ParaSnared (Worm/Homestuck Semi-Quest)

I'm going to end the vote in one hour, so get your votes in now!

Voting is Closed!

[X] get your ARMS from the trunk, then use them to clean the ICING in your desk.

First things first, you decide to get your ARMS. Thankfully, you had moved the CAKE that had rested on your TRUNK earlier, so you were able to open your trunk easily.

Inside were your FAKE ARMS! You had only just received them today, actually. One of your friends had sent them to you as an IRONIC GIFT. You CAPTCHALOGUE them in your SYLLADEX. You have a feeling you should know what these words mean. Eh, you'll probably figure it out along the way. There are also some other things in the trunk, but those can wait for now!

You rush over to the desk and use the FAKE ARMS to wipe the ICING off the desk without getting your hands dirty, then stow the FROSTED ARMS back into your SYLLADEX.

[x] => EXAMINE CONTENTS OF DESK

With the ICING cleared, you are able to examine the POSTER your father got you.

Hm. On closer inspection, it looks like the poster wasn't all there was! There's a note behind the poster. You read it.


This note is rich with the aromas of SALTWATER AND SWEAT. It must have been written by your father. The POSTER is doubtlessly from him as well, but until you put it up, you'll have no idea what it is a poster of. Now that you think about it, there is a blank spot on your wall next to your ALEXANDRIA POSTER that you've been meaning to fill.

[X] => EXAMINE ARMS

They're arms all right. At the moment, they're lightly frosted, and their rubbery taste now likely has hints of strawberry. You are not in the mood to confirm this. For many reasons.

[x] => RUMINATE ABOUT FATHER FIGURE

You sigh as you think about your FATHER. He is really going overboard on all of this, huh. You'll be honest, as tired as you are of cakes, you're glad to see your dad like this. He's been moping around a lot, ever since…

[X] => RUMINATE ABOUT MOTHER FIGURE

Ever since mom died.

The mere thought starts bringing back painful memories of the accident. A tipping truck. A poorly timed text. A rampaging HOOKWOLF.

You don't like thinking about it.

[X] Dive into cakes

You shudder at the mere thought. You have had enough cakes. You do not want to eat them, and you definitely don't want to dive into them.

But the frosting… it beckons…

No! You have more important matters. Like, for example…

[] [Taylor] Write in

Voting ends in a bit over 30 minutes, on the next hour!

Voting end!

Next chapter may take more time to come out.

[X] => PUT UP POSTER

First things first, you have a POSTER to put up! You carefully nudge the CAKES out of the way and approach the blank spot.

Something is missing, though. At the last moment, you realize what it is: you have nothing to use to attach your POSTER to the WALL! What ill fortune! What horrible luck!

Eh, there should be something in your trunk. You leap off the bed, almost accidentally diving into the cake as you do so, and head towards your trunk.

[X] => EXAMINE THE OUTSIDE WORLD THROUGH WINDOW

However, you decide to first check the window before you do so. Your YARD is not dissimilar from that of other yards in Brockton Bay, which is to say it's NOT THAT GREAT. In your case, there are a few EMPTY PLANTERS that remain from your brief-but-ill-advised GARDENING PHASE. The TREE in your yard is looking good, but the rope for the TIRE SWING has long ago ROTTED AND SNAPPED. Which is a crying shame in your opinion, since a tree in a child's yard without a tire swing is like a cape without a power. Which is to say THEY CAN HARDLY BE CALLED A PROPER CAPE AT ALL.

Then, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something that makes your heart start to race. The flag on your mailbox is up! And that means that The Game (or its beta at least) might be here!

[X] Check out if the gift from GC arrived already.

And not only that, but just inside your yard is a box wrapped in a plastic bag to keep it dry. And the box is GC's signature shade of orange too! Truly the best of days, your birthday.

As you are about to run downstairs to retrieve your prize, disaster strikes in the form of your FATHER'S CAR! It rolls into the driveway and you groan. There's no way you're going to be able to get your PRIZES without encountering him now! As skilled of a JUNIOR PHANTOM THIEF as you are, you have nothing on his watchful eye. If you want any hope of getting the game or the package, you're going to have to prepare accordingly.

[X] => RUMINATE ABOUT SYLLADEX

As you plan, you consider your SYLLADEX for a moment. You still don't quite understand the specifics of how it works, but you know the gist. It's a way of storing and retrieving items at your disgression, one that works according to a MODUS.

While you don't know much about the SYLLADEX, you do have some relevant knowledge regarding the MODUS. The more basic MODI, and the first ones released, all utilize various DATA STRUCTURES. Later ones would be more novelty systems, some of them even being brand deals. Your SYLLADEX in particular uses one of the cheapest MODI there are, the STACK MODUS.

The STACK MODUS works on a FIRST-IN-LAST-OUT system, arranging your CARDS in a… well, a stack. You can only use whatever you most recently placed into your SYLLADEX.

You've been meaning to get something better, but you just never had the opportunity.

Your musing is interrupted by a chime on your computer. It looks like one of your PALS is trying to contact you!

[] [Taylor] Write in

Voting ends in 1 hour! Sorry for being so late, stuff happened.

Voting Over!

[x] => RESPOND TO PAL

First things first! You hurry back to your computer, your eyes darting across the surface of your desk as you do so.

