- Chapter Three -
It was like being sucked into a vaccuum of color. Red, green, blue and white lines raced past me going millions of miles per hour. A checklist formed on my right checking all 5 of my senses. Then in an instant, I was standing on a platform with Aincrad in the background. (WELCOME) shown across the screen with a log in button below it. I pressed it and began my character creation.
I decided to make my character as close to my height as possible like Eddie. It just seemed easier.
There were definitely going to be some differences though. I'm only 28, but I'm severely balding. So the FIRST thing I did was give myself a giant full head of hair. Why? Because fuck you, that's why.
Next was my facial features. I honestly didn't care too much about that so I hit the random button about 7 times and picked it.
Now on to my favorite part. Picking my class and subclass. Of course my main class was going to be a beast tamer, and I immediately picked the gryphon. Just then, it asked me what I wanted to name my familiar...
"I haven't thought of a name yet! Damn it! I suck at names!" I yelled, seemingly at no one. I started looking around for hints of what to call him, but that didn't work at all. I was drawing a blank at this point. So I started to think of my old pets and trying to incorporate my new friend into it. "Sampson!" I yelled in excitement. That was the name of one of my old horses IRL. He was a giant clydesdale and was one of my best friends growing up. It only fit that my new mount would be named after him. I typed his name in and hit accept. On to the subclass.
I've always loved dabbling into blacksmithing in every other game I played. Something about making the weapons I used in battle excited me, so that's what I picked.
I clicked the done button and another screen popped up, "Finish and Name Character". Oh God. Now I have to come up with a screen name. I've always used MrScarySauce as a screen name, but somehow I knew that wouldn't fit this game. I needed something catchy. Something medieval even. Maybe Greek? Zeus? No, I'm too fat to be Zeus. Wait, Fat Zeus! No…PHAT ZEUS!
Absolutely. This will forever be my SAO name for as long as I play this game. I typed it in and hit "Start".