Crimson Dust: Second Life

Well, you know my backstory now. The police followed my 'caretaker' and everything was taken care of. I got a real lot of money since there was a huge bounty for this organisation. I can live with this money till I'm 30 but I guess I'll get a job before that. To be more accurate, I have a half-brother but he and his father vanished after my parents death, I used to call him 'Brother Leng'.

I go into my room and watch the ceiling. Many people noted how my eyes look 'dead'. This brought the nickname 'Corpse' upon me. I can't help it, my eyes look dead to them and I'm silent as hell, it's not that I chose to be silent,... don't misunderstand! Well, it doesn't really matter since I often feel like I'm not living anyway.

After my familys last friend was arrested I was taken in by one of the police officers until he died in a bank robbery when I was fourteen. I'm highly intelligent and able to take care of myself which is why I was left alone by most. Many people like authors or programmers came to me for advice, ideas or any sort of help in general.

I came to this after I helped some author that bumped into me on the street write a story and she just had to announce that I helped her with most of it. Since we are already talking about her, she invited me to come to her house today. This would be my first day to visit her and I would decline but she wrote that she would love to introduce her children to me...

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I knock on her door and her husband opens the door „Zita Yakira! It's been a while! Come in, come in!"

'Zita Yakira' is the name my parents gave me. They love germany so they decided to call me something german.

My acquaintance and her children already wait for me „Zita! Meet my children: My daughter Feng Xiao Lan and my son Feng Yang Ming! Son, Daughter, this is Zita Yakira! She helped me write a book once!"

The twins greet me and I bow my head in response. We go to the table after that and eat the food Lan made.

I hardly express emotion which is another reason for my nickname but what can I do with my eyes already looking as dead as a corpses? And since there's nothing interesting, my lips and eyebrows don't even twitch.

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A month passed and the new 'Second Life' came out. I had nothing better to do and Lans brother talked about it non stop back then so I decided to try it out.

I put on the headgear and went to sleep.

A GM appears over me „Hello! This is your first time entering the game. I need to scan you, please stand still for a moment. From now on, you will be automatically redirected to the game when you put on the client! Scanning complete. You may now create a character. I need to remind you that you can only create a character once. Once decided it will be impossible to change it!"

/Makes sense since the game is supposed to be 99% realism/ Many 'me's' appear around me.

„Please select you race first!" the GM instructs.

I look around me and point at three different versions of myself. The GM lets them appear befor me and I look at them: A demon, an angel and a human. I nod at the human and the other two disappear.

„Are there any changes you wish to make? Like hair colour, eye colour and such?" she asks and I nod.

I realise a problem. I don't want to make any hair or eye changes the only change I want is for my skin to become a natural colour since I'm literally as white as a paper sheet (another reason for my nickname). I point my finger at my skin and at hers, back and forth. She understands what I mean a few minutes later but interrupts me.

„Why do you want to change your skin colour? You look much better as you're now!" she tells me with a huff and I decide to give in because I'm in no mood to argue. She seems content „What do you want your name to be?"

I think of a way to tell her as I remember that I have a notepad in my pocket. I take it out and scribble the name 'Dust' on it.

The GM frowns a bit but leaves it „What continent do you want to be in, we have: Central, North, West, East, South and Shadow. It was actually without Shadow but it was decided to be part of the game in the end"

I write 'Shadow' down and begin to fall. I fagually hear the GMs voice „You should speak more!"