Spark [Vitriolic Love]

[supajackle]

Examine that wonderful looking picture/painting of the building that looks Kind of familiar

[suomynonAyletamitlU]

> Resist urge to play with inventory. Again. Years of long practice have allowed you the willpower to--
> Play with the inventory wheeee

[ParadoxTurtle]

> Resist urge to play with inventory. Again. Years of long practice have allowed you the willpower to--
> Play with the inventory wheeee

this please

[crepuscularDissembler]

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[Wessolf27]

Check the cash register first, and then the more valuable stuff you have on sale. After that, check upstairs if they ruined your Go set.

[Professor zobot]

>Exposit on Go Set

[98714123340]

Mourn the loss of cool bonsai palm tree.

[Bropocalypse]

Realize your moose head was damaged!
THE FIEND!

This thing got singed pretty bad. Fortunately, it and this odd ninja painting seem to be the only products that were harmed.

Check out those guns on display.
Imagine conjoining Maiden with a Pistol.
Imagine it.

You're not sure what benefit could come from combining a serpent with a pistol. Too bad you can't store more than one weapon in your current inventory. Still, you're reluctant to use your favorite pet in such a reckless manor.

> What's the computer for? Can customers use it to look at a full list of your stock?

Yep! The stuff on display isn't everything you've got in stock, so customers are free to peruse the store's inventory this way.

Examine that wonderful looking picture/painting of the building that looks Kind of familiar

This painting isn't for sale. In a completely unrelated tangent, sometime after you found it you woke up with a number written on your hand, but it was written in magic marker so it washed right off. It probably didn't mean anything important about you.

check and see if cash register is damaged

Your precious money is safe. Smart shopkeepers always opt for the "supervillain-proof" models!



You take a look at some more of your stock. Not all of these are weapons, obviously. Somehow it seemed fitting to put them here, though.



Then there's this thing. It was brought in by a stag beetle man. He was somewhat avoidant on why it had such a musky odor. Once you cleaned it, you found it to be big, soft, and cuddly!

Conjoin self with giant plushie.

Uh... Hm. Maybe later.



Though you do get another idea. You store the plushy lizard thing in a special inventory slot...



... Which alters the appearance of your clothes! Best app you ever bought.

Who are we kidding. Conjoin halberd with chainsaw.

Oh, that sounds like deadly fun! You retrieve the chainsaw.



And conjoin it with your halberd.

Fortunately, chainsaws are technically tools and not actually weapons, or you'd never be able to store it at all. You'd have to actually carry it around, like some sort of caveman or starving african.

UNfortunately, since you're not in any danger, you won't be able to pull out your halberd and see what happened. Drat!

Well, that's enough goofing around for now! Better get this place cleaned out.





























There. It took quite a while to get everything in order, but the silly montage music you had been whistling the whole time made it a breeze. It's going to get dark soon.

Better get yourself ready for-



... Aww crap. Why now?



Fuuuuuuck. It's her.



You go upstairs, since there's no way to get this conversation going on the downstairs terminal.

She always seems to bother you when it's especially troublesome: Perfectly annoying timing.



Sure enough, she's contacting you through your chat program. Let's get this over with.



