Oh dear... Shizu probably just had her worldview destroyed again. I could actually see her brain blue-screening beside .
"Y-you... You an...."
*You weren't supposed to get that, Shizu,* Guidance sighed. *You aren't even supposed to get that grown-up body of yours till you actually grew up.*
To my side, Shizu found herself sitting on the ground, her eyes wide with disbelief as she muttered out, "It... It was all a mistake?"
"Well, they were cool mistakes, at least," I chuckled. "I'm sure Guidance wouldn't try to take them away from you now."
*And even if I wanted to, I literally can't,* the dev backed up. *Your designation in the system is that of both a Player and an NPC at this point. You're locked out of my capabilities.*
"But... But then...."
A part of felt guilty for laughing, but I couldn't help myself as I kneeled down to help Shizu back up. She was still muttering stuff about her own existence again, but I can probably carry her all the way through if she remained despondent while having her brain process it all again.
"Guidance, I have a quest telling to go north to a Kattleynan Outpost," I explained as I piggy-backed Shizu behind . "Seeing as I don't see a minimap, can you at least tell what it looks like?"
The dev humd at my question, her thinking tone apparent as she spoke with hesitance, *To be honest, I don't know either. Also, you should have a minimap sowhere. I'm sure I coded that in.*
Oh boy, here we go again... "Guidance, I wouldn't be asking you this if I can see it."
*Fair point...*
I shook my head at Guidance's words as I moved my feet forward towards what was hopefully north. It'll probably turn up sooner or later... As soon as we get out of this swamp, at least.
*You should at least be able to follow the [Midasean Star],* Guidance spoke out from the ether. *If the minimap's not working, that's at least a landmark you can use up in the sky.*
"Gee, thanks," I sarcastically called out. "Care to tell what it looks like?"
*It's the brightest [Star] up in the sky,* she pointed out, returning my sarcasm. *If you have working eyeballs, you should be able to see it.*
I scoffed, "Wow. Lost the shy streak now?"
*It's already night and I've skipped my train stop,* she weakly sighed. *I've lost what little amount of care I can give today.*
"I can honestly relate," I chuckled as I looked up to the cave ceiling above, locating the brightest star and turning my bearing towards it. "Hard day at work?"
*Almost lost my job today,* Guidance chuckled. *They still can't get rid of though.*
"Good for you then," I returned what little enthusiasm she showed right back at her. "Still, we're in kind of a bind here. And I have a few questions for you while we're at it."
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*Ask away.*
I let out a small breath as I felt my feet get bogged down by the mud beneath . Shizu had stopped mumbling on my back, her snores replacing her frantic tone as she drifted off into sleep. Well, at least I didn't have to deal with her moving too much and making it harder for to carry her.
"What are [Moves]?" I began as I waded through the muck and vegetation. "And what's the command for it?"
Guidance let out a small gasp as she seemingly got my question. The faint sound of a rumbling train echoed from the distant ether as I waited for her to reply.
*[Moves]... I think that's what I called my skill tree system,* Guidance humd in self-deprecation. *It's honestly kind of barebones really.*
Huh... "It's still a skill system, one that I'd like to access sohow."
*Unfortunately, I don't have a convenient way of accessing the master list of commands outside my house,* she apologetically sighed. *Although, I don't think the command for it will be that different from the na itself. It's just one tab, if I recall correctly.*
"I see," I nodded to the void as I took a glance up to my impromptu compass in the sky. "Then theoretically, it should be Move or [MOV] or-"
[CHI!]
*Moriya?*
I chuckled, "I actually got it."
*O-Oh...*
[MOVES]
[Level 4: Bloodwork: Causes the Somatic's blood to thicken. Adds the amount of [HP] drained every shot to damage dealt.]
Looking at the newest window added to my arsenal, I raised an eyebrow as I silently read out my new ability. Well, it wasn't so much an ability, more so that it was a passive that makes my attacks stronger. But while it was much appreciated...
"That's it?" I couldn't help but voice out loud. "Only one ability and it's not even an active skill?"
*W-Why? What did you get?*
Guidance's sleepy voice filtered through the back of my head as I let out a light scoff. "Just a passive that gives my bullets more stopping power. It scales to my [HP] at least, but I expected sothing flashier."
While I could understand that low-level skills weren't ant to be the one-all-be-all in terms of stopping power, I at least kind of expected sothing that would be the building blocks of my basic skill combo. Well, that was assuming that the ga revolved around using skills in that way. I was currently playing it like an action ga, but depending on the skills I get, that style of fighting could change drastically.
*I... kind of don't know how the Re:Mind Engine would even interpret it,* Guidance weakly admitted. *Since every player's [Manifest] could be wildly different, I coded it so that the engine would just randomly generate skill trees that would suit the player's needs.*
"Figures..." I let out a light chuckle. "Your scope is just that ridiculous, especially if it's just you working on the ga."
*At least I know it works now,* she audibly smiled. *I just have to tweak it a bit more once I have the ti...*
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