Hey there! Did you know that yearly check-ups are the best preventative medicine you can give to your darling CYbuddy? Their health is of the utmost importance and from the Pomeranian to the Velociraptor, it's so very necessary to give your CYbuddy what he or she needs to be as happy and healthy as can be. After all, CYbuddies are the first and last defense in the war against loneliness, so you must do your best to protect the ones you have! You wouldn't want to be a friendless CYbuddy-less loser, would you? Through thick and thin, rain or shine, your CYbuddy will love you forever. And ever. And ever. Do not disappoint your CYbuddy.
You blink and suddenly find yourself in what looks like a doctor's waiting room, completely alone aside from the robot receptionist. Posters line the walls in various degrees of friendliness. Actually, is this the vet? It kind of looks like the vet. In fact, when you look down towards your lap, there will be a creature snoozing comfortably on you. Really, how did you not notice? The creature's collar names him Fluffy. (That's a dumb name, why did you name your pet Fluffy? Be more creative!) If you decide to call out to the receptionist, they will ignore you, but soon after you will hear clacking of sharp nails on the floor as someone -- or something -- comes out of the back room.
No worries, it's just the doctor.
 Greetings! My name is Thelonious T-Bone the Third and I will be Fluffy's doctor today. I will take good care of your dear Fluffy and be right back to you with him or her in a jiffy. You can, of course, completely trust me for I am the best in the business! No other Velociraptor can treat and heal pets as well as I, most certainly. But there is one tiny little thing, you see. My nurse is out sick today and my hands are too small and dangerous to work well without accidentally killing your poor pet. So, to make up for this, I will need you to be my nurse today. Do you think you can handle that?
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PHASE I [ 09 00 ] Welcome to ViViD's state of the art pet care simulator. It looks like everyone is ready and willing to get started -- maybe a little too eager to get started. There seems to have been a minor misunderstanding actually and Dr. T-Bone seems to think that... well, that you're the pet. Didn't he see Fluffy's collar? (Still, such a dumb name!)
If you don't think fast, you're likely to be shoved into a kennel or forced into getting really uncomfortable shots (to prevent rabies, you see; side effects include dizziness, nausea, sprouting animal ears for a few hours and the increased desire to bite people). At least you'll have company since it looks like this mistake is happening to everyone. Might as well get cozy and get to know the people stuck in the kennels next to you while you're here.
PHASE II [ 1200 ] It's time to actually be the nurse! And time to treat one of Dr. T-Bone's most prominent clients. You will be led to, well, a dinosaur -- a T-Rex to be exact. And you will be told that your job is to take care of its teeth.
That's right. Someone has to clean all of those teeth. And it looks like you're the lucky sap who got the job. Don't worry, the Tyrannosaurus Rex's name tag proclaims it to be vegan (and to go by the name of Sir Gadzooks) so it should be perfectly safe to reach into that gaping maw and start cleaning those teeth.
Alternatively, you could make your dental assistant do it; looks like you weren't the only one to get dragged into this farce. The question is, which one is handling the sharp pointy objects, and which one is sticking their hand into that mouth?
Also, it's not really a vegan dinosaur, that was a great big lie. And it's very, very hungry -- now might be a good time to run.
PHASE III [ 1300 ] Hope you weren't doing anything important (like sticking your hand into the mouth of a dinosaur), because someone is now throwing a blindfold over your eyes and hustling you right into the basement. A couple of twists and turns later, and you're being shoved into what appears to be an underground... peacock fighting ring? With a jaunty peacock headband on and none of your weapons on you, it seems as though you've been mistaken for a particularly ugly peacock and have been tossed into the ring.
Look out though. Those peacocks look mean. They'll go straight for the eyes if they get the chance, and will peck away merrily at your head. Of course, the walls aren't that high all things considered (they're peacocks), so it probably wouldn't be that hard to escape the ring.
(Or, if you manage to find your way down there yourself, you can always join in on the ludicrously outlandish betting pool. It might be a good way to get some cash -- if you bet on the right peacock.
Actually, is that Mr. T-Bone in the crowd too? Someone get the quack out of here!)
PHASE IV [ 1600 ] There's someone whispering.
It's a quiet, throaty whisper, and no matter where you are in the ViViD level, you can hear it. Sometimes, it's clearer than others. Sometimes, it can barely be heard at all. But it's always there, whispering, "Come closer. Come closer. Come closer."
If you should gather up your courage and follow those whispers, they will lead you to a... bird. Upon seeing you, the bird will begin to speak again in that throaty whisper, this time detailing the destruction of your world, down to the tiniest of details, such as the look on your best friend's face as they died, or the last words of your most important person. It's almost hypnotic, so much so that you can't pull away --
And just like that, the bird squawks, and it's over. What was that about? Hopefully nobody else heard all of that.
