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⬣//JUST AS A SEED TAKES ROOT.
A team of four courageous adventurers managed to unearth a secret Area unique from the others: the Hulle Granz Cathedral. Unlike other Areas, this one is lacking all the usual monsters, dungeons, and treasure. What might the purpose of this Area be, then...?
Well, if you’re feeling penitent or perhaps wish to hold a sermon of your own, head to Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground and knock yourself out. What? Too soon?
Anyway, be not afraid! The cathedral is perfectly safe. Following Ganymede’s little incident in the cathedral, a timely email has been sent out to beta testers regarding health and safety that reads as follows:
To our beta team,
Please exercise caution when playing video games for extended periods of time. Take breaks every thirty minutes and do not sit in the same position for more than two hours at a time. Remember to stay hydrated and play in a well-lit environment.
Failing to take care of your health while gaming can result in a litany of health complications, including but not limited to eye strain, muscle fatigue, headaches, dizziness, and involuntary loss of consciousness and motor functions.
We take the health and safety of our beta testers very seriously. If you have any concerns, please contact us at cccorp.ccmail.com.
Thank you for your continued efforts,
CyberConnect Corporation of Japan.
Guilds have been patched into the current version of Fragment and are now available for players to create their own and join others. While some guilds have opted to go the private route, others are in need of players to fill their ranks!
The admins have kindly supplied those recruiting for their shiny new guilds with a number of goodies to aid in their player gathering efforts:⬣ A bundle of personalized flyers proudly displaying their guild logo and a description of the guild’s @ home and available amenities.
⬣ Party poppers and streamers. Nothing screams “join my guild!” like a face full of glitter, confetti, and colorful strips of ribbon.
⬣ A megaphone that lets your voice echo far and wide, even across Root Towns and Areas, but with great potential for abuse comes restrictions! The megaphone can only be used five times before it breaks. Use it wisely!
⬣ A unique recipe for a cocktail, latte, tea, or other type of beverage that can be blended up and served in little sample cups to court potential members. These drinks are unique to their guilds and, when consumed, have a special effect that reflects the leader of that guild. Is your guild leader a pretty cheerful guy? Drinking their special brew will make you feel happy too!
Whatever effect your guild’s drink has is up to the leader’s discretion, but if you so desire, drop a comment under the questions top level and we’ll brew one up for you.
Additionally, you may host a guild open house and invite potential guildies into your @ home to let them take a look around! Guild @ homes are typically locked to guild members & their guests only, so use this as your opportunity to put your best foot forward and impress the world with everything your guild has to offer.
Also arriving with the newest update are mountable Grunties! Aren’t they cute? ...Well, they’re someone’s definition of cute.
While the ability to ride around town and in Areas at 2x speed is certainly alluring, you can’t just walk up to the Grunty Ranch located in each Root Town and take one out for a stroll. If you want a mount of your very own, you’ve got to commit! Becoming a proud Grunty owner means you must first become a proud Grunty parent, and to do that, you’ll need to raise your Grunty from infancy into adulthood.
Just what kind of adult might your Grunty become? That depends on how you raise them and what you feed them. Those strange "foods" popping up all over Areas might not taste good to you, but they sure do to Grunties!
For more information on how to acquire a baby Grunty of your very own and raise it into a proper — or not so proper — member of Grunty society, head on over to the Grunty Ranch.
Mac Anu, the City of Twilight known for its gentle ocean breezes, has been uncharacteristically warm lately. Very, very warm. Its usual orange skies have been swapped out for vivid blues, the sun dwelling high in the sky and threatening to burn everything in its wake.
It won’t take much wandering to feel the effects of heat exhaustion sink in, and even after you log out for the day, those symptoms seem to linger. Do Hien and Zelkova know what the hell is going on? Of course not. Unusual occurrences are slowly becoming the norm in Fragment, it seems, but the point of a beta test is to work out any kinks. Report it and move on.
Lumina Cloth is similarly affected by unusual weather phenomena, but it’s much more pleasant and hospitable than poor Mac Anu. The sun hangs just above the horizon, bathing the strip in early evening light. It’s much cooler here too, and what’s more, it appears that a carnival has rolled into town. What fun!
