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 1 I can't stop laughing bless your soul
That's disturbing.
The glitching, not this large blue ... creature (?). Because frankly, he's seen weirder.
But Sonic's plight does elicit sympathy, and Yu will stop what he's doing to walk over to the poor guy. ]
I can try. Maybe if we pull you out of it...?
[ Can you physically pull someone out of a glitch? It could be worth a shot... ]
HAHA i'm glad everyone should laugh at this nerd. lookit him
not that this is the time to ask, anyway. he's still glitching out, and he's starting to think he might never get unstuck at the rate he's going. ]
I don't know, but it's worth a shot. What's the worst that could happen?
[ are those famous last words from sonic the hedgehog? ]
yes but he's my favorite adorable blue nerd and you're amazing for playing him
before giving an almighty yank! ]
PSHTTT NAW you're awesome!! thanks tho heheh :3c
the Almighty Yank doesn't seem to have done much aside from pull sonic closer to him... until, of course, things get worse. sonic is suddenly EJECTED from the tiny glitch box, which sends him running forward! he's free, oh yeah baby! he's free! he is out of here! he was getting the itches in there--
except it turns out the ejecting him forward thing is possibly a glitch in and of itself, because sonic is unable to control his legs and faceplants into a tree. he's fine, really, just let him recollect himself...
how's it hanging, yu? hopefully you weren't still holding onto sonic. right? right? things didn't get that bad, did they? you didn't catch a ride with the FASTEST THING ALIVE, did you? sonic can't tell, he's eating tree bark. ]
no you don't know, i was yelling at my buddies like there's a SONIC i'm gonna TAG HIM
After a moment, he will at least manage a very helpful groan. ]
OMG THATS ADORABLE lskdkskfg i would react the same tho
now, he can settle on the real task at hand. he looks around, gathering himself, and then to the floor... yu, buddy, you look terrible. your dirt eating form needs some work. make it more cartoon-y, maybe land on a mysterious flying creature next time. if you do it right, it'll lose its memories!
ahem. anyway. ]
Hey... hey, can you hear me? Are you okay?
[ sonic bends over, apparently having gathered enough of himself to tend to yu. this really bites... totally uncool. he pulls on yu's shoulders, trying to pry him from the ground. ]
Mmmgh... The heck was that?!
WOULDN'T YOU. the world needs more sonic roleplayers, for real
With groan #2 Yu stirs, rolling onto his back and flinging his arm across his eyes as he internally tries to decide if he's dead or not. Eventually settling on not, unfortunately, he'll lower his arm when Sonic shakes him. ]
... ow.
[ With a huff of a sigh he'll sit up, hissing and rubbing his aching skull. ]
Probably another glitch. I haven't seen one like that before, though.
[ Urgh, his brain. Yu will give his head a rough shake to clear it and focus on Sonic properly. ]
I'm fine, by the way. What about you? Are you hurt?
it really does...where did they all go. sonikku, we need you...
ah... "hurt"? sonic? he blinks, expression falling, and then grins, a more cocky on than the last. with a thumbs up and a cheerful tone, he (hopefully) proves he's more hardy than any ol' hedgehog would be. ] I'm fine! It'd take a lot more than just a tree to hurt me. Thanks for the help, too. Who knows how long I'd have been stuck if it weren't for you!
i mean, who WOULDN'T want to play off of big the cat
Ignoring the achy protests of his much-abused skeleton, Yu will climb to his feet and stretch out some of the kinks in his joints. ]
You seemed like you needed the help. It's no trouble. [ You know, aside from getting rammed into trees. But this seems like a good time to introduce himself, at least. ] Yu Narukami.
arin hanson, going off today's gg video, but he's not me so i would tbh
Yu's your name, huh? Well... I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog. Sorry for, uh, [ he struggles for a moment, trying to find the right word. a hand comes up to scratch just behind his ear, as if he's grasping for the word. ] dragging you along.
oh my god ARIN'S SUFFERING IN THAT EPISODE *GIVES ME LIFE* (1/3)
[ It really is Sonic the Hedgehog ]
have you seen the official sonic twitter's tweets about it they're gold (2/4 actually)
But to actually encounter... how.... ]
no subject
..... so cool. ]
DONE SORRY
It's alright. You didn't mean to. There's been a lot of glitching going on.
DONT EVER BE SORRY and yes i love. i love the twitter account so much omg
[ ... speaking of puns ]
have you fucking seen. this month's best of gg compilation. i've been crying for hours.
[ ... these puns weren't a problem in Japanese, gosh darnit. ]
yes i almost feel bad for arin BUT he did this to himself. it was his own doing
You haven't seen a bunch of weird robots runnin' around, have you? Maybe a large, wide, bushy mustached evil genius type in a large metal floating contraption? [ if only sonic knew he could just ask if he's seen dr. eggman. hoo boy. ]
never feel bad for arin. his suffering brings joy to literally millions
it also brings him lots of money so... hey... i guess he's winning here
sonic is tapping his chin with his index finger, and then he points that same finger at yu. ] He's bad news, so keep away if you see him. Alright, bud?
i hope it brings him comfort for all of his terrible terrible tears
Can't say I have.
[ Nailed it.
(Bud?) ]
But don't worry. I can handle myself in the event of running into a mustached evil genius type.