Chapter 1: PROLOGUE
"When you get home you besta be installing that game!" Chloe boasted.
"I will get on as soon as I get home to show you the ropes. You better be there!"
I nodded.
I had recently gotten the game "The World" but never had any time to install it. " The World" is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). Chloe had recently picked it up for my birthday.
I was, at the time, still deciding on which character class to play. There was the basic warrior, the Blademaster. There was also your average mage character, the Wavemaster. You also had the choice of others, such as a Polearm, a spear wielder, a Heavy Blade, one who carries a sword as big as ones body, and a Twin Blade, a uniquely speedy character wielding two dagger sized blades or similar weapons.
Chloe's character was a Polearm, whom she named Trinity. Chloe has been playing the game for a long time. Almost two years she said once. She insisted I try and play this game. I am mostly interested in pen and paper RPG's, but she says this game is "DaBomb!". I had my character choice down to either a Blademastar, or a Wavemaster.
On the school bus, I talked it over with the person I always sit with, because our bus driver heavily enforced assigned seating. I didn't like him very much because he tended to smell a lot, morning and evening. He says I should choose the Blademaster, because he liked swords. I am not that big a fan of swords; I think they are all too common.
Before I walked through the door to my house, I decided that I would choose to become a Wavemaster inside the game. I have always loved the mage related classes of characters in the various pen and paper role- playing games that Chloe, her group of friends, and I used to play.
I went up the stairs to my room, and inserted the " The World" CD into my computer I have up in my room. An anime themed message window, with many pictorial examples of possible characters opened up asking if I wanted to install "The World". I clicked the yes button. The next screen was the End-User License Agreement. I have never fully read one and under stood it, so I just skipped it.
As the game was Installing, I was notified that I had a new mail message. It was from Chloe, the subject line was "Where Are You!!?? (
Hey, Anthony. Where are ya? I have been waiting almost 15 minutes
for you. Hurry up and get your character set-up and get to root town,
PRONTO!
Your Favoritest Friend Chloe ;-)
She is so impatient, I thought to myself.
When I got done reading my mail, the installation had just finished. I clicked on the newly created icon on my desktop labeled "Enter The World". The icon was a picture of a globe, tinted gold to give it life.
"Enter your full name," the program asked.
"Anthony Gerald Loquis" I typed. I clicked the next button.
The form asked me to fill out numerous amounts of information, including Birth date, obviously to determine the age of the character you will be playing to add realism, and character type. I was still unsure of what character class to choose, but Wavemaster seemed the most interesting.
Now it was time to choose the outfit for my character. I didn't much care for what my character looked like. I chose a simple black set of robes with a hood that almost completely shadowed my face. Under the robe was a simple peasant-like outfit. A dark grey shirt with a triangle cut out of the collar showing a small amount of my chest. As for the pants, they were a simple pair of black breeches.
When it came time to name my character, I sat for a good three minutes in thought. I was never good at naming anything. I once had a cat that I never found a name for. Therefore, it inherited the traditional name, Kitty.
I decided to use the first two letters of each part of my name, first, middle and last. This spelled out Angelo.
"Angelo" I typed into the text box. I clicked OK and waited for a while the computer connected to the server to create my character. It then told me to go to the login screen and enter my character name, and the password I had chosen earlier when I had to fill in all the information to activate my character.
I did just that and then hit the big white "Login" button. I waited. . .
"When you get home you besta be installing that game!" Chloe boasted.
"I will get on as soon as I get home to show you the ropes. You better be there!"
I nodded.
I had recently gotten the game "The World" but never had any time to install it. " The World" is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). Chloe had recently picked it up for my birthday.
I was, at the time, still deciding on which character class to play. There was the basic warrior, the Blademaster. There was also your average mage character, the Wavemaster. You also had the choice of others, such as a Polearm, a spear wielder, a Heavy Blade, one who carries a sword as big as ones body, and a Twin Blade, a uniquely speedy character wielding two dagger sized blades or similar weapons.
Chloe's character was a Polearm, whom she named Trinity. Chloe has been playing the game for a long time. Almost two years she said once. She insisted I try and play this game. I am mostly interested in pen and paper RPG's, but she says this game is "DaBomb!". I had my character choice down to either a Blademastar, or a Wavemaster.
On the school bus, I talked it over with the person I always sit with, because our bus driver heavily enforced assigned seating. I didn't like him very much because he tended to smell a lot, morning and evening. He says I should choose the Blademaster, because he liked swords. I am not that big a fan of swords; I think they are all too common.
Before I walked through the door to my house, I decided that I would choose to become a Wavemaster inside the game. I have always loved the mage related classes of characters in the various pen and paper role- playing games that Chloe, her group of friends, and I used to play.
I went up the stairs to my room, and inserted the " The World" CD into my computer I have up in my room. An anime themed message window, with many pictorial examples of possible characters opened up asking if I wanted to install "The World". I clicked the yes button. The next screen was the End-User License Agreement. I have never fully read one and under stood it, so I just skipped it.
As the game was Installing, I was notified that I had a new mail message. It was from Chloe, the subject line was "Where Are You!!?? (
Hey, Anthony. Where are ya? I have been waiting almost 15 minutes
for you. Hurry up and get your character set-up and get to root town,
PRONTO!
Your Favoritest Friend Chloe ;-)
She is so impatient, I thought to myself.
When I got done reading my mail, the installation had just finished. I clicked on the newly created icon on my desktop labeled "Enter The World". The icon was a picture of a globe, tinted gold to give it life.
"Enter your full name," the program asked.
"Anthony Gerald Loquis" I typed. I clicked the next button.
The form asked me to fill out numerous amounts of information, including Birth date, obviously to determine the age of the character you will be playing to add realism, and character type. I was still unsure of what character class to choose, but Wavemaster seemed the most interesting.
Now it was time to choose the outfit for my character. I didn't much care for what my character looked like. I chose a simple black set of robes with a hood that almost completely shadowed my face. Under the robe was a simple peasant-like outfit. A dark grey shirt with a triangle cut out of the collar showing a small amount of my chest. As for the pants, they were a simple pair of black breeches.
When it came time to name my character, I sat for a good three minutes in thought. I was never good at naming anything. I once had a cat that I never found a name for. Therefore, it inherited the traditional name, Kitty.
I decided to use the first two letters of each part of my name, first, middle and last. This spelled out Angelo.
"Angelo" I typed into the text box. I clicked OK and waited for a while the computer connected to the server to create my character. It then told me to go to the login screen and enter my character name, and the password I had chosen earlier when I had to fill in all the information to activate my character.
I did just that and then hit the big white "Login" button. I waited. . .
