Chapter 18
Banana Quest
IM: Greetings, everyone!
EW: isaac shut the fcuk up were tryin to sleep
EW: weve only been here like seven hours
IM: Ok cool, I was about to ask about that
IM: Apparently all our moons have different day/night cycles
IM: except mine haha
IM: and nobody keeps track of time in a way that corresponds to Earth
IM: But I knew you’d be keeping track
EW: dont care bro
EW: well fuck im awake now
EW: thanks
KC: hey guys!
EW: yo
EE: I am here as well. Also just awoken.
IM: Well SORRY everyone! I don’t know how you guys are still sleeping
EW: you need to chill bro
KC: is Heidi here?
HS: I’m here.
IM: So our first order of business: status reports
IM: We all okay?
EE: Incorrect.
EW: all cool over here bro
KC: incorrect?
HS: Why is he in charge?
EE: Our first order of business is establishing contact with Jimothy.
EW: just roll with it heidi
EW: also yeah bro cmon dont forget jim
KC: yeah Isaac!
IM: I didn’t forget Jim guys! Chill!
IM: We just don’t have a way to contact him
EE: We know. We have to make sure that he is okay.
EW: any ideas people?
IM: I already launched a probe
KC: A PROBE?!?!
IM: Yeah to his moon
IM: at least I think I did; my place is confusing
IM: also haunted
EW: yo kate any way to get to jims moon?
KC: I only know about the doors!
EW: meaning...
KC: if you get someone else’s door at your place, you can go there!
EE: How does one acquire a door?
KC: I do not know :\
IM: So with all this in mind...
IM: I think the best thing to do right now is a *status report*
IM: I’ll go first
IM: I’m on a satellite and I guess I don’t have a moon, but I do have a bunch of computers and telescopes and lasers and stuff
IM: I also started a Helpful Chart
IM: let me see if I can get it up here
EW: fuckin knew youd be whipping out the charts
EE: It was inevitable.
KC: I’ll go next!
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EW: hmm very interesting
KC: Isaac! Stop interrupting
IM: Woah, wasn’t me
IM: Probably the ghost or something
IM: I wasn’t kidding about my space station being haunted
IM: ok here it is
Isaac’s Chart (1 <sup>st</sup> iteration)
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Domain
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Moon
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Home
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Angel
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Isaac
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cube
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space
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Icarus (void)
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orbital satellite
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Charlie (bird)
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Jim
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paintbrush
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paint probably
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Liz
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flower
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Callie (lynx)
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Kate
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snowflake
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sky?
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Theia (cloud)
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palace?
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Navi (butterfly)
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Eric
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heart
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cardiology
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Heidi
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compass
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magnets!
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IM: I’ll try to make it so you can fill it out or something
KC: Isaac you spoiled the surprise, I was about to tell everyone about my moon! >:(
EE: Kate it says practically nothing about your moon
KC: yeah I guess :p
HS: It’s not magnets.
KC: it’s called Theia, and I live in a PALACE, although last night I stayed with the Theians who are like BUTTERFLIES!!!!
KC: :D
KC: actually I think they are sexually dimorphic so the females are like butterflies while the males resemble moths
KC: my moon is stormy and windy, and it’s covered in windmills and the flowers are like pinwheels and there’s something scary in the storm and all the butterflies are hiding or still in cocoons because of the wind, and the lightning is colorful!
EW: done?
KC: yeah!
EW: ok sounds cool
KC: Liz you go next!
EE: My moon is named Sisyphus, the Garden Moon. It lies in perpetual winter. The Yvethians, the natives, correspond physically to various animals. They are referring to me as a hero, although I have done nothing as yet to deserve such a title. I have a large greenhouse complex.
EE: Eric?
EW: got these big metronomes
EW: got a big empty city
EW: cryptic graffiti on the walls
EW: got a legit fucking final boss dragon
EW: got a knockoff lightsaber
EW: killed a robot or something last night
EW: oh yeah and I guess it’s called phyrrus
EW: pyhrus
EW: damn it
EE: Pyrrhus.
KC: don’t worry Eric!
EW: ?
KC: we will find a way to make sure that Leah is okay!
EW: yeah isaac bro i dont suppose you can launch a probe right the fuck out of this place and back to Chicago?
IM: I mean, maybe?
IM: I’ll check
EE: We have yet to comprehend the cosmology of this place.
EE: Heidi?
KC: Heidi are you there?
KC: maybe she is tired
HS: I am.
IM: Sorry for waking you up
HS: was already awake
EW: doing what?
HS: fighting
KC: !!!!
KC: are you OK?
HS: Orpheus
HS: name of moon
EW: wait are you fighting like right now?
HS: I’m fine
HS: please make sure Jimothy is ok
HS: have to go
EE: Heidi?
EW: damn
EE: We should find a way to get to Orpheus as well.
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EW: isaac get your ghost under fucking control man
EW: dont see me over here letting frisby play with my phone while im texting
IM: Frisby?
KC: I am worried about Heidi! <:(
EE: She is still in this chat, Kate.
KC: oh yeah
KC: HEIDI I AM WORRIED ABOUT YOU!
KC: be safe okay?
IM: Yeah, remember to only take encounters appropriate for your level
EW: really bro?
IM: I’m serious!
EE: So what is next?
KC: I have a proposal!
EW: woah to who?
KC: >:|
IM: Let’s hear it
KC: I think we should all just find out more about our moons and our homes and stuff
KC: and also about Ardia
IM: About what?
EE: What is Ardia?
KC: oh! That’s the planet
KC: and the city is called Skywater!
IM: What city?
KC: the one we all have to go to eventually, and before you ask I don’t know why we have to go there!
KC: but I do know that we are kind-of in a story somehow
IM: Yeah we’re like characters in a story
IM: That’s what Jacob said
EW: this is all such bullshit
EE: Let us save the editorials for when we possess a better understanding of our situation.
IM: I guess we don’t have a choice but to just keep trying to figure stuff out
EE: Indeed. Let us reconvene tomorrow.
EW: that means different things for each of us
IM: Then you start it whenever it’s about time, Mr. Time Guy
KC: also let the rest of us know if anyone manages to talk to Jim or find out about the doors!
EE: Agreed.
IM: All right. Talk to you later
EW: k
KC: bye!
EE: Be careful, everyone.