[2/3] Tekuné 2017/10/29(Sun)12:56 No. 840723 ID: 0c3362
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"Alright, everyone! One more space to clear out for today! Nukhoto, Keta, Yunu... Kethun... hmm... Kusya... and..."

Oh, damn. Not me, not again, not today. Please.

"How about... Tekuné! If the six of you would follow me, please."

Fuck. Fuck!

"It's this last unit here. Clear it out and get it ready; you know what to do. We're going to need this space before we know it!"

Four times in four days. This has to be punishment for something. I just wish I knew what. Why can't Osuné be clear about anything? Why is it always this underhanded bullshit?

And she always catches me right after mealtime so I can't avoid it. I would take this up with her later but I already know there’s no point. Whatever.

[3/3] Tekuné 2017/10/29(Sun)12:57 No. 840724 ID: 0c3362
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We shouldn't even need this many more spaces yet. It's like we're preparing for a huge population increase or something, but that wouldn't make any sense. We're already regularly short on food just from the people we have right now. If anything, we should be clearly not preparing new living spaces. Maybe if most of us can take a hint it'll get our growth rate down.

… Yeah, like that would ever happen. We're all a bunch of fucking idiots. At least—

"Tekuné! How are you?" One of the others approaches me, a younger male. He must be, if he's dumb enough to not notice my mood. I don't even care what his name is and I really don't want to talk to him right now.

I snarl at him. He seems to get the point.

What was I thinking about…? Probably not important. I'm just going to concentrate on looking like I'm doing something for a while so no one will complain at me when I leave… which, really, I don't think anyone will besides Osuné, no matter how far along the work is. I'll have to wait for her to go do something else, but she's always busy with stupid bullshit, so it shouldn't take too long.

Cold out here, eh? Get back to work, slacker. It builds character.

>>840724
No you fool you had a perfect slave laborer right there and you chased him away grab him before he runs away and make him work.

>>840724
Yeah, grab him and force him to join in the work. If you're being punished let him suffer too. While you're there, grouse at him about the continual food shortages.

I notice a bunch of you all have the same tattoo on your legs. Does it have some significance?

>Not me, not again, not today. Please.
There really weren't many of you in that group to pick from. In fact, not getting picked would have made you stand out.

Did you have something else you needed or wanted to do today?

>I'm just going to concentrate on looking like I'm doing something for a while so no one will complain at me when I leave…
I mean, would it kill you to just do the work? If the space is cleared it can't be assigned as busy work any more. And maybe if it's a punishment, it's because you keep not putting in the effort she wants you to.

What even is this place? It looks like a bomb factory that got bombed out, had all the bombs go off, then got used for target practice.

What are those marks over your body? And how do they differ among members of your group?

It looked like you might've been picked anyway if Osuné needed six of you.

If you've done this before a couple of times, do you know any shortcuts in speeding up your work?

Did you have other plans? If not, why not work? You should be doing something.

>>840724
Take your anger out on the debris you have to clear! RRRRUUUUAAAGGH

>>840724
>concentrate on looking like I'm doing something for a while
Maybe if you actually did work you wouldn't get punished so much?

Entice dumb male into assisting you with clearing work. Preferably manipulate dumb male into clearing out work on vague promises you have no intent to fulfil, that will in no way be overheard by others and begin the tangled web of deceit you will no doubt weave from here on out.

Y'know, have you ever considered that Osuné sees the same problem you do with your people unable to resist breeding, which is why she's making y'all clear out unneeded space? But it's not to have more sleeping space but to keep y'all busy so y'all don't have time to fuck and make even more mouths to feed. If that's what it really is, then you'd be on board with distracting the populace with work to stem the tide of overpopulation. And it'd have the added benefit of actually doing things that help your people.

>>840724
vent frustrations on rubble, any work you actually get done comes as a bonus

>>840804
This sounds about right.

Crush the rubble between your powerful thighs.

[1/2] Tekuné 2017/10/31(Tue)12:10 No. 841338 ID: 0c3362
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>What even is this place? It looks like a bomb factory that got bombed out, had all the bombs go off, then got used for target practice.
It's pretty clear the precursors used to live here. These ruins make for... bearable... shelter, once we clear them out.

It's not like we're going to get anywhere nicer to live, that's for sure.

>Y'know, have you ever considered that Osuné sees the same problem you do with your people unable to resist breeding, which is why she's making y'all clear out unneeded space?
I know Osuné better than that. She's definitely not going to discourage that kind of thing.

Besides, when we work more during the day we just get more enthusiastic about it. Trust me.

>grab him before he runs away and make him work.
>Yeah, grab him and force him to join in the work.
>Entice dumb male into assisting you with clearing work.
He's already working, just like I am. That's why he's over here to bother me in the first place.

Or, at least, he's supposed to be working. He's putting even less effort into this than I am. Does he think I don't notice him standing like five feet away and shooting me weird glances every few moments?

Even after I glare at him, he keeps doing it. I bet Osuné isn't going to give him any shit for this, either.

>grouse at him about the continual food shortages.
He'd probably like that. He really seems to want me to talk to him. Most people know better by now.

>What are those marks over your body?
>I notice a bunch of you all have the same tattoo on your legs. Does it have some significance?
We all do; we get them when we're still young. They show that technically we belong to some ukho. But I've never seen them and it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't even remember we existed. If I belonged to some other ukho, I'd have a different tattoo.

The stripes are just stripes.

>There really weren't many of you in that group to pick from. In fact, not getting picked would have made you stand out.
I finished dinner a bit late, so there weren't so many people to walk back with. Part of me was still willing to give Osuné the benefit of the doubt on not picking me for this four days in a row.

But that was clearly a fucking mistake.

>I mean, would it kill you to just do the work?
>Maybe if you actually did work you wouldn't get punished so much?
>If not, why not work? You should be doing something.
Fuck's sake. I did good, solid work for the first two days of this. There are enough of us that I should be free of this shit for a dozen days at least. Getting called just twice in a row is weird enough.

Of course, it's happened to me before. I don't know what the fuck I did that Osuné is treating me like this.

Anyway, all there is to do is move piles of broken stuff from one place to another. It's not even the work itself that's so bad; it's that I don't have control of my time, again.

>Did you have something else you needed or wanted to do today?
>Did you have other plans?
Um, yeah. I was going to go see if I can't figure out that puzzle back in my hideout. I felt like I was onto something when I was looking at it earlier and I don't want to lose—

[2/2] Tekuné 2017/10/31(Tue)12:11 No. 841339 ID: 0c3362
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"Um, Tekuné? I know you're busy, but..." Gah! Fucker! When did he get right next to me?! He must have started walking toward me the moment I seemed distracted.
"What." That startled him pretty good. ... Unfortunately, no matter how much venom I put in my voice, he doesn't look like he's going to go away this time.
"Well, it's, um, Osuné—" Oh, I knew it. Of course she's involved in this too. He still scrambles to correct himself anyway. "I mean, um, we, sorry, we've all noticed you're going off by yourself more and more often." … the fuck?
"And?"
"And it's... not normal for a thoso to be alone like that!" Fuck's sake. Really? I gotta deal with this shit today too?
"Just what are you trying to say?"
"We, um, I was wondering if, um, maybe when we're done with this, we could, um, go lay together." I— fuck— fucking unbelievable.
I open my mouth to say something, but I can't think of words right now, so I just take a deep breath and sigh.
"I-I'm sorry!" He starts talking before I can yell at him. "Osuné told me this would be a good idea! She said it's not right for you to avoid your nature for so long!" The fuck—

Osuné.

