Sburb: Refresh - Act 1

## Refresh

A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 25th of September, 2024, is the release date for a game he has been anxiously awaiting for years. That game is named Sburb.

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Intermission 1: The Watchers

The first act of *Sburb: Refresh* is titled Refresh. It is an introduction to the characters and the game of Sburb. It follows Ryan Sears and Jeff Sharp as they both download and enter the game.

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* Ryan passes the time leading up to Sburb's release by playing Team Fortress 2 for a few hours, later quitting for the sake of his temper.
* Ryan is contacted and harassed on Pesterchum by perniciousSniper. 3 of his other friends can be seen in his contact list: amiableBlossom, apprehensiveDepreciator, and imperturbableGamer. Another friend is present in the list, but remains hidden.
* AB contacts Ryan and reminds him of Sburb's incoming release.
* Ryan contacts IG to discuss what their Sburb session could be. Sburb then releases during their conversation.
* The previously hidden friend, loquaciousAccomplice, contacts Ryan to begin organizing their session. IG joins the chat, who tells them his internet is having problems.
* Ryan leaves his room. He sees a picture of his brother on the wall.
* Ryan grows annoyed with his brother's weird obsession with the Slender Man mythos after seeing a creepy page on the fridge.
* Ryan snoops around his brother's room while he's not there.
* Ryan is stalked by an eldritch being without a face.
* The perspective is changed to imperturbableGamer, who is introduced as Jeff Sharp.
* Jeff looks at what he believes to be the sun setting outside his window.
* Jeff leaves his room to reset his modem.
* Jeff resets his modem successfully.
* Jeff tries to return to his room but is halted by his sister, who initiates a Strife with him.
* Jeff loses the strife and returns to his room.
* Jeff contacts AD to discuss playing Sburb with her.
* Ryan's brother is revealed to be wearing a costume, and Ryan wasn't in any danger at all. Ryan attempts to Strife with his brother, but his brother refuses.
* Ryan connects as LA's client player.
* Ryan obtains his old phone, and LA drops Ryan's bed outside.
* LA drops the various machines around Ryan's house and builds him a path to the ones she placed outside.
* Jeff connects as AD's client player.
* Jeff notices a huge meteor looming overhead, and realized the "sunset" earlier was actually a meteor explosion.
* After AD accidentally throws Jeff's wardrobe across the room, Jeff uses his Target Practice modus to place his Homestuck poster back on the wall.
* AD begins placing down machinery in Jeff's house.
* AD moves Jeff's bed and accidentally reveals a drawing of his trollsona, Operia Ockrus.
* LA uses a shelf to open Ryan's Cruxtruder.
* Ryan prototypes his sprite with an Undertale Sans plushie to create Sansprite.
* Ryan's brother walks into the room and notices all the Sburban machinery. He doesn't seem to care.
* Jeff prototypes his sprite with his drawing of Operia Ockrus, creating Operiasprite.
* Jeff alchemizes a Perfectly Generic Object for no other reason than to just stare at it.
* LA's appearance is teased as a silhouette.
* AB contacts Ryan again as he's about to create his entry artifact.
* Ryan and Jeff enter the Medium as LA and AD watch over them. Ryan's brother and Jeff's sister also notice the meteors descending.
* LA and AD witness the explosion left behind as Ryan and Jeff entered. AD's appearance is also teased.
* The curtains close on Act 1.

## Chapters

Act 1 has 8 total chapters.

* *It's Here*
* *Blackout*
* *Bulletproof Frying Pans*
* *The Beginning of Something Not-So Excellent*
* *Music of Poetic Nature*
* *Snap Back*
* *Suspiciously Cool*
* *Ryan: The Eight Pages*

## Chapter Name References

* *Bulletproof Frying Pans* is a reference to the iconic bulletproof pans of *PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS*.
* *The Beginning of Something Not-So Excellent* is a reference to the Homestuck track *The Beginning of Something Really Excellent*.
* *Ryan: The Eight Pages* is a reference to the indie horror game *Slender: The Eight Pages*.

## Trivia

* The chapter name *Blackout* is the first in a series of chapters with this name.