The Farm - Section 1

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[An alarm blares into the ears of a fatigued Technocrat.]

"God.. Alright, alright, Ruby, I'm up..."
[The alarm continues]
"I said I'm up!"
[It still screamed at him]

"RUBY!"

[The alarm ceases]

"Thank you. What time is it?"

[The red being displays a holographic time, which can be roughly translated to 7 am]

"Jeez, a little bit early, yeah?" [The being nodded its head] "Well, early slug gets the pearl, I guess. Let's get to it."

[The Technocrat got up from his not-so-neat bed now, he was never the most sound of sleepers. He brushed his teeth and took a cold shower to wake him up entirely, and left his cottage to reveal a beautiful and colorful underground town, which he deemed "Pink Haven", likely due to the amount of wildlife and foliage with a pink hue. He took a deep breath and went to his store to wait for his friend who called himself Loon. The way the creatures in his town conversed was with a sort of sign language, similar to how apes would converse, with their hands. Techno swiftly learned this language, though he was sort of an outcast at first. He quickly gained his bearings and became one of the most famous members of the town, and even gave the town itself attention from higher and more populated areas, which is how Loon met Techno.] (Don't worry, we'll have Ruby, AKA, Techno's custom overseer translate the language for you.)

"Good morning Tech! How's the store doing this fine afternoon?"

"It's going, not much sales today, turns out a Haven like this doesn't have many weaponry requests."

"That's a shame, but at least you got a few, Me and my kid are planning to go hunting, and as per your store policy, you'd get some of the spoils!"

"Sounds about right, so... 6 spears for 60 scrap, and I get 10% of the food gained?"

"Sounds good to me, Mind if I ask why you use scrap as currency? Seems pretty easy to get, yknow."

"Well, it's material I can use to upgrade my arm, I've been tinkering with it to see if I can make darts and a grappling hook!"

"Oooh! Let me know how it goes!"

[The two exchanged goods and said their goodbyes.]

(Translation ended)

[A familiar being approached. It was a black slugcat, with white spots as if it were a live window into space. There were two dots that were much bigger, its eyes, that could either warm your soul or strike fear into it. It was officially named 'Crystallax', due to the abilities it harbored, but it preferred to be called..]

 "Loonie! How's it hanging bud?" 

[Loon shot Tech a mean look] 

"I thought I said not to call me that." 

"Would you rather be called Loony Toonie? Loon boon? Lack-of-sanity-Loonatic?" 

"Just. Loon. Asshole." 

"Mayyybe I'll stop calling you Loonie if you stop calling me Asshole." 

"Ok. Dipshit." 

"Clever son of a..." 

"Anyways, we need to get some food, let's hurry up before the rain hits again." 

"Alrighty."

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