== Be Jazz
You are now once again the game's original entree, who is taking care of a small Imp problem. While you and your companions were talking, neither you nor your Cuz were paying much attention to this situation and now the majority of the house was overtaken. One thing you've noticed is that these black started to look different. Instead of just having the Dewott appearance, some of them are now wearing bowties, fezzes, and a few even have hockey masks and machetes! I even saw one with four arms. They look cool, I'm not going to lie, but that also makes them more dangerous. Although, with a pen that can literally shoot a laser, they ain't really a problem. We take a few minutes to utterly destroy all of the three foot tall annoyances and gather all of the Grist. You feel as though there's more to these things than just making weapons and outfits. With the new collection of Grist, you quickly return to your room and sit down next to your Sprite.
== Jazz: Talk to your Sprite
Jazz: so, Dewott?
Dewottsprite: Yes, Jazzmine?
Jazz: the heck am i supposed to be doing?
Jazz: i mean
Jazz: i'm all for killing the crap out of a bunch of Imps.
Jazz: but please tell me there's more to this.
Dewottsprite: Ah, of course!
Dewottsprite: As I mentioned earlier, you have a Quest.
Jazz: Quest?
Jazz: is this gonna be some kind of Skyrim thing?
Jazz: am i gonna be trying to do the big thing but get caught up dumb sidequests
Jazz: and in turn getting bored and not wanting to go back to the main Quest
Jazz: making it impossible to completely this game the way it was meant to?
Dewottsprite: ...Uh
Dewottsprite: No?
Dewottsprite: No, this Quest is fairly straightforward and, for you at least, shouldn't take very much time at all!
Jazz: alright, and this Quest is?
Dewottsprite: Well, from what I've gather, your riddle is
Dewottsprite: 'Poisoned air killing the Land'
Dewottsprite: 'Shall be cleaned by Maids hand'
Dewottsprite: 'Vented by LoAoL's burning core'
Dewottsprite: 'Tainted air shall be no more'
Jazz: well then...
Jazz: i am terrible at riddles.
Jazz: give me a second please.
Jazz: Cuz!
You scream down into the house trying to signal your cousin. You hear a few more explosions, soon followed by Cuz walking into the room.
Cuz: Sup runt?
Jazz: got a riddle for ya.
Cuz: Ooooh shit!
Cuz: Give it to me, I got this!
Jazz: alright so it starts like this
Jazz: Poisoned air killed this Land.
Cuz: Very obvious, this place is dead because of all this acid and crap.
Cuz: Next.
Jazz: Shall be cleaned by Maid's hand.
Cuz: A Maid, probably you, will fix this shit somehow.
Cuz: Next clear as air line.
Jazz: Vented by LoAaL's burning core.
Cuz: Oh, huh...
Cuz: Well, obviously there's something in this planet that can vent away this air.
Cuz: Most likely the planet has a air filter in the center.
Cuz: Anything else?
Jazz: yeah, last part.
Jazz: Tainted air be no more.
Cuz: Oh my God, Jazz.
Cuz: You took me away from killing things
Cuz: So I could analyze this?
Jazz: hey, i just like having a second opinion!
Jazz: you can go back to your Imp massacre if you want.
Jazz: i just need to know i understood everything and you're smarter than me.
Cuz: Dang right I am.
Cuz: A'ight, I'm out.
Cuz: Later Sprite dude.
Dewottsprite: See ya, Cuz.
Jazz: alright, so, i have to get rid of this air.
Jazz: by starting some kind of filtration system?
Jazz: sounds simple enough, aside being in the center of the planet.
Dewottsprite: That is the long and the short of it!
Jazz: welp, this'll be a fun excursion.
Jazz: any idea where to start?
Dewottsprite: If you will step outside with me, I will show you how to go about this.
Jazz: outside?
Jazz: into the acidic air?
Jazz: that is killing this planet?
Dewottsprite: Quite the bright one, aren't you Jazzmine!
With this, the Sprite simply flashes away. You can only assume he went outside, which probably means you have to go out now as well. Yay, poisoned air.
== Jazz: Go outside
You quickly equip your pen and go to the living room, passing your cousin, and go outside. Good thing your cousin is crazy and prepared for everything, or else you wouldn't have the gas mask. Lucky you do, because this place looks like it can kill you. First off, no trees. Just giant sticks that used to be trees. Secondly, the ground was filled with glowing green puddles and ponds. Obvious where the 'Acid' part of the name comes from. Looked like the freaking Glowing Sea except you could actually see. And see you did with the sight of a blue and purple Pokemon looking Sprite floating at the edge of the property. You walk over and look up the same as him.
