⬣//JUST AS A SEED TAKES ROOT.

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>>Secrets // >>Guilds // >>Grunties // >>Carnival // >>Zelkova Corner

⬣//THIS WORLD IS MORE THAN 0S AND 1S.

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.

⬣//ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL.

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.

⬣//FATHER, I HUNGER…

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.

⬣//PROPER CARNIVAL WEATHER.

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.

⬣//ZELKOVA’S META ROUNDUP.

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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[tylorific]

Oh, hello.

[ Tylor is party popped and he laughs, unfazed. He is wandering through every guild open house. And although it's presumably very obvious this guild has an age limit somewhere, here he is in all his twenty year old, confident glory. Still, most of the homes have had bars and there's no way he'd miss shooting his shot here as well. ]

Mind if I visit? You've got such a lovely looking place here after all.

[fluorite]

[ That pleasant reaction surprises and pleases him at the same time, earning Tylor a little smile. ]

Sure. I'm letting all ages in for today.

[tylorific]

Wow, thanks! That's awful nice of you.

[ Tylor doesn't waste an invitation, so here he is, already beginning to wander. But he pauses-- ]

But if it's just for today, then I better enjoy it as much as I can. So, what do you think is the most fun around here?

[fluorite]

[ Fai is more than happy to let him wander, content to let Tylor look at whatever he likes. ]

I think simply sitting and listening to the music is fun. I wanted an environment that felt relaxing.

[tylorific]

Oh, so you really designed all of this?

[ Wander he will, though he looks back to Fai often. ]

[fluorite]

Well... I mostly sorted through the options they gave me. But sure, I designed all of it.

[ He'll take the credit, even where it isn't due! ]

[tylorific]

Well, I think putting them together in such a pleasing way is truly a skill.

[ He means it!!! But of course he's going to spot the bar eventually.

with an innocent smile --- ]

You know, I am old enough to drink.

[fluorite]

Are you now?

[ He laughs. ]

If you want something, I don't mind making it for you.

[tylorific]

I wouldn't want to impose, but I would enjoy anything served by such a pretty person.

[ There is no shame here, as he leans his elbows on the bar to rest his chin in his hands. ]

It's hard to believe you're old enough to lead a guild like this!

[fluorite]

[ He laughs softly, taking the compliment in stride. It's something he hears often, but the sincerity from Tylor is refreshing enough that it earns a small smile. ]

You think so? I'd like to think I look twenty-six, but maybe I look more like a college student.

[tylorific]

Oh, I do. I'm surprised you aren't a model or an actor.

[ Encouraged, the honesty is flowing. ]

Do you have a favorite drink?

[fluorite]

[ Ah, he definitely feels like he's being buttered up here, but he'll humor it anyway. Tylor seems sincere enough that Fai won't be brushing away his compliments, instead giving him an even brighter smile. ]

Strawberry margarita.

[tylorific]

[ Fai's smile only brightens Tylor's in turn. ]

Oh, I've never tried that before. Do you know how to make it?

[fluorite]

I do. Let me guess... you'd like to try it.

[ He figures that might be the case. ]

[tylorific]

[ Tylor laughs, admitting playfully-- ] You got me.

If it's not too much trouble, of course.

[fluorite]

It's not at all.

[ And he'll get to working on that, gathering up ingredients and setting them on the bar. ]

Do you like sweet things?

[tylorific]

Who doesn't?

[ Tylor tosses back, idly watching Fai go about his bartending. Just as idly, he asks -- ]

So, why'd you start a guild?

[fluorite]

I wanted a place I could design to fit my own needs.

[ After all, he wanted to do this for himself, first and foremost. Fai shoots Justy a smile as he mixes up the drink. ]

I also noticed quite a few of us were older, so I figured I might as well make a guild around they.

[tylorific]

Really? I haven't even seen any ugly old dudes around. Everyone around here has such nice avatars.

[ The mixing distracts him just long enough. Back to Fai's needs: ]

Oh, like sitting and listening to music while sipping strawberry margaritas?

[ There is no judgment there. ] That doesn't sound like a bad time.

[fluorite]

It's a fantastic time, actually.

[ After lining the rim with some sugar, he slides the finished margarita over to Justy. ]

But you're right. Everyone here has really nice avatars. I'm impressed.

[tylorific]

I see! But would you get bored eventually, doing that all alone?

[ But he is immediately delighted by the drink now in front of him. ]

So many of them look close to how they look in the real world, too. It's impressive, really. [ but now he spins the glass around for praise-- ] It looks really good too! [ A sip. ] And it tastes even better than it looks! Thank you, Mr. Fai.

[ Holding the drink out for him without a care in the world-- ] Did you want some?

[fluorite]

[ Fai shakes his head by way of answering. He doesn't get bored, not by being alone. ]

Of course~ But you can just call me Fai. No need for all that politeness.

[ And in terms of the drink? Fai holds his hand out. ]

I'm fine! Thanks, though.

[tylorific]

Oh, okay. Fai.

[ He sighs the name like he's idly feeling it out. ]

What a pretty choice. [ Tylor takes the decline with no friction, followed by another sip. ]

So, what type of music?

[fluorite]

[ He agrees—it's a very pretty name, one he probably doesn't deserve to use in the game. ]

That I like? I enjoy pop music. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey. You?

[tylorific]

Wow, me too! But I really like any music that's fun to dance to. Do you have a favorite Britney song?