DETERMIBENT (Text Adventure) [COMPLETE]

> AR: Do you know any way of PASSING THE TIME that will not get you BEATEN UP?

Nope, you've got nothing. That's the whole point of DERSITE PRISONS. They're designed to be--

> GROWLING CAT AROUSING TERROR: Break free.

The HANDLER does something incredibly STUPID. They leave the CAT tied up to a WALL LAMP, and sneak off PRESUMA8LY TO HAVE A SMOKE.

Stupid Idiot Handler.

The FREAKY CAT slips its COLLAR and DISAPPEARS.

>AR: Would raising the alarm on this constitute being a distraction?

...Weeelll.... Maybe??

You're considering raising the alarm when you start hearing THE PAIN FILLED SCREAMS from UPSTAIRS.

...Welp, okay. They know. You'll just... sit here and try not to listen to the KARMIC DEBT being REPAID.

> SS: Consider fondness for JADE.

You're.... admittedly a little SWAYED by the presence of DOG EARS AND TAIL on her DREAM SELF. She reminds you of a PUPPY. SO CUTE.

It triggers a PRIMAL URGE to PROTECT and KEEP SAFE, urges which are HELD AT BAY by your CAT TIER PROTOTYPING.

You're not going to refer to her as a PET, though. No way. That would be TOO CREEPY and possibly would convince the DIGNITARY TO ACTUALLY KILL HER despite what you say.

>AR: Look out the window.
>PM: Snap out of it.
>Unmarked Bottle: What are your contents?

> SMOKING GUARD: Regret life decisions.

You're totally regretting it as you're CHASED WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE by the very creature you were sworn to NEVER LET YOUR EYES OFF OF.

WHY. WHY DID YOU EVEN REMOTELY THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA??

> AR: Shake PM more.

Yeah she's *really* out of it. Damn it if you're going to escape this is probably going to be the best time, as much as you hate to admit it.

>AR: Look out the window.

What window? Your CELL doesn't have any openings except for the CELL DOOR.

Did a WINDOW get mentioned when you examined the CELL?? No. You don't think so.

>Unmarked Bottle: What are your contents?

You are now the UNMARKED BOTTLE.

You are FALLING.

Presently, your contents are:

AIR.

You are EMPTY OF YOUR FORMER CONTENTS, which were as follows-

> UNMARKED BOTTLE: Smash onto SOMEONE'S HEAD.

You SMASH into the head of an IRR8 TROLL GHOST, and shatter into BILLIONS OF PIECES.

You Can NO LONGER BE THE BOTTLE, because the BOTTLE HAS BEEN SLAIN. The mystery of what was IN THE BOTTLE will never ever be solved ever from this perspective.

>PM: Snap out of it.

She's nowhere near capable of being "snapped" out of this state. If anything it will be a GRADUAL release from this SUPPOR'D STATE.

>Be VRISKA: DOUBLE DIE from glass shards.

You are now VRISKA.

You just got hit over the head by a RANDOM GLASS BOTTLE.

You'd say "OW" but you're a GHOST and it doesn't really hurt.

Also, like hell you'd DOUBLE DIE from a bottle over the head. YOU'VE SUFFERED WORSE ALREADY and LIVED TO TELL THE TALE... sort of. This BOTTLE will not be the END OF YOU.

>AR: Punch PM in the snout to assert dominance.

> AR: Just carry Parcel Mistress

You pick her up after sneakily unlocking the CELL DOOR. Time to make a jail break!

You head off in the direction OPPOSITE THAT you last heard the SCREAMS coming from.

> NINJA: Post last-second command.

You are a NINJA INFILTRATOR, from that SAME ANYTHING GOES GROUP trying to create a weapon to defeat DERSE, sent upon learning that DERSE had a secret weapon of its own.

You were informed of this by way of PSYCHIC MESSAGE from a GHOST.

You decide to sneak in an extra command into the PRISON COMPUTERS that UNLOCKS MOST OF THE DOORS as soon as someone tries to activate the EXTRA SECURE LOCKDOWN.

You're TAKING THAT CAT from DERSE and you're going to turn it on them if it's the LAST THING YOU DO.

>AR: Punch Pungent Miscreant in the snout to assert dominance.

...Of COURSE the Doors all OPEN, rendering your KEY RING USELESS. Seriously??

A PUNGENT MISCREANT emerges from his cell, roaring and getting in your way.

You SMASH YOUR FIST into his nose because GET OUTA MY WAY!!!

>AR: How are you going to get the Parcel Mistress out with you?
>NI: Find the cat, posthaste!

> TN + PM: Escape?
> MP: React.
> DERSE JAIL GUARDS: React to JAIL BREAK.

> TN + PM: Escape?

The PUNGENT MISCREANT is too dazed by the DOMINANCE PUNCH to the SNOUT to escape at the moment!

The THIEVING NICHOLAS is too INCAPACITATED to do anything but moan feebly.

> DERSE JAIL GUARDS: React to JAIL BREAK.

