>>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.

1/3 Buckwheat 2024/08/04(Sun)18:34 No. 1095339 ID: 15a025
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>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.
Grace: “What if I get it mixed up with the other files and file it away by mistake?”

>You're not allowed. Buuuut.... Are we?
Grace: “No, under no circumstances am I allowed to let anyone access its contents. Not even myself.”

>Mayyybe try relabeling the folder to Cheese Louise for JUST A FEW SECONDS to see what happens.
Grace: “You mess with that folder and I’ll fold you like a chair, Flynn!”

>Learning its origin might help though, if it has an origin. Who gave the file to you, Grace?
Grace: “Oh that’s an easy one. Mr. Vamoose assigned this one to me. Might have lucked out, heard another secretary got assigned some file about a disgruntled cervine spouse.”

2/3 Buckwheat 2024/08/04(Sun)18:34 No. 1095340 ID: 15a025
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Grace: “Hey, wait. Where’d the file go-oh yikes!”

You ask what’s wrong?

Grace: “I don’t know how, but it looks like it fell off my desk into the trash bin. Guess that’s what I get for not keeping an eye on it.”

3/3 Buckwheat 2024/08/04(Sun)18:34 No. 1095341 ID: 15a025
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>What would she suggest we do instead?
Grace: “Stay here with me. Stay and be my assistant Fl-.”

The world around you freezes and giant pop up blocks your view.

New critical updates are available for your system. A system restart is required to install these updates. The system updater will automatically initiate in one hour. All users will be logged out, please save and close out of any documents you are working on before then. If you are ready to update now, please click update. If not, click Notify Me Later.”

>>1095341
Notify Me Later.
Let's get that file out of the trash bin first...

Later
Have to get your affairs in order first.
And get those files out of the trash, taking care that if anything has slipped out you tuck it back in without looking at it.

Restore everything in the bin, then hit Restart Now. We've been putting this system restore off long enough.
Hopefully the jury-rigged repair job will last long enough for an outside branch to supply an uncorrupted backup...

What is that TIND file?

notify later, we gotta get the file out of the trash, and maybe see what else we can take out of the trash. If she managed to put the do not file folder in the trash, she may have accidentally put other important things she wasn't supposed to in the trash without realizing

Just thought of something, we already shredded a lot of trash earlier today, which means whatever this stuff is in the trash is trash that was put in after we shredded that stuff. So yeah, another reason to look through that and find anything else that's important (along with the file we shouldn't file of course)

Ugh, this update better not be installing ads

>>1095365
or AI that spies on us

>>1095341
Quickly! Restore the Entire trash bin
You need to beat the update clock!

>>1095370

I'm afraid that ship has already sailed.

1/3 Buckwheat 2024/08/07(Wed)19:00 No. 1095533 ID: 15a025
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>Notify Me Later.
No time to update! You gotta save these files first.

>Ugh, this update better not be installing ads
Time freezes again as a series of ads pop and start flashing. UGH.
No, no, no, close out, not interested, do not show this pop up again…

2/3 Buckwheat 2024/08/07(Wed)19:00 No. 1095534 ID: 15a025
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>Let's get that file out of the trash bin first...
>she may have accidentally put other important things she wasn't supposed to in the trash without realizing

You ask Grace to pull all those files out of the bin.

Grace: “Sure.”

There’s three folders on her desk now. “DO NOT FILE, T.I.N.D, and The”. The “the” folder had another word, but it’s been sharpied out. You ask if she can look into the TIND folder.

Grace: “Hm…oh! Now I’m remembering what this folder is. It’s an oldie. It was the details about a couple that got trapped in dungeon out in the middle of nowhere. Sadly that one ended up going cold. ”

3/3 Buckwheat 2024/08/07(Wed)19:02 No. 1095535 ID: 15a025
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Grace: “I don’t want the same thing to happen to us Flynn. M-Our… shift is almost over for the day. I'd love to do something with you before we punch out for the day. I'm open to suggestions."

You know Grace, there was something that has been bothering me

At the very start of our job, the folder we were supposed to not file said "top secret" on it. >>1055461

But after we asked you to clean your desk and you put it in your desk, and then later put it back on your table under the pen container, the folder suddenly said "do not" >>1055661 >>1056240




Ummmm... hate to ask but, is that the folder we were supposed to protect, or have we been protecting the wrong folder this whole time? If it isnt the folder we were supposed to protect, where is the folder labeled "top secret"? Still in your desk?

Well first put the actual trash back in the bin.

Then let's go make out in the janitor's closet.

Boot up the Microsoft Entertainment Pack and play co-op Taipei

Wait, was that Graces photo we shredded in that ad? How'd they get it???

How about a nice romantic trip to a dungeon out in the middle of nowhere? What could possibly go wrong?

>>1095533
Check out the rack on him!

I mean, ugh. How crass.

>>1095535
Hmmmm.
We could get coffee and do some office foraging.
Thats where we find abandoned or unguarded food items to sustain ourselves in this harsh environment.
The best part is it only requires minimal amounts of larceny!

>>1095535
Honestly, fun seems to be at a premium here. So let's try just something between us. How about we raid the fridge for whatever food we got and I'll tell you a funny story about how I ended up buying 15 different plush dolls for my mom by accident. It involves a paint bucket, a chicken, and a entire freaking cheese wheel.