PHASE I [ ?? ?? ] It's impossible to tell time in this place, and everything looks the same, but it won't be long before you're probably sick of the tower. Time to get down -- unless you have magical powers or can fly or something, it'll probably be pretty tough, too. You could try to climb down, but the walls look pretty slick, and -- oh god, your arm just went through the wall, what the hell.
Whatever you do, don't fall.
If you fall, you'll be stuck falling forever. And ever. And ever. Looks like they didn't put a failsafe into ViViD for falling, so now you're stuck. You might see some other people stuck in the same glitch, falling forever a la Alice in Wonderland, but honestly? You're stuck that way until your game resets itself.
PHASE II [ ???? ] Either way, you've made it to the ground (somehow). The ground looks like... a half-finished city, really. There are streets, and houses... but some of the houses are unfinished, just four walls and no roof, or only three walls, or nothing inside, and a lot of the NPCs are completely faceless, or only have one line they repeat over and over again.
It's honestly pretty unnerving, especially since there's no soundtrack at all. You can just traverse this creepy hellscape in complete and utter silence.
And then the cars start to fly away.
That's definitely normal (is there anything about this game that isn't faulty?).
PHASE III [ ???? ] It's not safe.
You could be anywhere in this level, wandering, searching -- and then suddenly, it's there. As it appears, a battle theme starts, but it's distorted, eerie and off-pitch. There's something very wrong about this enemy, that's for sure. It can't be defeated, either. Attacks can harm it, and it can be tossed aside or fought, but it just gets right back up, bloodied and beaten, as if unstopped by anything it's feeling.
Over and over and over again.
Just don't let it touch you.
Because it will start to absorb you, code bit by code bit, until there's nothing left of you. It's a cannibalistic distorted monster, wonderful.
PHASE IV [ ???? ] If it wasn't apparent already, physics is a little weird here. One second you're walking along, and the next there's basically no gravity; you could jump wherever you want, clearing buildings in a single bound like the superman you were always meant to be. One second you're your normal amount of strength, and the next you could life cars (if you so chose), for no apparent good reason.
Sometimes the world just tilts, making the ceiling the floor very suddenly, and sometimes the floor drops out from under you entirely.
Anything that could go wrong with the physics here does go wrong.
Just try not to get caught halfway through a now-solid floor. That sounds really, really uncomfortable.
BONUS [ ???? ] Of course, it wouldn't be glitch central without something weird happening to you. And it could be anything -- one second you're fine, and the next your arm is twice as long as it should be, and totally noodly. Suddenly you have a mermaid tail or animal ears, or your head has rotated upside down (how is that even happening?). You're suddenly able to walk through walls, or drag objects to you by pointing at them.
If this was a video game (it is), it would be the faultiest game to ever exist, that's for sure.
(Still, teleporting from one side of the world to the other by jumping on a single spot on a flowerbed is kind of entertaining, if nothing else.)
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Doudanuki Masakuni | Touken Ranbu (returning)
[He hadn't expected to ever be back here. Where he'd gone, he couldn't remember, but being back? Not part of the plan. At first, he hadn't been certain of where he was, but with the code flying everywhere and him having just fallen about thirty leagues to land in a hellscape where computer code seems to be flying up into the sky, he only has one guess: ViViD. Somehow he's back.
Doudanuki isn't sure what to do. There's no enemy to fight or clear goal to be achieved; only half built homes with furniture that fuzzes out into nothingness halfway through and doors that go nowhere. The people have no faces and they don't seem sentient. He also hasn't seen anyone else yet either. Is this what hell is like? It's definitely not the afterlife, that's for certain. He walks up to one particular weird looking NPC - completely rendered except for the face and yet a voice comes out.]
Hey! Hello?
"I had a dog named Jerry once."
That's nice. Can you tell me where I am?
"I had a dog named Jerry once."
Yeah, I got that. Where am I?
"I had a dog named Jerry once."
...Great.
Phase III : say you don't know me but don't eat my face
[This thing has been stalking him for over an hour now. Everywhere he runs, it's there. He tried fighting it and it ate part of his code, siphoning off bits of him until he could break away. Now he looks like he's got moderate damage. Bits of his armor broken off and his clothes torn. He's realized he can't fight it, so he runs, but it's always there. As he turns a corner and flees, looking over his shoulder, he runs right into someone. With parts of his code missing, he isn't as solid as he should be, so he bounces back, hitting a partially constructed wall.]