... I look around to go give her a piece of my mind, but of course she seems to have conveniently fled so fast I can't even see where she went. ... Fuck, now I have all this pent-up anger and I don't know what to do with it.

"Y-you look mad. Are you mad? P-please don't hit me." Well, I could always take it out on this moron. I'd absolutely get in more shit for it later, but I almost don't care right now.

Well if more work encourages enthusiasm then I'd guess Osune is trying to make you enthusiastic.

Tell this guy to tell Osune that the reason you're going off by yourself more is because things like being called to work four days in a row are making you more irritable and therefore antisocial, and if she couldn't figure that out then she's clearly not any sort of expert on your "nature".

What if he's a masochist? Just tell him to do your work as an apology.

Begone, thoso!

>>841339
Okay, now we know what's up.

Tekune, do NOT take it out on this moron. Osune is fucking with you, but you can kick their ass later when you hunt them down. For now, take a deep breath, exhale, count to 150, backwards, in the Precursor dialect, and try to relax so you don't brain this idiot with a rock.

Explain that, yes, you are on your own a lot lately because you are ENJOYING YOURSELF, and that you do not need Osune or anyone else trying to micromanage what you do in your supposedly free time.

Next, inform him that no, you do not want to breed right now because you're all already starving to death and it would be the height of stupidity to breed.

Finally, complain that Osune is tormenting you with continual, pointless work assignments just to stop you from enjoying yourself and having some free time, and that no one else is forced to get work assignments FOUR DAYS IN A ROW.

>>841339
RIP AND TEAR
..this junk you have to move anyway

Listen, moron, I'm not angry at you, I'm angry at being called to do this work so many days in a row. Unless you want 'laying with me' to also involve lots of me beating you up in sheer frustration at the same time, you might want to buzz off. Or perhaps you know something that can get me out of this work?

>>841339
Hah. You said doing a lot of work makes your people more likely to breed. Osune thinks you aren't breeding enough, so she's making you work more. That's why she's doing this, it's not punishment it's because she thinks you're not fucking enough.

Don't hit him. Yell at him. Go on a huge rant about how you're all breeding yourselves into starvation and if Osune doesn't recognize this then she is not fit to lead.

>>841338
>I was going to go see if I can't figure out that puzzle back in my hideout.
What kind of puzzle is it? And does anyone else know about it?

>>841339
>we've all noticed you're going off by yourself more and more often.
>"And it's... not normal for a thoso to be alone like that!"
And there's your answer! You've been called to do this 4 days in a row because you've been alone with your puzzle all the time!

Aggressively continue work looking at him in the eye in attempt to signal him to leave you in your peace.

Whoa, whoa, don't kill the messenger; he looks about as thrilled about having to do this as you are. Vent your frustration on the rubble, and resolve to give Osuné a piece of your mind when your done.

>>841339
tell him to lay down on the ground and then bully him don't hurt him... much, but make fun of him and pull on his ears and stuff till you feel better.

>>841343
this

Osuné's fucking someone, isn't she? That's why she wants you to clear this area. To make space for her. While at the same time keeping you busy/distracted and thus eliminating her main competition.

Sounds like you need to find out who it is. And then get back at her, perhaps by ruining her relationship. Yeah, that's what she gets for messing with you.

Anyway, tell this guy that the only thing in your nature is not having to work all the time. So if he wants to lay with you, then he should figure out a way so that you won't have to clear out these ruins. Preferably never again.

Don't give this guy any reason to think that he can cheer you up. He might not be the direct cause of your anger but that doesn't mean we have to explain anything to him. Get him out of here and we'll deal with Osuné later.

Put your anger into your work. Don't let it dig around in you. We probably don't want to deal with potentially murdering someone.

Arrange rubble into the shape of his face and vent your frustrations on that. Maybe yell at it some, who cares who's listening?

Wait, so how do you guys reproduce? I feel like most ways of doing it would make you much less useful for work. Isn't it useful to have someone who isn't too interested in that kind of thing right now?

Sigh and whap him exasperatedly. This isn't his fault, and he prooobably doesn't deserve to be seriously hit, but a light whap on the nose would calm you down some and get the message across. Whatever you do don't get in a situation where an hour later you realize you've managed to fall for his incredible charms, because you definitely can't let Osuné get any kind of satisfaction. Maybe she'll leave you alone if you go claim you're gay or something?

Don hit him, but insult him in a way that would make Gunnery Sergeant Hartman blush. Descend into Angrish at the end

Thank him for solving you Why the fuck do I get chose for this Dilemma.

Then kindly ask him to fuck off.
He can lay with you when he grows a pair.

>Well, I could always take it out on this moron.
Why bother, he's only here since Osuné put him here. That's letting her get away with it, and punishing him for getting a terrible job from her too.

You don't want to be moving rocks for 4 days in a row, and he probably didn't want to have to confront the angry girl.

Sounds like you're going to have to have a talk with Osuné, to get her off your back. Convince her there's nothing friggen wrong with you she has to fix by taking up all your time and shoving people at you.

>>841344
>>841351
Voting for these.

By the way, what are all of these races and such? Like "Thoso?"

[1/3] Tekuné 2017/11/02(Thu)16:13 No. 842016 ID: 4ec4ea
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Rrghh.

As much as I want to, I guess I probably shouldn't beat this idiot up. I guess.

That doesn't mean I can't vent at him, though. I grab him roughly by the shoulders before he has a chance to react and get my face right up next to his.

... Wow, I haven't even said anything and he's already whimpering. Fuck's sake.

"Listen, moron. You want to know why I'm in such a bad mood? When was the last time you had to work on clearing four days in a row?"
"I... um... n-never?" I was almost worried he wouldn't be able to get himself to say anything.
"When was the last time anyone had to work on clearing four days in a row, that you know of?"
"... n-never??"
"Guess who just got called to work on clearing for the fourth day in a row?"
"Y-you?"
"Yeah."
"I guess that—"
"You don't talk unless I ask you a question. Now, I don't know what the fuck Osuné is on about with this shit. If she thinks it's a good idea to get us breeding more she's going to starve us all to death."
"..." Good, he's a fast learner at least.
"But if she's trying to give me a 'hint' about what she thinks I should be doing, she can stick it up her ass. You tell her that next time you see her. Those exact words. Understand?"
"I'm not—"
"Understand?"
"Yes Tekuné."
"And just so you know, whether Osuné puts you up to it or not, if you ask me to 'lay together' again I'll break your dick."

I let go of him. He whimpers and almost falls over backward, but manages to keep his balance somehow and meekly goes to be as far away from me as he can without leaving the work area entirely.

... That actually felt pretty good.

