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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Jun 10, 2022 12:22:00 GMT 9
This was an early Tutorial quest. So, it looked like some of the text hadn't been fixed. And... the actual code.
When he had approached the Tall Grass for the tutorial, a text box had popped up. C0D13 was supposed to pop out and give a lengthy explanation (or so it claimed), but with the Porygon defunct it was now just a blank text box. He kept clicking it to make it go away but then a moment later it would pop back up.
He grumbled to himself.
"I have already caught so many pokemon. Why do I have to do this?"
With one hand he clicked but with the other he took out his Mini C0D13 V2. He brushed his thumb over the pet before letting it go. Instantly, it floated over to the tall grass and started to munch on the tip of the plant, working it's way down.
"Lil' Bite, we're really in it now, you know?" The text boxes had still not stopped coming. |
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Post by Tuesday on Jun 14, 2022 23:51:18 GMT 9
It’s a feature, not a bug.
Except this time it seems as if the thing that Tuesday finds to be utterly annoying happens to be an actual bug.
She had purposely decided not to open the pop up whenever stepping into the tall grass in the past, because tutorials can be annoying and lengthy and she doesn’t have the time for all of that, but this time she actually clicks it, and boy how she wishes she hadn’t done as much.
Mismatched eyes stare at a blank text box and when she closes it only for it to appear again, she sighs. It’s no surprise that a game has bugs, but it being the tutorial of all things… Well, it doesn’t look great for UNOVR, does it?
Would logging off fix it?
Just as she’s about to do so, she looks at her surroundings, noticing that someone else seems to be struggling with a similar problem. She watches him for a moment – cat ears twitching and tail swaying – and finally, she decides to step closer.
"Hey. Are you also having issues with your tutorial?" Even here, in the game, the melodious soprano that belongs to Tuesday is marked by the intonations proper of a Spaniard, although in a somewhat subtle way thanks to the years spent away from such a place.
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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Jun 16, 2022 5:26:21 GMT 9
"Hm?" Furrlicity looks up from where he was struggling with the text box when someone comes close. Another cat-person! It was good to know that him and pawbrey pawtini weren't the only two with good taste in this game. He nods at Tuesday, glancing at her up and down, before looking back at his screen.
"Yeah." He closes the text box again. It stays away just long enough for him to think it's done but then just opens back up, which makes the man huff. "They deleted the NPC that was supposed to do this one. Guess they forgot to put a new one in here." It was mostly just annoying. Eventually, he just moved the text box to the very edge of his menu so he wouldn't have to look at it. And so he could give the proper attention the woman in front of him.
"Furrlicity." He thought about maybe just fucking off, but he really wanted this quest done.... and the other was a catgirl... "You new? I actually already know how to do this. Don't mind helping you out." If Tuesday listened close, she might be able to hear a southern drawl in the other's own tone. Something was layered over it, sure, but you could never quite escape where you came from.
Sorting through his pokemon, Furrlicity called out his Shinx. The little lion cub sparked and she shook herself out, fluffing up. |
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Post by Tuesday on Jun 16, 2022 21:50:59 GMT 9
"Oh. Did they really? That’s weird." Why would they delete an NPC? And, most importantly, why wouldn’t they make sure that tutorial quests are running properly? They concern the grand majority of the playerbase, after all, and in some cases they’re even people’s first impression of the game. Sounds like beta testing may have been a bit of a shitshow.
"Furrlicity." She repeats, and a slight smirk tugs at her rosy lips, inevitably amused by the play on words. She loves things like those. "Nice to meet ya. I’m Tuesday."
She considers offering a hand to shake, force of habit due to Mars’ own profession, but that doesn’t seem quite right in the ‘two cat people meeting in a pokémon MMO’ context. Definitely too formal for this situation. She puts her hands in her pockets instead, perhaps to push the urge away.
"I wouldn’t mind the help! I kinda already figured the whole catching thing, but I wanna get this done, you know?"
It sure would be annoying to keep dealing with the pop up, no?
"How long have you been playing this?" She smiles at him, ever the conversationalist.
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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Jun 17, 2022 10:18:56 GMT 9
"It was part of the plot of the last raid. I really liked the NPC, so it kind of sucked." If Tuesday looked online, general consensus was that C0D13 was annoying and the game was better off without it. Yet, Furrlicity had enjoyed how silly the Porygon was in what it did.
"Shouldn't take too long, Tuesday." Repeating names was important to remembering them. "I've been playing since... about a month after the Beta started? I'm only doing this because they added these little pets if you complete the Tutorial junk." Furrlicity coveted one of those Staryu to play with.
Lil' Bite zipped over from where it had been munching on grass. It circled Tuesday before narrowing in like a mosquito. She would feel a slight ticking at the very tip of her feline ear from where it was trying it's best to chew through her code. Thankfully, player models were too complex for that.
