[open]

[selfconcept]

Who • Head Admin
What • A chance to see the Head Admin "in-person". May be cranky. Caution advised.
When • August 5-11
Where • Lumina Cloth
Content Warnings • Possible PKing (with player permission)

[ Any time between August 5 to 11, you may see a figure clad in a long black cloak with the hood up to obscure his face, either standing at random spots of the city with his 5' 10" height or sitting on a bench, being slightly less menacing. He stands out in a certain way, because his presence alone might be a little unnerving. He resembles what you would expect out of a grim reaper sort of existence.

Yet, if you check his character information, you'll see his level, class, equipment, and a very "friendly" blurb. A level 100... Harvest Cleric? Surely, that shouldn't be too scary to deal with, right?

Anyway, here are your options:

I ► You're here to talk about that weird quest. He will reject any attempts at being given the quest item. May straight up PK you without hesitation either way.

II ► You want to fight him. Maybe you want to launch a surprise attack on him or just straight up ask for a PvP round for whatever reason. Lumina Cloth is pvp-enabled for the entire root town, after all.

III ► You're not sure how to approach him, but you can hear him mumbling about a potato...

IV ► You want to talk to him about something else.

Wildcard ► Hit him up in-person or his inbox with whatever you'd like! I do want to note that every single in-person interaction has the possibility of him trying to PK you because he's a cranky and violent guy--yes, even prompt 4. If you would prefer not to get PK'd, please let me know in the comment header in advance, so that I can avoid that while threading with you! You can put anything you want under wildcard, including dragging him to the amusement park, but will he agree? Fuck around to find out.

He's just here to vibe. There will be no plot-relevant things here. ]

Comments

IVish (do your worst, Hien, he might just come back!!)

[worldbent]

Not getting enough sleep?

[On the list of beta players one wants to hear from, "0koto" is probably pretty low on the list. Last week he was dropping infinite cake on the ground in Mac Anu in an attempt to test the game's memory limit; this week, after a hard period of grinding up to cap, he took a few days to log out and is only just popping back in upon the update.]

[(What's he been up to offline? Oh, who knows. The CC Corp team that installed his hardware might have some things to say about that.)]

[Matoba slips into a seat on the bench next to Hien, irrespective of the other's obvious grumpiness.]

The new city looks nice. Ever been to Kabukicho?

(thinking)

[selfconcept]

[ Ah, yes. 0koto. Hien has seen him trashtalking(?) CC Corp, but he doesn't care about that. If he did, he would have done something about the posts right then and there. He barely lifts his head up to glance over at him, his dull expression unchanging along with the grumpy demeanor. He seems like the nonexpressive sort, at least on his face. ]

No. Were you gonna compare Lumina Cloth with such a place?

[worldbent]

Something like that.

[Matoba glances over at the bright lights inviting players into the casinos.]

Places to waste money come quickly along with any new social spaces, don't they? [He turns back towards the other and leans slightly, as if trying to glance into his hood.] In-game currency only, right?

[Mercifully, they are in a pre-microtransaction hellworld!]

III

[dapples]

[ were his ears deceiving him or-- ]

Did you say something about the Potato Pets I saw in the news?

[selfconcept]

Hm?

[ He lifts his head a little to look at Brambles. His face... well, he definitely seems tired. Cranky too, despite not being very expressive. It's definitely the vibes. ]

Yeah. Tryna figure out how to stop my dog from eating them.

[dapples]

Aww...! Hehehe!

[ he giggles! ]

You can't place your Potato Pets on a high level so they can't hop up and reach?

IV time to test the limit of his cranky

[gluttoning]

[If Mister Administrator has spent any time the last couple days around anywhere that sells food, then the ginger that currently walks by shouldn't be much of a strange sight, even with an armful of creampuffs.

While Barrett does give the cloaked figure a glance, he doesn't think much of it, checking back down at his wares instead--]

Ah.

[A sudden stop, as his brow furrows like he has discovered a serious problem. His mouth thins.

Carefully he plucks up one of the cream puffs, looking almost a little sad, before glancing behind him at the stranger.

Level 100.

...

Eh. He holds it out anyway.]

I got one too many of this flavor. It'll ruin it.

You hungry?

[selfconcept]

Mm?

[ Oh, it's the guy that really likes eating like several other people do. Thankfully, Hien is one of them. He takes the cream puff and quietly eats it, but it really looks as if he just swallowed it whole without chewing. ]

It's good. Thanks.

[ He tilts his head up to look at Barrett's face. His own face looks tired and nonexpressive with short black hair and black eyes. But perhaps with that little cream puff, he views Barrett better than most of the beta players. Congratulations! ]

Mr. Misteaks. Are you here to explore?

[gluttoning]

[If there's any judgement from Misteaks about the pace visibly taken here with the snacks, it's not shown on his face. He simply nods, quietly satisfied.]

