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1 - The Catastrophe That Started with a Death March

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[00:08] Ichirou
    All right, I'll make the 8:33 train without
    any problems at this rate.
[00:14] Ichirou
    What? The train's here!
[00:26] Ichirou
    Man, this is rough.
    It's nothing like being in school.
[00:34] Ichirou
    Oh, yeah. It's Sunday today.
[00:37] Ichirou
    That's why the train schedule was different.
[00:40] Ichirou
    I completely forgot what day it was.
[00:53] Ichirou
    Good morning.
[00:54] A
    Hey.
[00:55] A
    Suzuki-san, you working
    on the weekend again?
[00:58] Ichirou
    Yeah. Not done cleaning everything up.
[01:00] Ichirou
    You know, with that new guy.
[01:03] A
    Oh, you mean the guy that left
    right before the delivery date?
[01:08] A
    You're the one cleaning up that mess?
[01:10] Ichirou
    Yeah.
[01:12] Ichirou
    Well, with all the bugs and the changes
    in design, it'll be hard to finish on time.
[01:16] A
    You're a nice guy, you know that?
[01:19] A
    I hope the brass bring in some
    new people soon for ya.
[01:22] Ichirou
    Turnover's pretty high here, too.
[01:25] Ichirou
    I pretty much expect stuff
    like this to happen.
[01:27] A
    You're quite the grown-up, Suzuki-san.
[01:30] Ichirou
    Live long enough to almost be thirty,
[01:32] Ichirou
    and this is how things are.
[01:41] Ichirou
    Time to start the death march.
[03:15] Ichirou
    Okay, I've finished writing all the
    classes and commenting everything.
[03:21] Ichirou
    Now I just gotta generate the documentation
    and UML from the source code,
[03:26] Ichirou
    and really start working on the bugs.
[03:34] B
    Not again...
[03:36] B
    You keep changing what I have to go over...
[03:42] M
    Sato—Suzuki-san.
[03:44] M
    We need to talk about War World.
[03:47] Ichirou
    You tried to call me Satou, didn't you?
SIGN    Project Proposal
SIGN    Project Name : MMORPG
SIGN    War World
[03:50] Ichirou
    We've been on a team
    together for half a year.
[03:52] Ichirou
    Get my name right, already.
[03:54] M
    Our client is saying that the game's
    too difficult for beginners,
[03:57] M
    and we need to fix that.
[04:00] M
    What's the plan here?
[04:01] Ichirou
    Huh?
[04:02] Ichirou
    Didn't we already say
[04:03] Ichirou
    that our target audience wouldn't
    play it if we made it any easier?
[04:07] M
    Yeah, but...
[04:10] Ichirou
    Maybe we should use the idea we axed before.
    When you create your first character,
[04:15] Ichirou
    you get an item that reveals the map,
    and three bombs that takes out all enemies.
[04:20] M
    I see.
[04:22] Ichirou
    If you clear the area without using items,
    you get a rare achievement.
[04:26] Ichirou
    That way, skilled players will want to
    complete it without using the items.
[04:31] M
    We don't have much time left.
[04:32] M
    How about we just go with that?
[04:34] M
    Anyway, Suzuki-san, I'll leave
    the implementation to you.
[04:38] Ichirou
    Hold on a second.
[04:39] M
    Yes?
[04:40] Ichirou
    I have to fix bugs in that mobile MMORPG first.
[04:45] Ichirou
    Get me an "OK" from
    the client in the meantime.
[04:48] Ichirou
    We don't have time to change anything
[04:50] Ichirou
    if we put that feature in
    and the client rejects it.
[04:52] M
    Okay. I'll call to confirm now.
[04:58] Ichirou
    Guess I'll go get lunch.
[05:05] Ichirou
    Events on a Sunday out here too, huh?
[05:19] Ichirou
    I wonder if she's lost.
[05:28] Ichirou
    Wh-What's wrong?
[05:31] Ichirou
    Are you lost?
[05:32] K
    My mommy...
[05:37] Ichirou
    I have no clue what she's saying.
[05:39] Ichirou
    I guess I should take her to a police box.
[05:43] Ichirou
    Okay.
[05:44] Ichirou
    Let's go find a police officer.
[05:46] M
    Mana!
[05:47] K
    Mommy!
[05:49] M
    I was looking for you.
[05:51] Ichirou
    Oh, are you her mom?
[05:53] M
    Yes, sorry about my daughter.
