Here is the second chapter to Final Fantasy World.
Logged In
This was amazing. It felt like all this stuff around me was real. I picked up the Gunblade and holstered it on my right side like Squall used to do. I looked at the door to the room and it had a paper on it.
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Character Name: Eliot
Level: 1
Race: Human
Class: Gunblade Specialist
Strongest Element: Water
Skills: None
Magics: None
Equipment: Revolver, Combat Boots
Addition Information: Welcome to Final Fantasy World! Based on the stats you've made for your character we have chosen your starting point to be here at F Garden. This is the only area of the world with a Garden. People from all over come here to learn about fighting battles and training their skills. You may stay as long as you wish here until you feel ready to leave the Garden. To sign up for classes present this paper to the Registry Office located near the Quad Area.
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Interesting. I wonder what the other areas of the world here are like. It wouldn't hurt to train here a little if I'm only at Level 1. Everyone must be if the game only came out today.
I walked out of my room and marvelled at the Garden. It was humongous! People were everywhere talking and stuff. I recognized a few of the classes such as Thieves and Dragon Knights to even what looked like a Summoner. Speaking of the Summoner she walked up to me.
"Hiya! Are you new?" she asked me with a very warm smile and such a cheeful voice. I was amazed that it sounded so real. I wonder how I was controlling my actions if I was just wearing some helmet.
"I bet you're confused by all this! Don't worry about it! I'll lend you a hand! But, I don't know many skills." she said tilting her head downwards losing a bit of her cheefulness.
"You could say that." I muttered. She wore this large white rope like the old versions of the White Mage and had a few garments of red drapped over her body complete with a similar colored hood. She carried a wooden rod in her right hand which was very small. Compared to me I was almost a whole foot taller than her.
"What skills DO you know?" I asked her.
"Well only how to do a basic Cure. But there is this cave outside the Garden that has a monster in it, maybe I could have it help us." she said getting happy again.
"I thought Summoners could only call certain creatures like Shiva or Alexander. You saying that they can call regular monsters too?" I asked with extreme curiosity.
"Yeah, I've been learning about Summoners since I got this game." she said closing her eyes smiling very brightly. She reminded me of all the hyper girls like Selphie or Rikku.
"When did you get it?" I asked her.
"Today at around 10:30 in the morning. I was second to recieve my copy." she said beaming with victory.
"I just started. So I don't have many skills." I told her feeling a little sad. I was so used to being so powerful in RPG games, but you have to start somewhere don't you?
"Well come with me! With both of us we can find that monster! I'll heal while you attack! I see your Gunblade so you must be good with attacking." she said taking my hand and leading me forwards.
"Well how are battles fought in this game?" I asked, the Summoner still dragging me.
"It's not turn based it all active time! You just swing and run around and stuff. We should do fine." she told me as we reached the front gate and left to the field outside.
I saw people running around outside in groups, they must all be in a party.
"You should join my party. You know how?" she asked.
"Not really. Don't you just follow them?" I asked confused and still naive about the whole thing. This was definately challenging. I like it.
"Close your eyes and hold them shut. A menu should appear before your face now just select Party and Join mine." she said. I did so and a large Menu appeared in front of me. How cool. I could conrtol the actions on it just by thinking. Square really went all out here. I went to Party and Join and then it told me I was in her party.
"Your name is Ashley?" I asked her. The menu displayed "You are now in Ashley's Party." so that must be her name.
"Yuppers! I'm Ashley the Summoner! What's your name, Squall?" she said giggling. At least she was familiar with her Final Fantasy's if she could remember back to 8.
"Call me Eliot. It's nice to play this game with you." I told her smiling a little, granted it wasn't as big of a smile as Ashley's.
"Let's go! Follow me!" She commanded running to the West. I followed her until we ended up in a forest with a group of monsters before us.
"Mu's! They look so cute!" Ashley said like she wanted to run up to hug one. She didn't notice their sharp teeth. They did look like Mu's with the brown fur and big tails.
I drew my Gunblade and prepared to strike one. I thought an Active Time Guage was used but I realized it too late when one the three bit me. I couldn't tell how much HP I had but I didn't feel like I would die anytime soon.
"Cure!" I heard Ashley declare as a blue aura surrounded me and the injury was gone like I never felt it at all.
Running at the Mu it didn't move when the blade came down on it cutting it down. It wasn't dead but it ran away from me scared.
"Try pulling the trigger as you strike! I think that's how it worked in Final Fantasy 8!" Ashley yelled standing a safe distance from me. She should considering Summoners aren't very strong against direct attacks.
