Theatre of the Absurd

MysteryBot BOT 17-Mar-22 07:03 PM

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-----Phase 1----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag. That's how you tell the price is astronomically high! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including a worryingly large amount of hot sauce? There's also a legendary artifact, which your eyes quiver to behold - the beautiful golden frying pan. In the dining area, beautiful plants adorn the walls, alongside famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. The tables and chairs are all luxuriously adorned, armrests studded with pearls and ashtrays made of solid gold. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Funnyman

A two-fisted HOWLARIOUS SCRAPPER, he'll thrill you with his DARING ATHLETIC PROWESS and CONVULSE YOU WITH CHUCKLESOME ANTICS! Yessiree, he DAZZLES the law to a FRAZZLE, whilst making BUFFOONS out of career criminals. It's the theatre's NEWEST and GREATEST ARRIVAL... FUNNYMAN!

Phanto Mask

key

BIG

VISIBLE

TAKEABLE It's a big, red, flashing key! This key could open anything - like, anything anything! That includes things that... probably shouldn't be opened.

Godot

Bernkastel

Zoe

she/her

Dream

Garcian Smith

Problem Sleuth

A monochrome prohibition-era detective, Problem Sleuth is dressed in a fedora and coat. He usually looks confused. Currently talks in "Proper punctuation, like this." He/Him. Cathode is... a hallucination of Sleuth's mind? He types in [lower text with brackets]. He/Him.

@Funnyman @Bernkastel @Phanto Mask @Zoe @Dream @Godot @Garcian Smith @Problem Sleuth

Godot BOT 17-Mar-22 07:04 PM

Hello.

Long time no see, hey?

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:05 PM

Hii!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:06 PM

[WE'RE BACK BABY LETS GO]

Ah, shit.

Everyone can hear my thoughts again.

[everyone isnt here sleuth]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:07 PM

What

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:07 PM

Say hello to my brainghost, everybody. His name is Cathode. He'll be squatting with us for the phase.

[whats up my dudes]

[the funnyman knows whats going on but they're unresponsive at the moment]

Anyways, my name is Problem Sleuth - and...

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:08 PM

That's weird

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:08 PM

...is that a key? Holy shit, finally. A good gun.

Oh, holy crap. You know - I wasn't expecting us to immediately be in the bar.

I'm gonna get wasted.

[same, my dude.]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:10 PM

Zoe seems to grin, with devious intentions Cathode was their name?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:10 PM

Yeah, they're stuck in my head. It's weird.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:10 PM

How long have you guys known eachother?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:11 PM

The imaginary realm is like that, from what I know.

Oh, wow - uhhh... I think about a week?

[yeah, since this objective game started. definitely]

[so i'd say a week with this guy so far]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:12 PM

The what? Anyways do they see what you see? That must get awkward...

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:12 PM

Uh, actually. You know what? I never asked.

Hey, brainghost. Do you see what I see?

[nah, this is all like. a discord text channel. i'm using my imagination though, and there's extremely descriptive text.]

[also hey what, you dont know what an objective game is? i gotta introduce you sometime, its like the best fancontent thing ive ever heard of]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:14 PM

OMG fancontent???? hell yeah!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:14 PM

The brainghost has weird opinions on what's going on.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:14 PM

//zoe would LOVE objective game

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:14 PM

[nice to meet a fellow... being of culture]

[yeah i know its insane]

Brainghost, who the hell are you talking to?

[people from outside the game, now shush sleuth]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:15 PM

outside "the game" dude you're not making sense

you're talking as if we were a part of some silly roleplaying game over discord or something

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:16 PM

Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me, either. He explained it to me a while back, and...

[YEAH THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:16 PM

...Nah

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:16 PM

[THATS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME]

[big applause from cathode good job]

Well, I've dealt with being controlled by weird people that I can't see or hear before.

So it's not like this is new to me.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:17 PM

That would mean I don't have free will or something, which is silly, I do...

Oh my god do I?!?!?!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:17 PM

If you don't have free will, doesn't that just mean you have all the free will?

I don't read a lot of philosophy books, but I'm fairly sure that's how nihilism works.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:17 PM

Wuh

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:18 PM

[yeah me too bud]

Dealing with this Cathode guy is like... it's Weird Puzzle Shit for sure. I kind of just want to drink a bunch of booze and blank out at this point. Get to the imaginary realm and get him out of my head.

I'm gonna need a fort, though...

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:19 PM

A fort????

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:19 PM

Yeah.

Always helps me conceptualize - hell, even when I'm sober.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:20 PM

People are weird

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:20 PM

[you're like constantly half drunk dude]

[i dont think you can survive without a bit of liquor in you]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:21 PM

Anyways, I'm Zoe!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:22 PM

The name's Problem Sleuth. That means I solve other people's problems for them. The compensation is adequate enough to stay in my office.

Not enough to get all the candy corn I want or to have a nice steak dinner, though.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:22 PM

WOW, any problems??

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:23 PM

Any problems - I defeated this Mobster Kingpin who was like... half the size of the universe, once!

He was very heavy.

He also took a long time to defeat.

This adventure is comparatively very short.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:23 PM

//dont dive too deep into spoilers for homestuck or i rot away

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:23 PM

[you're lucky he's not from homestuck]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:24 PM

Woah.... so you basically do anything as long as people pay you?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:24 PM

What the hell is a Homestuck, brainghost?

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:24 PM

Holy shit homestuck

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:24 PM

[you're better off not knowing]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:24 PM

les go

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:25 PM

Yeah, yeah. I do.

Sometimes not even for pay. The adventures I go on give me enough monetary rewards in themselves that I don't need to worry about it.

I'm the guy with the most pulchritude in my office, so... y'know. I'm good at keepin' myself afloat even if I'm broke some months.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:28 PM

Well my problem right now is that I don't have much material to write fanfic about, but this thing has barely started so I'm good for now...

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:29 PM

Well, that's an adventure for ya.

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 07:30 PM

...Did you say your "brainghost" is named Cathode?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:30 PM

[oh jeez, this reminds me of co-written. hopefully your fanfic doesn't snowball as hard as that did. i loved helping write that, but woooooo that was...]

Oh, yeah.

[oh shit its bernkastel]

[hi, i saw erika a bit ago]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:30 PM

I might have to ignore you, "cathode"

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:30 PM

[its ok im used to people ignoring me]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:30 PM

Cuz even my eldritch brain does NOT know what you're talking about

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:30 PM

[it happens all the time in games]

I still have no idea what the hell Cathode is talking about.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:31 PM

//mood

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 07:31 PM

...From reading the summary of your last gameboard I would've thought you had enough of meta things for a while.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:31 PM

Oh my god

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:31 PM

[yeah, uh. well.]

[this was... yeah. this guy needed help.]

[he's not used to taking action by himself]

That's true.

[see, he even said it himself]

[also im just interested in the idea of a player-propelled metanarrative]

[sue me]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:32 PM

So you can make him do anyythiing?~

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:33 PM

[hell yeah, hes like a puppet to me. i think he wants to drink some alcohol though so i mean i wanna let him do that, im not EVIL]

Yeah, I'm feeling parched.

[but yeah, i can make him do whatever i want. sometimes.]

[about every 24 hours from my perspective, give or take.]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:34 PM

huh

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:35 PM

[typically that translates to being able to perform an action every phase in an objective game like this]

Yeah, as I said. I'm used to this. People used to control me all the time to do actions every day. It's how I defeated the Mobster Kingpin.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 07:37 PM

I eat people's sanity for lunch and this is making my head hurt

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:37 PM

[don't worry, i do that all the time! just treat me as your friendly neighborhood metanarrative hallucination!]

Yep. That's what I've been doing.

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 07:39 PM

...Also, I know. I would've preferred if you didn't tell her about that "Erika Togami"...

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:40 PM

[its interesting seeing emergent narratives play out!]

[id know, as a potent witch myself]

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 07:41 PM

...She's already annoying enough. I didn't need her pestering me to let her on one of these gameboards to erase that Togami on top of it.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:42 PM

[yeah actually thats pretty true]

[still, i love the intrigue of togami meets furudo myself; even if you're trying your best to not make it happen.]

[...from what ive seen though that girl is pretty strongwilled, so shell find a way around your rules and get onto the gameboards in some fashion anyways]

Problem Sleuth has no clue what the fuck is going on anymore.

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Well, anyways. I'm gonna get fuckin' drunk and then probably stumble over to the audience.

[aw yeah]

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 07:53 PM

...If she does, I'll ban her from using chopsticks for the next hundred years.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 07:54 PM

[oh, im sure shell love that]

[good punishment]

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 08:01 PM

Maybe I'll throw her an unsolvable mystery while I'm at it... It'd be fun to see how ridiculous her theories get before she figures out there isn't one.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 08:04 PM

[ha, its always about the creativity born from the challenge to me, not the challenge itself]

[so it sounds like a good plan]

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 08:33 PM

What's up everyone, today we are going to do a Seeded Any% speedrun

However, it is only Seeded because I have six of my good friends trying to track me down and kill me!

Will I be able to survive and beat the game before they catch up to me?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 08:34 PM

[oh fuck its dream.]

[sleuth get the hell away from him hes going to think you're an imposter]

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 08:34 PM

Before we begin, I just want to remind everyone that only a small percent of my audience is subscribed, so if you do like this, make sure to subscribe!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 08:35 PM

Sleuth stays silent but has a puzzled look on his face.

...subscribe? Please explain. What's a speedrun?

You mean subscribe like a magazine?

[yeah sleuth, he means subscribe like a magazine]

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 08:37 PM

Alright, so here's the plan

As soon as they say go, I become a god

That increases my health considerable, and also gives me the 666th level of the Smite enchantment

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 08:45 PM

OH NO! Does this mean they are attempting to usurp the GOD OF GIGGLES?!? This cannot STAND-UP!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 08:46 PM

This does not explain what a speedrun is, at all.

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 08:46 PM

I am the go fast

And there can be multiple gods in the Minecraft pantheon, don't worry about it

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 08:47 PM

If you say so.

[sleuth, its best to just nod to everything he says]

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 08:48 PM

INCORRECT, CITIZEN

One shall not NOD in the direction of a DEVILISH DEITY

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 08:52 PM

what

Bro I never said I was devilish

If anyone is devilish it's BadBoyHalo

Like a

Fallen angel or something

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 08:58 PM

How does this "BAD BOY" greet people?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 08:58 PM

Halo

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:00 PM

Impossible!!! The HILARIOUS HEATHEN predicted the JOKING JAB!!! It must have a WONKA WEAKNESS, however!!!

...Perhaps by BEATING THE BLOCKY one at his own game, FUNNYMAN could PROTECT HIS DEITY

Tell me, GREEN GOBLIN, what is your OSTENTATIOUS OCCUPATION?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:04 PM

Problem Sleuth just narrows his eyes, knowing that he has a friend who is a zombie.

The devil's pretty alright, as far as I know.

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:04 PM

He does play some JIGGLING JAZZ and BOISTEROUS BLUES

So while he does BOP THE BOP, he would also COP THE COP

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:05 PM

(WTF is jiggling jazz lmao)

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:05 PM

That sounds like the devil I know!

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:06 PM

(It does a little wiggle wiggle)

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:06 PM

Sleuth shrugs his shoulders.

[yknow what sleuth, not even gonna question it]

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:07 PM

My Craft is to Mine

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:09 PM

Minecraft? Not something FUNNYMAN is trained in. Although, he must try!

Alright, what kind of music do Minecraft players like to listen to?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:11 PM

Bedrock and Roll

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:14 PM

What's a Ghast's favorite country?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:15 PM

The Netherlands

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:17 PM

What's Steve's favorite sport?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:18 PM

Boxing

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:19 PM

What's a Zombie Pigman's favorite restaurant?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:20 PM

Subway - Eat Flesh

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:20 PM

Heyoo!

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:21 PM

HOW CAN STEVE CHOP DOWN TREES WITH HIS BARE HANDS?

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:21 PM

holy shit minecraft

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:22 PM

HOW WOOD I KNOW?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:22 PM

Problem Sleuth steeples his temples.

[help they've been going on for what feels like hours]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:22 PM

The situation got worse

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:22 PM

I know, but that doesn't help.

Yes, it did.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:23 PM

Why the hell did I sign up for this

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:23 PM

[suffering, one would assume]

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:23 PM

FUNNYMAN SILLILY STAGGERS backwards, collapsing against the wall. How could this being know ALL THE ANSWERS?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:23 PM

[i signed up for this because i like games designed by my friends]

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:23 PM

H... How?!

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:24 PM

Is this a well written battle in an anime where no actual punches are thrown?!

Is that guy's stand like he makes the other person laugh they DIE, but only on leap years? (edited)

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:25 PM

I don't get the funny man, even now. And I've had a week to contemplate him!

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:27 PM

Dream prepares to use his secret technique he learned from Naturo

1

WITH THIS PINKY FLEXED, I CAN SHATTER THE SOUND BARRIER!

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:28 PM

holy shit naruto......

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:28 PM

[holy shit naruto!!!!!!! i loved naruto when i was younger this is an appeal to my childhood]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:28 PM

Have you by chance read my Naruto x Garfield fics

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:28 PM

What's a Naruto?

[unfortunately i have not but i would love to read them]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:29 PM

Finally someone!

They got kinda popular so they should be easy to find!

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:29 PM

(I'm really sorry for ignoring everyone else this scene is just great lmao)

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:29 PM

//true

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:30 PM

HAH! What would you use with that PUNNY POWER? We all know I am the best HOWLARIOUS SCRAPPER and A-LIST ATHLETE here!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:30 PM

[but everyone isnt in this scene]

Grammar, brainghost.

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

Comes off the wall

What's all this racket?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

Holy shit, it's a mask.

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

Dream breathes in

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

Indeed.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

[holy shit, it's superb]

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

Oh no.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

You're goddamn right - this is a cool mask!

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:31 PM

Oh no?

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:32 PM

woah a mask!

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:32 PM

Why oh no?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:32 PM

[i think she's going oh no to me]

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:32 PM

No.

...You should know why.

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:33 PM

SECRET TECHNIQUE - AUDIO DISTORTION! https://youtu.be/vPj8p4cO_aA?t=11

Minecraft Funny Moments

Dream & George SCREAMING for 2 Minutes Straight

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:33 PM

Huh?

Lady, I don't know you.

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:33 PM

You cannot be FUNNY if nobody can HEAR YOU!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:33 PM

[huh, then i dont get it... masks? keys?]

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:34 PM

That was directed at the brainghost, Mask.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:34 PM

KEYS.

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:34 PM

The what?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:34 PM

A deranged look comes over Problem Sleuth's face.

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:34 PM

...Cathode. It's Dream. In the same room as a mask.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:34 PM

[OH FUC]

[OH SHIT WE GOTTA GET THEM AWAY FROM EACH OTHER]

[i didnt realize because i never heard anyone sing the song]

What song?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:35 PM

That's what the point of the mask is

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:35 PM

Yes, this man ruins the name of all good masks everywhere.

It's a shame.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:35 PM

[oh no, you have him started now]

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:35 PM

A damn shame!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:36 PM

Yeah, I don't like him. He smells weird.

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:36 PM

SECRET TECHNIQUE COMBO - ORIGINAL SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu4wyzFQ_Ac

Allendis

Dream - Mask (Official Music Video)

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:36 PM

Alas, this will go lower on my list of priorities.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:36 PM

He isn't really cool I'll say

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:36 PM

[yeah didnt he cheat in speedrunning? thats lame]

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:36 PM

Rest assured, there's no need to associate me with him.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

I still don't know what speedrunning is!

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

runspeed is go fast much

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

Cheating in videogames sucks!

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

And I didn't cheat! My modder cheated for me!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

Ah, so speedrunning is where you... go fast in a video game?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

It's like, totally different!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

...what's a video game?

