[Dracorion]

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Who do you want to be now?

>Be Zebrek.

You can't be Zebrek because Zebrek is too sad right now!

>Be Zebrek anyway.

Fine, you're Zebrek.

>Zebrek: Bury your lusus.

You don't have the tools for that!

>Find tools.

You think there's something in your collection you could use to dig a grave.

After wiping your eyes, you climb the tree and hide Twinkleberry in the upper branches. Hopefully he'll be safe from predators there until you get back.

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With Twinkleberry hidden, you slowly make your way back to your cave in a mournful shuffle. In your state, you don't even notice that the sky is covered with hundreds of fiery shooting stars, all falling at the same time. If you noticed them, you might wish for Twinkleberry to come back. And it would count for a hundred, so it would definitely come true.

But you don't. You just look at the ground as your feet scrape the grass. You don't try to stop the tears anymore.

>Zebrek: Accelerate.

You are now Zebrek in the future. It looks like you're in a... wedding?

>What?

Show Weddinglog

Zebrek: dearly beloved we are gathered here today
Zebrek: to bless these two in holy matespritship

>Zebrek: Decelerate.

You are now moving through time at a slower rate. Now you can watch this atrocity in slow motion!

>CAN WE PLEASE JUST BE CURRENT ZEBREK SLIGHTLY IN THE FUTURE

Well why didn't you just say so? You're now current Zebrek slightly in the future.

You've just gotten back to your hive. On your way back, you had time to think. Now you're angry. You're going to find whoever was responsible and make them pay.

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Going to the other room, you find the culprit. You have enough sense not to look at the book, since you know Twinkleberry was looking at it before he...

>Destroy it.

You shoot the damn thing until it's nothing more than burnt scraps of paper.

>Find the culprit.

You go back to your husktop. You still have that conversation with Iropha open.

>Zebrek: Interrogate.

hastyExecutor [HE] began trolling spectaularHellion[SH]

HE: ZEBRE|<, BL^C|<M^IL >ELIvERY! ESTIM^TE> TIME OF ^RRIv^L: 23 SECON>S! BR^CE FOR IMP^CT!!!
SH: a delivery?
SH: but its not even my wriggling day!
SH: iropha
SH: IROPHA
SH: HOW COULD YOU
SH: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
HE: I'M JUST THE MESSENGER
SH: WHO SENT IT
SH: WHO SENT THAT BOOK
HE: ^ >ELIvER^TOR NEvER REvE^LS HER CLIENTS!!!
HE: IT W^S BL^CKM^IL
HE: YOU SHOUL> H^vE KNOWN THE RISKS WHEN YOU OPENE> IT
SH: THAT BOOK KILLED MY LUSUS
SH: IT MADE HIM GO INSANE
SH: TWINKLEBERRY
SH: twinkleberrys dead
SH: i killed him
SH: please iropha tell me
HE: ...
HE: SORRY TO HE^R TH^T, BUT I C^NNOT ^N> WILL NOT TELL YOU 
SH: please
SH: he was my best friend
SH: i need to know
HE: OR WH^T?
SH: ...
SH: i dont know
SH: youre my friend
SH: i cant hurt you
HE: H^R>EN UP YOU MISER^BLE LITTLE WIGGLER!!!
HE: IT W^S ^ BOO|<, YOU S^Y?
HE: WHO >O YOU THIN|< COUL> POSSIBLY H^vE SENT YOU ^ CURSE> BOO|<?!?!?!
SH: ...
SH: a book
SH: wait
SH: you mean
HE: I >ON'T REC^LL ME^NING ^NYTHING
SH: scalis?
SH: but why?
HE: I C^N NEITHER CONFIRM NOR >ENY TH^T!!!
[color="deepskyblue"]SH: thank you iropha

spectacularHellion [SH] ceased being trolled by hastyExecutor [HE]

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That... He...

