; there aren't too many spoilers and it's a great way to get acquainted with the characters.

The Mirror
It's not very far yet, but you can follow GNUrb in Adventure Format over here.

#GNUrb @ Espernet
Our chatroom; if you enjoy GNUrb or want to get to know us, we'd be happy to have you drop by.

GNUrb @ TVTropes
For tropers.

Streams: CA | GA | UA
Sometimes we run streams while we draw, animate, or just do stuff.

GNUrb @ Forapocalypse
The first thread; if you really want to start at the beginning, you can start here, but it's very text heavy.



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Our IRC channel is #GNUrb on espernet, if you don't use your own client you can get on here: http://irc2go.com/webchat/?net=EsperNet&room=Gnurb

The GNUrb session originated during the forapocalypse. The original thread is here

The Story So Far

As the forapocalypse approached, things were looking grim for a couple of forumites who were unable to obtain a copy of the SBURB Beta. It was through the fortuitous discovery of some LEAKED SOFTWARE that genericAnomaly and retroHobbyist gained the ability to connect to millitantIchthyoid, a SBURB user whose session went bad and left only him alive.

Predictably, it wasn't that simple.

millitantIchthyoid began by connecting to genericAnomaly. Remarkably, the only issue this presented was a mismatch in the SBURBAN and GNUrban bison library files, which was remedied by swapping the SBURB bison file for the GNUrb one. This would predictably have absolutely no long term consequences whatsoever. Once connected, mI was able to use SBURB to deploy the GNUrb tech in gA's apartment, starting with the Dowel Emitter and the Code Press.

This was the high point in compatibility. Things rapidly went downhill when the Dowel Emitter began leaking liquid Cruxite grout, and gA had to step out to buy plumbing equipment and duct tape to keep the emitter under control. Meanwhile, mI's meteor was looming as he desperately searched for a server player to connect to him, in between putting out fires.

Luckily, retroHobbyist contacted them. He had installed GNUrb and was looking for his own server player, and agreed to connect to mI for the time being. Once connected, he began deploying the SBURB tech for mI, but ran into problems when GNUrb wouldn't recognise all of it. SBURB was able to accept the GNUrb resource files, and rH deployed a Cruxtrabox Recorder on mI's toilet. When all was said and done, mI had a Sburban Cruxtruder and Punch Designix, but a GNUrban Cruxtabox and Alchemy Portal.

rH wasn't so lucky. gA connected to him, and without a SBURB package in the picture there was no proper graphical interface, leaving gA to rely on what he remembered from playing 5 minutes of Nethack that one time. Worse, there was no dictionary file to identify the tech, and he wound up randomly deploying everything that was free. This left rH with a crushed bookshelf and a Dowel Emitter, Code Press, and Cruxtrabox Recorder, but no Alchemy Portal.

This could be overlooked in a normal session, but after gA had spent several hours trying to pry the cap off the Dowel Emitter, mI, who had rtfm, confirmed that the Dowel Emitter won't open until a command to release the Phantasm Mentor is entered on the Alchemy Portal. As a prototyped Sprite (or in this case, Phantasm) is required for entry, this was a problem.

gA managed to run the command on his Portal and release his Phantasm, which he prototyped with the Disco Pope to become the Poperannosaurus Discotasm. His Dowel Emitter began spewing teletype, which he managed to translate into a 12 minute countdown; a relatively long one, all things considered. After preparing his Cruxite entry object, gA went to work on furiously trying to find the code for rH's Alchemy Portal.

Meanwhile, mI was MIA, busy rescuing his Dad from a glitch-induced car accident. On his return, he was able to seamlessly enter the medium with a prototyped Kernelsprite, and wound up in the Land of Plains and Herds.

rH's meteor had entered the atmosphere by the time gA managed to deploy the Portal with the help of the Discotasm, who opened the extended resource library to find the Alchemy Portal's code. rH hastily prototyped the Phantasm with a bag of Freetos, making the Freetasm, and landed in the Land of Cogs and Seas.

Subsequently, gA entered by way of Cruxite Beard, landing in the gravitational impossibility that is the Land of Mildew and Lightning.

Since then, rH has been out of contact, and gA and mI have begun exploring their realms. And that about takes us to the present.

A quick guide to tech equivalencies

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Cruxtruder == Dowel Emitter
Punch Designix == Code Press
Totem Lathe == Cruxtrabox Recorder
Alchemiter == Alchemy Portal

As these events and in fact the very premise are both extremely convoluted, it is entirely reasonable that you might want a recap like this and I'm glad you asked.

To keep things easy to manage, all the information on the players is now over at the MSPA Offboard RP Wiki. The session's page is here

Apologies, links to homelost.org won't work for a bit while I reconfigure my host

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Hey Sprak, I have a suggestion for us to continue this more easily, maybe we could host an IRC channel and RP in it at times we all agree on, so that way we don't have to change the colors of our text a lot, and would get much more done in much less time, we could post the logs here afterwords, just a suggestion to make this all more convinient to continue

[Sprak]

genericAnomaly [gA] began pestering retroHobbyist [rH]

gA: Glad to hear you're still OK.
gA: I tried your chumMailbox, it was full and I couldn't PM you.
gA[ooc]: I almost think something like this might work better updated in chunks, in decompressed time, kind of like the comic itself, but I've never done an online RP before so if it makes more sense to you guys, I'm cool with it. Maybe do both, conversations in IRC plus solo adventuring updates as posts?
gA: Yeah, if you and mI both wanna set up something like that I'd be cool with it.
gA: I'm not terribly familiar with IRC though, so one of you would probably need to host it.
gA: Have you figured out the name of your realm? I took a guess up there but I'm not sure if I was right.
gA: I talked to mI earlier, he's OK, but that Bison glitch seems to be getting dangerous. Make sure you have a ranged strife specibus before going through any gates.
gA: Are you seeing any big glitches where you are?
gA: My realm is a hollow planet, so there's practically no gravity. It's kinda hard to move around.
gA: Shoot, gotta go, these chitin imps are a pain in the neck.

genericAnomaly [gA] ceased pestering retroHobbyist [rH]

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militantIchtyoid [mI] is pestering genericAnomaly [gA] [mI] at##### T


MI: I like what you've done with the Phantasm.
MI: I prototyped mine with part of my dad's car by accident, then used a stuffed piranha in order to give it some form of sentience.
MI: It's a really odd combination.
MI: Here's a picture:

MI: Believe it or not, that thing can talk, and she's pretty upset about all the bison.
MI: She says I have to go up through the Ascension Portals, or Gates, she keeps switching names for stuff like that.
MI: Have you heard from rH? I can't build my house without help from that end.
MI: Oh, and I guess I have to build your house up too?
MI: Ill try to put in a lightning rod so you don't get electrocuted.
MI: Whenever there's a bolt nearby, it messes up my interface.
MI: Which was already pretty messed up to begin with.
MI: We're pretty much glitched beyond all salvation.
MI: Also, I think something's wrong with my pester clientttttttttttttttt

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[Sprak]

gA: I just downloaded it.
gA: by the way, don't worry too much about building up the house yet. If I had to I could probably just float up to my ascensor portals.
gA: A lightning rod would be fantastic though. Or maybe one of those faraday cages? Quite frankly it's a motherfuckin' miracle I haven't been struck already.
gA: I've always liked lightning storms, but I gotta say, the sooner some anti electrocution measures are deployed the better.
gA: shoot, gotta run

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RetroHobbyist began pestering all at ???? GMT

RH: GA please start building on my house, I want to go into my land
RH: Oh and also be warned, physics work in this game, or at least in ML's land
RH: I built a stone pillar on his roof, and it ripped through his house.
RH: I am going to go get grist to get some alchemy stuff, by killing some Wheat(???) Imps to test out Crowbar kind, RH: later
RH: Wait!! Actually, the Freetasm now has a body shaped like a freeto, and a freeto bag shaped head.
RH: I am going to go get a dead thing for it as well!!
RH: Oh god what was that crashing sound???


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militantIchtyoid .kjdhg pesteren# retroHobbyist 333333333


MI: What
MI: Did you even just DO?
MI: My kitchen table has somehow turned into a stone pillar.
MI: You did turn it into a stone pillar, right?
MI: Because there's no way you put that thing on the roof. . .
MI: But hey, if you did, I'd recommend putting it on a corner next time.
MI: Or using, I don't know, wood?
MI: Ah, forget it. I'll just eat on the counter and you can put handholds in the pillar for quick roof access.
MI: I've started using Build Grist/Grits I get from slaying Imps/Demonlings to make new captchalogue cards, which is really helpful because I have a Grid modus and I love sorting tons of objects.
MI: The trick is to mark blank cards with 00000000, make a dowel, and then make a whole bunch of empty cards.
MI: But I guess it wouldn't help you if you already have enough.
MI: Anyway, keep me posted.


