Chapter eight: 🕊️
[sep 23, Monday, 2:35PM]
*its decently cold day.. peaceful.. quiet. Just how you like it(I’m guessing)*
*your doing your own thing (whatever you want) as your doing your thing you overheard
someone saying smth about a red portal appearing in the woods (I also have writing block
rn)
Erie: hmm? What was that, Seneca?
Seneca: Erie! A portal opened in the woods, and there’s now a weird robot in the front yard!
[meanwhile..]
Me: “man, where am I?”
[about 15 minutes later, a small pickup truck (think 1997 ranger) pulls up, and Erie gets out]
Erie: “hey, you need help?”
T: “..you’re a human?”
Erie: chuckles “no, no. I only seem human. I assure you- we’re equally freaks.”
T: “rude.. I’m guessing you’re some kind of like monster in disguise or something like that?”
Erie: chuckles again “no, it wasn’t my intent to be rude. I’m just sayin’. And yes, you are
correct. Just, get in the truck. I got a place to warm up- the woods are quite cold in the
winter.”
T: his eyes narrow slightly in suspicion “All right.. I’m not gonna get in the truck. I’ll just fly, no offense or
anything, but I don’t really trust you..”
(OOC, use italics for actions)
Erie: shrugs “eh, it’s not everyday you come across a guy living in the woods. I understand.”
He gets in his truck, the engine turning over after a bit, due to about -32 degrees Fahrenheit
weather, it struggles
T: “Lead the way..” two exoskeleton wings unfold from his back (like this?)
(Perfect) Erie puts the truck in drive, and starts driving towards the cabin, where Seneca
(human form) is sitting on the porch, in SEVERAL layers of coats and snow pants
T: flies next to the truck while looking around the landscape
Erie: “watch out for that tree…”
T slams into a tree on the side of the road
T: “..thanks..” my is slightly cracked, it starts to slowing fix itself before hopping in the back of
the truck
Erie: chuckles “you have regeneration? What do you have, chainsaw hands? SMGs?… Nanites
that’ll shred anything?”
T: “you listed half of them actually..” my right hand switches into the classic three long bladed
finger hand before using one of them fingers to shotgun a small oil canister “Names T, you?”
Erie: “mines Erie. Well, I’m kinda the keeper of these woods.. uh.. was that the can of motor
oil I had sitting back there?”
T: “ yea?” Proceeds to toss it away. “Kinda need oil to live”
Erie: “uh.. I was gonna put that in my truck..”
T: shrugs “Meh.. I’m sure you got spare, right?” Leans back with my arms behind my head
before my visor displays a retro ping ball game, presuming playing it
Erie: groans “of course you say that… wait, where are you from?”
T: “ last time I checked I’m from copper-9, why?” Raises my digital eyebrow
Erie slams the brakes
Erie: “WHAT?!”
T: digs my claw hand into the side of the truck to prevent me from flying over the truck
“ROBO-JESUS, a little warning next time!? Jeez.. what about it?”
Erie: “number one, HOW?! COPPER 9 IS ABOUT 17 LIGHTYEARS AWAY. Number two, you’re
paying for the bodywork!”
T: “do I look like I have money? Plus this wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t suddenly pull the
break knowing that there’s no seatbelt back here!”
Zee: *you see a murder drone on the side of the road, you pull over*
Erie: “yo, need a ride?”
Zee: *looks up* yea, thanks *smiles kinda creepy* whats ya name *looks back and fourth
between Erie and T* *stands up and gets in the truck without you saying anything*
T: “cool, another one of my kind, lucky you Erie” I said smugly
Erie: “‘great’, that’s ’just what I wanted’”. (Btw that’s sarcasm)
T: chuckles “Anyway, how much farther are we from your place?”
Erie: “you want to feel weird? Because there’s two ways we can get there. Ones REALLY
quick. The other is about.. eh.. 5, 6 minutes.”
T: “I’m guessing the weird one is teleporting?”
Suddenly, we appear at Erie’s cabin- just your basic cabin in the middle of the woods
Seneca: “uncle Erie! You’re back!”
Erie: “yeah. I brought two disasembly drones.. dunno how they got here.”
T: waves at Seneca “Sup”
Seneca: waves back “nothin’ much. How bout you?”
Erie: “huh. She must like you. She’s normally hostile to most.”
T: “Lucky me then”
Erie: “VERY lucky you.” Sigh “weeelp, we’re here. So… anything you want slash need before I
head back to the store?”
T: “ besides oil, no.”
Erie: “you can just take the used motor oil.. I’ve been burning it in the fireplace, so you can
take SOME of it.”
T: “all righty” walks into the cabin while my visor displays a troll face
Erie: “oh, watch out for the rifle room.”
T: “don’t worry, I’m practically bulletproof!”
Erie: “against .50bmg?”
T: “I can survive a mini hammer of dawn, so yea”
Erie: “… I’m not gonna ask…”
T: Shrugs “it’s a long story anyway..”
Erie: “let me guess… coworker hated ya?”
T: “No, some worker drone shot me with a railgun..”