Far above your house you see a... spirograph? You think that's what it's called, it's a weird art thing made inside a circle. It's hard to make out but it looks the same as the one you saw when the game was loading. Above that was another one, followed by another, going up about six times. If you know anything about video games, those are the different levels. If you were a betting gal, you'd assume they're called gates. You look down and talk to the Sprite.
Jazz: so...
Jazz: i gotta go up those things?
Dewottsprite: Very bright girl!
Dewottsprite: Yes, to progress properly you must enter the Gates.
Dewottsprite: By any means necessary!
Jazz: so...
Jazz: building up?
Dewottsprite: Yes!
Jazz: flying?
Dewottsprite: Yes!
Jazz: slingshot?
Dewottsprite: Yes!
Jazz: cannon?
Dewottsprite: Anyway you can think of, yes you can!
Jazz: huh.
Jazz: neato.
Jazz: any advice?
Dewottsprite: The simplest way of traversing to the Gates is by building.
Dewottsprite: Your server player will be able to build onto your house to do so.
Jazz: Vlad?
Jazz: alright, i'll hit him up.
== Jazz: Hit up Vlad
You tap the side of your scouter and the Pesterchum app comes up. Cycling down, you hit on Vlad's handle.
trainingInformant [TI] has begun pestering reanimatedRenaissance [RR]
TI: Vladamir!
RR: Jazzmine!
TI: build me!
RR: Excuse me?
TI: i require you to build onto my house so i can get up to the Gate things.
TI: so...
TI: chop chop.
RR: Ok, fiRst off, Rude.
RR: Secondly, that must be what this tab is foR, one second.
You wait for a few moments before hearing a thud come from the side of your house. You look over and see a new extension to it, an entire room it looks like. You hear a beep and see another message in your scouter screen.
RR: AlRight, I think I've figuRed this out.
RR: I'm going to need more GRist foR this, though.
TI: what for?
RR: That's what I spend to build.
RR: It appeaRs to be a type of cuRRency in this game foR mateRials.
TI: that's stupid yet clever.
TI: i'll get to murdering Imps!
RR: You do that.
RR: Although, it seems like youR Cuz is taking caRe of that.
TI: yeah, she has problems.
TI: how she's kept custody of me is amazing.
TI: but i love her.
RR: Good, gotta keep family close.
RR: ARe we done heRe, because I have to build.
TI: you may build.
RR: Ta-ta!
reanimatedRenassance [RR] has ceased pestering trainingInformant [TI]
Nice, quick talk. Can always count on that Brit for that. You stand back as you watch a few more additions being randomly added onto your house, making a type of zig-zag in block form upwards. Easy to tell what design Vlad is going with. Trying to ignore the building you turn back towards your Sprite.
Jazz: alright Dewott.
Jazz: what can i do in the mean time?
Dewottsprite: Well, the game always places you very near to a village.
Dewottsprite: Perhaps you could learn more about this Land and it's consorts!
Jazz: well, ain't got nothing else to do.
Jazz: tell Cuz i'll be back in...
Jazz: i dunno, an hour?
Dewottsprite: Yes ma'am Madam Jazzmine!
== Jazz: Explore the village
You give the Sprite a wave and start off in the direction he points you in. You walk for a decent amount of time before coming over a hill where you see a few buildings in a plains like area. Sadly, it is a pretty decent walk over there. Yay, walking! You try to keep your balance as you slide down the the hill and start walking. You pass a few more acid pools and gag a little bit on the hard smell. Poison's gone, but the scent sure as hell isn't. Almost like... old hand sanitizer and mac and cheese. If people do live here, you are surprised they haven't tried to fix that. You can ask them now, because you have met the edge of the small town. You... are taken back a little at the sight of it up close. First off, the buildings had no consistency. It looked like there was housing from the medieval age, modern, a little bit of Egyptian style, and a whole lot more you couldn't even make out. Some how, this wasn't the most surprising thing about it. The inhabitants of these buildings looked like purple and blue... Tigers. Bipedal, blue tigers with purple stripes, that were walking around without gas masks and a few even taking in extremely deep breaths. Welp, this is going to be interesting.