Housetrapped [ectoBiologist & Frisco]

[Frisco]

==> Be Naia

AA: okays >v<
AA: I've installed it and now I have a black window telling me to wait for the server
AA: I guess that's you
AA: but it's weird there don't seem to be any options I hope it doesn't connect me to some random person o0o would be awkward hehe

There's not much left, but to wait for a connection. You take a sip of your fizzy drink through a weirdly shaped green straw and lick your lips. The "game of the year", as described in various magazines, is about to begin.

==> Be Kassel

CA: O- Yes.
CA: O- I mean nO-, we have never talked befO-re.
CA: O- It is a pleasure tO- cO-mmunicate with yO-u tO-O-.
CA: O- I am messaging yO-u nO-w tO- tell yO-u nO-t tO- fear the meteO-rites and becO-me the server player fO-r yO-ur human friend.

You are doing good. The human you chose seems to be a friendly unit. It should make your goal that much easier to accomplish, even though you had not found much helpful information about communicating with those creatures. The sites you visited mostly told about ways to kill ones of your kind and, for a reason you cannot understand, calling home.

[ectoBiologist]

====>Sami: Start game.
Well, it seems to be working so far. Although you fumble through all of the different commands(some being in a language you've never even seen before), you miraculously manage to connect to your friend.

anecdotalMasochist{AM} began pestering astroArchivist{AA}:
AM: ok so now we're connected aand stuff
AM: aat leaast i think we aare
AM: oh aand do you know aanything aabout meteorites...?
AM: oh well~! it caan't be too serious, now caan it? ^w^

====>Sami: Reply to stranger.
Ok, now you're curious to know about these meteorites.

AM: hey waait
AM: whaat do you meaan by meteorites?
AM: thaat's just something in the gaame, right?

Wow. This stranger has some fancy-pants way of talking. You wonder why.

[Frisco]

==> Be Naia.

Something changes. You can see the loading screen which is a lot of changing, circular shapes. The background music is pretty good, though. You are now connected to the server player.

AA: yes! =3 we're connected
AA: you can start doing your serving stuff hehe
AA: ehh meteorites? :o not really
AA: but my grandpa is interested in rocks he collects them and stuff
AA: I could ask him if he knows anything if you'd like c:

That was a strange question. You wonder why your friend suddenly wants to know about them when she should be focusing on the game.

==> Be Kassel

CA: O- Oh.
CA: O- YO-u did nO-t knO-w abO-ut the meteO-rites...?
CA: O- Hmm.
CA: O- CO-uld yO-u dO- me the favO-ur O-f pretending that I have never mentiO-ned them? YO-u will prO-bably perfO-rm better withO-ut this knO-wledge any way. At least fO-r nO-w.
CA: O- And yes, they are cO-nnected tO- the game. HO-wever, nO-t entirely.
CA: O- I can see yO-u have nO-w cO-nnected tO- yO-ur client player. YO-u shO-uld fO-cus O-n helping her with starting the sessiO-n.

[ectoBiologist]

====>Be Sami.

You are now Sami.

====>Sami: try to figure out what the heck you're supposed to do now.
Well, it's not like you really have any instructions. Nothing is quite making sense to you right now, so you try clicking around and randomly pushing down the arrow keys.

After a few clicks and button smashes, you've figured out how to move items around(and even throw a couch, hooray for you), but the rest is still nonsensical.

AM: oh my gosh whaat aam i doing
AM: i think i need your help here
AM: aand i maay or maay not haave destroyed aa few things but thaat is irrelevaant right now

Ok, so it is relevant, but you're not going to admit that.

==Sami: answer stranger.

You send a quick message back to the stranger.

AM: sir, yes sir!
AM: meteorites ignored for now! ^w^
AM: could you possibly waalk me through this, though?
AM: this is so unlike aanything i've ever plaayed before!

[Frisco]

==> Be Naia

You are now Naia and you are worried. You just heard a loud noise from downstairs, as if someone just dropped something very heavy. You mean to go and explore, but you're distracted by a message from your friend.

