Pretty Dark.

*Let there be light!*

>Did you really think a simple virus would kill me? Did you really think you’d win that easily!?
Of course not. This is only thread 4.

>this is all your fault!
Preeeety sure its yours.

Fuck you Dopefish.

>>543677
That was a trick, wasn't it. It just killed itself, and a bunch of decoy souls.

Wake up, Erin.

I'm just gonna hope those AI from before will help us out... Because we miiight have just gotten TPK'd here....Hrrm.

Kaktus 2013/10/11(Fri)06:15 No. 543750 ID: b3ca75
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>Wake up, Erin.
…it’s time to wake up and smell the ashes…
Uh…
You’re lucky he missed your spine. Careful, don’t stand up to quickly now.
Why didn’t you love me Daddy? Why didn’t you love me like her?
…wha?
Ignore him. He’s in his own little world thanks to the virus you inserted with the Nano machine filled super soaker you used on him. Now, how are you feeling?
…l-like I just had a f-freaking sword through my s-stomach… W-where the hell were you!?
Sorry, I had to make sure he didn’t escape somewhere else. I’ve cut of all the connections into this room, so he’s stuck in here now.
<Well, all well that ends well… except that some people are dead… like Erin’s fuck toy->
<Boyfriend.>
Don’t worry, they… um… weren’t really alive to begin with. We have backups on them and can recreate them…
…but would it still be …Nev?

Insert Lies, deceit and statistics_

>…but would it still be …Nev?
Depends on how recent the backups are. And how good the backups are, really.

Also- sword in ceiling, upper right. Someone's cutting in.

>>543750
There's a sword in the ceiling and Claire's doll is possessed.

what about pride? he was alive during all of this so yeah? Oh it someone's coming to say hi, Most luckily Jo since she is the only person we know of who has a sword other then Erin here.

>>543750
Well, yes, it basically would be Nev, since he had no soul. It would be a complete recreation of him. I would suggest not letting Tyros and Nev know they died, nor anyone else for that matter.

Pride helped save the world again, and gave his life in the process. I'm proud of him. Check to see if he's alive again- he might be.

Should we destroy the machine now? Or what? Ask Wiz how to end this permanently. It's a bit precarious at the moment- if at any point the doll containing Oracle were to be destroyed, she would be free again, wouldn't she? Wait, Wiz called it "he". Who is that, really?

It would still be Nev, yeah. Only trouble is if you get two Nev's. And then what you do is sew their brains together. The Nev collective will quickly see that having eight limbs and two digestive tracts is wasteful and have one surgically removed. It's just like killing the clone Nev except nobody dies!

Oh, I just realized, if this is a re-enactment of the original crisis, then Nev's old soul should be in the afterlife, right? We can slap it into his bio-robotic body, and it'll be Nev, without a doubt. I think Tyros somehow regained his, because he was able to dream. About a big juicy steak. So we just need to reconstruct his body and slap his soul back in too.

If we could have a bunch of Nev's, could we potentially have an orgy of them? NEV'S AS FAR AS THE CYBERNETIC EYE CAN SEE.

wut wut 2013/10/11(Fri)13:54 No. 543805 ID: da4ec6
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>>543798
wut

Kaktus 2013/10/13(Sun)08:23 No. 544112 ID: b3ca75
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>If we could have a bunch of Nev's, could we potentially have an orgy of them? NEV'S AS FAR AS THE CYBERNETIC EYE CAN SEE.
…Tempting… but I rather have just one Nev…
>Well, yes, it basically would be Nev.
…I hope so…
>Only trouble is if you get two Nev's. And then what you do is sew their brains together. The Nev collective will quickly see that having eight limbs and two digestive tracts is wasteful and have one surgically removed. It's just like killing the clone Nev except nobody dies!
…I…but…wha…I don’t even… I think some of my brain cells just committed suicide…

>if this is a re-enactment of the original crisis, then Nev's old soul should be in the afterlife, right?
<Um… you do know souls kind of just melts away into energy when people die, right… well, except when those vessel things was screwing around with the souls… but they are gone now, right?>
<Or you can just stick your soul into a doll like we did.>
>I would suggest not letting Tyros and Nev know they died, nor anyone else for that matter.
…you know… I rather forget about this too…
If that’s what you want.

>Pride helped save the world again, and gave his life in the process. I'm proud of him. Check to see if he's alive again.
If it was this easy to kill him he’d would have died ages ago. He’s fine, don’t worry.
>Wait, Wiz called it "he".
He, she, it’s a robot, it doesn’t really have a gender, now does it? Besides, his voice is kind of deep, am I right?