[05:56] Ichirou
    No, I'm glad you found her.
[06:01] Ichirou
    I'm no lolicon.
[06:02] Ichirou
    I'm glad she didn't think I was
    trying to kidnap her daughter.
[06:06] M
    Thank you very much.
[06:08] Ichirou
    No problem.
[06:09] K
    Mommy, so...
[06:14] Ichirou
    That kid's mom was pretty hot.
[06:19] Ichirou
    All right, that should do it.
[06:22] Ichirou
    I guess I should test it out.
[06:26] Ichirou
    What was the name of this game, again?
[06:31] Ichirou
    Oh, yeah. FFL*.
SIGN    Enter your name.
SIGN    Satou
[06:35] C
    Good work.
[06:38] Ichirou
    Oh, you're headed home?
[06:39] C
    Haven't been home in three days.
[06:41] C
    Gotta get home before
     the wife gets pissed off.
[06:44] Ichirou
    It's nice there's someone
    there to get mad at you.
[06:47] C
    Oh yeah, you went to Tubby and
    that girl's place again, huh?
[06:51] C
    You sure like that place.
[06:52] C
    You're already 29.
[06:54] C
    You should get a girlfriend.
[06:56] C
    Talk to you later.
[07:00] Ichirou
    A girlfriend, huh?
[07:02] Ichirou
    That's a pretty unrealistic proposition*
    when every day's a death march.
[07:24] Ichirou
    I haven't taken a bath in three days.
[07:27] Ichirou
    All right, that's good.
[07:29] Ichirou
    It's done.
[07:31] Ichirou
    I just need to send an email...
[07:32] B
    Suzuki-san, we just got a bug report
    from the storage testing team.
[07:36] Ichirou
    Huh?
[07:38] Ichirou
    I just fixed the unlimited
    free storage space bug.
[07:42] B
    You mean the inventory in FFL, right?
[07:46] B
    It's an item duplication
    bug in War World this time.
[07:50] B
    Check the attached file in
     Messenger for details.
[07:53] Ichirou
    Okay...
[07:55] Ichirou
    Duplication bugs are hard to fix.
SIGN    Tubby
    Storage Capacity Limit
SIGN    Storage Capacity Limit
SIGN    Tubby
SIGN    To: Suzuki
SIGN    Please remove the storage capacity limit during beta testing. We would appreciate if we could be more insistent on the matter. Please change the wording as necessary.
[08:06] To
    He didn't want to get yelled at,
    so he sent an email, huh?
[08:11] To
    He's taking me out to lunch somewhere
    with plenty of cute girls on staff.
[08:18] To
    Okay, that's done.
[08:26] To
    I'm sure there are some bugs left,
[08:28] To
    but digital distribution
    lets us patch it later.
[08:33] To
    I can hear all the users
    complaining now, but...
[08:35] To
    I'm tired.
[08:38] To
    If I can just send this email...
[08:40] To
    I can finally get some sleep.
    It's been thirty hours.
[08:43] To
    My only chance for bliss.
[08:45] To
    Go ahead and laugh at me
    for being an corporate slave.
[08:48] To
    Right now, sleep is my justice.
[09:24] To
    Where am I?
[09:26] To
    Is this a dream?
[09:36] To
    Yeah, of course it wouldn't work.
[09:38] To
    Huh? What's going on?
[09:43] To
    I look like I did back in high school.
[09:47] To
    Having a dream about your younger
    self isn't that surprising.
[09:53] To
    In any event...
[09:55] To
    This has got to be a dream.
[09:58] To
    I mean, I have dreams about fixing bugs
    while I'm on a death march, but...
[10:03] To
    It sucks that I have to dream
     about
War World*, though.
[10:09] To
    It's kind of like War World and
    FFL got slammed together, actually.
[10:14] To
    Complete with bugs too, huh?
[10:17] To
    What? I guess I can control

    the interface with my mind.
SIGN    Satou
SIGN    Character
[10:21] To
    Satou...
[10:23] To
    That's the name I always*
    use for my test characters.
SIGN    Valley of Dragons
[10:28] To
    Valley of Dragons?
[10:31] To
    This crevice is the Valley of Dragons?
[10:36] To
    What's that?
[10:38] To
    An enemy?
[10:40] To
    Do I have something...
[10:42] To
    Three Meteor Showers
    and one Search Entire Map.
[10:46] To
    This is the idea we came up with
    real fast to help out new players.
[10:50] To
    In any event...
