The mice smile and laugh in the main rooms, small arguments erupting as usual. The vanilla shamans are still acting like they know what to do, while some actually do. While in survivor, they still rage upon who is being "favored". Meanwhile, something much larger is being planned. Something beyond what those mice could believe to happen. The admins are oblivious to the small mouse, Alchemy. He has never been muted, banned, or even warned. He was a good mouse, or so they thought.
Alchemy's tribemates Akari, Birch, and Long all gathered in the tribe house. They noticed Alchemy wasn't speaking as much, he was always online. Like he never stopped, only things he spoke were the usual. "Weba", "Thank you", "Oh cool!". It felt off, typically Alchemy would always have a story. They suspected it was a small thing, but... It continued much longer than would it generally be carried on.
The sweet voice of Akari filled the tribe house, "We can't just ignore it like he's completely fine! I've known Alchemy since he started 'The Fun House' -" That was their tribe's name. "-he's never just gone silent!" She persisted to Long.

"He says stuff, Akari, i think you're overreacting. Besides, if something was wrong, he'd tell us. He always does." Long says coolly, even if within his brain he is really trying to convince himself.

Akari huffs and looks at Birch, "Well!? Aren't you gonna choose a side?" She crosses her arms and raises an eyebrow.

Birch smiles a bit, "Oh Akari, you're always so intense. I prefer to stay neutral, as always." She says while carving swirls into her bamboo stick, it was nearly covered in little doodles.

Alchemy.exe has entered tribe "The Fun House" tribehouse

Akari rolls her eyes, "Well, I didn't call you two here just to have-" Alchemy appears into the tribe house.

Alchemy looks at them, almost as if surprised. "Hello!" His eyes dart away from them.

Long stares suspiciously at Alchemy while Birch takes mental notes. While, of course, Akari stands straight up. "Alchemy, why are you being so distant?" Akari asks, straight to the point, as per usual.

Alchemy gulps, "Distant? I've just been out getting saves." He says this smoothly, and Akari seems to accept this.

"Oh- Alright, heh sorry Alchemy!" Akari says embarrassed at her outburst and looks at Long and Birch with a sorry gaze.

Suddenly, the silence is broken with an ear splitting screech of the tribehouse's TV turning on with music. They all look at Long, knowing this song all too well.

Long looks at them, "What? I like this song"

"WE KNOW!" Birch and Akari say together, glaring at Long. Alchemy disappears, he had left to a village room.

Alchemy.exe has entered room Village1

Akari, Birch, and Long continue to argue. They don't pay any mind to the fact that Alchemy had left. Until, Birch finally resolves the conflict.

"We continue to fight, we won't find out what Alchemy is up to." Birch says slyly, knowing this will shut up Akari.

"Hey! I thought you were neutral! 'Like always'" Akari mocks and puts her hands on her hips.

Birch looks Akari in her eyes, "Akari, Alchemy left as quickly as he came. Let alone his eyes darted across the room when he realized we were here. He did not come to speak with us, let alone tell us what he was doing. You coming on as strong as you did would never have gotten him to talk." She smirks, pleased with her observations.

Long's jaw drops, "Dude, how did you even catch all that?" He asks, curious if she had supermouse abilities besides her flight.

Birch just reply's simply and truthfully, "While you both were focused on his responses, I was focused on his body language and his tone. Nothing more, nothing less." She laughs lightly and spins her bamboo stick.

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Projects Akari, Birch, and Long have entered room Village1

Akari was completely silent, for once, and searching through the chat while Birch kept people distracted and Long kept watch for Alchemy. Akari let out a small gasp. She mutters to herself and watches the chat intently, her pink eyes filled with seriousness and concern. Akari lets out a growl when the chat starts going too fast.

"Ugh! How am I supposed to watch the chat when they won't shut up every once in a while!?" She keeps reading as quick as she can. Her eyes scanning the names.

