She still couldn't believe it, a little while ago she had been a he who lived on earth and lived what "he" considered a normal life. Now she was Vriska Silver form the world of FFXIV, the warrior of light from Eorzea "I still can't believe this, it's exactly like Log Horizon" she thought "Does that mean I'm not the only one like this?" her thoughts then drifted to her friends, would they be walking up in the bodies of their characters? As far as she knew, she was the only one that played the opposite gender in this game out of them.
"God this will be embarrassing if they catch me like this" She said out loud
"If who catch you Miss?" A small voice sounded from the other side of the closed door to the room.
"Who's there?!" Vriska shouted a little too loudly
"It's just me Miss, G'nawhei" the voice said back
"I'm sorry who?" Vriska was confused, she didn't know anyone named G'nawhei in her friends' circle or free company, though she had to admit the she didn't know everyone in her free company.
"I'm the house Steward Miss" G'nawhei replied with a bit of confusion in her voice,
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not feeling to well right now" Vriska said, she had completely forgotten that she had three house NPCs downstairs, they must have heard her little outburst earlier and came to investigate.
"Did you want me to get you anything Miss?" G'nawhei asked
"No, I'll be fine for now" Vriska replied back "Just need to walk around a bit, that's all"
"Ok Miss, I'll be down stairs with the others if you need anything" she said softly.
Vriska could hear G'nawhei's footsteps fading away as she walked downstairs. "I don't even know the other two names" she thought "I should just get it out of the way" she summoned up the strength to move from the spot she had been standing this whole time and took one step towards the door. Everything felt weird to her, she remembered that she had made Vriska the tallest miqo'te possible but she felt smaller then she was use to and the new weight on her chest was starting bug her, including the pressure wrapping around it "how do girls do this?" she thought "I better find a fantasia potion asap, I'm sure I still have one from when Heavensward came out".
The door to her room was a sliding one and because she was use to having a sliding door back on earth, when she got to the other side, she started to close it by standing just in front of it with her back to the door and pushed it closed with one hand, as she did so, she felt a sharp pain fly up her spine and she jumped forward, she reached for where the pain was and came into contact with her tail "fuck that hurt, got to remember I have that to now, got to turn around when shutting doors from now on or the tail will get caught" she thought as she rubbed her now sore tail.
The room she had moved to now was what she had considered the study of the house, to her right was a table with a map of Eorzea with pins of monster locations sticking out of it, and books on said monsters scattered on the floor next to the table. In front of her was a desk with paperwork all over it and a plate of half eaten food, the walls around the desk were covered in quest papers and wanted posters of all Vriska's past and current jobs requests, it was exactly the way she had designed it back on earth, she had always pictured Vriska in her head as someone who wasn't really well organized and would just leave stuff lying around when the next job came in, so the design of this room followed those rules.
Vriska didn't head straight down stairs but instead moved round the room to admire her own work on the room "It's just like how I pictured it in my mind" she said in amazement, had the Vriska she created really been "living" before she got here? Had she just taken over her body? The evidence in the room seemed to point to that. After a few minutes of walking around the study she headed down stairs as the thought of a fantasia potion crossed her mind again. "Right, one of my retainers should have one".
The ground floor considered of a large living space that split into a kitchen on one side then into a guest bedroom on the other, separating the two was a fish tank that held a shark like fish inside. G'nawhei was standing inside the kitchen behind a bench with two other female miqo'tes all turned and greeted Vriska as she reached the bottom on the steps.
"Good morin" said the one dressed in a crafter outfit, which Vriska only knew as the NPC who would sell her all her cooking ingredients.
"Morning" Vriska greeted back with a slight hesitation
"Everything alright there?" asked the material supplier, Vriska thought on this for a second, she could just lie and pass this off but she also knew she had to get the awkwardness out of the way asap.
"Just having a bad morning is all" Vriska said "And I'm sorry I've pulled a mental blank and forgotten everyone's names here" The three NPCs gave her a look "I've got a splitting headache and I just can't think right now" she lied, she lifted her hand to her head to try and show that she was in pain.
G'nawhei spoke up first "Pagos must of hit you had the other day Miss, but this here is W'gilbu" she pointed to the material supplier "And that over there is X'xitti" G'nawhei pointed to the Mender NPC, X'xitti bowed while W'gilbu snickered "Are you sure you're ok Miss" G'nawhei continued.
