"*yawn* Where am I? That was a nice nap."

I look around me and see the most breathtaking scenery. I see the birds tweeting and fluttering around me, smell the   green grass that gently waves with the wind, and feel the gentle breeze that softly caresses my cheeks. I swear, I've never seen this much greenery before in my life.

"Wow! And I thought nothing but new tech could ever amaze me."

After staring in awe (been standing there with an open mouth for a full ten minutes), I first check what I can do to interact with the game. I try swiping on the air.

"Hmm… that doesn't seem to work. Oh, what's this?"

Around my wrists is a wristband I have never seen before. It's your typical rubber sports wristband; too simple for my tastes. But maybe you can buy or earn a cooler-looking one in the future? I just hope that's the case; after all, I do want my Flame of R*cca wristband!

I try tapping on the wristband. A hologram menu pops up, that's no surprise. Let's see…

- Character

- Inventory

- Friends

- Options

- Log Out

I click on Character.

"Ehh?! Why is my name D142? And why don't I have an avatar? Oh, right, I skipped the character creation because I skipped to world creation. Let's see, does this thing have a console?"

I click on Options. One of the options is called Dev Mode, which is currently off. That must be it. They'll probably be removing this before the release, hopefully.

After turning it on, a submenu next to the main menu pops up. It has all kinds of things, like godmode, noclip, and other typical OP commands designed for devs. Well, I'm kind of a dev and I have access to these, so why not use them? Who doesn't want to have godly powers in a different world?

I immediately click on Godmode, but it shows me an error:

"Error: Cannot find the character D142. Have you created your character yet?"

I guess I really need to create my character then. How? Remember the console command that can run any function? I can use that to run the CreateChar function. Now I just need access to the console. I look at the submenu once again.

"Let's see… console, console… Ah, there it is!"

I really didn't worry much if it doesn't exist, since I can just log out and run the necessary commands in the PC. But this makes it more convenient. I click on Console and type in this command:

runfunc -adef ******** ~/Scripts/Managers/CharacterManager.cs CreateChar -n 0

It's the command from before; the only difference is that it gets a different file and runs a different function.

"Error: No overload for function 'CreateChar' takes 0 arguments."

Huh? I guess it takes in some arguments, unlike Teleport. What could it take in? I check the manual for CharacterManager by typing the command:

man CharacterManager

It shows me, among other things, that CreateChar apparently takes in a boolean, or a true/false value, and that boolean is named isDevModeOn. Wait, would this mean I would get more options if Dev Mode is on? Hell yeah I'm turning it on! I type in this command again:

runfunc -adef ******** ~/Scripts/Managers/CharacterManager.cs CreateChar -n 1 true

Now the function takes in 1 argument, a boolean with a value of true. The function runs, and another screen pops up in front of me. It's the Character Creation screen! Huh? It looks like any other Char Creation screens in terms of functionality. I thought I'd get more options because of Dev Mode! Useless devs, putting an argument that's not even used in the function! Oh well, I'll just create my character.

Hmm, what should I name him? Hotaru? No, that's too personal. Hmm, how about Darknight? Noooo, that's too chuuni! Ugh, I hate naming characters in games simply because I'm not creative enough to think of a good name. Hell, it takes me even hours just to think of a good enough name.

Oh! How about Fiddler? I like fiddling with games, and I also play the violin. Fits! That's one aspect done with.

What's this? More names? Uugh… now I have to think of a realistic first and last name. Oh, there's a button that gives a random name. I'll just choose randomly. Hmm, Homura Tomiji… Good enough. Oh, it also asks me how to show my name. How about just the nickname? Yeah, that's good enough. Now, onto the actual character creation!

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(After making my character a bit taller, a bit more handsome, and a bit more muscular that my real self)

"Done! Finally over with that. I just really want to try out the dev commands anyways, so it's not like I'm keeping this character."

I click Next.

"Whaa? More things? Oh, it's for choosing the class and setting the skill attributes! Nice! I'm always a magician in games, so I'll go with that. Woah, what's with this skill attribute points?! It's 999!"

I try adding to INT.

"It never goes down either! Does this mean I can just max out all my skill attributes? There's even a button for maxing out each attribute so I don't have to keep clicking! Ohh, this must be the change when Dev Mode is on… and I thought the devs are useless! O great devs, sorry for my ignorance and for doubting you. You guys are awesome!"

With that said, I max out all my skills because why not?

"1M HP?! And 2M MP?! This is too OP! It's just for devs though so it should be fine."

After staring there in amazement, I click Done.

"Finally done with that! Now let's try Godmode. Huh, nothing happened. Wait…"

Since I created my character, my wristband now always shows my basic stats similar to UIs in games, and when I look at it, both my HP and MP show their values as infinity.

"Seriously?! Well, it's godmode after all, so that should be expected. But if this was the actual game… it would totally be OP! No, beyond OP!"

I then click Noclip. My body instantly becomes like a ghost and the status on my wristband now shows 'Ethereal'. I try going through the floor and… I went through! I can fly anywhere too!

"Let's try flying to that town over there. I still have 30 more minutes, so that should be more than enough time."

It's a small, countryside town with only about 10 or so houses.

"I must be in a rural area. I kinda expected that I'd start somewhere closer to a city, but apparently not."

I go to one of the houses.

"Hmm… I wonder if anyone can see-"

" *shriek* A ghost! It's a ghost!"

"Well, that confirms that."

I immediately go through the floor to hide. I hear others running towards the woman that shrieked.

"Where is it?!"

"There! It went through the floor!"

"Then it's really a ghost! Ogata, go fetch the exorcist! We don't want another one rampaging here!"

Uh oh, this is bad. I better get away before I attract any more attention. But "another one"? Oh, you naughty devs. You guys must have done the same thing too.

By the way, what's with their AI? It almost seems too realistic. Now that I think about it, I did not even see any code about AI, events, or anything concerning the world. What the hell?! I only saw that Teleport func- Wait, does that mean, it actually teleports you to another world?!

"Ehhh?!"

This is bad! I better get away here before I destroy anything. They talked about a ghost rampaging before. It must have been one of the devs maxing out their stats and maybe they just touched something but can't control their power. If that's the case, then I really need to get away here before I cause any damage!

I fly off to my starting point and quickly press Log Out.

"Whew, got outta there before anything bad happened. But, if my guesses are correct that it's not VR but instead an actual, different world, then how did they even find that world? For now, I'll just get away from here and go home."

I'm tired with all the work and play but, furthermore, my mind is filled with a lot of questions and only guesses to answer them. I'll ask Ryouta tomorrow about it, not to mention I also need to tell him about that runfunc exploit. It's too dangerous in the wrong hands!

I get home and, with all those worries tiring me, I immediately go to sleep.