Chapter One: First Rules
"This is talking."
'This is thinking.'
Username/Actions in chat
"Talking in the chat."
Messages in the chat.
Ryou hummed as he cooked dinner. He had just finished talking to everyone in the chat as they all had things to do. He heard his phone vibrate and went to get it. He turned it on and saw that the DarkCreator had sent a message to the group chat. He opened it and read it.
DarkCreator: I have reviewed everyone's answers so if everyone has a little free time in an hour we can all do a voice chat so I can explain everything.
Ryou looked at the time, "If I take a shower now I can join the call while I eat."
WhiteMage: I will be free to voice chat.
KingCrimson: So am I.
Half Panda: I'm down.
SexyThief: Sure.
PurpleTomb: Ready whenever.
DragonWing: Sure!
BlueMoney: I will be available.
FoxyB: Free whenever.
Ryou smiled as he went off to shower before the call. Once he was done he served himself food and went to his office and logged in on his computer. He went to the voice settings and started to play with it. He never altered his voice much when he played but he made sure that if for some reason he would run into someone who he's played with they wouldn't be able to recognize that it was him. Once that was done he entered the voice chat as some of the members were already on.
HalfPanda: "Hey WhiteMage."
PurpleTomb: "Hey WhiteMage!"
DragonWing: "Hey Hey WhiteMage."
WhiteMage: "Hello everyone. How are you guys?"
PurpleTomb: "Pretty good."
HalfPanda: "Excited for this to start!"
DragonWing: "Yeah I'm excited too."
WhiteMage: "Yeah, I can't wait for it."
BlueMoney has joined the chat
PurpleTomb: "Hey BlueMoney."
Blue Money: "Hello."
FoxyB and KingCrimson has joined the chat
FoxyB: "Hey everyone!"
KingCrimson: "Hello."
SexyThief has joined the chat
SexyThief: "Hey everyone! Glad we're all here!"
FoxyB: "DarkCreator still needs to join."
DragonWing: "To be fair we're all a little early."
PurpleTomb: "That's true. So how was everyone's day?"
SexyThief: "Pretty good."
HalfPanda: "Good, I went to a friend's today and we ate some good food."
DragonWing: "That's always the best."
DarkCreator has joined the chat
DarkCreator: "I'm glad you're all here! Is everyone ready?"
KingCrimson: "Yes."
PurpleTomb: "Ready."
FoxyB: "Ready!"
BlueMoney: "Yes."
HalfPanda: "Ready!"
WhiteMage: "Ready."
DragonWing: "Ready!"
SexyThief: "Ready."
DarkCreator: "Alright from the information I have here, all of you are actually in the same time zone, except for PurpleTomb."
SexyThief: "How much is the difference?"
DarkCreator: "PurpleTomb is it alright if I talk about it a bit."
PurpleTomb: "It's fine as long as you don't give my location."
DarkCreator: "Alright, you're all around seven hours ahead of PurpleTomb."
FoxyB: "No way. It's like you're talking to the future PurpleTomb."
BlueMoney: "That's so stupid. Just because he's behind seven hours doesn't mean he's in the past."
Everyone in the chat besides FoxyB laughed.
FoxyB: "Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny." FoxyB sounded pouty.
DarkCreator: "Alright, here let me explain the situation a bit. PurpleTomb will be moving soon to around your timezone in a couple of weeks. So we discussed if they'll be able to do the game and they agreed."
PurpleTomb: "I can handle a few weeks of waking up early or staying up late to play."
DragonWing: "Do you do school PurpleTomb? Oh, can I ask that?"
PurpleTomb: "I don't mind. I'm doing homeschool at the moment due to the move. Which does give me a more flexible schedule to play."
HalfPanda: "Ah, that makes sense."
WhiteMage: "I was homeschooled for a bit when I was a kid. Normally I'd finish my work for the day early and I'd have lots of free time."
PurpleTomb: "That's what I basically have."
They laugh.
DarkCreator: "Speaking of school you all, besides PurpleTomb, have around the same school schedule. As in what time your school starts to what time it ends. I will ask you all, if possible, to DM me when you have school holidays, finals, and important school events. That way we can work around it. PurpleTomb once you start school please also DM the same details."
PurpleTomb: "Right."
DarkCreator: "Also if our campaign ends up landing on a holiday I will most likely reschedule it. I did ask in the questionnaire for your birthdays so if your birthday lands on a day we have our session I will reschedule it."
SexyThief: "What if we don't celebrate our birthdays like that day or something. Like by choice."
