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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Eh? Carry Samonji-dono? [And because there are actually three Samonji swords!] Was it Kousetsu-dono? Did something happen to him? And trying myself to my back does sound like a better way than trying to hold it.
[Well, he is not quite 6 feet since he was shortened but it's true that his current human form is most ill-suited to wielding his vessel. Though back home tiny Hotarumaru somehow manages to wield his Oodachi self just fine ...]
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Something was making powers go weird. His human part went away, so he was back in his vessel. I helped carry him to where you all live.
[ "You all." Not strictly true, but she did carry Kousetsu back to the apartments where a number of the swords had lived/were living/still live in, as far as she knows. She also pauses to dig into pockets and pull out the tasuki in question. She holds it out for Ichigo. ]
Here you go! I can tie it on for you, too, if you want. ... Or hold your vessel if you don't want to set it down on the ground again, but... I don't want to be rude.
[ She's 100% not sure when she should be offering to hold anyone's vessel, despite the fact she's actually okay touching people casually as it is. Still, she makes the offers just in case, so that he can say no instead of ever having to ask. ]
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Thank you. I would much appreciate it if you could help me tie it to my back.
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[ no promises on anything else. Politely side stepping making promises she can't guarantee. She turns back, pulling out the tasuki and slipping around behind him like she's going to tie his sleeves back out of the way. She's fairly quick, tying firm and with a nice big bow. ]
There. Would you like help placing your vessel?
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[He stays still as she works. Then he hands her his sword.] Yes, please, if it’s not too much trouble.
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Does that feel secure enough?
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Mn! It's perfect! Thank you, Chihiro-chan!
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You're welcome, Ichigo-san. Now... let's get out of here!
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Yes, let's.
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... though really that would dump Ichigo into the presentation on Cerealia, so... ganbatte, applicant!! (ty for this thread) (i'm so sorry for chihiro) ]