“Excuse me miss, it's been almost an hour now, would you like me to move you to the bar?” A waitress asked a young woman at the top of a restaurant. From where she and the woman sat, the view of the entire city was encapsulated in the background.
The young woman was dressed in black, skin tight leather pants and jacket that highlighted her busty chest and curvaceous waist. Her jacket was open, displaying a girth of cleavage bursting out from her tank top she was wearing underneath.
Adjusting her yellow sunglasses that matched her bleach blond hair, the woman looked up at the waitress from her holographic pad.
“No I’ll be just fine thank you” She said “I can hear a groaning hovercycle that sounds like it's getting closer and closer, my date will be here soon.”
“But mam we are over 10,000 feet in the air you shouldn’t be able to hear any...”
“GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!”
Spinning around the waitress watched as a spiky headed teen drove over the side of the building levitating above them.
Turning his vehicle in midair, he spun it landing perfectly on a spire in the center of the restaurant's roof.
Without wasting a breath, he jumped down from the top, landing in his seat next to his date.
“Juicy” Ken said, winking at the woman.
The woman shook head rolling her eyes at him.
“It’s been a while Maya, was your chest always sticking out like that?” Ken asked
“Tsk! I’d ask you if your thing was always sticking out of your pants, but we both know the answer to that” Maya said, shaking her head.
“Sorry to interrupt” The waitress said “But what can I get you guys to drink?” She asked
“I’ll take your finest tequila straight” Maya answered
“And for you?” The waitress asked
“Give me a mango smoothie!” Ken yelled.
“Sir? Are you sure you don’t want an alcoho”
“Please” Maya said “Just get him a smoothie… Do you really wanna see a guy like him drunk?”
“Heh what’s that supposed to mean!” Ken sneered
“Look Ken, I called you here for a reason, for one why did you get this game, and for two how the hell did you get that sword?”
“Well to answer your first question, some weird old guy gave me the game for free! Console and everything! So I thought why not? And as for the sword, I was just lucky I guess.”
“Luck doesn't begin to describe it! What exactly did this old man say?”
He said “I’ve become too old for this game kid, how about it? Come over to my basement and try it out. If you like it the game is yours!”
“What! So you're in an old man's basement right now!” Maya exclaimed
“Yeh… what's the big deal?”
“Geez you're an idiot!” Maya said, shaking her head. “You don’t think this old man has you playing this game for an ulterior motive?”
CHUCKACHUCKCHUCKA!
An aircraft carrying a man and a horde of soldiers hovered above them.
“K.O!” “The name is Shen Wei Zao! I’ve come from the far lands of…”
“Ulterior motive? What reason would an old man have to trick a kid into playing a game?” Ken asked
“I have no idea! But one thing I do know! If I was an old man, you'd be the last person I would want over my house! Something definitely up here.”
“And now I have finally come to….Hey! Are you two listening to me?”
“Maya” Ken said “You think too much, let's just sit back and enjoy our drinks!”
“Open fire!” Shen ordered his soldiers
Ken drew his cyberblade blocking the attacks from Shen’s soldiers without even looking at him.
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“Yeh your right…” Maya said “It's been a rough week at work I need to take a load off” She said taking a gulp of her Tequila.
“What! He’s blocking my attacks without even looking at me! What the hell! I didn't want to have to but let's launch a missile!”
“Tsk sorry to bug you I know you’re off duty” Ken said “But do you mind dealing with our little friend up there,
“You can’t do anything by yourself can you?” Maya said standing up. “Tsk! Another commando class with an aircraft and soldiers, people just don’t want to fight with their own skill anymore” Maya said.
Wooooshhhhhh!
A missile was launched towards their table.
“Typical” Maya sighed “You didn’t even bother to hover over my class did you?” She asked
Maya touched the side of her glasses aiming directly at the missile. After a flash went off from her sunglasses the missile changed direction aiming back at Shen.
Name Rank Class Main hand Off hand Health Guild
Maya
Crimson Viper
Bronze
Lvl 30 Engineer
Lvl 30 Hacker
Hacking console
(Lvl 30)
Spheres
Autohack(non player)
Fast Hack(non player)
HyperScanner(player)
Atlas(T.C.A)
Lvl 30
6482 Megabusters
“What! A Hacker class? That’s impossible! You have to be level 60 to be a hacker! This world should be capped at 30!”
BOOOOM!
The aircraft exploded along with Shen and his soldiers.
“What!” Ken said “Why didn’t I get any exp from that!” Ken remarked
“You have to do damage to get exp, no Juicy for you!” Maya laughed
“Wait what was that about classes and level caps?”
“What do you care about? You’re going to forget everything I say anyway” Maya said
“Yeh that's true but I want to know! You’ve always been good at explaining things, Sometimes I just like hearing you talk” Ken said
“Stupid: Maya said blushing
“I have no idea why but for some reason you invited 10,000 random players to this world. One by one their popping up fighting with each other as well as interrupting candle lit dinners all in an efforts to get that blade”
“The max level cap for this planet is 30. Meaning anyone over the level thirty can’t enter, also anyone over level 30 cannot gain experience here.”
“Wait that makes no sense…what level are you?” Ken asked
“60” Maya said. “I’m a level 60 Hacker”.
