Brave new world

[dragonsylph]

Its launch day for the new Elder Tale expansion. Boasting an array of new features, like better AI, multiclassing, destructible environments, and a persistent world changed by player actions, you start up the game and find yourself transported to the game world.

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Portal network down

[dragonsylph]

"Hm..."

::silence for a minute::

"I didn't realize that teleport spells were linked to the portal network, but I guess it makes sense, as you always show up near the portal platform. Just tried casting Teleport to the capital, and I got an error message saying that the portal network is down.

Hold on, I'm going to make sure other spells work right.

...

Aha! Oh my god, my familiar is so much prettier than in the game!"

[aikonamika]

"The portal network is down?"

[Aiko frowns as she makes her way - carefully - toward the front gates. As she moves she can see more and more people, and they all seem to be having variations on the same reaction: they're all freaking out. Which seems to imply that she and Astral aren't the only ones who are going through this situation. That simultaneously makes her feel better and more worried, because at least they're not alone, but who knows if anyone on the outside world - or the real world, whatever - knows what's going on, or can do anything about it. And for that matter, this isn't her strongest character, and she's not sure that she can make it back to the character select screen to somehow pick her main to be trapped in.]

"That's gonna be a problem, nya. Major cities are pretty far apart without the portals. Doable, but far apart."

[There's a pause as she waits for a screaming man to run past her, his hands clutching at his head and ears, and her own ears flatten in sympathy.]

"We're not the only ones stuck here, nya."

[dragonsylph]

"I'll call you back in an hour or so. Talk to people, try out the game interface, see what you can learn. Don't go into any hostile areas. With so many other players around, someone will be in the same situation as us and have decent ideas.

I don't know if you've tried yet, but logout and game support aren't working either."

[aikonamika]

"I wasn't planning on going into hostile areas just yet anyway, nya!"

[It's indignant, and she puts her hands on her hips to huff at the voice chat panel. Not that Astral can see her...]

"I saw that already. And I'll look around and see what people have to say, but it looks like most people are still freaking. Talk to you in an hour with news."

[Aiko lifts her paw to the panel and hesitates for a long moment, then makes herself hang up. She's got plenty to do right now, and she can't cling to Astral the entire time. Besides, she's the one who's supposed to have the most experience with Elder Tale! She's been playing for years!

She turns to the city with an unconscious flirt of her tail, ears set determinedly, and wades in.]