WHY

>Interrogate.

spectacularHellion [SH] began trolling pandorasArchivist [PA]

SH: HOW COULD YOU
SH: HOW COULD YOU
SH: why would you
SH: why would you do that
PA: Oh Sweet Troll Jegus.
PA: What hanepped?
SH: twinkleberrys dead
SH: WHY WOULD YOU SEND ME THAT BOOK
PA: Dammit. I gto your Lusus?
SH: you
SH: you
SH: TELL ME WHY
PA: Becuase.
PA: Becuase I rebmermed.
PA: Rebmermed axectly what you did.
PA: Adn waht you are.
SH: im what?
SH: what did i do
SH: WHAT DID I DO TO MAKE YOU DO THAT TO TWINKLEBERRY
PA: I alogopize. I did not maen to tagret your lusus.
PA: I had amussed that you wuold at the very laest look at it.
SH: WHY
SH: TELL ME WHY
PA: Bacuese your defield my hiev, detsroyed my wrok, broek my law.
PA: Bacuese you shoewd that only yuor onw law is rael to you.
PA: Taht you aer a chidl.
PA: Adn yuo aer an Anomaly.
SH: im what?
SH: THIS IS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE?
SH: I SAID I WAS SORRY
SH: I APOLOGIZED SO MUCH
SH: im so so sorry
SH: i cant forgive you for this
PA: You aer sorry?
PA: Here adn now yuo say you are sorry?
PA: You maed me hate you. Haet you so much. For no raeson?
SH: i said it then!
SH: i said it and now twinkleberrys dead!
PA: Yuo siad it then? No.
PA: No, yuo were defaint then. You...
PA: You were the emeny.
PA: I rebermem!
SH: i did
SH: i did!
SH: you killed my best friend!
PA: It was teh... rihgt chioce.
PA: Teh olny chioce.
PA: I... had to, you are waht I keep at bay no moer no less, you...
SH: I'm going to kill you.
spectacularHellion [SH] ceased trolling pandorasArchivist [PA]
PA: Enuohg. You're no berett tahn I thought.

pandorasArchivist [PA] ceased trolling spectacularHellion SH]

>Zebrek: Weep.

You would, if your stupid lousy goddamn friends would stop trolling you!

absentPsychologist [AP] began trolling spectacularHellion [SH]

AP: Zeb? You there?
SH: what do you want
SH: go away leraje
AP: Zeb, you know I can't. I'm worried about you. Look I'm even using proper punctuation.
AP: You have my full attention.
SH: i dont care!
SH: i dont care about what you want to talk about or about the stupid quadrants i hate the quadrants
AP: This isn't about the quadrants. Fuck the quadrants dammit. This is about...
AP: This is about loss. Seymour is gone. And I think I know why you are so upset as well.
SH: shut up!
SH: i dont want to talk i hate you and i hate the quadrants and theyre stupid stupid stupid stupid
SH: stupid because you tell someone you like them and it turns out they dont like you back because why would anyone like you youre just annoying and it hurts and the quadrants suck
SH: what you do is stupid!
SH: i hate it hate it hate it hate it!!!!!!
AP: That is fine. Zeb, tell me everything. I want to hear everything. I need some clarity, I thought it was just Twinkleberry. But there is something else tearing at you.
SH: shut up!
SH: i dont want to talk about
SH: about
SH: him
SH: i cant
SH: i dont want to talk to you leraje just go away!
AP: Zeb. I'll leave. I just...I.
AP: Bye. ;_;

absentPsychologist [AP] stopped trolling spectacularHellion [SH]

God, you wish Leraje would just shut up and stop meddling! You just want to...

You just want your friend back.

>Get trolled more.

