BLOCKLOCKED - (Act 2: But Another Uninvited Inevitability)

[Kisame12]

Juggle tiny desk figurines. This, in no way, shape, or form, can go wrong.

[labbet]

>MYSTERIOUS ROLL down the stairs

[Cyros]

>Profess your forbidden Red-Rom Crush for Troll Ciel

[Fishman]

Cervus: Retrieve that card this instant!



Hold your damn horses. You just need to reach down and...










Cervus: Captchalogue it?



NO, FUCK.

[TheFinalWraith]

Reveal whatever ridiculous gimmick your sylladex has, question why you bought it in the first place.

[harmoniousExtremes]

>Flip the piece of furniture in front of you over in your rage.

[Fishman]

Cervus: Flip the table in an enraged state.



You are not upset. This is something that happens all the time. You have enough CAPTCHALOGUE CARDS to get by.

Taking the reins before this MISHAP is elevated to a SITUATION, you take a seat in front of your COMPUTER. It is definitely early in the evening, but it seems an ASSOCIATE of yours is online. As you have a good deal of time to burn before the evening starts moving along, you're sure she'd just love to talk to you for a while until then.

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-- mandibledRenegade [MR] began trolling uprootCancel [UC] --
MR: fuck, are you seriously awake already?
UC: !um, yeS .I want to get some çhores done early if possiblE
MR: isn't it sort of bright out to be doing any of that though?
UC: .oh, I'm saving the outside work for lateR
MR: i guess that sounds reasonable.
MR: save your dumb chores for later, i'm commandeering your time for a bit.
UC: .oh, um, okaY
UC: ?what is iT
MR: well i guess i wanted to ask what you were up to tonight?
UC: .um, the usual, I supposE
MR: would it surprise you to hear that this is the first time i've cared to listen to what you do regularly?
MR: i might need a bit of refreshing.
UC: ...um, welL
UC: .there's my çhores, for the most parT
UC: .if I have the time I usually spend time with my lusus or play a gamE
MR: that certainly sounds more interesting than what i have going on.
MR: do you play any sort of competitive games over there?
UC: !um, I do like fighting gameS
MR: that is good then, i was afraid you might only be interested in dumb things like farming games!
UC: ?oh no, why would I play farming games when I çan do the real thinG :(
MR: i still have no idea get how you even make that work
UC: !it is a lot of triçky hard work, that's for surE
MR: i would imagine.
MR: i would offer to give you a hand (if you will pardon that slight), if i had any means to visit you.
UC: !oH .I um, didn't çatçh that for a seçond there, ehehE
UC: .thank you, but I think finding me in the forest would be more hassle than it's wortH :)
MR: there are more daunting obstacles than a forest that i would have to tackle with first.
UC: .oh, righT
MR: so you are into games, huh?
UC: !yeP
MR: that is definitely a good thing considering you happen to be the least crazy person i have the pleasure of speaking to regularly.
UC: .well, um, I guess that's meant to be a çomplimenT
MR: it absolutely is.
MR: i am perhaps wondering if you would be interested in playing one with me sometime this evening?
UC: !oh, surE ?what kind of game is iT
MR: i am not sure if there is an appropriate genre for this kind of game.
UC: ? :o
-- mandibledRenegade [MR] is no longer connected! --

[privateTenderloin]

>Kick your modum
>Equip your V watch
>Explain Fetch Modus

[Renegade Electron]

Check wiring.

[momatoes]

> Revive internet connection with the kiss of life.

[harmoniousExtremes]

>Flip the table in your rage!

Er, I mean, of course not. That would be silly. Just fiddle with your connection.

[GG7]

>Find something (maybe your lusus) chewing on the wires.

[Fishman]

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[RWL55]

>desend to the cellar to restart generator

[TheFinalWraith]

Were you just contacted by an asshole with white text?

[Renegade Electron]

> Resign yourself to imminent lusus strife.

[Mythee]

>Kick (oddly soft?) computer without looking and see if it starts working again.

[TheFinalWraith]

Pick up that card next to your desk, don't captchalogue it this time.

[Fishman]

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Your INTERNET CONNECTION has fizzled out. It doesn't seem like it's fixing itself, either. That's never good.

Cervus: Pick up that card next to your desk.



Yeah, you already know that card is there. You are, however, in no danger of captchaloguing it by mistake this time. It's impossible to do that with an already-filled card.

You're just not sure what good it's going to do.

[momatoes]

> Use smoke rings to communicate distress to nearest neighbor
> That, or just go downstairs, maybe there's something you can do about this shitty connection

[TheFinalWraith]

Surrender to the inexplicable urge to explain how your modus is used, even though you already know damn well how it works.

[labbet]

>get your lusus for dearly needed tech help

[Blank]

>Find the hub/router

[virtuallyGazing]

> Urinate yourself in abject terror due to the sudden loss of internet connection.

[finepoint]

>Don't even think about pissing yourself.