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[Eidolon Astronaut]

04/13/20
Two teens stand in their bedrooms.

CHARACTER SELECT
> Be Leto Medioen
> Be Jean Corbet

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Be Jean

You are now Jean.

You exit your room into the communal LIVING ROOM.

Walls of MONSTER MOVIE MEMORABILIA hang from every square inch. These have been here longer than you have, and you've grown to RESPECT them, as your 'CUZ is clearly a man of the finer arts. Even if a few of them are a bit... weird.
You'll never forget the day you saw MANSQUITO as a toddler. It still haunts you to this day.

On the opposite wall as the TV, you can find what can only be a life sized model of the ROBOT MONSTER from the 1953 classic ROBOT MONSTER. 'CUZ has always called him MR. HENDERSON for unknown reasons. Mr. H is a chill dude, and a choice hang. Above him is a photo of your AUNT. You never met her, and 'Cuz isn't a man of many words, but you get the idea that she was a strong and fierce woman.

There's no sign of your Guardian.

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=> Be Leto

You are now Leto.

You return to the MEDIOEN MANOR.

Your NAN is somewhere in these halls, no doubt with the MAIL, and by association, the SBURB BETA.

You enter the FOYER, where you can find many SUITS OF ARMOR, posed in fighting stances with one another. Each adorned in ornate, handcrafted plating, wielding beautifal peices of art in the form of some REALLY COOL SWORDS. You can only assume your NAN collects these things as a TESTAMENT to the STRICT CODE all knights follow.
Oh, why hello SIR GAWAIN, how do you do? The weather certainly is lovely today. GAWAIN was always your favorite. The way brandishes his blade against SIR BEDIVERE makes you wish he wasn't to be beheaded by a rather verdant fellow in his future.

A single tear is shed for the dark fate of SIR GAWAIN.

There's no sign of your Guardian.

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Search mail for beta.

You CAPTCHALOUGE the GAMEBRO MAGAZINE. Better save that for later.

Unfortunately, there is no BETA to be found within the PILE OF MAIL. Your 'CUZ must have taken whatever packages somewhere else. He did have several FILM ANTIQUES coming in today, maybe he mistook your package for his in the MOUNTAIN OF UNSORTED MAIL?
They're probably in his ROOM, a place usually kept LOCKED UP TIGHT. You'll probably have to wait for him to open it HIMSELF.

...

Who are you kidding, that's not how CORBETS do things.

You're probably about to do something stupid and break in there, aren't you?

=> Do something stupid?

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=> Leto: ...?

No response.

There is a large chance that she just couldn't hear you through the many LABYRINTHINE HALLS of the manor. Your NAN could be anywhere!

Which is to say there is a 99% chance that she's in the STUDY, working on her NOVEL. You've never gotten a chance to read it, but you're pretty sure that it'd be a bit much for the average consumer. The STUDY is OFF LIMITS to you, but you also really want that game.

After all, what is youth without a little teenage rebellion?

=> Rebel?

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Leto: Enter study.

You enter the study.

It's too dark to see, so you turn on the light, prepared for anything...

=> Leto: ...!

It's about time we get this show on the road.

Your NAN stands behind the desk, REALLY COOL SWORD drawn. Seems she wants a round of GENTLEWOMAN'S COMBAT. The old dame is always keeping you on your toes. Behind her is the SBURB BETA in it's pristine envelopes. You'll have to just give her what she wants.

STRIFE!

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=> Jean: Glory to the One True King.

It truly is amazing. Inside is the most glorious creature your 'CUZ has ever brought home. The LEGEND, the ONE TRUE KING OF MONSTERS...

THE BLOB.

Some might say it's just a very large pile of CHERRY JELLO made by a madman with a seemingly infinite grocery budget, but they'd be wrong. It's so much more than just extremely costly name-brand gelatin. It's the pinnacle of Monsters that other films merely imitate. The Alien bent on the annihilation of mankind who refuses to recognize it as a threat? It's WAR OF THE WORLDS meets JAWS. It is the one true king of MONSTERS. And also a pile of CHERRY JELLO.

=> What was that?

Whilst you were paying respects to the GELATINOUS MONARCH, it sounds as though someone has entered the FRONT DOOR. You should probably hurry up.

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Leto: Nuh-uh

You attempt to flee, but you are blocked by a faster-than-she-looks NAN.

NAN uses GUARDIAN RUBRIC: PENCIL PUSHER! and strikes with her PEN: writing a violent DEMERIT, signing it, folding it, putting it into an envelope, and throwing the envelope like a SHURIKEN!

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=> Jean: Face the consequences of your actions.

Yeah, there was no way that was going to work. You don't even know why you tried.

Your 'CUZ rushes through the living room to engage in STRIFE! before you can return to your room.

STRIFE!​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Leto: Send mail.

