Lurking in the Gallery Before the Update
*Ding!*
"Ughhh..."
The cheerful alarm shattered my short but deep sleep. It was the Gallery alert. What the hell could it be that woke me up after I finally got some solid rest?
I stretched out my stiff body and logged into the Gallery.
Mr. Rain. Did you rest well? Good morning.
"Good morning, Sora."
> You have accessed the Ark Gallery.
New features: Photo capture and meme uploads will be enabled.
Gallery access will be unavailable during the upgrade.
Proceed now?
YESNO
"Whoa! New features!"
Meme uploads, no less. No wonder all the Gallery posts felt so bland—they were missing memes.
"Upgrade sounds good. Really good, but..."
There was one problem. No idea how long it'd take. All I had were yes or no options.
Starting it right now might be like yanking back the bread rations from the Gallery folks.
But it probably wouldn't take that long, right?
Estimated time based on required resources: Approximately one day.
Thanks, Sora-dong!
Better announce it first.
Thanks to everyone's support, we can expand Gallery features now.
But no clue on exact update time? It'll be about a day, no big changes.
Planning to start around noon.
Stock up on three days' bread just in case~
Aside from the crown princess's separation anxiety, everyone else seemed fine.
"Until noon... Oh right, no clock."
Time to buy one from my dedicated shop.
> Welcome to Gallery 'ModeratorExclusiveShop'!
> Remaining P: 31P
> [Item Purchase / Exchange]
Points accumulation slowed way down—everyone's leftovers from yesterday, probably.
But in three days max, I'd escape this ammonia-stinking room.
"No greed. Take it slow. Stay calm."
Dragon home visits? Hard pass.
I calmed my goosebumps and bought the clock.
Desk Clock x1 -4P
It came with batteries and was set to the right time. Lucky.
Otherwise, I'd have to crack the door and eyeball the sun like a maniac.
Clock said around 11 AM. Set alarm for exactly noon.
Time to lurk the Gallery.
Just wait till I meet you—I'll wrap you in my burly arms and plant a fat smooch on your face
Wow... First post and it's already intense. Hairy-legs dad bod smothering me with hugs and kisses? I didn't grow up fancy, but not that rough either.
"Next post. Quick..."
Is this what a full stomach feels like? First time ever.
The long white-fleshed bread was so tempting I wolfed three down alone?
Mod, you filled me up. So happy. Thanks.
No sexy talk, yet it's embarrassing anyway.
As the crown princess's post, tons saw it—but comments were pitifully few.
At least I'm not alone feeling weird. Good.
Chase out the dirty thoughts. Perverted fantasies about a nation's heir? Death wish.
Clear head with next post.
Mod Any Gallery folks with portable sundials?
Or post near the plaza sundial today. I'm a pioneer settler—nothing around.
Even my crew keeps glancing at the sun between work lol
Heard Mod's back soon, but as noon nears, super anxious;;
"No clocks here?"
This world's tech is way behind.
"Noon helps though?" Sun straight overhead—clockless folks can guess it.
Wonder if Gallery clock function possible? Peeked at Sora chat screen.
Do you have a question?
"Well, you see..."
Might as well ask curiosities.
Can my opinions shape features? Specific adds possible?
Tugged Sora's ring with piled questions.
Yes. Possible. Gallery clock function can be added now.
Competent Sora answered. Requested clock add immediately.
"Then, like/dislike features too?"
While at it, add the obvious ones.
No. Insufficient resources now. But expect enough by noon.
It'll work? Yeehaw!
"If resources gather before noon, add that too? Gallery feels too plain."
Wanna hype it fast. Text-only, no pics/memes/upvotes. Starved folks too beat for trolls.
Honestly, dead Gallery. Revive it.
Yes. Reserved like/dislike feature addition.
Post-update, Gallery livelier? So excited.
"Thanks, Sora."
No problem. Call when needed.
Crisp and efficient as always, then dipped.
"Found it."
The other-race post I'd hunted since yesterday. Gnonics made species ID easy.
Dwarves obvious from titles; elves hard to distinguish from humans by text alone.
Food ran out—2 years on tree roots and World Tree leaf tea only!
Sometimes regretted not hibernating to guard!
But junior showed shop—bought tons of bread!
With leaf tea, even tastier!
Truly grateful!
Truly dizzy. But confirmed most elves hibernating.
2 years on roots and tea, yet so upbeat. Elves super positive race?
*Tri-li-li-ri-ring!*
"Gah, startled me."
Noon alarm. Smacked clock to kill it.
Glanced at door—no reaction. Sigh.
Cheap 4P desk clock, way too loud.
"Need bunker ASAP. This ain't living..."
Upgrade first.
Bagette Bread x2 -2P
Barley Tea 1.5L x2 -4P
Toilet Paper Roll x1 -1P
Prepped food, water, TP for unknowns.
New features: Photo capture, meme uploads, post like/dislike, clock function.
Gallery access unavailable during upgrade.
Proceed now?
YESNO
"YES"
Smashed YES.
Remaining Time: 35:59:59