Perhaps you'd be most familiar with this universe. It revolves around someone a lot like you, and some of your best friends. Of course, that may prove to make it too personal.
Our story begins with you. You sit at the foot of your bed, reading a tome. You are surrounded by-
CC: You know I can hear you, right?
What? This doesn't make any sense, you shouldn't be able to- Oh goodness, he's looking right at us.
CC: Heh, just kidding. I'm not 4th wall aware.
Oh, okay then. Let's continue. You are surrounded by SURPRISINGLY LITTLE that would indicate your hobbies. Of note however, is a PLAQUE, given to you by your Pre-Calculus teacher, touting your skills in SARCASM and DRY HUMOR. You are currently listening to ANIME MUSIC, which, despite not knowing the language, you manage to have the lyrics memorized. On your desk sits a PONY with a GORGEOUS MANE. You may now enter your name, despite this entire process being a complete FORMALITY.
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Examine PLAQUE
5/1/2013 08:25:38 am
This plaque is addressed to a certain DAVID HURBAN. A logical conclusion to reach is that that is your name. No silly naming antics here. You like to keep things serious. You roll your eyes and begin chuckling at that obvious contradiction. You suppose you should do more things that could help illuminate your personality. Where to begin, though?
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Approach computer
5/1/2013 08:39:15 am
Ah, your computer. Your home within a home. You spend far too much time here. For a while there your chum handle was going to be agoraphobicAndroid, but in the end you decided against self-deprecation. Many unfinished text documents litter your desktop, but for now we'll ignore those. You always have the PAINT program open, and are usually drawing PONIES, ADVENTURE TIME characters, or yourself as a PONY or ADVENTURE TIME character. Despite your self-proclaimed status as a GAMER, you only have a few games. You have, however, played them to oblivion. Finally, your computer has the important application of PESTERCHUM, which you use to contact your friends. And it would seem someone is trying to talk to you now.
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David: Answer
5/1/2013 08:52:10 am
specialMentality [SM] began pestering conquerorConfidant [CC]
SM: Hey!
SM: Hello?
SM: D?
CC: Calm down. What do you want?
SM: Oh! /WELL/, you know how my birthday's coming up?
SM: I was wondering, since we've all got that new game- SBURB?- can we play it? As an early birthday present?
CC: Of course. I mean, you know me. I’m Scotch. Tape.
SM: What.
CC: I’m just so clear of anything.
SM: It's not a Monday, though.
SM: Well then.
SM: So, wanna be my- uh? What was it?- Client Player?
SM: Or would you rather Si be such?
CC: Decisions, decisions.
CC: I’ll go ahead and be your Client.
SM: Cool! Whelp, better retrieve my arms! LOLOLOL JK!
SM: BRB, finding my copy.
Fortunately, you already have your Client disc inserted and installing, having installed the Server disc last night. Foresight! You can't help yourself as you stare at the beautiful loading screen SBURB has to offer. So captivating... Hey! Where is your Server disc? What is Science Dad up to now?
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SM: Install Disk
5/1/2013 09:03:58 am
Somewhere in Ohio, a single girl installs her two SBURB disks, captivated by the screen. But we have to wait a while she'll be introduced later.
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SM: Connect to Server Player
5/1/2013 09:07:35 am
SM sends the Client-Server invite, and waits for David to accept it.
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David: Accept Invite
5/1/2013 09:14:52 am
conquerorConfidant [CC] began pestering specialMentality [SM]
CC: I’m gonna accept your invite, and you can get started, but I need food. Also, SCIENCE.
CC: Cool?
SM: Cool.
SM: Science?
CC: Whenever my stuff goes missing I just know Science Dad is modding it.
SM: What went missing?
CC: The server disc. Also I think my phone is gone.
SM: Well, you can't very well be carrying your computer around while you participate in this game! You'll need your phone!
CC: Definitely. Wait what? Why would I- Never mind. Going now.
On the screen appears a familiar looking boy, and SM smiles. Let the fun begin.
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David: Food Time
5/1/2013 09:18:24 am
Oh yes, food time. Before you leave, you CAPTCHALOGUE your book, allocating it to your STRIFE SPECIBUS. You never know when you'll have to fight off invaders, and Fistkind can't get you too far. You begin the long trek downstairs.
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SM: Examine Game
5/1/2013 09:55:44 am
SM examines the game task bar, seeing three objects that were sharp and defined compared to others. They read 0 Grist.
Ah, free things? Cool.
SM scrolled over the first one, which read CRUXTRUDER. It looks plenty impressive.
Her camera was still positioned in David's room, so she scrolled out. In another room, she moved the bed and flung it outside, replacing it with the CRUXTRUDER.