"I'm fine" Vriska replied trying to remember what she had done before logging off FFXIV last time "Pagos was hard on me the other day" she agreed, the last thing she remembered doing on FFXIV the other night was a run of Pagos. "So, they know what I've done in the game so far" she thought to herself"
Vriska walked over to the retainer bell has the thought of the fantasia potion was still fresh in her head, she rang it but nothing happened, so she rang it again, still nothing. "Don't tell me the bell is broken" she mumbled.
"Miss, what are you doing?" called G'nawhei from the kitchen.
"Umm, I was trying to check up on the retainers" She replied, this was how it worked in the game, all she had to do was walk up to the bell and ring it, then she would have to pick which one she wanted to talk to.
"Miss, the retainers aren't due back until this afternoon" G'nawhei called out
"I... I knew that, I was just testing you" Vriska called back "Got another test for you, if I wanted something that I gave them to hold on to, do I have to wait for them to get back?"
"No Miss, things you gave them are in the cupboard behind the bell" G'nawhei replied, and sure enough behind the bell was a cupboard, the cupboard wasn't there in the game.
"Thanks" she called back.
Vriska opened the cupboard and found three shelves in it, all labeled after one of the retainers she had "Well this makes things a little easier" she thought. She found what looked to her like a fantasia potion, she had never used one before but had seen comics and icons for them back when she was just playing the game.
Once she had it she went back to her room, making sure to turn around when closing the door this time as not to catch her tail in it again, once was enough for her. Vriska found herself back in front of the mirror inside her wardrobe, with potion in hand she just stood there, looking at herself and an idea she never thought she'd have popped into her head, do I want to go back to "normal"? "I am very cute like this" she said quietly,after placing the potion on the bed behind her, she went back to looking at herself in the mirror, looking into it she felt like she was in a trance the figure in the mirror was still doing everything she was but the fact it was "her" and not her normal self just got Vriska stuck there looking, and without realizing what she was doing she had one hand on her breast and the other was slowly moving down to her groin, as if moving on their own. Her heart started to race with the idea of just playing with her new body but then something popped up in the corner of her eye.
[Freyr Auzoux: Will is that you?]
It was the chat log for a private message and she only knew a few people who knew her real name but she didn't recognize the name? Vriska tried to press on the message with her hand but she couldn't figure out where to press. Then she thought back to Log Horizon and how they could still get up a HUD by using hand gestures, so she tried that, first, with two fingers she swiped from top to bottom, nothing, next she tried bottom to top, still nothing, lastly, she swiped left to right. This worked has a small keyboard popped up in front of her and a /tell to Iesada Maibito had begun "This is becoming more and more like Log Horizon" she thought
[Vriska Silver: Yes? Who is this?]
[Freyr Auzoux: Will it's me, Jane!]
[Vriska Silver: Jane, but how?]
[Freyr Auzoux I need your help Will!]
[Vriska Silver: Wait wait wait, when did you get FFXIV?]
Jane had told Vriska that she had no interest in playing FFXIV because WoW was her game. But Jane had said that if she did she would play a male Au Ra because she thought they looked the coolest.
[Freyr Auzoux: I'll explain in person but I need your help]
[Vriska Silver: Ok, where are you?]
[Freyr Auzoux: I don't know the name, I'm in the inn in the forest place]
[Vriska Silver: Right, I know where you are then, hold tight, I'm coming]
[Freyr Auzoux: Thank you Will]
[Freyr Auzoux: Also bring one of those potions that can change someone]
[Vriska Silver: Ok, I'll be there soon]
[Vriska Silver: Once I find out how to tp]
[Freyr Auzoux: Ok]
Jane most likely wants it because she picked a male Au Ra, Vriska thought "But I only have one potion" she mumbled. Then it hit her "If I give this to her I'll be stuck like this forever" Vriska looked into the mirror one more time, was she really going to stay like this just to help Jane? She contemplated this for a second then sighed "I guess I'll have to get use to this body then"
Vriska tried some more hand gestures and after swiping from right to left a menu popped up in front of her, she knew this menu from the game UI and easily found the Teleportation menu, from there she picked New Gridania. She was then lifted off the ground by about two feet, if by instinct she posed as she had seen so many times in what she called the TP pose. Vriska could feel something flowing through her "It must be the magic of teleporting" she thought and after about five seconds everything went black.
She was in the dark for what seemed like half a second but was brought back to reality when everything went bright again and she hit the floor hard. She lay on the floor taking in the sights and sounds around her, Gridania was may more beautiful then she had ever imagined, the game had done well to show the idea of what it looked like but there was something different by being there in person, her thoughts were cut short
"Are you ok just lying there?" spoke a guard standing not too far from the aetheryte.
