As Greg paced around in his living room for the tenth time in the last hour he began thinking back to the call he recieved an hour ago.
''Hello, this is the Planetoid representative for your area and we would like to inform you that the VR pod you have oredered will be installed today.'' said the Representative, and as soon as the man had stopped talking he immediately hung up leaving Greg confused as to when and how it was going to be installed.
Just then a nock came at the door bringing out some excitement that he had not felt in some time, and when he answered the door he saw that a man with a large box was outside.
Greg called to them, ''Are you the ones that are delivering the VR pod I ordered?'' He replied hastily, ''Yes, are you a mister 'Greg Desmo?' '' Greg said, ''Yeah thats my name.'' The one that asked then said, ''Well if I can move in to install the machine you can tell him where to put it while you sign some papers.'' Greg then showed the man with the box his bedroom where the pod would be placed. Greg then asked the man, ''So what are these papers i have to sign?''
He said, ''They are waivers saying that if you attempt to tamper or try to reproduce the pod that Planetoid has the right to pursue legal actions against you.'' Greg warily replied as he was signing them ''I dont plan on trying to do that anyway too much trouble.'' The installer chuckled, ''Well I just finished up i'll be leaving now.'' After taking the waivers the man then left the building. Greg fell to his bed and sighed, ''Guess its time to get this show on the road.''
He stripped out of his clothes and stepped into the pod and announced excitedly, ''System start.''. The pod which was previously dark lit up all around him in a comforting red light and the pod replied, ''VR pod 2388 v2 launching start up program.'' After a few minutes the pod called to him, ''Would you like to begin your game, Conquest?'' Greg quickly replied ''Yes please.'' He was getting nervous because this was his first time in the new VR pods so he didnt know how it would initiate the game. Another minute passed and Greg then felt a Gel-like substance quickly pouring out around him, gently encasing him and as is it went past his head his last thoughts are, ''Well this was a shitty way to do it.''
Then he was suddenly in a room containg two chairs and a light in between them. He went forward and sat down in the chair nearest to him. As soon as he had sat down another person appeared in the other chair and said, ''Hello, I am The Guide and today I shall be helping you through your character creation process.'' The Guide was a standard looking man with short brown hair and casual clothes on.
Greg said ''What are my options for my character.'' He asked this because there was no information on the game outside of the pod because Planetoid censored and blocked all content related to new games. The Guide gave a smile and said, ''Starting off there is are three difficulty settings to choose from; they are Beginner, Standard, and Legacy.''
He then added, ''Beginner starts you off with less points for design options but starts the player with easier quests at the start of the game, Standard is a normal difficulty give the standard amount of Design Points, or DP, and the standard difficulty of starting quests, and finally there is Legacy which is a mode that is a complete mystery and changes your game experience completely and is not for the faint of heart. Players start with one DP. Players also cannot see stats until they are within the game.''
Greg then thought to himself, ''Might as well do Legacy mode cause it sounds like a challenge.'' He then called to The Guide, ''I pick Legacy mode.'' The Guide once again gave a smile and said, ''The next step is what Race you will play as.'' Greg confusedly asked, ''There are races other than humans to play as?'' The Guide happily responded, ''Yes there are many Races but all but the starting Races must be gained using the Evo System.''
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''Evo System?'' Greg asked, ''What is that?'' The Guide said ''The Evo System will be taught once the game commences.'' Greg was displeased to hear this but then asked, ''Well what are the starting Races then?''
The Guide said ''There are 8 Races to choose from.'' Then a text menu opened in front him with the text facing Greg.
* Human- Standard Race, Perk: Quick Learner - Gives 25% exp boost until Lvl 10.
* Elf- Standard Race, Perk: Nimble - Extra Agility points to start with.
* Dwarf- Standard Race, Perk: Stout - Defence comes naturally to you.
* Orc- Standard Race, Perk: Bloodlust - Taking and dealing damage slowly builds your damage up.
* Imp- Standard Race, Perk: Greedy - Gain 25% more loot but also lose 5 Charisma.
* Goblin- Standard Race, Perk: Tinker - Starts off with the Crafting ability.
* Lizard Man- Standard Race, Perk: Semi-Aquatic - Can breathe underwater for an hour.
* Centaur- *Rare Race*, Perk: Wisdom of Nature - The trees speak to you, and you speak to them.
After seeing that Greg had looked over the options The Guide said, ''The Rare Race option is a random roll that everyone gets but it doesnt start out any stronger to maintain balance" Greg quietly reviewed his choices and announced to The Guide, ''May I see my class choices first?'' The Guide then said, ''Class Choice arent available in the Character Creation system.'' He then added, ''Starting Location, Gear and Relationships are determined by Race Choice.''
After a while Greg gave up and said, ''I geuss i'll be a Centaur then.'' The Guide amused said ''Moving on to Perks/Constrictions."
Another panel comes up showing Perks and Constictions. The Guide called to Greg, ''Perks are positive conditions a player may choose based on Race, Constrictions are negative conditons based on Race. Each Perk costs a consecutive DP, the first is a DP, the next is two and so on, but Constrictions give only one DP each.''
Perks: Constrictions:
* Majestic- You are a Centaur, You are Majestic as Fuck.
* Pride- You are a prideful centaur, and you flaunt it!
* Star Seer- Read the Stars and gain knowledge.
* Smelly- Take a shower ya filthy animal.
* Area Knowledge- The Forest shows what it sees.
* (Dying Race)- Your Race is going extinct. Pre-chosen.
When Greg came across the Dying Race perk The Guide said, ''Very few Players have chosen this class so there are a limited number of Npc's available. No points are given for this Constriction either.'' Disappointed with this Greg said, ''Then I use my one DP for Majestic.'' He thought to himself, ''Just for laughs.'' The Guide chuckled and replied, ''Very well the next step is Character Design.''
Greg hurried through this feeling like he has wasted alot of time. He chose a brown horse body, with a toned but lithe Human upper body. His sculpted his face into a familiar sight that was his own. He changed his normal dark green eyes to a hazelnut-like color. Then his hair was maid into a long dark mess than went near his shoulders, and the color of it was a light black.
Once he had his character made The Guide suddenly said, ''Congratulations on your character for the game I hope you have a good time.'' Then everything started fading to black and Greg passed out.
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