The grass rustled and dramatic music played. An animation suddenly played as if a pokemon emerged from the grass... but nothing appeared. They were both now stuck in a battle with no opponent. A glitched out HP bar appeared over nothing, negative integers echoing back at them.
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Post by Tuesday on Jun 17, 2022 21:07:44 GMT 9
Deleting an NPC as part of an event questline? Damn, sounds complex, but just as Tuesday is about to ask for more details regarding this “raid” and what had happened during it, Furrlicity Purrfection mentions “little pets” and that sure catches her attention. Rewards for completing all the tutorials? Like some sort of progress achievement or something? That’s right up her alley!
"That’s cute. We’ll get this done and get you that pet, then!" She grins, determined, except that apparently “getting this done” isn’t as easy as the word tutorial implies…
Cat ears flip back when the strange pokémon attempts to chew on them, and then they perk up at the sound of the battle music. Tuesday tilts her head, staring at the empty spot and at the clearly bugged HP bar, and she can do no more than hum in consideration:
"Hmm… So, that’s glitched too, huh?" At least she knows what a glitch is, which is like… bare minimum when Mars just so happens to own both a cloud gaming platform and a video game streaming site IRL. "Maybe it’s invisible and we should attack the empty space there?"
It’s worth the shot, so she calls out her Fennekin… Who in turn lowers his ears and looks up at her as if annoyed. He ignores Furrlicity.
<'What do you want?'>
"Can you do a FIRE SPIN or something in that direction?" A gloved hand points towards the empty spot by the bugged out HP bar, and of course, as should only be expected, the obvious response comes swift and deadpan:
<'There’s nothing there.'>
Tuesday’s mismatched eyes roll.
"Just do it, Aesop."
And so is done, flames swirling towards the glitched portion of the map.
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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Jun 18, 2022 2:25:50 GMT 9
Flame around and through the empty space. Aesop is right; there isn't anything there. Not even an invisible hitbox. Yet, doing the attack seems to have done something. Even if it didn't actually hit anything the numbers inside the HP bar shifted and moved, changing into numbers and letters.
The Mini C0D13 V2 screamed. It was so tiny and buzzy it was more like a high pitched bug buzz. It flitted over from where it had been chewing on Tuesday and started to munch on the HP bar instead. Slow work, since it was so tiny, but it did seem to be getting the job.
In his UI, Furrlicity's own HP bar popped up. It dropped by three whole HP, down from his full 200 to 197/ This made him frown and he wondered if the other had seen the same.
"I guess we're still... in a battle, technically?" They should be able to just leave. 'Retreat' was always an option when you bit off more than you could chew in this game. Would it count to finish the quest if the just ran away, though? "Should we keep hitting it and see what happens?"
Just in case, Furrlicity called out Pretzel. The Treecko gave a stretch before glancing at the odd scene. He did, however, zone in on Tuesday and Aesop almost instantly.
< Oh... hi! > A little shy, but the Treecko waved before he started to climb his Trainer like a tree. Pretzel wanted his usual perch on the man's shoulder. < I'm Chocolate Pretzel Caramel Milkshake. It's nice to meet you! > |
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Post by Tuesday on Jun 18, 2022 5:21:52 GMT 9
She watches the scene that unfolds before her; the way that the fire hits nothing at all, yet the HP bar glitches and changes. She’s paying close attention. Judging, even. Since, after all, the whole reason Mars had begun playing UNOVR to begin with was to decide if the game was a good investment. An MMO full of glitches definitely doesn’t qualify as that. Although, then again, he had once read that some of the most popular games out there are full of bugs…
"Guess that’s our best option?" Tuesday’s arms are crossed when seeing her own HP bar and noticing the number has decreased by a few digits. Unlike Furrlicity Purrfection’s, hers hasn’t been upgraded at this point in time, maxing out at a mere 50. It probably means she should be careful not to take too much damage, doesn’t it?
Too bad the Treecko’s introduction distracts her from that thought. Or, more like her Fennekin’s rude response does:
<'Ha! What kind of name is that?'>
Tuesday lightly nudges the fox with her boot, looking up at the catman and the green pokémon that climbs up to his shoulder. "Pardon Aesop, he has no manners. It’s nice to meet ya!...That does sound like someone’s Starbucks order though." She chuckles, giving a playful smirk before turning her attention back to the fire pokémon.
"Might wanna hit it with ranged attacks. I wouldn’t want you to get too close and bug out too."
That would be bad, to the point that even the little golden fox looks concerned when hearing it. He does no more than nod, shooting flames at the empty spot before them once more. |
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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Jun 19, 2022 11:30:32 GMT 9
Sadly for Tuesday, it is too late. The Treecko bristles some and Furrlicity pouts.