>Ask Wiz how to end this permanently.
The AIs will clean up the mess, now when the Alpha is pow-
>Claire's doll is possessed.
Wait wha-
DIE, You disgusting me-
>sword in ceiling, upper right. Someone's cutting in.
Oh Sod, I did not think this through! Look out belo- OFF!!
MALFUNCTION! MAL-

Kaktus 2013/10/13(Sun)08:24 No. 544113 ID: b3ca75
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What in the name of-
…the hell?

Kaktus 2013/10/13(Sun)08:24 No. 544116 ID: b3ca75
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Insert Freedooommm!!!_

how the hell did you expand your freaking glasses there Wiz? Oh and I think I see pride's eyes are purple again so not sure if he's possessed or just got shocked awake.

Oh and to Jo, you ok?

Well the souls are loose.

good job?

Looks like it's sayonara for us! Good Luck in your life because I think we're about to lose contact!
Now if you'll excuse me, we're changing locations!

Kaktus 2013/10/13(Sun)13:30 No. 544150 ID: b3ca75
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>Good job?
Great job!
Congratulations! Qu-qu-quest completed! You gain 500.000.000 exp-exp-experience points, 1 billion of a completely use-use-useless currency (Thanks to the end of mankind) and this really swe-swe-sweet magical skateboard! It’s orange!
[Your reward have automatically been donated to the charity for widowed skeletons. Thank you for your kindness.]
Including the experience you gai-gai-gained… and no, I don’t kn-kn-know how that works… at all…

But now, on to business. Operation Transmachina was a huge success! Not only did we successfully create an artificial soul, but it even released the real ones that were trapped! Sentience is once again free to roam the galaxy!
But… what do we do with the Transmachina prototype? Wha-wha-what do we do with Erin?
…She will choose… that’s her reward. Erin, it is time to decide your future.
…how?
Do you wish to stay here, in the simulation with the fake, soulless organic machines or do you wish to come with us and rebuild… well, everything? You’ll be with the first people to recolonize the galaxy.
Also, do you w-w-want to remember? These things can have quite a tra-tra-traumatic influence on the mind, after all.
[Stay? Yes / No. Remember? Yes / No.]
We can even insert some fake memories, if you want to. Like this whole adventure was about fighting the Morgani instead of some soul sucking super computer. You know, normal stuff.

…can you really bring everyone back?
Everyone important.
…Johanna?
[No backup found for subject Johanna]
…oh… now I feel like a dick for wishing she was dead in a fit of jealousy.
Don’t, I’m still alive… I’m just wondering WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?
Your me-me-memory will soon be erased. Do not worry about it.

[Repeating: Stay? Yes / No. Remember? Yes / No.]]

Ugh… last time I volunteer for a suicide mission…

>>544112
Liz, you're wrong about what happens to souls after they die. That doll isn't where you were all this time. Remember, you didn't enter it until Erin touched it. It certainly wasn't around when Claire died, and you were too insane when you died to have such a contingency. Face it, you were brought back from the afterlife to make Erin who she is, and that doll was planted in the experiment... by someone else. I wonder who? Pride maybe?

Also we've spoken to Graven directly. So there's that sort of direct proof. It wasn't due to the Vessel because the souls captured by the Vessel were locked in torment to provide it with power, and he was quite happy in his afterlife. Oh and this too, you can see the individual souls with your own eyes.

Don't delete Johanna. She survived the apocalypse! She's important!
Anyways, I don't think staying in a computer program is a good idea. But its your choice, Erin.

Uh, wait. Important question. How are the fake 'soulless' people here different from 'real' people? Aside from their origin, they all acted pretty much like people to me.

>>544150
Erin, I think you need to talk to Nev. Find out if he really has feelings for you for who you are now, not because of the feelings he had for the previous Erin. Don't tell him, but you should base this decision on that.

Definitely have the memory of watching your friends die erased. I dunno if much else you've gone through is that traumatic, really.

Didn't we have something like this when we were with Claire? We said leave with memories and then got stuck in true illusion hell

This was way too easy, there's no way it's already over.

Brace for illusion-spam.

Kaktus 2013/10/18(Fri)14:33 No. 544606 ID: b3ca75
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>This was way too easy, there's no way it's already over. Brace for illusion-spam.
<I know that the author is an incompetent writer, but he isn’t so bad that he’ll reuse the same thing over and over.>
Dammit, Liz, stop breaking the fourth wall!
<Hey! He’s the one who writes what I’m saying right now! Blame him! Besides, I’m not getting paid enough for this shit.>

>Liz, you're wrong about what happens to souls after they die. That doll isn't where you were all this time. The doll was planted in the experiment... by someone else. I wonder who? Pride maybe? It certainly wasn't around when Claire died.
Actually, Claire created it in the first place. She put a part of her own soul and a part of Liz’s that she was able to save in case the future ever needed them again. That’s why they are kind of loopy, they aren’t all there… literally. She originally gave it to the paladins for protection but when the ages degraded their knowledge of it I stepped in to take care of it… and… um… I kind of forgot that I had it with me when we initiated plan A… we’re just lucky it ended up here and not with the Alpha.
>Also we've spoken to Graven directly. So there's that sort of direct proof.
Have you spoken to him after you destroyed the vessel? Otherwise the only thing you prove is that the vessel really fucked with the people close to it. I mean, there is a reason why the others sins kept coming back to life… and Kevros… and Serge… and… well, most people touched by the vessel anyway.

