Hello all, it is time to answer one of the most defining questions one can make in the Shaolin-verse... Are we Heylin? Or Shaolin? Well, let me settle the tension, with declaring the winning vote to be...
[X] HEYLIN!
Canon path for us, eh? We'll see how long that lasts. Now, for the REST of the votes...
[X] Analyze the Scales
[X] Create automated jack bot maker (mass production of specified jack bot as a free action?)
[X] 2 perk points into Evil Genius.
A very mixed bag of votes this time, you were SO close to chatting with Kathy/rine.
But, enough about what if, let's start this puppy! *Insert Picture of a Jackbot with a Puppy mask on its head*

This day...just was not ending. First he got woken up from his delightful sleep by a weird dream that he still couldn't make heads or tails of, then, after DAYS of work and excavation, he finally finished expanding his Lab, only for it to be immediately broken into by what were apparently magical super monks, BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT'S A THING, then got shanghaied into what seemed to be a magical pissing contest started by people literally older than some mountains, WON said contest, and now found out that he was going to be hunted down unless he joined a side in their reindeer games.

Sure, yeah, a perfectly normal Monday. THIS, this was why he didn't go outside that often, not when he could be doing something important, like building killbots. But, no, Fate just wanted to punch him right in the dick today.

"Hey, it could be worse...You could ha-...They might hav-...no, no, it really CAN'T get any worse." You finally trailed off, with what had meant to be an attempt to cheer you up quickly serving to make yourself even MORE anxious and frantic.

Where would you even GO to find someone on the Heylin side? It's not like they had a 'convenient' meeting place that he could just drop by and join, like a job application. Also, the Monks apparently lived high in the Chinese mountains, so how would he get there. Like Hell his parents would let their son just go out into the Chinese wilderness on their dollar, and while you could easily make something to get you their yourself, that would take time you apparently didn't have.

You took a deep breath as you tried to center yourself, and thought about SOMETHING that might help you calm down enough to think these things through clearly. Now was not the time to panic. The time to panic was when your enemies sent Ninja's after you, as you learned quite well during your 4rth birthday.

So, you did what you always did when you felt like you had so much energy you were going to explode. You channeled it into your Science, where it would at least be productive.

So, it was with deliberate motions that you stepped into the main portion of your Lab, the parts not covered in dust and rock debris at least, and set to work making a Jackbot builder. Honestly, you weren't sure why you hadn't done it sooner, you had them in all your other Labs (1), but in your defense, it's been a few long days.

With the familiar actions born from experience, you quickly assembled the parts for, built, and secured the Building pod, and just had to set up the material processor to it when you remembered the scales you had in your Lab pocket.

You completely forget! In your haste to take in news about your suspected doom, you had found the scales stuck to your hand after handling that weird piece of parchment that operated like a computer. Now that you thought about the situation closely however, you remembered that you hadn't been talking to another human being, but a small lizard that seemed to have an accent you just couldn't place. You overlooked it before due to the fact that you were trapped in a magical contest of some kind, but you should have found that a LOT stranger than it was.

In any case, you had the scales now, and a very handy material analyzer ready and waiting. So, you plopped the scales in and started to wait for the results. Seeing the estimated wait time to be around fifteen minutes, which you couldn't cut down no matter WHAT changes you made, and thought about what you could do to occupy the LONGGGGG minutes. So, you swept your eyes over the Lab as you tried to find something to do. You quickly took note of the fact that the hole the monks came through was haphazardly put back up, but you ordered your Jackbots to reinforce it with a steel frame for now, to prevent other intrusions from coming that same way, for the moment at least. The next thing that caught your eyes, was the conditions this Lab was in now, which you hadn't really thought of before, but now felt just that much emptier than it did before due to all the extra available space. You shrugged this off for now though, as you were sure you would fill the space eventually now that it was there.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of fidgeting and the sounds of metal striking metal, your eyes finally landed on the puzzle box your Uncle sent you.

Perfect. Something that shouldn't take much thought, and would keep his hands busy while he thought about the bigger issues in his life. He loved these kinds of things, and was really grateful for the distraction, now of all times especially. Now that you actually thought about it, this was the first time you had actually taken a good long look at the puzzle on the box, other than the cursory glances you've given it before.

