Disclaimer: Maybe I do own homestuck. Maybe I'm Hussie in disguise. You will never know!
AN: Wow I'm shooting these out aren't I? Anyway, thanks to my first and only reviewer TheBookwormBakery. Don't forget to review!
Molly Travil (15)
The first thing I notice when I slip back into consciousness is how much my head hurts. The room is spinning, everything looks fuzzy, and I'm lying on the floor. It's only after five minutes, when I gather the energy to pick myself off the ground, that I feel the sharp prick in my back.
I reach back and take hold of a small tube sticking out of my back, and yank it out with a yelp of pain. It's thin and clear, an empty syringe with a needle on one end and feathers on the other. A tranquilizer dart.
My desktop begins flashing; the yellow Pesterchum icon informing me that someone is trying to contact me. I slump down in my chair, and turn the brightness down as far as it can go while I respond.
- cemeterySweetheart [CS] began pestering trueDivination [TD] at [9:30]—
CS: Maddie claims she told you to message me.
CS: And yet I see a surprising lack of messaging.
CS: What's up?
TD: ughhhhh…
TD: the computer's so briiiiiiiiight…
TD: whyyyyyyyyy…
CS: Are you okay?
TD: not really.
TD: :(
TD: i think…
TD: did i just get tranquilized!
TD: oh my gog i just got tranquilized!
CS: WHAT!
CS: What happened?
TD: i don't know!
TD: all i know is i was pestering maddie and then she had to go and then i tried to message you and then i blacked out what's going on i'm scared!
CS: Okay calm down.
CS: Everything's going to be okay.
TD: how do you know!
CS: I know everything.
CS: Now take a deep breath.
CS: And release.
CS: Now take a deep breath in through your nose.
CS: Now release it through your mouth.
CS: Continue doing this until you feel better.
CS: Are you okay?
TD: yeah…
TD: :(
TD: i'm sorry i freaked out a bit.
CS: You were on the verge of a panic attack.
CS: So you tried to message me, then blacked out, and woke up with a tranquilizer in your back. Is that it?
TD: yes.
CS: Are you okay?
TD: yes.
CS: Good.
CS: Just forget about it for now. We'll worry about it later.
CS: Now, I'm sorry, this might be a little insensitive to say right now, but I need you to do something.
TD: what?
CS: Please go start up the game.
TD: but my copy hasn't arrived yet!
CS: Then check your mailbox.
Still a little shaken up, but feeling a lot better, I hop of my chair and out of my room. Framed paintings line the walls, paintings my mom made herself. We both share a love of art, but she enjoys painting, while I prefer drawing. Still, I can't help but admire her work. She makes great use of color. I stop in front of my favorite one, titled "The Medium". I never understood what it meant, but that's not unusual in the art world. The painting is of a beautiful sky, surrounded by eight circle things, each a different color. The highest is a teal colored one. To it's right is a golden one. The next one is blood red. The fourth is a bright orange, and the fifth is a pale pink. Next in line is a deep blue, and following is a forest green. The circle is complete with a fine purple.
I move on down the hallway and descend the stairs. Passing the kitchen, I grab an apple for breakfast and continue out the door to the mailbox. The red flag is down, so if there is any mail, it hasn't been collected yet. Crunching on my fruity breakfast, I open the mailbox and peer inside. Among the regular bills, two small package envelopes are nestled towards the back. My hand grabs them before I have a chance to be excited. All my anxiety from the incident earlier today vanishes as I race back inside the house, gleefully clutching my precious game discs.
TD: it came!
TD: it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came it came!
CS: Lovely.
CS: Now establish a connection with someone.
TD: alright!
TD: i'm going to go talk to maddie now. see you in a bit!
- trueDivination [TD] ceased pestering cemeterySweetheart [CS] -
- trueDivination [TD] began pestering lemurEnthusiast [LE] at [9:45] –
TD: i got my copy!
TD: now we can play sburb!
TD: hello?
LE: Hey.
LE: Sorry, but I might not be able to play with you for a bit.
TD: huh?
TD: why not?
LE: I'm grounded.
LE: Dad took my computer away. I still have my phone, but I don't have anything to run the discs on.
TD: i talked to you an hour ago! what did you do in an hour that made him confiscate your computer!
LE: I swept the living room using a leaf-blower.
TD: WHY!
LE: I was mad at him.
