Shadowstep listened carefully. This was all very bad news. Taking in a deep breath, he closed his eye and tried to think.
"Great. The last time those bloody artifacts started to wake up it was a ******** disaster," he muttered. This was kind of the sort of thing he was thinking of that defeating the queens could lead to something very bad. He just didn't know what that could be at the time. It seemed that he now had his answer for that.
"Distortion... That would explain a few things. I haven't seen many signs of Insanity around here but.. it's something to consider in the least."
He grimaced lightly.
"We need more ******** information."
Total: Finished
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My character's username: Shadowstep My character's level: 75 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: Mimsy/Mimsy+sandshark Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal:Here
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:36 am
Distortion and Insanity, two extremely important words to the clans. SANDSHARK listened closely, nodding along with the information he was gathering. If they were, in fact, gathering bits of Distortion and Insanity, and ended up releasing the Queens...
Well, that would be very bad. He'd have to put his potting and grudging aside if that were the case, at least until the situation was rectified. "Should we pursue ALICE for more information?" The gryphon proposed, "Or perhaps the dungeons hold cryptic clues we haven't looked in to yet?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:55 am
The last time the artifacts started to wake up was over half a year ago now, and Mimsy was silent until Shadowstep finished speaking, lost in the memory of the better portions of that.
"Not all of it," she replied, back to smiling again. "Every situation can benefit you in some way if you demand it! In that disaster, I found my answer to a lifelong dilemma, and gained who I needed to survive."
She shrugged.
"I suppose it is a matter of preference! But..." As she leaned towards Shadowstep, she glanced to be sure that the card knight was not close enough to 'overhear' them. "...what if you have seen it? What if it is the malicious intrusion I warned you about? You saw the dysfunctional Tulgey Wood, correct?"
They were things that she had not yet put much thought into, in favor of losing herself here. Now it seemed unavoidable to talk about.
"Yes, more information is crucial at this juncture," she agreed. "ALICE will help, if the right questions are asked! If you do choose to contact her, I remind you to consider your wording very carefully beforehand. Remember what she was programmed to guide us towards, and the emphasis on maintaining our satisfaction."
As she spoke, she gestured with the paint brush, which dripped globs of red all over her clothing (and hair, and hand, and tail).
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My character's username: Mimsy My character's level: 56 Current party: Shun/Shadowstep + SANDSHARK Small IC description of character: Mimsy is tall, thin, and colorlessly pale, with wide teal eyes that appear incredibly manic behind her thick glasses in her haste to see everything, bright red and indigo streaks in the bangs of her black hair, and one long, thick braid, ending just before her knees. She has Cheshire ears, a fluffy Cheshire tail, and a pair of blue demon wings. Her appearance is accented with images of galaxies in blues and purples. Journal: ♥
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:07 pm
Shadowstep stood there in silence, looking over the other two. Yes, he supposed they could somehow benefit from all of this, but he was having a hard time seeing just how at this moment.
"Yes. I saw that. I'm still uncertain what to make of it exactly."
Saying it was a 'bad' thing was pretty much a given. He didn't know much else beyond that, which wasn't very helpful, really.
"Perhaps it is time to give that AI a visit.. However if she's to guide us to defeat the queens and doing so would mean disaster for us, I can't say she's exactly on our side. I do hope you realize that."
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My character's username: Shadowstep My character's level: 78 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal:Here
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:15 pm
"Yes, I understand." Mimsy's gaze fell away from him, and she feigned interest in the bucket of paint as she dropped the paintbrush back into it. "I do hope, however, that if the time comes that we must diverge from ALICE's care..."
She frowned and rocked the bucket back and forth. The handle of the brush struck the side with each motion, and it sounded like a sad, dull brass bell.
"...well. I hope that you will take the 'virus' into consideration, whatever it may be. The AI that she was created to be would not lead us to harm, but faulty coding could cause that sort of malfunction. Similar to Insanity, since we mentioned the topic - how it infects and corrupts the FEAR of its host. At that point in time, you will only meet my opposition if the virus alone can be eradicated, and would leave an uninfected host behind upon its removal, but you opt to destroy her entirely. She is important to me, but only in her purest state of original intentions. If she could guide me, without the influence of the virus, I know that I could be better."
