A man in green surgery gown with surgical cap and mask was leaving the hospital, his slow and sluggish movements with slightly slump posture was indicative of a tiring day in hospital. He slowly removed the surgical cap showing his black hairs sticky with sweat. After removing his mask one could see water drops on his beard which condensed due to his mask. His beard was a neatly trimmed stark black in colour which gave him a rugged but handsome look. He was well built, one couldn’t believe he was a surgeon with fine and delicate hands.
[Ring Ring]
His phone rang and he picked it up in swift motion. Whoever was talking gave him some good news which immediately brought a smile on his face and a spring in his pace.
“They finally delivered our capsule, I had to break my wallet for it” muttered the man as he got inside his car.
His car stopped in front of a home which was pretty average looking from outside considering he was a surgeon. He parked the car in a garage below the house in slant underground leading parking garage.
He got out and immediately went inside the house with a smile on his face.
“They brought my sautan are you happy now” exclaimed a lady with a teasing smile on face.
(Sautan is a Hindi word meaning second wife)
The lady was waiting for him with some papers in hand and a smile which will make many people gasp. She was a very attractive woman with a body that seemed to have been carved by Brahma himself.
(Brahma is a god of creation in Hindu culture)
The man replied by giving a peck on her cheeks as he took the papers and examined them in a hurry.
“I already wait for you to spend more time with me after hospital and now you brought this game capsule, how will I ….” She complained to him with a pout on her face and an angry expression which only made her look more cute.
“That’s why I brought for both of us and with the changing society we have to be updated, you know” the man interrupted her with a grin on his face and pulled her inside the home and the door closed after them.
He pulled her to the capsules which had already been fitted in their gym room as it had some spare space and was out of way. He pointed at the capsules and said in a proud manner. “Behold the future of gaming”
The man opened the capsule with his hand print which was scanned and with a fizzing sound it opened with some vapours leaking near the feet.
“I will show you how it will work” he tried to show to the lady next to him but she immediately stopped him.
“See what did I tell you, first you go fresh up, we have dinner, you tell me about your day, then we will see what is this death machine” she emphasised each sentence and tugged his sleeve as she pulled him away with a smile on her face.
after few minutes the man came to the dinning table with half wet hairs and started gobbling food stuffing it as fast as possible. The lady mocked him, “finished with your bird bath!! And eat slowly nobody is snatching your food and capsule” she said as she tore a pice of chapati and stared eating with a slight chuckle.
After 20 minutes they once again gathered at the capsules side by side. Inside the capsule was a headset with attached helmet adorned with a visor which was opaque. It had a swimsuit like body wear which had multitude of wires coming out of it the capsule suit was till the chin and above it would be the helmet with visor. Inside the capsule the physical function of body will be almost absent like a deep sleep but mental function will be extremely stimulated. That’s why it was advised for a 30 min exercise for a session of 12 hours in the capsule to keep the body fit.
After some more coaxing and persuasion the lady entered the capsule and the man helped her put on the suit carefully and then he entered his own capsule.
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(DING) “Welcome to the primordial world.
Please wait while your body is being synced.
You can enter you name here to create an account. Be careful once you enter name and register you can not change anything nor create a new account as your account is bound with your body.” A pleasant but mechanical sound in feminine tone rang directly in the mind.
The man was standing in bright room with a rotating sync icon but when he tried to look at his hand and body it was like a wisp of vapour. No shape no features. He was surprised but he had some experience from previous virtual games.
After a few seconds his body materialised in the shape that he was in real world. He looked just like the real him, every imperfection every detail so surreal that he was astonished at the quality, he felt as it he is in front of a real mirror watching himself. Every sense of his body was working as if he actually was walking in a bright room albeit vacant.
(DING)
“Please put your name here”. A translucent but clear screen appeared in front of his eyes with keyboard and a name space.
He typed “Amrit”
(DING)
“Thank you for registering Amrit, enjoy this world as a new world awaits your discovery”
This game was launched today along with the capsule, they both came in pair and today was the release day. When the logged in it already had been a few minutes since the release.
