Yep, they play music too
AA: Jus+ wai+ a second for me +o ge+ i+ s+ar+ed up/
> Mike: Be the Client, connect to Ambrose
You see a variety of connection options. One is labeled [IP]. You click on that and begin connecting.
AA: I'm connec+ing now/ You migh+ see some+hing soon/
edited 1st Oct '11 3:02:54 PM by Meta-ridley
Ashe? Really? Sad Little Try-hard.
iP: okay, there.
You now see the SBURG logo, and after it has faded out you see the user interface as well as.... Michael. Standing in the kitchen with the others.
iP: uh.
iP: what kind of game is this again. why am i looking at you guys standing in the kit(hen.
edited 1st Oct '11 3:20:45 PM by l3wt
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>Renner: Wake Up
You're already awake. In fact, you were never asleep to begin with. A small window in the top of your room peaks up above the earth to show that the dark of night has been replaced by the shining rays of the sun.
Oops. You didn't mean to be up so long. You rub your eyes and look tentatively at your reflection in your computer monitor. You should be good for another eight hours.
You hear the sound of your FELLOW TENANTS walking on the floor above you. Well, the floor immediately above you. All of the floors are above you seeing as how you claimed the BASEMENT as your own.
>Renner: Go Upstairs
UPSTAIRS!? UNARMED!? There could be GANG MEMBERS or-or-or YAKUZA or-or-or MIMES! You EQUIP your REPLICA SCYTHE. Its really not meant for use, but it looks MENACING AS FUCK when someone pulls a scythe in a knife fight. Not that you've been in a knife fight. You just like to be prepared.
>Renner: Go Upstairs Already
Ok, ok, fine. You head upstairs.
Holy crap there's a lot of people here.
You open the FRIDGE and pull out a WRAPPED SANDWICH. You unwrap and lift the top slice of bread. You give it a cautious sniff before nibbling at one corner.
You stare awkwardly at the OTHER TENANTS as you eat your sandwich.
>Alexandra: Acquire ticket
You get a TICKET from Eric, and you study it while you eat. You are careful not to get mayonnaise on it.
>Enough with the eating; get on with the game!
A strange feeling of urgency pricks your mind. It would be prudent to get on with things, to avoid getting one of the more...frivolous tenants as your SERVER PLAYER.
>Look around.
Several of your FELLOW PLAYERS are already awake. However, few of them are SERIOUS ENOUGH to act as your SERVER PLAYER. However, one catches your eye, hovering nervously near Eric.
>Call out to May.
Excuse me, Miss Brown? Would you mind being my Server Player?
edited 2nd Oct '11 7:16:28 AM by Lemurian
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Snowy
>Respond to Robin
hi robin...
>Respond to Alexandra
oh! uh, sure!
You take a ticket from Eric, and you head upstairs and start up your copy of Sburg.
edited 1st Oct '11 3:13:51 PM by stargirl93
Well, that was easy. You finish your SANDWICH, then start making more for lunch.
>Alexandra: Contact May
You take out your PDA and start up PESTERCHUM.
meticulousManager started pestering blushingBibliophile
MM: Hello.
MM: Is everything progressing well?
edited 1st Oct '11 3:31:28 PM by Lemurian
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Detective Extroadinaire
>Robin: Get disc and ticket from Eric.
Ahem. If you would be so kind, Eric.
Need a tall, brawny fella to come by and inspect your pickle? Perhaps I may be this fella.
Yep, they play music too
AA: Not+ sure +here/ I'm gonna go head +o +he s+udy He's claimed the study as his room. and I'll play from +here/
I suppose you could check +o see wha+ you can do/
>Mike: Head to the Study
You go up the stairs to you study, taking your toast with you. This game seems fun, and you really like this Tom guy. He's pretty cool.
edited 1st Oct '11 3:26:44 PM by Meta-ridley
Ashe? Really? Sad Little Try-hard.
Snowy
Pesterchum is blushingBibilophile.
>Watch game load
You do just that.
>Respond to MM
BB:...uh, i guess...? it's loading.
>Renner: Finish Sandwich
You finish your sandwich. It was pretty good. Lots of horseradish sauce.
You notice that your landlord appears to be handing out the SBURG tickets he mentioned a while back. You walk over to him and take your ticket, nervously waving as you do.
RT: T-t-thanks g-guy.
Refueled and ticket-ed, you head back downstairs. That was far too much social interaction for a Saturday.
edited 1st Oct '11 3:35:34 PM by Zeromaeus
Ach, sorry. Mixed up the terms.
>Whoops, we almost forgot to install our part.
You wander up the stairs to your room, LUNCH properly captchalogued in your SYLLADEX. You sit down in your chair in front of your VERY WELL-ORGANIZED DESK and start installing the CLIENT.
MM: That is good. I am installing the Client as we speak.
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>Fiddle around.
As one who probably had a lot of computer experience probably said at some point: "If you can't fix it by fucking around, then you don't belong near computers."
Thus, you do exactly that. You discover that your cursor is active so you move it around as the camera keeps following Michael, and open up a few menus. Some containing what looks like weird devices.
>What the hell. Click the weird devices.
