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CyberConnect Corporation ([personal profile] cccorp) wrote in [community profile] altimit2023-08-11 09:48 am
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⬣//JUST AS A SEED TAKES ROOT.

//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!̵̩͑

threatmewted: ([Explain] Keep runnin' runnin')

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-08-29 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno. Isn't it supposed to help? Crying and getting all your feelings off your chest or whatever.
fluorite: dnt (26)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-08-29 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. It always made me feel worse, honestly... I know that's not how it usually goes, though.
threatmewted: ([Ugh] Some things are)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-08-30 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Random question, I know, but have you ever tried, like... talking to a therapist?
fluorite: dnt (67)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-08-30 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That just... makes him laugh again. ]

I've thought about it! Affording it is something else, though.
threatmewted: ([Explain] Whatever you want)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-08-31 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough. ...But still feels kinda unhealthy?
fluorite: dnt (20)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-08-31 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
It probably is. Maybe one day I'll figure out something better than laughing everything off.
threatmewted: ([Down] If it seems like)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-08-31 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well. I hope you figure it out or whatever.
fluorite: dnt (37)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-01 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I appreciate it.

[ He knows those are tough words to get from someone like her, after all. ]
threatmewted: ([Explain] Keep runnin' runnin')

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-09-01 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
...

Anyway, maybe we should get out of here before it gets even weirder?

[But he might catch a memory of hers before they can get out if you want :3c]
fluorite: dnt (74)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-01 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ OH YES ]

Ah, good idea…

[ He motions for her to follow him, but he still can’t keep himself from looking at the mirrors around them. What if he catches another memory…? ]
threatmewted: ([Um] If this episode drives)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-09-01 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Cool. Then let's go.

[She turns on her heel to leave - and fails to notice the mirror lighting up with a memory behind her as she does so. It's quiet and not nearly so dramatic, but not particularly happy, either.]
fluorite: dnt (25)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-02 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah...

This kind of sadness is one he's felt himself, even if it was brought about differently. It's hard for Fai to turn his gaze away from the mirror, but he finally does. ]


You know, I used to sneak out all the time too.

[ There's no point in hiding the fact that he saw something. ]
threatmewted: ([Smug] Go on)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-09-02 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She was just going to continue along her way, but when he says that, she freezes in place. It takes a moment before she slowly turns her head to glare at him.]

...Oh yeah? Well, guess we're even now.

[This is SO mortifying.]
fluorite: dnt (65)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-03 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
You know, I'll consider us even too.

[ He wouldn't have been put out if he never saw one of her memories in turn, but doing so does make him feel just a little bit better. ]

...If you ever want to talk about yours, you're more than welcome to come find me.
threatmewted: ([Explain] Go and get it)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-09-03 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Not like there's much to talk about.

[Since it's just an absence of anything to begin with.]
fluorite: dnt (86)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-03 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He could agree and let this go and let her go on about her life, but there's something that keeps him from doing so. Maybe it's the softer, sympathetic side he saw of her starting to peek through just a few minutes ago. ]

There's a lot to talk about, if you ask me.
threatmewted: ([Smug] Just perfect)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-09-04 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
No, not really.
fluorite: dnt (23)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-04 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I disagree, but I won't argue with you. Not right now.

[ But another time? Maybe. ]

Just know you can talk to me about it whenever you feel like you need to. [ A pause. ] If you feel like you need to.
threatmewted: ([Ugh] yet again)

[personal profile] threatmewted 2023-09-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Mmhm. Well, I'll call in that favor some other time.

[If ever.]

For now, I'm getting out of this heat. Later, loser~

[And then later she can have an even more fun surprise in the form of the log out error. Wheeeee.]
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[personal profile] fluorite 2023-09-05 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
See you around.

[ He gives her a small wave. ]