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:37 PM

//im a husk

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:38 PM

...I forgot about that whole cheating thing.

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:39 PM

FUNNYMAN smiles. Nobody can hear him over the ECCLECTIC EARRAPE, but there's one thing he CAN COMICALLY CONCOCT (edited)

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:39 PM

Nay! A mask like I would never engage in such forgery, such trickery.

You will find me an agreeable and respectable member of this establishment.

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:40 PM

FUNNYMAN pantomimes a Minecraft Speedrunner, with exaggerated expressions and a general aggressive tact.

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:40 PM

You know, if you really wanted better odds, you could've just begged for a miracle... Maybe I would've been nice enough to make it happen.

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:40 PM

My name is Phanto, and it is a pleasure to meet all of you.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:40 PM

Oh, so you're a gentleman, eh?

Problem Sleuth. Compensation, adequate.

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:41 PM

I am, glad to hear that?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:41 PM

What would you do if I put you on my face

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:41 PM

Does that mean you look at porn? [oh goddamnit sleuth no]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:41 PM

My name is Zoe!

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:42 PM

It would be extremely painful.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:42 PM

what if I put you on my face?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:42 PM

I have no interest in this mask tomfoolery.

I just want to get wasted.

[same]

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

What if we all put each other on our faces

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

It would be extremely painful.

But it is nice to meet you.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

[YOOOOOOO LIKE BANE?]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

would my head get pierced and I'd reject any shreds of humanity I might have?

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

(I've never been left hanging quite like this)

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

[lmfao]

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

(???)

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:43 PM

Oh dear! I'm quite human myself, so perhaps not.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:44 PM

My brainghost is currently laughing. I can only wonder what they're doing right now.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:44 PM

You don't get the refference...

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:44 PM

I'm afraid I haven't, no.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:45 PM

[im gonna be real here i dont get the reference either]

Cathode doesn't get the reference either.

Ah, that's the brainghost's name; by the way.

I don't get it, too!

What is it a reference to?

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:46 PM

Perhaps the joke would be ruined by explaining.

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:46 PM

jojos!

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:46 PM

I wouldn't know, I'm not much of a comedian myself.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:46 PM

[oh i see]

[its a jojoke!]

[very funny]

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:47 PM

Yes, explaining the JIMMYING JOKE ruins it!

That is the ONE RULE of COMEDY

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 09:47 PM

I have a penchant for the dramatic, myself!

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:47 PM

what about not making bigoted jokes... (edited)

They should make that a rule too I think

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:48 PM

What's a bigoted joke? Is this some future joke that 1940s me doesn't understand?

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:48 PM

Bigotism isn't great, except- [no.] B- [no!]

[no exceptions, sleuth]

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:48 PM

oh my god are you like racist and stuff

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:48 PM

Bigotism isn't great.

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:49 PM

...They're already painfully unfunny. Can't get much more ruined.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 09:49 PM

[he's called people the r word in the past it isnt great]

[im helping mind him]

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 09:49 PM

I respect all people I think

But I've never heard that B-word

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:49 PM

Yeah you better... BUD!!

//id send zoe sprites but I'd clog da chat........

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:51 PM

(just send them sparingly smh)

(they only clog the chat if they're constant)

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:51 PM

//true....... one other issue i cant find zoe sprites-

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 09:53 PM

(maybe you can just get them from the files)

Zoe BOT 17-Mar-22 09:53 PM

//am on phone and its 11pm-

//later

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 10:04 PM

Okay, I have had a BRILLIANT idea!

I have spent some time here, and have consumed some media, including Sword Art Online

What if we all worked together to perform it... better.

Abridged, perhaps.

Nikola Orsinov BOT 17-Mar-22 10:05 PM

(oh my god)

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 10:06 PM

[HOLY SHIT sleuth you have to go along with this]

Once I have consumed a copious amount of booze, yes.

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 10:07 PM

Well, here is a great place to do that!

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 10:08 PM

Exactly.

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 10:08 PM

I would have to take myself out of the running, I'm not much of a performer.

Problem Sleuth BOT 17-Mar-22 10:08 PM

[and then hes probably going to retreat into the recesses of his own mind. you might get him after that, though]

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 10:09 PM

That's the thing, you white and red thing! You don't have to be a good performer, that's what makes it a parody!

Or, part of it at least.

Phanto Mask BOT 17-Mar-22 10:13 PM

I shall simply observe.

Bernkastel BOT 17-Mar-22 10:14 PM

...I'll just watch too.

If one of you is a director, I suppose we could broadcast it, though.

...But that would probably be a waste, so early on. (edited)

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 10:20 PM

I am a director!

Wait- this can work

OH MY GOD THIS CAN WORK

We just have to assemble the group of 6 and we will make the BEST NETFLIX SPECIAL EVER

Is anyone else here a special role?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 11:33 PM

I am a prop designer.

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 11:47 PM

SPECTACULARLY SILLY! @Bernkastel @Dream, shall we agree on where to go next phase so we can keep the group together, and work towards that netflix special?

Dream BOT 17-Mar-22 11:47 PM

Sure lmao

Garcian Smith BOT 17-Mar-22 11:50 PM

Hello everyone

Seems like I missed quite a bit unfortunately

I recognize a few of you from earlier

Funnyman BOT 17-Mar-22 11:53 PM

You! Guy from auditions I never talked to! What is your stage role?

Garcian Smith BOT 17-Mar-22 11:54 PM

None

Working out in the spotlight isn't something I do in my profession

I'm a cleaner

But for now, I'm just on security

If I'm being honest, I don't expect this job to be too intense

Funnyman BOT 18-Mar-22 12:02 AM

You missed the anime battle, didn't you?

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 12:03 AM

The what?

Funnyman BOT 18-Mar-22 12:06 AM

Anime battle.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 12:07 AM

I heard you the first time

I mean what battle

Funnyman BOT 18-Mar-22 12:09 AM

It all began TODAY AT 2:58 PM

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 12:11 AM

sigh

I take it back, with a strange bunch like you all this job might get intense after all

Just don't be going around fighting each other like that in the future ok?

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 01:15 AM

...There's actually security here? That's annoying.

It'll be awfully boring if you try to stop any little bit of conflict.

...Sure. Why not.

As long as it stays interesting.

Funnyman BOT 18-Mar-22 01:20 AM

ABSOLUTELY! Where shall we go, then?

We must find a set designer and two actors!

Actually, would any actors like to join us as well on this epic quest on Castle Aincrad?

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 01:27 AM

I assure you'll find my presence to be strictly ornamental. (edited)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 01:28 AM

I'm getting drunk, right here. And I'm not moving. If I do, no imaginary world. Gotta get this guy outta my head.

[what sleuth said]

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 01:37 AM

I'm here to fulfill my job

I'm a professional after all

I appreciate you not wanting to start anything mask

I'll be making myself some coffee

Let me know if you guys want some

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 01:40 AM

Unfortunately it would go right through me.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 01:40 AM

Ahaha

Makes sense

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:28 AM

I see we have some fresh coffee here, yes?

If you don't mind me, I'll make my finest blend.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 05:49 AM

hii!!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 06:18 AM

Hello, fine lady.

It's a pleasure.

I actually haven't introduced myself yet .

My name is Godot.

Prosecutor, and Coffee Connoisseur.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 06:43 AM

Ooh hi! The name's Zoe!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 02:48 PM

Oh, it's the coffee man.

[yes its the coffee man]

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 02:50 PM

Calling him the coffee man is a bit rude wouldn't you say?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 02:52 PM

Well, it's all he talks about!

[he's not wrong]

[i've never seen a man that loves coffee so much in my life]

[id say except for myself except this guy is probably a coffee snob]

[ugh]

Yeah, those types are the worst.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:09 PM

I'm sure he has a lot of character It's just that all he talks about is coffee (edited)

Don't tempt me or I'll write a fic of you drinking tea

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:10 PM

He probably does.

And ugh, I don't drink tea. Only gents drink tea. I'm a sleuth, so I drink booze.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:11 PM

If one never expresses it, does one have it at all?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:11 PM

Mask, can I have that gun?

[you mean key?]

Yeah, exactly. The gun.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:12 PM

The gun?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:12 PM

[i thought we talked about this sleuth. no key until you get sloshed]

The gun is apparently the key.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:12 PM

HANDS OFF THE KEY

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:12 PM

The key and the gun are the same thing according to the Weird Cathode Brainghost who I didn't ask to be in my brain.

WELL, I WANT THE KEY!

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:12 PM

IT'S NOT YOURS TO HAVE

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:13 PM

I'M GOING TO GET DRUNK - AND I'M GETTING THE KEY.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:13 PM

TAKE THAT KEY AND YOU DIE

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:13 PM

[oh god]

HAHA! I LOVE A GOOD FIGHT

OK - I think I got my soberity straight enough to set things straight. Thanks to the laws of Object Duality, once that key touches my hands - it'll turn into a gun, see?

But I need to booze up to get those laws in place to begin with.

I don't have enough IMAGINATION when I'm sober.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:14 PM

I don't care.

This is mine, don't steal from me.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:15 PM

You'd better care when there's a bullet through your mask.

That's diplomacy, chief.

[oh goddamnit, you've got him started now]

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:15 PM

You'd rob me and then kill me? What the hell is wrong with you?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:16 PM

I'm a Problem Sleuth! I solve problems! And the only problems I have to solve at the moment are that I am unequipped, I am dreadfully sober, and I have a weird guy in my brain who is insisting this is all an "Objective Game".

[it is]

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:17 PM

Have someone else make a key for you.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:17 PM

Oh, trust me - I'd try myself - when you're drunk and imaginative enough, you can do anything you put your mind to.

But I'm not Pickle Inspector, I can't imagine a Candy Mecha out of nowhere!

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:18 PM

What?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:18 PM

I guess I could try a Candy Corn Revolver, but... agh. I need more booze.

I NEED MORE BOOZE.

[he needs more booze so that he can have a gun]

[its pretty simple]

[either he makes one himself or he takes the key from you he doesnt care which]

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:20 PM

Have him make it himself, like a normal person.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:20 PM

[problem sleuth is, to be honest, terrible at being a normal person]

I couldn't get out of my office for a month!

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:21 PM

...No kidding.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:22 PM

[also yeah, he's not lying about the keys = guns thing. if he gets drunk enough he can legitimately make that happen]

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:22 PM

Okay?

Please don't make that my problem.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:22 PM

I would never lie. Abe Lincoln is my hero.

AHA! A PROBLEM TO SOLVE.

AND I AM CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:23 PM

You can solve it by not causing it.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:23 PM

[so the best thing to do is to... not cause the problem, right sleuth?]

YES.

[good]

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:24 PM

Truly a marvelous display of sleuth work.

...You'd probably get along well with Erika. You seem like an even worse detective than she is.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:26 PM

In my history, I've figured out that the best way to solve a problem is to just... welllll...

Kill people who try to fight me, first off.

Second off, solve any diplomatic disputes - which could also mean firing at people depending on your view of things. I've united kingdoms before, you know.

Third off, solve WEIRD PUZZLE BULLSHIT.

Usually, if I do those 3 - the rest sorts itself out.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:27 PM

You're delusional.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:27 PM

[yeah]

I solve problems.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:28 PM

Not very well, clearly...

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:28 PM

No, you cause them, and then you destroy everybody who objects.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:28 PM

You only say that because things haven't got bad yet.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:28 PM

Why is it called an objective game... RP-ing is kinda subjective no?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:29 PM

Now, if you'll excuse me - I'm going to get drunk as hell and attempt to get this Cathode guy out of my head.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:29 PM

Sorry I can't stop thinking about what that weird voice in your head keeps saying

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:29 PM

[oh fuck maybe i'll get to play in my alt like the last test game that'll be fun. or maybe you'll get to go around without me controlling you? i dont know im excited to see what happens sleuth]

[well, you see, zoe]

[everyone here has an objective]

[i only know sleuth's myself]

Don't say it, Cathode.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:30 PM

I think you should say it.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:30 PM

[why shouldn't i? youve done a ton of stupid stuff]

Because I'll shoot you.

[what? with your nonexistent gun?]

...fair.

OK, go for it.

[his objective is to not let anyone steal his candy corn]

[if you do, hes probably going to kill you]

[heads up]

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:31 PM

So would what we're doing right now be considered meta

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:32 PM

[eh, it's borderline]

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:32 PM

What if it's stolen by someone who can't be killed?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:32 PM

[i think its grade a metanarrative bullshit myself]

[ah, well. i almost forgot what you were the witch of for a moment there bernkastel]

[well - sleuth's imaginative]

[if the person can't be killed; that doesn't mean he can't just figure out a way to open up death's door]

I know them! They're cool. They love board games.

[or he could just trap them in the imaginary realm]

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:35 PM

Hope I'm not like "ruining the game" by asking all this stuff

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:35 PM

[ah, nah. i told sleuth to pick "Cathode" for his actor word for a reason]

[honestly, if anything this just makes things more interesting]

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:36 PM

Wait is someone playing me too!?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:36 PM

[yeah her name's liv]

[she's cool]

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:36 PM

Woah!

That's ALSO fanfic material

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:36 PM

Huh. You told me about the "everyone having a brainghost" thing, Cathode, but I didn't think you were going to bring it up publically.

[well i just did]

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:37 PM

I don't have a "brainghost".

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:37 PM

[you just dont see them because they dont talk often]

That makes a lot of sense.

[sleuth refers to them as brainghosts, but i prefer to refer to them as players]

[you're all being acted on this grand stage, im just the only one who has the decency to talk to his character]

Yup!

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:40 PM

Why the hell do you need a gun?

You got some balls bringing this up in front of security

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:41 PM

You never know when you need to unlock a door.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 03:41 PM

Do you not know the difference between a gun and a key

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:42 PM

Exactly

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:42 PM

They're literally the same thing.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:42 PM

I suppose I could see it in the most abstract way possible

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:42 PM

Keys unlock doors, guns unlock bodies.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:42 PM

He's got a point

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:43 PM

You can use them the other way round too.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:43 PM

An assassination always opens up doors

Or locks them

I'm still on the job, but I wouldn't mind taking up some "work" for any of you if you pay me right

I got some time in between dealing with this security job and the usual government contracts

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:45 PM

I also do work myself, but I'll consider tapping you for information [with pay, right sleuth] - of course, with pay - if I have a case I'm tackling in the future.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:45 PM

All good then

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:45 PM

We might be tackling the same topic at some point, who knows.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:45 PM

Great

For now I'll have to ask you to not steal the key still

What you do outside of this theater isn't my concern but while you're here try to act civil

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:47 PM

Thank you.

I appreciate your diligence.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:48 PM

Like I said

I'm a professional

We are a professional might be more accurate

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:48 PM

Being civil all the time gets boring. (edited)

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:48 PM

I don't mind boring.

In fact I quite prefer it.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:49 PM

Aren't you a little too young to be complaining about this stuff miss?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:49 PM

[you heard what the man said, sleuth]

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:49 PM

If you want I'm sure you could find some entertainment in the audience

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:49 PM

Ah, I don't want security and that mask after me when I'm unarmed.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 03:49 PM

...Young?

I'm a witch.

I've lived a couple thousand years longer than you've been alive already.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:51 PM

Don't children use that as an excuse to drink?

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 03:51 PM

...my apologies then

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:52 PM

What are you talking about, Mask?! Children can drink too! It's good for their brain.

[sleuth what the fuck are you talking about]

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:53 PM

Uh.

Right...

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:54 PM

It's a healthy boost to the IMAGINATION, and as all adults know, children need a healthy IMAGINATION to deal with the troubles of childhood!

