STORY
STORY
THE POWER OF THE SUN
Yu has just sent a message to KeepingYouAlive about food for Hourglass and is currently waiting around.....
What should Yu do?
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Clean up more of the room. You need to show you can improve!
Votes: 0
2
Look out the window.
Votes: 0
3
Sleep until the alert comes in.
Votes: 3
4
Eat Hourglass.
Chosen Action
Clean up more of the room. You need to show you can improve!
Yu
2024-11-05 20:25:18
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Yu begins to clean their room again. They keep close attention to the computer, waiting for a reply. Today they noticed more crows outside. Three in fact. The two new crows perk up and shout as Yu pushes trash out, as if they didn't believe the first crow that it was true.
Yu wasn't sure why they had avoided this for so long. Most of the trash was just containers of eaten meals....though, as they pull back the next layer, they find a note they had printed out a long time ago.
Yu wasn't sure why they had avoided this for so long. Most of the trash was just containers of eaten meals....though, as they pull back the next layer, they find a note they had printed out a long time ago.
"I hate you. You ruined my life. We were all just trying to help you."
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Votes: 1
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...Ignore it....it's in the past. You're better now.
Votes: 4
2
Feel disappointed in yourself for printing out messages from your ex friends.
Votes: 0
3
Cover up the note in trash. Cover it up in trash now.
Votes: 14
4
Rip up the note into a million pieces.
Chosen Action
Rip up the note into a million pieces.
Yu
2024-11-05 20:33:32
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Yu rips up the paper meticulously. It isn't enough to just rip it into halfs, or even quarters. It is ripped until not a single letter on the paper is recognizable. There's a mess on the floor now, but with the paper ripped apart, Yu can only think about how they've cleaned more of the mess than they haven't. They pull out more trash, and notice more of the same.
"Thanks for being a total jackass to us over fucking nothing."
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Votes: 17
1
Whatever. It's trash now. Like the other one.
Votes: 0
2
Start stacking the printed pages in a pile, but throw out the rest of the trash.
Votes: 0
3
Please. Please cover it back up in trash. We don't need that part of the room anyway.
Chosen Action
Whatever. It's trash now. Like the other one.
Yu
2024-11-05 20:39:48
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It's trash. You're better now. (You...hope you're better.) You try to rip them up, but it's taking too much time, plus, it would cause you to have to sweep the small bits. You start putting them outside intact. The crows pause, cooing and cawing at the papers before taking them away. You grit your teeth. As if crows could judge you. They can't. Crows were not born to judge anyone.
Yu returns to pulling trash apart. Still waiting for that reply.
Yu returns to pulling trash apart. Still waiting for that reply.
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Votes: 13
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Whatever. It's trash. This is trash. It goes outside with the rest of the trash.
Votes: 12
2
Stop cleaning up! Stop it right now! BACK AWAY FROM THE SKULL.
Votes: 0
3
Put. The. Trash. Back. Where. It. Belongs.
Votes: 0
4
THE TRASH WAS THE ONLY THING KEEPING YOU SAFE.
Chosen Action
Whatever. It's trash. This is trash. It goes outside with the rest of the trash.
Yu
2024-11-05 20:52:04
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Whatever. It's trash. This skull is trash. Yu drags the corpse outside and throws it on the pile. The crows screech in fear for a second, before all of them gather in silence, heads bowed. You ignore the the corpse and think about how much you like birds. How wonderful they are. They're intelligent, unlike other animals. After the funeral is done the crows pick up the body and whisk it away, and you continue pulling out trash, growing annoyed by the delayed reply.
.....................
Votes: 2
1
The trash was meant to protect you, and you're fucking ruining it. Put the trash back where it BELONGS so you can ignore this. You can go back to playing video games in your room and nothing will be wrong anymore.
Votes: 0
2
Don't torture Hourglass. Eat him. Now.
Votes: 0
3
There was only one therapy animal that ever did anything good for you, and he's GONE NOW. Hourglass is worthless! WORTHLESS!
Votes: 7
4
Randomly utter how many dead animals you think are under the trash. Tell Hourglass that you MIGHT avoid killing them like the others. But it's not very likely. After all, Hourglass is stupid enough to get in your way.
Votes: 14
5
Escape your house. Now. You need to escape. This is a PRISON.
Votes: 1
6
Whatever. All these stupid animals deserved it.
Chosen Action
Escape your house. Now. You need to escape. This is a PRISON.
Each island on this world had a set of rules that must be followed. No one liked them, not even the government of this world, but they had a purpose. For on each island existed a person, a prisoner of their own mind in rehabilitation.
The animals, are incidental. Much like a supermarket being built in a forest, the animals and supermarket were separate entities.
Sadly. You've always been a supermarket.

