It was lunch time for our protagonist and he was sitting with his friends in a local Fast Food Restaurant named 'Friendly Finn's Fantastic Foodstuffs and Feasts' which they would go to on a weekend if time allowed.
*Our Protagonist's POV (Earl Crawford (Earl as in the name, not the title))*
“Did you hear? … Stupid question of course you did!” - Ivor (Energetic Male Friend)
“What...” - Drew (Gloomy Male Friend)
“The new 99% realism game is coming out tomorrow! HOLY SHIT I CANT WAIT!” - Ivor
“Watch your profanity... Anyway who cares, its just a stupid game anyway” - Freya (Female Friend)
“But Freya, I heard that there will be a race of blonde hair, blue eyes only...” - Drew
Freya's eyes lit up at the words of the latter part of the sentence
“Where, How, What, Why, and When?” - Freya
We all just chuckled at her obsession with those sort of men.
“Calm down, it comes out tomorrow. Your family is very well off and we all have been saving for months you know. We can get the consoles today and the game will be able to be played tomorrow, okay?” - Me
What I said was not a lie, I had been working extra shifts and coming home later to get this game. I just hope that it works just how they say it does... I mean it is a government project so it should be all it was hyped up to be.
I mean it is sort of strange that the government so much money on something to help with the sufferers of the recent epidemic of a disease that causes severe photodermatitis* so they can't come into contact with sunlight.
Perhaps a rich man's child got infected so maybe they are funding it. Who knows...
“So, what are we waiting for huh?! We have to get there to get it so we can get an early night to rest so we can play all day tomorrow!” - Freya
We all nodded at her last comment even though it came from a whole different train of thoughts.
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We walked to our local gaming store that had shelves and shelves of high-tech goods and terabytes of happy pills.
Me, Drew, and Ivor all pre-ordered ours so it was cheaper in the long run because you could pay in installments; so it was just a case of collecting our goods. While Freya called her Butler to come and pay for it.
We all agreed to go home afterward because it was getting rather late, sadly I still had work to do though so I went to my workplace instead.
I got changed in the small locker room they kept for the boys who work here. It was skimpy and would hardly cover my love but at least the customers knew what they were paying for.
It took me servicing three people before I got to go home with enough money for the week.
I got back and saw my father passed out on the couch with the tv still on and a half-empty bottle in his hand. I turned everything off and put the lid back on the bottle and put it on the counter in the kitchen.
I fell asleep and slept for around 10 hours until about 11 o'clock to play the game. My friends and I did not agree when we would come on so I thought 11 was an ok time to start.
I put on the headgear which ran off brain waves altered them and fed them back into your head first putting you in a coma-like state and then starting to run the game.
I was standing in a small, black room with an exact copy of me on the other side of the room. A voice rang throughout the room saying
“Welcome to Rivers of Niflheim Online. Character creation process starting...”
“Starting life analysis”
Hmm? Why is that?
I'm no law student but do we not have a privacy law...
“Life analysis complete. Remodeling avatar based on analysis...”
Err what?
“Remodeling complete. Please choose a name. Do also note that names must be either affixed to a gender or gender-neutral. Example: You may not call a Female Elf Archer Keith”
A screen popped up with my status
Name: ______
Job: Tavern Owner
Race: Succubus
Gender: Female
Base Health: 4000
Base Magic: 2000
Base Strength: 74
Base Intelligence: 68
Base Charisma:804
Base Dexterity:97
Base Luck:200
Racial Traits:
People Person – Your presents will charm the people around you to be open to the power of suggestion. 50% Better prices and +5% per second battle health regen for party members.
Dependant on life – Being alone will bring all of your stats to 10 including health and stamina if you are alone (50-meter radius) for 1 hour.
Special Traits:
Defender – You may only attack those who harm you or a party member. Base stats are 10x when attacker is another player, 3x when normal, or elite monster, 5x when boss monster or 40x when world boss monster.
Confirm
Wait I'm a girl?
Why... Can I change it?
“Changing character model costs 30,000 of out-game currency.”
Okay, that's a no then.
I mean it's not all bad. I have red skin with black hair which goes halfway down my back and horns growing towards the back of my head, with a face and body most women would die for with a large bust, a tucked in waist, plump behind, and I'm quite slim despite this.
I type my name as Alexandria and then click confirm.
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