Shit! Sorry!
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iii!
[A SURELY FAMILIAR WHINE--
Except it's more of a reflexive shout than a complaint this time, and Kashuu is quick to (attempt to) reorient himself because he has to be quick. This level is awful?! He didn't even think CERES was still around to make levels!!
But more importantly, after a second, it registers that he actually recognizes the presence of the person who so rudely slammed into him. After so many disappearances, one after the other, it's odd to see someone returning. Not that there's much room to celebrate, ah.]
Doudanuki?!
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He inevitably ends up waving it around a tad as he flails his arms in an attempt to regain his balance, stumbling back a step, but he succeeds quickly enough.]
I-It's all right, don't wo—uh, are you okay?
[Because that is a somewhat worrying appearance, sir.]
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Doudanuki?
( He almost can't believe it? Where were you, buddy? )
Where'd ya--... what happened to ya?
( Is something out there? Who did this to you, friend! )
Fatima | Luminous Arc 2
[ Inexplicably being on top of a big, dark tower is not quite how Fatima expected to start out the day, but she doesn't think about it too much before glancing to the side. There are others at the top with her, and, more worrisome, that sure looks to her like someone about to slip off the side of the tower. Given how she can't see the ground however far down below, she can only imagine the grisly pancake they'd make and shoots an ice spell near their feet to keep them from stepping onto air. Ice isn't much better of a platform, but it's just dry enough to not have them slip. ]
Be more careful! Falling from this high would kill you. [ She sounds almost like a mom, chastising like that, but she looks more than a little frustrated too. ]
PHASE III
[ Of all the things she had to find here, she had to find a Beast Fiend. Or, what she thinks is a Beast Fiend. Damn if it doesn't look just like one. Despite its grotesque and warped appearance, she doesn't feel anything remotely similar to fear. She's handled monsters like this before, so what's one more? ]
You. [ She jerks her head toward the monster, and in order to stop its advance and buy herself a little more time to talk, she casts a Gravity Ice spell. The huge, purplish chunk of ice drops right onto its head, pinning it in place, and as the creature flails around to get it off, she waves at the other person as if shooing them away. ] If you're not going to run, I hope you're at least good with a weapon or something.
PHASE IV
[ The sudden and recurrent changes in physics have, up until this moment, been pretty mundane. Sure, an unexpected step launching her into the air and landing on top of a house is bizarre, but at least she's in one piece and can still get down!
Or so she thinks. Fatima's puzzled expression morphs into abject horror as the roof itself suddenly becomes intangible, and she falls halfway through it, just up under her armpits, before the roof becomes solid again. She tries to free herself, but the woodwork is solid, and she's not going to be getting free any time soon. What's worse, she can feel her feet dangling and kicking in the room below.
Fatima drags a gloved hand down her face and pulls herself up the most she can to shout down at the street below. Mortifying as it is, she can't get out by herself. ]
H-Hey! I need some help! So...could you come here?!
iv.
and yet. and yet in the midst of this digitally fucked up crazy world, he hears someone calling for help, and he looks up to see the woman there. he looks mildly annoyed, actually, but that's just him on a regular day.]
Tell me what you want first, and then I'll consider.
[if this is some trap, he wants to be prepared. and to make sure absolutely no one else will see him being helpful.]
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He doesn't look at all afraid, his one good eye focused down the sights of his weapon at the point of impact of the Gravity Ice.]
I've been told I'm "pretty good."
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Ah! Miss! What... what has happened to the rest of your body?! [Has she been tragically cut in half?] ...Am I too late?!
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[So, here he is, bounding away as the gravity fails when he hears someone crying for help.]
[He turns and bounds off in the direction of the voice...]
[Only to see a girl stuck in the roof of a building.]
[Well, he can't just leave the poor girl there, so he starts his descent...]
[When the gravity decides to kick back on with a vengeance. Sending Darin's frame careening into the roof with a crash.]
[He's now stuck in the roof too. Except it was done the hard way. Also, he's upside down. Enjoy talking to some legs because he's staring at yours.]
What the hell?! What happened to the gravity?!
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Izumi Kohei | World Trigger
[Amid the sea of faceless people (whoa! what's wrong with your face?) after that dreadfully dull presentation – that he doesn't necessarily believe – Izumi is almost relieved to find someone who looks normal. Until . . . ]
Watch yourself.