That was more than she intended to say in her explanation, and she felt a vulnerability that she couldn't cover up again. Where was Robert? She stretched up, leaning onto her toes, and tried to see over the roses.
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My character's username: Mimsy My character's level: 56 Current party: Shun/Shadowstep + SANDSHARK Small IC description of character: Mimsy is tall, thin, and colorlessly pale, with wide teal eyes that appear incredibly manic behind her thick glasses in her haste to see everything, bright red and indigo streaks in the bangs of her black hair, and one long, thick braid, ending just before her knees. She has Cheshire ears, a fluffy Cheshire tail, and a pair of blue demon wings. Her appearance is accented with images of galaxies in blues and purples. .........Journal: ♥
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:27 pm
Shadowstep tilted his head at Mimsy as she finished up her painting. Just why was she so attached to this AI? The thing likely didn't exist prior to this whole fiasco and she didn't seem to be its creator. For awhile, he was silent as he mulled it over.
"Very well."
It was all he had to say on the matter. It was too soon to deem ALICE purely a threat or otherwise. He just hoped he wouldn't find out before it was too late.
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My character's username: Shadowstep My character's level: 78 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal:Here
NotAllan picked up her paint can. She was ready to WORK.
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My character's username: NotAllan My character's level: 83 Character's HP: 40 Current party: n/a Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A girl with demonic horns, ridiculous sunset hair and star clips in her hair. She's a gryphon and looks pretty ridiculous. Character journal:here
Nio Love rolled 1 10-sided dice:
2Total: 2 (1-10)
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:23 pm
Hulkwich was going to paint some roses, and nobody was going to stop him... except maybe some paint.
Paint might stop him.
He started mixing and looking for the colors.. heartily disappointed when all he could find was white. Did nobody know that roses grew white naturally?
Well, a job was a job. He mixed the white paint and carried his can over to the roses, only to see several of his guildmates finishing up. He dipped his paintbrush in the paint, and gently tapped Mimsy's nose with it. Now her nose was white!
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My character's username: HULKWICH My character's level: 90 Character's HP: 40/40 Character's Job Class: Mad Hatter Current party: Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: Other than a pair of white angel wings, this particular mad hatter looks remarkably normal at first glance. Blonde, spiky hair and a looming tall build - but to look in his eyes is to understand why he'd been picked for his job class. Blood red, with dark circles under them, and one was dilated fully and usually twitching. Mad was a good way to put it. Character journal:[ Battle Entry Log ]
Ooh, painting! Pinkie headed for the roses and looked around for paint.
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My character's username: ThePinkMonsturr My character's level: 18 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: In a word? PINK. In more words, pink goo girl.
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5Total: 5 (1-10)
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:26 pm
Except where was it? Why did Wonderland have to make everything so confusing...
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My character's username: ThePinkMonsturr My character's level: 18 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: In a word? PINK. In more words, pink goo girl.
My character's username: ThePinkMonsturr My character's level: 18 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: In a word? PINK. In more words, pink goo girl.
Dotdotdot didn't quite understand why she was helping the white castle paint their roses or why roses had to be painted but she was helping anyways, apparently. She went to go get the supplies and accidentally dropped the paint, spilling it all over the ground.
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My character's username: dotdotdot My character's level: 63 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: Royal Gryphon Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Mad Tea Party Character journal:[x]
My character's username: ThePinkMonsturr My character's level: 18 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: In a word? PINK. In more words, pink goo girl.
She picked the bucket of paint up again, but the handle was slick from the spillage, and she dropped it again.
MY STATS
My character's username: dotdotdot My character's level: 63 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: Royal Gryphon Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Mad Tea Party Character journal:[x]
My character's username: ThePinkMonsturr My character's level: 18 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: In a word? PINK. In more words, pink goo girl.
My character's username: Shadowstep
My character's username: Mimsy 
