After introducing my guests to Freyavellir I had taken them back to where they wished to stay, the rest of the school break left to them and their families... It was a lot of fun and I had the urge to continue teaching in Hogwarts again after the Summer; as I had planned previously. Freyavellir was new, too new, and would need to undergo inspections from the ICW and the Australian Ministry of Magic before it could officially become an international school. Thus, spending some time in an actual school and teaching was most likely going to help... Not to mention the fact that it would give me the excuse to meet with powerful anima-wielders and even sorcerers; such as Nabu or The Ancient One.
Shaking my head in frustration I attempted to wipe the sleep dust from the corners of my eyes. Sitting before me were numerous papers filled with details on the release of the Augma within Australia and beyond.
The item was an instant success and beat out Apple, for its latest version of the iPhone, in the sales department. Ned had created a YouTube video that had already garnered several million views in the first couple hours, displaying the features. It was sensational and lauded as the next advancement for personal computing devices, the storage space alone could be compared to modern super computers' capabilities, not even mentioning the raw computing power...
Yet it was banned in Germany and the USA, a new policy initiated by their leaders. Niccolo had passed me some information about their actions and asked if he could form a task force of powerful mutants, Inhumans, metas and any other powered people, all to rescue newly born 'super-humans'; a term he had coined for humans with powers. Naturally I had accepted whilst reminding myself of my promise to Margulis... Which i was currently absorbed in doing...
'Mhm! Maintain the original version of the game, system. Expand the Earth Zone and create an open-world area for each planet. I want missions to be tied to already existing stories in the game, including the Duviri realm.'
Several bars and 3D representations of the VR world flexed and tumbled into place as the system interpreted the ideas from my psyche. Several aspects were pinched or personally edited by myself as I added small Easter eggs and other little details. I added more types of Grineer, Corpus and Infected for the Steel Path mode whilst expanding upon the void missions by making them much more spooky. The man in the wall was something that I was kind of excited to create within my game since I would have complete control over his existence whilst inside the game and therefor could get discounts on space-time abilities in the shop.
I connected the game to the Hub-world, locking it for now and hiding it from view until I could fully release it. Besides the physical content, I decided to better structure the story, adding some key moments in the greater story that allow the players to understand the story better even if they decide to just farm worlds until they are Steel Path level; though that was hard to do.
And finally... Came my masterpiece... The Void. It was a realm that gave me an idea. One that was absolutely barmy, but also, deviously genius. What if all of my games could interact with one another? What if, tournaments and conflicts could be held between different games of equivalent scopes...? This space, the void, was perfect as it perfectly encapsulates chaos. Anything could happen there and time became transient, almost malleable. Thus, for the first time in what felt like years but was only a single year, I embarked upon enhancing my games once more.
First I constructed entire galaxies within the void, all for the purpose of never-ending conflict. Godly realms were manufactured from the reality engine as official stadiums, duelling platforms, circuses, arenas and every other form of entertainment imaginable was seared into the landscapes. Secondly I created trials for all of the games I had currently made: Fallout, Minecraft, SWTOR, Scare game, Advanced Chess, Genshin Impact and the recently developed Warframe. Each trial came with constantly increasing challenges. But, the catch was, if you could complete the trial up to a certain stage, you could choose a single object, power or physical stat upon your character; in chosen game, to take with you to real life.
The choice to allow that to happen came rather easily to me, just a few days after my rather tired guests left. If people were to get something tangible from my games, then they would find more enjoyment from it. Beyond that, it also comes with the benefits of increasing my godly domains whilst encouraging more 'trials' to take place, which increases the amount of time they play and therefor my points. It was a rather simplistic way of maintaining a player base, but it would help keep those who are less inclined to spend several hours playing a game.
Finally, after all of that was completed, I decided to keep a permanent clone within my game world that would act like Tet from that one anime. The clone would oversee all trials from a distance and dictate who passed and who didn't. Unlike that anime, I did not feel like limiting people to games to get their grievances sorted... If I did so there would be many gods hunting me down for interfering with their domains.
I sighed as I sipped my cup of hot coffee, the liquid charring the dryness from my mouth as its warmth filled the softly beating heart below my chest. I had spent hours now, sifting through paperwork, game design and newly added features I wished to implement for my games.