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[Sprak]

genericAnomaly began pestering RetroHobbyist at ???? GMT

gA: OK, I've got a lull in being attacked right now, I'll get started on your house.
gA: Could you send me a map of what it actually looks like?
gA: This text-art interface is hard to understand, I can hardly tell what's what.
gA: I'm pretty sure the blue #'s are water though.
gA: There's another island fairly close to you, I have enough grits to build a bridge if you want.
gA: Although I don't know if that'll just make it easier for the imps to get to you.
gA: I'm testing how stable building is now by adding a watchtower type thing.
gA: Oh that's actually really useful. I've got a readouts for stuff like structural integrity in here.
gA: It's unfortunate I have no idea how to interpret this information.
gA: Aside from keep it out of the red side of the gauge.
gA: Hope that's useful.
gA: I'm gonna avoid doing any more building unless you request it, I'm still a little wary of these controls.
gA: I gotta go talk to mI, he seems to be taking the brunt of the glitches so far.
gA: I think as far as editing his house, you might want to prioritise fortification over exploration for the time being. Those spectral bison sound nasty
gA: I've actually got a really great alchemy idea as soon as I get some more grits.
gA: Oh, and that brings me to our next big problem.
gA: I can't get Grist Torrent to run.
gA: It actually kernel panics my whole machine whenever I try to run it.
gA: And the GNUrb team never implemented an equivalent.
gA: So we may have some difficulty diversifying our resources.
gA: And consequently, our equipment.

genericAnomaly ceased pestering RetroHobbyist at ???? GMT

genericAnomaly began pestering militantIchthyoid at ???? GMT

gA: Hey, how're doing over there?
gA: Thanks for the lightning rod.
gA: Although I get the feeling we'll need a better system when we start hitting the higher gates.
gA: Anyway, I just told rH the bad news.
gA: No Grist Torrent, for me anyway, and maybe him too.
gA: You're closest to pure SBURB, so it'll probably run for you.
gA: Maybe there's a way for you to redistribute the swag without us running it?
gA: I've got a great alchemy idea.
gA: But I'll never have enough Grits at this rate.
gA: I've got a tether now so I've got a little more freedom to move about.
gA: But I'm still only managing to snag about a fourth of the loot drops before they careen out into the void.
gA: And every time I loose my footing I'm terrified the rope will snap or I'll get lightning'd.
gA: Actually, I'll send you the code now, I think right now you could use it most, and you probably have the requisite vespene gas to build it.
gA: It's--

A problem has occurred. The connection to militantIchthyoid has been lost.
Retrying in 0 seconds...
Could not reconnect.

gA: mI? Shit!

genericAnomaly ceased pestering militantIchthyoid at ???? GMT


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on a side note, I've set up pesterchum 1.6, so you guys should be able to see me as genericAnomaly. I've added your handles to my Chumroll but I'm not sure if it'll see you the first time you sign on (since on first run you're usually pesterClient###), so should you see me, don't hesitate to pester

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[piester]

RetroHobbyist Began Pestering GenericAnomaly at ???? GMT

RH: Oh god!! My potted Plant!!!! A Wheat Imp Pushed it's pot over and now it's shattered all over the floor!!!
RH: I had that thing for like ten years now!!
RH: The Imp got what it deserved though...
RH: Wait, I wonder if a plant counts as A dead thing.
RH: WELL THEIR'S ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!!!!
RH: Oh my god, My Sprite is now a PottedFreetasm!! It's a giant Freeto with a potted plant for a head attached to it.
RH: This thing is horrible!!!!
RH: I wonder if it can even talk?
RH: Anyways I am going to go prototype something sweet, I probably have enough grist now.
RH: Later.


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PHANTASM LOG:

Pottedfreetasm: ...
RH: Nope, it can't talk... Damnit!!!!!
RH: Anyways, time to make a cool weapon!!


By the way my new permanant color since the forum changed screwed colors up is:
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For reference

[Sprak]

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-- MilitantIchthyoid [MI] began pestering genericAnomaly [GA] at 4:19 --

MI: You there?
GA: Aye
GA: MI?
MI: I tried making a cage thing out of lightning rods
MI: but
MI: it's like really hard to move them around
MI: so I'll try again later
GA: OK
GA: Hopefully we'll come across a more viable material
GA: Like copper
GA: yeah that'd be good
MI: I also tried catching the grits
MI: but I can't touch them
MI: If you give me like a table or something flat
MI: I could catch them in that
MI: or a big bucket I guess
GA: Shoot
GA: The closest thing I had was the sofa
MI: darn
MI: I could try c+p the floor
MI: stand away from the east wall in case I rip it out
GA: It probably has different properties than objects
MI: I'm going to try though
GA: But OK... Can you grab it from the hall
GA: Or somewhere
GA: that I don't have to walk on?
GA: please?
MI: how about the wall?
MI: is there a wall you don't really need?
GA: Uh, Oh!
GA: How about the closet door?
MI: oh yeah I'll just use that
MI: hang on. . .
MI: got it!
MI: okay go kill something
GA: Right.
GA: There're some chitin imps outside, I'll try them
MI: can I just swat them with the door?
MI: nope
MI: it just floats away when I let go
GA: Damn
GA: I've got a plan
MI: let's hear it
GA: Did you ever read Ender's Game?
MI: oh hell yes
GA: I've got a copy on hand, and I think I might be able to alchemise a Hook.
MI: that's great
GA: I just need to figure out what to use as a base object.
MI: combine with some climbing gear
MI: that oughta do it
GA: Yeah, I'll try that.
GA: How're you doing?
MI: good
MI: wait no
MI: imp attack
MI: brb
GA: k
MI: ok that was easy
MI: between Cevanha and the Bison, they stay away
GA: Oh hey, before your client went out earlier
GA: I was gonna send you a code
GA: I can't build it here yet, not enough loot
MI: Ok shoot
MI: you there?
MI: I can't see you that well when the lightning strikes
GA: Yeah sorry
GA: I just need to find it
GA: ok
GA: this
GA: plus this
MI: I like where this is going
GA: 0x4hgff2
MI: so wait
GA: yeah?
MI: did you combine the codes to get 0x4hgff2?
GA: Yeah
GA: Does it work with the punch designix?
MI: I need some ??? grits to make it
MI: not many though
MI: I think rH has those though
MI: other than that yeah it looks doable
GA: Great.
GA: That should help with the bison
MI: They don't react to anything other than direct assault
MI: and I wasted a good boom on them
GA: so yeah, the sentry would be great
GA: Great.
GA: Imp at 6:00
MI: thanks
GA: sweet I caught the rest of the grits
GA: here
MI: Excellent.
MI: What weapon are you using I was too busy catching to see it
GA: I have a limbKind specibus left over from when I took karate classes
MI: hah wow that's pretty cool
MI: But not as prone to upgrades, unless you can alchemize/summon a robo arm
GA: Yeah, true. Although I've got a staveKind specibus too; easier to learn and significantly more painful to be hit with
GA: Just no staff, so that's a problem.
MI: I got enough Silicone Grist to combine my boom with an iPod
GA: What'd you get?
MI: check it:
MIlitantIchthyoid sent boom.jpg
MI: it's been pretty useful
MI: I can blast imps and blast sweet tunes
GA: Excellent
MI: Chevanha doesn't like all the noise, though
GA: Your sprite?
MI: yeah.
MI: She's pretty helpful, though
MI: she chases away bison when they get too close
GA: The Discotasm saved RH's ass, but he doesn't seem too interested in helping me fight imps and daemonlings
GA: I bet he'll love your boompod though.
GA: that was too much for mtyyyyy clientttt it's fffffffffff
GA: I have to swwwwwwwwwwch srrrrrrvrs

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tl;dr: the lightning rods mI built for gA seem to be doing their jobs. mI figured out how to catch grits that would normally be lost to zero G. gA is planning to alchemise a Hook, a sci-fi (plot) device that enables controlled movement in zero G. gA sent mI the code for the LEGO Mindstorms Sentry Gun Kit. mI lamented the inupgradability of gA's limbKind strife specibus, and showed off his new boomPod. Then mI's client cut out.


