Sorry, but you cannot be TS at the moment. You see, he's still chatting from the bathroom, and if you become him, your isometric perspective will make it possible to peek at other people doing their… business there, and that would be awful. Really awful. So let's be someone else for the moment ok?
Be Umineko
You're suddenly Umineko. Yup, we're where we started. Is that a problem? I hope not. Let's get down to business shall we?
Umineko: Check memo
You check the memo Hunger posted on the team's group. You're tempted to reply while she's typing but you remember the last chat you had with her and you suppose this game could be serious, so cooperation may be vital.
However, you take her advice and make a mental note to check the surroundings for something optimal to prototype.
Umineko: Check Sfrub installation
The installation window for Sfrub blinks and then a button appears with the word "start". You're hesitant to press it as you don't know your partner's status as of now, so you open the Pesterchum before doing stupid things (again).
goldenEqualizer (GE) began pestering compulsiveCatcher (CC) at 3:30
GE: red dude are you ready?
GE: …
GE: is anybody there?
GE: *incompetent little dweeb* answer the damn thing!
CC: -Wild CC appears!-
GE: oh at last
GE: what keep you busy?
CC: -GE uses Question-
GE: dude you have to stop that
CC: -CC uses Answer: don't worry :D-
GE: right now
GE: were about to start this shit and this rp stuff is getting on my nerves
GE: so for once i will ask nicely for you to stop this charade and report your status
GE: i promise i will not knock your pc again
CC: -CC can't stop himself-
GE: ok this is getting creepy
GE: you seriously have some problems
GE: but sigh
GE: -ge uses sfrub-
GE: -should ge use it?-
GE: -is cc ready to use sfrub on ge?-
CC: -CC uses Sfrub on GE!-
compulsiveCatcher (CC) ceased pestering goldenEqualizer (GE)
Umineko: Start game
You take that as a sign you have to start your own version. So you start your own copy of Sfrub and a line of dialog appears above the start button
-Server detected. Press Start to initiate connection
Hesitant, you press the button. And… nothing changes. You wonder what could be happen.
Umineko: Be the other guy
Wow, you really can be the dramatic player. You start being Red.
Except that well, you cannot be Red right now as he's fighting his Guardian and that would throw his guard. Let's try being Hunger.
Red: Be Hunger
You stop being Red and start being Hunger, exactly on the same point you stopped being her last chapter.
2, 1…
A new window opens with the Sfrub logo on top and a huge "Start" button, and hey, there's a text line over it:
-Server detected. Press Start to initiate connection
So it means Umineko already entered, you think. Well then the next logical step has to be pressing the button.
You press it. Nothing happens. You think it's better if you contact Umineko.
Hunger: Pester Umineko
capitolRevolutionist (CR) began pestering goldenEqualizer (GE) at 3:34
CR: Dude! I started it! ._. Now what
GE: eh?
GE: oh, that
CR: Awaiting instructions!
GE: huh, theres a button here that wasnt here before
GE: gotta press it
GE: ….
GE: hey! i can see you, smile
CR: No time for tomfoolery
GE: right right
Suddenly you feel something is moving. You look back and wtf! Your bed is floating! Suddenly it goes flying to the left and smashes through the wall. You hurry to the new hole in your bedroom and look outside. The forest seems fine, but it seems that a solitary sentry was patrolling outside it at that precise moment, and now it's flat as a tortilla.
Your instincts react at the moment and you take the sentry as fast as you can from under the bed. You pull it inside and hide it on a drawer. Let's hope the others don't notice.
GE: cackle cackle cackle
GE: this shit is too funny to not abuse
GE: hey hungy, you want an extreme makeover?
GE: i can make your entire house a closed room ;)
CR: Fuck!
CR: Stop with that! They will spot me! _
CR: Now rebuild that wall in this instant soldier!
GE: youre such a tighass
GE: well, i guess i can do that
GE: … how do I do that?
CR: Let me check the Walkthrough
CR: It says the second button is for "building and house expansion"
CR: Try that
GE: ok…
You hear a new sound. Apparently there's an expansion to your room, sloppily constructed by your server. Well, at least the sentries won't notice the bed and the fact that there's oil on the floor.
GE: hows that for a good job?
CR: Seen better.
GE: asshole
CR: Now… fuck!
GE: what now? i didn't do a thing
CR: Not that. The Walkthrough says "Don't attempt to build anything till you have a good source of Building Grist, also wait till you deploy your necessary artifacts (found on [PR01])"
GE: whats that supposed to mean?
CR: Lemme have a look.
CR: Ummm, the 4 button, the one with a card and a cube. Press it.
GE: well, it shows a menu with 3 new shits
CR: First one is the Cruxtruder.
CR: Second one is the Totem Lathe.
CR: Third one is the Alchemiter.
CR: As for their functions, they're on another part of the Walkthrough.