What? Why?
Watch yourself.
And I'm asking why –
Watch yourself.
Hey, you're starting to sound like Tachikawa-san . . .
Watch yourse –
Okay! Okay, I get it!
[He turns away and seeks out the next person with a face, which may just be your character.]
Are you going to tell me to watch myself, too? I wasn't even testing anyone's English that time. Gimme a break!
PHASE III
Meteora!
[The obvious course of action when a horror game comes to life is to bomb the daylights out of it. Izumi fires a sea of trion bullets with no regard for his surroundings, which means he may or may not be also shooting in your character's direction, because those explosive bullets are everywhere.]
Take that, virus freak!
[After that, his right hand hovers to a missing chunk of his left forearm.]
Jeez, what's with everyone being so touchy feely lately? I can't stand it.
PHASE IV
[There's nothing like jumping from roof to roof when zero gravity strikes. Izumi's next jump is greatly exaggerated, leaving him in no position to correct his skewed trajectory, and he shouts before crashing into the nearest person.]
phase iii
Thankfully, with a swing of his halberd, Karl manages to protect himself with a flurry of ice from
touhoubullet hell. He doesn't seem particularly bothered that Izumi apparently paid no heed to friendly fire, instead raising an eyebrow at something else.]Virus freak? That's an interesting name for it...
[But, uh.]
Are you okay?
[Your arm???
... Your recent life, from the sound of it????]
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IV i couldnt resist;;;;;
Konami was about to have a fun time taking on that ugly monster. Her axes were gripped tight in her hands and a hungry but eager smile played on her lips. She enjoyed fighting so it's really no surprise that she's about to take the thing head-on--- The only thing that stops her mid step is shout. It's also the only thing that keeps her from getting hit as by the rain trion bullets. She barely has enough time to make a shield out of her own trion above her head, protecting herself from the impact. But that doesn't mean she isn't pissed about it!]
Hey! What's the big idea! Are you trying to take me out too?!
[Konami yells, glaring over at Izumi. She's still aware of the monster but damn if she isn't going to at least shoot a glare his way.]
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Ooph!
[ She's only able to get her arms up and out to try and slow down whoever just barreled into her, but in the end, she's ten and isn't glitching into anything useful, so down they probably go sliding across the rooftop. ]
Ouch...
[ Wheeze. She peers through squinted eyes, feeling shaken up, but hey. Alive and okay, all things considered? Not that her voice comes out any stronger when she asks: ]
Are you okay?
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Nagasone Kotetsu | Touken Ranbu
[ Whatever that thing is, it's freaky and not natural, of course he'll try to fight it. If you can fight, that's good! The more the merrier. If not, that's fine as well, just take cover and watch him kick its ass. It takes hits, he can cut off pieces of it just fine... He was enjoying this for a while with a grin on his face.
But there's a point where that smile of his fades; the mass of data hungry... Something actually catches his sword and tries to take and absorb it into it's pixelated, distorted body. That sword is technically him as a tsukumogami, and feeling like you're about to be eaten is really, really unpleasant. He jumps back before it does take it, looking horrified. ]
What the hell is it...?
[ Under most circumstances he'd fight to the end, but this can be that one exception because god damn it's creepy and not what can be considered a part of normal circumstances. Still, he's hesitating as it approaches (and will deny it).
Please drag him away from that thing, before he really is eaten. ]
PHASE IV
[ When this awful ViViD seems to calm itself down with the unnerving stuff, and it's hard for this place to ever seem less chaotic because this place looks like a broken sci-fi environment gone wrong...
Oh, the whole place seems to do a 90 degree turn. Or maybe the gravity got switched to sideways. Goodbye proper physics, we'll miss you. Nagasone is lucky and lands on what is now a ledge without too much pain. For anyone who wasn't that lucky and is about to fall because a flat plane is now a steep one until you splat into a wall, Nagasone grabs them before that, hopefully by the arm or hand. ]
Got you!
[ Thank goodness for swordsmanship reflexes and having the bara muscles to make pulling someone up not too hard. ]
BONUS
[ Well at some point during his wandering apparently ViViD decided to do its weird goof on his data. Or rather, goofs plural. For starters, he's sporting a pair of tiger ears, twitching at every sound. Normally he's a tall guy and something silly like that wouldn't bother him. He looks at what he hopes is a reliable reflection, some window to a building that's pretty clear. ]
Now I'm an actual fake tiger-- Hey, what?!