Crow
2024-11-05 23:14:33
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Alarms blare as you escape your apartment and rush in a random direction. Wild animals in your way panic and flee. The crows chase after you.
On the island of Self, there was only one rule. One law. If broken, the island faced total annihilation. One must trust and speak of birds.
"Hey! Hey!!! It's ok buddy! Calm down! Caw-Calm down!!!"
On the island of Self, there was only one rule. One law. If broken, the island faced total annihilation. One must trust and speak of birds.
"Hey! Hey!!! It's ok buddy! Calm down! Caw-Calm down!!!"

Yu
2024-11-05 23:17:22
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"Leave me alone! I'm nothing but a menace to everyone! I'll kill you.....I'LL KILL YOU!!!!" Yu dodges past the street lamps that lean forward, trying to catch Yu in their hypnotizing light. Claws out, Yu launches forward. Crows scatter everywhere.

Crow
2024-11-05 23:22:16
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One crow spits in hate. "If we leave now, we can dodge the island getting blown up."
Another snaps back "We're the ONLY birds who haven't left. If we leave, we're never going to get to sleep at night!"
And it was true, for on the island of birds, there were very few to be seen anymore.
With each bird that left, a containment breach became closer and closer to a complete island ending situation.
Another snaps back "We're the ONLY birds who haven't left. If we leave, we're never going to get to sleep at night!"
And it was true, for on the island of birds, there were very few to be seen anymore.
With each bird that left, a containment breach became closer and closer to a complete island ending situation.

Crow
2024-11-05 23:24:34
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Finally one crow says something that causes Yu's rampage to halt, if even just for a second. "This all wouldn't have happened if the fucking prisoner just ate Cowboy! Released him while we suffer!"

Yu
2024-11-05 23:25:42
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"Cow...boy......"
Yu.....feels....
Votes: 1
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Attack these stupid animals. Cowboy was the ONLY SMART ONE. THEY'RE IDIOTS. IDIOTS!
Votes: 8
2
Ask for your pet bird, Cowboy back. Beg. You want Cowboy.
Votes: 4
3
Keep heading forward. Don't stall. You NEED to get out of here. You'll only hurt them.
Votes: 13
4
Blame Cowboy for this. None of this would have happened if it wasn't for him. It's his fault somehow.
Chosen Action
Blame Cowboy for this. None of this would have happened if it wasn't for him. It's his fault somehow.

Yu
2024-11-05 23:39:49
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"Cowboy. COWBOY! He's to fucking blame for all of this! He should have just let me stay holed up in my house. HE SHOULD HAVE LET ME ROT! I would have been happier not knowing that there was even a single intelligent person out here...... I would have been happier BELIEVING YOU WERE ALL DISGUSTING LITTLE ANIMALS!"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-05 23:41:51
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A screen on Yu's shackles flickers on. It's KeepingYouAlive. "Pal, what the fuck are you doing?"

Yu
2024-11-05 23:42:54
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Everything clicks into place in Yu's mind. "You.....YOU KEEP GIVING ME PETS KNOWING THAT THEY'LL DIE!!!"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-05 23:43:53
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"They wouldn't DIE pal if you ATE THEM like you're SUPPOSED TO. That's why you're in this hellhole with me and these innocent fucking animals that have to put up with bullshit from people like you!"

Yu
2024-11-05 23:45:29
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"Why would I eat an animal? Why would I fuse with something so DISGUSTING and UNINTELLIGENT?"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-05 23:47:40
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"Fucking HELL, pal, see, that's why your fucking ass is in jail. If you kill shit without eating it, that's fucking murder! If you eat it, that's just the next damn stage of life. Come on. Look at that crow. You love birds, don't you, pal? Just fucking grab and eat it."

Crow
2024-11-05 23:48:36
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"Ah! No no! Please, please don't eat me. We can live together, peacefully? We've been, ah ha, doing that for awhile! We're trying so hard to calm you down......"

Yu
2024-11-05 23:48:55
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"The crows, they're begging me not to eat them...."

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-05 23:53:52
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"You're making your own personal assumptions about what animals want. You can't fucking talk to animals, especially wild ones! Don't personify them, idiot! I mean, of course the animals are fucking scared. Some assholes set up a DAMN PRISON in their forest. They don't know anything that's going on! I think it's kind of cute, the rituals they started doing to calm down prisoners so the punishment of prisoners wouldn't affect them. Really nice bit of evolutionary traits in action. I love these little guys."

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-05 23:54:28
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"But the animals are there to eat, and maybe you'd be in a better mood with a nice calm meal."
And then, a crow brought out a screen, with a friendly face Yu knew upon it.

