#important plotting things

TC: The star crystal guardian royals deserve better than what they get, in terms of their lots in existence in generaL. TC: nO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE THAT THE STARS THEMSELVES ARE INHABITED BY AT LEAST ONE SENTIENt. TC: Not the scientists or the astrologers or the varying people’s of the worlds really seem to notice much of anything abouT. TC: tHE TRUE SOURCES OF THE LIFE GIVING LIGHT AND WARMTH AND PROTECTION THAT COMES FROM THE STAr.

CG: This is because no one in the upper reaches and echelons of the society is going to actually allow the truth to be taughT. CG: tHE COLONIZING ORDINARY CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE STARS DO NOT KNOW THE TRUTh. CG: Do not know that every time they here a new inhabitable world has been discovered, it is because the higher ups watcH. CG: tHEY MONITOR THE CHILDREN OF THE VOID AND KEEP TRACK OF THE PROGRESS OF THE PLANETS THEY INHABIt.

CG: The players watch the world fall apart, reverting to the survival mode instilled by the gamE. CG: wHICH MEANS BEFORE PEOPLE REALIZED WHAT IS HAPPENING AND BEFORE THINGS GO COMPLETELY INSANE, THEY STOCK UP ON THINGS THEY NEEd. CG: Like medical supplies for first aid, fabric and sewing supplies, building supplies and camping supplies, radios that are hand chargeable, things like thaT. CG: pACKING UP THEIR TEMPORARY CAMP, THEY MOVE DEEPER INTO THE WOODS AND AWAY FROM ATLANTa. CG: They end up near the quarry, at a good water source, and set up a new temporary camP. CG: aND SETTLE IN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW THE WORLD HANDLES THIS OUTBREAk. CG: None of the adults were optimistic, none of the alpha kids from the future were optimistic, and none of the trolls were very optimistic because government for trolls was usually highly uninvolved in citizen safetY. CG: aND THEY WERE RIGHT NOT TO BE TOO OPTIMISTIC, APPARENTLy. CG: The more medically inclined players start looking into potential cureS. CG: aND THE MORE MILITARY MINDED PLAYERS STARTED LOOKING INTO FORTIFYING THEIR CAMP AND THE ROUTE TO It. CG: And after the military firebombs atlanta and the cellphone networks go dark, and the only information left is what has been downloaded by the computers and database they brought with them, they start looking around the citY. CG: cHECKING FOR SURVIVORS AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOw. CG: And find some of the survivorS. CG: wHICH LEADS TO SOME SCRAMBLING TO STAY HIDDEN UNTIL THE ATLANTA CAMP COMES INTO EXISTENCE WITHIN A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR OWN CAMp. CG: And people start meeting each otheR.

CG: The players end up in the universe of the walking dead, before the outbreaK. CG: aND AFTER FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO TO HIDE THE TROLLS AND AVOID GOVERNMENT ATTENTION OF THEIR DIFFERENCEs. CG: So they have to figure stuff out, mostly how they are going to avoid getting into trouble and having to deal with people to get what resources they can't find or make themselveS. CG: tHE TROLLS AND KIDS DO MAKE RUNS INTO TOWN AT NIGHT OR ON DAYS WITH POOR VISIBILITY, THOSE WITH SMALLER HORNS ACTUALLY GOING IN TO MAKE PURCHASES ONCE THEY GOT THEIR HANDS ON MONEY THRU THE HACKERs. CG: Access to the internet help the group learn the differences and similarities between this new earth and the one the players came froM. CG: lIVING IN THE FORESTS NEAR ATLANTA, NEPETA TAKES SOME OF THE OTHERS HUNTING TO GET MEAT AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR THE CAMP THEY ARE BUILDING AS THEY TRY AND PUT THEMSELVES TOGETHEr. CG: And just when things are starting to settle, the outbreak startS. CG: tHE INTERNET HAS BEEN RUNNING THRU DIAGNOSTITOOL AND THE COMPUTERS FOR A FEW MONTHS BY THIS POINT, AND ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE IMPLANTS AND EXPANSION ATTACHMENTS IS TO DOWNLOAD AND STORE INFORMATION THEY CONNECT To. CG: Sollux catches on first when the screening protocols throw up flags and recommend temporary return to orbiT. CG: uNFORTUNATELY, THE RETURN TO ORBIT OPTION IS UNAVAILABLE, BUT AT LEAST THE ENTIRE INTERNET DIDN'T GO DARK BEFORE THE VARIOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS OF THE PLAYERS MANAGED TO SNAG IT ALL AND STORE IT IN THE INTRANET ACCESSIBLE BY THE PLAYERS AND GUARDIANs. CG: And then things go to heck and the outbreak goes wildfirE.

