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2024-12-18 20:03:23
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:27:34

A scoop was needed! Interviews needed to be found, and this crew was going to be the one to do it. Checking around, they noted a few spots perfect for finding others to talk to.

An AI offering hints and meals at his stall.

The home of Longfur, that's bound to be a scoop!

The artist alley, there's always weridos there.

And the library. Whoever goes to one of those is a bonafide werido!

Mia
2024-12-18 20:04:42
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:51:12
Mia walks around without paying everyone too much mind as she fiddles with her capsule. She's starting to worry that he was right, and she won't be able to open this little guy so easily... never know if you don't try, though, right?
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:05:07
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:49:18
Cheska leads along her tentider, Madonna... She isn't fully sure why she's following this group around but she hopes she isn't much of a bother.
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:06:19
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:30:35
Nevada was supposed to be at the press conference at, whatever that DAO's name was. There was going to be a whole big announcement of Atom: a """Revolutionary""" Proof of Tree cryptocurrency. But...
Nevada listessly wanders to the AI.
Padontae
2024-12-18 20:06:37
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:31:16
Padontae wasn't quite sure why he was following this group, but he seemed to be content anyway.
Cheater
The AI waves the group over as the approach. "Hey folks need anything?"
Cheater
He then points to Nevada. "Especially you. You seem like you need a pick me up, dude."
Nevada
"I'm, lost. In more ways than one."
Cheater
"Lay it on me man. I always have an ear out for helping others. You might even find that I can solve all of your issues."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:07:52
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:39:06
Nevada takes a deep breath as she goes over, effectively her life story at this point.
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:07:56
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:39:38
"I, was born a millennia and a half ago, before the 'Extinction Era.'"
Cheater
".....................................Your species lives that long?"
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:08:22
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:43:42
"No... Cryostasis... An accident. They finally unthawed me fifteen years ago."
Cheater
"The ole falling into a vat of cryo fluid incident, how could I miss it?"
Mia
2024-12-18 20:08:42
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:51:55
While starting to slowly listen in, Mia continues her fiddling, sinking her nails into the capsule, as well as sinking herself into a nearby chair. Seems interesting, but she needs to focus...
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:09:15
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:50:03
Oh so old and cold!! She wonders how they kept away the freezer burn.
Padontae
2024-12-18 20:09:27
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:54:37
Padontae is too dumb to understand. "What's cryostasis?"
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:09:38
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:42:55
"...It's like putting a person in a fridge, but I think... not as unpleasant?"
Mia
2024-12-18 20:18:50
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:05:08
Mia leans over to the aftik, happy to explain.
"I'm pretty sure it means being frozen in ice for a long time, even if still alive, yes."
Padontae
"Wow! That seems awful!"
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:19:18
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:45:47
"To make it worse, I'm dead to budryftkind. As far as they are concerned, I didn't survive."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:19:27
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:48:35
"Oh goodness... I'm so sorry, darling."
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:19:35
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:55:03
"Oh. That sounds quite bad, I am so sorry ma'am."
Cheater
"That's tough. How did you get unfrozen?"
Mia rolls a 20 sided die. A 16 is rolled.

The capsule opens. "CEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEEK!!!!!!!"

Wow, how awkward to open a capsule during someone's traumatic moments.

Padontae
2024-12-18 20:21:09
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:55:19
"My turn!! My turn!!" Padontae attempts to open his capsule.
Nevada
"Thankfull- oh, congratulations."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:21:44
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:50:18
"Ohgodohgodsiamsosorrydarlingwhoops, shhh."
She gently shuts the creature up.
Padontae rolls a 20 sided die. A 9 is rolled.

The capsule barely doesn't open!

Francheska
2024-12-18 20:22:51
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:49:42
"...Oh? Worm?"
Cheater
"Not to be rude folks, but we're having a serious discussion right now."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:23:07
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:55:35
"May I try?" Nevada pulls out a sledgehammer.
Cheater
"Do you think this can wait-"
Nevada rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 13 is rolled.

The capsule is crushed by the hammer! The gwech inside makes a defeated "squeeeeeeek...." sound before fainting.

