My first 1/2 Prince fanfic! Well, I don't have much experience with 1st person writing, so you'll have to tell me what you think. If you don't like it, than I'll go back and edit... But it is always good to try new things, right? Anyways, I thought it would be fun incorperating a little of what I knew about gaming to a fanfic. Since I, coincidentally, love playing online games, and also love 1/2 Prince, it was perfect! I know my stories will never compare to 1/2 Prince, but I can always have a little fun :)
If the name of Mei-Feng was wrong, PLEASE tell me! Idk anything about Chinese naming so I was taking a guess... Lol I hope its right, and if it's not, feel free to write me a review to correct me :D
By the way, does anyone know any good mangas/manwha/manhua about gaming? Or even novels? Because I really like this one :3 If you have any that you would suggest or others that aren't about gaming that are just downright good than pm me or write a revew!
Just a heads up, in the story, there were a few terms that non-gamers are unlikely to be familiar with, so I included asteriks (*) and once I got to like 4 of those I turned to {~} or {+}... Ya, I had no idea what else to do with it, so that's just what I did. The terms are at the very end of the story.
All 1/2 Prince Characters and the idea go to Yu Wo, and the only thing that's mine is Mei-Feng. Please R&R! All constructive critism is appreciated, and so are encouraging comments (ofc!) Also, I like to know what you want to happen next. If there's something you wanna see tell me! :)
How did I get here? I keep asking myself. What is the point of this whole thing? I look around the beautifully created scenery, and I feel the so-realistic-it's-almost-real-but-not-really atmosphere. It really was 99% real. But at the moment I needed to concentrate on the mobs* surrounding me. But still, I don't know why I was wasting my time playing this game. Was I venting or something? It seemed so pointless now.
And how did I get surrounded by nearly 50 aggro** monsters that were all a little too high-level for me? I'm not quite sure… Well, maybe I should go back to the beginning. The very beginning.
"Will you get off of me!" I hissed, pushing my annoying older brother off me and glaring at him, placing my hands on my hips and leaning to one side.
"Sorry, sis, but since it's your birthday I technically can't open it!" my brother's eyes shined. There was something about the way he was actually being nice to me that was making me nervous. Was his present going to explode, like last time? Or was it just going to be an empty PS13 box, like the year before.
"Fine, I'll open it then." I grumbled, snatching the small box out of his hand. It was clearly a video game. Its not like I'm going to get to play it much anyways, that little game-hog… I slowly unwrapped it, while thoughts like that were running through my head.
"OHMYGOD!" I screamed suddenly as the last bit of wrapper fell away. This was that new game. It had come out today! I couldn't believe it. It was Second Life!
"!" I gave my brother a huge hug and bounded out of the room, immediately inserting the game cartridge into my headset and turning it on.
Oh, by the way, my name is XXX Mei-Feng and I attend XXX University in XXX. I am currently 17 and I'm a Scorpio. I know I'm supposedly young to go to college, but it's complicated, and I do not feel like explaining. My name means Plum Blossom Phoenix (梅凤). I have black hair and dark brown eyes, I'm 1.6 meters tall. And my favorite food is a Japanese Mochi. Now, back to what I was saying earlier.
I arrived in a pitch-black area as soon as I set the headset on. Well this was new. Usually it went straight to the character creation. Suddenly, a person, I was assuming a GM, sitting on a chair was floating in the room, and the room suddenly turned into an endless expanse of white.
"Hello, and welcome to Second Life. This is your first time playing, so please give me a moment to scan your body and record your vocal frequency. That way, you wil be able to immediately enter the game once you put the helmet on." Said the GM, who was wearing some kind of weird outfit with a helmet that had a visor covering her face. That message sounded so practiced and dull, I wonder if it was a standard message. I also noticed that her PC was very busty. Figures. Don't the higher-ups and marketers every consider that girls play games too? "Now we move on to making your character." She said after a moment. "Please keep in mind that you may only make one character."
