Video || Bugsnax

[fractales]

Type: Video
Sender ID: fractales (Turo)
To: General Public
Subject: Snaxburg Island
Warnings: Parasites+

Hello, and good day- I am Professor Turo for those who I have yet to meet.

This message is more for those of you that also visited Snaxburg Island and either had one of the creatures there follow you off of it, or may have... unfortunately eaten any of them.

[As he spoke, Turo's tone may have remained calm but there was a serious note to it. There did happen to be a Strabby perched on the desk behind him, a pink bow tied around it, which Turo did know was around but didn't know was there at the moment. There was, however, one he did know was going to be in frame.

Held very much like a hamburger he lifted up a BBQ Bunger so that googly eyes were facing the phone's camera.]

I do in fact mean those creatures like this- for those who might not have gone to the island, or even those who may need a reminder. These creatures that are known as Bugsnax are parasitic creatures that only have that nature turn into something dangerous upon being eaten. So again-

[After setting Chipotle the BBQ Bunger back down.]

Do not eat the Bugsnax, they are parasitic in nature upon being consumed.

If you have eaten any of the creatures found on Snaxburg Island, we may need to have a word or more. Please do get in touch.

Comments

[telepathicignorance]

Or tried to make you eat one?

[fractales]

Even if it would have done nothing to me, to at least tell if it was edible or not.


Then probably eat one.

[telepathicignorance]

(Somewhere they're sighing.)

Would you be forced to obey him or did you just not know you didn't have to?

[fractales]

I did not know I had the option, even if at times I would question- but that rarely went anywhere. He created me to help him, and so I did.

[telepathicignorance]

Yeah I get that. It took me six years to get free of my handlers.

[fractales]

I worked under him for... ten or so years? Before his

[The following was more a small series of messages--]



before








My apologies. I still have some difficulty with the subject at times.

[telepathicignorance]

(Shit, he's really fucked up over that, isn't he?

And here they were spamming the network with corpses not too long ago. How bad did that mess with him?)

It's alright. You're free now, and you've probably saved a lot of people.

(Even their friends are better off without them.)

[fractales]

[And really- this was only being expressed because it was still a private conversation.]

It is strange, in a way.

Just before my arrival in this world, I had expressed how envious I was of those young children. The bonds they created with each other, their pokémon, and the adventures they had been on just to get to where I was. That I wished to see the world, and have my own adventure- to meet new people and create bonds.

I suppose, in a way, that ship in a bottle that fell just before I took my leap has granted that wish.

[telepathicignorance]

I'm glad you got out.

(Fuck. Since when did they get so soft?)

[fractales]

As am I. It has certainly been an experience I otherwise would never have gotten.

[telepathicignorance]

Freedom is pretty great.

[fractales]

It has been... better than I imagined it to be.

[telepathicignorance]

It's hard to imagine when all you've known is captivity or servitude. Or both.

I wouldn't have ever known it was a possibility if I hadn't seen it in the heads of my handlers.

[fractales]

I had the memories of my creator, along with watching the young trainer while monitor their progression in helping the young Miraidon.

I may never see the world I am from personally, but this one is not bad.

[telepathicignorance]

You don't think you'll be able to do anything about the protocol?

(Sidestep doesn't know Turo can't survive without the ambient energy in the crater or the magic of this world. They think it's some kind of programmed limitation or something that kept him trapped, and that the protocol is the only reason he can't return.)

[fractales]

No. I was created as part of the Time Machine's security system- so long as I am there, it will be a danger to those that come to shut it down or are see as threats.

So long as I exist in that world, the Time Machine will never shut down.

[telepathicignorance]

Alright.

[fractales]

It is why I was about to step through the time machine, even if I told the children that it was so I could see the future that the Professor dreamed of.

I have no way of knowing if I would last long enough once on the other side.

[telepathicignorance]

Last long enough?

(That's... the beings brought through the time machine were able to survive in Turo's world just fine, so why didn't Turo think he could survive in theirs?)

[fractales]

I do not know if the place I would come out is within the Great Crater of Paldea.

I was unable to leave the area due to the fact my power source would not last long outside of it. It was a relief that I am able to easily recharge here, as I was unsure when I first arrived..

[telepathicignorance]

Shit.

Do you know why it wouldn't last? How are you powering yourself now?

[fractales]

Due to the nature of Terastal Crystals, and the amount of power needed to keep something like me functional. With the amount in Area Zero my systems were well supported by the radiant energy in the air.

Here I suppose it has to do with the magic of this world, how it permeates nearly everything. It may be enough to help keep my core well charged.

[telepathicignorance]

So you need to take in ambient energy from the atmosphere to survive. Kind of like how everyone else needs oxygen, I guess.

You can't recharge any other way?

[fractales]

There is not enough energy any other way, unfortunately. I was not created with the thought of ever leaving Area Zero simply because the Crystals are the only thing in my world capable of supporting my existence in a way.

[telepathicignorance]

Fuck.

Times like this I could really use a convenient plasma generator.