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[Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo OST - The Storyteller]
It started suddenly, without warning.
Bizz
Bizz was tossed from his job by metal arms. "HEY WHAT'S THE BRIGHT IDEA MAN? I'M TRYING TO CHAT UP MY CUSTOMERS."
O-1
2024-12-30 12:57:48
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:39:30
"Sorry! So sorry! But I'm the cat girl maid now! =)" The machine erupted from the floor of the café, and more copies of the machines popped out, each one replacing a worker. "As ordered by management, you are officially fired! Sorry! =)"
Zapp
Zapp removes his cat ear headband and tosses it to the floor. "Not a god lovin' job safe in this city."
Bizz
"Eh, it's just like the movie biz. They get you in, they use you up, and then they spit you out!"
Bizz
"You know, I was getting sick of wearing this stupid getup anyway. You wanna try out applying to that laundromat? If we're lucky it'll secretly be a money smuggling business."
O-1
"Already took that job! =)"
Bizz
"Then we'll just grab the sandwich making job."
O-1
"Taken! =)"
Bizz
"Trash collectors?"
O-1
"I drive the truck! I ride the truck! I am the truck! =)"
O-1
"Honk honk! =)" The garbage truck that passes chimes.
Bizz
2024-12-30 13:00:56
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:40:03
"If you have all the jobs what the hell are the rest of us supposed to do!?!"
O-1
"Go to the beach and have a vacation! Yay! =)"
Bizz
"Oh."
Bizz
"Nevermind, I'm cool with this. Didn't even know ZooCorp had a beach. Come on Zapp. Let's get out of these dresses."
Zapp
"Good. Cause I don't even have an ass and these thin's were startin' to chafe."
2024-12-30 13:02:03
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Last edit: 2025-03-07 20:01:01

All over the planet, workers were tossed out, and the NYX network took over. No job was too small or large to be taken. People wandered the streets, either in an aimless daze, or in excitement over the freedom. Helen, and O-6 (Once CL-7 (Once Removed)) peered from their ship at the commotion.

Helen
"I knew the papers warned about AIs taking everyone's jobs one day but I never thought it would be this sudden!"
O-6
2024-12-30 13:02:52
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:40:51
O-6 dusted off his sweater. He had opted to go back to his "old" outfit, finding the one he had taken for his disguise years ago too "stuffy". "All of those robots, they are O-1. How curious.... :V"
Helen
2024-12-30 13:03:17
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:41:06
"Are you supposed to tell me government secrets like that, Mr. CL-6?"
O-6
"*O-6, and I don't think it matters anymore. The government has been blown up, and apparently, its owner turned into a worker for ZooCorp. :V"
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:03:54
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Posted by ID #99
Last edit: 2024-12-30 13:04:16
There's a knock at the door of Helen's ship. It was far from safe for a player AI like him to go anywhere near such, but D'arc decided the best path was just to enter the lion's den once and for all.
Helen
2024-12-30 13:04:30
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Last edit: 2024-12-30 13:04:36
Hearing the knock, Helen approaches and the door and opens it, proclaiming- "I sure hope this isn't a robot here to try and take our jobs." as if wishing deep within her heart it would be so.
D'arc
"Oh! Is that so? I've heard you were hiring." D'arc roomtraps the player as soon Helen opens the door.
PiPython
The group is roomtrapped. The single lone AI stood against a group. "You come to us so suddenly?"
Bobo Hotwheels
"I don't know how this roomtrap stuff works, but know I'll fight to the end!"
Helen
"HIIIIII TALLER SINISTER!!!"
Hyperion
(Hyperion was also there. He always is. Not that anyone ever takes note.)
D'arc
D'arc counts the group, one by one as he takes note of them. Bobo being among them and not Cheater was the biggest surprise: That's the demon that he heard of. "No need for worryin'. Poor little ol' me just came in here to talk a little."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:33:44
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:42:16
"Figured you guys would go in guns blazing to the big tower and meet up with the final boss sooner or later. Care if a pretty face like me joins in? I'd go with the rest of the protestors but they're no fun.~"
Helen
"Hmmm? Risking your life like that? Are you sure that's something you want to do?"
PiPython
"Yes, do inform us of why you're interested in this task. After all, you're a feral wildcard. I don't see anything you can hope to gain from this."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:34:20
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:42:51
"Well, I'm a Catholic for starters! Helping the needy is just what you do, you know? Love thy neighbour?"
D'arc
"-But- if you care to know, I've heard that the Creator has some nice things with him and you two aren't the type to keep loot. I suppose you two don't mind a girl like me keeping a precious thing or two? As a small helper's fee?"
