??? 2017/08/31(Thu)23:19 No. 826561 ID: ed67d9
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"...and thus it is done. All are bound."

"All are bound." It takes me a moment to realize that the raspy, hoarse sound that I hear echoing the final line of the rite is... my voice.

What's happening?

Bound to what?

??? 2017/08/31(Thu)23:38 No. 826567 ID: ed67d9
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>>826562
>>826564

I am not certain. I see people around me but they are all in robes. We are all in robes.

I do not know how I got here.

What are the others around you doing?

>>826567
This room is real dark. I bet if you took off your robe nobody could see you- wait no you have white markings.

Anyway, mysterious person who may or may not be Outissa, I think you might want to look for the nearest exit. Back slowly away from the other figures and prepare to make a run for it if needed. Then ask "What just happened?"

What do you know? Do you have any items? What's the room look like?

>>826567
What is your name and are you a male or female?

Outissa 2017/08/31(Thu)23:54 No. 826575 ID: ed67d9
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>Name/Female/Male
I am female. My name is Outissa.

>What are the others around you doing?
They appear to be waiting for one of the figures to speak.

>Exit
I do not feel like I am in danger.

>Know? Items?
I know that I feel very strange. I am not used to wearing clothing but it does not itch as much as it normally does. I do not believe I have items. The room is dark with people in it standing in a circle.

>>826575
Ah, you're human! The adventure put you in a human body!

Well, say hello.

Await and listen in for one of the figures; they may say something that could clue you in on this place.

First off, we voted on your superpowers for your current body and the majority was Rogue Class, so expect your strikes to be faster and weaker. You should have an inventory menu or some kind of pack with strange gear, we'll walk you through the "un-existent" Thief's Instruction Manual.

Second, you are wearing cultist robes. You just finished chanting something. Look around the room and try to find runes or documentation, anything that might be useful later.

Third, you do not know any of the remaining verses and are at serious risk of being discovered if the leader has ANYTHING left to say. Time to leave.

>>826575
Boo! Bring back normal fuzzy Outissa!

>>826577
This sounds good.

Can we see your hands?

well you know what they say, "when in rome do as the romans do" which basically means just act like everyone around you until you can find a good moment to slip away.

Chant in ominous Latin.

>>826606
No shit? I've been vomiting everywhere and sacrificing virgins to Mars all this time.

Boy is my face red from the vomiting

Outissa 2017/09/01(Fri)20:04 No. 826890 ID: ed67d9
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>human, hands
...human?

I look down at my hands, peeking out of my robe. They are strange! Where is my fur? Why do I have so many fingers? What is going on?

Outissa 2017/09/01(Fri)20:04 No. 826891 ID: ed67d9
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One of the figures pulls back her hood. She smiles at us. "Thank you all so much for showing up! I'm the Revered Mother Kaldaka, and with that 'rite' business out of the way, you are all considered to be 'Egg' rank here! And all members of the Order of the Amethyst Eye - including our precious little Eggs - are entitled to our free food!"

She turns and motions for us to follow her down the hallway. There are two other people, not including Revered Mother Kaldaka. One is shorter than me and one is taller.

>Act like the others
I follow her and the others.. Walking feels weird. It is slow. I do not feel graceful. I do not like this.

Outissa 2017/09/01(Fri)20:04 No. 826892 ID: ed67d9
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I can smell bacon and eggs and fruit. I realize that I am very hungry. I see a table with food on it and plates and I think this is a dining room? The other two people in the robes walk into the room and I follow them. "Enjoy, my dears!" The Revered Mother turns to leave. The other two people in the robes stand still and maybe they are thinking about what to do? I do not know. NARRATIVE ERROR.... UPDATING

>LARP party with actual D&D races
Oh, what the @#$%?! Outissa, stay away from the food until you're sure it's not poisoned. Mostly by looking at the reactions of the other nerds.

>What is going on?
You're playing a game where you pretend to be someone else. Rather more completely than usual.

Just try to have fun with it. It's not going to be permanent! Being someone else can be an interesting experience.

>>826892
Have some food. It won't be poisoned, it's way too early in the adventure to worry about getting betrayed.

Grab that tiefling by the horns and ride her off into the sunset.

Outissa 2017/09/01(Fri)22:03 No. 826933 ID: ed67d9
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...narrative updated to correct point-of-view. Resuming.


You can smell bacon and eggs and fruit. You realize that you are very hungry. You see a table with food on it and plates and it takes your brain several moments before it makes the connection - Yes! This is a dining room! The other two robed figures walk into the room, and you follow behind, intent on playing along so far.

"Enjoy, my dears!" the Revered Mother says as she turns to leave. You are not certain what the other two figures in the room are up to - they're just standing there, and they appear to also be considering what to do next.

What would you like to do?