AA: what do you mean irrelevant? T-T
AA: was that loud noise just now you? are you destroying my house?
AA: ugh just please try to stay away from my grandpa's bedroom or the library where he keeps his stones collection

==> Be Kassel

You are now him.

CA: O- Thank yO-u.
CA: O- Yes, that is exactly why I messaged yO-u in the first place.
CA: O- TO- successfully start the game yO-ur friend needs tO- dO- a series O-f actiO-ns O-n variO-us devices that yO-u need tO- deplO-y fO-r her.
CA: O- In the game interface yO-u will find the Phernalia Registry. MO-ve all O-f the cO-ntraptiO-ns intO- easily accessible places and await further instructiO-ns.

[ectoBiologist]

====>Be Sami.

You are currently one very confused Sami.

AM: ummm it maay or maay not haave been me?
AM: but we haave bigger problems right now
AM: oh waait hold up i just got some instructions! ^w^
AM: AALRIGHT LET'S DO THIS

====>Sami: follow whatever the stranger just told you to do.

Yeah, ok. Doesn't sound TOO hard, right?

You've never been more wrong in your entire life.

You once again succeed in tossing the couch, this time out the window. Oops. You can fix that later. For now, though, you have to work on doing whatever the heckie that stranger said to do.

====>Sami: Figure it out already.

Ok, ok, ok. No need to be pushy about it.

After several failed attempts, you somehow manage to move everything into place, although whether or not the items area easily accessible or not is questionable at best.

You send a message back to the stranger for further instructions.
AM: sooooo i think i did this right?
AM: i'm not quite sure aat this point
AM: these instructions aare so weird!

====>Sami: receive message.

Your Pesterchum is going off like crazy. It looks like DC is trying to get ahold of you.

delusionalChemist{DC} began pestering anecdotalMasochist{AM}:
DC: alrighT sO i thoughT mY optionS oveR, anD i havE decideD tO plaY youR sillY gamE afteR alL.
DC: i seE nO reasoN noT tO.
DC: yoU anD naiA havE alreadY starteD, correcT?
AM: waay to aarrive laate to the paarty, loser. >:T
AM: but yeaah we aalreaady staarted without you
DC: oH.
DC: alrighT welL i supposE i shoulD sigN iN aS youR serveR, theN?
AM: whoaa whoaa whoaa i still haave to aask naaiaa if she waants you to join or not
DC: finE, buT hurrY uP.

====>Sami: message Naia.

AM: guess who decided to join our fun aafter aall
AM: thaat meaans thaat we could aall plaay aas someone's server, then, aat leaast

[Frisco]

==> Be Naia

You keep hearing loud noises from all over the house. This is inexcusable. You need to take action.

==> Naia: Find your phone

Luckily, you know where it is. You take it off your desk and open up Pesterchum so that you can message your friend while investigating the damage done to your house. You stop typing halfway when a couch flashed right before your eyes and out of the window.

AA: what bigger proWAS THAT JUST MY COUCH?! :ooo >.<'
AA: ._.
AA: no way, him? is he the one giving you instructions? how does he know anything about this game? :s
AA: I should message him

==> Naia: Pester your blue-texted friend

astroArchivist[AA] began pestering delusionalChemist[DC]
AA: sup big shot
AA: heard you came to your senses

==> Be Kassel

CA: O- Weird?
CA: O- That is a lie.
CA: O- YO-ur statement is incO-rrect because my instructiO-ns are perfect.
CA: O- Despite yO-ur lack O-f grattitude I will keep advising yO-u.
CA: O- YO-u need tO- press the tO-p O-f the Cruxtruder with sO-mething heavy tO- make the lid cO-me O-ff.
CA: O- Then, tell yO-ur friend tO- turn the wheel and take the Cruxite DO-wel that cO-mes O-ut O-f the Cruxtruder tO- the TO-tem Lathe. She will alsO- need a Prepunched Card that yO-u shO-uld have already deplO-yed.
CA: O- Make her carve a tO-tem and in the meantime yO-u need tO- put sO-mething intO- the Kernelsprite.