PiPython
2024-12-30 13:34:43
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:43:21
"What kind of precious things are you looking to take? It has to be rather special if you're willing to risk death from a god to get them."
D'arc
"Oh my! I'm surprised that you're not aware of it!"
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:35:11
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:43:48
"That gun he carries around. I'm more of a sword person, but in a pinch, it'd be nice to carry heat like that, don't you think so?"
PiPython
"No. We would never try to steal that gun away from him."
Hyperion
"Haven't you heard, young chap? That gun contains a dragon that kills you soon after obtaining it."
Bobo Hotwheels
2024-12-30 13:37:45
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Posted by ID #99
Last edit: 2024-12-30 13:38:07
"Woah, that's a cool gun!"
D'arc
D'arc smiles. "See? The kid gets me."
D'arc
"And it's as you said. I'm a feral wildcard. I can manage a silly thing like a dragon... Perchance you're worried about my wellbeing, eh? Kukuku!"
PiPython
2024-12-30 13:40:48
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:44:24
"No. We're worried that your wants sound like lies."
Helen
"I'm not worried about that. I think Seven would like a sassy guy along for the ride!"
PiPython
"You've stayed alive this long by avoiding the wrath of the gods. I doubt you just want a gun."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:43:01
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:45:27
"Well, I want many things, but the end is knocking at the door, isn't it? There's not much "special" you can get at this point of the game. The twelve notails' mythical capture creatures, per example, are gone because a certain someone blew up all the non-ZooCorp planets."
D'arc
D'arc scratches the back of his hair. "The gun is the only big thing to get right now, I fear."
PiPython
"You seriously play the CosmiCrew pet collection game even after you were physically placed within the game itself?"
Helen
"Oh come on, it's lots of fun! I got a whole bunch of guys!"
PiPython
"I would have preferred if they brought back Notail Sim."
Helen
"Bah! That game has way too many words in it. I just like collecting the cutest pets!"
Hyperion
"I do not know what you are all talking about and thusly have no input."
Bobo Hotwheels
"Yeah, uh, what's a commacrew?"
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:46:52
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:46:21
"The twelve mythical capture creatures were originally of Fortuna? Each in a O-class planet? Weren't you supposed to be a old blood gamer, eh?~"
PiPython
"Do not challange me in what I know of Notail lore."
Helen
"Yeah. They'd kill you right here right now. You better watch yourself."
Bobo Hotwheels
"Frankly he'd kill you by talking about notail lore. I know way more than I want to, man."
PiPython
"Plus, you said it yourself. This isn't about those creatures. You are pet collecting."
Helen
"Oh is it so bad if he's a normie?"
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:49:42
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:46:45
D'arc lifts his hands. He seems nonchalant, but knows his place. "Didn't want to step on toes. Forgiveness."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:49:56
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:47:15
"And, I've been around Fortuna for quite the long time, I'm not a "Cosmicrew normie", thank you very much."
D'arc
"Either way, I'm in? Is a big gun too much for a girl to ask? ~"
PiPython
"Yes."
PiPython
2024-12-30 13:51:18
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:47:42
"One does not sacrifice themselves for a +20 gun. You are not just going against one god, but possibly multiple of them. Your death is assured....."
PiPython
"Unless you know that you won't die."
D'arc
D'arc puts his hand at his neck and sighs. "Well. You got me. Yes, I know I won't die."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:51:59
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:48:26
"I tried to storm in using the Lord but I didn't... connect the dots before it was... too late. So that attempt pretty much failed. This would be my attempt number two."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:52:19
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:48:47
"Nobody dies there, mostly because the Creator ignores most attempts and I do not know how to approach him. Full pacifism, I think? So you guys are my only chance, I'd say."
PiPython
"Then why did you lie?"
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:52:49
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:49:32
"I do, in fact, want the gun and been thinking how to fetch it. I can't do that alone, and I can't bring NPCs in because most of the protestors' AIs are subpar. That part is true. But I also wanted to... How do I say this..."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:53:02
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:50:26
"In my failed attempt, the Creator tried to convince me to kill one of you two... to be his "right hand" in his heaven of sorts. So I planned that since I was supposed to betray you, I could stay in the background fighting, and get the gun without actual risk of death once he dies... and get out without needing to lift a finger."
D'arc
"I lied because coming in, knocking at the door, and going "I want double-cross a literal god" is a heavy topic, isn't it?"
Helen
"Do we kill him now or do we free him?"
PiPython
"What do you think my thoughts on this are?"
Helen
"Kill him later!"
PiPython
"If you had come up to us and told us simply "I must beat the Creator for he has made a fool of my religion" We would have understood and had no hesitations or questions."
