>>339461
And that's why I should refresh before updating. :I

you seem to be developing sensory organs receptive to light, that is a good thing. For one, it revealed another chunk of delicious food to the left. When the humans are gone go and eat it.

>>339470
Let's move further along the table to see if there's anything else on it besides the dish.

What exactly can we eat? Time to experiment!

Leave the dish and try to dissolve the table.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)00:40 No. 339544 ID: 2222da
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After the noises fade, you once more crawl out of your confinement, and slide again over to the object.

You continue to soak up liquid, and your continued presence begins to significantly dissolve the object, releasing yet more liquid.

An emotion, your first, passes through you. You desire more of this liquid, and the object.

It is quickly followed by a second, that of curiosity. You begin to slide off the dish, moving further along the bench. As you do so, you briefly attempt to consume the bench itself, but cause little damage to it. It would take some time to consume the substance it is made of.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)00:42 No. 339545 ID: 2222da
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As you slide further, your increased mass allows you to sense more of your surroundings.

[Mass:32]

>>339545

He seriously left a glob of weird liquid gas right next to his steak lunch? What a rube. See if you can stretch up to that shelf up there with the other dish.

See if you can talk, if so, when the voices come back say "Feed me Seymour".

you left some uneaten steak, finish it all off before moving further.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)01:12 No. 339553 ID: 2222da
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You decide to pause for a moment to consume the rest of the object, adding its mass to your own.

Once this is complete, and the dish is clear of liquid, you move, crossing a few other objects before reaching upward to the other bench.

Your increased mass allows you to reach, but you are not sticky enough to get a solid grip on the surface.

Frustrated, you attempt to make a noise of your own, but succeed only in releasing a bubble of air.

Updates are now slowed due to spilling noodles on my keyboard and breaking it. :I

on this shelf are a fork and a knife, but they appear different from each other. Can you taste them to see if you can make out what the difference is?
Also examine the book object more closely.

Check to see if we are dextrous enough to use the fork and knife as climbing implements, if so Grab one of them and shove the pointy end into the wall halfway up to use as a step, see if the extra height helps

>>339553
Examine the other objects on the table we can reach.

there's just some books up there. books are for nerds. screw that, let's jump down.

we could, after reading through the book, close it and move it over to use as a ledge to further extend our reach.

>>339565
The books might be edible, more food means more mass which means more mobility

>>339570

or we could eat more steak instead.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)04:17 No. 339579 ID: 2222da
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Having determined that the high ledge could not be reached without assistance, you turn to examine the bench for something that could help.

The object with the thin sheets reminds you of the bench. It is stained by another substance, but that quickly warps and is absorbed by you. The sheets also seem as though they would be absorbed quickly.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)04:20 No. 339580 ID: 2222da
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You move to the two odd-shaped objects. Both seem to be made of similar materials, but they still react differently to you. The more pinkish one seems easier to consume, though it would still take a long time to absorb. The second one...

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/13(Sat)04:29 No. 339581 ID: 2222da
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As you come into contact with the second one, you feel all parts of you retract violently, and feel yourself become much denser.

[Mass: 35]
[35/(0.34-(-0.45))= 44.3]
[Bonding: 45(+44.3)/100]

After determining that you are still able to move, and realizing that your sense range has been greatly reduced, you study the second object. It seems tougher than the first to absorb, though it seems to be reacting with certain materials you previously absorbed.

After a moments experiment, you attempt to lift the second object, and find that your increased density has much improved your strength, allowing you to easily move and carry the item.

Finally, you glance over the edge of the bench, but your now much-curtailed senses give no clue as to how far the fall would be.

>>339575
>Eat book
This makes me sad :(
>>339581
Cast minor resistance.

...are we metal now? nevermind. use minor resistance and jump down.

and try to shout CANNONBAAAAAAAAAALL

Did the 2 increase of mass come from tasting book or from touching the metal fork? Take both fork and knife with us. carry them inside you to be digested slowly as you move.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)05:32 No. 339830 ID: 2222da
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>>339587
[Mass Absorbtion Analysis: Bench-like substance: 0.?%, Staining substance: 0.?%, Slow-to-Absorb: 0.?% & 0.?%]

You decide to take these two objects with you for later absorption, and move towards the edge of the bench.