Vriska got up and dusted herself off "Yes, just wasn't ready for that" she replied. The guard gave her a look of disbelief.
"As you were then" the guard said as she walked off.
"The inn should be just over here" Vriska thought as she started to walk towards the large building that she had seen so many times over the years playing the game. Once she walked in she was greeted by friendly voice.
"Hello there Vriska, nice of you to drop by today" Vriska followed the voice to a woman standing behind a desk, it was Mother Miounne, the NPC that introduced Vriska to Gridania as a new adventure back when she just started the game.
"Oh hi" Vriska replied
"Can I help you today?" Miounne asked
"Yes actually, I'm looking for Freyr Auzoux, sh… they were here not long ago"
"Ah yes, the sad looking Au Ra, he booked out a room and hasn't come out since" Miounne said
"So, she had picked male character" Vriska thought.
"Is he a friend of yours?" Miounne asked.
"Yes, he is, asked me to meet him here" Vriska replied.
"Alright then, just head down to room to twenty-eight then"
"Thanks" Vriska headed over to inn entrance.
It didn't take long for her to find room twenty-eight, Vriska gave three knocks and waited, she was nervous, should she tell Jane that this was her only potion before or after she drank it. If she told her before she drank it, She might just refuse it and tell her that since it's hers that she should drink it, and if she waited to tell her after drinking she might get mad for Vriska not telling her that it was her only one. "It's the right thing to do though" Vriska said softly
Vriska heard a strong male voice say "Will?" it was weird to hear it come from such a masculine voice, Jane's voice was nothing like this, it was soft and gentle.
"It's me" Vriska said back, the door began to open slowly and she pushed her way through, the door closed behind, she felt the door brush past her tail and she took another step forward quickly, she wasn't about to get her tail stuck in a door for a second time that day. She turned around to see a very tall Au Ra standing behind the door looking at her in as much stock as she was when she looked in the mirror. The Au Ra started to giggle, something Vriska thought she'd never see.
"You really are a cat girl?" Jane said
"And you played a Dragon like you said you would" Vriska replied smiling
"Yeah" she blushed, which was strange for Vriska to see this mountain of muscles blush "And that the problem, I don't want to be!" Jane said "I… I just can't, I can't do it" she sighed "I don't know how you guys deal with having a dick, the damn thing is feels strange dangling down there" Jane put one hand on his groin area and moved it around, Vriska knew that he was adjusting it because where it was sitting must be annoying him.
"I sort of know how you feel" Vriska sympathized with him, putting a hand on her breast "At the moment my boobs are the things annoying me the most"
"Then why haven't you changed back to a guy?" she asked, Vriska turned away as not to look him in the eye, Jane saw right through it "You only have one don't you" he asked
"Yes" Vriska said softly "But I've decided that that you should have it!" she added a bit louder then she meant to "This is something I could…." She stopped, why was she going to give her only chance at going back to normal away, but deep down Vriska knew the answer "Jane, I can't just leave you like this because…" Vriska trailed off, she was just about to admit something that she thought she'd never say to her "Because I can't leave you to suffer the way you are, you can at least be normal while I enjoy what's happened to me" the words left her mouth and she wanted nothing more than anything to take them all back.
"Oh Will…"
Vriska pushed the potion into his hands "Please just take it" she looked into his eyes as she did "Plus I might get a second one from someone else who doesn't need theirs, just take this one for now, my time will come later" Vriska held onto the potion so that Jane wouldn't drop it and only let go once she had full grip of it.
"Thank you, Will" Jane said gratefully, he looked at it with a puzzled look "Do you know how it will work?" he asked
"I've never used one before hence why it's my only one but it should, just drink the whole thing" Jane continued to look at the potion "I've noticed things in this world act like real life objects yet like game ones at the same time" Vriska added.
He opened up the top "Too me becoming a woman again" he gestured like he was giving a toast, then he chugged the whole potion down. There was silence between them, seconds past but nothing happened.
Jane broke the silence "Maybe it was…" he was cut short as he lit up in a blinding white light that made Vriska look away and squint. As the light faded Vriska looked back to where the once tall male Au Ra stood, now there was a small female Au Ra, her hair was blond and shoulder length, her scales were pale white and her eyes shone purple, she was wearing the default armor for a starting player.
"Will, thank you" Her voice was back to normal too, soft and gentle like Vriska remembered. She walked over to Vriska and gave her a big hug "Thank you so much Will"