The next morning, I got in contact with Alice through our system link. She was still in a different room, even if she really wanted to sleep next to me. Well, she was still considered ‘recovering’. But we were going to attempt to bring her into the factory. It should be easy enough, considering that we have done it before with Lua.
… but that also led me to hearing the voice of Alice’s System Support for the first time. And I’m not sure if I’m happy with it.
(Alice. Please request that your system support changes his voice.) I half begged.
(Brian. But why? I like your voice, so why can I have that?)
Yes. Alice’s System Support did in fact have my voice. And I wasn’t the biggest fan. Even Lua was against it, because it would make things confusing, like the voice of Mia did before Mia changed hers. Also, Alice and I were back using the ‘say the person's name before the message’ style of communicating, like I did with Lua when we first started using the system instant messenger.
(Alice, you need to understand, it will just be better.) Lua reasoned. (Even my system support took the voice of my mother at start, before I realized how confusing it would be.)
(Alice, Lua. But I’m not sure who I should use…)
(Alice. How about going through some of Mana’s memories? She should have known people whose voice you can use.)
(Ah! Yes. I’ll do that then.) Alice quickly agreed. She still goes with my suggestions way too easily. I wonder if I should install Remove Brainwashing into her? That might help with that.
While Alice was changing the settings on her System Support, Lua and I went ahead to the factory just to make sure everything was fine. Lua’s connection was fine, and we saw no issues, so all that was left was trying to bring Alice into here.
(Alice. Just close your eyes and think you want to come to Brian’s Different Dimension Factory.) Lua instructed her. (Then let your system support do the rest.)
Soon enough, another avatar manifested itself near the circular table at the foot of the control platform.
Alice looked, well like she does after her fusion and evolution, with her long blond hair and heterochromic eyes. She was wearing the same magical girl outfit as she did when she fought the behemoth. It looked quite a lot like the one Dark Magician Girl wears, except that Alice’s one was blue and dark green, whereas Mana’s usual outfit is blue and pink.
Spoiler [collapse]Alice’s also came with some tights to cover her legs, but she didn’t have any sort of hat at all.
“Welcome to the factory.” I said to welcome her.
“... wow. … I didn’t expect it to be … this.” Alice said, as she looked around the hub room.
“This is only a small part of it.” Lua said. “See all of those doors. They all lead to a huge room with a ton of things inside.”
“Really!? I want to see!” Alice demanded.
“Sure. Let’s go for a tour.” I agreed.
“Oh, by the way Alice, did you manage to change the voice of your system support?”
“Yes. I did.” She said. “Introduce yourself.”
(As you wish, Miss.) We all heard a voice in our heads. (I am Miss Alice’s System Support.) And I quickly recognized the voice. It’s Dan Green, or should I call him Atem in this situation? Dan has voiced multiple characters after all, including Yugi, but you still wouldn’t say that Atem and Yugi have the same voice. They do both have their own unique speech pattern, even if they have the same voice actor. … I’ll just say it is Atem’s voice. I’m still a bit iffy on that, but at least it is better than my voice.
“... that is a lot better.” I told Alice. “You should name him at some point.”
“Yes. I will.” Alice agreed.
Unlike Laura and Mia, Atem, oh wait, that isn’t his name. Well anyway. Alice’s System Support cannot realize an avatar in the factory at the same time as Alice is here. Well, the same did go for Mia when Lua first came here. I think Mia managed to realize at the same time as Lua after she was upgraded from basic to standard, so that should go for Alice’s SS as well.
But before we made it into any of the rooms, I felt something strange going on. I’m not exactly sure what, but it was a bit like when I get scanned with a Scan spell. Like someone else’s mana was forcing itself into my body.
(Laura?)
(Don’t worry. It is fine. You will see soon.) She said, just in time for a ball of fire to appear before us in the factory.
That flame then concentrated, took on a humanoid form and then vanished. And at the place that had been on fire just a bit ago, there now stood a perfect copy of Agunan.
“... what are you doing here?” I asked.
“Master, am I not allowed to come here?” Agunan asked. “I assumed it was fine, since you brought the females. Would you like me to leave?”
“... no. You can stay. But how in the hell did you get here?”
“Oh, that was quite simple. I noticed that your soul moved yesterday evening, so I traced it to this alternative world. Then I just decided to try and come here the next time you come.”
