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Chapter One: Link Established! Game on!
I awoke to the sound of my alarm. It was Saturday morning and the day after the game, "Sword Art Online" went up for sale. My alarm clock read that it was 5:30 in the morning. The game didn't hit live until 6 o'clock. Ergo, I am awake this early. I stood up a stretched for a moment before walking over and flipping on the radio. My favorite song just so happened to be playing, so naturally I was jamming out for a bit. I walked into the bathroom and took care of my morning routine. I then walked downstairs and into the kitchen and got me a drink. While walking by the stove, I saw the time... It was 5:46... 14 minutes left. I went back up to my room and opened up my newly bought VR headgear. I once again turned to the alarm clock... 5 minutes left. I finished off my soda and laid back on my bed. I sent a text to my friend Nathan, "See you on the other side brosky." My alarm clock beep signaling that it was now 6 o'clock. I took a deep breath and put my headgear on. I pressed the button on the side and booted up the system. "Let's see how this ga- Ow!" I felt a pinch on the back of my neck. The manual warned me about it but I had forgotten already. It was the headgear linking to my nervous system that caused the pinch. Within moments I found myself on the character creation screen.
5 minutes later...
I finished the character creation, I was now a 6' 4" male with long, straight blonde hair and a heavy build. The world digitalized before me... I found myself in the Townsquare. There were a handful of other players in the square... But, that quickly changed within just a few minutes. There were now probably 200 people in the square. I opened my menu and looked at my message inbox... I was hoping to see a message from one of my friends, but there was none. I closed my inbox and opened my inventory... I had 2 health potions, 2 wet stones, and an accesory called, "The warrior's pendant." I opened it's info. It said that it raised all major-class skills by 10 points. It was worth 150 cor. I was also in possession of 50 cor. "Not a bad start... But let's go fight something and test the battle system..." I thought to myself. I quickly left the square behind and traveled into the fields surrounding the town. I encountered my first enemy, a boar. I took my spear of my back and positioned myself before whistling to gain it's attention. The boar turned toward me and snorted... After a few moments of it and I staring one another down into broke out into a run, lowering it's head so it's tusks were aiming straight for me. When it was within 10 feet I side-stepped and slashed at it's side... The one attack took out a quarter of it's health. I am sure that that was thanks to my pole-arm and strength skills being 2 of my 5 chosen major skills. The boar skidded to a stop and turned around before charging at me once again... This time, I took the hit on purpose to see just how much damage the boar could deal with a single strike. It only did took out an eighth of my health bar... So somewhere around 10 damage... I slammed the blunt end of my spear into the side of the boar's head. It staggered for a moment in a simulated daze before thrashing about, goring my leg with one of it's tusks. This attack did more damage then the charge surprisingly enough... But that reason why is because it caught the back of my leg, an un-armored part of my body. I was glad to know that the battle engine took such things into consideration when factoring damage. I stabbed at the boar, taking it's health down to zero. The boar shattered into a plethora of polygons and leaving behind a drop. I picked up my loot and inspected it... It was two tusks, a hide, and boar meat...
A couple hours later...
I had been fighting boar after boar. I was forced to use one of my potions because I had gotten blind-sided by a boar and took a critical hit. I was very close to dying, but luckily enough I was given two potions at the start of the game. I was now level two and I had given a player some tips in fighting, and I had even happened across a item called, "Rain Bangle." It was a bracelet with a aqua blue gem in it. It's sole-purpose to be used for fashion. I planned to sell it seeing as it was worth 230 cor. I sat down on the hill that I had just recently killed two boars on. On my HUD I recieved a message. I excitedly opened my inbox and saw that it was from my friend Nathan. I opened it expecting to see a meeting place... But I was mistaken. It was a message of panic saying that the log-out button was missing. I closed out my inbox and looked at my menu... He was right... There was no log-out selection. I sent him a message that said for him to meet me in front of the general store in the townsquare and maybe that it was a conditional thing that limits us to logging out only when we were in a town or safe-zone of some sort.
Once in the Town...
I saw my friend Nathan and yelled, "Yo! Nate!" He didn't look much different from the way that he did in the real world except for his eyes and his hair was longer. He turned to me and gave me a look of disbelief. He then yelled, "You kind of exaggerated your height a litt bit don't you think?" I smiled and said, "I am as tall as I feel in the real world." We both then started laughing. Nathan then said to me, "I already checked again... The log-out selection still is not there... Other players have noticed this as well." I opened my FAQ selection and read a few posts... Most of them being about the log-out option. Some bugging out because they had work... And one guy was talking about not being able to figure out how to put his pants back on. I showed Nathan this and he laughed. I then said, "I don't know... I'll send a message to Player Support and see what they say." As I did this I recieved a notification asking if I wanted to teleport to the town. I closed out the window seeing as though I was already here... Within moments dozens upon dozens of players were teleported into the townsquare. I turned to Nathan and asked, "What do you think is happening?" Nathan shrugged and pointed to the sky. I turned and saw what he was pointing at, in giant red letters it said, "URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT!" Within a minute the silouhette of a person came up. I looked around the townsquare... Everyone had their eyes on this man and waited for his words on bated breath. I looked back up and waited for the man to begin as well...