Freyi logged in to see a woman smiling in her face. It was a smile that irritated her. You know the smile that says they know something you don’t know. That was it. It wasn’t like the woman knew anything, it was just the way she smiled.
Freyi knew this because this was an old friend. A friend that followed her from Rajak Online to Todaiya. It was Clara, the AI. Well, to be more specific, this was Clara 2.0, but still with the same memories of when Freyi was in Rajak online.
Freyi: “Hello Clara. How do you like Todaiya”
Clara: “Hello DragonaLynx. Todaiya is functioning normally. We currently have 47,328 people logged in with more coming. ”
Freyi: “Clara I keep telling you my name is Freyi”
Clara: “DragonaLynx, I have been instructed to aid you in creating this account. You must not refer to yourself as Freyi or as a GM on this account. Todaiya rules states that your character cannot be altered in appearances unless it is due to stat changes. In order to allow you to easily transition from playing as a GM and as a normal player, you must have your gender changed to male and will be allowed some changes in appearances.”
Clara was not an advanced AI, she was more of a lower midlevel AI that mostly helped people create their account by giving them basic information on races, classes, and the continent.
Freyi paused at the mention of having to have a male character. Her face went from shocked to smiling as an idea came upon her. Much better than the plan she already had. She was more excited than ever and urged Clara to hurry it along.
Clara: “Okay, we will start with your GM character. Here is DragonaLynx. She can be transferred from Rajak Online for you as there is a similar class present in Todaiya or you can create a new persona of similar level. This one must be of your own visage.”
At this point, DragonaLynx showed up right in front of her. She had long purple-black hair with piercing grey eyes. The eyes were fashioned to look sharp, cold, and menacing. She wore the attire of what looked to be an assassins or a thief. The body was covered in tattoos, something Freyi wanted to do in real life.
Freyi: “I’ll keep my old character just the way she is, but change the name to Froyee”
Clara: “Froyee, your GM character has been created. Would you like to began on the normal character”
Before she could say yes, the image of a male that looked slightly similar to Freyi showed up. It was a thin 5’6 boy with black hair and blue eyes. He looked frail in the eyes of Freyi, which made her take another look at herself. She wondered if she was as frail looking like the boy in front of her. Another problem she found was that it looked a little too much like herself…it looked vaguely similar to her brother despite the overly feminine qualities.
Freyi: “Clara, what changes can I make?”
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Clara: “Changes can be made to the facial feature and height only”
Freyi: “Okay, change the eyes to purple and the hair to light-dark grey”
Clara: “Light or dark grey?”
Freyi: “Do light first Clara. Now I want you to keep making it darker until I say stop”
Clara darkened the hair of the avatar until Freyi told her to stop. Next Freyi asked her to widen the size of the chin because the face looked too feminine. Clara was told to make the nose bigger, then smaller, then bigger again. Freyi believed a man should be thick, but was denied that addition as it could be altered by the strength attribute. The last thing she asked was to make the character 6 feet tall, as Freyi always wanted to know what it was like to be tall. She changed her mind later on as she knew height would cause issues in the game if she ever needed to hide.
The next step was choosing her race. She had already decided on the race beforehand. Like most people, she chose to be a human.
The last step was choosing her starting location. She could not choose her class until she reached level ten in the game. She chose a village in the domain of Kolica Kingdom, It was very close to the capital of Kolica Kingdom where the palace and major businesses were located. It was also near the main pathway that could take her to Raslan or Iterra if she ever decided to go. The most important part was that Kolica was not as racist against non-humans like the other two kingdoms. That’s why if players were anything other than a human, it was in their best interest to go to Kolica.
Clara: “Okay Froyee, you must choose another name, then we are finished with both processes. A first and a last name.”
Freyi thought for a long time about what name to pick. All the names that came to her mind were generic and uncreative. Gregory had even picked DragonaLynx for her. She came up with Froyee based on her own name.
After a few minutes of thinking of what name she should pick and having all her suggestions shot down, Freyi resorted to Latin. She chose simple latin words she remembered from college. The worst class she ever had the pleasure of taking.
Freyi: “How about Rex Vulgi?”
Clara agreed to the name and proceeded to complete the character.
Clara: “Okay Froyee, we are done now, so I will move you on to HardPine Villiage. Make sure to take a look at all your skills beforehand.”
Freyi smiled, content. This was her first time playing as a normal player. Most GMs were content with playing the high-level avatars they had received. None before her had requested another character. So with great excitement, she watched as the dark blue room vanished in a flash of bright white light, which forced her eyes closed.