.HACK//Reaper
Episode: I
Login
Character Creation:
Job: Adept Rogue
1st: Flick Reaper
2nd: Edge Punisher
3rd: Blade Brandier
Samuel just installed "The World R:2" to his desktop. He was never particularly interested in online gaming, but after months and months, his friends convinced him to play.
"Only once." He told them. He hadn't played any online game since "Fragment" an very old version of "The World R:2".
He was just finishing up as he finally put on his M2D goggle display.
Character Name:
Skeith
His name, little did he know, was the name of a mysterious character known only to a few as an "Avatar". Based upon his favorite Grecian letter.
He entered a whole new world, he noticed many characters coming and going when he looked behind him.
"Whoa!" he yelled into the microphone. There he saw a weird glowing circle with a blue sphere in the middle. He read the display, Chaos Gate. He had only seen one in Fragment, but those were very different than this.
Two characters approached him and one, with weird hair covering his eyes, asked, "Are you a newbie?"
Wow, this world is friendly. They said a lot of PKers (Player Killers) roamed here. He thought to himself. He read their names, IYOTEN and Asta.
"Uh…yes…This is my first login, actually." He stated.
Another character approached them, a female beast character, her name read Tabby, and told Skeith in a Whisper:
"Watch out, those are newbie PKers."
"Really?!" He yelled. Not knowing how to Whisper. So there are a lot of PKers here. He told himself.
"I will teach you how to play without PKing you." She said before she typed a :-) in the log. He decided to take her offer and they used the Chaos Gate to warp to a Level 1 area: Delta Blue Gatekeeper's Herald.
"I read the manual," he told her. "I basically know how to play."
"Then lets fight a monster! Hey look Goblin Rookies over there!" Her character pointed to a group of spiky-haired monsters with short swords.
As they grew near to the monsters a blue fence of fire appeared around them. "What is this, Tabby?" He said nervously.
"Why, it's the Battle Fence, means we cannot leave until we defeat all the monsters." She said proudly. He equipped his weapon, Flick Moon, as she told him to fight.
"I'll heal you if you lose a lot of health, okay?" She smiled.
He pressed the X Button many times as his scythe ripped through the enemies. When the battle was over he checked the log and it said:
Gain: 140 Money
Gain: Beginner's Text.
"Wow!" She exclaimed, after he told her what he got. "A Beginner's Text allows you to partially level up your weapon's Arts level." Then she explained about the Arts and that his Arts was Locus Slash.
They fought all the monsters in the area, before they came to a giant monster.
Gun Giant, read his name. He had cannons on his arms and a mean fighting ability to go with it. Tabby finally joined Skeith in battle as they both continually attacked the Boss. It took many minutes before the Gun Giant went down, and Skeith and Tabby were ecstatic that they defeated it.
They got their ranking and Skeith saw that he obtained:
First Word: Heaven's
Skeith told Tabby that he had to get off. He decided that he would play again, but for now it was time for dinner.
Samuel took off the M2D display goggle just as his father called, "Dinner, Sammy!" Sam left the PC and ate his dinner, pizza.
He wanted so much to log-on again, but it was time for sleep. He dreamed of more adventures to come with his new friend Tabby.
The next morning was a Saturday, so no school and no chores or anything. He had the whole of the weekend to play "The World". He logged-on.
Skeith stood in front of the Chaos Gate. He decided to check out the town of Mac Anu. He first went to the Plaza with its amazing fountain and many Guild Shops. He decided to look at the one in front. The Guild shop of Canard. A small beast with a big bulging belly that related to a dog was standing where you would buy items.
Skeith decided to check it out. The beast smiled as Skeith approached and said: "Welcome to the Canard Guild Shop! Anything you are looking for?"
"Not really…" Skeith muttered. He browsed through the items and saw what he was looking for, a scythe. This one was called Flick Lust, a powerful weapon for low-level users. He decided to try and purchase it when he saw the price, 5000G.
"Ah. You are interested in our rarest item: the Flick Lust." The Beast said. Skeith looked at it appeared he only owned 3800G. Most of that given by Tabby. He counted his losses as no other shop had anything of use to him. He thought, Might as well go on a mission until I can afford that.
The Keywords he chose were: Delta Heaven's Horrible Herald.
The level proved a little difficult, but by using his Arts he beat the monsters.
By the end of the level he had 6400G, way more than enough to buy the Flick Lust. He headed back to Mac Anu.
"What? You sold the Flick Lust?" he almost yelled. All that work for nothing. The beast seemed disheartened that Skeith couldn't buy it. He told him a female beast bought it.
At the Chaos Gate he surmised that he might as well log-out. When Tabby came along he didn't want to play for the rest of the day, but Tabby wanted to trade.
"What's this?" Skeith said to her in amazement.
"I saw you at that Guild shop when you hung your head and transferred to the Chaos Gate. I asked Gaspard what you were looking at when he told me about it. I bought the Flick Lust for you." She explained when the completed the trade.
Skeith was ecstatic. Despite his gain, he wanted to log-out for a bit anyway.
He voiced his thanks and said his goodbyes before he logged out.
-To be Continued-