[10:54] ---
    Acquired Spell: Search Entire Map
[10:54] ---
    Used: Search Entire Map
[10:56] To
    Red means these guys are enemies.
[11:03] ---
    Elite Lizardmen
    Elite Lizardmen: Captain
[11:03] To
    Elite Lizardmen?
[11:06] To
    There are three hundred of them,
    and they're all about level 50!
[11:08] ---
    Acquired Skill: Observation
[11:09] To
    I'm Level 1. There's no way
    I can beat them hand-to-hand.
[11:15] To
    Are those Lizardmen?
[11:18] To
    They don't know I'm here, do they?
[11:28] ---
    Acquired Skill: Pain Resistance
    Acquired Skill: Fear Resistance
[11:28] To
    It felt like it burned me.
[11:30] To
    Is this really a dream?!
[11:42] To
    This is bad!
[11:42] To
    I'm going to die!
[11:46] ---
    Acquired Spell: Meteor Shower
    Acquired Skill: Summoning Magic: Other World
    Acquired Skill: Practical Magic: Other World
[11:46] ---
    Used: Meteor Shower
[11:48] To
    No way!
[11:50] To
    Not implemented yet?
[11:51] To
    This sucks!
[11:57] ---
    Used: Meteor Shower
    Used: Meteor Shower
[12:00] To
    Damn it! I'm going to be
    defeated over a bug?
[12:02] To
    What type of bad ending is this?
[12:17] ---
    Acquired Item: Dragon's Claw
    Acquired Item: Dragon's Horn
    Acquired Item: Small Seeds
    Acquired Item: Herbs
    Acquired Item: Antique Vase
    Acquired Item: Expensive Water Pouch
    Acquired Item: Silk Robe
    Acquired Item: Plate Armor
[12:19] ---
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Tail
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Claw
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Eyeball
    Acquired Item: Nameless Flower
    Acquired Item: Fragment of the Valley of Dragons
    Acquired Item: Old Charm
    Acquired Item: Short Sword
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Flesh
[12:21] ---
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Blood
    Acquired Item: Dragon's Flesh
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Bones
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Bones
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Blood
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Saliva
    Acquired Item: Coal
    Acquired Item: Chunk of Obsidian
    Acquired Item: Fragment of the Valley of Dragons
[12:22] To
    Hello, Satou here.
[12:23] To
    I've been a busy little worker ant,
    like every good Japanese person should be,
[12:24] ---
    Acquired Item: Old Charm
    Acquired Item: Magic Shield
    Acquired Item: Hand Axe
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Blood
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Tail
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Fang
    Acquired Item: Gold Ore
    Acquired Item: Natural Water from the Valley of Dragons
    Acquired Item: Sacred Wine
[12:27] ---
    Acquired Item: Dragon's Eyeball
    Acquired Item: Heavy Axe
    Acquired Item: Wooden Sword
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Tail
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Horn
    Acquired Item: Poisonous Mushroom
    Acquired Item: Golden Lyre
    Acquired Item: Dragon's Blood
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Bones
[12:29] To
    but I'm certain that I'm not upset enough
    to want to disappear to another place.
SIGN    Satou
[12:29] ---
    Acquired Item: Mysterious Liquid
    Acquired Item: Fire Staff
    Acquired Item: Main Gauche
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Blood
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Tail
    Acquired item: Lizardman's Eyeball
    Acquired Item: Depression Mushroom
    Acquired Item: Coal
[12:32] ---
    Acquired Item: Gold Ore
    Acquired Item: Power Shield
    Acquired Item: Wyvern's Eyeball
    Acquired Item: Chain Mail
    Acquired Item: Iron Sword
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Corpse
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Blood
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Tail
    Acquired Item: Weeds
[12:34] To
    I felt like I was doing something
    important because I was busy.
[12:34] ---
    Acquired Item: Laughing Mushroom
    Acquired Item: Suspicious Powder
    Acquired Item: Chunk of Obsidian
    Acquired Item: Great Sword
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Flesh
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Eyeball
    Acquired Item: Lizardman's Horn
    Acquired Item: Venomous Liquid
    Acquired Item: Rare Flower
    Acquired Item: Broken Iron Armor
[12:38] To
    Acquired Title: Conqueror of the Valley of Dragons
[12:40] To
    I'm being honest.
[12:42] [SONG] To
    "The Catastrophe That Started with a Death March"
[12:57] To
    It couldn't be.
