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Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP (Reboot)

Jin Kisaragi

With a slight nod, Jin continued to take a few steps forward, only to notice that the two people who had been witness to their earlier match had decided to follow along. While that in and of itself was no issue (he was used to being followed by this point), the fact that the first instinct of the girl was to unplug a computer at the apparent reception desk and smash a door open.

"Are you an idiot?!" he asked, glaring daggers at the girl before noticing that the other person who had accompanied her over was (quite conveniently) offering to take her away.

"You. Make sure this one doesn't go alerting whatever party was responsible for this mess," he said, turning back around to glance at the computer that had been turned off. The system didn't seem to be connected to the security cameras that he had seen on the way in (and scattered around the area), but it didn't hurt to attempt to restart it and see if there wasn't any information still on the device.

With a quick gesture, the swordsman plugged the computer back in before glancing inside the room. It seemed to be nothing more than an empty break room, with the only noticeable oddity being a pool of water lying in front of the TV. There was a water cooler in a room and a few overturned plastic cups, so it was logical to assume that whatever had taken over the rest of the tower had managed to reach in here, too.

With the scene in mind, Jin walked back over to the swordswoman, who had apparently sent something out to scout the area.

"Have you found anything?" he asked, glancing over at the computer every so often to see if it had finished rebooting yet. Computers weren't something he was particular familiar with—that was more Sector Seven's area of expertise—but the marginal knowledge that he had would probably be enough to possibly figure something out.

Yukine Chris

Chris watched in silence as the woman from the other group walked up to the orb and attempted to touch it, only for the object in question to give off a bright flash of light and—apparently—project a 3D replica of the city onto the ground. What stood out among that, though, were a bunch of odd markers. Red, blue, and green lights seemed to be scattered around multiple sections of the city, with varying degrees of brightness. What they meant, of course, Chris couldn't quite tell, but it didn't seem as if the orb would tell them anything about it.

The young woman's attention was immediately dragged away from the hologram on the floor, though, then the little girl in the other group chimed in. In particular, the word "Master" caused Chris to involuntarily tense up and bite her lip.

To say that the idea of a little girl calling someone "Master" was uncomfortable would be an understatement.

"Oi, 'Master'?! Hold on a second, that—" she began to shout, almost out of reflex, before forcing herself to take a deep breath and calm down. Just the mention of that alone was enough to invoke memories of being with Fine—memories she would rather keep buried, if possible. While she had gotten over what had happened back when dealing with her former foster mother by now, the thought of another young girl being in a similar situation...

It just felt wrong to let that be.

With that in mind, Chris quietly sidestepped the orb and everything it was showing to the group before kneeling down in front of the blonde girl. It took a moment for the young woman to figure out how to discuss the issue. While logically it might have been better to bring the girl off to the side and speak with her privately, it wasn't as if she was in a perfect state of mind to make such a decision.

"Um... Your 'Master' isn't here, you said?" she asked, her eyes showing a notable amount of concern as she spoke. "What happened to your parents? Don't you have any guardians? Is there... A reason for you to say 'Master'? You're not being forced to do anything you don't want to, are you...?"

It was a bit blunt, granted, but even so... To her, it was definitely better than nothing.

@Rabidporcupine@VitaVitaAR@TheFake@Raineh Daze@Crusader Lord

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

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Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Hm...

Y'know, now that I think about it, a Discord channel might make communication a bit better in the long run. Once I've carved out time (and figured out a name for it, I guess) I can spin one up and send out invites.

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@liferusher: Well, after iterations and edits... Yeah, looks fine. Accepted.

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Deneb

A complicated expression crossed Deneb's face as Viri praised her, and the ninja looked as if she was wavering between correcting the healer on her remark about her being a girl or simply ignoring that sentence. To say that she hadn't been experienced would be an outright lie, but to affirm one thing and deny the other would only bring up problems. of course, the look on her face right now was just as troublesome, which meant that a response was all but necessary right now.

It only made sense, then, that the ninja would simply give a wordless nod in return, acknowledging what had been said and no more. Her party member could interpret her words as she pleased, but the matter of completing what they had set out to do had taken priority.

"Mmm. I'll take the lead, then," Deneb said shortly after, hands at her side as she quietly glanced to and fro across the fields. As far as she could see, the boars seemed to be minding their own business. So long as they weren't the aggressors, it seemed, they wouldn't strike back.

"They seem far more passive than they were in the game," she remarked offhandedly, moving to create a bit more space between herself and Viri as they continued to move. "More hostile enemies should appear the further we get—at least, that's what I'd assume."

A few minutes of walking later had left the boars and their food behind altogether, and the unnatural pressure that seemed to hover in the air around them gave Deneb a reason to be mildly worried. The game had always broadcast messages with flavor text that conveyed similar feelings whenever a field boss had spawned, and nothing being visible to her right now didn't take away from the problem hovering over her head.

"The field bosses in the region... I think the main ones were the Flametongue Bear, Boar of Ara, and the Silver Wolf. As we are now... I don't know how safe it'd be to face any one of them," Deneb remarked, clicking her tongue in annoyance. "Can't take anyone away from the infrastructure team to handle this, and I have zero confidence in my ability to take one of these things down as I am now, even with buffs and healing..."

Ignoring the pressure bearing down on her, the ninja crossed her arms and closed her eyes in an attempt to think about the best course of action. To cede ground now might mean that they might lose track of whatever this enemy was, which would put everyone at risk if it drew closer to town. On the other hand, taking the enemy down as they were might be tantamount to suicide without a proper plan.