CR: Anyway, here says that for practical purposes you're supposed to deploy them near each other.
CR: What was that sound?!
Hunger: Examine room expansion
You hear a new *thump* sound. Apparently, your idiot of a server deployed the Alchemiter on the room expansion, leaving it behind your bed. It seems the spot was basically perfect for its size. The bed start to move again and you barely manage to duck. It lands in front of your vanity, and the room starts to feel a little cramped. You inspect the new construction.
It appears to be formed by a cylindrical platform and a couple of tubes at the side. According to the Walkthrough it's the last step to the item creation, and you're supposed to insert a Totem on one of those tubes to do it.
CR: Ok, that was nice from you, it fits perfectly.
CR: Now, as to where could the others be deployed…
GE: leave it to me |i can do it|
GE: cackle cackle cackle
CR: I'm not too fond of what happens next…
CR: Listen! I'm pretty cramped up here, lemme see what can be destroyed to make space…
…
Hunger: Destroy stuff
You equip yourself with your trusty knife, and you start spotting the different parts of your room. You're lucky you're not very materialistic and don't mind getting rid of useless furniture. You also think you shouldn't say that in front of Umineko, as the idiot has a furniture fetish of some sort.
Then you see the bed. Well, it was a nice bed, but there are more important things ahead. With a swift pirouette, you cut it in pieces and in the same fashion, you throw the pieces outside the window.
Bad instincts. You hear a metallic sound and you look outside. Great, another sentry knocked out by the bed. You look behind and you see your vanity floating and vibrating, as if the entity holding it was having a laughing fit. You decide to ignore it and take the sentry before something else happens.
A loud sound reaches you and suddenly the wall behind disappears. It appears that Umineko has repeated the same steps like last time and made a new spot in your room. And like last time, it covers your misdeeds perfectly. However, it also brought back parts of the bed into the room.
You take the sentry and shove it on the same closet.
CR: Well, that was unexpected.
GE: cackle cackle cackle
GE: *this is pure gold* my sides
CR: Fuck off.
CR: Anyway, let's get rid of this mess
GE: which one? the bed one or the sentry one?
CR: Bed one.
GE: cant you shove it under your bed?
GE: oh wait, cackle cackle cackle
CR: Idiot.
GE: anyway, put it on your closet for the moment
CR: Yeah, will see if it fits.
Hunger: Shove bed on closet
No such luck. Your bed is filled with robo-guts and weapons.
You try to take them off your bedroom, is not like you're stuck here. And there it is, spread on your living room. Now you wonder why you didn't think about taking your stuff out of your bedroom. X2 facepalm combo!
Well, you think it's better to return.
And apparently in your absence Umineko deployed the Cruxtruder in the new spot made by the second accident with the bed. It fits like a glove. And the Totem Lathe is safely deployed at the right side of your computer desk. It's kind of cramped but you can reach its most vital parts at least. Also, in the desk there's a card you suppose it's the Pre-Punched Card
CR: Good job dude! n_n
CR: Now to the next stage.
GE: hold on, *weird shit is happening here*
GE: gotta go
CR: Wait!
goldenEqualizer (GE) ceased pestering capitolRevolutionist (CR)
CR: -_-
Hunger: Proceed to next stage
You wonder what happened to your pal. Unfortunately, you're not her server so you cannot look at it. But this game has to continue.
Next step, as the Walkthrough says, is to open the Cruxtruder hatch. It needs a sufficiently strong impact to open, that's why you needed Umineko to drop something heavy on it. But if your server cannot do it, you guess you can.
So you reach to the closet with all the robotic shit and pull out one of those sentries. Using all your strength, you do a German Suplex with it and to the lid.
Then it happens. The machine starts to flash in a orange light and a weird light is emitted from it. A spherical entity appears. This must be the Kernelsprite the guide talks about. Also, the base of the Cruxtruder marks a countdown, thing that you don't remember reading about on the guide. The thing marks 5 minutes and counting.
Anyway, you decide to make haste and start prototyping this shit. You think on throwing it your guardian ashes, but then you look at the floor and see the sentry. Well, that thing is powerful so it meets the criteria.
Hunger: Prototype the Sentry
You use another German Suplex on the poor sentry and throw it at the Kernelsprite. It starts to shine and then the ball of light explodes in an array of multiple colors.
So, this is what Prototyping means. When the lights fade off, the ball of light is still there, but now it has a robotic face and arm. You try to communicate with it but it just emits weird metallic noises. Well, there's another Prototyping tier, so it has to be normal it behaves like this.
Then you hear it.
Birds are revolting. Trees are falling. Some animals begin to run and yell like crazy. But that's not what you heard.
You go to your living room (as the last incident left you without windows), and then you see it. A huge smoke tower rises from far away in the forest. And then you hear it again.
It has started. Rocks are falling from the sky. And you can see a small fireball slowly approaching your house. What will you do?