[13:03] To
    He was too close to be in target range.
[13:07] To
    I've lost now.
[13:09] ---
    Acquired Skill: Ancient Scalefolk Language
[13:09] ---
    Elite Lizardman: Captain
[13:11] To
    This is just like a game...
[13:15] To
    He wants me to fight with this sword?
[13:20] ---
    Acquired Skill: One-Handed Sword
[13:25] ---
    Acquired Skill: Evasion
[13:26] To
    Ow!
[13:27] To
    That really hurts.
[13:28] To
    That hurts way too much.
[13:32] ---
    Elite Lizardman: Captain
[13:33] To
    His life bar is almost gone,
[13:35] To
    but I don't think I can win this.
[13:37] ---
    Acquired Skill: Parry
[13:42] ---
    Acquired Skill: Throwing
[13:50] ---
    Acquired Item: Elite Lizardman's Corpse
[13:59] To
    This is too brutal, even for a dream.
[14:03] To
    There has to be a way to end this fast.
[14:06] To
    Like a log out button...
[14:10] To
    What? I can't log out or save?
[14:13] To
    This dream isn't so nice to its players.
[14:17] To
    Oh, well. I guess I'll have to heal up,
     at least until the dream ends.
[14:21] ---
    Acquired Skill: Self-Healing
[14:22] To
    I'm already healed?
[14:24] To
    Oh, yeah, I guess the pain did stop.
[14:27] To
    That means...
SIGN    Satou
[14:29] To
    My max vitality has gone up.
[14:31] To
    That's not all.
[14:32] To
    I'm level 310?!
[14:36] To
    I see...
[14:38] To
    I leveled up due to the Meteor Shower.
[14:42] To
    The weird skills I used to defeat that
    last guy were because I leveled up, huh?
[14:49] To
    My ability points are all at maxed out.
[14:53] To
    Where's the log...
[14:55] To
    Skip, skip...
[14:58] To
    I'll skip anything that doesn't make sense.
[15:01] To
    I guess this is a log of what happened.
[15:04] To
    What about skills?
[15:05] To
    I've gotten more magic skills.
SIGN    Character
SIGN    Meteor Shower
SIGN    Search Entire Map
[15:08] To
    I have that Meteor Shower I just used,
[15:11] To
    but does this mean it's disabled?
SIGN    Meteor Shower
SIGN    Search Entire Map
SIGN    Character
SIGN    Meteor Shower
[15:15] To
    I guess I just have to turn it on.
[15:18] To
    This is a dream. Why make
    everything so complicated?
SIGN    Character
SIGN    Meteor Shower
SIGN    Requires 1 point to upgrade.
[15:22] To
    Anyway, I better test it
    while I've got the chance.
[15:25] To
    If I get into another mess,
[15:28] To
    and it tells me I don't have
    enough MP or something,
[15:31] To
    I'll be pissed off.
[15:37] To
    Anyway, this should be far enough away.
[15:40] ---
    Used Spell: Meteor Shower
[15:50] To
    Those are huge!
[15:51] To
    What's going on?
[16:26] To
    This magic is too dangerous.
[16:28] To
    I'd be some evil demon lord
    if I used this all the time.
SIGN    Meteor Shower
SIGN    Requires 1 point to upgrade.
[16:32] To
    Better play it safe.
[16:35] To
    I'll turn this off.
[16:38] To
    I'm thirsty.
SIGN    Storage
[16:42] To
    Loot, huh?
[16:45] To
    Lizardman corpses are loot, too?
[16:51] To
    All Items | Well Bag
[16:51] To
    A water pouch, huh?
[16:53] To
    I'll try taking this out.
[16:57] To
    It appeared!
[17:06] To
    That's good.
[17:07] To
    This is the first time
    water has tasted so good.
[17:14] To
    I get infinite water out of this thing, huh?
[17:16] To
    I don't know how it works,
    but it's pretty useful.
[17:19] To
    I wonder what else there is?
[17:21] ---
    Shiga Kingdom:
    Saga Empire:
    Parion Province:
    Dorag Province:
    Yowork Kingdom:
    Kuvork Kingdom:
[17:21] To
    Wow, I've got a lot of money, too.
[17:25] To
    I don't feel like organizing this,
[17:27] To
    but I guess I won't have any
    problems going into town.
SIGN    Storage
[17:33] To
    A holy sword, a divine sword,
    and a magic gun.
[17:35] To
    I feel like I'm a geek
    back in middle school again.
