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[smartest]

Afternoon, Chief.

So this is the new headquarters. Snazzy. Don't get me wrong, Chief, there wasn't anything wrong with the old headquarters. Well. Before.

Anyway, my point is, thanks for picking me out of all your agents to get your party started. Am I right?

Not - that - this is a party. These missions are serious business. It was just a figure of speech. You know that, as an agent, I've trained myself to desire absolutely no fun on the job.

All business.

Always.

Comments

[smartest]

OH MY SWEET BABY JESUS -

[there's max, jaw-dropped and wide-eyed, scurrying back from her because oh my god what the hell is that even.]

I think - I really think you should come back down. That would be good for both of us.

[wannayiffyn]

Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!

[she quickly sets herself back down, obviously genuinely sorry.]

[smartest]

Is - uhm.

Is that like - some new technology?

Because it's pretty cool. I want one.

[max kind of - straightens his tie and corrects his posture to look more intimidating. because oh my god, this girl is from kaos. it explains so much.]

[wannayiffyn]

[yes that makes perfect sense, this is definitely the most reasonable explanation!]

I guess so! You could call it that, but it's not really something that can just be handed out. Something really bad has to happen to you before you can get it.

[smartest]

What do you mean, really bad?

[really bad like, oh idk, joining kaos?! because that's a pretty awful thing.]

[wannayiffyn]

Um, well... you have to die. [:(]

[smartest]

Wait -

Wait -

That's not -

Okay, I'm not actually following.

[wannayiffyn]

I'm not really sure I understand it, either, but it's all part of this game that some friends and I are playing. It's an alternate reality game, and, if you die while playing the game and you're laying on a thing called a quest bed, then you come back to life and ascend to the god tiers, which are really, really high levels in the game. It makes you really really powerful!

[smartest]

Oh! Okay. So it is a tabletop game. Or. One of those RPG things. With really freakin' awesome technology.

[kaos agent level technology. fffff.]

Who developed it?

[wannayiffyn]

Well, it's not really a tabletop game, but it is some pretty amazing technology!

... I don't actually know. But I bet it was somebody really, really strong. Strong enough to create a universe!

[smartest]

An in-game universe.

And, I mean, I'm sure it wasn't just one person. Game developers have whole teams dedicated to worldbuilding. I think.

[hey max, your geek is showing. remember, you're supposed to be undercover, yet professional.]

[wannayiffyn]

Oh, no, the universe that the game creates is real! I didn't believe it at first, either, until I saw it!

[meanwhile Jade is much too busy babbling to notice that he's still totally lost on what the hell she's talking about. oh well!]

[smartest]

Is this like one of those World of Warcraft things where it's just so immersive that everyone thinks it's real and then they get addicted and don't eat, or something?

[wannayiffyn]

Nope! It's really real. Not even just pretend-real. I could probably show you, but I'm not sure I'd be able to get us back here afterwards.

[smartest]

I mean, I am pretty good with directions.

[no you're not, max, but that's okay. because she totally means the kaos headquarters. that is exactly what she means.]

By the way, I just wanted to say that I am loving this thread.

[wannayiffyn]

Hmm! ... oh! I know! I can show you without even going anywhere! Have you ever heard of something called the Green Sun?

SAME. also, i feel the need to introduce myself. i'm alicia. :D

[smartest]

Nope.

That's nothing like Soylent Green, is it? Because I can't go for that.

Nice to meet you! I'm Raina! :D

[wannayiffyn]

Soylent Green? What's that?

[she's 13, dude, she has no idea what that is.]

outstanding. a pleasure! :3

[smartest]

Wait -

I don't wanna, like, spoil you or anything - are you serious?

[you can't stop the ~old~ pop culture references.]

Pleasure's all mine, I'm sure~!

[wannayiffyn]

Um... yes?

[her white dog ears lay down against her head. should she know what that is? D:]

no we share it. B|

[smartest]

Okay, well, I guess the easy answer is "it's a movie," but the real answer is "peop-"

Oh my God, your ears just moved, I thought they were fake how does that work.

oh fine if you insist

[wannayiffyn]

Oh, they're real! They came with my new powers when I got to the god tiers, because my dreamself had them. And, when I died, I ascended in her body.

outstanding. :3

[smartest]

Okay, wait.

So are you saying that if I play this game, and I decide that my dreamself avatar player thing has, like, Justin Bieber hair, and I die in-game, I'll use my next life having Justin Bieber hair?

jsslkja explaining the game to him is oddly entertaining

[wannayiffyn]

Well, I didn't really decide it, but I guess that's how it works, kind of! Because, when you die and are reborn into the god tiers, your mind and memories go into your dreamself's body. Which actually kind of makes sense-- because, if your waking body is dead, you can't use it anymore.

he is just not going to get it unless/until he gets there. just.

[smartest]

What about your items and stuff? Or do you have to go and gather all of them again? Because that is the worst back when I playvideo games and die and all my items just disappear. Or worse, when it sends be back to the beginning of the level.