[2/3] Tekuné 2017/11/02(Thu)16:13 No. 842017 ID: 4ec4ea
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>By the way, what are all of these races and such?
We sothé have five castes, as far as I understand it.

At the top are the ukho, or advisors, who are in charge of everything because they're good at management and remembering things, or whatever. I've never seen one, but I've been told they look "fancy," whatever that means. Like I said, technically me and every other thoso here all belong to one.

Right below them are the kotho, or mages, who know how to make precursor artifacts work or otherwise do magic. I've never seen one of them, either, and I have no idea what they look like. Some of the other thoso think that when we have "inspections" every few months and some of us are taken away, it's because they think we might be able to become kotho. But that's definitely wishful thinking. I know for a fact if you get taken away and you're a thoso it's to be a concubine.

Just the thought makes me shudder.

Then there are the uthu, or soldiers, who keep the peace, or something, and fight for the ukho. They're huge. I've only seen one once, from a long distance, and I did not want to get any closer. Supposedly they're perfectly obedient to the ukho and only ever aggressive toward one another at most, but it's not the kind of thing I want to see for myself.

After that you have the myo, or laborers. There are a ton of these guys, and naturally, they do all the manual labor jobs, along with pretty much anything that you don't need an ukho or kotho to be clever for. We see these guys a lot; they bring us food, and occasionally they'll help us clear areas or build things if we don't seem to be able to do it ourselves. Eventually, anyway. They come in all shapes and sizes; a myo once told me they have some kind of internal hierarchy of their own but I don't know or care much about that.

And at the bottom there's us, the thoso. Or, ugh, breeders. We're pretty much only good at one thing, we're the smallest, there are way too many of us, and I'm almost surprised the ukho even remember we exist or need food half the time. But here we are.

Anyway.

[3/3] Tekuné 2017/11/02(Thu)16:14 No. 842018 ID: 4ec4ea
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>Osuné's fucking someone, isn't she?
Osuné has probably fucked three people today, and that's as much as I want to think about that.

And as much as I'd love to give her a piece of my mind, again, she went off somewhere as soon as this idiot started talking to me. I bet she was just waiting until he did that.

I bet she went off to fuck— ugh I do not want to think about this.

Fuck, I hate her. Bullying some idiot into asking me for sex is a new low even for her.

>Wait, so how do you guys reproduce? I feel like most ways of doing it would make you much less useful for work.
We lay eggs, which gets you out of maybe a single day of work at most and some extra food. Nothing at all for males, obviously.

Thankfully, Osuné is at least smart enough to not put me in charge of taking care of hatchlings and children, ever.

>What kind of puzzle is it? And does anyone else know about it?
The one benefit of clearing out these spaces is we find interesting precursor things sometimes. One of the myo who brings us our food gives me stuff he finds occasionally because he doesn't have anything else he can do with them and he "likes my attitude." Which is kind of insulting, but I can't push him around like I can the other thoso, and I do appreciate the gifts.

He's an idiot if he thinks he can win me over that way, though. Like I'm going to bang a myo just for a bunch of precursor junk.

Anyway, over the last few months I've found a collection of things that all look similar, and they're mostly even in really good shape for precursor stuff. Honestly I just kind of think of them as a "puzzle" because it seems like they should go together somehow. I just haven't figured it out yet.

Other than that myo I don't think anyone else I know would even care.

>Vent your frustration on the rubble.
I wouldn't complain half as much if I got to break stuff while doing this. But, even though almost everything here is already broken useless junk, it's usually harder to move things if you smash them into pieces first. And there's not a lot of junk I can hit without it smashing into pieces.

I can't really vent my anger into moving things. Plus, I wouldn't want to give Osuné the satisfaction of doing a good job. Even if she is only making me do this to try to get me to fuck someone.

Fuck it. Wander off. Go see if you can find anything shiny or new in the rubble you're supposed to be clearing out. Claim you were surveying the rubble to find a better point to start clearing it from, or something.

>>842018
It's honestly bewildering. Making you lay eggs doesn't even DO anything, it's... mildly inconvenient?

Maybe she knows an overseer is coming and wants to make sure you get pregnant so she'll have less competition for... concubinage? I... That doesn't even really make sense.

Regardless, try digging maybe. There might be something shiny at least. Or sharp so you can make a shovel to make these interminable assignments more brief.

>>842018
Okay how about you search for artifacts instead then.

Take a quick look for stuff and then wander back to the puzzle.

>>842018
Ya know what would be funny? The ukho are all actually members of the other castes promoted to leadership positions and made to wear lots of shiny stuff to as a means to flaunt their status whether they like it or not. And most of the ukho are former thoso and/or their descendants.

>>842018
well why not fuck Osune but make sure she knows not to fuck with you like this again.

eh fuck it, finish digging through that pile and regardless of whether or not you find anything interesting head back to your puzzle when nobody is looking.

Wait, a Myo just gave you some precurser junk he had? You'd think there'd be some way of getting that stuff off to the Kotho to be inspected for usefulness. Oh well, you don't seem to be the kind of person to care enough to make sure something like that gets done, but maybe we can figure it out together. Sure as hell beats yelling at males til they almost pee themselves.

Ya know what? This is your fourth day in a row having to do this stuff, and the boss doesn't even bother to hang around and supervise properly. Have you considered just slipping away like she did?

Looks like there was something embedded in that rock you just threw over your shoulder.

So when's the last time you made out with someone?

Look through the rubble for any artifact that you could use for masturbation.

I'm confuse. How can this be a caste system if one of the caste are the breeders that can become concubines of the other castes? If there is breeding between the castes it isn't a caste system, but if it' was just an normal class system there shouldn't be phenotypical differences.

For your specie to work the way this caste system suggest it does you need to be a specie with most or all of the characteristics been passed by one of the parent. That would suggest one gender of the thoso is much more valuable than the other.
Alternatively there should be a collection of mongrel castes created when they need large numbers of sothé to perform certain tasks and don't mind those been somewhat smaller, weaker and less intelligent than the pure breeds.

>Myo giving junk
Free stuff to pelt Osuné with one day, neat.

Wander around and attempt to see where Osuné has gone, and just claim you're moving around cleaning other junk areas. This could be a chance to see what she's up to so you can put her through hell yourself.

>>842018
You definitely have better things to do. You should just slip off and-
Wait. That rock you just threw. Is it glowing? Or has something inside it?

If you have no official oversight, what kind of trouble can you actually get in? Might be worth just giving Osuné a less than cordial visit.

Was that a precursor artifact you just chucked over your shoulder? Anyway, you should not only continue working, but to a good job of it, so that Osuné doesn't get up your business even more. She feels like the kind of person who'll keep pushing into your life and trying more and more invasive ways to get you to do what she wants. That means if she discovers your "puzzles," she'll likely steal them to either coerce you into breeding like the good little proper thoso she wants you to be before giving them back, or just send them up the caste chain to the kotho so you're not distracted by fucking unrelated matters.

