Ugh... I guess... The things you do for your friends...

Eh, take some jabbers, why not. Best not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Speaking of, how do hearts and jabbers work? They aren’t exactly in standard use in sentence structure.

If it’s true that you really don’t have a physical presence, then what’s keeping you anchored to your “body” that you physically move around the place. What’s stopping you from going no-clip god-mode on this map, so to speak? Given the experimental nature of this trip, I imagine Zac doesn’t have all the answers, but she definitely knows way more about the tech than we do, so she’s the one best suited to do the speculating on this, barring more direct testing by us.

>>882025
I think due to the fact that literally anyone entering this place is being subjected to the recruitment message, and how annoying that would get for anyone that comes home on a regular basis, I think people just don’t leave the house nowadays. Honestly, I can’t wait to actually meet people, since Zen can likely use punctuation to essentially be the “voice in the head” for some meta miniquests inside the quest. XD

Radio 2018/05/02(Wed)22:09 No. 882256 ID: d1fa83
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>>882001

Yes. YES. YES THAT IS A GOOD IDEA LET'S DO THAT.

You proceed to barrel your ass straight through the lobby doors, arms hoisting back and forth to try and propel you even further. You can still hear the video in your head.

On your way out you snag three of those Jabbers.

JABBERS X3 OBTAINED

You pass through an increasingly l o n g hallway that won't stop getting longer and longer and also you pass by pictures of peoplethatseemimportantbutyoucanjustKEEPHEARINGTHATHORRIBLEVIDEO-


This is m a d n e s s.

>>881996

W H Y W O U L D Y O U B R I N G T H A T U P N O O O O O O O O O W!!!!!



....

Okay.

Radio 2018/05/02(Wed)22:10 No. 882257 ID: d1fa83
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Okay.


The evil noise has stopped and you don't want to commit seppuku Just yet.

You take a few breaths in, and then out. In. Out.



...

...

...

Okay. You're good now. Let's access what's going on at the moment.

>>882008

...Ew.

>>882148

Okay so like...let's start with the first one? Jabbers and Hearts, well. Punctuations are kind of a loose term, you kinda guess SYMBOLS are a better description. They have a meaning in language, but aren't letters so they count? You don't make the rules on this.

Essentially, Hearts are messages of affection platonic or otherwise. They kinda HAVE to be nice, but some people figured out you can be sarcastic and the system doesn't get it. So they're useful for that as well.

Jabbers are the literal worst type of punctuation ever invented. You don't even really understand what the 'official' use of them is for, you just get a lot of them when you watch car commercials or when someone is trying to sell you a membership card at a grocery store and they're all just a HUGE PAIN.


...aaaaand we're breathing again.

In. Out. In. Out.

Okay.

So for the science shit, you really couldn't answer that. If the magical voices in your head were to ever get in contact with Zac at some point, that might be a question worth asking her.

For now, let's keep looking ahead.

You have three large and rounded doors around you. The ones to your sides say LEFT CORRIDOR and RIGHT CORRIDOR respectively. Directly in front of you says KITCHEN.

What do?

ohhh, a kitchen has food, we can test our eating powers or lack thereof.

>>882257
>What do?
Make sure Zac is still with you. You might’ve accidentally left her behind when you were trying to run from the annoying tv!

And then tell her that there’s a door labeled “Kitchen” in front of you and you’re going to go in there.

Make sure you tell her that annoying tv made you incredibly hungry for icecream, so you’re going into the kitchen to see if there is any ice cream in there. Then tell her that you’re going to test and see if you can eat any of the ice cream.....for science.

No, really, it’s for science! We’ve gotta test if you have a physical presence here or not! Because if you do, then that means you have to be careful of any possible dangers that could be here!

.....then again, just opening the door will be enough of a test of your physical presence. You’ll either open it or you’ll just fall through it.

Fuck science, it's more important that not knowing what's in Left or Right, going to the kitchen makes more sense. Though, it might have special significance in a dessert based monarchy.

> If the magical voices in your head were to ever get in contact with Zac at some point, that might be a question worth asking her.

The implication was that I was asking you to ask her, but I realize I could have been more direct in communicating that, so sorry about that. And yeah, I agree with you double checking to make sure Zac didn’t eat your dust back there.

Anyways, I imagine that the doors are labeled “left” and “right” to show that they lead to different branches. They might even loop. Regardless, I say we go for the Kitchen.

>>882257
Check kitchen. Maybe we can steal their ice cream secrets!