>>339582
On a whim, you cast minor resistance.

[Bonding: 45(+44.3/2)/100]
[Resist all: +15]

>>339584
Finding nothing of interest left to you on the bench, you cautiously slide over the edge.

As you do, an odd thought arises unbidden...

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)05:33 No. 339832 ID: 2222da
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CANNONBAAAAAAAA-

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)05:40 No. 339835 ID: 2222da
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-Impact.

Your entire body deforms as you strike the ground with a wet slap. Despite the combination of your increased bonding force, and the resistance spell you cast, a large portion of your mass has severed from the whole.

[Mana: 16/20]
[Mass: 26]

Luckily, you managed to keep your grip upon the two difficult-to-consume objects as you fell.

Your limited senses reveal little in this area. A hole in the bench support is the only thing on note. Touch affords you much more data. The ground is covered in small items, which you may easily absorb, though they are small enough that you see no benefit in doing so. Dried samples of the liquid from the dish are also present, though they lack the "flares" that you previously sensed. You hear no significant noises in the area.

Well, eating everything sounds fun, but let's go explore the hole.

>>339835
It would've been wiser to fall upon the stool instead. Oh well, too late now.

Get in that hole.

that hole was made for you.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)08:07 No. 339850 ID: 2222da
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Still dragging the two objects, you move to investigate the hole. Your senses detect frantic movement within, and dust grows thicker beneath you as you approach.

The discarded part of your mass begins to slide off at a leisurely pace.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)08:09 No. 339852 ID: 2222da
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As you enter the hole, the movement stops. From what you are able to sense, there appears to be a series of twisty passageways through the support.

You do not know where the movement was coming from.

>>339850
>The discarded part of your mass begins to slide off at a leisurely pace.
Dammit, we need to recover that before it gets away! We don't have enough mass that we can afford to lose it, and we can't guarantee that our severed parts will keep to secrecy.

Though a half-eaten book certainly won't help, either. Damn.

first, go and reabsorb the thing that came off of you. you can't just leave pieces of yourself crawling around like that.

then crawl further into the hole and use light.

Oh no! What if it goes off to become your greatest rival? Get it!

>>339855
Yea, chase it down and reabsorb it!

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)18:53 No. 340075 ID: 2222da
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[Perspective Shift]
[Mass: 9]
[Bonding: 97]

-eah lets do this! ONWARD TO ADVENTURE!

Huh, I seem to be thinking a bit different from before DOH WELL WHO CARES LETS GO FIND THINGS!

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME, WE GONNA HAVE ADVENTURE~

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/14(Sun)18:54 No. 340076 ID: 2222da
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AND WE'LL FIND DELICIOUS LIQUIDS AND EAT THEM AND OHSHITHERECOMESTHERESTOFMEWHATDOIDO?

merge.

it is your other half, you broke apart, merge back.

>>340076
Looking at the coloration of the smaller goo, it seems to contain the majority of the metal we absorbed.

Try to communicate with the rest of you. Tell it to wait, and ask it to participate in a plan. We need to make ourselves able to cling to walls, at least temporarily, and climb back up to the petri dish. Then we can try merging back together and leaving a part of ourselves back there so it doesn't look like we've escaped somehow. Preferably when we merge we make the remaining bit dormant so it doesn't get bored and try to leave.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/15(Mon)03:46 No. 340215 ID: 2222da
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PerhapsIshouldmergebacksowecangoonadventurestogethr?

But if I do, then we only get one adventure instead of two!

I'll pause for a sec and try to talk to me. Lets see, maybe if I-

*Splat*

[Perspective Shift]
[Mass: 35]
[Mana: 8/20]

You feel the discarded mass rejoining once more with the whole. As it does so, you collect a brief glimpse of the time it spent away from you, though details elude you. Perhaps with greater control over your structure, you could make use of this function.

As it is, you have reclaimed your mass, and are ready to continue your exploration.

cool, let's get back in the hole and check it out.

>>340215
awesomesauce! You have discovered a new ability! You can bud off pieces of yourself to act independently and retain the memories of both if you merge back. From scouting to reproduction this has uses... just ones that not exactly suitable for the here and now where are goals are to rapidly gain mass and escape.

