Sword Art Online. The best mistake of my life. I am a beta tester, one of the people who got to test the game for the first time. I am Kat, IRL name Katherine Cheshire Long. I am an SAO survivor, doomed to forever haunt myself with the faces of those that died so i could live. I cannot say I was a front liner in the battle, but still. Ten people who had died wouldn't have, if that damn Rosalia had succeeded in finishing me off. If only my guildmates had let me go alone that day, if only that red player hadn't charged, if only I hadn't gone at all! There are so many 'if only's" in my head, I almost can't tell where they stop and where my mind begins.
When the beta test aired and I could go on, I immediately started running to the market. I got the thirteenth hard copy, which should have told me something was off. I had never before played in anything remotely similar, so this was really exciting for me.
I read all the instructions carefully.
Then I threw away the booklet and jammed the thing on my head.
And you know the rest.
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