002: Pathfinding 101

Post by Bronze on Nov 14, 2022 18:06:10 GMT 9

Bronze had, initially, avoided engaging with the tutorials altogether. He was, in almost every respect, a consummate Pokemon veteran with decades of experience under his belt. He could play the games in his sleep, and had suffered through more tutorials than he cared to count - the lessons were so deeply ingrained into him at this point that he would not be particularly surprised to find them writ upon his bones in large, simple block text.

He did not need to do the tutorials, even here, he knew. Once one had played enough games for enough hours, one developed an intuition for how game logic worked, an instinct honed over years of play, thousands upon thousands of hours. Bronze understood games. So no, he did not need to do the tutorials, but after having settled himself into the game to his satisfaction, and acquiring a few Pokemon to keep him company, he was doing the tutorials because he wanted to.

Thus, he stood before an abrupt, steep drop that plunged abruptly in the midst of the path where the route on his bracer was guiding him, eyeing it with a mixture of wariness and humour - they had certainly not looked this high in the games, but he could blame that on the top-down view they tended to favour. The nostalgia was thick and sweet as honey, the entirety of the tutorial area fairly drenched in it, and he savoured every last drop of it.

Adonitus, his Duraludon, was not savouring anything. He stood beside his liege, his chosen warlord, striving to embody the timeless patience of the metal gods that he so revered. He failed, rather dismally - mighty feet scraped and shifted back and forth upon the dirt so often that there were tracks beginning to form beneath the Steel type, the grass beneath him thoroughly crushed into a shapeless, damp mass of vegetation. His impatient fidgeting was now threatening to scrape layers of dirt from the ground, but he would persevere. He would hold on, while his trainer...Stood there. And kept standing there, a look of subtle joy upon his worn, strong features. It was that simple happiness that kept Adonitus from pushing Bronze over the edge so they could get on their way already. That, and respect. But the temptation was becoming stronger with every passing moment.

He prayed, silently, to his beloved deities for deliverance.

Vincent

Post by Vincent on Nov 20, 2022 16:07:10 GMT 9

" Stupid setup. " Vincent’s typical immersion from when he once played was now feeling sketchy and broken as he had to work his way through this third party setup to help screen what he was recording and half the time the footage kept breaking or not recording accurately. If he wasn’t barely scraping by, he might’ve taken his equipment and thrown it against the wall but he knew a little better than to kick the tools that was helping him keep afloat. " UGH! " He whined, jiggling the various wires until by the grace of the universe, until his screen recorder seemed to be working again. " Alright, now if I can at least get half of this recorded, I might have a decent first video. " Feeling his sketchy setup and cursing the Game Makers for making it so damn hard to connect, Vincent logged into the game and was still gobsmacked at how realistic everything looked (even with some of the gaming features not working as intended).

His hands moved slightly as he had to fully do the motion for his avatar to work, maybe his modded system needed a reboot or an update soon. Regardless, Vincent through very large movements in his mind made his way over to the ~~TUTORIALS~~ and spotted PROFESSOR ASH with a parcel in hand, lucky for Vincent these existed because despite being a gamer, pokemon was a world he couldn’t even fathom some of these type combinations and how some types were stronger than others? How was fire not effective against poison? It simply did not make sense!

" Of course, Prof. I got ya. " With a finger gun over to the lady, she probably thought he was a tool but if it’d help with streams, he’d do a whole lot worse and considered accidentally ripping his shirt but he didn’t want to cause a reason for him to get a warning from the mods or something for explicit behavior. He wasn’t trying to do anything too lewd! But, it’d be better to be safe than sorry.

After the first few obstacles of jumping to get the hang of it, Vincent noticed a large white beast that looked more like a dinosaur than what he thought to be a pokemon. It stood there quiet and reserved, his eyes catching onto the older man who also stood statuesque, maybe they were NPCs.

It was then he spotted that his quest had wanted them to jump over the ledge that this man seemed stopped at. " Ey, no need to be afraid of this little mid jump. " Vincent waved over his starter, a Fennekin who pranced with a regality that she obviously didn’t have but often pretended to and offered the man a showcase as she hopped over with absolute ease.

"See? Easy shit. "

Bronze

Season II: Ostellia

WELCOME TO UNOVR!

002: Pathfinding 101

Post by Bronze on Nov 14, 2022 18:06:10 GMT 9

Post by Vincent on Nov 20, 2022 16:07:10 GMT 9

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