-----------------Meanwhile-------------------

Alchemy looks over at Viras and Mandy. They know his tribemates are searching for them. He smiles a devilish idea coming to mind.

"Say.... How would you two like to join 'The Fun House' and meet some friends of mine." He says friends with a small hiss and gives them a threatening gaze.

Viras and Mandy look at each other and smirk a bit. They make themselves sound cheery. "Sure Alchemy! Sounds fun!"

Alchemy has them join, he quickly makes the tribe title 'Clowns' and puts them under it. He looks at them and motions for them to follow him, and they do.

Codes Alchemy, Mandy, and Viras have entered 'The Fun House' tribehouse.

Viras gives a small snarl. "Alright, Alchemy. What's the plan? I'm not wasting my time with a little kid." He says menacingly, and Mandy nods agreement.

Alchemy stares at them, his ice blue eyes piercing into their fur. "Would you like me to delete your mainframe from this game, or are you going to learn to catch your tongue? I have a plan, morons." He says solemnly, like it wasn't even a threat.

Mandy and Viras quickly change their attitude from snarky to curious. Mandy speaks, "So, if you have a plan, do we get to hear it?" She puts plainly.

Alchemy raises an eyebrow. "I don't know if I should even trust you. Until I can be sure, you will know nothing.... except for the fact, we are taking over this game... Or else we're taking it down!" He lets out a creepy snicker, and his eyes flash a brilliant red.

Mandy, Viras, and Alchemy continue speaking with eachother. They even watch videos and Alchemy tells them how he knows the codes, but not how to find the codes or change them.

Back to Akari, Birch, and Long-

Akari, Birch, and Long are all dumbfounded by this happy go lucky mouse that refuses to leave them alone after they helped her. Tang, a pretty mouse, seemed shy but all the sudden as bouncy as balloon.

Birch silent hits Tang on the head lightly, "You need to slow down, we can barely hear what you said." She gives Tang a somber gaze and waits for a response.

Tang rubs her head, "Owwie! That hurt" She whines. "I just thought maybe you wanted to be friends.."

Akari and Long exchange a weary glance and they sigh. "Yeah sure! We can use all the friends we can get! Wanna join our tribe?" Akari says, Birch turns and looks at them. She was not expecting that.

Tang jumps up and down, "Yes, yes, yes! I'd love that!" She laughs.

Akari invites her and puts her under the category "Cotton Candy". She hopes this is okay with Alchemy, and if he asks she's just gonna say that the girl wouldn't stop bothering them, which wasn't entirely a lie.

Akari, Birch, Long, and Tang all leave to a racing room. Turns out tang can't race worth a dang, so they teach her in the meantime while they try figuring out how to keep an eye on Alchemy.

Entry 2 complete..... Downloading Entry 3...

Codes Viras and Mandy are online. Projects Tang are online.

Viras and Mandy are in a main room, scooping out all the Helpers and staff. They are sure to look out for newcomers, for they had a plan. A mischievous plan made behind Alchemy's back. Although, this would help their side. Viras decided to call this side "Glitches" because he didn't like Mandy calling them "Code Breakers". He thought it sounded too cheesy and made it seem they were the good guys. Mandy ended up agreeing, she had tried to argue but Viras had taken her ego and ripped it to shreds.

Finally, after a long while, they spot a new player. "Leviathan", good enough for them. Mandy quickly went into action and invited the new guy to the tribe. Viras and Mandy went straight to the tribehouse afterwards, sick of the preppy happy vibes coming from Room1.

Viras whispered Leviathan, "Hey kid. Come to the tribe house. Now." He didn't leave much room for a choice. Of course, the mouse asked how in the world to do that. Viras wasn't in the mood so he made Mandy do it.

Leviathan.exe has entered 'The Fun House' tribehouse.

"Ugh, Finally." Viras let out the snarky remark. Mandy glared at Viras, obviously irritated with him pushing her around.

