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SANITY LOSS▼
SANITY LOSS
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Memetical_Cargo
"So in this forsaken game, there's something called sanity!"
Memetical_Cargo
"And you might THINK you know how it works, but I bet you, you REALLY don't know how it works!"
ShrimpRocks
"Sanity high, your guy is nice and chill, sanity low, and your guy becomes a total freak and starts killing people. Ain't nothing special."
Memetical_Cargo
"WRONG!"
ShrimpRocks
"I'm pretty sure I'm right...."
Cowboy
"I gotta agree, that's how it works? I mean, most of the time there's no murder, but your character runs away and cries in a corner, I guess?"
Memetical_Cargo
"That's because you're all looking at it on a SURFACE level!"
Memetical_Cargo
"You know what's veeeeery interesting? Sanity mainly corresponds to how aware and in control the character is of their situation."
Memetical_Cargo
"And higher sanity, actually means the character has less control of themselves."
Memetical_Cargo
"DID YOU KNOW THAT TO AVOID THE PLAYER FROM CONTROLLING RANDOM CHARACTERS, THAT EVERYONE WHO IS NOT ON YOUR CREW IS TYPICALLY LABELLED IN THE LOWEST SANITY LEVEL?"
Memetical_Cargo
"THE GAME WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE EXCEPT YOUR CREW, IS CRAZY, WHEN ACTUALLY YOUR CREW ARE THE CRAZY PEOPLE UNDER THE MIND CONTROL OF SOME HIGHER BEING!"
ShrimpRocks
"Hmmmmmmmm."
ShrimpRocks
"I just think the game is coded really funky. It's like, a total background element after all."
ShrimpRocks
"Are we like, meant to use this information or something in this playthrough....?"
Memetical_Cargo
"No, it's my opening to my next video on Fortuna and Cosmicrew mechanics."
ShrimpRocks
"I didn't know you were still making them anymore after all the junk that happened that one time."
Memetical_Cargo
"THAT'S A CRAZY WAY TO WORD THE START OF MY WORST MENTAL BREAK, BUT OK MOTHER."
ShrimpRocks
"I was trying to keep it generically worded just in case your other friends didn't know.......geez."
Cowboy
2025-09-10 22:48:59
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-09-11 10:37:03
"Uuh, quick question, there isn't anything weird in this video, right?"
Memetical_Cargo
"Absolutely not. It's just about the game and how I'm pretty sure sanity is being used as a way to flag the actions the company wants to harvest for their AI."
Cowboy
"Nix the last part......"
Memetical_Cargo
"You people are way too sensitive. There is nothing wrong about talking about how the company might be harvesting our data to update their AI!"
ShrimpRocks
"For.......?"
Memetical_Cargo
"The video game....................."
Memetical_Cargo
".......and maybe our toasters, fridges, and the creepy assistants out there."
Cowboy
"Cargo, there is no way they're using data they gained from Fortuna to train anything else."
ShrimpRocks
"Actually ssssssss-Cargo is kind of winning me over here, birdbrain. I mean, ain't the Cosmosdex company under the A to Z Tech company? They got lots of things they could use that information on, just saying."
Memetical_Cargo
"AH HA! YES! SOMEONE FINALLY AGREES WITH ME THAT FORTUNA IS A DATA HARVESTER FOR SMART TOASTERS!"
Cowboy
"Aww boy. Look, lets have a small timeout here. Yu's joining soon. Shrimp, can you wait till we're back to start the game? I just need to make sure this video script doesn't get too crazy."
Memetical_Cargo
"The smart toasters aren't crazy!"
Cowboy
"Is there anything, maybe, worse in the script?"
Memetical_Cargo
".....................Fine, let's read this over."
Cowboy and Memetical_Cargo has left the chat.
ShrimpRocks
"They didn't even wait to see if I would agree."
Yu has joined the chat.
Yu
"Sorry I'm so late! I....."
Yu......
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Greet Shrimprocks excitedly.
Yu
"Oh! Shrimp you're still here! I was worried you wouldn't come back!"
ShrimpRocks
"Weeeeeeell I was thiiiiiiiis close to ditching you folks to go hang out with my buddy under the ocean, but I decided, hey, how many times a year do you get invited to play a game with a new friend and uuuuuh, Cargo? Not many times that's for sure!"
ShrimpRocks
"How are you feeling honey? You haven't been too stressed out, right?"
Yu
"Uh, just a little bit, but don't worry it's not important."
Yu
"All that matters is when I woke up, there was spider food left here for me! I ate some of it before realizing it was for my pet though."
ShrimpRocks
"That's so cool! Maybe the food fairy left your pet some snacks behind while you were sleeping. Make sure to keep that food topped up. Nothing worse than not having a meal on your plate! We can talk about your pet-ventures later, it's gametime, Yu!"
ShrimpRocks
"So, are you going to play a vampwelf, or are you going to play a vampwelf?"
Yu
"Oh I was thinking of playing an aftik actually."
ShrimpRocks
"Nooooooonsense! You're going to play as a vampwelf!"
