Buckwheat 2024/02/04(Sun)15:18 No. 1082484 ID: 15a025
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>Anyway she should be able to safely go to her office now and can hide work in there.
Well, if there was anything of hers left, it probably would be in her office. Maybe getting back to work will help keep her mind off this…new situation.

Otter Grace: “Quick, check my closet Flynn!”

A closet in an office room?
You open it up to find a wide wardrobe of the exact same outfits. You ask what’s up with that?

Otter Grace: “You have no idea how many times I’ve spilt coffee on my myself. There’s keyboards and mice up above too.”
Luckily the file didn’t share a similar fate.

>DNA samples maybe? Grab her coffee cup.
Speaking off coffee. Maybe you should bring take her coffee cup to? Just incase.

You’ve got her clothing figured out at least. Now, how to go about finding some of her fur?

>>1082484
Comb? Her chair? The floor of the office?

Check the floor of the closet, some may have shaken loose when she changed clothes.

Maybe there'll be fur on something she rubs against herself a lot.

Like her headset!

>>1082509
thats actually a great idea

Check inside the keyboards.
There is always hair inside the keyboards.

1/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:27 No. 1083247 ID: 15a025
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>Maybe there'll be fur on something she rubs against herself a lot. Like her headset!
She takes off her head set and looks at it for a moment. Hm, is it really a headset though when it’s resting on your ear?

Otter Grace: “Ew! Gross. Uh, no. I wish my fur was on this instead. I need to find something to clean this off with.”

>Check inside the keyboards. There is always hair inside the keyboards.
You flip over her keyboard and give it a good shake

Eugh! Either she sheds a lot or doesn’t clean out her keyboard.

Otter Grace: “Oh! Hm, maybe that’s why I have to press down harder on some of the keys.”

To make it easier to carry, you collect all her fur into the empty coffee cup.

2/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:28 No. 1083248 ID: 15a025
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You decide this should be more than enough to get her back to normal, and head back to Beaverly.

Beverly: “Wow, that was fast. Do you keep extra clothes here too Grace?”

Otter Grace: “Yeah, always spilling my coffee.”

Beaverly: “Yeesh. That’s a lot of fur too. Where’d you find all this?”

Otter Grace: “Don’t ask.”

Beaverly: “Alright then. I’m going to take this stuff over in the back. Just uh, give me a holler when she’s back to normal. Might take me a few tries to get it right.”

3/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:29 No. 1083249 ID: 15a025
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Beaverly: “Oh, make sure to stand still as well!”

Otter Grace: “Okay...”

Poor Grace, she doesn't look too hopeful about this. Hopefully it goes well.

4/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:30 No. 1083250 ID: 15a025
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A few moments later and that annoying dial up sound starts playing again. There’s a flash of white, blinding you briefly.

5/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:32 No. 1083251 ID: 15a025
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When you can see again, Grace is…well she’s a deer now at least.

Grace: “Oh Beaverly! I feel FAN-TAS-TIC! This new headset is soo cute too! Where did you find it? Hey Flynn how do I look? Do you want go hit up the dance club after work? We should go dancing!”

You do compliment her on her new look, but as cute as it is. It doesn’t really follow the work dress code.

Grace: “Aw. Well, yeah. Like, I guess you’re right. Alrighty try again Beaverly!”

6/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:32 No. 1083252 ID: 15a025
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Another flashing white light blinds you while more dial up noises blare.

7/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:32 No. 1083253 ID: 15a025
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Grace: “Okay how about- OH MY STARS!”

You're not sure why she’s freaking out, she looks a lot closer to her normal self now?

Grace: “I’m so tall now! I-fingers!? I have hoof fingers now!”

8/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:33 No. 1083254 ID: 15a025
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Another flashing white fills the room. Guess Beaverly heard enough to tell that wasn’t it either.

9/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:34 No. 1083255 ID: 15a025
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Grace: “Ooooh! Okay this has to be it Flynn. I feel just like I did when I got my employee of the month photo.”