"Hey, what's going on?" Leviathan asked cautiously, a bit set off by the mice's demeanor. He inched closer to them until he was on the same couch. "May I sit here?" He asks somberly, keeping his temper in check and voice calm.

"Pft, what do you think? We're gonna kill ya if ya don't? We don't even have weapons." Mandy replies with an eye roll to accompany her sly remarks.

Viras sighs, "Alright, look here... Vithe. That's what we're gonna call ya. You know the rules of this game?" He asks with a bored expression, and rests his head on his hand.

"Why yes, in fact. I went over the rules, you play fair-" Before Vithe could finish Mandy cuts him off.

Mandy sighs, "Wrong! Those are the old rules, We have new ones. Whenever Alchemy decides to get off his rump and log on, he'll explain them." She says halfheartedly.

"Oh... Alright.. Then maybe-" Vithe was cut short with the sudden notification.

Code Alchemy has logged on.

"Speak of the devil." Viras says with a smirk. Mandy snickers and waits for Alchemy to appear.

Alchemy.exe has entered "The Fun House" tribehouse.

Alchemy glares at Vithe, "Who brought you here?" He says coldly to the newcomer.

Mandy and Viras exchange glances and quickly take Alchemy to a different room and explain their plan.

After the explination Viras clears his throat, "See? If he doesn't know anything. We can brainwash him."

Alchemy grins, "Hmm.... Well done. Who's idea was this?" He rests his gaze on both of them.

Viras and Mandy say in correlation with one another, "Me!" They gasp and glare at eachother, an argument breaking out. Just as Alchemy had wanted.

Alchemy silently ditches them, he wanted to speak with this "Vithe" personally before they could convince him of anything false. Well, more false than the rules.

Alchemy.exe as entered "The Fun House" tribehouse.

Alchemy goes to speak, but before his very eyes there was another mouse. Tang was talking with Vithe. She would ruin everything! However, he couldn't snap at her to leave, it would make her suspect him and most likely tell Akari, Birch, and Long of the situation. That's the last thing he wanted, he was already having a headache with them on his tail as much as they were now. He takes a deep breath and puts on a smile, and goes over to them.

"Ah... you must be Tang. What a lovely surprise to finally be able to meet you formally." He clenches his teeth, biting his tongue when she just stares at him.

Tang stays silent and hides behind Vithe, she let out a small quivering breath. This confuses Vithe, Alchemy and Vithe exchange eye contact. Vithe laughs a bit. Alchemy puts his hand behind his back and clenches the fist.

Alchemy quickly looks at Vithe, "May I speak with you? It's about the rules of the tribe." He says, hoping to get rid of Tang.

Tang's ear perk upwards and she gazes at Alchemy and mutters, " I-I haven't been told the rules yet..." Her eyes dart away and she has a weak smile.

Alchemy's ear flatten against his head and he growls under his breath. "Of course you don't...." He forces his temper to stay down and he keeps his smile. "Well then, how about I teach you?" He is disappointed he will have to list off the rules Birch and Akari made together, he would find a way to tell Vithe in private. But now was not that time. He goes on to explain the rules and acts like a friend, making Tang let loose and become more comfortable with him.

Perfect.

Entry 3 download complete... Downloading Entry 4...

It was almost 30 minutes after Alchemy had gotten done explaining the rules and made up crud that Birch, and Akari logged on. Long was probably still asleep and would have to be spammed by Akari to be awoken. This was a usual thing, so they didn't mind to much.

Akari and Birch go to the tribehouse as quickly as possible.

Projects Akari and Birch enter room "The Fun House" tribehouse.

Akari automatically starts chatting it up with Vithe. Alchemy watches from a distance, a slight glint in his eyes. Birch doesn't notice this glint, it was too subtle. Meanwhile, Birch greets Alchemy and speaks with Tang. Vithe seems to be having a nice time speaking with them but still making rhetorical questions and edgy comebacks to random stuff Akari says. Although, it was in such a dignified manner it was almost hard to tell. This infuriated Alchemy, he couldn't have Vithe warming up to Akari, Birch, and Tang. He'd have to do something to stop this madness. He whispers Mandy and Viras to come to the tribehouse. Alchemy was determined to make Vithe be on his side.