Yu
"Uh, but aren't the vampwelfs bad guys who eat people? I rather play an aftik. Plus aftiks are simple. I don't think I could mess them up."
ShrimpRocks
"Well the real reason I want you to play as a vampwelf, is cause we're going to be on the vampwelf homeworld for the start of this session you know?"
ShrimpRocks
"You could be an aftik, but then that'd mean all those adorable batty folks will be all up on your poor poor woopy boy!"
ShrimpRocks
"So here's my thoughts. You play as a vampwelf woman, and then we can be like, girlfriendssssss you know????"
Yu's thoughts on this are....
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Like girls who are friends of course.
Yu
"Like, girls who are friends, of course!"
ShrimpRocks
"They say a girl's first love is with her girlfriend and this fact has never been proven wrong in my eyes!"
ShrimpRocks
2025-09-10 23:31:00
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-09-10 23:31:14
"But yes, just girls who are friends, brah."
ShrimpRocks
2025-09-10 23:33:19
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-09-11 00:31:12
"The romantic ritual of vampwelfs requires that the lovers bite the neck of the other during their wedding. Considering my character is a tourist, her neck is as hard as rock, and she ain't interested in nothing much in the first place, we'll be safe!"
ShrimpRocks
"It makes her the perfect little lady for avoiding getting kidnapped on a planet full of guys with issues."
Yu
Yu taps away at the character creation screen. "Man, this sure is giving me a lot of options. Why are vampwelfs so complicated?"
ShrimpRocks
"I love them looooads, but I'm an ole Notail Simulator player, so endless menus and spending an hour on character creation and reading lore before I start is kind of my thing!"
Yu
"I've heard of Notail Simulator before. I saw this thing online once of corrupted playthroughs of Notail Simulator of uuuh "Criticality incidents" or something? I didn't really understand it."
ShrimpRocks
"Oh yeah, Cargo dumped those online, but don't talk to Cargo about them, ok? S-Cargo is kind of embarrassed about doing that, especially cause one of Cargo's friends was pretty pissed off about it!"
ShrimpRocks
"Personally I don't know why so much happened over some little internet spat, but I guess for some people the internet is all the matters, so getting yelled at on there is just as bad as getting yelled at by your neighbor."
Yu thinks.....
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Tell her that the digital world can transmit as much pain and suffering as this "real" one can.
Yu
2025-09-10 23:59:35
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-09-11 01:13:44
"The digital world can transmit as much pain and suffering as the "real" one can. I have seen people be torn apart and react just as horribly, maybe even more so than in the "real world." I think it's more than understandable."
ShrimpRocks
2025-09-11 00:00:11
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-09-11 10:43:22
"Haha, you're so funny, honey. I like you."
ShrimpRocks
"Anyway, if you want a premade build for a vampwelf, I can send you a few! Just need to add some traits and a name, maybe tweak the way they look and you'll be golden. I got a reeeeeeeeally good one that will fit with my gal!"
Yu
"Did you hear me?"
ShrimpRocks
2025-09-11 00:02:39
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-09-11 00:03:40
"Yaaaaaah brah but I'm stuuuuuuupid so I didn't understand. You're like, so much smarter than me. I just mine rocks and play video games, lol."
Yu
"........Sorry."
ShrimpRocks
"Don't worry brah! Ain't no issue, haha! Anyway, I beg you, use my pre-built to help you out. I'm sure you'll be able to massively improve it with your smarts. :D"
Yu
Yu silently works on their vampwelf for a few minutes, tweaking the pre-build that ShrimpRocks sent them. They finally feel like they have something that is nicely personalized. "Done! It was a bit hard working around the job of travel agent, especially when my character comes with the [Can't Read] trait, but I think I got something. I named her Dorothy!"

Dorothy of house Volkairn, Travel Agent

ShrimpRocks
"Woah, you've really improved the template loads! Dorothy is a cutiepie. I can't wait till we can be girlfriends in game! We'll match sooooooooo well! Did you name her after that old history book, Wizard of Oz?"
Yu
"Uh, nope. What's it about?"
ShrimpRocks
"Heck if I know, I ain't read it! I think it's about a lady who wants to go home?"
ShrimpRocks
"Do you ever want to go home, Yu?"
Yu
There's a flash of anger that builds up in Yu, but..........
Yu
It sizzles out into nothing. Something clicks in Yu's head. "It's not worth talking about."
ShrimpRocks
"Cause I'm a dumb little animal who wouldn't get it?"
Yu
"I wouldn't word it like that. It's just........."
ShrimpRocks
"Haha! Don't worry honey! I get you, you don't have to explain that it's none of my business! That's business for fancy pants people like you. I'm just a funny lil lady who don't know too much. Let's game!"
Yu
"Shouldn't we wait for the others?"
ShrimpRocks
"Psssssawh! They didn't wait for me to confirm so we don't gotta wait for them!"
ShrimpRocks
"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll drop in real quickly. Plus, you're one of those Culture types right? So you have a whole cutscene or two to watch."
ShrimpRocks
"How much trouble could we possibly get into before they get back?"
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