DarkCreator: "You can DM and just let me know if that's the case. So how I do my campaigns is in the beginning of the month I send a calendar to the chat where it has the days and times that we'll meet. Normally I send a draft to everyone first to see if anyone has any last minute changes because I know life gets in the way."
HalfPanda: "That's pretty cool actually."
DarkCreator: "Thank you. Also like I said I know life gets in the way. So if at any time an emergency happens please let me know. Also if this emergency is a life changing event and you know you won't be able to continue the campaign, there is no reason you should feel bad or ashamed. Put your emergency and your personal lives first. Is that clear with everyone?"
All users: "Yes."
DarkCreator: "Alright so moving on. According to my notes if everyone else is up to it we can start session 0 this weekend."
DragonWing: "Session 0?"
DarkCreator: "Session 0 is where all your characters are introduced to one another and we get the beginnings of the game. This is where the world is mostly explained."
DragonWing: "Ah I see."
KingCrimson: "Are we going to see combat in these early sessions?"
DarkCreator: "There will be small combats but they will be adjusted to how your characters are. And speaking of characters I will be sending a sheet to the group chat so you can fill out your characters. Send them to me so they can be approved sometime before we start. Does anyone have any objections for starting this weekend?"
All users: "Nope."
DarkCreator: "Good. Now does anyone have any questions, comments, or concerns?"
HalfPanda: "Oh what about vacations and all that stuff?"
DarkCreator: "Right if you know that you'll be going on vacation please let me know right away so we can again work around it. Also does anyone have a problem with meeting more than once a week?"
All users: "No."
Dark Creator: "Great. Now what do you guys prefer, we have Friday after your classes end, Saturday, or Sunday."
PurpleTomb: "I'm up for anything."
WhiteMage: "We can do like a two day thing. Where we meet up Friday night and Sunday."
HalfPanda: "That's a good idea."
SexyThief: "I like that idea too."
FoxyB: "Same."
KingCrimson: "I'm up for it."
DragonWing: "Sure."
DarkCreator: "Alright Friday night and Sunday it is."
They all talked and set a schedule for when they were going to meet. Soon after they all said their goodnights and left the chat.
Ryou yawned as he stretched and turned off his computer.
"This weekend. I can't wait." Ryou took the dishes to the kitchen and then went to his room. He laid on his bed and smiled. "Nothing can ruin this for me."
Next day at school
Ryou was walking to school as he had his earphones on. He was thinking about what to do for his character when he suddenly bumped into someone. Ryou froze as he quickly took off his earphones. "I'm so sorry! I didn't see you!" He bowed before looking at who it was.
It was Bakura and Malik who just looked at him.
"It's whatever." Bakura said before he noticed Ryou's uniform. "You go to our school?"
"Umm it seems so." Ryou said.
"I haven't seen you around. Where do you sit during lunch?" Malik asked.
"In the classroom." Ryou answered.
"What grade are you in?" Bakura asked as he was suddenly curious as the boy.
"10th." Ryou said.
"Huh same grade. Weird how we've never seen you around." Malik said.
"It's a big school." Ryou said. "Now if you'll excuse me."
"What's the rush? Talk with us." Bakura wrapped his arm around Ryou's shoulder. "You're really cute."
Ryou instantly moved away. "I don't like being touched and I am not cute."
"Feisty thing." Bakura chuckled.
"Maybe you'll be fun to play with." Malik smirked.
"I umm have to go." Ryou quickly walked away from the laughing Malik and Bakura.
"I wouldn't go near that kid if I were you." Malik and Bakura heard someone say behind them. They turned and saw Jonouchi there.
"Oh how come?" Bakura asked.
"He's in the popular kid's black list. Anyone who associates with him gets bullied. He's Yugi Muto's favorite victim." Jonouchi explained to them.
"Oh how do you know?" Malik asked.
"I asked around since I noticed Yugi and the cheer sluts always gang up on him. I heard they left him overnight in the storage room of the gym because he wouldn't listen to them." Jonouchi said.
"So I'm guessing he doesn't have friends." Bakura said.
"He's been on the black list since middle school apparently. So I doubt he's had friends since then." Jonouchi said. "Either way he doesn't really talk to anyone."
"Know where his class is?" Bakura asked.
"I think it's one of the advanced classes. Try 1-E." Jonouchi said, "Gonna visit him?"
"He's interesting. Let's see how long I can play with him." Bakura said as he started to walk to school.
Malik and Jonouchi looked at eachother and Malik shrugged and followed Bakura.