((I don't own RO.. Gravity does, SO DON'T SUE ME PLZKTHXBAI)
There was a boy typing non stop in front of a computer screen. He was in his room, with several anime posters pasted up on the walls, a bed by his window, and a computer table across from his bed on the left side, his room was dark except for a lamp that was illuminating a small light. He was playing a game that he had fallen in love with over the past 6 months.
Ragnarok Online. He had loved this game, from the graphics to the way it worked. Customizable stats, headgears, the whole fight a monster gain experience RPG feel. He also had a real knack for RO too. He was better then most beginners that played.
Even though he had started only a while ago, his character, a male default Red haired Knight, was one of the best in his guild during the War of Emperium.
He was sitting in the middle of Payon on his PecoPeco with his guildmates. His Knight was equipped with the usual Fin Helm, the nifty little Romantic Flower, and plopped on top of his Knight's head was a Romantic Gent.
His guild had survived another seige with their guild emblem still waving on one of the flags outside of Payon. He was about to suggest to his guild that they celebrate by letting off Dead branches right out in front of Prontera, but his mother had just yelled from downstairs to go to bed.
He sighed, he really had wanted to let off those DBs, but if he didn't get off, there'd be no RO for a week. He said his goodbyes to his guildmates, and logged off. It was late, and he had realized how tired he was. He yawned and stretched his arms, and plopped down on his bed.
He thought about RO some more before he fell asleep, and the last thought he remembered thinking was, 'Wouldn't it be great if RO was real?'
Our RO prodigy had woken up when he realized the sun was up. He thought that maybe his mother had probably opened the window blinds to wake him up for school or something.
He was about to pull the blankets over his eyes when he reached, and grabbed, only to realize that he didn't have any blankets on him, he sat up quickly, shocked.
'!? Where am I!?' He got up to his feet quickly and looked around. It was morning, and he had been sleeping on a green bench. There had been a building on his left overshadowing him, and there were a few stalls selling food. He wasn't in his room! Heck, he wasn't even inside! He didn't know where he was at all!
There was a girl nearby that noticed his panicked state. She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. 'Hello, sir, what's the matter?' He turned towards her, she had brown hair tied into a ponytail, was wearing a pink dress and had a basket of fruit around her arm. 'Where is this place?'
She was slightly shocked that he wouldn't know, his clothes looked like that of a Novice, an adventurer that just started his journey. 'Why, this is Izlude.' Izlude!? But..
'You mean Izlude.. the place where the Swordsman start out!?' 'Yes, are you going to become a Swordsman?' 'I.. uh..' 'What's your name?' 'T-Takeshi..' His mouth moved automatically.
His eyes had widen, and at this point he was running out of the town screaming, getting several looks on his way out.
Takeshi had made it out of Izlude panting for air, and had collapsed on his knees with his arms holding him up. What's going on? Takeshi isn't my name.. Takeshi is my Knight's name! And Izlude...!? That girl also looked like the fruit merchant...
He collasped on his stomach and rolled over on his back, staring at the clouds. 'How come I'm not in my room? What's going on? Izlude? Swordsmen!?'
He sighed and rolled to his side. He was lying on top of green grass, by a small pond. There were Porings, Fabres, Lunatics, and several other monsters moving around him.
Ragnarok? I see Porings.. I know this pond by Izlude.. This is Ragnarok! Suddenly he remembered. He remembered what he thought before he had fallen asleep.
"Wouldn't it be great if Ragnarok was real?", Takeshi said aloud to himself. He grabbed his face and yelled in frustration. "ARRRGH!"
"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." He laughed bitterly.
Takeshi sat up and sighed, and looked around. "It wouldn't be so bad.. if I took a break from real life I guess.. My other real life that is." Problem was, he wouldn't know how long a break, he didn't know how to get back home! He tried to ignore this fact and decided to enjoy it while it lasted.
He stood up and dusted his pants off. "This IS kinda cool.." He took a small stroll over to the pond to take a careful look at himself. His clothes got changed, maybe his face, or hair got changed too?
