Oh.

It's. Uh.

It's pretty dark in here.

>FIREPUNCH THE DARKNESS

Cheat using the BIC as a flashlight like you always do.

Yeah, this.

You might get eaten by a grue.

>FIREPUNCH THE DARKNESS


Sekani firepunches the darkness!



Nothing happens.

"Wow~! You looked so cool, Mister Birdie~"

>Cheat using the BIC as a flashlight like you always do.

What BIC?

>You might get eaten by a grue.

What grue?

>Will the darkness away.

...

That BIC, you know, the one that glitched and lost all your items and which you've been using THE ENTIRE TIME in place of a flashlight?

>That BIC, you know, the one that glitched and lost all your items and which you've been using THE ENTIRE TIME in place of a flashlight?



Sekani is quite certain there has never been, and never will be, a BIC in his inventory!

>Will the darkness away.

"Do I have to do everything around here?"



Tayza flips the lightswitch.



...

what.

"Yaaay~ I love the Portal Building~!!"

What.

>EAT EVERYTHING

...

DO IT

>Realize it's an illusion, will it away.

>Realize it's an illusion, will it away.



It's not working!

>EAT EVERYTHING



Sekani isn't sure that's a good idea!

Tayza and Jiniki don't seem to mind. Were they expecting this?

"Shit yes! I fuckin' love candy!"

Tayza is starting to creep Sekani out.

>Remind Tayza we're on the hunt and that candy isn't suitable prey.

Will the clock ahead to April 2nd so this Fools' Day nonsense can be done with.

Hahaha Slink, I love you. In a totally-not-gay sort of way.

>Ask the others what's going on.

>Will the clock ahead to April 2nd so this Fools' Day nonsense can be done with.



Take THAT, temporal mechanics!

For some reason, crossing off a day on a calender with red marker works! The candy-land illusion goes away and the true shape of the Portal Building reveals itselHOLY--



WASN'T THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A WHOLE BUILDING BETWEEN EVERYONE AND HER?!

"So you made it through my illusion, hmmm~? Then I must welcome you..."



"To your DOOM!"

Ask why she just didn't kill us all when we were wandering around in candyland thar.

Jini! Tell your mommy you love her and show her the pendant!

Let's just end this quest now.

>Firepunch

And if that doesn't work, firepunch again.

And if that doesn't work, Sepulchritude!

It has come to my attention that Amiel has not used her DEADLY WEAPON yet.

Chekhov'sAmiel's Gun?

>Amiel: Fire DEADLY WEAPON. Aim for the eyes.

>Let's just end this quest now.
>Firepunch
>And if that doesn't work, firepunch again.


Sekani's fist burns with fury as he uppercuts a firepunch straight into Iiji's smug face!

TAKE THA--



AGHKT--!

>Amiel: Fire DEADLY WEAPON. Aim for the eyes.


"UNHAND MY BOYFRIEND, YOU BI--"


"Now, now~ we can't have any of THAT, now can we?"



"Now, I'll be taking what's mine~"

D=!!!

> Iiji: unhand Sekani!

>Jini: show pendant! Show pendant!

>Sekani: She's got her... things wrapped around the part of you that shoots fire. Toast it!

>Jiniki: Do something about this funny fog. Push it away or something. It probably smells terrible.

Jini, it's up to you! You've got to help mommy, remember?

Or, Tayza, you could try raging and see if that's any help.

>Iiji: unhand Sekani!


"Oh well since you put it that way-- NO!"

>Sekani: She's got her... things wrapped around the part of you that shoots fire. Toast it!


Sekani is trying, but all he gets for his trouble is some smoke.

>Jiniki: Do something about this funny fog. Push it away or something. It probably smells terrible.


Jiniki steps forward and holds up her arms. "Stand back, everyone!"

Using her Majicka, she parts Iiji's fog. That stuff did smell terrible!

>Jini: show pendant! Show pendant!


"Don't worry, Mommy! Now it's time, we can..."



OH MY GOD WHAT IS SHE DOING

WHAT IS THAT

Somehow Sekani thinks being put there is a very bad thing!





"GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWGH"

"Mister Birdie!"

"Sekani!"

"Goddammit if we manage to save that bird he owes me BIG TIME."


Control of Sekani has been lost.

>Dilia: TACKLE HUG NEAREST IIJI BIT

>Tayza: Use calm battlefield experience to assess situation.

>Dilia: TACKLE HUG NEAREST IIJI BIT


"No! Sekani! Give him back!"



>Tayza: Use calm battlefield experience to assess situation.


"We're fucked."

...

what the fuck

get out of there you guys

>Dilia's corpse: Call shenanigans
>Tayza: Play with the light switch some more

>Reload last saved game? Please?

No, wait... I think... I think we may have an out.

>Jini: focus on Sekani The Birdy as hard as you can and pull with all your mental might. You have to save mommy, but you have to save Sekani too!

>get out of there you guys


Done and done.

>Jini: focus on Sekani The Birdy as hard as you can and pull with all your mental might. You have to save mommy, but you have to save Sekani too!


"Wait, Mister Birdie, I'll save you!"



Control of Jiniki has been lost.



Tayza hits the lights.

...I killed Jini...

I killed Jini...

>It can be reload time now please? Please?

Iiji gets the lights.


















April Fool's.

HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GUYS NOT NOTICE?

"Um well you see-- the thing is that I-- Um--

GUINDO YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT THIS FAR!

ARGH EVEN WHEN I'M TROLLING I GET TROLLED




GUINDO!!!!!

>Bahu: Call shenanigans for the fact that YOU CALLED THIS SHIT. TWO OR MORE TIMES.

I can't believe none of you called out the difference in art style.

I'm not an artist! Slink's art is all over the place; I chalked up the focus on the fact that he was trying really hard because this was important.

And really, April 1st. Half the damned internet is using different art styles. One builds up the strangest filters over 24 hours.

I main tain I knew it was an 04/01 joke, just didn't realize it was Guin doing it the whole time.

>Sekani: don't comment on this little episode at all when the final chapter really truly begins. You died so it can't be your dream anyway! Maybe it was Tayza's dream.

Tayza died too XD Sekani's actually the only one technically still alive.

No no, see...

She died last. The dream ended right before she died.

THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS

Slink: >Firepunch Guin
Guin: >Spontaneously lose your immunities just in time for the >firepunch to land it's crushing blow on you.

Did you miss the part where I forwarded time? XD

I knew something funny was up with the artwork - the firepunch usually never looks like that. But I didn't think it was Guin, so you got me on that note at least!

I had absolutely no control on what happened, so apparently Guindo's trolling is SO PURE THAT IT IGNORES TIME.

I was talking to Guin, dude, not you. XD

I figured this whole thing was just an April Fools thing, particularly since you said that the quest would start again next weeeeek~

I'm just so surprised nobody noticed the art style differences. I will admit that Guindo's Sekani is very convincing (and obviously the use of my templates early on was even more convincing), but Guindo drew Jiniiki and Dilia 2.0 way different near the end. and I WISH I could make Iiji look that bad ass :C

lmao yeah, it was nobody calling me out on the art that surprised me the most.

Teehee, and the BIGGEST MOST NOTICABLE DIFFERENCE OF ALL:


AMIEL HAD A NOSE OMGWTF!!!

Well he -has- been 'trying new things' throughout the entire quest, for starters.

Though past the candyland thing I sorta lost track of the quest cause I got abducted by ali-addicted to Dwarf Fortress. >_>