Relay beta-tests a desert island
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The environment fails to reply.

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He goes and grabs some food, then. And starts testing it for poison.

Rubbing it on various patches of skin and seeing if you get a horrible reaction! He decides the what-look-like-apples are probably safe, or else he's going to feel sick shortly anyway.

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No adverse reaction. The fruits actually don't appear any different from the variety he knows about.

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He is not quite sure why the island should have fruit he recognizes, and is accordingly mistrustful of it, but if there are no adverse reactions then that's good.

Phone signal? He's guessing not, but!

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There is no phone signal.

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Predictable, really. You might want to keep it switched off for the time being.

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Good idea. And so he turns it off and leaves it in the chest.

He expects he's going to have a very boring evening.

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Yup, if he cares to pay attention his book will tell how long until the quest is complete.

Even when he isn't paying attention then, the sparkles should announce that for him.

And even if he fails to notice that, the mental voice is going to announce:

"The fire was so warm and so comforting."

Suspenseful music.

"Wish I knew it would attract their attention. I would've preferred the cold darkness."

There is a new quest in his book.

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He looks at it quickly because um fuck?

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"Disturbing the spirits meant they stop their peaceful rest. At night, animals got aggressive and I would see frightful visages. The moment it got dark I would go back to my shelter and lock myself inside." says the Jones-voice.

"Hostile mode unlocked."

Goal: survive the night. 5h55min until dawn.

Hint: If you fail at this quest you won't be able to try it again.

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He looks out of the tent.

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At first it appears that everything is normal... then he sees a shadow in the sky and as it comes closer... it looks like a bat with a wingspan about as large as his own arms it lands and looks at him, giving a shriek.

At distance he can see pale lights in shapes that are hard to understand.

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All he can think at this moment is that it's fortunate he changed back into his clothes earlier.

Fuck.


Wind totem? He would like to use a smol wind totem to blow some wind at the bat shadow.

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That works. The bat is blown away and shrieks.

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Fucking oh no isn't that dreadful.

How near's the altar – he wants to recharge this totem and the one he used earlier, in case the situation gets more dire.

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It would probably take him a minute or two if he ran there? Also the giant bat is back and pissed. It's going to try to swoop at the tent.

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Anthony grabs a couple more totems out of the treasure chest – the oh so convenient, always-there treasure chest – and blows it away again.

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The bat is swooped again.

Another collides against his tent... The cloth doesn't budge as much as it should've but it definitely budges.

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Well it's fortunate about that – he gets out of the tent and runs towards the altar.

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And another bat swoops down and tries to knock him down.

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He blows it away with the other smol totem – goddammit is there no easier way to do this – and continues towards the altar.

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That other is blown away too. They don't appear smart enough to change tactics.

There is something that looks vaguely like a translucent ball of white fire on the way to the altar. It moves slowly, but Anthony will need to detour to get past it.

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He moves to the side and tries to run around it, hoping it's not fast enough to catch his en route.

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The ghostly fire does move in his direction, but too slowly.

Anthony reaches the altar again, almost tripping on Jones' skeleton.

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