When he saw his reflection in the pond he couldn't help but laugh. He looked exactly like a default red haired Male. Just like his Knight. "Maybe I can make myself a name here too." He cracked his knuckles and turned around to face the hordes of ferocious monsters that he would be fighting.
Porings, Lunatics, Fabres, and other 'ferocious' monsters. Takeshi let out a long sigh. 'Starting over sucks. No wonder my friends always ask me for tanks when they make a new character.' Takeshi wouldn't know how starting over was like, he had focused solely on his Knight, and he was proud of that. Not many beginners could get the build right the first time.
'What do I fight these oh so powerful monsters with?' He looked on his sides to see if there was a sword sheath on his side, and there was on his left. He grabbed the top of the sword handle with his right hand, and grabbed the bottom with his left.
He charged towards an unsuspecting Poring that was facing the other way. He let out a yell, 'Yaaaaah!' And he struck down on the Poring. The sword bounced back and Takeshi stumbled back a little. The Poring turned around quite angry. 'Heh heh.. wha'cha gonna do? Bounce me to death?'
The Poring charged towards him and tackled Takeshi to the ground. 'Oof!' His right arm was pinned down by the Poring that was chewing his arm, so he instinctively grabbed for a dagger in the bag on his right and stabbed the Poring. He shoved the Poring off of him and landed the finishing blow with the sword.
'Phew..' He sat down and looked at the dagger that was in his right hand. 'Well.. I'm gonna be afraid of Porings from here on out.' And so, he continued to fight these monsters, gaining more, and more battle experience with each victory.
The sky was red, and the sun was going down. Takeshi was sitting down, leaning against a tree and eating an apple he had found in his bag. 'It's a good thing they give Novices starter healing items here too. I'd be pretty dead if they didn't.' His body ached from all the battles he had with Fabres, Lunatics, Porings, ChonChons, he had tears of joy whenever he had found an unoccupied Pupa.
'I wonder how the experience and level system works here? I mean, it must work out somehow.. I doubt people have HP, SP, and EXP bars floating around them.' To make sure what he said was true, he looked at the upper right hand corner of his eye, and down at his feet.
He didn't see any bars floating around. He had finished the apple, and tossed the apple core behind him. Several Porings had noticed the remainders of the apple, and fought each other rabidly to get keeps on it. Takeshi stood up and yawned, while stretching his arms. 'Maybe I can get a few more kills before it gets dark.' He twirled the dagger in his hand like a baton. He stashed his dagger in his bag, and started walking while whistling a tune. He was walking along when he had noticed a Pupa. 'Ahaha!'
He started running towards it when he had bumped into someone else. 'Yow!' They said in unison, and both fell backwards.
Takeshi sat up, rubbing his head. 'Oww..' The other person sat up too, and Takeshi looked at him. The other person was a Novice too, he had blonde hair, and long bangs on both sides of his face, pushed back behind his eyes.
'Grrrrr..', the other person growled, and jumped up. 'What where you're going creep!' Takeshi looked taken aback, and then stared at him angrily. 'Maybe you should listen to your own advice!' He got up, and they both tried to stare each other down. They got so close that their faces were touching, but then the other Novice shoved back Takeshi with his right hand.
'I don't have time for your games jerk!' 'Hey-!', Takeshi started to say, but the other Novice had already ran away, far from hearing distance. Takeshi dusted off his clothes, and muttered, 'Jerk..'
He got back to what he was doing before and ran to the Pupa, he sighed in relief. 'Good thing there was no one else here, I wouldn't have gotten it if there were because of that stupid Novice.' He reached to his side for his trusty Sword, but it wasn't there. 'Huh.. Oh well, I'll just use my Dagger and look for my Sword later.'
He reached for his bag, but there was no bag! 'Oi! What the hell!? ...!' He took in a sharp deep breath. That other Novice was a pretty good actor! 'THAT FREAKIN' BASTARD ROBBED ME!' He ran after the other Novice in a breakneck speed. I'm gonna get you...!