Codes Mandy and Viras enter room "The Fun House" tribehouse.

Viras glares at Akari, "Eck. Too bright, i might have to buy shades." He snickers and Mandy laughs at the comment.

Mandy's mouth is curved into a smirk as she sees Akari turn the other cheek, "Aww what, can't handle the heat don't go in the kitchen, sweetie." Mandy spits out and hisses.

Alchemy looks at them and makes a hand motion hinting for them to shut up. He sighs, "Mandy, Viras. Meet Akari, Birch, Tang, and... You already know Vithe." He says with a save of his hand to dismiss the tension.

Viras and Mandy just look at them and shrug, "Hi... I guess." Mandy says, while Viras says nothing at all.

Vithe takes a deep breathe and goes over to Viras, Mandy, and Alchemy. "Greetings, how are you all?" He says, being sure to use proper grammar and punctuation.

Tang looks around, "Hey Akari, and Birch! Can you guys help me with this whole.. Shamaning thing? I still don't get how you make the blue dot thingy appear." She manages to say, she was becoming anxious with the others here and just wanted to get out.

Akari peeks over at Alchemy and the others, talking among themselves and she frowns but nods. "Sure, Tang." She and Birch make their way out of the tribehouse and into a training room.

Projects Akari, Birch, and Tang have left the tribehouse.

Alchemy's eye quickly go back to their cold, stern gaze. "Vithe, if i let you in on a little something. You can't tell anyone, because it's a surprise... In their honor. Okay?" He says sharply.

Vithe raises an eyebrow, "A surprise? I don't see you as the kind to do 'surprises', Alchemy." He says, keeping his gaze locked with Alchemy's. "If you want me in on something, tell me the truth. Then we'll talk about hiding stuff." He says, struggling to keep his voice steady.

Alchemy's gaze softens in the slightest, "Hm. Takes a lot of nerve to talk to me in that manner.... I like you." He flicks Vithe's forehead, "Fine, here's the deal. We're going to be hacking into your mainframe and setting you up with some stuff, alright?"

Vithe's eyes widen, "Hacking? Mainframe? Woah what!?" He was amazed yet scared, he loved it. "You can do that? Awesome! I'll do anything if it means gaining respect from a guy like you. Are you perhaps... planning to hack into the game?" He says, excitement running through his veins, making the words pour from his mouth.

Alchemy chuckles a bit and nods, "Now if you tell anyone... I won't hesitate to delete you, do I make myself clear?" He says, his words stabbing into Vithe's brain like daggers.

Vithe nods and can't help but sweat a bit, "Heh... crystal." He smiles awkwardly.

Alchemy nods and pulls up his codes, he starts putting in extra codes to Vithe's file. Vithe's profile is advanced quicker than someone can supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Mandy's eyes widen, "Hey wait a minute!"

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Mandy's pupils narrow into a glare as she speaks, "If you can advance his code, why don't you just advance your into administration then take them down!?"

Alchemy just sighs and shakes his head, "Ever heard of a thing called subtlety? I have under the radar for a long time. I'm not sure going to up and appear, it'd be like a coding battle with the creator." He scoffs and talks to himself while updating Vithe's code.

Vithe's code has been advanced completely now, "Woah! This outfit is so cool! I even have divine, and you changed my registration date!" Vithe says in amazement.

Alchemy nods then looks over at Mandy who had started grumbling about how she still didn't understand why he didn't just code the creator out of the picture. Alchemy makes his way over to Mandy and stands over her.

"Does it seem like i'm in the mood to deal with a whining kid?" He says with a snarl that even gets Viras's attention.