BONUS [ xxxx ] You go to speak with the vet, whether to complain about your treatment at the hands of the others, the fact that you had to play dino dentistry or to let him know that there's an illegal peacock fighting ring below his practice, and before you know it there's talk of "just to be safe" and "you never know what someone with an attitude like that will do" -- which, what? All of a sudden Dr. T-Bone and his receptionist are shoving you into a cone of shame. How embarrassing! And no matter what you do, it just won't come off.
In fact, if nothing else, it seems magnetically attracted to the walls and anyone else wearing one. If one of those poor fools happen to be within a ten foot radius of you, prepare yourselves for a massive collision. What a pain, right? It seems like the cones won't come off until you (and your magnetic partner) get out of this confounded level. If only you could find the exit (and Fluffy too -- where'd he get off to?)
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Duke Pantarei | Tales of Vesperia
[ If there was a person who would make good for a picture perfect moment for being 'hardly amused', Duke likely could be a fine candidate if it weren't for his general personality. As it is, he didn't exactly picture himself as someone who'd willingly do something like this in the first place. He will instead begin to walk off, not intending to even so much as get down and dirty. ]
Phase IV
[ Now if there were any way to react towards such a thing at first, it'd be with surprise, and a quiet anger that someone would dare to speak the exact details aloud. Considering, his last important person had indeed already been dead -- but to know those words... ]
... You. What gives you the right to say these things? Do you think it amusing?
[ Of course, having received no response in return simply makes him realize that perhaps he's not even going to be dignified with an answer. ]
IV
At least, from the back anyhow. ]
..Huh? What's amusing?
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He simply stands there awkwardly instead, and tries to figure out something. ]
... the predicament we're in. Hence, the question.
[ Okay, he's still bad at this socializing thing, but he tried to clear up things. Sort of. ]
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Ah, right. There's a lot of strange things that happen in this place, unfortunately. Do you uh... need help with anything?
[ She replied with a brief nervous smile. Wow, talk about awkward. ]
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Perhaps... however, did you happen to hear anything I may have uttered before those two questions?
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No, just those two questions as I walked up to you. I'm sorry if I startled you.
[ She replied, tilting her head a bit. ]
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[ He allows himself to relax a little. Considering saying 'it's fine', but... ]
You mentioned a lot of strange things occurred here. I still do not know too much about our supposed allies, but, am I right to suspect that they do not have everything in order here as much as they should have?
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No, they really don't. Just last month, stuff was going haywire and things were hurting and breaking all the time. I'm not quite sure if this is one of those cases but it's pretty close if you ask me.
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If it is so close, it might as well be the same if this is an ongoing issue. Yet, I hear you say you have been here for at least a month... has there been any sort of progress beyond us being brought here by their technology?
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Yeah it seems like an ongoing issue. We don't have much to argue against them. We either do it or don't. Either way we're all stuck here. Progress? Well I'm not sure. There's some shift in things like that murder case and a new lady that was taking charge but otherwise, not really.
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[ And more signs pointing towards how this could become a serious problem, although for a moment he needs to clarify something. ]
This... murder case-- does this have anything to do with a new figure coming into play or are they unrelated?
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[ Honestly, she had a lot of questions but she's not sure how to ask them to the new person without sounding too interrogating. ]
phase ii;
[leave it to yuri to be... well, also not helping out much. he's propped against a wall, arms folded over his chest casually as a smirk crosses his lips. he's amused by the scene, no doubt.
and also somehow unsurprised that duke would show up in the absolute most unexpected of places.]
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...I see no need to participate in such an activity. Seeing as you are lingering around, I presume you believe the same.
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[even if there's plenty more that they butt heads about, as far as he knows, it's not as if they both can't see a situation for what it is. it's a little easier to remain somewhat light about things when the fate of the world and humanity isn't what's at stake.]
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[ His way of giving the nod to, in this instance. Either way, Yuri is one of the few people he's ever been agreeable with and that does count for something. Even if he's not exactly too carefree himself. ]
How these people who are supposedly in charge seem to think this is even slightly necessary to have is telling of some of their priorities.
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[well, he'll definitely take a civil conversation with duke over fighting him when it's not necessary. like right now. he's even being somewhat helpful—it can't hurt to clue him in on the fact that this is just how things are, even if it's almost always an irritation.]
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[ That definitely counts as something -- letting him to expect hardly anything of most people here or at least that's just how he's taking it. ]
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[for better or for worse. on one hand, it's familiar. on the other, it's still bullshit. duke's probably not wrong for looking at it that way.]
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Then...perhaps...
[ Of course, this is also an entirely new environment and not as familiar as Terca Lumineres, and he knows he's a little out of his element. He turns away his gaze for a moment, as he thinks about the subject a bit-- especially since he still is not used to working with others too much. ]
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