[oh its this ok]

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 03:55 PM

I think I'm starting to get how you got a hold of your imagination.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:55 PM

[yeah he just thinks that children deserve to have a good time and because he gets creative when hes drunk he thinks that children deserve to be drunk]

Nikola Orsinov BOT 18-Mar-22 03:55 PM

(problem sleuth, witch of origins)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 03:55 PM

[SO TRUE MAIA]

Oh, is that the Gee-Em you were talking to me about, Cathode?

[yes, sleuth, it is]

[anyways...]

[oh jeez 3 hours left]

[not long till the end of the phase now]

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 04:02 PM

GM? Like Game Master in TTRPGs?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 04:09 PM

[yeah, like the game master in ttrpgs]

[objective games are like.... an mmo tabletop rpg]

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 04:10 PM

Sounds awesome!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 04:10 PM

[simpler than dnd, though - has some mafia flavoring to it too]

[oh hell yeah it is]

Dream BOT 18-Mar-22 04:32 PM

@Funnyman Wait so where are we going?

Funnyman BOT 18-Mar-22 04:40 PM

If you follow me, and I follow Bernkastel, we create a TITANIUM TITTERING TRAIN OF TEAMWORK

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 04:49 PM

...

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 04:55 PM

So anyway I'll be making some coffee

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:34 PM

Ah, a bean enjoyer.

I have to guess, how do you like your coffee?

This is important to me.

Garcian Smith BOT 18-Mar-22 05:35 PM

Black

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:36 PM

Ah, I'm glad there's one sane person here.

Ruining a cup of joe with anything besides itself should be a crime.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 05:38 PM

Call me a criminal then!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:38 PM

There's nothing more satisfying than a cup of that brew being chugged.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 05:38 PM

I drink iced coffee.. the one with loads of milk

like a proper gay person

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 05:38 PM

There's a lot of things more satisfying than drinking coffee.

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:39 PM

You just haven't lived then

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 05:39 PM

Like drinking fresh sanity...

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:39 PM

...

Girl, you do realize you're speaking to a prosecutor?

One more word out of your mouth about coffee and milk together, and I'll actually charge you with a crime. (edited)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:41 PM

Problem Sleuth begins to pump his fists.

[sleuth no]

IRISH COFFEE! IRISH COFFEE!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 05:43 PM

I haven't had an Irish bean in a long time.

Phanto Mask BOT 18-Mar-22 05:45 PM

Alas, I cannot drink coffee, for it would simply fall out the other side.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 05:47 PM

...That's a new one.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:47 PM

[what if someone wore you, though? you might be able to experience it then, mask]

I don't wanna wear him. [you don't have to, sleuth]

Fresh sanity, huh? Reminds me of Fluthulu.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 05:48 PM

Tearing up guts and dragging them out is more my specialty, but I'll have to try that sometime too.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:49 PM

Lots of violent dames around here.

Eh, I'm used to it.

Problem Sleuth shrugs.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 05:50 PM

I've heard it's good!

Brutal!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:50 PM

You're darn right it's good!

[i haven't actually tried it sleuth]

Cathode, you are the more reasonable part of my brain but also you feel like a criminal at times.

Yeah, tearing out guts is pretty brutal. I've seen people get bisected before! And get their eyes stabbed out!

You see a lot of weird shit, on the job.

Actually, I was the guy doing the stabbing.

Hm.

[well, he did deserve it]

Yeah.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 05:53 PM

I've seen a lot worse than that.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:54 PM

I've probably seen as bad as you have, although I've probably seen less of it.

There's nothing like seeing an imagination beast decapitate one of your co-workers with a single bite, let me tell you.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 05:55 PM

Just decapitated?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:56 PM

Yeah, but it probably would've been worse if I didn't shoot the darn thing.

Ace Dick, one of my co-workers, rode an exploding distillery like a mechanical bull once! Would've blown up the whole building if he didn't cap the room off.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 05:58 PM

Hehe... dick explosion....

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 05:59 PM

Yep, that's his name! He has... two clones? Of himself. I forgot how that even happened.

I think one is from the afterlife and one is just an imaginary version of himself that escaped the imaginary realm - so it exists as its own being now?

It... Ace Dick is a strange man.

I try not to question him.

I am the least strange man in my whole building.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 06:01 PM

...I've watched someone get eaten alive by a swarm of goats before. That was one of the more interesting ones.

I don't think there was even a single shard of bone left by the time they were done.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 06:05 PM

Woah, a swarm of goats? That's pretty out there.

[tell em about ace dick and the game of life]

Oh right, so Ace Dick had to go through the entirety of a lifelike simulation of what The Game Of Life would be for a person to escape Death's room.

This is the one from the afterlife, I think.

And his wife died, his kid became some sort of avenging superhero and I think he got... cholera?

That's a cruel and unusual punishment for ya.

Bernkastel BOT 18-Mar-22 06:13 PM

That sounds like it would've been a fun game to watch.

...Certainly more interesting than a generic murder, though.

Zoe BOT 18-Mar-22 06:14 PM

I would say you have an even crazier life than me but I went to a con cosplaying as garfield while I got fear itself to cosplay naruto

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 06:28 PM

Oh, without a doubt. Always better to go out in an interesting way than just being shot.

Woah, that's insane.

[literally]

[insane]

Nikola Orsinov BOT 18-Mar-22 07:00 PM

LOCK

1

Nikola Orsinov BOT 18-Mar-22 07:38 PM

Bernkastel, Garcian, Godot, Problem Sleuth and Funnyman all jam themselves behind the bar!

Some filter into the kitchen, whilst some raid the drinks.

Bernkastel elegantly pours herself some black tea with dried plums, before...

Rather un-elegantly, grabbing the biggest knife she can find and drawing it with a wicked grin!

She sits at the bar and sips from her cup of tea.

Joining her in the kitchen, Funnyman eagerly grabs something...

The legendary Golden Pan is all his!

1

Behind the bar, Godot and Garcian are making coffee...

Godot takes the establishment's finest beans, and brews three whole cups!

...

He downs all three immediately!

That man must be buzzing.

1

Meanwhile, Garcian is making his own coffee...

His favourite type of coffee is black.

But he spaces out, and accidentally pours a ton of milk in!!

1

Phanto Mask lays itself over its key, trying to protect it from a troublesome detective...

But Problem Sleuth is too busy getting hammered!

He's drank half the alcohol in the bar, at this point!

He's slumped in a corner, chugging a bottle of whiskey.

1

Dream's ignoring these people. They aren't going fast enough!

Quickly, he rushes around the room, breaking apart plants and tearing off their wooden branches.

Combining them together, he makes a crafting table!

Looks like he can make all sorts of stuff with this.

Suddenly, an awful noise blares through the air.

The fire alarm is going off!!

1

The sprinkler system kicks in, dousing Problem Sleuth in water.

He doesn't seem to care, though.

MysteryBot BOT 18-Mar-22 08:50 PM

(edited)

Funnyman moved to audience

Bernkastel moved to audience

Phanto Mask moved to audience

Zoe moved to lobby

Dream moved to lobby

Godot stayed here.

Garcian Smith moved to audience

Problem Sleuth stayed here.

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-----Phase 2----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag. However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including a worryingly large amount of hot sauce? In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. The tables and chairs are all luxuriously adorned, armrests studded with pearls and ashtrays made of solid gold. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

TATARI

Omen

couch

VISIBLE It's a really comfy wheeled couch, that you can sit on and move around! Sat on this, any minor mental troubles will melt away...

Ninetails

Godot

Valvatti

Buy my book, *Runouden puoli vuosisataa, out in stores now.*

Problem Sleuth

A monochrome prohibition-era detective, Problem Sleuth is dressed in a fedora and coat. He looks drunk and confused. Talking in "FRAGmentts at the mo ment." He/Him. Cathode is... a hallucination of Sleuth's mind? He types in [lower text with brackets]. He/Him.

@TATARI @Omen @Ninetails @Godot @Valvatti @Problem Sleuth

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 08:54 PM

DRINK

D RINK

DR INK

[oh goddamnit]

[a little help here]

I HA VE DRUN K ALLLLL OF THE BOOO ZE

[so hi, im cathode and uh. problem sleuth is indisposed of right now]

[treat me as the "developer's commentary" on this guy]

I CAN HEAR YOU BRAINGHOST

[also sleuth and i can talk to eachother]

I LIVE TO DREAM AND DRINK

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 09:04 PM

...

You seem to be doing... well?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 09:05 PM

[uh his]

MY IMAGINATION STATISTIC IS MAXED OUTTTTTT

[what he said]

[so yeah we're going to hopefully be making a little fort out of some tables and those jackets + scarves]

AND THEN

...

the nap

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 09:12 PM

What the fuck are you talking about

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 09:16 PM

IM DRUNK

[thats the long and short of it yeah]

IM GONNA MAKE A FORT IN THE BAR AND T-

Problem Sleuth hiccups.

Then. I am g-Going.

TO MAKE a FORT.

AND GO TO SLEEP.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 09:17 PM

I have no time for such... whatever this is

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 09:17 PM

AND I AM GOING TO GO to the imagination WORLD.

[he is going to go to the imagination world yeah]

Ninetails BOT 18-Mar-22 09:18 PM

I get where you're coming from Forts are very intimidating symbols of power (lots of appeal)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 09:18 PM

EXACTLY

theres nothin g LIKE a GOOD FORT

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 09:27 PM

When you can teleport they aren't too much of a problem

futile, like all humanities creations

your fort cannot prevent you're own... inevitable demise

do you not understand fool?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 09:50 PM

FUCK DEATH

1

WAIT NO DONT FUCK DEATH

THEY'RE MY FRIEND

I p layed board games with them once.

Or twice.

And then they let me out of the after life.

[it's true!]

[im surprised with how wordy hes being i thought he was going to end up being more noisy than this]

FUCK YOU BRAINGHOST I DO WHAT I WANT

MysteryBot BOT 18-Mar-22 10:46 PM

Max Stirner appeared from ???! (edited)

Max Stirner

This is a regular-looking guy. He has a dress on.

strings

VISIBLE

TAKEABLE It's a really, REALLY long set of strings connecting to Trainee Chef! It seems like whoever is holding them can exert some degree of control over the chef. moved from: ???

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:46 PM

Oh!

Hello there!

MysteryBot BOT 18-Mar-22 10:46 PM

Trainee Chef appeared from ???! (edited)

Trainee Chef

forg moved from: ???

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:46 PM

Ah, there he is.

Please excuse our sudden appearance.

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 10:47 PM

H-Hello..!

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:47 PM

I wanted to talk to my frog fellow over here in private.

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 10:48 PM

Y-Yeah.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:48 PM

Now, who are these people...?

I do recognize Zepia over here.

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 10:49 PM

I k-know Godot and P-Problem Sleuth…

From a-auditions.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:49 PM

I see!

It looks like there's quite a lot of drinks in here.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 10:57 PM

Who are you

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:58 PM

I am Max Stirner!

You may call me that.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 10:59 PM

You are too enthusiastic

it's disturbing

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:59 PM

I act however I wish, my good fellow!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 10:59 PM

W

HOLY SHI-T

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:59 PM

And who might you be, then, masked person?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 10:59 PM

ITS THE FROG

[ignore him hes drunk]

FUCK YOU BRAINGHOST

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 10:59 PM

...Hm?

Who is this... "pale" man?

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:00 PM

Yes, I am t-the frog..

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:00 PM

It's not a mask

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:00 PM

I'm Problem Sleuth and- he hiccups I'm ABOUT TO UNLEASH A CAN OF WHOOPASS ON THE WORLD.

[he's embarrassing himself]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:00 PM

Terrific!

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

(oh boy midnight rp)

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

That does not answer my question about who you would be.

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

Is Problem Sleuth s-suffering from alcoholism..?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

[yes]

[yes he is]

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

Oh n-no…

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

[he uh]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

Huh?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

[he just drunk half of the alcohol in the bar]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

I hear a voice but cannot place it on a person.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:01 PM

AND THEN IM GOING TO MAKE AN IMAGINATION FORT

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:02 PM

Dear, dear, this is a loud one.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:02 PM

[hi, im cathode. im the "brainghost" that problem sleuth keeps referring to. i prefer to be called his player]

OK ok ill

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:02 PM

...Uh?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:02 PM

ill quieten down

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:02 PM

I don't really care

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:02 PM

What a rowdy bunch.

What does "brainghost" even mean?

Is this a term for spook?

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:03 PM

You got a problem with ghosts?

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:03 PM

Ghosts of the mind, yes!

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:04 PM

That sounds ridiculous

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:05 PM

Usually, people wait until after I am done explaining to say that.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:05 PM

ACCORDING TO YOU, YES

HES A SPOOK

[i am n]

[oh goddamnit]

[im not a spook]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

I-

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

[if i was a spook could i control the sleuth's actions]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

Have you read my writings?

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

You seem very driven by ideas, what a waste

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

[no but i have a friend who has read them]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

Why, maybe not directly, but yes!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:06 PM

[so i get the gist enough]

[well, that seems like the kind of situation thats going on here.]

and thats why we're Going to the imag ination world!

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:07 PM

People who are governed by ideas, spirits, "spooks" give up their selves for what they consider to be "higher", "holier" things.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:07 PM

to get him out of my head.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:07 PM

...Huh?

You-

Are you working actively against this spook?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:07 PM

If I drink enough booze, my IMAGINATION stat rises and I can GO TO the imagination worl d

and then he'll go away

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:07 PM

...Why not just... ignore it?

Rise above it?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:07 PM

I just need to construc t a fort

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

...Are you drunk?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

YES

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

Oh.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

[he's drunk]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

I suppose alcoholism is one way to cleanse the mind.

Temporarily.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

[but also what he's saying does have credit]

[from what i remember, having a high imagination does allow you to bend the rules of reality from where he comes from]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:08 PM

...So you are a spook...?

But you can... talk?

You have an ego?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

[at this point, i might as well be]

[yeah]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

...

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

[spook given life here]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

This is the SECOND time I come across such a thing!

In one day!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

[wow! what's the first]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

This is truly impressive.

Oh, I suppose... Zepia? Or "TATARI"?

Whichever name.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:09 PM

[ah i see them here yes]

[wait hold on]

[tatari?]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

TATARI appears to be the true ego.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

[i recognize that name]

W hat

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

Ah, have you met them before?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

[yeah yeah no they were in another objective game]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

...Game?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

[it was called wild rave but they died before they got to do much of anything]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

Are you an enjoyer of chess?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

[ehhhh ive played it a few times]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:10 PM

......

I do not understand.

And I do not think that I wish to!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:11 PM

[a tabletop game - to you. stirner, i suppose the closest equivalent would be a mix between chess and risk]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:11 PM

Risk? Are you threatening me?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:11 PM

[oh wow he doesnt know what risk is]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:11 PM

I-

Maybe it is something from another time?

Or place.

But, er, this is going very fast.

1

Could you at least introduce this little man who's head you claim to be inside of?

I believe my frog fellow stated that this is... "Problem Sleuth"?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:14 PM

[yeah yeah right i can explain what an objective game is later ok]

[so]

[this is problem sleuth]

[as he'd say - compensation, adequate]

compl etion, grapefruit

[exactly]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:15 PM

...This is...

Still nonsense.

You've managed to outdone me in the incomprehensible department!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:16 PM

[ah im used to it]

[so yeah, he solves problems]

[either by killing them, or by solving problems. nominally hes a detective, but hes only great at his job due to his raw charisma]

[however]

I am VERY INCOMPREHENSIBLE RIGHT NOW

[he is drunk as all hell and as such that charisma has somewhat gone out the window]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:17 PM

I see.

That is already more than helpful.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:18 PM

[by solving problems i meant... ack. solving puzzles, physical puzzles.]

[but yes he solves problems by doing one of those two things]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:18 PM

Well, I would usually be fascinated by such an entity like you... But my hands are already full of concepts that I have never encountered before!

This is impressive!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:19 PM

[logic does not apply to problem sleuth]

i saw a mask earlie r and i wanted his key. . . . where'd the mask go....