You click the device labeled TOTEM LATHE. It attaches to your cursor quite handily. You hesitate somewhat before setting it down near Michael, next to the wall in the study.
You even hear the thump as you set it down.
iP: okay...
iP: uh
iP: i am going to give you my professional goddamned opinion right now.
iP: this is some pretty heady shit we're getting into right here.
edited 1st Oct '11 3:40:48 PM by l3wt
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.
Yep, they play music too
> Mike: Completely Flip Out
What? You're a calm person, you're not gonna do something like that. You're gonna say something like that.
AA: Wha+/ Did/ You/ Jus+/ Do/
AA: Wha+ is +his game?/ I+ seems kinda messed up +o me/
edited 1st Oct '11 3:44:55 PM by Meta-ridley
Ashe? Really? Sad Little Try-hard.
Detective Extroadinaire
You receive the DISC and TICKET from Eric.
>Robin: Pester Renner.
That fellow always looks like he needs a friend. You wonder if he'll be your...what was it? Client?
hopelessHumanist began pestering sageArcanic.
HH: Greetings! Would you care to be the client to my server? I think that's how this works...
HH: In any case, I'm installing the beta now.
>Install Beta
You do so.
edited 7th Oct '11 4:29:02 PM by Aniventerie
Need a tall, brawny fella to come by and inspect your pickle? Perhaps I may be this fella.
iP: not going to argue with that.
iP: anyway, no idea, but i've got two more of these weird obje(ts to deploy.
iP: man, the landlord is going to be pissed.
iP: fu(king up a perfe(tly good study like that.
iP: i think there's enough spa(e in here for at least one more of these items, just a se(ond.
>Deploy cruxtruder
Trying not to think very hard about it, you deploy the CRUXTRUDER in the middle of the study.
edited 1st Oct '11 4:01:31 PM by l3wt
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Snowy
>Begin
The game loads and shows Alexandra in her room, siting at her desk.
hmmmm....
> Mess with something
You click on a nearby object and move it across the room to check the controls.
edited 1st Oct '11 4:05:25 PM by stargirl93
Yep, they play music too
> Mike: Examine New Shit
You take a good look at the Totem Lathe and Cruxtruder. There seems to be a wheel attached to the cruxtruder. You try turning it, the lid seems to push upwards but you're not strong enough to lift it off.
> Mike: Get Help
AA: Hey man, I know you can see +his bu+ I need some+hing s+rong/
+his is gonna be in+eres+ing/
Ashe? Really? Sad Little Try-hard.
>Alexandra: Freak out.
You do no such thing. That would not be very SERIOUS at all. However, you are somewhat unnerved.
MM: ...May? Is that you?
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iP: what do you mean something "strong".
iP: like something heavy and sturdily built.
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Snowy
>Respond
You put the object down and respond to Alexandra.
BB: i guess so, i'm connected to you. what happened?
edited 1st Oct '11 4:06:49 PM by stargirl93
Yep, they play music too
AA: Well I can'+ open +his +hing on my own/
You +hink of some+hing while I sor+ ou+ my room in case you blow any+hing up/
> Mike: Tidy Room
You look about your room. On the shelf is your STUFFED EAGLE. You love that thing, I mean it's awesome. You capchalogue it to keep it safe. You also grab your huge Maths book that you're in the process of writing. It's pretty damn important that that thing doesn't get wrecked. You've now got four slots left.
edited 1st Oct '11 4:09:59 PM by Meta-ridley
Ashe? Really? Sad Little Try-hard.
MM: My Oxford English Dictionary just levitated in the air.
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Not Literally Me
> Eric: Lounge
Having distributed your copies of the SBURG BETA, you decide to lounge in the kitchen and finish your cereal. You'll be happy to pair with anyone now that Mike is out of the way. That guy is too much of a freak for you to spend much time with. You have time. That, and you have to wait for everybody to collect their copies. Afterwards, you'll find someone to server or client for and, most likely, head back to your bedroom, which is situated right above your TROPHY ROOM.
As for your tenants building FREAKISH MACHINES in your house, you are going to blow a fuse. Not yet, though, mostly because you don't know about it yet. For the moment, you remain blissfully unaware of what is transpiring, and what is about to transpire.
"One thing, though- apparently the eldest goat is the bastard child of Muhammad Ali and the Hulk." ~ Exelixi, on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
iP: just give me a moment.
>Figure something out.
By opening some more menus you figure out you've got some sort of resource called BUILD GRIST. Not a whole lot, though.
You also figure out that you can pick up and move stuff around, and that doing so to larger objects expends grist. You think you have an idea, but you should probably ask DONOVAN first.
inherentlyProblematic started pestering fractalEconomist
iP: hey, landlord.
iP: do you keep any heavy, sturdy obje(ts around that i (ould maybe borrow momentarily.
iP: it's sort of a big deal.
edited 1st Oct '11 4:25:09 PM by l3wt
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.
iP: sure, why not.
>Be the server. Connect to Vallance.
You click the SERVER option, and you wait a brief moment as the game works.
You stare at the screen. Nothing really happens - there are no live connection options yet.
iP: hm. Seems like i need you to connect now.
edited 1st Oct '11 3:13:49 PM by l3wt
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.