>Don't delete Johanna. She survived the apocalypse! She's important!
Don’t worry, We’ll only rewrite her memories about the events that transpired the last few minutes.
>How are the fake 'soulless' people here different from 'real' people? Aside from their origin, they all acted pretty much like people to me.
[Compliment accepted. Initiating Thank you protocol.]
They were programmed to act like people, so we’re grateful that you think we did a good job. But there was one part we never were able to really figure out. Creativity. They can’t create. Ask them to paint a picture and they’ll just copy a picture that they already have in their memory. They can’t invent, imagine or dream… they can only act on data that’s being fed to them, nothing more.

>Erin, I think you need to talk to Nev. Find out if he really has feelings for you for who you are now, not because of the feelings he had for the previous Erin.
Um… can you bring them back? …I need to talk to them before I make my decision.
…Very well. We’ll ma-ma-make some changed to their memories, but nothing mayor…
[Initiating Recreation!]

-kicked ass and chewed bubble gum… mint flavored bubble gum.
I’m just glad it’s over.
…Um… Nev? Can we talk?
Actually, I was thinking. To make up for me being a bit of a jerk earlier today how about I treat you two to a nice dinner? Three courses even! I’ll cock them myself! And then ma-
Wait, wait, You want to go on a date with both of us!? I was okay with a threesome, not a double relationship!
Err…
Hey, I’m not going to be the third wheel here!
B-but…
I thought our relationship meant something!
crap…

Insert Mistake!_

>>544606
Well, that clinches it. Tell him he can stay with his new girlfriend. You're gonna go out and seek your own fortune.

So, Pride, with the Vessel destroyed, there's no afterlife anymore? When people die, they just... die? That's kinda sad. It sounds like there was a limited number of souls in the universe though, so I guess there can't be an eternal afterlife for everyone. It WAS possible once for us to claim souls and add them to our collective, though. I wonder if we can still do that? I wonder what we are, exactly, if not souls. We existed before the Vessel.

Oh, one last question- this one's for Wiz. What did you mean when you implied Kyra was not who she seemed to be?

>>544606
Oh lay off him, Erin. Wasn't he leery about her being involved in the first place? He's jumping into it with both feet because he thought you wanted it.

[Generate an icon for Johanna on grounds of her being in a love triangle between the protagonist and a major supporting character]

What about the space-ships?!

I was under the impression that you created a localized virtual-reality that was super-positioned with the physical reality about the planet, SHODAN style!

should we do anything about the burning buildings in the background or are we just going to let that be someone else's problem?

Kaktus 2013/10/19(Sat)06:12 No. 544682 ID: b3ca75
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>[Generate an icon for Johanna on grounds of her being in a love triangle between the protagonist and a major supporting character]
[Never!]
>So, Pride, with the Vessel destroyed, there's no afterlife anymore?
There is still an afterlife… sort of… you just kind of lose your sense of self and your memories while you wait to be reincarnated… if that makes sense.
>I wonder what we are, exactly, if not souls. We existed before the Vessel.
You are souls. Well, souls melted together into one great ball… with a lot of different personalities… merged from different people… and stuff… waiting to be reincarnated…

>this one's for Wiz. What did you mean when you implied Kyra was not who she seemed to be?
She’s a soulless organic machine that was built just a few days ago… like everyone else. She not the original Kyra, the one I fell in love with.
>I was under the impression that you created a localized virtual-reality that was super-positioned with the physical reality about the planet, SHODAN style!
Artificial, yes. Virtual, only some parts. Most of the experiment does actually exist and isn’t just data floating around.
>What about the space-ships?!
[Constructed to help you with the Alpha.]
But why make seem like imperial troops?
Confusion, mostly. It made the alpha dou-dou-doubt that he really did exterminated all life, that we’ve instead tricked him some-some-somehow, thus making him waste his precious processing power looking for a red herr-herr-herring. There’s a reason why you didn’t encounter any res-res-resistance on your way to him, you know.

