altimit | ⬣//SPREAD, CONTAMINATE, ERADICATE

  >>Famine
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  >>Death
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  >>War
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  >>Conquest

        ⬣//AN ILL OMEN
      

You've had a chance to adapt to your new circumstances and make peace with what your life has become… hopefully. If you haven't, don't expect life to get any easier.

A few things have changed in recent days. Healing no longer works as effectively as it did in the past. If you're in the habit of behaving recklessly, don't expect one of Fragment's few healers to pick up the slack. Broken bones will now remain broken no matter how many healing spells are cast on your shattered limbs. Damage to organs can't be repaired with the wave of a wand.

What's more, HP and SP restoring items have gotten harder and harder to come by. Potions are no longer available for purchase at generic NPC shops and gatherable items needed for crafting have become fewer and fewer in number, limiting your item making options. If you've gotten into the bad habit of injuring yourself heedless of the consequences, it's time to rethink your lifestyle. Playtime is over.

        ⬣//PAY IT NO MIND
      

Think of the three core memories that have formed and shaped the person you are today. Some will think back fondly on family and friends while others have been jaded by the ill treatment they've received from important figures in their lives. In any case, it's of little concern to you now. One of those three precious memories has vacated your mind, taking with it a vital piece of you that you can no longer get back.

You may choose one of the three key memories listed on your application to be taken away from your character. Choices are limited to the memories supplied in your application and additional memories submitted for the previous memshare event or not eligible for convenient plot-induced memory loss. Choose wisely, because you aren't getting it back.

        ⬣//GHOSTS AND GOBLINS
      

And Sky Fish, and Disco Knives, and Evil Armors…

Has anyone noticed the monsters around town lately? Which town, you may ask? The answer is all of them.

Monsters have invaded Root Towns in large waves, attacking anything and everything in sight. Any lovingly crafted signs or other furnishings you've erected around town are easily torn to shreds and destroyed by the monsters who have come to roost in your once safe Root Towns. On the plus side, PvE and PvP has now been enabled in all Root Towns, which is excellent news for those who wish to combat the monster invasion and those who can't seem to help hurting themselves and others.

These monsters range in level from 50 to 75, and while many of them can be defeated with a bit of ingenuity and teamwork, some of them boast impenetrable shields that no regular attacks or spells can break through. They are also immune to status/potion/armor effects.

When in doubt, turn to your fellow players for support. There may be some among you who know how to deal with these impossibly strong monsters, but there's no guarantee that they'll want to help you.

        ⬣//WHISPERS ON THE WIND
      

A lilting, boyish voice sings to you in your sleep. His voice sounds familiar to you, tickling your heart like a call from an old friend, but this is no friend of yours.

"You had every chance to abandon this world and return to your own. What stopped you? Was it ego? Hubris? In any case, it's too late for regrets now.

They say the world is what you make of it. Doesn't the same hold true for reality?"

The voice will periodically visit you and your sleep, but the moral of his message never changes: you did this to yourself. You were trapped here because you chose to look the other way. If anyone is to blame for the current situation, it's you and you alone, but there is a̸̬̲͔̘͈͚̠̫̘̬̗̖̋͑̉̓̿͛̈́̋͐̃̾̈̕̕ͅń̵̩̱̠̫̖̬̲̻͉̝̈́̀̀̚͜͜o̴͍͎̣͔̤̝̲͍̺̿̒t̴̨͚͓͍̜̮̥͊͑̿̈́̉̂̐͜͠͝h̷̨̨̦͕͖̙̞͙̗̗͎̬͛̂̾̋̅͜͜͝ȩ̸͎̭̙̜̯͎̯̳̮̘̲͒ȑ̸̡̧̢͓̠̦͙͇͍͎̭͑̈́̓̿̓̅̑̅̌͑̈́̕͝͝ ̴̧̼͕̟̬̰̞̮̗͔͈̬̙͍̈́̀w̵̗̖̩̘͇͖̲̩̫̣̗̙̲̌͜a̷̛͎͋͑̃͛̆̈̋̑̋͠y̴̡̬͕͈̗̫̯̟̯͊͐̌̀̐͑͘͝͝.

Another h̶̦̘̤̘͐͑̿̂̏̎͋͝o̴̧͖͚̖̜͓͂̏́͒̑̈́͝͝p̶̡͙̏̉̿̎̀̑́̈̆͌̉e̷̡̡̦̣̯̘̺͍̟̰͍̤͛̀́̚͝͠. Will you heed that voice and call to it?

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Why, busy school life?

[Checking through the characters - selecting one that tosses unpoppable bubbles onto the opponent's screen when doing well.]

[Excuse...he picks one at random, since he's never played this with an opponent before.]

Yeah. My school was really hard on our academics...and I undertook subjects I wasn't really suited to, so...

[Bold of you to think she'd ever voluntarily hold back.]

Sounds like hell.

[He knows, yet he has no choice]

Mm...in retrospect, I don't understand why I stressed so much about my marks...

Because at the time, that was your whole world?

[Game start!!]

[Moving as quick as he can with one hand. The stuck hand can keep them stable against the console at least.]

Ugh...that's true. And I didn't even go to university after either...

Still got hired, though. At least you've got that financial security?

[Among the Everything Else.

Her own movements are slower, and she tries to set up a few combos, but it isn't consistent - sometimes, she just can't quite get the angle right when she shoots the bubbles, though it's much easier to recover from than the FPS from before.]

There is that...

[He gets Money at least. He's taking it slower than the shooter, because he's not used to the controls like this. His angles are dodgy, some bubbles fall, some don't. But at least he's keeping up. He's learning fast though...]

That and all your totally on the up and up coworkers.

[Having to rely on a single hand slows her down even more, but she manages to work it out okay - though she clearly favors clearing out the right side of her screen just because it's easier to toggle in that direction with her left hand while still being able to reach the button to shoot.]

[Ugh]

...you know one thing I don't miss is the weird threats of violence go over my head.

[Slow and steady, slow and steady]

...

Dude, are you sure you're okay over there?

[Gaining speed - making mistakes, but making up for them pretty rapidly, all things considered. She's playing risky.]

I'm pretty sure? I'm not normally involved.

[ He's a little distracted. Slow. Steady. But he needs to move faster]

...Involved in what?

[She manages to pop a line that takes out a whole stack of bubbles, enjoy some unpoppable bubbles on your side dude.]

The background threats of violence some of them like to throw at each other.

[AH? AHHH? This game does that? Pressing a few more buttons to work faster now. Deleting this line sends a row of bubbles Shoka's way, but at least they're all poppable]

[It messes up her plan, but she can work around it... gradually.]

What kinds of threats are we talking about here?

Rodya keeps covering my ears when Ryoshu gets in on the fights, but Heathcliff's all about breaking everyone's heads.

[He wonders why. Slow and steady. Ugh. But now the speed is increasing]

Are you the baby of the group?

[A couple misses makes it a pain in the ass to recover, but with some luck she manages to land a bubble exactly on a line to send a good chunk falling - and some more annoying bubbles onto his screen as a result.]