"I know, I read the website." I said impatiently. I just wanted to start playing, already.
"Please select your race." Suddenly, there were a whole bunch of very realistic-looking creatures, some humanoid, and others a bit unbelievable. The races were humans, elves, demons, dark elves, dwarves, holymen, beastmen and spirits. And there were sub-categories, too. Since I wanted to be a tank***, a demon or a beastwoman would be the obvious choice, but still, I would like my character to look good. So maybe a demon would do? No, the magic content was too high. I don't really care about that. All I need is the Max HP and the Defense, coupled with a higher physical attack to be boosted, and I'm set.
"May I see myself has a beast?" I asked. Judging by the physique this was the obvious choice. But, maybe a few modifications could be made.
"Of course." Immediately, a beastman came into view. Except it looked horrible. And plus, it was so obviously a guy. Did I really look like a guy? Is my chest really that flat like my brother always says? Well, being a guy would be cool. I wouldn't have to deal with... guys. They wouldn't be chasing me around or asking me to marry them or something. I mean, come on, I am so not a social gamer.
"Um, how about as an elf?" well, since I was going for the male thing, I might as well be an all-out attacker, right? But, was an elf even an all-out attacker? I really knew nothing about that class. It was then that I realized that I had only ever been one class before, a tank, and that I had always been comfortable with that and never tried anything else. Well, I guess this was a good time to start.
"Okay." The GM said, closing her eyes momentarily and then opening them. And then, a bishie guy appeared in front of me. He had long, dark blue hair, and a serene smile resting on his sharp features. His face was perfect, without a flaw, and his skin was a pale white. When he opened his eyes they were a dark turquoise blue. PERFECT!
"Okay, that's exactly how I want him…" It took all my power not to get a nosebleed. I had to avert my eyes from his sexiness. After all, if the GM found out I was a girl here, than she would make me a girl character, and I was already liking the fact that I would be this sexy. If this was how I would look IRL{~}, then I should have been born a guy!
"R-right." The GM blushed and I swore I saw blood dripping down from her helmet. "I already beautified him by 30%, but perhaps just a little more…" He was suddenly a little bit taller, and his abs were more obvious, and his face was now a bit more delicate and noble looking, but carefree at the same time. His legs were well muscled, too. His agility and attack would be high, which would be good for avoiding or attacking mobs.
"What would you like your username to be?" the GM asked, her eyes shining evilly as she stared at the bishie.
"Storm." I said simply.
"Which continent?"
"North." I replied instantly. The GM nodded and I blacked out. It was time to start the game. That sure was painless. Usually when you were creating your character it took forever. Then again, I'm not too particular about the details.
"Have fun…" her voice was soft, like a whisper, in my ear as I faded out. "My username is Jade, by the way…"
It was completely empty when I spawned at the starting point. Well, the game had only been up for 5 minutes. Not many people would complete their PC in such a short amount of time. I opened the Newbie pouch and received a pathetic-looking short dagger. I equipped it though, since it was better than nothing. I also stashed the potions I received, and equipped the pants (Defense +4) and the shirt (Defense +3). They were a dull blue, and just drew more attention to my hair.
I wandered out of the little village and immediately spotted the monsters. Little Ferocious Jellies. What is it with games and their first monster's always being some shapeless nothings? I stabbed one with my dagger and I got a message like this:
| Storm has attacked Ferocious Jelly for -5 Damage|
Only 5 damage? Well this was going to be fun. I stabbed it another time and it immediately died, giving me 50% of my experience. Well, if that's all it took I might as well figure out how to do an aoe{+} and kill a bunch. After a little experimenting I found out that if I slammed my sword into the ground it made this weird gust of wind that counted as an aoe attack and all the mobs came after me. It wasn't hard to beat them all, and I was already level 10 before I knew it. I smiled smugly as I started back to the Newbie elf village.
