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touchgrass2023-07-14 09:26 pm
THIS SHINDIG LOOKS LIKE THE BOMB DIGGITY.
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.
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 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.
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.
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Contact:
Invite: Which one of you will claim me?
Considerations: I drank a lethal amount of blorbo juice, so my current frontrunner is Miharu Mishima from the visual novel Fatal Twelve. She is a hardworking, beautiful, intelligent young lady who works multiple jobs and has the self-esteem of an eggplant. That doesn't mean I can't be enabled otherwise, though, into someone else who lives over here... or any of the other nerds I play who I haven't managed to get up there yet. The problem is that once I start thinking about AUing I will go feral. Help me.
AU planning: I have a perfectly serviceable canon background here already, so I'm cheating! Similarly to in canon, Miharu will be the daughter of a fairly neglectful single mother, struggling to put herself through school, and generally having trouble making meaningful human connections. She'll likely not be a gamer and instead have been encouraged into the beta to meet others. Miharu is 17 in canon and would be turning 18 literally right after the game ended anyway, so I will probably nudge her to 18 in this AU for convenience's sake and to enable her to have a couple more options for self-sufficiency in her IRL life.
While AUing a total normal modern day young woman into a total normal modern video game setting is pretty easy, one thing that makes Miharu's canon self (and AUing her) so compelling is that she... has a friend she really likes! A lot! She's very attached. Not in a super healthy way. While I'm cool with seeing if she finds such a friend in the AU organically, I would also be thrilled to set something up ahead of time.
Questions: Can I have my own grunty? Me, Shay, specifically.
Anything else?
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Thank you for believing in me. You're my only ally in these trying times......
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MIHARUUUUUU
hello i would be thrilled to have miharu here
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THAT SAID, I thinks more people should play from Fatal Twelve? I think more people should PLAY Fatal Twelve? And then RP with me. I truly have never been so blindsided by a VN lmao... I really thought I was just getting some little normal cheaply written thing and instead I get bodied.
my only regret is (SPOILERS! in the highlight) i realized that i could make her avatar look like parca for fun and then i realized i COULDN'T because if i spoiled anything about parca i would be the worst but the thought did cross my mind.
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same... i didn't expect to like it as much as i did either, but i've been vouching for it for several years now o)-(
when you have great ideas but you cant due to spoilers is the worst ever
but please know that it would have been genius
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she sounds Not Normal, i'm so excited for her
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SHE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY NORMAL, I promise. She's Problems, but they're normal Problems. Cross my heart.
Also btw I looked up the game your guy is from and he's by far the hottest one in there. Thanks for doing that for us.
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I HOPE YOU DIDN'T GET JUMPSCARED BY DICKS but you're right, yael is the cutest lkyt boy and i'll die on that hill
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but she is adorable thank you. i can't wait to have the most fucked up cr of all time with you (shay you don't even know what the cr will be)(i said what i said)
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also me realizing just now that cap is of me
anyway can't wait to see what's wrong with her even though i Know
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your name is on the screencap amb.
anyway since you Know, you know that she's pretty normal!! you can vouch for me, right?
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and yes i will always vouch for you. she's so so so normal