And so we come to part two of the interactive adventure. Sorry it took so long, I have a life outside of SDK too, believe it or not xP.


Chapter 2:

The downed creature lies before you, shivering in suppressed pain. Tentatively, you gather up the courage to approach it. You walk up to it until you're but one pace away.

Quick as a flash, the thing whips out its arm, and strongly grips your thigh. You're bowled over as it drags your leg out from beneath you, and you hit the splintered floor hard.

You look back up, and see that the creature is standing imposingly above you. On closer inspection, you can see that it is a human female, but with strange white eyes, and some kind of mix between medieval and futuristic armour adorning her body. It all glows with the same serene light. It opens its mouth.

"You don't act like one of them. Are you a regular, or a n00b?"

You stare at her, dumbfounded.

"Tell me, or I will vaporise your skeleton! Are you an SDK regular, or a n00b?"

"Regular!" you stutter in shock. "What the Hell does this have to do with anything?"

She relaxes a little.

"That's good, I didn't want to kill you. There've been enough permas today."

What was this thing on about? She was referring to DSIPaint like it was life or death.

"Please," you say, "Can you tell me where I am?"

She regards you critically for a moment, and then steps back.

"I am the one you probably know as Astra Moon. This place we're standing on appears to be some kind of wooden platform, perched upon one of the peaks of the Chatroom TMJ mountains. It's probably a lot to take in."

It takes you a few seconds to process this. Chatroom TMJ? But that was just a webpage on a site. Not a real place! How could you be sitting on a website?

"How did I get here? How can a website be a real place?"

Astra sits down, gently massaging her back where the bloodied wing-stumps protruded. She winces.

"We aren't entirely sure how that happened. All we know is that, one moment we were all sitting in front of our computers, DSI's, and 3DS's, and the next moment, we were transported here. It appears to be some kind of physical manifestation of the site." She explains.

You pause to gape at this knowledge. You had, somehow been transported to an impossible realm, a physical website! How could this happen?! DSIPaint hadn't seemed particularly strange today before the strange light had entered the room.

Astra continued.
“The creature you just saw was a physical manifestation of a n00b. It seems that all people transported here are reflected appropriately to their rank and position in the site. I, being an admin, wasn’t too bad off. Most of the regulars are…regular, and the n00bs are, for the most part, annoying idiots.”

“But that one just-“ You bite your tongue, Astra Moon doesn’t seem to be in the mood to be reminded that she was just defeated by a n00b.

“Defeated me? Yes. That was no ordinary n00b. It had gained something that no member, especially n00bs, should be able to lay its hand on. That n00b had discovered the key to any individual’s power: their password. I fear that in defeating me, it had probably gained most of my power as well.”

She hangs her head dejectedly, and her armour seems to lose some of its sheen.

“Wait a minute!” You say, “You can’t just let it get away that easily, or it’ll be too late!”

Astra Moon looks sullenly up at you.

“But what is there we can do?” She asks.


DILEMMA TIME XD

A: Tell Astra to set off after the n00b quickly! We’ve no time to waste!

B: Tell Astra to call for backup from the other admins! Strength in numbers!

Please answer in the comments (and make it obvious which one you're choosing ), and the most popular option will decide how the next chapter goes!