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    The Queen of Shaymin
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    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Challengers of Fate

    Plot

    It’s finally come out! After a long awaited release and much anticipation, the most hyped Pokemon game for years has finally been released. And you are one of the lucky people to have gotten the game, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Challengers of Fate. You rush home and put the game into the latest Nintendo Wii Headset. Your hands shake a little in excitement as you place the headset on and recline on your bed. You relax a little as the ever familiar screen of the infamous personality quiz appears on screen in front of you.

    But what you don’t realize, as you step into the latest world of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, is that all around the world, people are not waking up. Hours pass and they cannot escape. There’s no logout button. As you and thousands of other players enter the square of the base town, Discovery Village, you realize with horror that you are trapped. Unlike in previous games where the highest penalty you could face was losing money and items, now your life is on the line. And the only way out is to complete the game. It seems like a simple task, but the difficulty of these dungeons is unheard of for a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game. It harkens back to the days of Purity Forest in Red and Blue Rescue Team. This is no simple task by any means, you realize, but that will not stop you. You, along with many other players, are now on the ultimate quest to beat the first ever T-rated Pokemon game, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Challengers of Fate.

    Rules
    All PXR rules apply...
    1: Please avoid bunnying (taking control of non-NPCs without permission) and godmodding
    2: Let’s also avoid “invincible” characters… Yes, some characters have superpowers, no they cannot be invincible.
    3: Please be active--if you’re going to be gone for an extended amount of time, try to notify someone in the RP beforehand, preferably me.
    4:Be nice to everyone, if you’re going to have a fight or something take it elsewhere.
    5: Keep posts PG-13 (on all fronts) and below, and limit use of profanity.
    6: Any first stage pokemon may be selected. No legendaries, ultra beasts, or evolved pokemon may be chosen at the beginning. Pokemon such as Shaymin, Quilava, Guzzlord, or Tyranitar cannot be chosen because this is meant to represent a large scale MMORPG and it would be slightly unfair if not everyone started on a somewhat even playing field.
    7: A slight exception to the rule above, if a pokemon has a pre-evolution classifying as a baby pokemon and has an evolution that follows, it may be selected. This means pokemon such as Pikachu, Togetic, and Chansey may be selected, but not pokemon like Lucario.
    8: If you feel like you can make a case as to why you should be able to have a certain pokemon, please PM me and we can discuss. I am open to discussion to make this RP all the more successful. Please keep in mind that most final stagers and all legendaries are completely off limits, but I would be willing to negotiate some of the others if a case can be made for them.
    9: Lastly, have fun!

    Characters
    Sloane Jackson/MadderJanobii-NobleJanobii
    Brent Hudges/Madder_Hatter-NobleJanobii
    Talbot Madden/OcarinaCypher-NobleJanobii

    Chris Waters/Night Fox-Neo Emolga
    Natalie Pence/MoneyBunny-Neo Emolga

    Henry Anderson/Interrobang‽-The Nonexistent Tazz
    Jorline Anderson/Asterism⁂-The Nonexistent Tazz

    Laura Kaye/stained_glass_threads-LKWayvern
    Peter/(NPC)-LKWayvern

    Tiffany “Tiff” Imamu/Wulfenite-Velocity
    Haruka Kimura/OrchidCrowns-Velocity
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    The Queen of Shaymin
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    MadderJanobii and Madder_Hatter
    Exploration Team Moonlight Madness
    Spawning in Discovery Town
    Affected RP'ers: None


    Sloane dunked her hands into the cool sink water before splashing her face. She glanced down at her bruised arms before sighing. Pulling her brown hair back into a ponytail, she cracked her neck then nodded to herself. It was time. She had spent over twenty hours in line for this game, and she had a friend on another continent that was eager to play. It was time. Walking to her bed, Sloane slid on her Nintendo Wii Vision, then clicked the play switch. Instantly she was whisked away into a digital world of wonder. Whisking through the personality quiz, MadderJanobii spawned in Discovery Town's square. She took a moment to examine herself and her surroundings, this new body feeling oddly natural. Flicking her left hand, the menu screen popped up. MadderJanobii opened the online list and spotted who she was looking for, Madder_Hatter. He was an old online buddy of hers that had been desperate to play this with her ever since the announcement. Now, it was finally here! Clicking teleport, MadderJanobii teleported to Madder_Hatter's location inside the Arcane Keep. The zorua looked over and grinned.

    "Well, well, well! We finally meet!" Madder_Hatter bowed and smirked a little. "You're shorter than I thought." MadderJanobii punched Madder_Hatter in the shoulder before motioning to the ladders. "Come on! Let's get registered!" The two hurried upstairs where Cyrus the Heliolisk awaited them. It was a simple process to get registered and it wasn't long before Team Moonlight Madness was formed. Now, what was one to do with all the basic starting currency? Customize your avatar of course! The Madders hurried up one more floor, spending what little money they had on avatar customizations before heading to their beds for saving. It was about time they take on their first mission, a simple item retrieval in the Whispy Creek. It was a five floor dungeon with the beginning quest being for exploration teams only. Rescue and Adventure teams had their own beginner quests after all. Brimming with excitement, the cyndaquil and zorua exited the guild and made their way down the path, hurrying to start their first mission.
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    stained_glass_threads and Peter
    Adventurer Team Valiant League
    Spawning in Discovery Town
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    Before Laura even got home with her new treasure, she realized she was hyperventilating out of excitement. Her palms were sweating, her hands shaking. She quickly thrust her hand into her pocket, grabbing at her ipod's earbuds. Hopefully music would calm her down. While it was true she was very eager and impatient to get started, she wanted to at least try keeping a level head until she got the opportunity to turn it on.

    When that opportunity came, she clicked off the small device and removed the earbuds, practically shoving the shiny new headset over her eyes and ears. She allowed herself to collapse onto a chair as the opening theme swelled, hands rhythmically bouncing against the armrest. She took a little time with the personality quiz, and laughed a bit when she got Cubone. She picked a partner, and quickly named both it and the team.

    She spawned in Discovery Town's square, and frantically looked around, examining absolutely everything she could see and marvelling at the realistic graphics. She couldn't keep the smile off her face. There was one thing off about it, where was that squeeing sound coming from. A problem with the speakers--? Nope. No, that was probably her, now that she thought about it.

