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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 3:03:09 GMT
"...You're a mystery," Hisoka sighed, folding his fourth pizza box. "What are you guys gonna do with my real body, by the way..?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 3:30:15 GMT
"Geez, I'm thinking a cheap cremation after we sell organs? Yeah, it's probably burning right now if we're being honest about it. Why... Do you want it?" Bogota says, taking the fourth pizza box. "I mean I know it was like your body and stuff but it's pretty much ruined now."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 3:37:58 GMT
"...I...guess not."
Hisoka finished his fifth pizza box.
"Ah...I can buy something now, can't I?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 3:42:11 GMT
"You can't buy anything!" Bogota says defensively. "I meant you have .05 points! Everyone watching knows that's what I meant."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 4:05:05 GMT
"Oh..."
Scratching his head, Hisoka began to wander around the room.
"Surely there are other tasks I can do aside from folding pizza boxes..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 4:11:19 GMT
"Geez, that impatient? Nobody wants to work anymore!" Bogota pouts. "Maybe if you work really hard you'll get a raise! You just have to get to fifty. That's not that much!"
"Other than that you can make bets and fill orders, but nobody is ordering anything right now."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 5:07:30 GMT
"...I see. I guess I have nothing to do but to fold pizza boxes, then."
As such, it was time to fold another box. .06!
"I guess fifty boxes aren't that bad...Oh, but isn't it a little counterintuitive to leave pizza folding to a group of individuals that start small, and don't risk getting any bigger..? I mean, it's just me and Jackson...I'm sure you can find a more efficient way to fold pizza boxes. Er, I guess you wouldn't know, actually...you probably don't hold that much power, seeing as you're down here as well..."
Folding, folding...
"If I was in a relationship with that big a power imbalance, I'd feel really resentful...I guess that's why Milk and Lotus turned on me in the end."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 5:20:21 GMT
"Yeah! Good thing those puppets rose up against you and taught you a lesson! I was beginning to feel bad for those little blorbuses." Bogota says, accepting the pizza box. "I'm a big fan of the little guy winning against the oppressors."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 5:37:10 GMT
"...Well, that's in the past, anyways," Hisoka nodded, folding his seventh pizza box. Hisoka walked over to the voting machine and tinkered around with it. "So we can influence the results of the game here, huh..? Hey, Bogota, what would have happened if I won? The rules stated I would be sequestered in a separate area...is it somewhere like the basement?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 13:19:32 GMT
“Well yeah, you’re not free to go. You would be promised your points after the game and kept here, pretty much,” Bogota says.
“Hey, you’re not allowed to grill me on these things you know!”
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 15:11:02 GMT
"...Well, what else are we going to talk about?" Hisoka asked, finishing up his eighth pizza box.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 15:52:27 GMT
“You’re asking me? My man I got all the entertainment I need on the feeds!” Bogota says, referencing the relatively normal events unfolding in the house. “Yeah I got everything I need. At least until I become famous.”
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 16:53:43 GMT
"Not me...all I have are these pizza boxes," Hisoka said, on track to complete his ninth box. Hisoka headed towards the mysterious locked door and began knocking on it a few times. "...Hey, what's behind here?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 17:14:13 GMT
“That’s our tunnels! Also you can see everyone on cameras you know! You could watch them with me!” Bogota accepts the next box. “It’s not like I wanted anyone to talk about that anyway…”
“Oh that door? Wouldn’t you like to know!”
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 19:50:09 GMT
"...I guess," Hisoka yawned. His tenth box! Hurray!
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 20:29:20 GMT
“Well, some things are going to be kept hidden from you, but you’ll always have the chance to ask me questions I have to answer,” Bogota updates Hisoka’s score to .1. “Now you can really buy something! See, getting rich is easy!”
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 21:42:05 GMT
"Ah...is that how it works? Sounds like a waste of points if you won't tell me what I want to know," Hisoka grumbled. His eleventh pizza box! He was gunning for .5.
Hisoka explored the room a bit more, climbing the ladder.
"So...what's the deal with this? What are these requests? What happens if I just leave..?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 22:49:47 GMT
"That's where the players request their goods. Right now, Felix wrote a request for 16 walkie talkies, so it's your task to fill the request. We gotta make sure this is a well-oiled machine. Think about how impressive it is that you could be the guy who carried boxes for the famous Bogota and the eventual winners of this game!" Bogota passes a full case of walkie talkies through the slot.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 23:53:42 GMT
"Uh...ok...I guess since there's nothing better to do."