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While I think the pesterchum chatting is definitely a good idea, we might want to think about some concisifying the logs we post here. EDIT: I started putting long logs in spoilers with a SHOW PESTERLOG button, along with a summary of the important bits at the end.

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- pesterClient308 [PC] began pestering genericAnomaly [GA] at 1:45 --

GA: You're back?
PC: yeah
PC: there's definitely something wrong with the pester client
PC: ffffff
PC: No more colors or timestamps.
PC: but other than that it's back to reasonable working order.
PC: I'll uninstall and re install later I guess.
PC: and then I can have my name and text color back
GA: Do you think it's another GNUrb glitch?
PC: oh hey yeah
PC: Cause everything I send has to go through to GNUrb
PC: man
PC: That's not fair at all
PC: oh well
GA: Sorry you wound up sucked into such a buggy session
PC: Nah it's good
PC: better than being dead
GA: Oh, so what's the story with Grist Torrent?
GA: Are you able to get that running?
PC: What?
PC: what's that?
GA: It's a free download from Skaianet
PC: Is it like a game construct?
PC: because rH would have to give me that
PC: I only got the machines and card
PC: So far
GA: I found a copy on skaia.net. I read in the Sburb walkthrough that you use it to redistribute grist and stuff.
GA: But it crashed for me, probably 'cos of GNUrb
PC: Ok I'll check it out
PC: Imp at 3:00
GA: thanks
GA: Damn these things are obnoxious.
PC: Aww I missed that big orange one
PC: But the rest is now on the roof
GA: Naw, don't worry, that was chitin.
GA: It's the only thing I've got in spades.
PC: I'll put the door down for a bit and try to install the torrent thing
GA: OK I'm heading out to fight the Imps and Daemonlings.
PC: ok that's fine
GA: Good luck over there.
PC: thanks


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militantIchtyoid [mI] sent a message to retroHobbyist and genericAnomaly at ???

MI: We have a problem
MI: my gate glitched away from the top of the house.
MI: the ones above it look fine, but the first one is off to one side.
MI sent photo BackYard.jpg
MI: I guess it's not that big of a deal, but I'll have to collect a lot more grist/grits than if it was above the house.
MI: By the way, ask your phantasm if you can view your stats.
MI: It'll say no or play dumb if you ask in person, but will give in if you ask with the Alchemy portal keypad.
MI: Apparently, I'm the Architect of Dreams and my recent killing spree landed me the rank of Cinematic Neanderthrasher.
MI: also I have either 600 Boondollars or 600 GNUrbucks. It keeps changing.
MI: I'm getting better at building stuff, I copied a bunch of towel racks around GA's house for attaching climbing equipment to, and put some on the furniture too.
MI: GA, you'll have to go tether them yourself, but you won't lose any more chairs now.
MI: also rope is too expensive so you're on your own there.
MI: Oh yeah one more thing, I started setting up Gristtorrent, but it takes ages to download anything from Earth at this point.

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I can't get a pesterClient### name to show up, they're invalid. Can you guys see my name? I think you might have to quit and re-launch. That worked for me.