There was a boy typing non stop in front of a computer screen. He was in his room, with several anime posters pasted up on the walls, a bed by his window, and a computer table across from his bed on the left side, his room was dark except for a lamp that was illuminating a small light. He was playing a game that he had fallen in love with over the past 6 months.
Ragnarok Online. He had loved this game, from the graphics to the way it worked. Customizable stats, headgears, the whole fight a monster gain experience RPG feel. He also had a real knack for RO too. He was better then most beginners that played.
Even though he had started only a while ago, his character, a male default Red haired Knight, was one of the best in his guild during the War of Emperium.
He was sitting in the middle of Payon on his PecoPeco with his guildmates. His Knight was equipped with the usual Fin Helm, the nifty little Romantic Flower, and plopped on top of his Knight's head was a Romantic Gent.
His guild had survived another seige with their guild emblem still waving on one of the flags outside of Payon. He was about to suggest to his guild that they celebrate by letting off Dead branches right out in front of Prontera, but his mother had just yelled from downstairs to go to bed.
He sighed, he really had wanted to let off those DBs, but if he didn't get off, there'd be no RO for a week. He said his goodbyes to his guildmates, and logged off. It was late, and he had realized how tired he was. He yawned and stretched his arms, and plopped down on his bed.
He thought about RO some more before he fell asleep, and the last thought he remembered thinking was, 'Wouldn't it be great if RO was real?'
Our RO prodigy had woken up when he realized the sun was up. He thought that maybe his mother had probably opened the window blinds to wake him up for school or something.
He was about to pull the blankets over his eyes when he reached, and grabbed, only to realize that he didn't have any blankets on him, he sat up quickly, shocked.
'!? Where am I!?' He got up to his feet quickly and looked around. It was morning, and he had been sleeping on a green bench. There had been a building on his left overshadowing him, and there were a few stalls selling food. He wasn't in his room! Heck, he wasn't even inside! He didn't know where he was at all!
There was a girl nearby that noticed his panicked state. She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. 'Hello, sir, what's the matter?' He turned towards her, she had brown hair tied into a ponytail, was wearing a pink dress and had a basket of fruit around her arm. 'Where is this place?'
She was slightly shocked that he wouldn't know, his clothes looked like that of a Novice, an adventurer that just started his journey. 'Why, this is Izlude.' Izlude!? But..
'You mean Izlude.. the place where the Swordsman start out!?' 'Yes, are you going to become a Swordsman?' 'I.. uh..' 'What's your name?' 'T-Takeshi..' His mouth moved automatically.
His eyes had widen, and at this point he was running out of the town screaming, getting several looks on his way out.
Takeshi had made it out of Izlude panting for air, and had collapsed on his knees with his arms holding him up. What's going on? Takeshi isn't my name.. Takeshi is my Knight's name! And Izlude...!? That girl also looked like the fruit merchant...
He collasped on his stomach and rolled over on his back, staring at the clouds. 'How come I'm not in my room? What's going on? Izlude? Swordsmen!?'
He sighed and rolled to his side. He was lying on top of green grass, by a small pond. There were Porings, Fabres, Lunatics, and several other monsters moving around him.
Ragnarok? I see Porings.. I know this pond by Izlude.. This is Ragnarok! Suddenly he remembered. He remembered what he thought before he had fallen asleep.
"Wouldn't it be great if Ragnarok was real?", Takeshi said aloud to himself. He grabbed his face and yelled in frustration. "ARRRGH!"
"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." He laughed bitterly.
Takeshi sat up and sighed, and looked around. "It wouldn't be so bad.. if I took a break from real life I guess.. My other real life that is." Problem was, he wouldn't know how long a break, he didn't know how to get back home! He tried to ignore this fact and decided to enjoy it while it lasted.
He stood up and dusted his pants off. "This IS kinda cool.." He took a small stroll over to the pond to take a careful look at himself. His clothes got changed, maybe his face, or hair got changed too?
