(Bonus chapter for "Leisurely Survivor," 5/5)
Although All-Risk Semi-Trailer had posted on the forum about the serious consequences of veteran players casually "remodeling" their faces, not everyone was chatting on the forum just then, and not everyone was concerned about that risk.
Especially the players who were determined to treat True Otherworld like "Otherworld Nikki." The face-customization feature was exactly the kind of gameplay they'd dreamed of, so when the four-hour update and maintenance ended, a bunch of them logged in right away and began happily experimenting with the character creator.
You couldn't underestimate their patience.
After all, stories about them spending "five minutes playing the game and ten hours customizing their faces" had long circulated online. Fortunately, these appearance-obsessed players made up only a small portion of the population. Most players woke up in the Midnight Chamber as soon as they logged in.
Their faces had changed slightly, but their original features remained intact.
The tweaks were mostly details like making their eyes bigger, raising the bridge of their noses, lightening their skin, and removing freckles—in effect, giving themselves a beauty filter in the game.
After they woke up, most of their discussion centered on their newly acquired racial talents. But when veteran players chose human bloodlines, most based their decisions on their already well-developed fighting styles, without giving much thought to the lore.
For instance, players in the Avalon Church system had mostly chosen the Katter bloodline. Melee fighters split into two groups: shield-bearers chose the Nord bloodline, which could slow enemies, while warriors and assassins chose the Highlander bloodline, which increased destructive power. Finally, administrative players all went with the Ceylan template.
They needed the Ceylans' outstanding diplomatic skills to bolster their administrative abilities.
Murphy had been observing this from the shadows, and it all went just