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Ragnarok Online - Virtual Reality
By: Yuuna Miyako
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Disclaimers: I don't any Ragnarok concept's whatsoever. The plot and characters are solely mine.
Summary: Year 2015. Gravity launches Ragnarok Virtual-taking the classic multiplayer online game to another new dimension. A couple of years passed, millions of people worldwide are hooked in their game sets. But trouble brews when a select few starts disappearing…
Authors Notes: Hi! It's actually my first time venturing out my usual anime fanfic-dom. Writing about gameplay is probably much more different, and it'll be a challenge for me. Thank you for reading through this, though I really don't have much to say. This chapter, as you could see is a character / information page, where I list through the names of the characters that would be appearing in the story. This chapter will be updated ever so often to keep in track as the story progresses. Since it's an original story, it's good to keep a biographical information page for highly important purposes. Feel free to look back here if you do get lost.
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Updates
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04/06/2012 : Added the supporting characters that appeared or mentioned in chapters one – three. Changed Yune's character job from a royal guard to a rune knight. Defined 'modified items'.
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Characters
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Name / Age / Location / Character, Job
* Main Characters; ~ Supporting Characters
Taylor, Christine* / 18 / California, USA / Alistair, High Priest
Jake Howard (18, Set Hacker); Jonathan Taylor (20, Christine's Brother)
Kim, YuNe* / 21 / Seoul, Korea / Yune, Rune Kight
Han YoonSoo (21, Dorm Mate); Kang HyeMin (Yune's childhood friend and mentor)
Miyazaki, Hiroyuki* / 10 / Okinawa, Japan / Sora, Sniper
Iglopas, Sam* / 35 / Manila, Philippines / Quartz, High Wizard
Gwynsworth, Blair* / 19 / Paris, France / Queen, Gypsy
Klein, Genevive* / 23 / Frankfurt, Germany / Amber, Bio Chemist
~ Klein Steiner (Fellow Gamemaster)
? ? ?* / ? ? / ? ? ?, ? ? ? / Yon, Guillotine Cross
(Other Characters would be added along the way, some characters might change, I don't know. I'm open to suggestions and character applications. Thank you.)
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Terms
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- Gravity© : A huge gaming corporation that hosts a number of virtual reality game portals. This includes Ragnarok Online. The main headquarters of the company is found in Korea, though they have branches around the globe to suit the needs of gamers worldwide.
- Virtual Space : "It's not a game anymore." - Yon. A parallel world. It's real, yet it isn't. These are worlds created by imagination and machines, thus is still a community where people meet up. Unlike regular gaming, when it's taken to this platform, gamers are able to experience the world themselves. Though some people do confuse their real lives from virtual reality, there is a thick line between the two.
- Ragnarok : MMORPG that was a big hit back in the days. Due to its popularity, Gravity© decided to create the world of Ragnarok into a virtual space, and ever since then it's been a hit all across the globe. Millions of millions of users step in everyday, making it the most played virtual game up to date.
- Game Set :A mechanical device that connects the gamers' consciousness to the virtual space. It basically looks like a full body suit with a matching helmet. Players use this and lay their physical bodies somewhere, and when initiated, will go unconscious. A player is only allowed about five hours of gameplay, and then the game set would automatically shut down. Some players get their game sets hacked through for longer hours of game play, though prolonged hours of game play is proven damaging to physical health.
- RCT : Ragnarok Control Team. Game masters and mistresses who work for Gravity© to ensure safety and control in the game itself. Those who are hired are expert in troubleshooting and hacking, using these skills to go against misfits such as player killers, bugs, viruses and many others.
- NPC : Non-Player Characters. These are programmed characters that walk about the virtual space. They are specified what to do, basically robots controlled by the whole system itself.
- Cases : Casualties that happen in the gaming world that affected the real world. These include disappearances, insanity issues, and many others. Cases are dealt in high priority. Most of them are dealt accordingly, yet there is always some left unraveled. A group of cases is called a Mysterie.
- X Mysterie : The current trend of cases plaguing Raganarok's Virtual Space. This involves players disappearing from their homes, without a trace and without a reason why. The only clues they have is the players are somewhat connected: through guilds, whatnot. But in the end, investigators always end in a block, leaving all the cases unsolved. There are no deaths involved in these cases.
- Modified Items : Objects that has been modified in a way that could overpower the fixed rules in the virtual space. Examples of these are dead branches or bloody branches that could summon monsters in a city or equipment that is magnified like or almost like godly items.
(Story terms. Others would be added as the story progresses. If you don't understand something and I fail to explain, please request a term definition.)
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That's all for now. The prologue will be posted soon.