“... that doesn't explain how you can do that.”
“Well, it is quite basic. I simply detach my soul from my body and move it. It is one of the first techniques we learn as young dragons. It allows us to use dragon avatars so we can visit human towns and cities, before we can take on a humanoid form.” Agunan said. “It can also be used to enter the spirit world, and I’ve been doing that for a long time. The spirits are fun to play with.” He then added.
Dragon avatar? … and the spirit world? … okay. And Agunan can enter the spirit world. Well, that is something.
“Can I also visit the spirit world?” Alice was the first to ask about it.
“I believe so. I’ve heard of other humanoids who have been able to go there, but I’ve never met any.” Agunan said. “So, Master. What is this place? Your own world?”
“... haah. Let’s just get on with the tour. I’ll explain as we go.” I gave in. At this point, I might as well just show the two new people around while I explain things to Agunan.
“I see. So this is the world Master’s summons live in.” Agunan stated as we kept going.
“Basically yeah.” I confirmed. “But they don’t actually originate from here. There is some skill linking stuff and some other things I don’t really even understand, but they can just appear here if they want. Come on. The tower room is next.” I said, as I led everyone towards the largest room of the factory.
We had already gone through most of the smaller rooms I thought Alice or Agunan would be interested in, like the Mystic Plasma Zone and Yami rooms where my Dark Spellcasters like to hang out.
SpoilerOf course I made sure to show Agunan the volcanic room made with Molten Destruction.
Spoiler [collapse]And after Alice asked how I make the rooms like they are, I made two new rooms with Centrifugal Field and Fusion Gate for all of the fusion monsters that now have access to the factory.
SpoilerBut back to the tower room. A few things had changed there. Well, two really.
One, after the fight between Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Agunan, the Blue-Eyed dragons were in for a reward. And they wanted a new mountain for themselves after I forced them to give up the tallest peak to Tyrant Dragon. For that, I combined Luminous Spark and Mountain to make Mountain of Light and installing it into the room. A new mountain of white rock soon appeared in that area and my Blue-Eyes were able to take it over. That way, I didn’t have to force Tyrant Dragon to move, while also being able to give something more unique to the Blue-Eyed dragons.
SpoilerMountain of Light
All "Blue-Eyes" monsters on the field gain 500 ATK/DEF.
If a "Blue-Eyes" monster is sent from the field to the GY, you can add one "Blue-Eyes" monster from your deck or GY to your hand.
[Cannot be used in a Duel]
Second was the house project I started with Fantasia. While it was not complete, I did work a bit on it every evening, so the outer walls of it were more or less finished. … And it had turned into a full mansion. Modeled after a modern mega-mansion, it was made of white concrete and had an extremely open floor plan. … and it was large enough where it would have 20+ bedrooms. We might have gone a bit overboard with it, but it was fun, so why not?
“Oh? The dragons are here.” Agunan said, as he spotted the Blue-Eyed dragons. “Master, may I fight them here?”
“Sure, but later. Also, make sure you guys don’t break the house or the towers. Either Tahlia or Fantasia will kill you if you do something like that, depending on which you break. But you can also use the colosseum room, as long as no one else is using it.”
“Tahlia? Fantasia? Who are those?” Alice asked.
“Yeah. I guess I should introduce you to them.” I said, before asking Laura for a favor. (Laura, can you go get the two? … you should also appear with them, so Alice and Agunan can see you.)
(Sure. We’ll be right there.) She answered.
Soon enough, they appeared. First Fantasia, then followed by Tahlia and Laura. Fantasia was wearing red magician’s robes, possibly copied from Mystical Sand. I think she was with the witch in the Canyon room.
SpoilerTahlia was in her ‘circuit board’ pattern dress and Laura was in her usual outfit, a white long sleeve blouse and a pastel yellow skirt on top of black leggings.
“Lua, I think you should also have Mia appear, so we can introduce her as well.”
“Sure.” Lua responded, and soon enough Mia also realized her avatar in the factory.
After a quick round of introductions, Alice asked a question.
“Can my system support appear here?”
“Both yes and no.” I answered. “At least with Mia, when she was still basic level, she couldn’t appear at the same time as Lua. But she could appear when Lua wasn’t here. So that will likely be the same for your system support until he is upgraded to standard.”
“And how does he get upgraded?” Alice asked. “I want to see how he looks.”