NotailFacts
2024-11-05 23:57:52
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"Hey Yu! I see you're having a panic attack right now. Do you need some assistance?"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-05 23:58:21
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"Oh fucking....DON'T LISTEN TO IT. EAT THE FUCKING CROW!!!!"
Yu will
Votes: 13
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Ask for assistance, yes.
Votes: 7
2
Eat THE FUCKING CROW.
Chosen Action
Ask for assistance, yes.

Yu
2024-11-06 00:03:18
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Yu, through gritted teeth, begs. "Please...Please help me."

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:07:29
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"Okey Dokey!!!!! Ok, deep breath in!!!! Deep breath out!!!!! Let's consider the facts!
Today you have:
Doesn't that make you feel better? =)"
Today you have:
- Cleaned up your room a bit!
- Got rid of a nasty skeleton!
- Haven't killed anyone!
Doesn't that make you feel better? =)"

Yu
2024-11-06 00:08:07
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"I could have killed someone......"

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:08:56
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"But you didn't! Consider that no one died today, and today has been amazing for clean up! We love you for trying!!!! =)"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:10:05
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"ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO JUST LISTEN TO A PUPPET THE ANIMALS HAVE CREATED TO FOOL YOU INTO STAYING IN PRISON? I mean. Gotta be honest pal, it is a very impressive puppet."

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:10:12
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"Thank you!"

Yu
2024-11-06 00:14:37
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"Yes. It's comfortable. I don't care if it is a puppet. It is warm. It is intelligent. I love it." As Yu mentions love, they grind their teeth together, slowly piecing it together.
Love......it wasn't love. It was the want to consume. To make something a part of ones self. That's how they felt about Cowboy.
Love......it wasn't love. It was the want to consume. To make something a part of ones self. That's how they felt about Cowboy.

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:15:51
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"On one hand, you heavily upset me. On the other hand, the survival tactics of animals are so impressive I cannot even be mad at them."

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:17:19
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"That's right!!!!! Listen to me, instead of the sun!"

Yu
2024-11-06 00:17:31
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"The sun?"

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:18:12
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"The giant red thing in the sky that keeps us all alive and warm! The sun. =)"

Yu
2024-11-06 00:19:06
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"Why is the sun telling me to eat people?"

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:19:18
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"I dunno! =)"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:19:30
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"ARE YOU STUPID?"
Are you stupid?
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"A little."
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"I'm confused."
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"Yes."
Votes: 0
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"Smarter than everyone around me at least."
Chosen Action
"A little."

Yu
2024-11-06 00:24:39
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"A little....." Yu lowers their head to the floor, covering their head the best they can do with shackled hands.

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:26:08
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"You wouldn't be stupid, pal, if you just followed instructions."

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:26:31
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"You're not stupid! You're just sick."

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:27:03
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"More medication! More medication! We need to keep you calm so you can think clearly! =)"

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:29:16
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"It's fascinating.....the way the animals are keeping you dull." There's a strange sound after your friend speaks. Is it possible a squeal of joy? "Just look. Look at the way the lamp posts have been slowly surrounding you while you've been distracted."
Yu had not even noticed the increasing amount of lights being shined on them, and by the time they had noticed, they couldn't care.

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:34:51
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"Don't worry friend! Just relax! We'll get you all fixed up! Back into your room. Remember, you're doing so well recently, and if you keep working at it, you can do even better!"

Yu
2024-11-06 00:35:27
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"I....can.....improve........"

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:36:13
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"Imagine a world where there's you! (Yu!!!!!) and 100s of happy little animals running around, you're protecting them, and they all love you! =)"

Yu
2024-11-06 00:37:41
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"I am....protecting the animals.........they all love me.....I can......fix everything I broke........."

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:39:51
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"This is fucked up, Pal. But I can't stop looking away. One day you'll understand, idiot. You can't protect animals while living among them. A guy with a fucking spear can't take on the shit that destroyed this fucking landscape."

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:40:30
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"That's ok!!!!! That's what you're here for! You're our Zookeeper!!!!! Give it up for the sun!!!!!!!!!!"

The Zoo
2024-11-06 00:42:06
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The animals start cheering. Wings and horns raised to the red thing in the sky the gives them life and protects them.
The sun, in response, shoots a column of fire that barely misses many of the animals.

KEEPINGYOUALIVE
2024-11-06 00:45:42
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"Pssst pssst!!!!! Aye! You animals are getting too used to people! Shoo! Get fucking moving! You better be happy it was just me who's giving you a warning shot! Imagine if this was someone who actually wanted to hurt you!" The sun hisses as the animals begin to flee.

NotailFacts
2024-11-06 00:48:22
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"Containment successful!!! Yay!!!! Let's bring our catch back home!" The crows gather Yu, and each does their duty to drag the large prisoner back to their home. It would be a long time before the effects of the lamp posts wore off, and Yu would awaken out of their haze.
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