>Well, that clinches it. Tell him he can stay with his new girlfriend.
…
>Oh lay off him, Erin. Wasn't he leery about her being involved in the first place? He's jumping into it with both feet because he thought you wanted it.
…
I’m sorry, alright! Of course our relationship is special! It’s just… I’m still a bit emotionally confused with the whole new you and old you… I mean, I’ve only know new you for a few days… and you did send out some mixed signals about all this…
So… you’re just going to leave me?
What!? No! Wait… I mean… um… You’re both wonderful women, alright? I… I don’t really know what I’ll do… I want to be with both of you… I want to try creating a future with the both of you… but… I can’t, can’t I? I’m sorry… I was a bit selfish… I… I just don’t know what to do, alright? I really like you, Erin, but I don’t really know how I should feel about old you… or new you… and Johanna… I know we’ve spent a lot of time talking when you were imprisoned in the base… but I want to know the real you… I… I don’t know what to do anymore… I’m sorry…

Insert… err… something… witty?_

>>544682
> It made the alpha dou-dou-doubt that he really did exterminated all life

Oh
so does that mean
everyone really IS dead?

The empire was real, up until Alpha killed all sentient life and tried to undo reality?

The buildings are still on fire people... oh what the hell do you guys care

So wiz does this mean you were Serki before the shit hit the fan the first time through or someone else?

oh and one thing real quick [switch to Kyra]
hey if you're not to busy, that harem ending you wanted for Erin is about to go out the window.

So Wiz, you and Kyra were an item...Sorry to hear about that.

>>544682
Make him choose. It's not in his programming, so maybe... maybe we can encourage him to develop a soul so that he CAN choose. If he doesn't develop a soul, though, I really recommend you leave him. His lack of true creativity would become more obvious the more time you spent with him, and the relationship would suffer for it.

The alternative is for us to switch to him and see if our presence plants the seed, or we could just talk to him to work out his problems.

Kaktus 2013/10/19(Sat)12:56 No. 544711 ID: b3ca75
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>so does that mean everyone really IS dead?
>The empire was real, up until Alpha killed all sentient life and tried to undo reality?
Yes.
>So wiz does this mean you were Serki before the shit hit the fan the first time through?
Well… yes and no. He uploaded all his memories into me when he was dying from getting his soul slowly sucked out of him… so… I’m Serki’s memories, to be exact.

>[switch to Kyra]
…oh, hi guys! Long time no see!
>Hey if you're not too busy, that harem ending you wanted for Erin is about to go out the window.
WHAT!? You mean… WHAT!? This is unacceptable! Harem girl, away!!
AH!! Watch i- off!!

Hey! Stop it! Stop it right now!
Wha-
No! Shush! Be quiet and listen! Erin… Johanna… you both like Void, right?
…well, yes… he’s a really cute dork with the heart in the right place… and do you know how hard it is to find a straight guy who takes it up the bum?
Err… what she said… especially the last part…
And I know for a fact that you’re both bisexual... and very attractive…
…Kyra, stop trying to make th-
All I’m asking for is for you to at least try to fight for him. After all, you did say he was quite a catch, right? And he’s just a bit confused right now… having two beautiful amazons lusting after him… at least give him a chance to choose one of you after a few dates. Besides, what the problem anyway? She’s just another nice butt to plow!
…hmm…
This is more about the relationship then the sex, you know.
You said your first was a girlfriend when we talked at the base, right? Why not another one? Erin and you got a lot in common, after all… at least that’s the picture I got after the few conservations we had… anyway, the more the merrier? Love is after all better the more you get from it!
I don’t know…
All I ask from you is to try. Go on a few double dates… for me.
…for you?
If you don’t I’ll make a pouty face at you… and puppy eyes!
…alright, I’ll try the double date thing… just spare me the mantis pouty face…
Err…

Insert <Huzzah! Harems for all! …but a harem with one guys and some chicks? That just seems weird… it’s supposed to be the other way around… Don’t decry it until you try it, sister!>

Well. I guess it's up to you, Erin, if you want to do this. I don't think a long-term relationship is going to work well with people without any true creativity, but maybe they will gain souls eventually, now that they've all been released?

Wiz, how come you're keeping your distance from Kyra now? You're just like her and the new Serki. There's nothing stopping you from modifying your own body so that you can participate in a relationship like that.

Tyros and Jyra are just so adorable hugging like that.

Though you might want to apologize to Serki, he's currently halfburied in snow from how fast you moved harem girl!

OH come on give it shot Erin. Just see it as a way for making it up to Void after giving him all those mixed signals. Besides you'll find out rather quickly weather or not you truly like Void or not. After all how can you say you hate something just because you've never tried it?

Go-go Happy Harem!!

Kaktus 2013/10/19(Sat)14:34 No. 544721 ID: b3ca75
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>Wiz, how come you're keeping your distance from Kyra now?
…because the Kyra I loved is gone.

>Though you might want to apologize to Serki, he's currently halfburied in snow from how fast you moved harem girl!
Wops… Um… over to you, Erin!

