Unity: Start.
A young girl sits in her room.
After all, why would she just be standing there?
Author: Provide a brief description of the girl, as there is not a visual aid.
The girl is sitting on a beanbag chair, messing around with a tablet, it seems.
Her hair is short, barely falling past her chin in a fluffy bob, and it is a color that is left to the reader's imagination.
Her eyes are similarly left unclear, and she has a dusting of freckles across her cheeks.
Her clothes are simple, a grey T-shirt with a pair of purple diamonds under a dark green plaid button-up, the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, and a pair of jean shorts that go down to her mid-thigh.
Reader: Enter Name.
Before you can enter a derogatory nickname (Buttface McGee? Susie-Lou Twinkletits?), a helpful box pops up and reveals the girl's name is Anna LaChance.
Damn those useful tweaks to the interface. Not allowing you to enter stupid and slightly hurtful monikers to get your rocks off….
Anna: Introduce yourself!
Oh, yeah!
Your name is Anna LaChance.
You like to think of yourself as an average girl, and as such, you've got several average interests.
You like teen romance books, chick flicks, and if you were to describe yourself, you'd have to say 'average'.
Average average average.
Wow, this is boring.
You know!
Sorry!
Anna: Do something.
You do so, and open up Pesterchum on your tablet.
-.-.-
Ahhh, Pesterchum.
Seems like everyone and their mother uses it.
But, at the same time, no, it doesn't?
Anna: Check messages.
Way ahead of you.
No one seems to have messaged you yet, that's lame.
-.-.-
You decide to pull up your Chumroll and take a look at your available chums.
-.-.-
There's princessMajo, who asked you to call her 'Miko', she's a good friend, even if she's a bit… excitable; crashistheHero, he's a bit… much, but he's alright; and finally, overUnder, who's a perfectly nice dude.
Unfortunately, OU's not on, so you have to choose between Miko and Crash.
Anna: Message princessMajo.
Yeah, there's not much of a contest there.
Miko is one of your best friends and knows your closest secrets, and Crash is… Well, Crash can get a little tiring to talk to.
-.-.-
- annaBobanna [AB] began pestering princessMajo [PM] at 15:48 -
AB: Hi! What're you up to?
PM: OMG! ! ! (O_O)
PM: ANNA-CHAAAN!
PM: Where you been gurl? ? ?
PM: ＼(^o^)／＼(^o^)／
AB: Ha, sorry, school, ya know?
PM: (*｀へ´*) No excuses! ! ! Take responsibility! ! !
AB: Okay, okay!
AB: Were you not at school?
PM: Oh no I was!
PM: But its so L-A-M-E! ! !
PM: I just whip out my phone and get on that! ! ! ψ(｀∇´)ψ
PM: wwwwwwww! ! !
AB: I've gotten my phone taken away too many times to wanna deal with that again.
AB: My mom says that if it happens again, I'll get it taken away. :(
PM: oh NOOO! ! !
PM: (u_u) Well then Little Miss Anna-chan.
PM: You better keep better keep your phone in your bag at all times.
PM: Turned off of course.
PM: …Or be really SNEAKY! ! ! (｀∇´)9
PM: WWWWW! ! !
AB: Ha, yeah!
AB: Um, so, I got that game in today!
PM: A geemu? (°_°) ? Nani sore? ? ?
AB: Uh.
AB: The Sburb beta, remember?
PM: AHHH! ! !
PM: YEAH! ! !
PM: Im so excited! ! !
-.-.-
Good ol' Miko.
You can't understand a great deal of the shit she says, she's a good friend.
She was the one who bought all of you this game, this 'beta'?
-.-.-
Admittedly, you weren't too into gaming yourself (besides a few apps, and the occasional games you played with your father on his consoles).
In fact, no one in your small group of online friends really played games much at all.
Miko just picked it up on a whim, apparently having heard snatches about it on some forums she perused.
-.-.-
She did that, sometimes, trying to force her interests on others.
You usually didn't mind it much, you were fine with Miko sending you links to read Japanese manga that she was obsessed with, but you couldn't help but feel a bit irked about Miko spending so much money on this new craze.
Anna: Explain.
You mean, you were grateful, really, you were!
You appreciated the present, but if it turned out to be a flop, you'd feel guilty about Miko spending all this money, even if it wasn't your fault, and it was all a messy internal dilemma.
Anna: Get back to your friend, shithead.
Yeah, yeah.
-.-.-
PM: Im so excited! ! !
PM: Its gonna be great! ! !
PM: …eh whats it about again? ? ?
AB: You said it was kind of like Sims?
AB: But more… virtual reality based?
-.-.-
Yeah, you still aren't too sure what this game is about.
Even though you have both sets of disks in front of you, they don't help, as the folders they're in are blank except for the Sburb logo.
Lame.
Anna: Remember when you first heard about Sburb.
It wasn't too long ago, just at the end of last month.
You and your online friends were shooting the usual shit, when Miko suddenly started gushing about this 'super kakkoi(?) new game' she found…
-.-.-
CH: all im sayin is that its BULLSHIT! ! !
OU: They have a point.
OU: You can't just call something a classifier it's not.
CH: pluto is a planet FUCK YOU! ! !
