Waking up after Another hard day of work, I think about if this really what I want to do with my life. My name Is Darin Ensula, and currently Im not doing very well with my life. The year Is 2120 and
you would think that poverty wouldn't exist at this point in time, right? Wrong. Im stuck in a one room apartment that's so small that the fridge takes up a quarter of the room, and the bed takes up another half.
Im a gaming fanatic and when it comes to games, they are the things that keep me happy. Through the course of 5 years, I have been saving up money to buy the headset, for the new vrmmorpg coming out next year called Void Heart online. The game doesent take place on a single planet, but multiple planets, and the endless frontier known as space.
As I crawl out of bed and put on some cloths from the closet that's embed into the wall, I walk out of
the cramped one room apartment. leaving the apartment complex I'm greeted by my neighbor Jacob. My neighbor is your average Stay at home gamer. He Doesn't have to work because his parents both have stable jobs.
"Morning Jacob", I casually say as I pass by him.
"Mornin", he says back.
Walking past him, I exit the building and look at the gray sky above. Seems like its going to rain today, I think to myself. Walking through the bustling streets, I stop at a traffic light and observe my surroundings. Most people are looking at
their cellphones and it could be said that no one is looking anywhere else. Hurrying to the building that I work at I bump into numerous people, some of which give me a glare that looks like I killed one of their family members. As I step into the building and sign in for work I proceed to walk into the elevator and click the button for the 7th floor. Exiting the elevator I am greeted by one of my workmates, who gives me a stack of papers. I sigh and begin to walk towards my desk. It seems that today is going to be a long day.
Leaving the building at the end of my workday, I start the long walk home. The moonlight beaming down on the empty streets,combined with the rain makes a very nice effect, and I begin to walk back to my apartment complex. Half way through the trip I begin to feel anxious and feel like im being watched, when suddenly I hear a someone shout at me.
"Hey man, You should stop walking." says a mysterious voice from behind
As I spin around to see the who spoke I turn around to see a man in his late 30's to 40's who seems to be holding
something behind his back.
I ask back, "why should i stop walking" and I immediately feel creeped out.The man pulls something out from his back, and as I strain my eyes to see what it is, I can make out the outline of an item. A gun, he has a gun pointed at me.
"Give me your money, or ill shoot you" He says
Well that escalated quite quickly, didn't it? As I'm freaking out in my head I think about what I can do in this situation.
If I try to run he'll obviously shoot me, and I'll be dead. If I give him my money, he may let me go but its not guaranteed.
trying to think of a solution to the problem that's unraveling before me I can hear the gunman turn the safety of the gun off.
"I'll give you a few more seconds to decide, and then there going to be bullet in your head, make up your mind" He shouts.
As I make my decision I tell him,"sure I'll give you my money OK? Just don't shoot me alright?" I Take out my wallet and stare at it.
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I can't believe I'm getting mugged right now, of all times. I sigh in my head. But as I throw the gunman my wallet, I hear a noise. Suddenly I feel a sharp pain in my chest and my view becomes hazy. Falling to the ground, I manage to look at my chest and see a hole the size of an eye. He shot me! I can't believe it, I even gave him my money, and he still shot me. Falling onto the cement I can see a pool of blood gathering. The pain that I'm feeling is like being run over by a train, but still being alive after. Looking up at the sky I curse the world, and as my breathing slows until it completly stops i shut my eyes.
Opening my eyes I'm floating in what seems to be an all black space. Looking around I can see tiny white specks that seem very far away from me.
So this is what death feels like, huh, I think to myself.I float there for what seems to be an eternity, and i lose track of the time that i've been here.
But suddenly I hear a voice calling out to me.
"NPC 001347689 active, beginning creation of character" a strange robotic voice says, the voice seemingly coming from all angles.
Following the voice a blue screen appears from thin air.
"What's this?"
Looking at the blue screen in front of me I see an array of what seems to be stats and my name.
Name: Rainer
race: Human
Money: 100 copper coins
HP:500
Mana:500
Exp:0/100
Vitality: 10
Endurance: 10
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Magic Ability: 10
Skills:
Job: none
Stat points: 0
3 years 6 months and 0 days until the release of Void Heart Online!
"This seems to be my status board huh." but there was something wrong. "Why is my name Rainer?".
I strictly remember that my was Darin, so why did it label me as Rainer? I also noticed that at the bottom it said
3 years and 6 months until the release of Void Heart Online. Suddenly a thought came to mind.
Was I reincarnated into Void Heart Online before the game was released? Another problem I had was... Why is there a status board! but before I had time to think about why my name was changed and if I was in Void Heart Online, I heard the robotic voice say something.
"Npc 001347689, welcome to Void Heart Online, the game will be released soon, so please be patient."
As soon as the sentence ended, my vision was obscured by a blinding light and I squeezed my eyes shut.
Opening my eyes again I found myself in the middle of a small city. Where am I? I look around and see
a sign. Despite the sign being in a different language, I could read it. The sign read as so,
Welcome to Avanti city.
As I was already here I decided to wander around the city and found out that all the people were NPC's.
Void Heart Online had taken so many years to produce because of the sheer size of the game. The players were not limited to A single planet but, entire galaxy's of planets. Another reason that the game took so long to produce was because of the way NPC's act. In most games the NPC's have a limited amount of things they can say, and are stuck to certain phrases. But in Void Heart Online the NPC's act as if they were real people. They have emotions and can say anything they want. The game also has smell, taste, touch and hearing, as if it were real life.
Deciding that It would be a good idea, I tried to strike up a conversation with a random NPC on the street.
"Hello sir, how's your day going?" I ask.
"My day is going pretty well, thanks for asking!" the NPC replies.
"How's your, day going?" he asks back.
"My day isn't going very well." I reply in a sad voice.
"Oh... Well then I hope your day gets better." he says as he walks away.
Wow! The NPC's really are interactable I think to myself. Walking around some more
I stumble upon a store that seems to be selling bandages and guns. Walking in I can see
what looks like pistols and assault rifles, but they look more futuristic, as if they use energy.
I suddenly remembered that Void Heart Online was not set in a medieval setting, but in a futuristic era.
Guns and advanced tech should not be rare here, as there was electricity in this world.
Taking a good looking assault rifle from a shelf, I bring it up to the cashier.
"Excuse me I would like to buy this." I say as I slide the assault rifle onto the counter.
"That will be 250 copper coins please" he says back.
As I hear the price, I think to myself, why is a gun so expensive!
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