LE: We had an argument last night, and I wanted to get revenge.
TD: see this is your problem! you act on impulse!
TD: you really need to think things through!
LE: Sorry.
TD: what were you even arguing about?
LE: I don't want to talk about it.
TD: why not?
LE: Because I just don't.
TD: awww.
TD: i really wanted to play the game with you though!
LE: Give me an hour or so. By then I should have my computer back.
TD: how are you going to get it back?
LE: I have made plans. Plans upon plans. Each more needlessly complicated than the last.
TD: i guess i'll play with you in an hour then.
LE: No it's okay.
LE: Start without me. I'll connect further down the chain.
TD: are you sure?
TD: i don't mind waiting.
LE: Yes you do.
LE: Go ahead.
TD: okay thanks!
TD: see ya!
-trueDivination [TD] ceased pestering lemurEnthusiast [LE] –
I guess I have to find someone else to play with. Let's see… wait! I know exactly who to message!
-trueDivination [TD] began pestering enigmaticInferno [EI] at [8:52] –
TD: hey!
EI: sup
TD: watcha doing?
EI: eating breakfast
EI: i just woke up
EI: kinda
TD: funny, the same thing can be said for me as well.
TD: i just woke up for the second time today.
TD: with a tranquilizer stuck in my back.
EI: …
EI: care to elaborate
TD: i was just sitting in my desk, on my computer, and i was about to message CS.
TD: and then I blacked out.
TD: i woke up about an hour later, and found a tranquilizer stuck to the back of my shirt.
TD: CS started messaging me as soon as i pulled it out, and she told me to check to see if my game arrived.
TD: and it did!
TD: she gave me the all clear to run the game.
TD: so then i tried pestering maddie, but she says our dad confiscated her computer, so she couldn't play right away.
TD: so i decided to ask you instead.
TD: want to play?
EI: before i give my answer, i have a few questions for you
EI: first of all
EI: this may just be me but if i were tranquilized i would at least sort of question it instead of immediately messaging a friend for a chat
TD: i did! i was freaking out at the time!
TD: but CS told me not to worry about it.
TD: believe it or not, she can be very soothing if she needs to be.
EI: i guess
EI: next question
EI: why is maddie out of commission
TD: she said she's grounded because she took a leaf blower to the living room.
EI: …
EI: why
TD: she says she was mad at dad because of an argument they had.
TD: she doesn't want to talk about it.
EI: whatever
EI: knowing her she'll have a computer in her hands in about an hour
TD: hopefully she will. i was looking forward to playing with her.
TD: in the meantime, want to play with me?
EI: its nice to know that im your second choice for a server player
TD: oh stop being so dramatic!
TD: you weren't my second choice. we're all going to play together, aren't we?
TD: this means you'll be the second to start playing! you should be happy!
EI: im never happy
TD: :(
TD: do you want to play now or not.
EI: fine
EI: ill go get my disc
TD: :D
I begin installing the server disc on my computer. I rest my chin on my fist and wait for the application to download.
TD: k i've installed the disc!
TD: it says we've connected.
EI: yep
EI: your room is pretty neat
TD: what?
TD: wait…
TD: CAN YOU SEE ME?
EI: yes
TD: HOW!
I leap away from my desktop and run halfway across the room.
EI: i think its part of the game
EI: calm down and stop running away from the computer
EI: it wont accomplish anything
EI: i can see your whole house
Fuming, I sit back down and angrily resume typing.
TD: i was not informed of this!
EI: neither was i
EI: i have to admit its pretty impressive technology
EI: there must be like a satellite camera focused on your house or something
TD: stop complementing the creeper technology!
EI: creeper technology
TD: i'm sorry if i'm a little uncomfortable with a guy hundreds of miles away staring at me when i am unaware of the fact that i an being spied upon!
EI: youre not being spied upon
EI: and you called me dramatic
EI: would you have freaked out this much if maddie were your server player
TD: uhhh…
TD: i guess not?
TD: that's different. she's my sister and it used to be her house!
EI: im going to ignore your overdramatic teenage hissy fit and start installing stuff in your house.
TD: what stuff?
EI: the game requires me to drop some stuff into your house
EI: hold on your room isn't big enough
Before I know it, the floor of my room doubles in size, and an entire new section of the room appears. Along with it materializes a device with a large, round platform and several tubes.
TD: DID YOU JUST EXPAND MY FLOOR!