AB: Ha, let's just calm down!
AB: Let's not argue! Okay? :)
PM: GUYS! ! !
CH: w/ever!
CH: huh? sup?
PM: Okay so I found out about this super kakkoi new game! ! !
OU: A 'super' 'kakkoi' new game huh.
PM: QUIET YOU!
PM: It sounds a-w-e-s-o-m-e! ! !
AB: What's it about?
AB: I've never really played any of your JRPGs(?), so I don't really know what go expect?
CH: yeah sounds like shit to me
PM: OMG Anna its not a JRPG! ! !
PM: Crash-kun you hush! ! !
PM: Its made by a company called 'SkaiaNet' and well I guess theyre American.
PM: Apparently its like Sims maybe more like Urbz? You only control one person in some like virtual reality thing.
CH: YAWN
PM: *smacks Crash in his stupid face*
PM: You also get to fight things! ! !
CH: fight things?
PM: And it also said something about 'becoming a hero'. 〜（ゝ。∂）
CH: yooo SIGN ME UP! ! !
CH: if there was a sims superhero expansion id buy that shit in a heartbeat
AB: I'm not really a fan of violent games, though. :(
CH: bitch you play cod with your dad all the time
AB: That's different. He asked me to do that.
AB: And, I'm not really good at them. :(
PM: Anna sweetie you dont have to hurt anything if you dont want to.
CH: lame
PM: Its all based on choices! ! !
PM: Like your choices have consequences and all that stuff! ! !
PM: Its super cool! ! !
AB: What do you think about it, Ovun?
OU: Huh.
CH: hed probably dig a game where he could go crazy
OU: It seems okay.
OU: I'll play if you guys want to.
OU: How much is it.
PM: Well OU-kun you dont have to worry about that! (^o~)
PM: I'm buying everyones! ! ! You guys should send me your addresses privately so I can get started.
AB: What, no, you don't have to do that?!
CH: sweet
CH: ARIGATO MIKOSAMAAA! ~u~!1 lol
AB: fuck off ab i'll take what I can get
PM: I know Im the nicest! ! !
OU: I appreciate it Miko.
PM: *GASP* Youre very welcome OU-kun!
PM: I thought youd be all whiny about it like Anna-chan!
AB: Sorry, I just don't want you to spend so much money on us?
CH: im cool with that
CH: ous cool with it
CH: so say thank you and STFU!
AB: I…?
AB: …Thanks, Miko.
AB: That's really nice of you! :)
-.-.-
Urk, that whole conversation had been very awkward for you...
But enough about that, you've got a friend you've left hanging long enough.
Anna: Back to your current conversation with Miko.
PM: Oh my gosh now I remember! ! !
PM: Me and Crash-kun were talking about that last night! ! !
PM: Duhhhh! ! !
PM: I figured it out the way were gonna play together! ! !
PM: Well I guess Crash helped a little.
PM: (Hes super excited for this! ! ! (´▽｀) )
PM: But yeah! ! !
PM: So Crash is going to be my server Im going to be OUs and OU will be yours.
PM: Oh and youll be Crashs.
PM: Crash said he didnt want anything to do with OU and he wanted to be my server so this was the best option.
PM: I dont really get this game but it sounds fun! ! !
PM: You still there? ? ? ( ・◇・)？
PM: Anyway Crash is messaging me now sooo were gonna go ahead and start! ! !
PM: See ya! ! !
- princessMajo [PM] ceased pestering annaBobanna [AB] at 16:01 -
Darn, seems you were reminiscing long enough that your friend left you.
Anna: Check your ChumRoll.
Both Miko and Crash are still signed in, but they're probably busy with the game.
You should look up some info on that sometime, or maybe ask Crash, he said that he was going to try to figure out what the deal was about a week ago.
OU still isn't on... He might still be at school, or on his way home, you aren't sure.
It's also possible that he has a life outside of an online presence, and he's dealing with that.
Anna: Stand up.
You put your tablet aside get up from your beanbag, stretching as you do so. You've been sitting here since you got home from school, about 15 minutes ago.
-.-.-
Your parents and younger sister are at said sister's ballet recital, it actually doesn't start til 5, but the dancers had to get there super early.
That leaves you at home, in charge of your younger brother, who is currently napping away. A nap sounds good right about now, actually...
Anna: Walk to the center of your room.
You're not sure why, but you feel compelled to.
Like, it's some thematic occurrence that you be shown in the center of your room.
Or something.
Anna: Talk about your room.
Well, it's pretty average size, you'd say.
Where you were sitting, in your beanbag chair, was in the right corner, next to your bookshelf that held romance paperbacks and fantasy novels.
Your desk wasn't too far away, and your computer and phone were lying on top of it. A chair was pushed in, the cushion on it a little crooked.
On the other wall, you bed was pressed up against the side, your bed made fairly neatly, and your backpack thrown by the end.
Your floor was carpet, the walls floral-wallpapered, yadda yadda.
-.-.-
Anyway, as you stand in the middle of your room, feeling foolish, you ponder a very important question.
What should you do next?
guess who's back with a brand new rap and by rap i mean story. yeah. it's been two years.
Let's see how this goes. (suggestions, criticism, whatever you want is/are welcome!)