[2/4] Koror 2018/12/01(Sat)15:19 No. 912557 ID: 395c02
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Nn....

Where...?

Ah.

I see.

Horrible circumstances have befallen me.

I take in my new, hopefully temporary home. An island, surrounded on all sides by ocean. Pleasant scenery, if not the vacation I had been hoping for.

At least I still have my hat.

[3/4] Koror 2018/12/01(Sat)15:19 No. 912558 ID: 395c02
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Now then, what happened? I was in transit to my much-desired vacation when a loud thud and a sudden loss of consciousness lead to me being here instead.

I can't remember anything else. I guess I'm not too surprised by that, since I was unconscious.

I need to stay calm, especially now. If I'm not alone on this island — if there are any other neumono here — I have no way to mask my empathy, as one does not typically bring a jammer with them on pleasure-cruises.

But I've learned that unless I emit strong emotions, other neumono don't tend to pay me much mind. Mine is an empathy that is easily ignored.

It's not as bad as it sounds, really. I'm not a rogue, but I'm nonetheless a bit of an introvert.

[4/4] ACT ONE Koror 2018/12/01(Sat)15:20 No. 912559 ID: 395c02
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Sometimes the only person you can rely on is yourself, after all.

Okay. Time to get myself out of this mess. This island looks like it has enough greenery that there should be something I can find to eat. Of course, if there's a lot of food, then that means I'm more likely to find other neumono here, which might not be a good thing. I can worry about that later, though.

I'll also want to protect myself from the elements, and maybe have a place I can feel relatively safe while asleep. Exploring my surroundings wouldn't be a bad idea either.

I'm not too hungry, nor am I overly tired (thanks to my untimely 'nap').


I'll need to decide my priorities for the following:
-Food.
-Shelter.
-Exploration.

What's the plan?

>>912559

Explore. You need to find sources of food and water, and getting an overview of the closest and most accessible of these would be a good idea while you still have your strength.

Neumono needs food badly

Explore. Shelter. Then food.

Hmm, A reboot? Okay I like this quest before lets go.

Neumono have a very fast metabolism. Locate a reliable source of food first.

Let's try for food priorities first. Circle towards the greenery as you walk so you don't miss anything hopefully.

Shelter is the most important, followed by food, but you should probably explore to find a good place to set up first. Measure twice, cut once and all that.

>>912559
Food first. Neumono need a lot of it.
A shelter comes second, mostly for comfort's sake but you also want a convenient spot for home base that is safe from dangerous or irritating fauna, in case you have to run away.

>>912559
Like everyone has said, food, water, all that jazz first.


(Glad this is being rebooted, I liked it. I just hope Koror hasn't lost their personality/the writing style has changed too much, they sound a bit more robotic/plain than they used to...)

Food first. But I suppose you'll have to explore a bit to find food.

Kind of interesting that this is being rebooted. Not sure how I feel about the abridged intro, though. Was it just to simplify, or did a change to the underlining plot necessitate the cut? Lemme check...

Also, what was the last thing you remember doing before getting knocked out?

Ever play minecraft?
Use your Neumono Strength to bite the bark from the trees.
Get Lumber, Get Twine, Get Rock, Create Basic Axe, then chop a coconut.

What time is it? If it's early in the day, explore a bit so you can figure out where you are, what you need, and what your options are for getting it. If it's later in the day, then getting shelter as soon as possible is going to be a higher priority. Either way, food can probably wait until tomorrow, it hasn't been that long since you ate, right?

Water. Water first, temporary shelter, food, proper shelter.

Food first, you'll die without it.
Given that you don't seem to have any tools or materials, constructing a shelter will be a lot of work for not much reward, so that can wait for last. Exploration might result in stumbling across pre-existing shelter or other useful things.

>>912559
Food first.

Gotta find drinkable water first.
Or juicy and safe to eat fruits or coconuts.
Food and shelter priority depends on the upcoming weather situation.

Find some food.

[1/3] Koror 2018/12/28(Fri)18:36 No. 915356 ID: 395c02
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Food. Food is important. Water is also important, but raw meat contains enough water to sustain me for a time.

....

I would be lying if I said the thought of eating raw meat excited me. I grew up in a city, eating proper food. I...

No, it'll be okay. Focus on one thing at a time. I will have time to panic after I'm situated.

Priority one: Food. Also water.
Priority two: Exploration, partly because it helps with priority one. That's pretty convenient.
Priority three: Shelter. A home is no good if I'm dying of hunger inside it.

....

Priority one and a half: Finding a way to cook the food.