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-- genericAnomaly [gA] began pestering retroHobbyist --
gA: RH?
rH: Here
gA: How're you doing?
rH: Good, good, Alchemizing something sweet!
rH: Lets see what happens when you combine a crowbar with a Bust of Abraham Lincoln!
rH: This is not going to turn out well, I just feel it
gA: I reckon you'll get some kind of great emancipator out of it
gA: Yikes.
gA: That lightning was close
rH: How close?
rH: Shouldn't you get a Rubber suit or something?
rH: You could probably alchemize one
gA: Well, saying I could see it hit the ground isn't worth much, since I've got pretty clear line of sight here
rH: Oh shit, that was close
gA: The rods mI put up are doing their job
rH: Still, How much lightning are we talking about here
rH: like a shit load, or A FUCK LOAD
gA: Like, a fuck load.
rH: Oh shit, not a fuck load, I am sorry for you man
gA: Like, a fuck load got lost on it's way to deliver several pallets of the stuff to Wal Mart
rH: Oh jesus, My PlottedFreetasm is breaking stuff in the kitchen again
rH: God damn I hate that thing
gA: Does it at least convert CO2 to breathable oxygen?
rH: It probably does, Which will be useful, shall I ever go to space\=
rH: wait, their is nothing in space, not C02
gA: Can you add any more layers of prototyping? Maybe throw on something sentient?
rH: I don't know, I think 2 is the limit though
rH: Wait hold on, I have something cool
rH: Good bye Ipod, I have an Ipad now, I don't need you anymore!!!!
gA: Are you sure that'll make it smart?
rH: It will make it capable of at least being organized
rH: no more crashing into shit
rH: Well, here goes nothing!!
rH: Oh jesus, it just caused my IPOD to explode
rH: well that was antiClimatic
gA: Guess we're stuck with tier 2 prototyping tops
gA: I'll have to choose mine carefully.
rH: At least they finished SOMETHING in this game
gA: That's a plus, yeah
rH: Well, at least it grows Fruits on the plant part of it
rH: Oh a pear
gA: Score
rH: Well, this is going to be alchemized instead of the Crowbar!
gA: Abrapear Lincoln?
rH: Actually, yes, yes it is!
rH: I wonder if Phantasms are Caphtachable??
rH: because Then I could combine mine with this thing and make an unholy abomination
gA: Damn, a Lincolnsprite sounds a be a lot more useful than the Potted Fritasm
rH: Oh god, Yes you can
rH: Alright, Combining these two Things would Probaubly cost a lot of grist though
rH: sweet sweet Grist
rH: You have Raptor Sprite at least!
rH: Also, what Grists do you get?
rH: Do your grists work when your hosting me or are you using your grists
gA: I think we each have separate grist caches
rH: What about your Raptor Sprite, you already teir one Prototyped
gA: the Poperannosaurus Discotasm was just one prototype. I'm going to try to find something more sentient for tier 2.
rH: You should Alchemize it with a jesus action figure or something
gA: Oh! I got it!
gA: I've got a bunch of giant books by long dead tacticians!
gA: I'm thinking maybe Sun Tzu's Art of War?
rH: Well, Anyways, I am going to go Alchemize some more shit, see you later, dude!! I'll tell you what I get, also, could You start building up to the first gate?
-- militantIchtyoid [mI] has entered the Pesterchannel --
mI: Hey guys
gA: Hey, mI, you made it!
mI: Yeah
rH: Hey it's MI
mI: My dad woke up and I had to make sure he was alright
mI: He was knocked unconscious after his car got split in half
rH: Also guys, has anybody else been getting voices in their head lately?
gA: You too?
rH: I have been, annoying voices too!
mI: i did
mI: I though it was a glitched spritelog but It might not have been
rH: Maybe I'm just going mad, it speaks in Lolcat talk
rH: And is rude as heck
gA: Mine are all garbled.
rH: Guys, why didn't we talk about this??? Insanity is a dangerous thing!
rH: That's like not telling a doctor your going crazy
gA: I figured it was GNUrb glitching again
gA: But if we're all having it, that rules out insanity.
gA: Unless its insanity all caused by the same external force
rH: Oh crap, the voices are starting again, I am going to have to deal with them!!
rH: SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!!!!
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mI: you guys think you have it rough?
mI: my voice yells at me
mI: tells me to kill stuff
gA: Mine's in Latin. Which is bad 'cos it's been way too long for me to remember all that much of it.
mI: hah wow that's pretty bad but i think I have a latin dictionary around somewhere
gA: Sad thing, I actually do.
gA: Oxford Latin-English desk dictionary.
gA: Ooh! I can alchemise that with something!
gA: Get a proper translator going.
mI: try like
mI: your own brain
mI: wait no that's dumb
gA: Maybe not, maybe I could alchemise up a subliminal reader.
gA: And like, osmote the knowledge while I sleep
gA: That's never had horrible, forseeable consequences.
mI: combine it with vitamins or something
mI: get your daily dose of latin
gA: Side effects include conscription, oration, and gladiators.
gA: Oh wait! I bet the Disco Pope speaks latin.
gA: What with the whole Pope part.
mI: yeah maybe
mI: what even was that? like a skeleton or something?
gA: No, it was a plastic model that I made a disco pope outfit for out of Wrigley's gum wrappers.
gA: Nevermind.
gA: All he does is roar.
mI: hah that's too bad
mI: Chevanha makes all kinds of animal noises, but I can understand most of it
gA: That's helpful
mI: oh hey!
mI: gristtorent finally downloaded
mI: took forever
gA: Great!
gA: Does it run?
mI: I think I need to mess with some files,
mI: reconnect them for GNUrb grits
mI: and I have no idea how
mI: but I can let you guys have SBURB stuff without any troublew
gA: Really! That's great!
mI: It's starting up now
mI: you should get some silicone grease, and a little resin over the next few hours
gA: Thanks. If you've got spare Silicon, I need that for the Hook. I'm probably going to need stuff from RH's land before I can build on though, so I'll be hookless at least until the second gate.
mI: yeah no I've got tons of silicone
gA: So, grist and grits aren't equivalent? That's unfortunate.
mI: I think grits are the equivalent of grist, but I don't have the right reception folder or something
gA: Hmm, GNUrb will probably have trouble accepting sburb grist too.
mI: It seemed okay when I set it up, but you'll have to see for yourself when it downloads
gA: I'm gonna send you a copy of GNUrb's gritsachel definitions
gA: It's just an inf file describing the types of grit
mI: oh like a manual?
gA: Not really a manual
gA: Maybe if we're really lucky you can just plug it into Sburb
mI: yeah. We're just rolling in luck
gA: Well, we're due for it sooner or later.
mI: I hope so, those bison re starting to freak me out
mI: and the voice isn't helping either.
mI: I guess it's a game construct
mI: and not to be feared
mI: but who knows
gA: I usually try to converse with it.
gA: Mine leave me alone when I make a valid argument
mI: I tried that too, but It's pretty adamant that I kill everything in sight
gA: Yeesh
mI: It stops when I clear the board, so to speak
gA: That's a pretty nasty headvoice.
mI: at least it's a good enemy detection alert
mI: like I always know when someone's sneaking up
gA: Is it, you know, articulate?
gA: Or just kill everything
mI: just kill everything
mI: and laughter
gA: That's really unsettling.
gA: Have you tried an aluminium foil hat?
mI: hah, no.
mI: but I will
mI: it doesn't bother me too much though.
mI: yet.
mI: oh hey, check this out.
mI: http://dalektricity.files.wordpress....ylie-dalek.jpg
mI: it's a poster I have
gA: Are you planning to alchemise that?
mI: I combined it with my boom and got the Audio Exterminator
mI: http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...terminator.png
gA: Fantastic!
mI: It shoots goddamned lightning
mI: and it could have been much worse
gA: Don't need anymore of that here, thank you.
mI: yeah, but I was wondering if you could use it to your advantage somehow
mI: like a super lightning rod
gA: How, fighting the lightning with more lightning?
mI: I don't know
mI: maybe it could be reversed?
gA: Heh. I was actually gonna try to get a sonic screwdriver out of my box sets and a normal screwdriver.
gA: Well, bring it along when you head through your gate.
mI: I will
mI: wait, does the gate lead to your planet?
mI: or rH's
gA: I think rH's
mI: I'll pack a swimsuit then
mI: or hey, maybe I could build a raft?
gA: Oh, so check this out.
gA: Since I can't upgrade my weapons much without amputation, I figured I'd try to get something more ancilliary.
gA: So I mixed this: http://store.asymmetric.net/images/lime.sm.jpg
gA: With the cartridge for an old GBC game I used to play: http://pocketmedia.ign.com/pocket/im...oxart_160w.jpg
gA: And got the Sabre Toothed Lime Ring.
gA: I can summon up a nightmarish pound of fanged citrus to help me out in a fight.
mI: whoa
mI: that's boss
gA: And if it follows KoL rules, it can grow up to 20 pounds naturally.
mI: I gotta try games and books and stuff
mI: ok wait
mI: I got some right here
mI: League of extraordinary gentlemen
mI: and grapes of wrath
mI: any ideas?
gA: I'm looking at using some older books.
gA: I was telling rH, I'm gonna try to give the Discotasm sentience with one of these heavy books I buy with the intention of reading
gA: then peter out one chapter in, usually.
gA: I'm thinking either The Gallic Wars by Caesar or Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
mI: how though?
mI: I though you could only prototype it twice?
gA: I only did it once so far. The discopope was a single entity.
mI: oh, well yeah, give it a go.
mI: I've seen some dino imps
mI: I'd like to see a book imp that's be cool
gA: I'm hoping it'll imbue part of the author's personality.
mI: OOH WAIT jackpot
gA: What's jackpot?
mI: I found the complete season 4 of Stargate SG-1
mI: you mentioned stavekind?
gA: Yeah,
mI: plenty of staff-weaponry here
mI: Once I figure out how to get at it
gA: You seem to need a base item to get the properties onto.
mI: yeah, I need something that fits your stavekind to test it on
gA: If I can get a rudimentary staff it'd work. I'll keep my eyes peeled.
gA: Were you able to get the Lego Turret working?
mI: I still need one more unit from rH's stores
mI: what kind of stuff does he have again?
gA: Uh, wheat imps
mI: the GNUrb grits are full of #'s
mI: but I think the one I need is just plain wheat
mI: It's really slow, though
gA: Well, if there's equipment that needs both GNURB and SBUrb loot, there must be a way to exchange them
mI: it says one minute left
mI: then I'll have it
mI: how are the handles working?
gA: Thanks for that, it is really making it easier to get around here.
mI: I've gotten enough stuff from your grits to make a rope now
mI: so here's the code
mI: 00fx43fh
mI: you can tie your chairs down and stuff
gA: That'll make using the computer easier.
mI: Once you secure everything, I can start building again
gA: Still can't get used to the impact on my stomach
mI: HOLY SHIT LOOK BEHIND YOU
gA: Shiiiii---
mI: IT"S SOME SORT OF MUSHROOM DEAMON
mI: kill it kill it kill it
gA: fhsdghsfaasgf
mI: hahahahaah!!!
mI: AHAHAHAHAAH!
mI: DIE MUSHROOM SCUM.
mI: whoa
gA: augh!
mI: what just happened?
mI: I can't see
gA: The Discotasm bailed me out.
gA: Just, mush and spores everywhere.
mI: and what the hell. . .?
gA: Aww, it got in my mouth.
mI: did I really type all that laughter?
mI: I
mI: i dont feel so good
gA: You OK?
mI: the voice
mI: took over for a bit there
mI: it's gone now
gA: You gotta talk to it. If it knows your listening, it might let up on the psychopathy.
gA: If it just keeps demanding you kill stuff, try responding in kind. "Why" is always a good go to response to that kind of stuff.
mI: I got a different response this time.
gA: What'd it say?
mI: It says that as long as I keep those things from getting too numerous
mI: i'll tone it down a bit
mI: whew
mI: It's hard to talk to
gA: Well, it's a start.
-- retroHobbyist [rH] has entered the Pesterchannel --
gA: Hey, you're back.
mI: oh hey rh is back
rH: Hey, I don't know for how long though
mI: how'd you fare against the voice?
rH: It went terribly
rH: The Voices just said fuck it
mI: My voice just gave me trouble too
mI: but I think it's under control now
rH: Right, Anyways, I don't know how long it will be before My room-mate tells me to turn off the computer, he hitched a joyride into the medium
rH: Damn Roomie is all like "Where the fuck am I supposed to get all of my beer now???"
gA: Mine's not taking well to no gravity.
gA: It's bad enough we have to tie ourselves down, but any longer and we're gonna need to start doing physio.
rH: Damn
mI: My dad kinda likes the bison lol
mI: Oh hey rH did you see how my gates all moved about 100 feet away from the middle of my house
mI: you have to build like a
mI: side house
mI: or tower
gA: Oh hey, demonlings. I'll be right back guys
rH: It's cool, so I can just demolish your old house >
mI: nooooo don't
mI: hey wait
mI: could you move the whole thing?
rH: I wonder, it would probably be destructive, but I will try!
mI: test it on something elseTEST IT ON SOMETHING ELSE OH GOD|
mI: STOP STOP
mI: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
mI: you just ripped half the kitchen off
rH: Well, it was already crushed by a pillar! so It was useless
mI: ARGH
mI: yeah you're right
mI: okay
mI: so
mI: What have we learned from this?
rH: Is your house stable?
mI: What's left is, yeah
rH: What we learned is, never trust me to move your house!!
mI: I never really did, tbh
mI: >
mI: but no matter
rH: I am sorry, I just prefer to destroy your house then to build it
mI: Did it cost a lot of Grits to move that chunk?
rH: What do you mean
mI: build grits
rH: I am still not done
mI: moving things around costs them
mI: wHAT
rH: I have to Move the other half of your house
mI: NO LEAVE THAT ALONE
rH: And build a new wall
mI: OK WAIT
mI: let me get out first
rH: to connect the two halves
mI: then you can FIX the wall
mI: or whatever
mI: OK I'm getting out
rH: Okay, it's done,
mI: that wasn't so bad
rH: yeah, only one water pipe burst, in the kitchen sink
rH: I think your kitchen is fucked though
mI: Where is the water even coming from?
mI: I saw the main, it's broken off at the property line
rH: Where is the net coming from??
mI: yeah good point
mI: and I have electricity too. . .
mI: this is weird
mI: I wonder if it's like
mI: infinity power
rH: I guess the game is helping us
rH: Anyways, I am building something
rH: sweet, alchemizing I mean
mI: What'd you make?
rH: I combined my TV and my Ipad to make the 12 inch portable Hd tv
rH: It also does Ipod stuff
mI: that's badass
rH: Well, it's useless though
mI: but still
gA: Back now
mI: oh hi gA
rH: Hey gA, I made a 12 inch portable HD tv from alchemy
rH: Anyways, I am going to stash TNT somewhere in your house
mI: WHAT
gA: And what would ever make you think that was a good idea?
rH: You know... for the imps if they get to pesy
mI: How did you even get tnt into the registry
gA: Konami Code
mI: on what, the Alchemy portal?
mI: I'm going to try that
rH: Also I have 40 pounds of TNT
rH: In my basement
mI: WHAT WHY
gA: I reiterate. What could possibly make you think that would ever be a good idea ever?
rH: For explosions, I like Explosions
mI: gA, you gotta tread lightly with that house
gA: I will
gA: By the way rH, did you want me to put up some bridges for you or not?
gA: It should make exploration easier, but open up new paths of invasion for the imps and company.
rH: No, that's cheating, only noobs cheat
gA: It's a building game, I hardly think building qualifies as cheating.
rH: I hack
gA: Oh hey, My GNUrb keeps flashing a message saying "ODD NUMBER OF PLAYERS, RESCUE SESSION (Y/N)"
gA: Any ideas what that means?
-- genericAnomaly [gA]'s computer was STRUCK BY LIGHTNING --