>>882409
Ooh, good idea! Even if we can’t eat the gelato, we can steal the recipe with our eye and memory! (That is, assuming we can figure out where it is and manipulate someone into making it vulnerable to peeking/eavesdropping.)

Radio 2018/05/05(Sat)23:05 No. 882798 ID: d1fa83
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>>882268
>>882260
>>882403
>>882423


Okay, looks like we have a game plan....and the thought of possibly getting ice cream is enticing. Cold sweet delicious desserts always help post-anxiety attack!

Y a y

You also figure that considering the amount of running you just did, you should maybe contact Zac-

Zac: "ARE YOU INSANE?!"

...

OW.

Zac: "What the hell was THAT about?! Do you know that you nearly ran, OFF A BRIDGE?! I had to grab your sweater right before you wet head first into the NIMBUS RIVER."

Zen: "OW! Okay I'm sorry I'm sorry! I know that wasn't a good idea, I just, there was like that advertisement and it was getting in my head and there were so many jabbers and I-"

Zac: "-And you could've just taken the Spectral off, my dude."


Well. Fuck.

Zen: "Ah, well...ah...yeah. I guess you're uh, right...sorry I guess? I'll uh, try to tell you what's going on from now on. I'm standing outside of a kitchen in this castle...kinda smells like...macarons?"

Zac: "Geeze, well...alright...oh wait Macarons? Dude score me some- Oh wait yeah you aren't actually there. Nevermind, just remember if you're gonna freak out, just please take the spectral off."

Zen: "Fair enough, Zac. I'll let you know what's going on from here on out."


You take a look at the door in front of you, thinking about whether or not you can actually touch it. You seem to make some kind of contact with the ground when you walk...however there's no sound of footsteps. You figure that it might be a similar situation with the door?

You reach your hand out to try and push it, but it feels kinda...foggy? Like it's sorta there but sorta not. You focus your mind on the feeling as much as you can, and eventually your palm makes full contact with the wood door...though it sorta feels distant in a way.

The yellow entry way swings open, opening up to the kitchen.

Radio 2018/05/05(Sat)23:05 No. 882799 ID: d1fa83
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The door opens and you're greeted with the sight of a yellow girl slacking around, chef hat planted on her poofy hair.

She lets out a yawn, before glancing over to see that the door has suddenly been opened by you.

Girl: "Uh...yo? Someone there?"

>>882799
"Uh... Zac? Contact."

>>882799
Just in case the chef can hear you, whisper to Zac, “I’m in the kitchen and I see the chef. She doesn’t see me, but she is confused about how the door opened by itself.”

Move around the chef and when you get a chance, whisper to Zac that you’re gonna try something. When the chef isn’t looking, try to grab some food and attempt to eat it.

>>882799
Try to communicate!

"So do you strike sassy poses for every mysterious noise you hear, or...?"

"You said I couldn't touch anything! I opened the door and now they think there is a ghost. I am going to pick up a spoon next. Can you think of anything ominous I can do with a spoon?"

Well it's not YOUR fault you're super stressed and had a panic attack.

Anyway, she's not going to chase you around with a knife so... Attempt to say hi? If that doesn't work you can start looking for recipes.

I imagine that we can’t fully communicate unless either A: We find something to write with, or B: We use up some precious punctuation. Let’s hold off on either for now, and calmly ask Zac if we don’t have any physical presence, then how did we just poltergeist it up in here, and why can’t we go no-clip god-mode on the world?

>>882799
To Zac: Looks like I'm here enough to open doors. The chef noticed that.

Hmm. We might have to spend punctuation to talk, but if we can move objects, that could open the door to setting up communication without them.

Radio 2018/05/07(Mon)23:56 No. 883146 ID: d1fa83
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>>882802
>>882812
>>882851
>>882905

You figure that whispering to Zac might not be the worst idea. You certainly have enough shit to ask about.

Zen: "Uh Zac? Can you hear me?"

Zac: "Zen? Yeah I can kinda hear you, but you're like SUPER quiet right now. What's going on are you dying?"

Zen: "No I'm in the kitche- Wait. What do you mean "Am I Dying?" what the fuck kind of question is that?! No, I'm like I'm in the kitchen and there's someone in here. It's some girl with a chef hat on, and she's all yellow."

Zac: "Okay geeze dude sorry! I was just double checking to make sure you were alive, I thought that was what we were doing! Okay so, you're in a kitchen and there's a chef there, that makes sense. You shouldn't have much to deal with, there's no real reason she should be able to see you."