Fallout would receive a multiplayer made, based on the actual one to be released from Bethesda back on my original world. Though, in this version, the players won't be starting out as newly escaped vault dwellers, they would start with the faction that their current character had chosen in their single player games. I wanted this update to reignite the community and bring the idea of the void closer to the game which had just been single player before.
Minecraft was getting the void early, a permanent game server being implemented that directly ties into the void. Parkour, PVP, Building contests, Building... All of it could be done in the void and any avatar could be switched within a moments notice, so long as you owned the related games. Besides those changes, Minecraft would be going educational mode with unending amounts of books and lootables that could be found in any Minecraft world and explain basic to complex problems. It had been an Idea I came up with after seeing the library within my magical school.
SWTOR was already massively changing as the Republic and Empire were at total war again. Players from both sides were killing each other and the NPCS all to complete missions. That particular event had occurred when Tony Stark unleashed the horrors of the Rakghoul upon the Republic and simultaneously leaked the presence of Darth Vitiate within the creation myth of these cursed creatures... Yeah, that went well...
The rest were rather autopilot. I added a few minor additions here and there and messed with some of the balancing features in Scare game. Not much had changed with them.
I felt hands wrap around my neck, their warmth healing the mental strain of coming up with so many brilliant ideas one after another... Craning my head up my lip and eyes were met with beautiful platinum blonde hair, Susan's hair.
"Love, you have been sitting here for eight hours now... Take a break." I inhaled as I felt the back of my head press into her comfortable bosom. She smelled of daffodils and dandelions, an intoxicating floral scent that almost made me crumble in her grasp.
"I know... I just, I wanted to get back to what I've been wanting to do... Making games, giving people entertainment and fun. Politics isn't fun. War isn't fun. They suck. I just want my games again..." I knew my voice sounded pouty and immature, though I couldn't care less as one of the women I loved dearly was cuddling into me.
A lovely trilling laughter spread through our apartment as she placed her soft cheek atop my head, her platinum hair entwining with my own as she slid her pale, delicate, hands down onto my chest and pushed herself into me lovingly. "My Freya does what she wants, no matter what. Why not just ignore everything outside and just make games?"
A haze filled my mind for a few moments as I just basked in her presence. My answer came after many delayed moments, and not in the way I had originally intended... "Because I love you all. I don't want to let you all get harmed. I'd rather die by my stubbornness or, call me poetic, on my own sword."
I felt her breath exhale through her as she slowly wrapped around me and shifted into sitting on my lap, her legs dangling off the side as her ass grinded against my thighs. "That, is deeply stupid." She scowled at me for a few moments, hoping to cow me just a smudge with her gaze; it didn't work, newsflash. "But, also extremely adorable and gorgeous." She kissed my nose, her soft silken lips flashing a bright red as she then kissed my cheeks, then my chin... Soon she had planted a kiss on every part of my face, her love oozing from every lingering touch.
I grumbled in mock frustration, secretly mewling beneath such affection from my loved one. "Well, excuse me for wanting to be the shield for my family..." Instantly Susan hooked a finger under my chin and stared deeply into my eyes, to such a point that it almost seemed she was staring into my soul. "A shield is only the defence love... Leave that post to me. You, you will be the sword that kills our enemies, okay?"
Scrunching my face in thought a giggle soon escaped her celestial lips, happiness crooning over the remainder of her heavenly features. It was in moments such as this that I remembered how loved I was and how much I adore my women.
"Okay. You be the shield, I'll be the sword." She smiled before leaning down and touching my lips to her own, both of us pressing our foreheads together whilst simply enjoying a modicum of peace amidst the insanity that was my life.
[Points: 888,120,443,771P]
[The Tamaranean people have requested your presence, Freya.]
'What is it!? I was having a fucking moment!'
[... They have a request, that they begged for, to the deity of games...]
'... Okay, what the fuck...? What is it...?'
[They wish you to save one of their princesses.]
'Oh for fucks sakes... Koriand'r?'
[Yes]
'...UGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH...'
'This is going to get complicated. Especially considering that Superman's cousin is probably there with her...' I felt a headache rising as Susan started French kissing me.
All pain subsided, all urgency alongside it.
'I'll deal with it soon... Just, gimme, a... moment... damn...!'
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