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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 25, 2017 17:59:12 GMT -5
"Well I'm going to be an old magic user." Tabs answered. "I'd like to be able to stand still and access the situation in a fight. And firing fire balls and lighting bolts like ponies could do in ancient times would be cool." "What classes are there?" Raz asked with a mouth full of sweets and a drink in each hoof. "Swords, magic and bow and arrows." Tabs told her. Raz swallowed most of the sweets with a drink. "Then I'll use a sword." She said. "That's always the most fun to play."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 25, 2017 18:48:38 GMT -5
"I think I'll be the caster type too." Crispy said. "I'll be the sword and shield pony." Spruce said. "I'll pack the bow and arrows. Simple and still keeps me out of combat." Emerald said. "I'll probably try and resolve most problems without violence if I can though."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 25, 2017 19:22:15 GMT -5
"It's still just a game." Tabs told Emerald. "So I don't think we'll be able to talk our way out of battles. Besides, there will probably be a lot of find some monster and slay it quests. What do you think Spruce? You're the expert when it comes to these sort of things."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 28, 2017 19:57:50 GMT -5
"You never know. Maybe they'll try something new." Emerald said. "I hope nothing happened to the system." Crispy said, "I'm eager to try the game."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 28, 2017 21:13:26 GMT -5
The pony from before came back into the room. "You can come through now, they're ready for you." She said and waited for them to follow her through the door. "Alright!" Tabs jumped up. "This is going to be amazing!" "You already said that." Raz told her. "Well, it's going to be double amazing!"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 28, 2017 21:18:16 GMT -5
Spruce inhaled the rest of his cinnamon roll and walked over to the attendant. Emerald tosses the trash before joining in next to crispy who looked just as excited as Raz.
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 28, 2017 22:00:28 GMT -5
Once they were lined up they were taken to a room with a row of chairs lined up against the wall. There were five of them and looked like dentist chairs, though way more comfortable, and there were a lot of wires around them. Three ponies wearing lab coats walked around the room inspecting things. The pony that led them here left the room, leaving them standing at the entrance. "Those must be the input devices." Tabs said pointing at the chairs. "Whoever invented them must have been a genius!"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 28, 2017 22:06:49 GMT -5
"I wonder who." Spruce said, "maybe we'll get to meet them?"
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 1, 2017 18:50:16 GMT -5
"That would be the most awesomeness thing ever!" Tabs replied enthusiastically. "Even more awesome than this! I've never met any pony that as made or even worked on building magitech." One of the colts dressed in a lab coat approached them. "We're ready for you now." He told them. "Before we start, are there any questions? Do you all have an idea what you will be experiencing today?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 1, 2017 19:42:09 GMT -5
"I get the general idea, but perhaps you could give us in layman's terms how the system works?" Crispy asked. "I just know it's supposed to be like the newest type of VR or something." Emearld said.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 1, 2017 20:09:34 GMT -5
"Well, you'll be sitting in these chairs." The pony told them. "You'll fall asleep and appear in a virtual world where you'll be able to have adventures. There is a slot next to the chair for your magitech assistant so you'll have access to it inside the game." "That will be useful." Tabs commented. "If you want to exit the game all you have to do is will yourself to wake up, but if you do panic and want to get out just hit your chest in the game and you'll be automatically disconnected."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 1, 2017 20:16:49 GMT -5
"I see, are we in danger in the game?" Crispy asked.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 1, 2017 20:44:25 GMT -5
"Not at all." The pony assured her. "You'll be completely safe. Keeping you safe is our first priority with all magitech after all." "It's true." Tabs said. "I've never heard about any magitech that was unsafe to use." "What about the weapons the guards use?" Raz asked. "They're not unsafe to use, just unsafe to any griffin that tries to hurt anypony."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 1, 2017 20:53:15 GMT -5
"That is an important caveat." Spruce said, "So how about we dive in?" "Yeah, I don't see why we can't play now. Will we see each other right away when we get in?" Emerald asked the ponies.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 2, 2017 16:33:57 GMT -5
"Yes." The pony answered her. "You'll all appear in the starting area where you'll be able to change accessories and clothes through the options menu. You can even change your coat color and mane style." Tabs and Raz each chose a chair and sat down in it.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 3, 2017 13:44:35 GMT -5
"I'll nab this one." Emerald said, grabbing an open chair and Spruce picked the next next to it because it was convenient. Crispy grabbed one of the last chairs open.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 3, 2017 22:03:54 GMT -5
Tabs put her magitech assistant in the slot provided before the ponies in the lab coats started strapping helmets to their heads. "Are you all ready?" The pony who talked to them before asked.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 5, 2017 14:04:22 GMT -5
"Ready." Spruce and Emerald said in unison while Crispy settled for a quick, "Yep."