    Finally she turned around to face a charmander. "Oh--OH! Um, hi! You're, uh, my partner right? Peter?" she asked. She was talking to a Pokemon. Yeah, she knew it was technically pixels and data, but good lord from her perspective it was so realistic, so very easy to get lost in the illusion, and she allowed herself to get lost wholeheartedly.

    Peter gave her a confident grin, snatching at her hand and enthusiastically pumping it up and down. "Yeah! That's me! Laura, right? Nice to meet ya!"

    Laura was somewhat surprised by the force of the handshake, but still couldn't stop smiling. "Nice to meet you too! So, uh, get registered and you can show me around?" She twisted her head again, looking once more upon the bustling town. "This is-- this is all so cool..."

    "Sounds good to me!" Peter agreed, before pulling her off in the direction of the Arcane Keep, to register, customize, and then explore.
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    OrchidCrowns.
    Sterling Spearhead.
    Discovery Town Spawn Area.
    Affected RPers: None.


    Getting your hands on Challengers of Fate was supposed to be borderline impossible, but Haruka had managed it. She was incredibly thankful that she'd had the money and good sense to preorder a copy or she would have been out of luck - every store in Kyoto had been packed to the brim on the game’s launch date. Given how ridiculously good the game was supposed to be, that wasn't a surprise. Haruka felt herself grinning as she tore open the plastic encasing the game.

    A chirping noise sounded near Haruka’s leg - her cellphone, reporting a message from Tiff. “you finally get your copy yet?” the message read. For Haruka, it was still pretty early in the morning, but for Tiff it would have been much later in the evening.

    Haruka quickly replied, “Yes, and I am about to log in. Are you ready?”

    “oooooh yeaaaaah!!! :D” came Tiff's answer. Haruka smiled. Hands trembling with excitement, Haruka slipped on her headset and quiz began.

    It took a little while. Haruka wanted to answer honestly, but she also didn't want to get stuck as a Koffing or Magikarp or Yungoos or some Pokemon she hated. Pre-release information was of precious little help, so Haruka had no clue what Pokemon she might be in the game-world. When it was over, she found herself in a crowded city square. There were Pokemon everywhere - so real-looking and huge. She herself was positively tiny - a little winged Pokemon with tan, green, and white feathers, one of the shortest creatures in the crowd. She looked herself over and noticed that she had green plumage on her chest in the shape of a bow tie - she was a Rowlet!

    Eager and impatient, she stood on tip-toe - tip-claw? - and began looking for the tag Wulfenite. It didn't even occur to her to pull up her menu and find Tiff that way; she was too excited -

    “Boo!” someone shouted, and a pair of big blue arms grabbed Haruka from behind.

    Wulfenite.
    Sterling Spearhead.
    Discovery Town Spawn Area.
    Affected RPers: None.


    “you finally get your copy yet?” Tiff knew she was being a bit impatient, texting Haruka so soon, but she was dying to get started. She wanted to wait until Haruka was ready, but having a best friend on the other side of the globe had its downsides.

    Almost immediately, her phone beeped in response. “Yes, and I am about to log in. Are you ready?”

    “oooooh yeaaaaah!!! :D” Tiff texted back, her hands moving so fast she just about replied in gibberish.

    “That your girlfriend texting you?” Tiff whirled to scowl at her sixteen-year-old sister, who was leaning in the doorway of her room. “That chick from Japan?”

    Tiff rolled her eyes. “Knock it off, Jenny, she said. Jenny opened her mouth to say something, but Tiff put her headset on immediately, shutting out the obnoxious sibling banter before it could begin.

    The quiz only took a few minutes. Before long, Tiff found herself standing in a big crowd, her dark skin replaced by black and blue fur and her face lengthened to a ridiculous snout. “Riolu! Awesome!” she said to no one in particular.

    She pulled up the menu with a movement of her hand-paw thing, searching the online list for OrchidCrowns. The proper username was there - as was a label next to it that said [INTRODUCTION]. Tiff pouted; how long was the quiz gonna take?

    While she waited, she began setting up the Sterling Spearhead adventure team, something she and Haruka had already sorted before coming here. Haruka would have to visit the Oricorio at the desk in order to sign onto the team, but everything else was done, including Tiff picking out a nice scarf and a decent save point at the Adventure Guild.

    A few minutes later, [INTRODUCTION] changed to [DISCOVERY TOWN]. Tiff wasted no time, charging out of the Arcane Something Or Other and racing back to town. She quickly spotted the name “OrchidCrowns” floating above a Rowlet, who she grabbed in an enthusiastic tackle-hug.

    “Eep!” Haruka squealed in surprise and flapped her wings frantically until Tiff let her go. Haruka turned, feathers ruffled, and squawked, “Hey! Who do you think you are!?”

    Tiff felt her ears lowering. “Shoot, sorry, Crowns,” she said. “I got so excited to be finally meeting you in person… though I'm not sure how ‘person’ this counts as.”

    Haruka appeared slightly mollified - though it was slightly hard to read bird expressions. “Apology accepted,” she said. “So I take it you got in before me?”

    A proud grin appeared on Tiff’s muzzle. “Yup,” she said. “Got our team named and everything at the big building over there.” She gestured to the Keep offhandedly. “All that's left is for you to get registered to the team and then we can start!”

    Getting Haruka set up was a quick process, for which Tiff was extremely grateful. The two hurried over to the Adventure Guild’s bulletin board, where several missions were listed, including an expedition to one Cartographer’s Cove that was explicitly recommended for beginner teams. Compared to the other Adventurer dungeons, the Cove wasn't terribly far off. Furthermore, rumor had it that a large collection of low-end Entercards had been found there, and the Adventure Guild would allow their teams to keep any Entercards they found - which meant that they would have Magnagate access they’d need for later missions.

    “Let’s head out,” Tiff said, and Haruka nodded. “I’ve only got a few hours before I need to log off and go to sleep before my mom gets after me.”