She looks at her arms and her clothes,

Grace: “I’ve been upgraded to thirty-two bit color mode. What does that mean, Flynn?”

Beaverly: “Thirty-two bit color mode?!? We don’t have the budget for graphics like that!”

10/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:34 No. 1083256 ID: 15a025
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The room goes white once again.

11/11 Buckwheat 2024/02/12(Mon)15:35 No. 1083257 ID: 15a025
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Beaverly: “This better be it, I’m- this is starting to really wear me out Flynn!”

Grace: “Well, how do I look?”

You're cured.

And you forgot to try out the otter sausage.

That looks about right, though her head looks smaller than before.

I love this quest, I swear.

Turn her back into male otter and then kiss her lots in order to make this a wholesome story about loving people for the quality of their character and not their physical appereance........

Or tell her to look in the mirror and see if there is anything amiss. Still partail to the otter plan, though.

You look great! If everything feels in order, we should make sure to shave off some fur after this and store it in a secure location, you know uh, just in case.

Thank Beaverly
...
Now, lets see about making a backup of that file so that if it gets destroyed, we'll have another one in place

>>1083257
>how does she look?

Doelightful as ever.
Im glad to have back the secretary we'd grown fawned of.

>>1083276
Indeed, the secretary is such a dear. I bet a buck we will always caribout her

Just because she's no longer an otter doesn't mean she can escape the puns!

>>1083277

This world has no need for your elk!

Back up the file!

>>1083274
>>1083280
I think we mean, buck up the file

1/2 Buckwheat 2024/03/18(Mon)18:33 No. 1086709 ID: 15a025
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>Doelightful as ever. Im glad to have back the secretary we'd grown fawned of.
>I bet a buck we will always caribout her
Grace: “Aw…you’re so sweet Flynn!”

Grace: “Hopefully I never have to hear another otter pun again though.”

>Thank Beaverly
You let Beaverly know Grace is back to normal again. Soon she comes back looking exhausted.

Beaverly: “Y-you. You’re welcome.”

2/2 Buckwheat 2024/03/18(Mon)18:34 No. 1086710 ID: 15a025
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>Now, lets see about making a backup of that file so that if it gets destroyed, we'll have another one in place
>Back up the file!
You head back to Grace’s office and suggest making a backup of the folder.

Grace: “That’s a tough one Flynn. How can we back up or copy it, if we can’t open it?”

>>1086709
I am doetermined that you never shall.
>>1086710
Right click, copy, paste?

Get some blank folders and write "Do Not File" on them. It probably won't work but at least you'll have some decoys, saving you from otter defeat.

The copy machine obviously. Dont even need to open the folder. Just put the folder in the copy machine and then copy it!

Only thing we need after is some paste. Got any in the office?

>>1086723
That's a good idea and in no way going to result in disaster when we get the files mixed up ourselves.

>>1086723
It IS a good idea.
Haaang on. That wasnt an otter pun, was it?
Nah.
Couldnt be.
Decoys!
In case of deersaster.

Wood, Jungle

1/3 Buckwheat 2024/05/25(Sat)20:46 No. 1091798 ID: 15a025
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>Get some blank folders and write "Do Not File" on them. It probably won't work but at least you'll have some decoys.

Grace: “Hm, but what if we fall victim to our own decoys Flynn? It’s been tough enough for me to hang onto the real one today!”

>Right click, copy, paste?

She puts her mouse on the folder and right clicks it, but nothing happens.

Grace: “Honestly, I’m surprised that didn’t do anything.”

2/3 Buckwheat 2024/05/25(Sat)20:47 No. 1091799 ID: 15a025
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>The copy machine obviously. Dont even need to open the folder. Just put the folder in the copy machine and then copy it!

Grace: “A-a what?”

You mention again, to try copying it with a copy machine.

Grace: “I’m sorry, when you say copy machine. What do you mean?”

You stand stunned, asking if she really doesn’t understand what you mean by a copy machine.

Grace: “Okay, I’m sure I’ve heard someone mention a ‘copy machine’ before. I’m just not sure what exactly that is?”

