Odd people in Lambda Root Town

DMarx · Post by **DMarx** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 5:55 pm

I just finished Mutation ,and I have a question. Before you go to Merciless Greiving Furnace, Lambda's root town is full of people who stand in place and won't trade. They are given voices (ie: you actually hear their voice, you don't just get a dialogue box). Is there a reason for this?

Tsukasa · Post by **Tsukasa** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 5:58 pm

Yes. Keep playing to find out.

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 5:59 pm

I never understood about that part either,Mistral didnt like it either.
They seemed to be....depressed for no reason.It's...weird.Maybe something from the World,had some effect on their minds? That's just a guess..

Invisible Egg! · Post by **Invisible Egg!** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:18 pm

Those motionless people are...

[spoiler]away from their computers, and thus cannot interact with you. Remember the guy who says "AFK. I'm currently away from my desk"? Well, AFK is a simple abbeviation of Away For Now. Those of you who have Instant Message programs should be familiar with "Away Messages".[/spoiler]

Is that really a spoiler?

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:27 pm

Doesnt seem like its a spoiler to me,sounds more like an explanation to that.I understand the term "AFK" for that one guy,but the rest were all talking about other things...were the others afk? Or just rambling nonsense?Pretty weird to me..

Invisible Egg! · Post by **Invisible Egg!** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:32 pm

I'm assuming that the other characters were away also. The "AFK" guy was the only one that was polite and informative with his message. I know plenty of people that use bizarre Away Messages. (Mine is an excerpt from The Epitaph Of Twilight, followed by links that say "click me" and flood your desktop with craziness if you click them)

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:36 pm

Ah ok,guess that seems about right then.Thanks for clearing that up ^^;

thedudewhosadude · Post by **thedudewhosadude** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:22 pm

wait, cubia is near the end of mutation? NO!!!!! It just got started! Or am I wrong and there is another phase to beat?

Oh No Melon! · Post by **Oh No Melon!** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 2:22 am

When does that take place? I don't remember it for the life of me :X

DMarx · Post by **DMarx** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 3:16 am

Thanks for clearing that up. And this takes place after you log back into The World after beating Innis.

Kama · Post by **Kama** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 4:55 pm

Or...
[spoiler]It is one of those useless Data type people. Some, anyways. Beats me.[/spoiler]

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 5:34 pm

You mean like those that are all corrupted and see through? The depressed one and the hyper active that wouldnt shut up? Heh,I doubt it,would corrupted data be seen wondering around in the Root Towns?

thedudewhosadude · Post by **thedudewhosadude** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:08 am

well it seems that they want to be deleted...(flashback!) Are you Mr. In-the-way(flashback end!) I could imagine them walking around in a root town...::Corrupted PC is walking around. Lios jumps out from the weapon's shop and uses his uber-cool deletion beam!!!!::

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:15 am

A field is the same as a Root Town, in my opinion. Root Towns are just basically the place to save, buy things, and use the Chaos Gate. If corrupted data can appear in a dungeon, why can't it be in Root Towns? I think that as long as it's the game, the data can appear anywhere.

...Though, it would be wierd for the storyline. @_@

DMarx · Post by **DMarx** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:24 am

I don't think that there is corrupted data in the Root Towns. If there are, why do people get so supprised when they see them. If corrupted data were a regular fixture of the Root Towns, the board messages would not say "weird character in XYZ dungeon". They would say "Hey CC Corp, send someone to delete the corrupted data here".
For now, I like the theory that the motionless people are away from their computers.