Alchemy:
militantIchthyoid makes the Audio Exterminator

genericAnomaly makes the Citrus Animite Ring


tl;dr
The whole team is hearing voices, rH's in lolspeak, gA's in Latin, and mI got the worst, which is telling him to kill everything. rH tier 2 prototyped with a potted plant. mI is running Gristtorrent, but as usual, there appear to be complications. mI made the Audio Exterminator and gA made a ring that summons befanged citrus. The subject of using books and box sets to prototype/alchemise was mentioned. mI was overcome by his head-voice and went into a murderous rage while watching the Discotasm messily dispatch a Fungal Underdaemon, but eventually managed to talk it down. The whole team's housemates managed to make the trip into the medium, and thus far haven't done too much. rH tried to move mI's house to compensate for the moving gate, doing significant damage in the process. rH also figured out how to make TNT and stocked his and mI's houses with it, much to his co-players' dismay. GNUrb started asking to attempt to rescue a session. Then, gA's computer was struck by lightning.


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I think we should advertise as looking for a 'rescue session,' another session that's already running without many people in it, so we have a good plot device to integrate the two, along with new and interesting desyncs. Also, there's like 10 posts of us stumbling around trying to get pesterchum to work, do you think we should delete those for clarity of the RP? EDIT: also, what do you guys think about doing tl;drs on the actual pesterlogs?

[Lieutenant Fish]

militantIchtyoid [mI] began pestering retroHobbyist[rH] at ???

MI: DUDE CHECK THIS OUT!
MI: Okay, so, I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but I like to build things out of legos.
MI: I had this crazy idea, and it totally worked!
MI: I started with this book http://thewe.cc/thewe_/images_5/-/in...s-of-wrath.jpe
MI: then I built this thing http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...s/IMG_0996.jpg
MI: and then I combined the codes for the two objects.
MI: http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...m/portal62.png
MI: I don't have use for a dumb old car, and it's almost certainly too small for me anyway, so go nuts.
MI: try to smash a few imps with it at least, it cost me all the Silicone I'd built up, and I had to track and kill a whole bunch of Resin Ogres too.
MI: anyway, let me know if you have anything you want me to try and make like that.
MI: by the way, have you heard from gA recently?
MI: we got that odd message about lightning and then the whole pesterchannel dropped off the network.
MI: Oh yeah, one more thing, you have to use || instead of && when making stuff out of legos and pictures, or you get a picture of a lego car or whatever.




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[piester]

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I think we should just make the thread title say (LOOKING FOR PLAYERS TO RESCUE THE SESSION!)

[underlyingAugment]

underlyingAugment began pestering {ERROR: RECIPENT NOT DEFINED} at {ERROR: LOCAL TIME NOT DEFINED}.

UA: AUTOMATED MESSAGE: SBurb player in need of compatriots due to extenuating circumstances. Contact underlyingAugment for details. Message will repeat every 6 hours until need is filled. Feel free to block if you feel like it. If you have no idea what SBurb is, just ignore this.

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Yeah I know the color is kinda hard to read at certain viewing angles, but it will have to do as the advanced color editor does not work at the moment and this is the closest to what I type in.
I will be on Pesterchum 1.6 until I go to sleep, which will probably be about 2:00 AM CST. You can also shoot me a PM on the forums here if you want.

[Sprak]

Years in the future, but not many/Next Sunday, AD


Fate presents an ERRANT MAGISTER with a windfall

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EM: Puer!
Boy
gA: mrff....
EM: Puer, excit!
Boy, wake up!
gA: You again? What do you want?
EM: Extemplo cess hic rusticitas! Statit!
Cease this uncouth behaviour at once! To your feet!
gA: I understood, maybe two words of that. Why do I have to stand?
EM: Tempus effugit nōbīs, et inimīcī tuus sumus legio!
Time is short and your foes are legion!
gA: I have to escape... enemies?
EM: Collusores tuus in proeliō titubōt et te adsurde loquos!
Your allies struggle in battle and you speak nonsense!
gA: I can barely understand you either!
EM: Impero geres ut patriciī congruens!
I demand you conduct yourself in a manner befitting of a proper gentleman!
gA: Uh, ego non comprehendo?
EM: Denique! Dicis similiter barbarus!
At last! You speak like a barbarian!
EM: Sed nunc ut ubi est lingua mihi cognosces
But now that you know what my language is
EM: Volo te parare pro nos colloquia in posterum.
I expect you to be prepared for future conversations
gA: Uh, Ego scio minimus lingua latina...
EM: *sigh* Tuus amici! In periculō! Adiuvi eōs!
*sigh* Your friends! In danger! Help them!
gA: Where's the danger? Wait, you mean rH and mI?

-- gA has run off --

EM: fatuus
imbecile

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-- genericAnomaly [gA] began pestering retroHobbyist [rH] --
gA: rH! Are you OK?
gA: The voice said my friends are in danger,
gA: And you're the only one I can help directly.
gA: I can't see you! Are you out exploring?
gA: Please be careful!

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Oh by the way, I was able to delete my posts from when we were trying to get IRC to work.