PiPython
"But every word you say has dug yourself into a deeper pit. Now you're telling us you were informed of an attempt at our lives and attempted to hide that?"
PiPython
2024-12-30 13:58:12
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:51:02
"For a person who complains about the intelligence of NPCs, you are fitting the bill quite well."
Helen
"Haha! Buuuurn!!!"
PiPython
"Let me make you an offer. You are an artist god, yes?"
D'arc
"Artist and moon, quite so, yes."
PiPython
"Make me a bible. A good one. One that even you would believe in. Hand it to me."
D'arc
2024-12-30 13:59:43
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:51:31
"I've never been a good liar, much less a talker, but an artist? I can manage that easily, sure!~"
D'arc
"While I draw, I do have a question. Would you have truly believed me if I said I'd kill because of my religion? You know me. The... Real deal, I'd suppose. I'm not that sort of person, am I?"
PiPython
"You can't trust what a player says. This game is our private life. Our domain. The sweetest person could be a killer in a video game."
Helen
"Like me!"
PiPython
"And that is what the game will see."
PiPython
"Would you, in real life, kill for your religion? No. Of course not. Would you, a game entity that can only make rough deductions about how you truly are outside of the game by your actions within this game kill for your religion? I cannot say."
D'arc
2024-12-30 14:03:12
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:52:22
D'arc claps. "...I guess I already knew that, but it's nice to hear that there's differences between I and him. Here's the bible. There's a few flaws within and I do not have access to the font that actual bibles use, but for a fifteen minute job, it's not half bad, dare I say!~"
2024-12-30 14:03:00
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PiPython
Pip holds up the bible. "Would you consider this a bible that God would approve of?"
D'arc
"Without a hint of doubt. What matters is not the object per see, but the holy scriptures that it holds."
PiPython
Pip flicks through the book and flips to a random page. "And you swear that the contents within are the Bible you know, love, and trust?"
D'arc
"I swear. Chapter by chapter. Verse by verse. Old testament and new testament. It's a bible, no more, no less."
D'arc
"The catholic sort, of course."
PiPython
"Then you will swear by this bible, hand on it, that you will not kill or harm our motives or our people. Us included."
PiPython
2024-12-30 14:04:40
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"And if you swear by this Bible, and you lie... then not only will we make sure that your life is a Hell in your next universe....."
PiPython
2024-12-30 14:04:57
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"But so will The Lord." Pip holds out the bible for D'arc to swear upon.
PiPython
2024-12-30 14:05:01
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:53:35
"Should you find yourself realizing your mistake, do not swear upon it, and we will part ways calmly."
D'arc
2024-12-30 14:05:37
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:53:50
"I know you're a player and thus are not limited by the game, but even for a player, I'll have to say. You're very smart, aren't you?"
PiPython
2024-12-30 14:05:23
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:54:28
"I know that you wouldn't lie over the Bible. If your gameself does, it won't reflect on the real you badly. It just means that the "you" in here is a mangled version, much like most player AIs."
D'arc
D'arc puts his hand on the bible and raises a hand. "God be my witness, I swear I'll not harm his people, nor obstruct his motives."
D'arc
"Don't abuse the fact you know my weak spot, that'd be mean, alright? Actually mean, you're only supposed to do those things at real important situations like this one and nothing else."
PiPython
"Can you make sure to word your swear in a more blunt manner. I can't tell if you're saying you'll not harm God's people or My people. How about you say "I swear I shall not harm PiPython, Helen, or Seven / aka Death?"
PiPython
2024-12-30 14:07:02
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"It's an oath to the Son, the Father and the Holy Spirit. I'm not going to pull semantics over it, but if it eases you, so it shall be done."
PiPython
"I assure you, you are 100% the type of person to pull semantics."
D'arc
"God, be my witness, I swear I shall not harm PiPython, Helen, Seven, nor obstruct their objectives."
PiPython
"Good. You will come with us, and Maybe you will get your gun. And as I said, any betrayal, will be met with unfairness and hostilities in the next universe."
Helen
"We have no problem /set entity friendship player-ai-d'arc * -100 ing you."
PiPython
"In case you don't understand, the * there means "All things that exist.""
D'arc
"If the situation gets too ugly and the chances of survival get too low, I'll withdraw as I may see fit. Otherwise I'll do my utmost to help. I presume you're already fine with this, yes?"
Helen
"Yeppers that seems fine to me. As long as you're not hurting us or our characters."
Helen
"Welcome to the team! Hope the gun is worth it!~"
D'arc
"Well, breaking a false idol is a nice extra, really."
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