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    Chris Waters ("NightFox" / Fennekin) & Natale Pence (MoneyBunny / Buneary)
    Exploration Team Lucky Strike
    Spawning in Discovery Town
    Affected RPers: N/A


    Chris had been wanting this game for months, but unlike a lot of other frenzied people, he was chill about picking up his copy and not fighting other people to get in line like it was Black Friday and very limited amounts of immortality were for sale. But today was the day to get into a game that he had been reading articles about for months. He was patiently looking forward to it, but didn't mind taking his time by playing plenty of first person shooters in the meantime.

    After getting the highly-coveted game placed into the Nintendo Wii Vision helmet, he decided to kick back, relax, put it on, and turn on the power. He then just allowed himself to be whisked away into wherever this little game decided to take him.

    It all began with a welcoming message over a calming, swirling vortex, ushering him into this new Pokémon world, but before it could be decided, he had to go through the personality test. Chris answered question by question, all of them mostly casual and playful in nature. Some of them even made him chuckle a bit, like the "it's so hot today, what are you going to do to cool off?" and having the answers be "relax in the shade," "drink something cold," and the noteworthy "smother ice cream all over my face!" And there were plenty of others with the same kind of nature.

    After reaching the end of the test, it told him, with a bit of suspense, that the Pokémon that best resembled him was... the Pokémon Fennekin! He was bit surprised, but he did get to thinking that even though it originally wasn't the Pokémon he thought he'd get, he felt cool with it. Though he couldn't help but think now that with the nature of the game... was he really going to look and feel like an actual Fennekin? What kind of experience was that going to be like? In so many other previous games, he had still role-played human characters, so how good was this game at the process of being a Pokémon?

    It then prompted him to select a partner by username or by random selection. Chris didn't know anyone else personally who was currently waiting to be paired up, so he decided on a random selection. It instantly paired him with a girl who only had the username of "MoneyBunny" and she had gotten Buneary out of her personality test.

    The game didn't give him too much of a chance to think about it as it all felt so surreal, taking him and his mind far, far away before everything went dark for a moment. The whole time, he couldn't help but think "how far did the devs go with this one?" He was about to find out.

    ...

    After awakening, he opened his new eyes and he was suddenly taken back. Everything felt so incredibly real. The grass he was lying in felt like the real thing, the slight breeze in the air running through his new Fennekin fur was a sensation he had never felt before, and even all the sights of the placid Discovery Town, the grassy smells in the air, the warmth of the sun, and the sounds of nature were all around him. His breath was stolen and he wasn't even sure if it would ever come back.

    "This... this shouldn't even be possible."

    He got up on all fours, which to him was a completely foreign and downright wild feeling. He couldn't help but constantly feel his own fur by rubbing one of his light yellow-furred front paws on the other, and then switching. And then he felt his white-furred nose. And to top it all off, he tried wagging his furry, red-tipped fox tail. He was totally bewildered and totally taken back at how unbelievably realistic and amazing this game was. He didn't know whether to be completely excited or totally frightened out of his mind.

    He tried walking... just a tiny bit. It was very strange to him to be walking on all fours now, but after just a tiny bit of stumbling to get used to this new body, he got used to it quickly and again, suddenly it felt like he had always been a Fennekin though he still had human memories. But overall, Chris was simply bewildered beyond belief and the game had just barely started. Already he was beginning to question if this was in fact still a game or something completely different entirely. Where does one draw the line now with an experience like this!?

    He soon enough found his partner, "MoneyBunny" the Buneary, just barely awakening from the grass. She too seemed a bit bewildered by the nature of her new body and what it felt like, but it seemed to Chris that she wasn't even nearly as amazed at the level of immersion compared to him.

    "Hey, you that 'NightFox' guy?" she asked, almost so carefree that this was almost no big deal to her.

    "...Yeah," Chris replied, still soaking in all of the levels of immersion. "Don't... mind me, I just need a minute to get used to this."

    "Oh, please don't tell me you're a newbie," she told him. "Because that's just going to kill it for both of us."

    "No, but I usually only play Call of Duty and the like on this thing," Chris replied to her. "So the whole Pokémon fox thing is a bit new to me."

    From what Chris remembered from the guides and beta tester claims, he read they had to get registered at Arcane Keep. Unfortunately, Chris hadn't been selected to be a beta tester as the number of selected players was much lower than usual and only a very select group of people got to be one. After talking it over with Natalie, they then decided to get registered and take on the team name "Lucky Strike." He wasn't surprised to see a whole slew of new players were already undergoing this very same process. He imagined maybe a few months from now, this one particular area of the town wouldn't be so bogged down with players, but for now, at the opening bell, everyone was pretty much here or on their way over.

    "So you're a first person shooter gamer?" Natalie asked him in the crowd as they waited to meet up with Cyrus the Heliolisk. "I don't think that's gonna help us much. You don't use guns in this game, bro."

    "Well duh, I know that," Chris replied to her. "I'm just saying when it comes to games, this ain't my first trip."

    "Yeah, okay," Natalie nodded. "Well, we'll figure out how we want to play this out later. Because my god, there are a ton of players here."

    It took some time before they finally met up with Cyrus. Chris was actually impressed that the game developers managed to capture Cyrus's tired fatigue due to how many players were prompting him for a team registration. For him, it made it very easy to forget it was just a game and this was all programming and graphics coming together through an illusionary virtual mental and neural experience. But, considering some of the other titles he had played on the same system, it wasn't a totally new feeling, though at least those games still had him as his normal human self... just fully thrown into battlefields and combat simulations and not as a small fire fox Pokémon.

    After a few minutes of introductions, both Chris and Natalie were now registered as Lucky Strike and were free to begin their trek through the game.

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    Interrobang‽/Asterism⁂
    Adventure Team Big Bang
    Central Plaza, Discovery Town.
    Affected RP'ers: None... Directly, anyways.

    There is no Pause Button either

    Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

    A Nincada is busy tapping away at stonework. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. A Togetic not far from him-his sister and teammate-is trying to get someone to volunteer to go to Cartographer's Cave with them, but the confidence of the new teams leaves no-one biting.

    Henry-sorry, Interrobang-was almost totally convinced of the realism of the simulation around him. Almost. There was a catch to it, of course, the only real one. 'Realism' was very hard to define in a world of cartoon creatures, so he discounted that from his personal perspective. Freakish realism is easy when everything's cartoonish. How does one define that? Cartoonish realism? That's irrelevant. Point is that it was an illogical and stupid paradox to call it 'realistic.' Foxes breathe fire. A single insect can unleash deadly dust storms that can easily empower them to superhuman levels. That is not realistic at all.