[ However, it's goofs plural, because Nagasone is smaller now, and that bothers him for some particular reasons: his beloved haori did not shrink with him, and neither did his vessel. So now, he has an oversized shinsegumi coat and handling an uchigatana isn't as easy at this size. Catch him trying to roll back his sleeves or struggle to climb up something (to get his height back) with a sword in tow, he'll just force a bitter smile. ]
Laugh if you want, I'm going to make whoever did this pay.
[ Those are the eyes of small child ready to cut someone. ]
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Okay, but it might be a while. CERES has been hiding for the last month or so.
[ She pauses again... history has a weird way of appearing around these parts. ]
Um, are you part of the Shinsengumi?
[ The bizarre possibilities of her life are truly endless...! ]
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1/?? im sorry
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im done
1/2 i feel blessed thank you
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Himiko Toga | My Hero Academia
[ Himiko has willingly signed up for many things. A girl on the run for murder, she's joined a villain alliance for cover and because she wants to uh, stab someone in the group... out of love! However, this isn't it!
She's currently wearing her weird mask but she's at least bothered to take it off her face. It's not very cute, you see, and she doesn't need it right now anyways. She needs to find a way down... ]
I guess I'll just have to get down🎵 But hmm, I wonder where the others are... [ She's acting like this is a game until she almost slips right away. IT'S NOT A GAME, SHE ISN'T HERE TO DIE. ]
Ahhhhh, too slippery. That was close!
Phase III
[ Simply relieved to have made it on the ground she wasn't too bothered by the whole weirdness, because she's super convinced that this is a dream! And if this is a dream, it's not a terrible one, really. Her handy pocket knife in hand, while she wasn't amazing at combat, she knows a thing or two that can keep her alive. She's wheezing from how tired she feels by now, but there's a smile on her face as she looks at her knife for blood. ]
You're just like me, right? [ She's already let the monster touch her, but luckily she's at least pulled away before it was able to eat her whole. ] Sorry! You're not my type but I still love blood, y'see? So you should just keep showing me some. What a fun dream!
[ This girl isn't okay. ]
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[ Her arm is noodly, it's definitely turned long and noodly! She's screaming because there's not much else she can do at this point. Her knife has been dropped and is on the floor but she doesn't bother to pick it up because: ]
This is not cute at all!
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[ Hit me up with whatever I'm a tired soul but I am down for anything! ]
bonus.....
Or just loudly scream along with her and not actually offer any solutions. USELESS.]
What happened?! That's the weirdest glitch I've seen!
[That... that definitely isn't true, but it's the weirdest glitch he's seeing right now and that's what matters okay.]
stabby stab stab i mean
what a warm welcome
blood is warm
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Keiko Yukimura | Yu Yu Hakusho
[Average high school girl that she is, never let it be said that Keiko isn't resourceful. While others stuck in the glitch may be panicking or cursing their luck or using their supernatural abilities to get down, she is trying to devise a plan to get down herself.
She's still not quite sure what's going on. One minute she was walking home from class ans the next she's standing on top of this crudely coded building. But if there's one thing she knows for sure, she's not going to find any answers up here. Nor will she find a way out of this strange place.
Crouching near the edge of the building, she studies its walls, hoping to find some cracks or breaks in it that could be used to scale down the building. But all she can make out is darkness and more darkness.
Sighing, she turns to whoever is nearby.]
I wonder how far up we are. Even if we had something like rope to use to climb down, there's always a chance it wouldn't be long enough. I can't see anything down there. Can you?
Phase 2;
[If Keiko had been expecting the situation to improve any once she was off the roof, she would have been quite disappointed. The run down street and unfinished houses are eerily silent as she passes by causing her stomach to twist with unease.
When she spots a figure moving ahead she is relieved to no longer be alone and rushes to catch up with them. Closer, the figure reveals to be that of a man from behind. She falls into step slightly behind him.]
Excuse me, sir. Could you tell me where I am?
"Where are you going?"
Ah-I don't know. I don't know where I am.
"Where are you going?"
I just said-"Where are you going?"
Is this some kind of joke?
[Irritated, Keiko tugs on the man's arm, pulling him to face her. Except not really seeing as he's completely missing a face.] "Where are you going?"
[She jerks away from him in surprise, barely managing to stop herself from screaming, and takes off running in the opposite direction. Except oops she's not really looking where she's going.]