You should go back into the hole, it sounds like there is delicious meat in there.

(What do the other suggestors think about the idea of leaving a bit of ourself in the dish so it doesn't look like we've escaped? If we do that they'll be preoccupied, but they might find something about our nature. If we don't they might get suspicious or possibly they will just assume we evaporated.)

>>340344
we need to have at least 40 mass so we can be split into two sets of 20. otherwise the smaller blob could end up stupid.

>>340344
I am against leaving any. they wouldn't think we escaped, they would think we were stolen or evaporated. Remember that he said we should be a gash but somehow behave like liquid, he will probably think that whatever bound us together wore out and we evaporated.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/16(Tue)01:49 No. 340611 ID: 2222da
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You return to the hole, slightly delayed when the two objects you carry jam against the entrance. With some effort, you rearrange them and reenter.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/16(Tue)01:51 No. 340613 ID: 2222da
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Some way of keeping better track of the items you carry seems in order. Perhaps later you will be able to see how long till you fully consume objects, too.

At any rate, you are now prepared to explore the tunnel system. How shall you do this?

better turn that light spell back on.

>>340613
Turn on light, and peer into the various passages one by one. Discard the objects if they become too awkward to move around in here.

try to break the objects into smaller pieces, it would help carrying them and should make them digest faster.

>Discard the objects if they become too awkward to move around in here.
If that happens then we will notice it and make the decision then, rather then giving "if this that do that" orders lets see what happens.

>light
Agreed on turning on light spell.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/16(Tue)06:53 No. 340653 ID: 2222da
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You momentarily attempt to crack or sever the objects in your mass, but have no where near the strength required to do so. You estimate this means they are quite resistant to your corrosive effects, as well as made of a strong material.

Filing this knowledge away for later use, you cast Light.

[Mana: 7/20]

You're not entirely sure what the purpose of this is, as you do not currently possess any way of perceiving light yourself. However, casting the spell triggers some movements within the hollow support, and this time you manage to pick them up via your as-of-yet-undefined sense. There are three areas of movement.

What do you do?

>>340653
Completely fill the entrance to the area just above us, then move upward and engulf whatever's moving there.

>>340653
Yes, do this. Then just wait there for a while and digest.

>>340656
Yes.

>Light has no use since you can't see.
Doh! ok turn it off if it is just advertising our presence.

>Mana
I wonder how we regenerate that, it seems quite low so maybe it isn't all that fast.

>Break
Try to brace both tips against something at a 45 degree angle and then apply the force directly to the center. It will give you a massive torque advantage.

Try and squeeze together to get the one above you first.

I just realized something... there are little antennae! 3 pairs! each one must be a delicious roach! om nom nom!

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/17(Wed)02:58 No. 340845 ID: 2222da
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You briefly attempt to break the objects by leaning them before applying force, but the lack of room within the hollow means this is impossible. You think it unlikely that you would succeed with your meager strength anyway.

Having done this, you move to cover the entrance to the small acclove above you, aiming to prevent any escape of creatures within. As you once more extend your senses, you cover more of what you believe tobe antenna, to see...

That it is in fact a leg. One of seven in the hollow, attached to a creature you have never seen before. Your approach has also revealed a number of strands geometrically woven in the hollow, ending at the creature.

It appears to be aware of your presence.

Dissolve the spider.

>>340845
Engulf this creature and the geometric construct; discover if they are edible. Devour if so.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/17(Wed)06:36 No. 340858 ID: 2222da
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You reach upward into the acclove, as the creature prepares to attack you.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/17(Wed)06:40 No. 340859 ID: 2222da
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Unfortunately for it, your bonding is not strong enough to allow it purchase, and it slips into your mass.

[MSP: 40/100]

Reaching upward, you touch the construct. It seems surprisingly sturdy, but dissolves quickly at your touch. You notice that some of the strands are also quite sticky, as you consume more.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/17(Wed)06:44 No. 340860 ID: 2222da
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[Stickiness: 5/100]

There appears to be nothing else in the acclove.

>>340860
Then let us proceed forward until we can get a full sense of what's in the next chamber. If it's another one of those creatures and constructions, move into the chamber, block both exits, and absorb everything.

>>340861

Exactly this, food eating rampage until a real problem comes along.