When he saw his reflection in the pond he couldn't help but laugh. He looked exactly like a default red haired Male. Just like his Knight. "Maybe I can make myself a name here too." He cracked his knuckles and turned around to face the hordes of ferocious monsters that he would be fighting.
Porings, Lunatics, Fabres, and other 'ferocious' monsters. Takeshi let out a long sigh. 'Starting over sucks. No wonder my friends always ask me for tanks when they make a new character.' Takeshi wouldn't know how starting over was like, he had focused solely on his Knight, and he was proud of that. Not many beginners could get the build right the first time.
'What do I fight these oh so powerful monsters with?' He looked on his sides to see if there was a sword sheath on his side, and there was on his left. He grabbed the top of the sword handle with his right hand, and grabbed the bottom with his left.
He charged towards an unsuspecting Poring that was facing the other way. He let out a yell, 'Yaaaaah!' And he struck down on the Poring. The sword bounced back and Takeshi stumbled back a little. The Poring turned around quite angry. 'Heh heh.. wha'cha gonna do? Bounce me to death?'
The Poring charged towards him and tackled Takeshi to the ground. 'Oof!' His right arm was pinned down by the Poring that was chewing his arm, so he instinctively grabbed for a dagger in the bag on his right and stabbed the Poring. He shoved the Poring off of him and landed the finishing blow with the sword.
'Phew..' He sat down and looked at the dagger that was in his right hand. 'Well.. I'm gonna be afraid of Porings from here on out.' And so, he continued to fight these monsters, gaining more, and more battle experience with each victory.
The sky was red, and the sun was going down. Takeshi was sitting down, leaning against a tree and eating an apple he had found in his bag. 'It's a good thing they give Novices starter healing items here too. I'd be pretty dead if they didn't.' His body ached from all the battles he had with Fabres, Lunatics, Porings, ChonChons, he had tears of joy whenever he had found an unoccupied Pupa.
'I wonder how the experience and level system works here? I mean, it must work out somehow.. I doubt people have HP, SP, and EXP bars floating around them.' To make sure what he said was true, he looked at the upper right hand corner of his eye, and down at his feet.
He didn't see any bars floating around. He had finished the apple, and tossed the apple core behind him. Several Porings had noticed the remainders of the apple, and fought each other rabidly to get keeps on it. Takeshi stood up and yawned, while stretching his arms. 'Maybe I can get a few more kills before it gets dark.' He twirled the dagger in his hand like a baton. He stashed his dagger in his bag, and started walking while whistling a tune. He was walking along when he had noticed a Pupa. 'Ahaha!'
He started running towards it when he had bumped into someone else. 'Yow!' They said in unison, and both fell backwards.
Takeshi sat up, rubbing his head. 'Oww..' The other person sat up too, and Takeshi looked at him. The other person was a Novice too, he had blonde hair, and long bangs on both sides of his face, pushed back behind his eyes.
'Grrrrr..', the other person growled, and jumped up. 'What where you're going creep!' Takeshi looked taken aback, and then stared at him angrily. 'Maybe you should listen to your own advice!' He got up, and they both tried to stare each other down. They got so close that their faces were touching, but then the other Novice shoved back Takeshi with his right hand.
'I don't have time for your games jerk!' 'Hey-!', Takeshi started to say, but the other Novice had already ran away, far from hearing distance. Takeshi dusted off his clothes, and muttered, 'Jerk..'
He got back to what he was doing before and ran to the Pupa, he sighed in relief. 'Good thing there was no one else here, I wouldn't have gotten it if there were because of that stupid Novice.' He reached to his side for his trusty Sword, but it wasn't there. 'Huh.. Oh well, I'll just use my Dagger and look for my Sword later.'
He reached for his bag, but there was no bag! 'Oi! What the hell!? ...!' He took in a sharp deep breath. That other Novice was a pretty good actor! 'THAT FREAKIN' BASTARD ROBBED ME!' He ran after the other Novice in a breakneck speed. I'm gonna get you...!