AwesomeZero5

Tales Of Endoroth (A Slice Of Life MMO Roleplay)

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@Eviledd1984

Did Uriel & therefore automation pick up the artifact (i assume it's tech, let me know id otherwise) at any point?

Also Claudia messaged the GM pretty sure

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Aread would go ahead and click the button as well. It seemed like it may be a helpful boon, and install some quick software updates or expansion packs and whatever else. It typically felt easier to download all the content up front, instead of incrementally along the way. That way, he didn't have to worry about forgetting it or anything else weird like that. It's happened once or twice in other MMOs with 'locked content' areas.
Which can be annoying if you have a quest, or plans with a party to explore the area only to have to sit out an hour or so game update.

Once the two had accepted the pop-up request.
Things would take a darker and perhaps weird turn. The visuals of the game would glitch and distort into a 'blurry' haze for the first few seconds.
Before the entire screen would blast a blinding white light.
If someone could stand looking at it for a moment, they would see the vague outlines of three eyes staring at the observer, along with a set of drooling, sharpened fangs leaking onto the void.

Things would shift again as the vague 'haze' of the game's last image would rapidly approach toward the eyes.
Practically charging and then entirely overlaying one's field of vision. Until it seemed the game itself aimed to entirely impose itself onto the players' retinas, forcing them into a first person view of the game.
Although, it would likely extend beyond that. As whatever unnatural force was involved, not only tried to put the players' in the perspective of their game avatars, but fully inserted into the avatar's bodies as well.

A presence in the background fading with a pained laugh.

Aread would be on his knees in the middle of the sidewalk. Reactively clinging onto the staff for balance, despite the fact the half-fae looked almost ready to hurl. It looked like they didn't have a pleasant experience either.

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Sorry, Holidays followed by Birthday. Will try to post on the second or so.

Tales Of Endoroth (A Slice Of Life MMO Roleplay)

I was kinda hoping you guys would fight the jester to protect the artifact. But i can work with this outcome no problem.

@Eviledd1984

If it helps could always have em attack first.

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@ColdAtlas

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Outside the Game

It was a typical week day for the mall's Turnstyle. A mostly family run business in the mall. Business was proceeding as normal, although it seemed there was an uptick in vinyl records being bought. Although most were just there to browse, and occasionally buy a CD on the latest most popular bands. The average customer would be handled by a friend who covered part-time.

"So Jayden, my mike has been sounding scratchy lately-"
A familiar customer would bring over an old microphone, that looked rather damaged from decades of use. It was probably bought second hand as well. There were small claw marks on chassis of the microphone, it was a miracle that it hadn't extended to the 'foam' of the mike itself.

A young man, and current manager of the Turnstyle would look between the mike, and the clock. It was about five minutes until closing. He didn't want to run a full diagnostic on the thing, nor leave it over night.
Reaching under the work counter he'd bring out wrap of sorts, filled with all sorts of small tools, and screwdrivers.

"Fifteen bucks. If it doesn't work, you're probably better off getting a new one. May have messed up the Diaphragm and that'll cost more to fix then you bought this mike for."
He'd open up the back panel of the microphone with a bit of struggle, needing to use a screwdriver to force it open. Before checking at the wire coiling inside. There was a bit of copper fraying off. A wire stripper was used to cut off some of the wire casing, and wrap the wires on top of each other tightly. Sealing the casing back up.
It was shoddy, but should work.
He'd slide the microphone back, and collect his fifteen dollars.
He was supposed to charge more, but it was going to hurt the bank and the fix was quick.

"Villie, mind closing up?"
Jayden called out to the part-timer.

"As long as you've go my shift at the H.T. covered tomorrow. Just don't stay up too late playing your MMO's. Your ma jokes about how it'll ruin your chance with the ladies~."
Villie, the part-timer would tease back.

Jayden would scoff and head on home. He was in a bit of rush since the temperature was supposed to drop during a snowstorm tonight, His purple short-sleeve polo, and black nylon pants with chains weren't going to stand a chance.
He managed to get on the bus, head home, and rush up to his room nearly freezing his arms off.

It wouldn't take him long to hop onto this new MMO, Embedded : The Vanished. He always played virtually the same character in appearance, and with the same name whenever he 'MMO hopped'. Sometimes the class or play-style changed though.

The starting area was based off of game-play region according to a couple of the pop-ups. It seemed that the local area would be the town of Coleburgh. An old coal & natural gas town that had long been covered in thick layers of smog before the 'disappearances' had begun throughout the world. The place resembled more of a large industrial age city, with brick buildings standing tall though soulless. Factories pumping out smoke without people to run them, and generally a rather eerie and depressed atmosphere to the place.

The spawn point would be right in front of a decaying puppet store, given a little bit of an introduction animation to arriving there.

Aread Khosrow, a 'Half-fae' in this game would spawn out of the puppet store opening the door. A short humanoid, with sligthly pointed ears, and a mostly slim figure overall. Their skin was a a deep faded purple, and eyes a bright red to match. Along their body were faint bluish-veins pushed to the surface, that looked like they came from a painful transformation. The blue would match the small dragon-fly like wings along their back.
The character had brown long skirt, over a pair of baggy pants and was holding a large gnarled branch wrapped around an amber stone. Their, starting weapon.

A game pop-up would appear on the gaming screen!
It was blurry and had suddenly flashed onto screen with a big green button.
It was hard to read all of it from the smaller text, but in big bold lettering:

NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE SIGN UP NOW!
IN DEPTH GAMEPLAY INCREASED EXPERIENCE, WITH 3D VISUAL TRACING REALISTIC FIRST VISUALS UPDATE OPTION AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES!

Without thinking much about it, Aread would click the option.
Figuring it would be helpful as a 'new player', and that most others would probably do so as well.

"Guess they're trying to speed level new players closer to the higher level content."
Aread would speak up.

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I will try to post tomorrow o3o
I keep passing out today

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didnt find it in the wiki that 'the shadow' lnks too...but i found a resource and thats all that matters x.x ill do the brain/writing vibe later after some sleep

@Crawkid

elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Birthsigns
blep.

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spear, light armor stuff...

maybe something monk/light themed

or the otherway with darkness

id assume the other constellations are on a list i could find?

@Crawkid

Yep, taken straight from skyrim.
Just named it the Zodiac equivalent, or what felt the right "vibe" tbh. lol.

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Thank you~!
Debating a bit on the magical races thing a tad.
But my brain is tired, so will think it up later-ish.

What's on your mind/whatcha thinking lately?