I procrastinated too much on the latest chapter and finished minutes after the scheduled time. After submitting it, it refreshed and reverted every change I made in the last few hours. Right now, the chapter is a mess, so I had to take it down.
I'll try to get it out tomorrow, but please be patient with me if it takes longer.
In the meantime, check out Ultima – A Minecraft Story. (Name change pending)
To make up for this slip up, here's some world information that may or may not be useful. Also, I'll put in an excerpt from the chapter that did save at the end.
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Tietus (Tye-dus):
A planet like Earth, had magic actually existed. Because of the existence of magic and human curiosity, a wizard of overarching power over the ancient fairies purposefully created a secondary star named Nova, in turn creating a 280 day/year cycle. Its compass directions are flipped, with West taking the spot of North, and North taking East. Though the planet rotates, the gravitational force of the suns holds it in place, disabling its seasonal changes and restricting different seasons to independent continents.
Suns - Sirius (7 trillion years old), Nova (48 billion years old)
Moon - Sorupo (5.9 trillion years old)
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Interface:
Top right - Map & Coordinates
Top center - Linear Compass
Top Left - Profile Information
Bottom Right - Social Information
Bottom Left - Inventory
How it works -
Looking through your peripherals at the designated icon would cause the interface to expand in the center of your vision and become interactive.
For messages, thinking or speaking out loud is required. There is no option for typing.
Anyone in your party can see your inventory, otherwise you look like you’re playing with air.
Pulling items out of inventory appears to other people as you manifesting it through pixels, while people in your party see you reach and pull it out as if it were a cabinet.
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Currency:
1 Copper = $1
If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.
10 Copper = 1 Silver = $10
100 Silver = 1 Gold = $1,000
100 Gold = 1 Emerald = $100,000
10 Emerald = 1 Diamond = $1,000,000
No existence of cents.
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Raising his wand above Musa's head, Sean shut his eyes and felt the magic energy flow in the air around him. The crystal on the tip of his wand began to glow and released round green particles that streamed onto Musa's head. The soldier began to feel pain which caused him to flinch and squirm every now and then. Everyone watched, waiting for something to happen.
Sean's wand crystal light dimmed away ever so slowly. Once all the light disappeared, they all stared and anxiously waited for Musa to do something... anything. Musa letting out a single breath shocked his crowd, but as he opened his eyes, Ruby ran towards him and Sean backed away.
When he finally opened his eyes, the thing he saw was Ruby cautiously staring at him with several others behind her.
Musa: [... Ruby?]
Ruby's eyes widened.
Musa: [What are you...]
Ruby pulled him closer to her and hugged his heart out. Musa was having a hard time breathing, even to the point that he started smacking the floor with his right hand.
Musa: [I... can't!]
Ruby excited: [IT WORKED!]
Musa had no idea what was going on as the only person he knew got up and started high-fiving everyone around her. Musa tried moving, but then he felt the gushy feeling of blood splattered around the inside of his armor, causing him to get up and freak out.
With a voice crack, Musa shouted.
Musa: [WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! GET IT OFF ME!]
He caught everyone's attention. Musa began to notice the interface options at his peripherals
Musa: [What the fuck?!]
He looked up at the sky and saw the single moon beginning to set.
Musa: [Where am I?!]
Abdimalik: [We're next to an outpost during a war.]
Musa: [Abdimalik? This is World War 3? I'm not old enough to be drafted! How long have I been out?]
Parker: [He definitely has his memories back.]
Sean: [Since it works, maybe we should try it out on some other people. Because it seems like Abdimalik is also someone Musa knows.]
Musa: [Who are you two?]
Parker: [Yeah, do you mind?]
Abdimalik willingly walked up to Sean and did exactly as Musa did. The light appeared once again, and the same process repeated. This time, however, Musa was watching in awe as he witnessed magic for the first time. He was dumbstruck and speechless the entire time. When Sean finished, he backed away from Abdimalik and watched as he opened his eyes.
Abdimalik: [What the fuck?]
He looked around and saw Musa standing beside him.
Abdimalik: [This isn't Summer School.]
Parker: [It worked on him too. Guess it's a guaranteed fix to bring back people's memories.]
Sean: [Yeah, but what does knowing that mean for us?]
Parker shrugged.
Ruby: [It's just a guess, but I have a feeling that bringing everyone's memories back could lead us back to our world.]
Sean: [I'm not saying that you're dumb, but that guess seems pretty unlikely. I mean, how would wiping a bunch of people's memories bring us back home?]
Abdimalik: [Our world? What do you mean?]
Parker took time out of his day to explain the current situation to Musa and Abdimalik. It only took a couple of minutes, but it felt like hours as the suns began to rise.
Abdimalik and Musa: [WHAT? NO WAY!]
Parker nodded.
Musa: [So that means I can fly?!]
Abdimalik: [Can I do the Chidori?! Please say I can do the Chidori!]
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Please look forward to the chapter.