>[Switch to Erin]
>OH come on give it shot Erin.
>Go-go Happy Harem!!
…I…
>I don't think a long-term relationship is going to work well with people without any true creativity.
>If he doesn't develop a soul, though, I really recommend you leave him.
…how do you develop a soul?
…what? …oh, right, the whole no soul thingy… I’ve been thinking about that.
…we wiped that from your memory… how can you remember?
*Whistles innocently*
Actually, this whole choice thingy you made for Erin… why don’t we take a third option? I mean, you’re going to need some kind of… um… body for the souls to take control over, right? Why not just use us in the first place? I mean, we are practically alive already.
[Error! Subject: Voiddagger is not following its primary programming… No data input was added for that possible conclusion… malfunction possible…]
…did you just…
…what? Was it something I said?
Welp, my work here is done.

Insert If he lies, will his nose grow?_

[Check for nearby souls]

>>544721
Sigma, Tau, Epsilon, I think the rebuilding should start here. Turn this false city into a real one. Over the course of their lives, these bio-bots will acquire souls of their own, as has just been demonstrated. Think of it as a new experiment.

Wiz, are you saying this Kyra is different from the one that died? This appears to be the same sort of conundrum Erin faced.

Creative think there nev

Pride, what work are you talking about? I'm guessing it was you that kept the AIs from modding their memories during the teleport up from the tunnels, right? So to what end?

>>544738
Not necessarily. Our passing through Nev and the others may have left a residue of souls behind that formed into one. So to really run an experiment it would require creating bio-bots that we've never interacted with and never would.

So as an experiment to test this the AIs could pick another world, create a colony setting with bio-bots with false memories and leave them running long-term without controls to see if they develop souls on their own. It may turn out that the reason the ones in this experiment didn't develop souls was 'cause the experimental cycle didn't run long enough before being reset and it was too tightly controlled.

I call dibs on Nev.

Kaktus 2013/10/20(Sun)07:42 No. 544783 ID: b3ca75
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>[Check for nearby souls]
[Scanning for soul energy…][Soul energy will be marked in… blue…]
>I think the rebuilding should start here. Turn this false city into a real one.
…The ground structure is already laid out. This will be one of the locations for the next phase.
>So to really run an experiment it would require creating bio-bots that we've never interacted with and never would.
[Several colonies needed for project: Rebirth. Several planets required to be colonized.]

>Wiz, are you saying this Kyra is different from the one that died?
Yes… we’re both different… besides, I’ve done what I was meant to do.
>Pride, what work are you talking about?
Oh, just some mani- err… I mean… things. Things that needed to be done because… I… it’s boring to be the only one alive?

So… that’s it? It’s over? ...What now?
Well… my dinner invitation still stands… for both of you.
I know! It’s orgy time!
<Yes! I’ll join! …you don’t even have a body. Details.>
How about… no…
I’ll pass.
Err… I got p-problems when there’s j-just one person a-already…
No parts.
Tempting… but no.
…I already got plans, sorry… um… probably got plans… hopefully got plans…
…I guess I’m out too.
I don’t think you want me to join… unless you would get off by brutally murder me…
…err… I can’t tell if that’s supposed to be a sarcastic comment or…
Being an immortal being with a death wish does a number on your fetishes, okay?
You’re all such party poopers!

Insert Every party got one_

I'd join in but, you know. Part of a giant ball of energy.

Nev's...I don't even hooooow!?!
Erin's fairly charged looking too, but there's like a red blip on it? Is that Claire and Liz?
...
Ooooh hoooooo~ Tyros~ Jara~ You should be expecting something~ :3

so what are you going to do now Wiz?

oh and uh, Jara looks like you might be pregnant. Oh and if you think that's bad wait till you hear this, Nev... ok I'm just going to be blunt, you either have 2 souls right now or you got a kid on the way as well... unless you're the one holding the dolls, this soul sincer thing we got doesn't really give us good details.

Gah looking at pride is like seeing at a bright blue star!

[Check for Individual Rarities of Soul Energy]


Actually I think the souls are in Erin, you can see Red in her Blue...Actually it kinda looks like it's behind him, or in his behind.

So was it explained why they were scooping up bits of us to shove into ice cream?

>>544783
Pride, you know, if you really wanna die, the ice cream might actually work permanently. We manually put your soul back in your body after you died.

Also EVERYONE here has souls except for Wiz. Get on that, buddy, you're falling behind!

>>544792
Wiz has no souls because he's a post-human A.I.

>>544815
Everyone here is basically an AI, since nobody here was born naturally. Is being organic really that important for developing a soul? I guess he might be incapable of it simply due to not having the right "brain activity" that also keeps us from switching to him.

>>544783
Oh, I want to make sure of something...
[analyze red energy signature]

There's a small soul in Jara's belly and one in Nev's pocket. Wat.

