Blue Archive story · Volume 2: Game Development Department, Chapter 1, Episode 8
Vol. 2 Ch. 1 Ep. 8: Eligibility Screening
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1. Millennium Game Development Department
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Haha! Now that all the hard stuff is out of the way, we can kick back and play games, right?
We've got a raid today. Are you ready, Aris?
I understand the strategy. Our gear is ready, and I posted the announcement "Beginners welcome - 4 man Burning Forest Expedition - Healers/DPS needed." Ah. Peroro32 joined.
Can we really afford to take it easy?
Did you talk to Yuuka and tell her we have four members now?
'Course I did. She said she'll come this afternoon to screen Aris' eligibility... Oh! Aris! The boss is about to do its AOE breath attack! Careful or we'll get wiped!
Evasive maneuvers! Casting protection magic.
We're in danger in real life too! Screening her eligibility?! What does that even mean?
The survival of our club is on the line, and you're raiding in an MMO!
Chillax, Midori. Aris is totally ready.
Huh?
Aris! Do your introduction!
I am known as Aris the Blue Eyes. A dwarven lancer wielding the Flame Dragon Fang gunlance. I hail from the Steel Mountains, but lost my family at an early age to a demon attack...
No, not your game character! I mean you, yourself, Aris!
Oh, understood.
Hello. My name is Aris. I am a first-year here at the Millennium School. I recently transferred, but missed registration, so I will not be starting my classes until next month.
Even though I am not in any classes yet, I was told I could still join a club, so I ended up joining the Game Development Department.
Oooh. That was actually pretty good.
My role in the Game Development Department is to tank and deal light-type melee damage...
You're a programmer!
R-Right! Programming... I learned to code in JABA before I ever spoke my first word...
Are we going to make it through this...?
...There's no way this is true.
There's no way someone would join the Game Development Department now!
Sorry, but you're wrong!
Yuuka...
...?
So, you must be the "Aris" everyone is talking about. The supposed fourth member of the Game Development Department.
Hmm. I thought I knew every single Millennium School student...
How could I have missed such a cute girl...?
(Ack!)
Wh-Who are you calling a specter?!
It's, uh, a misunderstanding! Aris is a little scatterbrained so she didn't finish her word. She must have been trying to say the "spectacular" something!
Ugh... I don't take kindly to strangers speaking to me this way.
You have a sharp tongue, newcomer.
C-Calm down! It wasn't personal!
All that confusion aside, we got the number of members we needed! Can we keep the Game Development Department now?
(Ack!)
In the past, there were times clubs got by on just notifying us that they had found some new members.
Recently, however, the rules have become more strict.
So, as per the new rules, I've got an interrogation waiting for Aris... Wait, I didn't mean to say it like that.
Anyway, I've just got a few simple questions for her.
You TOTALLY meant to say it that way...
Don't worry. This won't take long.