>I just hope Koror hasn't lost their personality...
If I let myself get too emotional, my empathy might get much more noticeable by any hostile neumono or... let's not even think about the other possibilities.

Anyway, I don't fancy my chances catching fish, so it's to the forest with me.

[2/3] Koror 2018/12/28(Fri)18:37 No. 915357 ID: 395c02
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... You know, if I ignore the whole 'will probably die of exposure' thing, I'd admit to feeling a tiny bit excited.

City life was safe, but it was the same actions taken every day without end. This is new. This is different.

It's one thing to play a simulator. But to actually be here, breathing this crisp albeit salty air...

This would be amazing if I wasn't about to die.

It's always something.

[3/3] Koror 2018/12/28(Fri)18:38 No. 915359 ID: 395c02
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After several minutes of being as quiet as I can, I spot my chance to escape the tyranny of hunger.

But. Uh. Can I actually do this? If I go in without a plan, I might find myself enjoying the vacation of being that thing's meal.

(It's not worth the price of admission.)

What do I do? Fashion a weapon...? Build some kind of trap? Something else entirely?

Think, Koror. Think...

>>915359
If you can convince it that fighting you isn't worth a meal then you can steal its kill. Pounce and go for a bite to its neck.

Fighting anything here without a weapon seems like a bad idea.

Any loose vines, sticks, and rocks around to tie together a club, if you're able to?

>>915359
Find the biggest rock you can throw to hit that thing from this bush. Throw it at its head. If you hit it, run up and finish the job, with the rock or your teeth.

Dig a pitfall trap. Hands-free killing!

>>915366
This.

>Finish the job, with the rock or your teeth.
Or his claws by ripping the things throat out.

>>915359
Get yourself a weapon of some kind.

>>915359
Wait for it to eat its fill, then loot the corpse for meat. Think like a scavenger. There aren't any other Neumono around to back you up so your only advantage is your wits and any weapons you can make from rocks and sticks.

Failing that, wait for it to finish eating, take off your shirt and hold it behind your back, then jump out while screaming and flapping your shirt. The creature should be alarmed and distressed and will likely flee, leaving the corpse to you.

Examine your surroundings. Is there any loose branches or trunks? You can fashion yourself a jabbing stick or a club depending on weight. You do need to back away right now though. Because any sudden movements to get these items will probably startle the predator.

[1/6] Koror 2019/01/30(Wed)16:05 No. 919527 ID: 395c02
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My claws...

I have a natural advantage there, being redgrass and all, but I'm not even remotely trained for combat. I need a weapon.

I look all around me, doing my damnedest not to make a sound.

[2/6] Koror 2019/01/30(Wed)16:05 No. 919528 ID: 395c02
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Ah, here we go.

My heart's racing. If I let anxiety best me, I'll make a bunch of dumb mistakes, become a glowing beacon of empathy, and also die.

I would like to avoid all three, but that last one in particular.

Well. Now or never. Here goes.

[3/6] Koror 2019/01/30(Wed)16:05 No. 919529 ID: 395c02
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With everything I have, I strike at the beast...!

"Hyyeaarrgh!"

A surprised yelp emits from it.

I raise my hand for another strike, not intending to give it a chance

[4/6] Koror 2019/01/30(Wed)16:06 No. 919530 ID: 395c02
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to—

Stop that unless you want to lose the other arm too.

Well shit. Did it abscond with your arm or is it preparing to attack again?

You are going to want to get away from that thing.

You can still avoid that last thing! At least keep pressure over the wound right now.

>barely any reaction to getting smashed in the face with a large rock
>rips off an arm in one bite
Ohhhh okay we're dealing with superfauna here. This must be one of those hellhole islands. Access to meat is looking unlikely, and so you're going to have to learn the prey species' habits to survive.

Well, keep pressure on the wound and skedaddle. The beast has a kill AND your arm to eat so it probably won't chase you down?

Oh. Oh dear. That might have been a bad idea, Koror.

>>919532
It took your arm! Get your revenge by stealing the animal corpse it was eating and running away with it! It’s your food now!

Don’t forget to pick up your hat!

>>919547
Well, it’s not like he’s entirely at fault here, seeing as we’re responsible for telling him to attack that thing in the first place.

>>919545
>Ohhhh okay we're dealing with superfauna here. This must be one of those hellhole islands. Access to meat is looking unlikely, and so you're going to have to learn the prey species' habits to survive.
All of Astreneus is one of those hellholes, and neumono are obligate carnivores. Look at the teeth. They're not going to puke from having a vegetable with dinner but they aren't going to sustain themselves without animal protein either.

