On considering Jarjammed

[ninemechanicalmuses]

I knew you had a bit of a sadistic streak in you, mundane, but this is really above and beyond your regular abuse of power.

As if thrusting me into a strange world wherein I am required to perform pointless tasks while Agatha needs me in Mechanicsburg is bad enough.

I might have to seriously rethink the amicable status of our relationship.

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[itsbraveanditburns]

Yeah, well, we're all stuck here too. Don't you think that at least some of us have stuff we need to do back home?




... wait, Mechanicsburg?

[sugardoom]

If it's any consolation, current evidence leads me to believe that while are in the game, events in our native universes are put on hold. Theoretically when we return, we return to the exact point from which we left.

[thehatcameback]

Hah! Hahahaha!

How very well-deserved.

[preuxchevalier]

They're not pointless, old thing! Your consorts are dashed appreciative little whatsits. What are you whatsits, by the by? Consorts, I mean.

[swishywizard]

Oh, darling, it's not all that bad. There's at least some good company and you can alchemise almost anything, including clothes.

My wardrobe's grown by leaps and bounds!

It's a damn sight better than where I came from, that's for sure.

[ninemechanicalmuses]

No offense, I doubt that every single one of the rest of you has as important a series of events going on as I do at the moment my mundane plans to pull me. I am in the middle of a battle that may very well decide the fate of the whole count--

You know of Mechanicsburg?

[You really don't look like anyone from Europa, but I guess that doesn't mean anything.]

[deathraysanddingbots]

...don't worry about me. What's wrong?

[itsbraveanditburns]

Yeah. I'm not from your world, but evidently you're from my best friend's? (Best friend here, not best friend back home, but okay that's pretty fucking obvious.)

Also, you're being a drama queen.

[ninemechanicalmuses]

That is a small consolation, thank you.

It unfortunately doesn't help with all the plans my mundane has for me within the game.

[Wait...]

Do I know you?

[ninemechanicalmuses]

[Wulfenbach you are SO not invited]

[sugardoom]

You do, yes, though it's been a while and I happen to have one less eye than you might remember. Theopholous DuMedd? We were on the Castle together, until you left.

[ninemechanicalmuses]

I think my mundane was planning on populating my planet with creatures called mimmoths. They're sort of like tiny wooly mammoths, if you know what those are.

[Pointedly refuses to talk about the relative importance of aiding consorts]

[thehatcameback]

Sweet lightning, my mundane just informed me he will be forcing me into the same game.

Looks like I am invited!

Wait, that means being stuck in a jam jar with you.

Hopefully not a literal jam jar.

tenderly threadjacks

[sugardoom]

Gil?

Re: tenderly threadjacks

[thehatcameback]

Theo? You're there?

[sugardoom]

I have been for months now. I take it you might be joining me?

My condolences.

[thehatcameback]

It seems I might be.

Should I be scared? My mundane thinks I should be scared.

[ninemechanicalmuses]

[Starts forming some argument against the suggestion that there is 'good company']

Alchemize... clothing?

I don't think alchemy works at all in the same way in my world as in jarjammed...

[sugardoom]

On the one hand, you're a powerful Spark and a Wulfenbach, so what I know about you dictates that you ought to do fine. On the other hand, this game is a hellhole. I honestly couldn't tell you if you ought to be scared or not. I personally don't find myself scared anymore so much as perpetually frustrated.

[swishywizard]

Oh, excuse me, darling, I do forget. The game has its own unique vocabulary.

You can make things out of grist -- a substance you get from killing monsters -- and you can combine things. It's really rather wonderful! You'll love it.

The game really isn't as bad as everyone else seems to think! I mean, there are some rather scary aspects, but overall it's better than being back home.

For me, at least.

Maybe your home is just wonderful, I wouldn't know.

[ninemechanicalmuses]

[sigh] My mundane seems to have it in her head that she's going to drop me into this game called jarjammed.

Apparently Theo is there, and there may also be a Gil, but I still think it's a poor use of my time and energy.

[Of course he's worried about you. You're you. Also your town is burning and he's not going to let that happen.]

[ninemechanicalmuses]

Oh? Who is your best friend? [Someone who is either from Mechanicsburg or would otherwise feel it important to mention...]

[Frowns and hands on hips] You really aren't in a position to judge whether or not I'm exaggerating.

[ninemechanicalmuses]

Red fire, Theo? You do look different!

[The sideburns are what threw him off.]

What did happen to your eye?

[deathraysanddingbots]

...At least you'll have company? Assuming you and Gil don't kill each other, that is.

[No seriously. You are not ALLOWED to hurt each other. She will resurrect you both just to kill you again.]

Well, if Theo's right, you'll be returned to the same spot with no time having passed, probably due to the multiversal nature of the game. But...

We do need you.

[You mean "I," dear.]

[sugardoom]

An angry eleven year old girl with revenge fantasies. I'd rather not talk about it.

On the upside, I have a minion! A proper one. Sort of.