Bonus;
[At some point in her wanderings, from one moment to the next, her arms go from being perfectly normal to transforming into a pair of brightly feathered wings similar to a bird's.
That's. It.]
ARGH! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?
II /EXCITEDLY VIBRATES!!!!!!!!
One would think, after the technology here shut itself down, that the whole 'getting sucked into a ViViD session against your will' thing would have stopped, but clearly this place liked to stick with tradition. And while it didn't seem nearly as dangerous or foreboding as some of the others he had been dumped into (creepy asylum crawl, anyone?), the constant glitches weren't making his persistent headache any better. That, along with the odd, stuffed up feeling that's developed over the past few days (almost like a blocked nose, but throughout his entire body--) was not making him a happy camper. The silence and jagged, flimsy buildings were beginning to unnerve him, and by the time the cars started to gently levitate off the street, it just felt like a good idea to keep his head down and hope he stumbled upon an exit quickly. The faster he could get out of this bad hallucination, the better.
... uuuuntil someone barreled right into him, of course. It was enough to send him stumbling back a few steps, and his irritation finally reached it's (very low) boiling point.]
Watch where you're going, dammit! If you're gonna ram someone in the nuts, you can go and try--
[But as his mind finally catches up with his temper, and finally gets a better look at the stranger who ran into him, his words stopped abruptly in his throat.
That hair...
That face...
There was no way he could mistake that face, especially after nearly fifteen years of knowing it. It couldn't be, could it? After all these months, years if one was counting the time in Demon World-- was it her? Was it really her? Or was CERES playing yet another dirty trick on him and used all their programming knowledge to kick him where it hurts?
There was really only one way to know how.
After a beat, his hands dart out, grasping her chest and giving it a hearty squeeze. CONGRATS ON HAVING SUCH A QUALITY BOYFRIEND, KEIKO?????]
omg yusuke do you want to die
IT'S NOT LIKE HE HASN'T BEFORE.......
.....THIS IS TRUE
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| wesley stickler. ace attorney.
( who knows how he got here. Stickler sure doesn't. by all logic, he shouldn't have survived the fall out of the tower (which was a calculated thing, thank you very much. Wesley Stickler does things with forethought and preparation; they only appear like accidents to the untrained, unintelligent eye.
... which is to say, he tripped and fell out of the tower.)
what is far more interesting right now, is the fact that this building is standing in a way that seems completely contrary to the laws of physics. as a part of the prestigious Ivy University's Science & Engineering department (oh, that's right, it doesn't exist any more), Wesley Stickler of course noticed this inconsistency immediately.
... and began investigating it.
and by investigating, we mean picking up any items around the inconsistent area and making off with them.
(he'd be a really good defense attorney.)
look out, CERES, Wesley Stickler has a mystery to solve. actually, he has many mysteries to solve. the only problem with that is... well, he's completely lost on where to go from here. )
...Yes. ( sorry, random person. maybe this is an npc, who knows? he's talking to someone- ) I was wondering if you would happen to know the way to the university. My curiosity leads me to unveil the truth of this most unusual game and the circumstances surrounding our existence as corrupted data...
( stop him before he keeps talking )
( phase iv )
( Wesley Stickler is...
well, he's stuck. he's stuck in a door that glitched shut while he was walking through it. )
Help! ( he cried, calmly, with composure.
... you might want to consider your options carefully here, lest you get your ear talked off. this is simply fascinating. )
( wildcard )
( hit me with something!
also, see journal for all the ooc info you ever need to know. )
iv.
Oh, right. There's a weirdo in a door. What was his name? Began with an f, f-- ]
- fetish guy?
[ NAILED IT. ]
Is that you?
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OKAY NOW I'M DONE
This made an unpleasant work day so much brighter, jsyk ( 1 / 2 )
Professional magician, do not attempt at home
i'm glad! sorry about the delay he's. uh. exhausting.
No worries! c:
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o/ oh god please save me
you're beyond help
r u d e. (you're not wrong tho :|)
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why did i make this account i regret my life
SHHHHH same reason why I made a Manfred account, honestly
but manfred is less of an idiot.