Mandy's eyes widen, "N-no. I was just.. confused." The lie leaves a starchy taste in her mouth, there was something about Alchemy that you just couldn't lie correctly with him over you.

Alchemy rolls his eyes and goes back over to Vithe. "Alright. Come with me, i'll train you." He says and they both leave.

Project Long has connected.

Within tribe chat

• Akari: LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG YOU AWAKE!? YOU AWAKE!? YOU AWAKE!? GET SOME COFFEE! LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG!
• Long: Akari.... I need sleep to focus.... No more spamming me.. So tired..

-Meanwhile with Safe Projects. Location: /room #traitor6-



Akari laughs as Long groggily enters the room, "Why do you guys get up so early..?" He says with a grumble.

"Well because, if we didn't we would never have saw Leviathan's profile be changed completely! This proves one of them are doing something! This is fantastic news! Thanks to Birch of course." She says with a jump, Long just stands there.

"Could you like.... repeat all that slowly? Tiredness and focus don't go together." Long says while be becomes traitor and makes Birch believe Akari is the traitor.

Birch gasps when she kills Akari, "AKARI I'M SORRY! HE WAS CONVINCING!" She then dies and Long wins.

Akari glares at Long, "So, you're able to convince Birch that I'm a traitor and win a traitor match, but not keep up with what i say?" She raises an eyebrow.

Long shrugs, "What can I say. You guys just suck at this game." He chuckles and looks as Akari gets mad. "Ruh roh shaggy." Long says and waves his hands in the air. "Ey! What are we gonna do if that hacker is Alchemy?" He says quickly changing back to the subject so he didn't get attacked.

Akari thinks to herself, "Well... I'm not sure yet, but we will have to figure it out when we get there."

Birch looks at Akari, "If he's the hacker, we can't just keep that to ourselves. Not unless we have his word he is doing it without his own benefit." She says in complete seriousness.

Long nods in agreement with Birch, he sees Akari frown at the idea of having to turn in Alchemy. Akari stands back up straight and nods. "If that's what we gotta do, then so be it." She says hastily.

x Viras and Mandy x

Viras crosses his arms and leans back on the tribehouse couch. "This is bullsh*t. Vithe is new, and we brought him here! We should be getting upgrades too, Alchemy's choosing favorites." He says with a hiss.

Mandy rolls her eyes, "Jealous much?" She replies.

Viras glares at her, "Jealous? I hardly think so. I think we should be getting credit! Alchemy's been acting like Vithe is the best thing since sliced bread!"

Mandy scoffs, "Please, Alchemy talks to us more than he does Vithe." She looks at Viras.

"And how would you know, hm?" Viras's gaze rests on her.

Mandy shrugs, "I don't. But i could always tell him that you question his motives." She grins.

Viras rolls his eyes, "Fine. I give up, but if i'm right. Don't say I didn't tell you so." He puts something on the tribe TV out of boredom.

"I'll keep that in mind." Mandy says, then begins watching the tribe house TV.

-Alchemy and Vithe-

Alchemy growls, "It's not that hard! HIT THE SPACE BAR YOU MORON!" He yells at Vithe.

Vithe sweats and tugs at his bowtie. "It's not that simple! You may have advanced my account but not my knowledge of the game!" He says trying to keep cool.

Alchemy sigh, "Yeah yeah.... Just.... Remember, Space bar makes the boards invisible, B will give you the stabilization dot. C lets your connect boards. X with rotate the boards. Do I make myself clear?" He says, getting tired of having to repeat himself.

Vithe nods and trys again. "I DID IT! I DID IT! F*CKIN' YES MY DUDE!" A smug look crawls onto his face and he is proud.

Alchemy sighs, "Finally.. Now we can talk about why i really brought you here." He chuckles and puts his hands together.

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Alchemy's eyes glint red, "I want you to watch your screen... really... really... carefully..." There is a low maniacal laughter that slowly grew louder. The screen went black and white, rapidly. Then is became just static. Until finally, it was calm again. As if nothing had ever happened.