“Then how are you in this world?”
“A level reducing attachment, Zephyr’s Tiara, automatically reduces your skills HP and abilities to the level of your world. With this anyone can come here.”
“Wait a minute… so you mean I invited level 99! Players here! Oh man that's gonna be a pain in the ass!”
“I don’t think they would bother” Maya said “They have too much to lose for a mere weapon, even if it is the best one”
“What do you mean?” Ken asked
“At the highest levels people are specialized, in other words, they have maxed out all of their abilities on a specific weapon. Your cyberblade may be the strongest but it’s not the most versatile. For example I’m a hacker who uses techno abilities and a virtual avatar as my weapon. What use do I Have for a cyberblade?”
“I see…”
“The highest level players are highly specialized and are grinding day in and out, they don’t have time to chase down a player in another world and battle thousands of others in hopes of getting a blade. Not to mention the high risk of dying.”
“High risk?
“Without access to the high level skills and abilities, a max level player becomes vulnerable, and if they lose a fight they lose their main hand weapon, a risk not worth taking.”
“Well that's a relief” Ken said gulping down his smoothie.
“If I was a high level player, right now I would be watching you, watching you carefully, and waiting to see where you go. Or… I’d use my power and influence to hire someone to come after you”
“So why did you come here?”
“I came here because I know you all too well, you're the type to skip all the details and get right to the action, I came here to teach you the mechanics of the game so you don’t lose that sword! You’ve been lucky so far, you have only been targeted by single players, if you play against a party things will be different.”
“But that's exactly why I invited all those players! This whole place is gonna be one giant party! Who cares if I lose this sword it's just a videogame!”
”This is far from just a videogame” Maya said. “That sword of yours is worth millions of dollars, a player would kill you IRL for that sword.”
“Wait… of in game dollars??”
“No, in real life dollars, this dinner we are eating, these clothes we are wearing, these are all bought with real money”
“Whaaat! Why the hell would anyone pay for a cyber dinner?” Ken said
“Well Cyber dinners for one are cheaper in the real world since they don’t require any raw materials, also they taste better because they are designed to activate specific portions of your senses on an intimate level. When you add in the fact that most people do not have the looks or social skills to invite people out to dinner normally it makes perfect sense why people would pay for it in game.
“That’s ridiculous!” Ken said finishing his smoothie. “I’ve gotta say though, that smoothie was incredibly Juicy! Are you saying you can eat and live life here like its reality?”
“What do you think I do for a living? I’m a technical engineer, I make weapons in game using the games mining system, and I get paid real dollars to do so.”
“Whattttt!”
“Ken, the cyber world is becoming realer than the real one, the graphics are so much better, and now even life is starting to transcend the real.”
“That blade you have on your back isn’t just a gateway to the top levels of this game, it's a gateway to fame and riches, in the real as well as the cyber one.”
“Wait do you hear that?” Ken asked
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
“Whooo yeh!”
“RUUUUF!”
“Aweee Baby!!”
Two men with hovercycles drove up the side of the building just like Ken had landing onto the tables in the restaurant. As they crashed into the scene food and debris went everywhere, causing a crowd of NPCs to run away in a frenzy.
“Hey! I’m trying to have a conversation here!” Ken barked
“Oh I’m sorry was this a bad time? Let me light you another candle!” One of the men said. He had a crazy Mohawk that split down the center of his head all the way down to the center of his back. Snapping his fingers He set the table Ken and Maya was sitting at on fire.
Name Rank Class Main hand Off hand Health Guild
???
BAAD!
Daimond
Lvl 30 Pyromancer
Flame Console (X)
Lvl 30
Cyro pistol (X)
8972 Bad Meets Evil
“Ken we have to get out of here right away! These guys are bad news!” Maya yelled jumping away from the fire
“Huh? Why is that?”
“They’re the notorious level 99 duo! Bad and evil!”
“Yo K.O Give us the blade… or this is gonna get ugly…” A man with a shaved head and piercing yelled.
Name Rank Class Main hand Off hand Health Guild
???
EVIIIL
Daimond
Lvl 30 Grappler
Lvl 30 gravmaster
Grav console(X)
Lvl 30
30,000 Bad Meets Evil
“If by ugly you mean worse than your haircuts… I might take you up on that.” Ken retorted
“Ken, get to your hovercycle! These guys are way out of your league! Without understanding the games mechanics you don’t have a chance! Look at your health, you already have a status ailment!”
“Damnit! Then teach me, as we go along” Ken said taking out his cyberblade
“Yehh there it is!” The Mohawk man said opening his right hand. A blaze of fire erupted inside of it.
“Here’s a new plan, get my hovercycle and we ride out of here, I’ll hold these guys off. If you lose your main hand weapon you’ll be an easy target at your level. Ken said. “If I lose mine I still have a long time to build myself up.”
“Ken!”
“What’s wrong Maya? Things are just starting to get juicy, don’t let me down”
“Ok! Just hold on for 30 seconds!” Maya said “Atlas! Protect Ken!” She yelled.
A blue giant digitally appeared out of thin air towering over Ken. His shadow enveloped the two men who were approaching Ken.
“So you three against us three huh?”
“Three?” Ken asked
“Rufus! Go now!”