Kaktus 2013/10/22(Tue)13:01 No. 544960 ID: b3ca75
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>Erin's fairly charged looking too, but there's like a red blip on it? Is that Claire and Liz?
<Of course she’s the one who’s the most charged. She the one who’s been alive the longest! And yes, I’m still in her… and… wait… red blip? What red blip?>
>[analyze red energy signature]
[Unable to find red energy…]

>So was it explained why they were scooping up bits of us to shove into ice cream?
Clearly, for SCIENCE!
Or it’s because the most effective soul storage device we’ve invented… it just happened to be tasty and looking like ice cream… we just needed it to fight the Alpha, alright?
>Pride, you know, if you really wanna die, the ice cream might actually work permanently. We manually put your soul back in your body after you died.
Do you even know who actually invented that ice cream? The only thing it will do to me is force me to experience the life of a cone of ice cream first hand, and I’ve already done that once… it wasn’t pleasant. I am grateful that you put me back, though; otherwise it would have taken days for me to regenerate a new body.

>Also EVERYONE here has souls except for Wiz. Get on that, buddy, you're falling behind!
I’m sorry, but I can’t really “live” like the rest. I’m too primitive to reach a real sentience.
>So what are you going to do now Wiz?
What my programming is compelling me to do.

>Nev is pregnant.
…WHAT!? How the… what THE FUCK!?
Well, you do have an extra soul inside you.
It’s just the doll! See!
<Please, be careful with me.>
>Ooooh hoooooo~ Tyros~ Jara~ You should be expecting something~ :3
…no? I mean… we just did it yesterday and… I’m on the pills?
Didn’t I give you guys a condom?
You only gave us one…
and shouldn’t it at least take a few weeks for something like this to… you know…
The pills are useless. You weren’t pro-pro-programmed to have that kind of… relationship. Erin’s interference changed the data input.
…wait, you mean-
So it start to gather soul energy as soon as the egg is fertilized. Interesting.
B-but I… but…
[All data is confirmed. There is a 98,37% chance of pregnancy.]
B-but… I… I’m not ready t-to be a m-mom!
We don’t have to keep it, you know… you can remove it… but you would make a great mother, you know…
…you think so?
…err… congratulations?
I’m so happy for you guys! YAY!
…so… that date? I got an apartment we can actually use now that the Morgani isn’t after us.
Let’s go before something even weirder happens.

Kaktus 2013/10/22(Tue)13:02 No. 544961 ID: b3ca75
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Epilog – Johanna

You k-know... ahh~ … this isn’t s-so bad… I think I can g-get used to this…
Mmm~ y-yeah… this can w-work... ahh~ …right h-honey?
Mmmh!
D-don’t speak with y-your mouth full- ahh~ -sexy…
Heh… t-this wasn’t what I thought h-he meant when he s-said the fourth course w-would be a split roast… ahh~

Kaktus 2013/10/22(Tue)13:03 No. 544962 ID: b3ca75
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Epilog – Serki

Isn’t this the design Wiz was based on?
Why, yes. I’ve just changed some of the programming to make it an excellent handy droid. It’s perfect to use as a butler… or maybe for something hazardous.
Yes, I’ve seen your designs… it’s a work of genius as always. Secreta- I mean, Johanna, can we repurpose some of the car lines?
Well, yes. We’re barely using them now that we aren’t producing for a whole galaxy. Even with all the new colonies popping up I predict we won’t need to use at least 50% of the factory producing our current lineup.
Perfect. Contact the engineers, they got a new model to make ready.

Epilog – Wiz

Mission accomplished… preparing shutdown… will I… dream? …shut down completed. *BEEP*

Epilog – Jara

Are you sure you’ll be okay with the little one all alone?
It’s an egg. It won’t be going anywhere.
…you know, maybe I sh-
You have a career to take care of, Jara, I don’t. Leave this to me. Besides, it’s just a crib and some new wallpapers.
But-
Dammit, woman, go and make us some money! You’re going to be late to the meeting if you keep going on like this!
I’m going, I’m going!

Epilog – Kyra

*BEEP*
Hello? Oh, no, s-she can’t… err… she can’t r-really pick up the phone right now.
*Mumble*
S-she… she’s… um…
A very, very bad mantis that needs to be punished, master~
She’s t-taking a shower… yes… w-what? …a party? For the kid? Of course we’ll come!

Kaktus 2013/10/22(Tue)13:03 No. 544963 ID: b3ca75
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Epilog – Susan Morgani

Just remember, I did what I thought was right.
Yea, yea, tell it to the jury.

Epilog – Dyne

Who’s bright idea was it to give this company to me? It’s a mess! A complete and utterly mess! What was Morgani even doing!?
Um… can’t we just file for bankruptcy?
No, too much money and people. We need to-
Excuse me, sir.
Oh, what law has this company broken now? Flipping off kittens!?
Actually, I’m here to see you advisor, Mr. Voiddagger. I got some bad news for him.
W-what?

