I wake up with a splitting headache, ugh what did I drink last night? I hold my aching head and look at the time, Geez! Its only 6 am! I never get up that early, but this headache is killing me. I roughly reach over to my nightstand for a glass of water only to discover its not there, grumbling slightly I get up amd hobble to the kitchen to get something for this headache, probably some pain medication at least. I walk down the stairs slightly grumbling under my breath I walk wobbling into the kitchen and fill a glass with water. Reaching up over the cabinet my hand feels nothing. there is no cabinet filled with medicine above the sink, looking up I see there is nothing there, but bringing my eyes down to look around fills me with the sight out the window, I see a totally different sight from the usual city.

It's dawn, and thats the same, sunrise and all the colors which hurt my head a little from the glare out the window, but outside the building were different. They were slightly blue and the signs for each if them were holographic, people were walking with different clothes, that was pretty normal in itself but the clothes themselves were more...Futuristic, and when people swiped their hands a little blue screen would pop up and suddenly their clothes would change.

Thinking this was just a fever dream from my hangover, I go back upstairs with my water until I notive my alarm clock again, it was a holograph too. I sit on the bed and massage my temples my headache slowly fading away, raking sips of water as I think.

Where am I? I cant still be in my home. I look around and realize that while this place is similar to my home, it's got miniscule differences I didn't notice like the closet was gone, the nightstand had only one draw, and when I opened it, it had some aspirin in it, well at least I found it. Taking one I remember what one of the people did outside and I swipe my hand. Soon a little blue screen appeared in my vision.

Menu Avatar Soseta Powers

Huh? I can get what Avatar will do, its like in games I used to play, that's probably how to change my clothes, and Menu is probably calibration or something, but I am also looking at it in shock. What even is this thing?! As soon as I thought that I got a pop up.

This is the Augement Reality Interface, also called the ARI System, or just ARI. It is used to play they most popular game that the world has known: Sosetã

Well I suppose that answers my question, but what is Soseta? and after that thought I get another pop up, it seems the ARI answers to my thoughts.

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Soseta is an augmented reality game in which you battle using the powers of Soseta, an flexible footwear. The reason the game is popular is the crafting of new Soseta every day, making for a unique experience for everyone. There are 5 Classes and each with their own specialties of play.

Gunners

Melee

Brawlers

Support

Crafters

You are a Level 1 Crafter, Making a total of 2 Pairs in total, you are encouraged to craft more to raise your level and/or fame in the world of Soseta.

Oh cool. thinking that this is still a dream I pinch myself, seeing and feeling the painful welt I do the anime style slap face with both hands and I'm still here, its not a dream, and that hurt. I decide to check out what else ARI can do. because I am still curious I select soseta.

Soseta Availiable:

Weird Lime:

A kinda weird looking one, can attract attension and cause blinding at close range.

Beginner Blue:

A basic one what can use 1st level gunner attack, Quickshot

I find myself looking at an odd couple of pairs of socks. One is a, aptly named, Limeish colored sock of a badly mixed yellows and greens. the otther is a plain darkish blue pair that has a couple or grey lines striped across it, and it for sure seems more normal then the other one.

If I understand it correctly I fell asleep after hitting a couple of bars last night with my friends, my first time in weeks going out, as I liked to stay home, and when I passed out I work up in an alternate version of my life or something? all the people seem the smae as I saw one of my neighbors walking down the street, the only thing that seemed to change in this world is that new game focusing on... Superpowered Socks?

I facepalm myself and ponder what I should do next, it's not all to bad as I didn't like my job at all, I only did it so I could afford my hobby, and now it seems like a dream come true to come here, because my hobby, Knitting, Is actually more useful here! I laugh out loud. Well then I may as well try my best to live in this new fun world!

My alarm clock goes off, and when I check it this time it's 7 O'Clock I get up and check my avetar for my clothes and my jaw drops. It's me, but not the normal me, its the me of 7 years ago! My face is younger and my hair is all the way down my back, I liked to grow it out until I cut it short when I started working, why am I so young now! I look down at my hands, and they are softer then I remember, and I have a couple of bandages, I guess the old me wasn't good at knitting at all, but who can blame her, I didn't start until my 2nd year in college and it seems she had to start much sooner. Well I am here now and with my knowledge of sock making I can definitely eccel at it.

Oh no my alarm! If it's going off that mean i have to get ready for school! I run downstairs slightly multitasking as I equip some clothes onto my avatar and make breakfest. It seems old me and current me's breakfast choices are still the same, I make some toast and a cup of coffee, before dashing out of the door.