    No, the kicker that kept him firmly in the world of reality was that second. Quarter-second, really. Twiddling his little front leg, he couldn't help but notice it. The delay. The sensory feedback. Nintendo was good-really good, actually. Forging ahead ridiculously fast in the VR world. Henry did not quite believe it himself, really. Too fast. But even Nintendo couldn't remove the sensory delay. It was faster in single-player games, Henry knew, but even then it was still noticeable.

    Earlier that day, Henry and Jorline were shaking in anticipation. That whole business with the roof really kept them from getting their birthday presents on their actual birthdays (only days apart), but oh, how dearest daddy made it up to them! He really hated waiting in gaming stores for their little time-eaters, especially with Henry nearly ready to go to college, but at the same time, this game was hotly anticipated and was on both of their wishlists, and with the birthday totally ruined, he caved. The duo played together, they opted, a brother-sister team for the ages. And thus they began, setting on the headsets and tuning out reality.

    Henry basically sped through the personality quiz, then rejected the initial answer (a Turtwig) to just go for the 'OK what do you want' option. He was bombarded with choices he didn't even suspect would be choices. What lunatic would deliberately choose to be a Magikarp? He knew everyone and their mothers would pick the basic ones (or rather remain with those choices) so he opted to work his head to figure out what was the most 'optimal' pick. Or at least, the one most likely to tear the game to shreds. Make things easy. A Nincada was his choice-Evolves 'twice' giving him an NPC partner (realistically) for free, and one of the most powerful in the game at that. Mechanically, there hasn't been a Mystery Dungeon game to his knowledge (he skipped Super) that disallowed Shedinja eating Sitrus berries or HP ups to raise their maximum HP, meaning that, with time, Shedinja would tear balance a new one. At least he'd be original, if nothing else.

    Meanwhile, Jorline just selected a Togetic after getting repulsed by the option to be a Grimer. Really, game? Ew.

    Setup of their team scarves and name, in the introduction, was mercifully fast. The duo agreed upon it beforehand, with the limited information they had come across. They would be Team Big Bang, and their banner would be that of some typographical symbols. Jorline was an utter nut for them.

    In another surprise twist, they were one of the first on. The line to register with Cadence was extremely short-the shortest of the three by a person. Jorline begged Henry to just try to learn the new mechanics before going all-in, but Henry protested that then they'd just get left with the easy stuff-and be left behind basically forever. Henry was too hardheaded to be dissuaded by Jorline's arguments, and she conceded to her older brother.

    The sign ups were surprisingly fast. Their scarfs were stylish. A visit to the 'poodle' (Henry winced as Jorline said it) quickly sorted out some mimimal customization they wanted, which was basically tattoos of their typographical symbols on unobtrusive parts of their bodies. The first mission: Cartographer's Cave, 5th floor, Entercards that were vitally important to their role as Adventure Teams. Cadence explained it: "Adventure teams are meant to go out for a long while, mapping out the terrain and exploring the farthest dungeons known. The scouts and cartographers of the guild-and the most dangerous job we currently offer due to an inability to scale Dungeon strength in advance. Magnagates are critical for your success; magnagates are well-stocked in basic items in dungeons, so running loops through those dungeons can help you restock on the road."

    After that, they just ran about, trying to get to know every NPC there was and what they did. They even got a free Reviver seed from that Lydie fellow at the park. Apparently it was the first-time visiting gift or some-such. In the same breath, she was warning them at how rare they were. It was apparently her tick to use a lot of adjectives. "Ludicrously, ridiculously, absurdly, maddeningly, atrociously rare! More precious than diamonds! Shops won't even buy them from you! Nor sell them. That's how rare they are! Lucky that I found any at all... And I probably won't past today," she said, almost hinting that it was a day-one event. As if they needed to be told.

    And now, they were just busy waiting. They opted to wait for another group to get done with everything and ask them to join them for the first job before heading off to Cartographer's Cave... Or, were opting. Interrobang was sick of waiting.

    "Jor-Asterism, this delay will only get worse as the day goes on," Interrobang said, out of the blue. "We ought to either just head over there now, ask one last person, or just log out."

    Asterism raised an eyebrow. "Weren't you the one that was so eager-"

    "Yes, but this sensory delay. Soon it'll turn into outright lag... And lagging in these games is in every way sensory hell. You saying you can't find someone?"

    "Huh," Asterism said. She supposed that it was wise. Her brother would be heading off to college soon and still needed to pack. She was still too paranoid of the 'increased difficulty,' and she wasn't as experienced with Henry in these games. "Well, good, because I'm not going into one of those dungeons without some backup, so we're logging off, I guess."

    "Very well. Lag'll probably get better tomorrow with the day one patch. There's always a patch," Interrobang said.

    ...

    "...So how do we log off?"

    The question was only overheard by a few, but it turned heads by the non-NPCs (and he swore that the passing Heridier took note of it as well, even, but only for a moment). Yes, yes, all this amazing level of detail and such was well and good, but a few of them just wanted to beat an insane line to the registries to make their teams and wait out any potential lag. Not even everyone had logged on, yet-the servers promised capacity to literally hundreds of millions, which would make tarversing the world rather annoying. Even a second of lag beyond the buffer was infinitely more infuriating in a Wii Vision Game.

    Interrobang said nothing. He did not know.

    Asterism said nothing. She did not know.

    "...Uh. I don't think this was mentioned," Interrobang said. Which was odd. Very, very odd. He played these games before. The logouts were pretty explicit. Obvious, even. Nearly a flashing neon sign, to ensure people remembered the critical information of the game being a game, and there being the way out in case the bowels called. He swiped his front leg into the open air, pulling up the menu. It was filled with options, except a logout button. Very, very odd.

    "Oh, he's from the beta test," Asterism said said, pointing with her stubby arms to a relatively plain-looking Oshawott, who's username ("OceanWaves") had beneath it the pleasant swagger of a Beta Tester's emblem. "Uh, hey, mister, OceanWaves!" Asterism called.

