I consider it a spiritual successor and if you liked a lot of the themes and ideas in SaniSubject, this might be right up your alley. Please go give it a shot!
What happens when the game ends? Phase 1 of a speculative story about VR, identity, and the world online.
I consider it a spiritual successor and if you liked a lot of the themes and ideas in SaniSubject, this might be right up your alley. Please go give it a shot!
What happens when the game ends? Phase 1 of a speculative story about VR, identity, and the world online.
Lucky’s gaze locks onto the chat for a second, frozen in a smile. Then they read something back.
“Rose is one of those fairy girls? You mean NineRealms, dude? Yeah, well, I’m not sure why you think Saber Wars is any more mature.”
They freeze again, then laugh. “Oh, that was not a negative— you’re also a NineRealms player? You see her fight in a world raid yet?”
I sit up straighter. Lucky nods again.
“Scary.” They affirm, before leaning towards me with a smirk. “They say you’re scary.”
I press my free hand to my cheek, and my voice goes high and traily. “Oh noo…!”
The chat UI goes pink with sakura emotes. My cheeks get warmer.
“Well, that’s a good place to start— let’s talk NineRealms. Now, I haven’t played, but it’s currently the top MMO in Asgard. Legend has it that you’re a beta tester. How choking is the NDA?”
“…N…D…A?” I repeat, blinking. “I don’t think we have one of those!”
“Awesome! So you’ll spill everything for me?”
“Pff—!”
I clamp my mouth shut, thumping into the back of my chair. “I mean, it’s a lot… But I can tell you how weird it was when the world map was basically a big field of grass with a couple landmarks!”
“Okay, that’s creepy.”
“It got worse when the day and night cycle was put in—“ I gesture, making an arch with my free hand. “A big flat plane of grass at night… you can’t see the edge of the map, right, it’s the size of a whole island, so if you weren’t near anywhere that had gotten built yet…”
They raise their eyebrows, laughing without dropping their smile. I keep talking.
“So eventually one of Xeira’s friends— Athena— she’s like ‘we need to at least add some ambiance’— but suddenly there’s just wind and some vague crickets and other rustling sounds, but most of the map is still just a dark field…”
My voice trails off with a squeak. Lucky starts laughing properly.
“No, you’re kidding.” They whisper, loudly. “That’s so freaky. But NineRealms is one of the biggest Realized Spaces out there now. Did you all even sleep?”
I shake my head. “Oh, no, not really. Xeira caught a cold the second we hit live.”
i dont know if you still check this, but hi! i still think about stachi n friends sometimes and i thought i’d put this doodle of mine here despite me still having no online presence whatsoever! thank you so much for creating a story that stuck with me all these years, cant wait to check out your latest project! :)
I do still check these!!! TYSM, I am so happy you liked the comic. :)
(Project RE:Vive contains content and themes that could potentially be disturbing to some readers. There is a full list of content warnings in the OPENFIRST.txt file inside the ZIP.)