136 Schemes and Schemers and one really annoying NPC (1/2)
The interview was received well and bringing in a lot of new viewers. At first, everyone had been a little sceptic about the decision to interview a simple NPC instead of a famous player but they had soon be won over by the mysterious NPC.
Learning about their ancestor's ways of living and everything about them had a strange allure to them. Hearing all about them was satisfying and at the same time, they wanted to get to know even more about them.
Their obsession with monster meat or the constant desire to make jokes at inappropriate times was really not how they would have imagined their ancestors to behave. They had the impression, that their lives consisted out of fear for their lives amidst the monsters that had been preying on them before the Gods had selected them.
Yet they found out that the humans were a lot more different than initially expected. Especially a human carrying the label Sin. They had never seen or heard of a case like this. According to their experience, only a monster was fit to carry something like this as their entire existence was considered sacrilegious.
Why a human would carry this label was hard for them to fathom. Despite all of their flaws, the Ancestor had been one of them before being chosen. After pondering on this issue for a while the came to the conclusion. that their Ancestor must have been special among the human.
This explanation gave them enough reason to be proud of their heritage. Their lineage being superior to the sinful human was common sense in their eyes. After making that kind of distinction between themselves and the weird human on their magic crystals they could finally rest easy.
All of the knowledge the human gave away was soaked up as it filled the cold and harsh reality with something new and exciting. Drawn in by their vivid imagination, they started the dire struggle for survival the old humans must have faced. Or at least how they thought it must have looked like. Because the source for their imagery was a really modern interpretation of the thing known as human.
Due to the lack of understanding, many things about Moirai were just accepted without pondering too deeply and treated as a fact. For instance, the fierce expression on Moirais face was wrongly interpreted as a sign for compassion. The changes in his mood were seen as the normal way humans had conversed.
The lack of manners and formality was brought into relation to their savage lifestyle that did not allow for something like this. Therefore the lack thereof was seen as a realistic depiction of the prehistoric humans.
That this judgement could not be any more of the truth is not something that they were aware of. Watching Moirai formed their new view and their new understanding of how a human behaved and acted.
During the interview, the audience experienced a wide range of emotions, from pure laughter to excitement and sobriety. Moirai brought them to feel these emotions due to the quality of the answers he gave. They even shed a tear after hearing his speech about their responsibility.
But there were some who did not share the same feelings as the general audience. Looking at the NPC and all its antics was the cause for the utter disgust and bitter hatred they felt towards this entity.
Without a doubt, the people who had suffered the most due to his existence were the technicians who still had not been able to solve the issue and were now forced to helplessly watch on as his face was taunting them over and over again.
They had lost all of their remaining hope as their actions did not yield any results and that this NPC had the audacity to hold an interview was the final straw for them. After giving up on trying to salvage this situation, all they wanted to do was cry and curse their ill fate as their future had now been sealed.
A general feeling of resignation and downcast expression filled the room but next to no words were spoken as they all suffered silently. The realisation that everything had failed was a painful sensation, that every single technician had to make for themself.
They only could watch on in horror as the NPC they despised continue to bask in the limelight of the general public. Absolutely sick of seeing its face right in front of them, they wanted nothing more than to avert there eyes, but yet the could not do that.
There was something which forced them to continue watching this torment as if in the back of their minds they still had to fully give up and were hoping for a miracle to occur. Trying to hold onto this faint hope was something they did subconsciously.
Strangely they decided against praying for a solution in this matter. Normally directing a prayer at their specific God would have been considered nothing more than a formality. But for whatever reason, they decided against involving the Gods in this matter.
A technicians responsibility lied in the exchange with the system and the adaptation of the whims of their superiors. So, they were considered to be the ones who knew the most about the world of Primal Survival. Yet, even they lacked a feasible explanation of what Moirai exactly was.
The system remained silent about the details surrounding Moirai and the teams they had sent could not even approach the NPC before being killed by the now many clones that were freely roaming in the vicinity around the deserted town.
They were as clueless as everyone else, although they were the ones supposed to fully understand the simulated world. Lacking the knowledge about everything, which was remotely related to the mysterious NPC. At first, they still got away claiming to have designed this NPC to advertise Primal Survival but now everything had deteriorated.
All of the initial lies they had used to keep their boss happy had come back to haunt them and they were just waiting for the infuriated boss to appear.
The mood in this dark and cold room was incomparably sullen. Awaiting their boss and his terrible mood, they had accepted their immediate doom.
All they could do was wait until the inevitable would take place.
Unbeknownst to them, it was their boss, who was currently in a heap of trouble. The boss known for his fierce temper found himself at the opposing side for once as he was screamed at without getting any chance to retort.
The cause for this unusual sight lied in the unusual behaviour of the NPC as well.
” Why do we spend so many resources and a trivial NPC, or however that thing is called can ruin it singlehandedly. If you can not even solve such an issue, how can we put any trust in you and your team full of failures?
The men who said this was the spokesperson for the Church council and was regarded as one of the most influential people in the future development of Primal Survival. While he certainly did not look the part with his slightly chubby body and round face, there was no denying, that this person had the abilities to make his life a living hell.
It was the first time that he had interfered with their decisionmaking. Prior he had let things run its course, but this situation caused him to speak up and to convey his concern in an audible fashion.
What made the situation even less tolerable was that he was not the only person present at the conference. There was also a representative for the crown, who was also clearly not amused by the current development of the situation.
Although his demeanour was a lot more reserved a look in his face was enough to tell, that he shared the same opinion has the member of the Church. The involvement of the royal family was a well-kept secret, as only the highest echelons were aware of this fact.