User blog:Katuvis/LMBWFF Part 5

The part about Guacamilla, Hal and Sadie isn't typed up yet. I'll add it later.

PART 5

Drew still sat in his office. It had finally kicked Riolizabethanne and the Nameless One out, out to deal with a few more users who had shown up; Indigo and Cougars, and a girl who sat sullenly and wouldn't tell her name.

Drew was just glad they were out of its hair. Things were getting so very complicated; Drew had just received a very strange message from someone named Nick. It didn’t know anyone called Nick… or did it? Anyways, the message was dated May 21, 2032. Drew clicked on it.

“Hai Drew. Do you have any idea what’s up? Pingu an’ Gali an’ Kat an’ Apple an’ I are stuck in the future, I guess. Good thing is, sufficient technology has been developed that we can contact people in the past, like you little outdated foo’. Bad thing is, all the boys have turned into girls now, and Kat’s freaking out. I’ve turned into a dude, but I can’t say I mind. I think if you reply to this, we may get your message, but maybe not. Give it a shot.”

That must be from Niko, Drew guessed. So now five more of the users had been hurled from their real live, and had their gender changed. No doubt Marus was behind it. While Drew was thinking, it received another message, again from ‘Nick’.

“Drewy, one more thing. We’re getting death threats from someone called Martin Atrus. Cold you figure out what that’s about? And Kat has something to say: “droo git us out of here asap, cuz the music in the fyuture sucks, teh food is scrap, an’ Kytti’s drivin’ meh crazier than I wuz before ._.” And Apple’s made a general announcement not to call her Apple, so plz think of a better name”

Drew sighed. Why couldn’t the users think for themselves? It sent a reply, and Gali responded with "Yes, we can look back into history and see everyone who ever lived; no, we cannot time-travel at will (it still hasn't been fully developed), but I can do that research you asked for. It'll take a few days tho, so don't expect it too soon."

That was good to know. Drew had asked if, by any chance, the users could scan the world's history for any OTHER missing users. It was just a guess, but it might work.

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Katu walked along, his feet lightly scuffing the ground. The mist was getting thicker, which he took as an encouraging sign. SOMETHING must be causing it. There had to be life somewhere. And now- listen- there was a far off clamour, invisible through the fog and distance. Katu altered his course toward it.

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"Just... keep... running..." Arya encouraged, still clutching Loney's hand.

An evil cackle sounded loudly; the beasts redoubled their yelps, and Marus spoke again. "You four are an easy catch. In a moment, my underling beasts shall take you down, and then my ends will be reached. Count your breaths, as they will be-"

Twisted had had enough. She broke away from the others and stood stock still, glaring at the sky. "Marus, shut the brick up!"

Marus duly shut up. The fog lifted. The beasts disappeared into thin air. Twisted turned back to her friends with a smug smile, but her gaze travelled past them. BCG turned to look; her mouth dropped open, then she quickly shut it. Then- "I TOLD you so."

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Katu walked into the fog. It was quite heavy now, and he could barely see his hand in front of his face. There was a definite feeling of unease hanging in the air, and Katu’s steps quickened. He wanted to get out quickly.

the sounds were growing louder and closer, and then there was another noise, like someone far above speaking in an ominous voice. Katuchim distinctly heard them but felt they couldn’t be understood or repeated. The voice rumbled on a bit, then, quite close, Katu heard, “Marus, shut the brick up!”

Suddenly everything cleared and Katu saw, no further than 25 metres away, four teenagers, and beyond them, a walled building.

Katu smiled. “I knew there had to be life in the fog.” There were 3 girls and a boy, and all of them were disconcertingly familiar. Then Katu realized.

“What is this, the reunion of the family with no last name? Although technically it isn’t a reunion if we never met before.

“Oh!” Loney cried. “It’s Aravis.”

“Eeyup, it’s me. Do you lovely fellows happen to have the merest smidgen of an idea what that-” he pointed beyond them- “might possibly be?”

They turned to look at the wall and the building, which were about .5 kilometres away. The wall was white and orange with blue touches here and there, and the building rose above it, mostly made of glass, with more orange and blue.

“No,” Loney said, “I guess we missed it in the fog.”

BCG looked for a moment more, then she spoke. “It’s the real wiki headquarters. Drew told me it looked like this, but never where it was.”

“Then let’s go before Marus comes back and eats us alive,” Arya said.

“Marus?” Katu asked. “He’s after you too?” The four nodded. “Creepy monologues and cheesy death threats, no?”