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Capítulo 51: 10.1 Particle Effects?

In any game, one could always expect a few visual glitches here and there. There will always be some minor screw-ups in the presentation no matter how hard a dev would try and polish it. A stray code here, a missing file there, the likelihood of a screw-up only lessens up to around ninety percent even if you throw in all the resources you can in the development cycle. Then again, I'm saying all of this despite not even having a passing semblance of experience in game development in general, but I can only assume as much based on what general knowledge I had with machines and computers in general. After all, when something breaks, it can either be inconsequential, or something so hilariously bad that you just have to laugh at how it even happened.

And right now, I was definitely on the latter part of the equation.

"HAHAHA!!! W-What the hell is this?!" I couldn't even stop myself from laughing out loud, the utter ridiculousness of the sight before me just breaking my funny bone in ways I hadn't thought possible. "It's a literal sea of errors!"

After all, what else could you describe a sea of red words all spelling out the damn word? Even as the waves below lapped at the cliffside, small red errors floated up into the air, what was assuredly supposed to be water particle effects being completely replaced with tiny errors as they then disappeared into the wind.

"M-Mmmhhmm...."

I felt Shizu stir behind my back. I guess my outburst woke her up. "Back to the world of the living, Shizu?"

"W-Where are we..." she blearily whispered out. "Are we..."

"Well, I followed a [Star] all the way up north," I casually explained. "We're in front of a vast sea right now. Well, at least I think it's a sea."

Blinking at my words, Shizu shuffled out of my back, her one hand holding onto my shoulder for support as she gathered her bearings. Dusting off her kimono, I could see her eyes widen in slow-motion as she stared out onto the laughable sight.

"Is... Is this the [Shallow Deep]?"

"I don't know," I shrugged. "I was about to ask you about it, but I guess you also don't know anything?"

"No no! I've learned about it during my studies," she insisted, her eyes still glued to the sea of errors. "It's just that... I didn't expect it to look so..."

"Red? Wrong? Incomprehensible?"

"W-well.... yes?" the princess almost questioned. "The [Shallow Deep] is the sea that contains the three [Great Powers] of the world; [Kattleyna], [Marquee], and [Vestyge]..."

I nodded at her words. More lore for me to digest then. "And I'm assuming that there's more to it than that?"

"The war is currently being fought for supremacy over this very sea..." Shizu trailed off. "I knew that it was important, but I never thought that we were fighting for something so... simple?"

Huh... Then again, "Wars are fought for a lot less, Shizu. Trust me on that."

Still, I guess we were going out to sea? I didn't even know why I was doing this quest in the first place beyond making some progress and getting levels. I wasn't really that much of a story person unless I really psyched myself up to read it. Heh, I guess my story-skipping tendencies were coming back to bite me right now.

Looking around, I surveyed our current surroundings as I looked for this mythical Kattleynan Outpost that I was supposed to go to. Barring the vast error vomit below us, the cliff we were standing on was apparently the highest point in our vicinity. We seemed to be in some kind of natural opening, with two peninsulas jutting out from either side of us with an open mouth leading out to sea right in front of us. Huh... If I were to build an outpost, I would've built it right where we were standing...

"Shizu?"

"Yes?"

"Do you have an idea where this outpost would be located?"

Despite my question, the princess's gaze still locked itself out to sea as she replied, "It would probably be somewhere around here... Kattleynan Imperial Doctrine states that we make ports in defensible places such as these..."

Oookay? Her voice came out more restrained and absent-minded than usual. I guess she was just overwhelmed with her first foray out to sea. I suppose that's how every person that hadn't seen something so vast would react.

Still, we needed to move. "Are you gonna stay here?"

"I'll... I'll follow behind you..." she practically whispered out. "I... Can I just look at the sea for a moment?"

I let out a chuckle, "Sure thing, Shizu. Although, that isn't even what it's supposed to look like. It'll be more beautiful once Guidance gets to fixing it."

"I see..."

I sighed at her answer. If she was already this mesmerized at the sight of a broken sea, then what more once it actually looked the part? "I won't be far, okay?"

Leaving Shizu to daydream to her heart's content, I set off towards what looked to be a way down the cliffside. There weren't any small animals or monsters of any kind as I scaled down the cliff. Then again, when was the last time I even saw a stray animal or monster walking about since the last time I saw them a few days ago?

Another bug? I scoffed at the thought. I guess this Re:Mind Engine was already chugging to its limit with me being the ultimate wildcard in this world.

"Oof... Steady...."

Pacing myself, I grabbed on to whatever outcrops of rock I could use as support, scaling the cliffside with nothing but my wits and surprising dexterity as I made my way down. To be honest, I didn't even know I was capable of such a feat, let alone actually complete it as my feet touched solid rock. Huh... I guess pumping a bit of [DEX] actually helped?

"Yay me..."

Shrugging at the thought, I gave Shizu a passing look as I turned my eyes up above. Sure enough, she was still looking out to sea, her kimono billowing in the breeze as her green hair shimmered in the starlight. Aaand I saw an upskirt of her. Great. I'll just pretend I didn't see the silk.

"Moving on!"


REFLEXIONES DE LOS CREADORES
ChellyArks ChellyArks

Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!

Creation is hard, cheer me up!