The entire box appeared to be shades of Brown, both light and dark, and the area outlining the puzzle was shown through the use of either Black, or black painted wood. The puzzle itslef was a reletively simple looking one, with the pin acting as a key, that opened the box when it was dropped into the keyhole at the end. All in all, it looked like a dull piece of driftwood that someone decided to turn into a trinket. If it weren't for the fact that it was a gift sent to you by family, you never would have thought or looked twice at the thing. But, you needed something to occupy the few minutes you had before you finished analyzing what you tentatively believed were maybe dragon scales, and it served its job as a distraction for your body solidly.

At first, your mind drifted away as you tried to think of ANYTHING you could do to help the situation. Build an army of deathbots? Hire a squad of Ninjas? Build an army of deathbot Ninja's? The possibilities were endless. However, the positive thoughts did not last for long. Soon, your thoughts drifted into the negatives, the faceless enemies who would do anything to get your new property, the ones who would end your dreams and ambitions.

As the thoughts grew darker and darker, so too did your hands grow more frantic in their quest to open the box in your hands. With quick turns and sharp angles, the key raced through the maze it was kept in, though it seemed to be growing more complex with each second, the space between it and the hole becoming farther an farther.

This mattered not to you, the hands only moving the key along what seemed like the only real path.

Your thoughts swirled around at thundering speeds, but they all boiled down to one thing.

'I Have to Join a Side.' 'I Have to Live' 'I Have to Achieve My Dream'

These thoughts and more never stopped, as time seemed to both slow down and move faster than anything previously, as the key finally reached the hole, sinking in in such a way it was impossible to see the key anymore, quickly turning and unlocking the box.

It was then that you heard something that broke you out of your thoughts. It was not the sound of construction coming to an end, or even the ding of the successful analyzing of the scales, but of a voice. A strange, raspy and echoing voice.

"Such strong desires...a wish to join the Side of Shadows and Chaos? To spread your influence across this world of Mystery and Majesty? Very well, then LET YOUR WISH COME TRUE!"

As the voice finished, the two sides of the puzzle box exploded open, and out of it came what looked to be the ghost from your earlier dream, but somehow even more frightening, more... Real.

So, you did what you feel anyone would have done in your situation. You screamed, threw the now apparently empty box away and toppled out of your chair.

Your eyes remained locked onto the spiral eyes of the mask currently floating around you as best they could, taking special note of what the creature or whatever is was trying to mutter to itself, but was failing to due to its echoed voice.

"Hmmm, not as strong and with pitiful Chi and Magic, but with Such Dreams...yes, yes, you will do nicely. One must start from somewhere after all." The shade seemed to say, before trying and failing to hide a snicker behind translucent tentacles.

"Alright! Wh-what's going on here! What did you mean, "Let my wish come true'?! Who are you! What are you! Why were you in that box!" You promptly exploded.

The being before you seemed to quietly snicker again, before finally replying.

"Kakakaka, do not worry child. All will be revealed with time. I, am the Great Witch, Wuya, and I am here to grant your wish." The being, which apparently viewed itself as female given the 'Witch' title, seemed to finished with a bow in mid-air.

"You were a little taken aback by this sudden name drop, but quickly found nothing similar to it in your memory, and moved forward with your questioning.

"Alright...so your name is Wuya. THAT answers the 'Who you are question', but not the What and Why." You finally finished, apprehension visible in your features.

"Kakaka, and not immediately trusting, good. Questioning the world around you is a good way to find out how it works. So, allow me too...enlighten you about your statements."

"Let's start with the easy one. I am Wuya, and have heard your wish to join the Plight of the Shen Gong Wu. And, by freeing me...well, I'll make a long story short, and just say..." Wuya seemed to trail off before the mask that was her face split into an even larger grin, and the swirls in her eyes started to swirl all the faster.

"WELCOME TO THE HEYLIN SIDE"

END OF CHAPTER

Choice: Create Three to Five Question to give Wuya

CHOICE: CHOOSE ONE OF THE BELOW

[] Create a New Type of JackbotSo
-What Kind

[]Find out the Results of the Scanning
-What do you do with them

[] Make the Propeller Skates

END OF CHOICE

(1) When you're the heir to one of the largest companies in the world, you see some serious shit growing up.

Well people, there we have it. We are now on the Heylin side, AND we got a Jack bot maker up and running. I also made it so that no matter what Lab we go too, we still have one! But they aren't all on all the time, that's just a waste of time and resources. And, for reasons you don't know why, Jackbots can get bored. You know this due to the last time you kept a Jackbot builder in a summer estate, they took over the compound and started their own fledgling society. They still pay piety to you as their patron God, it got weird. Also, I updated the Wu page, so be sure to check it out! So, see you all in two days!