(Miss, I believe it would be better if you wait until you give me a name. And I would like a bit more time to develop before I make an avatar for myself.) We all heard the voice of Dan in our heads. … no, it still isn't Dan. It is just Alice’s System Support.
“... that too.” I commented. “And he should get upgraded if you do some system missions.”
“What are those?”
“You’ll see when you get your first one.” I told her. “For now, I think it will be more important for you to worry about getting used to all of your new skills, including that unique-racial skill.”
“... okay. I’ll do that.”
After completing the factory tour, by the way I didn’t show Alice the more ‘private’ areas of the factory because Agunan was with us, we returned to the real world. I promise, I’ll show Alice the control platform and the back at some later date. I’m not trying to be evil or anything. I'm just not sure what Agunan would do if he could access some of the things on the control platform.
Our breakfast for the day was a bit more standard than yesterday. Ria ate with the maids, as she has been doing, while Lua and I joined the Watchman family for breakfast. And to discuss what we would do today. Agunan got some Solar Flare Dragon meat from my storage, prepped by Kitchen Dragonmaid and Laura.
Spoiler [collapse]
“We shall make the preparations and head back today.” Brandon made the final call. “Brian, would you be so kind as to give us a ride back?”
“Of course. That’s not an issue.” I agreed to his suggestion. Not like it hadn’t been the plan from the start. “But please do ask Thomas if I can just summon Big Core over the city, so we don’t have to do all of that traveling outside, packing up and going from there BS. … actually, I’ll just do that myself. You two can just focus on getting ready.”
So yeah. That was the plan. Because of the emergency that took place in Alewatch, the Watchman family was going to leave as soon as possible so they could manage their territory. And I would be their ‘taxi’. Also, we do have that celebration waiting for us, so Daniel was going to also come with us, and I’d have to bring him back here, so he can join the caravan back to the capital when it leaves. Sure I could just Gradius him to the capital, but that might lead to someone asking questions, so it is better if he goes back the ‘normal’ way.
With the plans made, the Watchman family made sure they would get all of their stuff packed up for the trip, while I went to meet with Thomas so we could have our flight clearance and all of that.
Running a ‘legitimate’ air service is a lot more work than I thought it would be.
The next morning, I got in contact with Alice through our system link. She was still in a different room, even if she really wanted to sleep next to me. Well, she was still considered ‘recovering’. But we were going to attempt to bring her into the factory. It should be easy enough, considering that we have done it before with Lua.
… but that also led me to hearing the voice of Alice’s System Support for the first time. And I’m not sure if I’m happy with it.
(Alice. Please request that your system support changes his voice.) I half begged.
(Brian. But why? I like your voice, so why can I have that?)
Yes. Alice’s System Support did in fact have my voice. And I wasn’t the biggest fan. Even Lua was against it, because it would make things confusing, like the voice of Mia did before Mia changed hers. Also, Alice and I were back using the ‘say the person's name before the message’ style of communicating, like I did with Lua when we first started using the system instant messenger.
(Alice, you need to understand, it will just be better.) Lua reasoned. (Even my system support took the voice of my mother at start, before I realized how confusing it would be.)
(Alice, Lua. But I’m not sure who I should use…)
(Alice. How about going through some of Mana’s memories? She should have known people whose voice you can use.)
(Ah! Yes. I’ll do that then.) Alice quickly agreed. She still goes with my suggestions way too easily. I wonder if I should install Remove Brainwashing into her? That might help with that.
While Alice was changing the settings on her System Support, Lua and I went ahead to the factory just to make sure everything was fine. Lua’s connection was fine, and we saw no issues, so all that was left was trying to bring Alice into here.
(Alice. Just close your eyes and think you want to come to Brian’s Different Dimension Factory.) Lua instructed her. (Then let your system support do the rest.)
Soon enough, another avatar manifested itself near the circular table at the foot of the control platform.
Alice looked, well like she does after her fusion and evolution, with her long blond hair and heterochromic eyes. She was wearing the same magical girl outfit as she did when she fought the behemoth. It looked quite a lot like the one Dark Magician Girl wears, except that Alice’s one was blue and dark green, whereas Mana’s usual outfit is blue and pink.
Spoiler [collapse]Alice’s also came with some tights to cover her legs, but she didn’t have any sort of hat at all.
“Welcome to the factory.” I said to welcome her.
