After shutting off the computer, I quickly open the box to reveal what seems to be a metal helmet. So they used a helmet design. I was expecting some sort of sci-fi glasses or something but a helmet works too I guess. I pick up the helmet and inspect it for a while. Where the eyes would be, there’s a visor. It make me think this is actually an augmented reality console, but whatever. There’s a switch on the right side of it. This must be the power switch, pretty simple. The insides of the helmet is padded which helps a lot. I don’t want to get a sore neck from playing all day. On the top of the helmet is a socket, probably used for charging There’s a cord in the box, it probably goes in here.. It probably has a battery but since I won’t be moving it anywhere, I may as well always keep it charging. I don’t want it running out of battery after all.
I put down the helmet and pick up the manual. What? of course I’m gonna read the manual. I’m not some sort of idiot who jumps into a game that involves the manipulation of the brain without at least reading the manual. The manual gave a pretty easy explanation of how to set it up. Just put it on, turn it on and the helmet will help you through the rest. ah, it actually had the put it on part in the manual. People are idiots after all. Though it did mention something very interesting. There’s a time difference between virtual reality and reality. It seems that every five days spent in virtual reality is equivalent to one day in reality. That is some impressive technology, guess not every person is an idiot after all.
After finishing the manual, I took the helmet along with the charging cord, over to my bed, plugged it in and turned it on. Before you ask, I put it on and laid down on my bed before turning it on unlike some idiot.
After turning it on, the visor in front of my eyes lit up, but not bright enough to hurt my eyes but more of a blue hue over everything. In big white letters, The letters VGS appeared on the screen. Niston was always a fan of big white letters. The letters soon faded only to be replaced with a some text.
No account detected. starting tutorial system.
After a few seconds, the text vanished. I felt a slight prick in my neck. Probably the system hooking up to my brain somehow. More text appeared on the visor.
scanning, please stay still
I patiently wait for the scanning to finish which takes about five minutes. It was a long, boring five minutes but it probably only has to be done once so it’s fine. The scanning text fades away to be replaced by more text but this time, it’s giving me instructions.
to access virtual reality say the keywords ‘virtual dive’
Finally! into the virtual world I go!
“virtual dive”
A small white spot appears in my the center of my vision. What this supposed to be? no flashy fireworks? no grassy fields? just a dot? The dot starts to expand until it covers my entire vision. As it does, I realize I no longer feel the fluffy softness of my bed and there’s a solid feeling on my feet. This must be virtual reality.
You are now in virtual reality. please proceed to create your account
To create your account, please say ‘create account’
“w-wha”
fuck! it didn’t scare me and I didn’t yelp. In front of is a flat semi-transparent screen with black words written on it. I try to touch but my hand just goes through it. There wasn’t any feeling to it. strange, it’s like a hologram. no, it is a hologram. I wasted enough time here already.
“create account”
the words on the screen start to move as if they are alive, it’s kinda creepy. The words move into the center of the screen to form a black dot. before reforming into a completely new sentence.
please state your name* this is your real name, not username
This must be for the subscription.
“Marcus Joles”
The word once again form into a black dot before reforming into a sentence. It’s gonna do that every time...
your name is ‘Marcus Joles’ correct?
It didn’t give me a keyword this time so I’ll just assume it’s a yes or no answer.
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“yes”
You now have a free account. You will be able to access your own virtual space and use the free decorations. More decorations can be bought at the shop. To do this say the keywords ‘open shop’. You will not be able to access Neverend Online with a free account
Would you like to subscribe for a premium account?
As money-grubbing as usual. But some of the money comes back to me so I guess it’s fine.
“yes”
please state your Niston bank details. If you have a voucher then please state ‘enter voucher’
The lifetime subscription came as a voucher so naturally I will enter the voucher.
“enter voucher”
please state voucher code
“VXY68U4G83RB”
How I managed to remember the voucher code you ask? It’s simple, only an idiot can’t remember a twelve character long code.
voucher code accepted. You now have an unlimited subscription.
Restrictions on the size of your virtual space has been lifted
Neverend Online can now be accessed
Good, it’s about time I get around to actually playing the game. As the screen in front of me disappears a wooden door appears in front of me. On the door, written in golden letters is Neverend Online. Before I go into the game, I open the shop interface and buy a pre-set theme along with some clothes. The white background was getting annoying and It was getting a bit uncomfortable to be naked all the time.
The virtual space starts to glow before warping into a well furnished living room. The room isn’t that big but that’s because I don’t really care for this room. I guess it’s good to rest or do work in due to the time difference but that’s it. I go to the wardrobe in the corner and take out a basic t-shirt and jeans. I dress myself as quickly as I can and head towards the door with golden letters.
I open the door and step through into… a white room… I’m sick of white rooms! As I was about to yell my disgust of white rooms, a girl falls from the sky, if you could call it that, and gently lands in front of me. The girl in question has long blonde hair, blue eyes and a HUGE rack. Not bad I guess. Her face is pretty average, more on the beautiful side than the ugly side of average which is a plus. I’ll give her a six. She picks up her head, looks me in the eyes as if judging and begins to speak.
“welcome traveller, I am your guide in transitioning your soul onto the other side”
So that’s the roleplay reason for character creation. I guess it had to be something but that’s quite a bit of roleplay for so early in the game.
“traveller, what gender would you like?”
She said this with a bland voice as if reading from a script while looking away and scratching her head. that tone of voice… She’s not very interested in this, is she? That’s a big change from her first sentence. What a pain, well, I don’t really care, let’s just get this over with.
“male”
“name?”
“Noah”
The reasoning behind my naming choice is quite simple. So simple in fact, I think even an idiot would be able pick up on the fact that what Noah from the bible achieved and what I will achieve is the same thing. Though I guess the only difference is that I only need to collect one of every animal while he had to collect two.
“race?”
This bugged me for a while, there were many races to choose from but for what I want, there wasn’t a race that gave a good advantage. For example, an elf would naturally be able to tame forest creatures easier due to their affinity with nature. This would be good normally, but I am aiming to tame every monster. That includes the undead and demons. Thus I decided to go for the most neutral race possible.
“human”
“any changes?”
“no”
There’s no point, I already wasted a lot of time, I just want to play already!
“starting town?”
“Restal”
According to the forums, there isn’t any difference in the starting towns so I just randomly chose.
“get going”
as she said this, light start to envelop me and my vision goes white. Just before I am transferred I hear a small whisper. It’s hard to work out but it sounds like it’s saying something about not only a six. God knows what that means.