I still kinda regret him tho
Mordimort | Stella Glow
II-A
[ An empty and unfinished city, people with no faces, a generally creepy vibe to the place? Most other people would be creeped out, but Mordimort is rather blase about the whole thing. She looks from one NPC to another, watching them have a pointless dialogue about being welcome to Cerealia and the other being a newcomer, before finally just sitting down. ]
No mor... [ Nope, not dealing with this. Since this place is clearly some weird dream, she's going to go back to sleep there right in the middle of the road. Which is clearly not a safe place to sleep, but that's what mud golem she's got standing watch is for! It's almost as creepy as the faceless NPCs, being just a big shapeless mass of mud with a single red eye peering out of it. It makes wet, gushing noises as it mills about the spot where she rests, though the moment someone comes too close, it starts making an odd gurgling noise and zips toward the offending person or thing with an unnatural gusto. ]
II-B
[ Should you decide to tell the girl she shouldn't be sleeping out in the middle of the street (it's dangerous, after all!), the mud golem will immediately try to tackle you and smother you in its...well, mud. It makes a lot of noise in doing so, enough to wake Mordi up and have her grumble unhappily as she slowly sits up. ]
You're so...noisy. Stop it...
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He should've guessed the girl who looked like she had collapsed in the middle of the street would be a trap. And here he was, wrestling with a mud golem, trying desperately not to get suffocated, all the while trying to break free or reach his gun.]
Let go of me, you hulking mound of... mmph!
[That sure was him getting slapped in the face with some mud. He pulled away enough to gasp a breath, when he noticed the girl awake... and then complaining about the noise.]
Priorities! Trying not to get killed here!
[He strained against the mud golem on top of him. This... was not going to be easy to get out of.]
caprica six ( battlestar galactica )
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Izuminokami Kanesada | Touken Ranbu
[So after his harrowing experience with slipping down that rather unstable tower, Kanesada is, understandably, on edge and quite done with this experience already. Everything is new and unfamiliar as he looks around, taking in the impossibly unfinished city around him. How can those houses be standing when a wall is completely missing or why do some of the people walk in the same short loops around a single point?
Not to mention those people being unfinished, too. It's like someone got careless in the smithing process and didn't add in enough of something. Like...how.
He shudders and grips the hilt of his sword - himself - a little tighter. He's the only thing right in this place and while that's certainly an ego boost, it's still way too unsettling.
Kanesada walks past one house - this time roofless - when an NPC seems to materialize out of nowhere at the corner and phases right through him, causing a noise to leave his lips, and he steps backward, only to hear a yapping at his feet as a dog with no legs zooms on by.
H...ow?]
No. Screw this. I'm done.
[If only it were that easy.]
Phase III
[Legless dogs are one thing, but when an actual monster shows up, Kanesada knows he's really in for a rough time. Except actual monsters are what he's good at dealing with, so even though this one likes to not die, it's more of a rush for him. Less creepy and more exhilarating.
Okay, it's still pretty creepy how the damn thing doesn't stop, no matter how much he throws at it. And it's a lot bigger than him, which makes things more difficult, but that's fine. He just needs to get the jump on it!
Which is what Kanesada eventually does, having managed to find a roof in this godforsaken place. It helps that the monster announces itself with broken music, so he can actually track it relatively easily. And when it twitches below his vantage point, he jumps, sword drawn and ready to pierce!]
Gotchya!
[If he can get it between the neck and shoulders...
Wait, does it even really have such a spot? Whatever, gonna find out now.
Except the monster turns around, one of its mismatched arms swinging out to catch him and when it connects, some of Kanesada's hair suddenly disappears.
...Oh, hell no.]
You bastard, try that again!
[Someone please save him.]
Wildcard!
[Beam me up, Scotty]
phase ii!
Izuminokami-kun! [ That's always a bit of a mouthful but he hopes to gain his attention to stop him from storming off from all the strangeness. He even starts to wave his arm so that he might stand out instead of the legless dogs and faceless NPCs.
He's catching up at least! If only slightly out of breath -- ] Phew. Izuminokami-kun...did you happen to just get here?
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don't you shake your head at me
too late tbh!!
rude??
TRUE
bursts thru the doors. phase III!
woah slow down there friend
i cant!!
puts hands on your shoulders
*melts*
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Qrow Branwen | RWBY
[Qrow's first inclination, upon waking up, was to think that he was hallucinating somehow. It's not that he's drunk, no; he's drunk almost as a matter of principle, and he's never woken up in a world like this.