Slowly the light faded and he found himself in a dark room that was slightly bigger than a living room with stone walls covered with moss and wild grass in abundance. He tried walking and it felt very natural to him. The world and atmosphere around him felt so real that he had to touch the wet moss on the wall to make sure he is in a game. His finger tips caressed the moss and he was startled the could feel the cold moss with wet surface and smooth creamy texture, it was like an actual real moss. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing and feeling. It felt as if he was in a real world.
He had to take sometime taking in this new atmosphere. His busy life in the hospital, constant work to help his patients, a noble work albeit tiring. This was like a vacation but from his room.
After enjoying this feeling for a while he waited for some instructions or tutorial but nothing changed.
Instinctively he said “Status”
(Ding)
Name- Amrit
Race - not chosen
Class- not selected
Level- 0 (Exp-0%)
Hp. -10
Mp. -5
Sta. -5
Str. - 2
Int. - 2
Agi. - 2
His stats were base low ‘I think it’s cause I haven’t selected a class and race yet so my stats haven’t been adjusted yet but I like this sense of unrestrained freedom of choice’ Amrit thought to himself after seeing his stats.
“Inventory” he said softly
(DING)
A translucent box with 50 smaller boxes in it came into view. In the first row there were some items. He touched the first item which looked like a card with a four faced head.
(Bramha’s race selection card) a red coloured tint around the card suggested it was a mythic grade item.
In games there are grades of equipment:
# White- Common grade in the primordial world they called it smith-craft items.
# Blue- Rare- master-craft items.
# Violet- Epic- Grandmaster-craft items.
# Orange- Legendary- Wishwakarma-craft items.
# Red- Mythic- Brahma-craft items.
The rarity increases in the same order. Wishwakarma’s items were world level treasures which could change a players destiny, play style and they could grow along with the player.
As for Brahma’s items they could change the laws of universe and space time could bend to it.
They were so powerful and rare that they were only in legends and lore of gods of this world.
‘I will use my race selection card and select my race and see what options are available’ Amrit thought.
He selected the use option on the card.
(DING)
Please select a race, your options are:
1. Human. 2) Naga. 3) Dwarf.
4) Elf. 5) Daityavansh 6) Ardhamanaw.
“Before choosing I will see what are each races and their specialty” mumbled Amrit.
1. Human: Descendants of Sapt rishis (seven saints) who are well versed in all arts. Their physical traits are only above elves, they are cunning , ambitious, average magical aptitude, average mechanical aptitude, overall a well balanced race.
2) Naga: Residents of Nagalok, their upper half is human and lower half is snake like with a strong
Tail. They are masters of poison and illusion arts. Physically very strong but slow to move. They
Can live on both land and in water although their power and speed is greatly enhanced in water. They supply most of they array formations used everywhere.
3) Dwarf: Residents of the great mountains, stout but hardy, no magic but extremely talented in mechanical aspects, their constructs are formidable, great forge masters, heavy weapon experts,
Physically very strong comparable to 2 humans. They supply all the weapons and armour along with artifacts.
4) Elf: Residents of the great banyan forest land, they are thin, tall, magically gifted, physically weakest race. They are very harmonious with nature and their life span is 3 times that of a human. They rarely interact with outsiders and very secretive of their magic arts. Their druids are famous for healing incurable sicknesses.
5) Daityavansha: Residents of patalloka filled will negative energy, they are evil creatures who only for destruction of the devas, they are descendants of true danawas and they are well versed in both magic and strength. They often have many strange and peculiar mutations. They thirst for domination over all life forms and rule over swargloka.
6) Ardhamanwa: half human and half beasts they roam every possible place, very versatile and can specialise in many fields depending on their type of beast half’s, they can evolve in more superior and powerful forms, a true jack of all trades. They are susceptible to allures of both devas and danawas. They can often be seen on the front lines of both armies as vanguard.
After reading these descriptions he saw another line in bright red.
( All races have various variations and quirks which are given randomly )
It means there is always a precedent of luck involved. After thinking for quite a while Amrit moved his fingers……
“I will choose to be an elf” he said confidently and selected the use option. However…….