Whelp, D could deal with one less bed in his gigantic house.
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David: Continue Food Run
5/1/2013 10:15:38 am
You hear a resounding crash outside. Somewhere, far away, you feel someone making a crack about your father's wealth. Insecurity rising, you jog down the stairs, grabbing a handful of oranges on your way through the kitchen. You round the bathroom and head down even more stairs to your basement.
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SM: Pester David
5/7/2013 11:37:04 am
SM can't do that, no matter how hard she tries! David doesn't have a phone or his computer to check Pesterchum!
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SM: Place TOTEM LATHE
5/7/2013 11:40:51 am
Well, no more room in the room with the sword CRUXTRUDER. Better make some room for this long piece of awesome.
SM grabs David's bed, throwing it outside the house. On a side note, it lands perfectly overtop the previous bed.
SM places the TOTEM LATHE, and smirks at her work.
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David: Enter Laboratory
5/8/2013 09:40:04 am
There it is. Your father's LABORATORY, in all its laboraglory. Heh. Amidst large quantities of chemicals and electronic components are several large contraptions, your father's newest projects. There's also the LARGE TUBE in the center of the room. He never lets you see what's in it. You can't help but be curious as to- Is that a treasure chest?
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David: Open CHEST
5/8/2013 09:51:03 am
Science Dad likes to leave items in chests for you to plunder, using his TREASURE CHEST MODUS. It's like a game you two play. You can tell that this chest is meant for you by the figures carved into the wood: a book and two staves in the formation of a skull and crossbones. You suppose it symbolizes your love of reading and fantasy? You always loved symbolism. Now, let's crack this baby open!
Inside the chest is your phone, obviously, along with the Server Disc and a... pool cue? A note is taped to the inside of the chest, in your father's usual grey writing.
"Upgraded your phone a little, along with the TRANS-UNIVERSAL DECODER. Your phone is now synced with it, and, once fully operational, it should be able to feed you data."
What does that mean? How should you even know? Anyway, time to loot!
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David: Captchalogue ALL of the items
5/8/2013 11:21:59 am
With a MODUS as awesome as your's, there's no reason not to Captchalogue everything! You Catchalogue the phone, examining it. Two new apps appear on the screen: TUD (obvious enough), and SERVER. Your father was never too poetic in his naming. How did he get all that data on your phone? You just hope you have room for more games. Well, I guess that IS a game, isn't it?
You Captchalogue the server disc, but hit a snag at the pool cue. Ah, the one downside to your INVENTORY MODUS. This pool cue takes up three vertical slots, but you only have a 2x2 grid available!
Wait, but there's more stuff in the chest! It's a card! It's like he knew you'd need... This is a Strife Specibus Card. Oh well, you can never have enough of these things, you suppose. You assign the card to Staffkind, and allocate the pool cue to it.
And now your phone is vibrating. It just never ends.
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SM: Attempt to Pester David
5/8/2013 08:53:11 pm
SM scrolls through his house, locating the guy holding his phone. SM opens Pesterchum, hands mashing at the keyboard.
Time to get to Pesterin'!
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David: Answer
5/9/2013 05:29:01 am
specialMentality [SM] began pestering conquerorConfidant [CC
SM: D?
SM: D, I see you have your phone.
SM: Answer me? I just put cool stuff in your room.
SM: … And kinda threw your bed outside.
CC: Thanks bro. Glad I can sleep tonight.
CC: What do you mean you threw it outside? Isn’t this all, like, virtual, or whatever?
SM: I really have no clue. It’s like the Sims, I guess! Except, well, you’re my Sim?... I wanna customize you, then...
SM: Anyways! I just sorta clicked it and moved it outside, and it launched itself onto the other bed I threw out there!
CC: Who needs beds anyway!
CC: Okay, so, what do I do now? Do you know?
SM: Nope! Completely clueless! But I think I need to place the third free thing. Any suggestions as to where I can place what appears to be a ridiculous-sized piece of metal? Before I just throw another bed out the window?
CC: Hmm, where would I put a large mechanical contraption? Certainly not the laboratory, as that would make sense.
SM: So... Put it in the lab? I feel like I’m breaking the rules, though. Your dad hardly EVER lets me in the lab!
CC: I mean, it’s not like you’re physically placing it in there.
SM: True, true! I guess I will! ( ^ v ^)
SM: Anyways, wanna go look at the things I put upstairs? You might figure out what they’re for quicker than I can!
CC: Okay, that’ll work. And, break!
SM: Out like a trout, girl scout!
SM: Um... yea.
