The Town

by Veilrony

When ToS gets made into an MMO featuring microphones and even VR, the world flocks to it, even more so than the original browser game. And when all the players have VR sets and microphones, one group of fifteen is treated to an especially realistic - and dangerous experience.

1. Prologue

When the MMO's screen popped open on the browsers, the voice chat rang on. "Theme?"

The music that always set Andrea's heart racing started to come on. "Um… Let's just do normal-ish names."

Martin Jacobs has joined the game.

Andy looked over. "That's not your real name, is it?"

The speakers rang back with the only guy chatting right now. "Only my first." There was silence on the other side. "How about we use our real first names?"

"A'ight," she said. "How about there's only voice chat for the daytime?"

Paige Winx has joined the game.

"That was me!" a new voice said. "And yeah, that'd be a great theme-slash-idea." Her voice had a lisp through her crappy microphone, like she had something in her mouth. Braces?

"So then when are you joining?" Martin asked.

"Just joining now." Andy grabbed her keyboard from across her messy desk and held it in front of her.

Andy Ferrell has joined the game.

"Annddd that was me," Andy said, tapping a random message to the chat. "Get the VR sets on." She paused as she heard a giggling sound from a new-ish voice. "And yes, Andy is a girl name." She put the glasses over her head, watching as the electricity changed the view from the monitor to her VR set.

Vance Smith has joined the game.

Faith Potter has joined the game.

Alfrid Nolan has joined the game.

More names started appearing in front of Andy's eyes, like she was reading off a Google Glass.

Devon Hood has joined the game.

Briona Knight has joined the game.

Kellie Shepard has joined the game.

Macleod Tillery has joined the game.

Jareh Gaber has joined the game.

Konner Lowery has joined the game.

Jaidon Schroeder has joined the game.

Casie Barron has joined the game.

"Voice check," a new voice said. "Say your name!"

All fifteen voices started talking in a blur of words.

"VR check?" Andy offered with a blink.

Fifteen more yeses. Andy couldn't believe her ears. This was literally the best Town of Salem game everywhere. On her screen, her avatar started taking form. It was a near replica of her that she spent hours toiling over. It even had the same hair tone that she did.

"Say. When's the group going to start?"

Right at that moment, the screen went black to welcome her and her newfound players into the virtual world of the Town of Salem MMO.