== Jazz: Panic
You panic. You borderline just witnessed the Space Needle get torn in half by a meteor and were now watching even more meteors coming towards you. You look down and notice something that scared you a little. Your Cousin's car wasn't in the driveway. She never leaves without her car. She left. But, why meteors? Why now? Wait a second... Didn't that stupid game case say something about meteors actually? Yeah, yeah that's right! You pick up the game case and read the back.
"SBURB: The Frog-Based Universe Simulator!"
Escape the meteors that threaten your world and create a new one in it's wake!
With the help of your friends, you shall save Skaia from the battle between the moons of Derse and Prospit, and halt the Reckoning!
Special Additions to the Special Pre-Release include
-Bigger, better worlds!
-Wider variety of consorts!
-Even more puzzles and riddles!
Oh hell, this is some Sword Art Online shit right here! Game takes over and now everyone's screwed. You put down the case and look out the window again. The sky was, as expected, turning red. This was some apocolypes movie stuff right there. You go back inside and look at the computed screen. The bar was about a third done so far, and had another message under. "Creating Lands: 39%". You notice a small notification on your Pesterchum and click it. It's Vlad, just like you thought.
reanimatedRenaissance [RR] has begun pestering trainingInformant [TI]
RR: AlRight, Jazz.
RR: My thing's almost done.
RR: How is youRs going so faR?
TI: Vlad.
TI: i've got a question for you.
TI: and i want you to answer as honest as possible, got it?
RR: Got it.
TI: you said you have a reliable source correct?
RR: Yes, I did.
RR: Why?
TI: well, did this 'reliable source' happen to say anything about FUCKING METEORS DESTROYING THE WORLD!?
RR: Why, yes she did.
TI: and you didn't think to tell me this?
RR: I asked if you'd play it if the woRld would end oR not.
TI: yeah, but you didn't say it would really happen!
TI: you were so goddamn cryptic!
RR: Well, what was I supposed to say?
TI: how about
TI: 'Hey, Jazzmine, let's not play this because it will liteRally kill us all'?
RR: WheRe's the fun in that?
TI: i'm going to kill you.
TI: if i live through this, i will come to Liverpool and drive a wooden stake through your non-beating heart.
TI: and burn your body
TI: on a cross
TI: in the holiest place on earth
TI: before drowning your body
TI: in holy water
RR: ...
RR: You scaRe me.
TI: and i should.
RR: Now, what my souRce said is that once the loading finishes,
RR: I will put seveRal items into youR house.
TI: put them in my house?
RR: Just follow me here.
RR: You will use these items to cReate another item that you will bReak oR activate.
RR: This will take you into the game and away fRom dangeR.
TI: and the meteors?
TI: what about them?
TI: what about everyone out there?
TI: what about my cousin!?
RR: ...
TI: Vlad.
TI: fucking answer me!
RR: I'm soRRy Jazz.
RR: No one will suRvive what's happening out theRe.
RR: And if youR cousin isn't in the house...
RR: I'm soRRy.
trainingInformant [TI] has ceased pestering reanimatedRenaissance [RR]
You can't believe what you just read. Vlad just told you that, even if you make into the game, everyone here is going to die. Your Cousin was going to die... You were going to die if this doesn't work like it should. You hate Vlad for not saying anything about this, but you know you have to work with him here. You look back at the computer. 63%. You hear another explosion. Another meteor hit somewhere, and it sounded closer. What are you going to do now?
== Jazz: Watch the bar.
You sit down and think about what's happening. You watch the download bar slowly grow, doing your favorite thing and putting the cursor on the bar and wait for it to pass it. 67%. It finally passes the cursor and you look behind you. The sky was still red-orange from the fire and meteors. There's another explosion and the whole house shakes. 70%. Thirty more until your possible escape from this hell. But... what about all those people? Thousands, hell, MILLIONS are living in this state. And what about Vlad? He lives in England and if he's joining... Oh, God... Sadly, there is one thing you can't shake the thought of. Your Cousin. She raised you for your whole life, and now she wasn't even around? Where could she be? You glance at the computer. 79%.
The only thing really in your mind right now-even more so than the game, even more so than the Trolls, even more so than the meteors-was you Cousin. She was the only family you've ever actually had. Then, you hear something. A sound you've gotten so used to in you seventeen years of living in this house. It was the sound of a '64 model El Camino. Your Cousin's El Camino. You run to the window and look at the driveway. Just like you thought, the bright orange car-truck was parked in front and your Cousin quickly rushed out of it. You look back at the computer and see it.