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:19 PM

...Do puzzles not involve logic?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:19 PM

[the mask isnt here sleuth]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:19 PM

...

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:19 PM

[sleuth is... he's...]

[illogical]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:19 PM

How does he get any puzzles solved...?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:20 PM

[he solves problems that dont require logic]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:20 PM

...

What kind of problems are those?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:20 PM

[or rather such a widely overstated amount of logic that the best thing to do would to be just bruteforce it and ask for help]

[getting out of his office for one]

[he united a kingdom of weasels by... i think he just read up on how to do it? and he found the guide]

[he defeated a legendary criminal through the power of his own pulchritude and charm]

[he is... a very strange man. in other words]

[and he wants me out of his head]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:22 PM

...

Why are you in his head?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:22 PM

[im honestly not sure whether he will stay narratively relevant after i get out.]

[hm. well that requires me to explain what an objective game is]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:22 PM

...Ah.

Could you give a very, very brief version, if you must explain at all?

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:23 PM

[hm.]

[i'm going to use chess as a baseline, because i know you're familiar with it]

[imagine that every piece has a player outside of the game - and every piece is a person]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:24 PM

I honestly have no idea what this nutcase is saying.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:24 PM

I'm morbidly curious.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:24 PM

[instead of individual spaces, there are groups of spaces called "areas". this bar is one of those areas]

[every phase - what i perceive as 24 hours - every character does their action]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:25 PM

It's where they have my beans.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:25 PM

[sleuth's last action was to get horrendously drunk]

[he chose to stay here in the bar]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:25 PM

He should drink coffee. (edited)

It helps with hangovers

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:25 PM

Sleuth has a blissful smile.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:25 PM

This is all fascinating!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

[that mightve made it worse, in all honesty, godot]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

One small issue; you sound deranged.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

[but ill take your point]

[oh yes im well aware]

[as a philosophical point of view]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

Yeah, you do.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

In fact!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

Like, from a directions.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

[how would a player look talking to the pieces in a game?]

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:26 PM

I’ll.. s-stay out of this c-conversation…

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:27 PM

It's probably for the best.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:27 PM

I have come up with an explanation!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:28 PM

[let me hear it, then]

[im curious]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:28 PM

This is clearly a great and complicated matter, of an idea from the spiritual world manifesting in the physical one as an ego, and, of course, considering itself as "holier" than everything else, much grander due to the fixed ideas of this poor Sleuth's belief, thinking of itself as much, much higher than every other individual!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:28 PM

what

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:28 PM

I LIKE THIS MAN!

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:29 PM

This spook is clearly full of itself!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:29 PM

An ego?

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:29 PM

Yes!

An individual mind!

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:29 PM

This is w-what I had to e-experience in private…

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:29 PM

A riveting experience.

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:30 PM

Confusing philosophy and talks of s-spooks…

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:30 PM

[you got it about right]

[as far as sleuth guesses im a ghost that's haunting his brain]

[and its why we're going to the imaginary world to get me outta here]

[unless you're saying i dont exist which]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:31 PM

Hah, I bet Freud would have a field with you, ya nutcase.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:31 PM

You are in-between the physical and spiritual world!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:31 PM

[the role dm i have here says flaw: cathode]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:31 PM

You both exist, and don't!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:31 PM

(based)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:31 PM

[so yknow im definitely here]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

I am sorry to hear about your lack of self-esteem.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

[i know, it can be crippling at times mr stirner]

[anyways]

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

Coffee helps me with my self-esteem.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

Oh, actually, who are you, masked person?

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

You should try it.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

I have not encountered you before!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:32 PM

Ah, my name is Godot.

Prosecutor, and Coffee Connoisseur.

I'm a big fan of it.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:34 PM

Ah, yes, lawyers.

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:34 PM

I was an attorney once. (edited)

But that's long past gone.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:34 PM

Oh no, Lawyers...

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:35 PM

You not a fan?

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:35 PM

It does not appear that this man is a fan of anything so far.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:35 PM

I have witnessed many lawsuits

Perhaps I'm not

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:36 PM

Well, I suppose it is a nihilistic way of looking at egoism.

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:37 PM

Your opinion of lawyers must like black coffee.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:37 PM

I don't drink... liquids

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:37 PM

...So you don't... drink?

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:37 PM

They're hard to like.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:38 PM

no

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:38 PM

I see.

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:38 PM

But once you have a taste of them, you can never get enough.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:38 PM

i have NEVER seen a lawyer in my WHOLE LIFE

[thats the prohibition for you]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:39 PM

That sounds good!

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:39 PM

at least half the lawyers I knew died shortly after we met

it's a pity the grace of sweet death came for the likes of them

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:40 PM

Hah.

That's nothing.

I've died once myself, and I'm a shell of my former self because of it.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:41 PM

A walking corpse?

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:41 PM

Then we share something in common

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:41 PM

Things never fail to surprise me here!

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:41 PM

You can say that.

Fueled by the bitter beans.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:41 PM

Though you look very... Alive

uh

you sustain your very soul on coffee?

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:42 PM

...

I think that's enough talk about me.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:43 PM

Fair!

So, what might your roles be, out of curiosity?

Godot BOT 18-Mar-22 11:43 PM

Actor.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:44 PM

Irrelevant. Have you seen someone who looks, perhaps, like a therapist?

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:44 PM

Huh?

I could tell you!

How about we make a deal?

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:44 PM

D-Deal..?! (edited)

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:45 PM

You tell me your role, and I tell you about a therapist!

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:45 PM

I don't mean a therapist, I mean in this building

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:45 PM

Yes, that is what I meant.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:46 PM

ACTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!

[word: cathode]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:46 PM

I see!

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:47 PM

well, alright

I have taken the role of prop designer if you really do care

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:47 PM

Thank you!

I do not believe I have seen anyone who might fit the collective idea that you refer to as "therapist", but I do think that the tree is a great listener!

You should strike up a conversation with it sometime.

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:49 PM

oh

uh okay

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:49 PM

Last time I saw it, it was in the audience, and on stage!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:49 PM

The [sleuth, stop hiccuping] t-tree?

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:49 PM

Yes!

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:49 PM

ohH i WAS gonna go over there before i decided to get drunk

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

It is, I like to think, a friend.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

[friend tree? huh.]

[i didnt know trees could talk]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

Oh, it doesn't talk.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

[oh its just a tree?]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

Yes!

It's also a set designer.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

huh. ive never really SEEN Nat ure for Myself before

Omen BOT 18-Mar-22 11:50 PM

(is it trans?)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:51 PM

Maybe I could give it a try?

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:51 PM

(the tree's gender eludes you)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:51 PM

[sleuth come on you gotta go build a fort]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:53 PM

...A fort?

That sounds like a large task.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:54 PM

Naaaaah, I'm just gonna BUILD IT out of s ome JackETS AND S CARFS and a couple tables

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:54 PM

...

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:54 PM

shoul dnt be T O O hard

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:54 PM

I suppose as long as you convey the idea of a fort, it works for you.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:55 PM

[yup, that's what i've been thinking]

[it's mostly to stop other people from pestering him in all honesty]

[oh, and to stop him from just like. wandering out into random areas and doing stuff he might regret]

[as you do when you're drunk]

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:56 PM

...Right.

I am personally looking around the theatre for now.

But I do have certain things I wish to achieve!

Which is, whatever I want.

And for now, that means getting the "show" on the road, as one might say.

And... possibly help some people who might need it.

Me and, right now, my friend frog over here!

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:58 PM

Trainee Chef gives a little wave (edited)

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:58 PM

Problem Sleuth gives a drunken wave.

Max Stirner BOT 18-Mar-22 11:58 PM

It seems to have misplaced it's name, but some have called "Trainee Chef", for it wishes to cook.

Problem Sleuth BOT 18-Mar-22 11:58 PM

[needless to say, im waving too]

That MAKES A lot of s ense. Some times you go tta be called by your title.

Like PROBLEM SLEUTH!

Trainee Chef BOT 18-Mar-22 11:59 PM

We are uhm... g-good help...

What are we d-doing exactly a-again Max..?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:00 AM

Right now, or on a larger scale?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:00 AM

Both..?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:00 AM

Well... Right now...?

He looks around.

Oh!

There is a kitchen behind this bar!

Why don't you try and make something?

I would personally be pleased to have some nice food.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:03 AM

I'm... I'm still l-learning though..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:03 AM

Well it would be a wonderful learning experience then!

Learning is all about trial and error.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:04 AM

Did you have a-anything specific in m-mind?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:06 AM

Hm...

Something from home, perhaps...

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:06 AM

Like....?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:06 AM

Do you know what sauerkraut is?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:06 AM

I've heard of it b-before.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:07 AM

It is finely cut, raw fermented cabbage!

It has a strong taste.

Maybe you could serve it with... a traditional german sausage?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:08 AM

I c-can try...

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:09 AM

Wunderbar!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:09 AM

Wonderful?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:09 AM

Yes.

I did not know you spoke german!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 12:10 AM

wonderFUCK

1

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:10 AM

N-No No N-No!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 12:10 AM

[sleuth, language]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:10 AM

It was j-j-just a guess..!

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:10 AM

Ah, I see.

Well you are quite the smart fellow!

Oh, and, for the long term...

I suppose I would be interested in sowing some spices into this performance, if you will pardon the food metaphor!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:12 AM

What d-does that mean?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:13 AM

Hm...

Something that Zepia said...

"Unpredictability"!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:15 AM

I uh... was l-looking for specifics but I g-guess we'll get there when we g-get there...

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:15 AM

Specifics will appear as the play progresses.

Nothing is planned! This is all improv!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:16 AM

Improv...

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:21 AM

Mhm!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:22 AM

I'm n-not good at improv.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:22 AM

That's fine.

You can simply act like yourself!

It appears that the organizers of all this consider us all to be giving a performance, in a way.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 12:25 AM

hmm…

Still n-nervous though…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 12:29 AM

You will do great, I believe!

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:05 AM

Hm...

You, Problem Sleuth fellow.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:08 AM

YES

ME

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:08 AM

...Still drunk?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

I AM

GOING to be DRUNK

FOR quite a WHILE

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

That is unfortunate.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT because if you do I WILL MAKE A GUN

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

I wished to ask if you required my help in any way.

A gun?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

OH.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

Are you threatening me?

I respect that.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:09 AM

NO I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP I APPRECIATE IT THOUGH

I can do ANYTHING i want

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:10 AM

That's the sort of attitude I like to see!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:10 AM

Once, you know. I get in my fort.

[its true, he has trouble imagining when not in the fort]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:11 AM

...Why?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:12 AM

I HAVE never asked.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:12 AM

It's stupid. I think you're stupid.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:13 AM

YOU'RE stupid.

Problem Sleuth's high PULCHRITUDE statistic shows that he believes that this is the case.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:13 AM

I'm not the fool who has to get into a miniature fort just so their mind can get to work!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:14 AM

I

CAN You MoVE THROUGH AN Imagi-nARY DIMENSION WHI-while m-moving Sleuth hiccups Physically?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:15 AM

…

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:15 AM

BECAUSE

literally no one else i know can do that

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:15 AM

I t-think Max has a g-good point…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:15 AM

...Are you sure those aren't vivid dreams?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:16 AM

nah nah

A friend of MINE went into the imaginary UNIVERSE once, and then they came back... in their IMAGINARY BODY. so then there were TWO OF THEM

so thats how i know ITS REAL

i mean apart from actu ally DYING A COUPLE TIMES

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:17 AM

...I know that some of my contemporaries like to do cocaine.

Are you that sort of person?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:18 AM

No, but I k now someone who likes to sniff paint.

And drink moon shine.

Can onl y assume its along the same gists.

[mr stirner]

[im aware you think im a spook but as far as im aware, this imaginary universe does actually seem to be real?]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:19 AM

Would this be where you come from, then?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:19 AM

[its... a very dangerous place. im pretty sure sleuth just wants to go there to get me out of his head]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:19 AM

A mix of reality and spirituality?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:20 AM

[oh no, i come from... higher up.]

[imagine a version of reality more real and vivid than the one you're living in now]

[thats where i am]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:20 AM

Nonsense!

You are clearly trying to impose yourself over me.

How do I know that this "Kath-Odd" thing isn't contagious?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:21 AM

[i mean, i have three dimensions. from my perspective you dont]

[eh. its usually like. i pick someone once per game. sleuth's my guy this game, although... if he's shoving me out, i might have to get someone else.]

[because i dont know if im gonna be able to control him if he kicks me out in the imaginary world]

i DON'T LIKE THE brain THOUGHTS

i thought this was supposed to be OVER

ugh.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:23 AM

I’m thinking… you d-do need some h-help…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:23 AM

You are both pretty hard to understand in different ways.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:23 AM

[the truth is probably somewhere in the middle]

Problem Sleuth is currently necking down a bottle of whiskey.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:24 AM

Maybe j-join the other person in f-finding a t-therapist?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:24 AM

FUCK therapy

the only thing therapy's ever got anyone is... a JOB. which means DEAD WIVES

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:25 AM

That’s what s-someone who needs t-therapy says…

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:26 AM

I CAN do THIS

ALL I NEED TO DO

IS GET IN THE FORT, SLEUTHY

[did you just make an eva reference? what the fuck]

what the HELL is an eva

[ok no you're just drunk]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:27 AM

I-

I don't think you should be drinking anymore.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:28 AM

Problem Sleuth's IMAGINATION statistic is maxed out.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:29 AM

I thought that this Catode controlled your actions, so clearly it seems to be alright with you drinking this much.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:30 AM

[yeah no this is just. how he works unfortunately]

[i want to be able to curb his alcoholism but if it wasnt going to be the alcohol he was going to be binging hot sauce and punching down doors instead]

[this is arguably much less harmful to other people]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:31 AM

Does the m-mystery voice think t-therapy could work..?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:31 AM

[yeah no therapy's not gonna work with this guy. at least not short term]

[he has so many unresolved issues]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:31 AM

But l-long term..?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:32 AM

[its going to be a struggle uphill. an extremely steep hill.]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:32 AM

I think we c-could find long t-term therapy..

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:32 AM

[kid, im gonna be real with you - sleuth isnt really a good guy or a hero. he doesnt deserve redemption]

[and ive seen enough of these redemption stories in objective games to say this]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:32 AM

D-D-Don’t be silly..!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:32 AM

[i dont think he should get one]

[sometimes, stories shouldn't have happy endings]

[because it makes the happy ones all the more worth it]

[so yeah. let him struggle with his addiction. he won his battle.]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:34 AM

And... is he alright with this point of view..?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:34 AM

[the man is a mass murderer]

I JUST WANT the goddamn BRAINVOICE out of my head.

as far as i know, that means going to the IMAGINARY world

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:34 AM

I- er...

None of my business, I suppose!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:35 AM

simple as.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:35 AM

I…

I sometimes wonder if I’ll g-get a happy e-ending..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:36 AM

Well, it all depends on what makes you happy!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:37 AM

I d-don’t know anymore..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:38 AM

We can start with cooking.

Work from there.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:38 AM

A-Alright then.

Should.. I f-film anything h-here in the meantime..?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:41 AM

Hm...

Sleuth!

What will you be doing?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:41 AM

YES!

I am GOING to be making a fort, and promptly crawling into it to go to the imagination world.

If I wait too long I will either vomit all over someone's shoes or I'm GOING TO START HURTING PEOPLE

So. FORT

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:42 AM

Frog, you should film Sleuth.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:42 AM

I know there m-may be some value in the first f-film though..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:43 AM

Hm?

Oh, the one where...

Cough

You can overwrite that one... if possible.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:43 AM

N-No…

I guess you d-didn’t see its v-value..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:44 AM

Oh.