Your NAN catches the paper and unfolds, taking a minute to read, then refolding it into an AEROPLANE, and uses GUARDIAN RUBRIC: RETURN TO SENDER! launching it at dangerous speeds You-ward. She narrowly misses, the tip of the PAPER AEROPLANE cracking the large window behind the desk.

Noticing her blunder, she walks over to the window to assess damages. This'll cost a fortune.

She's DISTRACTED, now's your chance to get out of here!

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=> Jean: Fly.

'CUZ performs an ACROBATIC FUCKING PIROUETTE, dodging your attack completely before countering with GUARDIAN RUBRIC: MONSTER MASH! Picking you up and throwing you into MR. HENDERSON'S WAITING GIRTH. You take the brunt of the damage.

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Leto: Beta get!

You got a copy of the SBURB CLIENT BETA, and a copy of the SBURB SERVER BETA. Now you can play with Jean.

That is, if he has the game too.

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=> Jean: Have the game too?

Almost. Back to the fight.

In what can only be the perfect performance of the legendary move GOALIETECH: CHAOS HEADER, Your 'CUZ launches themselves towards the mosaic, blocking MR. H's head with his own. Saving the artwork, but also KO'ing your GUARDIAN.

... Victory?

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Leto and Jean: Connect.

Both Monitors spring to life as the downloads finish, the logo for SBURB appears, and a brief message prompting an awaiting server-client connection appears.
Both parties press ENTER.

Leto's computer exits out of the game. It's purpose, FULFILLED.
Jean's computer shows a display of a YOUNG GIRL in her bedroom, with various controls along the top of the screen.

==> Years in the future, but not as many as you might expect...

A series of sequestered SESSION TERMINALS spring back to life after months of disuse. They've found a new connection somewhere out in PARADOX SPACE. The OPERATORS of said terminals aren't present, but they should be SOON.

==> Back to the present...

Two HEROES, destined for SOMETHING BIG begin setting up the grand machinations that would lead to their future.
END OF PROLOGUE.

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

Leto and Jean sit at their computers, ready to play Sburb.

What do they do?

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

JEAN>LETO>JEAN Session Chain Established.
Leto can now control Jean's environment.

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=> Leto: Become engulfed.

In a castrophonic miasmania of light, the CRUXTRUDER opens! A hefty CRUXITE DOWEL can now be retrieved.

In addition... a strange SEIZURE ELEMENTAL has been released, just sort of floating there, slowly following you.

It -along with the Cruxite- is a lightly muted, somewhat ROSY color.

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[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Prototype

The KERNELSPRITE undergoes a minor transformation, absorbing SIR GAWAIN into it's lightmass.

It begins speaking in an even more complex, knight-based code/language. Unsurprisingly, this is illegible.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Become enraptured.

The same event of light that engulfed LETO MEDIOEN occurs again in the home of a one JEAN CORBET. This time, however, the CRUXITE DOWEL and KERNELSPRITE are a deep INDIGO.

=> Leto: Perform Alchemy.

The ALCHEMITER reads the CRUXITE TOTEM with an extending LASER-MOUNTED ARM SCANNER.

After taking a moment to decode the data, a single CRUXITE ARTIFACT is created on the larger platform. It's a CAKE. Completely inedible due to being made of an ABSTRACT, CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE, the CRUXITE PASTRY has a single, REAL FIRE on it's candle.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Kernelsprite: Merge with contents of box.

You take a break from your seizure inducing communication to become one with some stuff a kid threw into you.
You take on its traits, further complicate your language, and continue being just an erratic pseudohallucinatory asshole.

=> Jean: Perform Alchemy.

Much like your co-player before you, you finish the PRIME ALCHEMY by creating a CRUXITE STEAK. Alarmingly, the steak also has a candle in it, alight.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Leto, Jean: Enter.

A glow spreads across the room as the candle is blown out, soon encompassing the entirety of the home, until it is suddenly whisked away.
The MEDIOEN MANOR windows begin filling in with a warm, calming light.
The CORBET APARTMENT windows go empty with the coldest darkness.

Meanwhile, the KERNELSPRITE undergoes a metamorphosis, dividing in two halves -one of light and one of dark- that each rise or fall beyond sight, leaving behind the fully formed SPRITE.
An honorable, ghostly Knight floats behind LETO.
A familiar, spectral, Companion drifts behind JEAN.

Elsewhere in Paradox Space...

==> ?: Arrive.

... and further in the future, A TERMINAL OPERATOR finally returns to a place they thought they'd never see again.

Let's try this again.

=> ?: Be those kids.

You are now LETO and JEAN again.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Leer

You see DARKNESS that extends in every direction seemingly indefinitely. You have the feeling you're not in Arkansas anymore, Toto.

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=> Leto: Gaze

You see a vast SEA outside, resplendent skies of orange hue fill you with a sense of a brand new world to discover.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Bork.