Zen: "Okay yeah but like, I opened a door, Zac. And I'm not sinking through the ground when I walk so there's like, GOTTA be some kind of physical connection with this world right? You gotta have an explanation, you're the science freak."

Zac: "Wow, just full of compliments today aren't you Zen~? Alright, so...you're having some kinda physical connections with this world, right? What did it feel like?"

Zen: "Kinda like...like putting your hand in really thick fog at first? I think my palm might've gone through but I can't tell. It was really hazy. I had to focus on the door to get it to open."

Zac: "Hazy? Foggy? Hm. Okayyyyyy, so what I'm gonna guess is that maybe with these different layers of reality, physical connection is really directed by what you're perception is reading? Like...hm. Basically you're seeing this other world right, so your brain is aware that you're in this new place, but you also know that your body is back home in our Spectrum, so essentially...

Essentially you just gotta put enough focus in the yellow world to have physical actions. People can't perceive you there because they don't have any perception of the blue world, which you're still a part of. Walking has a direct correlation to our Spectrum as well, so I think that might be why you're not sinking. Your body has direct feedback, more or less."


You don't really get it completely, but you're pretty sure what she's saying is that since you're SEEING this yellow spectrum, that's enough to have an influence over it, but since it's not your home spectrum, and you're still connected to your world, it's kind of here and there? It's probably more complicated then that.


Zac: "Anyways, you should be fine. Feel free to try and talk to the girl if you want. I'm pretty sure punctuations would still work fine...since it's all about sending it to people's minds or whatever. If all else fails, you can always just take off the headset dude. Let me know if there's anything else you need."


Well...with Zac's mad scientist blessing that communication won't mean annihilation of the world, then it seems you're gonna try and start off a discussion.

>>882821

We're trying to stat a discussion, not a catcall.


>>882841

Well, that seems pretty straightforward. And you know what calls for straight forward phrases? A period!

You claim a singular PERIOD from your inventory and talk into it.

Zen: "Hello there, I'm Zen."

You then focus on the girl, and when you look down the period is gone.


The yellow girl looks around as if she's hearing things, extending out an arm with a look of annoyed concern on her face.


Girl: "...What? Okay, whoever is doing this needs to cut it the fuck out. I get it, the gelato got some freezer burn on it, I SAID I was sorry! Don't play games with me!"


Welp.

align zac with them then attempt a hug. the feedback from both sides may allow it to go through.

Well, to avoid wasting punctuations... Maybe grab a spoon, tap to get her attention, then respond with the standard once for no twice for yes until she gets it.

I'm honestly a little shocked the mind talk didn't work. I guess she gets complaints a lot.

Well, if this isn't going to be a conversation, let's make it an interrogation. Replace those question marks with jabbers and listen to every tiny little thing that has bothered her for the past year.

>>883146
We should ask Zac if they can make gloves (or maybe a suit?) for this so you can interact with this world easier.

>>883146
Try eating something.

>>883184
we first need to figure out how to take yellow back. then zac can make a yellow suit.

The way she seems to think some sort of prank is being played on her, I'm thinking this world is no stranger to punctuations. We need to show, not tell, if we're going to convince her of our legit ghostly presence.

>>883146
Try poking her.

Request some yellow gelato from your freaked-out new friend, eat it in front of her to prove you're here and real, and see if it can be passed through you into blu-world. Imagine it, yellow vomit! You could scare doctors half to death!

Uh... unless it does something else to you. Like, turn you into a different colour we'll arbitrarily call Green and make you forever lost in time and palette.

Naaah. That couldn't happen.

Radio 2018/05/10(Thu)01:02 No. 883622 ID: d1fa83
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>>883268
>>883477

I mean you should probably focus on making sure that this all gets settled before you try and eat something that may or may not even sit in your digestive track.

>>883407
>>883161

Huh. Not a bad idea. Grabbing something small like a spoon might help...but you should probably let her know what you're doing. Your attention goes to a fairly sized tablespoon on the counter, and reach your hand out to grab it. Again, you feel that fuzzy feeling in your body...sorta like pushing through soap bubbles, but you keep your attention on the utensil and soon it's in your hands.

It feels kinda cold.

You hold it up to the girl and lightly wave it, consuming another Period.

Zen: "Like I said, my name is Zen and I'm the one holding this Spoon."

Girl: "..."

Radio 2018/05/10(Thu)01:02 No. 883623 ID: d1fa83
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-OW HOLY FUCK.

Okay that was NOT COOL.

Girl: "gET THE FuCK AWA Y FROM ME!!!"