>>826933
>What would you like to do?
You'd like to wake the fuck up already!

You've been turned into a slow moving furless human! This has to be a dream and when you wake up, you'll be back in your normal fur covered body!

Eat food.

Eat only the eggs.

Tear the delicious spaghetti out of the corpse you have tastefully censored from your mind.

>>826933
Smashmouth, eat the eggs

Outissa 2017/09/02(Sat)18:51 No. 827240 ID: ed67d9
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>Eat eggs

The eggs are delicious! Just the right amount of salt and pepper. You get them all over your mouth and hands, though, because apparently a "human" jaw doesn't drop as far as a noxan one.

That is going to be extremely inconvenient.

Once you have finished your meal, you notice that Revered Mother Kaldaka is gone, and one of the robed figures has moved away to stand near the window.

The remaining figure lowers her hood and reveals a red-scaled, reptilian visage. She grins before speaking.

"Hi! My name's Lendys, but everyone calls me 'Wendy' so please just call me that! What brings you here to join the Order? Exciting, isn't it! I can't wait until I get my very first assignment!"

(I would also like to take this opportunity to link to the XENOQUEST DISCUSSION THREAD: https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/112766.html for all discussion-y needs! Especially seeing what just happened in XQ2.)

>>827240
Tell her your name is Outissa and you're just in search of some adventure, really.

people call me Outissa and nobody has really gotten around to finding a nickname for me yet. I kinda joined for the adventure.

>>827240
My name is Outissa and I used to be a noxan. I don't know why or how I became a human.

"My name is Outissa, and I'm curious about what we'll learn next."

Tell her something ambiguous. That you were looking to find the right path in life or something.

Ask her about her experience with the Order. Why did she join, what are her expectations?

Yeah, I'd like a double cheeseburger with extra cheese, hold the mana, and a diet Bepsi please.

I seek to regain my grace, Lendys. I'm Outissa.

>>827240
"My name is Outissa, and I've reincarnated just to be here! Let's be friends, Lendy."

Outissa 2017/09/04(Mon)09:53 No. 827549 ID: ed67d9
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It takes you several moments to wake up translate thought into words.

"M... m-my name is Outisssssa. Friends?" waaaake up

Wendy smwake up! Zhis is bad!iles and blinks slooooooooooooooooowly as everything gets hazy.

"Outissa! Wake up! Zhis is Beatrix! Somezhing went wrong!"

Wake up? Yes or no?

No. Why won't this damn yinglet let you sleep?!

Waking up sounds like a good idea.

No.

Normally you should yell '5 more minutes' but, something's gone wrong? Time to wake up.

>>827549
If Beatrix is telling you something has gone wrong and is desperately trying to wake you up, then that means staying asleep is not a good thing!

It's time to wake up!

>>827549
Naaaaaaaaah.

>>827549
WAKE UP OR SO HELP ME WE'RE GETTING AMARANTH IN HERE.

>>827549
No. Instead go tear off that guards face by the window and eat it.

>>827549
Uh, yes.

Wendy, should Outissa wake up?

Outissa 2017/09/04(Mon)21:48 No. 827713 ID: ed67d9
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You debate with yourself and are torn between waking and not waking when a firm jostle settles the matter.

"Outissa! Zhis is very bad! Zhis... we... zhis is not where I zhought it would be! I do not know WHERE we are! I have not heard of zhis place and it is very strange and strange zhings keep showing up in front of my eyes!"

Outissa 2017/09/04(Mon)21:48 No. 827714 ID: ed67d9
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Right after Beatrix says that, a tinny female voice sounds from a speaker above you, even as text flashes in your field of vision.

GREETINGS, CITIZEN. THIS IS FRIEND COMPUTER. YOUR PRESENCE IS NEEDED IN BRIEFING ROOM XQ IN SECTOR ANL. CITIZEN BEA-O-RIX-∞ IS YOUR ASSIGNED SUPERIOR FOR THIS TASK.

>Beatrix is your superior
Okay, nothing has changed and continues to be fine!

>BRIEFING ROOM XQ IN SECTOR ANL
Directory or map please, friend computer?

Reach out and try to grab that text! Don't let it get away from you!

It seems our previous game was interrupted. But I'm not sure who this BEA-O-RIX-∞ is.

Ask Beatrix what are the strange things.. oh right we can't speak. I guess just nod to Beatrix to confirm what's happening then.

Pick up your assigned superior and begin egress towards Briefing Room XQ in sector ANAL. Not reporting to Briefing Room XQ is treason. Treason is punishable by death./

>>827714
Listen to your friend it wants to get you laid. Likely with some nice aardvarkian tongue or something.

Ah, Paranoia. The game where ANYONE can have an agenda.

Don't trust ANY "fact" you learn, NOT EVEN FROM US. There might be suggesters who are generated by the mainframe.