EI: yes
EI: i need room for this alchemiter thing
TD: hopefully i won't get in trouble for this stuff being in my house…
EI: your moms not in your house so she shouldnt figure out for a while
EI: im going to use your roof for the cruxtruder
EI: get up there and take the lid off while i install the totem lathe in the kitchen
I grab my phone to keep messaging Michael, and climb the stairs to the attic and open up the hatch to the observatory. Another contraption sits on the small flat space on the roof. This one is square with a large cylinder protruding from the top. It also includes a small timer on the side. No matter how hard I heave, shove, twist, and just plain wail on it, the lid won't budge.
TD: i can't get the lid off. i think it needs something heavy to hit it.
EI: got anything heavy
TD: i have a big metal box in my room. try using that.
That box is full of junk I've stopped using but could never get rid of. When the green cursor drops it on the lid, the top of the box flies open and all the stuff tumbles out. I barely have time to register this, because as soon as the lid pops off, a yellow glowy circle thing floats out.
TD: umm, do you see that? that yellow glowy thing?
EI: yes
EI: that's your kernelsprite
EI: im pretty sure youre supposed to throw something in
EI: its supposed to become your guide
EI: so what do you think we should prototype it with
TD: oh! i know exactly what to get!
Ignoring the buzzing messages Michael is sending me, I race down to my room, grab the item, and run back up as fast as I can.
EI: what is it
EI: molly whats that
EI: oh no not that
This is the best idea I've ever had.
EI: you do not want your guide to be so inaccurate
EI: are you listening
I lean my arm back and prepare to throw.
EI: NO STOP
My arm snaps forward and hurls the book into the sprite.
EI:…
EI: damn it
The kernelsprite flashes with a blinding light. The yellow light dims, then fades, and before me stands my new guide.
EI: you prototyped
EI: the dream dictionary
TD: yeah why not? maybe it will be more accurate now!
EI: or maybe itll make the guide even less accurate
EI: did you think of that
I'm to busy marveling at my creation to acknowledge his negative comments. Before me stands a book, still hovering in the small orb. I can't wait to read it later.
EI: stop staring at that thing
EI: we still have work to do.
TD: oh hey it's my binoculars!
TD: i haven't used these in ages!
I pick the item off the ground and take an experimental peek through the lenses, peering around my yard. I forgot how good these binoculars are. Good thing I didn't throw them out. I glance up at the sky.
EI: we need to get going
EI: i don't like the looks of that timer
EI: I'm guessing we have about five minutes before something really bad happens
TD: hey…
TD: michael?
TD: i think it's counting down to the impact of the meteor heading towards my house!
EI: well that would be the really bad thing
TD: what do i do!
EI: okay we've installed all the devices
EI: im handing you the pre-punched card
A red captchalogue card drops on the ground.
EI: grab a cruxite dowel from the cruxtruder and get down to the kitchen
TD: a what?
EI: one of the yellow cylinder things
TD: oh. okay.
I grab the dowel and the card and race out the hatch, down the stairs, and into the kitchen. A long machine with a slot and a space for the dowel waits patiently for me along the wall.
EI: insert the dowel and the card into the totem lathe
The lathe carves the yellow dowel into a weird, curved shape. I grab it and ask for further instruction.
EI: run back up to your room and place it on the small platform on the alchemiter
I race back up the stairs and run into my bedroom. A laser scans the totem, and, as if by magic, a small, yellow piece of cake with a lit candle appears on the large platform.
EI: thats your entry item.
EI: i think youre supposed to do something to it to escape the meteor
TD: what am i supposed to do!
EI: i have no idea
EI: try eating it
I attempt to take a bite out of the cake. It's rock solid.
EI: okay bad idea
EI: try something else
TD: what else are you supposed to do with cake!
EI: like i said i dont know
EI: hurry though youve got about a minute
I'm running around my room in a panic, the slice of cake still in my hand. Through my anxiety, I somehow notice that no matter how fast I run, the candle remains lit.
EI: thirty seconds
Wait a minute.
EI: twenty seconds
That's it!
EI: hurry up
EI: ten seconds
I can see the glow of the meteor through the window.
EI: five
I take a deep breath.
EI: four
EI: three
EI: two
EI: one
I blow as hard as I can, and extinguish the candle's flame.
AN: Wow, this was a long one, huh. Well I did promise a few chapters a week, so this is a good start.