Unfortunately, this means if you keep denying Osuné what she wants, she'll just keep getting more and more into your personal business. It'll just be a matter of sooner or later. That means you're gonna have to pick a guy to breed with at some point to get Osuné off your back. But are there any guys down here that don't make you feel like punching their faces in if they even get close to you, much less have sex with them? There anyone you would lay with, guy or gal?

Even though you refuse to breed, you still have the thoso sex drive, right? You still feel the need to have sex? You figured out other ways of sexual relief that don't involve possible impregnation?

Y'know, if you had a wheelbarrow, clearing this would go easier. Even a woven basket to carry the rubble away would be better. And a shovel would be nice too.

So who were these precursors? What's the story behind them and how they relate to the castes?

...Actually, why is there even a breeding caste anyway? It's not like the rest of the castes are sterile, right? They can breed among themselves, yes? So why even have a caste who's function is just breeding? Y'all don't have anything else you do for the other castes, do you?

>concubine. Just the thought makes me shudder.
>if you ask me to 'lay together' again I'll break your dick.
>Like I'm going to bang a myo
I'm getting the general impression you're not too enamored with the idea of 'laying' with anyone, really. Any exceptions?

>Plus, I wouldn't want to give Osuné the satisfaction of doing a good job. Even if she is only making me do this to try to get me to fuck someone.
Well what would happen if you just blew this off all together, now?

[1/3] Tekuné 2017/11/05(Sun)15:44 No. 842767 ID: 4ec4ea
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>Look through the rubble for any artifact that you could use for masturbation.
No. What the fuck?

>Looks like there was something embedded in that rock you just threw over your shoulder.
Yeah, I noticed. Pretty sure it's just two different kinds of precursor building material. Definitely not anything I could add to my puzzle. I wish finding things was that easy.

>Go see if you can find anything shiny or new in the rubble you're supposed to be clearing out.
This particular type of ruin is usually not very promising for that sort of thing. The precursors used different buildings for different things, and whatever they used this kind for wasn't very interesting.

I do glance around a bit, just in case, but… yeah, nah.

>So who were these precursors? What's the story behind them and how they relate to the castes?
Do I look like a historian? There were obviously people here before us, because they built things absolutely everywhere. They might even have created us sothé for all I know. Which is not much. If there's better information about them it's probably kept to the ukho and kotho or something.

>Wait, a Myo just gave you some precurser junk he had? You'd think there'd be some way of getting that stuff off to the Kotho to be inspected for usefulness.
The myo told me there's way too much precursor junk lying around to bother a kotho with a piece of something that might or might not ever be useful if you can find the other pieces. He'd only take things to a kotho if they were mostly intact and in one piece.

I get the impression there aren't very many kotho around, either.

>Y'know, if you had a wheelbarrow, clearing this would go easier. Even a woven basket to carry the rubble away would be better. And a shovel would be nice too.
Yes. All of those things would be nice.

It's hard to come by anything woven that's in reasonable shape and I am not a weaver, but if I cared more about doing this I could probably rig a shovel out of something.

>Anyway, you should not only continue working, but to a good job of it, so that Osuné doesn't get up your business even more.
Now that I know why she keeps making me do this, I don't think it's going to help if I work harder.

>If you have no official oversight, what kind of trouble can you actually get in?
For whatever reason, most of us trust her judgment. If I openly challenge her just randomly it's probably not going to go well.

>Well what would happen if you just blew this off all together, now?
>Have you considered just slipping away like she did?
I… wait, why am I still over here? No one besides Osuné is about to call me out for leaving. Especially not after seeing me yell at that idiot. I'm outta here.

[2/3] Tekuné 2017/11/05(Sun)15:44 No. 842768 ID: 4ec4ea
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It takes me a good ten to fifteen minutes to walk over to my hideout, since it's over in the next grouping of ruins. Which, really, I'm fine with. I just wish I could get away with sleeping out here sometimes when the weather's warm enough.

On a normal day I'd try to go over the puzzle in my head, but I'm still too pissed off to concentrate on something like that without actually having the pieces in front of me.

>Maybe she knows an overseer is coming and wants to make sure you get pregnant so she'll have less competition for... concubinage? I... That doesn't even really make sense.
I guess she thinks if I "lay with someone" I might be less irritable. Even though she should know by now that's not even close to true.

>I'm getting the general impression you're not too enamored with the idea of 'laying' with anyone, really. Any exceptions?
>But are there any guys down here that don't make you feel like punching their faces in if they even get close to you, much less have sex with them? There anyone you would lay with, guy or gal?
Not today, that's for sure.

Most thoso are just… not interesting to spend time with, for me. Certainly I seem to be the only one in our entire group who has any interest in stuff like my puzzle. And, believe me, I've tried.

I have no doubt that I'll eventually feel desperate enough to grab someone like the moron who was bothering me a moment ago and just get it over with, but I'm not there yet.

>You still feel the need to have sex? You figured out other ways of sexual relief that don't involve possible impregnation?
Aaand I'm done thinking about this.

>How can this be a caste system if one of the caste are the breeders that can become concubines of the other castes?
The other castes are able to reproduce on their own, as far as I know. Or, well, myo definitely are, anyway, and that's the only other caste I know much of anything about.

If a thoso and a myo have offspring, they'll either definitely be thoso and left with us, definitely be myo and sent to be with other myo, or sometimes turn out as thoso that are the wrong color or a bit bigger than normal or whatever, but still considered thoso and still left with us. I don't know or care about any of the details beyond that, and I can't say for sure with the other castes, but it probably works the same way.

>So why even have a caste who's function is just breeding? Y'all don't have anything else you do for the other castes, do you?
I don't know why things are this way! The other castes seem to like our company for some reason but, again, almost all of my time is spent over here with thoso.

>The ukho are all actually members of the other castes promoted to leadership positions and made to wear lots of shiny stuff to as a means to flaunt their status whether they like it or not.
That would just be weird. It's not like I can just go check if it's true, though. We're not really supposed to get too far away from our living area here. My hideout is just close enough to not be pushing—

[3/3] Tekuné 2017/11/05(Sun)15:45 No. 842769 ID: 4ec4ea
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… Aagh! What the fuck? You've gotta be fucking kidding me with today!

… Alright, I need to calm down.

… Okay. I can't jump well enough to get to my hideout with these stairs having fallen apart, but I can probably still come up with a way around this problem. This area hasn't ever been cleared out, aside from me picking through it for artifacts, so if I can think of some broken piece of precursor junk I can probably find it over here.

I just have to figure out what combination of broken things can substitute for a staircase. Maybe I can make a ladder or something…?

>>842769
Assuming you're not a good enough climber to use the remnants, you could probably spend a while stacking the rubble and whatever other bits of crap into a rough ramp. This the first time something's broken down lately, or is there other wreckage you can use? Bit suspicious if this is the only collapse lately.

>>842769
To fashion a ladder, find two long thin pieces of metal and lay them against the wall, then use a big rock or a hole to brace them. Then walk up there, or stick the planks on.

Also I think Osune knows exactly what your hobby is and is doing everything in her power to stop you from doing it. I have no idea why she would. Maybe she's just a giant bitch who doesn't want you to have nice things, or maybe a higher caste told her to.