    "Oh, hey! What is it?" The Oshawott replied, mission in hand, cheer in his voice.

    "Err, we were just wondering, uh, how does one log off?" Asterism said.

    "Oh, that's simple... Err. Should be simple," The Oshawott says, scratching his head a bit, as if he forgot something for a second. He swipes his paw.

    "Should be simple," Interrobang repeated. "Yeah, we already tried that. Not in the menu."

    "Uh, yeah. There's this statue...Err, of a Khangaskhan. Near the keep. Manual save and logout point, like the Save Boxes in Dream Team." OceanWaves said, looking over to it.

    "...There is no statue near the guild building," Asterism said. "We were just over there not too long ago. No statues, of any kind."

    "You mustn't have looked hard enough. It kind of blends into the stonework a bit, in an aclove just to the left of the entrance," OceanWaves said. "Built right into the stonework."

    "Uh. I'd hate to break it to you, but there is no aclove to the left of the entrance. Or the right, for that matter," Interrobang said. "Funny, though. I recall that exact feature from, like, a picture in GameInformer, even looked there for it when we arrived. It must've gotten removed. We haven't seen statues of a Khangaskhan anywhere else, either. You sure that's how it works?"

    OceanWave's face fell. Asterism's own face fell shortly thereafter. The implication, for its simplicity, was dire beyond measure. OceanWave tried to not look alarmed. "What? Uh. Urm. Odd. Urk, didn't bother looking over there myself... Maybe they moved it a bit? I'll go look for it, we'll go look for it, hang on."

    A figure started running towards them. A Chimchar, her tag BurningWave. The Oshawott rushed up to greet his fellow beta tester, but she started shouting first. "Ocean, we've gotta problem! We've got a big, big, nasty problem!" She exclaimed.

    "Uh, can't find the Khangaskhan Statue?" Ocean replied, suddenly leagues more worried.

    "I looked high and low, even in and behind the Keep, behind shop stalls, in the park, just outside of town, at the spawn, everywhere, and then I started asking where it was to all the NPCs. The Guild didn't know at all-like, no-one at all knew what I was talking about-so I tried hitting up the Mayor, and, uh, you won't believe this."

    "What?" OceanWave said it first, but he wasn't the only one. Interrobang's tapping resumed. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Try to keep calm.

    "The Mayor, well, he noticed. Like, he was sure of it himself, really. Confused. Uh, both heads were confused. So he went with me, and I showed him where it should have been, and, uh, Ezekiel was very, very confused... And he asked around the guild a bit. Same responses, really, only a bit different. Ezekiel said he'd get people into looking into it ASAP, but..."

    OceanWave's face was slowly contorting into pure panic. "Uh, wait, are you saying that absolutely no-one knows where it is?"

    "Well, other than Ezekiew, the NPCs I asked aren't acknowledging it." BurningWave said.

    "That's... That can't be good," Interrobang muttered. "Can't be." Tap tap tap tap tap.

    "Uh, what about it?" Asterism asked.

    "Basic safety features. Code of conduct. Friendly NPCs in a friendly town or base or whatever have to know the way to the logout point. And there's always a secondary logout point that isn't the menu, too, just in case. Seen this feature in the other two games. Safety net. At least one would personally escort you there if you were really confused," Henry said. "There is no way this feature was removed accidentally."

    "Yeah, I beta-tested games for this system before... Just like that. And in the beta, too, it was like that. This is... They're not acknowledging it..." OceanWave said. "...Oh."

    Interrobang registered the unsaid motion of lips that would roughly transcribe to dung, except with completely different letters.

    No logging out.

    "...It must be a glitch." OceanWave said. "A really unfortunate glitch. Hopefully Nintendo, Gamefreak I mean, will patch this up in an hour. Easy fix."

    "Can't be. They wouldn't just remove those features in the Keep AND the statue," Interrobang said. He then realized what he said. The real implication. Either hacked or deliberately removed. Malicious, either way. Interrobang, for a brief moment, thought of the slightest chance that this might be real-REAL real-but as the sensation of tapping the ground was sensed as he raised his leg to tap again, he knew that it can't be. No, no, this was bad.

    "No, no no no no, that can't be right. Nintendo-or Gamefreak, or whoever does these games-this can't be on purpose," Asterism said. "Right, just, just, right out, right?"

    OceanWave started to scowl. "Burn, send word. To everyone. We've either gotta find it or find someone who can tell us what's up. An administrator. I don't think any have logged on yet, though, just looking at the online list... Urk." The Oshawott said.

    And thus the two Beta Testers started running, trying to get everyone's attention on this very important matter. Just before the news spread like a wildfire-that there would be no logging out until this situation was fixed, if even that would happen, Interrobang turned his head up to Asterism. "So, I suppose we're going to be looking for a partner team now? Or just heading in?"

    "At a time like this?!" Asterism shrieked.

    "Aren't there Khangaskhan statues in the middle of really long dungeons?" Interrobang replied. "Perhaps they're not gone from everywhere. Plus, treasure."

    Asterism regretted the length of her arms in that instant. To be able to facepalm in response to that would feel so much better.

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    Spawning in Discovery Town
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    With the team Lucky Strike now formed as an exploration team, Chris and Natalie had begun sifting through what kinds missions they could undertake, and they were mainly exploration missions and outlaw bounty missions. There weren't too many other Exploration Teams at the moment, but then again, the game had only just started. In days, Chris figured there would be hundreds, if not even thousands.

    "It's simple," Raiju the Jolteon explained with a casual air about him. "While Adventure Teams may do the risky work of finding new areas to explore, we're the ones that actually go deep into them and work out all their secrets. Plus, we don't need to deal with the kinds of stress they go through."

    "Yeah, I ain't no guinea pig," Natalie told Chris, not liking the idea of an adventure team anyway. "Plus damn, dude, bounty hunting. We're all over that."

    "Yep, we do that too," Raiju smiled. "Adventure teams can't get into the field because they're out in the field for long periods of times, and they can't take felons along. You guys, however, can make out big doing that kind of work. It's exciting too!"

    Chris felt pretty satisfied about his decision. Once they were done with the introductions and getting settled into the guild, they decided to see what beginning missions they could understand and get a start on improving their rank. Things seemed generally pretty solid at first, and while Natalie wanted to jump right into bounty hunting, Chris felt it was a better idea to "grind" some more before doing that.