You ascend the stairs in what would be an incredibly dramatic fashion if you didn't have to do go up and down them like every 5 minutes. As you approach your bedroom, you hear a strange whirring sound coming from the guest bedroom. You open the door to see another device with other-worldly technology before you. If you had a nickel for every one of these things you saw... Well, you'd have like a dollar, but still, that's a lot of devices for one person!
So, what is this thing? It has some screens, and a valve, and a lid. Well obviously there's only one thing to do. You pull out your pool cue and jam it underneath the lid. The thing won't budge though! You get it stuck under there good and hang on to the cue, putting all your weight into lifting the lid. This is a surprisingly sturdy pool cue.
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SM: Place ALCHEMIETER in the Lab
5/9/2013 05:52:21 am
SM places the ALCHEMIETER in the lab.
Huh. There was a perfect amount of room for it.
A flash of white passes the screen, and SM sits there, stunned.
Science Dad just gave SM a thumbs up.
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David: Place more weight on the cue
5/12/2013 09:57:16 am
You suppose you could balance the book on the pool cue. That adds a few pounds of force on the lid, but it's still not quite enough. Furiously, you jump up and down on the book, but nothing will budge. What else is there to do? You guess you could put the server disc on there too...
You fall to the ground as the lid gives way, exploding out from it a purple cylinder and a similarly colored... floating... thing. Why did that work, anyway? Whatever, as long as the deed is done. The screens on the device seem to have lit up, as well. On them is displayed the time 12:21. Oh, man! 12 and 21? Those are like your favorite numbers! You could go on and on about them. Did you that not only are they mirror images of each other, but so are their respective squares, 144 and 441? Also-
Oh, wait, the timer is down to 11:53 now. Crap. Better get moving on... Stuff.
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SM: Look at the Floatey-thing
5/12/2013 10:26:28 am
SM scrolsl back up to David, only to see a floatey-thing following him around. Woah that's cool.
SM clicks on it, and it shakes slightly.
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David: Be Pestered
5/13/2013 09:43:46 am
specialMentality [SM] began pestering conquerorConfidant [CC
SM: So...
SM: Maybe we should just...
SM: Throw stuff at it?
SM: Also is thAT A TIMER!?!?!?
CC: YEAH oh man we have to beat the game quick!
SM: I DID NOT SEE A TIMER MENTIONED ANYWHERE BY ANYONE OH MY GOD.
CC: Wait, you think I should throw something at it, too?
SM: Yea, why not? Seeing as we have a timer and all, we gotta try everything! We should get the stupid stuff out of the way first. Like, what’s gonna happen if we throw something at it? Nothing, probably.
CC: What should I throw at it? Something I don’t like?
SM: I dunno bro. The possibilities are endless when it comes to throwing stuff.
CC: … I think I should throw something good at it.
SM: Good plan. I’ll just watch you like the creeper I am.
SM: … Yea...
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David: Throw Something
5/13/2013 09:48:44 am
Normally you wouldn't entertain a notion as moronic as this one, but for some reason you have a good feeling about this. You run across the hall to your room, grabbing one of your most valued treasures. This will only protect it, right? The sprite (why do you know its name) followed you into your room. Closing your eyes, you toss the object in your hand. A flash of light appears before you as you slowly open your eyes.
Raritysprite: Fabulous!
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SM: Do the Thing You Do
5/13/2013 09:49:56 am
SM slams her head against the keyboard.
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David: Be Pestered
5/13/2013 09:51:16 am
SM: Good...
SM: Job? I guess? I mean, it looks pretty cool.
SM: Yea, good job. Raritysprite-thingy.
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SM: Look Through Your Inventory
5/13/2013 09:53:34 am
Ah, there seems to be another freebie! SM grabs the item (a PRE-PUNCHED CARD) and sets it in front of David.
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David: Investigate
5/13/2013 10:10:26 am
You nod your head at the far away spectator. You have another vibe, so you think you know what to do. You don't really know why, but you've always been sort of able to just know things when no one else did. For instance, while you know what to do here with this mechanism and this card, placing the card in the slot, you don't know what to call these things, likely because your Server Player does, having placed them and all.
You collect the purple cylinder from the guest room, Rarity's floating lilac head in tow. The timer is down to 8:41 now. You place the cylinder upon the other mechanism, and activate it. A needle descends and begins carving the cylinder. So it's a lathe.
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SM: Watch
5/13/2013 10:12:35 am
SM watches in awe as David quickly makes his way to the... ALCHEMIZER? ALCHEMETER? AL... Al... ALCHEMIETER? Yea, that. He has the TOTEM in his possession.
How he knew what to do was beyond you. But hey! Cool.