Boxes, old TVs, basically just make a junk snowman and tip it over. Maybe if you made a hammer and a carving tool, you could turn some sticks into a ladder.

>>842769
stack the borken stairs up to get higher.

A ladder will probably need a suitably light material and something to lash it together. I am not too confident in your chances to find materials like that.

The next best thing I can think of is just enough junk to pile up into a ramp. I don't really know what kind of materials are available but anything powered or complete/functional sounds like a pipe dream.

Even if you can just find a rope you might be able to secure it to something and climb up.

>>842768
>or sometimes turn out as thoso that are the wrong color or a bit bigger than normal or whatever, but still considered thoso and still left with us.
Hmmm... do you know who your parents are?

>>842769
For a ladder you'll need two long things with holes that you can match up and stick some rods or planks between. Also you'd need to make sure the sides are braced so it doesn't come apart while you're on it.
What kind of tools and raw materials do you even have?

Alternatively you could just stack some shit up.

Oh no.
What if Osuné decided to screw with you more and went to see your hideout? And broke the stairs on the way up?

THIS CANNOT STAND

Stack a bunch of flat objects on top of each other MAKE A JUMP OUT OF PURE ANGER

If you got something to tied things together you just something long enough to reach the top and sturdy enough to support your weight you could make yourself a ladder by tying what's left of the stairs to it and then you can climb up. Just make sure that the ladder wont fall over while your climbing up it.

You better start practicing throwing, because next time this shenanigan happens again someone is going to end up with a rock between their eyes.
As for your hideout, start piling things up.

>>842769
What if Osuné came by and destroyed the stairs to prevent you from going up there?! What if she went up there and destroyed or stole your puzzle?!

With the sorry state everything in this area is in, it's real doubtful you'll find a ladder that wouldn't break apart under your weight or isn't missing pieces. And in order to make even a crude ladder would take at least rope, which if there is any in these ruins would have degraded to the point it couldn't be trusted to support your weight. So in this situation, the simplest way would be to find a pole or pillar that has fallen over that is long enough to reach the upper level when inclined, drag it over here and lean it up, then crawl up it.

Y'know, if you don't want anyone to find your secret hideout, hanging a sign over it is pretty stupid. And specifically naming Osuné would just lead to her being told about it sooner. Better figure your hideout has been found already and plan to move your stash to another, this time leaving the sign off.

>...or sometimes turn out as thoso that are the wrong color or a bit bigger than normal or whatever, but still considered thoso and still left with us.
Hm... Do you know who your biological parents are? Like, for sure they are your biological parents? 'Cause it's possible one of your parents was a myo, kotho or even ukho and that's where your better-than-thoso wits and sexual restraint came from.

>The other castes seem to like our company for some reason but, again, almost all of my time is spent over here with thoso.
Ah, it's probably 'cause your caste was bred to be physically and sexually appealing to all castes and, well, dumb and horny. That way the higher castes would have a continual supply of easy to handle and powerless concubines to use any way they want. Might be those castes only breed with each other when they need to make more of their caste, but use thosos for their sexual enjoyment the rest of the time.

maybe if you make it look like Osune's plan backfired it'll get her to stop? just a one time thing with someone, then act ten times more pissed and hostile than usual for the next week afterwards.

>>842769
Well, three guesses who did this, and the first two don't count.

>I just have to figure out what combination of broken things can substitute for a staircase
Biggest, slowest answer is to build a ramp out of rubble.

If you have the right materials to make one that won't fall down, you could make a ladder, yeah. You need two tall pieces, a bunch of smaller steps, and something to secure the pieces (nails, screw, glue, knots).

If you can climb a rope, and know where you can find some, you could make a grappling hook.

If there are any blocks or boxes nearby, you could push them around to make a staircase.

...if all else fails, there's always bullying people into helping you. The other thoso do seem intimidated by you, and if the males have been told they're supposed to lay with you, they might be even more willing to bend over backwards than usual.

If anything, you could lay some of the fallen steps obliquely against the wall, and see if you can climb on top of that.

If you got any more of those large square-ish pillars like on the left, you could lean one against the wall to climb on.

First, take off that stupid sign.
It basically announces your presence. not much of a hideout.

Clear the area directly below the upper floor.
Start stacking rubble there, starting with the largest, heaviest peices.
As you build up, aim for stability., at the cost of material. Try to make it as tall as you.
Then next to it, make a pile half its hight, the same way.
Climb to the top, and then use these as a platform to climb to the upper floor.
It doesn't need to make it all the way, just get you high enough to reach up there.

[1/3] Tekuné 2017/11/15(Wed)13:22 No. 845290 ID: 0c3362
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>Bit suspicious if this is the only collapse lately.
It's pretty common to see stuff break, but I wasn't really expecting these stairs to.

>Y'know, if you don't want anyone to find your secret hideout, hanging a sign over it is pretty stupid.
Yes, I am realizing putting up a sign because I was mad and it felt vaguely cathartic wasn't a great fucking idea. I really didn't think anyone would bother coming out here.

I'm definitely taking it down.

>Well, three guesses who did this, and the first two don't count.
I really don't think Osuné would do something like this. She usually sticks to just wasting my time.

>What if Osuné decided to screw with you more and went to see your hideout? And broke the stairs on the way up?
That's not really her style...

>What if Osuné came by and destroyed the stairs to prevent you from going up there?! What if she went up there and destroyed or stole your puzzle?!
... fuck, now I'm paranoid. I've got to get up there!

>If you got any more of those large square-ish pillars like on the left, you could lean one against the wall to climb on.
... those are holding up the second floor.

>stack the borken stairs up to get higher.
I don't think they're gonna work very well for that, at least not by themselves.

>A ladder will probably need a suitably light material and something to lash it together. I am not too confident in your chances to find materials like that.
Yeah, I don't usually find things good for tying very often and really I'm supposed to bring anything I find like that back to the main area for better use. I did use a little bit of string for the sign but I don't think it'd support any real weight.

>Alternatively you could just stack some shit up.
... right, shouldn't overthink this.

[2/3] Tekuné 2017/11/15(Wed)13:25 No. 845292 ID: 0c3362
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Well, it's not much to look at, but this is definitely enough to get me up to the hideout.

Though, since it's pretty much a heap of random broken objects, I probably need to climb carefully. As much as I want to just bolt up there.

>Might be those castes only breed with each other when they need to make more of their caste, but use thosos for their sexual enjoyment the rest of the time.
That's basically what I was trying to say.

>Do you know who your biological parents are? Like, for sure they are your biological parents?
I know who my mother is. I think there are only two options for my father, but I'm not sure exactly. It's not really uncommon for a thoso to not know exactly who their father is, though.

>'Cause it's possible one of your parents was a myo, kotho or even ukho
I've had the thought before, yes. Not like I can check easily though.

>maybe if you make it look like Osune's plan backfired it'll get her to stop? just a one time thing with someone, then act ten times more pissed and hostile than usual for the next week afterwards.
I am not anywhere near that desperate.

