December 31, 2021
Tokyo University; 4:30 PM
The area of Tokyo recently had some disastrous weather lately. Many people traveling through Tokyo's freeways and other roads suffered through poor traction and visibility because of snow. Traffic report have been playing in the radio nonstop all day
However, this didn't concern some of the students that were still attending the University. The only thing they are concerned about is the New Year's Eve party that was taking place tonight. Everyone was going to this to celebrate the commencement of 2022. That is except for one student that is walking through the snow blizzard.
This student had white hair that perfectly camouflaged with the snow. He wore a brown hoodie and blue pants. He had purple eyes that exhibit a sense of isolation. Though he heard about the party, he could care less about it.
"…Why does everyone want me to come to this pointless event? The only reason they want me to come is to make myself look like a jerk in front of everybody. God, how I hate this…"
He continued to walk towards his dorm room while reading a message he received from his friend and classmate. This read:
"Tsukasa, are you doing anything tonight? If you're not, then would you like to come over to my apartment for our own New Years Eve party? Come over at 8:00.—your friend, Shino. P.S. Bring your laptop over as well."
He gazed at the letter as he walked his cold body onward.
"Well, it could be worse…"
It had gotten late in the day and Tsukasa just got out of class. He was about to enter the residence hall he resided in college when he was hit by a snowball.
SPLOT!
"Ha, ha! Nice to see you having a snowball sandwich, you white haired prick!" laughed a jock as he ran across the field, laughing.
Tsukasa gets himself up, not caring that a snowball just him. All he wants is to unwind his day in his dorm. All he wants is to take a nap after the intense studying he did.
Just as he climbed the stairs towards his dorm room, he heard a voice in the distance.
"Tsukasa…"
"Huh, who's there?"
Tsukasa looked towards the currently empty hallway. There was nobody to be seen, but the empty hallway.
"It must be my mind playing tricks on me, again." Tsukasa simply whispered to himself.
The hallway, to Tsukasa, appeared to be to very hallow. Though it was empty during the holiday break, this was too quiet for the white haired individual. He decided to enter his dorm, trying to shake off the sight of what he saw.
As soon as he got in, he plopped himself onto his bed. His room is very sparse; it's not like he could afford high-end property. He had an old 2000 era television, a laptop, some posters and other objects.
"Just so tired of all this…" he whispered as he closed his eyes.
WWWWWHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
Sirens blared in his head like a loud alarm clock. Voices were speaking in a very troubled tone. Beeping could be heard on each side of Tsukasa's head. He could not understand what was going on right now. He simply thought it was just a dream, but he wasn't sure what to make of it. He was in the hospital, but he kept telling himself it's still a dream.
"So, any word on her condition…"
"Huh?"
He overheard something coming from a couple of doors down the hall. He walks towards the place where the voices were coming from.
As he crept closer towards the door to see who was talking, he notices on the calendar that it stated…
"WHAT? November 15, 2012?!? How is this…?"
"Please, can you tell me what happened to my daughter?"
"…I'm sorry, but your daughter has died. We tried everything we can to save her, but alas, we failed…"
The woman wept softly as she walked away from the room. Tsukasa couldn't tell what they were talking, but he didn't want to know.
"Who died? Just what are they talking about……?"
Tsukasa woke up from his quick slumber rather quickly. Panting and sweating, Tsukasa looks at the calendar. He's relieved that today was still December 31, 2021. The clock read 7:45 PM.
"…groan…I better head over there…"
Gathering his laptop, he starts to make his way over to Shino's apartment.
When he arrived there, the snow silently fell on the ground. He rang the doorbell to see if Shino is home. Nothing happened as he kept ringing the doorbell for some minutes.
"Where is she?"
"Come in…" called a muffled voice.
He entered inside, only to find…
"AAH! Shino, what are you wearing?!?"
"Oh, nothing…Just this cute outfit for New Year's." smiled Shino, as she wore a very attractive looking shirt and skirt. "So what shall we do tonight?"
"Uh, I don't know. I can't think of anything, right now."
"Well, do you want to come to the World with me?"
"You mean that online game everyone plays? I might pass, but since you told me to bring my laptop over, I guess there's no way of getting out of it. sighs Sure I'll go…"
"Hm, okay. Shall we set up?"
As they set up their laptops into the local network, Tsukasa pulls out a visor that is used to play the game and looks at Shino with concern.
"Uh, Shino? You sure nothing's going to happen in the World? I heard people actually die in that game."
"Don't worry, Tsukasa. It's all just game…"