The next Mu that I didn't harm was right in front of me. I swung the blade down again but a second before it hit I pulled the trigger on the Revolver and a big burst of energy shot out of it causing a big flash where the blade hit the Mu. It died instantly and I almost dropped the Gunblade from the recoil of that blast. So THAT'S how they work.
I looked over and saw Ashley running from a Mu so I ran up and slid into the Mu blade first piercing it, effectively killing it. One left and it was the only one I didn't attack so far.
I swung upwards pulling the trigger at the right moment but the recoil was still too much for me and my weapon fell to the ground, along with the monster. I could feel myself become a little stronger from the fight with them.
"Yay! We did it!" I heard Ashley cheer jumping up and down over and over. She really was one of those energy high girls in the FF series.
"I need more practice. I thought a Gunblade would be an easier weapon." I said picking up my Gunblade from the ground and holstering it.
"You did fine. It was your first real battle. I've fought a few with people but they didn't like me very much." she said to me sounding sad again.
"Well, how far is this cavern?" I asked.
As if the question snapped her out of her depressed mood she looked up smiling and said "It's just past here I think. Follow me!"
I followed her and didn't run into any monsters on the way. We reached this average looking cave with a symbol over it. "It's in here! Let's go!" she said running ahead of me into the cave.
She was becoming a small pain, hopefully I can bear with her and maybe she'll leave me alone if I help her find this monster.
This cavern was dark but had a few torches lighting up the area. It was a straighforward path leading to a large chamber. Inside was this monster, but Ashley didn't seem to like it.
"What is that?" she screeched. It was some sort of large spider. I could see it's HP meter above it's body somehow, I thought it was cool.
"It's called Trap Spider and it has 200 Hit Points." I informed to Ashely drawing my Gunblade just in case. She was scared to move. "You okay?" I asked her.
The Spider began to move forward and attack us with one of its legs. I held up my Gunblade and blocked the attack as best I could and then slashed it across the face pulling the trigger correctly, and without actually losing grip this time.
The creature reared back in pain from the blow. I inflicted about 55 points of damage as it's HP fell to 145. A few more attacks and I should be fine for now.
The Spider then grabbed me with both front legs and bit me. I felt it's disgusting mouth touch me and throw me to the floor. I felt rather ill after that blow too, it must have poisoned me.
"Ashley! Help!" I called to her but she was still in that trance. I blocked another one of the monster's attacks and counterattacked with a swing from my Gunblade.
The beast had only 75 Hit Point remaining now but I felt like I had even less. "Ashley.........please help me!" I called out to her again on one knee now from the pain I felt right now.
"Cure!" She finally yelled healing my wounds but I still felt poisoned. Then I felt something new hit me, not an attack from the Trap Spider but something like a Skill.
A voice sounded in my head. "Skill Learned. Rough Divide, Magic Point Cost; 5" it told me. This must be a Skill that I learned. Without thinking twice I shouted out "Rough Divide!" and I ran as fast as I could at the Trap Spider running the blade along the ground leaving a trail of dust where it ran. Then swinging upward I jumped very high in the air and cut the monster deep killing it.
Then Ashley and I began to glow some strange bright color as I felt myself grow stronger. Maybe we both gained a Level?
"Hey, you okay?" I asked her. The poison must have wore off when I gained the Level.
"I'm so sorry! I just can't stand SPIDERS! They're the worst thing ever!" she protested shaking her head back and forth with her eyes closed.
"Well I don't know where that monster of yours was but I don't see any sign of it." I told her starting to leave.
"Oh I almost forgot! It's here, the monster was a guardian. When players beat guardians then they get rewarded for it. The monster is right there." she pointed to a pile of rocks.
"Uh.........it's just some rocks." I said raising an eyebrow.
"But it's spirit is there. I have to speak with it." she told me going up to it and kneeling by it.
"You can leave now if you want. I'll E-Mail you later when I need help again. It was fun hanging with you." she said going back to the pile of rocks.
"Yea sure. How do you log out?" I asked her feeling embarassed that I didn't know how to log out of the game.
"Just say your name and Log Out" she told me.
"Eliot Log Out?" I asked. Before she could answer I woke up with the helmet on my head.
"Holy shit! That was great! What time is it? Damn almost dinner, I've been playing for hours. Well hopefully I don't have to deal with Ashley again. She's nice and all but too hyper for me." I said shutting everything off and storing them safely.
"Tomorrow I'll explore deeper." I said walking to my room to read a book.
