PHASE I [ 6 00 ] You wake up, and you're in a camp ground. The graphics aren't bad here, not really, but they're definitely last gen -- not the type of quality expected out of ViViD. On top of that, every once in awhile, the scenery sort of... glitches before going right back to normal as if nothing ever happened. If you're particularly unlucky, your own body parts might glitch out for a moment too, appearing as nothing more than broken code and then back to normal. Pretty weird, right? Oh well, don't worry about it. Totally harmless.
Glitches or not, you're still in a camp ground along with everyone else. There's a fire, there's some tents, some trees. Maybe some s'mores? You got it all. You're also not wearing what you were before. No, now you're wearing some sexy shorts, or maybe you've got a whip at your side, or maybe you've got a really classy fedora. And if you're one of those lucky few who have all three at once? Good for you! Try not to blind everyone with all that sexy.
Or, you know, the game will glitch out again and you'll be stuck wearing something else. That's definitely not as sexy.
PHASE II [ 730 ] If you decide to finally go exploring that crazy jungle, you'll find that you have a wide range of exploring options. Seems ViViD's taking a crack at their very own open world game -- this one modeled after your run of the mill adventure game. There are rivers to swim through (complete with alligators)! There are cliffs to scale (complete with angry birds ready to peck at your face)! There are even ravines to swing across on vines (just like Tarzan)!
Actually, the game is made to allow you to do just that -- those vines are all conveniently lined up for everyone to use them to swing across. Go on, it'll be fun. If you miss, you'll just lose a life, right?
Of course, if you overshoot your goal, you might run into one of the other glitches; the white space that you'll stumble into implies that you flew right off the world map and are now in unprogrammed space. Don't worry, you'll dissolve eventually, slowly but surely, and will reappear on the cliff so you can try again. There's no other way around that ravine either. Still, it's only a little frightening watching your body disappear piece by piece, right?
PHASE III [ 900 ] If you manage to scale one of those cliffs or swing across that ravine or cross that river, you may find yourself a chest. It's a treasure chest, and you don't even need a key to open it! Open it right up, a cute little jingle will play, and… nothing will be there.
Or the item will be there, hovering in the air, something amazing, fantastic, incredible that you've always dreamed of having and wanting, and -- you can't touch it. No matter what you try, it hovers right out of reach, and you can't interact with it at all.
Oh, and the cute little jingle is going to follow you around now, on constant loop.
PHASE IV [ xxxx ] So you died.
No big deal. Perhaps you got eaten by a crocodile. Perhaps you fell off a cliff. Perhaps another player stabbed you (that's rude). Either way, you've only lost one life and you have two more so it's nothing. After all, this is just a video game, right? It's fine.
Except it's really not fine.
You'll find yourself in a graveyard, tombstones all around you (maybe one of them has your name on it -- hope the epitaph doesn't suck). It's nighttime, it's foggy, and you're with the other players who have also lost a life. For a while, nothing will happen. The cold and quiet of the night will start to seep into your bones -- and then a figure appears. It can't be killed, it is silent and grim, and it does not speak.
Instead, it approaches each person there, reaches out and touches them on the forehead. Even you. All you can see for a long moment is corpses around you, the dead faces of everyone who had been with you in the ViViD level, flesh rotting away and faces caught in expressions of horror --
And then you're all dropped back into the camp ground together again. It's sunny and cheery and everything is fine, and you're down to two lives. Just, you know... don't lose the rest, okay?
BONUS [ xxxx ] You have a butler now, congratulations! He's following you around everywhere. He's an NPC, and not a very well-made one; sometimes his face glitches out, and he doesn't so much walk behind you as just… appears right next to you. He's handy though because if you ask him to, he'll pull up the start menu. You can sort out your inventory there and exit the game if you wish (except no matter how many times you press the "quit" button, you... can't).
Sometimes, though, that doesn't work out so well. Not the start menu but the butler himself. He might appear next to you on a narrow cliff face, knocking you right off the edge, or appear right on top of a hornet's nest, making them angry enough to go after, well, you. Maybe he accidentally summons a bear when all you were trying to do was ask him where the next dungeon is. That's unfortunate.
You can't seem to get rid of him either, no matter what you do. How annoying. Hopefully he doesn't cause you too much trouble because that bear... well, that bear's pretty angry.
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No, it isn't.
[another person nearby glitches to full clown gear and suddenly riku doesn't feel as annoyed. shortshorts beat looking like a circus act.]
But it doesn't look like I'm the only one dealing with this. [he eyes turn back toward takeru.] Do you have any idea why that's happening?
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Hm...I'm not sure but it seems really weird! It kind of reminds me a little of the Digital World though!
You know, with all that data stuff that my friend keeps talking about!
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what takeru says drags riku from thoughts of wardrobe mishaps to more important topics. his expression gains a hint of curiosity to it. a couple things stand out so best to start with the most obvious question.]
The Digital World?
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But the smile on his face quickly disappeared before her went deep into thought. Of course, before he could even say a word? Suddenly, the orange thing that was sitting on top of his head?
He's definitely speaking up now!]
Yeah! A place where Digimon live and how Koushirou-san once said that everything's in a computer! That Digital World!
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I see.
[so they had a world in a computer, but it's definitely not this world. that means people really were being brought here for whatever reason (riku doesn't fully buy the story given for numerous reasons, but that's beside the point). how can that be possible? data or otherwise, to bring people from different worlds to a single location...]
But this world isn't that one?
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No, not at all! If there were, we would have been seeing a lot of trees, deserts, and a whole bunch of wild Digimon coming after us! It's not a very happy place you know! A lot of evil creatures want to hurt us!
[Takeru dared not say kill, that seemed too scary to say. However, now the boy was narrowing his eyes on him while Patamon just raised an eyebrow.
While other people might be freaked out, why wasn't he? Unless he already seen one before?]
Say, you've seen a Digimon before haven't you? You don't seen scared of Patamon one bit!
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[it's not untrue and said without missing a beat. hey, he JUST became master. he isn't ruining the world order that fast. a small smirk appears on his face, opting to add in a little teasing.]
Especially not because of a talking pumpkin called Patamon.
[he isn't saying it in a mean way or anything, but more to lighten the mood. drawing attention away from his lack of surprise also might be an underlying motive.]
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[And this was where Takeru cut himself short. While he wasn't someone who got mad easily, it was clear that he wanted to say something else! Joking or not, it was still mean! Before he could say anything though? Patamon cut off his partner's words with a small pout]
Hey, I'm not a talking pumpkin! I am a Digimon and I don't apperciate being called that! And besides, a talking pumpkin is Pumpmon! Not me!