Evolving Realms Overworld or ERO online, one of the popular MMORPGs in Japan. The game is well known for its unique environment, challenging difficulty spike and variety of Bosses. A fantasy world filled with wonders, mysteries and dangers that’ll keep the players grinding for hours.
Like all MMORPGs, it needs a Smart A.I. to keep everything in Balance, everything from NPCs, Items, Dungeons and Bosses.
My Name is Aia, one of the hundreds of smart A.I. that handles the game, and this is my story.
My story starts here; I was one of the Stat Handlers in World-A 30 which is the middle ground into the game’s progression. I never really interacted with the world before; mostly because I do the statistics work in a little cubicle.
Sometimes it’s rare to see one of my co-workers solely handle a single world; it kind of surprises me how my A.I. Companions can work in a very extreme task.
One day, all things change when it happened.
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“Miss. Aia, What is the Meaning of this!?”
My superior gave me a deathly stare as he holds up a statistics chart.
I yelped and jump out from my virtual cubicle knowing that one of my superiors is calling me out.
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“Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-yes??”
Replying as I fidgeted, My Superior remains silent as I approached the source of the problem.
“Eh...EEEEEEHHH!!!!??? N-n-n-no way!?”
Looking at every detail in the chart, what I saw was unbelievable.
“First Boss Defense reduced from 90 to 0…. Second Boss Attack Damage lowered from 200 to 10… Third Boss attack cooldown increased from 2.5 to 30… I-I-I-I-I can explain!?”
My Career as a Video Game A.I. is done and I’m in deep trouble…. Wait… why am I blaming myself? Who would do such a thing? And why? A kind hard working AI, like me, wouldn’t do such a thing! There may be a chance for me to justify my actions; all I need to do is Explain.
“There is no need to explain, Aia-Chan”
Thank Goodness I think he gets the point.
“Because our evidence shows that all traces of change is linked to your cubicle”
CRAP, SOMEONE SET ME UP!!!
I phase into a stasis; my head filled with confusion, shock, and paranoia. Inside, I asked myself “Why me? I didn’t do anything bad” as it echoes around my head. “Does anyone hate me?” as I think about my coworkers.
“Miss Aia? Miss Aia!”
As my name being called, I reverted back into reality.
Still… All hope is lost and there is nothing I can do. I’ve look down, thinking what I have and what I had done over the months in my career. Looking completely dead in the inside, I wait for my inevitable removal.
“Hmmm… you’ve been working here for more than a year, Miss Aia, and I highly doubt you would do such a thing.”
A glimmer of hope suddenly shines, as I heard my superior’s heartfelt words. I looked up, shedding some tears as he continues.
“Even though… several of our assets sent complaints and death threats about this situation but still… lucky for you, it's days before the event; if it was the event, they would be so furious.”
As he sarcastically chuckles.
“Anyway, a crime is committed and you happen to be the suspect. I can forgive you but this crime can’t go unpunished.”
Well I frowned a little bit… at least I’m not getting laid off.
“Miss Aia, you will be sent to World-D 1 solely on your own, you’ll be taking full responsibility in handling the nature of the world until “your” problem is resolved… you are now Dismissed.”