Vithe's eyes were widened and pitch black, until he blinked and they went normal. "W-woah... did everyone see that?" He asks cautiously.

Alchemy grins, "Well, why don't you find out for yourself?" Alchemy says then glitches Vithe away into the main room, where mice were panicking and spamming moderation.

Vithe looks around, not sure whether to fear what he sees or laugh at the chaos.

x Viras and Mandy x

Viras yells, "WHAT THE F*CK WAS THAT!?" He looks around, confused and angry.

Mandy glares at him, "Ey! You keep it down would ya? It was obviously Alchemy! WHO ELSE COULD DO THAT!? Moron!" She snaps, glad she could finally make up for all his remarks towards her.

Viras shuts his mouth and gives Mandy a threatening glare in return to her glare. Mandy just responds with a smug look and a subtle cross of her arms.

-Meanwhile with the Safe Projects-

Birch whips her head around. She quickly goes to the main room and gathers two mice that weren't too unstable. She brings them to Long and Akari. "Wait.. Where's Tang!?" She grumbles and quickly whispers Tang to follow her, which Tang does.

Akari looks at the two mice, "What are they here for?" She says, sounding as unperturbed as possible.

Birch looks at Akari, "We need someone who might know what's going on. At least in the slightest." She says quickly then looks over at Long. "Long, I need you to talk to.... Uh... What's your name again?" She looks at the galaxy coated mouse.

The galaxy furred mouse responded, still a bit shaken, "Alexlion... But everyone calls me Alex..." He looks at them.

Birch nods, then has Long take Alex aside to talk. While Akari, Birch, and Tang talk to the other mouse. A she-mouse with white fur and blue hair. Her name was Rebecca. Rebecca told them what she saw, "Well... Everything went black and white quickly... Then it was like pure static, and finally nothing. Just the normal screen. The mayhem started with people arguing if it was an actual glitch, a hacker, or the admins playing a trick." She says to them. They all take these into consideration.

Akari has a terrible feeling in her stomach and frowns, "Birch... It's Alchemy... I just... I know it is." She looks on the verge of tears when she looks at Birch. "I never thought i'd be suggesting- no... knowing. That Alchemy, would snap.." She trembles but quickly gathers herself together with comfort from Tang and Birch.

Rebecca looks confused, "You mean.. Alchemy? That one mouse that stalks all the chats at once? Like... You can't go anywhere without seeing him! We call him a glitch in the system himself. You know him? We all thought he was just a new village character or helper that was installed!"

Birch facepalms, angry that she hadn't noticed that. "Oh my... Of all things, i miss the most obvious thing. Ughh" Birch mumbles to herself, then takes a deep breath. "Thank you, Rebecca. You helped a lot more than you know." She says smoothly, her saccharine voice staying steady.

Alchemy.exe has logged off.

Long goes back over to the others with Alex. "Alex said that he's been seeing an Alchemy bot-" Akari and Birch look at him, he figures they already know. "Well uh... Yep." He says and looks at Alex then back at the others. Akari growls, "Alchemy just logged off! After what he did!? No! I'm texting him. I'm sick of this." Akari says with more frustration than of concern.

Project Akari has logged off.

Viras, Mandy, and Vithe go to the Safe Projects. "Well looks what we have here... The Mystery Gang. Which one's the dog? Birch?" They laugh.

Birch glares at them and keeps her cool, "Hello.... What can we help you with?" She says, the other Safe Projects behind her. Ready to back her up.

Mandy steps forward,"We.. Are here to warn ya, that you need to get out of Alchemy's way. Or else." Mandy smirks and puts her hands on her hips.

"Or else what!?" Tang speaks up, which was surprising. In response, Mandy just snickers and smiles. Viras and Vithe just grin menacingly in the background. It was an intimidating sight.

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