Todd woke up the next morning grabbed some breakfast and was about to call Dustin to come pick him up. When he decided to log on his computer and put in another entry. He had almost finished his entry when he got an email notification. He checked the new message and his mouth fell open and he didn't realize Dustin had walked over and had been talking to him for the last 5 minutes trying to get his attention. A slow smile crept across his face . Dustin thought his friend had lost it untill Todd had slowly gotten up out of the chair and asked his friend to sit and read what was on the screen.

Now it was Dustin's mouth that fell open in a comical O. He read the screen out loud Congratulations Todd you have just won the Grand Prize The Emperor's Pod with the Collector's Edition of Avalon Online. Not just that no one knew it but the winner of the Grand Prize also recieved 2 full weeks of early access, and his new Pod will be fully patched and updated and arrive in 2 weeks. They both turned to each other and smiled. Think about what they just gave you 2 weeks before any one of us regular players that's like a gamers dream Dustin said. Todd hadn't realized he had been given the two week early access , Todd smiled and his grin widened and he looked like the cat that got the cream.

Sure enough 2 weeks later the Emperor's Pod had arrived first class Drone Delivery. Todd couldn't wait to play . He rushed over and got Dustin to help him Gently move it into his room , it took them 3 hours to completely add all of its moduals , plug in the power and add all of Todd's promotional codes. He marveled at how remarkable his new gaming rig looked , he slowly slid the cover open and noticed that the pod had a bluish green gel lining the inside. Todd pulled out the first time use manual and read how to get started , he slid his body into the device and as the instructions stated took his shirt off and threw it on his bed so the device could get use to his body. After 15 minutes of syncing with the machine the internal green light lit up. Todd pressed it , and immediately a disclaimer appeared in front of him stating by using the game and Emperor's Pod Matt entertainment wasn't responsible for death or any injury's.

He hit accept on the virtual keyboard and the moment he did total and complete blackness overtook him . A few seconds later he awoke and heard a female voice , Welcome Player to Avalon Online, commensing with startup , startup complete please choose a race , this was a no brainer for Todd had finished all the recon and late nights staying up reading which made this decision a piece of cake . He chose Void Elf . The system message read Congratulations you have chosen Void Elf, in addition to your races base stats your collector's addition of the game has rewarded you with double stats + 20 to intelligence + 20 to Stamina + 40 to Vitality + 20 to wisdom + 20 to charisma + 20 to dexterity + 20 to agility +30 to luck. Todd then played around with character customization , in the end he chose a slender frame, some muscles but only enough to make it seem like his real body . A message soon appeared in front of him , please name your character , Todd smiled and thought GrimmFrost another message popped up. Do you want your name to be GrimmFrost, yes / no. Todd thought yes in his mind . The last message popped up congratulations you have created a character would u like to go thru training yes / no Todd thought no , it was always better to discover how stuff worked on his own thru trial and error. A short video played depicting some of the lore and game play , by the time he had finished he was ready to do some experimenting with what he was going to do first . He thought about it for a few more moments when the world sprang into life all around him , Todd looked at his hands , his arms , the graphics weren't just awesome they were life like. And he realized what had been missing , he normally wore glasses but he could see better in the game without them than in real life. Todd chuckled as he slowly walked around taking in all of the things going on around him. He could see the fish in the nearby lake, he could even hear insects , birds , and feel a warm breeze on his face ,which was very nice since outside it was 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Todd checked all around him for his new starter gear and was puzzled he couldn't find it . He then noticed a blinking icon in the middle of his user interface amidst a jumble of other icons . Todd re arranged the icons and skill bars so they would be a lot more organized and finally opened the blinking mail icon and inside it read welcome GrimmFrost to Avalon Online we hope you greatly enjoy the game and attached to this letter are all your promotional items. Smiling like a fox I took them out 1 at a time and equipped them . After 5 minutes of fidgeting around with my new gear , which looked simply amazing , granted they didn't give you extra damage or armor but they did look amazing my armor was midnight black leather with twin daggers 1 with a fire aura and the other an ice aura. The skin on the daggers was epic , both looked like reborn phoenix's with there wings as the guard

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