All the usual carnival fare is here: greasy fried foods, drinks served in foot long glasses, and a litany of carnival games that are totally not rigged. Entry is free and so are the prizes, but some of them take a bit of legwork to win.
⬣ Successfully PK another player to win the carnival exclusive Thursday The 12th™ skin. PK’d players will receive an appropriately spooky ghost skin of their own!
⬣ Step on up to the dunk tank and get dunked on to win a sexy swimsuit skin! Both the dunkers and the dunkees will win this skin, but only those who successfully dunk the player in the tank will be rewarded with the chance to show off some skin. The appearance this skin takes is dependent on the player wearing it, so have fun and get creative with it!
⬣ Take a trip through the hall of mirrors with a friend and do some reflecting! Stare too long into the mirrors and you might recall a memory that doesn’t belong to you, but to the person venturing through the hall of mirrors with you. Did that really happen? Surely it’s all in your head. Memories available for memshare are limited to the ones listed on your application.
Additional rewards include giant plush monsters that can be used to decorate guild @ homes and private rooms (limit one per player!) and a pet goldfish that, unfortunately, will die a hero’s tragic death within a week. Womp womp.
We’ve had a busy week! It seems like there was a glitch that allowed players to equip other players as weapons, which resulted in a ten player chain, wielded by none other than our hardworking head administrator, Hien! I’ll have a talk with him about not doing this kind of thing in the future, I promise!
That wasn’t all, though. An unknown entity reached out to the players participating in the ten-player chain and issued them a special title: Good Friends Stick Together. Fragment’s not supposed to have titles. Well, at least not in the beta. But you can go ahead and add it to your name if you want to anyway, and it shouldn’t cause any problems! We still can’t pinpoint who sent those messages and how they overrode the permissions to create those titles in the first place, but... Hmm. I don’t want to start any rumors, so I’ll keep looking into it.
There are those armor sets too, which I didn’t know had been handed out to those of you that reached level 25. Oria brought it to our attention, thankfully! There’s not a whole lot we can do about it now, but we know that some of them are pretty invasive. But knowing is half the battle, right?