Hisoka grabbed the walkies (and hopefully shared the responsibility to Jackson so they could share points) and fulfilled the order to the best of his ability. He did accidentally drop one, hopefully it wasn't broken.
"You seem really desperate for fame...though I guess you can achieve that goal through infamy."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 0:05:10 GMT
"I always wanted to be an actor, you know? You don't get into big screen cinema without some grease! Oh and I am slathering that grease on!" Bogota says proudly.
"Good work! Hmm, it seems we forgot to account for inflation. Well, since you guys have persevered, I'll let you have 1 point to share between the two of you."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 19, 2023 0:06:37 GMT
"That doesn't sound so effective...".
Hisoka's ears perked up at his new income.
"Ah..! That's 0.5 points, isn't it?"
He walked to the store.
"I'd like...a 2-pack of microchips, please."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 0:09:07 GMT
"No way! That's fifty cents you're trying to give me! Those microchips are going to be 500 points! At least!" Bogota shoves all the stuff back through the hole. "What are you even going to put on those microchips? You think your imaginary friends are going to possess them out of thin air?"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 19, 2023 0:10:17 GMT
"Oh...is that not how it works?" Hisoka sighed.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 0:14:41 GMT
"Well, like, buddy, my man, my dude..." Bogota's voice drops a little of its bravado. "I mean, you're the one talking for the puppets, right? Can't you just make them come back to life by saying what they were saying?"
"And, I mean, it's .5 plus on the menu for a reason, you know?"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 19, 2023 0:18:11 GMT
"No, they were real..." Hisoka stubbornly insisted. "I mean, mom and dad shot them too, right? Because even they knew Milk and Lotus were alive..."
Hisoka's eyes lit up a bit, getting a new idea. "Ah...I have a new idea. I'd like...one iPod touch, please." He still didn't seem to grasp how the economics of these points worked, but it surely didn't hurt to try.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 1:02:39 GMT
"You're right they did shoot them. Mayb they were just creeped out by them? They sure do give me the heebies."
Bogota thinks, "iPod will run you 10 points, I would say."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 19, 2023 1:31:36 GMT
"Can I get like...a first killer discount?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 3:15:18 GMT
"Come on kid, you can't keep banking in on your early successes like this."
"Fine, how about this. Can we do... Five?"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 19, 2023 3:54:19 GMT
"But...I only have one point."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 4:20:05 GMT
Hiss - Click!
"Hmm, I guess you should go over and check the door instead of panhandling, kid," Bogota mutters.
Jackson keeps sitting still in the room, perhaps still shocked and unwell. Hisoka goes over to check the metal door.
It opens, revealing a long, long, underground tunnel. There are two more locked doors on the pathway in.
The tunnel bends and goes everywhere until it arrives in a furnace room. In the room is a pile of junk, a workbench, a gumball machine, and a weird nook in the corner going to an unknown location. Another tunnel leads out even further. Looking up, this seems to be under the cabin upstairs.
[#spoiler=Further Tunnel (Shop)]Going down the tunnel from the cabin basement leads to the interior of another shop (after going up a ladder of course!). Once again, there is an exit door but it locks from the outside. It simply cannot be exited in this way. There are several vents here that allow a person to eavesdrop on the people in the winery.[/spoiler]
[#spoiler=Gacha Machine]The gumball machine is actually like a gambling machine. It requires .1 points per use. Maximum prize is $10,000, but there are also smaller prizes.[/spoiler]
[#spoiler=Workbench and Junk]It seems that the workbench is so that the hermit crabs can help build junk for the house guests upstairs. Directly putting in effort in order to make a shop delivery can add a multiplier to the number of points you can get. There's also paper here to write people's letters from home.[/spoiler]
[#spoiler=Narrow Passageway]Above the furnace is a narrow tunnel that is extremely dark, wet, and narrow, and seems almost endless. Exploring it a little is very uncomfortable. In this passage, there are pipes pumping in water, electricity, and gas. What could be at the end of this tunnel?[/spoiler]
[You do have an FTE voucher for this chapter!]
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