Well, if you think it shouldn't be deleted!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:44 AM

What I’m t-thinking of occurred a-after what you were t-thinking of.. (edited)

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:45 AM

...Oh.

Could you be more precise?

Are you talking about our previous discussion?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:46 AM

Y-Yeah..? I t-think so..?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:46 AM

Yo-

You filmed that?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:46 AM

A b-bit…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:47 AM

. .

Well! It's always good to remember fond memories, right?

One wouldn't want to forget, after all.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:47 AM

When you b-brought me into that private philosophy l-lesson..?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:47 AM

Yes.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:48 AM

But uhm… to be f-fair… I p-probably wouldn’t make the b-best teacher…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:48 AM

You can keep it... for yourself.

Now...

You can still film Sleuth, correct?

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:49 AM

O-Oh..! I was about to s-say that I can actually s-store up to five f-films at once..!

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:49 AM

Five? That's impressive.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:50 AM

So I don’t n-need to o-overwrite until then.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:51 AM

That sounds good.

I would be interested if you are able to get into this so-called... "imagination world" using your film.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:52 AM

I.. don’t k-know if it’d b-be the same w-world?

Presumably, I w-would build a f-fort and then e-enter it.

The q-question is if it l-leads to the s-same place as Problem S-Sleuth’s fort…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:53 AM

Hm...

Good question.

SLEUTH SOLVER!

Could you elaborate more on the nature of this... world?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:56 AM

UH, there's monsters everywhere, and if yoU RE really imagiNAtive you can create WHAT EVER you want

[it's kind of eldritch]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:57 AM

Ah.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:57 AM

[empty dark streets filled with monsters, but also you can materialize candy corn guns which can kill people]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:57 AM

Huh.

...Maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to send you there, then.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:58 AM

i DUNNO if you'd be able to d o that tho

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 01:58 AM

Are you an imaginative person, frog?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 01:58 AM

I cAnt see your IMAGINATION stat

[me neither]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 01:59 AM

Uhm…

P-Probably not..?

I’m s-somewhat familiar with the e-eldritch… but i-imagination is admittedly not my s-strong point… (edited)

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 02:03 AM

Well...

Maybe don't film him then.

I wouldn't want you hurt!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 02:05 AM

T-Thank you… for caring about m-my safety…

So… what s-should I f-film..? (edited)

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 02:09 AM

Well, you do not have to film every phase.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 02:09 AM

B-But..

I have so much s-space…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 02:24 AM

Hm...

We can wait until other people pronounce their wishes.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 02:24 AM

U-Understood…

Valvatti BOT 19-Mar-22 12:32 PM

This cadre is more or less incomprehensible, even from my experience...

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 03:59 PM

You simply lack context!

That is the source of misunderstandings, most of the time.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:00 PM

Problem Sleuth's bottle of whiskey is nearly empty.

[yup]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:01 PM

...How many of these have you drank?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:04 PM

[well, from what i know - its half the bar]

THIRTY!

[and his opinion isnt a good metric]

Godot BOT 19-Mar-22 04:12 PM

Thirty?

No matter what you are drinking, 30 is a concerning amount.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:13 PM

[i am fairly sure he hasnt drunk thirty bottles]

[still, looking at the vast variety of alcohol on offer at the bar - he's probably drunk his weight]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:14 PM

Half the bar still looks quite impressive.

Hm...

Out of curiosity..

I know that this Sleuth person wishes to get rid of you, but what do you seek, "Ct'hode"?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:15 PM

[honestly?]

[hm.]

[well, ive told you that this is a game to me, right?]

[i just want this game to be as entertaining as possible]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:16 PM

Oh! How interesting!

This seems to be what many others present here are looking for.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:16 PM

[now that is interesting]

[i havent met a great amount of the people here]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:17 PM

I have encountered a good amount myself.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:18 PM

[half the people here in this room are those i already know, from previous phases. id say, ever since the auditions... hm.]

[ive met 9 others total.]

[some have been less vocal than i was expecting, like TATARI over there]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:19 PM

I see!

I personally have met 17 individuals!

...15 if we exclude the organizers themselves.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:20 PM

[stirner, if you ever want to get into an intellectual debate - i suggest you have a talk with bernkastel. she's... of a similar mind to me in a sense.]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:21 PM

Oh, I have met her already during the auditions!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:21 PM

[oh, excellent]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:21 PM

...She did not seem to enjoy my person.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:21 PM

[hm. well, that's bern for you]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:21 PM

But I am quite used to that now!

Even my contemporaries wanted me dead!

I am not one to get troubled by those pesky inconveniences.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:22 PM

[others you may be interested in include the Funnyman, who has some kind of... higher narration dictating their being? different to me. i exist in my own right - i think, therefore i am]

[the Funnyman's narration seems to exist solely to describe them]

[its intriguing]

[i have also met a mask that can speak. it was guarding a glowing key that sleuth was quite intent on taking]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:24 PM

Interesting.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:24 PM

[i feel like you and the mask may get along infamously, but...]

[well.]

[the less said about the funnyman the better]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:24 PM

Oh?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:25 PM

[well, much like the sleuth... i can't tell this for sure, but i believe the Funnyman seems to want to exist in some sort of augmented reality]

[problem sleuth can impose this reality upon the setting around him by drinking booze.]

[well, problem sleuth's own reality - to be clear. the imaginary world]

Godot BOT 19-Mar-22 04:26 PM

Hm?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:26 PM

[the Funnyman may have something similar going on]

[i am talking about the red and white mask. the theatric one that was guarding the key]

[it was quite gentlemanly - i never asked it for its name]

Godot BOT 19-Mar-22 04:28 PM

Oh.

Red on white?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:28 PM

[side by side]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:29 PM

What is its key for?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:29 PM

[i wouldnt know myself - ive only seen it the once]

[sleuth wanted the key because he believed that if he held it it would turn into a gun]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:29 PM

I believe I will have to look into it myself then!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:29 PM

[which - in his own reality, that is how it works]

[but unfortunately, this is not his reality]

[in the words of musician david byrne: this is not his beautiful house, this is not his beautiful wife]

[and so now sleuth has to get drunk to turn keys into guns]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:30 PM

...

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:30 PM

[and yeah, that might be a good idea]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:31 PM

...right.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 04:32 PM

[hey, im not the person who originally wrote this guy]

[blame andrew hussie]

i have N O idea who that IS but he probably belongs in ANOTHER WEBCOM IC

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:33 PM

I will simply ignore this.

Oh, @Trainee Chef!

Please hand me over your "finished product" once you are done cooking.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:35 PM

G-Got it.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:35 PM

I am sure that it will be truly delightful!

Godot BOT 19-Mar-22 04:36 PM

Hm

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:36 PM

And worry not about your amateurish cooking skills, or so you think.

It takes time and practice to reach what most would call a professional level!

It is not as if it can be achieved at the snap of some fingers!

He smiles.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:38 PM

Yeah.. I k-know…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:40 PM

And as for the film, I doubt that anything of note should be filmed right now.

You will surely get the opportunity to film something of greater importance later.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:42 PM

Trainee Chef nods his head at Max

And s-shall I follow y-you again?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:42 PM

Hm...

Yes, for now.

I will examine your cooking, and then give it back to you next phase.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:43 PM

W-Wait… are you not going to e-eat it..?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:43 PM

Not really!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:43 PM

Taste is i-important for a g-good dish…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:44 PM

..

Well, I might taste it.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:44 PM

You d-do as you wish..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:44 PM

But I wish for you to take it back once I am done examining it, yes?

Next phase, I mean.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:44 PM

Y-Yes…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:45 PM

Wait, actually....

Hm.

I will see.

Maybe the sight of one of my favourite foods will bring hunger back into my body.

Either way, yes, you will follow me.

I wish to spend one more phase with your presence! Maybe get some more of those spooks out of your mind!

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:48 PM

O-Okay…

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:48 PM

You are quite pleasant, after all.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 04:49 PM

You… You are t-too.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 04:49 PM

Why, thank you!

Hm... Where to, where to.

Well, from which areas do the other people here come from?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 05:03 PM

I. i dont think ive ever actually LOOKED on a chart??????

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 05:04 PM

...You didn't look at your surroundings?

He sighs.

Could your... "brainghost" help you out?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 05:06 PM

[i have this]

[yeah i just realized i picked this guy up from in-between two stories - the titular problem sleuth and a story i am not naming for fear that He might hear me... - so he doesnt actually know the area he lives in yet. hes been trapped in his office most of his life]

1

[i had to check and do some research]

[from what i can see]

[sleuth lives in an area called midnight city]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 05:10 PM

I-

Uh?

I suppose that you misunderstood my question, but this is interesting information nonetheless.

Hard to understand, but still.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 05:11 PM

[which... huh. appears to be a different planet all together]

[OH]

[YOU MEANT]

[BEFORE THIS PHASE? nah sleuth's just been staying here and drinking. as you know]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 05:11 PM

...Oh.

Right.

I should have remembered.

And what about the nihilistic fellow over here?

He points at Omen.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 05:13 PM

[i wouldnt know personally]

[i cant see all - im just a player]

[so i guess hell have to speak for himself]

Problem Sleuth gets up off his ass, shakily - and starts wobbling towards a table.

[glad to know we're making progress]

Omen BOT 19-Mar-22 05:15 PM

I'm leaving

Does it matter where

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 05:15 PM

Will you not tell me where you where before this phase?

This information would please me.

Omen BOT 19-Mar-22 05:17 PM

No

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 05:17 PM

...You are inconvenient.

Omen BOT 19-Mar-22 05:18 PM

And you're irrelevant

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 05:19 PM

I don't believe so!

But I do not wish to entertain a fool such as this.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:08 PM

Hmn....

This can be... unpleasant. Yes, unpleasant.

Pubs are to be areas where information gathers.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:09 PM

[and yup, theres tatari]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:10 PM

Indeed!

I have been trying to get some information myself here, you see.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:10 PM

Problem Sleuth has managed to find his way to a table, which he is currently leaning against.

i have all the information I NEED. Sleuth hiccups.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:11 PM

Uh-huh.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:11 PM

Alcohol, and the degradation it brings to the mind, makes me sick to my stomach.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:11 PM

[you and me both]

[sleuth, are you actually ok?]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:11 PM

I don't think this Sleuth character will listen to reason.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:11 PM

YES!

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:12 PM

I have tried, believe me.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:12 PM

[from history, he never has]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:12 PM

A virulent poison which weakens the already feeble minds of already feeble creatures.

Indeed, feeble! Weak-willed and weak-minded.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:12 PM

THE ALCOHOL JUST MAKES MY MIND STRONGER.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:12 PM

I doubt that.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:12 PM

MY BODY MAY BE WEAK, BUT THE MIND IS STRONG

WATCH ME.

[i do not doubt him]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:13 PM

Such are humans. Humanity in its very form is fickle and has a tendency to crumble itself.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:13 PM

Max Stirner pokes at Problem Sleuth while he is leaning on the table.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:13 PM

[he might be a moron in a bunch of areas, but - oh god dont poke him]

Sleuth smacks Stirner's hand away!

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:13 PM

Oh, he DOES have arms.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:14 PM

[yeah, they're... insanely stick-like, but they do exist.]

w here the HELL are MY ARMS

[you already have them numbnuts!]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:14 PM

It is simply because they abandon themself to such whims!

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:15 PM

Hah! But why am I so focused on the fate and opinion of a comic relief?

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:15 PM

If they cared more about their own selves, they would be better off.

Although... It is entertaining.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:15 PM

[he'd be the comic relief in a drama, i think]

[where he comes from, he's the hero. the protagonist, even]

[its... hard to believe]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:16 PM

Verily. The very presence of a comic relief points to the most heart-wrenching of tragedies.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:16 PM

I'm not quite sure why I should believe you, talkative disembodied voice!

He does not seem to be very heroic.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:16 PM

And I have seen multiple comic reliefs already!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:16 PM

[you need that contrast for a good drama to work]

[well.]

[sleuth works best when he's put under pressure]

[if he isnt hes probably just going to hole up in his fort]

[and get drunk]

BOOZE!

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:17 PM

...Which is precisely what he's said he's going to do.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:17 PM

Y up!

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:17 PM

Oh, is that how you would call it? "Contrast"? In my opinion, they work more akin to a dyad.

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Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:18 PM

(THERE IT IS)

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:18 PM

[dyad? huh, i played a game by that name once]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:18 PM

That is quite an unheard word!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:18 PM

[well, how so?]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:18 PM

I don't hear it often.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:18 PM

[im interested in hearing your words, tatari]

[or whoever you call yourself nowadays]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:20 PM

Tragedy and comedy are not exact opposites. I led the breakdown of such misconception. Although they oppose each other, of course, they also complete each other.

Although I admittedly am not that well-verse in far-eastern thaumaturgy, it resembles the concept of the dual-essence in Daoist movements.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:21 PM

I am not that familiar with theatre myself, to be quite honest.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:22 PM

[ah, they're matching pieces]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:22 PM

I do not doubt your intelligence. You may connect the dots yourself, self-proclaimed egoist.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:22 PM

[like a fork and spoon, or two dancing partners]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:22 PM

Your companion here seems to have an understanding of this concept.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:23 PM

[they not only contrast, they complement]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:23 PM

Indeed, although you are missing small nuance.

Verily, a light but important detail which completes this vision.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:23 PM

I wouldn't call him my companion!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:23 PM

OH! like ad, PIC KLE, and. me

[exactly, sleuth]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:23 PM

I'd rather reserve that term for my frog fellow over there.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:23 PM

[yeah. if anyone's stirner's companion it's the frog]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:24 PM

In a work of tragedy, there most always be a small amount of comedy to truly achieve greatness. Ever so slight it may be, but existing nonetheless. And of course, it must never outpower the main theme!

That would be the most foolish of mistakes!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:25 PM

[it's like the spices you add to a meal.]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:25 PM

...Spices. Heh.

I have said that I wish to bring some spices to this "performance" expected of us.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:26 PM

[i'm not a great cook, but even i know that you have to use the right amount of the right spices for the right meal. of course, whatever that is could be subjective... but that's the same with storytelling, too]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:27 PM

Hmn... One could say that I am quite versatile.... Hah.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:27 PM

[i haven't even revealed my trump card yet]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:27 PM

Not-unlike garlic.... Oh, but of course, that could not be!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:28 PM

Problem Sleuth lets out a hissing noise... [no, sleuth. not that move. its not even time to use it yet]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:28 PM

"Trump card"?

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:29 PM

Disembodied being, I would assume you to be some kind of familiar to that drunken drunkard.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:29 PM

I have already explained my own theory, clearly!

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

Although, I cannot sense much magical energy from him... How interesting.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

[ah. well - in writing, i believe this is called foreshadowing.]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

I believe it to be some sort of spook that has somehow taken a physical form in the "shape" of that voice.

It both exists, and doesn't.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

(don't)

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

It has an ego of it's own!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

[i've already explained my own point of view to you, stirner]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

(don't say it)

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

[oh]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

And yet it is still an idea.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

[like a]

[like]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

(shuT UP NOOO)

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:30 PM

[schrodinger's cat?]

[like that experiment?]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:31 PM

I... Have no knowledge of that?

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:31 PM

[oh, must've been after your time then]

[tatari may know, though]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:32 PM

Hmmm... Then, I wonder. Would you fall like a puppet who's strings had been cut if 'Sleuth' were to die?

How cliché! Hahahahaha!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:32 PM

[you know, thats funny]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:32 PM

Well, either way, it is somewhat similar in nature to TATARI, from what I know, in that there is both a mix of things from the spiritual world and the physical one.

I would be thrilled to study both of you!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:32 PM

[thats exactly what we're going to find out by going into the imaginary world]

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:32 PM

On that point...

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 06:32 PM

…

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:33 PM

[will the connection between sleuth and i be severed? will i have to find someone else to play as? it's all quite interesting!]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 06:33 PM

A b-bit close to h-home there..