Epilog – Nevros

I got the job!
…how is that bad news!?
Well, now I got to get up in the morning like the rest of you. That’s bad news for me!
…that’s just mean, you know that?
Oh, don’t worry, I’m sure I can make it up to you… oh, and Johanna is making dinner tonight. She said she was doing something special.

Kaktus 2013/10/22(Tue)13:04 No. 544965 ID: b3ca75
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Epilog – Tyros

Say Ma-ma.
Goo…
Ma-ma.
Da…
Ma-ma.
Da-da…
What? No, Ma-ma!
Da-Da?
Heh, that’s daddy’s little girl!
So… you guys never told me her name.
Elizabeth, Elizabeth Bravesword.
Elizabeth…

Kaktus 2013/10/22(Tue)14:05 No. 544976 ID: b3ca75
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Epilog – Alpha / Oracle / Wrath

*Crunch!*
Aaaa-
Vengeance!!
AAAH!!?!

Insert WHAT THE FUCK!?_

JESUS FUCK WHAT

Bit late there aren't you pride?

>>544976
>I TOLD YOU BRO
>I TOLD YOU IT'S NOT OVER YET

...Run like hell, I guess? If you can get by Alpha, you can probably jump through the window, then jump off Pride to a lower window.

wake up

disbelieve true illusion

unplug yourself from the matrix

...GTFO?

>>544976
Dammit, I knew that red energy signature would be trouble. Wrath survived. You didn't come to this party unarmed, did you?

You still have that tazer-fist at least. USE IT.

Lastly, I think Claire is gonna have to catch its escaping soul and eat it. Come to think of it, eating Pride's soul might kill him permanently too. I just worry that Claire will go mad in the process, but destroying the doll afterwards would likely release their souls to be decay into energy like most souls are supposed to do.

Oh god I see it now.

So Tyros is gored. Jara and the baby are a bloody smear beneath the robot, who just crashed through the ceiling. The rest of them are just clipped out by animation errors. They might be recoverable.

...assuming you can fix the universe I mean.

Oh wait a minute! LIZBETH! REVERSE TIME! We just need a few seconds of warning so we can save everyone!

Kaktus 2013/10/23(Wed)15:05 No. 545094 ID: b3ca75
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>wake up.
[Electric sheep doesn’t dream.]
>unplug yourself from the matrix.
[Unable to find plug. Please make sure you’re actually connected to the Matrix before trying again.]
>disbelieve.
[You aren’t crazy enough to disbelieve reality. You have enough trauma to go crazy. Do you want to go crazy? Y / N?]

>You still have that tazer-fi-
NO! My vengeance will not be denied!
>LIZBETH! REVERSE TIME!
…Pride… He took them… in the doll… she isn’t with me anymore…
<Reversing time!>
…wha-

…

Say Ma-ma.
Goo…
Ma-whoa, déjà vu…
…vu?
Hmm?
I just got this feeling…

Insert Two black cats_

Go Lizbeth!

Erin, full power attack, strait up at the enemy coming through those cracks in the ceiling!

Everyone else, gtfo!

Pride, come down here someday, we'll give you a nice, big squishy soul filled hug you awesome bastard you.

Anyways, Shove them out of the way, prepare for bastard incoming!

whelp we're about to be attacked so tell everyone to get out as some asshat is about to crash the party, namely Alpha. Also hello pride nice to see you could make it the second time around, and how is the doll doing?

>>545094
"GET DOWN!"
Then SHORYUKEN the floor under the bastard.
[Wave Motion Gun up at him]

>>545094
Clear the landing zone forcefully and tell everyone to hit the deck and get their weapons out if they've got them. We only have one chance at this.

If you have your sword with you, you could just slice Wrath in two as it descends.

Pride is here now. Sup Pride.

Crazy puts a new spin on things

If no weapons are available, uh, how about that taser overcharge? Just gotta be careful how you aim it.

Or a bio-overcharge, and kick the robot through the window.

Kaktus 2013/10/24(Thu)13:21 No. 545193 ID: b3ca75
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>’Sup Pride.
Oh, I’m just a bit irritated that you didn’t invite me your kids first birthday.
Wha- where did you come from!?
Err… to be fair, we had no way to contact you, so we-
Get out of the way!!
>Shove them out of the way, prepare for bastard incoming!
AAAH!! WATCH THE BABY!!
Everyone! GET DOWN!!
Vengea-

>If you have your sword with you, you could just slice Wrath in two as it descends.
MALFUCTION! MAL- tio- nnnn…
So… where’s the cake? I brought some ice cream just in case you didn’t have any…
…what the hell did just happened?

Insert And then there will be cake… and you’ll be baked….

The other sins crashed the party. We got Liz to reverse time enough for Erin to do an awesome boss kill.