The girls were giving me strange looks as I walked through the front gates. What was their problem? Were they all lesbo or something? It didn't even cross my mind that I was a bishie guy now. So I just kept walking.
"I'd like to accept the warrior's quest." I said to the NPC at the far side of the square. He was holding a sword and wearing a suit of armor and it said "Warrior's Rep" over his head so I assumed he was the one.
"You will need to collect 10 Spider Venoms." he said nonchalantly.
"Okay." I nodded numbly, and immediately turned around and ran into another girl. I jumped and nearly screamed, since I had been thinking about spiders. I hate spiders. With a passion.
"Are you doing the quest alone?" she asked, looking at me suspiciously.
"Of course." I said, with a smile. I was an experienced gamer, and this game seemed to have a whole bunch of weird things in it. I had received some weird skills already, such as:
Unbreakable Stance: Ability Level 1, 20% chance of increasing attack and defense 5% when in a stance or Adrenaline Rush: Ability level 1, 5% chance of attacking multiple monsters with one regular attack Awareness: Ability level 1, Impassive, Monsters cannot attack from behind
And that was because I somehow managed to stab 3 monsters with one attack, for Adrenaline Rush, and for Unbreakable Stance I had just got down into my Aikido stance and suddenly I got the new technique. For Awareness I just always knew when something attacked me. They weren't exactly quiet, so it was simple. And there were several other technique's like it.
I walked out to the spiders, vaquely aware of the number of people following me. They were very quiet, and I hadn't seen them, so how did I know they were there? It must have been my new ability. Suddenly, I noticed something new:
Awareness ability level up – Ability Level 2, can sense presence of living things up to 50 meters away Suddenly I became aware of a large number of people following me. Well, this was just great. And I had to battle spiders. I hate spiders.
I suddenly noticed a spider trying to creep up behind me. As extremely agitated as I was, I didn't even hesitate turning around and slicing it into bits. Spiders are hateful creatures that deserve to die. I was rewarded with a skill. In my fury, I didn't do the same thing twice as I owned the spiders. I killed them, left and right, without remorse. I got a couple new skills, including one that I would use many times:
Backslice - Ability level 4, slash enemies directly next to you or behind you, 40% chance of a 1-hit KO
I love this skill, since it only takes a little bit of my MP. I didn't notice when all the people behind me started leaving. I was too distracted in killing all of these horrible spiders. Did I mention how much I absolutely hate spiders?
"Watch out!" someone yelled, and I felt a sudden, intense pain in my back. Was I dying?
NOTES
*Mobs – A large amount of monsters. It's a term used in gaming. Generally, when people use the word mobs, its when they say "I'm going to go grind mobs", which means that they are going to get a large number of monsters (mobs) attacking them (Like, 10-30, or if they are really insane, more) and that they are just going to attack them all using aoe(are of effect attacks) until they are dead (AKA Grinding)
**Aggro – Aggressive, a term in games used for monsters that auto-target your PC(Playable Character) when you are in a certain range.
*** Tank – A type of character that is the one that attacks the bosses or large mobs first and takes all the damage while slowly wearing down their HP and using huge aoe spells. They are usually supported by a healer of some sort. They generally have a healing spell and lots of buffs to help them attack, and they usually specialize in Max Hit Points and Defense, with a little better than average attack and Special Attack and below average on their MP and stuff like that.
{~} IRL - In Real Life. Usually when someone says that they are talking about their real life. (DUH XD)
{+} AOE – Area of Effect, usually a spell that attacks whatever is in it's range. Used for attracting large amounts of non-aggro mobs or if you are surrounded it's good to take out the mobs using this.
** EDIT **
I made the story a bit longer, since I wanted to add in a few things. So, I hope you enjoy :) Oh, and the reason the monsters are different is because when prince travels to the eastern continent the monsters and quests are different so I decided that that was true of all continents so I am making it a little different.