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** Skibbit private conversation beginning at 4:14:05 **
<nEwt>: hey loser!!
<pawnographer>: God
<pawnographer>: What do you want
<nEwt>: gosh so touchy!! it's flattering of you to call me that though!! hehehehe
<pawnographer>: Ugh whatever
<pawnographer>: Okay before some shitty new taunt pours out of your face how did you unban yourself from my server
<nEwt>: im sure you have a reason to ask me that other than as a rhetorical question!! come on you know im the best at this!! remember when i dumped your stores inventory out when you were having that sale??
<pawnographer>: Oh yeah how could I forget
<pawnographer>: By the way I don't believe I ever told you to go fuck yourself for that
<nEwt>: hehehehehehehe!!!!
<pawnographer>: Do you actually want something from me or are you just going to giggle like a primate
<nEwt>: oh, that's a new one
<nEwt>: i bet my little prank last time left you cooking up that quip for a few hours at least!!
<nEwt>: ANYWAY miss grumpyface!!
<nEwt>: i saw what happened to your shop!! looks like that guy messed up your place but good!!
<pawnographer>: Oh aren't you clever watching the fucking news
<pawnographer>: For your next trick you'll divine what's happening on cartoon network I suppose
<nEwt>: PFF NO!!
<nEwt>: tv is for dumbasses!!
<nEwt>: i wanted to hack fox and make them show nothing but gundam but then i figured it was below me
<pawnographer>: Below you huh
<pawnographer>: That's a laugh
<nEwt>: ANYWAY!!!!!
<nEwt>: i saw it through your security camera of course!!
<nEwt>: that dragon guy looked pretty hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<pawnographer>: Okay
<pawnographer>: Seriously
<pawnographer>: As if the pun wasn't bad enough
<pawnographer>: But are you telling me you have been looking into my home
<pawnographer>: I mean obviously you have but is this a regular thing
<pawnographer>: Are you like
<pawnographer>: FIXATED on me
<nEwt>: hehehehehe!! no
<nEwt>: i was playing around with your system again and stumbled on the camera feed at the right time, interestingly enough!!
<pawnographer>: Argh
<pawnographer>: So why MY system then
<pawnographer>: What makes you want to tinker with my shit anyway
<nEwt>: because yours is so much fun to play with!!
<nEwt>: most people with central inventories like that have them on a computer with no internet uplink
<nEwt>: and those that do have it sealed up tight as that fulton supervillain prison
<nEwt>: you keep changing your security to keep me out so its like a little shifting playground for me!!
<nEwt>: plus...
<nEwt>: it's fun to look at all the neat junk you keep in there
<nEwt>: and your silly reactions when i kick that particular ant hill
<pawnographer>: I'm not a plaything for you or anyone else
<pawnographer>: So please
<pawnographer>: Knock that fucking bullshit off fucking NOW
<pawnographer>: The last thing I need today is you messing things up for me after all this
<nEwt>: goodness calm down!!
<nEwt>: i WAS gonna wait till you finished packing that stuff up and dump it all out again
<nEwt>: BUT!!
<nEwt>: mud told me not to
<nEwt>: anyone else i would have done it anyway
<nEwt>: but you know!!
<pawnographer>: You're not going to tell me all about your little play sessions again are you
<pawnographer>: Please don't
<nEwt>: hehehehe!!!!
<nEwt>: jealous??
<nEwt>: your condition must make it hard to get a boyfriend am i rite?!?!
<pawnographer>: You still haven't told me what you want exactly
<nEwt>: fiiiiiine
<nEwt>: well you can thank mud for this too
<nEwt>: but he wanted me to do something nice for you for a change
<nEwt>: look at your inventory!!
<nEwt>: later, wormface!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
** Skibbit private conversation ended at 4:26:37 **

Woah. She jailbroke your inventory's weapon safety. That's an unexpected gesture from her.

Let's see if your halberd is looking any good.



Oh hell fucking yes.



You take the time to set up a little nest for yourself in the lavatory. Unfortunately, your matress was just too big to put in your inventory, so you couldn't bring it down here. Oh well!



You change into your nightgown. You know, this might not be so bad. It's kinda like camping... In some sort of cave. And at least you won't have to come all the way downstairs to use the bathroom! Nothing left to do now but try and get some sleep. Fortunately there's still some police staking out in the street in case that creepazoid comes back, so you can sleep easy.





























The sun never sets in the Aether.



But it does get dark.





And then the moonlight comes.



Pity they who have no shelter.



The dark sun smites them like a scornful god.



Their bodies, minds, and souls are burned away.



Leaving only one thing...



Lustre.



These poor ghouls are said to wander darkened streets and abandoned sewers, seeking the mortality they lost.

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[distainfulCatalyst]

The chainsaw halberd may very well be the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Anywhere. Can't wait to see it in action.

>Dust City Ghostbusters: be a thing.

[Not The Author]

Okay, so what do they actually do? They're presumably dangerous in some capacity or another.

They

They can't phase through walls can they

That would be bad

[Snowmanne]

>Be the lost ghoul

[Dragon Fogel]

So there's this guy with two Lustres, and there are stray Lustres walking around.

I sense a connection.

[Wessolf27]

So there's this guy with two Lustres, and there are stray Lustres walking around.

I sense a connection.

Unfortunate person: Meet/Conjoin with stray lustre.

[Plaid]

Just gonna leave this here

[Fayth]

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No commands here, chaps. Just +1 Reader get.

[MegaRock35]

>Lustre: Search for a new host/home/what-have-you

[Whimbrel]

Sara> Disconnect your store's inventory from the internet

Creepazoid>Gain a THIRD lustre!

[Red709]

>Sara: try not to have horrible dreams.
>Narrator: expound on what the hell the Aether really is.

[Godbot]

> nEwt: Wake Sara up by turning on the shower.

[Mibbs]

Yellow Lustre Man: knock over that trashcan

[98714123340]

Sara> Disconnect your store's inventory from the internet

Creepazoid>Gain a THIRD lustre!

> Creepazoid: Add yellow lustre to your inventory.

[Triangle Man]

> Well, this universe sucks.

Lustre-Person > What do you do, exactly?

[SNeakyRobot]

> Resolve to murder that obnoxious internet person.

[Asmodemus]

> Continue world-building exposition.

[wolftamer9]

> Be the hacker chick.