"Officials are now discussing the possible out comes of the Role Playing game, Elsword, after developers found a way to use the new technoligy with the game. This new technology, Head Master, is able to send the player into their character's shoes & feel what they feel when being healed & being harmed, to an extent. In other news..." was all I really listened to. I was about to launch into a world that I only dreamed about. the game was down for a few days, in order to beta test the newly found software. I placed the Head Master on my head & lied down on my bed as i was about to"Dive"."Link ,Start!"was all I had to say before I was launched into a virtual world. I ended up in a black void where three characters were standing around me. Two of them were mail where as the third was a female. I walked up to the boy that had a sheath on his back. When I touched him, I was automatically into a world unlike my original one." I'm home. at long last,"I exclaimed. I swiped my right hand to bring up an interface. I looked at the map that was given to every player that'd started the game for the first time.

I was in a dungeon already, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I saw a bunch of NPCs ahead of me. I guessed they were mobs."Heh, this has to be easy," I said to myself. After all, every new player had to get adjusted to the game's mechanics. I soon came upon a large I first played the game, a boss would be in this clearing along with an NPC version of a playable character. Although, the figures before me were a bit different. Instead of the NPC of a playable character, there was a girl with ruby red hair along with a staff in front of the same monster. When I was out of the starters' dungeon, I was in awe of how well they reformatted the starting village. I saw people in various outfits all over the place. I rented a room at an inn knowing that it was soon going to be dark in the real world. When I settled in, I was transported to the town square. Here, there was a large gathering of people. I saw people flirting, others just arguing, as well as those that just kept to themselves. When the sky turned red with a constant message, a rift started opening. From that rift appeared a man in a black robe. This man said,"Hello everyone. I am a Game Master & I am the first one to say 'Welcome to Elsword.' As a gift to everyone, a special item has been left inside everyone's inventory. Please take this time to use that item." I checked my in inventory & the item was a mirror. I took it in my hand & looked at myself. A flash of light caused me to look away before I looked again. In the mirror I saw my IRL face. After I'd caught a glimpse, the mirror shattered. When I looked around, everyone looked different. Some female characters, in reality, were actually guys. some looked younger or older than they appeared to be before. The game Master then said,"Does everyone like the gift that our staff have given you? We did this so that you people can really connect to one another & truly role play. Oh yeah, I'd forgotten to mention one last thing. If you die in this game, or someone takes off your Head Master while playing, it will send a strong microwave signal that will cook your brain. Thus, killing you." After this, a huge panic broke out. I tried to leave but someone stopped me. They'd asked me,"where are you going?" I turned around to see a friend of mine from school who'd spotted me while I was trying to get through. I told him," I"m trying to get away from all this commotion. There's another village not far from here. We could go there together." He just said," I'd like to but my friends are in there. I'd gotten them into this mess & I'll help them through it. It's been nice seeing you; hope we meet again." With that, he turned & left towards the crowd. I just ran until I couldn't run much longer. I eventually got to a village that was well known. It was the village of Elder, a city among villages.

This is where my story begins. My story of survival, hell, & love. A world where hell & bliss may come from the most unexpected of places