>>919551
Normally you can actually kill beasts though. That thing wasn't even that big, and it demonstrated durability and strength on par with genetically engineered bio-weapons.

>>919553
Or it just doesn't have its brain in its head, like neumono do. As for being as strong as a "genetically engineered bio-weapon", please. Go look at a tiger's swipe or a gator bite and tell me it's implausible to rip off a scrawny neumono's arm.

>>919556
It's pretty hard to rip off a limb. Usually what happens is the rest of the body follows along with it.

Oh don't be such a baby, arms grow back.
Track it down. Get another surprise attack. Use a bigger rock.

>>919532
.....Koror you're a Neumono. Why did you think hitting it with a rock would work? Almost everything on Astreneus is bigger, meaner and toothier than Neumono. The mythical Wendigo is literally a Neumono that evolved to eat Neumono.

Either way, it left the corpse, so there's still food! Now, just make your shirt into a tourniquet, then eat what's left of the corpse.

FOCUS.
Use that adrenaline to take that thing's meal it left and SCRAM. You're going to need the calories soon.

First things first.

Retrieve hat.

>>919549
Do this.

First pick up hat.
Second throw hat down in disgust.

Lie down.

Don't cry.

Then cry a lot.

Don't lie down, as it will only be met with death. Retrieve your hat and take whatever that you can carry, make your way back to the beach and start building a camp, it doesn't have to be fancy. Just try to get what you can, and get out before that thing comes back for more.

Stop the bleeding, maybe by sacrificing your shirt by ripping it to strips that can be used to apply pressure.

After that, go foraging for fruits & tubers, and locate a drinkable water source.

With that sorted, time to figure out a place to rest that is safe, afterwards weapon crafting so you can get payback on that sonofabitch thing that ripped off your arm.

[1/6] Koror 2019/03/14(Thu)15:45 No. 925729 ID: 395c02
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>Stop that unless you want to lose the other arm too.
Die...

>Did it abscond with your arm or is it preparing to attack again?
I'm gonna...

>You are going to want to get away from that thing.
run

>You can still avoid that last thing!
run away

>FOCUS.
I...

[2/6] Koror 2019/03/14(Thu)15:45 No. 925730 ID: 395c02
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>Lie down. >abscond >Koror
>Don't cry. >get away >Neumono
>Don't lie down >cry >Koror
>eat Neumono. >kill >Neumono
>pressure >bite >Koror
>wound >rip >Neumono
>bad idea >arm >Koror
>bad >die >Neumono

[4/6] Koror 2019/03/14(Thu)15:46 No. 925732 ID: 395c02
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....

"t-think he'll wake up?"

"of course! I'm the best nurse in town!"

"we're on an island..."

[5/6] Koror 2019/03/14(Thu)15:47 No. 925734 ID: 395c02
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"Hi! Hey! You're finally awake!"

!?!?

[6/6] Koror 2019/03/14(Thu)15:47 No. 925735 ID: 395c02
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What...?

Where...?

"You were out for awhile! But I found you! Now, it's very important that you do not panic, so please take in the serene and calming surroundings that are very real and not at all painted by my very talented bestest friend ever!"

This...

This is not at all what I pictured Neumono Heaven looking like.

Or is this...?

Damn it. I should have been nicer to that brat-- I mean, fellow classmate in grade 4.

"How long was I out?"

"Heeehe! Maybe three days? But don't worry! I've been keeping you company!"

I find myself struggling to find comfort in the words of a gigantic plush doll.

>>925735
Is it edible?

>>925735
Check yourself out. Also tell the plush doll she's very cute, who did her stitching?

Inspect tiny regenerating arm.
Now look up

Who's your "bestest friend ever?"

Get close to the doll and see how big it is.

So, what seems to be piloting this giant plush doll?

...look up

>>925735
Telling me not to panic makes me want to panic!

Hey now. You're still alive and someone else who can speak is also here, on this island, even if they've gone lala enough to fashion themselves a friend. In other good news, this means that there must be enough food and shelter to survive, which you really need, what with being down an arm and having discovered that the local wildlife be TOUGH, QUICK AND ANGRY.

Also, since you had a solid freak-out and haven't been eaten by local cannibal tribe Neumono yet, you're proooobably safe from that fate as well. Yey.

Are you hungry? Thirsty? Ask if they have food and water, if so. Ask for their name. Introduce yourself and explain your circumstances. You were on a cruise, got knocked out for some reason and now you're here. Thought you'd challenge a big mean predator you stumbled across, because, uh, you were hungry and have never really done this 'survival' thing before.

