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    ⬣//WELCOME TO "THE WORLD."
  

It’s the year 2000 and no aspect of life has been left untouched by the rapid advancement of technology. Wherever you are on Earth, you’ve lived a life where connection through digital spaces is the optimal way to stay involved with friends and family all around the world. Terminally online? That’s you and everyone you know.

In a world dominated by virtual reality and cutting edge digital experiences, people are always on the lookout for new ways to push their real lives further and further out of mind. One such opportunity comes in the latest offering from the notorious CyberConnect Corporation: Fragment, an MMORPG that promises full one-to-one synchronization of one’s consciousness with a vibrant and expansive fantasy world.

The privilege of participating in the testing of such cutting edge technology is one only a select group of randomly selected people from across the world will get to experience. You’re one of those lucky few... but is lucky really the right word? For better or worse, the experience promises to change you forever, and if you’re particularly blessed, you may even survive it.

The World is a short-run, panfandom alternate universe game inspired by the .Hack series. With elements of horror and mystery, The World is a plot-centric game wherein characters will participate in the beta test of Fragment, a mysterious MMORPG that transfers their consciousness from an increasingly dull reality into a flourishing fantasy world where nothing is quite as innocent as it first seems. Player choices play a critical role in shaping the plot and determining the final outcome of the game.

Questions? Check out our FAQ! Main navigation here.

    ⬣//WHAT IS THE WORLD? WHO CAN JOIN?
  

Welcome to The World! This is a short-term game set to run for a period of four months from July 29th to December 2nd. Welcome! This is a private game open to those on milky's (shitpost), Amb's (stellazzio), and Lavender's (revelries) plurk lists and those directly invited by the rest of the mod team.

If you aren't a friend of either head mod but are interested in checking out the game, feel free to request an invitation via the mod contact page. Friends and +1s are given first priority when processing and accepting applications, but if the concept interests you, don't hesitate to let us know!

    ⬣//DO I NEED TO BE CANON FAMILIAR?
  

Do you know what an MMO is? You do? Good. You know all you need to know to play in The World. While this is a game based off of the .Hack franchise, all one needs to know to join are the basics. Any canon-specific terminology and information will be introduced to you through events.

    ⬣//INTEREST CHECK & AU PLANNING
  

Help us gauge interest by filling out this handy little form and posting it below! This is also for you to crowdsource ideas for your character's AU and make tentative plans with your fellow nerds.

Name: Who are you?
Contact: Where can others reach you?
Invite: Who invited you? If you aren't on the mods' friends lists but would like to express interest in joining, let us know here!

Considerations: Who are you thinking of bringing?
AU planning: If you'd like to brainstorm ideas for your character's AU self, this is the place to do it! To help you along, take a look at our handy section on character building on the FAQ. You can discuss your ideas with others or talk about the plans you've already made.

Questions: Do you have any questions for us? Need help plotting or planning? Let us know! If your question is relevant to other players, we'll add it into the FAQ.

Anything else? You know what to do. Drop your best meme.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name: naru
Contact: fruitpop @ discord or

shockwires
Invite: looks at everyone in this room.

Considerations: Uta (one piece). that's it. that's my only consideration... we love an idol who has done 0 crimes in her entire life.

AU planning:

all i got right now is that i'm between two names "irl" names for uta being Unna Dalgaard or Unna Tott, that i want her to be streamer and/or an online cover artist (utaite) that eventually started to sing her own songs out of the encouragement from her community or after being inspired by videos that she saw of others...something like that. ideally i'd like her to be like some sort of vtuber/use an avatar in the place of her actual person where she uses for all of her "music videos" or in her place whenever she streams. (i'm sorry ado, i don't mean to adapt some of your life.) as for her "irl self", i think it'd be swell if she was a university student majoring in music...or formerly. :thinking:

there are more thoughts up here in my head, actually, but i fear taking too many cues from Actual Vtubers. it's just so unfortunate that so many of them can work as a base template for her. however, i am also debating whether or not if she should experience something that would prevent her from going outside/attending school like she used to.

as far as a class that she'd end up rolling, i'm between signing her up as a macabre dancer or a lord partizan. my heart says macabre dancer but i know lord partizan probably fits better... OR i could make my life easier and just roll adept rogue and get my cake and eat it too. :')

Questions:
what will happen to me if i never find a ship?

Anything else?

pushes you into the gulf

drowns.

i'm so excited for your very good not criminal girl

a completely sweet, innocent girl

uwu

wtf that gif is so cute...

best girl

it is a super cute gif!!

....but it will carrying a bit of a different meaning once you watch the movie :')

NARU NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

also i want oria to be a fan of uta's songs

TOMORROW IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR ME (maybe)

but please!!!! let her be a fan!!!! the more the merrier!!

I vote for Tott. Also do you want some people to be familiar with her work???

YES!!! I would love it for her to have fans in-game owo

also thank u caitie for the vote.

(in a strong New Jersey accent) UTA FROM YOUTUBE????

LMSDKLFJAWIJAWE

please. give me this even if youtube may not be the name of the streaming service.

Pete isn't in her target audience probably but he is a music buff so he will at the very least know who she is.

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LOOK AT HER she's perfect

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!!

hani will be downloading all of her music mhm mhm

ohhhh her au sounds delightful.... i'm so excited to bounce off of her again!!!

also i believe in you. SHIPS FOR UTA!!!

i'm so curious how fai and uta will hit it off. given how well fai and sabo hit it off and she's similar to him... :voidmewthink:

BUT AMB I DO NOT.

THEY'LL HIT IT OFF SO WELL

I'LL BELIEVE IN YOU ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US

honestly, now that i think about it more... yeah. yeah they will. hehe

LMAO NO DON'T DO THIS. i believe in fai's ability to find many hands to hold and many people to kiss.

hehe he will.... maybe. he's got someone locked in for a ship, unfortunately for that character hehehe

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