[17:39] ---
    Magic Robe
[17:42] ---
    Winged Sandals
[17:42] To
    Hmm? Wow.
[17:46] To
    There we go.
[17:53] To
    I don't have as many skills
    as I would have thought.
[17:55] ---
    Observation
[17:56] To
    I wonder if you get more via some sort
    of action instead of by leveling up.
[18:01] To
    I guess I'll add the points to things
    I mostly think can be used in battle.
[18:04] To
    It'd be bad if I ran into
    things like those lizardmen.
[18:06] ---
    Fear Resistance
[18:08] To
    I guess I'll get some sleep,
    and try traveling after that.
[18:12] To
    It'd be boring if I didn't go anywhere.
SIGN    Soldiers' Stronghold
[18:25] To
    I guess I'll try heading to this
    "Soldiers' Stronghold" place first.
[18:31] To
    The air's great.
[18:34] To
    I haven't felt anything like this recently.
[18:39] ---
    Acquired Skill: Telescopic Sight
    Acquired Skill: Long-Distance Vision
[18:39] To
    I'm not sure how long this dream will last,
[18:42] To
    but it's a nice break from things.
[18:44] To
    All right. Here I go.
[18:46] ---
    Acquired Skill: Sprinting
[18:58] ---
    Acquired Skill: Spatial Mobility
[19:01] ---
    Acquired Skill: Keen Hearing
SIGN    Soldiers' Stronghold
[19:10] To
    So this is Soldiers' Stronghold, huh?
SIGN    Seiryuu City
[19:15] To
    A monarchy, huh?
[19:17] To
    Seiryuu City...
[19:18] To
    Looks like this is the closest place.
[19:23] ---
    Seiryuu County Army: Magic Soldier
    Lv. 9
    Seiryuu County Army: Knight Captain
    Lv. 31
    Seiryuu County Army: Soldier
    Lv. 7
    Seiryuu County Army: Knight
    Lv. 20
    Seiryuu County Army: Soldier
    Lv. 5
[19:23] To
    There are about 100 soldiers.
[19:25] To
    The highest level is 31.
[19:28] To
    Their average level is 7.
[19:29] To
    Pretty low.
SIGN    Wyvern
[19:32] To
    What's that?
[19:33] To
    A wyvern, huh?
[19:35] To
    I wonder where it is.
[19:40] ---
    Acquired Skill: Hand-to-Hand Combat
[19:47] To
    Ouch...
[19:48] To
    Wait, that didn't hurt.
[19:50] To
    I wonder if it's due to my Pain
    Resistance skill.
[19:52] To
    Or maybe it's because my endurance is high.
[19:57] To
    Go away, you!
[19:58] ---
    Used Skill: Throwing
[20:03] To
    Level 310 makes you pretty strong.
[20:06] To
    Huh?
SIGN    Soldiers' Stronghold
SIGN    Wyvern
[20:09] To
    That's not good. The soldiers
    are that way, I'm pretty sure.
[20:13] To
    I guess that's kind of my fault.
[20:20] ---
    Acquired Skill: Shigan Language
[20:20] ---
    Used Skill: Keen Hearing
[20:31] ---
    Used Skill: Long-Distance Vision
    Used Skill: Telescopic Sight
[20:35] To
    I don't know what they're saying.
SIGN    Character
SIGN    Shigan Language
[20:42] R
    Soldiers, hold your ground!
[20:44] R2
    Show them our Seiryuu spirit!
[20:47] ---
    Acquired Skill: Lip Reading
[20:47] R3
    Here it comes!
[20:48] R3
    Lancemen, keep your lances planted.
[20:51] R3
    Keep them in position with your feet.
[20:53] R3
    Let them off the ground,
    and the wyvern will blow you away!
[20:56] A
    Bowmen, pull it in.
[20:58] A
    Wait until it gets scared of
    the lances and slows down.
[21:04] Satoo
    Most of the arrows are being
    deflected by the wyvern's hide.
[21:08] Satoo
    I wonder if it's because
    its hide is so tough,
[21:10] Satoo
    or their levels are too different.
[21:12] R
    Turbulence!
[21:16] R2
    Air Hammer!
[21:23] R3
    Lightning Bolt!
[21:32] Satoo
    It's coming my way!
[21:33] R
    Stop him, Zena!
[21:35] Zena
    Right!
[21:38] Zena
    Air Cushion!
[21:46] R2
    Resist Fall!
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