CG: The players live near and sort of with the hobbitS. TC: bEING AS THE HOBBITS ARE NOT THE LONGEST LIVED RACE IN CANON, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRESENCE OF THE PLAYERS MAY HAVE CAUSED THAT TO CHANGE A BIt. CG: Like, they live longer around long lived beings, and the players helped the entwives stay safe and stick around, sO.... TC: tHE ELVES ARE VERY STANDOFFISH WITH THE PLAYERS, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM LOOK WEIRD AND OTHERS LOOK ALMOST LIKE ORCS AND NONE OF THE ELVES ARE VERY GOOD AT DEALING WITH IMMORTALS THAT DO NOT LOOK OR ACT RIGHt. CG: It doesn't help that the players are kind of stuck in the age range they ascended iN. TC: tHE GAME ONCE MORE MESSING THEM UP AND WATCHING TO SEE HOW THEY HANDLE It. CG: Living around people who do not grow excessively tall in adult hood may have helped them adjusT. TC: aND THE ENTWIVES BEING TREE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF NEAR TROLL HELPED TOo. CG: The players live in tree houses and tents, with special caves and stone structures for the forges and sucH. TC: dAVE DECIDED TO NAME THE SETTLEMENT KOKIRI VILLAGE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH ETERNAL TEENAGERHOOD AS A HERO OF TIME SEMI-IRONICALLy. CG: The name stuck, and the human players are sometimes referred to be outsiders as kokiri, while the trolls are referred to as fairieS. TC: dAVE WISHES HE HAD THOUGHT IT THRU BEFORE MAKING THE SUGGESTION IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WHO EITHER DID NOT GET IT OR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HILARIOUs.

TC: Steve has some issues because: kids who have been thru traumatic experiencE. TC: wHO PLAYED A GAME THAT ENDS CIVILIZATIONS AND CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE BELIEVING THEY ARE GODs. TC: He thinks something bad happened to them, and that in their trauma they've decided their powers come from a universe game of some kinD. TC: tONY DOES BELIEVE THAT THEY GAINED POWERS FROM SOME KIND OF EVENT BUT DOES NOT WANT TO BELIEVE IN THE GAMe. TC: He does believe the players come from somewhere with amazingly advanced tech mixed with slightly outdated stufF. TC: bRUCE FINDS BEING AROUND CERTAIN TROLLS HELPS HIM KEEP HULK UNDER CONTROl. TC: He is very uncertain how he feels about this discovery, but wants to rake in the advantages and knowledge he caN. TC: cLINT HAS AN ARCHERY COMPETITION WITH THE BOW AND GUN USERS AND WINS BY A VERY NARROW MARGIn. TC: Which allows him dominion over the ventilation systeM. TC: fINDING OUT THE TROLLS ARE INSECT-MAMMAL SENTIENT BEINGS OF SOME KIND MAKES SOME PEOPLE WHO DEAL IN SCIENCE VERY CURIOUs.