98%...
99%...
Cousin: JAAAAZZ!
The screen closes and now there's a small tune playing from the computer. You look at the Pesterchum and see that Vlad is messaging again.
reanimatedRenaissance [RR] has begun pestering trainingInformant [TI]
RR: Jazz.
RR: FiRst, I'm so, so, so soRRy.
RR: But theRe's no time now.
RR: I'm putting the things in youR living Room.
TI: Vlad.
TI: she made it!
TI: she's in my house!
TI: do this!
TI: do this thing right the hell now Vampire boi!
RR: Wait, seRiously?
RR: That's amazing!
RR: Yeah, I see heR!
RR: She's coming up the staiRs Right now.
TI: wait, you can see her?
RR: Yeah, the game gave me a viewpoRt of youR whole house!
RR: What's with all the gas masks and fReezedRy food and medkits?
RR: ARe those bug-out bags?
TI: yeah.
TI: cousin's a doomsday prepper.
RR: Nice.
RR: Now, I'm putting in a thing called a 'CRuxtRudeR' in youR living Room.
TI: alright, i'll head down.
RR: Wait, I'm not done.
RR: I'm then going to put down an Alchemiter and a Totem Lathe.
RR: I'll open the CRuxtRudeR, it will give you a pillaR thing, you put it in the Totem whateveR, and you place it on the AlchimeteR.
RR: You'll get a thing that puts you into the game.
RR: Got that?
TI: uh...
TI: i'll figure it out.
TI: just place the things and i'll get to it.
RR: AlRight then.
RR: Adios
reanimatedRenaissance [RR] has ceased pestering trainingInformant [TI]
You push out from your desk and exit your room, only to be met face to face with you Cousin who looks both scared and pissed.
Cousin: Jazz, we are getting out of here.
Cousin: NOW.
Jazz: what?
Jazz: no, we can't!
Cousin: Oh, we can, and we are.
Cousin: Come on.
Jazz: no i mean we literally can't.
Jazz: i know a way to stop this.
Cousin: Cut the crap Jazz, this is serious!
Jazz: and i am serious!
Jazz: just give it a few moments.
Jazz: my friend Vlad is getting something to help.
Cousin: Vlad?
Cousin: You mean that idiot you talk to?
Cousin: In England?
Jazz: yes!
Jazz: just trust me!
Cousin: No!
Cousin: The world is falling apart out there!
Cousin: The best thing to do right now is get the hell out of-
She is cut off from a small tremor in the house. You both look down the stairs and run down. What you see when you reach the bottom is a giant construction. It was a big square looking things with a circular pilar at the top with a turning thing on the side.
Cousin: Jazz...
Cousin: What the hell is this?
Jazz: well, if what Vlad said is right...
Jazz: this is a Cruxtruder.
Cousin: And what does it do exactly?
Jazz: we got to break the top off somehow.
Cousin: Got it.
Cousin: Turn the thing until it opens.
Your Cousin walks up onto the Cruxtruder and tugs on the turning thing, only to have it budge slightly. This didn't seem like it would work. Than, there is another shake as a long, thin table looking thing is placed beside you. It has a clamp part about two-feet apart with a needle above it. This must be the Totem Lathe.
Cousin: And what is THAT thing now in the middle of the living room?
Jazz: totem lathe.
Jazz: you have that Cruxtruder open yet?
Cousin: No luck!
You run over to one of the windows and look outside. Against your better judgement you look up and see the most collosal meteor you've ever seen, headed directly for you. If you were a betting gal, you'd say you have... five minutes? Hopefully this is going by anime rules and five minutes is more like three and a half hours. How long Freeza took to blow up Namek when he said five minutes.
== Jazz: Help your Cousin
You jump up onto the machine with your older Cousin. You look at the turning dealy and grab it.
Jazz: on the count of three, we both pull my way.
Jazz: got it?
Cousin: Just count!
Jazz: ok, one.
Jazz: two
Jazz: three!
You both pull the turning part and the top pops off like nothing. Once it does, a small pillar looking thing, about two feet, comes out along with a... What the hell is this thing? It's some kind of weird flashing seizure ball. That's the best way to describe it. It was flashing the purple color your left eye and type with, and a bright blue, just like the color of your other eye.