They're reacting alright, reacting to their PRISON BEAST turning on them.

>AR: Hear the cries of NI EVERYONE IN JAIL

You hear it all, and there is only one appropriate reaction.

>AR: Run like hell.

You RUN like a METEOR is chasing you and it's RECKONING COME EARLY.

You pass by some IDIOTS standing around gawking at the carnage going on around them. You briefly wonder what it is with people and staring around watching people get MAULED SAVAGELY?

>SS: Recieve news of CAT's escape.
>PM: Snap out of it?

>AR: FREEDOM!
>Jade: Hum a tune to calm your nerves.

>AR: FREEDOM!

As you fly away from Derse and TOWARDS PROSPIT, you can't help but let out a LAUGH. It's a strange laugh. You literally just DESERTED your KINGDOM. It's kind of a nervous laugh, and yet.... you don't care. You don't care that you've probably just left a BUNCH OF PEOPLE to die. So what? It's their fault for trying to use such a beast for CROWD CONTROLL anyways.

And really, it's not like this ONE EVENT will trigger a cascade of chaos to fall upon you and all you know!

For the first time in your life: you do not have to WORK within the RULES. There is no PAPERWORK. The only BOSS is YOURSELF.

The FREEDOM is INTOXICATING.

You could eat a WEIRD BUG and not even care!

>Jade: Hum a tune to calm your nerves.

You try humming the MIRACULOUS LADYBUG theme, but the SLAYER seems to catch on, and says, 'nah, that's not calming at all.'

Then, he puts on a RECORD filled with nothing but JAZZ TUNES.

This, predictably, does nothing to CALM YOUR NERVES, The SLAYER, on the other hand, stops freaking out as much about the SLAUGHTER in DERSE'S PRISON.

That good mood, of course, visibly evaporates when a COURIER arrives and says that the BEAST HAS FLOWN THE COOP and CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE.

>SS: Shoot the messenger.

Now just WHY would you do that? A Waste of a Perfectly good bullet if you ask you.

Now...

CATACLYSM on the other hand???

You just activate the attack for the sheer SHOCK VALUE of it. The MESSENGER runs SCARED.

You turn towards one of the QUEEN'S POTTED PLANTS and DESTROY IT to use up the Cataclysm.

Jade whimpers at the sight.

You're starting to find it hard to ignore that urge to HUG HER and PET HER. God damn it, why did your thing have to be DOGS again??

>ARGO: Receive Plan

AC: and that's it??
TT: Yes. That's It.
AC: seems kinda... weak??
TT: We've had several hours more than you have to work on the problem.
TT: This is the best possible solution after much collaboration.
TT: My powers indicate a nearly 78.76% chance of success.
AC: that's... a lot of room for error, rhozee.
TT: I know, but still, it's better than Meenah's Plan.
AC: i guess so...
AC: oh well, if it's the best shot we've got it's the best shot we've got.
TT: Let's just hope Terezi doesn't prototype something stupid when the time comes and the interference is just Trollian acting up.
AC: yeah. *AC nods*

>REZI: Open BLACK MESA OFFICE crate

Inside you find a BUNCH of random shit. Including COFFEE MUGS, DAILY PLANNERS, and.... oddly enough that's just random shit lying on top of a rather OBVIOUS FALSE BOTTOM. Come on, Grandpa, the crate goes on for another FOOT AND A HALF, this FALSE BOTTOM isn't fooling anyone.

You OPEN the FALSE BOTTOM and find...

A HUGE ASS GIANT ORANGE CRYSTAL in a GLASS BOX with a SHIPPING LABEL: "Deliver to Test Lab C-33/a" and an IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: "Sample GG-3883" ...You have no idea what any of these things mean.

Underneath the CRYSTAL CASE is a PAPER NOTE containing a MEMORANDUM to people called C. GREEN, DR. HASS, and a DR. KL?. The THIRD NAME is BLURRED OUT with a PRINTER INK SPLOTCH, as is the DATE the note was issued. 05/11/20??

"ANOMALOUS MATERIAL GG-3883" The header reads. "After studying the substance evaluation report about samples returned from the GG EXPEDITION, the senior staff has decided to move forward with the program.

"We are particularly interested in sample GG-3883. Although your experiments have revealed unexpected spectral analysis fluctuations with GG-3883, you've identified it as the purest and largest sample we have.

"Therefore, the senior staff has decided that GG-3883 will replace EP-0021 in the simulation.

"Note that we must deviate from standard analysis procedures in order to have the sample ready in time. We understand that this is a violation of normal anomalous materials handling protocol, so I have already authorized the enclosed materials requisition form. Please see to it that the sample is ready to be delivered to Dr. Freeman on the day of the experiment."

You don't know what the hell this is, but you have the SNEAKING SUSPICION that your grandfather STOLE IT from whatever lab it was meant to be SENT TO.

That sounds like PRIME PROTOTYPING MATERIAL if ever you saw it!

> AR: Reach PROSPIT.
> SS: PET the PUPPY.