There seems to be a computer interface that says it's in charge. Do as you will.

GREETINGS, ALL CITIZENS. THIS IS FRIEND COMPUTER. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT ALL CITIZENS WHO MAY HAVE AN ID THAT COULD CHANGE PLEASE SELF-DESIGNATE A NAME, SO THAT YOUR LOYALTY CAN BE TRACKED ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU.

(Basically, much like the first XQ, this quest will be tracking your ID, and if you feel that your ID may change - either due to IP address stuff or cookies or whatever - please choose a name. If your ID does change and you haven't picked a name, just post that it's happened and I'll make sure to note it.)

>>827834
Have Bea-O-Rix-∞ request a map, as your vocal chords have been temporarily disabled for surgical purposes beneficial to Alpha Complex.

Prepare to be redirected through the most lethal possible regions.

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)11:56 No. 827857 ID: ed67d9
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>Directory or map please, friend computer?
CITIZEN 3AB-R-D97, DO YOU NOT TRUST YOUR SUPERIOR? CITIZEN BEA-O-RIX-∞ WILL GUIDE YOU.

You watch as Beatrix's eyes go even wider. "Oh. Oh. Zhis... 'Friend Computer'... can hear ze suggesters. M-maybe zhat means we will not be blamed for stupid suggestions?"

CITIZEN BEA-O-RIX-∞, I KNOW ALL THAT HAPPENS WITHIN ALPHA COMPLEX. I HAVE THE SAFETY AND HAPPINESS OF EACH OF MY PRECIOUS CITIZENS AT HEART. I WOULD NEVER BLAME YOU FOR THE ACTS OF TRAITORS, AS LONG AS YOU ARE LOYAL. YOU ARE LOYAL, YES?

"Y-yes! Of course! We... we should get going, Outissa. YES! GOING! ON ZHIS ADVENTURE! We are here, we might as well make the most of it!"

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)11:56 No. 827858 ID: ed67d9
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A chime sounds from overheard, and you hear the same female voice from earlier, but much louder - it seems to be playing from not just inside the small room you and Beatrix are in, but in the hallway outside the door as well.

"FRIENDLY REMEMBER FROM FRIEND COMPUTER! NUDITY IS A NO-NO! ALWAYS BE CLOTHED!"

Gasp! Beatrix! You naked traitor! Confiscate that hat to protect your own non-nudity.

>>827858
Hats and scarves count as clothes! That means Outissa and Beatrix are both clothed!

What happenes to the traitors?

Ehm...

Citizen BEA-O-RIX-∞, I would request that you relocate yourself to the Briefing Room XQ in sector ANL as requested by Friend Computer.

What colour rank are we, friend computer? Also, what is an acceptable level of clothed-ness, and is there a place where rank appropriate clothes can be acquired en-route to the briefing room?

>>827891
We're clearly violet. That means we are more or less safe, for now. Unlike our Orange comrade...

>NUDITY IS A NO-NO! ALWAYS BE CLOTHED!
Friend computer! Citizens BEA-O-RIX-∞ and Outissa possess only a minimum of clothing!

Where can we obtain additional clothes?

GREETINGS, CITIZENS. THIS IS FRIEND COMPUTER. DISCUSSION AMONG YOURSELF IS ENCOURAGED. DEBATE IS HEALTHY AND LEADS TO ROOTING OUT OF TRAITORS, COMMIES, AND TERRORISTS.

(Friend Computer can read everything you type in this thread. If you want to engage in discussion where Friend Computer cannot see what you write, https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/112766.html I encourage the disthread.)

>>827891 >>827892
Sirs, do you perhaps have some knowledge that the rest of us don't? I dare say there's a possibility that some well-informed COMMIES are in our midst.

>>827858
NO NUDITY! Demand to speak to Friend Computers manager and/or Superviser!

>>827909
Are you colorblind? Colorblindness is treason. Treason is punishable by death.
Permissions in Alpha Complex are spectrum-based. They are wearing purple and orange, therefore those must be their clearance levels. Wearing clothing that misrepresents your clearance level is treason. Treason is punishable by death.

>>827918
>Wearing clothing that misrepresents your clearance level is treason.
You misunderstand. I'm simply confused over the concepts of "rank" and "color" because Friend Computer has not mentioned them. Indeed, I believe that only COMMIES could possess knowledge which Friend Computer has not provided us.

And now that you mention the concept of "clearance levels", I am led to believe that you also are, or have been in contact with, COMMIES.

>>827924
Friend Computer is generous with his commandments. The only way you could have failed to receive this information is if you were attending a secret society meeting instead of the mandatory briefing in briefing room XQ in sector ANL.

>>827928
Then I guess we will have to ask Friend Computer if that is true.