[3/3] Tekuné 2017/11/15(Wed)13:25 No. 845293 ID: 0c3362
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…

Alright, no, it's all here. Thank fuck. I still don't know what's up with the broken stairs but whoever did it didn't bother coming up here, I guess.

… Usually by the time I get up here I've already had some idea of a new thing to try with this stuff, but I guess with the way today's gone I haven't really had the opportunity. Hmm...

>>845293
Hell. There's one missing. Fortunately the top row looks lit up so maybe you can get it working. Try putting all the '9' blocks in one row?

>>845293
Take a look at your notes to remind you of what you've already tried and didn't work and what you tried and did work.

From there, you can start thinking of new ideas.

I agree with checking your notes. If we want to work on this we need more information than its current state.

Also, maybe flip the 3rd (left to right) input switch for me just to see how it reacts.

You don't appear to have enough modules to fill every space but we might not need to if that first output is anything to go by.

The ancients weren't really fond of user friendliness, were they? What's the end goal of this puzzle?

Is that a logic puzzle I spy? I bet you have to light up all three of those dots.

What do you already know about this puzzle?

>>845303

After flickering the switch, can you remove or move around the blocks inside, or are their wires stuck at the ends away from you?

>>845293
...looks like SpaceChem except we can't see inside the buildings to see what they do.

How has this "puzzle" behaved in the past? How can the individual "pieces" be manipulated? It *looks* like the half-cylinder pieces of each "piece" can be removed like an extension cord.

...it looks like the two-to-three block does not output green to each of the three inputs if you only give it one green input. Or maybe I have input and output backwards? Again, I need to know more about how this thing behaves.

Sometimes you need to think outside of the box.
Therefore, you should remove all components from inside the box and try to connect them in one strange line. I think this is the solution.

I suggest we call the unique block the 5-block since that symbol on it looks like a sideways 5. Same with the wiggly symbol blocks, call the 3-blocks. The remaining type of block can be called a J-block. Even though the J is pointing the wrong way.

>>845310
Let's call J-blocks "type 1" since it looks a little bit like a 1, the W-blocks "type 3," and the kind you've only got one of "type 2" since we haven't confirmed there are more than three types and it also looks sorta like a 2.

I'm not 100% sure this is actually a puzzle. It might just be an educational toy sort of thing, for learning how standard logic gates work. Have you tried removing all the blocks and plugging the three outputs directly into three of the switches? Will the cords reach that far?

Looks like a pile of logic gates. I guess you need the switches on the front set so that you get all three lights at the back to go on? Does the position of the blocks change their output? You just need at least two blocks that'll produce a positive output with one of their inputs disconnected since you've only got four inputs to play with.

Oh hey, it looks like a breadboard and logic gates. And it still works, as demonstrated by the lights! Not what I was expecting.

Yeah, go over your notes. Tell us what you're tried before, and what happened when you did.

Given that the inputs are all switches and the outputs just seem to show what their inputs are as lights, this is probably not a device that does something when all the lights turn on, and more likely an educational tool for learning digital logic. So the puzzle here isn't how to turn the lights on, which is probably easy, but rather learning how all the pieces behave.

So, the two common kinds of blocks are probably simple logic gates of some sort or another. Have you tried plugging them in to two switches and seeing if the four combinations of switch positions has a consistent result? Assuming the shapes mean something relating to their function, I'd guess that ᓗ is for and, and ᨓ is for or or possibly xor. But really there are only so many useful things that two inputs and one output could represent, so you might already have a good idea of what they do.

I'm a lot more interested in the പ block. It has three inputs and two outputs, so it's not a simple gate for sure. It actually makes me think of a latch of some sort, meaning it might have internal state and not behave consistently with respect to its inputs. This is probably the one that's most interesting to solve. Perhaps the left one sets, the middle one resets, and the right one enables? That would make sense given the symbol. If that were the case, then plugging all three cables into the start, turning the right one's switch on, and then adjusting the left two would change the output depending on which was active, and would hold the value when you turned the right one off. Of course, it might be set up differently, or might not be a latch at all! But I can't think of any other simple structures that have that sort of arrangement of inputs and outputs.

I bet this is a test set up by that myo.

...

So we have 4 power sources with on/off switches and 3 sinks. And we have 3 types of blocks.
Yeah, let's call them the 3-block, J-block, and 5-block.
3-block and J-block have 2 inputs each and 1 output. 5-block has 3 inputs and 2 outputs.

I suggest testing each block separately to see what kind of logic they produce.

Plug power sources 1 2 3 into the 5-block and play with the 1 2 3 switches to see which combination turns on which lights on the 5-block.

Similarly, plug power sources 1 2 into the 3-block and J-block and play with the 1 2 switches to see which combination makes the lights on the blocks turn on.

>>845402
I thought NAND and NOR were the most useful gates because they can mimic the others if chained in certain patterns. Wouldn't it make more sense to have those two?

Interesting that you could get your hands on paper and a pencil down here. That another gift from that myo that gave you this? And what's that board to the near right of the 'block board?'

Alright, the goal might be to light up all the lights on the far side. Have you already tried the 'brute force' method of directly connecting the inputs on the far side to outputs on this side and flipping the switches on for each one?

Assuming that doesn't work, then you have to figure out what each of these blocks does when given different input. Clear the board then place one block of each type in at a time and hook all its inputs into the output switches on the near side and all its outputs into inputs on the far side. Flick the switches into all possible combinations of on and off and record what the lights are on on both the block and the far side for each combination.

Tekuné 2017/11/23(Thu)18:12 No. 847560 ID: 395c02
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>Interesting that you could get your hands on paper and a pencil down here. That another gift from that myo that gave you this?
It's really shitty paper, or that's what the myo said anyway.

It's not hard to find things to write with. The precursors were big on writing, apparently.

It'd be more helpful if I could read what they wrote, of course.

>And what's that board to the near right of the 'block board?'
I don't know what it's for yet.

>Take a look at your notes to remind you of what you've already tried and didn't work and what you tried and did work.
I've tried a bunch of stuff, but I haven't exactly figured out how everything goes together yet.

I only got the special piece and two of the others a couple of days ago.

>How can the individual "pieces" be manipulated? It *looks* like the half-cylinder pieces of each "piece" can be removed like an extension cord.
Yes.

>What's the end goal of this puzzle?
I don't know exactly. It's not like it came with instructions.

>I bet you have to light up all three of those dots.
It's more complicated than that for sure.

I guess I should just go ahead and start trying things....

This is an interactive minigame! Feel free to post screenshots of solutions in the thread.

>>847561
[I found a bug! You can connect infinite plugs to one socket!]

>>847566
If you look at the picture, each of the sockets has room for three plugs, and I don't think there's a reason to use more than three in a solution.

Suggestion 2017/11/23(Thu)18:43 No. 847571 ID: d9cd96
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Took me a while to figure out the green button did anything

>>847571

Yay~ Now hit the button again for hard mode~

>>847571
There's a second difficulty level to the puzzle, try pressing the button again.

Suggestion 2017/11/23(Thu)18:47 No. 847576 ID: 23c164
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I've found a solution, but it doesn't use the complex piece, so finding a way to use that can be the secret third difficulty level of the puzzle.

