1 Chapter 1: The New World
My name is Ota Matsusuke. Because apparently it's funny to call your child fish lotus.
I am a successful programmer with a decent salary and a good house. I play YGGDRASIL.
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What, you were expecting more? No, I don't need any more. A job that pays enough that I can indulge my hobbies and a good game are all I really need, or rather any more just becomes a bother. For instance:
A family requires a certain amount of money. Plus, I've been told that it's your 'responsibility' as the husband to get the other family members out before you if there's a fire, and if they die first you're wrought with grief for the rest of your life. No thank you. Furthermore the wife needs attention in the bed when you could be sleeping and the kids just yell all the time. What are the upsides? When the kids grow up they look after you and your wife keeps you company. I have fellow DMMO players for company and I've got enough money saved up for my dotage already at 32.
Speaking of which, today is the day YGGDRASIL shuts down... I wonder what the turnout'll be. I mean, I can't really blame anyone, because YGGDRASIL has been around a long time and people want new games, but... To me this is special because it's the game that got me properly invested into DMMOs. I've played it since the beginning so I'd like to be there at the end.
My character in YGGDRASIL is 205cm tall and has an appearance similar to that of a video game villain from the 21st century called sephiroth, with the only notable differences being two wings and different equipment.
(A.N: Yes, I know this is seriously unbelievable, but one of the main reasons I don't want to make my own novels is I suck at naming and describing appearances... Help would be seriously appreciated.)
-----Nazarick, 9th floor, Round Table Room-----
Ota: What ho! 'Tis fortunes great favour that I mayest chance upon mine two greatest companions.
Momonga: Ah! Ota, I'm glad you could make it.
HeroHero: 'sigh'. I wish I could stay longer, but I've been doing so much overtime I think my body is starting to wear out. I need to get some rest.
Ota: You sure it's not just your slime body? *laughing emote* *serious emote* But in all seriousness though, quit. I can't say it enough. If it's really that bad, you can't do much other than bear with it and die of overwork within the foreseeable future, or you quit, deal with the hardship for a while and get a new job. Now you tell me, which one of those is the infinitely better choice.
HeroHero: .....I'll think it over, but right now I need rest. It was really fun and, who knows, maybe we'll meet again in YGGDRASIL 2.
*HeroHero logs out*
Ota: There hasn't been a forecasted YGGDRASIL 2 has there.
That wasn't really a question. We both knew that it wasn't going to happen, but that small part of each of us still needed confirmation.
Momonga: No...
Ota: Well! Enough of the sob stuff, grab the staff and let's go!
Momonga: Wait what?!
I'm not one of those people to wallow in misery and self-pity. Otherwise I might actually have tried to build relationships outside to the game, godcat forbid.
Ota: Seriously? It's the last day, and you haven't taken that thing out once! Granted, it was for a good reason, but we should end on a high note, wearing our best gear and by the throne of kings.
Momonga: Hmmm, interesting. Let's do it. But first if you would please come this way. [Gate]
Eh? A gate? Oh, he's probably taking me to the eighth floor to see the cherry blossom sanctuary. Too bad I snuck in there ages ago and took a peek. It would actually have been a half-decent surprise if I couldn't make it past the traps.
Ota: Yosh, here I go.
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Ota: AAH! PUT IT OUT! *Runs back through trailing lava* Oh wait. [Greater Regeneration] [Greater Miasma]. Much better.
Momonga: kukukuku-- Gah. I will always envy you for that.
Ota: Eh? Why? Oh... You do realise that while I get regeneration from damaging status effects I take double damage from all solid healing or lethal effects and holy damage right?
Momonga: That doesn't make it stop being broken. It just means the developers aren't going to nerf it any more.
Ota: Oh yeh, I got atlas back by the way.
Momonga: Is this a joke? Because if it is keep it up or else I will be VERY disappointed.
Ota: No I'm serious, I went to loads of major bases and solo raided them a few days ago. For some reason during the last week of games not as many people show up until the last day, making it the perfect time to strike. I'm pretty sure my coffers are as large as nazaricks at this point. Also, turns out atlas puts a unique slowness effect on any amount of enemies you want that stacks with others, increases physical attack, attack speed, resistance, HP and the effectiveness of buffs on the holder by 30% in exchange for just reducing agility by 20%. Well, I guess that's a world item at the end of the day. Sad it's so useless on me though.
Momonga: I'm not even going to comment on how broken that is. However, we should probably get going down to the throne room if we want time to do anything.