You specify that a copy machine is something you can put in a paper document, push a button or two, and out will come copies of that paper document, also on paper.

Grace: “Oh, silly. That’s called a Derox™, Flynn.”

You groan and just grab the folder.

3/3 Buckwheat 2024/05/25(Sat)20:47 No. 1091800 ID: 15a025
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You attempt to make a copy Derox™ of the DO NOT FILE folder. However an error message pops up:

This action cannot be completed because the file is already in use.

Haha I knew it. The folder contains the world itself. You can't file it, and you can't look inside it, because to do either thing would cause a recursive loop.

How does it feel to carry the weight of the world?
Anyway yeah we can't make a backup. I am interested in finding out where it came from though. Let's research the origin of the universe!

Bah, those error messages never know what they're talking about. Keep hitting retry until it complies.

>>1091801
I mean, if you think about it, the name of this quest is called DO NOT FILE, and it literally says DO NOT FILE on the folder we are not supposed to file... soooooo, yeah, it's probably literally the entire quest in this folder.

Oh no it’s a recursive picture of a deer on a computer!

Do you really want to make a backup since that would mean two files you must not file?

What you need to find out is why that otter was ordered to destroy it. Who wants it gone, why, and how do you stop them? Their agent while passionate was just a worker like you with a directive to destroy the file. Who gave the directive? If they can't shield their identity by sending workers to do their dirty work, then you might be able to learn something more about this mystery.

And maybe don't mention this to Grace, but something is wrong with her too. Why didn't she want the dinner to end? Just because you're such a hottie? Didn't want to go back to work? Why was the dinner so limited and disjointed, in ways that surprised her? She seemed desperate, in ways not even she understood herself. Who is resetting, and what's in the darkness behind Grace's smile?

1/2 Buckwheat 2024/05/25(Sat)22:50 No. 1091807 ID: 15a025
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>Keep hitting retry until it complies.
>>Keep hitting retry until it complies.
>>>Keep hitting retry until it complies.
>>>>Keep hitting retry until it complies.
>>>>>Keep hitting retry until it complies.
>>>>>>Keep hitting retry until it complies.

O-oh. You might have broke the dialog box now. Hourglass is spinning…

Better just leave that be for now.

2/2 Buckwheat 2024/05/25(Sat)22:50 No. 1091808 ID: 15a025
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>Haha I knew it. The folder contains the world itself.
>How does it feel to carry the weight of the world?

If you knew this job would entail protecting the very fabric and well being of the world, you would have asked for a higher starting wage. Concerning everything might exist only because it’s inside a slim filing folder.

>I am interested in finding out where it came from though. Let's research the origin of the universe!
>What you need to find out is why that otter was ordered to destroy it. Who wants it gone, why, and how do you stop them

Grace: “Whoa whoa whoa, that’s a lot to take in, and still a bit hard to believe… How would we even go about researching any of that? We can’t just open the folder and take a look. We’re not allowed to.”

Grace: “Learning about it’s origin would be interesting, but I’d rather stay away from any more fishy otter business as well, Flynn. Rather not poke the bee’s nest as they say.”

>>1091808
What would she suggest we do instead?

We should at least get a fake label to put over the "do not file", get few other folders to go with it. If we can't get it safely filed away we can at least hide it in plain sight.

>>1091808
You're not allowed.
Buuuut....
Are we?

I am a little worried you holding it open will be like an ark of the covenant thing from indeerana jones, but im also curious.

NO! Changing the labeling of the Do Not File folder AT ALL could cause confusion later! Hard enough to keep track of it as is! (I would say it could also drastically change reality to just RENAME it, but that’s probably the file INSIDE the folder. Mayyybe try relabeling the folder to Cheese Louise for JUST A FEW SECONDS to see what happens. Switch it back after.)

Unfortunately it seems like fishy otter business won't stay away from us, not as long as we have the file. Learning its origin might help though, if it has an origin. Who gave the file to you, Grace?

Maybe we should start with a morning coffee.