SilverFayte 2017/11/23(Thu)18:49 No. 847577 ID: 462842
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>>847561
And here I thought my computer science minor would go unused.

Suggestion 2017/11/23(Thu)18:58 No. 847578 ID: 23c164
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>>847576
There, now it's optimal!
That puzzle was really great, I like that it could be solved both ways. Thanks a lot!

SilverFayte 2017/11/23(Thu)19:03 No. 847581 ID: 462842
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>>847577
And the hard mode variation, which uses the same circuit as normal mode as a base in the left column.

Just so it's clear to everyone, the switches are just to supply test signals to help when you're putting your logic circuits together. The actual puzzle runs when the button in the lower left is pressed.

Suggestion 2017/11/23(Thu)19:09 No. 847583 ID: d9cd96
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Man, ten minutes late on the advanced level

Suggestion 2017/11/23(Thu)19:48 No. 847586 ID: 33cbe7
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Seems pretty straightforward to me.

>>847586
You sure you did that right? Aren't the lights supposed to be lit up and green?

>>847587
Green is normal mode. Blue is hard mode.

>>847587
The light in the bottom left lights green when your circuit has passed the normal testing battery, and blue when it passes the hard mode battery of tests. Look at that, not the current state of the circuit's input/output lights.

>>847591
I thought the point was to get all of the lights on the board to turn green?

>>847592
Did you even try the game up above? It's a circuit building puzzle. The point is to build a circuit that corrects takes in a set of inputs and creates the needed outputs.

>>847595
I can't play it, I've been trying to play it.

>>847596
What sort of oddball browser are you using? Get any recent version of Firefox, Chrome, Opera, even Microsoft Edge and load this thread in it. If you don't want to install one or can't install one, get a portable standalone version of Firefox or Chrome from https://portableapps.com/apps/internet.

Find the myo and excitedly tell him you got blue.

>>847576
>>847578
>>847581
>>847583
Tested these myself and they all seem to work with >>847583 and >>847578 being the simplest to make (the fewer tiles (or lines when referring to code) used the fewer things can go wrong during implementation).

is there a way to get it to work using all the blocks

I think the myo gave you this as a test to see if you could do it and if that's so this might be a sign that they are interested in you or your species intelligence enough to include you in the manipulation of artefacts.

>>847639
But they already have the kotho caste to do all that, so why would a lowly myo be testing Tekuné? ...Unless that myo wants to try and figure out artifacts off the books so they can keep 'em. And they get a thoso to do the work 'cause they can be pushed around.

Well, they're all standard logic gates (except the three-in-two-out one) that represents OR, XOR, and AND, and with how simple it is it really seems like it's a learning tool for circuit design or a starter for learning programming. I did it back when I first learned it. I got to start with building an ALU to accept machine code using only logic gates, and once you've spent an hour doing that, and another hour manually typing the machine code in you'll really appreciate assembler.

naileD 2017/11/24(Fri)04:06 No. 847673 ID: 66a4ca
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I got all the way to the secret pink level.

Suggestion 2017/11/24(Fri)06:40 No. 847700 ID: 7152b7
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I didn't use one of the outputs on the fancy one.

have a sudden flash of inspiration as a whole bunch of working solutions magically appear in your head

Suggestion 2017/11/24(Fri)14:24 No. 847830 ID: 0c84a3
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the two patterns we have so far for all blocks used don't actually seem to work when I try to recreate them, so I made my own.

>>847830
Well done!

X=A or B
Y=A+B or C or D
Z=[(A+B)+C or D] or [C + D]

A and B =1
C and D =2
X=1
Y=2
Z=4

>>847561
Gotten it to change to both green and blue, but I don't have any idea what we are even working towards.

getting bored mucking about with this thing now.
Pretty sure pink is a hoax.
what was the point of this again?

>>848180
FUN!

>>848180
I can confirm that pink is a hoax.

>>848180
You really think someone would do that? Just go on MS Paint and tell lies?

>>848180
>what was the point of this again?
To get all of the lights to light up?

>>848487
The puzzle's already been solved on both modes, so I can confirm that the point isn't to get all the lights to light up. You want the light in the bottom left green square to light up. When you press it, it tests your answer in a variety of scenarios. If it continues to the next scenario, your answer worked for that one. If it stops after a certain scenario, your answer doesn't work for that one.

>>848477
Considering that it was naileD that claimed it?
Yes.
Pink is definitely a lie.

>>848488
no i mean what was the point of solving it? did we even know?

Tekuné 2017/11/29(Wed)18:19 No. 848694 ID: 395c02
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I... I solved it? I solved it.

...

And even the harder version seems obvious now.

...

"Yesss! Hah, motherfuckers! I knew I was better than all of you!"

Tekuné 2017/11/29(Wed)18:19 No. 848695 ID: 395c02
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... Fuck, I said that out loud, didn't I. Whatever.

>I think the myo gave you this as a test to see if you could do it and if that's so this might be a sign that they are interested in you or your species intelligence enough to include you in the manipulation of artefacts.
They don't put myo in charge of that kind of thing. At least, not as far as I know.

Definitely not this myo, anyway.

>Unless that myo wants to try and figure out artifacts off the books so they can keep 'em.
That would be clever, though. The myo who's been finding this stuff for me is... not clever.

Or else he's doing a really good job of hiding it, which would be pretty unusual for a myo.

...

Is something going on outside? I think I can hear people shouting in the distance.

>>848695
who gives a shit take a well deserved nap.

>>848695
Go take a peek out the window. (Or the hole in the wall, whatever). Try not to be seen.

>>848695
Peek through that crack in the wall to see what's going on.

If it's nothing dangerous or you can't see anything, go outside. But don't climb down or go towards it. Observe from a distance so that you'll be able to tell if it's safe to go towards whatever is going on.

>>848695
Go take a look, but don't be spotted.

Maybe hide your completed puzzle real quick and take a peek.

Go ahead and listen into the yelling. Keep yourself hidden though.

Maybe it is presumptuous to think so, but you did just blow off work to tinker in here for who knows how long. It might be someone looking for you.

Oh, and don't worry about shouting that out loud; you are better than all of them, aren't you?

>>848695
Punch the crack until things are quiet again. This is clearly its fault.

hide your stuff first and try and take a peek without getting seen. It would really suck if your bitch of a boss has come to yell at you for leaving work after she did so if we can avoid that shouting match then that would make this day even better.

>>848695
Paranoia check: They've come to take you and your puzzle! Hide both and listen!

Reset puzzle before investigating.

>>848695
Go look outside, see what's up... CAREFULLY. Don't let them see you're in the hideout.

Go out and check if completing the puzzle activated something and is causing the fuss.

Go check out what's going on, but try figure out what's happening before exposing yourself. We don't want to be involved in any unnecessary ruckus.

ooh, you have most of a power supply.
Neat.
Investigate!
from a distance.

Try putting your ears against the wall and listen for anything before trying to peek.

That puzzle you were working on might've been a remote/transmitter to something that could be causing the commotion outside. You should hide it for now and cautiously investigate what's going on out there. Maybe stay close to the puzzle in case you need to turn it off.