Mia
2024-12-18 20:25:14
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:52:42
"I am SO sorry for the intrusion, both of you... Shhh, little guy, you're OK."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:25:24
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:53:01
"Oh, and here comes another..! Oh."
Nevada
"..."
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:25:44
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:50:32
Cheska is utterly confused.
Cheater
"I suppose you two will now be silent while we continue listening?"
Padontae
2024-12-18 20:26:18
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:57:50
"NO!!" Padontae sheds a tear for the loss of the gwech.
Mia
2024-12-18 20:26:28
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:53:31
Mia nods. She sure hopes everything'll stay silent.
Nevada
"...Is there a capture creature care... facility, place, nearby?"
Cheater
"I'll heal it. Just continue."
Padontae
"Oh, how fortuitous."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:27:17
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:58:38
"I'm sorry. I got cocky, and expected to pull up in time before the whole thing was crushed."
Padontae
"It's fine, I bet stuff like this happens all the time."
Francheska
"Why do they put those animals in there? Are those eggs?"
Mia
2024-12-18 20:27:51
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 19:59:00
"It's alright miss, especially after such an interruption..."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:28:22
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #64
Last edit: 2024-12-18 20:28:46
"I got it in a raffle, who knows how they were made!"
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:28:35
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:00:09
"They are Gachapon, of a sort."
Nevada
"A, weird sort."
Nevada
"I am very sorry for interrupting, please continue your conversation!"
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:29:24
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:51:08
She. Nods her head. "Ah.. I see... Alright, sorry."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:29:34
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:04:00
"Yeah... I didn't actually know there were creatures inside before I got 2 and saw one crawl out later. I hope they can breathe in these..."

The sound of a trashcan being tipped over echoes.