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-- genericAnomaly [GA] began pestering underlyingAugment [UA] at 9:39 --
GA: Hey
GA: You there?
UA: Yes?
GA: So, I got your distress beacon.
GA: If you wanna join up, I'm cool with it.
GA: So, what happened to your session?
UA: Well I was one of the first few hundred to get a session running during the initial panic.
UA: The chain had 4 players, all of which entered fairly at the same time.
UA: However, due to my computer's tendency to glitch, my server and client programs glitched.
UA: Thus sending me to a void of sorts.
GA: Are you still in contact with your coplayers?
UA: No.
GA: OK. Is your Sburb installation still intact?
UA: Yes.
GA: OK, that's good
GA: Has it ever given you a prompt about rescuing your session or anything like that?
UA: No actually. It has been auto-retrying to conenct, but it can't find anyone.
UA: It will only accept a manual IP address.
UA: I tried to put in my server's IP, but just after the loading bar finished, it crashed again.
UA: So I guess they either glitched out too, or their computers are destroyed or something.
UA: I have managed to trick the game to give myself basic server functionality,
UA: like viewing grist counts and moving the camera, but I cannot build.
GA: OK, well here's how I think we can help
GA: My install keeps asking to attempt to rescue the session. As best we can tell, rescuing lets you merge two sessions that fail the basic conditions for victory into one session.
UA: Wait, what is wrong with your session?
GA: I think the only thing we've failed so far is that we have an odd number of players.
GA: The game really didn't want to close the chain at 3.
GA: So if we try to rescue your session to ours, I think it will insert you into our chain.
GA: As for your friends, if there's any chance of reaching them, we'll do everything we can.
UA: How do you propose this?
GA: Wll, you said you were in a void, right?
UA: Yes.
GA: If we connect to you the same way we would if we were all still on Earth, it should find a way to transport you to the same Incipisphere session we're in.
GA: Reset everything, new tech, new kernelsprite, new everything.
UA: Hmm, and if we attempt the rescue function? What will happen? Will it just take a long time?
UA: If there is one thing I have plenty of, it is time to wait.
GA: If we try the rescue function, it will try to merge your session with ours. Hopefully that would re-start your planet and take you out of the void you're in.
GA: The added benefit would be that it might be able to rescue the other members of your session.
GA: If they're still alive.
UA: Reset or rescue, they do the same thing. Shall we begin?
GA: Certainly.
GA: Send me your IP, and I'll plug it in to the Rescue utility.
UA: Hold on.
UA: 64.111.224.239
GA: OK, I'm starting the program now.
UA: Allright.
GA: Hopefully it'll squeeze you in as mI's client, since you're both running SBURB.
UA: Okay, a prompt has popped up, asking if I accept the connection. Of course I do.
GA: OK, it's running here.
GA: Do you see anything happening around your house?
UA: Well, all of the alchemizing stuff has disappeared, and my Dogsprite has become my regular dog again, so I'd say yes.
UA: Unfortunately, the giant hole in the wall in my kitchen has not fixed itself. >
UA: Hmm, the server program has kicked me out of the interface and is denying access. I guess that was to be expected too.
GA: It's asking me to connect to you. Shoot. I was hoping mI would be your server.
UA: Wait, how does your chain work anyway?
GA: mI is my server player, and rH is his. I'm rH's
GA: rH and I both use GNUrb, and mI uses SBURB
GA: OK, I can connect to you now, but I've got GNUrb, so you'd be in for plenty of glitches.
UA: So I guess I will take your place as- wait, what is GNUrb?
GA: GNUrb is this weird open-source clone of SBURB that was never finished. We're using it because rH and I couldn't get beta copies of SBURB.
GA: It actually works, but it can be a bit of a pain in the ass at times.
UA: Ugh, fine. Deploy the items.
GA: Here, lemmee show you mI's land:
GA: http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...dsandherds.jpg
UA: Dammit. Well hopefully my program will keep some of the previous settings.
UA: I prefer the sight of storm clouds and rolling hills over that.
GA: OK, I'm connected.
UA: Don't ask about the welder.
GA: Oh hey, I've finally got a semi-graphical interface.
UA: Wait, semi-graphical? What other glitches have happened?
GA: Uh, mI's car partially disappeared.
GA: And I went to a hollow planet with no gravity
UA: Oh, oh god.
GA: OK, so here's the cruxtruder. I've never seen one of these, I think this is SBURB tech.
GA: I'm gonna put it down in the centre of your house.
GA: And here's something called a punch designix, I'll put that in the living room.
UA: Alright.
UA: At least it isn't in the attic.
GA: Here's where it gets weird.
UA: I knew this was going too smoothly.
GA: GNUrb won't let me deploy the totem lathe or the alchemiter.
UA: *Cursing*
UA: Now what do we do?
GA: So what rH did was send mI the GNUrb files for the Cruxtabox Recorder and Alchemy Portal
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GA: All you have to do is put that in your my documents/sburb/mods directory, and it should see it instantly.
UA: Is it saying why it won't deploy?
GA: Yeah, GNURB thinks the files are corrupt, even though they aren't.
UA: Fine, I guess I can sort it out later.
UA: Okay I did it.
GA: OK, so I'm putting the Cruxtabox Recorder next to the Designix.
GA: And I'm gonna have to put the alchemy portal on your patio, it's pretty big.
UA: I assume that loud thud I just heard was you doing that?
GA: Can't really say, I don't have audio on my end.
UA: Allright, I guess we can begin the transport sequence "again."
GA: OK
UA: Hmm, I wonder if there will even be a meteor this time.
GA: It's entirely possible
GA: It's possible there was already a meteor this entire time.
UA: True.
UA: HOLD ON.
UA: What complications were there before when rH and mI did this?
UA: I don't want to waste time if it is at a premium.
GA: Uh, mI actually didn't have that much of a problem getting it, at least not with the equipment.
GA: His house was on fire a lot though.
UA: Okay, it's just- what.
GA: Well, I think it was mostly his neighbour's house.
GA: As far as we know it wasn't the game's fault.
GA: Directly.
UA: That is better. If my house were on fire I would- you're not helping.
GA: I'm pretty sure the fire was caused by his neighbour's meteor.
GA: Do you have any neighbours in your void thing?
UA: No. Open up the cuxtruder.
GA: How?
GA: I opened my cruxtruder equivalent on the Alchemy Portal
GA: How do you open the cruxtruder?
GA: I never had one.
UA: Just bash the top with something heavy.
UA: We used the welder last time, so it should work again.
GA: I think I might stay away from flammable stuff.
GA: After all that about the fire.
UA: There is nothing readily flammable in my house.
UA: Except maybe some cleaning products.
GA: And the welder.
UA: The welder uses electric current to melt the metal, you might be mistaking it for a blowtorch, but whatever.
GA: OK. Yeah sorry, not too well versed in engineering.
GA: Are you!? We could use an engineer.
UA: Well, that's the thing.
UA: I'm less of an engineer and more like a...
UA: "fuck around with something until I figure out how it works" kind of guy.
GA: Hah! Well, you're among friends.
GA: Can I use some of the crap in the garage?
UA: Yeah you can do that.
GA: OK, it's open.
GA: The sprite's out... and... is that a timer? I can't see.
UA: Um, the timer is scrambled, so I guess I should hurry anyway.
UA: Oh, wait, you need to deploy the pre punched card, or equivilent.
GA: With GNUrb, the prepunched card was already in the Code Press, but I guess I need to deploy yours manually?
GA: Here you go.
GA: I have to remark, the SBURB interface, or what I see of it over here, is just so much simpler.
UA: Is that....... a bowl of noodles?
GA: Looks like it.
GA: Are they any good?
UA: No they taste like crap.
GA: Shouldn't something be happening now?
GA: Oh wait!
GA: It doesn't work until you prototype your sprite
UA: Right. I guess I can prototype my dog again. She was good company during my isolation.
UA: There we go.
UA: Ugh, I have to eat the noodles again?
GA: Try some flavouring.
GA: Or I dunno, maybe meat?
GA: Best hurry up, the garbled timer is on double digits
UA: You cannot salvage these noodles! I am having difficulty not throwing up.
UA: Ugh, they are so horrible.
Session Rescue has begun. Communication will resume after Rescue terminates.
-- underlyingAugment [UA] was disconnected at 10:43 --

tl;dr:
underlyingAugment, whose session crashed, contacted the GNUrb team. gA explained that there's a way to try to rescue two broken sessions into one complete one, and offered to try to help him. uA agreed and they began the rescue process, with gA connecting to uA (while maintaining a connection to rH) to connect him into the session. Using what rH and mI learned connecting GNUrb to SBURB, they were able to deploy uA's tech and trigger his entry without much difficulty, after which the Rescue process started. Hopefully, it will also be able to recover any other survivors from uA's crashed session.

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So long as mI and rH are cool with it, uA will be joining the team. I think we should leave his branch of the chain open for a little while in case anyone else want to come in as additional refugees from his session. Once the Rescue completes whoever's at the end of his chain will take over for me as rH's server player.

[underlyingAugment]

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The real reason my session "glitched" is because when I disconnected from the RP on the mibbit servers with my previous teammates, I could never find them again, so I made up the glitch story. Also, I'm just gonna post some story if you don't mind. If you do, I guess I can just delete it.

> Days in the past, but not many...

A young adult sleeps in after a night of online gaming.

==>

*A large flash is seen in your window, quickly followed by a loud BOOM. You quickly freak out of sleep due to the thundering sound.

==>

You are currently the young man known as underlyingAugment. You have just been jolted out of your slumber by a MASSIVE EXPLOSION a couple of miles away. While you calm down, lets talk about INTERESTS.