>>850251
If that is so than you should deactivate it before hiding it so they cant track it anymore, leaving them with just the general area to search.

Look through the crack, or tear it a bit if there's still wall preventing you from looking.

[1/2] Tekuné 2017/12/12(Tue)14:50 No. 851321 ID: 13cc26
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>who gives a shit take a well deserved nap.
Not in the mood.

>don't worry about shouting that out loud; you are better than all of them, aren't you?
That doesn't mean I'm not going to get shit if someone heard me.

>Maybe hide your completed puzzle real quick
I carefully set it under the table for now. Not much of a hiding place, but it doesn't sound like anyone is all that close.

>Go take a peek out the window. (Or the hole in the wall, whatever).
I actually made it a bit bigger just so I could do this.

...

Hmm. I can't see anything from here. Whatever's going on is too far away, I guess.

[2/2] Tekuné 2017/12/12(Tue)14:51 No. 851322 ID: 13cc26
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I guess I should decide if I want to go figure out what's going on or not. The problem that from here it just sounds like, well, indistinct shouting. I can't think of what could possibly—

"Now what do we have here?"

?!

Th-that voice... that was a lot closer than the shouting.

I've never heard anything like it before, but...

... something about it is absolutely fucking terrifying.

>>851322
Call whatever that voice is a "Rat dirty bitch!"

>>851322
Look all around! Look up! Where did that voice come from!

Is... is the puzzle talking? Is that what happens when you win?

Dramatically turn around if the voice was behind you.
What did it sound like? Stay around the puzzle but don't let its hiding spot out of your sight.

>>851322
Uh oh! Sounds like someone has found your hideout! They're probably right behind you and blocking the door! Turn around and see who it is! Maybe you'll be lucky and whoever that is will be friendly?

You'd have a hideyhole in your secret signposted hideout right? Take the puzzle and jump in it.

>>851322
OH GOD THE PRECURSOR RACE THAT CREATED ALL THE CASTES HAS RETURNED TO WREAK VENGEANCE AHHHH!

It's a good thing you weren't wearing any pants to soil.

Ok, someone seems to be "impressed" by your intelligence? Or the fact that you have something that you shouldn't? The thing is that you are been seen by someone or something. Try to communicate with it, abviously you can't hide from it.

...Does your hideout have an open ceiling, or some such? Look up and don't freak out anymore.

whelp! time to get the hell out of here. Run if you can run, hide if you can't.

STEEL YOURSELF and stand up.
If something can possibly have THAT voice, either:
A: If it wanted to hurt you you'd already be dead.
or
B: It's no one of consequence somehow fucking with you.

Either way, you have no reason to cower.

BRACE YOURSELF, and look around.

>>851322
Fuckin' leg it!

"Are you the genie? Where are my 3 wishes?!"

Look and listen at the puzzle. That might an important piece of the puzzle.

>>851322
Stand up! Steel yourself! Calmly ask who they are!

There isn't really a reason to be scared of this voice just yet. Just look for the speaker and respond.

If we may be defensive, think of any weapons you might have stashed away and maneuver your way to them.

Optionally, move towards a way out.

Check the entrance to your hideout. It's unlikely that they are inside, considering that you had to climb a pile of rubble to get in yourself.

Look around for the voice.

>>851322
present anus in instinctive submission ritual

>>852136
Lol!

+1

>>851908
>>851903
>>851376
Just do these.

>>852190
I agree with this.

[1/2] Tekuné 2017/12/29(Fri)01:30 No. 854441 ID: 13cc26
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Fffuck. I need to... I need to calm down. Okay.

>There isn't really a reason to be scared of this voice just yet.
>Either way, you have no reason to cower.
I mean, it didn't sound like a person. It sounded like...

I don't know. Just hearing it made my blood run cold. Ffuck.

Something about it... I can't explain it exactly. When I heard it it was like every part of me suddenly wanted to curl up in a little ball.

I'm not used to being scared.

>Look and listen at the puzzle.
It's still sitting on the table. The voice definitely didn't come from the puzzle.

>Where did that voice come from!
It came from outside, for sure. Away from the rest of the noise, but not anywhere I can see through the crack either.

There's no one else in here. How does it know I'm here...?

>You'd have a hideyhole in your secret signposted hideout right?
This is my "hideyhole"!

[2/2] Tekuné 2017/12/29(Fri)01:30 No. 854442 ID: 13cc26
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>Calmly ask who they are!
"Who—"

My voice catches in my throat. I don't think it heard me say that. I try again.

"... Who are you?"

"Why don't you come out and see, lis? So strange for one of you to be all alone..."

Ghhhhh. Fuck. It's a little better when I'm expecting it but I still shiver.

... I don't think I want to "come out and see", do I...?

Present anus as a sign of submission.

>>854442
Yeah, they wanna catch you and take you away from this place. Down to you if that is preferable or not.

I think staying put is the preferable course of action. You may not like it here all the time, but it's not so bad you'd prefer abduction to parts unknown, right?

Come out. It's probably just a small insect with a really loud voice.

Do you guys have any natural predators? One reason that a voice alone would scare you so much despite never hearing it before is instinctual dread.

Are you going to hurt or abduct me?

Go outside.
See.

If it is coming for you then it will come inside. I still recommend you get a weapon. Even if we don't plan to use it, it's better to have some sort of deterrence. Tell it to stop beating around the bush and give up what it wants.

say "no" and go back to messing with your puzzle lets ignore the voice

Bah just go out and see, is not like you have something better to do, even if this thing is dangerous, you can come up with something to scape it. If you are that afraid, look throwhg that hole in the wall.

"Listen... Whoever you are. I've been deliberately overworked, underfed and consistently fucked for four days in a row. I'm 'away' from the others of my own volition trying to relax and not think about the fact that the shortsighted 'leader' is breeding my group into starvation OR that I'm being singled for some inane reason that I have yet to be informed of."

>>854442
Carefully go and see. It can't be a coincidence that you solved the puzzle right before they showed up. Didn't you want your life to change? Maybe this is one of the higher-ups here to take you somewhere where your brain can see some use instead of your hips.

>>854442
"I think I'm fine in here, thank you." Compose yourself, girl!

Well they know where you are, so you might as well go out and see who Mr. Scary Voice is.

Don't go out there, but maybe go to the door so you can peek out.

Peek outside to see if you can spot whatever is there.

Do you know what it means by "lis?"

Don't go close to the doorway, pick up something to defend yourself with, a rock, one of the weird puzzle boxes, anything. Apply sarcasm as a defensive measure, and move to the center of the room, so nothing can -gulp- punch through the walls to get you.

"The only strange thing here is your fucked-up voicebox. I'm on break - my boss has been driving me crazy - what's your excuse? You eat nails and chalkboards for breakfast?"

Is the floor weak somewhere? Could you jump up and down or hit it to cave it in for a quick exit?

Quick! Solve the puzzle at... it?

You are so boned.

Ask it what it wants

Asking what it wants probably would be a good idea.
But you might wanna stay away from the wall...

Hiding would be a hella good suggestion.