Our friend Ganymede suffered an accident recently that had him lying unconscious in the hospital for about a day. He seems to be feeling better now, thankfully. Ḩ̵̲̼͆̃͐̆ò̸̧̰͕̥̈́͒̕͜p̷̫͙̯͇̾̄͜ę̸̹̒f̷̠̭͉̱̅͘ǘ̴͎̙̥̭̈́̈́l̵͇̙͍̳̜̇̓̒l̷̬̲̀̆̈̅̂ͅỳ̵̧̻̖ ̷̠̫̭̰̦̋͗h̴̰͕̑͗e̸̦̼͇̾͘ ̴̡̢̝̺̳̊̎̎̔p̴̳̠̼̜͔̂̅̐à̵͕̹̟ͅỹ̴̡̛͝s̶͉̕ ̴̢͕̬̑̆̕͝b̸̹̲͗͒̊͑͠ē̶̛͖͠ṯ̸̻̺́͒͐t̶̻͕͎̑ĕ̶̖̀͗͛͋r̷͙̗̙̲͙̓̚͝ ̷̻̠͉̈́̚a̷̡̙̳̽́̀̋̔ẗ̴̢̨̛̬̺t̴͖̳͝ē̷͇̆͆̍̚ͅn̵̪̜͉͊̉̔̄͐t̵͕̼͈̓͋̈́̕î̷̬o̸͇̐͋͑͌n̶̟̫̟̽̑͒͐͘ ̷̜̈́̈̀̂̎t̶͙̂͛ô̸̠̜ ̶̫͎̎h̶͖̳͛i̸̗͖̖̅̂͆̄͛s̸͔̈́̇̍ ̸̩̗̻̕s̵̬̼̳̲̞͝ù̸̞̺̣͙̾͒͛ŗ̴̻̟̻̭̂̈́r̶̡͈̲̣̣͋̊͗̕o̶̥̝̮̓ų̴̻̯̬̊̑̑͌̉ͅn̶̢̙̦͔͖̈̒͝d̷̰̼̤̥̃̿͒̌̎i̸̯͑̾͊̑͝n̵̦͐g̸̪̾͝͝s̷̛̝͙̣̹̍͛͝ ̸͔̲̠̩͗̓̀͘a̷̛̼̓̈́͊ṅ̵̥͆̎ḑ̶̨̯̱͍̇ ̷̛̗̮̀̆ḧ̴̼̪́͗͝i̵͓̬̤͂͐͒s̶̮̎̿̃ ̴̛͔̋͗̽h̷̝͑ͅē̴̱ȃ̵̝͎ͅļ̷͍̀͐͊̊̽ẗ̸̼̺̟̥̼́̄͛h̶̥̹̬̮̽̅ ̷̟̖̮͛́̿t̸̢̤̤̂͒͋̍o̶̼̟̓ ̵̥̳͙̖̆̈́ả̶̛̳̱͙̖̩̿̽͘v̴͈͉͖͊͘ỏ̶̤͚̅͑͝i̴̱͈̩̳̳̿̇̕͠ḏ̵͙̮͗͆ ̶̯̭̝̹̯͊s̸͍̰͔̔̀͋͋̐u̷̟̠͑̔̏̚c̵̨͖͉͇̀͆͘ͅh̴̨̓͌̄̈ ̶̧̱̻̼̏̃̃i̷̱͉͈̿̎̋͒͜͝n̴̢͓͍̂͝͠c̷̢̢̛̹͚̑̓̅ͅi̶͕̟̻̘̫̾͌d̶͉͉̏̇e̵͉̱̩̯̤͐̎̉̾n̸̡̠̈͜ţ̴̇͑̈́͘s̵̩̼͔̙̙̉͘ ̵̮̯̞̮̾̈́͋̔̈h̵̡̗͉͉͈̉̐̅̚ȁ̵͖͚̖̾p̸̰̬͖̩̀̈́̆̓p̶̢̛̼̈́͆̒͘ͅe̷̟̘̩̲̻̾̊n̵̨̩̜̟͆͘i̵̙͉̺̮͠ͅṋ̷̆ġ̶͙͚ ̴̩̋à̷̄̑̂͝ͅǧ̵͖̜͍͕̒̑͒a̷̧̛̞͐̃̈́͘i̷̯͉̬̯̽̍n̷̘̝͓̽̅̕!̵̩͑
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[ He'd seen his skin before when he'd undone his clothes, but he isn't shy about much of anything as Mithrun shifts and gets the rest of his answer out on the breeze. But there's nothing more in the gaze than when he'd looked at him dressed as a bunny. Scars or not, it doesn't seem to faze him. And then Tylor's gaze is skyward again. ]
Well, I'm glad you feel better. [ It's hard not to hear the smile in his voice. ] If you ask me, you should take it easy for the rest of the day.
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[ a pause. ]
I sure hope the weather's not another bug, I don't really want to pass out in real life. Once we're cooled off, I bet the carnival will be a lot of fun though.
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( Mithrun, unfortunately, lacks self-preservation, so he doesn't take his own advice. )
... I've never been to a carnival. I don't know what to expect.
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[ Moving on-- ] Really? Well, then I'm not going to spoil the fun for you--maybe you'll even find something you enjoy there.
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... I doubt it. But beta testers need to engage in all the content to better test the gameplay.
( Slowly opening his eyes... stretches out... )
... I feel fine. I might as well go now.
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[ Tylor sits up, taking a little stretch of his own before tugging his shirt back on. With a glance to Mithrun that wanders if he hasn't adjusted his clothes yet, Tylor asks airily-- ]
I'm glad you feel better though. So, mind if I join you?
[ But, Tylor's already up on his feet and about to leave the area. Whether Mithrun agrees or not, they'll be at the same carnival anyway. Tylor simply prefers the company outright. ]
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( Mithrun does not look like he's going to fix his clothes, like, at all. He seems like he's navigating through the UI to quit the instance and return to Lumina Cloth instead, in fact. Lumina... unClothed, )
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Then let's go have some fun!