“... wow. … I didn’t expect it to be … this.” Alice said, as she looked around the hub room.
“This is only a small part of it.” Lua said. “See all of those doors. They all lead to a huge room with a ton of things inside.”
“Really!? I want to see!” Alice demanded.
“Sure. Let’s go for a tour.” I agreed.
“Oh, by the way Alice, did you manage to change the voice of your system support?”
“Yes. I did.” She said. “Introduce yourself.”
(As you wish, Miss.) We all heard a voice in our heads. (I am Miss Alice’s System Support.) And I quickly recognized the voice. It’s Dan Green, or should I call him Atem in this situation? Dan has voiced multiple characters after all, including Yugi, but you still wouldn’t say that Atem and Yugi have the same voice. They do both have their own unique speech pattern, even if they have the same voice actor. … I’ll just say it is Atem’s voice. I’m still a bit iffy on that, but at least it is better than my voice.
“... that is a lot better.” I told Alice. “You should name him at some point.”
“Yes. I will.” Alice agreed.
Unlike Laura and Mia, Atem, oh wait, that isn’t his name. Well anyway. Alice’s System Support cannot realize an avatar in the factory at the same time as Alice is here. Well, the same did go for Mia when Lua first came here. I think Mia managed to realize at the same time as Lua after she was upgraded from basic to standard, so that should go for Alice’s SS as well.
But before we made it into any of the rooms, I felt something strange going on. I’m not exactly sure what, but it was a bit like when I get scanned with a Scan spell. Like someone else’s mana was forcing itself into my body.
(Laura?)
(Don’t worry. It is fine. You will see soon.) She said, just in time for a ball of fire to appear before us in the factory.
That flame then concentrated, took on a humanoid form and then vanished. And at the place that had been on fire just a bit ago, there now stood a perfect copy of Agunan.
“... what are you doing here?” I asked.
“Master, am I not allowed to come here?” Agunan asked. “I assumed it was fine, since you brought the females. Would you like me to leave?”
“... no. You can stay. But how in the hell did you get here?”
“Oh, that was quite simple. I noticed that your soul moved yesterday evening, so I traced it to this alternative world. Then I just decided to try and come here the next time you come.”
“... that doesn't explain how you can do that.”
“Well, it is quite basic. I simply detach my soul from my body and move it. It is one of the first techniques we learn as young dragons. It allows us to use dragon avatars so we can visit human towns and cities, before we can take on a humanoid form.” Agunan said. “It can also be used to enter the spirit world, and I’ve been doing that for a long time. The spirits are fun to play with.” He then added.
Dragon avatar? … and the spirit world? … okay. And Agunan can enter the spirit world. Well, that is something.
“Can I also visit the spirit world?” Alice was the first to ask about it.
“I believe so. I’ve heard of other humanoids who have been able to go there, but I’ve never met any.” Agunan said. “So, Master. What is this place? Your own world?”
“... haah. Let’s just get on with the tour. I’ll explain as we go.” I gave in. At this point, I might as well just show the two new people around while I explain things to Agunan.
“I see. So this is the world Master’s summons live in.” Agunan stated as we kept going.
“Basically yeah.” I confirmed. “But they don’t actually originate from here. There is some skill linking stuff and some other things I don’t really even understand, but they can just appear here if they want. Come on. The tower room is next.” I said, as I led everyone towards the largest room of the factory.
We had already gone through most of the smaller rooms I thought Alice or Agunan would be interested in, like the Mystic Plasma Zone and Yami rooms where my Dark Spellcasters like to hang out.
SpoilerOf course I made sure to show Agunan the volcanic room made with Molten Destruction.
Spoiler [collapse]And after Alice asked how I make the rooms like they are, I made two new rooms with Centrifugal Field and Fusion Gate for all of the fusion monsters that now have access to the factory.
SpoilerBut back to the tower room. A few things had changed there. Well, two really.
One, after the fight between Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Agunan, the Blue-Eyed dragons were in for a reward. And they wanted a new mountain for themselves after I forced them to give up the tallest peak to Tyrant Dragon. For that, I combined Luminous Spark and Mountain to make Mountain of Light and installing it into the room. A new mountain of white rock soon appeared in that area and my Blue-Eyes were able to take it over. That way, I didn’t have to force Tyrant Dragon to move, while also being able to give something more unique to the Blue-Eyed dragons.