He begins climbing down the side of the building, despite the fact that he could easily fly down, mainly because he doesn't feel like it. This comes back to bite him when a section of the building that looks solid turns out to not be, and he sinks into the side of the building up to above his elbow... only for the building to resolidify around his arm.] Great.
[While he's here, might as well have a drink. He's able to grab his hip flask with his one free arm, but upon trying to twist the cap off... he drops it, and it clatters to the window below, lying on the windowsill.] Ah, great.
[Luckily, he soon hears footsteps from inside.] Hey. Hey, there!
Mind handing me that flask on the windowsill?
[Phase II + Bonus]
[Well this is disturbing as fuck. Qrow doesn't even bother talking to the townspeople after the first time. They're clearly not real. Clearly, none of this is real, which raises way more questions than it answers.
So instead, Qrow sits himself down on a chair at a half-finished outdoor cafe, cracks open his flask, and takes a long, long, sip.
Immediately, he spits it all out, wiping his mouth clean with the back of his sleeve and staring at the liquid in horror.] --what the hell is this, apple juice?
[He just wants a drink. Is that so much to ask?]
[Phase III]
[By the time he gets attacked, Qrow is actually starting to welcome it.
His dodge is surprisingly elegant, his return strike with a large, silver sword quick and brutal. The monster flies to the side and collapses, and Qrow shrugs, turning his back on it. That was pretty anticlimactic.
Then it gets to its feet again, and he pauses at the sound. He turns around to face it again, bloodied but still in one piece.] Well, well... ain't you a tough son of a bitch?
Good thing, too. See, I've had a pretty weird day, and I could really use a drink. [But it's all apple juice.] I'll settle for the next best thing, though.
[A small motor on his sword whirs into action, and the blade begins to segment, turning into a scythe.] Come on, handsome. I can spare some time for a dance.
ii.
Her mouth tightens. All at once, she struggles not to resent how trivial his concerns her.
... ] I think you'll survive.
[ She doesn't really want to talk to him, or maybe she does too much, and the words tumble out before she can quite stop herself. ]
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UK | Hetalia | returning
[for some reason, England had to suffer through another powerpoint presentation. but things... seem a little different now. whatever the case may be, he entered ViViD to train and suddenly was on top of a tower? great, a glitch. England rolls his eyes and waits to see if the glitch will move him somewhere. but he just remains on that tower.
about ten minutes pass before he starts climbing down. it's a long way, but he eventually makes it to the ground. it's completely silent, save for a few voices of other people around. he ventures into the city and finds nothing but coding. CERES needs to stop pushing games that are unfinished.
also, is that date right? on a calendar, it says a couple months have passed since the day before. and... that's strange. he figures it's probably just another glitch, or part of the story of this game, or something like that, but he cannot shake the feeling that he's missed something...]
PHASE IV - riddle me this?
[this part of the stage is a puzzle that he must solve. but about halfway through the puzzle, England just starts floating. why? he wasn't done! what's happening?
there is nothing to grab onto, and England just keeps rising up higher and higher into the air. he flails, reaching out for a cloud, but his hand goes right through it. how long will this go on?]
Um, hello! Anyone out there? Please, help!
BONUS - moe mode
[eh, it figures that the glitch he got would be something like this. England is now stuck with extra ears and a tail. no, it's not funny. what's even less funny is that he's wandered into some kind of unfinished swamp area. where is the exit out of this place? and how's he supposed to get across the swamp?
...ah. wait a minute. there was a game like this once. he looks up, seeing some vines dangling from the tree tops]
Bollocks.
[well, might as well try? he reaches up to grab a vine, and you happen to stumble into this area just in time to see him clinging desperately several feet off the ground. he was supposed to swing from one vine to the next, but the next vine is so far away, and he's attempting to get some momentum going, but things aren't going very well, and England does not want to fall into the swamp because who knows what is in there...]
two, casually writes you a fucking novel
[At least he is not blind right now, all things reduced to light and motion, so much that it's easier to pull his hat over his eyes and walk with wakfu-vision and his now-beloved cane - but as he is pulled back to normal sight for a few hours, things are always blurry. The cane he was using is now a walking stick as he trudges his way along this half-coded area, at the ready in case his eyes fail him again. The energy levels in the corner of his vision, of course, are bright and visible even when he's blinded.]
