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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Phase II
Well, you're going to have more than your fair share of truths to try to unveil. I'll tell you that much.
...And I haven't seen any universities sitting around, either. If it's not part of a game, I'm afraid that you might not be seeing it anytime soon.
o/ oh god please save me
the first part of that? at least? delights him. ) Ah, excellent! As anyone would be able to tell, I am most aptly suited to solving the mysteries of the universe. It is, of course, why I elected to study at the most prestigious Ivy University -
( wait. part ii. )
Not a one? ( but where do people in glitch city STUDY WHERE MAN. ) W-well. This is a conundrum.
( one that seems to have stumped our illustrious not-yet-graduate
who wears graduate robes as a junior, i ask you. WHOfor long enough to let there be a pause in the conversation. TAKE YOUR CHANCE AND RUN, NICK. )you're beyond help
Well, there is a school in the city But I doubt it's the one you're looking for. And it doesn't matter now that we're stuck in a game instead.
...Wait, did you say Ivy University?
r u d e. (you're not wrong tho :|)
Indeed. ( of course you've heard of it it's gr8. ) I'm thankful that someone here knows the name of a truly marvellous university. ( so far he's just had a load of blank NPC stares. )
exactly
Heh... Now that brings me back. [He gives a nostalgic smile.] I don't just know of it. I attended it! I studied art at first, but I graduated as a law student!
[I don't remember ever wearing a graduation gown around school though. Is this one of those new fashions that's hip with the young people?]