After sending the file to Baz, I figured it would be a good idea to install it. As the loading showed up, I got another message from Chris:

S_X: "You didn't... install it yet, did you?"

Y^,^: "Of course I did! :P"

Y^,^: "Why do you ask?"

As soon as the file finished installing, Chris answered me, probably after facepalming or something.

S_X: "Okay, since you've already installed it, you and Baz will have to be the first ones to enter."

S_X: "You and he will have set up a client-server connection with each other, as well as have whichever one of you is the server connect with a friend."

Y^,^: "O-kay, I''ll... let Baz know."

S_X: "Good, do that."

okay, I have no idea what most of that meant, but I do see two buttons on the main menu of the Sburb screen: one client, and the other server. Before clicking a button, I decided to check in with Baz on his status.

Y^,^: "Chris zei dat, omdat ik de game al heb geinstaleerd, wij de eerste twee zijn om te 'enteren', wat dat ook maar betekend (Chris says that since I went ahead and installed the game, we're gonna have to be the first two to 'enter', whatever that means.)"

Baz: "Ik ben sneller! Ik heb het al geinstaleerd! (Way ahead of ya! I've already installed it!)"

Y^,^: "okay, chris zei dat een van ons de 'server' moest zijn, en de ander moet 'client' kiezen.(Okay, Chris said one of us is gonna have to take the role as the 'server' while the other bes the 'Client'.)"

Baz: "Ik claim de client! (Dibs on the client!)"

Y^,^: ":P"

Of course he would take the client. I went ahead and clicked the server icon, inputted a name that Baz would recognize, and the screen changed to a message saying waiting for client. After a moment of waiting, the screen changed to a view of Baz's room from above, with an interesting HUD.

Y^,^: "Ik zie je! Ik kan lekker op je neer kijken! (I can see you! Finally, I can look down on you!)"

Baz: "wacht, wat? (Wait, what?!)"

I began playing with the different icons, starting with the building icons. Just as I delete a wall accidentally, Chris messaged me again.

S_X: "Okay, I'm gonna assume that you've connected with Baz."

Y^,^: "That's right! ^u^"

S_X: "Okay, so you see the button near the top of your heads-up display that says phernalia registry?"

Y^,^: "Yeah?"

S_X: "Click it."

I do as my friend told, and a listed of items pop up, including what looks like a fireworks display called a cruxtruder, a something that looks like a space-age landing pad called an alchemiter, a sewing machine called a totem lathe, a vintag4e computer called a punch designix, and a card with holes in it and an image of a stick on it.

Y^,^: "Okay, now what?"

S_X: "After making enough room for them, place as many of those machine in easy-to-reach places. Afterward, tap something heavy on top of the cruxtruder as soon as possible."

After moving Baz's bed to the hallway, I began placing down the items. First, I put down the alchemiter further into the house, then the cruxtruder. Afterwards, now that Baz was out of the way, I placed the totem lathe in his room. For some reason, though, I didn't have enough of something called shale to place down the punch designix. 'Oh well.'

S_X: "By the way, once you open the cruxtruder, a Kernelsprite will come out of it, and you will have to prototype something with it."

S_X: "Make sure that whatever you prototype it with, will cause no negative consequenses in the future."

Y^,^: "No worries, Chris! Got it covered!"

S_X: "I sure hope you do..."

Y^,^: "Chris zei dat nadat ik de tube-like machine open, je moet iets 'protypen' dat een 'kernelsprite' heet met iets dat niets kwaad kan. (Chris says that after I open the tube-like machine, you've gotta 'prototype' something called a 'kernelsprite' with something that's harmless.)"

Baz: "protoype? (Prototype?)"

I was confused about that phrasing too, so I googled 'Sburb prototyping' into my web browser, and a large amount of gif images showing items being dropping or tossed into a ball of epilepsy were revealed.

Y^,^: "Ik heb het net opgezocht, en het ziet ernaar uit dat je het alleen moet aanraken (I just looked it up, and it seems like all you need to do is have the item touch it.)"

I grabbed the bed from the hallway, and tapped the top of the cruxtruder with it. Once that epyleptic sprite came out of the tube, Baz seemed to have an idea. 'What are you up to?' He began heading towards my room, and when he opened the door, he snatched my finished Elsa sketch from the table.

Ymke: "geef dat terug! (Give that back!)"

Baz: "Ik ga het gebruiken voor het 'prototypen', wat kan een papiertje doen? (I'm just gonna use it for the 'prototyping', what harm could a paper do?)"

Ymke: "..."

Baz: "..."

Ymke: "okee, pak het! (...Okay, take it!)"

I was on the verge of fuming. 'The nerve of that guy!' He even goes as far as folding it into an airplane! He tossed the paper airplane at the sprite, and it flashed pure light, blinding both Baz as well as myself for a moment. When we could see again, the sprite changed shape to something a bit more ghost-like. In fact, it looked the Elsa on my sketch, but with airplane wings on her back. Right then, Chris messaged me again.

S_X: "By the way, you should get one of you friends to connect with you, that way you can enter as well."

Y^,^: "Okay, then. I'll do that."

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I was on the verge of tearing my hair out. This was literally a life or death situation, and Ymke and Baz were going way too slow for my liking. 'Okay, calm down, Chris. They're on their way to entering the medium. You just have to get two more copies to Jake and Calistaia.' Getting a copy onto Calistaia's computer was a piece of cake, but Jake, on the other hand, would be a win-lose shot. Either they're there, or they're not. I start by checking Skype.

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'That's the strangest username he's thought of thus far.' Luckily, he was online, so I opened up a conversation with him, and messaged him.

S_X: "Jake!"

S_X: "No time to explain, but you need to get a copy of this, and connect with someone!"

Sburb_Omega

sending canceled

S_X: "Wait, what?!"

EP: "Dude, is this your idea of a joke? Cause it's not funny."

S_X: "No! I'm serious here! I'll explain later! Right now, this is a life or death situation!"

EP: "No kidding, have you heard the news?"

S_X: "No, why?"

EP: "There's a few huge things coming straight at us from space."

EP: "Take a look: . "

S_X: "Oh SHOOT!"

EP: "That's right. We are all fucked if we don't escape. It'll be in range of killing us all within 24 hours."

EP: "So if this file is what I think it is, then I can blame you if we don't make it, right?"

S_X: "Yeah, fine, whatever! Just get it ready for someone to connect with you!"

EP: "Will do, man. Will do."

Sburb_Omega

file recieved

S_X: "WAIT!"

ElvisPresley

offline

S_X: "I DIDN'T- install that..."

S_X: "Well, shoot."

Not knowing who sent that copy of Sburb, I went ahead and went over to Calistaia's computer, went to , and downloaded the file. Once that was done, I set the computer back down, knowing what would happen if I installed it that moment. I'm the one who knows most of the dangers within this game. Therefore, I should make it so that I'm the last one in. 'This is going to be a loooooooong day.'