Sunday, October 4, 2015

Haiku Reborn 4

I was expecting
to wait on a loading screen
but my eyes adjust.

Grass, sunlight, and wind:
I can feel the gentle touch
on my rabbit shape.

Am I in a game?
Am I even in a dream?
This is quite soothing.

Such a wide, green plain
stretching out before my eyes.
Above, bright blue sky.

Wait, this view is odd.
why can I see all around
and above right now?

Pointed straight ahead,
I shouldn't be seeing up
to view all the clouds?

Also, right in front,
there is a small little gap.
I can't see my nose!

The flat grass texture
isn't bad graphics either,
just my split vision.

One eye sees my left,
the other eye sees my right,
and both eyes look up.

I see the cloud puffs,
white whorls in striking detail,
amidst blurry grass.

How do I explore
if my sight is terrible?
I'll just hit my head!

Picking a rabbit
just to minimize point loss:
a bad decision?

Am I stuck like this?
No, let's first calm myself down.
Maybe I can change?

First, are there settings?
Can I change from first-person
to third-person view?

When I think "Settings"
all is quiet: no response.
Is the game buggy?

Perhaps it's "Menu"?
So I think it and AHA!
Menu seems to work!

Still, this hurts my eyes.
The menu is right in front
in my vision's gap.

Translucent blue bars
left and right of the center.
Who designed this shit?

If it doesn't move,
I will be forced to rage quit.
Thankfully, it moves.

Now, in my left eye,
<Status>, <Skill List> and <Quit Game>
in a floating box.

The <Quit Game> Button
is quite tempting at this point,
what with all the bugs.

I'll check the first two
before I decide to quit
just to see what's there.

Another blue box
that I drag to my right eye.
I'm so gonna quit.

<Status>, which was first:
an empty "Conditions" box
plus race, stats, and health.

Nothing new to see,
so let's move on to <Skill List>
and then I shall quit.

Blue box number three.
Where's the bug report forum
for this interface?

I am not surprised
at how unhelpful it is,
history in mind.

Four skills in a list.
Just some color-coded names.
Descriptions absent.

To top it all off,
all of these are still "Egg Skills"
which means they don't work.

Color equals rank,
so <Random> is higher rank
than my <Senses> skill?

My other two skills
<Magic:Cast>, <Affinity>
are both still white rank.

I refuse to play
as a blind guy with no skills
so let's quit the game.

I "click" on <Quit Game>
the same way as the others.
Hoping I'd wake up.

The button is grey
and nothing seems to happen.
This is the worst dream.

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