Capítulo 52: 10.1.5 Particle Effects?

Rolling my neck, I precariously walked along the shoreline, bits of sand and tiny errors shooting right past me as the waves crashed just to my left. There wasn't a lot of space on the shore, and I highly doubted that anyone would dare to build what was ostensibly a defensive building on top of literal sand. But one could never know, especially in a world where a giant floating rock could somehow house an entire administrative city.

"Where is that damn thing..."

Letting out another sigh, I kept my pace through my path, my eyes peeled for any sign of civilization that could be lurking in the darkness. It really didn't help that the errors were actually jarringly bright against the general lack of lighting all over the place.

"Stranger!"

My ears perked up at Shizu's voice. Quickly looking up, she was waving at me from above before pointing towards the right-hand peninsula.

"It's over there!" she called out.

I smiled, "Well, let's get a move one then!"

Smiling back at me, the princess gave me a nod before she... She actually jumped off the cliff! "Shizu!"

"Woohoo!"

I was too far away from her to even react. Still, I tried running to her as fast as I could to at least try and attempt to catch her. If all else, I'd be able to give basic first aid if-

[*Thud*]

-If it was ever needed...

Sand and rubble flew up in the air as Shizu nailed her landing. There was a small crater below her, and the princess was all smiles as she casually walked towards me as if she hadn't just done something as stupid as almost falling to her death.

"Wow! I'm so strong!" she beamed at me, her innocence more annoying than endearing at the moment.

"You could've died," I deadpanned. "I don't have any ways of healing you, and you would've bled to death on the ground if you couldn't take the fall."

"But I could though," Shizu smiled. "And it was fun."

"Right..." I trailed off before pointing to our right. "Anywho, it's over by the edge of the peninsula there?"

"Yep," she beamed. "I can't wait for the next part too!"

I blinked, "Next part?"

At my question, Shizu actually looked surprised before a smug smirk stretched itself over her elegant features. "Oh you don't know? Even after I let the 'Elden Script' play out for you? Well, you'll find out eventually..."

I chuckled, "Ominous much?"

"As much as I like tagging alongside you, Stranger, you haven't really paid attention to the world around you," Shizu scoffed. "Though I guess I can't blame you for it. [Somatics] are known for their eccentricities."

Oh boy... I could only guess what was about to happen. Also, eccentricities? What the hell was that supposed to mean?

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In retrospect, I probably should've expected this.

"Shizu?"

"Yes?"

The smirk on the princess's face made me roll my eyes in actual annoyance. Here we were, in the middle of what looked to be a ghost town of a port, and yet she still had the capacity to make fun of me? Wasn't this a part of her supposedly beloved empire?

[Reach the Kattleynan Outpost COMPLETE]

"Uhh... We're in the outpost now?" I sarcastically questioned, a hand outstretched as I presented the sight to her. "I don't know what to do next?"

To my words, Shizu simply placed a hand on her chin as she smiled, "And pray tell, what do you think should you do next, Stranger?"

I blinked at her utter audacity. "You just repeated my question back to me."

"Exactly," she smirked. "While I won't lie that the sight before us is ghastly and heartbreaking, at least I'm getting some levity by watching you struggle."

Wow....

Shaking my head, I sighed as I turned my attention back to the aforementioned ghost town we found ourselves in. Overlooking the error soup that was the [Shallow Deep], buildings in various states of disrepair littered the small outpost as far as the eye could see. There were a few small craters on the ground, and the main lighthouse pointing out to sea had been broken right in the middle, its ruins scattered all throughout the area as scorch marks revealed the places where fire had consumed it.

Letting out a sigh, I walked on forward, trying to find some sort of trigger to progress the quest somehow.

"What're you doing?"

"Exploring," I tersely replied. "Since you won't tell me what to do, I might as well see if I could figure it out myself."

Leaving her alone, I first set my sights on the abandoned building just beside the lighthouse ruins. It had been burned badly, it would seem, with charcoal scattered all throughout the sides of it as its roof almost glowed gray with ash.

Well, I suppose I might as well start...

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[Investigate the area COMPLETE]

"And what did we learn?"

I let out a heavy sigh as Shizu fashioned herself as a guide again, actually talking down on me as if I was some kind of tourist that strayed off the beaten path. Well too bad for her, the quest actually updated as soon as I set foot inside what I now knew to be the post office before it got destroyed. It actually told me to investigate further, which was why I found myself searching every nook and cranny for some kind of clue that would make the marker disappear. Still, I don't get why she was being so difficult all of a sudden?

"I learned that a battle took place here," I sarcastically scoffed, making sure that she see me doing it right in front of her. "Some kind of explosions rang out, based on the scorch marks, making fire erupt all throughout the area."

Shizu looked at me with a scrutinizing eye before she eventually dropped the act and let out a sigh of her own. "Well, it was fun while it lasted... This is a nightmare..."

I would've patted her on the back right then and there if she hadn't been annoying to me for the past hour. I could relate to seeing what were once proud buildings being reduced to rubble like this. And I wasn't just pulling this out of my own imagination. With pretty much all of the infrastructure gone, what was once surely a thriving outpost was now a veritable reminder of what could've been.


REFLEXIONES DE LOS CREADORES
ChellyArks ChellyArks

Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!

Creation is hard, cheer me up!

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