"So wait, you aren't a beta tester?" asked Akira. The young girl gamer had been trailing me for the past hour. At first, she followed me because she wanted to know how to play, but we started talking soon after.
"No, I just pick up on things really fast." In reality, I had read the code inside the NerveGear, so I knew how to activate the skills.
"How many skills do you know?"
"Seven at the moment." I glanced at the clock in the corner. "Sorry, but I have to log off, here, let's trade friend status." A few taps later, she showed up on my friend list.
"See ya." I opened my menu, and went to log out. "Huh?"
"What?"
"The logout button, it's gone."
"You're kidding."
"Not, check yourself."
"WHAT?!" she screeched.
"Calm down, it's probably just a glitch, and will be fixed in a bit. I the meantime, how about we go look for info broker to find some new skills?"
(Ten minutes later)
"This concludes the tutorial for Sword Art Online". And with that, the game master was sucked back into the ceiling. "Oh my god". "No, this can't be true". "It's a joke right?". That was being said around me.
"Come on" I told Akira.
"Why? I we stay put we won't die." Thankfully, Akira wasn't panicking like some of the other girls.
"In situations like this, supplies of food, col, and xp will become scarce fast. We need to get as much of that as possible in the early stage, when people are first realizing the situation. You don't have to come, but I will appreciate it, having someone on my sixth."
"Ya, what you are saying makes sense. How are you able to think straight? I am barely even able to think right now."
"I honestly don't know. Alright, you coming?"
"Yes"
With that, we raced out of the central plaza, and into the unknown.