    That was, until another member of the guild, Naomi the Petilil, under the username "Roxy99," had softly approached the two.

    "Uhh, guys, I need a little help," Naomi told them. "I can't figure out how to logoff. I told my mom I'd play for just an hour before homework and I'm pretty sure I've gone way over. Do you guys know how to do it?"

    Chris sifted through the game options. Missions, Bag, Team, Chat, Options, and other menu selections all appearing as a wheel gallery of icons before him like a hologram. He went through the options menu but they were only for adjusting audio, changing language, profanity filter, and the other usual game options, but nothing for logging out.

    "Huh, that's weird, how do you log out of this game?" Natalie asked, really beginning to wonder herself as she watched Chris and tried to do it through her own menu wheel. "Usually this is an easy thing to figure out!"

    Chris had gone through the menu selection ring at least three more times before concluding that it couldn't be done in the field. He was beginning to wonder if there were special logout points, which wasn't typical for games to do these days, but it wouldn't have been an entirely foreign concept. The only thing was he hadn't seen a single one since the game started and he really felt there should have been one by now, if not quite a few. They were right in the middle of town, which should have had several in the current zone they were in since it was considered a safe spot to begin with.

    "Beats me, I don't know how to do it," Chris told Naomi, feeling confused. "Shouldn't there be a GM or something that you can ask? Maybe put in a help request or something. It's probably something so simple and stupid once you know it but they didn't make it easy to find out."

    Chris was now wondering if maybe there was some special voice chat command that made it happen, but he hadn't heard anything about the likes of that even just once.

    "Yeah, guess I'll just do that," Naomi replied, shrugging. "You'd think something so simple would be easy to find, right? I'll let you know what they say."

    "Good, because I've got an exercise class to go to in about an hour," Natalie replied, checking the current time. "Game's fun but I ain't getting fat over it."

    While Naomi put in the help request ticket to the GM, Chris stood by, wondering exactly how this process was done just to see it for himself.

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    Spawning in Discovery Town
    Affected RP'ers: None


    "So our first mission... we have to venture into the dungeon called Echo Forest and retrieve Johnson the Klefki's missing gold key. Doesn't sound too tough right?" Sloane said as she and Brent traveled across the town. Madder shook his head, smiling a little. It didn't sound tough at all. But then again, first missions rarely were. Still, they were both low levels, so they needed to be careful anyway. Even something as simple as a pidgey could cost them if they did not tread carefully. "We should get another team to come with us!" Sloane suddenly announced. Brent raised his eyebrows then shrugged.

    "Sure why not. It would make the dungeon crawl much easier, that's for sure." Madder lifted his paw and brought up the settings menu. He pushed a button and sent out a request for a team to accompany them through the Echo Forest mission. A few minutes later, Team Harmonic Wildfire had answered their request. The two teams decided to meet in the center of town. Sloane and Brent searched around when they noticed a Type: Null and a Litten started to walk their way.

    "MadderJanobii and Madder_Hatter?" the Type: Null asked as he approached. Sloane's jaw literally hit the floor, causing the Type: Null to chuckle. "Yes, you're not seeing things. For some odd reason this is a possible result of the quiz. Why, I'm not sure, but I feel like this is the definition of OP if you ask me." He bowed a little and introduced himself, "As you may already know, I am OcarinaCypher and this is my partner Sibermask, and we are Team Harmonic Wildfire. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." Brent glanced over at Sloane, the cyndaquil still a little starstruck, forcing Brent to make their introduction. Brent tipped his hat a little.

    "Madder_Hatter and MadderJanobii, though you can just called us Madder and Janobii, and we're Team Moonlight Madness. I'll be candid, I was not expecting this when you answered my request. Given we're all still level 5 I am guessing you guys haven't taken on the first mission either." OcarinaCypher shook his head.

    "No sir! Siber and I were just searching for someone to partner with for the first mission and your team was the first one on the list. Have you played a PMD game before? Do you know how this goes?"

    "Of course!" Sloane responded quickly, puffing out her chest a little. "I've played them all! Well except the Wii Ware games and Red Rescue Team but Blue Rescue Team was my first Pokémon game! And Madder's played a bunch too! You're dealing with veterans here." Siber chuckled and pointed towards the path to the dungeons.

    "Well then, it seems this is a veterans party. Shall we take leave on our adventure then?" With nods all around, the two teams linked up and started down the path to Echo Forest. It was decided that instead of splitting up into two groups, at least for the first few floors, the two teams would stick together in case they needed to play support with each other. The dungeon was seven floors in total, with the seventh floor being a clearing where the item was located. It was obvious right off that Sloane and Siber had an obvious advantage in this grass and bug infested dungeon. The cyndaquil and litten took point, burning their way through the entire dungeon. It also became pretty evident that despite being a Type: Null, given it didn't have any egg moves, Cypher did not have as much OPness as the quartet had all anticipated. It would probably become evident in the future, but for right now he was about as powerful as a magikarp with tackle. Still, the dungeon was a total breeze, the four players tearing through the six floors of dungeon crawling like the veterans they were. Dungeon strategy was practically ingrained into their DNA, so they were at the clearing in no time.

    Gleaming in the center of the Echo Forest clearing was Johnson's golden key. Siber started to approach it when a scream echoed across the forest and sound wave blasted the litten back. Siber tumbled to Cypher's feet, causing the Type: Null to growl as a noibat and two whismur spawned in between the teams and the key. Of course it wouldn't be this easy. This was supposed to be the most difficult PMD game to date, why wouldn't there be a boss on the first mission. To make matters worse, Siber had already taken damage from what was most likely an Echoed Voice attack.