Logged In
This was amazing. It felt like all this stuff around me was real. I picked up the Gunblade and holstered it on my right side like Squall used to do. I looked at the door to the room and it had a paper on it.
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Character Name: Eliot
Level: 1
Race: Human
Class: Gunblade Specialist
Strongest Element: Water
Skills: None
Magics: None
Equipment: Revolver, Combat Boots
Addition Information: Welcome to Final Fantasy World! Based on the stats you've made for your character we have chosen your starting point to be here at F Garden. This is the only area of the world with a Garden. People from all over come here to learn about fighting battles and training their skills. You may stay as long as you wish here until you feel ready to leave the Garden. To sign up for classes present this paper to the Registry Office located near the Quad Area.
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Interesting. I wonder what the other areas of the world here are like. It wouldn't hurt to train here a little if I'm only at Level 1. Everyone must be if the game only came out today.
I walked out of my room and marvelled at the Garden. It was humongous! People were everywhere talking and stuff. I recognized a few of the classes such as Thieves and Dragon Knights to even what looked like a Summoner. Speaking of the Summoner she walked up to me.
"Hiya! Are you new?" she asked me with a very warm smile and such a cheeful voice. I was amazed that it sounded so real. I wonder how I was controlling my actions if I was just wearing some helmet.
"I bet you're confused by all this! Don't worry about it! I'll lend you a hand! But, I don't know many skills." she said tilting her head downwards losing a bit of her cheefulness.
"You could say that." I muttered. She wore this large white rope like the old versions of the White Mage and had a few garments of red drapped over her body complete with a similar colored hood. She carried a wooden rod in her right hand which was very small. Compared to me I was almost a whole foot taller than her.
"What skills DO you know?" I asked her.
"Well only how to do a basic Cure. But there is this cave outside the Garden that has a monster in it, maybe I could have it help us." she said getting happy again.
"I thought Summoners could only call certain creatures like Shiva or Alexander. You saying that they can call regular monsters too?" I asked with extreme curiosity.
"Yeah, I've been learning about Summoners since I got this game." she said closing her eyes smiling very brightly. She reminded me of all the hyper girls like Selphie or Rikku.
"When did you get it?" I asked her.
"Today at around 10:30 in the morning. I was second to recieve my copy." she said beaming with victory.
"I just started. So I don't have many skills." I told her feeling a little sad. I was so used to being so powerful in RPG games, but you have to start somewhere don't you?
"Well come with me! With both of us we can find that monster! I'll heal while you attack! I see your Gunblade so you must be good with attacking." she said taking my hand and leading me forwards.
"Well how are battles fought in this game?" I asked, the Summoner still dragging me.
"It's not turn based it all active time! You just swing and run around and stuff. We should do fine." she told me as we reached the front gate and left to the field outside.
I saw people running around outside in groups, they must all be in a party.
"You should join my party. You know how?" she asked.
"Not really. Don't you just follow them?" I asked confused and still naive about the whole thing. This was definately challenging. I like it.
"Close your eyes and hold them shut. A menu should appear before your face now just select Party and Join mine." she said. I did so and a large Menu appeared in front of me. How cool. I could conrtol the actions on it just by thinking. Square really went all out here. I went to Party and Join and then it told me I was in her party.
"Your name is Ashley?" I asked her. The menu displayed "You are now in Ashley's Party." so that must be her name.
"Yuppers! I'm Ashley the Summoner! What's your name, Squall?" she said giggling. At least she was familiar with her Final Fantasy's if she could remember back to 8.
"Call me Eliot. It's nice to play this game with you." I told her smiling a little, granted it wasn't as big of a smile as Ashley's.
"Let's go! Follow me!" She commanded running to the West. I followed her until we ended up in a forest with a group of monsters before us.
"Mu's! They look so cute!" Ashley said like she wanted to run up to hug one. She didn't notice their sharp teeth. They did look like Mu's with the brown fur and big tails.
I drew my Gunblade and prepared to strike one. I thought an Active Time Guage was used but I realized it too late when one the three bit me. I couldn't tell how much HP I had but I didn't feel like I would die anytime soon.
"Cure!" I heard Ashley declare as a blue aura surrounded me and the injury was gone like I never felt it at all.
Running at the Mu it didn't move when the blade came down on it cutting it down. It wasn't dead but it ran away from me scared.
"Try pulling the trigger as you strike! I think that's how it worked in Final Fantasy 8!" Ashley yelled standing a safe distance from me. She should considering Summoners aren't very strong against direct attacks.