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 5, 2017 18:23:48 GMT -5
Raz and Tabs both said their yes and the pony started the machine. At first nothing seemed to change, but then they started feeling a little sleepy and suddenly they were all standing inside an empty log cabin. There was nothing there accept for the four wooden walls, a hard wooden floor and the roof. There was also a door to one side of the cabin. "Oh! We're in!" Tabs said excited. "This must be the starting area." Raz jumped up and down and her hooves hit the wooden floor with loud thuds. "Awesome! This feels so natural. It's like we're really here."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 6, 2017 17:35:54 GMT -5
Spruce looked around the room for some clue on how to open the interface. He wanted to change his hair and cost to red/black and blue respectively. The titular style he generally wore in games. Emerald simply checked herself over, surprised at how real it felt. "I've got to say I'm impressed." Crispy said, "Where's the quest selection?"
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 6, 2017 17:53:09 GMT -5
Tabs took out her magitech assistant. "Okay! Here it is." She said after some scrolling. "Move your hoof as if you're taking something out of a saddlebag and the menu should appear." She did as she explained and a transparent menu opened up in the air in front of her. "Here we go. There are tutorials over here, customization over here." She browsed through the menu for a bit. "Looks like you can only customize yourself in certain buildings, like this one, and we can't leave the starting area until everypony has picked a class." Raz opened the menu like Tabs explained and was already messing with all the mane styles she could choose from.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 6, 2017 19:22:46 GMT -5
Emerald and Crispy were looking through the tutorial on magic and selecting your class while Spruce did up his mane and tail color, keeping the style the same. "Nice, how do I look?" Spruce said when the colors were finalized.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 6, 2017 19:31:44 GMT -5
The explanation on spells was simple enough with both spells and skills activated with voice commands. You could even create your own voice commands for them. Tabs simply chose her class before finishing up, leaving her like she was. "You look awesome!" Raz told Spruce. "What about me?" She had a fiery red afro on with a matching tail.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 6, 2017 21:15:53 GMT -5
"Poppin'." Spruce said. "I've picked my class." Emerald said. "Same with me." Crispy said. "Give me a sec..." Spruce said flipping through a few other settings, "Alright, I'm ready." Spruce said, though he continued flipping through the list of tutorials.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 6, 2017 21:36:44 GMT -5
The tutorial wasn't the most neatly organized, swamping the user for information. Most of the things were pretty straight forward though. You crafted for better weapons, got quests from the tavern and spoke to NPCs to learn about the world. "I still need to pick my class." Raz said and entered it in the menu. "Okay, good to go." "Great, then let's start the adventure." Tabs opened the door and the house vanished leaving them in the middle of a town. Their class weapons appear on them, a sword, a spellbook and a bow with a quiver of arrows for the class they picked. A large dust covered pony with a dirty apron walked up to them. "Hail adventurers! Are you new in town? What are your names?" "I think we give whatever names we want to use in the game to him." Tabs said. "Uh, my name is Spellweaver." "A pleasure to meet you Spellweaver." The pony replied.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 7, 2017 21:13:21 GMT -5
"The name's quick, short for quick shot." Emerald said. "And I'm Crispy." Crispy said, thinking her normal name fit well enough.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 7, 2017 22:03:50 GMT -5
"And you can call me, Afro Swordfilly." Raz answered. "A pleasure to meet you Quick, short for quick shot. A pleasure to meet you Crispy. A pleasure to meet you Afro Swordfilly." The pony told each one. "No, that's not right." Tabs said. "I think you have to do it again Emerald. Or everypony we meet will use that whole sentence as your name. Let's see... Just tell him he got your name wrong and then do it again."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 7, 2017 22:08:56 GMT -5
Emerald shook her head, "Sorry, you got my name wrong. It's Quick Shot." she said again, hopefully it picked it up correctly this time.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 7, 2017 22:37:57 GMT -5
"My sincerest apologies Quick Shot." The pony said. "It's a pleasure to meet you." "You're the only one left Spruce." Raz told him.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 7, 2017 22:48:54 GMT -5
"Right... Hello, I'm Bruce Wayne..." Spruce said, not able to think of a good name on the spot.
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