The Rising: Catastrophe - Event Start

[duck_npcs]

The sound of the Worlds Breaking was a good indicator that everything was going crazy.



Like glass, the effect was rippled across the Duck at the speed of sound as an alert popped up as God and Hayate both appeared.

"Alert, alert, this is a priority one message from the Admins," said God, worried. "Due to the unforeseen situation at hand, we've had to cancel our event for the time being."

"Which means no Total Drama Island for now," said Hayate. "Sorry fellas." A couple of dejected men were in the background. "You'll still get paid!" They cheer.

"We'll hand this off to our head programmer, Hoshida-san."

It cuts to a man behind a desk who is working on a Duck Admin page. "Ah yes, I am Hoshida-san," said the man. "I am the Duck Programmer for this iteration of Drama Drama Duck. Since the beginning, Drama Drama Duck has been a self-growing, autonomous design that grew with the internet. But recently, the internet has produced many media that crossed over with others such as Star Trek Animated with Transformers, or Final Fantasy XIV with XV, or even My Little Pony with Warhammer 40k. This current influx of media has damaged the Duck beyond repair, and we are in a state of emergency."

He cut to a scene which showed a group of small multi-limbed rabbit like creatures and multi-limbed squat robots milling around, seemingly fighting each other and going "POOF" in cartoony clouds.

"These are Bugs in the system. They will continue to spawn until we can update the Duck to 3.0 which will take approximately 2 months to accomplish. I ask that you take time to squash these bugs when you can."

Hoshida bowed politely. "If you lack weaponry, we will provide you with debugging tools to take them out of order."

"Another point, is that the stress of the damage has also caused the 4 Alternate System to go out of control. You may find yourself being besieged by many many alternate versions of yourself until this is fixed, and there is no way to reset it. So please, treat your alternate friends with respect and kindness."

"Again, this isn't life threatening, but it is a hassle. Please refrain from causing a world-ending catastrophe that isn't planned until the time comes." He eyes the Kingdom Hearts cast. "That goes double for you, Sora."

Calling him out early huh.

Switching to Hayate, she said, "We'll be mailing everyone a Debugging Hammer. So please, make use of it. Sorry, but this is real weird. Already I've had to make room for another me who runs a card shop back home."

Comments

[cagey_black]

So... this is partly our fault? Are we to blame for this?

[duck_npcs]

Cumulative stress. It's not on the sole head of anyone's fault. In truth, we should have seen this coming, trying to patch over such an old system that got an upgrade once before from a junky old system from Livejournal.

[cagey_black]

What's livejournal? And I suppose that does make me feel a little better.

So should we limit our travel time?

[duck_npcs]

A terrible hosting platform that the Duck used to be on.

No, it's fine. Actually, we encourage it, because we'll need the Duck members to hunt down the Bugs and get rid of them.

[cagey_black]

Roger Wilco. Sounds like a real toe-tapper of a time.

[last_decade]

At least when I break things, I break them for the better.

[duck_npcs]

When you break things, we didn't have to clean your messes all the time.

[last_decade]

Oh? And what would you know about cleaning messes? I am a Destroyer after all.

[duck_npcs]

I am God. You tell me.

[last_decade]

Maybe I could destroy God, ever think of that?

[of_many_treasures]

Tsukasa, stop annoying God. He'll like, plague your shorts or something.

[last_decade]

Oh? Kaitou, I didn't know you were here. And I didn't know you still cared.

[of_many_treasures]

Shut up I still care, and I've been lurking for months now.

That's the Go-Buster's God. Just don't annoy him, he does favors from time to time.

[last_decade]

I'm sure a no good thief like you had something to pinch while you were here anyhow.

[of_many_treasures]

Yeah, yeah. For the record? I've been a veteran of the Duck since 2010. Your cheap taunting tactics don't work on me anymore.

You should be thankful Yuri told me to give back your card.

[last_decade]

Hmph. Whatever, it's not like needed your help.

[of_many_treasures]

Someone's a grumpy Tsundere.

[last_decade]

Kaitou....

[of_many_treasures]

What are you going to do? Punch me through the internet?

[With that he cackles and logs off.]

[duck_npcs]

Trouble in paradise?

[last_decade]

You stay out of this!

[makeadragonwannaretire]

And in exchange for us cleaning up your mess we are gaining what exactly?

[duck_npcs]

You still get to connect to the Duck for a start. Without it going down is another.

And, as a bonus, we'll be distributing rewards to everyone who helps out.

[makeadragonwannaretire]

That's more like it.

Hold up your end of the arrangement and I expect everything will be sorted. There are enough experienced heroes here and even those who lack experience tend to be...annoyingly overpowered.

[duck_npcs]

Don't worry, there'll be enough excitement for everyone. And more than enough rewards.

Because I'm God.

[dandeliongirl]

[ For some reason this version of Kotomi doesn't seem as surprised to watch the multi-limbed rabbits emerge. Not that the normal version of Kotomi would be. But the quirk behind this one is the fact she's dressed in a pastel space skinsuit, covered with a robe, and holding a massive sniper rifle on her plump lap.

She's also five years older, and built like a greek athlete. ]

For the moment I am supplied with weaponry, so all I will request are one hundred thirty-ought-six rounds for a mass-accelerator precision rifle during my current missions, to be deployed precisely at 2240 at precisely March 14, 1400 hours, in the present location of New Aztlan under the specified coordinates.

[ This version of Kotomi also speaks far more securely and professionally. ]

I will be taking missions to eliminate these bugs with precision strikes on demand under a negotiable fee.

[duck_npcs]

The Mission Request Board will be updated periodically with open quests for Bug Hunting. You'll have your equipment as well as full support from the Dev Team.

[dandeliongirl]

Acknowledged. I will be utilizing the portals in order to explore several worlds, but will at the moment focus on those existing within the worlds of my solar system. Will request heavy artillery at times.

[ She pauses. She looks up, then around. She types on her terminal, until the version of Kotomi Ichinose from Earth in 2003 appears. ]

It is a little shocking to see alternate versions of ourselves in here.

[duck_npcs]

Our limiting system is a little broken at the moment. Normally we have a soft limiter on things, but right now with the way things are, it's broken everywhere.

Don't worry, it's basically harmless.

[dandeliongirl]

... Understood.

[ It did make her curious. A girl that led a peaceful life... ]

I assume we will remain connected to the network when this is fixed? I might have to continue operations in here in order for the crisis not to be used as a political scapegoat.

[duck_npcs]

As long as you want. Or as long as the Duck determines you need it.