"Hmm... Ah, this would be so much easier if this was in the game. Kiting any of these three around would've been child's play, but I can't trust my own body to act perfectly despite that field test just now..."

@Anza

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Deneb

Seeing as how the apparent tank had found better things to do with his time (whatever that was), the ninja turned to face the healer at her side. Apparently, she had found a pair of boots in that inventory of hers. They were meant for a lower level, but the stats on them weren't something that the ninja was particularly worried about.

"That's... Good, I guess," she said, hesitating on whether or not to praise Viri for finding something like that in the time that it took for that introduction to unfold. "But first, I'm going to test my capabilities in combat. I hope you don't mind a little bit of waiting."

With that, the ninja took a few steps off the beaten path and surveyed the land around her. There were a few boars still sniffing around, and it seemed that they hadn't noticed her. With a deep breath, the ninja drew a kunai from her side and held it in her hand. Despite having never actually thrown a weapon before, something about the motion felt... Natural to her.

With a leap and a flick of her wrist, the projectile landed directly in the eye of a boar, which proceeded to squeal in a mix of fear and rage before it turned towards Deneb. In an instant, it began to charge at her location, only for it to find a bunch of caltrops stuck in its feet.

"Huh. It seems that imagining the skill can invoke it. Convenient."

As the caltrops on the ground disappeared back into the air, Deneb leaped at the boar (which was still apparently in pain) before grabbing the kunai still lodged in its eye and tearing it out on her way past. Landing on the other side of the boar, Deneb threw the kunai back into her inventory before drawing the dagger at her side. With only a second to react, the boar could do nothing as Deneb flew by under its head, dragging the knife along and cutting its throat wide open as she went. The aftermath after the beast fell to the ground and bled out was a bit gory for her liking, but a kill was a kill.

"I guess that's something to note, then. We're not wholly incompetent at combat and won't have to train from scratch, so that's convenient," she said to Viri, taking note of the interface to loot the corpse before using it to take whatever she could from her kill. With that, the ninja sent a note off to the other group still working inside the town before walking back over to Viri's side and equipping the boots she had presented.

"Those sandals aren't as uncomfortable as I had expected, but it's better to be safe than sorry. We're probably fine spending an hour exploring the region for any changes, at least; we can regroup back at town with return scrolls afterwards. Don't hesitate to call anything strange out, though. We want to secure the town as soon as possible."

@Anza

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@liferusher: All right, form analysis time.

1. No subclasses. Wipe that from the form. No need for it.
2. There are a bunch of chronological inconsistencies with the backstory. For example, the character is 23 and has been a shut-in for 6 years, but 'aced school [and] got a decent job'. Logically, there is a buffer window between that and the withdrawal from society, but given that the character would have to have been 17 when that happened... Yeah, things don't add up. Also, online job with what must reasonably a high school diploma at best seems sketchy and at worst feels like a complete and utter scam.
3. Oh boy. Solo clearing endgame. Where to begin...
Okay, the big problem here is that content developers for an MMO are not incentivized to make solo content aside from MAYBE story. That remains the case here; allowing players to run through an entire game on their own devolves it from an MMORPG into just an RPG, which defeats the purpose of multiplayer. Heck, many bosses these days have mechanics that require multiple party members to cooperate in order to accomplish. I doubt that'd change here.
So... Big no to that. No endgame player should be soloing endgame content meant for party play.
4. Dual wielding katanas...
Can I just give that a no based on swords? Katanas are generally able to be wielded with one or two hands, yes, but the balance on having to dual wield them is bad. You've got other swords as options, but still. If you really want them, you'll have to make a case.
5. Level a tad too high. A bit lower, please.

I think that's it for now.

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Ah, alright. Congratulations and g'luck in the future, bud.

Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP (Reboot)

Yukine Chris

"Oi, hey wait a minu—!"

Once Hibiki had taken her arm, the unfortunate young woman already had a feeling about what was to come. She had seen her friend act like this many times in the past, and much to her chagrin, each of them ended up...

"Aaah, fine!" Chris declared in half-defeat, resigning herself to being dragged along like a ragdoll in Hibiki's search for whatever it was that the crystal was pointing them towards. It was better than waiting around for something to happen to them, at least. It took a few blocks of weaving through the crowds of people (who, as it seemed, were still half-ogling their outfits) before the pair came across... Whoever those people were.

Unlike the two high school girls, the ragtag group in front of them looked far from simple cosplayers. Putting aside the fact that they didn't look quite Japanese at all, there was the matter of one of them with a distinctly sharpened spear and another with what was obviously a sword. Be in ornamental or not...

"Erm... Are you... Cosplaying tourists, by any chance? You know that there's a law preventing people from walking around with weapons in public, right?" she asked as the crystal in Hibiki's hand suddenly began to shake and float into the air. The two other jewels present in their immediate vicinity, conveniently located within the hands of the others in front of them. That, of course, made it abundantly clear to Chris that the ones present here were also likely on the receiving end of whatever off phenomenon had struck earlier.

After the three jewels rose into the air and circled their heads a few times, they immediately crashed into one another in the circle they had formed. There was a brief pause and a slight wince from Chris as they collided, but where she expected to see dust there was instead a translucent white orb in its place. It seemed to float there in the middle of their two groups, but oddly enough nobody else on the streets seemed to be looking at it.

Or them anymore, for that matter.

"Er... Are we going to run into another issue?" Chris asked, eyeing the orb warily as she freed herself from Hibiki's ironclad grip. "I don't see any more weird shadow people or things blowing up..."

@Rabidporcupine@VitaVitaAR@TheFake@Raineh Daze

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@liferusher: been a while, huh?
Yeah, you can join.