November 7 2022

A pair of eyes, one blood-red the other a dark blue, scanned the computer screen not missing a single detail of the article of the highly anticipated game Sword Art Online. These eyes belong to one Alex Rose, a black haired odd-eyed teenager with a lean thin body who had his fair share of secrets, some you will discover throughout this tale, and others none shall ever know.

Alex could hardly keep himself from jumping up and down in excitement. He glanced at the clock on the wall, 12:57; he quickly jumped up from his chair and grabbed his NervGear. He quickly plugged the power chord into the helmet like piece of hardware and promptly plopped onto his bed putting said hardware on. As he watched the digital clock of his NervGear, he began shivering in anticipation that he hadn't had since the Beta test of the game, "Link Start!"

Multiple colors began to flash past him as his consciousness was transferred into the world of SAO. Five circles representing the five senses appeared and flashed to the right side of the interface after showing that everything was working properly. After it logged him in, the system asked if he wanted to use his beta-avatar, he quickly pressed Yes and reappeared as a tall black-haired man with red eyes.

He looked around and saw multiple blue flashes indicating that people had started logging in. Then he remembered that his friend, Yin, asked him to wait for him in the starting town so I decided to climb the statue in the middle of the Central Plaza, somehow not being seen by a single of the already 2,000 players logged in players.