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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Phase I
He had been flying low, his large wings propelling him through the maze of trees in search of.. anything that looked either remotely important or like it would be a good fight. Instead, he got some human brat suddenly propelled into his back. The sudden added weight and momentum sent him spiraling downward, off his intended course. He barely managed to haphazardly keep himself from crashing face-first into a tree, and descend mostly unharmed with his wings acting like a parachute of sorts. The landing was far from graceful, however, as he tried to skid to a halt and shield himself from the volley of branches he plowed through.
As soon as he has stopped, he shook off his little passenger from his back and turned to look down and glare at him. Then paused a moment to look up to try and figure out just where the human had come from, because last he checked humans aren't supposed to fly. His brief search didn't lead to any answers, so he abandoned it in favor of looming over the human menacingly.]
What is the meaning of this, mortal?
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Truthfully, he has no idea what the hell what. He goes from falling and then another a whirlwind of movements, and the rollercoaster of a ride doesn't stop there. But hey, as they hurdle toward the ground, better it gets smacked in the face with all nature has to provide than himself.
In a matter of seconds they haphazardly slow to a stop, and Eren's hold loosens enough for him to be easily shaken off. Hitting the flora covered ground with a grunt, the maneuvering gear strapped to his sides clanks and rattles loudly, but Eren looks up and freezes immediately. ]
What— [ He breathes out, eyes growing wide at the sight of a winged, horned, giant... thing. Needless to say, Eren inches back without missing a beat, once again grabbing for the triggers and holds both beside one of the large, boxy sheathes at his thigh, housing a set of spare blades. ] What the fuck are you?!
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egoskill.]A Night Elf... mostly. Now answer my question, human. Patience is not one of my virtues.
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Despite the intimidating air this so-called night elf casts, tall and threatening enough that he probably poses a threat, Eren's bullheaded enough to counter the impatience leveled his way with his own growing frustrations at... pretty much everything. It's been A Day already, and it doesn't seem like either one of them are very good with patience. ]
How the hell am I supposed to know? [ Gradually, Eren pushes himself to his knees, and then upon his feet while he speaks. ] You think I go 'round doing that on purpose?
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[He's seen humans do far more foolhardy things, and the fact that this one just came barreling out of the sky wasn't giving him any point in Illidan's eyes either. Which lead him to his next question.]
And how, prey tell, did you manage your little tumble? Most humans don't care enough to go tree climbing to those heights.