Does that purple energy surrounding the red blob mean you have Wrath under wraps?

Also if you bind him to the ice cream make sure no one eats that portion.

wait, how many swords did you throw? should probably make sure those don't impale someone on the way down.

Oh and Pride 2 things. One, That is a very nice suit, where'd you get it? and two, this ice cream, normal or the soul stealing kind? cause if it's the later I say save it for Halloween.

That was... surprisingly satisfying.

Thanks Pride, anyways make sure the additional four swords he brought doesn't shank anyone then booogy!

>>545193
Looks like it was going for Pride. Make sure he's under control.

>>545193
Claire might want to eat Wrath's soul now, if it's gonna keep coming back in robot form... but that won't be necessary if we can verify that it is dispersing into energy like it should be.

I mean, that could've been a backup body with a fragment of Wrath's soul, like lizbeth and claire's doll.

Oh, and find out where that damn thing came from. Wouldn't it suck if there were more of them?

Suggestion 2013/10/25(Fri)00:24 No. 545258 ID: 761017
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>>545193
What is that transparent red diamond thing?!

Kaktus 2013/10/25(Fri)09:20 No. 545263 ID: b3ca75
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>The other sins crashe-
Knowing what happened is irrelevant right now. I will remove your memories of this in just a sec anyway.
Wai-
>That is a very nice suit, where'd you get it?
I imaged that exist, so now it does.
About that me-

>Does that purple energy surrounding the red blob mean you have Wrath under wraps?
Yes, don’t worry, he won’t trouble you no more.
>if you bind him to the ice cream make sure no one eats that portion.
But that would ruin my whole plan I have about disposing of him!
>Claire might want to eat Wrath's soul now…
…didn’t you guys say people go mad if they do something like that?
Not if you make the right precautions. Eat up, Claire.
<Bluh, he taste like someone took animal dropping and covered them in chocolate.>

>Oh, and find out where that damn thing came from. Wouldn't it suck if there were more of them?
Don’t worry, I’ve been tracking him for over a year and a half. There aren’t any more versions of him. But… now that it’s over… it’s time to say goodbye.
Goodbye?
um… the memory wi-
Yes. We’re leaving… and we’re removing ourselves from all your memories. We need to be forgotten.
…why?
Because with great power comes great responsibilities. So… goodbye. We’ll never see each other again… well… expect for Erin, but that’s a different story.
<Goodbye… it’s been fun… and how dare you quote the gospel of spiderman!? Batman was the true prophet, heathen!>
<…way to ruin the moment, Liz… and see you guys…>
Wai-

…

Elizabeth… wait… huh… déjà vu…
Vu?
So… Erin… any plans for… you know… enlarge the family?
Well… we have talked about it…
Looks like you’ll beat Kyra and Serki to it, at least.
Actually, I’ve already lost that race.
…wait, how did you- you used that soul scanning thing again, didn’t you?
Maybe~ …let’s just say that there are five people to many in this room right now~
B-but… I’m not ready to be a mom!

Kaktus 2013/10/25(Fri)09:21 No. 545265 ID: b3ca75
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Epilog – Pride… billions and billions of years later… at the end of the universe.

Two bottles of beer on the wall, two bottles of beer! Take it down, pass it aroun-

Epilog – Oh, Lizbeth and Claire too… and Erin… kind off… yea…

Do you really have to sing that while we wait for the universe to end?
We aren’t doing anything else worthwhile you know…
We should always play another game of Monopoly?
Why shouldn’t you guys save something more than just a monopoly game!?
Hey! Don’t blame me! I didn’t see you trying to save anything!
One bottle of beer on the wall, one bottle of beer! Take it down, pass it-
And there’s goes the universe…
…Welp, what now?

>Summon the biggest Dope fish!
Of course!

Kaktus 2013/10/25(Fri)09:22 No. 545267 ID: b3ca75
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Warning, Dope mass exceeds that of normal values! ERROR! The Universe has committed an illegal action and will shut down! All your unsaved data will be lost! Have a nice day.

But the universe was dead! DEAD I TELL YO-
Damn you, Dope fish!!

Kaktus 2013/10/25(Fri)09:22 No. 545268 ID: b3ca75
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Game Over.

Kinda surprised they weren't playing strip monopoly or something.

till next time folks, it's been grand.

>>545268
Wait, if this has been running on DOS this whole time... OH GOD IT WAS ALL A SIMULATION WE'RE STILL SUCK IN THE MATRIIIIIIX

>>545293
Don't forget, the whole setting is framed as one big computer game. We just don't mention it because last time we tried we disbelieved Lizbeth and got a game-over.

On an unrelated note, I'm slightly surprised that Kev's codpiece hasn't hit anything this whole time.

>>545301

Why do you think the star is named after him? haha

I feel sorry for Pride.
It took the universe dying twice to satisfy his death wish.