It is currectly the year 2034. The humans are still the leading and only "intelligent" race. In terms of scientific progress we have progressed by leaps and bounds since let us say, 20 years ago. But sadly that scientific progress is limited to warfare technology and entertainment industry. Well, it isn't as if there was no progress elsewhere, it's just that it's minuscule compared to the progress in the afforementioned fields.

A product that is being classified as an invention of the entertainment industry, but its possibilities are endless really, was currently being advetised on TV all over USA- the first VRMMORPG ever created. The long awaited first VRMMORPG was successfully created by a rather small company, not very known in the entertainment world, Pandora Entertainment.

The first batch of VR gear was limited to 100 000 units and scheduled to be released in a months time.

Synyster Gates was watching the commercial dumbfoundedly. It just felt surreal and it did drop out of the blue. There were no reports on the progress in this field. All the public knew about this was that research was in progress, but the stage of research was unknown.

- Arcadia is set in the most beloved age for the RPG genre, the middle ages. The combination of swords, magic and epic creatures has been, and still is, this genres favorite setting. But there is also some bad news, you can't have good without the bad, and the other way around.

The price of the game unit has been set at 10 000$. Yes, you heard right, the gaming unit costs 10000$. That must have doused quite some fires out there. But since there is no competition on the market, the Pandora Entertainment are free to do as they wish, so it could be said we are lucky the price has been set at 10000$ and not 20000$ or more.-

And thus the newsfeed was over.

Synyster needed a few minutes for it all to sink in after which he called his mother.

"Hey mom. How's it going? Is pops doing ok?"

"Hi sweetie. Well isn't this a nice surprise, you haven't called in ages."

"It wasn't that long mom. Besides, with the amount I have to learn, you should count yourself lucky I even called now."

"Haha sweetie, what are you talking about? You and I both know that's not true, so would you stop with the charade and say what you need?"

"Sharp as ever, I see. So, I need some money."

"Thought so. And how much do you need?"

"Umm, well, uhh, 5000$?"

"What? Did you get yourself into trouble? I warned you to stay out of trouble, but you just had to do it, huh? Do you ever think of other people? Of me, for example? Did you ever stop to think why I told you not to get into trouble? Did it occur to you that I'm worried about you?"

"Wowowowoah, just a second, let me finish, okay? So there's this new gear that could help me with my studies, and it costs 10000$. It has all the school stuff there and time runs at a pace 3 times slower than in reality. So it would help me immensely. Besides I could use it later for work too, with that gear my options are infinite."

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"It's for that stupid new game they've been airing for the last hour, isn't it? Forget it!"

"Oh come on! Please, give me the money, I'll do anything."

"Are you sure? If that's how it is then okay, but you'll have to come home for every holiday till you graduate from college."

"What? But mom, you know I don't like our cousins. As if it weren't bad enough I come for New Year. That brat Brad is impossible to deal with."

"Do you want the money or not?"

"Tch, yes, but you have to transfer it to my account today."

"No problem. I'll take care of it right now. Goodbye, sweetie. See you at Thanksgiving!"

"Tch, bye."

And so 2 hours later he ordered his gear and all that was left was to wait for the delivery.

***

Immediately after installing the gear, he lay on the bed and turned it on. After the link was established, he felt something like suction pull him into a vortex of some sort and the next thing he knew he was in a room filled with mirrors.

'Wow, this has got to be a spectrophobiacs worst nightmare' he thought to himself.'

Right after that he heard a female robotic voice, but he couldn't see anyone.

"Welcome to the world of Arcadia. I will guide you through the character creation process. Do note that any changes will not be possible after a character has been created, so choose wisely. 

First of all, choose a nickname."

"Syn"

"Choose a race. There are 4  races to choose from, with some of them having sub-species:

-Humans inhabit the majority of the continent. They are the most balanced race, but because of them not being specialized in anything, they a slower growth rate skillwise.

-Halflings are a race that is hard to see, because they aren't trusty of strangers. There are 2 sub-species of Halflings:

1.Dwarfs are master craftsmen, even though they have short stubbly legs and arms, their hands are very dexterous and nimble, thus enabling them the most detailed handiwork. Their strength is also nothing to laugh at.

2.Goblins are extremely greedy creatures. They would sell their souls for a few gold coins. Goblins are proficient at bartering, scamming and pickpocketing.

-Elves are the most beautiful of creatures. They used to be a united race, but because of a conflict long forgotten they have branched into 2 sub-species:

1.Wood elves are agile and have dextrous arms. Do not be fooled by their delicate and pure appearance as you might turn into a pincushion. Masters of archery.

2.Dark elves are masters of magic and they excel at summoning magic. Prefer darkness to light.

-Werewolves are halfbreeds between wolves and humans. In the beginning the humans were the weakest of races, thus to become stronger they have tried to breed humans with wolves. After countless of failures they succeeded at last, thus they created the vilest and strongest of predators."

"Now choose a race."

"Werewolf"

"Would you like to customize your appearance?"

"Ummm, make my hair white. The whole body. Now that's more like it."

"You have successfully created your character. Embark on your adventure and create your legend. May the stars guide your way."

The scenery around him started to change and he appeared in the werewolf starting village, Crowley.

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This is my first attempt to write something. I think my grammar isn't that bad, but I think the story does need some makeover. If anyone gets this far I hope you will leave a comment. I have the general layout figured out, but I'm open to suggestions.