(Is this an alien? Do you sense any empathy?)

Well, considering how much your host seems to care for the doll and scenery, best not to let on that it doesn't seem realistic. Still best to let them know you're not panicked and aware you're around aliens. Mention the lack of empathy and ask what's up.

>>925735
Close your eyes. Count backwards from 10. Take a deep breath. Open your eyes and take in your surroundings. Check self.

>>925735
Politely ask if the giant green thing holding the plush doll is a hand or a leg.

...You can't even. You can't even so much you don't even got half a clue the way to even. Pull the covers over your head (and be rudely reminded that your right arm hasn't regrown yet when you try to grab 'em with it.) If you just listen and don't look then you can at least pretend things are some semblance of normal and sane while speaking to whoever and whatever this is.

Introduce yourself and ask your savior what their name is and what their friend's name is. While doing that, check if you can sense any other neumono around. If not then either there are none or you're in a jammer bubble. Ask how they came across and saved you, then recount how you came to be there.

How hungry are you? Three days without eating with your body trying to regen a arm probably has left you feeling famished. Likely very thirsty too. ...And you maybe in need of a bathroom as well. Politely ask for some water and food and directions to the toilet facilities for later on.

>>925735
“There is a giant green hand moving you around! It’s very hard for me to not panic!”

“.....oh, no, now I’m talking to the doll like it’s alive! I must be going crazy, so now I’m panicking even more!”

>>925735
"ahh great, I'm not alone but the company is a nutcase"

Koror you are the worst at being a neumono.

Also where pigmys? >:[

"I am very hungry, miss nurse"

[1/6] Koror 2019/04/12(Fri)14:59 No. 929542 ID: 395c02
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"Waving a giant doll in my face does little to convince me I should not in fact be panicking," I say.

"Doll? How insulting! I'm a person with feelings and ambitions, not some piece of eye-candy!"

What.

"Don't think about getting fresh! My dear and wonderful friend is really good at protecting me for reasons I shouldn't tell you yet because of the whole panicking thing!"

"I promise you the thought hadn't crossed my mind."

"Oh. Well, good! Sorry about my snap judgement, you'd be surprised how often it's come up!"

"I really would."

a real neumono wouldn't make that mistake, you know...

"Take a moment to get your bearings but maybe don't do it too much just yet because you might be overwhelmed by the scenery! I'll be back in a bit!"

The puppet-- let me make sure I have enough quotes here.

The puppet """""walks""""" off, leaving me a moment of peace.

>Koror you are the worst at being a neumono.
At the moment I don't think I disagree with you. With myself.

[2/6] Koror 2019/04/12(Fri)15:00 No. 929543 ID: 395c02
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>Check yourself out.
My arm is... better? That was fast. Maybe there are some aspects of being a neumono I'm not so bad at. At the moment I find myself quite glad I belong to a species that can often shrug off dismemberment.

>Do you sense any empathy?
Faintly. Certainly not from that gigantic plush toy. There are other neumono on this island, without a doubt. That could be great news, or it could be...

>Pygmies
Uh. Not quite where I was going with that. I mean, it's possible?

I think I'm slightly further from the source than when I was ashore, but they're still just in sensing range. Thankfully this means my own empathy should be easily drowned out by theirs, so long as I don't panic again.

...I could have died back there.

....

Not panicking may prove difficult.

>Aliens
That's a worrying thought. I always feels so off talking to those. How do the other races even get through the day without the ability to feel each other?

It must be lonely being trapped in their own heads like that.

....

Koror, you have plenty more important things to worry about right now.

Argh. I shouldn't be wasting my time lying here. I need to get back home.

If there are aliens, I hope they're pomi. pomi are kind of cute.

Shit, what if they're belenosians? I'd...

[3/6] Koror 2019/04/12(Fri)15:01 No. 929544 ID: 395c02
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want—

[4/6] Koror 2019/04/12(Fri)15:01 No. 929546 ID: 395c02
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....

"...."

"...."

[5/6] Koror 2019/04/12(Fri)15:02 No. 929547 ID: 395c02
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"Well now look what you've done!"

"H-how is this my fault!?"

"You're the one not watching her giant pretty tail! How could it not be your fault!"

"You're the one who distracted me!"

"Well now he's going to panic!"

"Not if you use your charm and beauty to keep him calm!"

"I was just telling him— you do it!"

"That'll only make it worse!"

"Maybe he's into interspecies romance!"

