I humd in agreent as I listened to the dev mumble about her own ga. At that point, I just let her ramble about what she still needed to fix with her code. All the while, I just let out a grunt or word of acknowledgnt every ti she gave a lull. It was kind of therapeutic, listening to soone gush about their passions while you yourself are doing so nial braindead work. There was just a way with how animated she sounded whenever she actually talked about her work, no matter how buggy or broken it might be.
*Oh right... You might've noticed sothing in your [Manifest] bar before? Sothing about [Manifest Points]?*
"Hmm?" I looked up, my attention peaking up as I rembered. "Wait a sec, [SS2]"
[SS1][STAT SCREEN 2][SS3]
[MANIFEST: Blanc and Noir]
[MANIFEST LEVEL: 1/10]
[NTAL FORTITUDE: 0]
[MANIFEST POINTS: 0]
[MANIFEST QUIRKS]
[Blood Bullets: [Blanc and Noir] utilizes the Somatic's blood as ammunition. Drains 3% of Max [HP] per shot.]
Opening up the window, I quickly trained my gaze on the aforentioned points that Guidance told . It was still firmly at zero though, so I won't be doing anything with it anyti soon. "Yeah? I see it now."
*Okay...* the dev sighed as she then explained. *This... might sound strange to you, but that actually correlates with the [Moves] system.*
I actually stopped midstep, my brows furrowing in growing confusion. "Co again?"
Guidance let out another sigh as she replied, *[Manifest Points] are spent to acquire [Moves]. I... just forgot to move the UI elent of it to the [Moves] tab.*
My face scrunched up at what she was saying. What? "You an... I should treat these points as skill points? They're not even directly related to the window that they're at?"
*Please don't remind ...*
Wow....
I couldn't help but let out a laugh, my utter disbelief translating to genuine humor as the weight of the bug slowly settled in. It wasn't that dangerous of an error. In fact, it was only a minor inconvenience in the long run. But the fact that it even existed just further cented the fact that this wasn't a world with logic... Wait, why am I only now even realizing this...
*Moriya?*
I blinked as Guidance's dejected tone echoed through the back of my head, my attention solely back on the land of the real as the swamp below slowly settled back into solid ground. Huh... I guess I made decent progress. "Yes?"
*Are you... Are you mad?*
Huh? "I'm not? What makes you think that?"
*Well, you keep screaming at for one...*
Ouch... That actually made guilt flare up inside my chest. "Oh..."
*The ga's a ss, and it keeps trying to make your life in there miserable, right?* she whispered out, her voice almost drowned out by the train she was riding. *I just thought that.... that you might be mad at .*
"Don't think that," I quickly replied. "I might be annoyed, but don't think I'll be mad at you. And even then, I'm pretty quick to forgive. Don't worry about it. I'm managing right now, right?"
*Y-Yeah...*
I let out a sigh, "Look, just focus on what you can do. I'll keep telling you stuff that you might've missed, and you can work to fix them on your end. Sound fair?"
Guidance didn't reply to with words, but her hum of reluctant acceptance was just as good as a nod of assent. Either way, I guess this was gonna be our dynamic for the foreseeable future.
A comfortable silence followed suit, the sound of the marshy swamp barely filling in the idle quietness around as Guidance's surrounding background noise faintly threatened to spill over to the pristine quiet of the nature around . Eventually, my feet finally stopped sinking into the muck as I found myself back on solid ground once more.
*Oh! M-My stop's here...* Guidance suddenly chid up. *I honestly don't have the energy to do things tonight... Can the fixes wait till I get so free ti?*
I nodded despite knowing she couldn't see . "Sure thing. Take care of yourself out there, wherever you are."
*T-thanks...*
Letting out a sigh, I tuned out Guidance's ever-present aura as I returned to the task at hand. The forest was thinning out the more I pushed myself forward. Shizu was still quietly snoring on my back, and judging by the salty sll in the air, I could only surmise that we were near so kind of sea or ocean... or whatever a body of water inside a world-spanning cave was called.
"I'm liking where this is going..."
With a grin, I picked up my pace through the surrounding trees and shrubbery. Using the [Midasean Star] as a guide, I kept going north, the sll of the sea only getting stronger as faint ocean waves began crashing against my ears. It was a good thing then that I never seed to get tired as I practically power-walked through the brush, still making sure that Shizu's beauty sleep wasn't getting disturbed. Finally...
"Oh wow.... this is really nostalgic..."
Predictably, the strong aroma of salt water hitting my face made so mories from my childhood pop up in my head. They weren't relevant, but I just couldn't help the correlation as I moved past the last brush barring my way and... and....
What...
I stood dumbfounded, my eyes wide open as my brain struggled to process just what the hell I was supposed to see. "Eh... Am I seeing this right?"
Standing just above a sheer cliff, the strong sea breeze hit right in the face even as I failed hilariously in recognizing just what was even in front of . A sea of red stretched out all the way to the distant horizon, the sa five-letter word repeating all jumbled together in what I could only describe as a literal ocean of utter hilarity.
"Seriously, Guidance? How?!" I yelled out in disbelief. "This is just embarrassing!"
I an, how could soone screw up simple water textures?! It's literally just water!
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