[He can barely see the figure, just that someone is there, but he gravitates towards it anyway. Together, people can often figure these sorts of levels out; sometimes, they've decided to ]
It was a surprise this one even worke-- [He stops. The smile falls from his face and is replaced by a flabbergasted look, all widened eyes and shaky hands around his cane. Of course he knows that face.]
[He knew this could happen, logically. Maybe his heart never stopped holding out hope, in some far reach of it, but he never allowed himself the luxury. All things are fleeting, all times are to end, even my own, he had told himself. It hadn't made it any easier for a few weeks to see England's toothbrush on the counter, or to roll over into the side of the bed he liked. All things are fleeting. Wakfu moves on, and so do we. Someday, too, I will leave.]
[Cerealia's given them all a strange 'second chance,' in a way. People with mundane lives are given a chance to experience strange things. People re-evaluate their worldviews, their priorities. Hell, Chibi was dead when he woke in this place. It makes sense; he just never expected it.]
[He considers a moment that it might be a trap, something constructed, but something in him trusts that visage too much - so he steps closer to throw his arms around England, burying his head in the crook of his neck ah, that scent and murmuring:] I've so much to tell you.
i'm so glad
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Ichigo Hitofuri | Touken Ranbu
[Ichigo is still reeling from all the surreal things that have happened to him so far. The morning had started so normally too. He’d been supervising the morning rituals of the Awataguchi family as usual, and helping Midare brush his hair when suddenly he’d found himself atop a strange tower. Then before he could orient himself, he was falling down an abyss. Just when he thought he’d continue falling for the rest of eternity, he’d somehow managed to land relatively safely on the ground of what appears to be a town in ruins.
Ichigo dusts himself off and surveys his surroundings. That's when he spots someone in a distance and he hurries towards them.]
Excuse me, would you mind telling me where we are?
[Phase III]
[If there's anyone who can look regal while running away, it would be Ichigo Hitofuri. Here he comes, cape flapping in the wind, sunlight glinting off his glossy minty blue hair and the gold accents of his clothes and sword sheath. He doesn't really like the idea of retreating but he knows this is the right strategic move for now considering how the enemy appears to be basically invincible.
He's now rounding a corner at high speed. Watch out!]
[Bonus]
[Ichigo is really starting to dislike this place. He holds his sword, which is much taller than him now, tightly with both his little hands and tugs a bit at his shorts, unused to having his legs exposed. Just how do his little brothers run around so carefreely in shorts...?
Ichigo is now tinier than the Toushirou tantous and looks to be a child of around 4 or 5, but his sword self has remained the same size.
Isn't he the most adorable little tachi now though? The cute gene definitely runs in the Awataguchi family~!]
ii!
[ ichigo is certainly impossible to mistake for anyone else. tsurumaru closes much of the ground between them, stopping once he's standing in front of the other tachi. he's looking him over for injuries, first — not that being injured matters in this world, but it's concern for a fellow comrade. ]
We're in something called ViViD. Basically... it's kind of like we're inside a game?
[ ...vaguely, something of the sort. ]
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Leanne | Resonance of Fate
[She's been here before.
Well. Not exactly. Not the same tower... but there was one, long ago. Two whole lifetimes ago, by her counting. She walks right up to the edge, heels clicking on the surface. It's more slippery than metal, whatever it is; all that's really missing is the wind.
There's not much down there. Lights. Perhaps people, those that made it down. Perhaps they never stopped falling.
It's funny. She's been here before, and Leanne knows what comes next. But this time, there's no urge to jump.]
[ PHASE III ]
[The battle music is not the only sounds as hollow gunshots ring out into the empty city. Leanne can hold her own plenty well, but every time the... thing... goes down, it gets right on back up again. It's beginning to look like running might be the only option, if this carries-
She fires the trigger. Her gun jams. Of course it does.]
Damn it! Not now--
[ PHASE IV ]
[Physics. Leanne laughs at you. For what feels like the umpteenth time, the wall is the floor and vice versa. She's expecting that, and the sudden shift of gravity only causes a minor scuffle as her heels scrape along the new ground. Even the sudden switch of ceiling to floor won't catch her off guard, after so many acrobatic hours of gun-
That elegance? An illusion. Leanne trips as she lands, faceplanting into the wall-now-ceiling-now-floor. Ow.]
Phase IV
[The loud young man tries to sound helpful, even if he doesn't look very helpful right now. It seems the latest turn caught him offguard as well, leaving him sprawled on the now ground some yards away, but at least he can see her.]
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