Raymond Archer grew up in an orphanage ever since his parents died when he was 2 years old. There were no known relatives to take Raymond in, so the child protection agency had to give up Raymond to the orphanage.
Raymond was a hardworking child. Not only was he hardworking, but gaining knowledge had always interested him. The orphanage would "home school" the children living there. And Raymond was eager to learn. If Raymond wasn't studying, he would be helping out around the orphanage. He did not expect any sort of rewards since he was doing it from the bottom of his heart. If there was no one to help, he would just train his body. He had believed that him having a strong and agile body would enable him to help people faster and efficiently.
As a result for helping anybody in need, Raymond was accepted by everybody. He never had any troubles with the older kids in the orphanage. And the neighbors that they had had always accepted the work that Raymond offered them. As another result, he was accepted throughout their neighborhood.
At the age of 16 Raymond, or Ray, as everyone had called him; grew up to be a fairly nice looking man. He had a height of 5.9 Ft (about 180 cm) He had a short slicked backed hair, which he was proud of. His hair was dark brown, almost black actually. He had a clean handsome face. He had a well built body as a result from all his training. He had a fairly light skin tone, he wasn't tanned nor was he pale. Women would instantly admire him, but not to the point where women would throw themselves at him.
At age 17, Ray left the orphanage to join the the U.S. Army.
Ray did not have a proper education, but Ray was a smart guy. Even though he was "home schooled" at the orphanage, he had gotten his GED at the age of 16.
Since Ray had A GED and he had a well built body. He was more than qualified to enlist in the army.
Ray passed the Basic Combat Training with flying colors. Ray was now eligible for benefits, which he fully took advantage of.
After 2 years in the military, Ray has gotten all that he needed from the military, knowledge, strength, perseverance and will power.
Ray had only one challenge left that he promised himself that he would complete. And that is to become a United States Army Ranger.
2 months of grueling and nasty training, Ray persevered and finished Ranger School.
After being in the Army, Ray was eligible for scholarships at some fairly decent Universities, they weren't Harvard or Yale or high end Universities like that, but the scholarships that he received were fairly close.
Raymond enrolled and got a full scholarship at new college focused on Virtual Reality "StrawMat University" The university was solely focused on Virtual Reality.
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Ever Since the very first VRMMORPG "Square One" by "Ouroboros Corp" came out last year, it was mostly the only thing people talked about.
"Square One" wasn't the first virtual reality however. Virtual reality first came out five years ago. Its usage were somewhat limited, they were mainly used for interacting with other people in Virtual reality and for playing simple board games like chess and backgammon and what not. So the "Egg" which was the device that lets you connect to virtual reality, was cheaper than most people expected. So almost anyone can get their hands on the "Egg" as the name implies, its shaped like an egg big enough so that a person can fit in. Inside would be a very comfortable bed in which the person lays in and headgear on which the person puts on.
2 more weeks until classes at his university started. Ray, which got a decent amount of money from his 2 years, almost 3 years at the army, rented an apartment near his university, which the army payed for 2 years. after that, Ray was on his own. He had to provide his own provisions of course like food, water and clothing's.
"Square One" had always peeked his interests ever since it came out a year ago. And since he was enrolling in a school fully dedicated to Virtual Reality, and since playing "Square One" was the latest trend. Ray had to purchase an "Egg" and the game "Square One"
He slipped inside the egg, an equipped his headgear. A young man's voice then came, not deep, but not high pitched either, it was a calm tone that had told him
"Retina scan shows that this is the first time you have used the 'Egg'. Would you like to register?"
"Yes" Ray answered
"Registration Complete, would you like a tutorial on how to operate inside the 'Egg'?" asked the voice.
"No, Please connect me to 'Square One'".
And so Ray's journey to leave a mark on "Square One" begins
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Authors note: Btw guys, the things here aren't really based on anything, so please don't bash me for using the US army and what not. I'm not even sure on the benefits of joining the army and such. I just used it to show how tough and hardworking our MC is. I hope you guys enjoy.
P.S. Im really new at this, so I'm not sure how the table works entirely works. so yeah. bear with me