GAME START
Date: March 10th, 21XX
Case File BZ337
Verdict: Guilty
Charges: Cryptojacking, Egregious Cheating, Phishing, Selling Illegal Items
Sentence: Eternal Gamenation
Body: Digitized
Mind: Digitized
Name: Erased
Last Meal: Pancakes
Last Words: "A man chooses."
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A myriad of pixels assembled at the starting point. Within moments, a body of a young, male formed and his dark brown eyes popped open. A quick glance helped him familiarize the environment. Stone ground with random patches of grass and brush that splintered the monotonous brown. Blue skies with oblong, horizontal clouds. The sun, beaming and angry, beat down with immense heat. Floating brick cubes were another key standout in this world. Across the barren lands were numerous small buildings, blocky stone hills, and giant pipes. The pipes protruded out of the ground either straight up or at simple angles.
"Hmm," the digitized criminal checked his hand. Solid, and his consciousness seemed intact. Some fuzziness in his memory blocked out his name, but the important details and functions were fine. As tricky as it was, entering eternal gamenation wasn't going to stop him, "Well, looks like the cheat enabled. I'll have to work within their parameters now."
The Gamer jogged forward, stopped, juked side-to-side, and finished with a backflip. He rolled a shoulder and then his neck, "Responsive, and no lag. No intrusive thoughts. Heh, I'm not becoming an NPC anytime soon."
His outfit consisted of jeans and a white t-shirt with short blue sleeves. No backpack or satchel. He checked his pockets, but found nothing. An empty inventory.
"Jack squat...well, that's boring. I can't let my guard down. Who knows what kind of hellish landscape they've thrown me in. It's pretty barren...better find some actual NPCs to help me out."
Before a step was even taken, a pitched voice called out from slightly above, "Hey! Are you a friend of Marco's?"
Gamer cast his sights up at one of the floating brick cubes. The cube jostled when it spoke, more animated than the still ones. Gamer raised an eyebrow, "How are you talking?"
"Looks might be deceiving, but I'm actually a shrooman. My brethren and I have been transformed by one of those shellie mages into these block forms!" the voice was shrill, and easily excitable.
"Exposition right off the bat. Oh, joy..."
"Do you know a guy named Marco? Plumber, blue overalls?"
"No, I don't know Marco. I just got here."
The block appeared to shiver as it breathed with relief, "Thank goodness. That fellow is a real piece of work, I tell ya. A right psychopath. I watched him destroy a few of my brothers while we were like this..."
"Traumatic, cool...do you need any help?" might as well ask. First impressions go a long way with NPCs...the ones with dialogue, at least.
"You want to help me?" the block wiggled with shock.
"You said you were transformed, some psychopath is on the loose, and I have a pair of legs. Yeah, sure, why not?" Gamer shrugged.
"Oh, gracious, thank you! You'll need to find the shellie mage. If this place is unfamiliar to you, shellie's are noted by the outer shell they have, as well as their beaked lips. Find one with a wand, and you'll know you found the right one! My brothers whispered of one near the castle, just beyond those hills," the block explained. Though it could not point, it didn't take long to know which way it meant. A single large structure dominated the horizon, with no comparisons in sight. It was a red bricked castle that screamed loot, and was drenched in boss fight energy.
"Shells. Wands. Lips. Got it," Gamer started to walk away. However, ahead of Gamer, a bush began to rustle. What forced its way through the bush surprised Gamer more than anything thus far. A stubby pair of feet helped a rounded creature waddle. Its body was one part, with a large ass face on the front. It bulged on the sides before narrowing at a rounded tip. The face resembled that of somebody caught in the throes of pleasure, including rosy cheeks. Its eyes were lulled and perverted, and its mouth hung open with a little bit of saliva dribbling out. Its heavy, paced breathing was timed with its waddled steps.
"Ah, watch out! It's a blushroom!" the block shrieked.
"Ow...my tinnitus. A blushroom, huh? Odd lookin' thing," Gamer watched it approach.
"Careful, friend! Blushroom's are very sensitive, even to the smallest touch. Simply marching around brings them total ecstasy. They'll charge at anything that breathes, and try to smother you with its gaping maw!"
"Is that why it looks like a dick's head?" Gamer asked, feet from the blushroom.
"A what head?"
"Ah, forget it," Gamer sidestepped the blushroom. The moment he moved, the blushroom stopped, snapped a glare at him, and began revving up its body. It bounced sideways and tried to tackle Gamer. He moved away again, since it wasn't exactly fast, and watched the blushroom fall over. Due to its round body, it rolled over and wobbled like an egg. Its little feet hectically kicked in the air. Though it panicked in its flipped state, the look on its face spoke volumes to how much it enjoyed feeling the ground rub its head.