"That only happens in sloppy romance stories written by hacks."

"...Fair."

[6/6] Koror 2019/04/12(Fri)15:02 No. 929548 ID: 395c02
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I want off this wild ride.


I see two options: I could interrupt their squabbling with the time-honored tradition of saying whatever comes to me, or I could take advantage of their distraction to try and sneak away... somewhere.

Wait, just thought of a third option. I could let my brain process what's going on and scream until I pass out. I admit, this one's pretty tempting right now.

>>929548
"I knew that neumono was just a child's toy!"

"Wait, why am I the size of a child's toy?! Did you shrink me?! Why did you shrink me?! AAAAAAAHHH!!!"

Keep up the face and just scowl at them.

>>929546
Dat, ass.

Take a deep breath, realize that if they wanted to harm you, they would have done so while you were sleeping. You aren't in immediate danger. Then interject with the only fitting response to the situation you currently find yourself in:

"What?"

As fun as playing hide and seek with the giant could be, I suggest you use your words to calm this down.
"Ladies, please! You're both beautiful!"
Inquire about the shrinkening.

Ah, finally, someone capable of giving big hugs. We probably need that right now.

This crazy giant alien with a neumono fetish can provide you food and shelter in this hostile environment your soft ass isn't prepared to handle. Say hello to your new sugar-daddy/suggar-mom. And you better hope it's the second or you will have to put your regeneration abilities to the limit with all the unnatural stretching in your future.

>>929548
T-pose, scream, and run directly at her to assert dominance.

...ask if they have alcohol. Alcohol sounds like it would be helpful right about now.

The proper response to this is to pull the blanket over your head and go back to bed.

You are safe from jungle monsters and have your arm back and this nice crazy lady is trying to help you.

Just pull the covers up.

Entertain, for a brief second, interspecies romance under the assumption that your life IS actually a sloppy romance novel written by a hack and all your travails thus far have been leading up to this.

"You DO have some nice thighs..."

Anyway, spouting ill-adviced nonsense sounds like a go-to solution around these parts, so keep at it.

"Hey, what even are you? Did the humans play god again and uplift ANOTHER species?"

>>929548
Throw a pillow at the huge green thing and ask it to stop talking to the fake Neumono. Point out that you have Empathy and the fake cloth doll doesn't.

>>929561
>The proper response to this is to pull the blanket over your head and go back to bed.
While loudly uttering "That's it, I'm DONE with all this bullshit that's happened ever since I crashed"

>>929548
Wander off. Might as well see what's around here.

analyze this scene and what this means. first do you know or seen this alien species before?

also role of this alien might be nurse/caretaker of young or researcher of wildlife and/or other aliens.
assume alien have probably met or at least have seen neumono due to evidence of doll.
was it your regeneration or is the medical tech is advanced enough to regrow your arm plus how long were you unconscious in the meantime?

last but not least. what did you expected for neumono heaven or hell to be like? and why did you not want belenosians to find you?

Just start screaming, you deserve a panic break in a semi-safe place.

>>929548
go back to sleep. maybe its a dream and you'll actually wake up.

>>929543
>My arm is...better? That was fast.
Or maybe you’ve been asleep longer than you thought? It’s possible that you’ve been asleep long enough for your arm to grow back. And since that’s most likely a pretty long time, you must be starving!

>>929548
Explain to the giant lady that she is insulting your intelligence by insisting that doll is real when you know it’s not a real Neumono.

Then explain how you know it’s not real by explaining the whole Neumono empathy thing.

Next, politely ask for food.

>>929549
>shrinking?!
And, yeah, I guess ask why she shrunk you? Since it shouldn’t be possible for someone her size to actually exist, the only logical conclusion is that she shrunk you somehow.

You're in a coma. Welcome to your twisted mind.

In the flattest, most bored tone possible,
"Shut up and tell me where my clothes are you alien perverts."
Because your clothes are missing.

>"Maybe he's into interspecies romance!"

I... I think it wants to mate.

>>929624
Time to point out the logistical and physical problems of that.

Calling your own tail pretty is questionable but potentially okay... but generally if you do so by having a sock puppet do it for you then it's just pathetic.

Anyway, you're lost far from home, and a lot smaller than this woman, but you're not a child, so if she'd be kind enough to treat you like a fucking grownup that'd be much appreciated.

Demand to know why she shrunk you!

Make sure your penises are there. All three of them.

>>930044
I should hope we only have one, considering that is the standard number for Neumono. Otherwise we somehow grew two more. Kinky.

accuse her of witchcraft