And so we began to meander along the hallways. As we past one corner in particular we saw one of the homunculus maids walking towards us. With her figure it's a real shame we weren't able to detail different facial expressions, but Whitebrim did the best he could I guess. As she stepped out of the way and prepared started to bow I had an idea.
Ota: Oi skelly.
Momonga: What is it Ota?
Ota: What about you put an extra line of info on every npc from now on.
Momonga: As long as it doesn't change anything.
Ota: No. Not anymore. I was just thinking something along the lines of 'Is grateful for their time in the great tomb of Nazarick'. So they don't feel their existence after we leave is empty. Of course, I'm probably being over-sentimental.
Momonga: *Smiling emote* That is a good idea. Just give me a second.
Entering, oddly enough, the receiving room, we see a kind looking old gentleman with armoured maids numbering 6 in total and I can't help but murmur each of their names as we go along.
Ota: SebasTian, Yuri, Narberal, Lupusregina, CZ, Entoma, Solution...
Momonga: I couldn't even remember Sebas' name, let alone the others.
Ota: Memory isn't perfect, even if sometimes we wish it were.
Momonga: Sebas, Pleiades, follow me.
The throne of kings. For being the ones to beat the tomb of nazarick and claim it, this world item was awarded. I wasn't there but by all accounts it was glorious. More than that, a banner, for every one of us in Ainz Ooal Gown. Above the throne, the symbol that united us all.
Albedo is by the throne as usual, and knowing momonga he's probably going to check on the settings. Nothing wrong with it obviously but it makes me want to chuckle imagining the look on his face as he finds the last line. Actually it's kinda scary that I know the NPCs that well now that I think about it, but my perfectionist traits will never cease to exist so I'm going to do the thing a true man would do... Ignore it 'till the day I die.
Ota: Bones, you ok?
Ah, so he found it.
Momonga: I'm just going to, 'cough' change this line.
Ota: Oi! You change one line I'm putting the same line on another NPC.
Momonga: Eh?! Oh, uh, ok... Uhm....
Ota: So, what did you put?
Momonga: Sheisdeeplyinlovewithmomonga.
Ota: ...Oh no... Now I have to put that on an NPC.
Momonga: Switch it with your name obviously.
Ota: Obviously... You know. I think I'm going to go with shalltear.
Momonga: Shalltear?
Ota: Yes.
Momonga: THAT Shalltear?
Ota: YES! In case you're wondering I find her the best looking out of all of them. Don't even talk about those fetishes please. I just think having the most beautiful lady deeply in love with me would be an experience I would never get again so...
Momonga: Kukukukuku
Ota: Ok who the heck laughs like that.
Momonga: And now I'm not laughing anymore, good job.
Ota: Thanks. Anyway what's your real name? Before you ask I'm Matsusuke Ota. Just don't.
Momonga: Fish Lotus? That's interesting. My name is Suzuki Satoru.
Ota: Number?
Momonga: Ok.
*Exchanging numbers*
Ota: This was good fun.
Momonga: It really was. Very good fun.
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Ota: Uhm... Is this supposed to happen?
Momonga: Wait, your mouth just moved.
WHAT. Ok. We stayed in the game past 12 and now I moved my mouth, meaning presumably the npc's mouths can move, implying that the rest of their bodies can... Ok I don't care can I stay wherever here is for the rest of my life is the only thing I want to know?
Ota: Well, why wouldn't it?
I say it while making a face to try and get him to play along but my hopes and dreams were confirmed before anything else.
Albedo: Lord Momonga, Lord Dabilosi, is something wrong?
If I remember correctly she has an overprotective personality. I need to make use of that and hope to good god that her personality transferred.
Ota/Dabilosi: No Albedo, nothing I can't handle, I just sensed a small fluctuation in our magic and it affected us more than you might think. It will be alright as long as it doesn't happen again. Sebas!
Sebas: I live to serve Lord Dabilosi
Pretty sure the personalized responses weren't this good before, this is looking better and better.
Dabilosi: I need you to scout the area surrounding Nazerick for any abnormalities with the Pleiades? If you encounter any danger flee immediately and if you encounter nothing at all expand your search area slowly, but return to Nazerick and come to the colosseum on the sixth floor in precisely two hours.
Sebas: Of course.
Albedo: Lord Dabilosi what is going on?
Dabilosi: I may be wrong, but I fear things have changed, possibly for the worse, so I need you to tell the guardians to be in the colosseum two hours from now. Please do not inform victim or gargantua, and Aura and Mare should be there anyway, we will head there shortly isn't that right momonga?
Momonga: Ah. Yes.
Albedo: Very well.
Sebas, Albedo and the Pleiades exit.
Momonga: What is going on?