Your spritely companion releases a single bork. Adorable.

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=> Leto: Explore.

You exit your front door and stand on a very small, white crystalline island. It seems your entire home has been placed upon it.
Your armored companion follows behind you.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Explore?

You go to walk outside, expecting to find the hallway of your APARTMENT BUILDING, only to find yourself almost walking to your death as your sole apartment is now alone in the void, propped up on an its IRON BEAMS descending into the clouds. Looking over the edge you can see a layer of dark grey clouds, and everywhere around you is darkness.

It's kind of cold up here.

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=> Leto: Converse?

Your knightly companion makes no sound, they just sort of follow you around the room. And your quest to do anything else with these machines fails, almost like your missing some final piece.

Your inner monologue is interrupted by the noise of clattering metal back in the FOYER.

What's that all about?​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: What was that?

You hear a startling noise back down inside, like someone is trying to get into something their not allowed.

Becky begins growling at the noise.

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=> Leto: !!!

A small RAPSCALLION has begun attacking the various KNIGHTLY ARMORS in the foyer!

And by RAPSCALLION, you mean a SODIUM IMP, as you can read what appears to be a floating text box saying just that.
It's got a sword, but it doesn't really know how to use it.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: !!!

Much like your counterpart, you see a sneaky, yet vaguely canine MOLD IMP trying to raid your CABINETS.

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=> Leto: HIYA!

You strike the IMP with full force, knocking it back, it's ARMOR absorbing the brunt of the damage.

It gets up and bites you. It doesn't really hurt, just kinda stings.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

JEAN CORBET

You strike the MOLD IMP with a hefty blow, causing the creature to release spores accidentally.
You breath them in a little and take a negligible amount of poison damage, you can flush that out with a cup of water.

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LETO MEDIOEN

Critical Impact!

The SODIUM IMP collapses. It leaves behind some GRIST of the BUILD and NULL varieties.

Jean can now deploy the PUNCH DESIGNIX in Leto's home.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

JEAN CORBET

The MOLD IMP crashes into the awaiting girth of the headless MR. HENDERSON.
The Imp explodes into grist upon impact, leaving behind some BUILD and NULL.

Leto can now deploy the PUNCH DESIGNIX in Jean's home.

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LETO MEDIOEN

You skedaddle around the manor until you find another creature. Some kind of BALSA IMP. It's got big fangs and a long slithery tail. Weird. He seems to be hanging out in the KITCHEN with a armored MOLD IMP.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Beckysprite: Protect.

In an attempt to save your owner/player, you shield them with your own spectral form. Obvious to anyone without a dumb dog brain, this results in you prototyping yourself with the headless gorilla that is MR. HENDERSON.

You are now jacked beyond imagination.

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=> Knightsprite: Protect.

In a flash of BRILLIANT ROSE LIGHT, you eviscerate the MOLD IMP as your squire/player breaks the incredibly fragile BALSA IMP, allowing her to collect the spoils of some much needed GRIST.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: bork!

BECKYSPRITE: bork!

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=> Leto: Reap the spoils.

You have replenished your limit of BUILD GRIST, and also collected some NULL and SODIUM GRIST too!

Now if only you had a reason to be collecting them in the first place.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Be Jean

BECKYSPRITE: nah im fine!
BECKYSPRITE: but im soooo strong now!
BECKYSPRITE: and i can talk!
BECKYSPRITE: bork!

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=> Leto: Dream

You doze off into the dream world in which you are so familiar.

You awake to find yourself back in your DREAM TOWER on the MOON OF PROSPIT. You've been coming here in your dreams for years now, and it's pretty neat! Between the CHESS PEOPLE in the cities below, or the FASCINATING STORIES in the clouds above, there is always something to do here while your waking body gets some much needed rest. The CHESS PEOPLE seem to be a bit different now, wearing a few pieces of ARMOR, but it seems for for fashion than protection. They also have a couple FUR COATS.

As you peek out of your window, you see the familiar site of the BROKEN TOWER across the way. It was broken when you first woke up, but the chess people never seemed to be down about it, so you assumed you shouldn't be either. Above you is the great crucible, SKAIA. They always tell you STORIES in their CLOUDS; Stories about a SKILLED KNIGHT and her friend, a MIGHTY WIZARD. You don't know who these people are, or why the clouds show you them, but it's always fun to watch their adventures during the moon's eclipse.

You are broken out of your absent-minded train of thought by MYSTERIOUS FIGURE you've never seen before in the streets below. They're wearing some kind of BLACK ROBES.​

 

[Eidolon Astronaut]

=> Jean: Converse.

BECKYSPRITE: i dont know!
BECKYSPRITE: but isnt it so cool!?!

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=> Leto: ???

???: You don't have to introduce yourself
???: I already know you
???: But 'Hello' to you too anyway
???: You really took your time getting here​