You have a variety of INTERESTS. You are an avid gamer, and are frequently seen playing various COMPETITIVE GAMES on the INTERNET. You are an AMATEUR ENGINEER, mostly due to the fact that you have a major need to FIGURE OUT HOW EVERYTHING WORKS. Probably due to your obsession, your house is littered with IMPROVISED OBJECTS and DAMAGED GOODS, as you often break things while trying to learn about them, only to fix them with sufficient, if low quality, repairs. You are a fan of CHARACTERS OF STEALTH AND ESPIONAGE, and collect various knickknacks pertaining to them.

What will you do?

> Quickly retrieve arms from under your bed.

You retrieve your SHOTGUN from under your bed. Its primary purpose is to DETER BURGALARS, which have thankfully never tried to ABSCOND with your posessions.

==> ==> ==> ==> ..........

You have just entered another INCIPISPHERE after several days of sending out distress signals. You are very relieved that you are no longer truly alone, but the thought of glitches makes the relief bittersweet.

> Look for glitches.

You view the landscape surrounding your house. It is thankfully the same from last time: THE LAND OF THUNDER AND SHADOW. Unfortunately, as you look up you notice your GATES are behaving oddly. They are garbled, jumping around, and phasing in and out of view. In addition, your sylladex was purged and has reset itself. It is currently awaiting you to choose a new fetch modus.

> Commune with your server player.

Your computer is currently too busy attempting to make sure the surrounding reality does not become unraveled due to SBURB and GNURB semi-incompatibility and has denied you access to any functions until it auto-corrects anything it can. This could take awhile.

> Choose new fetch modus.

You proceed to your BOOKCASE, which doubles as your entertainment center. You open a drawer and observe what fetch modi you have to choose from.

Stack.
Queue.
Memory.
Breakout.
Risk.
Shuffle.
Tower.

etc. etc.

> Choose Arch Modus

You choose the Arch Modus and read the description.

ARCH MODUS INSTRUCTIONS: All caphtalogue cards in sylladex are placed into an arch form. New items are placed on the central/top card. Subsequent items are placed on top, and older items are pushed down into a side of the arch. Any item can be used at any time, but if either of the bottom items are used, or the arch becomes unbalanced due to reckless item usage (>2 item amount difference on one side) the entire arch collapses, leaving all items on the ground.

> Find a suitable weapon.

You begin searching for a weapon to use on the inevitable enemies that come to attack. This could take awhile, so you might as well do it while your computer does its thing.

[piester]

I'm down with it

[Lieutenant Fish]

Freetasm and Potted Freetasm:

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[piester]

Awesome!!

[Sprak]

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-- militantIchthyoid [MI] began pestering genericAnomaly [GA] at 8:28 --

MI: ffff
MI: nooo
MI: my pesterclient is still messed up
MI: I'm sorry I've been out of contact for like 8 hours
MI: it's night time here now, and a new planet appeared
GA: No worries
GA: I just talked to underlyingAugment
MI: who?
GA: The guy who sent that open message
MI: I must have missed that one
GA: His session wigged out and left him abandoned in a void type thing.
GA: So I started a session rescue.
MI: who's he connected to?
GA: Well, I'm connected to him.
GA: He isn't connected to anyone.
GA: So the loop is more like a Q right now.
MI: alright
MI: I guess
MI: I've been messing with alchemy all day
GA: Oh sweet deals. Whadjya get?
MI: I made a ton of SentryBlox
GA: Awesome.
MI: I worked out how to make stuff out of legos into real objects
MI: took a lot of Trial and error though
MI: Let me explain
GA: I'm all ears
MI: if you take a book or DVD or something with information and pictures
MI: and build something from the pictures out of legos
MI: you can combine them with || to make a large plastic object
GA: That's great!
MI: you can then use && with a not-plastic equivalent
MI: and it sometimes makes the thing in the book
MI: EXAMPLE
MI: Grapes of wrath || lego car
MI: =large plastic car
MI: && book again
MI: =old timey car
MI: It's never the same twice though
MI: It uses a shit ton of Silicone though
GA: UGH, too bad all my legos aren't here.
MI: http://jexp.de/img/lego_box.jpg = 61170rt
GA: Thanks!
GA: So, you seem OK. You're not in any big danger, right?
MI: Yeah, things have calmed down a lot
MI: but I still get Resin Ogres occasionally
MI: I probably have to advance in the game to face tougher enemies
GA: The Voice talked to me again today.
MI: how'd it go
GA: It was yelling at me.
GA: This time it said you guys were in danger.
GA: I think.
MI: did it mention us specifically?
GA: Amici in periculo leaves little to imagination.
MI: wait
MI: I got this one
MI: friends
MI: in danger?
MI: I'm no good with Latin
GA: Yep, that's what it said. Then 'Adiuvi eos!'
GA: Help them!
MI: Whoa
MI: how can you help me though
MI: I guess by translating his warnings?
GA: I don't know.
GA: I pestered rH as soon as I could, since I can't help you until I make it to a gate.
GA: He was out exploring, so I told him to be careful.
MI: yeah, that's good advice. maybe I'll stick around till you get here
MI: we can chill and build stuff
MI: specifically your house
MI: I'm having trouble working in low gravity
GA: Yeah, I could stand to relax a little.
MI: did you ever try falling up into the gate?
MI: probably dangerous
MI: but it might work
GA: I thought about it, but if I missed it's a long way through lots of lightning to the other side.
MI: good point
MI: maybe when you get a hook you can throw something through
MI: to test if it's safe
GA: If I can get that, there's no reason to build that much anyway.
GA: But yeah, if I could just make a hook controlled descent into the gates, all we need to worry about building is some legit lightning countermeasures for when I go up there.
MI: Oh yeah about that
GA: Yeah?
MI: I tried reversing the effect of my lighning boom
MI: but didn't get anywhere
MI: I tried combining the things differently
MI: I got the Kylie Boompod
MI: I don't want to talk about it.
GA: Is the Exterminator any good as a weapon?
MI: oh hells yes
MI: I can zap imps everywhere
MI: but it's no good on bison
GA: Yeah, those things'd scare the shit outta me.
MI: nothing works, the best you can do is scare them
MI: did i mention
MI: they can pass through matter?
MI: sometimes, anyway
MI: one got stuck in that old car I built
GA: Those things get scarier by the minute.
MI: they try to talk to me, I think they want to help
MI: Chev said they were Consorts or something
GA: So, they're good guys?
MI: I guess
MI: but unrendered, highly dangerous ones
GA: I will do my best to avoid them when I get through the gate.
MI: as long as you don't touch them you should be okay
MI: do you have consorts?
GA: I haven't seen much of anything out there, it's too dark. But I realized there's this weird sound out there.
GA: Not the thunder.
GA: But flapping.
MI: maybe bats?
MI: or like
MI: owls
GA: Yeah, could be.
GA: Like, hundreds of 'em
GA: Thing is, I figure I would have seen them by now, even with the dark.
GA: If they were flying overhead.
GA: The lightning does a good job of making creepy silhouettes.
MI: quick Robin, to the invisible batplane!
GA: Oh I hope I don't have invisible intangible bats.
MI: bring the bison-repellant batspray!
GA: All I have is this shark-spray belt.
MI: bring that
MI: I migh need it in rH land
GA: Hah!
MI: mechanical sharks, mr bond
MI: I expect you to die blah blah blah we're getting nowhere
GA: Anyway, no, no sign of consorts yet.
MI: Maybe I can set up floodlights?
GA: Sure, that'd work.
MI: do you have a lamp code?
MI: mine are mostly floor lamps and too big to captcha.
GA: Uh, all I've got is this lava lamp code, everything else is overhead.
MI: try it anyway
MI: make your land even creepier
MI: >:]
GA: OK now I'm not sure I want to give you this code...
GA: 0x67fd2d
MI: okay I'll save that for later
MI: OH yeah
MI: I tried building a jaffa staff weapon
MI: but all I have is a large plastic one so far
MI: I need a picture of the real deal to unlock all the real-ness
GA: That's something to work with at least.
MI: i guess so
MI: plastic staff: 66th00q5t
GA: I'll see if I can get anything out of it.
MI: yeah. OOH combine with lava lamp
MI: it'll look so rad
GA: I can imagine it: The Lava Lamp Staff, good for glassing one or two baddies with a bottle full of molten wax.
MI: just set up a bunch around the house
MI: mood lighting
GA: I've GOT mood lighting.
GA: I've got a perpetual lightning storm a few hundred feet above my house.
MI: mood swing lighting?
MI: whatever
MI: you should make all plastic clothes
MI: I bet I could work something out with these legos
GA: I don't think that'll stop a bolt of lightning.
MI: no but it won't attract them
GA: I'll just have molten plastic melted to my torso instead of flaming cloth.
MI: plus it'll give me an excuse to design sweet gear using Legos
MI: but whatever
MI: you're probably right
MI: I'll let you know if I run across any rubber grist
GA: I'm pretty sure I need a faraday cage.
GA: Oh great, more imps.
GA: Zero gravity is not a fun place to fight.
GA: brb
MI: hit em with the staff!
*the staff breaks in two. The imp finds this hilarious*
MI: aww no way
MI: that did SO NOT just happen
MI: Are you okay?
GA: I'm fine.
GA: The imp, not so much.
MI: I'll look for something metal and send you a better temporary weapon
GA: I'm not sure how I feel about holding a big metal pole around here.
MI: oh yeah
MI: right
GA: My roommate's got some plywood laying around, I'll give that a try.
MI: If I get it as good as it gets, the Stargate staff will be Naquedah
MI: Don't know how that'd work in the real world though
GA: I never saw stargate... I mostly watch old Voyager reruns at 4AM...
MI: Stargate's awesome bro!
MI: what about Babylon 5?
GA: No. My cover as a sci-fi fan is crumbling...
MI: nah it's all good
GA: I'm big on the original trilogy, TNG, Voyager, and Futurama.
GA: And Dune, but not the movie.
MI: awww I love that movie
MI: so weird
GA: Ha ha David Lynch is insane.
MI: The Sleeper
MI: HAS
MI: AWAKENED!
GA: Again! It is the legend!
GA: Just... everything about the baron.
MI: We've got worm sign the like of which GOG has not seen!
MI: hey mabye I could make you that flight thing the baron has
MI: Or you could do it yourself if you have the DVD
GA: I've only got the book.
GA: Where he doesn't fly.
MI: too bad
MI: I had a copy but it got borrowstolen
MI: maybe rH does
GA: Don't worry too much, I've got Ender's Game here, so I can probably come up with a hook for cheaper anyway.
MI: hey check this
MI: http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...m/IMG_0999.jpg
MI: I got a bit bored and made a cage
GA: Neat
MI: not sure what to do now though
MI: any ideas?
GA: I'm reading up on faraday cages now.
GA: Hmm, this article says all I really need is to be insulated from a conductive shell.
GA: Lemmee try this first...
GA: this: http://www.baco.co.uk/images/product...c-300x5-rd.jpg
GA: and this: http://www.clothing2u.com/ekmps/shop...acket-20-p.jpg
MI: Give it a try
GA: Eww... they make this: http://justwilliam1959.files.wordpre...6/bee-gees.jpg
MI: HAH I want one anyway
MI: try using ||
GA: It gives me a thicker denim jacket
MI: What's it made of
GA: It's cloth, lined with aluminum, lined with rubber, lined with cloth.
MI: SCORE
GA: I think I've got a good solution now!
MI: I'd like one, for later
GA: Here's the code: 0xa4d32
MI: and
MI: if it's not too much trouble
MI: could you give me the code for the first one too?
MI: 0_o
GA: Ha ha. Here: 0xa6d53
MI: brb
MI: I
MI: look
MI: simply fabulous!
MI: yeah I'll just save it for further alchemy
GA: Heh heh.
MI: it still has potential
GA: Once I've got a proper outfit going, I'm gonna clone this bacofoil and get to work insulating the room. This jacket it hot.
MI: combine with something you wear in the desert
GA: Insulated Stillsuit
MI: hang on I'll look for something good
GA: I have a broken icemaker from the fridge.
MI: okay, try that and maybe a tweed suit for good measure
GA: Oh, hells yes. WAY too expensive, I need like, twelve mystery grits for this: http://thecarter.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/freeze.jpg
MI: oh darn
MI: What's happening with the cage info?
GA: I don't really need it. Anymore
MI: I can captcha you the Plastic Cage code though, if you want something to mess with
GA: OK, thanks.
MI: 1 second
MI: 0ti4f44
MI: might still have some use
GA: Cool
MI: might still have some use
GA: Cool
GA: Combine this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ickersgill.jpg
GA: and this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...8Mostra%29.jpg
MI: wow not what I expected
MI: are they plastic?
GA: No, it's just a picture of Nick Cage dressed as Mike Faraday
GA: I think I'll leave it at that.
MI: Yeah
MI: we're treading thin ice here
MI: one wrong step
MI: and you get cage as a roomie
GA: Bwahaha!
MI: OH NO NOT THE BISON
GA: Shit!
MI: ARGH THEY'RE in my eyeyeeys
MI: AAARGH MY EYES!
GA: Are you OK?
MI: naw dog
MI: cage impression
GA: Hahah!
MI: did you not see Wicker man?
GA: I did see the funny bits.
MI: yeah same
MI: no one has ever actually seen the whole thing I bet
GA: But still
GA: Don't mention the bison in jest please.
MI: ok ok
GA: I was about to make a jump for the gate.
MI: it's all good
MI: anyway, if they get me
MI: it
-- Error writing to pesterlog; make sure the disk is not full or write protected, then try again --

