Aurivy let out a long sigh after we finished our last round of the ga. “Okay, so, what’s next?” She glanced around at the rest of us, a small grin on her face.
“I’m… not sure?” I asked, looking around at the others. “I an, I’ve already checked out anything I wanted to, and there’s still seven days left of the eting, right? Anyone have any ideas?”
“Well, aside from just going around and playing whatever gas we can?” Bihena asked with a shrug of her shoulders. “It’d be a good way to earn points. And we can never go wrong with having an abundance of points.”
“I’ve already played so of the gas…” Aurivy pouted as she said that. “Most of them are really hard. Like, a ton of buttons, and one wrong move you lose hard. Was able to earn so points dancing with Balu, and a little bit on so other gas before you showed up.”
“I was playing this on my own most of the ti before everyone else ca along.” Bihena said, patting the stage for the Keeper Sim ga. “You can configure it to play against a system opponent instead of another player, so I was doing that for a bit. Could play around with it for a bit more, since you’re able to earn points by winning against the system.”
That made glance over to her in surprise. “And they let you keep getting the points?” I had expected that she’d only be able to get the reward once, before she had to move on to sothing else.
“It’s a bit more than that.” Terra spoke up, walking to the other side of . “Every ti she wins, her opponent will beco progressively more difficult. Likewise, the rewards for victory get larger to match the skill level. If a high ranking Keeper were to play this ga, they would usually be able to play up until their opponents were of a similar skill to themselves. At that point, they might win between ten thousand to a hundred thousand points for a single victory.”
The way she said those numbers as if it wasn’t a huge sum of points made grumble a bit. However, there was little I could do about the fact that they were simply used to dealing in larger sums. Hence, I shook my head and looked at the others. “Alright, I’ll make everyone a deal. Whoever gets the most points by the ti we head back will be able to get their own world, and will be able to use the points they earned to start it up.”
Bihena and Aurivy’s eyes seed to light up at that, while Terra chuckled and relayed my ssage to the rest of the group. Since Udona already had her own world, this would give the others a chance to earn theirs, as well. As for Ashley, if by so chance she managed to win the contest, she’d be able to design her own world, as opposed to Desbar which was my design.
Without another word, Bihena stepped back up to the stage. The remaining three player podiums disappeared, showing that she was now playing solo. Similarly, Aurivy rushed out of towards the stairs leading down to the first floor. Which left only Terra standing next to .
“So, what are your plans for the next seven days?” Terra asked as she walked over, patting a hand against my shoulder.
“Well… I was hoping you’d be able to help with that?” When she looked at with a curious expression, her eyebrows raised, I continued. “I want to look into guilds. I heard about the benefits for them, and thought it might be a good idea to join one myself.”
“Oh?” Terra seed surprised at that. “Earth’s never been in a guild. At least, not from any of the versions of it still in my records. The last few Keepers were either disinterested, or never made it far enough for it to be worthwhile. So, what guild are you looking to join? The Gilded Branch?”
I shook my head at the question as the two of us began to walk down the stairs. “No. While I do like the idea of having a big group backing up, I think with them I’d be a bit too worried that they’d request my points for things like prizes in the regular etings. You can see how much they spend on those prizes every month, so I can’t help but be cautious there.”
“What I want is a smaller guild. Back when I attended my first eting, there was a group that approached , asking if I’d like to join them. I rember… one of them was nad Dalar. He seed like the leader of their group.”
Terra closed her eyes for a mont, seeming to focus before she nodded. “Right, those guys. A small guild like that isn’t a bad idea. So, you’re wanting to see the Guild Recruitnt building, then?”
“Wait, there’s a Guild Recruitnt building?” I asked in shock, having explored the place quite thoroughly with Irena earlier. “How co I didn’t see that before?”
“Because it wasn’t there before.” She answered simply, leading out of the building. “In the eting Room, a building will only appear when soone wants sothing it offers. People co here wanting to have fun, and the Entertainnt building appears. They want good food, the restaurant shows up.”
As she said, a new building was rising from the ground in an empty plot of land not far from us. A few people had gathered around, waiting to see what it was. “Most people who co to these etings are either already part of a guild, or have no interest in joining one. As such, it’s pretty rare for the Guild Recruitnt building to appear before the third or fourth day.”