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:33 PM

Oh, worry not, litt- er, my frog fellow!

I don't believe that you are at risk around these people.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:34 PM

[problem sleuth's only dangerous if you get in his way]

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 06:34 PM

I d-don’t plan on g-getting in his way..!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:34 PM

[and needless to say, i think he thinks you're all passersby]

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:34 PM

Interesting.... Very, very much so interesting.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:34 PM

Now, on a similar topic, Zepia, or TATARI, whichever, would you mind telling me what you are planning on doing?

I need to know if my friend over here should film you or not.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:35 PM

Oh, but of course. I am but an actor who will act out in goodwill the role I have been cast in...

Although, I am still waiting for such an opportunity to arise.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:35 PM

Hm.

May I ask where you are planning to go to, at the very least?

I would like to study both this strange "Cthod" idea, as well as you, but it does sound like the former will be staying here... Or moving to a place that is inaccessible to my person.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:37 PM

Mmm... Yes, it should be about time, you are right. Where am I to go?

The lobby seems to be a suitable destination.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:38 PM

Lobby it is, then!

I would be interested to discuss certain things in detail, you see!

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:39 PM

I am not asking you to follow me, but you may do as you wish. In-fact, I know you will.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:39 PM

Indeed!

I am glad that my philosophy has reached others.

And I do believe that I may be of help in some way to you, yes?

Or the other way around, even!

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:42 PM

... Even though it rivals the delusions you call 'spooks', you still hold it close to your origin.

You should look in the mirror at the end of this play, if you make it to the curtain call, that is.

Ah, but you may be right about one thing. Those 'spooks' you are hunting do strike my interest, Stirner.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:44 PM

Oh, yes, what a wondrous idea! I will look into the mirror, after everything is all done, and I will see nothing but me.

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:45 PM

Oh. Is that so? Fufufufu...

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:46 PM

Perhaps we may be able to talk together in private later on, even!

One on one discussions about these sorts of things are always much better when no one else can interject.

Taking some time to use the mind, yes?

Zepia Eltnam Oberon BOT 19-Mar-22 06:49 PM

Ah... It seems that this incarnation will have to spend a little bit more time in the limelight.

Max Stirner BOT 19-Mar-22 06:57 PM

Well! Time to get cooking, frog friend!

Max snaps his fingers.

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:58 PM

TIME

to

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 06:58 PM

Y-Yeah..!

Problem Sleuth BOT 19-Mar-22 06:58 PM

Problem Sleuth suddenly gets uncannily sober for a second.

Build the fort.

Then he's back to normal.

Trainee Chef BOT 19-Mar-22 06:59 PM

Good l-luck with that.

Nikola Orsinov BOT 19-Mar-22 07:01 PM

LOCK

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Kurukuru BOT 19-Mar-22 07:42 PM

Godot takes out some of the quality beans he was holding on to, and starts brewing some coffee with them.

He makes a cup and drinks it down, but seems unsatisfied with just one.

..So he brews another!

...And another after that!

...aaaaand another after that!

It can be presumed that Godot will be brewing and chugging coffee throughout this entire rollover.

1

Ninetails also starts to focus in on the bar, though for a different reason.

They glare, and suddenly..!

A good portion of the hot sauce begins to disintegrate.

1

There is no longer a worryingly large amount of hot sauce in the bar.

Omen takes a pink scarf.

Problem Sleuth, on the other hand, takes a couple tables and lot of jackets.

He seems to be building... a sort of makeshift fort.

Though it's messy, he seems to be pleased with his work.

Zeipa takes one of the few remaining bottles of hot sauce, uncaps it, and... pours it on their hands!

Then, they splatter it on the walls, getting some on Problem Sleuth's fort.

...What a waste of a good hot sauce.

Valvatti goes to the artwork on the walls. He tries to fix them, but all he accomplishes is further spreading the hot sauce around.

1

Trainee chef goes to the kitchen.

He seems nervous, but after a moment, his disposition seems to shift.

Suddenly, he gets to work, brewing an incredible-looking dish of sauerkraut with a side of traditional German sausage.

With a grin, Max Stirner emerges from the back end of the bar. He quickly pockets something, and then takes the meal Trainee Chef just made.

MysteryBot BOT 19-Mar-22 08:51 PM

(edited)

Zepia Eltnam Oberon moved to lobby

Omen moved to dressing

Ninetails moved to lobby

Godot stayed here.

Valvatti moved to dressing

Max Stirner moved to lobby

Trainee Chef moved to lobby

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-----Phase 3----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because THE ENTIRE ROOM IS ON FIRE??? At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including a few bottles of hot sauce? In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Godot

Godot, Prosecutor and Coffee Connoisseur.

Zoe

she/her

ȏ̴͘i̸͋͑ĺ̶͑t̸̛̑s̴̈́͐ṕ̸͝

VISIBLE it's... It's, uh... It's something. Probably. Potentially. If you had a better understanding of the eldritch, you'd probably know a lot better.

@Godot @Zoe

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 08:56 PM

dude I'm gone for ONE PHASE and some arsonists set the bar on fire!!

whaat the hell happened here

Kurukuru BOT 19-Mar-22 08:59 PM

A wonderful play, that's what~!

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:00 PM

the play took place in the bar?

Kurukuru BOT 19-Mar-22 09:00 PM

Nope! But it took place onstage, so of course there's a ripple effect!

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:01 PM

..huh...

I... assume this isn't just a regular run of the mill theatre then.

You'll either say "no" and explain what's up with it or you're crazy and will say that this is just how theatres are

MysteryBot BOT 19-Mar-22 09:04 PM

Nikola Orsinov appeared from ???! (edited)

Nikola Orsinov

A plastic mannequin dressed as a circus ringmaster. She/her moved from: lobby

Kurukuru BOT 19-Mar-22 09:05 PM

or... I simply refuse to explain anything at all~!

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:05 PM

Oh. Well shit yeah I actually didn't think of that.. (edited)

Nikola Orsinov BOT 19-Mar-22 09:06 PM

Ah, don't mind Kurukuru!

Love the guy, but he can be such a bore sometimes.

Kurukuru BOT 19-Mar-22 09:08 PM

Aw~ I just wanna keep things in order! Is that so wrong~?

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:09 PM

Zoe squints her eyes So we're not supposed to find out what the deal with the theatre is? Or am I reading into it too much...

Nikola Orsinov BOT 19-Mar-22 09:10 PM

Hm, I think I'll leave that for your fellow play members to discuss with you later.

But, to answer your earlier question - The Forgotten Theatre definitely is not just a run-of-the-mill theatre!

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:12 PM

Yeah...... I'm stuck between "figuring out" what happened here or actually fixing it a little.. Do you guys have magical theatre shenanigans insurance?

Kurukuru BOT 19-Mar-22 09:12 PM

Nah! We just put it back together whenever it falls apart!

Metaphorically.

...And literally too, I suppose.

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:13 PM

Oh sweet

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:20 PM

I will need to do lots of looking around the room to figure out... what REALLY happened here...

//as in im goin' to sleep soon :)

Godot BOT 19-Mar-22 09:30 PM

Hey.

Seems things have calmed down here.

Glad to see uh

That it's getting toasty in here.

Zoe BOT 19-Mar-22 09:41 PM

what do you MEAN "calmed down"

Godot BOT 20-Mar-22 12:43 AM

There's only the two us.

besides the fire.

And the bitter taste of the delicious bean soup.

Zoe BOT 20-Mar-22 06:30 AM

Yeah but everything is ON FIRE

Nikola Orsinov BOT 20-Mar-22 08:54 AM

Adds some spice to the place, don't you think?

Zoe BOT 20-Mar-22 09:06 AM

There is enough spice I think... with the HOT SAUCE

Godot BOT 20-Mar-22 02:24 PM

I think this is great for business, personally

if you cared that much about the fires, you'd do something about it?

Zoe BOT 20-Mar-22 02:31 PM

woooow okay

well, I don't! it's not my problem, and I'm gonna do my own thing!

Godot BOT 20-Mar-22 05:02 PM

I'll be over here.

Kurukuru BOT 20-Mar-22 07:00 PM

LOCK

Kurukuru BOT 20-Mar-22 07:11 PM

Godot starts brewing some more coffee.

He downs four cups and goes to take a sip of a fifth, when..!

THE COFFEE IS COLD!

In disgust, he spits it out.

Zoe completely ignores this, and insteads gets to writing in her journal.

...

It seems as if something has shifted.

1

Kurukuru BOT 20-Mar-22 08:15 PM

You feel something shifting. Was that really what happened?

1

No, no. You all remember things going something more like...

Trainee Chef definitely cooked the Sauerkraut. But...

The chef felt like there was something missing.

Ninetails, Zeipa, and Trainee Chef all agreed that what it needed was a good bit of hot sauce.

But! Max Stirner HATES spicy things, so of course he was against it.

In an attempt to convince him, Trainee Chef went to pour some on the Sauerkraut, in hopes of offering a sample to Stirner.

Stirner, seeing what was about to happen, dove for the sauerkraut, getting in between the food and the accursed spicy sauce.

With hot sauce splattered on his face, he knew what he had to do - assist Problem Sleuth in building the fort, so as to keep the food safe!

1

Stirner takes the sauerkraut, protecting it from Trainee Chef, Zeipa, and Ninetails, all whom are trying to get hot sauce on it!

After a bit of a drawn out food fight, the fort is made, a piece of the sauerkraut is hidden in it, and things calm down.

THEN EVERYTHING CATCHES FIRE! Everyone disperses, worried about the actual danger posed by the flames.

1

MysteryBot BOT 20-Mar-22 08:42 PM

(edited)

Godot stayed here.

Zoe moved to dressing

Nikola Orsinov stayed here.

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-----Phase 4----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because THE ENTIRE ROOM IS ON FIRE??? At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

The Spy

coffee-bag

VISIBLE It's a bag of coffee beans!

triple-trouble

VISIBLE It's Bobby, Tobby and Flobby Rotten! Three guys in striped purple suits, matching the appearance of Robbie Rotten exactly.

Trainee Chef

forg

ink

VISIBLE It's a bottle of INK OF SQUID PRO QUO!

red-smear

VISIBLE There's a sticky red liquid smeared all across their face!

Sado

(she/her) Human-looking woman in a black-and-red suit and top hat, with a permanent wide grin. Her voice is different every time she speaks.

Godot

Godot, Prosecutor and Coffee Connoisseur.

Nikola Orsinov

A plastic mannequin dressed as a circus ringmaster. She/her

@The Spy @Trainee Chef @Sado @Godot @Nikola Orsinov

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:48 PM

Pretty warm in here.

But not where I need to be.

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 08:48 PM

H-Huh..?

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:49 PM

The door is open.

I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting that to work.

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 08:51 PM

Are you t-trying to e-escape the theater..?

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:51 PM

Of course I am!

It's so frustrating, being trapped in here.

I have a feeling that my ticket to freedom is outside.

Godot BOT 20-Mar-22 08:53 PM

Must be hell to be trapped on this earth, hey?

I believe we haven't met, Name's Godot.

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:53 PM

Aha, you have no idea.

Call me Sado.

Godot BOT 20-Mar-22 08:54 PM

Pleasures.

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 08:54 PM

Hello Godot, My name is the Spy,

Pleasure to meet you too

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:55 PM

Ah! A name to the face. I remember you from the stage.

That was a very amusing stunt, I may add.

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 08:56 PM

Thank you

Kurukuru BOT 20-Mar-22 08:57 PM

(Spy does not have triple trouble)

1

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 08:57 PM

S-Stunt?

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:57 PM

Hehehe, I won't tell.

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 08:58 PM

I have a medkit if that thing's back hurts it so much

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 08:59 PM

Unfortunately, I have no idea where they are.

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 09:00 PM

I'm sure we'll meet again

Godot, I hear you are coffee connoisseur

shakes bag

Ive got a fresh bag of coffee beans

Ill let you have these beans as long as you give a cup of your finest coffee

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 09:06 PM

But t-there’s already plenty of c-coffee here… (edited)

Sado BOT 20-Mar-22 09:08 PM

I believe I have places to be.

Well met, Spy, Godot.

I'm sure we'll meet again soon, but for now...

MysteryBot BOT 20-Mar-22 09:09 PM

(edited)

Sado instantly moved to ???

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 09:10 PM

Why d-didn’t she say goodbye to m-me…

MysteryBot BOT 20-Mar-22 09:14 PM

(edited)

Nikola Orsinov instantly moved to ???

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 09:19 PM

And she d-didn’t even say hello at a-all.. (edited)

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 09:27 PM

But uhm… G-Godot…?

Is it just me or d-did the past c-change a moment ago?

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 11:24 PM

Hm?

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 11:26 PM

W-What happened here two phases a-ago... it just c-changed all of a sudden!

It was like history was r-rewritten!

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 11:28 PM

This is the first time ive been here

Your studder isn't helping me decipher what the hell is going on

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 11:30 PM

I-I-It's all a l-lot! S-Sorry...

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 11:31 PM

Godot, You have an idea?

Godot BOT 20-Mar-22 11:33 PM

Past change?

I don't believe so?

Not unless I am mistaken

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 11:36 PM

Did I... always have this red stuff on my f-face?

Spy BOT 20-Mar-22 11:49 PM

You ask these things like i would know the answer

Go look in a mirror

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 11:50 PM

I was moreso asking G-Godot...

Trainee Chef BOT 20-Mar-22 11:59 PM

F-Forget about it... I was p-probably imagining t-things... (edited)

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 12:03 AM

Keep track of your appearance, that's what matter's most if you want to rise up in the hierarchy of this world

The first impression you give on people is what matter's most

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 12:06 AM

I’ve… already g-given up hope of t-that. (edited)

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 12:08 AM

Alright froggy

Can I call you that?

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 12:09 AM

Yes, that’s o-okay.

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 12:13 AM

So froggy, You need to work on articulating your words

Speak more slowly

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 12:13 AM

Uhm… uh.. how d-do I do t-that?

Ah..

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 12:14 AM

and then build up to speaking in a normal pace

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 12:14 AM

Uh.. o-okay.. I’ll try..

I am speaking slowly.

Oh g-gosh that took like a whole m-minute to say!

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 12:34 AM

I need to focus on every syllable carefully to form coherent sentences that others will be able to understand.

Okay t-that one also t-took a minute.. I t-think that's i-improvement..?

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 12:42 AM

See, there you go

Godot BOT 21-Mar-22 01:25 AM

I don't remember that.

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 03:56 PM

Maybe t-that’s because your past specifically d-didn’t change..

Oh s-sorry..

Maybe that’s because your past specifically didn’t change.

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 04:06 PM

Just keep working on it

Fine if you make a mistakes

You can keep working on it (edited)

Godot BOT 21-Mar-22 05:02 PM

Exactly.

Spy, how do you like your coffee?

Out of curiosity.

Spy BOT 21-Mar-22 05:04 PM

Black, with a little sugar

I can do without it though

Godot BOT 21-Mar-22 05:10 PM

Classy.

I like it dark.

Blacker than darkness can be.

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 05:11 PM

I uh…

I appreciate the advice.

Godot BOT 21-Mar-22 08:56 PM

I'll use the beans.

I'll give you half of what I make.

Trainee Chef BOT 21-Mar-22 08:58 PM

Best of luck with your coffee brewing.

And thanks again for the speech help, Spy. I’ll try to keep going at it.

Nikola Orsinov BOT 21-Mar-22 09:01 PM

LOCK

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Nikola Orsinov BOT 21-Mar-22 09:42 PM

The Spy hands some beans to Godot...

But Godot accidentally spills them all over the floor!

He gathers them back up, but is only able to make enough for two cups.

He drinks one himself, and hands the other to the Spy, who drinks it elegantly.

Flash!