>[Stickiness: 5/100]
Nice, lets get more of that.
Can you focus on digesting a specific portion of the creature you caught? let us call it spider (btw, I noticed on carefully looking that the spider had the stump of an 8th leg. It isn't a weird 7 legged spider its just lost a leg).
Anyways, try to focus digestion on a specific portion (the head) to kill it. Also try to rapidly kill your catch by breaking it apart to ensure it does not escape and to accelerate digestion, break the legs off one by one.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/18(Thu)08:08 No. 341185 ID: 2222da
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You secure your catch in your center, and proceed along the passage. As you do, you attempt to break apart the still-struggling creature within you. Though your meager strength does not allow you to rip it apart, you manage to halt its movements, and widen the gaps in its protective exoskeleton enough to start digesting it from within.

As you move towards the end of the passageway, you notice movement immediately in front of you, moving upwards and away from you. You also sense another some way up the structure.

>>341185
Why don't we try smacking the next one with the fork.

>>341211
heh, funny... do that
Say "Fork you!" when you attack.
Hopefully we are strong enough to do so.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/19(Fri)09:26 No. 341548 ID: 2222da
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A thought comes to mind: you could use your objects as weapons. Although a quick attempt shows that there is not enough room to swing in the tunnel, you can stab. Your meager strength makes this a questionably useful manover at best, but being able to attack from a distance could be a significant advantage.

These thoughts drive you onward, as you stab towards where you last sensed the closest movement. However, the creature has moved, and you end up striking another construct. As you do so, you can sense the creature's new position above you.

ok then... go ahead and engulf it, then try to break it like you did the other, then consume the web as well.
Try to make it come to you by pretending to be caught in its web (send out a tendril to rattle the web).

Once you captured this one as well:
Try to use the knife and fork to cut apart the spider once inside you, such as putting a leg between the fork's teeth and then spinning it.
Try sawing it apart with the knife's teeth.
Or use leverage there as well, place the spider on the ground, the fork between the joint but facing up, then apply force at the other end of it.

Also, try breaking off the fork's teeth against the hard surrounding. Or by placing the knife between the teeth and twisting.

After you are done with all those experiments leave the knife and fork behind as you can't take them further with you, you can come back for them later if need be. If you manage to break off the fork's teeth, take those with you.

Hmm at this point I think we should just grab the construct. The creatures seem a bit hard to eat.

>>341779
it costs us nothing to carry their corpses within us and they will be digested eventually. At our current state anything should be difficult to digest.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/20(Sat)10:28 No. 341831 ID: 2222da
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You reach forward, and shake the construct with a tendril of your mass, in an effort to draw the creature to you. However, the creature has already turned, and is climbing through the construct in an attempt to flee.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/20(Sat)10:35 No. 341836 ID: 2222da
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However, you are faster. Reaching forward, you manage to snare the creature's rear, your newly found stickiness allowing you to keep a grip on it as it struggles. Finally, something else's meager strength fails it, and it cannot escape your grip.

[MSP: 60/100]

You pull it inside you, and crack its limbs as you did the previous one. A brief experiment with the multi-pronged object allows you to widen the gaps, and so you apply this strategy to both of the creatures within you.

Your other experiments, however, fail to yield results. As well, you notice that the tunnel ahead is too small to bring the objects with you, and decide to leave them behind. As you prepare to drop them from your mass, you hear noises from outside the tunnel entrance.

Let's stay where we are, hear that is going on outside and digest stuff. We are in no hurry.

Stay awhile and listen

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/21(Sun)05:49 No. 342061 ID: 2222da
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You retreat slightly, and gather your mass, settling down to digest your new catch.

[Stickiness: 10/100]

You notice that you are feeling somewhat full; you may have difficulty moving if you continue with such large amounts of unabsorbed mass.

The noises from outside eventually become more clear. The dull rhythmic thumping of footsteps stops suddenly.

"Wait, where...? Uh..."

You hear a blunt grinding noise for a moment, before a grunt and the swish of fabric is heard. The footsteps continue, pausing periodically. After a minute or so, they cease.

We're done here for now. Go back out.

>>342061
Well, let's settle into one of these caverns for a bit and digest. We're in no rush.

