07-18-2015, 06:15 PM
Matrix opened his eyes, taking in the odd layout of the Nexus while he tried to figure out exactly what had just happened. It started simple enough, when he'd entered the Game Cube in Mainframe, like he had done so many times. Everyone was busy with other things, so he'd agreed to take this one on alone. That strange sprite had spoken to him, though, calling himself Omni. It was the most bizarre game AI he had ever seen before. As he looked around, though, it began to make sense very quickly. The answer was obvious.
There were sprites of all types loitering around. The ground and the sky looked incomplete since it was just a solid white color. The only scenery was a small fountain, but even it looked like broken code hovering about a small lake. It couldn't be any clearer.
The game was glitched.
"Great. Another second rate game that can't load properly," Matrix muttered in disgust.
A broken game meant nothing but sitting around and waiting. Eventually it would crash, and he and the residents of this sector of Mainframe would be no worse for wear. But waiting was not Matrix's strong point. His robotic eye twisted upside down as he tried to figure out what the game might have been. There were ancient looking soldiers on one end, and futuristic ones on the other end, but in the middle was a mix of just about everything he'd ever seen in a game.
He was, however, very surprised to find out that his eye was operating no where near the way it normally did. His range and sensors felt limited and dulled. That wasn't right, no game had ever affected his targeting, and that would be a very strange time for the entire thing to start malfunctioning.
He clenched a fist in annoyance, pacing over to the fountain. He looked around at the odd cast of characters loitering about, and couldn't help but notice there were no binomes. That was peculiar, as he had certainly seen a few as he entered the game's path. Not like there was anywhere to hide, either.
What felt like a brief eternity seemed to past as Matrix crossed his arms, staring down at the water. He couldn't believe this game was still active. How had the User not crashed it yet? In fact, where was the User?
Matrix suddenly started looking around, not seeing any of the behavior that typically came with a User playing any game. In fact, everyone was more or less subdued. A User would have stood out nearly immediately. Matrix squinted as he turned slowly, seeing small gates in every direction that seemed to house some sort of portal.
This whole thing was getting a little more fishy by the moment. This place had the appearance of a glitched game, but a lot of things weren't adding up.
"Game stats," Matrix commanded out loud, his eye twisting and turning as it scanned the area. One of the first things he'd done upon the system restore was have his eye upgraded with a vast database of games, allowing him to know the details without the use of a guardian Keytool.
Not in Game.
Matrix frowned as that red display appeared in his right eye. No game could ever glitch so badly that it couldn't be scanned. Something was very wrong, indeed. A sudden chill ran down his spine. It had taken him a long time to make it back to Mainframe after a game sent him to the depths of the Net. He didn't know if he could do it again, and this time alone.
He took a deep breath, calming himself. He knew he needed to figure out what this place was, if it wasn't a game, and the best way to do that was to find that "Omni" AI. He wondered where that might be, but he suddenly turned to see five sprites in solid white armor with guns approaching him. He lowered his hand so that he could fast draw Gun if necessary, but let them approach. Maybe they would have some answers.
There were sprites of all types loitering around. The ground and the sky looked incomplete since it was just a solid white color. The only scenery was a small fountain, but even it looked like broken code hovering about a small lake. It couldn't be any clearer.
The game was glitched.
"Great. Another second rate game that can't load properly," Matrix muttered in disgust.
A broken game meant nothing but sitting around and waiting. Eventually it would crash, and he and the residents of this sector of Mainframe would be no worse for wear. But waiting was not Matrix's strong point. His robotic eye twisted upside down as he tried to figure out what the game might have been. There were ancient looking soldiers on one end, and futuristic ones on the other end, but in the middle was a mix of just about everything he'd ever seen in a game.
He was, however, very surprised to find out that his eye was operating no where near the way it normally did. His range and sensors felt limited and dulled. That wasn't right, no game had ever affected his targeting, and that would be a very strange time for the entire thing to start malfunctioning.
He clenched a fist in annoyance, pacing over to the fountain. He looked around at the odd cast of characters loitering about, and couldn't help but notice there were no binomes. That was peculiar, as he had certainly seen a few as he entered the game's path. Not like there was anywhere to hide, either.
What felt like a brief eternity seemed to past as Matrix crossed his arms, staring down at the water. He couldn't believe this game was still active. How had the User not crashed it yet? In fact, where was the User?
Matrix suddenly started looking around, not seeing any of the behavior that typically came with a User playing any game. In fact, everyone was more or less subdued. A User would have stood out nearly immediately. Matrix squinted as he turned slowly, seeing small gates in every direction that seemed to house some sort of portal.
This whole thing was getting a little more fishy by the moment. This place had the appearance of a glitched game, but a lot of things weren't adding up.
"Game stats," Matrix commanded out loud, his eye twisting and turning as it scanned the area. One of the first things he'd done upon the system restore was have his eye upgraded with a vast database of games, allowing him to know the details without the use of a guardian Keytool.
Not in Game.
Matrix frowned as that red display appeared in his right eye. No game could ever glitch so badly that it couldn't be scanned. Something was very wrong, indeed. A sudden chill ran down his spine. It had taken him a long time to make it back to Mainframe after a game sent him to the depths of the Net. He didn't know if he could do it again, and this time alone.
He took a deep breath, calming himself. He knew he needed to figure out what this place was, if it wasn't a game, and the best way to do that was to find that "Omni" AI. He wondered where that might be, but he suddenly turned to see five sprites in solid white armor with guns approaching him. He lowered his hand so that he could fast draw Gun if necessary, but let them approach. Maybe they would have some answers.