The next Mu that I didn't harm was right in front of me. I swung the blade down again but a second before it hit I pulled the trigger on the Revolver and a big burst of energy shot out of it causing a big flash where the blade hit the Mu. It died instantly and I almost dropped the Gunblade from the recoil of that blast. So THAT'S how they work.
I looked over and saw Ashley running from a Mu so I ran up and slid into the Mu blade first piercing it, effectively killing it. One left and it was the only one I didn't attack so far.
I swung upwards pulling the trigger at the right moment but the recoil was still too much for me and my weapon fell to the ground, along with the monster. I could feel myself become a little stronger from the fight with them.
"Yay! We did it!" I heard Ashley cheer jumping up and down over and over. She really was one of those energy high girls in the FF series.
"I need more practice. I thought a Gunblade would be an easier weapon." I said picking up my Gunblade from the ground and holstering it.
"You did fine. It was your first real battle. I've fought a few with people but they didn't like me very much." she said to me sounding sad again.
"Well, how far is this cavern?" I asked.
As if the question snapped her out of her depressed mood she looked up smiling and said "It's just past here I think. Follow me!"
I followed her and didn't run into any monsters on the way. We reached this average looking cave with a symbol over it. "It's in here! Let's go!" she said running ahead of me into the cave.
She was becoming a small pain, hopefully I can bear with her and maybe she'll leave me alone if I help her find this monster.
This cavern was dark but had a few torches lighting up the area. It was a straighforward path leading to a large chamber. Inside was this monster, but Ashley didn't seem to like it.
"What is that?" she screeched. It was some sort of large spider. I could see it's HP meter above it's body somehow, I thought it was cool.
"It's called Trap Spider and it has 200 Hit Points." I informed to Ashely drawing my Gunblade just in case. She was scared to move. "You okay?" I asked her.
The Spider began to move forward and attack us with one of its legs. I held up my Gunblade and blocked the attack as best I could and then slashed it across the face pulling the trigger correctly, and without actually losing grip this time.
The creature reared back in pain from the blow. I inflicted about 55 points of damage as it's HP fell to 145. A few more attacks and I should be fine for now.
The Spider then grabbed me with both front legs and bit me. I felt it's disgusting mouth touch me and throw me to the floor. I felt rather ill after that blow too, it must have poisoned me.
"Ashley! Help!" I called to her but she was still in that trance. I blocked another one of the monster's attacks and counterattacked with a swing from my Gunblade.
The beast had only 75 Hit Point remaining now but I felt like I had even less. "Ashley.........please help me!" I called out to her again on one knee now from the pain I felt right now.
"Cure!" She finally yelled healing my wounds but I still felt poisoned. Then I felt something new hit me, not an attack from the Trap Spider but something like a Skill.
A voice sounded in my head. "Skill Learned. Rough Divide, Magic Point Cost; 5" it told me. This must be a Skill that I learned. Without thinking twice I shouted out "Rough Divide!" and I ran as fast as I could at the Trap Spider running the blade along the ground leaving a trail of dust where it ran. Then swinging upward I jumped very high in the air and cut the monster deep killing it.
Then Ashley and I began to glow some strange bright color as I felt myself grow stronger. Maybe we both gained a Level?
"Hey, you okay?" I asked her. The poison must have wore off when I gained the Level.
"I'm so sorry! I just can't stand SPIDERS! They're the worst thing ever!" she protested shaking her head back and forth with her eyes closed.
"Well I don't know where that monster of yours was but I don't see any sign of it." I told her starting to leave.
"Oh I almost forgot! It's here, the monster was a guardian. When players beat guardians then they get rewarded for it. The monster is right there." she pointed to a pile of rocks.
"Uh.........it's just some rocks." I said raising an eyebrow.
"But it's spirit is there. I have to speak with it." she told me going up to it and kneeling by it.
"You can leave now if you want. I'll E-Mail you later when I need help again. It was fun hanging with you." she said going back to the pile of rocks.
"Yea sure. How do you log out?" I asked her feeling embarassed that I didn't know how to log out of the game.
"Just say your name and Log Out" she told me.
"Eliot Log Out?" I asked. Before she could answer I woke up with the helmet on my head.
"Holy shit! That was great! What time is it? Damn almost dinner, I've been playing for hours. Well hopefully I don't have to deal with Ashley again. She's nice and all but too hyper for me." I said shutting everything off and storing them safely.
"Tomorrow I'll explore deeper." I said walking to my room to read a book.