< It's my name. > Is muttered and sullen from Pretzel.
This is said at the same time Furrlicity says "Why does everyone think that?".
Furrlicity doesn't seem particularly bothered but Pretzel does stick his tongue out at Aesop when neither of the humans are looking.
Flames strike the glitched out area to much the same effect. With is a whole lot of nothing. The Mini C0D13 has managed to chew through the digital outline and into the actual color of the HP bar. Purple pixels spill out like grains of sand. That seems to be depleting it in... a weird way. Certainly not the intended way.
< You're not doing it right! I can do it better! > Pretzel huffs and hops down from Furrlicity's shoulder. Said man ends up raising an eyebrow and hiding a grin behind his hand. Pretzel was usually pretty calm and sweet. Aesop even hinting his name was weird must have frazzled him pretty bad to act like this. It was kind of funny.
Energy gathers between his jaws before launching in a green orb at the empty space. It just goes right through, sailing into the tall grass. Something from inside squeaks and there is an explosion of pixels.
"Well, a least we killed something." Conversational.
Another text box pops up, insistent, and this one has two options to choose from. "?!" and "?!". Very informative. |
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Post by Tuesday on Jun 20, 2022 8:29:23 GMT 9
To be fair, Tuesday doesn’t feel particularly bad that Furrlicity Purrfection’s green… thing is apparently hurt or offended by Aesop’s comment. If anything, she’s fascinated. To think the game’s programming would go as far as having pokémon show emotions, react negatively to comments, and even bicker amongst each other. Amazing!
Of course, she doesn’t voice these thoughts of hers, but they’re there nevertheless, shown in the way she smiles to herself while watching the strange scene. At least it seems like Furrlicity’s tiny pokémon thing has dealt with the HP bar, enough so that Chocolate Pretzel Caramel Milkshake can deal a strange final blow to their invisible opponent. Aesop has different thoughts on what happened, though:
<'No fair, I did all the work and now you’re taking the glory? Rude.'>
"Look who’s talking." Tuesday sighs, but thankfully for Aesop, her gaze is drawn towards the new pop up. She stares at it for a short moment, tilting her head, and then she reaches to press one of the options given.
"I guess the right one?"
They’re identical in appearance, but she always has to be right, obviously. |
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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Jun 23, 2022 2:18:03 GMT 9
< I only had to step in cause you're so weak! I'm already super strong! > Crossing his arms, Pretzel turned his back on the Fennekin. He was not as invested in the weird glitching situation as the two Trainers were. The Treecko really hoped that Furrlicity didn't make friends with this lady! Her pokemon was annoying to be around!
Furrlicity, likewise, ignored the impending argument between the two pokemon.
"Right? Then I'll hit left. Learning experience."
After they both made their selections, a quick pop of confetti would pop up on Tuesday's screen. Another blank text box would flash before vanishing. She was free of the tutorial. If she checked, it would be marked as completed despite the weirdness surrounding the whole thing.
Furrlicity was not so lucky.
Another invisible enemy appeared as the whole simulation they had just escaped seem to start over for him and him alone.
Groaning, Furrlicity dragged his hands down his face.
"Goooooood. Kill me pleeeeeease fuuuuuuck." Over dramatic as always. Sighing, he glanced over at the other blond. "Run. Run while you can." |
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Post by Tuesday on Jun 28, 2022 17:40:02 GMT 9
TADA!
Choosing right had, of course, been right, and as if to prove that fact, the game rewards her with a triumphant little tune, confetti, and the whole shebang. The textbox may be empty, but before her appears the shiny golden pokéball that is supposed to be the reward for the ordeal they just went through, and although those may usually be handed out by NPCs when finishing the tutorial quest, nothing about this has been as it usually is, has it?
"Oh, cool." A gloved hand grabs the golden pokéball, feeling out its weight before throwing it up in the air and catching it as if it were a baseball.
Meanwhile Furrlicity Purrfection complains, and one glance over at his situation tells her all she needs to know: the “quest” had started all over again. Damn, tough luck. Naturally, Aesop takes the opportunity to mock Pretzel:
<'Ha! See? You suck so much that your trainer didn’t finish the quest!'>
He blows a raspberry and everything, but Tuesday ignores him. She could leave, sure, since this is none of her business and her own quest is done, but Furrlicity seems like a fun guy, and in the end, maybe making a few friends in this game maybe wouldn’t be so bad.
"Nah, we’re in this together, right?” Tuesday chuckles, giving him a “reassuring” shoulder pat… for which she has to reach up. "You helped me, so the least I can do is stay and give some moral support, even if Aesop here is useless."
<'Hey!'>
She smirks, ignoring the Fennekin once again.
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