*Panting*

I looked behind the carcass of the monster boss. There I saw a palm sized glass sphere with a mysterious dark liquid swirling inside.

A feeling of incredible joy swelled up inside me. "I did it! You kind gentlemen did a wonderful job, I pray for your souls." I said while looking back at the mutilated body's of my 'party'. Then noticing my bloodied blade I swiped in a wide arch leaving a trail of blood. "Now I hope you all don't mind me taking the prize my deceased friends."

I was feeling great and humming as I approached the treasure. "Oh, the trouble I went through for you." I said giggling like a school girl as I reached out to claim the fruit of my labor. But the moment my fingers touched the smooth surface. *Crakkkk!!!* A sound similar to a fissure opening in the ground deafened me. Then with a flash of blinding white light, my consciousness was consumed by darkness.

My name is Jonathan Chase and I'm a 24 year old shut-in. My life revolves around gaming and social welfare, plus I've never had a girlfriend. I've been living this way since the release of the VRMMO: NewWorld. I have no parents that would be ashamed of the way I live because Ive been an orphan my entire life. It wasn't the orphanages fault I was never adopted, or had loving parents, but my repulsive face. Which earned me many hardships over the years. Anyways, New World turned out to be a dream come true.

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My ugly looks we're shed and I became Joker J, the greatest information broker in-game. And with my secret class Info-Leaker, I had knowledge on par with the AI that manages the game. Finally, last year I reached master-class. There was a strange feeling accompanying it when I heard a ping sound and a window appeared. The image of a map popped up with a bunch of red X's and a strange riddle started to play. " My body has two segments of six and four faces. One face is a young man in his prime. One face is of a middle age man whose doing fine. One face is of an old bitter man who hasn't got a dime. And one face is of a youth who's going into the young mans time. What am I?" At the time I had no idea of the significance of this strange map or how it would alter my fate.