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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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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Qrow looks up and over his shoulder, frowning, to see Pyrrha Nikos. He turns in his chair, facing her more directly, squinting as if she's a mirage.
He looks back down at the flask. Was that apple juice? Because he's clearly face to face with a dead girl.] ...yeah. Probably will.
Never liked apple juice much.
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[ Seriously. Juice, bleargh. Pyrrha would rather drink one of Ren's "healthiful" concoctions. ]
Do you mind if I take a seat?
[ Apparently, she's decided this is a conversation she wants to have. ]
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Weren't you on the box of some stupidly sugary cereal, or something like that?
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Only the faintest edges of it manifest, her expression unhappy, bordering on sullen. Pyrrha takes a seat. ]
That was a long time ago.
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[This clearly isn't the Pyrrha he's met before. There's an edge to her voice he doesn't remember. He doesn't think it's a fake, though; this seems genuine. Organic. Bitter.] So, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
[That is, what's a dead girl like you doing being not-dead?]
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His blithe question doesn't win him any points, though. ]
I'm not sure. There's a lot I don't have much say in, these days.
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So, am I gonna say it, or are you gonna say it?
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So. She gestures, affirming and in his direction.
He can say whatever he wants. ]
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You're in pretty good shape, for a dead girl.
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The complimentary half of it goes disregarded. Well, almost. ]
Thank you.
[ She's still Pyrrha. No matter what, it's not within her to rudely dismiss any remark, no matter how backhanded it may be. ]
You seem to have made it out alright.
[ No one else will talk about this battle, no one else calls her what she is, but he - Well. ]
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Heard you went a few rounds with the wicked witch. Takes guts to do that. Sense, not so much, but guts. [He puts the flask back down.] Why'd you do it?
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Pyrrha doesn't shy away from answering, ] I was just... trying to buy some time.
[ Maybe for someone to help, maybe for everyone else to get away. ]
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Well, if you're looking for a finger-wagging or lecture from me, you're not gonna get one. You made your choice like a huntsman would've.
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Did you know Amber well?
[ She's never quite been able to get the Fall Maiden out of her thoughts. ]
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I was late to the party when she first ran into Cinder's goons. Would've been a lot easier for everyone involved if they could've waited a few minutes. Maybe not for them, I guess.
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Amber continues to be a doll in a machine, too sundered to be real. ]
But you weren't invited to the party? Were you just passing through?