Once the building had finished forming, a ray of light fell down from the sky to create the sign for it. When people saw the words on the sign, most shrugged their shoulders, wandering away. So, however, seed excited, and rushed inside. Terra laughed lightly at that. “People wanting to advertise their own guilds. Now that they know there’s soone here looking to join a guild, they want to take advantage of it to rope in a new mber.”
“Ah…” I nodded my head briefly as the two of us walked in. Inside the building, stalls were quickly erecting themselves around the people who had entered first, the nas of their guilds on the front of the stalls. However, the two of us just continued on, not paying attention to them. Because, on the other side of the large, single floor of this area, was a wall filled with information.
“This is the Guild Information Board.” Terra said as she waved towards the wall. “Here, you can see the nas of all the different guilds, as well as their numbers, and the Keeper in charge for contact purposes. However, if you want more information on a guild, you’ll need to find the person representing them.” Saying that, she motioned towards the stalls behind us.
I began to look over the list, seeing so many nas that I didn’t know. There were easily over a hundred guilds listed, but many of them had numbers only in the single digits. If I knew Dalar’s Keeper title, perhaps I could just contact him directly, but I only knew him by his actual na.
This would probably be a good ti to have an information guild on hand. I mused with a small smile, before shaking my head. I turned back to look at the nas on the various stalls, and cross referenced their nas with the nas on the board. Most of them were small guilds, but there was one larger guild among them, with over eighty mbers.
Turning around, I moved to the first of the stalls, which belonged to a small guild na Fables. It was registered with seven mbers, and the person at the stall was a woman with wings attached to her arms, similar to a harpy.
“Hello!” She spoke up eagerly when I approached, and I noticed that the sounds from the outside faded away. “Thanks for taking the ti to speak with . Is there anything you’d like to know about my guild that could help you make your decision?”
“Does your guild have any goals, or special rules I’d need to know about?” I knew that I could likely just leave a guild if I didn’t like them later on, but I’d rather not waste my ti when I could find a guild that was a better fit for .
“Hmm… our main goal is to help one another out, I suppose.” The woman said, giving the question so thought. “The guild is mainly just a group of friends, like a lot of smaller guilds. Though, there is one thing that we can be proud of!”
Seeing that I wasn’t interrupting her, she hastily continued. “Several of our mbers are able to win Force Attack Tickets in the gas here. So, if a situation cos up where you are in danger, they can use their ticket to attack the world invading you! You might not know this, but if the world that’s invading you is conquered, the invasion is cancelled and the invading forces are imdiately registered as mbers of your own world.”
“Wouldn’t that only work if I was the sa rank as whoever has the ticket?”
“Uhm… yes?” She laughed nervously when I pointed that out. “But, as long as you’re at the second rank, that’s not a problem! And, it doesn’t take long to reach that point.”
I shook my head with a small smile. “Give a chance to discuss with the others and look at my options.” I saw a pout forming on her face as I stepped away, moving to the next stall. This was the one for the larger guild, going by the na of Truth Ascendant.
The man inside the stall here appeared to be human, wearing a businesslike suit and nodding to . “Greetings.” He seed to be a very professional person, which made pretty sure that this wasn’t just a ‘group of friends’.
Sure enough, it didn’t take long for to finish my conversation with him and move on. The goal of their guild was to break the system, and to find the true aning of the number of Keepers. I had no interest in being a part of a guild that was attempting to destroy an omnipresent, omnipotent system that existed in every layer of reality. Doing so could only end badly.
Aside from them, the other eight guilds were all like the first, small groups of friends that looked out for each other. But, it was also that sa similarity that made it difficult to make a decision on who to join. I could start my own guild, but the only person that I know who isn’t already in a guild is Kathy, and a two person guild seems a bit small.
“Hey!” As I was walking out of the last stall, I heard soone calling out towards . Thinking it was another recruiter that had just arrived, I glanced over. The voice belonged to a woman, a brunette human that ca up just to my shoulder. “We t last year, didn’t we?”
It took a mont to recall, but soon I realized that she was actually a part of Dalar’s guild. “I think so. Dalar’s group, right?”
“Why does everyone think he’s the leader…” She asked in a grumbling tone. “But yeah, he’s with my guild. I take it that you’re the person looking to join a guild today?”
When I gave a slow nod, she walked over towards an empty space on the wall, and another stall began to form around her. This ti, the words Lasting Bonds appeared as the guild na. Referencing it with the wall, it was a small guild of only six people. “So, reintroductions.” She said with a small smile. “My na is Sarah, title EverLasting, and the guild leader of Lasting Bonds.”
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