Sit here till something will be digested.

I don't think we could get away with magically shouting "It evaporated" so you should probably just curl up into a corner and take a nap, if that's possible, or just rest and digest that stuff. Unless one of those weird magical things you can do includes putting suggestions into people's heads.

rub the things against eachother to make them break apart faster.

sit and digest until the spiders are fully consumed. At that point see if you can evaluate the amount of time remaining on the utensils and whether you are now strong enough to break them entirely or at least break the teeth.
Based on how that goes we will either abandon them to travel upwards and om nom nom more spiders. Or we will finish them and then go.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/22(Mon)06:20 No. 342247 ID: 2222da
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You decide the best course of action is to simply wait till the creatures within you are digested. You untense, and slip lazily into one of the depressions in the rough tunnel.

As you rest, you rub the objects together within you, and succeed in demolishing the tough exteriors of the creatures, allowing you easy access to the softer parts within. The two strong objects still resist your acid, but you notice that their surfaces are now extremely rough, especially the one with the prongs. With some effort, you attempt to pry one of the prongs off, but only end up bending it slightly. More smooth material exists beneath, and so you set to work removing the first layer to access the next.

For the first time, you begin to feel fatigue, as the constant motion of objects within you begins to wear you out. You spend some time puzzling over this new sensation.

During this time, a few noises are present from outside the tunnel, though nothing you can distinguish as anything other than thumps and bumps.

After an indefinite period, the creatures are completely dissolved. You are unsure how much time as passed, having no way of keeping track, and having been occupied with the experience of fatigue.

It is a somewhat unpleasant sensation, yet it pleases you that you have some other form of sense besides touch and your mysterious other sense.

Pleasure is also a pleasing sensation.

>>342247
Continue moving deeper into the tunnels, bringing the remaining objects with.

Sleep if possible, not a good idea to go around tired

We need to move deeper, so we won't be seen from outside. Then we would sleep.

lets catch a few more spiders before going to sleep, it is possible the digestion occurs while you are asleep and it would thus be more efficient to go to sleep while full.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/24(Wed)03:30 No. 342638 ID: 2222da
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You decide to move deeper into the tunnels, wedging the two remaining objects in your mass as far as you are able along the passageway.

Your action is motivated by two thoughts. The first is that there may be more of the creatures within the tunnels, and indeed, you sense a number of things moving about above you. The second is the belief that resting may afford you some reprieve from your fatigue, and you seek somewhere to pursue this course unnoticed.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/24(Wed)03:31 No. 342639 ID: 2222da
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While you are unfamiliar with the means by which other creatures sense, you reason that the creatures have only had overt reactions to your presence when there exists a clear space between you. As such, you mentally map the area that a being with such senses would perceive from the tunnel entrance.

is that light?
... I think we just got found out.
Leave the utensils behind, move deeper into the tunnels.

It's not light, its the area we can be seen from the opening of the tunnel

>>342688
that is good then. if that is the case i would wedge self and cutlery in the spot where we got the first spider, it is completely hidden from the opening. if it is light then vamoose

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/25(Thu)09:24 No. 342873 ID: 2222da
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Using your mental map, you return to the location you consumed the first of the creatures, wedging the two objects across the entrance. You settle somewhat uncomfortably, as the uneven surface requires you to hold on to prevent slipping. Luckily, your new-found stickiness helps to some degree, and while you do not untense completely, you maintain a comfortable enough position to spend no more energy on it.

After a time, you begin to feel a new sensation. This one reminds you both of the fall from the bench, and a far milder form of fatigue.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/08/25(Thu)09:28 No. 342876 ID: 2222da
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As you slowly begin to lose track of the world around you, you form the opinion that this is a pleasant sensation.

With the last vestiges of consciousness, a word forms within you, the first word that you've ever thought.

Sleep.

[End of Chapter 1]

>>342876
>the first word that you've ever thought.
Huh? I thought based on
>>339245
That you are something from <Outside> puppeting this thing and having had voices before.

Epilogue Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2011/09/01(Thu)04:26 No. 344554 ID: c06764
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>>344292
Technically, all you guys are the <Outside> doing the puppeting. But that voice? It wasn't talking to you.

Chapter 2 will begin once I've completed my mid-semester exams. :I