Re: SBURB: Restart

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IO: but that is still so cooool!!!!
IO: if you must know there was a punched card or whatever with all these machines but it seemed kind of unimportant and uselsse
IO: you wan t it?

Nell sighed dreamily, still thinking about the meteor. She wished that she had a beautiful chunk of space rock to add to her collection like Joey did.

[Rose Hathaway]

ZD: I didn't miss any lyrics.
ZD: I had them up on the screen.
ZD: Oh yeah. Forgot to give you this.

Kathryn took the pre punched card out of the deck and threw it at her.

ZD: So many times, it happens too fast
ZD: You trade your passion for glory
ZD: Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
ZD: You must fight just to keep them alive
ZD: It's the eye of the tiger
ZD: It's the thrill of the fight
ZD: Risin' up to the challenge
ZD: Of our rival
ZD: And the last known survivor
ZD: Stalks his prey in the night
ZD: And he's watching us all with the EEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEE
ZD: Of the tiger!!!!!

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IO: whoa a card
IO: like what joey was rambling about
IO: kath guess whatt!!!!!
IO: joeys got a meteor headed right towards him!!!! isnt that soooo cool?!!

Nell captchalouged the card for shits and giggles, but otherwise wasn't really sure what she was supposed to do with it. She'd just wait for Joey to figure shit out, since he seemed to know what he was doing.

[Book the Hero]

DH: YES!!
DH: YES I WANT IT!

Joey was freaking out, a meteor was heading towards him, his server didn't realize the danger he was in, and his sprite had pretty much said that he was going to die. After a minute, he sighed, and tried to calm down.

DH: Sorry.
DH: /headshot
DH: And yes...I want it

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IO: alright here ya go
IO: no need to get your panties in a twist

Nell rolled her eyes. Why didn't Joey see the awesomeness of his situation? With a flick of her trackpad, she threw the pre-punched card at him.

IO: catch!!!

[Rose Hathaway]

ZD: A meteor you say?
ZD: Is it going to hit his house?
ZD: And potentially kill him?
ZD: It better not.
ZD: Otherwise I may have to hit you with something.

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IO: whyss everyone freaking out???
IO: its just a giant space rokc of complete BEAUTYYYY
IO: you have no idea how much i wish i was at his house right now
IO: SOOO COOOOOL
IO: but lets get moving and hit the wheely thing with something heavy

[Book the Hero]

Joey jumped, catching the card in mid-air, before landing on the ground, his face hitting the floor.

DH: ...Thanks.

Joey got up, and took another look at the walkthrough, using his laptop-

6:16

-before finding out what to do next. Ok, he was spose to turn the wheel again, and retrieve a cruxite dowel, before inserting it into the totem lathe, which from the poor description written about it, the thing with the needle. After retrieving the dowel and inserting it and the card into the Totem Lathe, he pressed a button, and the dowel began to spin, the needle carving into it, forming it into a new shape.

After checking the walkthrough again, he retrieved the carved dowel, and went over, and inserted it into the Alchemiter. Turning the machine on, he checked the walkthrough one more time, only to find that it cut off there. He would have to figure out everything else on his own. Looking back at the Alchemiter, he was amazed to find an orange weapons wrack standing on the platform, but just as soon as he saw it, it vanished, leaving only a single orange handgun on the platform.

"...That's it?"

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IO: dude what are you doing
IO: your actions arent even making sense anymore
IO: who pissed in your apple juice???

[Book the Hero]

DH: I was following the walkthrough, but then it cut off, and the others don't explain anything.
DH: I'm going to try and figure this out, before I get killed.

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IO: well think
IO: its a gun
IO: whadda di with guns???
IO: shoot stuff
IO: try not to hit my beautiful space rock. ;^;

[Book the Hero]

2:00

Joey picked the gun up, examining it. It was an old-fashioned gun, that'd you find in westerns. He checked the barrel, only to find one bullet. It was pretty fucking obvious that he had to shoot something, but he had no idea what. Turning it up and over, trying to find a clue, he noticed something. At the bottom of the handle, there was something engraved.

"No..."

His sprite's words echoed in his head, suddenly taking a new meaning.

Be ready to die, cadet.

'/headshot'

"Oh God..."

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IO: what are you freaking out about now???

[Book the Hero]

DH: ...Nell, if this doesn't work, I just wanted to say
DH: Thank you, you and everyone else have been good friends to me.

dynamicHero ceased pestering incandescentOre.

Joey sighed, before looking at the timer.

0:15

0:14

0:13

He pulled the gun up to his head, his arm shaking a little, but continued none the less. At this point, he had nothing left to lose...

"...Ready to die, sir.

He pulled the trigger.

BANG!

Joey's house was enveloped in a bright light, before disappearing, not two seconds before the meteor destroyed Joey's neighborhood.

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Nell screamed, dropping her computer. "What the helll? What the...what the fuck?!" Why did Joey...why did he just shoot himself in the head?! Leaving her computer where it was laying on the floor, she curled up on the couch, sobbing hysterically.

[Book the Hero]

It was awhile before anything happened. It would seem like minutes had passed, but then a sound sounded from Nell's computer, the sound of a pesterchum message.

dynamicHero began pestering incandescentOre
DH: Sorry.

---

The Heir of Time takes his place in the Land of Caves and Quartz.

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Nell glanced over at her laptop, scrambling for it when she saw a message from Joey. She started rubbing her eyes furiously, rather annoyed that he figured out how to play such a cruel trick on her.

IO: YOU DICK HEAD
IO: WHY DID YOU DO THAT
IO: I HAAAAATE YOU

[Book the Hero]

DH: It was the only way to escape the meteor!
DH: If I hadn't, I would be ash right now!

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IO: fuiahack youiohji;ag!!!!!!123111!!!
IO: imm getibijwg m y5w la pwietop all owue rhit!!!!!!!!!!@@@#1!!!

Nell started slamming her keyboard, not really trying to form the words that she wanted to, as she tried to stop crying. At least Joey was okay...

[Book the Hero]

DH: I'm sorry, but I didn't have time to warn you what I was about to do.

Joey sighed as he looked away from his laptop, wherever his house was now, it was dark out.

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Nell sniffled a little, managing this time to actually type comprehensible words.

IO: well it wasnt very nice

[Book the Hero]

DH: Yeah...
DH: Again, sorry.
DH: Anyways, whats the status with you and Kath?

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IO: i keep telling her to hit the wheely thing and then she breaks out into eye of the tiger
IO: and she put the machines all over my house
IO: i wish she didnt
IO: im gonna have to run around a lot........

[Book the Hero]

DH: Check your window
DH: There might be a meteor heading towards you as well.
DH: And no, that is not a good thing!

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Nell shrugged and got up to look out her window, seeing nothing but the rain clouds outside. Returning to her laptop, she typed a reply, a little disappointed.

IO: i see nada

Of course, she had only looked out on one side of her house.

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