TC: Finding a strange and confused diagnostitool may have been the best thing to ever happen to certain tricksterS. TC: cERTAIN GATEKEEPERS NEED TO LEARN THAT NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS VISIBLE WANTS TO BE OR WILL STAY THAT WAY GIVEN THE OPTIOn. TC: Just because you can't see where someone came from is no reason to raise the alarm and send soldiers after a person or group gatekeepeR. TC: eVEN IF THAT PLACE OF ARRIVAL IS ASGARd. TC: Though being watchman and gatekeeper does get you a free pass on that just this oncE. TC: iF YOU WANT YOUR DEFENSIVE MEASURES TO REMAIN UP AND ACTIVE, DO A BETTER JOB SECURING THE NETWORK THE ENCHANTMENTS RUN On. TC: Do not get angry when someone doesn't realize that the files were private, they may not realize there was any security on theM. TC: aLLOWING TRAVELERS TO COMPARE METHODS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL ODIN SO STOP TRYING TO PREVENT It. TC: Getting between the rage players and their clade or friends who need them is a very bad idea even if you think you are also a rage playeR. TC: bECAUSE NO ONE WHO HAS NOT BEEN THRU THE GAME AND DEALT WITH ALL THE SHIT IS QUITE PREPARED FOR WHAT IT MEANs. TC: Though being an older god may give you some advantages in the fighT.

CG: Trolls are nocturnal and the sun is not something they are comfortable witH. CG: aTTEMPTING TO PRANK THE TROLLS BY OPENING THE CURTAINS WILL SEE THE OTHER PLAYERS PRANKING YOU WITH THINGS BEST NOT SPOKEN Of. CG: The sun of the realm of midgard is weaker and less bright then alternia's but these things take timE. CG: dO NOT DOUBT ANY OF THE TIME PLAYERS WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHAT TIME IT Is. CG: The reason they don't need your medical expertise is that they have their own experT. CG: iF YOU QUESTION THE MEDICAL EXPERT'S QUALIFICATIONS AND DEMAND TO KNOW WHERE THEY STUDIED ONE MORE TIME, SOMEONE IS GOING TO ARRANGE A DEMONSTRATIOn. CG: Fury, you are not a rage player, stop acting like you know what the bard is up tO. CG: tHE NEXT SO CALLED FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT IS GOING TO RESULT IN FRIENDLY DEMONSTRATIONS OF PROPER ACCURACy. CG: Hulk, chill, none of the players is going to get upset with you for having a mood based transformatioN. CG: sTARK WE WILL NOT STEP ON YOUR QUADRANTS SO KINDLY GET OFF OF OURs. CG: Thor if you don't stop barging into diagnostitool's respiteblock without permission, someone is going to let them diagnose your malfunctioN. CG: iF ANYONE IS BOTHERED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE PERSON GETTING REPAIRS DONE FOR THE PROCESSOR OVERRIDE THEY WERE SUFFERING FROM, TAKE IT UP WITH KARKAT, GAMZEE, OR BRO, BECAUSE THE PATIENT IS NOT IN NEED OF YOUR SHIt. CG: Cap stop bothering equius about the repairs he's doing to your moirail's arM. CG: bLACK WIDOW, STOP GETTING OFFENDED WHEN YOU CAN NOT FULLY READ THE PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSe. CG: Do not shoot the glowy floaty people who randomly appeaR. CG: dAVE AND DAVESPRITE ARE ONLY TWINS, EXCEPT FOR BEING ORIGINALLY ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE COUNTERPARTS ONCE UPON A GAMe. CG: Davesprite sometimes glows and has wings and a sword, and this is completely finE. CG: iF DIAGNOSTITOOL SUDDENLY CHANGES EYE COLOR, IT IS ONLY A PROBLEM IF THE COLOR IS NOT RED, GREEN, OR PURPLe. CG: Karkat does not ever have to get blood drawn, period, enforced by all players and guardianS. CG: kEEP YOUR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS TO YOURSELF IF YOU CAN'T DEBATE IT CALMLY AND BE OPEN MINDED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFs. CG: Even if that belief is that the universe is a frog, and these young players are all gods because a game made them that waY.