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mak556 12/01/31(Tue)03:55:44 No. 5922

Lux frowned. Before her was the Big Ben, without the usual meandering crowd shuffling to take pictures of it. Tourists were a bother, but so were her conflicting feelings on whether or not to continue on her quest.

Earlier, Lux had received an invitation to the channel "#IBB" from her channel op.
Therein, the members of the channel discussed various theories on a spam e-mail each of them had received. Lux had indeed fallen victim to the e-mail, and indeed opened the attachment. Thus, she suspected the op @_DARING to be mastermind behind the ploy.

The e-mail's contents were as follows:
1.) Take the sewer North, and there you will find the Ladder to Heaven.
2.) Strike the Bell and there shall be your path to daylight.
3.) Now, head up Babel and flip the switch.
4.) Find the Door to the Golden Land.
5.) Remember days long past; obscured by the flow of Time. And thus you shall reach enlightenment.

It was quite obviously nonsense, but here these people were, discussing it seriously. Lux could not begin to comprehend what was going on, but cheerily saluted the channel.

<+fulguriens> How are you~?
<+yoghurt> So anyways, what does the Golden Land mean?
<+yanyan> Umineko no Naku Koro ni straight-out states the Golden Land to be
<+yanyan> a place that's equivalent to paradise
<+yanyan> where all your wishes come true
<+yuletide> fcukin weeabos stfu!!
<+fulguriens> Erm, am I just going to be ignored?
<@_DARING> Lux, they're just teenagers. Go easy on them.
<+fulguriens> TEENAGERS NOMNOM
<+yanyan> creeeeepy
<+yipping> who are you anyways
<+yuletide> wtf, pedo.
<+fulguriens> wat
<+yoghurt> It's rather randomly raucous; could several of you shut up?
<+yuppie> Nerd.
<+fulguriens> So what's going on, dearies?
<+yuletide> the fuck
<+yuletide> youre creepy as all shit
<+fulguriens> I'm going to ignore that.
<+yoghurt> Anyways, as all are aware, we whisper wearily of what is to come.
<+yanyan> You're kinda
<+yanyan> WEIRD
<+yanyan> ALL OF YOU
<+yoghurt> The e-mail told us to take the sewer North, then to strike a bell etc. idgi
<+fulguriens> Ah.
<+fulguriens> I know.
<+yuppie> Nerd.
<+yuletide> the fuck would you know
<+yanyan> Lord U, right?!
<+fulguriens> It's been rumored for a long time
<+fulguriens> there's a secret entrance to the Big Ben
<+fulguriens> that leads to an underground testing facility.
<+yanyan> But hidden passages aren't allowed!!
<+yuppie> Nerd.
<@_DARING> Sometimes I wish you guys weren't so slow on the uptake.
<+fulguriens> Dirk, did you make this puzzle just for me?
<@_DARING> What.
<+fulguriens> How darling~!
<@_DARING> My god, you are such a slut.
<+fulguriens> The "bell" refers to the blaring of the subway. One line has a stop right next to the Big Ben.
<+yoghurt> Progress!
<+fulguriens> I'll check it out first.
<@_DARING> Why is there a "first" in this matter?
<+fulguriens> Since I'm the strongest!
<+yanyan> ⑨
<+yuppie> Nerd.
<+fulguriens> Hopefully there's cell signal undeground!
<+yuletide> dumbass.
<+yoghurt> Are you going now?
<+fulguriens> Of course!
<@_DARING> derp
<+fulguriens> Bye!
*fulguriens has disconnected.

Lost in thought, time passed as quickly as Lux's footsteps. She found herself at the gears of the Big Ben through the passageway noted by the e-mail's attachment used for maintenance. By now, she was out of breath, despite maintaining a rigorous workout schedule.

"Oh dear," she gasped, "which switch is it?"

A multitude of switches panned out before her. She flipped the periwinkle one just because periwinkle was a funny word.

Nothing happened, of course.
"I've got to go through all that again, huh...?"

The clanging of her shoes on the metal of ventilation shaft was irritating. More irritating was the uncooperativeness of her dress. She should have gone in t-shirt and jeans - would have, if not for her wardrobe having no such things.

After the first shaft was cleared, there was the descent of a staircase, then another shaft - at last, a staircase, and then a shaft once more; Lux found herself wheezing in her hurry to discover the secret door. "Almost there."

When at last she exited, there was at once a clicking sound and a portion of the wall next to her was knocked down.

Before Lux was a lady of African descent, older than Lux herself. "Hullo," the lady said, "Name's Wren. You'll do yourself good to get inside before sundown."

"Is there cell phone signal?" Lux replied, trying her best to sound casual after a colored person came out of what she thought to be a perfectly sturdy wall and greeted her with what sounded like a kidnapping line aimed at children.

==INTERSECTION==

>>	mak556 12/01/31(Tue)04:00:24 No. 5923 25 Minor Mind Control devices and 10 Total Mind Control devices remaining. CHOICE: Use one or the other, or leave it alone.

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mak556 12/01/31(Tue)04:01:53 No. 5924 >remember the devices? >Basically you can write out a list of actions/demeanors for the next two minutes with the minor device >These will be adhered to as strictly as possible with the character's inhibitions and personality >With a major device, you can dictate each action to the T for ten minutes

>>	anon-kun 12/01/31(Tue)04:30:40 No. 5925 I'm still a bit out of the plot here. As cirno suggested I say we do nothing this time.

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