Login 2: Promise
Would you like to be revived?
He had only been gone for about an hour when he decided to do his homework to get his mind off of things. He was a little surprised when he came to the computer to close the game and was presented with a dialog box.
Would you like to be revived?
The question seemed to be mocking him. Had someone passed by and was nice enough to help his pathetic alternate self? Did he really want to give it another try? Deciding not to dwell on it and just do it, he hurriedly accepted.
His body was surrounded by a beautiful white light and rose to life once more. In front of him stood a ferocious looking panther. Looking around, there was no one else in sight.
"Was that you who helped me?" The panther simply sat there staring at him. Its fur was a luscious deep purple and it had twin blue lighting bolts on each cheek. Alkaid let out a nervous laugh… He half expected an animal to talk? It was a game after all, but he still felt silly for thinking there was more a chance of it replying than not. After a moment of awkward staring, he decided that the panther didn't appear as if it was going to talk, nor attack, so turned around and began to walk back towards the church.
"What did you mean when you cried 'I fail at this reality too' "? Alkaid spun around, surprised to hear someones voice. Once again, only the panther was in sight.
"I-I said that out loud? Well… I… I meant… Its just that, I don't really have too good of a life. I was hoping this would be something of an escape… somewhere I can be successful." He was half surprised at himself for confessing such a deep thought to an animal in a game [he still wasn't even sure that's who the voice belonged to], but he really didn't care anymore at the same time.
"I can help you become better. Maybe even the best. All you have to do is make a promise to me." The panther stepped forward and began to transform into a tall female nightelf. Her skin was the same color the fur had been, and her hair a mere shade darker. The twin bolts remained on her face and her eyes seemed to be pure black, fading into infinity.
"A promise? What kind of promise? How can you make me the best?"
"All you need to do is promise me that you will never leave. Promise to stay by my side and forever keep yourself to me, and I will help you."
Alkaid was a little freaked out. Stay by her side, forever? He blushed a little at the thought- was she asking him out or something? He quickly pushed the thought away, it didn't matter. He just wanted to be successful no matter what.
"I promise, Ill do what ever it takes."
The nightelf smiled and put her hand to Alkaids cheek. "Thank you."
Alkaid once again found himself basked by light, but it was different this time. It seemed purer, whiter than before, and filled his entire display. He felt warm tingling on his skin, and the hairs on his arms rose. What was this? What was going on? How could the game make him physically feel something? The thoughts were soon pushed away… he felt extremely tired and had the sensation of floating. The display went black and Alkaid couldn't see anything. His eyes heavy, he closed them and went into a peaceful sleep.