Cousin: Let me guess, you don't know?
Jazz: actually, i do!
Jazz: it's a kernalsprite!
Jazz: just have to toss something in it, give me a sec...
You look into your Modus and see the only this is your Dewott figurine. You quickly look around and grab the closest item that would classify as an electric-type and capturelogue it. You then use it to take out your figurine and retrieve it. As soon as you can, you throw the Dewott into the circle. There is a large flash and when you look back the circle is replaced with a floating Dewott head. That's pretty cool you guess. Have to wait for the second part though. You climb onto the pillar on the top and grab the pillar, apparently called a 'Dowel' and classified as a Poison-type. There's also a Capturelogue card under it, but it looked like it had holes in it.
Jazz: alright, and if i put this on the thing over there, i should get...
Jazz: i don't know.
Cousin: Just do something!
Cousin: Who knows how long we have!
Cousin: Just wing it!
Taking your guardians advice, you jump down and run to the Lathe. You use your pen to get the Dowel and you put it in the clamp part. Next to that is a small slot perfectly sized for a card. You quickly put the punched card in it and press a button on the side. Soon, the needle comes down on the Dowel and carves it into a weird shape. As soon as you pick it up, Vlad puts down another huge building. This one a large circular pad with a stand on the side. Probably where the Dowel goes.
Jazz: so...
Jazz: think this thing goes on that thing?
Cousin: How should I know?
Cousin: This is your thing!
Cousin: Now put the thing on the thing and do a thing!
Jazz: ok, calm down!
You take the Dowel and put it on the new contraption. Once the totem is on it, a laser thing comes down and scans it, before moving over to the pad. After a second, a small item shows up on it. It looked like a purple and blue snow globe. You step onto the Alchimeter and pick it up, turning it over and seeing writing on the bottom.
Jazz: there's words on it.
You look over at your Cousin to see she has went to the window and looked out. From how she was standing, she was looking directly at the meteor.
Cousin: Cool, don't care.
Cousin: DO SOMETHING.
Cousin: It's almost here!
Jazz: shit!
Jazz: uh...
Jazz: ok, it says...
Jazz: 'Once Glass Smashed the Hero Will Find,
Jazz: She Has Saved The Maid of Mind.'
Jazz: what does that mean?
Cousin: It means break the damn thing!
Cousin: Smashed and saved, that's what it said, right?
Cousin: Break the bitch!
== Jazz: Break the bitch
You look at the snow globe and think about it. You don't know why, but you feel that if you do, you will start something you can't imagine. Either way, you raise your hand and throw it onto the ground.
== Jazz: Enter
Instead of a crash with water going everywhere, there is another bright flash. You're completely blinded it but soon come to, seeing your Cousin walking towards you. As soon as your vision comes back completely, you start walking towards the window. The sky didn't look as red as it did before. In fact, it was actually... green? You look out the window and see something very, very, VERY different than Seattle.
== Jazz: Gawk at the landscape
You look around and try to take in just what you were seeing. The entire place was very light with a kind of purple grass and dirt. There were hundreds of ponds, both small and giant, that were filled with bright green liquid, emitting some equally green... steam? It also smelled horrible, yet with sour undertones. It was trippy as hell. That was when your Cousin tapped you shoulder and you turn around.
Cousin: Jazz.
Cousin: I am about to ask you something.
Cousin: I want you to be very, very clear with your answer.
Cousin: Can you do that?
Jazz: uhh...
Cousin: Good.
Cousin: Now, where the hell are we?
Jazz: i-
Cousin: And if you say 'i don't know,' I will literally strangle you.
Cousin: Right here.
Cousin: Right now.
Jazz: ...
You try to think quickly, only to be interrupted by the Sprite you made a few moments ago. The Sprite now had a long, purple and blue snake like body with two shells on it's side. It had the head of a Dewott and had a surprisingly soothing voice.
Dewottsprite: I can answer that one!
Dewottsprite: Wott!
Cousin: Oh, dear God it can talk now.
Dewottsprite: Welcome, Jazz and her Cousin.
Dewottsprite: To the Land of Acid and Light!
Dewottsprite: Now, you should get something to cover your mouths.
Jazz: why?
Dewottsprite: Because, if you don't, the air will kill you!