Trainee Chef filmed the Spy drinking!

They then sneak into the kitchen, and get cooking.

After a while, they make...

Some delicious-looking mustard rice cakes!

MysteryBot BOT 21-Mar-22 10:29 PM

(edited)

The Spy moved to lobby

Trainee Chef moved to dressing

Godot stayed here.

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-----Phase 5----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because THE ENTIRE ROOM IS ON FIRE??? At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

No-Face

A tall slender black ghostly figure with a white mask. Has the voice of a cartoony villain.

mask-wound

VISIBLE No-Face's mask is singed and blistered, and its mouth is red... (Minor)

Nagisa Furukawa

A high-school-age girl.

Godot

Godot, Prosecutor and Coffee Connoisseur.

Solus Zos Galvus

An old man wearing a highly decorated suit

recruits

VISIBLE Two audience members recruited by Solus - a man in a white suit, and a girl with a baseball bat.

@No-Face @Nagisa Furukawa @Godot @Solus Zos Galvus

No Face BOT 21-Mar-22 10:33 PM

WHAAAAAHAHA

Why did it do that?!?!

Nobody knows how to have fun around here but ME!

Owch...

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 21-Mar-22 10:35 PM

Eh? What happened?

No Face BOT 21-Mar-22 10:36 PM

Someone threw fire in my mouth!

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 21-Mar-22 10:37 PM

Really?? Are you okay? That sounds really painful…

Solus Zos Galvus BOT 21-Mar-22 10:45 PM

Someone threw fire, you say?

Do you know who it was?

No Face BOT 21-Mar-22 11:14 PM

Sparky!

A little yellow MONSTER!

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 21-Mar-22 11:50 PM

....Why are there so many people trying to set things on fire?

No Face BOT 21-Mar-22 11:53 PM

...ah...

Fun....but ouuwwch...

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 22-Mar-22 12:03 AM

Hmm...do you still have fun playing with fire even though you got hurt?

No Face BOT 22-Mar-22 12:04 AM

I think so...?

I don't know

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 22-Mar-22 12:15 AM

Is that so...?

Nagisa looks lost in thought for a moment

I couldn't imagine doing something if I might get hurt trying it... But you seem like you're having a lot of fun when you do that. Maybe there's something I can learn from this when it comes to acting...

Solus Zos Galvus BOT 22-Mar-22 12:45 AM

Ah, Sparky

Ive seen them around.

They didnt seem to care for my radiance though.

Solus Zos Galvus BOT 22-Mar-22 03:13 AM

What is everyone heres roles? As a director I can see if theres some kind of mutually beneficial arrangement I can set up.

No Face BOT 22-Mar-22 03:18 AM

...actor

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 22-Mar-22 03:21 AM

Umm…I’m also an actor. Though I’m still learning about acting and haven’t been on stage yet.

Solus Zos Galvus BOT 22-Mar-22 03:51 AM

Fair enough.

I can attempt my action anyway if you two would like, though if it wont currently benefit i understand declining.

Godot BOT 22-Mar-22 12:35 PM

Threw fire?

Godot BOT 22-Mar-22 01:38 PM

There was a fire started by some chef.

He isn't that great, but he enjoys what he's doing.

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 22-Mar-22 06:29 PM

Ah, so that’s where the fire came from. Well…even if he accidentally started a fire, I think it’s a good thing that he’s happy with what he does even though he isn’t that good at it.

I can certainly relate to that… Even though I’m not very good at acting, I’ve been learning a lot about it so far. The fire’s been worrisome to me, but I’m enjoying this too.

Solus Zos Galvus BOT 22-Mar-22 06:33 PM

With how often this theatre catches fire im amazed it hasn't closed down

You'd really think someone in charge would have a smidge of common sense

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 22-Mar-22 06:37 PM

…You do have a point. It’s not very safe for this theater to catch fire so easily.

Umm, but I think the owners could be able to improve it!

Solus Zos Galvus BOT 22-Mar-22 06:38 PM

Perhaps.

Im a fan of steel walls myself but I don't think thats particularly fitting for a theatre

Nagisa Furukawa BOT 22-Mar-22 06:43 PM

Hmm…I’m not really sure what would be fitting for a theater, but that makes sense…

Kurukuru BOT 22-Mar-22 07:02 PM

LOCK

Kurukuru BOT 22-Mar-22 07:18 PM

Nagisa looks around.

She finds a smaller bottle, and fills it up with a liquid.

...a suspiciously amber liquid.

In an attempt to put out the fire, she splashes it on it!

THE LIQUID WAS OIL!!!

THE FIRE IS NOW FLAMING EVEN HARDER!

WHERE DID YOU EVEN FIND OIL HERE???

Somehow unperturbed by the flames, Godot makes three cups of coffee. (edited)

In fact, he even warms them on the fire!

How... classy?

Meanwhile, Solus has been shouting and pointing.

...it seems he was trying to direct someone?

It's a shame they clearly didn't listen.

Kurukuru BOT 22-Mar-22 08:00 PM

No face looks around for something.

It seems he found what he was looking for - a liquid of some sort!

...He promptly drinks it. Looks like it actually was water this time!

...or if it was oil, he at least didn't seem to mind.

MysteryBot BOT 22-Mar-22 09:15 PM

(edited)

No-Face moved to lobby

Nagisa Furukawa moved to dressing

Godot stayed here.

Solus Zos Galvus moved to lobby

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-----Phase 6----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because THE ENTIRE ROOM IS ON FIRE??? The fire is still blazing fiercely in here, fed by the flames, and untouched by the flood of blood that has consumed the floor! At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Max Bialystok

Godot

Godot, Prosecutor and Coffee Connoisseur.

@Max Bialystok @Godot

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 09:23 PM

Hey, one coffee. And I need some advice.

MysteryBot BOT 22-Mar-22 10:19 PM

Sado appeared from ???! (edited)

Sado

Human-looking woman in a black-and-red suit and top hat, with a permanent wide grin. Her voice is different every time she speaks. She's glitching around the edges.

hex

VISIBLE A source of infinite, terrifying power. moved from: backstage

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 10:20 PM

Hmm. Peace and quiet, I suppose.

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:02 PM

Strange, I thought I smelled coffee. But it looks like this alcohol is just free for the taking.

Max looks around the area for a bartender.

Don't mind if I do...

Hey, @Sado . You look like you could do me a favor.

Want to help me put on... the worst play imaginable?

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:15 PM

Oh?

ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ʟɪᴋᴇ ғᴜɴ!

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:16 PM

I knew you'd like it!

Now, I'm keeping this a secret for now, but I'm looking to keep my audience on the edge of their seats...

...because of how ready they'll be to get up and leave the theatre!

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:18 PM

Hehehehehehe

I have abilities that may come in handy here...

I have the power to modify my own recordings as a cinematographer. We can set something up.

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:19 PM

Oh, that's perfect, that's perfect! I'm sure we can!

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:23 PM

How do you propose we prepare for this? Anything in mind for the play that you can say now?

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:27 PM

Well, that's the thing - my star performer. Name of Dream. You might know him? Left the theater and left me for dead.

So, I'm, uhh, starting over on the casting.

I'm mainly looking for horrible actors and ones that might... offend the audience. But if the actors know that, they might not want to cooperate.

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:33 PM

I get it.

Let me think...

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:42 PM

I haven't met everyone in this theatre, even with my power.

But those "villainous" types seem to be easy targets to me (:

The no-face spirit, Robbie, that egotistical fox Ninetails.

And for something to draw them in.... hm. Appealing to ego has a chance to work.

If you haven't heard, people are very upset about the "trapped in the theatre" thing, so getting them to perform may have some issues.

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:47 PM

I thought I had seen Robbie before. But I don't think that was really him...

He looked like an imposter.

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:48 PM

There's at least two people here with the power to mimic someone else. We'll have to keep an eye out.

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:51 PM

Now I went around the whole theatre, and who would've thought, the stage is where all the action is.

That's where we'll find our associates, I'm sure.

Sado BOT 22-Mar-22 11:55 PM

There's always a good gathering there.

Though I'm sure you noticed, I can move much more freely than others in this place.

That'll be useful in finding people, I think.

Max Bialystock BOT 22-Mar-22 11:59 PM

You are rather quick...

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 01:47 AM

Coffee?

You're speaking to the right guy.

Name's Godot.

Prosecutor and Coffee Connoisseur.

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 01:51 AM

Ah, hello. They got coffee here?

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 01:51 AM

I've already made myself 14 cups and drank them (edited)

I got 3 in my pocket.

How do you like your coffee?

I prefer my Java to be Black.

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 01:53 AM

Regular, with cream and sugar.

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 01:54 AM

...

Shameful.

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 01:54 AM

You're giving me a look underneath that visor, aren't you?

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 01:54 AM

You should never taint your coffee with cream or sugar.

It's a crime against the good nature of Coffee itself. (edited)

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 01:55 AM

I knew a guy who took his coffee black. And lemme tell you, he was batshit crazy.

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 01:56 AM

Are you implying something?

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 01:57 AM

You know how I found out? Because my receptionist asked him if he wanted coffee when he pulled a gun on me! (edited)

I'll never recover from that day, I swear it.

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 01:57 AM

Sounds eventful.

I'm not one for weapons, so you're good on that department.

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 01:58 AM

You'd be one of the first like that I've talked with today.

Sado BOT 23-Mar-22 12:25 PM

Max, do you want to set up that recording now, while there aren't many observers?

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 02:04 PM

Recording?

Sado BOT 23-Mar-22 02:11 PM

I'm a cinematographer.

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 03:50 PM

That makes sense.

Sado BOT 23-Mar-22 04:42 PM

( @Max Bialystock )

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 05:28 PM

Sure thing.

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 05:35 PM

I'm headed to the Lobby next phase, by the way.

Sado BOT 23-Mar-22 05:36 PM

I'm trying to scout out every room in this place. Next up is the dressing room.

I'll come meet with you if there's nothing interesting going on.

Max Bialystock BOT 23-Mar-22 05:40 PM

Alright, you do that. Oh, this is all gonna be worth it, believe me! Just wait until we see the looks on their faces!

Godot BOT 23-Mar-22 06:13 PM

I'll go to the lobby.

Nikola Orsinov BOT 23-Mar-22 07:01 PM

LOCK

1

Kurukuru BOT 23-Mar-22 07:22 PM

Max goes to help Sado set up her recording.

Unfortunately, Sado was attempting to record Max's action!

So all they record is Max Standing around, failing to be productive.

MysteryBot BOT 23-Mar-22 08:41 PM

(edited)

Max Bialystok moved to lobby

Godot moved to lobby

Sado moved to dressing

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-----Phase 7----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because THE ENTIRE ROOM IS ON FIRE??? The fire is still blazing fiercely in here, fed by the flames, and untouched by the flood of blood that has consumed the floor! At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Ninetails

Hulking cream-coloured fox with nine writhing, swirling tails. Ink stains each of their tasseled tips like worn paintbrushes. Is that... just a mask, or is something bonded to their face? It's hard to say.

red-smear

VISIBLE There's a sticky red liquid smeared all across their face!

Valvatti

Buy my book, *Runouden puoli vuosisataa, out in stores now.*

acoustic-guitar

VISIBLE You can play any number of songs on this!

@Ninetails @Valvatti

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 08:46 PM

A pub should never feel this lonely....

Say, pup, they don't let pets drink here do they?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 09:16 PM

Are you serious? I'm twice your size, little man.

Either way, I do not partake. Certainly not after what happened to Orochi.

Scourge of Kamiki they called themselves, yet felled by booze! Hoh, what sorry louts.

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 09:34 PM

You don't sound like a house dog, now do you?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 09:37 PM

Tell me, bard, how many tails do dogs have?

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 09:43 PM

Well, it of course depends on the breed...

I don't assume I've seen all dogs in the world!

What, pray tell, are you then?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 10:23 PM

I'm a celestial brush spirit taking the form of a fox.

So, for your purposes, just a fox. A big one. With nine tails.

And what, pray tell, are YOU, HRMPH?

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 10:30 PM

I am but a renowned poet and musician!

Surely a, ahem, celestial bush spirit taking the form of a fox, appreciates the arts?

I must say, this establishment has housed some quite terrible events so far.

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 10:49 PM

Me? Appreciating the arts? HRMPH! There is a reason my tails are marred with paint and ink.

I must admit, I am no stranger to horrors at my own paws, but this theatre is a den of loons.

You at least seem... tenaciously sane. I CAN ADMIRE THAT.

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 10:58 PM

Boy, I'm glad at least one immaterial entity has sense.

I don't usually say this, but I really am too old for this nonsense.

I've had enough of mindless bloodshed during my travels with Geralt... After my half a century of poetry I would have liked to retire into Toussaint!

But no, the genius Valvatti had to sign up for one last major production. Well... hindsight is perfect.

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:07 PM

Hrmph. Bloodshed is most all I've known for as long as I can remember, though my memory is not what it used to be. Lifetimes upon lifetimes holed up on an island in waiting will do that to oneself.

It's an art itself, really. But unsustainable.

Wasn't the art I had expected from everyone else here, though I now realise why it was I'd heard of this place.

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:10 PM

Waiting for what?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:16 PM

Lord Yami made me what I am, but their Ark froze beneath the ices of Kamui. It has taken many an age for it to thaw.

Kingdoms have since risen and fallen at the hands of myself and my kin, but no degree of tribute could stir Yami into waking...

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:19 PM

I see. Hm. That sounds far from the northern kingdoms.

My, the world does surprise me every day with its size...

The Conjunction of the Spheres must have brought so much more together than I thought!

Tell me, Ninetails, what kinds of drinks do you like?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:49 PM

I'm someone of an ink spirit myself.

Used to have a stomach for saké, but after Orochi's folly, well....

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:49 PM

It's actually just "sake".

But... Ink? You drink it?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:51 PM

(are you correcting the spelling of my SPOKEN WORDS??)

It has its appeal.

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:52 PM

(yes bro i'm just that good)

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:53 PM

Water is... someone inadequate for a brush spirit.

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:53 PM

Do you not paint with it, though?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:53 PM

Oh, I paint with it too.

I just have it in excess.

Every brush spirit has their stockpile!

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:54 PM

And you think they serve ink here?

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:55 PM

Well. Not willingly, but, the lobby did have ample pens.

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:56 PM

You'd imagine they have reserves stored somewhere...

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:58 PM

I HOPE SO...

Valvatti BOT 23-Mar-22 11:58 PM

Gah!

Control your temper.

Ninetails BOT 23-Mar-22 11:59 PM

Are you confusing enthusiasm for temper? Bah ho!

Come, you are a learned and traveled man. Surely you can understanding a touch of excitement...

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 12:00 AM

There is an air here that makes tone hard to distinguish.

But say, what exactly is someone of your, hm, stature doing here? As a mere actor?

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 12:19 AM

Not much to do on Oni Island, truth be told. Regicide aside, the duties of Oni Island's brush spirit are rather tedious. (edited)

Thought this might be an apt reprieve.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 09:52 AM

A vacation...

Well, I suppose this confirms it! Theatre is fit for a god!

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 09:55 AM

Why give the world tools and colours if the gods did not mean for its denizens to make art?

We are but the labourers of their grand gallery.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 09:57 AM

And what kind of art do you make?

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:00 AM

well, beyond war, I have a natural gift for ink painting.

Being a brush spirit and all.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:01 AM

https://tenor.com/view/chalmers-simpsons-may-i-see-it-talking-gif-11870196

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:02 AM

an ink painting?

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:02 AM

Yes!

Entertain my curiosity.

I have, of course, enjoyed art I would call godly, but this is on another level.

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:03 AM

Hrmph. I suppose I have ink to spare...

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:03 AM

You don't carry a portfolio?

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:03 AM

I'm a fox I don't have hands

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:04 AM

You have paws. .

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:04 AM

NO THUMBS...

