11/24, evening

[trollophoroi]

Hellooooo Fragment~

I am so sorry to announce that the news of my demise has been greatly exaggerated!

Not that I can blame anyone, of course! I was not, in fact, 100% certain that Lily would reach out and pluck me away at the very edge of death, and yet! As it would turn out, I was and continue to be correct!

Well, only about certain things. Just. Not everything.

Regardless, I have some news that I must bring to you straight from Lily's own core.

[ This message has been specifically brought to you via the forum because that way no one can even begin to guess how upset Fandaniel is, mmhm, perfect. ]

Comments

[trollophoroi]

Are you sure?

I can. You can pick the place or you can swing by the hot springs once I've received my community-wide beatings.

[gluttoning]

Yes. I'm sure.

Not the hotsprings. I think somewhere with a good view would be better.

[trollophoroi]

Alright. Drop a location in my inbox when you want to meet up.

[insinning]

that's right. we're all data here...

depending on how old he was when he 'died'.

that would make a lot of sense.

[help he has no memories of the real world this hurts his brain]

[insinning]

zelkova mentioned something like that too.

I don't have context for anything anymore though when it comes to the supposed real world and fragment

[justonezero]

yeah, he is. he's still with me every day here

[gluttoning]

[Roughly two hours later, he'll get a ping.

"I'll meet you at ΘHidden Forbidden Virgin Peaks."]

[gluttoning]

Oh, that's right. Sorry.

I guess thinking of it like what happened to Uta would be easiest.

[aphonik]

[ you better watch out!! ]

dont think im the one who needs to be brave

if I see pixels this time around you're gonna be losing em

[trollophoroi]

Well? What are you waiting for?

You know where I am.

[ Come and get him, short stuff. ]

[ganymed]

Then, he's the one who brought the order down? Or engineered it?

Assuming this is all true or whatever else about this, that'd just leave Harald, and whatever he can still use.

Do you know anything about his weaknesses, or whatever is left of Cubia? And, were you given hints about where this room of Harald's is too?

[insinning]

[ none of that helps at all ]

maybe it's just easier to think of it as there's two of us everywhere


anyway what else did cubia mention about harald hoerwick

un: Winter

[userunfriendly]

Welcome back.

At the risk of this seeming a cold greeting for your return to life... this would not be the first time Lily manipulated you, and you've been quite clear that your interests are more aligned with his than with those of any player here. Why would this information be reliable

[trashtier]

That's good.

I'm still surprised he even did it. But I think we had very different experiences with Cubia- with Lily. Maybe he finally found something to care about outside of wanting to be remembered.

[tablescraps]

( Mithrun has no further reply because he can see his and Barrett's thread further down the post and he's pissed off at the both of them right now, and he's not going to get into an argument about whether he should or shouldn't care about Lily because he does agree - it's not Mithrun's business. All it does is anchor Mithrun's esteem of Fandaniel as low, but considering he's as mad at Cubia as he is because of the things Cubia did to Barrett, and Barrett is off to commiserate or whatever with Fandaniel over Cubia, and Mithrun sees Cubia and Lily as one in the same - just as he sees the Phase and its host as one in the same - well. That makes his anger a bit circular, doesn't it?

Enjoy your smackings at the hot springs, FD. Mithrun's going to touch some virtual grass or something. )

not here

[tablescraps]

( It does seem to calm Mithrun down some when the touch is administered, but when he sees Barrett and Fandaniel's thread further down the post, he will take off for a walk or something in one of the Root Towns. He won't be there when Barrett departs, presumably. )

not here

[tablescraps]

( you tell em winter!! )

[userunfriendly]

[ salty french baton pass

he's got you, tiny compatriot!! ]

[fluorite]

Then I will.

[ Just... not here, not now. ]

I'm glad to hear it, though. :) I can't remember everything, but I do know I was angry over you at something. I think that might have been it.

[ Because reading those words have sent a wave of calmness through him that he hasn't felt when thinking about Amon for a while. ]

I'll come find you soon.

[dapples]

[ loRD HELP HIM ]

I'm truly mortified...
But I wasn't the only one who had that sort of experience in the pod, right? [ RIGHT?? ]

[gluttoning]

Oh. Yeah, that works, too.

To me? Not very much. He'd only call him his father, or the Progenitor. Fragment was as much of a child of Harold's as Cubia was. He said his father's remnants could still be here in Fragment somewhere, but that he didn't know where exactly.

I didn't understand it much at the time. I guess it was easier to think he was talking about a legacy, not something literal. But I was wrong about a lot of stuff.

[trollophoroi]

Both, I would imagine.

If this was not coordinated with CC Corp in some way, surely they would be more involved in attempting to rescue us. Allowing every single one of your beta testers to go into comas and even die by no means makes stockholders happy.

Us becoming trapped was undoubtedly a part of the plan from the very beginning.

Weaknesses? Hints? No... If Lily's memories were only so practical. It hasn't offered me any insight that specific.

[trollophoroi]

Yes....

Maybe he finally did.

[trollophoroi]

Would that I could embarrass everyone else as easily. No. Plenty began in bed with a loved one, of course, but none of them lingered there so long.

[trollophoroi]

[ Sorry, Sinclair, Fandaniel can't help with that. ]

If his goal was the same as mine once was, age wouldn't matter so much.

To create a perfect world for humans and abandon the painful world beyond, only it's never that simple. Then again, it could be he had other plans. If he did, however, I would not know. He seems to have kept that to himself.