Your main desk is covered in ACCOUNTS OF BULLYING. Middle School hasn't been kind to you, to be honest. You were hoping to call out the BULLIES before the end of the term, but that is looking LESS AND LESS LIKELY.

Sigh. Maybe things will be better next term, at WINSLOW HIGH SCHOOL. You have heard NOT GREAT THINGS about it, but it can't be that bad, right? At least you won't be as much of a PATHETIC OUTCAST as you were in middle school, especially since TC will be attending along with you and GC.

Gah, you're getting distracted! You have a pal to be bugged by.

- - tellingGaze [TG] began bugging gentlewomanAdministrator [GA] at 18:25 - -
TG: hey tay-tay
GA: How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?
TG:
GA: Ugh
GA: Whatever
GA: What do you want?
TG: can't i wish my friend a happy birthday?
GA: Oh
GA: Sorry for getting mad, I guess.
TG: nah, it's okay.
TG: so what kind of loot did you get?
GA: Well I got a pair of shitty fake arms from TA.
TG: he would do that.
GA: And I also got a poster from my dad.
GA: Still haven't put it up yet.
TG: keep getting distracted, huh?
TG: do you have some masking tape or something?
GA: Yeah, it's in my trunk. I just keep getting distracted.
TG: fair enough fair enough.
TG: oh by the way, did you get the Beta yet?
GA: I think so?
GA: Some sort of mail arrived, but dad intercepted it before I could even leave my room.
GA: What about you?
TG: normally i wouldn't be able to afford it
TG: buuut tt insisted.
TG: she said it would be worth the cost, and you know how she is.
GA: Yeah.
GA: Unintentionally cryptic.
GA: Scarily accurate.
GA: Possibly a parahuman.
TG: no way, someone would have picked her up by now if she was a parahuman.
GA: Who's to say she hasn't?
TG: i mean she knew nothing about the unwritten rules last i checked.
TG: plus she'd be a thinker and those are incredibly valuable.
TG: oh also we had to tell her what the prt was. and also what capes were.
TG: she is fantastically oblivious.
GA: I worry about her.
TG: same, to be honest.
TG: anyway the beta!
TG: gc's been bugging me about it for like.
TG: a while now.
TG: i would play with her but unfortunately i've still got a heckton of stuff to do.
TG: it's getting a bit frustrating to be honest.
TG: i don't blame her for wanting to play with me tho.
GA: Yes, it's completely justified.
TG: Oh really? ;D
GA: no wait
GA: that was sarcasm
TG: sure it was.
GA: SARCASM!
TG: i'm sorry, i just don't feel the same.
TG: but don't worry, taybean. i'll keep your lesbian fantasies secret.
GA: Argh. First my dad got to the mail before me, then the problems with my modus, and now this.
GA: Truly, this has been the worst birthday.
TG: you're having problems with your modus, huh?
TG: what's your modus?
GA: Stack. Haven't been able to get something better.
TG: ouch.
GA: What's yours?
TG: hash map.
TG: my bro taught me a few tricks.
GA: Your bro sounds awesome.
TG: ...yeah
TG: he is.
GA: I'm somewhat jealous of you, to be honest.
GA: You have a versatile Modus.
GA: While I have a sucky one that sucks.
TG: hey, hashmap ain't perfect.
TG: and at least you don't have a novelty one like fashionista.
GA: I dunno
GA: GC says that you just have to get used to it.
TG: gc's kinda weird.
GA: Pot, meet kettle.
TG: guilty as charged.
TG: did you at least allocate your strife specibus?
GA: No, never needed it.
TG: it could free up a card.
TG: plus it could let you attack stuff whenever things get dangerous
TG: considering you're going to winslow next year, it's probably a good idea anyway.
TG: what do you have?
GA: At the moment? Fake arms.
GA: ...I could have sworn I picked up the poster too, but I must have forgotten.
TG: well unfortunately i'm pretty sure there isn't a fakearmkind strife specibus.
TG: even if there was what would you even do with it?
TG: honestly I'm kinda surprised you haven't allocated your grappling hook given your whole 'phantom thief' thing.
GA: I was hoping I'd be able to get something more combat-oriented.
GA: Then dad confiscated it.
TG: you should have acted sooner, huh.
GA: Yeah. I should have.
TG: well there's probably something you can use somewhere in your room.
TG: it doesn't have to be perfect. plus if need be you can always just buy more room for your grapple hook.
TG: the first new slot should be pretty cheap.
GA: Y'know what fair enough.
TG: oop
TG: i think something just happened.
TG: gotta go. ttyl!
- - tellingGaze [TG] ceased bugging gentlewomanAdministrator [GA] at 18:34 - -

Phew. TG was a good friend, but she could be exhausting to talk to.

[X] Find ways to sneak last your father. Consider using A disguise to fool him.
[X] Whatever dad has planned can't be that bad. May as well get it over with.

Still, you had all the more reason to check your trunk, now, especially since there should also be some things you can use for a DISGUISE in there. That might just help you get by your father.

You do briefly wonder if you should just confront him right away, but you don't think that's the best of ideas. A proper thief doesn't rush into something headlong, after all.

[X] BE THE PAL

You cannot yet be the pal! She is dealing with too much at the moment. You will be made aware when you can be the pal. For now, you will have to stick with Taylor.

[] [Taylor] Write in

-