tl;dr: mI figured out a way to alchemise legos into real life items. gA told mI that his head voice was warning him that his friends were in danger. Chevanha told mI that the bison are Consorts, and therefore have good intentions towards him. gA figured out how to alchemise up insulated clothes using bacofoil, and is working on a proper fully insulated suit.


Alchemy:
gA accidentally made an ANCIENT ARTIFACT OF MADNESS that, like any sane adventurer would do, HE IMMEDIATELY CAST INTO THE ABYSS

gA made the ANSII 107-2004 compliant Electrically Insulated Jacket



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Hey guys sorry I've not been too active today, my internet's been crawling all day and I've had errands and such. Yeah, I'm doing some more artwork related to the session, I've started to storyboard the LoPaH vignette, and if you want after I'll do your land rH. On a tangentially related note, uA, I dunno if you might wanna tweak your land a little since it's so close to mine. It's up to you, I think it'd help to make the session planets a bit more diverse.

[underlyingAugment]

uA's computer:
Auto-Resolving Immediate Conflicts: 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%.........
>> ERROR: Local Planet Inconsistent With Local Medium Session. Planet Instability Increasing.
>> Attempting To Repair.......... Failure.
>> Next option: Reconfigure Planet To Local Medium Code.
>> Attempting To Generate New Landscape:
>> Land of Lava and Wind....... Failure
>> Land of Forests and Cyclones....... Failure
>> Land of Volcanoes and Seas....... Failure
>> Land of Ice and Steam....... Success
>> Resuming Auto-Resolve: 55%, 56%.......

==>

The surrounding landscape seems to "smear" and then "snaps" back into view. Your house is now located on top of a massive glacier. Out in the distance the view is largely the same. There are small machines dotting the landscape, with pipes going down into steam vents. Their purpose is unknown. You seem to have been moved to a moderately volcanic world gripped in an ice age, with whatever inhabitants having a steampunk type of technologies.

> Finish allocating your Strife Specibus.

You have finally repaired your SHOTGUN, after you used it to bash several IMPS to death after you ran out of AMMUNITION during your first session. You have replaced the broken wooden stock with one of reinforced ALUMINUM. It is light and sturdy. You managed to alchemize several SHOTGUN CARTRIDGES, after you found an extra in your GUN BOX.

> View your computer.

Your computer has finished auto-resolving any glitches that immediately threaten you.

> View remaining glitches.

You inquire your computer to any other major glitches that are currently unrepaired.

uA's Computer:

>> Gates 1-7 Are Unstable. Strongly Recommend Not Entering Gates Until Repaired
>> Grist Cache Is Leaking. All Grists Are Depleting At A Rate of 1 Grist Per Second
>> Alchemization Tools Incompatible. Level 3 Or Higher Alchemization Impossible Until Modifications To Tools Are Made, Or Standard Alchemization Tools Deployed

> Contact your server to update them.

You re login to Pesterchum.

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MI: dude can you see the stars in your land?
MI: That new planet keeps changing colors
MI: I'm serious get a telescope this shit's wild
MI: Did you talk to gA recently?
MI: he said we're attempting a Session Rescue or something
MI: and we'll have a new player soon, maybe more than one.
MI: anyway, I'll talk to you later, maybe we can set up another Pesterchannel if the lightning didn't mess the last one up too much.


militantIchtyoid [mI] ceased pestering retroHobbyist [rH] at ???