...Okay so she just hit you straight across the face, and it stung like a bitch. However, judging by the way she's acting, it doesn't seem to have registered with her...huh.

Radio 2018/05/10(Thu)01:02 No. 883624 ID: d1fa83
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In the time you were processing what just happened, the girl has now pushed herself backward and grabbed whatever you could in some sort of defense mechanism.

It appears to be a teaspoon and a dead fish of some sort.

You are not getting hit by a fucking flounder today.


Girl: "St-Stay back! I'm not afraid to use this stuff! I'll scream! I swear to god I'll scream for the guards to come! I'm sure the guards can take care of invisible ghost monster demons!!!"

The fish is being swung wildly in the air, and you're currently rubbing your face, kneeling on the floor.

okay so you only felt it because you saw it hit you. seems "seeing is believing" is a rule.

anyway one last message "i just wanted a friend"

QUICK! NO TIME TO THINK! THROW AN EXCLAMATION MARK AT THE FISH!

>>883622
Hey Zac didn't you say they couldn't harm or interact with us, Because we just got hit in the face.

Exclamation time. "I SAID HI, YOU CRAZY JERK, DON'T ATTACK ME JUST BECAUSE I'M INVISIBLE!"

This is getting really expensive but experimentation requires sacrifice. At least at first and then we'll know to never try this again.

"Hey, hey, I'm not a ghost, a monster, OR a demon, so chill out!"
then explain you are invisible because you can travel dimensions and are a super cool scientist and totally not just a victim of circumstance.

>>883622
Grab that ellipse!

>>883623
Those, um, whack symbols!

>>883624
And dem X-es!

>I'm sure the guards can take care of invisible ghost monster demons!!!"
"Stop attacking me and being racist against invisible people what's wrong with you!"

FEAR NOT, I AM MERELY A BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANE OF REALITY POPULATED BY THE BLUE SPECTRUM, I MEAN YOU NO HARM AND WISH TO PARTAKE IN FROZEN CONFECTIONS, MY GOOD CHUM!

Radio 2018/05/19(Sat)21:18 No. 885199 ID: d1fa83
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>>883627
>>883629
>>883631
>>883664
>>883683
>>883724
>>883791

THIS IS A LOT GOING ON AND YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.


Yellow girl is still swinging around the damn fish and Zac heard you yelping.

Zac: "Dude? Dude! Dude what's going on are you okay?"

Girl: "COME ON OUT INVISI-BILL!"


You struggle to say anything at the moment, the influx of context is building up and finally you just spazz the fuck out and spew jargles everywhere.


In that moment, however, the jargles also worked as a way to communicate basically everything you wanted to say at once, though it's pretty much impossible to understand until five seconds into hearing it.

The yellow girl pauses for a bit, looking as if she was listening to a psychopath, until she slowly lowers the fish.

Girl: "Wait...so. Like. You're NOT an evil ghost? You're from another plane of reality. Uh, well. Shit. Not to be like, a dick or anything, but you got a way to prove that statement, Mr. Jabbers?"

Well THAT changed her tune real quick!

Though she seems to want some evidence or way to prove you're from another spectrum and not an evil demon.


ELIPSIES X1 OBTAINED

WHACKS X3 OBTAINED

X'S X5 OBTAINED

You didn't forget about those, thank god. You're gonna need as many of these bad boys as you can get.

Uh, no? Maybe you're projecting far enough into the yellow spectrum that a yellow cyclops could see you?

Meh. Jabbers are cheap. Just jabber at her and try to vaguely convey the whole situation.

Alright, don't leave Zac out of the loop. She just saw you freak out, after all. Also ask what she suggests you could do to prove yourself.

>>885199
"Zac, I'm alright, but I need you to tell me how I can prove my origin to a being from another reality."

Oh boy jargles!

>but you got a way to prove that statement, Mr. Jabbers?"
Um, I dunno. Is there anything I could do that would be impossible for an evil demon and/or ghost to do?

"As you know, I am invisible; this is due to the fact that those from your universe are unable to percieve things from mine."

Evil ghosts are dead. Only living things can have children. Thus, you cannot be an evil ghost because an evil ghost wouldn't have noticed how fine she is.

If it’s anything like your dimension they probably only know of yellow, so mentioning the colour blue will have an effect.

Disassemble that ellipses into three (3) periods. Let's economize.

>>885689
Hey now, what if we run into a jrpg protagonist and we need that ellipsis?

Can you prove the invisible voice isn’t a extra dimensional being?