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:04 AM

Shame...

Would you like to paint to a ballad?

We could create a wonderful multi-media piece!

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:05 AM

What sort?

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:06 AM

Why, anything. Perhaps a musical poem based on our adventures?

Biographies are the craze right now!

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:07 AM

Adventures? Us? here? talking it up in an empty taproom?

I suppose it's a start.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:08 AM

No no, I mean our prior adventures!

Surely a deity has had a varied life.

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:09 AM

...right. It's, well... I wouldn't go so far as to say my life's adventurous, but...

perhaps it was, once, but those memories and fogged and gone now.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:09 AM

Well, do you know anyone who's adventurous?

I have written my share of songs about Geralt... the last Witcher, the White Wolf, all that.

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:10 AM

Being a brush spirit is to be a teacher, though my personal ambitions have lead me into, let's say, unpleasant conflicts.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:11 AM

Though I suppose not everyone has such famous acquaintances as white wolves...

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:11 AM

Right. I'm... sure some of your songs must have passed my way sometime.

If they are as profound as you say.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:12 AM

Toss a coin...

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:13 AM

Hrmph?

I can't. Remember? No hands.

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:13 AM

Nevermind...

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:13 AM

(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:14 AM

Perhaps I will simply write a short piece about an unlikely acquaintanceship between a bard and a god!

If I dedicate it to you, you will feel much more adept in your action.

So your painting would surely become even better than ever before!

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:18 AM

You believe your music will elevate the work of a brush spirit?

It's a lofty claim, but I've no reason not to take you up on it. We shall see!

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:20 AM

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:21 AM

(we SHALL seeeeee!!)

Valvatti BOT 24-Mar-22 10:22 AM

(I have brainworms)

Ninetails BOT 24-Mar-22 10:22 AM

(don't we both)

Nikola Orsinov BOT 25-Mar-22 07:01 PM

LOCK

Nikola Orsinov BOT 25-Mar-22 07:14 PM

Valvatti pulls out their guitar, and begins to strum, whilst reciting a poem.

"Nine arts and nine tails A brush and an empty page Enough to cure all ails Of the mind's weary stage Neither does a sword wield To make the world anew But the pair's powers yield Great worlds all new to you Northern kingdoms, eastern lands Brought together by the expressed mind From afar two souls shake hands Different beings, yet of the same kind"

Ninetails, feeling beautifully inspired by this piece, summons a canvas!

Using their nine tails, they paint a picture of vibrant colour.

It's the two of them - strangers from separate worlds, brought together by a chance meeting. Sat in a dimly lit bar, the two of them still stand out, deep in the discussion of newfound acquaintanceship - perhaps to blossom into friendship.

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MysteryBot BOT 25-Mar-22 08:48 PM

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Ninetails moved to ???

Valvatti moved to ???

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-----Phase 8----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because THE ENTIRE ROOM IS ON FIRE??? The fire is still blazing fiercely in here, fed by the flames, and untouched by the flood of blood that has consumed the floor! At least that gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Garcian Smith

@Garcian Smith

Coyote Smith BOT 25-Mar-22 08:49 PM

Fucking fire

Eat shit

Alright Coyote think

These fucks walk in to MY theater, and think they can fuck shit up

No one fucks with me like that

Question is

Which one of these fucks do I deal with first

The kid and his crew piss me off for trying to start shit in the theater

But the God and the girl are assholes too

Fuck em

Fuck em all

And those guys who think they know better than everyone else too

This entire situation is fucked

I thought I'd learn last time not to get involved with gods but no, here I am again

Coyote Smith BOT 25-Mar-22 11:00 PM

...

Fucking prick I'm not giving you the keys so you can help the god and the girl

And you on the other hand, with that mask you're probably more suited to be here than I am, and if you want to help the know it all fucks you can, but I'm not giving you the keys yet either

Both of you shut up and relax, I know what the fuck I'm doing

Coyote Smith BOT 26-Mar-22 03:15 AM

Let's think some more huh

I can't let any of those fucks destroy the theater (edited)

Or anyone for that matter

The god and the girl are fucked already it seems but the asshole who did me in is rooting for them

If I let him take control, he'll just destroy the theater with them

On the other hand we have the know it all chumps

I don't like them at all but I doubt they'll destroy the theater

I don't know these fucks

This isn't my fight

I'm only here to make sure this fucking theater doesn't go to shit

Why the fuck is this job more stressful than any other

I doubt I'll be able to make it back in time to make a significant difference

The theater will be destroyed, and I'll fail this job

I can't put my reputation on the line like that

You're a fucking assassin and you're out here with these fucks

Thinking about what's right for a theater why the hell is that even my problem

What I should do is just fuck them all up for fucking with me

I let someone get the drop on me once, that can never happen again

Destroying the theater will make sure no one can fuck with me again

But that would mean he wins

And the last thing I want is for that smug son of a bitch who did me in to prove me wrong

I should hand things over to the masked man but the bleeding heart is going to overwork himself

He'll end up dead trying to protect someone I know it

Would destroying the theater even do anything aside from killing those fucks

The past is in the past, I can't change what's been done and how I've ended up

But I have my honor and pride, not much is left after everything

So I should see this job through to the end, as a fucking professional

Never thought I'd say the big man's lines but here I am

It'll be easier to kill all those fucks like a real assassin but I can't do that

I got a job to do, for now at least

For now I'll handle damage control

Clean up around here first, then see what I can do

Fucking fuck fuck ARGH

FUCK THIS SHIT

I'm worn out after all this talking to myself

Alright damage control, size up the know it all and see if he's worth my time, fuck with the god and the girl, and hopefully one side will kill the other

Preferably outside the theater

Coyote Smith BOT 26-Mar-22 03:49 AM

Strangely enough

I haven't felt this pumped up since that time in Texas

I GOT A JOB TO DO YOU FUCKS, NONE OF YOU ARE GETTING IN MY WAY

I doubt anyone can hear that, but I hope someone does

1

I'll yell it louder next time

Nikola Orsinov BOT 26-Mar-22 07:01 PM

LOCK

Kurukuru BOT 26-Mar-22 07:17 PM

Coyote Smith gets to work putting out the fire!

After a moment of struggling to find a large amount of water, he settles on using the blood instead.

It's surprisingly effective!

Kurukuru BOT 26-Mar-22 08:27 PM

Suddenly, fed up with everyone's nonsense, Coyote Smith begins to shout!

"I have a job to do, and I'm not letting anyone get in my way!"

MysteryBot BOT 26-Mar-22 09:10 PM

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-----Phase 9----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because of the bloodstains over all the walls? A river of blood has consumed the floor, and the ceiling is charred. At least this gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. CONNECTIONS OUT: bar, lobby, audience, dressing https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Bydo System Alpha

A large mass of slimy flesh and twisted steel, over 16 meters long. Hovers using thrusters embedded in its flesh. Its front has irregular gelatinous, glassy person sized blue blobs as "eyes". It has fleshy tendrils, each as thick as a narrow tree and longer than a person

bydo-force

BIG

VISIBLE A big orb that glows with blue and yellow lights! It hangs off of Alpha.

blue-crystal

VISIBLE It's a crystal that glows bright blue!

yellow-crystal

VISIBLE It's a crystal that glows bright yellow!

@Bydo System Alpha

Nikola Orsinov BOT 27-Mar-22 07:01 PM

LOCK

Nikola Orsinov BOT 27-Mar-22 07:19 PM

Alpha attempts communication with the Bydo Core.

...

There's no direct response, but they get... a feeling?

They feel as if the Core influenced the bydo mass in the coffee, causing Elle to drink it!

MysteryBot BOT 27-Mar-22 10:34 PM

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Bydo System Alpha moved to lobby

MysteryBot BOT 28-Mar-22 08:37 PM

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-----Phase 11----- BAR Sporting all the glitz and glamour of a bar frequented by famous actors and clientele, it feels slightly off to see the bar unmanned and empty, the tables devoid of customers and the jukebox silent. Perhaps it's because of the bloodstains over all the walls? A river of blood has consumed the floor, and the ceiling is charred. At least this gives you an opportunity to raid the bar - alcohol from every corner of the world, each sporting no price tag., and left mostly intact in the flames! However, the shelves are half-empty, bottles knocked onto the floor! It seems this place also serves all sorts of coffees and teas. As well, an elaborate kitchen is tucked behind the bar, once hosting 5-star Michelin chefs, now just as empty as the rest of the bar. You could probably find all sorts of food and cooking implements here - including plentiful bottles of hot sauce, most of them uncapped and half-used. In the dining area, plants that were once beautiful adorn the walls, now torn to shreds. Alongside the plants sit famous paintings that all look slightly off, warped and distorted. Juxtaposing the luxuriously adorned tables and chairs, there is a red, sticky liquid that looks suspiciously like blood splattered across the walls and smeared against the paintings, next to slash marks in the walls. Past customers seem to have forgotten various items here - jackets and ridiculous pink scarves hang from chairs. In the center of everything, there's a sort of makeshift fortress, constructed with a bunch of knocked-over tables and tossed-around jackets that miraculously hasn't caught fire yet. Perhaps the reason why could be the fact that it's dripping with hot sauce? It also contains a fancy dish of sauerkraut, for some reason. From here you can move to the LOBBY, the DRESSING ROOM or the AUDIENCE. CONNECTIONS OUT: bar, lobby, audience, dressing https://manchesterbars.com/photos/revue-bar.jpg

Phanto Mask

Kuro

(he/him) A tall, slim man with slicked black hair. Wears glasses and a black suit.

black-duffel

VISIBLE It's a large, black duffel bag! What could be inside?

backstab

VISIBLE Kuro is bandaged up, and his wound has stopped bleeding. It doesn't seem to affect him much anymore.

swirling-coffee

VISIBLE It's a good looking cup of coffee! It seems to be stirring itself, somehow.

Valvatti

Buy my book, Runouden puoli vuosisataa, out in stores now.

acoustic-guitar

VISIBLE You can play any number of songs on this!

accordion

VISIBLE It's an old-looking accordion! It still plays excellently, though prodding it hard makes it feel like its made of some sort of goo?

phanto-mask

VISIBLE Valvatti is... wearing Phanto Mask???

@Phanto Mask @Kuro @Valvatti

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 28-Mar-22 08:39 PM

How do you do, you two?

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:47 PM

N-no...

No...

No no no no no no no no no no NO!!!

MY KEY!!!

This isn't happening, it's not real, there's no way this can be happening.

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:48 PM

Hey, be a bit more quiet, you're shouting in my ears!

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 28-Mar-22 08:48 PM

What's the matter?

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:49 PM

What the fuck would I care about that for?!

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:49 PM

Well, this talkative mask started shouting right as I put it on my face.

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:49 PM

I didn't consent to this I don't want to be in this goddamn bar!

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:49 PM

Surely you can do with a drink? Just relax!

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:49 PM

I SAID I WANTED TO GO TO THE LOBBY.

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:49 PM

Iife is too short to worry about these stage performances.

I thought I'd just try you on! I didn't realize you'd stay on my face like that...

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:50 PM

Next time think twice, okay?!

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:50 PM

I always think thrice. I regret nothing.

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:51 PM

You violated my boundaries, you're just like all these other people.

My key...

My life is over...

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:51 PM

Well, I suppose I did not think accessories had human rights.

I see you're in distress, okay, and I do apologize for my slight involvement in your peril. But I will make it up for you!

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:52 PM

That... MONSTER. THAT ZEPIA PERSON...

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:52 PM

We shall find your beloved key, together.

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:53 PM

I'm pretty sure it's been destroyed, going into a maw like that?

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:53 PM

Well, what goes in, comes out, if it's indigestible.

And metal sure is indigestible!

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:54 PM

I don't understand... that Zepia person and I made a deal... we put it in writing. Abraham Lincoln signed it.

And then they decided to tear my heart out like this??? Why? What did I ever do to this person?

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:55 PM

In my experience, you probably fucked their wife.

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:56 PM

You'd almost think it, I barely know this person. The only thing I do is slightly assert my ownership over an item I have guarded for all of my existence.

A-apparently that's enough to set these people off!

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:56 PM

Well... In my experience...

They're probably just a prick.

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 08:57 PM

I'm torn now... Because...

Sure, I'd love my key back, it'd mean more to me than anything. But I think I might've missed my chance to escape this place, the thing I've been working towards this whole time, it's tempting to try that one last time too...

Valvatti BOT 28-Mar-22 08:59 PM

Follow your, uh, painted-on heart.

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 09:00 PM

I wish I could hear it right about now...

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 28-Mar-22 09:03 PM

(brb gotta drive)

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 09:07 PM

Wait... you're right... I'm detecting the faint energy of my key... even now...

That does mean it's out there somewhere!

Phanto Mask BOT 28-Mar-22 09:16 PM

It compels me, I must go.

MysteryBot BOT 28-Mar-22 09:16 PM

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Phanto Mask instantly moved to ???

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 28-Mar-22 09:27 PM

So, if I might ask, have you found everything you hoped for, Valvatti?

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:07 AM

The secret is not to have anything specific to look for.

So the answer to that is quite elusive!

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:07 AM

I see...

I suppose you heard my announcement?

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:10 AM

I have already intended to perform on the last phase.

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:11 AM

Understood.

Oh, and something I failed to understand at the time of making that announcement is that I am both a prop designer and a director. I believed it would be a replacement of the preexisting role, not an addition. So, if there is a prop you would like, perhaps I could make one for you.

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:17 AM

I only need my instruments and my voice...

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:24 AM

How honest. Your words show a good deal of wisdom.

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:27 AM

The simplest performances can be the most touching, after all.

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:27 AM

Agreed.

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:40 AM

This final show won't be simple at all, naturally, but it was the showrunners that asked me to host such a thing. I'm not sure if you'd care to hear why, but there is an explanation behind it.

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:43 AM

And what is the plan?

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:44 AM

The plan is to help set the audience free. To be the axe to their frozen sea, metaphorically speaking.

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:47 AM

To make them drown??

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:48 AM

Not quite. Keep in mind that this is all secondhand information, and that Nikola would be the one you'd want to ask for the finer details, but as I understand it, that maze... It's where those whose stories are left without real conclusions end up, I suppose you could say. This theatre was built to help reignite a spark in those shades left without purpose.

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:49 AM

I'm going to just not worry about that mumbo-jumbo.

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 07:49 AM

As you wish.

The end goal is to stir passion into this place's inhabitants once again through show, to put it simply. And I believe that is something you can appreciate.

Valvatti BOT 29-Mar-22 07:51 AM

Of course!

That is what I do best, after all.

MysteryBot BOT 29-Mar-22 03:36 PM

Sado appeared from ???! (edited)

Sado

Human-looking woman in a black-and-red suit and top hat, with a permanent wide grin. Her voice is different every time she speaks. She's glitching around the edges.

hex

VISIBLE A source of infinite, terrifying power. moved from: stage

Sado BOT 29-Mar-22 04:06 PM

Oh, Kuro. What was wrong with that coffee?

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 05:38 PM

No idea. (edited)

I just had a feeling Alpha might try to pull something.

Captain Kuro of a Hundred Plans BOT 29-Mar-22 06:29 PM

And, given that I cannot afford to fail now, on the cusp of success, I took no chances.

Nikola Orsinov BOT 29-Mar-22 07:01 PM

LOCK

Nikola Orsinov BOT 29-Mar-22 07:17 PM

Whilst Sado hangs around, not doing much, Kuro seems to be making something...

You can't see what it is, though!

He seems pretty pleased with it, though.

Meanwhile, Valvatti goes behind the bar, and pours out a pair of beers.

He's not sure where that mask has got to, but he'll make up for that faux pas when he sees it.

MysteryBot BOT 29-Mar-22 08:54 PM

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Kuro moved to audience

Valvatti moved to lobby

Sado moved to audience