PHASE I [ ?? ?? ] This time, ViViD is a deathtrap.
There is random magma everywhere, monsters will spawn at random, and at some points, the game is entirely unplayable. It’s like the dev team totally disappeared mid-constructing the level.
Oh wait, that’s exactly what happened.
Monsters may spawn on top of you, you may suddenly be standing in a poisonous bog, you may suddenly lose your powers, or your senses, or so many different things --
It’s time to get out of here, ASAP.
Thankfully, the exit is obvious. Like. Blindingly obvious. It’s got a big sign over it that says EXIT
And just like that, you’ll be out of ViViD and --
PHASE II [ 0830 ] When you wake up (and it’s strange, because you were sure that you were logging out just a second ago), it’s in a pile of bodies.
They’re cold, but not in the same sense that a dead body would be cold. While they are lifeless and look incredibly real, they don’t feel real. They feel like dolls, mannequins, empty models and nothing more. Their code doesn’t seem to be functioning right.
And what some characters may realize upon looking at this pile of bodies is that they are all of the characters who were sacrifices before. Any character that was dropped who had a high magical or spiritual affinity is there in that pile of bodies, lifeless and eyes blank and vacant. Even you might be there, staring at your own dead body -- but it isn’t real It can be touched, but it’s really nothing more than a lifeless body.
You’ll have to crawl out of that pile of bodies to get anywhere, and then you’ll realize -- you’re in the Sanctuary, a building built by the characters as a safe place from CERES. And it’s looking pretty run-down at this point. The technology in it no longer functions, there is no security on it whatsoever…
Oh, and now there’s a pile of bodies. Great.
PHASE III [ 1000 ] There’s also a robot.
It’s wandering from place to place, though it’s impossible to follow. One second it’s there, the next it’s just gone.
Also, it’s wearing this. Weird.
But even with that on its face, the robot seems focused on one thing in particular. In fact, it has a sign, and it says:
Down with CERES. Up with Robots.
That’s a happy, cheerful message. If you try to go up to it to talk to it, it will look at you before...bonking you on the head with the sign and running off. That’s incredibly rude.
Alternatively, you may be safe and sound in your home, but then the doorbell rings, and there’s the robot again. The duck mask is gone, but now instead it has a pin on his fake lapel, and then he’s shoving a pamphlet at you.
He tips his hat, and then he’s gone. Weird.
(Also, if you hold onto the pamphlet, it will lead you directly to the person whose picture is on it, and you’ll feel like you’ve known them and have loved them for years.)
PHASE IV [ 1245 ] But not all is fun and games and shenanigans. There is something...well, strange happening, and the first real realization of that will be when it starts to rain. More than just the localized rain that a few unfortunates have dealt with -- no, it’s raining completely and totally, and that’s when it might hit you.
For the first time in Cerealia, there’s weather.
It’ll rain for a few hours, and then it’ll stop and become hot and sunny. It may get humid, considering it’s a jungle planet. At night, it’ll get rather cold.
Seems like whatever was keeping Cerealia’s atmosphere stable is now gone -- which also means that characters may start to occasionally experience headaches, nausea and dizziness if they go too close to the walls. It seems safer in the center of the city, and the Residential District is still okay, but… there’s no doubt that the planet’s atmosphere is starting to encroach on the city.
BONUS [ why o'clock ] But who cares about all of that? More importantly, you are here in this… totally not shoddy city to have fun, and it’s still being advertised as a pleasure colony. Or, well, it would be if, you know, CERES was still around.
But close enough.
And as a pleasure colony, it would figure that the first robots to really get fixed are...well, the Pleasure District robots. Unfortunately, the Pleasure District is still a nice big mess, so now they’re wandering the entire colony, looking for people they can hug, massage or...try to drag into more explicit activities.
Welcome to Cerealia!
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[Left hook means his right side, right? Izumi erects a large Trion shield to block the blow while he summons a cube on his left. The cube splits into multiple homing bullets that bombard the slow minotaur, injuring but not quite vanquishing it.]
I told you I'm blind, so mind lending me a hand?
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Er - but I apologize! I will help immediately!
[Rock Lee then flips through the air and lands between the two. He immediately starts pushing the minotaur back with a series of punches and kicks, while shouting at the monster between strikes.]
He - is ready - to see - other people! Please - respoect that!
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Stop talking about that and finish it already!
[While Lee deals the bulk of the damage, Izumi follows up with more bullets by sacrificing their power for homing properties. Although the minotaur reels from the continuous onslaught, its endurance and hit points are considerably high and pushes toward the melee with powerful swings of its fists.]
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[Lee then staggers back as he's hit by one of the minotaur's heavy swings.]
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[Izumi doesn't mind talking, but he's been reminded of this "relationship" so much in the last two minutes that he's going to shoot explosives everywhere if it keeps up. He summons another set of cubes.]
How much HP does it have left?
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Does it look like it's going to drop any second now?
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Not yet! But... I believe that we are getting close! Tell me, is it alright to go all-out?!
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[Okay, fine. This is an ex he really doesn't want to deal with anymore, Lee. He admits it. There. So go and kill it already.]
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Do it now!
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Reverse Lotus! [Rock Lee suddenly appears before the minotaur, kicks it up into the air, then leaps up to wrap it in bandages in midair and piledrives it into the ground!}
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Is it over?
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...He is at peace.
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What peace? That was just a piece of data, wasn't it?
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Even data can have emotions, sir!! ...But, never mind! [He chokes back a sob before he pulls his hand back and looks away.] That is all in the past now.
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[This guy must cry a lot at the movies.]
Anyway, thanks for helping out. I'll return the favor later.
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You are welcome. [Lee bows, continuing to forget that he can't see.] But please, sir, there is no need to return the favor! I am glad to have helped you.
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You sure? This is a one-time deal, you know.
In that case, how about we make it a deal now? I can't seem to log out without finding the exit, so I'm going to need a pair of eyes that isn't mine.
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Please, sir, climb onto my back!
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Anyway, I appreciate the offer, but I'd rather walk. I can follow your voice or grab onto your shoulder. That sound good?
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