[CONTINUE + 4] INTRO

[foundationmods]

[After so long a trip, you're all finally here. Taken through a hidden passage inside of the very mountain itself, you find yourself standing in front of a field of flowers, growing well due to the open roof above it. If you look up, you can just make out the shimmering colors off of the barrier - looking almost like the shine off of a soap bubble.

Try not to trample on the flowers as you approach the open, purple gate. And remember to wear your masks, now that you're here!

...Still, the sight of the yellow flowers waving in the wind....such a cheery sight fills you with determination for what's to come.

Welcome to the Underground.

...Again. The loop happened again, and you're here. Everything is the same.

Someone who was dead is alive again.

The trial...it was...you remember only up until Gilgamesh was FOUGHT against, and then...nothing.

You feel you shouldn't try to remember anything beyond that.

Not only that, But more monster names have faded from your memory.

...When will this end?]

Comments

[backspacing]

It should be in all capslock to work, yes? I can do that.

[She'll take a few seconds to work her magic, and then 'Protect' becomes 'PROTECT'.]

[justonezero]

Whoa!

[Neat!]

Can we try it out and see what it does?

[backspacing]

If Chuuta and Drew are okay with it. I can't imagine 'PROTECT' would hurt them though.

[homeecspacecop]

You can use it on us.

Thank you for asking first.

[dereban]

[Not even going to hesitate if we're still on this screen is PROTECT now hoverable at least?]

[backspacing]

[It is!

...I am not switching to a mod account to say that. But yes.]

[dereban]

[I'M JUDGING YOU, MAPLE]

[but neat!]

So capslock really does matter... guess that makes sense.

[She's mostly musing aloud to herself, but it's also just her idly thinking. Not pushing the button yet, since she doesn't want to put anything at risk without thoughts from everyone else first.]

[backspacing]

It does, yes.

[She taps at 'reScue' next, and frowns again.]

I can't change this one though. Something's off about it.

[dereban]

By 'not changing'... does that mean just not putting it in capslock?

Could we move the 'S' over to the other command? Maybe it's for the one that has the 'V' and 'E'?

[backspacing]

I don't think so, no. The 'P' in 'Protect' didn't go over there, so I think something else needs to be done here.

[dereban]

[...]

... What about this: rearrange the letters. It's an anagram. For secure.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[...facepalm. ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

Might as well try it.

[backspacing]

Let's try that.

[More glowing, but the letters don't move. And Red seems honestly surprised that she can't get it to change.]

That's weird, it's blocking me from switching around the letters. It looks like I can only change if they're uppercase or lowercase.

[dereban]

-- is there no way to change just the 'S' to lowercase?

[backspacing]

If I do, the command still won't be useful to you. Commands have to be uppercase.

Though if you find a way to rearrange the letters so the 'S' is at the front, I bet I could make it all uppercase.

[dereban]

That's true, but what I was thinking is that if the 'S' is turned to an 's', by the logic of what you said earlier, the letters could then be rearranged to make 'secure' and then we can change it to 'SECURE'.

...And if breaking the command to rearrange it doesn't work... we might be running into a brick wall here.

[backspacing]

[She will try what Inaba suggests, but even with the letters all lowercase she will be unable to rearrange the letters.]

This is definitely a brick wall. I wouldn't be surprised if there ends up being another way to move the letters around somewhere here in the Underground though. Do you want me to leave the 'S' lowercase or uppercase?

[dereban]

... maybe we need a computer, or something.

Leave it as it is for now, I suppose. Best not to tinker with it if we can't change it entirely - we don't want our adversary to notice.

[backspacing]

Agreed. And if you do find a way to rearrange the letters, be sure to come back and I will make them all capitals.

[dereban]

Of course.

I'll see about looking for some things this upcoming week, then.

[justonezero]

Maybe we need to do something with it in the lab? If any place has a computer, that's got to be it, right?

[improbablenotimpossible]

That place didn't feel right, there wasn't much in there, but the rooms we saw were too small for the size of the building...

[dereban]

Let's try going back in there again this week, then.

We can try a few things.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I agree - we have some more things to go on now.