    "Stay behind me, Siber," Cypher instructed, "Try to use Heat Wave to widdle down their health! Madder, you think you can copycat him on that?" Madder saluted, stepping back with Siber in preparation of battle as the noibat and whismur drew closer. Cypher looked at Sloane and smiled a little (not that it was really obvious). "You and I are going to take them down with Leer, Rage, and Tackle spam. Sound good?" Sloane nodded, pumping her arms a little as she bounced in excitement. It was the first boss battle! Sloane turned to her opponents and made the first move, charging in for a tackle and knocking one of the whismur back. Cypher charged at the same time, striking the other whismur. Siber released a heat wave with Madder right behind him with a copycat heat wave. It didn't take much for the whismur to be knocked out, the two only having about 30 HP. However, the noibat was a different matter. Fire attacks barely tickled it, so just tackles would have to do. The four players encircled the noibat, even at a higher level than the whismur it couldn't survive an alliance attack from all of them. The noibat began to panic as they drew closer, and that's when it happened. The noibat let out a screeching sound in panic then tackled Siber. The litten was caught off guard and thrown back. Worst of all, it was a critical hit!

    "Siber!" Cypher yelled as the litten's figure disappeared. Strangely though, no game over message appeared, as was routine when the partner fainted in a dungeon. The three remaining players stared at one another in confusion, allowing the noibat to tackle Sloane as well. "Hey!" Cypher charged and slammed into the noibat, Madder jumping into the frey as well. The barrage of attacks was too much, and the noibat fainted. Sloane walked over to retrieve the key then looked at Cypher.

    "Maybe he's back in Discovery Town," she offered, "it's possible because you were with us it didn't force you to start over." Cypher looked bothered for some unknown reason but nodded in response, hoping that was the answer. The three warped out of the dungeon, returning to right outside of the guild. The three looked around for Siber, but there was no sign of the litten. Where could he have gotten off to? "Maybe he's inside?" Cypher seemed to grow more worried by the minute but nodded in agreement again. The three entered the Arcane Keep and approached the stairs when Cypher froze. Sloane and Brent turned to see what the matter was when Cypher said,

    "I-I... what?" Cypher was currently looking at a message box in front of him. Sloane approached slowly, moving to Cypher's side to catch a glimpse of the message box. It read:
    Dear OcarinaCypher,
    We regret to inform you that your partner's save data has been lost. This error can be attributed to a variety of things, including hacking attempts, back internet connection, or a corrupted handling device. You will not be penalized for this loss, however, your partner will not be allowed to sign up again for at least 24 hours in case of possible hacking risks. If they return, your partner will be allowed to rejoin your team. However, should they not, we highly advise you join another team, as you will not be able to take on an NPC or a player partner at this time due to the circumstances.
    Thank you,
    GM


    Silence settled over the three as they took it all in. Was there a glitch in the game? Poor Siber was probably freaking out back at his house. Sloane reached over and pat Cypher. She wasn't sure what to say in comfort but she thought maybe a pat on the leg would work! Cypher glanced in her direction before saying,

    "Something's wrong. Siber's my best friend. Sure we like to hack but we always play the game through in true first before we start to mess around. He swore he wouldn't try anything funny with this game too. I don't... I don't think he had any of those other issues either but he does live down the street from me. Maybe I should log out and go check on him." That was a sound idea. Maybe something had happened at Siber's place that had caused this.

    "Well, if it doesn't work out, you're more than welcome to join Madder and I's team." Brent gave a nod in approval when Cypher looked his way. Cypher reached out and pat both players on their heads.

    "Thank you, I appreciate it. I'd give you a hug but I'm like twice your size so headpats will have to do I suppose." Cypher raised his claw and brought up the menu, only to frown in confusion. "Hm... guys have you tried logging out since you got here?" Sloane shook her head then looked at Brent, who also shook his head. "There's no logout button on the menu," Cypher said. He lowered himself to the ground to show the cyndaquil and zorua. Sure enough there wasn't a logout option! Now that was odd.

    "Maybe there's a kangeskhan rock in town!" Brent suggested, "Remember in the trailer there's supposed to be one near the park! You can logout there." Brent took off with Sloane and Cypher right behind, racing down the path from the Arcane Keep to Discovery Town. Weaving through the streets, the trio approached the park and sure enough at the entrance stood a Kangeskhan statue, but the chatter from the folks standing near it was disheartening as reality came crashing in.

    "Why won't this work! It won't let me interact with it at all!"

    "There's not one anywhere in the guild! Didn't the screenshots show one?"

    "The beta testers said all of these allowed logout functionality!"

    "Has anyone contacted a GM?"

    This was not good. This was not good at all.
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    Laura squinted, scrutinizing the Adventurer Team Job Request Board. Her options were limited, true, but she still didn't want to screw up her first mission. To her knowledge it wouldn't have adverse effects, just losing her nonexistent money stash and a few items she didn't currently possess(so basically, nothing really), but it still seemed embarrassing to her. She wasn't the best of competitive battlers, her usual strategy in tougher dungeons is trying again and again and again as her level increased bit by bit until she finally was strong enough to brute force her way through the dungeon.

    She finally picked out a request, turning to Peter and smiling at him as she handed it to him so he could check it out as well. "How 'bout this one? Get to the end of Static Savannah, and fight the boss there. Gives me a pretty good advantage, so it should be a breeze!"

    Peter nodded. "Sounds good, you ready?"

    Laura nodded, and the two headed towards the path to the Mystery Dungeons, only for the cubone to pause when she heard concerned muttering from other players. Curiosity pricked at her, and she checked the usernames and team name of a nearby worried team as she approached them: Team Sharpwind, composed of Strikestorm the scyther, and Charcold the torchic.

    "Eh, hi there," Laura spoke up as the two looked at her. "I'm stained_glass_threads, but if you want you can call me Glass-- is there something I missed?"

    Charcold seemed to be calmer and more composed than his partner, and therefore spoke up. "There seems to have been a-- a bug in the system, or something. Not many people noticed it at first, but," he thought for a second on how to phrase what he wanted to say, before slowly and deliberately speaking "No one seems to be able how to log off."

    Laura blinked.

    "That's simple! Check the Khangaskhan Rock outside the Keep to Save and log off," Peter said, automatically.

    Charcold squinted at Peter, before identifying the charmander as an NPC and sighing. "Many people have tried that. No one's seen it. And before you ask, the menu's not working either."