Barley Bonekeeper
"Those capsules are nothing but a sham on both artists and buyers alike."
Cheater
"Were you digging in our trash?"
Barley Bonekeeper
"No."
Cheater
"It really sounded like you were digging in our trash."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:30:59
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:04:48
"See no evil, hear no evil..."
Padontae
Padontae finishes the sentence "Speak no evil!"
Nevada
"You don't need to be ashamed of it. "
Barley Bonekeeper
"I'm not ashamed of it, because I didn't dig in the trash!"
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:31:36
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:06:03
".........Are you drunk?"
Barley Bonekeeper
"No, my kid's name is Vodka. I don't drink."
Vodka
"Oh hoo hoo, I am the trash collector! ;)"
Nevada
"Oh. Hello Vodka."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:32:22
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:24:21
Mia visibly perks up upon seeing the kid "Oh, hello again darling! How have you been doing, having fun?"
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:32:47
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:25:18
"Oh hello trash collector, I am Cheska."
Padontae
"Hi Vodka!! I don't believe we have met!"
Barley Bonekeeper
"*Not kidnapped Not adopted."
Nevada
"Then what are they?"
Francheska
"Found?"
Barley Bonekeeper
"I'm going to say they're non-fungible."
Barley Bonekeeper
"Feels simpler to explain it that way."
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:34:42
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:56:26
"Ah... No funguses, I see."
Barley Bonekeeper
"Are you an idiot?"
Francheska
"I am Cheska."
Barley Bonekeeper
"Non-fungible means unique, one of a kind!"
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:35:45
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:31:52
"I am not caught up with a lot of words, forgive me for that."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:35:37
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:31:52
"...People in general are inherently non-fungible."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:37:00
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:32:06
"(In so far as you can apply nonfungible to people.)"
Barley Bonekeeper
"Oh yeah? Let me see your verification."
Nevada
". . ."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:37:45
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:32:56
Nevada takess out her phone, and pulls up a image of a birth certificate. Not her own.
Mia
2024-12-18 20:37:57
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:36:06
Mia sighs, and whispers to the AI. "(I'm so sorry sir, but hows the healing going? I think somebody here really needs a chin-up right now...)"
Barley Bonekeeper
"That's not your birth certificate."
Barley Bonekeeper
"Could it be....you're not even verified by the government?"
Barley Bonekeeper
"Ha! Not even verified by the lowest possible level!"
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:39:16
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:33:43
"My government-- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT."
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:39:27
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:34:05
"..As one would say.. Big oof."
Barley Bonekeeper
"Kek."
Nevada
"Nobody talks about the 'Eschiji Days'. Period."
Vodka
"Lmao."
Francheska
"Eeks three?"
Cheater
"Your friend is having an identity crisis and you're laughing at her...."
Cheater
"Do you people have morals?"
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:41:45
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:35:06
"Is this mean?? I'm sorry, I am so confused."
Nevada
"Eschiji. The Homeworld. My Homeworld. Every budryft's Homeworld"
Barley Bonekeeper
"You know, if you want to get verified, I could help you out."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:42:18
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:35:39
"I already have-- GOD DAMMIT, HAS CRYPTO ROTTED MY BRAIN OR SOMETHING?!" Nevada pulls out her ID.
Cheater
"Woah, your ID got dropped in cryo liquid too?"
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:43:50
Nevada Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:37:07
"No- well- yes, doesn't everyone keep their personal IDs physically on them? But no, I got a new one, as the one I had on me was revoked."
Barley Bonekeeper
"HA NOW I GOT YOU!"
Nevada
"And Linmil's a multi-cultural tow- what?"
Barley Bonekeeper
"Your existence can be revoked by the goverment."
Barley Bonekeeper
"You're one bad move away from not existing. Now what you need is a blockmon."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:45:12
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:37:38
"...No."
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:45:23
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:38:05
"... Is that..? Will that keep her from getting revoked?"
Mia
2024-12-18 20:46:10
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:39:22
"And how? Wouldn't returning the status of being alive require long, tough, and calculated court proceedings and a lot of pudding?"
Padontae
"What's a blockmon?"
Barley Bonekeeper
"Fine. I'll leave."
Barley Bonekeeper
"But remember, blockmons are forever."
Vodka
"Your soul is always safe as a blockmon!"
Barley Bonekeeper
"*with"
Vodka
2024-12-18 20:47:56
Vodka Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:42:54
"*with"
Padontae
2024-12-18 20:47:01
Padontae Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:41:09
"Still don't know what a blockmon is, but it sounds cool!"
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:47:41
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:41:37
"I do not know what that means but I will remember. Farewell, strange man and Vodka Trash Collector."
Padontae
"Bye Vodka!!!!!"
Mia
2024-12-18 20:48:19
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:42:25
"Oh, well, goodbye you two! You'll tell us all about it later when you're less busy, alright?" Mia lowers her fan a bit to wave to both of them with a wide smile. =]
Nevada
"No. They'll last as long as the Icore blockchain, or whatever chain you use, lasts."
Nevada
"And that's a matter of how many servers host the whole chain."
Cheater
"So is there anything else you needed?"
Cheater
"Cause it really sounds like you need a friend."
Cheater
"And I got one just for you."
Nevada
"...Yeah I- oh. That's what you mean."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:51:02
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:43:48
"Awh, it's adorable! How are you doing, little one?" Mia almost automatically attempts to pet the Dwelya.
Francheska
2024-12-18 20:51:12
Francheska Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:56:00
Gasp!
Padontae
"Aww!! She's so cute!"
Nevada
"I'll take them, and if you have suggestion where I can find some decent people, I'd like that too."
Cheater
"Sounds good. I hope they help make this transition into this new universe just a bit easier."
Cheater
"Sorry everyone talked over you. Would have loved to hear the rest of your story, little dude."
Mia
2024-12-18 20:52:05
Mia Profile
Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:47:40
Mia stays silent. She'd try and express how guilty she feels, but knows all she'd say would be a mountain of sorries and excuses, which probably would not help. Not the best work for a jack of all trades...
Nevada
"Eh. I got thawed, Linmil's multi-cultural, made some new friends, got separated by a huge clown event, ran into Myron and his cryptobullshit, he claimed it would help budryftkind, and kept telling me to stop 'spreading FUD' anytime I questioned it."
Nevada
2024-12-18 20:52:22
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-11-16 20:48:44
"Fuck Myron."
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