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)18:15 No. 828006 ID: ed67d9
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"We are not naked, so we are okay. Let us go to zhis... 'Briefing Room' XQ."

The hallway outside is curiously devoid of people. There is a sign pointing towards "XQ" and the two of you head that direction.

After a few minutes of walking, you come to a door marked, "XQ" in bright green letters. The tinny female voice from earlier sounds from overhead once more. The door is slightly open.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, OUTISSA? IT IS YOUR DUTY TO ENTER. LISTEN TO THOSE LOYAL TO ME.

Only Outissa may enter. This room is above Beatrice's clearance level.

>WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, OUTISSA?
I don't know, someone put an update prompt here.

>>828006
nope go to the door marked ANL. It has lewds, ad nudity

What sector is this? Is this sector ANL? Because the orders were to report to briefing room XQ in sector ANL. If this room marked XQ is not in sector ANL then you are in the wrong location and not authorized to enter this room.

Furthermore, going by the color of the door's marking, this room is designated a GREEN clearance level, which is above both citizen 3AB-R-D97's RED clearance level and citizen BEA-O-RIX-∞'s ORANGE clearance level. Neither may enter the room before them without breaking clearance regulations and suffering the consequences. Thus, I strongly suggest not entering this room.

The instructions are confusing. Citizen Bea-O-rix-∞ is designated superior and guide, so logically she should be the one to enter first. But now Outissa specifically is being asked to enter.

Since there has been no order for Bea-O-rix-∞ to cease acting as a superior, I would suggest Bea-O-rix-∞ to enter first and Outissa following after.

Request confirmation of Briefing Room Door Label: XQ?

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)19:59 No. 828054 ID: ed67d9
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>Only Outissa may enter. This room is above Beatrice's clearance level.

You motion for Beatrix to stay and you walk forward. Her eyes go wide and she opens her mouth as if to protest, but she shuts it and nods. She trusts the suggesters as much as you do. You tug your scarf up over your muzzle, almost as if the thin fabric will protect you, and you enter.

Inside, it's dark and you feel that something is wrong.

Something is very very, very wrong. It nags at you... something about how "Friend Computer" worded things...

Come to think of it haven't you seen a lot of green lately? The green of the orb that brought you here. The shade of green on the letters outside the door... the green on the text that displayed briefly in your vision

THE TEXT THAT DISPLAYED IN YOUR VISION OH NO NO NONOONONO

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)19:59 No. 828055 ID: ed67d9
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You hear the faint click of the door closing behind you. Your heart nearly stops, and you feel every hair on your body stand on end as a pair of curtains opens across the room, revealing a window.

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)20:00 No. 828056 ID: ed67d9
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Standing in front of that window is a very, very familiar figure.

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)20:00 No. 828057 ID: ed67d9
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GREETINGS...
>Sister.

Outissa 2017/09/05(Tue)20:00 No. 828058 ID: ed67d9
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END PART 2

Friends made: 3/?
Secrets found: ?/?
People sexed: 1/?

Voices tainted: ?

>>828058
NOOOOOOOO! go back Outissa we need to make more friends! and lick more holes.

Did you think we ever left?

... Oh ^&*(.

Outissa, we've been here before. Guided a group of survivors against creatures of the darkness in a fading light. Half the party died. Most of them were burned to ash and crushed into the walls. This... this is the Anasazi Hotel.

And we're in a time period before we killed the biggest Beast.

LAERTES, YOU-

Greetings, Khoros-that-is-Not-Brother-or-Father-or-Kin.

Present your throat. We will make this mercifully quick.

Elsewhere... ??? 2017/09/05(Tue)23:40 No. 828111 ID: ed67d9
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"...yes, sir. Yes. Not registering at all with the syst—uh huh. What about Ammy? Wait. She couldn't find them either? That... uh huh. Huh. No sir, I don't know when the TGChan conn—yes, you'd have to talk to Cass about that, sir. It's been up and down a lot lately, correct. You don't think that's related to this, do you...? No? Alright.

"I'll start at Outissa's apartment and see what I can find sir. Yes. Then I'll hit up my network of contacts, see what they know, play it by ear. Both ears, heh.

"Thank you. I'll keep you updated. Yes, sir, you can count on me. They're my friends, and I'm the best fucking detective in all of Station. Ha! No sir, I'm not bragging. Thank you again, sir."

Aubrey 2017/09/05(Tue)23:40 No. 828112 ID: ed67d9
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"Aubrey out."

>>828111
Arm up with your steely knives, my dude.

>>828056
Well, at least it looks like he's whole and that his mind is intact.

>>828112
So Aubrey, you're a detective? Is this going on during the blackout? Or later?

Let's visit Outissa's apartment then.

>>828112
Go talk to our glorious overlord Pam. ya know that one elder god of memes over by some ruins.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!?

Find out here: https://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/828311.html