    Laura blinked, starting to feel her heart in her ears. No log out. That meant no way off. That meant, that meant--

    She dropped her bone, placing her hands over her forehead and shutting her eyes. No. No meltdowns, no panic attacks. She couldn't do that here, she couldn't do that couldn't couldn't--

    She flinched away when she felt someone touch her, only so see Charcold had tried putting his stubby wing on her in an attempt to calm him down. She flashed him a strained smile. "I'm fine," she muttered. "I-- um... Is there, uh... Did they tell someone? I mean... What does that even mean, can't log out? Can't I just-- just take off my headset? Can't I just turn off the game? I--i can stand t-taking the quiz again, not like anyone here's made a lot of progress! Right? J-just a game, even if they did!"

    Laura noticed Strikestorm was close to tears. That made her feel a bit better, oddly enough. She wasn't the only one close to flipping out.

    Charcold sighed. "You're new to this, aren't you?"

    "I'm not a noob! I've played all the PMD games before this one," Laura said.

    "No. Sorry if I came off sounding... Uh-- I meant new to this technology. It's not that simple. In order to turn the power off, you need to log out, which brings you to the game selection and power switches. And just taking the headset off... Well, you can't really move your body around in games, because if you do you might accidentally fall down a flight of stairs while trying to move your character, and end up in a lawsuit with Nintendo. So that's out of question."

    Laura closed her eyes. Breathe in through your nose, hold, out through your mouth. For sixteen beats.

    "...They're going to fix this, right? They've got to notice, they've... they've got to, they've got to--"

    She cut herself off. Breathe. In, hold, out.

    "It's hard not to notice people not waking up," Charcold assured her.

    "I... In the meantime... I guess we've got a lot to distract ourselves with..." Laura muttered. Distracting herself always helped improve her mood, and she had a whole new game to get lost in.

    "They'll figure it out," the torchic assured her.

    Laura nodded. She turned to Peter, opening her eyes. "...Um. Could we... just wait ten minutes before that mission? We can try exploring the town again..." she said.

    Peter frowned. "I-- if you're nervous... I was excited about my first mission on a real adventurer team, but if you're not feeling up to it yet that's fine too!" A cocky grin returned to his face. "I've waited until now, I can definitely wait a little longer! Come on!"
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    Discovery Town Training Grounds.
    Affected RPers: None.


    Combat was really, really strange in Challengers of Fate.

    Tiff and Haruka had both played on the Wii Vision, but this was… almost frighteningly realistic. When a Kabuto sliced open Tiff’s arm with one of its little claws, it hurt like crazy. When Haruka dazzled a Wingull with Confuse Ray, she actually got the mental sensation of using some sort of psychic power. When the two stopped to catch their breath, there was a real sense of tiredness, exactly what one would expect from an hour’s worth of fighting and walking through harsh terrain.

    “I hope you don’t mind if I cram in some extra hours after you’ve logged off,” Haruka said, brushing some debris of one wing. “I don’t want to get too many levels away from you, but…” She smiled, an expression that looked pretty odd on a bird beak. “I wanna try flying.”

    Tiff’s smile looked no less bizarre than Haruka’s, considering that she was showing off a mouthful of sharp teeth. “You bet,” Tiff said. “I’ll admit, rushing straight into our first mission might not have been the world’s smartest move, since we’re not really used to the whole… being Pokemon thing.” She laughed, “It all sounds so silly when I say it out loud.”

    Haruka nodded, “Well, I mean, I have wings and you have a tail. So it feels kinda silly, too.” She tilted her head. “Say, how’s that scratch you got?”

    “Not too bad,” said Tiff, shrugging. “It doesn’t feel great, but it’s not that deep and it’s not bleeding anymore. What about you? That Slowpoke’s psychic… thing couldn’t have felt good.”

    “I’m fine,” Haruka said. She tried to shrug, but it wasn’t really possible with the bone structure of her bird shoulders. “It kinda gave me a headache? But I’ll survive.”

    “Good, good.” There was a pause, then Tiff stood up and stretched. “You good to get going again? I think we’re coming up on the boss.”

    As it turned out, they had been practically on top of the boss. There was a small stash of Entercards at the end of the cave, but in front of them stood a Wartortle that didn’t seem too pleased by the idea of the Sterling Spearhead getting their hands on any of them. It growled, then lunged for Tiff.

    Detect was the sort of move that Tiff laughed at in mainline Pokemon games, but in PMD games it had been ludicrously overpowered. Here, it was balanced between the two extremes - her awareness was heightened, allowing her to slip out of the way of the Wartortle’s Aqua Jet, but she knew for a fact that it wouldn’t let her dodge everything. “Haruka! Can you confuse it before we attack it?”

    “Y’got it!” Haruka answered. The Pokemon moves were surprisingly easy to use; all she really had to do was think about the move and then she knew what she had to do. She focused her mind and flapped her wings toward the Wartortle; out of the feathers shot a cluster of bright lights that dazzled the Wartortle. It turned toward Haruka, looking angry, and lunged. The sight of the enormous turtle moving towards her at ludicrous speed paralyzed Haruka with fear; she let out a shout of pain as the Tackle attack landed.

    Anger surged through Tiff, and she rushed toward the Wartortle, hitting it faster than should have been possible. It moved to counterattack, but between Tiff’s reflexes and the Wartortle’s impeded movements, the Riolu easily dodged the attack. She tried to follow up by tripping the Wartortle, but this time its attack made its mark, giving Tiff a nasty scratch across the chest. It let out a shriek a split second later as Haruka unleashed a Leafage attack. Before it could get out of Haruka’s way, Tiff attacked again, kicking the Wartortle in the back and knocking it onto its stomach. Haruka kept the Leafage up until the Wartortle stopped moving.

    “It’s fainted,” Tiff said, relieved. She walked over to the Entercard stash and picked one up. She tried to take another - there were plenty of the things - but it gave her a slight shock when she touched it. She tried again with a different Entercard with the same result. “I think we can only get one of these apiece,” said Tiff. Haruka nodded and walked over, taking one in her beak.

    Getting back to town was a lot simpler than getting into the dungeon. The two of them were out before long - and when they got back, the square was in a panic.

    “What’s going on?” Tiff asked, trying to be heard over all of the shouting voices. A Poochyena happened to hear her and turned. Tiff and Haruka started. The Poochyena, Hologrammar, looked terrified. There were tears in their eyes.

    “The game is broken,” the Poochyena said, “we can’t log out.”


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