God, what does Derpah want?

technopathicalAnomaly [TA] began trolling spectacularHellion [SH]

TA: zEbrEk, ArE yOU stIll Up fOr thIs gAmE?
TA: I sAw In thE mEmO thAt yOUr lUsUs dIEd, sO I'm jUst mAkIng sUrE yOU'rE stIll rEAdY fOr thIs
SH: i dont want to play anymore
TA: whY?  yOU knOw It's cErtAIn dEAth tO stAy
SH: i dont care
TA: thIs Is AbOUt twInklEbErrY Isn't It?
TA: yOU'rE nOt thE OnlY pErsOn whO hAs lOst thEIr lUsUs
TA: fOr sOmE rEAsOn mOst EvErYOnE ElsE's hAs dIEd Off
TA: I'm stArtIng tO gEt wOrrIEd AbOUt mY Own
SH: i dont care!
SH: i just
SH: i cant play anymore
TA: wEll, mAybE tAlkIng AbOUt It wIll mAkE yOU fEEl bEttEr
TA: hOw dId It hAppEn?
SH: it
SH: it was a book
SH: twinkleberry looked at it
SH: and
SH: and
SH: and he went crazy
SH: and he was biting and hurting me
SH: and my shotgun went off
TA: whY dIdn't yOU hAvE thE sAfEtY On?
SH: the what
TA: thE sAfEtY, It's thE lIttlE lEvEr On thE sIdE thAt kEEps It frOm fIrIng
TA: EvErY gUn hAs OnE bUIlt In
SH: the
SH: that
SH: but

spectacularHellion [SH] ceased being trolled by technopathicalAnomaly [TA]

The... safety?

>Zebrek: Inspect shotgun.

It's right there. That little lever. You never knew what it did. You would flick it back and forth and nothing happened, so you figured it didn't do anything.

>Flip it.

You flip it and attempt to fire. Nothing happens. Derpah was telling the truth.

If you knew... if you paid attention...

You throw the gun at the wall in a fit of rage.

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It was your fault.

It was all your fault.

>Get trolled by Leraje again.

absentPsychologist [AP] began trolling spectacularHellion [SH]
AP: Are you there Zeb?
SH: what
AP: Tell me what has you so upset.
SH: twinkleberry
SH: he
SH: hes dead
SH: he was my best friend
SH: and it was my fault
AP: Last time when you snapped at me you made it seem like that wasn't all. What else is happening?
SH: i told her
SH: i told her how i felt
SH: and she didnt like me back
SH: and it hurts
SH: romance sucks
AP: I thought that couldn't be it.
AP: The scene is bad Zeb, and I'm sorry. I can't promise you I'll fix it, but I'm going to do whatever I can to help.
AP: How did he die?
SH: it was a book
SH: twinkleberry looked at it and he went
SH: crazy
AP: ...it was Scalis wasn't it? He is the only person who would have that kind of literature.
SH: yes
SH: iropha told me
SH: she delivered it
SH: im going to kill him
AP: I'll be sure to keep him locked up if I see him first.
AP: But we're going to have to keep playing. Even if this sucks. I don't think we can reach him the old fashioned way anymore.
SH: what?
SH: i dont want to play anymore
AP: I can understand that, but we are dealing with really weird shit now. If you want to kill him, you are going to have to play. If you don't, he'll just be wherever the fuck I am now.
AP:  I think the guide calls it the Medium.
AP: We have to make him pay. It can't just end.
SH: oh
SH: ...
SH: i guess
AP: So, ready to take out some aggression on some Imps? Because these assholes suck in a big way.
SH: are they bad guys?
AP: Well a couple of them seemed kinda scared. But they tried to deface Seymour.
AP: And I'll fucking murder anyone who touches him.
SH: oh
SH: ok
AP: Anyway....try to get. Better, alright? I'm counting on you man.
SH: ok

absentPsychologist's PDHand exploded.

SH: leraje?

>Zebrek: Panic.

Oh God oh God. Something happened to Leraje. What do you do, what do you do?!

>Zebrek: Randomly explode.

What? That would be silly why would you just randomly expl-

BOOM

>2X CLIFFHANGER COMBO