Only for a little while. The food shops are all I care about right now. Leviathan and I might look for more things when he gets online.

[A beat, as he looks down at that exhausted expression. Huh. He looks sort of like...

...]

You look tired.

I

[threatmewted]

[She's in her Blade Brandier gear today, hello.]

Wow. Who'd you piss off to get put on NPC duty?

[selfconcept]

[ Hello, blade!Swallow. Hien just fixes her with a look before getting out his staff. Is this a warning? Yes. But will she heed it... ]

[threatmewted]

Whoa, I'm not dumb enough to pick a fight with an administrator. [Unlike SOME people.] You can put the staff away, 'k?

III sort of but also IV

[conjecturecycle]

[Pete wanders over, having intended to check in with Hien anyway, but. Uh.]

What's that about a potato, boss?

[selfconcept]

[ Fortunately, Hien has given up on caring what anyone thinks about him, so he tells Pete easily. ]

Hello, Mr. PinkPilgrim.

[ A nod of acknowledgement as he pushes the hoodie off his own head. ]

My dog has been trying to eat the potato pets lately, and I'm trying to think of how to get him to stop. He's obsessed with potatoes.

[ ... ]

It's so bad that he steals one from the bag and sleeps with one, then cries when I take it away.

[conjecturecycle]

Man, you'd think they could compromise a little on the realism to make the fake digital pets a little easier to control than a real dog.
[HONESTLY...]

You can't like, flag them all as friendly units? If not they aughta patch that. People're gonna want to have multiple familiars that would normally try to eat eachother.

wildcard he's just here to ruin the vibe

[trollophoroi]

Come to grace the testers with your austere beta testers with divine administrator presence, I see.

[ Fandaniel had approached while Hien was otherwise occupied for that tiny bit of time before, either with watching people mill about the newly opened town or pepper him with questions, but once those are gone, the head admin will find the server's very own clown standing next to him.

Admittedly, he's sure Hien already knew he was there, so he doubts there'll be any surprise involved. Time to see if Hien decides to simply wipe out all his HP in one go again. ]

[selfconcept]

[ Hien was not surprised, since he knew Fandaniel would come to this place eventually. It's a PvP haven. There is always an opportunity to troll in PvP.

That said... ]

You think too highly of me.

[ Fandaniel does not get punishment right off the bat. There's nothing to be punished for, yet. Though he's already hating being called divine. ]

Don't you have anything better to do?

iv....

[sicklysweet]

[The administrator wants to meet with him, so Owen will head to Lumina Cloth. He's taking his sweet time, because of course he is, but he arrives there nonetheless.

In a maid dress, of course, because that's the sort of game Fragment is.]

You're taller then I was expecting you to be.

[He was anticipating a manlet, honestly.]

[selfconcept]

[ Wish Hien could say "the same to you", but that wouldn't make sense with what he knows now. He stares at Owen when he makes himself known with an unmoving expression.

... ]

You look young for your age, Owen.

III

[rosehecate]

Potatoes...?

[Sadly, Samwise Gamgee schooling Gollum on potatoes does not enter the pop culture lexicon until 2002. Not that Anthy would reference it anyway - she's just passing by, taking a look at this new city, and this hooded man is mumbling about root vegetables.]

Are you hungry, mister?

[selfconcept]

Hm?

[ He looks up from his mumbling to see her face. Oh, it's a player. ]

No.

[ ... ]

Well... yes, but I'll eat later. Is there anything I can do for you?

[ Why else would anyone go up to a moderator, right? Right. ]

III

[fatalitea]

[Mami actually had not intended to speak to the adminstrator--she just happened to be here and was taking a second to read the news, and then check her stats and whether or not she should attempt a solo dungeon run when she overheard the man speaking to himself nearby. She could just ignore it, but after a little while she cannot help but respond, trying to be friendly.]

Are you talking about that Potato Pet fad that's been in the news recently, sir? I thought about getting one to put on my desk or something, but I'm worried that my cat might knock it down or try to eat it...

[selfconcept]

[ He looks up from the ground so that he sees Mami's face. ]

Candelero.

[ He acknowledges her existence with a nod. ]

That is my current problem, actually. My dog keeps trying to eat them.

i

[tablescraps]

( It takes some time to find Mr. Hien, since it's not like there's a marker on the map for him, but the grim reaper at his full height is being approached by a guy a whole 9 inches shorter than him, unperturbed by his whole, like, vibe. )

Good evening. Hien, right?

( His profile literally says Hien right there, but he isn't confirming his name. No. He's confirming if this is who he needs to be giving a certain item to. )

[selfconcept]

[ It's easier to deal with people who don't care about his vibe, so when Mithrun comes up, Hien just slightly tilts his head to look over at him. Tiny man. ]

What do you want?