The starry battlefield was colored by the explosions of missed shots, the fight was in full swing, two teams fighting for supremacy in a thick asteroid belt. “Careful of IMayReap! She’s on the left flank holding off Nogard!” Was sent through the team channel, the current shot-caller was MechAzz a girl who had struggled with her team to reach the top, and the number one ranked sniper in the world.
She fired several shots out into the starry expanse, blocking incoming beam shots with her own high-output beam rifle. “We just have to hold out until All-Bounder manages to flank them!” She was concise with her orders, having complete confidence in this team that had gotten to the final battle of the world Championship.
“Did someone call for me?” They all heard through the com call as a pair of majestic wings of energy flapped forth from the back of his mecha, his signature move, a high output engine’s exhaust being used to drive his mecha into overdrive, he rushed through the enemy ranks, taking out all of them, 4 mecha falling in a moment in his assault, but then another mecha came out of nowhere to clash with his, a dark red one wielding a beam scythe.
The second they clashed he woke up, his head lifting off of the desk with start… “Why did I have to dream about those times again?...” He mumbled, looking at the Mecha model he’d been painting before falling asleep, it seemed to be in good condition still so he sighed and stood up.
“Hey Ti!” He heard a somewhat muffled voice call from outside of his house, it was his best friend Josh, also known as ‘TheMadRaven’ in VRMMO circles, he was the number one ranked Paladin for several games now, always being a split between healer and tank allowing him to make up for the poor game play of his peers ‘I don’t trust anyone but me to do the job right’ Was his motto, thankfully his high APM and situational awareness allowed him to do this without trouble.
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His name is Arthur Tian, and his friends just call him Ti. Ti opened the window and leaned out, looking at Josh standing there and waving, “What do you need Josh?” Ti asked, eyes half lidded, a bit of stubble growing on his face, he didn’t take care of himself very well it seemed.
“You know why I’m here, I gotta make you give up that self loathing shit somehow right?” He grinned and held up a game card, on it was the symbol for the game that would encompass the next 5 seasons. This world has grown past war, ever since we had created a verdant colony on the moon and the war that happened after between the moon and earth it had been decided that to stop tragedy like that from happening again the world’s problems would be solved using games as a medium for war. 5 years ago the game in question had been ‘Moonflare’, a mech piloting simulation game, and he had been ‘All-Bounder’ the number one ranked pilot in the game, someone who had done a little bit of everything and mixed it together in a way that shined greatly..
“So what? You want me to jump on the bandwagon for the new game?” Ti sighed and leaned on the window a bit more. “You tried this after Moonflare went down Josh those VRMMO games aren’t really my thing, the only reason I played Moonflare is cause I love Mecha.”
“Come on Ti, last season the Luna Colony whupped us! ‘IMayReap’ murdered us last time in the tournaments!” IMayReap, such a nostalgic name, Ti had fought that person many times, and it was always a close match as they had alternated number One and Two in Moonflare.
“So what do you want me to do about it?” Ti asked once more, to Josh who just shook his head. “Look just give it a try alright? You don’t have to play but just try it you might like it!” Josh called out, and Ti walked away from the window, leaving his house and walking through the small little yard to the gate he opened it and held his hand out.
“I’ll try it, no promises though.” Josh placed the card in Ti’s hand but didn’t let go right away. “Just give it your all like you did back then alright? If you do I’m sure you’ll have fun and do great.” Josh smiled and let go of the disk before walking off. “My name will be the same as always, game service starts tomorrow but you can make your character today.” He waved and turned a corner, leaving Ti by himself to close the gate and go back inside.
> A/N: Just a prologue to see if theres any interest in my story really, I'm hoping to be posting a chapter a week. But I also stream gameplay most of the week so we'll see if I can do that!