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David: Alchemize the Totem
6/23/2013 11:19:30 am
You insert the TOTEM into the ALCHEMIETER, and hit the start button.
A BOOK SHELF appears, and a single BOOK flops out. You pick it up, the BOOK SHELF disappearing. You attempt to open the book, but it refuses to open.
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SM: Be Introduced
6/23/2013 11:20:44 am
Now, now is the proper time to be introduced.
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==>
6/23/2013 11:22:13 am
You sit in your room, your surroundings full of things. There is art covering your walls and your flute sits in the corner. Now is the time to enter your name.
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Enter Name
6/23/2013 11:23:46 am
SASSY PANTS
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Try Again
6/23/2013 11:24:35 am
Nope. Try again! Sass might be your game, but it is certainly not your name!
ANNIE ROSE
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Annie: Shine Some Light Onto Yourself
6/23/2013 11:31:25 am
Yea, it's a good idea to turn on the lights! You wonder how you saw all that art, and your flute. You flick the lightswitch, shielding your eyes. As they adjust, you can finally see everything in your room! Next to your FLUTE sits your SHEET MUSIC and STAND.
Your COMPUTER sits on your plain white desk, PESTERCHUM, SKYPE, TUMBLR and DEVIANTART open. They help you keep track of your ever changing fandoms! Your PENS, PENCILS, PAINTS and PAPER sit haphazardly over the keyboard.
Your STUFFED ANIMAL, CHESTER, sits in the chair, his hollow-sewn eyes looking out over your wondrous loot. He has the XBOX controller leaning against his fluffy foot. Your TV has the aforementioned XBOX connected to it. ASSASSIN'S CREED III is on the screen, but right now you could care less! It was your BIRTHDAY in a few days (your fifteenth, at that) and you had a BRAND NEW COMPUTER GAME.
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Annie: Get On Your Computer And Pester Your Cousin
6/23/2013 11:34:27 am
You do just that!
Popping open PC, you ignore the assorted messages from your other cousins and start a chat with your cousin.
[You've read this chat already! If you feel the need to reread it, please scroll up!]
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Annie: Find Game
6/23/2013 11:38:43 am
You search beneath the PAPERS, but end up empty handed. Your SBURB COPIES have gone missing.
You hear the sound of Her punching the stupid bag again. The ripping sound that follows causes you to cringe. Why was She so dangerous?
You search through your room, continuously coming up empty handed. You retrace your steps mentally and realize that you forgot to bring your copies down from dinner last night.
Which meant that you had to go out there. With Her.
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6/23/2013 11:43:04 am
You exit your room quietly and attempt to tip toe out of your room. While you felt incredibly sneaky and assassin-like, She apparently hears you, for She appears in front of you. You groan when she holds to the COPIES.
With a quick stalk forward, you snatch the COPIES out of her hand and stalk towards the fridge. You grab a DELICIOUSLY UNHEALTHY SODA, then stalk back to your room.
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Annie: Install and be Pestered
6/23/2013 11:45:21 am
You install your GAME COPIES, absolutely enthralled by the screen. Your PESTERCHUM beeps, alerting you to the CHUM pestering you! Who is it?
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CA: Pester Annie
6/23/2013 12:06:56 pm
cheerfulAdventurer [CA] began pestering specialMentality [SM]
CA: hi
SM: What’s up?
CA: nm
SM: Not much? You did get the game, right?
CA: I’m looking at it right now.
SM: Why aren’t you installing it?
CA: I’m just browsing the code. See if it’s safe.
CA: It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.
SM: Woah, for reals? Did you tell AC?
CA: Haven’t told anyone else.
SM: Anything bad I should know?
CA: It’s hard for me to understand.
SM: You gonna play?
CA: You’ve been bugging me enough, I think I have to.
CA: Installing now.
Ah yes, it was CA that pestered you! Good, you're glad he's installing the game. The more, the merrier.
You ping David with the Server-client INVITATION. He accepts.
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David: Figure out something to do
7/7/2013 11:44:10 am
You're trying! Unfortunately, you have no idea what your goal is, let alone how to achieve it. The most you can gather is that this is a test of your growth. But what does that even mean?
You stand in silence for a few moments, the purple book held tight in your hands. It's clearly not a real book. It's to shiny. And... crystalline. It appears to be made of the same material the TOTEM was made of.
It takes you a while to register the floating presence behind you. Though she couldn't express herself verbally- other than uttering the occasional 'Fabulous'- Rarity seems rather worried. Only then did you notice the tornado siren sounding in the distance.
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Oh, you've arrived. Please, come inside the humble domain that is my psyche. There is much to be explained; about me, about my friends, and of course, about you. Tell me, child, what is your name?