Expanded Universe (Framework Saga)

Framework

Framework

(Bryce) Hey Aidan, What are you doing. (Aidan) Just enjoying the the beautiful view. (Bryce) Yeah, it is beautiful, just like the mountains near me. (Aidan) I know, you sent me pics. (Bryce) Well, I need to farm some for Currency. (Aidan) If you don't get enough, I'll give you some. (Bryce) I don't want you to feel like you have to. (Aidan) If our situations were reversed, I would like to know that you would help me out. (Bryce) I would, but whenever you give me money, I feel like I'm sponging off of you. (Aidan) You're not. (Bryce) I know, but it still feels like I am. Well, I should start farming *Goes off and finds a low level dungeon* Well, here goes nothing. *Goes in and clears it* Hey look a chest! *Walks over and searches it* What's this? *picks up an Artifact* (Game) Cataclysm Quest started. (Bryce) What? *Checks Inventory* Wait, this is the Catalyst? (Guardian) Of course it is. (Bryce) *Turns around, sees Guardian, and freaks out* How long have you been there? (Guardian) About 5 minutes. (Bryce) *Knowing Guardian is the #1 hacker within Framework* If you want it, you can have it. (Guardian) You keep it, I'm interested in seeing what you'll do with it. (Bryce) So, you're not going to kill me. (Guardian) *Laughs* Of course not, my level is too high above yours to damage you, so even if I did, I couldn't. (Bryce) But couldn't you hack it? (Guardian) It's hard coded into the game, so I couldn't even began to change it. (Bryce) *Clearly relieved* Okay. (Guardian) But if you were to trade the Catalyst with someone --- I would steal it from them. (Bryce) I thought as much. (Guardian) And as a token of good luck, I'll give you some small change. (Game) 1 Trillion Currency has been transferred to your account. (Bryce) This is all legal Currency right? (Guardian) Do you think I would give you, a legit Player, who abides by the rules, Illegally obtained Currency? (Bryce) You are the #1 hacker in the game, notorious after the Admin heist, were you stole 100 Admin tier weapons, armour, and vehicles. (Guardian) Yes, and if you recall, all of it was found by normal Players legitimately completing a quest, and the Admins, who decided that said gear was too OP, stole it, without warning. So all I did was return the player's stolen gear to them, and mangled the code so that Admins couldn't steal it again. (Bryce) So all of this Currency is legally obtained. (Guardian) Of course, it's from several of my investments that I made a long time ago. (Bryce) being completely honest, I hope you never get banned, since you're the one hacker I can honestly say makes the game better. (Guardian) Well, I have places to be, so, see you when I see you. *Teleports away* (Bryce) Aidan will freak when I tell him about this.

After finding Aidan-

(Bryce) You won't believe who I met! (Aidan) Was it an Admin? (Bryce) No, but close. (Aidan) I don't know. (Bryce) I met Guardian! (Aidan) *Not believing him* And I'm an Admin. (Bryce) I'm being serious, I actually met her. (Aidan) Show me the recording. (Bryce) *Pulls it up* Here you go. (Aidan) Holy cow! You actually met her, but why didn't she kill you? (Bryce) She said that she was too leveled for her to hurt me. (Aidan) You do realize that's not true, right? (Bryce) No, but why would she lie? (Guardian) I didn't. (Aidan) *Freaked out because Guardian just appeared behind him* How did you get there? (Guardian) *Pulls out a crystal necklace* A teleportation charm. And I've modified my game to make it more difficult, with low ranking enemies being able to damage me, but I can't damage them. (Bryce) But wouldn't you be in the modded and hacked servers? (Guardian) If they can't ban me, how do you think they could sever lock me? (Bryce) I didn't, I just wanted to hear you say that. (Guardian) *Laughs* (Bryce) What? (Aidan) Dude, you low-key just hit on her. (Bryce) *Blushes* I did not! (Aidan) Your face looks like a ripe tomato. (Bryce) *Adamant* I'm not hitting on her! (Guardian) *Not believing it* If you say so. (Bryce) Anyways, why are you following me? (Guardian) You're a level 2 player who possesses the single most powerful Artifact in the game, I'm curious what you'll do. I personally think that you'll try to complete the quest, so I'll be there to help you along, until the time that you either die, complete the quest, or give the Catalyst to someone else, In any of those cases, I'll just leave you alone. (Aidan) *Checks his map* Dude, you're a marker on the map! (Bryce) *Checks his map* I don't see it. (Guardian) That's because you have the Catalyst, and I suggest we leave before one of the other clans attacks. *Just as she finishes, An Elite troopship comes into the atmosphere* (Aidan) I think it's a little late to do that. (Bryce) We could still leave. *As he finishes, the Elites blockade the planet* (Guardian) You had to say something, didn't you. (Bryce) I don't think me saying something would've changed when they blockaded the planet. (Aidan) Probably, but that was some pretty convenient timing. (Bryce) So, we'll be inside if you need us. *Bryce and Aidan go into the Dungeon* (Guardian) Time to have some fun. *Cloaks, stalks the Elite's*

Meanwhile, Bryce and Aidan are going through the dungeon-

(Bryce) It's weird how there's no enemies. (Aidan) I think it was designed so that other players were the enemies, since there's teleporters everywhere. *An Engineer floats over* (Bryce) What's that? (Aidan) *Surprised* You've never seen an Engineer before? (Bryce) No. (Aiden) They are the ones who help keep the Framework operational. (Bryce) How does that work? (Aiden) They go around and fix any errors that get created.