Erie: “was said worker drone named after a sub-machine gun?”
T: “Mhm, you know her?”
Erie: “just. Had a feelin’.”
T: “That’s one heck of a feeling..” picks up a oil can from next to the fireplace “So.. what’s your
real form anyway?”
Erie: “uh.. I have to do.. things.”
T: “you don’t have to lie, y’know”
Zee: pops up out of nowhere whatcha talkn’ about
T: “nothin” chugs the oil can
Erie: “yeah. Nothing important… have you ever seen an Uzi?”
T: “that’s the name of the worker who shot me..”
Erie: facepalm “oh, not that Uzi. Like, the SMG.”
T: “ik what your talking about, I’m just saying..”
Suddenly there was a soft thud outside followed by a soft “ow”
T: “Eh?”
I stumbled infront of the opened door and held my head “who.. no..where even am I?” I said
looking up and into this open door seeing someone “oh”
T: “sup” waves to Nora
Nora: “hi” I said a bit cautious and began to look around a bit “so lemme guess, You crashed
here too?”
T: “no, a red portal”
Nora: “Ah I see, I guess I came here the most basic way.. eh for what it’s worth I wouldn’t mind
going with my now exploded planet.” I giggled softly “that was too dark, sorry”
T: “so… are you some kind of.. alien? Sorry if that sounds rude”
Erie: “yeah, and I’m a dragon” Erie says, sounding sarcastic
T: “dragon deez nutz across yo face” I said smugly
Erie: groans “no, T, that’s what my “true form” is. I’m actually a dragon”
T: “Man, you got NO humor..” I said while rolling my eyes
Nora: “you guys are fun, also I’m not fully an alien, I’m part robot and alien” I said as I smiled at
them being.. well them
T: “anyway, I’m T” points to Erie “and that’s Erie”
Nora: I looked at Erie “oh cool, I like both of your names, I’m Nora” I smiled as my screen on my
face was a light light shade of powder pink, due to being based off my emotions
T: “pleased to meet ya” puts my hand out for a handshake
Nora: I shook his hand and smiled “nice to meet you too”
T: smiles back
Erie: “welp, uh, have you guys seen this symbol?”
-Erie shows a paper with the Absolute Solver symbol on it-
T: “yea, its in my system-“
Nora: “huh.. weird, I feel like I’ve seen it before. What is it though?” I said as I then looked to Erie
T: T pops open another oil can “how do you know about it, Eire?”
Erie: “uhhhhhhh… it may or may not have shown up on my truck’s door… now I, somehow,
have it.”
T: plays the “bruh” sfx but the end is cut off
Erie: “don’t “bru-“ me.”
T: “so, what now?”
Erie: “we figure out what to do, and get this outta me.”
Nora: “how do we do that? Just grab a book or something?”
Erie (?): “giggle. No. There’s no way to get the absolute solver out of my ve- I mean, my body.”
T: “..odd, you good my guy?” T’s eyebrow raised
Erie (?): “no… giggle… T. I.. am not Erie.”
Cyn (possessing Erie): “you should’ve known…”
Nora: “woah! Who are you?” Nora said alarmed and backing away slowly
Cyn: “get snuck upon.” The lights flicker, then go out, sending the cabin into pitch black
T: grabs Nora before running out of the cabin with Her “FŨCK THAT”
Cyn: tries following but gets hít by the truck
THR-1000 “Earthmover” (V2) (complex name for the trucks being controlled by AI):
“plan:success. Probable retaliation: 99%. Additional notes: Run.”
Nora: “that’s probably VERY BAD” Nora said worried as T was practically dragging me as we
ran
Earthmover: “affirmative. Run. Go, there’s someone in Philadelphia. Get samca-“ earthmover
explodes due to Cyn being Cyn
Cyn: “booooring.”
T: “Hope you like flying, Nora!” My two wings before holding Nora like a bride and flying off to
Philadelphia
Nora: “I swear if you drop me T!” Nora said as she wasn’t really fond of how high up they were
or the thought of falling
T: “I would for a second but it’s not really the time to pranks!”
Cyn: “oooh T~. Come back here~”
Erie: “d-d-don’t listen to her! Keep going! Find samcat! Let him kn-”
Cyn: “-oh no you don’t.”
T: “back demon woman! Back I say!” T would fly faster
Cyn: “oh. You think I’m a demon? You haven’t seen demons.”
T: “can’t blame me for thinking that!”
Cyn: “can it, weird-“
Erie: “-oh! We are so back!”
Nora:”Thank goodness you are back.. you ARE back right?”
Samcat: “Well hiyah buddies! I was summoned here from the spirit of a robot… wait hold on a
minute” Reads a paper in his hand “The. Spirit. Of a. Oh ok. The spirit of a robot whom
exploded after saying my name. Heresy! Uhh” looks at everyone else “the hełl is going on
here”
Erie: “a robot tried possessing me. Besides, that robot was a truck.”
Erie goes silent for a moment
Cyn: “hello… samcat. If you have a god… time to start praying.”
Nora: “Definitely NOT BACK”