Nagi: I'd say "whenever you guys feel like", but I know most of you guys are go-getters.
Well...I know a couple of you are. Some of these faces are new, and some others are a bit questionable in disposition.
-By the by, Argus had heard all of this- We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)
Nagi: Huh. First time anyone's asked for that.
-She ducks under the table...and from under the table pops up a hand puppet that looks like Argus, and another that looks like a big ol' dinosaur-
Argus Puppet: Awwww shucks, I'm dead. Being dead's the worst thing since they invented the toaster. And I don't quite have the strength to come back on my own. If only there were someone who could help me out of my current predicament!
Dino Puppet: Heyo, dead guy! I have happened to overhear your plight and come up with a brilliant offer!
Argus Puppet: I sense nothing wrong with how coincidental and well-timed your intervention is, so I shall listen with rapt attention!
Dino Puppet: For only a token offering of a bit of your will power and life energy, and in exchange for a service rendered unto me, I shall return you back to life in this hellish landscape that you are stuck in and continue to not be dead! All you need to do is sign on the dotted line and viola!
Argus Puppet: That sure sounds awfully suspicious, but I can either be dead or not, so I shall choose the latter.
Dino Puppet: Excellent! Now just remember not to die again without fulfilling your end of the bargain, or die in general, because if you don't have enough will power to use up upon any future expirations, the contract might end up being rendered impossible to fulfill, and I would have to take the rest of your life energies and leave you a shambling Shadow of your former self!
Argus Puppet: I shall keep all of that in mind, one of a million bajillion dark patrons! And now that I am alive again, it is time to get back at the rat bastard who done did me in like roadkill! Argus away~!
-And then Nagi imitates the motion of someone flying off into space complete with sound effect. Yes, really-
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We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)Nagi:-Stands back up-
Yeah. In case I didn't emphasize it enough, every time you die, a piece of you dies with it, so it's not like a complete get out of jail free card. Also, if you try to welch on your deal, you better have some kind of backup plan. Other than that, I've no expectations of you, so you can either walk away right now or stick around, but sticking around entails doing something.
Anyways...
-She tosses the hand puppets away and turns to ???-
Nagi: Basically, we're trying to get out of this shithole. Or at least, I am. Some of you guys might be here for the ride or just to pick at our corpses if we bite it, I'm not here to judge. So we're going through a complicated and convoluted plan in order to break through to retrieve a device that will let us escape from this planet.
You in?
We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)Nagi: Yes. It's real. I could punch you in the face to prove it if you like.
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Nadask: Then that would be an even worse place to go.
When do we set out to retrieve your "paint job"?
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."