[ Party invite and off they go! ]
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... There's a lot of snacks.
( His first impression, when they arrive there. So much junk food and whatever hot dogs are... He sees a smattering of attractions from the entrance here, but he's not familiar with what they all are. )
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[ Tylor reaches for Mithrun, a slight tug to coax him to follow along.
Of course, this is Tylor and in the search for funnel cake he spies a ring toss first. ]
Look, it's a ring toss game. See, the goal is right there in the name. If you're able to get the rings on hooks, you win a prize!
[ His bright expression is unleashed down on Mithrun instead right before he asks -- ] Want to try? It's really hard and usually rigged, but lots of fun!
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( Mithrun will step up to the ring toss booth. He takes up a ring, and studies the target pegs for a good while.
Then - he tosses it. Clearly, he was aiming for one of the higher-ranking rings, and he does get pretty close for someone without depth perception - but it bounces right off, since he was off.
He frowns.
...
He takes up another ring to try again, )
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[ He jokes, then goes quiet again to let Mithrun concentrate on his next attempt.
He even stops twirling a hoop on his finger. ]
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He doesn't say anything, but his vibe is pretty :T )
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These rings are made to bounce around a lot, so it's easier if you're gentle with them.
[ He lets a ring smack his palm as if that will illustrate the point. Tylor attempts to show him how to throw it flatter, with less force, by aiming for the ones that are closer to them. It's close! He sighs with a defeated laugh when he misses the first one. The second try he launches right into, lands perfectly.
He wins a cheap little plastic watersaurus for his efforts. And it's coming right for Mithrun's nose in a triumph chomp. ]
Like that!
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... I'll try again.
( He doesn't seem happy about settling for less than the best, but he accepts he's learning. maybe.
With a snap of his wrist, he gently tosses one such ring - and it does indeed land. He gets an inflatable cow headband.
It's now equipped. )
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[ Tylor can't help but reach out to pat his head at that, right over the cure headband. And then he leans over, one eye shut and flicks his wrist with a little more snap when aiming for the middle row.
It misses. But he encourages Mithrun to try it anyway with a nod. ]
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Mithrun looks at the ring in his hand, then at the middle row. Technically, there's no reason to do this... but, carried by momentum, he is.
He glances at one-eyed Tylor, at the ring, and then the middle row, estimating distance in his flat world with a little better math now that he has a better sense of how the ring throws.
He tosses it - the dice are kind. It lands! Yay. Though Mithrun's face doesn't change much.
He looks at the available prizes... He gets to pick this time. )
... I don't particularly want any of them.
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Then you don't have to take one.
Oh! [ But something else clearly catches his eye and he is suddenly walking away. If Mithrun stays or follows, it hardly matters since Tylor isn't actually going far. And he'll return soon enough. His plastic watersaurus is left beside Mithrun.
Tylor's found the funnel cake he'd been looking for before they got distracted by the ring toss. And he looks delighted by it in all its dense calories and powdered sugar goodness. Actually, he looks just as happy to offer Mithrun a bite that he tears off with his fingers. Say ahhh. ]
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When Tylor does return, he looks at him with his snack almost dripping with calories and. he probably would've said he's not hungry if Tylor had asked, but Tylor puts it directly against his mouth so, fine. He opens his little mouth... hopefully the chunk isn't too big. )
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Don't swallow it too fast.
[ Tylor reminds him idly, but in that sing song way that doesn't make it sound like an order. He's got his own bite to worry about now anyway so he falls into a comfortable, chewy silence. Well, aside from the soft little hums of enjoyment that crop up.
Eventually, though-- ]
What do you think?
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... It's not bad. It's sugary. I don't usually have that.
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Really? So, is it better than the popping candy?
[ And he's munching more now, not making bad progress on finishing all this fake sugar. ]
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... They're both fine. Do you like sugary things?
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Hm? [ he swallows ] Sure, sometimes. There's a lot of food I like though. But what if this had popping candy on it?
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