SpoilerMountain of Light
All "Blue-Eyes" monsters on the field gain 500 ATK/DEF.
If a "Blue-Eyes" monster is sent from the field to the GY, you can add one "Blue-Eyes" monster from your deck or GY to your hand.
[Cannot be used in a Duel]
Second was the house project I started with Fantasia. While it was not complete, I did work a bit on it every evening, so the outer walls of it were more or less finished. … And it had turned into a full mansion. Modeled after a modern mega-mansion, it was made of white concrete and had an extremely open floor plan. … and it was large enough where it would have 20+ bedrooms. We might have gone a bit overboard with it, but it was fun, so why not?
“Oh? The dragons are here.” Agunan said, as he spotted the Blue-Eyed dragons. “Master, may I fight them here?”
“Sure, but later. Also, make sure you guys don’t break the house or the towers. Either Tahlia or Fantasia will kill you if you do something like that, depending on which you break. But you can also use the colosseum room, as long as no one else is using it.”
“Tahlia? Fantasia? Who are those?” Alice asked.
“Yeah. I guess I should introduce you to them.” I said, before asking Laura for a favor. (Laura, can you go get the two? … you should also appear with them, so Alice and Agunan can see you.)
(Sure. We’ll be right there.) She answered.
Soon enough, they appeared. First Fantasia, then followed by Tahlia and Laura. Fantasia was wearing red magician’s robes, possibly copied from Mystical Sand. I think she was with the witch in the Canyon room.
SpoilerTahlia was in her ‘circuit board’ pattern dress and Laura was in her usual outfit, a white long sleeve blouse and a pastel yellow skirt on top of black leggings.
“Lua, I think you should also have Mia appear, so we can introduce her as well.”
“Sure.” Lua responded, and soon enough Mia also realized her avatar in the factory.
After a quick round of introductions, Alice asked a question.
“Can my system support appear here?”
“Both yes and no.” I answered. “At least with Mia, when she was still basic level, she couldn’t appear at the same time as Lua. But she could appear when Lua wasn’t here. So that will likely be the same for your system support until he is upgraded to standard.”
“And how does he get upgraded?” Alice asked. “I want to see how he looks.”
(Miss, I believe it would be better if you wait until you give me a name. And I would like a bit more time to develop before I make an avatar for myself.) We all heard the voice of Dan in our heads. … no, it still isn't Dan. It is just Alice’s System Support.
“... that too.” I commented. “And he should get upgraded if you do some system missions.”
“What are those?”
“You’ll see when you get your first one.” I told her. “For now, I think it will be more important for you to worry about getting used to all of your new skills, including that unique-racial skill.”
“... okay. I’ll do that.”
After completing the factory tour, by the way I didn’t show Alice the more ‘private’ areas of the factory because Agunan was with us, we returned to the real world. I promise, I’ll show Alice the control platform and the back at some later date. I’m not trying to be evil or anything. I'm just not sure what Agunan would do if he could access some of the things on the control platform.
Our breakfast for the day was a bit more standard than yesterday. Ria ate with the maids, as she has been doing, while Lua and I joined the Watchman family for breakfast. And to discuss what we would do today. Agunan got some Solar Flare Dragon meat from my storage, prepped by Kitchen Dragonmaid and Laura.
Spoiler [collapse]
“We shall make the preparations and head back today.” Brandon made the final call. “Brian, would you be so kind as to give us a ride back?”
“Of course. That’s not an issue.” I agreed to his suggestion. Not like it hadn’t been the plan from the start. “But please do ask Thomas if I can just summon Big Core over the city, so we don’t have to do all of that traveling outside, packing up and going from there BS. … actually, I’ll just do that myself. You two can just focus on getting ready.”
So yeah. That was the plan. Because of the emergency that took place in Alewatch, the Watchman family was going to leave as soon as possible so they could manage their territory. And I would be their ‘taxi’. Also, we do have that celebration waiting for us, so Daniel was going to also come with us, and I’d have to bring him back here, so he can join the caravan back to the capital when it leaves. Sure I could just Gradius him to the capital, but that might lead to someone asking questions, so it is better if he goes back the ‘normal’ way.
With the plans made, the Watchman family made sure they would get all of their stuff packed up for the trip, while I went to meet with Thomas so we could have our flight clearance and all of that.
Running a ‘legitimate’ air service is a lot more work than I thought it would be.
