Author's Note: Cool, just posted this yesterday and I already have two followers! I guess you like it, huh? Well then, without further ado, I give you the second chapter: "Realism".
I had just been pondering how I should spend the rest of the gaming day when I saw a pop-up in the corner of my screen. Before I could even wonder what it is and click on it, it showed a message on my screen in Japanese, saying:
"WARNING: Opening ceremony is about to begin. All players will be teleported to the town square in the Town of Beginnings. Please finish what you are doing ASAP. Thank you for your attention."
Well, I guess that answers that question. The message disappeared just as quickly as it appeared, and ten seconds later I was teleported to the Town Square, as promised. Everybody seemed confused as to what they were doing here.. huh? Had they not seen the message? Maybe not. So, I told a few people that it was the opening ceremony and they calmed down and started to spread the word, but it didn't get far enough before something started.. well, happening. I don't really know how to explain it.
(Alright, guys, this is where I put the speech about the game, but anybody reading this will probably know it anyway, so I won't waste my and your time with it. For those who don't, basically, the maker of the game came in and announced that the log-out had been disabled, and the only way to get out was to beat the game. Oh, did I mention that if you die in the game, you die IRL? Yup, pretty messed up, amirite?)
As he disappeared, I still couldn't beleive my ears. As everyone was in a frenzy and trying to get out as soon as possible, I stood still. A real Death Game? That's ridiculous! I know people want a realistic game, but come on. Seriously?
But..
This was just as scary as it was awesome. This game isn't just a Virtual Reality game.. there's no Virtual about it in my eyes now. This.. this is true reality. The most realistic game of all time. The Ultimate MMO. As I came to this conclusion, my open-mouthed, state-of-shock face turned into a smile. Not only am I in the best, most realistic game ever made in all of history.. I'm actually living it. The possibility of dying doesn't scare me at all.. if anything, it makes me all the more pumped up to fight through the end. It gives me more adrenaline to fight on. I can't feel pain in this world, so I can truly fight to the very end.
Yeah, Johnathan's just a bit messed up in the head. But so am I. In fact, he's almost got the exact same personality as me. We're all a little crazy, after all, right? Right?
I put my index finger and thumb together and made a swiping motion downwards, like I've seen a few other people do to open the pause menu. Sure enough, I was greeted with a nice little window with a few options. Ignoring everything I didn't need, I went to Inventory and checked that I had got the gift everyone else had gotten. Sure enough, I saw Gift Box in my inventory. Opening it put an item named Hand Mirror. I pressed my finger to it and a small hand mirror automatically appeared in my hand. So, I did the most logical thing to do: I looked into it, and saw straight face in it that hid my extremely happy feelings right now. All of a sudden, I had light surronding me.. a moment later, it all disappeared. Looking back into the mirror revealed myself, but the real me. It wasn't that different from my avatar, as I've said before.. the only thing I got wrong was the eye color and the nose. The nose was a bit big on my avatar, and the eyes were a shade darker blue than my real eyes. Everything else I got spot-on.
Throwing the mirror to the side, (where it faded out and presumably went back to my inventory) I walked out of the Town Center and continued back to the hunting grounds to get some more kills and look for as many quests as possible. I've thought this exact same line before, I know, but I can't help but walk out with a big smile while thinking of how much I truly love technology.
Well, hope you enjoyed Chapter 2! It would've been out yesterday had the internet not gone out as soon as I finished writing it ;_;
See ya later today!
-Coover55
